One side rested in the sun, and the other side stood on the head of the city nervously on guard, from the morning confrontation to the sunset, no one dared to act rashly.

There was no turmoil outside the city, but the defenders of the city inside the city were discussing how to retreat from the enemy.

In one room, I only heard the commander of the Champa garrison sitting in the first place: "Regardless of whether the army outside the city is Annam or not, they are a great threat to us, and if we don't drive them away, we don't want to sleep peacefully." What can you do? ”

A general said: "Open the city gate and kill them and drive them back to the jungle." I've seen it, they are no more than 2,000 people, and we have 15,000 of them, and if we kill them, we can bring them to the ground! I don't think we should sit in the city and wait for them to come in, but we should raise our knives and kill them all, and see if they dare to come next time! ”

Another said: "No! If you look at them as if there are only 2,000 people, which time you can see it, which time it is not for us to rush in, more Annamites will rush out of the jungle opposite, if it weren't for the strong city, it would have been broken by the Annamites long ago. I don't know how many times the same trick has been used by the Annamite people, and we have been fooled every time, isn't there enough lesson? We should close the city gates, stick to the city, let them provoke outside the city, don't go out, don't be fooled, after a long time, they have no food, and they will naturally retreat if they can't survive, and it is the safest and best way to consume them! ”

Another said: "We can send a small army out of the city to find out what they are doing, and if they have a large army lying in ambush in the jungle, we will shut our doors, and if not, we can go out of the city and destroy them." ”

Someone shouted: "Don't be so troublesome, send a force directly out of the city to destroy them, if they run into the jungle, we will not chase them." As long as we go out and take a walk around the city, it will be easy to get rid of them, and it won't be long before the siege is lifted. ”

Seeing that they couldn't think of any good solution, the commander of the garrison turned his head and said to one person: "Mr. Zhang, I don't know what you think?" ”

Mr. Zhang, who is in his forties, replied: "I only came from Vijaya today, and I don't know what the situation is outside the city. ”

The commander of the garrison said: "Mr. Zhang, don't be modest, you are a strategist by your side, you can take any idea better than us arguing here, please help us, I think you came here today, and you are also here for these enemy troops outside the city." ”

Mr. Zhang looked at the boss and seemed to think seriously for a while before saying: "Marshal Xiangqi Mutou, since you value my opinion so much, then I will give you a suggestion, whether those people outside the city are from Annam, presumably the marshal has already judged in his heart, how much of a threat there is to the city under our feet, and the marshal should also understand that the city gate cannot be opened, but the army outside the city must retreat, how to retreat?" Waiting for them to retreat by themselves is obviously not a good way, if the commander can trust me, it is enough for me to go out alone. ”

Coach Xiang Mu Tou asked in surprise: "Mr. Zhang, aren't you joking, can one person retreat two thousand enemy troops?" ”

Mr. Zhang smiled: "As long as the marshal believes, I can make the enemy troops outside the city retreat." ”

Coach Xiang was suspicious, and after thinking for a while, he still couldn't believe it, but Mr. Zhang was a close advisor of Lord Jayahali Varman, and there was no reason not to believe the words that came out of his mouth, so he said, "Then please ask Mr. Zhang to try?" ”

Mr. Zhang smiled: "Then try it." ”

"Come on, serve good wine and good food."

When Coach Xiang Mutou saw that Mr. Zhang had taken on the burden of retreating from the enemy, his heart suddenly lightened, and he immediately beckoned to serve wine and food to celebrate.

"Mr. Zhang, it's up to you to retreat from the enemy. Come, let's have a drink with Mr. Zhang. As soon as the wine and food were served, Coach Xiangqi Mutou beckoned everyone to start drinking and eating meat, and raised a glass to Mr. Zhang.

After three rounds of drinking, Mr. Zhang got up and said, "Everyone, Zhang will go first, and you will wait for my good news in the city." ”

Coach Xiang Mu Tou and the generals stood up to send them off.

Seeing Mr. Zhang go out of the mansion and go away, Coach Xiang Mu Tou sighed: "Mr. Zhang, a thin strategist, dares to face the two thousand enemy troops outside the city alone, this courage has to be admired. ”

I only heard a general reply: "I think he is going to die." If the commander wants to retreat from the enemy and doesn't want to be harassed, he still asks me to take 3,000 people out of the city to fight them, as long as I don't rush forward, it will be easy to drive them away. ”

Commander Xiang Mu Tou said: "These soldiers don't know how many battles they have experienced, they are the most elite soldiers in our country, they are our treasures, and they are also our capital, how can they fight at will, any little casualties, our strength will be damaged, we don't need to spend a soldier, the enemy army outside the city can retreat, why bother to damage the forces and meet the enemy's swords, keep them, our position can sit firm, how many times have I told you, don't you understand this truth?" ”

A general said: "We understand the truth, but I am annoyed when I see the enemy swaggering outside the city." ”

"Okay, leave it to Mr. Zhang after retreating from the enemy, and let's continue to go back to eat and drink." Coach Xiang Mu Tou turned and left.

As soon as they talked about eating and drinking, the generals immediately forgot about the enemy troops outside the city, and immediately returned to their homes with the commander to continue eating, drinking, and having fun.

Let's say that Mr. Zhang went out of the house alone, walked to the north gate of the small city, and directly told the soldiers defending the city that he was going out of the city to retreat and drive away the enemy troops outside the city.

How did those soldiers know the origin of the person in front of them, they laughed and laughed at this helpless middle-aged man, afraid that he was tired of life and wanted to go out to die.

Seeing that the soldiers were making trouble, Mr. Zhang didn't listen to his words at all, and immediately took out the token of leaving the city given to him by the commander of the city defense, and told them again that he was going out of the city tonight, and asked them to open the city gate quickly.

When the soldiers defending the city saw the token of the Shuaifu, they immediately shut up, but they became curious about the identity of the person in front of them.

Just as he was about to ask again, Mr. Zhang directly threw the token to them and asked them to verify the authenticity by themselves, and he was about to leave the city, so he hurriedly opened the door and let him go.

The soldiers took the token, and at a glance, they knew that the token was not fake, and it was indeed the property of the marshal's mansion. The people in front of them want to go out of the city now, I don't know how many enemies there are outside the city, going out is not just looking for death, it is almost dark, and it is also risky to open the city gate, if the enemy takes the opportunity to attack, they will be caught off guard.

Seeing that the soldiers were still going to shirk the friction, Mr. Zhang was angry and shouted that he wanted to ask Coach Xiangqi Mutou to open the door in person.

The commander himself came, and some of these soldiers could bear it, so where did they dare to let this strange person in front of them go back, and immediately quietly opened a crack in the door, just enough for one person to enter and exit.

Mr. Zhang flashed out of the city gate, and as soon as he got out of the city gate, he heard the heavy gate behind him close again, and now it was difficult to get in again, but fortunately, he didn't want to go back to the city now.

He looked at the camp a mile away, and the big banner of Song characters fluttering in front of the camp, stayed in place for a while, and then raised his feet and walked towards the camp opposite.

In the camp, the sergeant who had been staring at the heavily guarded town in front of him immediately noticed the abnormality on the opposite side.

"Report to the command, someone on the other side will come out!"

After staring at it for a day, seeing that it was dark, Zhang Biao, who was about to return to the camp tent, was suddenly startled when he heard the report from his subordinates, and immediately ran towards the camp.

When I went out to take a look, I saw a person on the opposite side walking slowly towards the camp, with a calm pace and no trace of nervousness and panic.

Just send a person, what kind of reputation are the Cham people? Zhang Biao couldn't guess.

Seeing the other party approaching, Zhang Biao immediately led someone forward to block the other party, and shouted: "Who dares to break into the camp of the Great Song Xuanwei Army, take it for me!" ”

"The general is angry, there is a very important matter to discuss with your army when he comes down, can we go into the camp and talk?" Mr. Zhang was about to be rude when he saw the other party coming up, so he hurriedly expressed his intention.

"You can speak the Great Song dialect, are you from the Great Song Dynasty?" Zhang Biao saw that the words of the person in front of him were relatively clear, and he was very surprised, so he immediately asked.

Mr. Zhang said with a smile: "No, my ancestor is from the Central Plains, and he has been living here for hundreds of years. General, this is not the place to speak, can you go in and speak, there are very important matters to discuss with the commander of your army. ”

Zhang Biao carefully looked at the person in front of him, he was relatively thin and weak, and his grade was not too young, so there should be no threat, but he was still not at ease, and asked again: "Is the commander of the Xuanwei Army of the Great Song Dynasty able to see him if he wants to?" Who are you, what are you looking for us, if you don't make it clear, how can we report it? Only after the briefing can I tell you whether I see you or not. ”

Mr. Zhang thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "Under the surname Zhang, I have been living in the capital of the city of Zhancheng, and now I am the advisor of Lord Jaya Hali Varman, and I came today to offer a customs clearance strategy to the commander of your army, please take me to see the commander of your army immediately, the opportunity for your army to clear customs is rare, and the opportunity must not be lost and not come again!" ”

Zhang Biao frowned, this surname Zhang is now a Zhancheng person, whether he is a good person or a bad person, he can't tell the difference at all. The Xuanwei army wanted to go south to join the fleet, but it was stopped outside the city by the occupants for a whole day, and it was impossible to negotiate with the people in the city at all.

But he didn't dare to call the shots and drive people away, if the other party really came to negotiate sincerely and let the Xuanwei army clear the customs, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity to enter the city to pass the customs if he drove people away? Whether you take risks or not, you still have to report to Lord Yang, and he is in charge.

"Wait here first, I'll ask." Zhang Biao was not too rude, so he replied.

Mr. Zhang said with a smile: "The general is going quickly, this matter cannot be delayed." ”

"You guys take care of him, don't let him move around at will, let alone let him run."

After Zhang Biao explained to his sergeants, he quickly walked to the big tent where Yang Congyi was.

When he came to the outside of the big tent, he immediately asked the guards guarding the tent, "Is your lord inside?" ”

Before the guards could reply, they heard Yang Congyi's voice coming from the tent: "If you have something, come in and talk about it." ”