The time is approaching.

Yan Lishi was covered in armor and sat on the chair behind the desk, his face was indifferent but resolute. This time, he secretly dispatched two thousand dead soldiers to enter the city in the name of changing guards, preparing to raid the city lord's mansion, even if Yuan Mulan's cultivation was high and he was caught off guard, he could only bow down and accept his fate.

This is not a rebellion, it is just a soldier's advice, Yuan Mulan will not worry about his life, Yan Lishi is even ready to be settled by the queen of autumn, but for the sake of national fortune, he has to do this.

"Father, it's time to go!"

His henchman general, who is also his adopted son Yan Sun You, walked in, Yan Lishi slowly got up, picked up the treasure knife that had been with him for many years, more than half of the sheath, the blade was clear like water, and it slammed into the sheath, making a clanging sound.

"Let's go!"

Yan Lishi strode forward, Yan Sun You hurriedly chased to his side, and said in a low voice: "Father, the child still has something to tell......

"Huh? You said! ”

As soon as Yan Lishi's voice fell, a numbness protruded on the side of his waist, his dantian was sealed, his body was sore, and he couldn't move anymore, he turned his head with difficulty, and looked at Yan Sun You, and his tiger eyes were all shocked in disbelief.

"Child...... It's Hou Guancao's egret! ”

Yan Sun You hung his head, not daring to look at Yan Lishi. He is deeply loved by Yan Lishi, and the emotions between father and son are also true, but as an egret, he has his own beliefs and persistence.

Hou Guancao was not only the emperor's eyes, ears and minions, but also the last line of defense to maintain the stability of the empire.

Even if it's father and son!

Yan Lishi showed a little relief, no matter what the outcome was, he tried his best, even if he was killed, he could go to see his ancestors with peace of mind.

The City Lord's Mansion is brightly lit tonight.

Yuan Mulan saw Yan Lishi in the secret room, unlocked his prohibition with his own hands, sighed, and said, "Why bother? ”

Yan Lishi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, I have no selfish intentions, and I have no ambitions, I just ask you to take pity on the country's difficulty in raising soldiers, save some seeds for the Chinese army, and retire as soon as possible for the ......."

Yuan Mulan shook her head and said: "The general is wrong, the lord ordered me to be the commander and command the three armies, I have my own intentions, I am stationed here, sit back and watch Ye Min wreak havoc, and let the stars of the platform besiege the slippery platform, and I also have my own intentions." As a tribal, you should have unconditionally carried out my military orders, and you wanted to march tonight, seemingly selfless, but you ignored the national law and military law, and never thought that if you were lucky enough to succeed, in the future, in the future, everyone would follow suit, and where would you put the commander? Moreover, you think you are loyal and selfless, but if you are not killed, the law and military law are safe? Kill you, history is like iron, how can I say about the Lord and me? ”

Yan Lishi sweated profusely, sat for a long time, got up and knelt on the ground, and said: "The sin will know the wrong, and I am willing to accept military law!" ”

Yuan Mulan's beautiful eyes flashed a trace of unbearability, but the military law was ruthless, and she couldn't tolerate the following offenses, and said softly: "Among your three sons, who can be made?" ”

"Sin will make the three sons untalented, and they have been blessed by the Lord, and their families have hundreds of hectares of fertile land, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, more than ten mansions, and more than 1,000 slaves, which is enough for them to spend the rest of their lives in peace." Yan Lishi said sincerely: "However, my adopted son Yan Sun You is as careful as a hair, quite familiar with military affairs, and stayed in the dust of the marquis Cao Mingzhu, and asked His Royal Highness to remove him from his post and concentrate on training in the army." I can guarantee that in less than five years, Dawei will inevitably have another talent. ”

"As you wish!"

Yan Lishi was worried, straightened his waist, closed his eyes and waited for death, but Yuan Mulan said: "Don't worry, I'll accompany you until dawn, there will be a new battle situation in Luoyang, and you will be blind when you die." ”

Yan Lishi opened his eyes violently, his voice was uncontrollably higher, and said, "Luoyang? ”

Luoyang.

After Ye Min led the army to leave, Zhou Shiting took over the defense of Luoyang, he is also a famous general of the Chinese army, and all aspects of the arrangement are in good order, on the one hand, to strengthen the defense of Luoyang City, on the other hand, and Xingyang, Tiger Prison to communicate with each other, but also to take out the communication skills in Jinling, and Luoyang City in the surname of the gate valve to build a good relationship, no trouble outside, no worries inside, Luoyang is solid no matter how you look at it.

Two days ago, I received military reports from all over the country, Xu You suppressed Yuan Mulan's main force in Junyi, unable to move, Ye Min had already arrived in Yecheng as planned, copied Yuan Mulan's nest, and the progress of the Tangtai Douxing was a little slower, but it also surrounded the slippery platform and cut off the communication between the two banks of the Yellow River. Of course, such good news is worth celebrating, Zhou Shiting deliberately spread these military reports, with the heart of An Lishu, and invited the people with heads and faces in Luoyang City, everyone sang praises of virtue, and Haosheng patted General Xu's sycophant, and dispersed happily.

Zhou Shiting, who had drunk a stomach full of wine, was about to rest, and the guards came to report that Zheng Hui, the head of the Zheng family, asked to see him. This person has made great contributions, exposing the conspiracy of the foreign marquis to trouble Luoyang, Xu You also talked with him about wine, Zhou Shiting deliberately enveloped during this time, Zheng Hui was also particularly on the road, donated a lot of food, clothing, wine and meat to the army, the two sides are very familiar, although drunk and in a trance, but can not be seen, personally greeted to the door.

Zheng Hui said excitedly: "Since the well-dressed Nandu, who has ever heard that the Han people have had such a hearty victory over the Hu people?" A hundred years of blood feud, today's snow, is really exciting in the world. It just so happened that I found a good thing from Hu Shang's hand, and I came to present it to the general as a congratulatory and heartfelt! ”

Zhou Shiting received a lot of benefits from Zheng Hui, most of them were jade treasures that were difficult to see in the Southern Dynasty, his heart was itching, he coughed dryly, and said: "I shouldn't have let Zheng Gong break the bill, but the general ordered me to have more dealings with Zheng Gong when he left, and it happened to be a big victory, and I couldn't chill Zheng Gong's kindness......

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Zheng Hui smiled and lowered his posture, which did not match his identity as the head of the Zheng family, but Zhou Shiting enjoyed this kind of flattery quite a bit, if it was in Jiangdong, let alone Yu Liu Xiao Yuan, it was Gu Lu Zhu Zhang, whose family head would be so careful to please him?

Entering the room, Zheng Hui made a look, Zhou Shiting understood, and asked the guards to retreat outside the door, only to see Zheng Hui take out a jade Buddha from the box, only the size of a finger, which can be carved vividly, and the treasure is brilliant and lifelike.

Zhou Shiting's old mother believed in Buddhism, and such a gift was simply delivered to her heart, and she smiled so much that her mouth couldn't close it, and said: "It's too precious, it's too precious......"

After giving a big gift, Zheng Hui took out another jar of wine, and said mysteriously: "This is the Nine Brewing Spring treasured by our house, which is said to be brewed by a secret method handed down in the court of Cao Wei, at least for decades, I am usually reluctant, but this time I endured a headache and invited the general to drink together." ”

Zhou Shiting had a wine worm in his abdomen, opened the altar and smelled it, it was really mellow, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and said with a smile: "Gong Zheng, you and I are not outsiders, please say something directly, but if I can do it, I will never shirk it, but if I say ugly things ahead, if it violates the general's military law, I can't do anything......

Going out on the expedition, pinning your head to the belt of your trousers, and relying on power to get some benefits, this is the unspoken rule within the Chinese army, it doesn't hurt to say it, even if it is the Jingzhou army, maybe only a monster like the Cuiyu Army and the Chifeng Army can not be greedy for money at all.

However, greed for money is greed for money, and you must not step on the line, Zhou Shiting has a good grasp of proportion, don't do anything that violates military law, don't do anything that endangers the war situation, don't do anything that disobeys the king and the general, if Zheng Hui thinks that if he gives some gifts, he can make him bow down, but it's too simple.

"How dare I dare to do something that doesn't abide by military law? That's the case, I came from the Western Regions a batch of goods, the deal was set in March, and then the war broke out, and I couldn't retreat if I wanted to, and I just arrived at the boundary of Chang'an for more than seven months, and I took the land route to wear too much, and I took the waterway, and now the waterway from Chang'an to Luoyang is under martial law by the Youdu Army, so I want to ask the general and the general of the Youdu Army to say that it is one and two, and see if I can allocate two ships to Xiao Lao'er to transport this batch of goods back. Of course, I won't take advantage of the Youdu Army in vain, and I will give double the cost of the ship and the cost ......of everything."

"This ......"

Zhou Shiting thought about it, this matter is not big, it is not small, the sailor carries the goods, it is an open secret as early as the time of the first emperor, anyway, the ship training and sailing, the cost is huge, and the way to make some money to supplement the expenses, Taicheng and the military department are happy to see it.

"I have no friendship with General Shan, but I will talk to him tomorrow, nearly half of the hundreds of ships of the Youdu Army are being repaired, and two of them should not be a big problem if they are seconded for one use."

"Then thank you first, General!"

Zheng Hui seemed very happy, and poured wine for Zhou Shiting and himself with the wine jar, and the two drank happily for half an hour. Jiuzhuo Spring is worthy of its reputation, Zhou Shiting finally lost his strength to drink, and lay on the couch softly drunk, shouting: "Don't go, continue to drink......"

Zheng Hui was also drunk, stumbled and fell on the side of Zhou Shiting's couch, pushed with his hand, and said, "General, get up, drink until dawn......"

Zhou Shiting didn't react, Zheng Hui's eyes suddenly became clear, and a short dagger oozing poison slipped out of his sleeve, and with a snort, it stabbed into his throat.

Zhou Shiting woke up in pain, grabbed Zheng Hui's shoulders with both hands, and large strands of blood gushed out of his mouth and nose, like a dried and dead fish, his body struggled and writhed, and there was a squeaking sound in his throat, and he was still unwilling to die after all.

The guards who heard the movement hurriedly broke into the door, Zheng Hui smiled, reversed his wrist, and the poisonous dagger passed through his chest, and he died calmly.

In order to win the trust of the Chu people, Zheng Hui and Luan Niao teamed up to use the bitter meat trick and buried the lives of thousands of people surnamed Chu, Pan, and Yang, as well as Lian Jiuchi and the stand-in, as well as many egret officials lurking in Luoyang City. In fact, even Qiu Liusong was also on the list of sacrifices, but Xu Youai let him go.

Such a huge and bloody price allowed Zheng Hui to successfully break into the Chu army, and finally completed his mission tonight.

Mencius said that he sacrificed his life to take righteousness, from ancient times to the present, he focused on leaving Jing Ke and other assassins, the three brothers of Taishi of Qi who insisted on "Cui Zhu killing his king", Jie Zitui who lived in seclusion and did not say anything, and Cheng Ying who killed his friends, they seem to be different, but in fact they are all generous to die for their own ways.

The land is not divided into north and south, people are not divided into Hu and Han, and the country is not divided into Wei and Chu, and it is precisely because there are countless such people with lofty ideals who are loyal to their country and nation, dare to sacrifice and dedicate, and can the national and ethnic fortunes be endless.