Liu Youzhong never returned, and no letter was delivered, and Shen Tan, the king of Jin, was uneasy about this.

Bad news came one after another, and the Jizhou army, which clearly said that it was good to form an alliance, "suddenly" turned against itself and seized the checkpoint between Qin and Merge, which caught the Jin army off guard, and the towns along the way abandoned it one after another, and the Jizhou army was rushing towards Jinyang.

On the other end, Liang Jun was about to move, slowly advancing.

The king of Jin did not admit defeat, and urged the soldiers to prepare for war day and night, and he had decided that when the Jizhou army was not firmly established, he would lead his troops out of the city for a decisive battle, and then turn around to deal with the Liang army.

"Life and death, in this battle, if you can break through and defeat Liang, then the Great Jin will span three states, and the world is in my hands." King Jin unconsciously put this sentence on his lips, hoping to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers under his command, as for the effect, he would rather not.

Shortly after that afternoon, the guards reported that an envoy had returned, and the King of Jin was so overjoyed that he didn't even ask clearly, and got up and went out of the hall to greet him.

The person who returned was not Liu Youzhong.

Zhou Yuanbin walked forward quickly and said excitedly: "King Jin, I can't imagine that I will see you again......"

King Jin was greatly disappointed and said coldly: "Brother-in-law is worried that I have been killed? ”

"No, no, I almost died, He Rongren was defeated twice, let me catch up, almost, just a little."

After all, it is his own family, King Jin said: "It's good to be alive, come in and talk." ”

Zhou Yuanbin told how he escaped by luck, every time before the battle, he felt frightened, so he prepared to flee early, he was not a soldier, he didn't need to go to the battlefield in person, as soon as he saw that the situation was not right in the rear, he immediately fled secretly, not even his entourage.

"Shan Yu's wife doesn't treat me as a family at all, and under the pretext of being orphans and widows, she will leave early every time, but she refuses to take me with ......her" Zhou Yuanbin was both sad and afraid, and couldn't help sobbing.

The king of Jin was bored of hearing this, and said: "It's unfortunate that you came back, the two armies of Ji and Liang are about to attack, and the lonely city of Jinyang is about to fight to the death." ”

"I am a native of Bingzhou, and I would rather die in Jinyang and be loyal to the King of Jin."

"Hey, who said that Jinyang would be defeated?"

"With the King of Jin's divine martial arts, he will be able to defeat two enemies." Zhou Yuanbin immediately changed his words.

"If you break the Liang Dynasty, the Great Jin will span the three states......" King Jin suddenly felt a bad breath in his heart, and he couldn't mention it, so he only said half of the words, and sat there silently.

Zhou Yuanbin waited for a long time, and found that King Jin had forgotten about him, so he coughed lightly and said very carefully: "King Jin actually doesn't have to defend the lonely city, right?" ”

King Jin was startled, sobered up from his daze, and swept his gaze, "What did you say?" ”

Zhou Yuanbin dodged back for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I'm just talking nonsense, I don't know anything about war......

"If you don't defend Jinyang, where else can the Jin army go?" King Jin asked, not furious.

Zhou Yuanbin breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay - I'm just thinking about it casually - you can go outside the plug to avoid ...... for a while"

"I was defeated in Jinyang, but I am still a hero of the Central Plains, not to mention the new defeat of He Rongren, I will go to the outside of the Saiwai ......" King Jin has always been smart, and an idea suddenly popped up in his heart, and then looked at Zhou Yuanbin suspiciously, "You are ordered to be a lobbyist, who sent you?" ”

"No, no." Zhou Yuanbin waved his hands together, "No one sent me as a guest, and I didn't dare to persuade ......"

King Jin's gaze tightened, and Zhou Yuanbin swallowed his saliva, "I'm on the road...... Met ...... Xu Ji. ”

King Jin raised his hand and punched heavily on the table, shouting: "Don't mention his name, the Jizhou army is treacherous, and Liu You will never return, this person is the obstruction!" ”

"Yes, yes, I think so too, so I don't believe a word of what he says."

After the indignation, King Jin couldn't remain indifferent, "What did he say to you?" ”

"After the defeat of Qinzhou, I first fled to Saiwai, but He Rong's various departments were in chaos, and Shan Yu's wife was busy eradicating dissidents and seeing that everyone was a bad person, I didn't dare to see her, and fled back to the Central Plains. Not long after entering the fortress, I met a group of Jizhou soldiers and was taken by them to meet Xu Ji. ”

King Jin snorted, knowing that this was a lie, but he didn't make it clear.

Zhou Yuanbin continued: "In the Jizhou military camp, Xu Ji asked me about the situation outside the Saiwai, saying that if the eldest wife continues to toss like this, He Rongren will definitely collapse, unless there is another strong arm and a single figure like that......"

"And then he asked you to come and persuade me to be a 'strong arm single yu'?" King Jin sneered.

Zhou Yuanbin shook his head, "No, Xu Ji and I were just chatting, and then he pleaded with the commander of the Jizhou Army to release me." I ran all the way to see King Jin, and on the way I thought of an idea, maybe I can really make King Jin a new single Yu! ”

King Jin said angrily: "Stupid, don't you still understand? Your thoughts and ideas are all stuffed into your heart by Xu Ji, he wants me to escape, so that the Jizhou army will take Jinyang without blood. ”

"I don't know what kind of conspiracy Xu Ji has, but this idea is really my own, and I haven't revealed the slightest bit to Xu Ji or anyone......

"Xu Ji's insidiousness is far beyond your expectations. Since my brother-in-law is back, he will stay, live and die with Jinyang, and he must not be deceived, but he will be used by others and harm his own people. Go home first to meet your wife and children, and then come to me, this battle Jin army must do its best, although you are my brother-in-law, you can't stay in the city to watch the battle. ”

Zhou Yuanbin didn't dare to argue, so he had to leave.

On the contrary, the king of Jin gave birth to a fighting spirit, and said to himself: "Xu Ji wants to use a trick to trick me into leaving Jinyang, which shows that the Jizhou army is false, and Qinbei's defeat of He Rongren must be the credit of the descending army." ”

But in the evening, King Jin's confidence fell to the bottom.

First of all, the morale of the army is low, even in front of the King of Jin, many soldiers also show the intention of cowardice, they have been fighting one after another, they have long been exhausted, and they are facing a pincer attack, among which the Jizhou army has just defeated the powerful He Rong people, and the Jin army can not be afraid.

A message that came in the evening made the morale of the Jin army drop again and again.

The Liang army defeated the Jin army that blocked the way, and was heading towards Jinyang, according to the scout's estimate, it was likely to arrive at the same time as the Jizhou army, and the Jin army's plans to break each could not be implemented so far.

King Jin still refused to admit defeat, encouraged the soldiers everywhere, scattered the family property, and even distributed the jewelry of his wife and concubine to the soldiers, but he became more and more bottomless in his heart, and he both missed and hated Liu Youzhong, who did not know his whereabouts.

He called Zhou Yuanbin again and asked, "Have you ever heard of Liu Youzhong in the Jizhou army?" ”

"Liu Youzhong? I have heard that it is said that he rode south, and it is likely that he went to the king of Ning. ”

King Jin gritted his teeth and snorted heavily through his nostrils, "It seems that he has found a new True Dragon Heavenly Son." ”

"King Jin doesn't have to be angry, think that Liu Youzhong is just a man of the rivers and lakes, specializing in demagoguery, it's okay to leave, let him harm others."

King Jin glared at Zhou Yuanbin angrily, but finally said, "Tell me your idea." ”

"The idea?"

"Do you have any other ideas?"

Zhou Yuanbin was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "No, I just have an idea, in fact, it is simple, there is a big chaos outside the plug, the king of Jin is close to the lords, and he has fought for the strong arm Shan Yu, and he went to quell the chaos, which is justified." ”

"That's what you were thinking?" King Jin frowned, "You yourself said that if you are alone with your eldest wife, you will be afraid of being afraid of me as soon as I get out of the plug." ”

Zhou Yuanbin smiled: "My idea is here: why didn't the King of Jin marry a wife?" Our two families are close to each other, and it is logical for King Jin to make an order. ”

King Jin was stunned for a moment and blurted out, "What is this idea?" The eldest wife will not marry me, I have a wife, and I will not marry her, even if the two parties are willing, He Rong will never serve a foreigner as a single person. ”

"Although the king of Jin has a wife, for the sake of the overall situation, it doesn't hurt to marry another. Why was Xu Ji able to become the leader of the Eastern Capital in the first place? Isn't it because he married the daughter of the incarnation king? He also had a wife at the time. ”

King Jin thought for a while, "Shan Yu's wife won't be willing." ”

"There is no custom of widowhood in the He Rong Department, and Shan Yu's wife is no exception, it is said that she once paid attention to the younger brother of Shan Yu, the king of the right capital, but the king of the right capital is too ambitious, this matter has not been completed, and the king of Jin is suitable."

"Will my wife believe that I have no ambition?"

Zhou Yuanbin's eyes were shining, "The benefits of both sides are here, the purpose of King Jin is to be the emperor of the Central Plains, not to be outside the Saiwai Shan Yu, as long as the King of Jin gives in a little way, he will serve the son of the eldest wife as Shan Yu, pacify the Saiwai as a father, do his best, and then lead the army south......"

King Jin waved his hand, indicating that he had understood, "He Rongren has suffered a great defeat, and the casualties will inevitably be heavy, how many cavalry can be left?" ”

"It's better than nothing, and the king of Jin brought his own soldiers out of the fortress, mainly to borrow land for a while. The chaos in the Central Plains will continue, the Jizhou army is not a momentary power, sooner or later it will die at the hands of others, the king of Jin sits on the mountain outside the fortress to watch the tiger fight, and chooses the opportunity to enter the fortress, at least to recapture the state. ”

King Jin pondered for a long time, "If you don't recognize your eldest wife and six relatives, can you persuade her?" ”

"If I am out of the fortress alone, of course I can't persuade it, but if the king of Jin can go out of the fortress with me, the situation is very different, Shan Yu's wife is in urgent need of help, as long as she ensures that her son can do the nominal Shan Yu, she will agree to anything, not to mention the heroic ......posture of the king of Jin."

King Jin raised his hand to stop Zhou Yuanbin from continuing, "You are my brother-in-law, but you and I are like brothers, I believe you will not harm me." ”

"Even if I give my life myself, I won't hurt King Jin at all." Zhou Yuanbin was a little excited, he wanted to go to Saiwai, where there were relatives and rules he was familiar with, and he was like a fish in water.

"Stand down, don't tell anyone about it, and let me think about it for the night, ...... Don't make hasty decisions. ”

Zhou Yuanbin said goodbye, feeling uneasy and unable to sleep all night.

The Jizhou army made rapid progress, and did not encounter strong resistance all the way, so Xu Ji has been moving forward with the army, and when there were still two days away from Jinyang, the forward sent back the news: the king of Jin led his troops to the north, and Jinyang had no defense.

Yin Fu immediately ordered the whole army to speed up and seize Jinyang before the Liang army.

Xu Ji sighed to Zhang Shiqing and said: "As soon as the King of Jin leaves, the Central Plains loses another hero. ”

"King Jin is just hiding for the time being, sooner or later he will be in the jam."

Xu Ji shook his head, "King Jin thinks that the destiny of heaven is mine, and as soon as he comes out, his ambition will go with him, and he will never come back." ”