"General, I am a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, how can I submit to the Tang Dynasty?" Shi Lei hesitated for a while and finally smiled bitterly: "If it spreads, thousands of years later, my Shi clan will be notorious." Although Shi Lei already had a hint of emotion, he suddenly hesitated when he thought of his future reputation.

"Your Majesty once said that this history book was written by the victor, and the Hongwu world is about to dominate the world. On the contrary, the general should save the lives of the people of Xiangyang City, and it should be recorded in the annals of history. Wu Song suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, now that the words have come to this, if Shi Lei does not surrender again, he can only be ruthless.

Faintly, Wu Song nodded to the surrounding subordinates, these subordinates inadvertently surrounded Shi Lei in the middle, if Shi Lei could not persuade him to surrender, then kill this person, and then take the secret guard to change places, Shi Lei has a high prestige in the army, some of Liu Qi's actions have damaged the interests of Xiangyang people, and only Shi Lei is here, Xiangyang people will help Liu Qi, if Shi Lei is killed, no one can help Liu Qi ease the contradiction with Xiangyang people, where will those Xiangyang people help Liu Qi?

Shi Lei didn't notice the changes around him at this time, he thought of Liu Zhao's disdainful face in his mind, the people of Xiangyang have become grass people and untouchables in Liu Zhao's eyes, these people have not been put in Liu Zhao's eyes at all, thinking of the luxury of Liu Zhao's family, and thinking of Xiangyang City, I don't know how many people can't even afford to drink gruel, their family members were killed by the Tang Army in order to protect Xiangyang, but that's it, Liu Zhao didn't even give a little money.

After a long time, when Xiangyang City is breached, the people in Xiangyang City don't know how much will be left, or if he Shi Lei dies in battle one day, his family will not get anything, and even his mansion will be taken back, and Liu Zhao will sell it to make money.

"What is the general going to do? Although the last general is a deputy general, he only has 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. Shi Lei finally said with a straight face. In an instant, Shi Lei was finally moved, getting rid of his own life and Shi Mu's life in the hands of the enemy, and more importantly, a little conscience in Shi Lei's heart, in the end, he was from Xiangyang, and he couldn't bear to watch the people of Xiangyang suffer disasters because of this, and would rather return to the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Song suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his eyes signaled, so that all the secret guards and personal soldiers on the side retreated. There was more smile on his face, and he said with a smile: "Three thousand men and horses, not too much, not too much, no less or less, you can do many things, first, you can fight against the water, when the two sides fight, there are thousands of soldiers and horses of the general, you can receive the army into the city, Liu Qi will be defeated; The second is to implement the policy of beheading, invite Liu Qi and other generals to enter Shifu and behead him. However, things are a bit risky, and once the enemy is ready, we are bound to lose. How to choose a general? Wu Song's eyes were burning and he looked at Shi Lei.

Shi Lei pondered for a moment before he said: "Although there is no danger in the first strategy, there will be countless casualties on both sides, and Liu Qi may also retreat into the city and fight with us in the streets, at that time, the people of Xiangyang will still have dead and wounded, although the second one is a little dangerous, but it can save a lot of time, and it can also reduce killings, and the last general is willing to choose the second one." Three days later, the end will be in the name of the mother's birthday, banquet for the generals in the city, when the time comes, these people will be wiped out, and when the time comes, please take the opportunity to lead the army into the city, in this way, the two sides will definitely be able to defeat Liu Qi, and reduce the killing as much as possible, what does the general think? ”

"Good. General Shi is benevolent and righteous, and he is worthy of His Majesty's praise. Wu Song opened his eyes and said nonsense. When did Li Jing say this about Shi Lei, on the contrary, Li Jing also ordered the Seed Master Dao to kill all those who resisted in the city, and the order had been issued, which was just the Disobedience of the Seed Master Dao. According to reason, this Shi Lei is also Li Jing's must-kill list.

"In this case, the last general will go down to make arrangements, and the general can send someone outside the city to inform the prime minister, and the last general will let his own soldiers go." Since Shi Lei set the tone, he didn't want to delay, and hurriedly executed it, so as not to leak the news, he arched his hand and said: "Although there are some soldiers in the last general's family, they are definitely not the opponents of the generals, and the general also needs to lead the brothers to go out. ”

"That's very good." Wu Song nodded, discussed with Shi Lei again, and then more than 100 people were caught in Shi Lei's personal soldiers and returned to Shifu.

In the courtyard of the Liu family, Liu Qi was studying, Liu Zhao walked in lazily, and he was not wearing armor, but wearing a brocade robe, where was the temperament of a general on his fat face, but a pair of eyes flashed with light.

"Brother, do you know about Shi Lei's banquet for the generals?" Liu Zhao said with a smile: "It's a little wrong to invite the generals at this time!" Isn't there a few months left for his mother's birthday? ”

"He has no confidence in us, for fear that in a few months, he will not have the opportunity to celebrate his mother's birthday." Liu Qi glanced at his younger brother and said, "You quarreled with him again today?" I said, what do you want so much money for? Those are the money to buy life, you have coveted all this money, the gentry in the city will be dissatisfied, who will use the money to buy life in the future? It's better to send you the money directly! "Liu Qi still knows his younger brother very well, but there is no way, he can't kill him!

"Brother, this is not right, if it weren't for my brother and a few brothers of our Liu family, I'm afraid this Xiangyang City would have been broken a long time ago, where else is there? Isn't it normal for these people to send some silver? Buying a life, buying from us is also buying a life. Liu Zhao said loudly. In the past, in Xiangyang, he would never dare, there were many Wenchen staring at it, and Emperor Zhao Huan, but now there is no need, Xiangyang is a military town, and Liu Qi is the boss in the city, who dares to be presumptuous?

"Always, General Shi Lei can't be offended, he is a native of Xiangyang, has high prestige, is very loyal to the imperial court, and respects me very much. If you offend him, how can you take the people below? Liu Qi glanced at his younger brother and said, "His mother's birthday, let's all go and see." Meeting the old lady is also something that should be done between robes. ”

"Yes." Although Liu Zhao was reluctant in his heart, he still responded, but there was a pain in his heart, in the past, he had to pay for his birthday, and when he thought of paying money, Liu Zhao felt a toothache. Liu Qi glared at his younger brother, shook his head, and said: "There is also some money to come out, to build a ship, our sailors are not enough, next time we come to attack, we are afraid we will not be able to resist, we need to build ships, we don't need big ships, just build small boats, but also choose people who dare to die, if the enemy wants to attack Xiangyang, it can't change the natural danger of crossing the moat, this is the opportunity of the sailors." It's a pity that our sailors have all gone to Jiangnan. ”

"Yes, yes, I'm going to get the money." Liu Zhao suddenly felt that he was not good, and he knew that he should not have come to see Liu Qi, and how much money he had lost now.

"Go, go! Haosheng prepared some gifts, waited for my notice, and everyone went together, which was also to save face for Shi Lei. Liu Qi frowned and let Liu Zhao retreat.

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