No one knows how Princess Fangde made her way from Yuyang to Xijing, but several captives confessed that they did see her in the city.

It was half a month ago, He Rongjun had just occupied Pusaka, and a large number of descendant troops had fled back to Xijing—some people said they were ordered to return to Beijing—so the city gate was very chaotic, but not so chaotic that they could enter and exit at will, and everyone had to show their tickets, which could be a piece of paper or a wooden plank, with their names and belongings written on them.

That afternoon, a small group of people suddenly came, without any tickets, but their attitude was very strong, and they wanted to meet the Golden Holy Maiden as soon as they opened their mouths.

In the midst of the dispute, someone accidentally uttered the words "Princess Fangde" and "the wife of King Wu", which immediately caused a commotion, and many people came to watch, and several captives, as they called themselves, saw the princess herself, and although the description varied, one thing was the same: the princess was a little girl, who looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

The group of unexpected guests was quickly picked up and never seen again.

Shan Yu was particularly concerned about one detail, called Xu Ji over, and said to him: "The Descending World Army still remembers the title of 'King Wu', you should be happy." ”

"It's just two words, just send me to the city, and they can still shoot arrows."

"I have enough besiegers to send you into battle, but I have already sent a message to the city to tell them that the 'King of Wu' is in my army of He Rong."

"Shan Yu really can afford to look down on me."

"Haha, I knew it would always be useful to have you with me." Shan Yu put away his smile, "Why did Princess Tiancheng escape here?" She is a dignified princess, and she should go to the imperial court - there is indeed news that she was hidden by the county lord of Huanyan, and I haven't had time to verify it, but I didn't expect her to appear in Xijing in the blink of an eye. Xu Ji, you are not small, the only connection between the princess and the Xijing rebels is you, right? ”

"The Tiancheng Imperial Court had planned to form an alliance with the Descending Army, which can be regarded as a connection."

"Well, but after receiving He Rongjun's assistance, this plan has been canceled, the Descending Army should be very angry, how can they accept Princess Tiancheng?"

Xu Ji thought for a while, "Maybe the princess didn't know anything, threw herself into the net, and was killed by the Golden Holy Maiden." ”

"Haha, in that case, it's the princess's luck."

Shan Yu summoned the adults of his tribe and the generals of the Central Plains, and promised heavy rewards: those who capture the princess alive will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and those who are killed will be rewarded with 5,000 taels, and the whole family will be exempted from military service.

The siege suddenly had a very clear goal, and the fighting became even more intense, and the troops of the three states scrambled to be the first, even after nightfall, taking turns dropping bombs and climbing the city, so that the defenders could not rest.

Xu Ji has nothing to do.

That evening, he came to Zhang Shiyu to ask for wine.

Zhang Shiyu was very surprised, invited him to take a seat, and said with a smile: "It's rare for you to come to me." I still have some wine here, which is the collection of the Eastern Capital, transported to Yecheng, and then transported to Yuyang, and now to Xijing, into the mouth of you and me, the wine is not wasted. ”

The wine is indeed a good wine, and the entrance is mellow and rich, but Xu Ji's mood has not improved for a long time.

Zhang Shiyu said: "Worried about my sister? ”

"Princess? Well, I'm worried about her, I'm worried about you, I'm worried about the incarnation army in the city, the Sanshu army outside the city, I'm worried about everyone in Kyushu and the people of He Rong who came from afar. ”

Zhang Shiyu was stunned for a while, and said with a smile: "You are more worried than me, the emperor. Come on, have a bar, get drunk and don't worry about anything. I have read some Buddhist scriptures, and when I think back recently, I have quite a lot of experience, I feel that everything and everything in the world is false, and all the suffering comes from the ...... of taking fiction for reality and falsehood for truth."

"You're not worried about the princess?"

Zhang Shiyu took a deep breath and shook his head, "I'm a little worried, Shan Yu is not going to marry her now, but to kill her to He Rong Pingshan for burial, if my mother learns this news, she must be very sad." But what can be done? My sister did it herself. ”

There was only one attendant serving wine in the tent, Zhang Shiyu didn't care about him, raised his hand to Xu Ji, and said with a smile: "My sister is still a little instigated by you, but the main thing is that she herself caused trouble and offended people who shouldn't be offended." Alas, how good would it be if she honestly married He Rong Pingshan or Shan Yu and helped Tiancheng form an alliance with He Rongbu? She won't fall to this point, and I can be a little better off in front of Shan Yu. Anyway, everything is doomed, my sister is not this blessing, and I am not so lucky. Drink. ”

Zhang Shiyu can think of everything to himself, Xu Ji has nothing to say, and drinks silently, glass after glass.

Zhang Shiyu drank slowly, suddenly remembered something, and asked with a smile: "Xu Ji, let me ask you, what did you think at the beginning, thinking that with your own mouth, you can prevent my sister from marrying into He Rongbu?" Even Huan Yan was not so confident. ”

Xu Ji put down his wine glass and showed a bitter smile on his face, "Some things are as I expected, and some things are not what I expected." ”

What is the answer? The more people listen to it, the more confused they become. ”

"Shan Yu tried his best to enter the plug, and the momentum was strong, but the rear was extremely empty, and I thought that someone would smash his nest and force him to return to the outside of the plug."

"King Jin? Hehe, he didn't dare, he wanted to form an alliance with He Rongbu. ”

"I also thought that the people of He Rong were accustomed to the life of the grassland, and if they led their troops into the fortress before they won the hearts of the people soon after they succeeded to the throne, they would inevitably attract opposition and even civil strife. But I guessed wrong, there were people in He Rong's department who opposed Shan Yu, but it was not enough to stop him from marching to the Central Plains. ”

"To be honest, the strong arm Shan Yu is much more powerful than the previous Shan Yu, he keeps marching, hanging a piece of incense bait not far in front, and when someone bites into the mouth, he hangs another piece to lure you to keep moving forward......"

Xu Ji smiled: "You think quite clearly. ”

"I understand, but I still have to bite it willingly. Shan Yu has already let me go back to Yuyang, and promised that after I capture Xijing, let me spend the winter in Yuyang, just for this 'fragrant bait', I am now eager to break through the walls of Xijing quickly, and even wish to ...... My sister's matter ended as soon as possible, and there was no longer any suspicion between me and Shan Yu. ”

Zhang Shiyu said very sincerely, he didn't drink much, but the drunkenness on his face was more obvious, "What else are you not sure about?" ”

"Shan Yu left Jizhou and Bingzhou behind, I thought that there would always be someone among the heroes who coveted their land and took the opportunity to capture it, which put He Rongjun in a dilemma, but I was wrong again. King Liang, King Ning, Sheng Jia, Xi Family...... They all seemed to be frightened. ”

"Don't stop being scared, these families you mentioned, as well as other heroes and heroes, have sent people to send letters of surrender, King Ning made a good start, and now everyone wants to win Shan Yu's acquiescence and fight each other."

Xu Ji heard that every time a book came, his heart would sink a little.

Of course, the surrender does not mean that it is really surrendered, but it is enough to show that the situation in the south is chaotic, and the heroes are eager to obtain even false recognition, and no one can spare their hands to cut off He Rongjun's back road.

By the time Shan Yu opened the road from Qinzhou to Saiwai, the entire north was within the gallop of He Rong's cavalry, and there was no longer a way back.

"I also thought that the Central Plains people were forced to fight for Shan Yu, and every time they attacked the city, they had to risk arrows and stones, and the casualties were huge, and some people would rebel because of this, and as a result, the Central Plains people seemed to be more loyal than the He Rong people."

Zhang Shiyu immediately thought of himself, his face turned even redder, but he didn't think it was wrong, "No way, just punish ruthlessly, reward is heavy, and when you say it, you can also see it, now the people who participate in the deliberations, the generals of the Central Plains have accounted for two or three percent, everyone...... Who else can you go to after you rebel? ”

"So I'm worried." Xu Ji poured a large sip of wine.

"Alas, it's all predestined, maybe one day Shan Yu suddenly fell ill and died? Maybe...... Maybe God will let Shan Yu become the co-master of Kyushu. Zhang Shiyu sighed, his eyes reddened, "As long as I can retain the title of emperor, I have nothing else to ask for, or retreat to the next best thing, and leave me a throne." ”

Xu Ji smiled: "Yes, you are Shan Yu's favorite kind of emperor." ”

Zhang Shiyu pursed his lips, "I heard your ridicule, but I don't care, really, I don't care." Because the person who bowed to Shan Yu was not me, you bowed your head, Huan Yan bowed your head, and the King of Jin also bowed his head, he led the Jin army to meet Shan Yu yesterday, did you not see him and Shan Yu Pan Look, and finally he called Shan Yu 'uncle'. ”

"I didn't see it."

"I'm sitting next to Shan Yu, and King Jin is still kowtowing to me, but everyone knows who is his master." Zhang Shiyu's tone showed a hint of resentment, he immediately put down his wine glass, comforted himself, and then smiled: "Why do I care about this kind of thing?" If it weren't for Shan Yu, King Jin would not even kowtow to me, but take my life. ”

The more he drank, the colder he became, the colder he talked, Zhang Shiyu could barely pull himself out, and felt that the current situation was already very good, but Xu Ji was getting deeper and deeper, and he was so drunk that he was in a mess.

Zhang Shiyu sat next to Xu Ji and persuaded: "You are a good person, but since the day you abdicated, you have been a useless person, you care about the people of the world, but the people of the world will not care about you......"

Xu Ji turned his head and looked, "You are wrong, I don't care about the world, I care about my repeated mistakes, I thought I understood the general trend, but the general trend changed, and there was no step in my expectation." ”

"Haha, just give up a little pride and be an ordinary strategist. Come, drink. ”

Xu Ji shook his head and didn't want to drink anymore.

Zhang Shiyu patted him on the shoulder, his eyes suddenly lit up, "There is something that may make you a little happier." ”

"Hmm."

"Not to mention that everyone in the world has sent a letter of surrender, there is really one who sent not a letter of surrender, but a letter of war, declaring that if Shan Yu does not immediately lead his troops back to Saiwai, hundreds of thousands of He Rong cavalry will all be buried in the Central Plains."

"Who is it? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

"Because this war book was not delivered to Shan Yu at all, everyone thought that this person was a madman, and threw the messenger out - count the messenger lucky, if the war book was seen by Shan Yu, his life would not be saved."

"Who is it?"

Zhang Shiyu patted his head, "I don't remember, I also occasionally hear people talk about this joke." ”

"Since this person dares to send a war letter, he should always be a hero, right?"

"It's not what it used to be, now the 'group of heroes' has multiplied several times compared to before, and they dare to claim the king of the county seat, so I remember that the envoy came from Jingzhou."

"Jingzhou? Xi family? ”

"How can the Xi family have the guts? Not only did his family send a book a long time ago, but the tribute was also richer than that of others. It's not the Xi family, it's ...... It's ......" Zhang Shiyu couldn't think of anything.

The attendant standing on the side spoke: "It seems that the surname is Song, and he calls himself the King of Chu, what is his name bamboo." ”

"Song Zhuzhu?" Xu Ji blurted out.