After listening to the words of the pro-soldiers, Shi Xie's usual elegant and indifferent expression was no longer there, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said in disbelief: "How is this possible? More than 2,000 people under my command are all guarding in the depths of the jungle, this is the terrain we are most familiar with, even if the enemy army has tens of thousands of people, it may not be able to attack it, not to mention that the jungle is tall, it is easy to get lost, unless there are villagers to guide, but the nearby villagers are concentrated in the two counties of Jiaozhi and Hepu, it is impossible to guide them, how can they break through our army's defense and come to the city of Longbian? ”

After finishing speaking, Shi Xie suddenly glared at the pro-soldier fiercely, and shouted, "Are you deceiving the official and deliberately ruining the official's festive day?" ”

The soldier immediately fell to his knees and said tremblingly, "How dare the little one deceive the adult? If you don't believe it, you can go to the city to take a look, there are people everywhere, and now the defenders on the city are panicked, and finally close the city gate, but you know that the walls of our dragon city are weak, and they are in disrepair, and it is difficult to resist the enemy's siege. ”

When Shi Xie heard this, he couldn't help but shake his body, he knew that since this personal soldier said this, then the enemy siege of the city must be a conclusive fact, he was not good at commanding troops, plus the soldiers in the city were outnumbered, it was impossible for the other party to be the opponent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what should we do now?" Shi Xie ran out of ideas for a while, and hurriedly turned his eyes to those celebrities and asked for help.

At this time, those celebrities stopped talking, although they had strategy and wisdom in their chests, but in the face of absolute strength, those things were useless, and now there were only hundreds of soldiers in the city, and the city walls could not play any role, and that Shamoko was a famous brave general among the barbarians, so they could only stare dryly.

At this time, Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Yi suddenly said: "Big brother, according to the younger brother's opinion, I am afraid we have no other way than to surrender now." ”

And Shi Xie's second son Shi Hui on the side shouted loudly: "Uncle's words, the little nephew really dare not agree, although there are only hundreds of soldiers in my city now, but my father treats people generously on weekdays, and he is very popular with the people, as long as his father raises his arms, the people in the city will definitely serve his father, the people here are still martial, even if they let them all wave the wooden stick, they can also resist the enemy under the city gate, and my father once led the army to resist Pei Qian, even after surrendering, I am afraid that he will not be able to get his forgiveness, even if he is lucky to get his forgiveness, I am afraid this Jiaozhi." , Jiuzhen, Rinan and Hepu The four counties are no longer owned by my father and son, and can only be handed over to Liu Qi, once Prime Minister Cao Cheng is held accountable in the future, how should my father deal with it? ”

"This ......" Shi Xie couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this, although he was very afraid of the enemy army under the city, but he remembered Cao Cao's great trust in him, and remembered that he had worked hard for so many years, and finally controlled the seven counties of Jiaozhou to the four counties, once he surrendered, I am afraid that his entire family will no longer be able to divide one side in Jiaozhi, so he secretly made up his mind that this time he must fight, as long as he can defeat the other party, he will still be the prince of the divided side, if he can't fight, it is not too late to surrender.

Thinking of this, Shi Xie said: "Hui'er is right, in this case, you will hold the warrant of your father, and gather the villagers to fight the enemy, second brother, you first go to the city to negotiate with Shamoke, the longer the delay, the better, as long as we raise enough villagers, we will ensure that we can repel Shamoke." ”

After finishing speaking, Shi Xie wrote a proclamation, stamped the seal of Jiaozhi Taishou, and ordered Shi Hui to go to the city to recruit village warriors.

Shihui agreed, took the notice, and prepared to go out to post the notice and recruit villagers.

But he didn't expect Shi Yi to speak again at this time: "Big brother, you must think twice about this matter, we are recruiting ordinary village warriors, how can we compare with the elite soldiers under Shamoke?" Therefore, the younger brother expects that this time we will be defeated if we fight, and once we lead the army to resist, it will inevitably arouse the anger of Shamoke, I am afraid that when Shamoke is angry, it will be difficult for our whole clan to preserve, so although we may lose power if we surrender, but we can save our lives, and after Pei Qian's main force retreats, with the prestige of the eldest brother in Jiaozhi, as long as we raise our arms, the land of the five counties is still ours? ”

"The third brother is right." Shi Xie glanced up at Shi Yi, then at Shi Hui, and then said, "Then let's open the city and surrender." ”

Shi Hui hurriedly knelt down and said loudly: "Father, this matter is not possible, my father must not fall for the third uncle, he persuaded his father to surrender to Pei Qian, there is no good intention at all, please think about it, my father dedicated the county of Jiaozhi to Pei Qian, Pei Qian will definitely find a way to remove my father from the position of Jiaozhi Taishou, when the time comes, what will my father and son face to see the people of Jiaozhi?" And the third uncle is different, now Pei Qian's army only attacked Jiaozhi, but did not attack the third uncle's Hepu, nor did it attack the second uncle's Jiuzhen, we are defeated, the second uncle can surrender Jiuzhen, the third uncle can escape to Zhuyazhou to continue to divide the territory, even if it fails, it can also run to Zhuyazhou for refuge, and what about us? Once we lose our foothold, we father and son may become street rats and lost dogs. ”

"Well, what Hui'er said is also reasonable, so I really can't give up this Jiaozhi lightly, otherwise my father and son will indeed not be able to gain a foothold in Jiaozhi, rather than sending someone under the fence at that time, it is better to fight."

In fact, to put it bluntly, Shi Xie didn't want to give up his vested interests in Jiaozhi County at all, so he made all kinds of excuses for himself to lead the people to resist.

Cheng Bing, Xue Zong and others naturally knew Shi Xie's intentions, and also knew that the reason why Shi Hui persuaded Shi Xie like this was mainly because his father was old and would die soon. But none of these celebrities dared to tell the truth, because they were afraid that the angry Shihui would behead them all.

With the current differences between their brothers and nephews, if they stand in the wrong place, they will bring death to themselves.

So they were all silent, watching the situation change.

Although most celebrities sympathize with Shi Xie, because he will definitely lose this time, and some people even feel unbearable because Shi Xie once had kindness to him, but no one dares to stand up and say that Shi Xie's decision is wrong.

In the end, finally a scribe named Lu Zhe couldn't help it, stopped Shi Xie and said: "Lord Assassin Shi, the second son's plan is really a little inappropriate, just like what the third master said, once the lord leads the army to resist, the angry Shamo Ke will definitely kill and slaughter the adult's clan, once it is then, I am afraid that the adult will regret it too late." Therefore, according to the following opinion, it is better for the adults to open the city and surrender directly, although it is inevitable to lose the land of the five counties in the end, but it can be a stable idle, at least the feudal marquis is still no problem. ”

But I didn't expect Shihui to be really angry, and when he calmed his face and shouted: "You guys actually encouraged my father to give up his Jiaozhi that he had worked hard for many years to others for no reason, could it be a spy sent by Pei Qian?" What is the use of people like you who confuse our army's hearts? Rather than that, it's better to kill them first. ”

After finishing speaking, Shi Hui didn't wait for everyone to react, and came up and killed Lu Zhe with a sword.

"Shihui, what do you mean by that?" Shi Yi couldn't help but be furious when he saw this, stared at the blood-soaked Shi Emblem, and shouted loudly.

Shi Hui squinted at Shi Yi, and said with a faint smile: "Third uncle, little nephew, this is for the sake of our Shi family, don't you forget, how did your Hepu Taishou come from?" If you didn't have your father's recommendation, when did you think you would be able to do it with your reputation and talent, you didn't expect you to be so ungrateful, and even thought of sacrificing our father and son in exchange for your Gou An, the third uncle did this, which is really cold. ”

Shi Xie's face sank when he heard this, and he shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Come on, put Shi Yi in prison first, and don't let him out without my permission." ”

Shi Yi said loudly: "Big brother, you must think twice, this decision of yours will determine the lives of my entire clan." ”

But Shi Xie still waved his hand expressionlessly, ordered his soldiers to escort Shi Yi down, and at the same time said to the second brother Shi Qi: "Second brother, you can go to the city and drag Shamoke, and you can listen as long as you can." ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a few miserable screams, and when he raised his eyes, he suddenly found that Shi Yi actually pulled out the sword on his waist, killed him inadvertently, and then glanced in his direction, and then as if he had made a lot of determination, the sword in his hand rushed directly towards him.

Shi Xie couldn't help but be frightened in his heart, and hurriedly dodged, but because of his age, his legs and feet were a little unstable, and his body staggered, so he fell down to Shi Yi.

"Ah, not good." Shi Yi didn't really want to kill his eldest brother, Lian Shixie fell and hurriedly dodged, but it was too late, only a thud was heard, and Shi Yi's long sword pierced directly through Shi Xie's chest.

"Okay, take good care of our people......" Shi Xie's eyes widened, and he tried hard to squeeze out these words, and he was so angry.

"Big brother."

"Father."

"Uncle."

"Your Excellency."

Seeing this tragedy happening, everyone was stunned, calling Shixie's name, trying to wake him up, but they found that this qiē was all in vain, so they had to stop and silently shed tears on their faces.

"Big brother, please rest assured, the little brother will definitely keep our clansmen." Shi Yi gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then said in a deep voice: "Princes, second brothers, sons, come out of the city with me and surrender to General Sha." ”