Xu Ji had a splitting headache, but he still had to maintain a calm expression on his face, and smiled from time to time, no matter what, he couldn't show the slightest confusion and uneasiness in front of the guards.

"Go and call the fieldman." Xu Jidao.

Tang Weitian said in surprise: "The one who killed General Song? ”

Xu Ji nodded.

"Gotta tie him up, and call more guards......"

"There is no need to bother, there is no need to suspect people, there is no suspicion in employing people, and now that the field craftsman has been pardoned, he can no longer be treated as a prisoner."

The other guards in the tent all showed their grievances.

All the middle-aged men arrested in the eastern capital were conscripted into soldiers, including Tian Jiang, most of the Wu soldiers were in the front, and only more than 100 guards remained behind, always staying by the side of King Wu, although he did not raise any objections to his decision, he was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart.

Xu Ji said to the guards: "If you want to get their strength, you must first win their hearts, I will pardon other people in the eastern capital, it is far better to win the hearts of the Luozhou soldiers than to pardon the craftsmen." ”

The guards understood this, and no one said anything.

Tang Weitian quickly called Tian Jiang.

Tian Jiang was dressed as a soldier, but he was not equipped with weapons, and after entering the account, he just gave his hand, and refused to be respectful to King Wu like an ordinary soldier.

Xu Ji looked at Tian Jiang, and suddenly couldn't remember the intention of summoning this person, and said after a while: "Lord Fei's whereabouts are unknown, have you heard of his whereabouts?" ”

Tian Jiang shook his head, "How can a prisoner be more informed than King Wu?" ”

"Some people say that Lord Fei is probably going to follow Empress Dowager Luan, and Lord Fei is trustworthy."

"Of course, Lord Fei will do what he says, and what is even more rare is that he doesn't care about success or failure, he only asks about right and wrong, there are very few people like him in the world."

"'Regardless of success or failure, just ask right and wrong', when Master Fei thinks so, it already means that he will never succeed."

"King Wu is successful, relying on reversing right and wrong, conspiracy and tricks, the more successful King Wu is, the more unlucky the people around him are!"

The guards reprimanded, but Tian Jiang was unmoved and insisted on finishing.

Tang Weitian stood behind Tian Jiang, stretched out his hand to hold the stick, just waiting for King Wu's order or a look.

Xu Ji smiled, his heart was so tired that he didn't even have the energy to be angry.

"You stand down, I want to say a few words to Tian Zhuangshi alone."

"The Metropolitan Governor ......" Tang Weitian was extremely uneasy.

Xu Ji waved his hand, and the conversation with Sun Yalu almost exhausted his last bit of mental strength.

Tang Weitian had no choice, so he followed the guards out of the tent, went outside, looked at each other, and felt that King Wu was acting strangely, but no one would say anything.

There were only two people left in the tent, and the Tian Craftsman still looked arrogant.

Xu Ji sat on the chair, looked at Tian Jiang, and suddenly felt envious, "You never regret it." ”

"I regret that I did too many stupid things when I was younger, and I regret that I didn't wake up sooner and that my mother suffered a lot. I also regret that I couldn't help Lord Fei to defend the eastern capital, if King Wu came to negotiate alone on the night I can do it, things may take a turn for the better. ”

"'Regardless of success or failure, just ask right and wrong', Tian Zhuangshi can't do it, at least you regret it." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Tian Jiang sighed lightly, "I'm not Lord Fei, I'm just an ordinary person." ”

"You are not ordinary, and your so-called regret is not really regret, because you still do things the same as when you were young, moving forward bravely, and being good at taking advantage of the other party's fear, so as to give full play to your three-point strength."

"It's just that it looks like it's ten." Tian Jiang sighed again, "The country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, this is my nature." King Wu saw through this, so he was fearless and dared to see me alone. ”

"If you talk about skill, I can't beat your three-point strength."

Tian Jiang took a step forward, raised his arms, and hesitated for a while before holding his hands together, "King Wu is kind to me, I have not reported it, but I have opposed King Wu again and again, King Wu does not care, even if I kill Song Xingju, King Wu will also exempt me from death." ”

"I'm doing this for a reason."

"King Wu is to reassure the people of Luozhou, even people like me can be pardoned, and others will naturally not be retaliated against. I understand this, but I still thank King Wu, and if someone else, such as King Ning, catches me on the day he will ask for it, and he can't wait for the day when I am useful. ”

"King Ning...... Ning Baoguan is somewhat similar to you: move forward bravely, know how to take advantage of the fears of others, have no hesitation in your heart, you must get what you want, regardless of the consequences. ”

Tian Jiang thought for a while, "It's really similar, I just want something different from him, King Ning wants to be above 10,000 people and dominate the world." ”

"Where's Tian Zhuangshi?"

"What I want...... I still want a 'name', when I was a teenager or twenty, I wanted a 'chivalrous name', and now I want a ......" Tian Jiang didn't know what to say.

"Like Lord Fei's 'regardless of success or failure, only ask right and wrong'?"

"The mountains look up, I get a point, and I am satisfied." The word 'success or failure' still has a great attraction for me. ”

"Okay, since you have this heart, I will give you a thousand soldiers, and you can take them back to the Eastern Capital."

Tian Jiang was completely stunned, "King Wu ......"

"Someone told me that he was probably just lying to me, but I couldn't help but say that the eastern capital was empty, and that Ning Baoguan might lead someone to sneak attack."

"King Ning has been leading his troops to the east for some time, if he leads his troops back to the vicinity of the eastern capital, won't King Wu notice it at all?"

"To the east is the Supreme Garden, which is sparsely populated inside and outside the park, and scouts rarely go there to check, which is my mistake."

"I can take the troops back, but I think that King Wu seems to be making a fuss, which is not good for you."

"Will make me look hesitant?"

Tian Jiang nodded, "The general was killed, and the Luozhou soldiers were desperate to accept King Wu's surrender, and they were quite reluctant in their hearts. King Wu was right to pour the whole city's army, at least to make the Luozhou soldiers believe that King Wu did not set a trap......"

"Hey, that's my reputation, right?"

"Scheming and clever calculations, it was originally the same reputation, look at whose mouth it says, King Wu can't have one, not another."

"Please continue."

"King Wu had already done the right thing, and suddenly sent a thousand men back to the Eastern Capital, and let a prisoner who had just been pardoned lead the army, and outsiders would be puzzled. It doesn't matter what you doubt, just suspicion will lead to countless rumors, and these rumors may not be beneficial to King Wu. ”

"I've taken it all into account."

Tian Jiang was silent for a moment, "In this case, I am willing to take the order, I don't need a thousand soldiers, only five hundred, there are too many people I can't take with me, but these five hundred people are selected by myself." ”

Xu Ji was slightly surprised, "Tian Zhuangshi is very familiar with Luozhou soldiers?" Or are you going to choose from the 800-odd prisoners? ”

More than 800 people in the eastern capital were imprisoned with Tian Jiang and pardoned together, at least some friendship.

Tian Jiang shook his head, "I don't bring any of those people, I only pick the Luozhou soldiers who surrendered." The reputation is somewhat beneficial, when King Wu was the son of a great general, he knew my name, and there are a few people in the Luozhou soldiers who have heard the word 'endlessly', and it should not be difficult for me to find them and gather 500 people. ”

"If Ning Baoguan is really hiding near the eastern capital and not fighting the Huaizhou people, then he has at least 6,000 people." Xu Ji reminded.

"I'm not going to defeat King Ning, just to defend the city, it's useless to have more soldiers, five hundred is enough." Tian Jiang has a self-aware name, he is not a general, and it is already reluctant to lead 500 troops, and the more chaotic it is.

"Okay." Xu Ji wrote down the order in his own handwriting and stamped it with the king's seal.

Tian Jiang stepped forward to receive it, and took a cursory look, "If I am one step late, there is nothing to say, how many soldiers to take away, how many soldiers to bring back, if I arrive in time, the eastern capital will really encounter a sneak attack, I will do my best to defend the city." Everything is fine, I send someone every half day to deliver a letter to King Wu, if there is an accident, there may be no way to send someone out of the city, King Wu will understand what is going on if he does not see the messenger. ”

"Tian Zhuangshi has thought it through."

Tian Jiang turned and left, not saying another word.

As soon as Tian Jiang left, Tang Weitian immediately probed in, and when he saw that King Wu was fine, he retracted back and said to the other guards: "If the Metropolitan Governor wants to be alone for a while, he will definitely be able to come up with a clever plan to break the enemy, every time." ”

The guards nodded.

Xu Ji didn't enjoy his solitude for too long, the sky was about to darken, Tan Wuwu came again, he didn't bow down, he stood with his sword, staring at King Wu without speaking.

Xu Ji didn't speak.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Tan sighed meaninglessly: "I thought King Wu had figured it out, but it turned out to be even more confused, it was I who saw the wrong person, and actually changed the lord." Alas, what face do I have to meet King Jin in the future? ”

"You don't have a position in our army yet, and King Jin won't know about ......"

"King Jin doesn't know, but I'm ashamed."

"If King Jin cares about this little thing, he is not worthy of being your lord, let alone fighting for the world."

Tan thoughtless for a while and nodded, "That's right." But King Wu ...... has come this far, why do you suddenly have a different heart? ”

"I'm just sending five hundred people back to the Eastern Capital, just in case."

"Against whom?"

"Rather hug the pass."

"Did a scout see Ning Jun?"

"No, I'm just guessing."

"First of all, regardless of whether Ning Baoguan really intends to sneak attack the Eastern Capital, even if he really comes back, it doesn't matter, just give him the Eastern Capital for the time being, after defeating the Jingzhou Army, it will be easy to recapture the Eastern Capital."

"Ning Baoguan knows that he can't hold the eastern capital, so he will inevitably kill and plunder."

Tan thoughtlessly that King Wu still had something to say, waited for a while, and said in confusion: "The more people Ning Baoguan kills, the easier it will be for King Wu to recapture the Eastern Capital, why do you care about such a trivial matter?" ”

"It's not a trivial matter."

Tan stomped his feet a few times senselessly, "Heaven and earth are not kind, the emperor is worthy of heaven and earth, and he should also look at the common people with an 'unkind heart', how can King Wu be soft-hearted for a while?" ”

"Do you have an idea?"

"Not yet, soon enough. The king of Wu suddenly sent 500 people back to the eastern capital - it doesn't matter how many people are sent back, even if only one person is sent back, it will make the Luozhou soldiers worried, not to mention that the family members of the descending army are also in the city, once they have the heart of care, who is willing to fight? If they all want to go back, who can stop them? ”

Xu Ji was silent, as eloquent as him, and was speechless at this time.

"It's just that there are some casualties among the people of the Eastern Capital, and King Wu can't stand it? At least half of the descendant army in front of it was lost, and thousands of Wu soldiers were burned to death due to King Wu's mistakes, and King Wu even forced two Wu generals to death, how could he be ruthless at that time? ”

"Actually...... I couldn't stand it. Xu Ji said lightly, and a heavy object in his heart suddenly fell.