Chen Mu was very puzzled, very puzzled.

In front of him, there was a personal soldier standing, the same personal soldier who sent Liu Xiu and others to the broken courtyard three days ago.

"My lord, there is still nothing unusual. Every time their subordinates went to deliver food, they seemed very calm, and they never left the courtyard on weekdays, trying to go to the barracks. ”

The pro-soldier carefully reported to Chen Mu the movements of Liu Xiu and the others, thought about it, and added: "But...... There never seemed to be any anxiety on their faces, except for the first day, when their subordinates took them to the courtyard. ”

"......" Chen Mu carefully stroked the beard on his chin, his brows furrowed deeply, and he fell into deep doubt.

He couldn't figure out what Liu Xiu and the others thought.

Since they arrived in Dingling, before they met, Chen Mu knew that they must have come to ask for reinforcements. Before meeting Liu Xiu and his entourage, Chen Mu made arrangements and orders early, in addition to letting his own soldiers take them to the broken courtyard, he also secretly arranged secret sentry posts around the perimeter to monitor them from morning to night every day, beware of any contact between them and the garrison in the city.

Even Chen Mu was already prepared in his heart. Once he finds out that Liu Xiu has any abnormal movements, he will not hesitate to put them under house arrest, and even ...... Secretly killing these people has also become the final option.

But now, Liu Xiu seemed to have really accepted his fate, without the slightest move. Every time I asked my own soldiers, the result was always just the words "nothing unusual".

But in Chen Mu's heart, he really didn't want to believe that Liu Xiu would really give up like this. After all, all the people and horses of the Chungling Department stayed in Kunyang City. Once Kunyang City is broken, then Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu will lose all their subordinates in an instant, and they will no longer have the ability to compete for power in the Green Forest Army.

But...... What exactly do they want to do?

Chen Mu meditated for three days, but he never came to a conclusion.

"You ......"

Chen Mu stretched out his hand, lightly tapped the soldier, hesitated for a long time, and then made up his mind: "You go to Liu Xiu and they come, and say, I will invite them to the banquet." ”

After the soldiers received the order and walked out of the room, Chen Mucai slowly shook his head, with a complicated look on his face.

"Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu, what are you going to do......

……

"Taichang is biased to the general, my general will set up a banquet to invite, please take the time to come."

It was already evening, and the pro-soldier came to the courtyard and brought Chen Mu's invitation to Liu Xiu and his party.

Here it comes!

Liu Xiu and Li Tong glanced at each other, and the same message was revealed in their eyes.

Three days have arrived, and if there is any turning point, it is now!

Turning his head to look at the respectful expression of Chen Mu's soldiers in front of him, Liu Xiu burst into a ridiculous laugh in his stomach.

Redundancy? In the past few days, I have only stayed in the courtyard every day, and I can even count the leaves on the big tree. What can be redundant?

But he naturally didn't say this slander, just smiled and nodded: "Even so, then let's go." ”

The rangers stayed in the courtyard, and only Liu Xiu, Li Tong and Ren Guang followed the soldiers to the county office. Chen Mu stood at the gate of the county government early, waiting to greet Liu Xiu and the others. Seeing them coming, Chen Mu walked down the steps from afar and stretched out his hand to Liu Xiu with a smile on his face.

"It's really an honor for General Taichang to come. Although I had long wanted to hold a banquet for entertainment, I was really busy with military affairs a few days ago, and I couldn't spare time. Finally, I waited until today, and finally found some time, and I hope that General Liu will not be surprised. ”

As he spoke, Chen Mu turned around and led Liu Xiu and the others towards the county office. While walking, he was still chattering: "After all, we are in the army now, and I am afraid that the dishes will be slightly worse, but the military situation is like this, and I hope you will bear with ......me."

Busy with the military? At this moment, the 400,000 army led by Wang Yi and Wang Xun are all under Kunyang City, what can be the busy military situation in this Dingling?

Liu Xiu sneered in his heart, but he only smiled faintly on his face, and occasionally answered a few sentences, until he followed Chen Mu into the back hall of the county office.

In the back hall, there are two rows of seats. There are already five people sitting in the east, looking at the costumes, it should be Chen Mu's subordinate generals in Dingling City. The position of the west head was vacant, left to Liu Xiu and others.

Chen Mu himself naturally sat on the main seat of the head.

After Liu Xiu and the others sat down, the soldiers brought wine and food. Indeed, as Chen Mu said, the dishes are not sumptuous, and even a little simple. However, Liu Xiu naturally didn't care about this, only smiled faintly, waiting to see what Chen Mu was about to say.

Chen Mu picked up his wine glass and raised it towards Liu Xiuyao: "Kunyang is besieged by an army of 400,000, and it is said that it is already impassable at this moment. General Liu was able to take only a few people to fight a bloody way and break through. This kind of courage is really admirable. Come, we, the righteous generals in Dingling City, must come together to salute General Liu's heroic deeds! Let General Liu tell us how much the process of breaking through the siege is! ”

With Chen Mu's words, the rest of the Pinglin generals also raised their glasses, and the hall was full of praise for a while.

Liu Xiu and Li Tong Renguang raised their glasses together, drank them all, and then smiled: "The process of breaking through the siege is nothing to mention, it's just a fluke that was not discovered and secretly absconded out of the encirclement." If it was really difficult, the days of defending the city were much more difficult. ”

Chen Mu nodded, with a hint of solemnity on his face: "This is exactly what I want to ask." Kunyang has been besieged for nearly a month, I don't know ...... What is the situation in Kunyang City at this moment? ”

"The situation in Kunyang is very good, but there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and it is besieged by an army of 400,000, and the city is about to be destroyed. Other than that, there's nothing to worry about. Liu Xiu smiled and looked at Chen Mu.

"Kunyang is in an urgent military situation at the moment, and I don't know it." Chen Mu was ridiculed by Liu Xiu, although he was a little angry in his heart, he still forced a smile: "But Dingling City is weak and has recently been captured by our army, and it still needs time to appease and suppress, so I really don't have any strength left to rescue Kunyang......

"Three days ago, the general had already said this to Zaixia, and Zai Xia naturally knew it very clearly." Liu Xiu nodded and said indifferently: "So, since the general is also more than willing and not strong, it is naturally inconvenient to force it." ”

"Thank you, General Liu, for your understanding. That...... I wonder what General Liu's plans are now? Chen Mu finally began his real temptation: "It has been three days since General Liu came to Dingling. Since Kunyang City has reached this point, if you can't bring back reinforcements, wouldn't it be ......?"

"If you really can't hold it, then you can only resign yourself to fate." Liu Xiu smiled faintly: "Even the general has already said that at this moment, there is really no reinforcement in Dingling City." What else can I do? Tomorrow morning, I will take a group of colleagues back to Kunyang. ”

"Back to ...... Back to Kunyang? Chen Mu was stunned for a moment, and his expression was shocked: "Isn't that sending you to death!" ”

"Naturally, it's to die, but so what?" Liu Xiu poured himself a glass of wine, swallowed it in one gulp, and said proudly to Chen Mu and the generals of Dingling: "The man values righteousness over life and death, before I broke through from Kunyang City, I have made it clear to all the soldiers who are fighting in the city that I will definitely bring reinforcements back to relieve the siege of Kunyang!" And now, since the general is powerless to help, can he watch the city of Kunyang break and all the soldiers in the city die, but he can barely survive? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xiu slapped the case in front of him heavily, stood up from his position, raised his head high, and said in an impassioned voice: "If you can't bring back reinforcements, it's true that Liu Xiu is incompetent." However, no matter how incompetent he is, Liu Xiu is at least not greedy for life and afraid of death! Although he can't save all the soldiers in the city who have fought bloody battles together, he can at least die with them in the future! ”

After speaking, Liu Xiu's gaze swept over from the front. After listening to his words, all the generals of the Pinglin soldiers lowered their heads with shame, only Chen Mu, whose face remained unchanged, only nodded his head and made a look of agreement.

"The general's words are really admired and rewarded!" Chen Mu raised his wine glass as usual, and said loudly to Liu Xiu: "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent." This kind of sacrifice is absolutely impossible for human beings to do. At this moment, I will borrow this glass of wine and march to General Liu! ”

Hearing Liu Xiu say such words in front of everyone, Chen Mu's heart suddenly burst into joy. If he hadn't been in front of his generals, he would have laughed out loud at this moment.

If he is really an idiot to that point, he has finally broken through from Kunyang, but he has to rush back to die, then Liu Xuan will be the only one left in the Chungling family. And those soldiers of the Chungling Army will naturally be annihilated with the fall of Kunyang.

At that time, the Chung Ling Army will completely withdraw from the factional struggle in the Green Forest Army and disappear without a trace. And the huge prestige that Liu Xuan gained in the previous battle of Huang Chunshui will no longer have any meaning with the loss of his direct troops. Hirabayashi's competitor will have one less competitor.

And even if Liu Xiu is just talking nonsense, it doesn't matter. Regardless of whether Liu Xiu's words were sincere or not, since he said it in front of everyone, then he would have to leave Dingling tomorrow. As for whether he returned to Kunyang after leaving Dingling, or went to Wancheng, or even lived incognito, it had nothing to do with Chen Mu and Pinglin Bing. As long as Dingling's troops can be firmly held in their own hands, Kunyang will eventually be lost. And then, your goal will be achieved.