The eunuchs in the city sent people to send news one after another, all of which were unusual, especially the four eunuchs around Pan Kai, all of whom said good things, without a single doubt, Gao Shengze was ready to go and laugh at Xu Ji, but at this time, there was a piece of news that caused him a trace of doubt.

To be precise, this is not news, but "no news": no one saw Guo Shifeng go out of the city.

There is a eunuch sitting in each gate of the Eastern Capital, now it is an extraordinary period, there are very few people in and out, Guo Shifeng no matter where he goes out of the city, he will definitely be seen, but the eunuchs of all the gates say that no one is out of the city today, and a retinue sent by a eunuch specially reminded Gao Shengze: "King Liang once had an order not to allow anyone to enter and leave the Eastern Capital, Gao Gong and others brought the will of King Liang before they were allowed to enter the city, Guo Shifeng is the envoy of King Ning, it stands to reason that he can't enter the city, how to go out of the city?" ”

Gao Shengze suddenly remembered that King Liang had indeed issued an order banning entry into the Eastern Capital, and he and Xu Ji entered the city smoothly, so he never thought about it, even if he saw Guo Shifeng, he didn't wake up.

But this doesn't seem to mean anything, Guo Shifeng is a friend of King Liang after all, maybe he will be allowed to do so?

Gao Shengze hesitated for a long time before coming to see Xu Ji, it was almost the second watch, and Pan Kai was arranging a mutiny in full swing.

Xu Ji didn't sleep, saw Gao Shengze, and asked, "Is it still snowing outside?" ”

"Huh? It's stopped, and there's not much snow this time. ”

"Unfortunately, maybe the snow could be heavier elsewhere."

"Yes." Gao Shengze was asked inexplicably, and after waiting for a while, he said, "Guo Shifeng didn't go out of the city. ”

"If he doesn't complete the mission, of course he won't leave the city." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"He may have just said it casually so that he wouldn't stay to eat."

"It could also be an ulterior motive."

Although Gao Shengze flattered the subject, he was not a stupid person after all, once he felt that Xu Ji's guess was reasonable, he immediately said: "What should I do?" I'm going to gather the generals of the Liang army now, and let's strike first? ”

"Pan Kai is King Liang's most trusted general, and now he is the lord of the Eastern Capital, how can General Gao persuade the generals to oppose General Pan?"

"To be honest, I still don't believe it, it's Pan Kai, the remnant of Liang, who has followed King Liang for a long time, and the whole family has been greatly favored, how can it be ...... Why? ”

"Although General Pan is loyal, but there is no talent of a general, he was entrusted with a heavy task by the King of Liang, guarding the Eastern Capital, guarding the wife and children of the King of Liang, under the heavy pressure, his heart is changeable, King Liang is frequently changing his plans at this time, first marrying the daughter of the Zhang family, and then attacking and annexing the state, but he did not explain to Pan Kai in time - Pan Kai is far away in the Eastern Capital, and every change of King Liang will make him suspicious, guessing whether he will also be 'changed'. Pan Kai has become a persuasive person, and at this time, there is only a lack of a bold and careful strategist who can speak well to pierce this layer of window paper. ”

Guo Shifeng...... He came at a good time. ”

"I guess he didn't mean it was a coincidence, but he had to do it."

"Huh?"

Guo Shifeng persuaded King Liang to feint to attack Huaizhou, in order to ensure the safety of Jiangdong, thinking that he had a plan, and he would ask King Ning for credit when he went back, but it turned out that he was the one who was plotted, and King Liang led his troops north to Jizhou, ignoring Jiangdong, so that King Ning's hard-earned stone city was in danger. With King Ning as a person, Guo Shifeng will be severely punished, if he does not come to the Eastern Capital to make meritorious contributions, he is afraid that his life will not be guaranteed. ”

Gao Shengze nodded again and again, "I'll write a letter to King Liang and ask him to send a secret order to get rid of Pan Kai." ”

"It's too late, Guo Shifeng will inevitably persuade Pan Kai to start early, maybe tonight."

Gao Shengze was taken aback, "Tonight!" ”

"If I were Guo Shifeng, I would definitely persuade Pan Kai to do it tonight, without it, Pan Kai's loyalty has not yet been exhausted, the longer I think about it, the more hesitation I will be, once I do it, there will be no way back, Guo Shifeng's strategy can succeed."

"There are less than fifty people in the mansion in total, and more than half of them are Pan Kai's subordinates, which ...... What can I do? ”

"When Manager Gao sent people out, he was not hindered?"

"Nope."

"Fortunately, it shows that Pan Kai is still hesitating. Nine times out of ten, the generals of the Liang army believe in Pan Kai rather than in General Gao, and the only way to do this now is to mobilize the Jizhou army. ”

"Jizhou Army? There were less than five thousand of them, and they were all stationed outside the city, and less than a hundred entered the city. ”

"That's enough. Guo Shifeng said with a clever plan to move Pan Kai, he would not dare to implicate too many people, and Manager Gao could always find a hundred people, and then seize the opportunity, and he could easily win. ”

"Why do the Jizhou army listen to me?"

Xu Ji said with a smile: "It's up to me, please ask Manager Gao to send me to the Jizhou Army, it won't take a moment or three to make them obey Manager Gao." ”

Gao Shengze smiled, believing that Xu Ji did have such a ability, "The eunuchs in the city obey my orders, plus some guards, maybe they can get together another one or two hundred." ”

"Good, but don't tell them what they mean, just get together."

"Well, there is something that I said in advance that General Pan can only be captured alive, not killed, and if there is a mistake, I will not be guilty of capital crimes."

Pan Kai is the general of the Liang army, offending him is no different from offending the king of Liang, but Gao Shengze is still thinking about "what if", Xu Ji did not pick it out, and said with a smile: "It is the general manager Gao who gives the order, and everything is naturally as you like." ”

"Well, well, why did you let me encounter such a thing?" Gao Shengze stomped his feet again and again, "I'm still a little unsure in my heart, just by Guo Shifeng's visit, Mr. Xu can guess so many things?" When I first heard it, it was reasonable, but after thinking about it again, I felt that it was ...... There are quite a few loopholes. ”

"Manager Gao thinks about Pan Kai and thinks there are a lot of loopholes, and thinks Guo Shifeng thinks it's reasonable, isn't it?"

"That's what it means, Guo Shifeng is a strategist, good at intrigue and trickery, I don't believe him, but Pan Kai ......" Gao Shengze shook his head.

"Mr. Gao thinks about it again, in terms of resourcefulness, which is stronger or weaker between Pan Kai and Guo Shifeng."

"Of course, Guo is strong and Pan is weak, and ten Pan Kai is not as good as one Guo Shifeng."

"But Mr. Gao still has suspicions?"

Gao Shengze gritted his teeth again, "Yes, take a risk, if everything is as Mr. Xu guessed, this move will not only save his own life, but also make a great contribution to King Liang." ”

"It can be said to be a great achievement in turning things around."

"If Mr. Xu guesses wrong...... I must kill you before I die. ”

"If Manager Gao doesn't do anything, Pan Kai and King Liang won't let me go, the killing of you and me is just a matter of front and back."

"Hey, King Liang may not be, I've never seen him care about others as much as he does to Mr. Xu, he said ruthlessly, maybe he will forgive him in two days, I don't have this treatment...... Don't talk nonsense, Mr. Xu, just go out with me. ”

Xu Ji ordered Chang to stay in the mansion, if someone came to find him, try to delay the time, he put on a cloak and went out of the mansion with Gao Shengze.

The guards were extremely lax, and when they saw Gao Shengze, they immediately bowed down to see him off, and they didn't even notice that there was Xu Ji among the entourage.

"Pan Kai hasn't done it yet, let's still take the lead." Xu Ji whispered.

"Hmm." Gao Shengze was preoccupied and had no intention of answering.

The guests from Jizhou lived not far away, Gao Shengze took Xu Ji and the two eunuchs on foot, hurried to the lantern, and immediately summoned the Jizhou generals.

The generals of Jizhou came from various counties and counties, and the ten people who brought the largest number of soldiers were pointed out as commanders, five stayed outside the city, and five entered the city, and the daily thing was to discuss the distribution of grain and grass and the location of the camp, and quarreled with the generals of the Liang army.

They had all seen Gao Shengze and knew that this was King Liang's confidant, so they were very respectful and came as soon as they called.

The five generals lined up in a line, waiting for Gao Shengze to speak.

Xu Ji took a step forward and said, "In Xia Xu Ji, I have seen all the generals. ”

The five of them glanced at each other, apparently hearing about this man.

"Well, I'm not talking nonsense, I want to ask the generals: Are you going to launch a mutiny and flee back to Jizhou?"

The five generals were each surprised, and you and I argued that there was no such thing.

Xu Ji said: "You are all here, not in your hometown to oppose conscription, but in a foreign land to make trouble, this matter is extremely unreasonable. ”

"That's it!" The five generals said in unison.

"But people's words are terrifying, Mr. Gao and I believe in the Jizhou soldiers, and some people don't believe it. General Pan is the lord of the eastern capital, and he is quite jealous of you, saying that if the Jizhou soldiers do not arrive, there will be different intentions. ”

"That's also the people who didn't come have different intentions, we arrived on time, and many people were ahead of schedule." One will be the way.

"You've arrived, but did you say anything in private?"

Jizhou has been forcibly requisitioned by He Rongren, there are few men, and they are reluctant to send troops, so they are forced to come to the Eastern Capital, of course, there will be no complaints, Xu Ji asked, and the five people lowered their heads and did not dare to reply.

Xu Ji said: "No one wants to go to the battlefield, especially to catch up with the cold winter, this is the normal situation of people, don't say that the soldiers of Jizhou, the soldiers of the Liang army, who can guarantee that they are willing?" ”

The five generals nodded again and again, and one said: "Everyone says that Mr. Xu is reasonable and sensible, and he really deserves his reputation." ”

Xu Ji smiled, "The problem now is to let General Pan understand that you have no dissenting intentions. ”

"With Mr. Gao and Mr. Xu speaking for us, the soldiers of Jizhou can rest assured."

"There is no basis for words, it is not enough for the two of us to argue with reason, we must have your support, please bring your soldiers and go to General Pan with the two of us to explain the matter clearly."

The five generals were stunned, no matter what, they understood that leading troops to meet the general was no different from a mutiny, and it was a capital crime to ask.

Gao Shengze had been listening, and then stepped forward and pressed his hand on his abdomen, "I have King Liang's secret decree here, allowing me to act cheaply, you don't have to worry, all the responsibilities are borne by me and Mr. Xu." ”

The old eunuch spoke, and the five generals believed a few points, and one said: "What about General Qu?" Can you get him out and say a few words? ”

General Qu was the commander of Xiangyang appointed by the King of Liang, and all the generals were controlled by him.

Gao Shengze said: "General Qu is sitting in the camp outside the city, and he can't be called into the city in the middle of the night, but I got the news that General Pan was bewitched by the villain, and he will ask everyone for his guilt tonight, do you want to wait until tomorrow?" ”

The five generals stared at each other and secretly called unlucky.

Xu Ji said: "General Pan arrests you, just ask a few words of complaint from the mouths of the Jizhou soldiers, it is enough to convict and deal with it with military law, don't say that General Qu outside the city, even if King Liang is here, he may not be able to save you." ”

"We Jizhou people have not offended General Pan, why are we being falsely accused here?" One will be indignant.

"When the Jizhou army besieged the eastern capital, they killed General Pan's son." Xu Ji casually made up, and he didn't know if Pan Kai really had a family member who died in the battle that year.

The five generals no longer had any doubts, and at the same time gave up their hands, and one person said: "I will follow Mr. Gao and Mr. Xu to the death." ”