If it weren't for the name of "King Wu", no one would believe a word Xu Ji said, several generals argued for a long time, Xiao Guan walked back alone, arched his hand and said: "We don't dare to call the shots for such a big thing......"

"I'm lying to you." Xu Jidao.

"What?"

"I made up those words just now, King Liang didn't frame me, and the new army didn't sneak into Luozhou, I removed the king name just because I was tired of it. I shouldn't have lied to you, let's go, I'll go with you to King Jin. ”

Xiao Gu'an froze there, didn't speak for a long time, suddenly turned around, and went to discuss with his companions, this time it was very short, the four of them came to King Wu together, Xiao Gu'an said solemnly: "We understand what King Wu means?" ”

"Sorry, I'm just ...... for a while"

Xiao Gu'an did not accept the apology, and continued: "Please King Wu take a break here, I will send someone back to ask King Jin for instructions." ”

"You still don't get it." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Xiao Guan and the others did not smile, "King Wu is very intelligent, and he expected that the King of Jin would send someone to chase after him, so he came up with a plan to capture the old people, and in the end he had to lead the disaster to the Jin army." ”

Xu Ji was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "Once the lie starts, the truth has no place. It's my fault, please arrange it with General Xiao. ”

Xiao Gu'an was immediately assigned, and he took fifty people to "take care" of King Wu, and ordered the deputy general to take fifty people to return to the Jin camp immediately to seek clear instructions.

Xiao Gu'an divided the remaining fifty people into five teams, taking turns to rest, feed the horses, guard, sentry, and patrol, without any confusion. His attitude towards King Wu has also changed, and he is still respectful, but he is more vigilant, and he has decided in his heart that King Wu intends to blame King Jin.

Xu Ji slept against the wall, no matter what he was doing, thinking about how to deal with King Jin.

Probably there was someone to guard, and his heart was stable, Xu Ji slept quite comfortably, and when he opened his eyes, the sky was slightly bright, and the small fire nearby was still burning, obviously someone added firewood.

Xiao Guan stood outside the wall, carefully observing the situation on the avenue.

Xu Ji couldn't help it, got up and walked to Xiao Gu'an's side, "General Xiao hasn't slept all night?" ”

"How dare you relax your responsibilities? Did King Wu sleep well? ”

"Also...... Good. How long did General Xiao follow King Jin? ”

"My father is the subordinate general of Shen Mu's account, I inherited my father's position, and I have followed the Shen family for more than forty years."

"It's longer than the Tiancheng Imperial Court."

"Of course, the Shen family rises, and our Xiao family follows all the way." Xiao Guan said proudly.

"I think General Xiao knows King Jin very well."

Xiao Gu'an looked left and right, and found that there were no outsiders around him, so he whispered: "King Wu, stop, if you do something to provoke, I can't be polite." ”

King Wu's treacherous name is outside, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he is suspicious, but it is the conspiracy he tells, no matter how complicated, some people believe it.

"I'm alone now, so what good can I do to provoke success? I don't want General Xiao to wander the world with me. ”

Xiao Gu'an smiled slightly, "If it's not provocative, King Wu, please say, don't praise King Jin and embarrass me." ”

"Of course." What Xu Ji wanted to say was just a "praise and disapproval", and after thinking for a while, he said: "If the King of Jin has accusations, General Xiao must not defend himself, kowtow and admit his guilt, but he can keep safe." ”

"Huh? I didn't break the law, why did King Jin accuse? What do I have to justify? ”

"I'm just making generalities." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Xiao Gu'an was inexplicable, "King Wu should go and rest for a while, it is estimated that he can wait for King Jin's order before dark, no matter what, he must leave before nightfall." ”

Xu Ji walked slowly when he was alone, and the Jin soldiers were quick and whipped, and they could go back and forth in one day and one night.

Xu Ji arched his hand, everything that should have been said had already been said, he really wanted to rest for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, so he stopped and looked at it from afar.

A sentry who came stopped on the road and said loudly to Xiao Gu'an, "A group of people has come from the direction of Mengjin. ”

"How much?"

"More than thirty people, with two carts, others on horseback."

"Tell everyone to come back and get on their horses...... Protect King Wu. ”

Fifty soldiers quickly gathered, got on the horse and lined up on the side of the road, stopped in front of King Wu, Xiao Guan took the lead, if the other party was just passing by, he had no intention of causing trouble, if the other party had other plans, he was not afraid, fifty people against thirty people, the odds of winning were quite sufficient.

As the team marched, Xiao Guan breathed a sigh of relief, although the people who came were all riding horses, they were all dressed as ordinary people.

Those people also saw the soldiers on the side of the road, stopped at a distance, and one of them stepped forward alone, and arched his hand: "Those who pass by are looking for convenience, dare to ask which king's subordinate the general is?" ”

Xiao Gu'an had already let the soldiers raise their flags, unwilling to reveal their origins, and replied: "We are also passing by, take a break here, you take care of your own way, and we will not interfere." ”

"Thank you, General." The man did not dare to slack off, thanked him, returned to his ranks, and beckoned his companions to continue their march.

The two sides were on guard against each other, and there was an old man in the ranks of the people, and when he passed by the Jin soldiers, he couldn't help but be curious, turned his head and took a look, and he caused big trouble at this glance.

"King Wu! King Wu is here! ”

Xu Ji didn't deliberately hide, standing in front of the broken wall and behind the Jin soldiers, he felt that the passer-by was quite familiar, and he was carefully identifying, and when he heard the shout, he looked at it and recognized that it was his old servant.

The old servant lived on the streets, was taken in by King Wu, and for some reason came here.

As soon as the old servant shouted, everyone else turned their heads to look, and when they saw King Wu, they were all shocked and immediately stopped.

It turned out that these people were not ordinary people, some of them were the original guards of King Wu, most of them were Wu people and the descending army, and there were more than a dozen strangers, Xu Ji didn't recognize them.

Xiao Guan shouted: "Go your way!" ”

Although these people took off their armor and hid their weapons around them, they drew their swords one after another, and one of them said loudly: "King Wu, we are here to defect to you, who are these?" ”

Xu Ji was even more surprised than Jin Bing, walked quickly, and bowed his hand to Xiao Gu'an: "General Xiao, don't be impatient, I said that I would go with you, and I will keep my promise." These people are my old subordinates, let me have a few words with them. ”

Xiao Gu'an nodded, waved his hand to the Jin soldiers, and ordered them to hang down their swords and guns, but they were still tightly held in their hands, and they could start a battle at any time.

More than 30 people, including the old servant, knelt on the road and kowtowed to King Wu.

Xu Ji stepped forward and helped him up one by one, and said: "I am no longer the king of Wu, I am grateful to you for coming to run, but forgive me for not accepting it, who else do you want to go to?" I can write a letter to introduce it. ”

A former guard said: "We just want to follow King Wu, no matter how ...... King Wu"

"I'm just a cloth cloth now, surnamed Xu. Your name is Chang Yanzhi? ”

The surname Chang is one of the seven clans of the old Wu, Xu Ji once killed a general named Chang Shunzhi before the battle, Chang Yanzhi is of the same clan as him, but he is not a brother.

"It's me, and all seventeen of us are willing to continue to give...... Xu Gongzi served as a guard. ”

The old servant interjected, "Yes, fifteen of us are also willing to continue to serve the son." ”

Xu Ji smiled bitterly: "People in cloth, you don't need so many people......"

Chang Yanzhi: "Xu Gongzi accept us, anyway, we have nowhere to go." God is pitiful, let us meet Xu Gongzi again, and we will not leave again in the future. ”

The old servant interjected again: "Yes, Childe left too hastily before, and we didn't have time to follow, so we won't leave this time." ”

"How can you have nowhere to go? The Descending General, the King of Liang and the General Wang Dian......"

Chang Yanzhi shook his head, "King Wu treats us like a mountain, and we must repay it." King Wu wants to fight for the crown, we will charge for you, King Wu wants to live in seclusion, and we will hold a pickaxe for you to open up the wasteland. ”

The old servant interjected again: "Yes, although I am older, I can still work, these people are young and can do a lot of things for the son." ”

Chang Yanzhi and the other seventeen people were all original guards, Xu Ji even if he didn't remember his name, they were all familiar, but the other fifteen people were only acquaintances of the old servants, and less than fifteen of them, I think they stayed in the car and never showed up.

Xu Ji had to ask clearly, and arched his hand: "Forgive me for being clumsy, you don't seem to be my generals." ”

A young man in his twenties replied, "King Wu...... Xu Gongzi has never seen us. We were originally citizens of the Eastern Capital, but we were imprisoned for something, but we were fortunately pardoned and went with the army to meet the Jingzhou army. Xu Gongzi had given porridge to help the people in the eastern capital, and exempted everyone from capital crimes, we have eaten rice porridge and received forgiveness, so we came to follow Xu Gongzi, willing to be driven, hoping to repay the kindness. ”

Xu Ji was more and more surprised, many people fled in the eastern capital, and the rest of the people all had the mentality of staying out of the matter, no matter which party recruited, they refused to show up, preferring to hide in the cellar and suffer from being cramped.

Song Xingju was assassinated, Xu Ji ordered a search, found more than 800 young and strong men, originally planned to be killed in front of the battle, one for revenge, the other for the sacrifice of the flag, because of various accidents, he pardoned these people and incorporated them into the army.

These people have no other sin except for not being able to hide, and they actually left their homes and businesses to come to run, Xu Ji was especially surprised, and he didn't know what to say.

Xiao Guan listened on the side, and couldn't help but say, "The New World Army has already called?" You're trying to avoid the war, aren't you? ”

Chang Yanzhi said blankly: "The new army? Where did the New Descendants come from? ”

"The emerging incarnation army in Qin and Han states killed people like hemp, ate prisoners raw, and was extremely brutal, didn't they hit the eastern capital?"

Chang's words are unclear, so "No, the eastern capital is now the king of Liang and the Luozhou army, and the general will take people west...... I don't know, the general will ask someone else. ”

The words had all been spoken, and Chang Yanzhi remembered to be cautious.

Xiao Gu'an already understood that he couldn't complain about others, but he refused to call him "King Wu" anymore, and arched his hand: "Young Master Xu, let's go on the road, you are willing to bring these people, you can, if you don't want to bring them, please arrange it as soon as possible." ”

More than 30 people looked at each other, their eyes full of joy and expectation.

Xu Ji sighed, "You go with me to see King Jin......"

Everyone cheered, and Xu Ji said: "Everyone's hospitality, Xu has received it, but the road ahead is rough, and if anyone wants to leave halfway, although I say it bluntly, I will only be grateful and will not stop it." ”

Some of the people nodded, and some swore that they would not leave.

Xu Ji asked Chang Yanzhi to lead his horse, but he still wondered in his heart, these people from the Eastern Capital refused to obey the imperial court's recruitment, why were they willing to risk going out of the city to repay a little favor?

"Someone in the car?" Xu Ji asked the old servant in a low voice.

"Yes, Childe's family."

"Family?"

"In the front car is the seventh son, and in the back car is the concubine of the son?"

"Huh?"

The old servant didn't take it seriously, turned his head to look behind him, "There is another one, why hasn't he been there?" It's not like you're regretting it halfway and running away, right? ”

A young man from Dongdu said with a smile: "Everyone regrets it, and neither does he, Brother Tian is definitely not that kind of person." ”

"Tian Jiang...... Also coming? Xu Ji was taken aback again.

"yes, walking behind, it's long overdue." The old servant was still looking from afar.

Xu Ji turned around and came to Xiao Gu'anma, "I'm sorry, I can't go with you to see King Jin." ”

"What do you mean by Xu Gongzi? ...... said yes."

"I'm thinking about your lives."