"Lu Junzun, the last general heard that Xiang Kang's thief army sent a messenger, is this old horseman?"

As Mr. Uncle Sun expected, as soon as Lu Qi nodded and admitted Mr. Uncle Sun's identity, Ma Daxiao, who was sent by Qin Ting, directly grabbed his chest and placket, and asked fiercely with a little red eyes: "Old horseman, what did Xiang Kang send you for?" What are the intentions? Say it! ”

Mr. Shusun, who is very knowledgeable, saw at a glance that Ma Daxiao was a hardliner in the Qin army, of course he didn't dare to say anything, and then what made Mr. Shusun even more worried was that another Qin army official walked directly to the county guard hall without being informed, and did not salute Lu Qi, but looked at him coldly, but Lu Qi did not open his mouth to blame him for his rude behavior, and he was obviously an important figure in the Qin army.

"Old horseman, dumb? General Ben asked you what you were here for, why didn't you speak? ”

Seeing that Mr. Uncle Sun pretended to be deaf and dumb, Ma Daxiao opened his mouth again and asked, fortunately, Lu Qi stood up and played a round for Mr. Uncle Sun, and said: "General Ma, the two countries are fighting, if you don't kill him, there is no need to embarrass him, let the thieves laugh at us for being rude behind our backs." Also, he came to persuade us to surrender Kaicheng on behalf of Xiang Kang's rebels? ”

"Kaesong surrendered?" Ma Daxiao was first stunned, then laughed loudly, and said with a laugh: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er has not woken up from a dream, and he actually wants to persuade us to surrender Kaicheng?" Didn't he know that our Great Qin army had long been ready to fight him to the death, and just waiting for him to come to Wancheng to die, he actually dared to dream of letting us surrender on our own initiative? ”

Mr. Shusun was sweating profusely, and replied timidly: "The general forgives the sin, of course the villain knows that Lu Junzun and you are loyal to the Great Qin Imperial Court, and it is impossible to surrender to our Chu army, but our right general has given an order, and the villain has to come." ”

At this time, the Qin army official who followed Ma Daxiao to the hall also opened his mouth and asked Lu Qi: "Junzun, does Xiang Kang have any letters?" Can you let the lower officials take a look? ”

"Nope." Lu Qi replied casually and said, "Xiang Kang's traitor is to let this thief envoy send a gift to his own official, and let this thief envoy persuade us to surrender on behalf of Xiang Kang's traitor." ”

"Why is Lu Qi lying?" Mr. Uncle Sun frowned slightly, and subconsciously used the corner of his eye to look at Lu Qian's henchman Chen Hui, but saw that Chen Hui, who had previously taken Xiang Kang's letter from Lu Qi's hand to watch, was empty-handed at the moment, and Xiang Kang's autographed fraudulent surrender letter had long since disappeared, and Mr. Uncle Sun suddenly understood in his heart, knowing that Lu Qi deliberately did not want Ma Daxiao and others to see Xiang Kang's letter of persuasion.

Because he didn't see Xiang Kang's letter on the desk in front of Lu Qi, the Qin army official also said that Xiang Kang really just asked Mr. Shusun to verbally persuade Lu Qi to surrender, so he turned to Mr. Shusun and said: "Go back and tell Xiang Kang that he is a rebel and wants to attack the city, even if he lets the horse come, we will accompany him to the end!" Persuading us to surrender Kaesong, that's a pipe dream, don't even think about it! ”

"Yes, yes, the villain must report truthfully to General Right when he goes back." Mr. Shusun nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and asked cautiously: "Dare to ask your lord's surname, what is your official position?" ”

"This is our county lieutenant of Nanyang, Qiu Anqiu." Lu Qi's henchman Chen Hui took over the conversation, first introduced Qiu An's identity in passing, and then said with righteousness: "He, like our Lu Junzun, has already made up his mind to live and die with Wancheng, just now our Lu Junzun has already said, tell you to bring Xiang Kang's gift and get out, why don't you leave?!" ”

After that, Chen Hui also picked up the gift that Xiang Kang gave to Lu Qi from the case and fell in front of Mr. Uncle Sun, Mr. Uncle Sun understood, nodded and agreed, and picked up Xiang Kang's gift in embarrassment, took the farewell and left, and Lu Qi shouted at Mr. Uncle Sun's back: "Also, by the way, tell Xiang Kang Xiao'er, don't send any messengers to contact this official in the future, this official does not share the sky with him, and he will never see his messenger again!" ”

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Because Lu Qi gave an order to allow Mr. Shusun to leave, Mr. Shusun returned to the young marshal's camp very smoothly, truthfully told Xiang Kang about the before and after meeting with Lu Qi, and also very competently reported the small details of Lu Qi's secret letter of persuasion to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang was of course quite surprised when he heard it, and said: "Lu Qi actually doesn't want his subordinates to see my letter of persuasion?" Why? Could it be that Lu Qi really had the idea of surrendering? ”

"General right, Xia Guan looked at his expression carefully, and found that after listening to Xia Guan's heartfelt words, his expression had indeed begun to waver, if it wasn't for being interrupted by the Nanyang County Lieutenant and the tyrannical Qin general surnamed Ma, Xia Guan might have been able to surrender at that time." Mr. Shusun was really not bragging casually this time, and said: "The lower officials also think that Lu Qi is likely to have really moved the idea of surrendering, but because of the opposition of his subordinates, he does not dare to make a decision casually. ”

Xiang Kang nodded, turned to Chen Ping next to him and asked, "Mr. Chen Ping, what do you think?" ”

"There are two possibilities, one is that Lu Qi and his subordinates are acting, wanting us to feel that he has wavered, deceiving us to take it lightly, and then taking the opportunity to take things from it." Chen Ping replied: "As for the second, it should be the same as Mr. Shusun's analysis, Lu Qi has been shaken, but he is worried that his subordinates and colleagues will oppose him, and even afraid that his colleagues and subordinates who refuse to surrender will take the lead and launch a mutiny to kill him, so he deliberately pretends to be tough in front of others." ”

Xiang Kang nodded again, and then said: "If Lu Qi is acting and wants to trick us into taking it lightly, this is easy to deal with, we just need to be careful, and be ready to give him a trick at any time." But if he is worried about the opposition of his colleagues and subordinates, then the matter is even more troublesome, if he can't suppress the opposition around him, even if we send envoys into the city to recruit and surrender, there is no possibility of success, on the contrary, it may backfire, so that we miss the hope of direct surrender. ”

"General Right, for now, we'd better find a way to lure the Tyrant Qin army out of the city to fight as soon as possible, and inflict heavy losses on the Tyrannical Qin army in the field." Chen Ping suggested: "Only in this way can we help Lu Qi suppress the voices of opposition to surrender around him, and even if we fail to surrender, it will be much easier for us to attack the city." ”

Of course, Xiang Kang knew that luring the enemy out of the city for a decisive battle was the best way at present, but the Qin army had already made it clear that he was defending the city, and it was certainly not an easy task to lure the Qin army out of the city, and no matter how Xiang Kang and Chen Ping racked their brains, they never came up with any sure plan to lure the enemy.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiang Kang also remembered his trick of deception, but after this idea moved a little in his mind, Xiang Kang immediately laughed dumbly, and secretly scolded himself for being naïve, as far as the current situation is concerned, the civil and military generals of the young marshal army will not run to surrender to the Qin army unless they are crazy, if they let people come forward to deceive and surrender, Lu Qi and the others, even three-year-old children, know that they are cheating, and there is absolutely no possibility of success.

Fortunately, there is still plenty of time, and it doesn't matter if he can't think of a way for a while, so Xiang Kang is not in a hurry, in addition to asking the young marshal soldiers to seize the time to set up a strong camp, he also arranged for the soldiers to cut down a large amount of timber and make all kinds of siege weapons, and at the same time try to lure the enemy and prepare for the siege by force. But to Xiang Kang's surprise, only one night had passed after arriving in Wancheng, and on the morning of the next day, a scout came from outside the tent to report, saying that Qi Gill had come from Lixian to Wancheng with his army to help the young marshal's army attack Wancheng.

"This Qi gill has a thick skin." Xiang Kang snorted coldly and said: "Whether we agree or not, first pull the army over, do the empty favor, and then when we take Wancheng, we can be cheeky and ask for money and food." ”

"General Right, you can't be polite to this kind of shameless person." Li Shiqi said very angrily: "Send someone to tell them to get out of the way quickly, don't come to the Wancheng battlefield to get in the way." ”

Of course, Xiang Kang also suspected that Qi Gill's rabble was in the way, so he immediately sent a civilian official to the north, clearly telling Qi Gill that the army did not need his help, and asked Qi Gill not to interfere in the Wancheng battlefield. But after more than an hour, the civil official sent returned to Xiang Kang with an angry face, and said: "General Right, the surname Qi is too thick-skinned, not only did he not listen to the villain's persuasion and warning, but also said that he came for the big anti-Qin matter, and insisted on refusing to stop advancing, and now it is only ten miles away from our camp. ”

"The tiger is not powerful, and he bullies me as a sick cat?" Xiang Kang was completely enraged, and for a while he forgot that there was no cat in the Central Plains in this era, and shouted: "Give Ding Ji an order, tell him to lead the people of the headquarters out of the camp, and drive Qi Gill directly away for me, Qi Gill does not listen to the greeting, and the fight is correct!" ”

"Right General, calm down." Zhou Zeng, who had a better temper, opened his mouth to stop and persuaded Xiang Kang: "Although Qi Gill is brazen, after all, he is also an anti-Qin righteous teacher, and he is from a big family in Nanyang, with deep roots in Nanyang and extensive travel, and now he is coming under the banner of helping us attack the city, but we will only damage our reputation and spread it, which will only damage our reputation and not help us buy the hearts of the people of Nanyang." ”

"Then you can't just watch him come over and get in the way and want to take advantage, right?"

Xiang Kang's anger did not subside, and then Xiang Kang's heart moved again, and he hurriedly changed his words and ordered: "Give Ding Ji an order, tell him to lead the men and horses of the headquarters out of the camp, and prepare to fight with Qi Gill, but if Qi Gill does not make the first move, don't start a war with him." ”

After saying that, Xiang Kang pointed to the messenger who had gone to contact Qi Gill before, and instructed: "When Qi Gill arrives nearby, you can go again and tell Qi Gill that since he insists on coming to help us attack the city, then set up camp for me outside the West Gate of Wancheng, away from our camp." I also told him clearly that this was the opportunity I gave him to join forces, and if he missed it, it would be too late to regret it later. ”

The envoy agreed, but Zhou Zeng was extremely confused when he heard it, and said suspiciously: "General Right, what's wrong with you today?" Isn't that your usual style? If we do this, it will easily lead to conflicts with friendly forces, right? ”

Xiang Kang laughed and said, "Uncle Ya, who do you think it will benefit us if we have a conflict with our allies?" ”

"Who will it be good for?" Zhou Zeng was stunned at first, and then immediately came to his senses, and smiled at Xiang Kang: "I'm ashamed, I've been with General Right for so long, and I still haven't made much progress, and I have completely forgotten what General Right has done, and it will definitely not be untargeted." ”

It's time to take a look at the situation on Qi Gill's side, during the cheeky insistence on going south, Qi Gill has been thinking about what rhetoric to use to deceive the world's famous stupid boy to promise to join forces with his rabble to attack the city, but after coming to the vicinity of the camp of the young marshal's army, Qi Gill and the rabble under his command were extremely dumbfounded to see that a well-equipped young marshal army had already been waiting outside the camp and was ready to start a war with them.

And then, the envoy sent by Xiang Kang came to Qi Gill again, and forced Qi Gill to camp outside the west gate of Wancheng with an arrogant attitude, Qi Gill was so angry that he turned around and left, and the young marshal envoy added another sentence, saying: "Captain Qi, our right general said, this is the opportunity he gave you, if you miss it, it will be too late to regret it in the future." ”

Qi Gill's face muscles twitched, none of his subordinates around him were not blue-faced, and the young marshal's envoy urged again: "Captain Qi, go and set up camp, our right general is already asking people to prepare a banquet, and when you have set up the camp, I will invite you to drink with him and discuss important matters." ”

Saying that, the envoy of the young marshal army also took a step forward and handed a small cloth ball to Qi Gill, when Qi Gill took it and opened it in confusion, he saw a line of small words written on the silk cloth - don't make a noise, I am making a show for the Tyrannical Qin army to help me act, and I will be grateful after the deed. Xiang Kang.

It was also after seeing Xiang Kang's handwritten note that Qi Gill, who was not stupid enough to get home, vaguely understood what Xiang Kang meant, first pinched the note in his hand, and then shouted: "Go to the west gate of Wancheng to set up camp!" ”

"Brother!" Qi Si was furious and said, "Since Xiang Kang Xiao'er looks down on us so much, it's better to go." ”

"Less nonsense, we can't run for nothing." Qi Gill scolded loudly and insisted on ordering the army to set up camp outside the west gate of Wancheng.

Since Qi Gill insisted so much, the generals of the Qi army had no choice but to honestly drive outside the west gate of Wancheng, and what made the generals of the Qi army even more angry was that after they drove westward, the young marshal army outside the camp actually followed up again, monitoring the Qi army team away from the camp of the young marshal army, and sent people to a designated position outside the west gate of Wancheng early to order the Qi army to set up camp there.

Seeing this scene, of course, the soldiers of the Qi army were talking about it, and they were all very puzzled why the young marshal army would treat the friendly army with such a rude attitude, Qi Min, who had been running around with his father since Qi Gill started the army, also saw that something was wrong, and the Qi army team had just arrived at the designated place and began to set up camp under the supervision of the young marshal army, Qi Min jumped off the carriage, trotted to Qi Gill and asked worriedly: "Ah Weng, what's wrong?" Why is it that the army of Chu seems to be about to go to war with us at any time? ”

"Don't worry, it's fine." Qi Gill patted her daughter's black hair to comfort her, calmed down and did not explain the truth to her daughter.

At this time, Xiang Kang had already sent a messenger to contact Qi Gill, asking Qi Gill to go to the young marshal's camp immediately to meet with him, Qi Min and Qi Si and others were worried about Qi Gill's safety, and they all advised Qi Gill not to take risks, and Qi Feng also volunteered to contact Xiang Kang on behalf of Qi Gill. Qi Gill was curious about Xiang Kang's true intentions, and secondly, he knew that if Xiang Kang really wanted to be unfavorable to himself, he didn't need to trick himself into the camp of the young marshal army to do something, just by relying on the young marshal army who was monitoring the camp of the self-army, he could easily clean up his group of rabble, so he ignored everyone's dissuasion, arranged the affairs of the camp, and immediately followed the envoy of the young marshal's army to the east and went to the camp of the young marshal's army to meet Xiang Kang.

After Qi Gill left, Qi Si, Qi Feng and others were of course extremely worried, for fear that the young marshal army outside the camp would take advantage of the opportunity of the leaderless army to suddenly attack and take the Qi army that was still in the camp, and as a woman, Qi Min of course hung his heart to his throat, extremely afraid that the arrogant young marshal army would be unfavorable to Qi Gill, and he was always restless, always looking at the direction of the young marshal army camp in the distance.

Fortunately, Qi Jun's camp has just taken shape, and the young marshal army outside the camp has already withdrawn on its own, and has not done anything to rob while the fire is lacking in virtue, and when it was slightly dark, Qi Gill also came back from the young marshal camp with a body of alcohol, Qi Min was overjoyed to receive the news, and was busy coming to the Chinese army tent to meet Qi Gill, but unfortunately Qi Gill was busy discussing things with Qi Si and other henchmen, and instructed Qi Min: "Good daughter, go back to your military tent to rest first, Ah Weng will go to see you in a while, and there are important things to tell you." ”

Seeing that his father had returned safely, Qi Min's heart that had been hanging in his throat for a long time was put back in his stomach, so he obediently obeyed Qi Gill's instructions and honestly returned to his sleeping tent to wait. Then after a period of time, Qi Gill also entered Qi Min's bedroom with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Good daughter, Ah Weng is here, are you sleepy?" ”

"Don't be sleepy, Ah Weng sit down."

Qi Min, who was still virtuous, hurriedly sat down with Qi Gill in his arms, and Qi Gill got straight to the point, and said with a smile: "Min'er, even if you are sleepy tonight, you have to listen to Ah Weng finish speaking, Ah Weng has a very important matter for you to do for me in person tomorrow, you can't shirk." ”

"What does Aweng want his daughter to do?" Qi Min asked suspiciously.

"Tomorrow at noon, you will take a few retinues to the northeast of our camp to practice dancing." Qi Gill commanded: "Then Xiang Kang, the right general of the Chu State, will happen to pass by there, and will snatch you away, you have to ......." ”

"Snatch me away?" Qi Min was frightened by his father's words, and asked in surprise: "Ah Weng, do you want me to be snatched away by the right general of the Chu State?" ”

"Of course it's a fake robbery, how could Ah Weng be willing to let my good daughter be snatched away by another man?" Qi Gill laughed, and then said quickly: "But you must pretend to be particularly scared, and you must not let the entourage you bring know that you are pretending to be robbed, and then as long as you arrive at the camp of the right general, the matter will be over, the right general will definitely not do anything to you, Ah Weng and I will also take you back as soon as possible." ”

It took a lot of effort for Qi Gill to tell Qi Min what happened, and the reason and purpose for Xiang Kang to deliberately snatch Qi Min, Qi Min couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, and said: "Ah Weng, whose bad idea is this?" Why do you take my daughter to do such a thing? ”

"Don't worry about anyone's idea, in short, you must do Ah Weng this favor." Qi Gill refused to answer the person who came up with this bad idea, and said: "After the matter is completed, Ah Weng will definitely reward you heavily, and whether we and General You can successfully take Wancheng depends on your performance tomorrow." ”

Qi Min wanted to refuse, but he couldn't help but listen to his father's words, so after hesitating for a long time, Qi Min could only ask with great worry: "Ah Weng, the right general of the Chu State, will he ...... his daughter after snatching his daughter away?" ”

"Haha, don't worry, General Right is a righteous man and a gentleman, and he will never mess around, I'm your Aweng, how can I be willing to let you take risks?" Qi Gill laughed heartily, and added in his heart, "Good daughter, you can really rest assured, in fact, General Right is worried about his reputation and is not willing to pretend to snatch you away." ”

Father's assurance only made Qi Min feel a little at ease, but when he thought that he was going to be snatched away by a black and short ugly fat man, and he had to face a bunch of walking fat, and the stupid fat man with thick lips and drooling at the corners of his mouth forever, Qi Min still couldn't help but shiver, his weak body trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but beg: "Ah Weng, don't let your daughter do this, okay?" ”