Outside the door, Liu Gon withdrew his hand and quietly moved to the door to stand with his back against the wall, he planned to continue listening to see what Pang Faqi's plan was.

Pang Dangdang's voice came from the room again: "What is Daddy's plan?" ”

Pang Faqi said: "Daddy doesn't hide it from you, Xiao Dashuai's task to Daddy is to receive the army of General Shen Qingzhi, he has 10,000 horses in his hands, Xiao Dashuai sent 800 miles of expedited horses to Shen Qing before retreating to Xiakou, let him lead his troops to the south quickly, the cadres outside the city are just a vanguard, their brigade should be on the way from Jingling to Jiangxia, this thousand men and horses can not help us for the time being, as long as Shen Qingzhi's army arrives within two days, this thousand cadres and cavalry will retreat, At that time, the other side will send a sailor ship to meet us! ”

"But the child heard that the junior colonel of the cadre army outside the city told his father that Shen Qingzhi's men and horses had been completely wiped out, he himself was defeated and killed, and Liu Yuanjing was also beheaded, and his father was still counting on Shen Qingzhi's men and horses?" Pang Dangdang said loudly.

Pang Faqi angrily reprimanded: "You idiot, do you believe what the junior colonel Qianjun said?" If he says that Jiankang has been conquered, do you believe it or not? He's scaring us! ”

Pang Dangdang was speechless.

After half a ring, Pang Dangdang asked again: "Daddy, if Shen Qingzhi's army has really been wiped out as Colonel Qianjun said, what is Daddy going to do?" ”

Pang Faqi squinted his eyes and said: "At that point, we can only defend Jiangxia City, only to defend there is still a way to live, if you want to break through and retreat, you can only be a dead end!" ”

Pang Dangdang shouted: "Daddy, you are crazy, do you not care about the safety of your grandmother, mother and brothers and sisters?" Their lives are still in the hands of the cadres! ”

Pang Fa raised his eyes and glared: "What do you know about you rebel?" As long as Jiangxia City has not been breached, the generals of the cadre army will not dare to touch your grandmother and them, if they move your grandmother and them, this is forcing our father and son to defend to the end! ”

Pang Dangdang shook his head: "Daddy, you take it for granted, you think about the general of the cadre army too rationally, how can a leading general care about the death of a few more soldiers?" As long as you can break the city, it is a war achievement, what is the death of a few more people? Daddy, if you really angered the general of the Qianjun, he ordered to kill his grandmother and mother in a fit of anger, and you would have no place to cry when the time came. The best way to rescue my grandmother, mother, and brothers and sisters is to lead my troops to surrender, Daddy should think about it, our father and son have done their best to the court over the years, and now it is time to think about their own families! ”

Pang Faqi scolded: "Why do you only think about surrendering, why haven't your bones grown harder?" Why did I give birth to such a spineless son as you? ”

Liu Gon, who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, only felt the chill in his heart rushing to the top of his head, thinking that this Pang Faqi was really ruthless, for the sake of such a pitiful loyalty in his heart, he even disregarded the lives of his old mother, wife and children, and kept his heart to the end, this person's heart is simply harder than iron and stone, for his own reputation, I am afraid that this person will not be shaken even if his family and subordinate generals are dead, is there really a future for such a person?

Many people couldn't sleep all night this night, including the military Sima Liu Gon, since listening to the conversation between Pang Faqi and his son in the study, he couldn't wait to escape and defend Jiangxia City? What are you kidding, it is better to live than anything else; When someone dies, who the hell still remembers you?

As soon as the sky was dark, Liu Gon took a few generals to inspect the four gates along the city wall, nominally to inspect the garrison, but in fact he really observed the movements outside the city, especially outside the south gate.

After some observation, he was a little desperate, there were cadres outside the north gate, east gate and west gate riding and cruising, it was almost impossible to escape without alarming the cadre army, once the cadre army was alarmed, the cavalry roared in, a dead end!

According to Liu Gon's observation, there are at least 200 cavalry on the riverside wharf, and as long as these two hundred cavalry keep rushing back and forth along the riverbank, even if he comes to the ferry with 3,000 men and horses, he will not want to cross the river with peace of mind, so if he wants to break through from the south gate and go to the riverside to cross the river by boat, this road will not work!

What to do? Liu Gon thought about it, and the only way to survive was to surrender to the cadres!

Surrendering and surviving is naturally no problem, but just being able to live is not what Liu Gon wants, if you can find a position as an official and a half as Qianguo, you can live comfortably, but if you don't have a certificate of nomination, you can't make meritorious service, and if you don't make meritorious service, you can't find a position of official and a half, so you must also have a certificate of nomination.

After thinking about this clearly, Liu Gon planned to take his brothers to surrender, if he could tie up Pang Faqi's father and son and dedicate them to the general of the cadre army, it would definitely make the general of the cadre army look at him differently, and then wouldn't the high-ranking officials be at their fingertips?

However, Liu Gon did not know the thoughts of the generals in the defenders, so he decided to test them one by one, and as long as he could win over half of the men, he decided to take the risk.

But before he could start testing the defenders, the cadres outside the city gave him an assist.

About 100 cavalry of the cadre army came to the north gate after three poles in the morning, and the leader was a cadre army colonel.

"Where did Ponfa get started? Come out and speak! The junior colonel of the Qianjun shouted.

Soon after, Pang Fa, who had received the news, got up and went to the castle tower, and he looked down at the city and asked in a loud voice, "What is the matter with your army?" If you want to attack the border, why bother so much nonsense? ”

Colonel Qianjun said: "My general knows that Pang Taishou doesn't believe that the news that Shen Qingzhi's army has been wiped out is true, and I will send a gift to Pang Taishou on the order of my general!" Come on, send a gift to Pang Taishou under the city gate, presumably Pang Taishou will not kill a small soldier, right? ”

Pang Taishou sneered, "Don't worry, this official doesn't even have this mind, let the giver just come over!" With that, he ordered his men to put down a hanging basket.

A cavalryman of the cadre army ran to the city gate on horseback, put a wooden box in a hanging basket, and then turned around and returned to the back of the colonel.

The hanging basket was pulled up by the defenders on the upper floor, and a captain took the wooden box from the hanging basket and brought it to Pang Faqi.

Pang Faqi was about to stretch out his hand to open it, and a general next to him said: "It's too guarded and slow, I'm worried about what kind of murder trap the cadres have installed in Li Mian, it's better to be careful!" Come on, put the wooden box on the ground! ”

When Wu Chang heard this, he immediately squatted down and put the wooden box on the city wall, and the general pulled out his war knife and reached over to pick up the wooden cover, only to see a human head in the wooden box.

"Ahh

"Wait!" Liu Gon, the military commander, shouted, he slowly walked over and squatted down to look, only to see that the human head in the box was pickled with lime, but the appearance was still recognizable.

When Liu Gon recognized the face of the head, he shouted in surprise: "General Liu Yuanjing? ”

"What?" Pang Faqi's face changed, his relationship with Liu Yuanjing was not unfamiliar, the two participated in two Northern Expeditions together, and they were together for a long time, he immediately walked over and squatted down to take a closer look, and sure enough, it was Liu Yuanjing.

"General Liu······" Pang Faqi's eyes were red, and his grief was revealed.

The surrounding defenders and generals talked in a low voice, and someone whispered: "Yesterday, the junior colonel of the Qianjun army said that Shen Qingzhi's army has been wiped out, and General Liu is serving under Shen Qingzhi, and now General Liu is dead, I am afraid that Shen Qingzhi's army has really encountered an accident!" ”

"No, General Shen Qingzhi has 10,000 horses under his command, and General Shen is a veteran with rich experience in leading troops and combating, how could he be easily defeated by the cadre army?"

"How could it not be? Liu Yuanjing's status in the army is not low, if it weren't for Shen Qingzhi's seniority, how could Liu Yuanjing be willing to succumb to it? Liu Yuanjing has long been qualified to stand alone, even Liu Yuanjing is dead, can others be spared? ”

"Although you are right, but after all, I didn't see the body of General Shen Qingzhi, if the cadres can take out Shen Qingzhi's head, they can prove that these 10,000 people and horses were really wiped out by them, otherwise there may be everything!"

The appearance of Liu Yuanjing's head here was too great a blow to the morale of the defenders, and many people believed that Shen Qingzhi's 10,000 horses were really wiped out by the cadres, and the news spread quickly, and the soldiers were a little unstable.

The minds of each school are different, and no one knows what is going on in anyone's mind.

Liu Gon thought for a while and said to Pang Fa: "Taishou, is there still a cadre army now, there are only cadres and cavalry outside the city, and they don't dare to attack the city, there is nothing important on this city wall, there is a general here to keep an eye on it, if the Taishou is unwell, go back to the Taishou Mansion to rest first, if there is something at the end, I will send someone to report to the Taishou, I don't know what you think?" ”

Liu Yuanjing's death was indeed a great blow to Pang Fa, he was in a trance at this time, such a good possession that used to fight side by side left him like this, he was really unacceptable for a while, and nodded: "It's okay!" ”

Liu Gon immediately said: "Come on, escort Taishou back to the house!" ”

After Pang Faqi left, Liu Gon asked a few generals to speak alone one by one to test their attitude towards the surrendered cadres, half of the generals had no opinion, and they would carry out whatever orders were given above, and a quarter of the generals would have a tendency to surrender, and the remaining quarters would oppose the surrender of the cadres, and their attitude was very resolute.

This makes it very difficult for Liu Gon to do it, if you want to start an incident, you must win the support of half of the soldiers and horses, otherwise the odds are not great, don't look at Pang Faqi is just a civilian official, but this person was promoted to Taishou by fighting, and his prestige in the army is very high, even if Liu Gon is a military horse, but if he bypasses Pang Faqi's order, I am afraid that there are really few generals who obey his orders.

Liu Gon thought about it, and immediately called a few generals who had obvious intentions to surrender to the secret and secret plan, and several people agreed to act at the opportunity.