Qu Xiangtian asked Qin Rufeng, who was hanging his arm with a sackcloth beside him, "How many people have been injured by Rufeng's soldiers and horses and Qin Wang's army?" Qin Rufeng replied in a rough voice: "Brother Tian, more than 40,000 people have died, and if we continue like this, both of us will lose and lose." ”

Lu Yunzhi said at this moment: "The Ming army is similar to us, or even more tragic, if you don't burn the corpses of so many people, the weather is so hot now, there will be a plague soon, even if we try our best to bury the corpses now, but you smell it, there is already a faint smell of corpses in the air, unless we can concentrate on burning now, otherwise we don't have to fight anymore, the soldiers will be disturbed by the plague, where is there still a little combat effectiveness." Speaking of this, Lu Yunzhi suddenly seemed to think of something, and everyone wanted to speak but didn't find it.

Zhu Jianwen continued: "Fang Fatty, you said that you use a car to pull it to various places and bury it separately, this is of course good, where can you find so many cars in a while, it may have rotted before it is transported away, Fang Fatty, this plan is not appropriate." ”

"What then?" Fang Qingze said: "Do you want to withdraw from the army?" Lu Yunzhi and Qu Xiangtian nodded at the same time, Qu Xiangtian motioned for Lu Yunzhi to say first, Lu Yunzhi said: "Actually, forget it, if you can't stop the war, you can only withdraw from the army, let's go to Shandong together, with our current army to occupy most of the problem, once the plague breaks out, Beijing will become a dead city, it will not be good for both of us, killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 is not worth it." ”

"The most important thing is what I said that day, innocent people were tragically implicated, we are marching in the name of the Qing monarch, if we work too hard and lose money, then the people of the world will turn against us, then we will have no way out." Qu Xiangtian said,

Guangliang ran from a distance at this time, and shouted loudly: "General, general." When Guangliang ran to Qu Xiangtian's side, he only heard him say: "A few horses ran out of Beijing and were stopped by our army, and they said that they came out to negotiate. Qu Xiangtian turned around and said to everyone: "Let's go, let's go and meet them together, and see what tricks Yu Qian is playing." ”

A few people walked quickly to the big tent of the Chinese army, but saw a white-haired old man standing outside the tent, who was very thin, and when he saw everyone coming, he hurriedly bowed and shouted: "Yang Shan has seen the generals. Yang Shan's mouth was startled, only to hear his voice like a bell, his words were neither humble nor arrogant, and he was not panicked in the face of the enemy generals entering the camp alone.

Qu Xiangtian smiled and said in a low voice: "If this person goes to perform a hexagram, it is a good material." Lu Yunzhi replied in a low voice: "Yang Shan is his own person, let's go into the account, I'm afraid there are fine things in the army." Qu Xiangtian nodded, stretched out his hand and said to Yang Shan, "Please enter the big tent." ”

As soon as everyone entered the big tent, Yang Shan reflexively grabbed Lu Yunzhi's shoulder and said, "Oh, Mr. Lu, you and I meet again." Lu Yunzhi hurriedly clasped his hands and fists and said, "Mr. don't dare to be, the little nephew will visit Uncle Yang." Everyone sat down one after another, Lu Yunzhi told everyone about his friendship with Yang Zhun, and said that Yang Shan welcomed back Zhu Qizhen with him, but concealed that Yang Shan helped him contact Shang Yu, at this moment only Bai Yong, Fang Qingze, and Lu Yunzhi himself and Yang Shan knew that Shang Yu was Lu Yunzhi's internal response.

It's not that Lu Yunzhi doesn't want to tell everyone, it's just that he hasn't figured out how to say it yet, after all, Shang Yu raped Lin Qianru, and killed Shi Wentian, and when he besieged the Zhongzheng Yimai Mansion, he killed many brothers of the same lineage, if he told everyone that he had made friends with Shang Yu, I don't know if Qu Xiangtian would be furious, and I don't know what the rest of the people would think of him.

Yang Shan is so shrewd, although he doesn't know the cause and effect, but when he heard that Lu Yunzhi didn't say anything about asking himself to find Shang Delirium, he knew that there must be a secret in it, so he didn't say much, just stood up and bowed politely to everyone present, and after saying something, Qu Xiangtian asked, "What is the matter with Lord Yang's visit this time?" ”

Yang Shan took out a letter, handed it to Qu Xiangtian and said, "Yu Qian wants to stop this battle now. Everyone was amazed, Qu Xiangtian hurriedly opened the letter and read it, and said to everyone after a while: "Yu Qian doesn't want to negotiate peace or admit defeat over this, he just wants to fight in a different way." ”

A group of people waited for the letter to circulate, and after reading it, they fell into silence, Fang Qingze first broke the silence and said: "It turns out that Yu Qian is also worried about the outbreak of the plague, but in the letter, he said that the two sides should strike for a month and concentrate on disposing of the corpses, and also said that we were originally people with strange skills, since the matter has been hostile to each other, there is no need to let the ordinary soldiers of the world suffer the consequences, and ask us to duel face to face in Hongluo Temple, in order to win or lose, life and death do not count, three wins in five games, and the losing side will retire to the rivers and lakes, and must not make waves again, It's all mess, it's the same as the butcher of the market, I don't think we should promise him. ”

Zhu Jianwen said: "I agree with Fang Fatzi's statement, it's too risky to do this, what if there is fraud, as soon as we go up the mountain and surround the mountain, wouldn't it be a loss, even if it is a duel, the location and method cannot be decided by them, so we fall into passivity." ”

"I think what the second brother said is inappropriate, now the corpses are piling up, and it may cause a plague at any time, we said this before, but if you withdraw now, everyone here is estimated to be unwilling, and Yu Qian is also unwilling, according to what the letter says, this will not only reduce the casualties of innocent people and ordinary soldiers, but also fight the male and female, this proposal can be said to be the best way at present." Qu raised his voice to the sky and said,

Lu Yunzhi didn't speak, but everyone looked at him, and Qu Xiangtian asked, "Third brother, what do you think." Lu Yunzhi replied: "The eldest brother said that it would be good." This made Qu Xiangtian speechless, and he was speechless for a long time before he said: "As long as it is not contrary to the avenue of benevolence and righteousness, I will never act arbitrarily, the army is everyone's, and this revenge march to revitalize the Zhongzheng lineage is also everyone's business, third brother, you still tell me what you think." ”

Lu Yunzhi just shook his head and smiled bitterly, but did not answer, Fang Qingze urged: "We are all our own brothers, what else can't be said, the third brother should say it quickly, don't sell it." Everyone urged one after another, and Lu Yunzhi was in a dilemma, so he spoke,