The scouts are all petites in the army, and these scouts sent by the party are even more masters among the masters, just to reconnoiter what the Chu army eats, this task is not too simple.

Two hours later, the scouts returned, burping.

"I waited for us to be captured, General Zhou invited us to drink horseskin soup, a big bowl must be drunk, and another bowl will be given after drinking, I dare not drink it...... Belch! "Several scouts did not fail in their mission, and successfully detected that the Chu army is now eating wild vegetables boiled in horse skin, and after removing the flesh and blood on the horse skin and donkey skin, wrap it and bury it in the ground, and it will not rot and deteriorate within ten days and a half, and the Chu army now relies on this to satisfy hunger.

"General Zhou said that boiling donkey skin is a big supplement, he has been making up too much recently, and he doesn't want to eat every day, so he asks An Guogong to go up the mountain to drink donkey skin soup together, and he is full." The scouts had strange expressions, the horse skin wild vegetable soup was not roast horse meat, the taste was strange and difficult to swallow, they were forced to drink several bowls, and their stomachs were gurgling incessantly.

"Tube full! Lao Tzu makes you full! Lao Tzu makes you full! From now on, you will give me wild vegetable soup every day......"

Dang Shousu's big slap slapped his head and face, Zhou Guodong is too much, don't you have any deep hatred, can't you sit down and talk about something? Why do you have to carry it to the end? Do you know that I am also under a lot of pressure - in addition to the Western Army, which is eyeing the tiger, more than 10,000 people and horses in the party are eaten and chewed every day, and the military rations are about to bottom out.

I knew that Zhou Guodong was so difficult, he shouldn't have provoked him in the first place, the party guarded the tiger and rode the tiger, and the negative emotions that had accumulated for many days finally broke out, and after beating a few scouts angrily, he thought for a moment and said to the left and right: "Zhou Guodong is so calm that he can't hold it anymore, everyone, let's grit our teeth and hold on for two more days, and then ...... Then they sent people up the mountain to persuade them to surrender. ”

Zhou Guodong is desperate, as long as he doesn't get discouraged and perseveres to the end, he will have to surrender sooner or later.

Two days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Dang Shousu got up early in the morning, and before he had time to send a messenger to persuade him to surrender, he found that Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui had withdrawn from the army.

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Dang Shousu couldn't believe his eyes, and immediately sent scouts to investigate, and after confirming that the Western Army had disappeared without a trace, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, kicked over the table and stepped on it, and ordered in high spirits: "Come on, kill a horse, Lao Tzu also wants to eat roast horse meat, well, isn't there a wounded horse that is about to die?" Kill the ......."

Why did the Western Army withdraw its troops, Dang Shousu didn't care anymore, he only knew that the dark clouds hanging over his head suddenly dispersed, and the hard days finally came to an end, and the roast horse meat could be made casually in the future: "Zhou Guodong, Zhou Guodong, you drink your horse skin and wild vegetable soup, I will eat my roast horse meat, and in two days, I will see if you will surrender!" ”

Since the Western Army has withdrawn its troops, it is not in a hurry to persuade Zhou Guodong to surrender, and now Zhou Guodong still has horseskin wild vegetable soup to drink, and all kinds of conditions will definitely be put forward in negotiations with him, and in a few days, when Zhou Guodong can't even drink horseskin wild vegetable soup, he can only surrender unconditionally!

This roast horse meat was eaten in a hurry, hearty, in a good mood and good appetite, Dang Shousu gnawed a horse bone to the essence of white life, and then put it down with unfinished satisfaction, and was about to lie down and take a nap, when his soldiers came to report, the Chu army sent a messenger down the mountain to ask to see An Guogong.

"Please...... Slowly, invite him to eat a roast horse meat first, pick a big piece for him, don't eat it, and then give him a piece ...... after eating."

Come and don't be rude, the dignified Ming An Guogong, how can he lose face because of two pieces of horse meat, the party guards sent people to stabilize Zhou Guodong's envoy, and then smiled at the left and right henchmen: "As the saying goes, stand high and see far, Zhou Guodong must have seen the western thief withdraw his troops on the top of the mountain, you say, what did he want to do when he sent someone at this moment?" ”

"I'm so dull that I can't guess Zhou Guodong's intentions, please make it clear to the general!" The left and right henchmen are all smart people, and they shake their heads together to indicate that they are stupid.

"If the general guessed correctly, Zhou Guodong should be going to surrender, now that the thief is gone, he has no chance to take advantage of the chaos to break through, and there is no food and grass in the desperate situation of no rescuers, so he has to ask the general to surrender." After going through hardships and obstacles to achieve success, it is even more precious, Dang Shousu really wanted to show a little more reserve in front of his subordinates, but the great joy that rose from the depths of his heart had overflowed his entire chest like a flower blooming, his eyes and the corners of his mouth showed a thick smile, and the whole person became radiant at this moment, and even the scar behind his ear turned into a pink and tender pink, which fully showed how excited its owner was at the moment.

"So that's what happened! Oops, how did I not think of that? ”

"I can't make a mistake, Zhou Guodong is going to surrender."

"What if he doesn't surrender? If you carry it so hard, you will definitely be dead! ”

"According to me, let's not easily agree to his request to surrender, drive the envoy back first, and then prepare some good wine and meat every day to persuade him to surrender before the battle, and most of the Chu soldiers can defect in three or five days.

"Yes, you can't cheap him, doesn't Zhou Guodong like to drink horseskin wild vegetable soup? Let him cool off on the top of the mountain for a few more days......"

Everyone was woken up by Dang Shousu's words, and immediately rushed to come up with ideas, and the excitement was overflowing, which was better than Dang Shousu.

"What you said is right, Zhou Guodong humiliated me several times, and he shouldn't have been let go easily, but our army has been delayed here for too long, and there has been no news from Baoguo Gong and Dingguo Gong (Liu Fangliang and He Zhen) in the past few days, and my national duke is worried that it will change later." Dang Shousu pondered for a moment and said: "In this way, let's see what the person said first, if Zhou Guodong's conditions were not too excessive, he agreed to him." ”

It didn't take long for the envoy of the Chu army to be brought into the tent of the Chinese army, his mouth full of oil, and he kept burping.

Dang Shousu stared at his lips for a long time, his heart full of pleasure of revenge.

"Why are you here?"

"My general, General Zhou, ordered me to come and persuade An Guogong to surrender."

"Well, if you knew today, why bother in the first place, your General Zhou should have ...... a long time ago Wait, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly. ”

"I said, my general Zhou, ordered me to come and persuade An Guogong to surrender."

After the messenger repeated it, all of a sudden, the party and the generals on the left and right were so inexplicable that they forgot to be angry, and no one spoke out to rebuke this ridiculous and arrogant messenger.

"Did you eat something wrong and it broke here?" Dang Shousu tapped his head with his finger: "It should be you who surrender now, why do you still come to surrender your father?" ”

"The western thief has fled, and Guogong is still here waiting for death, it's really ridiculous, doesn't An Guogong know that you are about to die?" The envoy stared at Dang Shousu's eyes, his eyes sharp: "Today's barbecue horse meat, even if I owe Guogong a favor, that's it, then show Guogong a way out, now hurry up and pack up the soldiers and horses, withdraw from Huguang, and save your life, of course, if you are willing to surrender to my general Zhou, it will be the best result for Guogong, I'm afraid you don't have the courage." ”

"Fart!" Dang Shousu finally got angry, pointed at the messenger's nose and scolded: "You are talking nonsense, nothing more than trying to disturb the hearts of our army, you can tell me, why is Ben in a catastrophe, and why are you waiting for death?" I can't say a word, Ben Jiang doesn't believe in 'the two countries do not fight each other'! ”

"Didn't Guogong think about why the Western Thieves withdrew their troops?" The messenger asked faintly.

"This ......" Dang Shousu's face froze suddenly, and he was stopped.

"The West Thief withdrew his troops, obviously what he was afraid of, may I ask Guogong, who is the West Thief afraid of?" The messenger asked.

"......" is still speechless.

There are some things that can't be thought about, otherwise the more you think about it, the more terrible it becomes, there are tens of thousands of elite men and horses in the Western Army, and there are famous generals like Liu Wenxiu as the commander, they are definitely not afraid of Liu Fangliang and He Zhen, only the Chu army can make them retreat, and it is a large army composed of the main force of the Chu army.

"Another reason for the withdrawal of the Western Thieves is that there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, it is unprofitable, may I ask Guogong, what happened to make Liu Wenxiu feel that there is no opportunity?" The messenger then asked.

"Could it be that Your Majesty ......" Dang Shousu's gaze suddenly lost his luster and muttered to himself.

"I don't know, my General Zhou doesn't know where His Majesty is, but he knows that if Baoguo Gong and Dingguo Gong take back Your Majesty, Liu Wenxiu will never retreat easily." The messenger's voice became extremely cold: "Although our army has run out of food, but save a little, donkey skin and wild vegetable soup can be drunk for three or five days, if An Guogong is unwilling, just wait for three or five days to find out, you can take this opportunity to find out, what happened, that's all, so, farewell." ”

Without waiting for Dang Shousu to speak, the messenger had already strode out, and no one on either side stepped forward to stop him, and when he was about to walk out of the tent, he suddenly turned back: "There is a reluctant invitation below, my General Zhou has drunk too much donkey skin soup recently, and he is not replenished, I think there seems to be a lot of roast horse meat here in An Guogong, can you bring back a few pieces for my General Zhou?" ”

Dang Shousu looked at him with slanted eyes for a long time, and finally nodded: "Take it, take it all, I'll send you a whole horse leg, go up the mountain on your back......"

That night, Dang Shousu received a handwritten letter from Liu Fangliang and He Zhen, learning that Emperor Longwu had been sent to Changsha by the Chu army, and then disappeared, and at the same time, the Chu army mobilized an army of 50,000, led by Tan Xiao, who had just broken through, and advanced rapidly to Yongzhou Mansion on the border of Hunan and Guizhou, and the front was only fifty miles away from Ningyuan.

Dang Shousu was forced to withdraw from the army, and quietly withdrew from Jiuzhi Mountain that night, and when he left, he carefully left a few loads of military rations for Zhou Guodong. <