Love xù is a double-edged sword, success is also Xiao He defeat Xiao He. Those who seek great things are not without love, but they strive to dominate the love, not become a slave of love.

However, this is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to do, just as great deeds are easy, everyone can have great ambitions, but in the end, there are very few people who can show their ambitions.

Li Shaobin couldn't take care of these things at this time, in the turbulent Zizhou City, his only thought now was to survive this catastrophe and be able to protect Zizhou City in front of the king.

After the meeting with the messenger from Xichuan, although Li Shaobin still had some doubts, his mood was already much more uplifted. Now Meng Zhixiang is his last straw, since Meng Zhixiang has personally led the army to Xuanwu County, Li Shaobin thinks that it is not difficult for Zizhou City to be preserved.

If it weren't for the current undercurrent surging in Zizhou City, and the pressure from Wang Shi was too great, he would almost send someone to fight his way out of the siege and help Xuanwu City.

In any case, Li Shaobin slept fairly soundly for the first time in the past few days. When he woke up, it was already dusk, Li Shaobin felt that he was in a good mood, so he set up a banquet in the mansion, and entertained the Xichuan messengers with wine and meat, singing and dancing, so as to convey the signal that the situation in Dongchuan was not bad to the military and civilians in the city.

If it weren't for the dissuasion of his staff, Li Shaobin originally planned to put up lanterns in the mansion to celebrate, but now as long as he can make the movement big enough and boost the hearts of the people and the army in Zizhou, there is nothing he can't do.

Although Li Shaobin is now in chaos, he did not do anything absurd, and he did not personally accompany the banquet of the Xichuan messenger, but after arranging this matter, he went to the head of the city to defend it, so that it could appear that he shared weal and woe with the soldiers and civilians of the city.

Li Shaobin was very satisfied with his keen thinking, and he appreciated his behavior of seizing every opportunity to increase the bargaining chips for victory in the war in such an unfavorable situation. Standing at the head of the city, facing the golden sunset, and commanding the army to run and fight, Li Shaobin once again felt high-spirited.

"Li Congjing is not a big deal, how can the thief army attack fiercely? As long as I survive the most difficult days, Dongchuan will still be Dongchuan, and I, Li Shaobin, will still be the master of Dongchuan! Then Li Congjing, when the time comes, he can only retreat obediently, and the thief army is destined to become a defeated army" Such a thought flashed in his mind, Li Shaobin almost couldn't hold back his desire to laugh out loud, he seemed to have seen the upcoming victory scene, it was really exciting.

Now his heart was full of hope, and there was a kind of optimism and self-confidence that had erupted from his long-suppressed depression and was not unfounded, which made him full of energy again, and his limbs were extremely strong, as if he had returned to his youth.

Whenever there is a Dongchuan soldier who kills the soldiers of the Wang Division, Li Shaobin will reward him loudly, and occasionally those who drive the Wang Division off the city, Li Shaobin will not hesitate to praise.

"Pass the order, those who have merit today will go to the Shuaifu tomorrow to receive a generous reward, but all the objects in the mansion, whether they are valuable or not, as long as the soldiers take a fancy to them, they can be taken away!"

"Herald: From now on, the rewards for military merit will be doubled according to the previous standard! If the treasury is not enough, the marshal is willing to use the mansion as a countervail, and settle it together after the war! ”

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Li Shaobin's voice grew louder and louder, and he asked his soldiers to repeat his orders loudly, even though his voice was hoarse, he was still smiling and shouting.

People who are dying and struggling, once they see hope, can ignore it.

Li Shaobin at this moment is very much like a character.

It's just that he forgot that the sunset is infinitely better, and it is almost dusk.

He even forgot that if he had done a good enough job on weekdays, he would not be so wolf today—even if this kind of "good enough" was to be able to compete with Li Congjing, who owned the entire empire and worked hard, it would still be inadequate.

At dusk, the heavens and the earth were about to merge, and a troop of cavalry galloped in from the west.

As this group of cavalry entered the camp of the king division, not long after, the camp of the king division and the army erupted in earth-shaking cheers.

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Wang Division, under the unified arrangement of Mo Li and Li Shaocheng, announced to Zizhou City: Wang Shi defeated the Xichuan rebels, and Meng Zhixiang fled back to Xichuan!

The one who hit the Dongchuan generals with the call was also Zhang Zhiye's head.

Zizhou City, instantly changed color.

At that time, Li Shaobin was also in the city. Seeing this movement and hearing the news, his body shook, his eyes turned black, and he fell to the ground.

After being woken up by the guards, Li Shaobin struggled to stand up, pointed his finger to the west and jumped to his feet and scolded: "Meng thief old horseman, you killed Ben Shuaiye!" ”

After scolding, his body stiffened, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he almost wanted to stand unsteadily.

The guards shouted loudly, and they all advised Li Shaobin to take care of his body and not to be angry. When Wang Hui heard the news, he originally wanted to discuss with Li Shaobin about a strategy to deal with the changes in front of him, but when he saw Li Shaobin's appearance, his eyes flickered, and he immediately ordered his personal guards to send Li Shaobin back to the Shuaifu to rest.

Before leaving, Li Shaobin didn't explain anything like "Zizhou City depends on the general" to Wang Hui.

Driving all the way back to the Shuai Mansion, Li Shaobin stepped on the footsteps that seemed to crack the floor, angrily broke into the hall, dispersed the singing and dancing in the hall, strode forward and grabbed the Xichuan messenger who was feasting, dragged the other party out from behind the desk, and shouted: "Wait for the erector, bully Li Mou's ignorance and evil?!" ”

After drinking, without waiting for the stunned messenger to speak, he raised his knife and cut off a large head of the other party.

Throwing away the corpse of the messenger who was spurting blood from his neck, and wiping the blood from his face, Li Shaobin did not return his head to the guards who followed him: "Cut down these dog thieves!" ”

The guards were ordered to rush up, and in the miserable cries of the Xichuan messenger's companions, they killed each other one by one.

Fang Cai was also singing and dancing, and the hall of a joyful and harmonious image suddenly became a hell on earth.

When the officials in the palace heard the news, they saw the tragic scene in the hall, and some scribes who had been killed in the morning on weekdays couldn't bear it anymore and ran to the courtyard to vomit.

Li Shaobin sat on the main seat, and had no intention of going to the council hall to discuss political affairs, holding a bloody horizontal knife, looking indescribably terrifying. Anyone can see that Li Shaobin at this time is like a beast that has lost his mind, and he will burst out and kill people if he disagrees.

The moon outside the door was as black as ink, the cups and plates in the hall were in disarray, the curtains and screens were infected with blood, and no one dared to come forward to clean up, and the corpses were lying in place, still bleeding, but the blood had turned from bright red to dark brown. The atmosphere here is extremely oppressive, making everyone breathe heavily, but they can't help but hold their breath.

This scene fell into Li Shaobin's eyes, and it didn't provoke him to say anything, his face was gloomy and his eyes were fierce, but his heart was cold, and even the hand holding the knife was trembling slightly.

In the end, it was a confidant of Li Shaobin who stepped forward, bowed and said: "Dashuai, the shape is already like this, for Dongchuan's plan, it is better to deal with it quickly." ”

Li Shaobin glanced at the staff member coldly and did not say a word.

The staff member had no choice but to continue: "Although the shape is unfavorable at the moment, the city is still in our hands, and Dongchuan has not been defeated. The meaning of humility is that while Dongchuan still has capital, you might as well negotiate with the imperial court, and Zizhou is still expected to survive. ”

Li Shaobin stared at the staff member with cold eyes this time, but he still didn't speak.

The words have been said to this point, and it is impossible to take it back, so the staff will make it clear, "At present, the royal division of the imperial court has won successive battles, and there is only one lonely city left in Dongchuan, even if Meng Zhixiang personally leads the Xichuan army, he can only hate Xuanwu City, what is the situation in the two rivers, so far it has become clear." ”

"According to the meaning of the humble position, there is only one way for Dongchuan to be preserved, and that is to counterattack Xichuan!" The staff looked at Li Shaobin, and their eyes showed a fine light, "At present, although the war in Xichuan is unfavorable, it has not yet been defeated, and Meng Zhixiang has been running Xichuan for a long time, and he has won the hearts of the people. ”

In the face of this conscientious remark, Li Shaobin just said coldly: "You want Ben Shuai to surrender? ”

"Please think about it. There is no other way. The staff said, "With the generosity of the imperial court, as long as Dongchuan can help Wang Shi pacify Xichuan, the marshal may not be able to be prominent again."

"Good, good, good!" Li Shaobin said three times in a row, raised his head and laughed, as if he was crazy, and suddenly his face became extremely hideous, staring at the staff and saying angrily: "This is your plan, it is really a good plan!" ”

With that, Li Shaobin suddenly jumped up, crossed the desk with a knife, kicked the staff member down, and then stabbed horizontally and vertically, the blade penetrated the staff member's chest, nailing him to the ground.

The staff looked at Li Shaobin in disbelief, their eyes widened, as if they would rather die than accept that they were dead.

Li Shaobin drew his knife and struck him in the face. At this time, Li Shaobin, with his hair scattered and bloodstained on his face, stared at the people in the hall angrily, and roared loudly: "Ben Shuai gives you a high position, gives you a high position, gives you a high level of wealth, and makes you have enough food and clothing, so that you will not starve to death in troubled times, and you will repay this Shuai like this?!" Surrender?! Lin Er and the others still want to use Ben Shuai's head to keep the wealth you got from Ben Shuai?! ”

"Shameless, human-faced beast heart!" Li Shaobin pointed at everyone with a knife, and walked back and forth, "If there are those who dare to surrender, there will be no forgiveness!" Zhu Jiu Clan! ”

The high-walled courtyard, gold and silver everywhere, waiters like a forest, this prosperous and indescribable place, at this time is silent, only the lights are still around, it seems particularly unfathomable.

Li Shaobin's shouting and scolding was the only storm at this time.

At the head of Zizhou City, Wang Hui found a place to sit on the city wall after seeing Li Shaobin return to the Shuaifu, and Wang Shi slowed down the offensive after announcing the Xuanwu battle situation to Zizhou City.

Several generals came from nowhere and spontaneously gathered around Wang Hui.

"General Wang, the matter has come to this, can't you still make up your mind?" An anxious general asked.

"What's the idea?" Wang Hui asked knowingly.

"General Wang, the battle of Xuanwu has been lost, and Dongchuan has no capital to break the situation! If the war continues, what will be the result of Zizhou City, why do you need to say more? The general said eagerly.

"The battle of Xuanwu, is it really lost?" Wang Hui looked to the west, and suddenly said quietly.

"How can this be fake? Zhang Zhiye's head is right, Wang Shi will deceive me and others? The general was stunned.

Wang Hui sighed and was noncommittal.

"What is the battle of Xuanwu City, regardless of it, and said that when the marshal heard the news, he did not ask for verification, so he was in a big mess, and the last general heard that the marshal returned home and cut off all the heads of the Xichuan messengers, which shows that the marshal has lost his mind. At this time, what do we have to rely on to fight again? A nimble general spoke up at this time.

Wang Hui still didn't say anything.

The general continued: "General, we are descending to the imperial court, this is to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and return to the righteousness, which is a righteous move. Even if the general is not afraid of death, thinking of the grace of the marshal, can he bear to ignore the death of the soldiers and people in the city? I'm afraid that the general won't be at ease at that time, right? The last general is brave and has few casualties for the soldiers and civilians of Zizhou, and dares to ask the general to decide! ”

Wang Hui sighed, stood up, looked up at the moon, and said with a low attitude: "The shape is like this, the people's hearts are like this, the general can't bear to abandon the handsome, what can I do?" If the death of a certain person can be exchanged for the lives of thousands of people in Zizhou, why should there be fear? ”

The generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and some said: "In this case, without further ado, we should quickly contact Wang Shi!" Previously, the king sent a letter, but the time limit was given, if the time limit is exceeded, the king will attack the city in a big way! ”