At midnight, except for the occasional patrol of soldiers, there were no other pedestrians on the streets, and it seemed very cold and solemn.

The watchman knocked on Zhubang and shouted: "The weather is dry, be careful of the fire candle!" ”

Pang Faqi, who was walking back and forth in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, stopped when he heard the sound of knocking on the watch, and asked, "Someone!" ”

"What do you command?" A small official walked in and asked.

Pang Faqi asked, "How many days is it?" ”

"Back to the house, it's been three watches!"

Pang Faqi frowned, "It's been three watches, why hasn't there been any news yet?" How dare you? ”

"Back to Fujun, the young general is still waiting for the answer in the South City Gate Tower!"

Pang Fa thought about it, the army must be prepared before leaving the city, it takes time, after leaving the city, it will take more than ten miles, which also takes time, although the time before dawn is still very sufficient, but it is not the time to launch an attack The shorter the time from dawn, the better, the guard and patrol posts of the cadre army have a fixed shift change time, and he must seize the time of the guard and patrol post outside the cadre army camp to have the opportunity to quietly lead the men and horses to approach the cadre army camp.

"Come on, pass on the order of the government, and let Liu Gon, Zhu Zhu and others come to discuss the matter quickly!"

"No!"

Not long after the herald left, Pang Kangdang hurriedly returned with a wet person.

"Daddy, the messenger is back, and he also brought back Xiao Dashuai's handwritten letter!"

Pang Fa looked at it, and hurriedly said to the entourage next to him: "Take him down quickly to change into clean clothes, prepare some hot soup, food and wine and send them over!" ”

"No!"

After the messenger was taken down, Pang Dangdang brought a letter over, "Daddy, this is Xiao Dashuai's letter to Daddy!" ”

Pang Faqi took the letter and opened it and read it, frowning when he saw it, and his face became worse and worse.

Pang Dangdang hurriedly asked, "Daddy, what did Xiao Dashuai's letter say?" ”

"See for yourself!"

Pang Dangdang took the letter and read it, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said angrily: "How can Xiao Dashuai be like this? Isn't this a clear statement that I will be left to fend for myself? ”

Father and son were silent, each thinking about their own thoughts.

After a long time, the messenger changed into clean clothes and walked back, saluted and said: "Fujun, Xiao Dashuai has some words that are inconvenient to say in the letter, so let the villain relay it, it's just ······"

Seeing this, Pang Fa waved his hand to let the entourage retreat.

"Okay, here is our father and son, Xiao Dashuai asked you to relay what you said, you can say it!"

"Yes!" The messenger agreed, and immediately spoke, and Pang Faqi and the father and son listened quietly, until the messenger finished speaking, and the father and son did not come back to their senses for a long time.

The messenger really couldn't wait, "Fujun, if there is nothing else, the villain will leave first!" ”

Pang Fa got up and walked up to the messenger with the hilt of his sword and asked, "Do anyone else know these words besides our father and son, Xiao Dashuai, and you?" ”

"No, Xiao Dashuai told the villain alone at that time, and there was no one else around!"

"Good!" Pomfa nodded, and suddenly drew his sword and stabbed the messenger in the chest.

The messenger's eyes widened, and he slowly raised his hand and pointed at Pang Faqi: "You ······" Immediately died of exhaustion.

Pang dared to be shocked: "Daddy ······"

Pang Faqi pulled out his sword and wiped the blood on the clothes of the messenger's corpse, put the sword into the sheath with an indifferent expression, and glanced at his son, "What are you doing in shock?" Those who achieve great things must have the calmness and calmness of Mount Tai collapsing in front of them without changing their faces! Come here, let's take a closer look at the father and son! ”

"No!"

When Pang Faqi and his son were almost discussed, Liu Gon and Zhu Zhu arrived one after another.

"Has the prince made a decision?" Liu Gon asked, this was his greatest concern, if Pang Faqi promised to give him 2,000 men, he would immediately pretend to be sick and get an emergency; If Pang Faqi only gave 1,000 people, he would shirk the lack of troops and win, in short, he would not lead troops to attack at night.

Zhu Zhu also concentrated on looking at Pang Faqi.

Pang Faqi's expression was gloomy, he sighed, picked up the letter that Xiao Bin wrote to him from the desk and said: "At night, the government sent someone to sneak back to Xiakou to meet Xiao Dashuai, and Dashuai asked the messenger to bring back this letter, you take turns to take a look!" After speaking, he handed the letter to the attendant next to him.

Zhu Zhu took the letter and read it, and then was shocked: "What? No reinforcements, no flotilla? That's it······ Leave us alone? If you don't care about us, why did you order us to stick to it? Isn't that a clear indication that we should die here? ”

The letter reached Liu Gon's hand, he read it carefully from beginning to end, Xiao Bin said in the letter that the sailors who went to attack Hanjinkou failed and returned, without achieving any results, and the main force of the cadre army had already been killed from Jingling and Suixian, and it was impossible to send troops to reinforce Jiangxia City, otherwise, it would only send some more people to the cadres to kill; It is also impossible to send a naval division warship to meet it, once it is discovered by the patrol rangers on the riverbank of the cadre army, the cadres brigade will arrive immediately, not to mention that the defenders in the city will not be able to cross the river, even if the fleet is afraid that it will be captured by the cadre army, so in view of the above situation, I can only order Pang Faqi to lead the troops to defend Jiangxia City for at least a month, and then the situation will naturally change, and when the cadres retreat, Jiangxia City will be saved.

Even if Liu Gon himself had the will to surrender to the cadres, when he saw such a letter, he was angry and scolded: "This is not to treat the brothers as human beings, since we don't care whether we live or die, what qualifications do we have to defend to the death?" He's forcing us to surrender! ”

"Ahem, General Liu said carefully!" Zhu Zhu hurriedly reminded.

Liu Gon opened his mouth and closed his mouth decadently.

Zhu Zhu asked, "Fujun, I don't know what you are planning?" ”

Pang Faqi said: "Now this situation is not connected by the fleet, we can't cross the river, the breakthrough is basically eliminated, now there are only two ways in front of us, either surrender to the cadre army, or defend to the end, wait for the situation to change, we have 3,000 men and horses, there are 10,000 people in the city, the ordnance and weapons are quite sufficient, as long as the deployment is appropriate, it is not impossible to hold for a month!" How do General Liu and Zhu Zhubo plan to choose? ”

Liu Gon didn't know what Pang Faqi was thinking in his heart, or what tricks this person wanted to play, for the sake of insurance, he decided not to show his heart for the time being, so he said: "This matter is too big, in the opinion of the generals, it is better to gather all the officials and generals to come and discuss together!" ”

Zhu Zhu also felt that Liu Gon's suggestion was good, if the choice of the two of them did not match what Pang Faqi thought in his heart, what if Pang Faqi broke out and wanted to kill them? So it's better to stall and find more people to come and take risks.

"The lower officials think that what General Liu said is good, this matter is very important, and it can't be hasty, so let's bring the officials and generals together to discuss!"

Pang Faqi did not persecute it, and promised: "That's fine!" Come and pass on the orders of the government, so that officials at all levels of the government and the generals and colonels above the head of the army squadron will come to discuss the matter! ”

"No!"

Soon, officials at all levels and officers of the colonels rushed over one after another, and the lobby suddenly became noisy and a little crowded.

"Fujun, almost all the people who should come have arrived, do you think you can start?" Zhu Zhu asked.

Pang Faqi looked at it, nodded and said, "Okay, let's start!" Ladies and gentlemen, I have invited you late at night because there is an important matter that needs to be decided together on the future of all of you! The government received a secret letter sent by Xiao Dashuai from Xiakou, which said that the cadres were attacking from the north and the west, and the defense line on the river bank was also occupied by the cadres, and the plan to cover our army's retreat and crossing the river was no longer feasible, and sending troops to reinforce it was also affected by various factors that it was impossible to succeed, so we can neither withdraw to Xiakou nor have reinforcements, and as for breaking through, it is even more self-defeating! ”

"Xiao Dashuai ordered me to wait to defend Jiangxia City, wait for the situation to change, the imperial court will never let the Qianguo send troops to wreak havoc in our country, and will definitely send troops to counterattack, when the Qianjun will retreat, Jiangxia City will be safe, this is Xiao Dashuai's original words in the letter!"

"Therefore, there are only two ways in front of us, live and die with the city, or put down your weapons and go out of the city to surrender to the cadres, depending on how you choose!"

Living and dying with the city? Only people with their brains would choose this! The Qianguo people are not foreigners, everyone is Han, there is no need to make such a big determination to fight to the death, right? If you keep it almost, you will have an explanation for both the court and yourself.

Surrender? This can be considered, but surrender is too ugly to hear, and most of the people are inclined to this, but they all have concerns, and no one wants to stand up and agree first, what if everyone else thinks differently? If you anger some die-hard elements, wouldn't it be very unjust to be cut down with a knife?

At this time, Pang Fa saw that everyone was silent, and he said: "Okay, since you don't want to express your position first, this government will first talk about your own thoughts, and the idea of this government is to surrender to the cadres!" ”

What the? Pang Faqi wanted to surrender to the Qianjun, but he had fought with the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Qianjun for many years, and he actually chose to surrender? Aren't you afraid that you will settle accounts after the autumn of the country?

Before everyone could react, they heard Pang Dangdang shouting: "Daddy, you want to surrender to the cadres?" Are you still my daddy? You have been loyal to the imperial court for so many years, and how many soldiers and generals have you killed in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Qianguo? I'm afraid that I can't count them all, how can you ever waver? In any case, the child disagrees! ”

Pang Faqi was furious and said: "My mother and your grandmother were captured by the cadres, and they threatened with this, what can I do? Besides, I Pang Fa has been born and died for the court for so many years, killing countless enemies, and now my mother is trapped in the enemy camp, not only does the court not rescue, but we also defend and live with the city, and we have all been treated as outcasts! What else can this court be loyal to? What else can this Jiangxia City defend? ”

Pang Dangdang said loudly: "We can find a way to rescue our grandmother······"

"Save? How to save? Night Raid? You are a fool to be a soldier, and will let you go to the night attack? My mother is my mother, if I watch them kill my mother, will I still be a human being? After Pang Faqi finished speaking, he drew his sword and swung his sword and slashed it, and the desk in front of him was split into two pieces on the spot.

"Today, the government has made a decision, and anyone who stops it is like this case!"

Pang Dangdang's face turned red, and he pulled out his war knife and said loudly: "Daddy, please forgive the child for your choice, if you surrender to the people, my father-son relationship will be cut off today, and if he sees him again in the future, he will be friend or foe!" ”

Pang Faqi turned his head to look at the panicked generals and officials and asked loudly: "Those who are willing to surrender with me Pang Faqi stand on the left, and those who don't want to stand on the right!" ”

Pang Dangdang was furious, and shouted at everyone with a knife: "I see who dares to stand on the left!" ”