Out of loyalty to Shi Dakai, and in order to repay Shi Dakai's kindness, Zhang Suimou, the chief strategist of the Yiwang Mansion, insisted on personally serving as the messenger to Jiujiang to contact Wu Jun despite everyone's opposition, and crossed the lake by boat that night, and asked the Wu soldiers to meet Wu Chaoyue overnight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It's a pity that Wu Chaoyue, who was setting up a shelf, did not summon Zhang Suimou overnight, and it was only in the early morning of the next day that Zhang Suimou was escorted by Wu soldiers into a heavily guarded mansion, led to a room without any luxurious decorations, and saw a thin young man who was eating breakfast.

The breakfast meal is more ordinary than the room, that is, the folk brown rice and a meat and a vegetarian two dishes, the appearance of the thin young man who is eating is also dressed as usual, and there is no ordinary clothes decorated with gold and jade beads, and the ordinary appearance that will disappear without a trace if thrown into the crowd, usually makes Zhang Suimou can't help but think of himself who was farming and studying at home before the Jintian uprising.

However, Zhang Suimou can be sure that the person in front of him is the legendary transcendent demon, because the temperament of the thin young man who is not angry and powerful between his gestures is something that Zhang Suimou has never seen in his life, even if it is on the two heads of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, as well as Zhang Suimou's most respected Shi Dakai, Zhang Suimou has never seen such a momentum, elegant and gentle, but unfathomable.

Sure enough, when the escorted soldiers reported Zhang Suimou's identity and name, the thin young man really opened his mouth and said, "I am Wu Chaoyue, the southern king of Daqing Town, Mr. Zhang, please take a seat." ”

Immediately, a guard prepared a seat for Zhang Suimou, and politely invited Zhang Suimou to take a seat, Zhang Suimou thanked him and sat down, Wu Chaoyue first asked the guard to prepare a breakfast for Zhang Suimou, and then said: "Don't blame Mr. Zhang, I haven't rested for two nights before, and the people below are afraid that I'm too tired, so I didn't report to me about your visit in person until just now. ”

"King Zhennan is polite, it's the little envoy who is presumptuous." Zhang Suimou said a little nervously: "As an enemy envoy, he took the liberty to ask the king of Zhennan to meet him in the middle of the night, and the king of Zhennan did not blame the little envoy for being rude and abrupt, and the little envoy was grateful. ”

Wu Chaoyue smiled, smiled very gently, and said: "Mr. Zhang can speak casually, don't be so nervous, let's say, what are you doing when you came to Jiujiang overnight to meet this king?" ”

"The little envoy is presumptuous, and I want to ask the king of Zhennan to be gracious and release the eight-thousand-year-old Shi Dakai, the winged king of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

Zhang Suimou's voice trembled a little, and he peeked at Wu Chaoyue's expression and said: "As a thank you, we are willing to unconditionally return Wang Pengnian, the deputy general of your army's naval division, who was captured by our army, and the other 14 officers and soldiers of your army's naval division who were captured by our army in the battle of Hukou pontoon bridge a few days ago. ”

Wu Chaoyue's expression reaction made Zhang Suimou a little surprised, when he heard Zhang Suimou ask Wu Chaoyue to release Shi Dakai, Wu Chaoyue's smiling expression did not change in the slightest, but when he heard Zhang Suimou express his willingness to exchange Wang Pengnian, who was captured by the Taiping Army, Wu Chaoyue was obviously taken aback, and quickly asked: "Wang Pengnian was captured by you?" ”

"Not bad." Zhang Suimou nodded and said truthfully: "On the night of the pontoon battle, General Wang Pengnian commanded his boat to crash into our pontoon bridge and blew itself up in order to blow up our last pontoon bridge. ”

Wu Chaoyue breathed a sigh of relief, because the situation reported to Wu Chaoyue by Wu Junshui was that Wang Pengnian was missing, and the downstream of the battlefield had been controlled by the Taiping Army, Wu Chaoyue also said that his Guangdong fellow villagers had been more and more auspicious, and he was quite sorry for this, which would have heard that Wang Pengnian was still alive, Wu Chaoyue was of course very happy, and asked again: "What is Wang Pengnian's current situation?" ”

"There were some injuries, but fortunately they weren't too serious." Zhang Suimou replied honestly.

"So, do you want to exchange Wang Pengnian and other captured sailor soldiers of our army for Shi Dakai?" Wu Chaoyue asked again.

"Back to Zhennan Wang, that's exactly the case." Zhang Suimou nodded and said cautiously: "As long as the King of Zhennan agrees to release our Wing King 8,000 years old, we are willing to exchange General Wang Pengnian of your army and the other fourteen officers and soldiers of your army. ”

After saying this carefully, Zhang Suimou, who was born short-sighted, tried hard to peek at Wu Chaoyue's expression reaction through the lens, and was ready to be rejected by Wu Chaoyue with laughter, and he had already prepared to bargain with Wu Chaoyue. However, what Zhang Suimou never dreamed of was......

"Okay, change." Wu Chaoyue replied very directly.

"Change?!" Zhang Suimou couldn't believe his ears at all, and blurted out: "King Zhennan, do you really agree to exchange?" ”

"That's right, change." Wu Chaoyue said lightly: "You can say the time and place, but hurry up, this king is about to go to Anqing to command the siege of the city, and I don't have time to rub against you." ”

Zhang Suimou opened his mouth and couldn't help pinching his thighs a few times while looking at Wu Chaoyue in a daze, he couldn't believe that Wu Chaoyue would agree so happily. Wu Chaoyue saw Zhang Suimou's thoughts, so he shrugged his shoulders and said: "Don't be surprised, Shi Dakai's life is fate, Wang Pengnian and the lives of our other soldiers are also fate, you are willing to exchange the fifteen lives of this king's soldiers for Shi Dakai's life, of course this king is also willing." ”

Zhang Suimou continued to be dumbfounded, and only after a while did he ask more carefully: "King Zhennan, have you really thought about it?" We want to change, but our Heavenly Winged King is 8,000 years old. ”

"Of course this king has already thought about it." Wu Chaoyue said calmly: "Shi Dakai is important in your eyes, but in the eyes of this king, as well as in the eyes of General Wang Pengnian's parents, wives and children, Wang Pengnian's lives and fifteen of them are equally important. So you don't need to suspect anything, this king promised to change. ”

Seeing that Wu Chaoyue didn't seem to be joking, Zhang Suimou was overjoyed and did not delay any longer, and immediately requested that prisoners of war be exchanged on the west bank of Meijiazhou that afternoon, and proposed a very fair exchange method, and Wu Chaoyue agreed anyway. Zhang Suimou was even more happy, and pleaded again: "King Zhennan, can you let the little envoy see the Wing King eight thousand years old?" ”

"There's no need for that, is it? Anyway, there will be a change of people at four o'clock in the afternoon, so wouldn't it be the same if you meet again then? Wu Chaoyue refused, and urged: "It's not early, Mr. Zhang, you better go back and prepare." Someone came, immediately sent Mr. Zhang to the dock and asked him to take a boat back to the lake. ”

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Surprised, he left Jiujiang in disbelief, took a boat all the way down the river, and it only took more than an hour for Zhang Suimou to return to the mouth of the lake. As a result, after seeing Lin Qirong, Zeng Jinqian and others explain the situation, Lin Qirong, Zeng Jinqian and others said in unison: "Impossible!" This is definitely a trick to surpass the little demon! ”

"I also suspect that this may be a trick to surpass the little demon, but it doesn't look like it." Zhang Suimou said: "Beyond the little demon said very clearly in front of me, in his eyes, the lives of these demon soldiers of Wang Pengnian are as important as the lives of our Wing King 8,000 years old, so he is willing to exchange." ”

"Is there anything so cheap in the world?" Lin Qirong was still full of doubts, and said: "I remember that it didn't take long for Wang Pengnian to surrender and surpass the little demon, and the other fourteen demon soldiers are also the largest and only a little long, in the eyes of the transcending little demon, can they be as important as the eight thousand years old of the Wing King?" ”

"But Beyond the little demon really agreed to the replacement, and the tone of his voice was also very sincere." Zhang Suimou stomped his feet in a hurry, and said: "Zhen Tianhou, please give it a try anyway, anyway, it is a waste of food for you to keep those dozen demon soldiers, it is better to take them out and gamble, maybe you can really exchange them for eight thousand years old of the Wing King." ”

Holding on to a little faint hope, Zeng Jinqian also pleaded with Lin Qirong: "Zhen Tianhou, give it a try, although the little demon is treacherous, his credit has always been good, at least I haven't heard of him doing anything that he doesn't believe in his words, maybe he can really change the Wing King 8,000 years old." ”

Lin Qirong calculated carefully, and found that even if there was fraud in this matter, Wu Chaoyue would not be able to play any big tricks, and considering that even if he detained fifteen Wu prisoners of war including Wang Pengnian in his hands, it would have no effect except wasting food, so he also nodded and said very reluctantly: "Okay, change." Try your luck and see if a miracle happens. ”

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Let's take a look at the situation on Shi Dakai's side, at noon, after eating a fairly good quality lunch in the prison in Jiujiang, a general of the Wu army suddenly appeared in front of Shi Dakai with a team of soldiers, first took Wu Chaoyue's warrant and pushed Shi Dakai out of the cell, and then led Shi Dakai to the door of the prison, and asked Shi Dakai to board an ordinary carriage prepared in advance.

Shi Dakai, who was shackled and handcuffed, didn't ask the reason, nor did he struggle to resist, but with the help of the Wu soldiers, he climbed into the carriage with difficulty, and then when the Wu soldiers brought a black cloth bag and put it on Shi Dakai's head, Shi Dakai was still silent, and he just hoped that the Wu soldiers would escort him to the court and directly cut him down, so that he would suffer less humiliation.

It was very strange that the carriage kept stopping, although his eyes couldn't see, but during the occasional pause of the carriage, Shi Dakai clearly heard someone saying that he was escorted out of the city on the order of Wu Chaoyue, Shi Dakai was naturally even more strange in his heart, and said secretly: "What do you want to do with the little demon beyond you?" Why did someone escort me out of the city? ”

The gradually rugged road proved that the carriage had indeed walked out of Jiujiang City, and then, Shi Dakai also clearly heard the sound of the river coming from outside the car, Shi Dakai was puzzled at first, and then quickly woke up, and said in his heart: "I understand, I must be planning to take me to his old nest Hubei Province first, show off his martial arts beyond the little demon, and then cut me off." ”

Thinking of this, Shi Dakai couldn't help but snort coldly, but he still refused to speak, just lay down on the carriage that was quite comfortable, closed his eyes and recuperated, and then gradually fell asleep in the bumps of the carriage.

In the end, Shi Dakai still woke up at the call of the Wu soldiers, got off the carriage according to the requirements of the Wu soldiers, and the sound of the river in his ears became clearer and clearer, Shi Dakai still didn't say a word, just waiting for the Wu soldiers to escort him onto the ship, and go to Wuchang City, which had been captured by himself, to accept more humiliation.

I don't know how long I waited, several Wu soldiers suddenly opened Shi Da and walked a distance, and suddenly ripped off the black cloth bag on Shi Da's head, the light was dazzling, so that it took Shi Dakai a lot of time to adapt to the outside environment. As a result, what made Shi Dakai stunned was that what appeared in front of him was a large area of water with great waves, as well as the vaguely familiar mountains on the opposite bank in the distance.

"Where is this? Opposite side......? Meijiazhou? That's right! This is Meijiazhou, and opposite is Shizhong Mountain! ”

After taking a moment to recognize the surrounding environment, Shi Dakai finally couldn't help but open his mouth and asked the Wu soldiers next to him, "Why did you escort me to Meijiazhou?" What did you bring me here for? ”

No one answered Shi Dakai's question, on the contrary, more than a dozen boats with the flag of the Taiping Army suddenly rushed on the lake, and the voice of his henchman Zhang Suimou was clearly heard on the boat, "Yiwang!" Winged King 8,000 years old! Isn't it you? ”

"Suimou, why are you?" Shi Dakai asked loudly in surprise.

"It's really the Winged King eight thousand years old!" Zhang Suimou's cheers were obviously crying, and he shouted: "Quick, quick, dock, go and pick up the Wing King 8,000 years old!" ”

More than a dozen Taiping army boats docked on the west bank of Poyang Lake, and more than a dozen Wu soldiers covered in blood were put down from the boat, and came to the vicinity of Shi Dakai under the escort of Taiping soldiers, and then the Wu army general who escorted Shi Dakai said, "Change!" ”

"For what?"

Before Shi Dakai could understand what was happening, a few Wu soldiers behind him had already pushed them to the side of the Taiping soldiers, and at the same time, the Taiping soldiers also pushed the dozen or so Wu soldiers to the Wu army on the shore. Then, before Shi Dakai could understand what was happening, several Taiping soldiers had already protected him with their bodies, and at the same time forcibly set him up and ran in the direction of the ship.

Fortunately, there were no accidents, Shi Dakai got on the Taiping Army's boat very smoothly, the boat sailed away from the west bank like an arrow, and rushed to the direction of the lake, Zhang Suimou, who was in the same boat, hugged Shi Dakai and cried loudly, "Wing King Eight Thousand Years Old, are you okay?" Didn't get hurt, did you? ”

"What's wrong? Why did the Transcendence Little Demon let me go? Also, what's the matter with you putting those dozen demon soldiers? Shi Dakai asked repeatedly, but Zhang Suimou only cried and never answered any questions from Shi Dakai.

Under the hard rowing of the sailors of the Taiping Army, the boat quickly rushed back to the east shore of Poyang Lake, but as soon as he arrived at the Hukou Wharf, Shi Dakai was immediately surrounded by Zeng Jinqian, Zeng Shihe and other confidants, all of them cried loudly, and they all shouted to Shi Dakai, but Shi Dakai felt more and more bad in his heart, and simply yelled loudly: "Don't cry!" Tell the king what happened. Why did the Transcendence Demon suddenly let me go? ”

Finally, someone cried and told Shi Dakai the reason for his release, but such an answer made Shi Dakai feel like he was struck by lightning, and Shi Dakai couldn't help but yell wildly with red eyes, "Why do you want to change me?" Why not exchange it for our other soldiers? Leave our other captured soldiers alone, and only replace me with one person, so how will I face the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven in the future? What's the difference between doing this and killing me? What's the difference?! ”

"You fools! You're not saving me, you're hurting me! ”

During the hysterical roar, Shi Dakai not only cried, but also shed tears, struggling to rush to the west bank of Poyang Lake and crying, "Soldiers, I'm sorry for you!" I took you across Poyang Lake to kill demon soldiers, but I couldn't bring you back! I don't have the face to come back! Come back alone without a face! ”

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At the same time, on the west bank of Poyang Lake, of course, the fifteen released Wu soldiers led by Wang Pengnian were also crying loudly, but they were not crying because they shouldn't have come back, but knelt down on their knees in the direction where Wu Chaoyue was, kowtowed again and again, and all cried bitterly......

"King Zhennan! King of Zhennan! Even if we die 10,000 times, we won't be able to repay your kindness! King Zhennan-! ”

Hearing this heartfelt cry, none of the Wu soldiers present did not have tears in their eyes and a sour nose, and they also felt that they were with the right person, and their lives in the future were more secure.

"The life of every soldier in our army is equally precious." -- This was Wu Chaoyue's boast in an interview with the Chinese and foreign media, which was published on the front pages of the major newspapers in the areas controlled by Wu Jun, deceived countless Chinese and foreign people, and also induced countless young people from the southwest to go to the battlefield and carry guns and knives to charge for Wu Chaoyue, and to die in life.