"I'm in a hurry."

Xia Shuo's reaction almost didn't make Zhao Wu stumble and fall into the Chinese army's tent, seeing that Xia Shuo really got up and walked out, Zhao Wu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "General Xia, the matter is not over yet, what are you going to do?" Do you believe this official or not, how to deal with this nonsense letter of the thief, you have to say a word? ”

"Zhao Jianjun, the last general is really in a hurry." Xia said with a wry smile and said, "What's the matter to wait until the end of the day is convenient to come back?" ”

If it was replaced in normal times, Zhao Wu, who was used to bullying Xia Shuo, would definitely not be so easy to speak, but now the situation is different, Zhao Wu has already been suspected of collaborating with the enemy, how to deal with Zhao Wu's letter of suspected collaborator, the power is already in the hands of Xia Shuo, of course Zhao Wu can't do things too much, so after gritting his teeth, Zhao Wu still reluctantly stepped aside, and let Xia Shuo leave his sight alone for the first time today, and also leave the surveillance of his guards.

Facing the night view of the barracks, Xia said that he first took a deep breath of fresh air outside the tent and forced himself to calm down, and then said to himself in his heart: "You can decide, whether to continue to follow Zhang Erpifu all the way to the dark, or give up the general's wife and children in Julu City, and vote for the master?" ”

Of course, Xia Shuo knew that Zhang Er's henchman Zhao Wu would never collaborate with the enemy, and he also knew very well that the Han army's intention to deliberately frame Zhao Wu was to allow himself to be anti-guest-oriented, and to justifiably take down Zhao Wu who had the power to recall or even execute him, and lead the Jingcheng Zhao army to surrender to the Han army without interference, and he had to admire the Han army's good intentions and vicious methods - how much damage should it be to come up with such a vicious way to help himself?

Xia said that he had to find an excuse to temporarily put aside Zhao Wu, because Zhao Wu had always been accompanied by his guards, and he must have an edict in his hand that could replace him at any time, and he really turned his face and succeeded, Xia said that once he couldn't kill Zhao Wu with one blow, he was likely to suffer from it, so Xia said that if he wanted to make up his mind, he could only temporarily leave Zhao Wu aside and completely grasp all the initiative.

"This is Lao Tzu's opportunity, if Lao Tzu makes up his mind to vote for another master, as long as he uses that letter as an excuse to take down Zhao Wu, he will have plenty of time and opportunity to act. The reverse is also true, if Lao Tzu is determined to continue to follow Zhang Er, as long as he doesn't pay attention to the hints of the Han thief, continue to work together with Zhao Wu, and persist until Zhang Ao's reinforcements arrive tomorrow, Zhang Er just can't understand Lao Tzu's loyalty to him! Where to go, how should Lao Tzu choose? ”

At the critical moment of deciding the future of fate, Xia Shuo suddenly remembered a lot of past events, remembered that he was appreciated by Chen Yu, was relied on by Chen Yu as a confidant, and was even entrusted by Chen Yu to stay in Zhao to serve as his backup, and also remembered that after Chen Yu's sudden downfall, in order to change his court, he was in front of Zhang Er's party with all kinds of low voices, sycophants, and all kinds of humiliation and grievances, and his heart couldn't help but burn with raging anger......

"Zhang Erpifu, it's you who are sorry for Lao Tzu first! It is true that Lao Tzu used to be Chen Yu's person, but after Chen Yu fell, Lao Tzu has never done anything to be sorry for you! On the contrary, you and your henchmen are sorry for Lao Tzu for everything, and they have been bullying Lao Tzu all the time! This time, Lao Tzu was ordered to garrison Jingcheng, and before the Han thief came over, you sent an eyeliner to keep an eye on Lao Tzu, and you were ready to kill Lao Tzu at any time! Since you are unkind and unrighteous first, don't blame Lao Tzu for a tooth for a tooth! ”

"Lao Tzu is a little sorry for his parents, wives and children, but there are more people in this world who are sorry for their parents, wives and children! When he betrayed Zhang Chu, when did he consider his parents, wife and children? As long as they can save their lives, when I and the army of the King of Han enter the giant deer, I will double them! ”

Talking to himself viciously in his heart, Xia Shuo, who actually hated Zhang Er and his party deep in his heart, also made up his mind, and immediately ordered his own soldiers beside him: "Go, transfer my direct army and surround the Chinese army's big tent!" Confess, no one inside is allowed to let go! ”

At the same time, in the big tent of the Zhao Army, Zhao Wu, who vaguely felt bad, also made up his mind, first quietly touched the Zhang Er warrant hidden in his arms, and then whispered to his guards: "Xia will come back in a while, if I say that I will take it down, don't hesitate, go up and take him down immediately!" No matter what happens, don't be afraid, I'll take care of it! ”

Of course, Zhao Wu underestimated Xia Shuo's determination and means, or when Xia Shuo's direct subordinate army suddenly surrounded the Chinese army's big tent, Zhao Wu realized that he seriously underestimated Xia Shuo, but Zhao Wu refused to give up, and was about to rush out of the Chinese army's big tent to check the situation, and expel the soldiers to leave as a supervisor. ”

"No!"

Zhao soldiers sang their promises in unison, and immediately raised their weapons and stepped forward to surround Zhao Wu, Zhao Wu's guards were shocked, and hurriedly showed their weapons to protect Zhao Wu, Zhao Wu also seemed to be crazy, and howled with teeth and claws, "Xia said, you are so bold!" What do you want? This official is a prison army, and you dare to take this official down?! ”

"Shut up! You shameless dog thief who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country! ”

The long-standing grudge completely turned into monstrous anger, and it also broke out completely, drawing his sword and pointing at Zhao Wu, Xia Shuo's eyes were full of red light, and he roared: "In order to covet glory and wealth, you did not hesitate to collude with Han thieves to frame General Ben, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and now you dare to use the identity of the prison army to suppress me?!" If you're smart, drop your weapons and surrender now, or you'll be killed! ”

"That's a slander and framing of a thief!" Zhao Wu hurriedly explained and shouted, "I didn't!" Don't fall for the thief! ”

"Less nonsense! Whether he wronged you or not, General Ben will naturally find out! Xia said that he retorted justifiably, and shouted: "Take it!" If you resist, you will be killed! ”

"Lay down your arms! Drop your weapon! ”

The soldiers of the Zhao army who surrounded Zhao Wu and his entourage shouted in unison, carrying weapons and advancing step by step, Zhao Wu's entourage was at a loss, and could only turn their eyes for help to Zhao Wu, Zhao Wu was also in a hurry, so he could only quickly take out the warrant from his arms, and shouted to the soldiers of Zhao State who surrounded him: "See clearly!" This is our handwritten warrant from Zhang Xiangguo of Zhao State, and let this official replace Xia Shuo Pifu to take over the warrant of Jingcheng's army! Now you are under my command, and you will take Xia Shuo down to this official! ”

It was the turn of the soldiers of the Zhao army to turn their heads to see Xia Shuo, and Xia Shuo laughed out loud and said, "What if there is a warrant from Zhang Xiang?" You collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and General Ben now has ironclad evidence in hand, why should he hand over military power to you? ”

After speaking, Xia Shuo showed his military power seal and shouted: "The seal is here!" Zhao generals, give this general to take down the traitor Zhao Wu immediately! What responsibility does this general take alone! ”

After all, it is Xia Shuo's direct army, and he is used to obeying Xia Shuo's orders, and Zhao Wu, the supervising army, is not very popular with the army, so the soldiers of Zhao Jun did not hesitate, and immediately stepped forward again, and directly moved with Zhao Wu's guards, and no matter how Zhao Wu yelled with Zhang Er's warrant, Zhao Wu was completely helpless, knowing that if he resisted, he would definitely die, and only by gambling that Xia Shuo would not betray Zhao Jun would he have a chance to live, so he changed his mouth and yelled: "Don't fight!" Drop your weapon! Let them take us down! ”

According to Zhao Wu's order, his entourage could only obediently put down his weapons and tie his hands to capture, Zhao Wu also threw down the sword in his hand, and let Xia Shuo's soldiers hold him down, Xia Shuo disdained and snorted coldly, first stepped forward and snatched the warrant that Zhang Er deprived himself of military power, and then said with a cruel smile: "Count you smart!" ”

"I used to underestimate this puppet so much!"

Zhao Wu sighed secretly in his heart, and had to admit that he looked away at Xia Shuo, was deceived by his sycophancy and obedient obedience, and took it lightly, so that he fell into today's field. However, when things came to this point, Zhao Wu could only hold back his anger and said in a low voice: "General Xia, the lower official knows that you have done nothing wrong, if the lower official is in your position and encounters today's incident, for the sake of safety, you must take the lower official down first." So don't worry, even if the truth is revealed in the future, the lower officials will never care about today's events, and will only respect you more. ”

"Treat Lao Tzu as a three-year-old child? Is there really a day when you can spare Lao Tzu? Xia Shuo snorted coldly in his heart, but said on his lips: "Thank you Zhao Jianjun for understanding the hardships of the last general, coming to take Zhao Jianjun and his entourage to the side tent, so that they can be guarded, and they are absolutely not allowed to contact outsiders!" If they dare to run, they will be put to death immediately! ”

Xia said that the personal soldiers sang a promise, and immediately came up with Zhao Wu and the others, Zhao Wu did not dare to resist, so he could only quickly remind: "General Xia, the lower officials will not mind today's matter, but please don't forget King Zhao's great kindness to you, as well as your wife and children in Julu City!" Your wife and children! ”

Xia said that he didn't take advantage of Zhao Wu's stubble, but just urged his own soldiers to immediately escort Zhao Wu and others away, and sent people to order each battalion, claiming that Zhao Wu was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and had been taken down by himself, and asked the generals of each battalion to continue to perform their duties, take care of the soldiers, and not leave their camps without an order, and then without even blinking their eyelids, they immediately took up the pen and wrote a letter asking the Han army to surrender, and arranged for the absolutely trustworthy personal soldiers to send it to the Han army overnight, asking the Han army to send troops to receive the surrender of the army led by themselves.

Not to mention, because Xia said that he usually treats the soldiers quite well - at least he didn't forget to add food to the soldiers of the Zhao army when he was doing hard work, and what Zhao Wu did a few days ago greatly offended the soldiers of the Zhao army, so even if the camp of the Chinese army has changed dramatically, after receiving the order sent by Xia Shuo, the battalions of the Zhao army really did not have a mutiny in one army, and they all obediently stayed in their own camps, missing the best opportunity to stop Xia Shuo's rebellion.

The Han army was obviously prepared, just at the time of the fourth watch, Uncle Zhou had personally led 20,000 Han troops to the outside of the Zhao army camp with torches, Xia said that he took the opportunity to summon all the generals of the Zhao army to the Chinese army camp under full martial law, and let his own soldiers surround the Chinese army's big tent, and then took out the so-called Zhao Xie clothes edict that Zhao Jun had secretly copied and read it in public, shamelessly declaring that this edict was not false, and asked Zhao Junzhong to follow him to surrender to the Han army, and help the Han army crusade against the traitors of Zhao who deceived the king and took power!

After all, it was Zhang Er's army assigned to Xia Shuo, even if the fate hung in the hands of the enemy, there were still two people in the Zhao army generals who jumped out and scolded Xia Shuo's shameless behavior, Xia Shuo was furious, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to hack the two generals to death, and the other Zhao generals saw the cold, even if they were reluctant in their hearts, they could only obediently hug their fists and sing promises, Xia said that he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to open the camp door to welcome the Han soldiers into the camp, and personally led the army to carry the Zhao army generals to the camp gate to surrender to Uncle Zhou, and at the same time sent someone to send an order to the whole army, All the officers and men of the Zhao army were required to lay down their arms and surrender, and instead accept the management and command of the Han army.

Or at this time, the Zhao army camp appeared in the situation of armed resistance, fortunately, the camp gate has been taken over by the Han soldiers, the Han army quickly entered the camp to quell the rebellion, and soon suppressed the riot, most of the rebels were killed, only the small half escaped outside the camp by night and returned to Jingcheng, the other Zhao soldiers saw that the general trend had gone, and had to obediently obey the order, put down their weapons and surrendered to the Han soldiers who arrived at the Jingcheng battlefield this afternoon.

During this period, Xia Shuo of course came to Uncle Zhou to bow down and surrender, Uncle Zhou, who succeeded in the treacherous scheme, laughed happily, personally dismounted and picked up Xia Shuo, said good words to Xia and comforted him, and used the power lent to him by Xiang Kang, canonized Xia Shuo as the Marquis of Quyang in public, gave him thousands of households, 30,000 pieces of gold and 100 pieces of jade, and was named the prime minister of Zhao Guo, Xia said that he was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted and thanked Uncle Zhou, flattering as if he was the reincarnation of Mr. Uncle Sun.

The matter was not over, accompanied by Xia Shuo, and after appeasing the generals of the Zhao army who were coerced into surrendering, Uncle Zhou remembered a big question again, and hurriedly asked Xia Shuo: "Xia Guoxiang, did Zhang Er say that he would send you reinforcements before?" When will the reinforcements arrive? ”

"General Zhou, you still don't know?" Xia Shuo asked in surprise and said, "Zhang Er sent his son to lead 40,000 reinforcements, and he will be able to reach Jingcheng within today at the latest." ”

"Within today? So fast?! ”

Uncle Zhou almost didn't scream, and finally understood why Xia Shuo surrendered so quickly, and at the same time, he quickly looked up to see the sky, but saw that the sky in the east had already appeared white, and it was obviously going to dawn soon, and Zhou Shu, who was accompanying him, was also taken aback, and hurriedly said: "General, you can't waste time, you must immediately find a way to settle the surrendered troops, otherwise, the reinforcements of the Zhao State thief army will suddenly arrive, and the Zhao soldiers who have just surrendered are afraid that there will be problems!" ”

Uncle Zhou's brows furrowed, he really couldn't think of any good way to quickly settle the soldiers of Zhao Guo who had just surrendered - they couldn't all be killed, right? Xia Shuo next to him also understood Uncle Zhou's distress, and hurriedly said: "General Zhou, don't worry, the last general has also considered this issue before, if you can trust the last general, please let the last general lead the soldiers, take them out of the Jingcheng battlefield, and go to Jinyang to accept the reorganization of your army." ”

Uncle Zhou still didn't dare to rest assured, knowing that Xia Shuo surrendered too suddenly, there must be countless people in the Zhao army who refused to obey sincerely, once there is no Han army soldiers to monitor and control, it is likely to kill Xia Shuo and rebel again, and then these soldiers suddenly stab the Han army in the back, which will definitely make the Han soldiers drink a pot!

"It can only be dismissed on the spot!" With no other choice, Uncle Zhou gritted his teeth, and could only immediately say to Xia: "Prime Minister Xia, you continue to lead the Zhao army that has just surrendered, give you three hours to complete the screening and reorganization, and clearly tell those who have surrendered to let them choose to stay, and those who are willing to stay will be handed over to someone you can trust to command, and those who are not willing to stay will be given food and dismissed on the spot!" ”

Xia Shuo opened his mouth wide, and only said cautiously after a while: "General Zhou, you're not joking, are you?" The last general surrendered so suddenly, there must be countless people in the army who are not convinced, if you let them choose to stay, most of them will definitely leave, Zhang Ao's thief army is coming soon, and when the time comes, they will join Zhang Ao's thief army on the spot, won't they immediately become our enemies? ”

"It's better than making them turn against each other." Uncle Zhou replied very directly, and then ordered: "Go and do it quickly, this is also for your own good, let you take them to the rear, there is no way to guarantee your safety." ”

Xia Shuo, who had just betrayed the lord for glory and lack of virtue, thought about it, so he didn't dare to delay, hurriedly hugged his fists and sang a promise, and rushed back to the Zhao soldiers who were still assembling out of the camp, and organized his own cronies to carry out screening, and then as Xia Shuo expected, he learned that the Han army let himself choose to stay or be dismissed freely, and most of the Zhao soldiers really immediately chose to receive food and leave Jingcheng, nearly 14,000 Zhao soldiers surrendered, and nearly 10,000 Zhao soldiers chose to accept dismissal on the spot, only about 4,000 people chose to stay and continue to follow Xia Shuo.

Even if you choose to stay, it may not be reliable, because the news that the Zhao reinforcements will arrive within today has already spread among the Zhao army in Jingcheng, and many real diehards have quietly discussed below, and have said: "Pretend to stay, and when our reinforcements arrive, we will suddenly stab the thief in the back!" ”

Of course, the Han army was not blindly passively beaten, during the period of dismissing the Zhao soldiers on the spot, some grassroots generals of the Han army came forward and entered the crowd of Zhao soldiers who were queuing up to receive food, and randomly stuffed some Zhao soldiers with a gold each, and loudly encouraged: "On the way back, if the Zhao State thief army wants to let you return to the team again, you dare not listen, you can rest assured to go back, we will not mind, and then as long as there is a chance, you can surrender again, and we will have a reward for you at that time." ”

"If you return to the army of the thieves of Zhao and encounter us sending troops to attack the camp of the thief army of Zhao at night, you will set fire to the camp of the thief army of Zhao to meet us, and as long as you set fire to it, each of us will be rewarded with ten gold!"

"In addition to setting fires, you can also help us kill enemies, and if you get the head, the bounty will be doubled! If there are generals who cut down the thieves of the Zhao State, remember to bring their waist cards to ask for a reward, and a hundred long rewards will be rewarded with one hundred gold! Thousands of people are rewarded with thousands of gold! ”

"Don't miss your chance to make a fortune!"

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and the Han generals did not distribute the bounty according to the head, but looked at the mood to see if it was pleasing to the eye and randomly rewarded it, and the result was that the Zhao soldiers who picked the reward in vain were of course happy, and those who did not receive the reward were full of anger, and many people quietly remembered the name or appearance of the companions who received the reward......