There are many soldiers under his command, Yecheng is just around the corner, Ma Wei is at the peak that no one could have imagined a year ago, but there is no trace of excitement in his voice, but he is extremely frustrated and dazed.

Don't be afraid at all, that's a lie, Xu Ji has been secretly worried on the way here, if none of the opportunities he waited for happened, or if it came too late, he would have no way to save his life.

Therefore, after discovering Ma Wei's frustration, the first emotion that came to Xu Ji's heart was not sympathy, but happiness, and the breath that was pressed in his heart rose and leaked from the corner of his mouth, making a snort like a snicker.

Xu Ji hurriedly held back, but Ma Wei still heard it, and couldn't help but be furious, and stood up suddenly, under the lifting of the platform and the background of the shadow, he looked much taller than usual, and a figure even reached Xu Ji's feet.

"Laugh at me, Xu Ji, this is your only means, when you stand under the city and are tied to the shelf to show the public, I hope you can still laugh, I ......"

Xu Ji quietly avoided the lamps and candles on the ground, stepped forward a few steps, and interrupted Ma Wei's roar: "This is not a mockery, but a relief, because you did scare me before." ”

Ma Wei swallowed the second half of his words and changed his words: "You should be afraid, because I want to exchange you for Yecheng's surrender." Whether Lord Huanyan really cares about you or not will soon be proven. ”

Xu Ji sighed lightly: "Why does everyone think that Lord Huanyan has a personal affection for me? Just because she is a woman, she can't have any pity for a young man? For example, King Liang also cherishes talents, so no one will guess ......"

"Presumptuous! Your little talent was lost long ago when you chose to abdicate, and I am here now, to see how you persuade me to quit the army, and to see if your 'talent' is still useful. ”

Xu Ji's hands were tied, but he was still able to bow his hands, "Whether to retreat or not is King Liang's choice, I have nothing to say." King Liang must not have come to see me for this, and I did not come for this. ”

Ma Wei sat down slowly.

Xu Ji continued: "If King Liang sees me and thinks he is listening to the truth, I have a lot. Xu Ji waited for a moment, "If King Liang is here to see me for the last time, I also have something to say." ”

"You say." Ma Wei was deliberately vague.

"When I was a student in the Temptation Hall, Brother Ma was the only one who thought I was talented and willing to make friends with me."

Once he talked about the past, Ma Wei's tone was even more soothing, "You can't say that, the old gentlemen in the museum, especially the scholars, have always praised you." ”

"That's Mr.'s appreciation for his disciples, in order to urge everyone to study hard, like Brother Ma, can be regarded as a confidant."

Ma Wei snorted, like a sigh, and like a sneer, "I know you, but you don't know me." ”

Xu Ji took two more steps forward, "Is it true?" Others thought that Brother Ma was full of ambition and was about to make a big move, but I knew that Brother Ma had a lot of things in his heart and didn't know how to clean it up. ”

"I shouldn't have said that as soon as I saw you." Ma Wei regretted that he had revealed his emotions too early.

Xu Ji shook his head, "I knew it from the beginning, I haven't seen Brother Ma yet, and I knew it when I walked on the road." ”

"Guessing?"

"Definitely. If everything is really going well and the future is bright, with the friendship between you and me, Brother Ma will never deliberately slack off and let me wait for a long time, but will summon me as soon as he hears the news, and let me see the majesty of Liang Jun as soon as possible. ”

"Hey, you said that our friendship is so good, are you afraid that I will kill you?"

"Definitely. In order to win the world, Brother Ma dared to abandon his wife and children, let alone an old man? But you and I are poor friends, and if any one of us becomes noble, the first thing that comes to mind must be the other. ”

Ma Wei let out a strange laugh, and slowly the laughter died away, and he spoke, "I called you, not for friendship, but because you are telling the truth." Guo Shifeng and I are also old friends, and we met you a little earlier than you, but he is loyal to King Ning-" Ma Wei let out another strange laugh and quickly stopped, "Even if he is loyal to me, he is not a person who is willing to tell the truth. ”

"Those who are up and down in the world, it doesn't matter whether it's true or false in their hearts."

"What I want now is not 'ups and downs', as long as the truth is true, even if it is a slap in the face, it is better than a clever nonsense."

Xu Ji raised his hands, "I can't slap him, I can only tell the truth." ”

"Your hands are still tied." Ma Wei said coldly, and then sighed again, "Yecheng must be captured, but how can I keep it after that?" ”

"I can't keep it."

"The 'truth' that was uttered in such a hurry sounded like a lie."

"Brother Ma listen to me first, if I say it is full of flaws, it is a lie, if it is in line with Brother Ma, it is the truth."

Ma Wei waved his hand in the shadows and motioned for Xu Ji to speak.

"Brother Ma led the army to attack Yecheng, but most of the soldiers under his command are from Huaizhou, although the Sheng family claims that as long as the eastern capital, not Jizhou, but it is not credible, there will be a belly sword behind the honey, the Sheng family sent troops and food to capture the famous city, how can it be easy to let others? Brother Ma hesitated and marched slowly on the road. ”

"Beware of Huaizhou has long been my intention, and guessing this is nothing."

"And King Jiangdongning. King Ning's actions are often unexpected, and ruthless, but this time he is willing to give in, and he joins forces in the middle of the heroes, and all he wants in exchange for is that the Huaizhou army does not want to cross the river south, which is not credible. ”

"Of course, I have never believed King Ning, especially if Guo Shifeng gave him ideas, I won't believe it. You have suffered from King Ning, and it is normal not to believe him. ”

"And the King of Jin, if you talk about ambition, no one among the kings is bigger than him, Yecheng has fallen, can he sit back and watch aside, not come to get a piece of the pie? It was Brother Ma who seized Yecheng, but there were many people who came to share the spoils afterwards, and any one of them was a strong enemy, so Brother Ma couldn't defend Yecheng. ”

Ma Wei was silent for a long time, "What about you?" You once defended the Eastern Capital, how will you defend Yecheng? Don't say anything about attacking Yuyang, I just ask you about Yecheng. ”

"If I have a way to defend Yecheng, why should I persuade Brother Ma to withdraw his troops?"

"It's different, Yecheng has few soldiers, and I have many soldiers, even if there is no support from the Huaizhou army, there are 80,000 people under our command......"

"80,000 soldiers can't make Brother Ma feel at ease, then there is no 'truth' in this world that can satisfy Brother Ma."

"Hey, the real number is more than 32,000 people, and the elite is 7,000, not much, but it is several times stronger than the current Yecheng. What's more, Yecheng may not accept the plan offered by his younger brother, I can. ”

Ma Wei unconsciously called "Brother Basic".

Xu Ji thanked him, "I still have to say 'no', because Brother Ma still has something to say to me." ”

"What does it matter to me that you want to defend the city?"

"The time, the place, the people, no matter the battle, are inseparable from these three, if I can't have a comprehensive understanding of the situation in Yecheng, how can I give advice? What's more, judging from the information I have received so far, there will be no reason for Yecheng to hold it. ”

Ma Wei laughed, this time it was a normal laugh, "Brother Ji always thinks more than others. In the past two days, some news has come out, which is quite disturbing: first, Qinzhou, Yin Fu ran fast, people have rushed to Xijing, it is said that the Jizhou army has already retreated dozens of miles, after seeing Yin Fu, do not retreat but advance, I don't know what the intention is; The second is to merge the state, the king of Jin increased his troops to Feihukou, it is said that he wants to attack Yuyang and grab the fugitives for He Rong's department, which is clearly an excuse, once the Jin army enters Jizhou, I am afraid that it will never leave. ”

Hearing the movements of the Jin army, the corners of Xu Ji's mouth moved slightly, and when Ma Wei stopped, he said: "Lord Yin and the Jizhou army's intentions are very obvious, since it is too late to return to Yecheng, simply stay in Qinzhou and solve the problem over there first." ”

"How to fix it? Capture Xijing? Without the help of Jing and Huai, and the state army has a ghost in its heart, how can the Jizhou army defeat hundreds of thousands of descending troops with only one family? ”

"If you can't fight, don't fight, the Jizhou army can turn enemies into friends with the descending army, and expel the state army together."

"Hey, Brother Brother's a little whimsical, isn't he?"

"Before I sent it, Yecheng had already sent a peace envoy to Qinzhou."

Ma Wei was startled, stood up, and sat down again, "Really? ”

"I may not say it, but what I say will be the truth."

Ma Wei was silent again, and said for a long time: "If the king of Jin can't get the land of Qinzhou and the soldiers of Jizhou, he will be angry. ”

"But the King of Jin will not take revenge on Qinzhou immediately, but enter northern Hebei from the Flying Fox Pass and seize a piece of territory first."

Ma Wei snorted heavily, if he lost northern Hebei, he would defend Yecheng, and he would not be able to get rid of the situation of being surrounded by enemies, which was not much different from when he was in the Eastern Capital.

"As for the so-called 'fugitives,' I probably happen to know." Xu Ji said again.

"I just got the news, can you know?"

"Because I know the fugitive, his name is Tian Jiang, and he is also from Dongdu."

"I know this man."

"To make a long story short, on the way to Yecheng with me, Tian Jiang greatly offended He Rong Pingshan, the king of the left god of He Rong's department, Pingshan came to Yecheng to ask for relatives, and by the way he captured Tian Jiang, if I guessed correctly, Tian Jiang escaped again and hid in Yuyang City."

"Why did He Rongpingshan have to take the craftsman back to Saiwai? Wouldn't it be easy to kill with a knife when you catch it? Where did the Yuyang defenders have the courage to hide the fugitives of He Rong's department? ”

"Something must have happened over there, maybe it's not that Yuyang doesn't want to hand over people, but He Rongbu doesn't want it."

"The King of Jin is looking for an excuse to enter northern Hebei, and He Rongbu is also going to find an excuse to turn against Yecheng. Sure enough, there is no credible person in the world. ”

"In troubled times, the more trust you have, the worse your defeat will be."

"What should I do?" Ma Wei muttered, revealing the frustration and confusion when he first saw Xu Ji.

"The enemy is not credible, the allies are not credible, and if Brother Ma wants to break out of the encirclement, he must be even more untrustworthy."

"Huh?"

"Brother Ma must be unexpected, so that the original conspiracy of the heroes has nowhere to be carried out, chaos and chaos, or there is a glimmer of opportunity, if you have to act according to the original plan, every step is expected by others, how to escape from the snare?"

"Chaos on top of chaos ......"

"Among the heroes, King Liang's strength is hardly called strong, if not the weakest."

"Brother don't have to be tactful, except for those bandits who take advantage of the fire to rob, I am the weakest one among the heroes."

"The weaker you are, the more you need chaos, the principle of nature, Brother Ma......"

"Don't say any more."

Xu Ji shut up in time.

Ma Wei unconsciously shrunk into a ball on the ancestral chair, his tall momentum disappeared, and he muttered, "No one can be trusted...... Chaos on top of chaos ......"

Xu Ji knew that he had already succeeded halfway, but the remaining half was out of his control.