When Xu Yu refused to offer advice, Shan Yu often smiled, but when Xu Ji really spoke, Shan Yu sank his face and asked He Rong Pingshan: "Are there outsiders who have dealings with him these days?" ”

"No, the only one who often talks to Xu Ji is his entourage, and the emperor occasionally looks for him, and there is no one else, and my subordinates are very close."

Shan Yu looked at Xu Ji at this time, "Since no one has passed on the news to you, how do you know that King Liang is no longer in the city?" ”

Xu Ji smiled: "Guess." ”

Shan Yu laughed at this time, "How accurate can your guess be?" ”

"Guess other people's six or seven points, guess that King Liang is nine out of ten."

"It is said that you have a good relationship with King Liang."

"We have known each other for many years, we have studied together, stabbed together, and fled together......"

"King Liang once assassinated with you?"

"Yes, he and I are both masterminds."

"But there is very little mention of him in the rumors."

"Because before the assassination occurred, he escaped from the capital."

"And you insisted on staying."

"Exactly."

Shan Yu smiled again, this time not with contempt, but with a little seriousness.

Kou Daogu felt that he had to speak to stop him, and took a step forward and said: "Be careful, once Xu Ji enters the city, he will never come out again, he has the experience of defending the city......"

Shan Yu raised his hand, didn't let Kou Daogu continue, and said to Xu Ji: "King Liang has fled, who is guarding Yecheng now?" ”

"It must be Huaizhou veteran Sheng Xuan."

"So King Liang fled with his own people, leaving the Huaizhou people to defend the city? Well, it's smart people. Are you familiar with Sheng Xuan? ”

"I'm not familiar, I should say I've never met."

"Then why did you persuade him to surrender the city?"

"Sheng Xuan is not defending the city for King Liang, but for Huaizhou, but the current situation in Huaizhou is critical, I am sure to persuade General Sheng to sacrifice Yecheng, there is only one request, just to allow them to return to Huaizhou."

"What's the crisis in Huaizhou?"

Xu Ji pointed to his mouth, "Here's me." ”

Shan Yu laughed and said to He Rongpingshan: "He wants to make up false news with one mouth and deceive the Huaizhou army to go south of the city, what do you think?" ”

"I'm even more worried that he will coax Shan Yu with one mouth, and our He Rong people are obviously sure to take the city, why let the Huaizhou people go south? Wouldn't it be better to wipe it out in one fell swoop? Avoid future troubles. ”

"What you want is to fight and make meritorious contributions, not to compete for the world." Although Shan Yu favored He Rongpingshan, he didn't take his suggestion too seriously, and turned to Xu Ji again, "Mr. Kou is right, as soon as you enter the city, I'm afraid you won't come out to see me again." ”

"I say a few useful words every day, I can save my life, but after entering the city, I have to be afraid, as Pingshan said, He Rongbu will be able to break through the city, why should I give up my safety and ask for danger?"

Hearing that Xu Ji only called the word "Pingshan", Zuo Shenwei King glanced at him coldly.

After thinking for a moment, "You didn't want to make a plan today, why did you suddenly change your mind?" Just to save the lives of the people of Yecheng? ”

"Because I just thought of this plan, I hope to give Shan Yu a deep impression, so that when someone slanders in the future, Shan Yu will at least ask me for clarification because of his talent, so as not to order death immediately."

Shan Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Kou, Xu Ji is talking about you." ”

Kou Daogu arched his hand and said: "Xu Ji spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, although I have a grudge against him and want to see him killed, but I will never pretend to be a private servant and use military affairs to avenge personal revenge." ”

Shan Yu nodded, "It is precisely this truth, I can tolerate saying and doing wrong, and I will never tolerate intentional deception." That's it for today, and we'll talk about it tomorrow morning. ”

In the early hours of the morning, Xu Ji was sleeping soundly when he was called up and went to meet Shan Yu.

The sleep alone is shorter, but he doesn't show any fatigue, and his fighting spirit is high, talking to a group of Lord He Rong.

Xu Ji stood aside, and seeing that the emperor was also there, Zhang Shiyu obviously didn't understand why he was called, and his expression was slightly nervous.

Shan Yu paused his lecture and said to Xu Ji: "Later, you will enter the city to persuade them to surrender, I can let them return to the south, as long as they surrender the city immediately, but I can't wait for dark, I must give an answer before noon, and as soon as noon is over, I will order the siege of the city." Whether the persuasion is successful or not, as long as you come back on time, I will forgive you for your innocence, and if you refuse to come back, I will be the emperor of heaven with another person. ”

Although he has often been depressed since becoming the emperor, Zhang Shiyu has never thought of giving up the throne, and he can't help but be shocked when he hears it, especially when he really has a younger brother in He Rongying, he immediately said: "Shan Yu, this matter has nothing to do with me - I don't even know what it is." ”

Shan Yu didn't look at the emperor at all, and only said to Xu Ji: "Go, it's decided." ”

Xu Ji nodded, "Before noon." ”

Zhang Shiyu became more and more surprised, "Xu Ji, you ...... Explain it to me, I really don't ......."

Xu Ji said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, no matter what, I will come back before noon." ”

"What if the city detains you?"

Xu Ji thought for a while, "After all, the throne belongs to your Zhang family, and I don't think Shan Yu will be handed over to someone with another surname." ”

Zhang Shiyu didn't care about the emperor's surname, he couldn't help but be even more frightened, he didn't know what to say for a while, and when he woke up a little, Xu Ji had left, and Shan Yu spoke to the adults again, he was left out in the cold, and he didn't even have a chance to interject.

A horse, there is nothing left, Chang Yanzhi is not allowed to follow, He Rong Pingshan sent Xu Ji out of the camp and came to the front of the battle, "The city has been informed that there will be a messenger to negotiate, whether you are willing to accept it, I don't know." In short, as soon as noon is over, the city will be attacked, and you don't have to be lucky, and the people in the city are the same. ”

"I'm sorry, but I want to affect your meritorious service, in fact, you want to dismiss your servant, and there is another good law......"

He Rong Pingshan raised his hand and slapped it the horse, which was regarded as a "send-off", and he didn't want to hear a word about Xu Ji's words.

He Rongbu was well prepared this time, and tall siege equipment had been erected on the position—built by the Central Plains, some of whom were craftsmen sent by the Tiancheng Imperial Court, after all, the two sides were still "allies".

The position was not far from the city gate, Xu Ji soon came to the door, and was about to speak, when someone in the city said loudly: "You are the envoy of He Rong?" ”

"Exactly."

"You're alone?"

Xu Ji looked back, "That's right." ”

"You'll wait."

The gate would not be opened easily, but a large basket hung down from the city.

Xu Ji had to dismount, carefully enter the basket, shake the rope, and signal the person above to pull.

When they arrived at the head of the city, more than a dozen soldiers immediately surrounded them, and seeing that Xu Ji was dressed as a scholar, they didn't get too close, and an officer approached and asked suspiciously: "Are you from the Central Plains?" ”

"Hmm."

"Why...... Forget it, report your name. ”

"Take me to the city guard at once."

"You have to report it first."

Xu Ji turned around and pointed not far outside the city, "He Rongren attacked the city at noon, there are less than three hours left, do you think they need to report?" Take me to the main general immediately, and you can't afford to delay the news I bring. ”

The officer had already seen the equipment erected by He Rongren, so he naturally had no doubts, his face changed slightly, and his tone became much gentler, "Please come with me." ”

In fact, there were already people guarding under the city wall, waiting for the arrival of He Rong's envoy, and when they saw Xu Ji, they didn't ask much, and immediately led to a nearby military camp.

A veteran general sat in the hall, and the generals were lined up on both sides, silent.

Xu Ji stepped forward and arched his hand: "Your Excellency must be General Sheng Xuansheng." ”

"It's me, Your Excellency is ......" Seeing a scholar, Sheng Xuan was also a little surprised.

"In the ...... of Xia Xu"

As soon as he answered, there were constant surprises in the hall, and Xu Ji took two steps forward and said to the stunned Sheng Xuan: "I brought the news of Shan Yu with a strong arm......

"Are you really that 'King Wu'?" Sheng Xuan asked.

"Does General Sheng want to confirm my identity first, or do you want to listen to He Rongren's proposal first?"

"Uh...... Listen to the offer first. Sheng Xuan was still shocked.

"The defenders surrendered, handed over Yecheng, and He Rongbu opened a road and allowed you to return to Huaizhou. The answer was given before noon, and as soon as noon passed, He Rongren attacked the city, and there was no more chance. Xu Ji bowed his hand and turned to leave.

Sheng Xuan hurriedly got up and chased after him, "Wait, I haven't made it clear yet." ”

Xu Ji stopped, turned around and said, "That's it, there is nothing else." ”

Sheng Xuan said with a smile: "It's just a message, it seems that you don't need to go out in person." ”

"He Rongren didn't know much about the situation in the Central Plains, thinking that I could win the trust of General Yu Sheng, so he ordered me to come here, but I really don't have anything to say, just to pass on the word."

Sheng Xuan temporarily put aside his doubts, "Then I have to refuse, there are still 100,000 soldiers in the city, the grain and grass are enough for three years, and there are hundreds of thousands of people who can be requisitioned, it may not be enough to defend the city, but it is more than enough to defend the city." We are not in a hurry, although the people of He Rong are attacking the city. ”

"General Sheng is not in a hurry, and Huaizhou is not in a hurry?"

"Huaizhou is worried about our safety at most, but nothing else, the war is still separated from Huaizhou by a moat."

"The moat in the north or the moat in the south?"

"Xu Gongzi said and laughed, those who isolate Huai and Hebei are of course the northern moats."

"So, General Sheng doesn't know yet?"

"Know what?"

"King Ning of Wuzhou led his troops across the river and entered Huaizhou, and Guangling City urgently needed General Sheng to lead his troops back to help."

Guangling City is the seat of Huaizhou governance, and it was also the fief of King Guangling, but King Guangling sits in Wuzhou all the year round and does not go home much.

Sheng Xuan's face changed slightly, he looked at his subordinates, and then said to Xu Ji: "Where did your news come from?" The day before yesterday, we also received an envoy from Huaizhou, asking us to defend Yecheng and not retreat half a step. ”

Xu Ji smiled slightly, "The situation changes often only in the morning and night, please allow me to ask: Where is King Liang?" ”

Sheng Xuan's face became more and more dazed, "King Liang...... Do you want to see King Liang? ”

"Yes, if you can see it."

"Okay, I originally wanted to talk about it later, but since Your Excellency asked, let's go see King Liang now, after all, he is the one in the city." When he said the last three words, Sheng Xuan's tone changed slightly, obviously not taking it seriously.

Xu Ji was slightly shocked in his heart, it turned out that he guessed wrong, King Liang did not escape at all, this is not like Ma Wei's style of acting, and it also makes his persuasion difficult.

"General Sheng should have taken me to King Liang in the first place." Xu Ji pretended to complain.

Sheng Xuan made a gesture of invitation, leading the way, "I can't complain about me, it's King Liang himself who doesn't want to see outsiders, but Your Excellency shouldn't be considered an outsider." ”