And said that Du Xi walked out of Liu Qi's newly built military camp, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he didn't expect that he boasted of his clever calculation, but he fell into the trick of the other party, and the 20,000 army had no survivors, so he remembered Huanjie's original reminder, sighed lightly, and decided that after he went back, he must apologize to Huanjie, and no matter what his actions are in the future, he must listen to the opinion of this wise man.

Du Xi saw that Liu Qi's army was filling the tunnel at this time, knowing that he could not return along the tunnel, and he was afraid that Liu Qi would regret it, so he sent someone to recover him, so he had to flee along the path.

Du Xi ran on only two legs along the way, and the path was rugged, which was very difficult to walk, and it was not until dawn that he finally came to the city gate.

"Quickly lower the drawbridge and let me into the city." Du Xun gasped and shouted at the city.

But he saw the guards of the city shouting, "Stop, who are you, who dare to enter my city?" Isn't it a spy of Liu Qi's army? ”

Du Raid hurriedly tidied up his armor and shouted: "Blind your dog's eyes, this general is a former military captain Du Raid, quickly open the door and let the general in." ”

The city gate guard looked at it fixedly, and found that it was indeed Du Raid, and couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened and Du Raid entered.

"Captain Du, didn't you take 20,000 troops out of the city last night? How did you return single today? The city gate guard greeted him and asked with a smile.

"Hmph, I fell for Liu Qi's trick by mistake, and as a result, the whole army was wiped out." Du Xian's face was very bad, and he said in a deep voice.

"What? 20,000 troops without a lifetime? The city gate guard couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, his face turned pale, he didn't dare to ask again, and ordered someone to lead a horse and let Du Xian sit on it and return to the Taishou Mansion.

Du Xi took it expressionlessly, turned over and got on his horse, and soon came to the outside of the Taishou Mansion and ordered someone to go in to report.

After a while, he saw Zhang Xian come out with Huan Jie, Han Xuan and others, and said with a smile: "This time Zixu led the army to rob the camp, it should be not small, right?" What about Liu Qi? Did you escape or were you caught by Zixu? ”

Du Xi sighed, fell to the ground and bowed: "The last general has lived up to the high hopes of Lord Taishou, this time the last general mistakenly fell into Liu Qi's trick, and the whole army was wiped out, and only the last general escaped back." ”

"What?" Zhang Xian couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, his body shook, and he almost fainted, and then pointed at Du Xian and said: "The 20,000 army is so gone, Du Xian, Du Xian, it's really you." ”

But seeing that Huan Jie hurriedly supported Zhang Xian, he comforted: "Don't worry, Lord Taishou, Liu Qi is cunning, full of tricks, Zixu is not aware of it, and it is understandable that he is occasionally defeated, but fortunately, Zixu escaped back, which is also a blessing in misfortune, and the last general believes that as long as Zixu is there, he can stop the enemy army under the city wall." By the way, Zixu, I don't know how you escaped back? ”

Du Xian's face showed a touch of shame, and he bowed his head and said: "The last general was released back by that Liu Qi, and Liu Qi promised the last general that as long as the last general released the few captured soldiers in his army, he would return the last general to Linxiang." ”

As soon as Du Xian's voice fell, he saw Zhang Xian pointing at him and said, "Du Zixu, aren't you bullying the official who has no knowledge?" You are a dignified lieutenant, and what you captured last night were only a few ordinary soldiers, could it be that Liu Qi would be so stupid to exchange you for those ordinary soldiers? You told the official the truth, have you promised to surrender Liu Qi, but you are here to earn me Linxiang City? ”

Du Xun hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The last general is wronged, the last general's loyalty to Lord Taishou is as bright as the sun and the moon, and he will never dare to betray half of it. ”

But seeing that Huanjie hurriedly said: "Lord Taishou, please think about it, if Zixu really wants to surrender to Liu Qi, I'm afraid he won't be able to wait for today, according to the last general, this is Liu Qi's divisive plan, deliberately using this to make Taishou and General Du centrifuge, and then design a calm siege, Lord Taishou must not destroy the Great Wall by himself, and do something that makes his relatives and enemies happy." ”

Zhang Xian's face softened slightly, nodded and said: "This official also knows that Zixu is loyal, and he should not surrender to Liu Qi, so let's forget it." I hope that Zixu can continue to be loyal to the imperial court, and strive to ensure that I do not lose the city of Xiangcheng, and now the prime minister has ordered Xuzhou to assassinate Shi Che Zhou and send a support army to help, as long as our army holds on for a period of time, it will be able to repel the enemy. ”

Du Xun hurriedly thanked him, and then at Zhang Xian's insistence, he went to the Taishou Mansion to eat a few bites of food, and then was forcibly sent home to rest for half a day.

Since Liu Qi did not lead the army to attack the city today, it was rare to have calm today, Zhang Xian sat in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, silently thinking about the strategy of dealing with the enemy.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a person standing under the hall, it was Han Xuan, the commander of Linxiang County.

But seeing Han Xuan step forward, he said softly: "My lord, the lower official has a sentence, I don't know if to say it or not?" ”

"Oh? If you have something to say, you don't need to be polite. Zhang Xian ordered Han Xuan to sit down and said quickly.

Han Xuan didn't speak immediately, but looked left and right, meaning that the wall had ears.

Seeing this, Zhang Xian waved his hand and retreated from the attendant, and then said, "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

"No."

Han Xuan nodded and slowly stepped forward. said softly to Zhang Xian: "The lower official thinks that this time Du Raid was put back to Linxiang alone, there is something suspicious, just as the adults said, who would believe that he would use his Du Raid to exchange a school captain for a few nobodies?" Adults, think about it, if Du Xun was captured or even killed by Liu Qi, how big would the blow be to the morale of the people in my Linxiang City? Now that Du Raid has been released, although it cannot be ruled out that it is Liu Qi's conspiracy, but Du Raid cannot be fully trusted, and the lower officials believe that we should send someone to closely monitor Du Raid's actions, if he really releases Liu Qi's soldiers, it proves that he must have colluded with Liu Qi. ”

Zhang Xian frowned and said disappreciatively: "Oh? What does this mean? Didn't Du Xi clearly say that he had promised Liu Qi to release the soldiers under Liu Qi's command back, so even if he really wanted to release those soldiers, it just showed that he just kept his promise, and we have no way to prove that he colluded with Liu Qi, right? ”

But I heard Han Xuan laugh and said: "My lord, please think about it, soldiers, treacherous, now our army and Liu Qi are enemy countries, so Liu Qi put Du Raid back, is it really dizzy?" Even if there is a conspiracy, this cost is too big, right? Therefore, Xia Guan still insisted that there must be a conspiracy here, and Xia Guan was sure that this conspiracy must be related to those sergeants. According to the lower officer's guess, it should be some intelligence information that those soldiers took with them. Even if they don't have a single word on the paper, it doesn't mean that they didn't take the news with them, or that there was a message from Du Xian for them to take away. Therefore, Xia Guan believes that as long as Du Xi insists on releasing people, he cannot be cleared of the charge of colluding with Liu Qi. ”

Zhang Xian nodded and said, "What you said is also reasonable. In this case, Ben will send you to closely monitor Du Xian, if he doesn't let people go, if he releases people, then it means that there is indeed a problem. ”

"No, thank you for your trust." Han Xuan bowed to Zhang Xian and left the Taishou Mansion, and then sent his henchmen to closely monitor Du Xian's actions.

Let's say that after Du Xian rested, he got up and went to the dungeon, ordered someone to open the prison door where Liu Qijun was imprisoned, and sent them to the city gate, and ordered someone to open the city gate and let them leave.

At this moment, Du Xun suddenly heard a loud shout: "Stop, Du Zixu, you are so bold, you dare to let go of the enemy spies without permission?" ”

Du Xian followed the prestige, but found that it was the order of Linxiang County, so he arched his hand and said: "Lord Han's words are different, the last general is not releasing people privately, today the end of the general has already told Lord Taishou outside the Taishou Mansion, Lord Han was also present at the time, and the adults also agreed, how can the adults not remember the past and accuse the last general of releasing people privately?" ”

But he heard Han Xuan sneering: "Lord Taishou just didn't express his position at that time, where did you agree to let him go?" Captain Du, if you let go of the enemy's spies now, you must bring back important information about our army, so for the sake of my Linxiang's safety, this officer will never allow you to release people today. ”

Du Xian laughed and said: "Lord Han said this, the last general is a little puzzled, the reason why the last general released people is just to keep his promise, where is the information for them to take away?" What's more, adults can search them to see if there is any information? ”

Han Xuan sneered: "You dictated the information to these spies, naturally no information has been found?" Do you still think that this official is stupid? Let's tell you the truth, today you leave these spies, and then apologize to the official to Lord Taishou, the official will definitely intercede for the sake of your colleagues, if you insist on releasing people, the official may not be able to help. ”

When Du Xun heard this, he said without hesitation: "Since the general promised Liu Qi that he would release all the captured soldiers under his command back, how can he not believe it now?" Please get out of the way, Lord Han, and the consequences will be borne by yourself. ”

After Du Xian finished speaking, he ordered someone to untie the lieutenant generals of Liu Qi's army and let them go, and at the same time solemnly said: "Go back and tell your general, the general has already put you back as promised, and from now on I will never owe him kindness again. ”

After those soldiers left, they ordered someone to pull up the suspension bridge, and without looking at Han Xuan, they returned home directly.

Han Xuan saw that Du Xian was so stubborn, and even more rude to him, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and immediately went to the Taishou Mansion and told Zhang Xian that Du Xian did not listen to his persuasion and insisted on letting go of the spies.

Zhang Xian was furious when he heard this, and said with a sneer: "Du Zixu is so bold, he really let the person go, and quickly let him go to see me, by the way, invite Huan Boxu to come too, this time to see how he intercedes for him?" ”

After a while, Han Xuan sent someone to invite Du Xian and Huan Jie, and then Zhang Xian split his face and said: "Du Xian, you let go of Liu Qi's spies without permission, and you still quibbled after being discovered by Han County, what else do I think you have to say today?" ”

Du Xi bowed down and said: "This matter is really a crime to be added, why bother? The last general just came yesterday after the report to the Taishou Lord.,At that time, the Lord didn't object.,The last general is just to keep his promise.,Not a collaborator.,Please also ask your Excellency to know.。 ”

Huan Jie also stepped forward to persuade him: "My lord, Zixu did tell the adult about this matter yesterday, and the adult did not object, how can you say that he collaborated with the enemy?" What's more, the so-called fact that those soldiers took away the news is just Lord Han's guess, and there is no real evidence, how can the adult conclude that Du Zixu is guilty based on one-sided words? If Xiu wants to say Zixu himself, even the soldiers of the three armies will not be convinced. The last general also asked the adults to consider this matter carefully, and not to regret it because they were not aware for a while. ”