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Zhou Lu took a sip of hot water, moved to tears, and said in a trembling voice: "I want to join the rebel army, the court is really rotten to the end, and there is no help." ”

There were two people standing opposite him, one was Xu Ji, and the other was Ning Baoguan, Zhou Lu's gaze swept around, and he didn't dare to make a slight difference in the time he stayed, for fear of offending one of them.

"What do you want me to hear?" Ning Baoguan asked in surprise, the person in front of him looked like a gentleman from the Eastern Capital, cowardly, and worthless, "I thought you brought me to see Cao Shenxi." ”

"Cao Shenxi will not open his mouth easily, this Zhou Gongzi can tell the truth."

"Honestly, I'm telling the truth...... Uh, what do I say? Zhou Lu is willing to say anything, but he doesn't know what the other party wants to hear, "Actually, I want to abandon the darkness and turn to the light in Runan, but ......"

"I didn't let you talk about this, talk about the situation in the Eastern Capital." Xu Ji interrupted.

"Oh, the Eastern Capital...... The city has long been in chaos, it is said that the emperor has run away, only the queen mother and the empress dowager remain in the palace, and they have not accepted the minister's court for a long time, and everything is decided by Liang Taifu and Lan Sui, and the two of them are not in harmony, and the will issued is often contradictory......"

"How many defenders are there in the Eastern Capital?" Ning Baoguan only cared about this matter.

"Guard...... One or two thousand. ”

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Xu Ji asked.

Zhou Lu threw the hot water bowl with both hands, and said with a sad face: "To be honest, I really don't know, this conscription is particularly hasty, the decree was passed on the day before, and everyone had to report to the barracks the next day, regardless of dignity and humility, how much credit my father gave to the Tiancheng Dynasty, but it was useless." ”

"'Everyone'?" Ning Baoguan must ask to understand.

"That is, all men over the age of fifteen and under sixty, and boys under the age of fifteen, must stand at the door of their homes and be examined, and as long as they can carry weapons, they must also be drafted."

Ning Baoguan glanced at Xu Ji and asked, "Your father is a prince?" ”

"Dongyang Hou, it stands to reason that I don't have to join the army, but no, I have to report, fortunately, I was asked by General Cao to be by my side, so I had the opportunity to defect to the rebel army." Zhou Lu observed carefully, and his eyes stayed on Ning Baoguan's side for a while.

"Whose order is the conscription?" Xu Ji asked.

"That...... This is the holy decree jointly transmitted by Lan Sui and Liang Taifu, it is said that it ...... It is said that it was the idea of the great general, and he personally sent people to carry it out, so no one dared to hide his children. The prisoners in the prison and the servants of each family were requisitioned, and it seems that even the eunuchs in the palace were numbered by thousands. When the armor was distributed, many people wept so much that they couldn't stop crying. ”

"Where are these people? The officers and soldiers I saw were all normal, and only you were a waste. "Ning Baoguan will not be polite to the captives.

Zhou Lu is not ashamed of waste, "Stay and guard the military wall and the eastern capital city, don't look at me as a waste, they are not as good as me, they don't even dare to take the knife, they must be put in the scabbard, and they tremble when they see the blade." ”

Ning Baoguan raised his right index finger and swiped it lightly, signaling Zhou Lu to shut up, he had to think about it, and after a while he asked, "Lou Wen went to chase King Jin?" ”

"Yes, not only the King of Jin, but also the King of the Incarnation. General...... Lou Wen didn't want to attack our side from the beginning, he said that the thief captured the king first, and as soon as Xue Liujia died, the descendant army would inevitably collapse, and said that the king of Jin rebelled as a son of the family, and if he was not killed immediately, it would inevitably lead to imitation in all places. Lou Wen told General Cao that there was no need to attack the camp here, just block the rebels in the camp, and wait for him to come back and clean it up. ”

"But you've been attacking today." Ning hugged the pass.

Zhou Lu was already crying and mourning, and at this time, his facial features drooped even more seriously, like a fat man who lost dozens of pounds, his skin was still there, but he was falling everywhere, "General Cao didn't want to attack, it was Lan Yong who insisted on fighting, he said that the righteous army would collapse with one blow, and after fighting here, there was still time to encircle and suppress the descending king." But we all understand Lan Yong's scheming, he is afraid that the general will never return, so he has to personally supervise ......"

"Who is Lan Yong?" Ning Baoguan asked.

"Lan Sui's son, he can't be stupid anymore, everyone doesn't like him, the general deliberately left him with General Cao, just don't want to be interfered with by him, alas." Zhou Lu couldn't help but let out a long sigh, if Lan Yong didn't have to go to war, he wouldn't have been captured for the second time, and hurriedly added: "There is a providence in the underworld, if it weren't for Lan Yong's stupidity, I wouldn't have had a chance to join the rebels." ”

Zhou Lu put down the bowl and bowed to the two kings flatteringly.

"Lan Yong is not stupid." Ning Baoguan muttered: "If he had been more bold and attacked the military camp while shooting arrows, the rebel army would have dispersed long ago." ”

That layer of fence is the last reliance of the rebels, and if the officers and soldiers advance a short distance, the soldiers of the rebels will fall apart, either busy fleeing for their lives, or taking care of their own families first, even if they are Ning Baoguan, they can't suppress it.

"Lan Yong is as timid as a mouse, General Cao personally supervised the battle, but Lan Yong hid behind, and we were arrested...... fell into the hands of the rebels, but he ran as fast as he could......"

Ning Baoguan beckoned, walked to the corner with Xu Ji, and said, "With a few words from this person, you want to give up the original plan and lead the troops to attack the Eastern Capital?" And you also heard it, both Changwei and Dongwei are guarded. ”

"They are all temporary recruits, and the righteous army has experienced a hundred battles, like a wolf entering a flock, and can capture the eastern capital in one fell swoop."

"Even if people can't do it, there are still city walls in the eastern capital after all."

"The hearts of the people in the Eastern Capital are lost, and if the righteous army can promise that the autumn will not be committed, the people of the Eastern Capital are very likely to surrender the city."

"Are you sure?"

"It's worth a try, even if it is blocked, it can attract the general, relieve the siege of the king of Jin and the king of the incarnation, and the two kings chase back, and it is still a flanking attack."

"Hey, we didn't go to war as promised, but you counted on them to save us?"

"The king of the incarnation may not, the king of Jin will, once he hears that the eastern capital is down, the king of the incarnation will naturally come."

Ning Baoguan shook his head lightly, "It's too risky, the eastern capital doesn't need elite soldiers, just a good general, you can defend the city, so that we can't advance or retreat." ”

"If there are good generals in the eastern capital, how can King Ning come here from Qinzhou?"

Ning Baoguan still shook his head.

Zhou Lu heard it clearly on the side, and he now had only one thought in his mind, how to save his life, so he mustered up the courage to speak: "I have an idea......

Ning Baoguan ignored him, Xu Ji turned his head to look at it, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou has an idea?" Rare. ”

"I can't afford the word 'Brother Zhou', King Wu can just call me by my name, or ......"

"Tell me what you think."

"It's actually simple to recruit the people of the Eastern Capital, bring me and General Cao to the city, let the people in the city see that we are fine, they feel that surrender is not a bad thing, so they will naturally ...... Surrendered. ”

This is not an "idea", if Xu Ji can bring the righteous army to the eastern capital, he will use this trick without even thinking about it.

Ning Baoguan still didn't give an answer, opened the curtain and left directly.

Xu Ji was puzzled, and Zhou Lu was even more puzzled, "King Wu, what I said is the truth, this King Ning...... What do you think? ”

"You stay here and don't move."

"Yes, yes, I'm not moving." Zhou Lu really froze.

Xu Ji chased out of the tent and saw Ning Baoguan striding towards the fence where the prisoners were held, holding a knife in his hand.

The officers and soldiers in the fence were all shocked, but they had nowhere to hide, so they could only dodge behind others as much as possible.

"Kneel, I won't kill the general." Ning customs road.

The captives knelt down one after another, only Cao Shenxi insisted on standing, he had been loosened, but he did not hide back, standing in the front, his hair fluttering, refusing to show the slightest timidity.

The guards were about to step forward and press Cao Shenxi, Ning Baoguan waved his hand to stop it, and with the other hand, he waved a knife and slashed down, and the head of the nearest general fell to the ground.

The prisoners were shocked, and they kowtowed and begged for mercy, Ning hugged Guan silently, raised his knife and slashed, and after killing three people in a row, he threw away the knife with a curly blade, and immediately a guard sent a new knife.

Cao Shenxi finally knelt down, gritted his teeth and said, "I am the main general, if you want to kill me, kill me first." ”

Ning Baoguan turned to face the old general and said coldly: "It's nothing, I just want to see how difficult it is to make you surrender." After that, he turned around and walked out of the encirclement, greeted Xu Ji, glanced at him, and said nothing.

Xu Ji was secretly frightened, these days against the officers and soldiers, he had forgotten how cruel Ning Baoguan's methods were.

In any case, Ning Baoguan has an advantage, as long as he thinks what the other party says makes sense, he will always accept the suggestion.

It was getting dark, and most of the rebels had already eaten and waited for the order to leave, and they knew that they were going to flank the officers and soldiers, so they were prepared.

Ning Baoguan summoned the kings and generals, and without explanation, he said directly: "King Liang, hand over the army to the King of Shu, and you stay by my side." ”

"Huh?" Mavi was shocked.

Ning Baoguan stared at him, and Ma Wei immediately said, "Yes." ”

Ning Baoguan beckoned to Gan: "You leave three thousand people, take the rest away, unite with the Liang army, go to rescue the incarnation king, and set off immediately." ”

Gan Zhao received the order, and immediately designated several henchmen of Ning Baoguan to stay, and they only brought more than 3,000 soldiers, and then Gan Zhao and the other generals left and gave the order to set off.

Ning Baoguan personally supervised the rebels out of the camp without saying a word.

After two fierce battles, the rebels were no longer in the mood to joke and marched silently.

The night was dark, and the torches were connected into a long serpent and wandered away.

Gan Zhao left 3,000 people, plus thousands of Wu troops, a total of less than 10,000, Ning Baoguan ordered again, collected all the horses in the battalion, barely gathered 500 cavalry, and then told the truth to the generals: "Let's not go to the side of the descending army, go to the eastern capital, and send the prisoners home." ”

The generals lost their color, and Ning hugged Guan and shouted: "I'll take you there, am I a fool and will go to death?" ”

No one dared to question and ran to give orders.

Ning Baoguan was the first to leave the camp and went to the direction of the Eastern Capital, followed by Xu Ji and Ma Wei.

After walking out of the road for a while, Ning Baoguan stopped on the side of the road, supervised the soldiers to march, and occasionally encouraged a few words, "Tomorrow we will enter the Eastern Capital, you keep your belly, there is a lot of wine and meat over there." ”

The soldiers laughed, although they were not sure, but they believed that Ning Baoguan and Xu Ji would not lead them to death.

Taking advantage of Ning's distraction, Ma Wei approached Xu Ji and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on?" How could King Wu Yue change his mind? It must be you......"

"King Ning has his own decision." Xu Jidao.

Ma Wei shook his head slightly, "But why did he call me?" and did not let me lead the troops. ”

"King Ning didn't tell me about his plan."

"Hey." Ma Wei didn't ask any more.

After marching along the main road for more than 20 miles, getting closer and closer to the first barrier of the officers and soldiers, Ning Baoguan once again reined in his horse and said to Ma Wei: "You can go." ”

"Huh? Where to? "Ma Wei was completely confused.

"Go and chase the king of Shu, don't be too fast, just catch up, tell him that King Wu and I have captured the eastern capital."

"Huh?"

"What, you doubt my words?"

"No, no, I don't doubt it, it's just ...... I'll set off immediately and let the King of Shu come back with his troops......"

"Tell him 'King Wu and I have taken the Eastern Capital', just this sentence, not a word can be added, understand? Let the King of Shu call his own shots. ”

"Yes, yes." Embarrassed, Ma Wei turned his horse's head, called his guards, and galloped away.

"Will they believe it?" Xu Ji couldn't help but ask.

"Believe it or not, the decisions are made by yourself." Ning Baoguan glanced into the distance, "I will lead the cavalry to attack the siege, you will take the infantry to stay behind, if you ......"

"I'll make a decision."

Ning Baoguan smiled slightly, patted his horse to catch up, and only took more than 500 people to attack the barrier of officers and soldiers.