"Tao Yuanjun hurriedly summoned me over, but there is something urgent?"

Xu Ding received Tao Qian's message and rushed to the state pastor's mansion from where he lived.

At this time, Tao Qian's civil and military generals basically arrived, sitting in two columns, Tao Qian beckoned Xu Ding to sit in the nearest position, and then sighed and said: "The battle south of Bokang has been divided, Qu County has been breached, and your favorite generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were killed by Liu Xuan." ”

Most of the civil and military people in Xuzhou stared at Xu Ding gloatingly, wanting to see Xu Ding's expression when he heard the bad news.

However, they were disappointed, because Xu Ding was just stunned and then smiled: "Liu Miao is so powerful, Qu County will break it, then Zizhong and Zifang's families are okay?" ”

After speaking, he looked out at the two brothers, Elk Zhu, who was in the lower position.

The two brothers' faces were not very good, and they hugged their fists in a depressed mood and said: "Thank you for worrying about the prince, I don't know what happened to Qu County." ”

Xu Ding bowed slightly, then turned to Tao Qian and said, "So the news was revealed by Yuan Shu, then his intentions are good." ”

Everyone looked at each other, Cao Bao and Cao Hong looked indifferently, Chen Deng stood up and said: "What the prince means is that Yuan Shu has cheated. ”

Xu Dingdao: "Of course! ”

At this time, Cao Hong stood up and asked, "Junhou! You say it's Yuan Shu's deception, but can you show evidence? ”

"The fact that he besieged the city and didn't allow us to communicate with the outside world is the best evidence, and until there is information from our people to confirm it, everything he said should be false." Xu Ding said conclusively, and did not justify this issue.

Tao Qian's subordinates immediately talked about each other, and they exchanged ears.

Obviously, there are those who are in favor and those who disagree.

Tao Qian asked, "Then Bokang, what do you think we are going to do next?" ”

has been surrounded for so long, Xu Ding has not made any moves, and has not proposed any practical plan to break the enemy, even the scheming Tao Qian is a little helpless.

Xu Ding said with a smile: "Stay strong, Yuan Shu likes to besiege the city, let him besiege it, anyway, he can't storm the city, let's just wait with peace of mind." ”

Tao Qian wanted to say something, but finally swallowed the words in his throat.

Xu Ding stood up and said, "Since there is nothing else to do, then I will leave first." ”

Tao Qian bowed slightly, and after Xu Ding left, the two brothers Lu Zhu and Lu Fang also retired to Tao Qian.

Chen Deng and Chen Qi had been watching Xu Ding's expressions and movements, one pinching his beard and the other holding a wine glass, not knowing what he was thinking.

Cao Bao saw that Xu Ding and the Elk brothers were gone, and attended: "Lord Xu Ding, this person has a false name, he has been in our Xuzhou for so long, he has more than 10,000 elite soldiers, and most of them are cavalry, but he doesn't dare to go out of the city to attack Yuan Shu, I am afraid that it will not be reliable, how to hold Tan County, keep our Xuzhou, we have to find our own way!" ”

Tao Qian sighed and said, "Then what good way do you have?" ”

I......

Cao Bao is a vulgar martial artist, how can he do anything, so he turned his eyes to Cao Hong, talking about his brain, of course, there are more of his own clan.

Cao Hongxin said that I had a fart idea, so he set his eyes on Chen Deng.

The dragon of the Chen family is more powerful, and Tao Qian asked Chen Deng: "Yuanlong, what good plan do you have?" ”

Chen Deng put down his wine glass, shook his head and said: "My lord, I don't have a good plan here, as Weihai Hou said, I can only sit and wait, first consume Yuan Shu, wait and see the changes, maybe the Donglai Navy can turn defeat into victory and hit Liu Miao hard, and come to solve the difficulty." ”

Tao Qian's mood was also very melancholy, and he waved his hand and said, "It's all gone, go back and rest early!" ”

And they departed from their seats.

Although Tao Qian's face was melancholy, but looking at the entrance hall where everyone had dispersed, his eyes became complicated again, and he didn't know what he was thinking after sitting there for a long time?

Lu Zhu, Lu Fang left the state pastor's mansion, and then caught up with Xu Ding, Lu Zhu asked: "What do you think of the war on the southern front, prince?" ”

Xu Ding replied with a smile: "Does Zizhong want to hear the truth or a lie?" ”

Lu Zhu and Lu Fang were stunned for a moment, and Lu Zhu said: "Of course it is the true intention of the prince." ”

Xu Dingdao: "My truth is that it is impossible for my troops to be defeated, and Liu Miao is not a threat to my subordinates at all, on the contrary, Liu Miao is vulnerable." ”

After saying that, he will leave. Lu Zhu and Lu Fang glanced at each other, both wanting to see something in each other's eyes.

Soon the two of them caught up again, and Lu Zhu wanted to ask again, at this time Xu Ding said: "Zizhong, don't ask, I'll ask you a word, you remember to follow my footsteps as soon as the sky changes." ”

After speaking, Xu Ding and the generals urged the horse to rush back to the residence.

Elfang asked, "Big brother, what do you mean by Weihaihou?" ”

Lu Zhu patted his younger brother's shoulder with his eyes and said, "I estimate that there will be major news coming out soon, let's go, go home!" ”

Out of town!

"Good news, Lord! Good news! There was movement in the city. ”

Yuan Jian walked into Yuan Shu's big tent with a letter in his hand and handed it to Yuan Shu in person.

Yuan Shu took over and opened it, his face was full of joy, and he patted a few words: "Okay!" That's great! ”

"Someone! Gather all the generals to come over to discuss the matter, tonight I will take Tan County and destroy Tao Qian and Xu Ding! ”

………………

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the daily temperature difference is large, and the monsoon at the starting point at night is cool and cold, which makes people unable to beat up any spirit.

After besieging the city for many days, the two sides did not see each other, and they were safe, which made the Danyang soldiers on duty a little slack.

Three-five or five gangs, gathered around to bake the fire together.

Although Xuzhou had plenty of food, the soldiers still had two meals a day, and they were good at night in the first half of the night, but in the second half of the night, they were tired, sleepy and hungry, and their stomachs were croaking.

At this time, you can only drink a bowl of cold water to satisfy your hunger.

Today, the wind is strong in the city, and the banner hunts and hunts.

There was the sound of footsteps on the street below the city, and the soldiers, who were still telling meat jokes and joking, noticed that someone was approaching, and they stood up with their weapons in their hands, stared at the torches on the street and asked, "Who?" ”

No one answered them, and they all stood up nervously, and soon they saw the crowd under the torches.

It turned out to be a group of people who carried burdens and played companions like domestic servants.

In front of the crowd was a middle-aged man, the man was dressed in an official robe, and his status was honorable.

"It turned out to be Pei Xiang, a small faux pas."

The person who came was none other than Chen Jue.

Chen Qi smiled and said: "It's okay, you are on duty very well, tonight is windy, the lord is afraid that the world will be colder, so he specially ordered me to send ginger candy to drive away the cold, and also instructed that supper will be sent in the middle of the night in the future, so that the soldiers can have the strength and spirit to guard the city." ”

The soldiers of the defending army were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all said: "Thank you to the lord, or the lord is benevolent!" ”

So under the command of Chen Qi, the house slaves distributed ginger candy to all the soldiers defending the city, and then asked everyone to come over to eat something to cushion their stomachs.

A group of soldiers hurried over first, for fear that they would not have their share when it was too late.

"Haha, delicious, enjoyable!"

"Cool! Finally I don't have to go hungry in the middle of the night!"

"Yes! Finally...... This thing ......" someone just seconded the proposal, but found that his stomach was cramping, his face was bitter, and his expression was hideous and painful.

The others also clutched their stomachs and fell to the ground.

"Chen Jue, you ......" The general on duty drew his sword and pointed at Chen Jue, if he didn't understand that there was a problem with the food, he would not be worthy of being a city defender.

It's just that before he stabbed Chen Qi, he couldn't hold on, and he wanted to fall softly, so he had to hold his sword against the ground and hold on.

Chen Qi ignored the fallen soldiers defending the city one by one, disappreciating it in his heart, and waved his hand: "It's all solved, Kaicheng will bring the army over, Tanxian will change the sky, and Xuzhou will change the sky." ”