In the early morning, Zhang Xun stretched sleepily, although he had not slept all night, but looking at the hundred logs neatly stacked in the camp, Zhang Xun still felt a trace of joy. He again called the soldiers who had made the chariots before, and said to six of them, who were skilled in their craft: "You six, each with a hundred men, make them according to this drawing, and they must all be built in one day today." ”

The soldiers took the drawings and glanced at them cursorely, the design on the drawings was so strange that they had no idea what they could make or what they could do for it.

A veteran soldier was puzzled and asked, "General, what ......is this?" What is this? How can we not read it? ”

"Don't ask, just build according to the drawings, this project is very simple, and you have enough manpower, I believe that one day is enough to build it."

"It's enough, but it doesn't seem to work?"

"Don't ask! Just do it! ”

"Whoa!"

The soldiers complied, and then split up, and the whole camp once again tossed up sawdust and dust.

Zhang Xun returned to the tent and prepared to lie down and rest for a while. Suddenly, Jieyin ran into the camp with a herald.

When the herald saw Zhang Xun, he shouted in panic: "Oh no! Oh no! Checkmate! Big things are wrong! ”

Jieyin hurriedly pressed down on the soldier and motioned for him to remain silent.

Zhang Xun felt strong uneasiness again, and the bad news came one after another, which made him anxious, but he could only suppress his emotions, barely stabilize his breath, and asked, "What's wrong?" Don't panic, speak slowly. ”

"General Hui, last night I was ordered to go to Baji County to transfer troops, I worked hard all the way, and I arrived at Baji at dawn. But when I arrived in Baji, I learned that yesterday there was a plague and everyone was sick! ”

"Plague?! Impossible, how could the plague break out in such a short time?! ”

"I don't know, but all the defenders of Baji have severe fever and diarrhea, and now the defenders are completely incapacitated and unable to move at all."

"Is there a mutiny in the city?!"

"Nope! The people of Baji County also fell ill, and almost no one in the city was spared! ”

"It's not the plague, it's poison! I'm afraid someone poisoned the well! ”

The herald suddenly realized and rejoiced: "Oh, it's possible, it's good that I didn't drink the water from Baji County, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to rush back to report the news!" ”

Jie'an ordered the herald to retreat and told him to keep it a secret, and then asked, "General, what should we do now that the crisis is worsening?" ”

Zhang Xun frowned, pacing, and analyzed: "It doesn't happen sooner, it doesn't happen later, but I choose it at this juncture." It seems that this must have been premeditated by Chen Guoren in advance, the purpose is to prevent us from recalling our troops, and I estimate that the same situation has broken out in the other three cities, so there is no hope of increasing troops, and I am afraid that we can only rely on the existing forces to attack the city. ”

"General, we only have a thousand people, and the troops are not enough at all!"

"Not necessarily ......"

At this moment, a guard entered the account and reported, "General Zhang, the envoy of the State of Chen has come to our military camp and asked to see you. ”

"Nope!"

"Whoa!"

The attendant was just about to turn around and leave, but Zhang Xun suddenly stopped him again, "Come back!" Bring the envoys of the State of Chen in to meet me. ”

"Whoa!"

After a while, the envoy of Chen Guo walked into the tent, this person was about forty or fifty years old, his hair was gray, and he looked old. He walked slowly in front of Zhang Xun, slow and organized, full of confidence. The envoy saluted Zhang Xun and said: "In the Taishi of Xia Chen - Jugu, I have seen the general, and I dare to ask the general's name." ”

Zhang Xun replied: "Lord Jugu, in the next Zhang Xun, I am glad to meet." ”

Seeing that Zhang Xun was just a yellow-haired boy, Jugu unconsciously floated up, he stroked his beard, and his smile vaguely revealed a trace of disdain, "Hehe, General Zhang." Fortunately, fortunately. Speaking of which, being able to meet General Zhang today is also God's arrangement. ”

"Oh? How? ”

"God can't bear to see a young talent like General Zhang die, so he arranged for you and me to meet, and the old man must come to save your life."

"Save my life? Hmph, what a big breath. ”

Ju Gu said proudly: "General Zhang, don't be angry, and listen to me slowly, the old man can explain the pros and cons in just a few words, and after the general knows the reason, it's not too late to thank me." ”

When Zhang Xun heard this, he was immediately interested, it seems that Jugu only regards him as an ordinary martial artist, but this is fine, and he can plan it. So Zhang Xun pretended to be reckless, and asked in a rough voice: "How to save me, you can talk about it!" ”

Ju Gu was full of smiles, but he was not in a hurry to answer, he looked around in the camp tent, pouted and smiled: "There is a huge camp tent, and there is only one general, which is very different from the previous turbulent momentum of your army." ”

Zhang Xun knew that Jugu was suppressing his momentum, so he shouted loudly: "Our army has always been aggressive!" Didn't you see it when you came! My soldiers are rushing to control the ladder, and tomorrow they will attack Wanqiu! ”

"Oh? Haha, haha! I see. Looking at Zhang Xun's stupid appearance, Jugu was full of confidence, "General Zhang is extraordinary, and he is really a strong general." However, there is a question for the general below. ”

"Just ask!"

"Why don't you see General Huang Yun?"

"Don't you Chen Guoren know? General Huang has already waved his army north, and in less than two days, he will be able to break through your Luanshan defenders. ”

"Oh? Don't you know that General Zhang? General Huang has already been captured. ”

"Joke, just because you have so many people on Luan Mountain, can you still capture General Huang? Don't try to lie to me! ”

Jugu pursed his lips disdainfully, shook his head and said sarcastically: "General Zhang, you are really a young talent, I really can't bear to see you lose your life like this, there are some things you have to listen to me!" ”

"Say!"

"According to General Zhang's meaning, if there are more people, you won't lose the battle? If there are too many people, they will not be captured? How does General Zhang know that there are too many records in this world in which the weak defeat the strong and the less win the more? Hehe, take the recent incident as an example, the prince of your country besieged Luanshan with 3,000 people, and was beaten to the ground by my 1,000 defenders, and he himself became a prisoner. After that, General Huang led an army of 4,000 to the rescue, but he was also captured by our army! General Zhang is young, but there is one thing that must be remembered clearly, more people are not necessarily stronger. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xun pretended to be shocked, pointed at Jugu and scolded, "What do you mean? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Huang went north to Luanshan together a few days ago. How can there be any claim that the prince was captured and General Huang went to the rescue? Don't think that when I first arrived here today, I don't know anything. ”

Ju Gu was at a loss, he had preset more than a dozen words before, thinking that no matter how Zhang Xun answered, he would be able to say that he would surrender, but he never expected that he would encounter such a situation.

Zhang ...... General Zhang, just arrived today? Could it be that General Zhang doesn't know? Your prince was captured by our army, and General Huang was also captured when he went to the rescue!? ”

Zhang Xun was furious, and suddenly shouted: "Someone! Drag this guy out and cut it off! ”

As soon as the order fell, the two soldiers immediately stepped into the camp tent and buckled Jugu back.

Zhang Xun angrily reprimanded: "Chen made rumors and caused trouble, insulted our army, dragged out and beheaded to show the public!" ”

Ju Gu was shocked, the confidence just now was gone in an instant, he never expected Zhang Xun to suddenly turn his face, he shouted in panic: "General Zhang! General Zhang! I'm telling the truth! The general has just arrived, I'm afraid I don't know yet! ”

"Humph! What is the truth? ”

"General! I'm here to negotiate! Prince Friend and General Huang Yun were indeed captured by our army! I came to negotiate on the orders of King Chen! ”

"Fart! You are lying to confuse the public, don't try to fool the general! ”

"The general just arrived today, and I don't know what happened yesterday! General Zhang must believe me! If you don't listen to me at this time, the general will regret it! ”

"Humph! Are you a three-year-old? Make up all this nonsense to fool me? It's useless to talk more, drag it out and cut it off! ”

"Whoa!" The two soldiers answered in unison, and then set up Jugu and dragged him out of the tent.

"General! General Zhang! I have something more to say! Jugu was extremely nervous, and his face was sweating with fright.

"Say it! I don't have that much patience! ”

Jugu struggled and said, "General! Tomorrow, I can transfer His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Huang to Wanqiu City! At that time, General Zhang will know that what I said is all true! If the general doesn't believe me, if anything goes wrong with the prince of your country, the general's life will not be saved! I'm talking about it for the good of the general! ”

"Huh? Good for me? Lord Jugu, I have heard of you for a long time, and I know that you are eloquent, and right and wrong are nothing more than a few clichés in your mouth, and now you make up these nonsense to bluff me, and the devil knows what kind of medicine you bought in this gourd! Drag it out! Slashed! ”

With that, Zhang Xun turned around and ignored Jugu's shouts and pleadings. The two soldiers dragged Jugu all the way to the outside of the camp, and then the soldiers tied Jugu up and pressed him to the ground.

Jugu burst into tears and cried loudly: "General Zhang! Kill me, and you'll be dead! ”

The executioner raised the butcher's knife and made two strokes on Juya's neck. Ju Gu could clearly feel the chill emanating from the butcher's knife, he was originally extremely confident in his argumentating skills, and thought that he could easily persuade General Wu to surrender, but he never imagined that he would meet such a completely unreasonable fool.

Just when Jugu had already accepted his fate, suddenly a voice came from behind him.

"Keep people under the knife!"

Jugu seemed to hear hope, he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see an adjutant kneeling in front of Zhang Xun to plead.

"General, although this old thief is hateful, but the two countries will not fight each other, so let him go back!"

"No! What not to chop to make? That's all the pedantic tricks of the Central Plains country, I don't want to eat that, I have to behead. Zhang Xun's anger did not subside.

"General! The king intends to dominate the Central Plains, if he does not follow the rules of the Central Plains, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the Central Plains countries, please think twice! ”

"Oh......" Zhang Xun let out a sigh of relief, hesitated for a while, and said, "Forget it, forget it, let it go." ”

The adjutant hurriedly got up and said to the executioner: "Don't let him go yet!" ”

The soldiers were given the order, so they untied Jugu and helped him up. Jugu was paralyzed, and he couldn't even stand on his feet.

Zhang Xun stepped forward, pointed to the cart parked in the camp, and said to Jugu: "Go back and tell King Chen, don't play these conspiracies with me, I don't understand the tricks of your Central Plains people, go back and guard the city gate, tomorrow at dawn, I will personally lead an army of 10,000 to break through the Wanqiu city gate!" ”

Jugu was frightened and trembled and did not dare to speak.

The adjutant scolded: "Don't you want to thank General Zhang?!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, General Zhang, no, don't kill the grace......"

"Get out of here!"

Watching Jugu run away in a gray manner, Jieyin asked, "General, why do you want to play this play?" If they really tie the prince to the city wall, how can we attack the city? ”

"No, I'm not going to give them time to do that."

"Are we really going to attack the city tomorrow?"

Zhang Xun smiled and said: "Order the six hundred soldiers to hurry up the production of equipment, and the remaining four hundred soldiers immediately go back to the barracks to rest and sleep, we will attack the city tonight!" ”