To be honest, Zhang Shihua still has some impressions of Bai Xi, after all, he also fought a battle with himself, although he was defeated by himself in one fell swoop, but in terms of his own courage in command ability, Bai Xi's ability level is definitely remarkable among so many officers and soldiers and generals that Zhang Shihua has encountered. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

So when Guo Yu escorted Bai Xi to find him and said that Bai Xi was willing to surrender to him, Zhang Shihua also temporarily put down the affairs in his hand and prepared to meet him.

Looking at Bai Xi, who was tied up by five flowers, Zhang Shihua, who was sitting in the big tent, said to Guo Yu with an expressionless face and some unhappiness: "Ah Yu, loosen the tie for General Bai." ”

When Guo Yu heard this, he nodded and said "obey", then strode behind Bai Xi and loosened his ties for Bai Xi without saying a word.

After Bai Xi was released, he first moved his wrist, which was a little numb, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Shihua, who was sitting in the main seat, and bowed his head and bent over his fists, and saluted Zhang Shihua respectfully and said, "Villain Bai Xi, I have seen General Zhang." ”

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Shihua's mouth, which seemed a little disdainful, but Zhang Shihua did not have the slightest intention to hide it, but said to Bai Xi straight to the point: "General Bai, what do you think is useful to a defeated general and a lost dog like you?" ”

When Bai Xi heard Zhang Shihua's words, his face did not change at all, but he still bowed his head and said to Zhang Shihua in a respectful voice: "General Zhang doesn't want to take Xizhou City?" If the general is willing to give the villain a chance, the villain can sacrifice Xizhou City for the general without spending a single soldier. ”

When Zhang Shihua heard Bai Xi's words, he glanced down at Bai Xi, still with a faint disdain on his face, but Zhang Shihua did not speak but fell silent, as if he was thinking.

And at this time, it was Guo Yu beside Bai Xi who snorted disdainfully after hearing Bai Xi's words: "My general still needs to rely on you to take Xizhou." After saying this, Guo Yu no longer paid attention to Bai Xi, but directly hugged his fist at Zhang Shihua and said: "General, you only need to give an order, and the last general is willing to bring five hundred elite soldiers to take Xizhou City for the general." ”

When Bai Xi heard this, his face also showed a trace of panic, after all, Guo Yu was right, with Zhang Shihua's current military might, if he really wanted to take the empty garrison Xizhou City, he didn't need his help at all, so for the sake of his life, Bai Xi couldn't help but hurriedly said to Zhang Shihua: "Xizhou also has a 500-person sailor stationed in Xizhou, and their thousands of households are cronies under the villain, if the general can give the villain a chance, the villain is willing to take them to surrender together." ”

"Your grandmother's, surnamed Bai, you can't play my general here, let you go back, won't you and your subordinates escape?" When Guo Yu heard Bai Xi's words, he questioned unceremoniously.

When Bai Xi heard this, he immediately looked up at Zhang Shihua, who had been silent, and said: "As the general said, the villain is just a defeated general and a lost dog, even if he escapes, he can escape there." The Yuanmeng court has always been harsh on Han officials, and if the villain escapes back, it will definitely be difficult to escape death, so the villain is sincerely surrendering to the adult at this time. ”

Saying that, Bai Xi actually knelt at Zhang Shihua's feet.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua finally opened his mouth and said to him: "Okay, since that's the case, Ben will also give you a chance." Tomorrow, Ben will lead the army to take Xizhou directly, and Ben will let you go when the time comes, which means that you have one day to do these things, do you understand? ”

When Bai Xi heard this, his face couldn't help but show joy, and he hurriedly bowed to Zhang Shihua and said, "The villain thanks the adult, the villain thanks the adult." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua waved his hand and asked Guo Yu to take him down, and it wasn't until they left that a smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Shihua's mouth.

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Half an hour later, Xu Ming, who was still in the big tent here, dressed in a Confucian robe, and boasted of being a scholar all day long, came out of Zhang Shihua's big tent with messy thoughts in his heart.

To be honest, after experiencing so many things by Zhang Shihua's side, Xu Ming's own mind couldn't help but change dramatically. At the beginning, because Liu Futong personally appointed Zhang Shihua as his deputy, although his strength was far inferior to Zhang Shihua at that time, he was not too afraid of Zhang Shihua, the top boss. After all, in his mind, no matter how dissatisfied Zhang Shihua was with him, it was impossible for him to dare to do anything to himself, after all, he could be regarded as Marshal Liu Futong and Marshal Liu.

But after experiencing so many things, seeing Zhang Shihua's strength and means with his own eyes, he couldn't help but dare to have this idea anymore, after all, Zhang Shihua's rise is too fast. And judging from Zhang Shihua's current status in the Red Turban Army, even if Zhang Shihua directly found a reason to kill himself, would Liu Futong really turn his face against a small person like himself and a powerful faction in the Red Turban Army like Zhang Shihua?

Apparently impossible.

So after thinking about this, Xu Ming's attitude towards Zhang Shihua has also undergone earth-shaking changes. If Xu Ming was respectful of Zhang Shihua in the past, then the current Xu Ming's attitude towards Zhang Shihua can definitely be regarded as a hurry.

Therefore, after he received the task given to him by Zhang Shihua, he was also very excited, because Xu Ming thought: "Since Zhang Shihua and General Zhang can give him things to do, then it proves that he still has a certain use for Zhang Shihua, and as long as he uses his own life, he will be safe." ”

"I must do this properly." When Xu Ming came out of Zhang Shihua's big tent, he couldn't help but think of it in his heart.

However, Zhang Shihua didn't care much about Xu Ming's thoughts, after all, the butt decides the head, and with Zhang Shihua's current power, he doesn't need to pay too much attention to the thoughts of a "little person" like Xu Ming.

So when Xu Ming was busy fooling those captives to do ideological education for them, Zhang Shihua was also busy discussing the matter of Xizhou with Wang Xianzhong, whose status was second only to himself in the army. After all, strictly speaking, Wang Xianzhong is not his subordinate, but equivalent to his deputy, so regarding the issue of Xizhou, Zhang Shihua naturally has to inform Wang Xianzhong in advance.

However, Zhang Shihua is very sure of the outcome of this matter, after all, at present, no one in the Red Turban Army can give up a state city that is about to eat in his mouth.

After a series of victories, Wang Xianzhong was quite convinced of Zhang Shihua, the main general, so when Zhang Shihua proposed a strategy to attack Xizhou tomorrow, Wang Xianzhong agreed without thinking about it.

So in this way, the plan to attack Xizhou City was also set by Zhang Shihua and them.

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Early the next morning, the Red Turban Army, which had rested here for a day and restored its strength to 4,000, re-camped and marched towards Xizhou City, not far from the south, under Zhang Shihua's order.

Before the Red Turban Army acted, Zhang Shihua also let Bai Xi go as promised, and gave Bai Xi a fast horse, so that he could rush to Xizhou City as soon as possible.

Xizhou City can be regarded as an ancient city with a long history, as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this city has existed, known as the capital of Xihou State, it is said that it was built by Yuda, the thirty-seventh son of King Wen of Zhou. The city is located in the upper reaches of the Huai River, and there is a river in the south of the city, which is the main tributary of the upper reaches of the Huai River.

As far as Zhang Shihua knows, in the entire Jiangbei Province, Xizhou's grain output can be regarded as one of the best, so the population of Xizhou City far exceeds that of Yingzhou City, otherwise Yang Wenqing, as the Yin of Xizhou Prefecture, would not have forcibly recruited so many people to fight at once.

However, when the two county towns under the rule of Xizhou City, Xincai City and Zhenyang City, were captured by Zhang Shihua, and all the military forces of Xizhou were swept away by Zhang Shihua, this rich state city could not escape the fate of being captured by Zhang Shihua.

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And at this time, at noon, Bai Xi, who had been non-stop all the way, finally arrived in Xizhou City.

However, at this time in Xizhou City, the city gate was closed, and there were still many soldiers on the city wall, obviously because there were deserters who fled to Xizhou City, so Xizhou City already knew that the army of Zhou Yin Yang Wenqing was defeated by the Red Turban Army.

So when they saw Bai Xi riding towards the city gate, the remaining guards looked extremely nervous, after all, the total number of defenders in the entire city was less than five hundred, and if it was really the Red Turban Army that attacked, they could not have any hope.

Bai Xi also knew the panic of the guards guarding the city, so when he approached the city gate, Bai Xi shouted at the soldiers on the city wall: "I am Bai Xi, deputy Wanhu, quickly, open the city gate!" ”

"General Bai, it's really General Bai." After the general in charge of guarding the city saw Bai Xi's appearance on the city wall, he couldn't help but hurriedly shouted: "Quick, open the city gate quickly and let General Bai enter the city." ”

After all, at this time, when the high-ranking generals of the officers and soldiers in Xizhou were generally killed in battle, the remaining people of them really needed generals who could control the scene to preside over the overall situation.

I saw that after the city gate was opened, the general guarding the city greeted him with a happy face, and said to Bai Xi, who was about to ride into the city: "Great, General Bai, you are finally here, and you will be in charge of the overall situation, and we can rest assured." Hearing the words of the general, it can be seen that it is obvious that Bai Xi is still quite prestigious in Xizhou City.

When Bai Xi heard this, he nodded at the general with an unchanged face, and said, "Guard the city gate, I want to go to Jianzhou (Dalu Huachi in the state)", and then rode directly into the city.

However, after entering the city, Bai Xi did not go to Jianzhou at the first time, nor did he go to the sailor camp in the south of Xizhou, but rode straight back home.

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"The lord is back, the lord is back." The subordinates of the Bai family's gatekeeper couldn't help but shout when they looked at Bai Xi who came back.

Hearing the shouts of the subordinates, Bai Xi's wife and son also hurriedly ran out of the back house.

"Xianggong!" Bai Xi's wife couldn't help but shout with red eyes when she saw Bai Xi with an embarrassed face covered with dust. And when Bai Xi saw the wife and children who hurriedly hugged them, he couldn't help but hug them tightly with both hands, and said to them gently: "It's okay, I'm fine." ”

The family of three kept warm for a while, and then Bai Xi's wife raised the face buried in Bai Xi's chest with swollen eyes, wiped the tears on her face, and then couldn't help but say to Bai Xi with tears in her eyes: "Xianggong, you can make the slave family and Ming'er worry about death." ”

When Bai Xi heard his wife's words, he said to his wife with a serious face: "Qi Niang, for your husband, you still have important matters to deal with today, you and Ming'er will stay at home today, and you will never leave the house." If things go well, I'll be back in the evening, you know. ”

When Bai Xi's wife Yue Qiniang heard Bai Xi's words, although she was worried, she still nodded at Bai Xi and said, "The slave family understands, and the slave family is at home and Ming'er is waiting for Xianggong to come back." ”

When Bai Xi heard his wife's words, he nodded, then squatted down and touched his son's head, and said to his ten-year-old son: "Ming'er, Daddy still has something to do now, you are obediently at home with your mother now, and Daddy will come back at night to bring you delicious food." ”

Bai Xi's son Bai Ming heard his father's words, nodded obediently, and said to Bai Xi in a crisp childish voice: "Daddy, don't worry, Ming'er will definitely be obedient, Daddy don't forget when the time comes, bring a big sugar man for Ming'er." ”

When Bai Xi heard his son's words, he couldn't help but smile and said to his son: "Ming'er, don't worry, Daddy will definitely bring you a candy man back." After saying this, Bai Xi made another agreement with his son to pull the hook, and then hugged their mother and son tightly, and then rode the horse without looking back.

In the process of leaving home, Bai Xi's eyes suddenly became extremely firm, and he saw that he didn't care about the cold street at all, but rushed straight to the sailor camp in the south of Xizhou City.

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The camp of the sailor is in the south of Xizhou City, not far from Bai Xi's house, Bai Xi rode his horse in a hurry, that is, it took a quarter of an hour to rush to the camp of the sailor in the south of Xizhou City.

When the officers and soldiers guarding the gate of the Xizhou Navy Division Battalion saw that Bai Xi was here, they naturally did not dare to stop it at all, but hurriedly reported to Bai Xi as soon as they saw Bai Xi.

Seeing this, Bai Xi did not break in directly, but chose to wait outside the camp gate, because Bai Xi was absolutely sure that Yue Qianhu, who was in charge of the water division, would definitely come out to greet him in person. Because this Yue Qianhu Yue Bo Khan is the younger brother of his wife Yue Qiniang and his mother, it is precisely because of this relationship that Bai Xi is so sure that he dares to come here alone.

And the result after that, as Bai Xi expected, when Yue Bo Khan knew that his brother-in-law was okay and came to find him, he did not dare to delay, but hurriedly took someone to meet Bai Xi at the gate of the camp.