At noon, Pang Faqi finally recovered from his grief, he knew very well that since Liu Yuanjing, the most relied on general under Shen Qingzhi, had died, then Shen Qingzhi's army had really been wiped out by the cadres, even if it was not completely annihilated, even if Shen Qingzhi was not dead, I was afraid that there were not many people left, and now a large number of cadres were coming in the direction of Jiangxia, and Shen Qingzhi would not dare to come to Jiangxia again even if he was not dead.

In this case, should he still carry out the task of taking over Shen Qingzhi's army? Do you continue to wait, or find a way to send someone across the river to report to Xiao Bin and ask for instructions for the next step?

I have to say that Pang Faqi's mental strength is far beyond ordinary people, when his mother, wife and children were captured by the cadres, it is really not something ordinary people can do to maintain such calm and calm at this stall where his former friend died.

After some thinking and weighing, Pang Faqi called his son Pang Dangdang: "Send someone to invite the military Sima Liu Gon and the lord Bo Zhuzhu!" ”

Pang Dangdang asked, "What are Daddy's plans?" ”

Pang Faqi looked at his son and said, "My father plans to send someone out of the city to negotiate with the general of the cadre army, if my father leads his troops to surrender, what conditions can they give!" On the one hand, we will test the determination of the cadres to surrender us, and if they really want to surrender to their fathers, they will definitely not hesitate to do anything about their official positions and possessions; On the other hand, the father also sent people to find out the location of the enemy camp and the specific deployment situation, to see if there is an opportunity, if there is a hole in their defense, let's go out of the city tonight to steal the camp and rescue your grandmother and mother! ”

Pang Dangdang was overjoyed and said: "Since Stacked has this plan, why do you need to let Liu Gon and Zhu Che know, just let the child quietly go out of the city to meet the general of the Qianjun, and the child can also take the opportunity to ask to see his grandmother, mother and other siblings to see if they are safe!" ”

Pang Faqi shook his head, "These two people have been operating in Jiangxia City for many years, and the army and the government are full of their henchmen and eyeliner, if our army really wants to attack the enemy camp at night, or choose to surrender to the cadre army, no matter which one is impossible to bypass these two people, if the father hides it from them, when they know about it, they will definitely be dissatisfied in their hearts, and it will inevitably cause extraneous branches when the time comes!" ”

Pang Dangdang thought about it, "Daddy's concern is not unreasonable, the child will go and invite Liu Gon and Zhu Zhu!" ”

Soon, Liu Gon and Zhu Zhu were invited by Pang Dangdang.

"The last general (lower official) has seen the king, and the king is fine, so I will be at ease!" The two saluted Ponfa.

Pang Faqi smiled and raised his hand: "This official is fine, General Liu and Zhu Zhubo, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Fujun!" The two of them saluted, and sat on either side of Pang Faqi's hands.

Pang Faqi said: "The official invited the two of them to ask the two of us, whether we will hold on to the reinforcements next, or find a way to break through, or······ What do you think about surrendering to the cadres? ”

Liu Gon and Zhu Zhu glanced at each other, Zhu Zhu pondered and asked, "Fu Jun, I wonder if Xiao Dashuai has any instructions for Fu Jun?" ”

Pang Faqi looked at the two of them and said: "It's not a secret, the task that Xiao Dashuai gave to the government before crossing the river was to meet Shen Qingzhi's army here, but now that Liu Yuanjing is dead, I am afraid that General Shen Qingzhi is also very lucky, but I didn't see the body of General Shen Qingzhi, and the government still doesn't believe that General Shen has encountered an accident!" ”

Zhu Zhu frowned and said: "Although General Liu is dead, it cannot be proved that General Shen has also died in battle, if General Shen has died in battle, why don't the cadres simply bring General Shen's head, wouldn't it be more demoralizing to our army?" Let us believe that Shen Qingzhi's army is over? ”

Liu Gon couldn't help but say: "Master Zhu means that the cadres are confusing the public, and want Liu Yuanjing's death to make us believe that Shen Qingzhi's army is over, so as to undermine our morale, so as to achieve the goal of making us give up resistance?" ”

Zhu Zhudao: "It's possible, but the lower officials can't be sure!" Judging from the current situation, if the Xiakou side does not send people to respond, it is basically impossible for our army to succeed if it wants to break through or cross the river alone; Once the troops and horses of the cadre army arrive, if Xiakou does not send troops to cross the river for reinforcements, we are afraid that these 3,000 people in the city alone will not be able to hold it for long, and even if the opposite side sends troops to cross the river for reinforcements, we may not be able to get ashore! ”

Pang Faqi's murderous intent gradually rose in his heart, and he asked: "According to Zhu Zhubo, if you can't break through and wait for help, you won't be able to support it for long, so we have a way to join the Cheng Qianjun?" ”

Zhu Zhu seemed to sense Pang Faqi's killing intent, and hurriedly said: "The prince of the palace has misunderstood the meaning of the lower officials, if you want to break through the siege, you must send someone to cross the river as soon as possible, and immediately send someone to find a way to cross the river to report the news to Xiao Dashuai, and ask him to order the sailors to be dispatched to meet the warships by the river, otherwise we will not be able to leave at all, and the enemy army will definitely follow and kill!" ”

"If you stick to the help, please forgive the subordinate for saying that the morale of others will destroy his prestige, even if I wait for these people to plan to defend to the end, the soldiers below are afraid that they do not have the determination and courage to fight to the end, once they are in a hurry, I am afraid that they will not attack without the cadres, and the soldiers below will rebel first, and when the time comes, they will tie us up and send us out of the city to ask for merit from the generals of the cadres, will we not die unjustly?"

Pang Faqi had a sense of powerlessness in his heart, and it was a pity in his heart that these soldiers in Jiangxia City were not brought out by him personally, if he brought them out in person, he was confident that the soldiers and generals would have the same heart with him - fight to the death!

He looked at Liu Gon, "General Liu, tell the truth to this mansion, how many soldiers and horses can you control the defenders, so that they can really follow you?" ”

Liu Gon smiled bitterly: "Fujun, the soldiers and horses in Jiangxia City were indeed brought out by the last general, but in recent years, they have been broken up by Xiao Dashuai, and there are less than 20% of the soldiers and horses in the city who originally belonged to the last general, and the others are all soldiers and generals transferred from all over the place, and the last general can't command at all!" ”

Pang Faqi's face trembled a few times, "From this point of view, I'm afraid that it will really not be possible to wait for help, then we will only have two choices, either surrender to the Qianjun, or send someone to report the situation of Shen Qingzhi's army to Marshal Xiao, and ask him to order the dispatch of sailors to cover our crossing of the river!" General Liu, what do you think? ”

Liu Gon immediately clenched his fists: "The last general is the only one who is the head of the king!" ”

Pang Faqi looked at Liu Gon, his eyes were motionless, as if he wanted to see whether he was sincere or false, and after looking at it for a while, he nodded: "Very good, now it seems that we must have one heart to live, if we have different aspirations, we will definitely be used by the cadres!" If we want to send someone to report to Xiao Dashuai and ask him to send a sailor to cover our retreat, then we must first find out whether Shen Qingzhi's army has been wiped out, or whether this is just a means of leading the army, so this government has decided to send someone out of the city to discuss the surrender of the army to the army, which can kill three birds with one stone! ”

Liu Gon and Zhu Zhu hurriedly said: "I want to hear about it!" ”

Pang Faqi was so eloquent that he said his thoughts, and as for what he chose to do in the end, it was all in his thoughts.

"The government has a very good plan, I don't know who the government plans to send to negotiate with the general of the cadre army?" Zhu Zhu asked.

Pang Faqi said: "You two! ”

"Huh? Xiaguan and General Liu? ”

"Not bad! Zhu Zhubo is responsible for negotiating with the generals of the cadres, and at the same time is responsible for testing the generals of the cadres to determine the life and death of Shen Qingzhi and whether the 10,000 army is really over; And General Liu understands military affairs, and you are responsible for observing the terrain, deployment, sentry and patrol inside and outside the cadre camp! ”

Zhu Yan and Liu Gon looked at each other, knowing that Pang Faqi's determination had been decided, so they had to stand up and promise: "No! ”

If he hadn't heard the conversation between Pang Faqi's father and son with his own ears, Liu Gon would really believe that Pang Faqi might choose to surrender to the cadres, but now, Liu Gon knows very well in his heart that all this is Pang Faqi's tricks, and the purpose is just to attack the camp of the cadres at night.

Liu Gon was secretly overjoyed, this is really God help me! As long as he can get in touch with the top level of the cadre army, he will be able to show his heart to the other side, and when the time comes, he will reveal Pang Faqi's true purpose to the top level of the cadre army.

At the beginning of the day, Liu Gon took two personal soldiers to escort Zhu Zhuang out of the city from the north gate, Zhu Zhuang rode a bantam horse, wore official robes, and held a festival.

As soon as these people left the city, they were discovered by the cadres scouts, and soon ten cadres and cavalry surrounded them.

Zhu Zhu suppressed the fear in his heart, and said loudly in a trembling voice: "I am Bo Zhu Zhu, the lord of Jiangxia County, and I am ordered by Pang Taishou to meet the general of your army and discuss the matter of surrendering!" ”

Hearing this, the scout sentry chief looked at the jingjie in Zhu Li's hand, turned his head and ordered a sentry: "Go to the camp and report!" ”

"Command!" The sentry knight clenched his fists and answered, and galloped away in the direction of the camp.

The sentry chief looked at Liu Gon and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Liu Gon hugged his fists and said: "This will be Liu Gon, the Sima of Jiangxia County, as the deputy envoy of the negotiation of this trip, Zhu Zhubo will go to meet the general of your army together!" ”

The sentry chief nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed north: "A few please!" ”

Zhu Zhuang and Liu Gon breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, the two of them rode forward, and the commander of the cadre army and the rest of the cavalry were divided into two columns to accompany Zhu Zhu and Liu Gon and their party, in fact, to guard and monitor.

After walking for more than ten miles, Zhu Zhu and Liu Gon took a few entourages to the gate of the camp under the supervision of the cadre army's reconnaissance and cavalry detective posts.

When they entered the camp of the cadres, they carefully observed and remembered the location of the stables, soldiers' tents, commanders' tents, arrow towers, and other defensive facilities in the camp, as well as the deployment of troops.

They were led to the door of the tent, and after someone had gone in and made a report, they were allowed to enter.

Liu Gon grabbed Zhu Zhu, who was about to go in, and said in a low voice: "You go in, I'll leave ······ outside."

Zhu Zhu understood that Liu Gon wanted to stay outside to observe the defense and deployment of troops in the enemy camp, nodded in agreement, and walked into the camp with two entourages.

When Zhu Zhu entered the tent, Liu Gon couldn't wait to find the captain in front of the tent who was standing outside the tent, hugged his fists and said: "This general, I am Liu Gon, the Sima of Jiangxia County, I have urgent news to report, this Zhu Zhu came to discuss the matter of surrendering to Cheng is just a pretense, it is a trick by Pang Faqi, their real purpose is to attack your army camp tonight!" ”