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The arrival of Ning Baoguan did frighten the people of the Eastern Capital, many soldiers shouted on the city wall and prepared to surrender, and soon an official came, standing on the city tower to negotiate with the righteous army, hoping that King Ning would temporarily lead his troops to retreat, send envoys into the city, and after negotiating the conditions, the Eastern Capital would open the city gates.

Ning Baoguan agreed, and sent the general Liu Busheng to bring ten people into the city, "Agree to all the requests, let them open the city gate first." ”

Liu Busheng took the order and left, but never came out again, the officials on the city tower were gone, and the officers and soldiers who were shouting to surrender just now did not know where to go.

shouted twice and didn't get a response, Ning Baoguan understood that he had been fooled, and couldn't help but be furious, and immediately sent someone to summon King Wu in the rear.

"Who is the official who shouted?" Xu Ji asked.

"Self-proclaimed surname Fei ......"

"Fei Xun?"

"Yes, we still say, this official's name is strange, I don't know what to eat, but he is 'Fei Cake'...... King Wu hurry up, King Ning is waiting for you. ”

"You go back and tell King Ning first, saying that I will be there soon."

The messenger rode back to see Ning Baoguan.

Xu Ji immediately sent the first batch of soldiers and told them: "Don't ask for war, when you get to the outside of the city, find a spacious place where you can look at the city gate, and then draw a demarcation mark and build a military camp that can accommodate 100,000 people." ”

"100,000? We don't have so many tents, not even enough wooden fences. ”

"It's okay, you just have to plug in the landmark."

"Oh, let the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Capital think that we are going to build a huge military camp." The generals understood King Wu's intentions and set off with hundreds of people first, bringing less weapons and more flags, wooden poles and other things.

Xu Ji called Lu Kuan, who had just been rewarded, "The person who took you will then set up a cloud ladder ......"

"Understand, make it look like you're going to siege the city, but it's not really about it." Lu Kuan smiled, he likes such tasks.

Xu Ji nodded, and then summoned the other generals, and set off one after another, all bluffing, as if he was followed by an army of 100,000.

Xu Ji himself took more than 300 soldiers and escorted the captives to the rear.

When Xu Ji gave the order, the captives were all nearby, and they could hear it clearly, and Zhou Lu spoke: "King Wu's clever plan, if you are so frightened, the eastern capital will definitely surrender immediately." ”

Cao Shenxi didn't want to speak, but when he heard Zhou Lu's words, he couldn't help but say: "If someone else is someone else, he may be scared and overwhelmed, Fei Yu will never be, if he is more timid and flexible, he will not be just a waiter in the Ministry of Rites by now." ”

"Fei Xun alone, can he stop everyone in the Eastern Capital? He was unwilling to surrender, and the Lan family was willing. Zhou Lu retorted.

Cao Shenxi despised this person very much, refused to look at him squarely, and said to Xu Ji: "You should have heard of the title of Fei Shilang, right?" ”

"'Iron Waist' Fei Yu, easily does not bow to people, and no one in the East knows about it." Xu Ji has heard many rumors about Fei Xin, all of which are about how he fought with powerful people, sometimes winning and sometimes losing, and his status also went up and down because of it.

In the past two or three years, Fei Xun has been much quieter, and was recalled to the court by the Emperor of All Things, and gradually rose to the rank of squire of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhou Lu sneered: "General Cao thinks too highly of Fei Xun, I heard that he has become a lot more timid over the years, and he also knows how to interact with people, and has a good relationship with the Liang family. ”

Cao Shenxi still didn't look at Zhou Lu.

Outside the eastern capital, Ning Baoguan was already impatient, and he was even more annoyed when he saw that King Wu had only sent hundreds of people to support, and when he saw these people erecting landmarks everywhere, he immediately understood, and sent his loud subordinates to shout to the city: "Before the sun sets, if you don't open the door and surrender, after the descending army enters the city, you will kill no one left!" ”

shouted the same words several times, and a head appeared on the city gate, and replied loudly: "Don't worry, the righteous army is in a hurry, we are discussing, and the door will open soon......"

The people of the Eastern Capital were flustered, and not everyone was willing to follow Fei Xin to resist the rebels.

Ning Baoguan retreated again, ordered his subordinates to demolish houses everywhere, made a posture of leveling the land and fighting a big battle, and all the demolished earthworks, bricks and tiles were dumped into the frozen moat.

The eastern capital has not been war-torn for many years, and the houses outside the city are dense, some of them are quite solid, and hundreds of people are demolishing them very slowly.

The Wu army that arrived later was quite cooperative, either planting flags, or building ladders and high platforms, step by step in an orderly manner, looking really like the vanguard of the army.

A few more figures appeared on the tower of the city gate, did not speak, directly threw out a dozen things, rolled on the ground, the rebel soldiers stepped forward to check, and quickly brought one back and handed it to Ning Baoguan to check.

Ning Baoguan only glanced at it, and his anger rose from his heart, it turned out to be Liu Busheng's head.

Fei Xun obviously did not think that the rebels were eligible for such treatment, and after tricking the envoy into the city, he cut off his head and threw it outside the city to demonstrate, one was to provoke the rebels, and the other was to make the people in the city die of surrender.

Ning Baoguan understood the other party's intentions, but he couldn't help but be angry, Liu Busheng was his friend for many years, the two grew up together, after joining the World Army, Liu Busheng has always followed him, even in the most difficult times, there was no rebellion.

Ning Baoguan sent Liu Busheng into the city, with the intention of making his friend make a great contribution, but he lost his life.

The loud-voiced soldiers came forward again, and this time the words shouted were no longer persuasions, but severe threats, "Men in the Eastern Capital, regardless of age or age, will be beheaded, and women will be prostitutes regardless ......of whether they are high or low."

Xu Ji deliberately walked slowly, and when he arrived, he heard the threat under the city gate, and hurriedly slapped his horse and ran to the front, first seeing the head of the person Ning Baoguan was holding in his hand, and immediately understood what was going on.

Without waiting for Xu Ji to speak, Ning Baoguan said viciously: "If you care about your head, don't talk too much." ”

Xu Ji jumped off the horse, first bowed his hand to Liu Busheng's head, and then said: "Why don't you add a few more people to King Ning and scold the city gate together?" ”

Ning Baoguan was angry, handed his head to the guards, and pulled out his waist knife, "Don't think that if you call yourself King Wu, no one will dare to kill you." ”

Xu Jimian did not change his color, but took a step forward, "Does King Wu want to take revenge, or does he want to take revenge?" If you want to be famous, please kill me, so that everyone in the world knows that King Ning is very affectionate, and he is bent on avenging his confidants and friends, if he wants to be ......"

Ning hugged his head and slashed it down, and the blade of the knife slashed diagonally against Xu Ji's hair.

Xu Ji couldn't help but be shocked, his face still did not change, and he arched his hand and said: "With the size of the eastern capital and the number of characters, there are always one or two people who refuse to give in and compare their hearts to their hearts, if King Ning should have such subordinates, he will also be happy, right?" ”

"Phew." Ning Baoguan took a sip, "Before dark, Dongdu must surrender, otherwise......" He really has no choice, if Dongdu does not surrender, this rebel army will be in trouble.

Xu Ji nodded and went back to set up the camp, while Ning Baoguan recalled his loud voice and stopped threatening for the time being.

Cao Shenxi was sent to a high platform, facing the city gate tower, several miles apart, if it was an acquaintance, he could recognize it from a distance.

The loud voice returned to the city gate, raised his head and shouted: "The officers and soldiers outside have been wiped out, come and see!" General Tai Tie will be escorted over soon, too! ”

There were people in the city who watched, and soon retreated.

Ning Baoguan paced back and forth, saw Xu Ji coming, and said coldly: "This guy named Fei Xun is not allowed to watch the situation outside by people in the city." ”

"This shows that the hearts of the people in the eastern capital have been broken, and there must be many people who want to surrender, and wait a little longer......"

"Wait for them to kill Fei Xun and come out and surrender? We're going to see through that soon. ”

"Fei Xun didn't allow anyone to come to the city to watch, but he did us a favor."

"Hey, I'm not going to wait, it's just not enough, I have to have a real siege."

Ning Baoguan called the generals loudly, "The eastern capital is in front of you, no one is guarded, you can get the world if you climb over this city wall, you can get the world, sitting on gold and silver treasures, good horses and beauties, whoever can be the first to enter the city, the things in the city will be snatched by you for a day and a night." ”

Immediately, three generals stood up to ask for battle, Ning Baoguan was very happy, and said: "The people of Dongdu have been frightened, and there is not even a single soldier in the city, so it depends on which of you has a ladder built high and strong." ”

The three generals gathered their soldiers, took out the bluffing ladder, took local materials, found ropes, wood, and iron tools from the houses, extended the ladder, and carried it down the city.

It was a trouble to cross the moat, but fortunately, it was a cold winter, the water had frozen, and Ning Baoguan ordered people to pour a large amount of wood and stones, and the three rebels were barely able to cross the river tree ladder.

Finally, another person appeared on the city tower and said loudly: "Please don't attack the city first, wait a while, at most half an hour, and we will open the city gate!" ”

The ladder of the rebel army is crooked, and if someone really climbs to help, I am afraid that the ladder will break halfway up.

Ning Baoguan called back the righteous army, and then sent a loud voice, this time it was a combination of grace and power, claiming that as long as the people of Dongdu opened the city gate, they would forgive them for their evil deeds of beheading the messenger before, and only ask Fei Xin for the crime of one person.

People began to show their heads frequently in the city, and their words became more and more humble, it seemed that Fei Xin had lost his position, and the main surrender faction put forward various conditions, and Ning Baoguan agreed to some and some gave restrictions, carefully manipulating the negotiations, so as not to let the other party find out his weakness and urgency.

Xu Ji returned to the rear, continued to command the soldiers to build a camp, and sent a group of soldiers to leave quietly, and then came back with great fanfare, if the people in the city saw it, they would think that the rebels were coming.

Cao Shenxi had been taken off the high platform, and vaguely heard the words of peace in the city, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, "There are still hundreds of thousands of people in the eastern capital, and people can defend the city if they throw a stone, why ...... Alas, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, is there really only one Fei Xun left? ”

Zhou Lu persuaded: "General Cao finally understands that even the emperor has fled, who else in the city is loyal to the imperial court?" ”

"I don't believe Your Majesty will run away...... Where can you flee to? Cao Shenxi didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he hadn't seen the emperor for a long time.

Half an hour is about to pass, and the rebels in front are waiting impatiently, especially Lu Kuan, who has just gotten the most famous beauty in the rebel army as his wife, and he especially wants to make another meritorious contribution and get a heavy reward, one is to please the bride, and the other is to shut up the original partner, so he stepped forward and said: "King Ning, please let me go to the city and let the people of Dongdu know that we are not nobody." ”

Ning Baoguan agreed, "You don't have to ...... reluctantly"

"Not reluctantly." Lu Kuan called his cronies and soldiers, strode to the wall, where several long ladders had been erected, because he had never suffered a counterattack, Lu Kuan was not too worried about the threat from above, looked up, ordered everyone to escalate the ladder, and he quickly climbed up alone.

The rebels outside the city all put down what they were doing and looked at Lu Kuan from afar.

"Lao Lu is really not satisfied, it's not enough to get a chrysanthemum, you have to grab another credit."

"If you want to rob it, you will go too?"

"I won't go, the ladder ......" Before the speaker finished speaking, he saw the ladder break from it, and Lu Kuan, who was about to climb to the top of the city, fell straight down.

"Feng Ju Niang Kefuke is so far away!" The crowd exclaimed.

Ning Baoguan angrily pulled out his knife and withdrew it, and a soldier hurried from the rear, and whispered to the front: "The officers and soldiers have turned around, and they have arrived at the Changwei Pass......"

Ning Baoguan cursed a dirty word, looked at Xu Ji in the distance, and really wanted to catch him and hack him to death.

The rebels only captured one pass, and the officers and soldiers did not have to attack hard, but only needed to detour elsewhere and rush back to the eastern capital at night.

Ning Baoguan had nothing to do, so he had to say, "Please come over to King Wu." ”