Han Yan was right, Hu Mo had been operating in Bingzhou for many years, and his power had long been intertwined, and Sun Rong's murderous methods against the Hu family in Luoyang made those Hu protégés and former officials generally dissatisfied. Taken by Sun Rong's brutality, most of these people dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but chose to remain silent. But with the occurrence of a series of accidents such as Sun Biao's killing of Jiang Rusong and Xu Yicheng's announcement of Yuan Rui's holy decree to eliminate the rebellious minister Sun Rong, the temptation of fame and fortune and past grudges made them quickly gather around Xu Yicheng and Sun Biao. In just a few days, the city has been completely out of the control of Sun Rong's forces and firmly in the hands of Xu Yicheng and Sun Biao.

Although the advantage is obvious, Sun Rong is famous for being good at fighting, even Xu Yicheng, who lives in the palace, also has a very deep understanding of this, not to mention Sun Biao, who has been following him to fight in the south and north. Since the incident, the two did not dare to relax for a moment, and gathered together to discuss how to make persistent efforts and bring down Sun Rong at every opportunity.

Just when Sun Rong led the army to Jinyang overnight, the two were still tirelessly studying the situation. I only heard Xu Yicheng ask Sun Biao worriedly: "The spies have reported that Sun Rong has driven Sima Huaizhong to Woyang City, according to the general, can Sima Huaizhong drag Sun Rong?" ”

Sun Biao's expression was solemn: "I look at the hanging!" Sima Huaizhong is by no means Sun Rong's opponent, and it is only a matter of time before he is defeated and killed! The spies brought the news from Hengzhou to Bingzhou, and it took three or five days to say the least, and in these three or five days, maybe Sima Huaizhong had already ......."

Xu Yicheng: "Then are we his opponents again?" ”

Sun Biao was reluctant to answer his question head-on: "But we are better than being well prepared, Jinyang City is the location of Sun Rong's feudal state, which is of great significance to him, and he will definitely kill the generals desperately." The mountains at the junction of Bingzhou and the northern state of Yanzhou are crisscrossed, the roads are difficult to travel, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we only need to send heavy troops to defend the dangerous places, and I believe it will not be too difficult to repel Sun Rong! ”

Xu Yicheng: "No wonder the general would rather postpone the attack on other cities, and insist on sending troops north!" ”

Sun Biao nodded: "Against Sun Rong, I can't help the slightest carelessness, don't look at him who is still confronting Sima Huaizhong today, maybe he will lead his troops to kill him tomorrow." If that's the case, and we don't effectively stop it, even if we take the entire annexed state, we will inevitably be taken away by it county by county! ”

Xu Yicheng smiled knowingly: "What the general said is very true! I don't know how many men and horses the general sent to garrison the passes? ”

Sun Biao: "Almost all of our troops, if we want to block Sun Rong, the walls of Jinyang City are unreliable, so the lower officials will hope to block all the mountains and mountains along the way, and take care of the two fortresses on the road they must pass." In such a dangerous place, even the birds can't pass through, if this can't stop Sun Rong, it can only be said that it is the will of heaven. ”

Xu Yicheng nodded silently: "Dare to ask the general, is there only one way to enter this Jinyang City from the north?" ”

Sun Biao: "That's not it, strictly speaking, there is another one, but in comparison, that road is more rugged and narrow, and ordinary people ......" said here and suddenly paused, staring at Xu Yicheng in horror, "Sun Rong is not an ordinary person, he will definitely come from this road, no wonder Xia Guan has always felt uneasy these days, as if he missed something important, it turned out to be this!" ”

Xu Yicheng was also very nervous: "What should I do?" ”

Sun Biao: "It's useless to think too much, so the lower official will personally go to the defense, and rush to work day and night, hoping to complete the arrangement before the arrival of Sun Rong's army!" ”

Xu Yicheng: "I hope so, the general will go quickly!" ”

Seeing Sun Biao's back disappear into the darkness, Xu Yicheng couldn't calm down for a long time. Maybe Sun Rong's record is too dazzling, he always feels that Sun Biao has little hope of successfully blocking Sun Rong this time, maybe Sun Rong has already crossed the path that ordinary people dare not pass through at this moment, and went straight to this Jinyang City. The night wind blew, bringing a chill to the bone, Xu Yicheng couldn't help but shiver all over his body, and muttered to himself: "Your Majesty, the old slave is fighting to the death, and he will also kill Sun Rong, the traitor of this troubled country!" He shrank back and flashed into the room.

About half an hour later, a sturdy man walked into Xu Yicheng's bedroom with his legs raised. Xu Yicheng seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time, and when he saw him enter, his spirit was shocked: "Mr. is Yi Shuihan?" ”

The man nodded: "It's exactly below!" ”

Xu Yicheng cordially approached and took Yi Shuihan's hands: "Sir, please take a seat!" I have long heard that Mr. is the first warrior under Hu Bingzhou, and today I saw that he was really extraordinary! ”

Yi Shuihan smiled slightly: "Father-in-law Xu, let's say it clearly if we have something to say!" My father-in-law worked hard to find Zaixia, but he took a fancy to Zaixia's skills and wanted Zaixia to assassinate Sun Rong for you? ”

Xu Yicheng praised: "Not bad! Mr. is not only excellent in martial arts, but also so agile in his thinking, it seems that it is difficult for Sun Rong not to die this time! Although General Sun Biao has led the army to ambush Sun Rong in a dangerous place, but Sun Rong marched, he can always unexpectedly turn back the defeat, to be honest, for General Sun Biao, my confidence is not enough, so I want to ask Mr. to come out, in case General Sun Biao is defeated, this heavy responsibility to remove the traitor will be handed over to Mr.! ”

Yi Shuihan: "I'm afraid my father-in-law is too high-minded, has my father-in-law forgotten that Shen Baiyue of the Night Wolf League also assassinated Sun Rong, and in the end, he still inevitably failed and hated Jiuquan." In the next martial arts, when it comes to plotting to kill, how dare you compare with the Wild Wolf Alliance! What Shen Baiyue can't do, how can Yi do it? ”

Xu Yicheng: "Mr.'s analysis is reasonable, but if Sun Rong is defenseless against Mr., can Mr. be sure to take his head?" ”

Yi Shuihan: "Zai is a guest of the Hu family, and he has a grudge against Sun Rong to kill the master, how can he take precautions against Zaixia?" ”

Xu Yicheng: "This is not difficult, Han Yan was also in the same water as Sun Rongshi at the beginning, and now he is also relied on as the number one strategist?" Mr. only needs to send Sun Rong a greeting gift, and he will be able to get close to Sun Rong!

Yi Shuihan asked suspiciously, "What kind of greeting gift?" ”

Xu Yicheng: "Xu's head!" ”

Yi Shuihan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and his eyes were full of shock when he looked at Xu Yicheng. After looking at Xu Yicheng for a long time like examining a monster, Yi Shuihan's eyes gradually changed from surprise to respect: "My father-in-law can sacrifice himself for the sake of Dawei, so why not die in the future, and take off the head of Sun Rong." After the deed is done, I will kill myself again to thank my father-in-law! ”

Xu Yicheng wiped his tears of excitement: "I hope General Sun Biao can succeed in one blow, and we don't have to come to this point!" ”

After the consciousness of killing himself, Xu Yicheng's previous anxiety about gains and losses disappeared, and the whole person was much more relaxed. Sun Biao can succeed, then it is naturally the best, if he is really unfortunate and fails to stop Sun Rong, then he has prepared a killing move for him. Under this double guarantee, if Sun Rong can still get out of the way, it can only mean that his strength is too different from him, and there is nothing to complain about. has already looked down on life and death, the tiredness covered by nervousness hit again, Xu Yicheng stretched a big lazy waist and fell on the bed.

When he opened his eyes again, the sky was already bright, and he vigilantly inspected the situation outside the window, the wind was calm, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, no different from the past, there was no trace of Sun Rong's coming, Xu Yicheng's confidence increased again. It seems that Sun Rong is not so terrible, at least he didn't show up last night, and if he appeared a day late, Sun Biao will have one more day to prepare, and the odds of winning will be one percent more.

This continued for five days, until Sun Biao returned to the city after the arrangements were made, but he still did not hear the news about Sun Rong's army. The boulder hanging in Xu Yicheng's heart at this moment has basically landed, and Sun Biao has returned, indicating that even if Sun Rong takes the risky road, he still can't escape the fate of being intercepted and killed halfway.

And Sun Biao was also full of red faces, not at all like a person who had not rested well for five consecutive days in order to rush to build fortifications, and he was enthusiastic to pull Xu Yicheng to drink: "Father-in-law, thanks to your thoughtfulness that day, you reminded the lower officials, let us plug this loophole in time." It can be said that we can sit back and wait for Sun Rong to come to his death today, thanks to the words of my father-in-law that day. Come on, come on! In order to thank my father-in-law, let's go and have a drink today! ”

Xu Yicheng laughed dryly: "The general must not take it lightly, Sun Rong is scheming, can the fortifications built by the general in just five days stop his iron hooves?" ”

Sun Biao patted him on the shoulder: "My father-in-law Xu!" Just put a hundred hearts! That trail is already difficult to walk, but it can be said that it is impossible to open a single man, and it took five days for the lower officials to be arranged, which is already extremely well arranged. Moreover, in order to protect the embankment, Sun Rong changed his previous aggressive style and attacked from the main road according to common sense, Xia Guan deliberately left half of the men and horses at the midpoint of the two roads, so that no matter which way Sun Rong went out, he could quickly rush to reinforcements! ”

Xu Yicheng couldn't help but nod his head: "The general is thoughtful, it is really a blessing for the court!" ”

Sun Biao: "Then please ask your father-in-law to give me a face and accompany me to drink two cups of the 'blessing of the court'!" ”

Xu Yicheng also came to be interested: "Let's go!" Drink two glasses! ”

But what they didn't expect was that as soon as Sun Biao's voice fell, they only heard a soldier shouting all the way to this side: "Oh no! Sun Rong's army is coming to the city! The defenses in the city are weak, and it can't be defended! ”