The non-stop offensive lasted for ten whole days, although it caused serious damage to the Xijing city wall, and at one time even some soldiers rushed to the city wall, but they were all repulsed, and the Sanzhou army suffered heavy casualties and had to stop for a short rest.

The siege continued, but only during a certain time during the day.

Shan Yu ordered to recruit more people and soldiers from the surrendered counties of Qinzhou and the neighboring regions of Bingzhou, and arrived within a limited time.

He Rong's cavalry was not idle, and one of the troops was divided to the north, invincible, and was about to open the road to Saiwai.

Xu Ji still had nothing to do, and was occasionally called to listen to Shan Yu and the Central Plains generals, but rarely had the opportunity to talk to Shan Yu again.

Shan Yu's eyes now only have Xijing.

Xu Ji especially wanted to hear the news of Song Zhuzhu again, and wanted to find out whether this was an ignorant fanatic or a heroic man who was indeed sure, but he never got his wish, and the generals of the Central Plains occasionally mentioned Jingzhou, only talking about the Xi family, and never Song Zhuzhu or the King of Chu.

At a meeting, Xu Ji met with the King of Jin.

Shen Tan nodded to him slightly, didn't say anything, but Shan Yu, reminded King Jin in the middle of the discussion: "Xu Ji is your sworn brother, when you abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, you appointed him as a messenger, explaining that you have a deep affection, why have you never heard of you visiting Xu Ji after coming to Xijing?" ”

Shen Tan replied respectfully: "The military is important, and I have no time to take care of personal feelings. ”

"The more times like these, the more you need the company of friends, and friends are always helpful." Shan Yu looked at a few young people nearby and said in He Rong's language, those people straightened up, looking proud and excited, and one of them's face even turned slightly red.

They are Shan Yu's "friends" who want to stay by his side when he is busy, Xu Ji has been in the camp for a long time, can recognize some characters, and knows that these "friends" are the best of the nine heroes and twenty-four horsemen.

Shen Tan had no choice but to say: "Just because the lesson is true, I also feel ashamed in my heart." ”

Xu Ji didn't say anything.

After the discussion was over, Shen Tan sent Xu Ji back to his residence, and said with a wry smile on the way: "The fourth brother must understand my difficulties." ”

"I stayed in He Rong's camp for many days, and I was often called by Shan Yu, called a consultant, in fact, it was to show, can I not understand the difficulties of the third brother?"

Shen Tan nodded sympathetically, he was very cautious, even if he was sitting in the tent and there were no outsiders around, he would never mention sensitive matters, only talk about people and things in the past, and drink a few glasses of bad wine.

"Second brother is still guarding the border?" Xu Ji asked.

"The second brother was probably too disappointed in me, I called him over, but he refused."

"Second brother still has the guts?" Xu Ji said with a smile.

"He said that there were few soldiers in the north, and no one could be trusted, so he couldn't come to see me, and asked me to forgive him."

"The third brother doesn't have to care, at least the second brother's loyalty won't change."

"I don't care, it's just ......" Shen Tan lowered his voice and said quickly: "The second brother is good at using tricks, but he refuses to come, probably because he thinks that I have no possibility of surviving in a desperate situation, and there is nothing I can do." ”

"What do you think of the third brother?"

Shen Tan didn't want to talk about it, shook his head with a smile, drank all the residual wine in the cup, and stabbed the empty cup twice in his heart.

Xu Ji understood the meaning of this action, after the King of Jin led his troops to arrive, he was immediately pushed to the front to attack the city, and in just two or three days, he lost thousands of people.

"The second brother may be preserving his troops, no matter how young he is, he is also the soldier of the King of Jin."

"What do you say? Drink! Shen Tan's pride rose sharply, threw away the cup, and drank bitterly.

Even if Shen Tan had a plan in his heart, he would hide it deeply and would not reveal it to Xu Ji.

When saying goodbye, Shen Tan reminded Xu Ji: "I will mention this meeting to Shan Yu, and the fourth brother had better find an opportunity to talk about it, so as not to arouse suspicion." ”

Xu Ji was already drunk on the bunk, muttering: "Remember, remember......"

After waking up, Xu Ji didn't say a word when he saw Shan Yu again, and Shan Yu didn't ask.

That night, Shan Yu called two advisers and asked Kou Daogu to write him a few letters.

The letter was written to the southern heroes, ordering them to lead their troops to participate in the battle of Xijing on the same day, those who arrive first will be rewarded, those who arrive later will be punished, and those who do not arrive will die. Tell them that it is not enough to just hand over the letter, and that they must be there in person to be sincere. He Rong people care most about sincerity, outsiders treat me with sincerity, and they will get respect and heavy rewards, if they treat me with hypocrisy, they will get destruction and shame. ”

Kou Dao wrote a book alone, and Shan Yu said to Xu Ji: "The north is about to be pacified, and I have to start choosing the next target." ”

"Although the north is fixed, the rear is becoming more and more vast, and if you rush south, you may have troubles."

Shan Yu smiled and nodded, "You're right, since I entered the fortress, day and night thinking is that the back road was cut off, the threat of the king of Jin, really hit my vital point, at that time, if I led the troops back to the fortress, the people's hearts were quiet and did not like to move, and then I wanted to lead the whole clan into the fortress, it would be even more difficult, if I did not return, the outside of the fortress was really destroyed, and the kings and adults would not let me go." ”

Shan Yu took a long breath, "Fortunately, I survived, and now that King Jin is a minister under my account, I can forgive him for his past crimes because he was just a threat at the beginning, and he didn't really send troops out of the fortress." ”

"But there are still hidden dangers in the rear."

Shan Yu leaned forward slightly, "Do you think I attacked Qinzhou on the spur of the moment?" No, Qinzhou is the place I want to get the most, but it's just because the Herong people don't have allies here, and everyone doesn't want to come, so I went to Jizhou first and entered Qinzhou with a lot of difficulty. In the future, the world will be unified, the emperor will govern the eight states, Qinzhou will be left to the He Rong people, and Xijing will be the first capital city with a wall for our He Rong people. ”

Shan Yu spoke to the more than ten Lord He Rong in the tent, and they all nodded in praise.

"It's not just He Rongren." Shan Yu couldn't help but show off his grand plans, "Kyushu is vast, people, after years of war, it must be scarce, but it is still dozens or hundreds of times more than the people of He Rongbu." It doesn't matter, there are many places, especially the three prefectures of Qin, Bing, and Hebei in the north, and I will invite some guests to come in and live as the emperor's subjects, protect me from the outside of the Saiwai, and avoid the worries of He Rongren. ”

"Guest?" Xu Ji was surprised.

Seeing that Xu Ji's expression had changed, Shan Yu became more and more proud, "There are many tribes on the grassland, my He Rong tribe is the strongest, and the other tribes are either surrendered or far away, I will send someone to invite them before entering the fortress." The Qinzhou passage is prepared for them, in the same way, those who arrive first will be given good land, and those who arrive later will be given bad land, and those who do not arrive, when I pacify Kyushu, I will definitely send troops to punish, even if I chase to the end of heaven and earth, I will never let go. ”

Xu Ji had never seen someone with such inflated ambitions.

Shan Yu was immersed in fantasy, and turned to talk to his own people, more and more enthusiastic, and the young He Rong adults did not hide the reverence in their eyes.

Kou Daogu was still writing letters, deaf to the conversations around him.

Shan Yu turned to Xu Ji again, "Since entering the stopper, although I have encountered some accidents, the progress is still smoother than I expected. I have written to a total of nineteen Central Plains leaders this time, how many do you speculate will come to meet the teachers? ”

"They all sent a letter of submission?"

"Hmm."

"Come in person, instead of sending troops?"

"Of course."

"Nineteen, I don't know a few."

"It's okay, I'm going to listen to your 'generalizations.'"

"I said there will be no more than five, and they are all heroes of Hanzhou and Luozhou, they are relatively close to He Rong's army, and they dare not come."

"Hey, you can afford these characters. Mr. Kou, what do you say? ”

"Sooner or later, all of them will come and bow down to Shan Yu in person." Kou Dao said without raising his head.

Shan Yu said with a smile: "Five is too few, all are too many, I choose the middle, ten to fifteen." Among them, King Liang will definitely come, but King Ning will not, he is the first to send a letter of surrender, indicating that he wants to be tricky, and he will never dare to come to see me in person......"

Xu Ji said: "Shan Yu thinks that these nineteen families are the heroes of the world? ”

"There are still some in the north, who have either surrendered or are about to surrender. Outside of Kyushu, there may be more remote places? I'll know when He Rong's cavalry gallops there. ”

"The hero of the handing book may or may not come, what about the one who handed over the war book?"

"War letters? Where did the war book come from? ”

"Oh, I guess I misheard, just a rumor."

Shan Yu looked at his own people and asked sternly, but the people in the tent did not know about it, and some people went out and called a few people in.

Those few people Chen said something, Shan Yu was furious, obviously the first time he heard that someone had actually sent a war letter.

Those people were quite embarrassed, and they defended with nonsense, and finally made Shan Yu's face soften, one of them went out of the account to get the so-called war book, and the other people stayed, taking advantage of Shan Yu's inattention, and cast hateful glances at Xu Ji, they already knew who leaked the matter.

It took a while for the war book to be delivered, Shan Yu took it in his hand and read it, couldn't help laughing, ordered He Rongren to retreat, and said to Xu Ji: "No wonder they refused to send it to me, it turned out to be just a madman, claiming to be the King of Chu, but in fact he was just a mountain bandit." 'Song Zhuzhu', do you recognize this person? ”

Kou Dao stopped his pen and raised his head in surprise, "Song Zhuzhu? ”

Shan Yu said with a smile: "It's rare to have a hero that Mr. Kou knows. ”

"He's not a hero, but he's not a bandit either. I haven't seen this person, but I've heard that he was originally a hero in Jingzhou, and he once thought about Gu asking Fan Guan for teaching, and he can be regarded as a disciple of Fan Sect, it is said that he buried Fan Guan's body with Xu Ji. ”

"It's rare to be a reader." Shan Yu re-read the war book, "Looking at its rhetoric, it doesn't look like a reader." In this way, Xu Ji, you and he are also old acquaintances? ”

"One side."

"Hey, that's weird, since you're an old man, why did you send him to me? You must know that after capturing Xijing, this Song Zhuzhu is the target of my attack, not to occupy the city, not to kill the soldiers, but to declare Kyushu: those who do not surrender will have only one end! ”

Xu Ji took a deep breath, "Since Song Zhuzhu sent the war letter, he must also hope to get Shan Yu's attention. ”

Shan Yu sneered and said to Kou Daogu: "Write a letter to Song Zhuzhu." ”