After Xu Chang left Xu Yuanlang, he immediately found thirty or twenty trustworthy subordinates to ambush him in the council hall, and then ordered the messenger to summon the generals in the army.

At this time, it was completely dark, but the big tent was brightly lit and meticulous.

After Xu Yuanlang washed, his face was radiant, and he had a great return to light; He didn't even eat a simple dinner, and walked into the hall under the escort of three or five personal guards.

After sitting down steadily, Xu Yuanlang glanced at the group of brothers in front of him who followed him to death and were born and died.

The people who should have come have already come, because they have been in Lu County for too long, and they have long consumed the fighting spirit of these generals, and they are still at a loss as to whether to fight or surrender at the moment; On the contrary, Liu Shiche, Li Wancai, Xue Ding, Song Fengyi, Gu Zhong and others stood in one place and looked energetic, but their faces were not without anxiety and dodging.

It would be nice if these five people didn't have a plan, but never forgot to prepare for war

When Xu Yuanlang saw the mental state of these people, he sighed slightly in his heart, and realized that they had probably realized the purpose of calling them here this time.

Coughing lightly, Xu Yuanlang then got straight to the point, "At present, our grain and grass are exhausted, and the situation in Lu County is not optimistic, although I have always refused to admit it, but we are really defeated, defeated without a fight!" ”

Xu Yuanlang's voice fell, and the generals immediately looked at each other, some people looked sad, some people were at a loss, and more people suddenly relaxed; For the outcome of this battle, they may have already realized the final defeat, but they didn't expect that this would be said by Xu Yuanlang himself before the battle.

Being able to admit defeat is also a kind of courage, and while the soldiers admired Xu Yuanlang for his responsibility, his body and mind were not relaxed.

Welcoming victory is the most exciting moment, but knowing that you can't do it is only a gentleman like Mencius who will do it, and more people cherish their feathers and their own lives at the same time.

It's gratifying to use your life to create miracles, but it's the most rewarding thing to live well.

None of the generals in the hall wanted to die, and it was not gratifying to be able to avoid a battle that was very likely to kill him?

Seeing the different expressions of the generals, Xu Yuanlang said calmly, "The brothers have followed me Xu Yuanlang for so long, I feel that I have the responsibility to find a way out for you."

Hearing this, everyone was completely relieved, and some even whispered with relief, "The chief is righteous, I already knew that he would think about us."

As if he hadn't heard the following discussions, Xu Yuanlang continued without pause, "Now we still have two ways to choose, one is to defect to Feng Ang in the South China Sea, Feng Ang occupies no less territory than us in the South China Sea, but his troops are only 50,000 people; If we go to the South China Sea, there is no hope of driving out Lin Shihong, Shen Faxing, and Xiao Milling and occupying half of the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Li Wancai immediately shook his head, "Feng Ang is located in Lingnan, which has always been a place of exile for mortals, and more importantly, Su You is known as the 'South China Sea Hengbo', if we retreat to the South China Sea, we will not be able to escape the battle with Su You after all, so it is not a good strategy to defect to Feng An." ”

The generals hesitated for a while, and most of them still felt that Xu Yuanlang had a idea, and what Li Wancai said was more reasonable.

None of the generals in the hall had seen the entire map of the Great Sui territory, and in their impressions, Lu County and Lingnan were too far away, and they needed to take the existing small fishing boats to drift on the sea for a few months, could the Sea Dragon King really be able to bless them?

They have a natural fear of the Exiled Lands, and there is too much uncertainty about the sea route.

Xu Yuanlang waved his hand to pause the discussion of the people below, and then continued, "There is another way, which is Guanzhong." Now that Li Liang is making trouble in Xiliang, and Liu Wuzhou is persecuted in Hedong, Li Tang is in a difficult situation at home and abroad. If we go to support Li Yuan to drive out Liu Wuzhou at this time, the land east of Hedong is no more barren than Shandong; Even if you retreat into the customs, there is no problem with self-preservation."

Guanzhong and Lu County are not very far away, although they can't be touched, they can be seen, and a small half of the generals nodded slightly about this way out.

Li Wancai shook his head again and said, "What is the difference between Hedong and Lu County?" Now Su You's general Luo Shixin has already occupied the Jingcheng Pass of Taihang Pass that has entered Shanxi, and Su You can transfer troops into Shanxi at any time! Even if we drive away Liu Wuzhou, it will inevitably end up fighting with the Yunzhong Army, which is still the best situation; The worst case scenario is that we will become Li Tang's cannon fodder, resisting Liu Wu and Zhoujun for them, Li Yuan is cunning and cunning, how can we allow more than 100,000 of our brothers to enter the customs! ”

Xue Ding also echoed and said, "It's not so easy to enter the customs, it looks like it's about to enter winter, let's not talk about the lack of food, is the road easy to walk?" Yu Wenhua also wanted to enter the customs, and then he died"

After all, they are generals who are better with Liu Shiche, and their vision is obviously farther than more people in the hall.

Seeing that it is winter now, and because of the reality of food shortage, there is obviously no way out for large-scale migration, whether it is to Lingnan or Shanxi.

Xu Chang watched Li Wancai and Xue Ding oppose their father everywhere, and they had long regarded them as people who must be killed, so he immediately scolded, "Li Wancai! You say that this can't work, that can't work, then you can say a feasible way out! ”

"I" Li Wancai even wanted to say what he wanted, and only after hearing a light cough from Liu Shiche next to him did he realize that the person he was going to betray was in front of him.

Everyone's attention followed Liu Shiche's light cough to him, and he had no choice but to open his mouth and analyze, "The proposal of the chief manager is very constructive, and Li Wancai and Xue Ding's statements also have some truth, we might as well think about it in the long run, and it will not be too late to decide in a few days."

If it weren't for Xu Yuanlang's sudden summoning, the generals wouldn't have thought of the question of a way out, the big deal was to surrender in battle?

Everyone didn't pay attention to Liu Shiche's current negativity, Xu Chang was furious in his heart, "In a few days, our father and son will become your prisoners, if you hadn't known your calculations, this time"

Seeing his son's angry look, Xu Yuanlang also knew that it was time to start, so he immediately stood up, glanced around at everyone, and said slowly, "There is still a way to go"

Liu Shiche and the others were shocked, as if they knew what Xu Yuanlang was going to say, and they were worried that he would tell the real way out.

Liu Shiche and others want to defect to Li Jing to lead the way. The party, all it has to do is to rebel against Xu Yuanlang and enjoy the great merit of opening the door and surrendering! ――If Xu Yuanlang also chooses this path, then what is the value of their existence?

"Dead end!" Xu Yuanlang shouted angrily, and at the same time pulled out the sword in his hand.

Sadly, the axemen and archers who were supposed to appear did not show up with his shout.

However, Liu Shiche, Li Wancai and others took advantage of the situation to pull out the short blades they carried with them, and faced Xu Yuanlang and his son on the defensive, and Song Fengyi and Gu Zhong behind them also showed their weapons, and they obviously realized that their calculations had been leaked.

Xu Yuanlang was still a little surprised that the assistant who appeared did not appear, but he believed that with his combat strength, it would not be too much of a problem to kill them with a long sword against a short blade, after all, this was his home field, and there were still his henchmen in this hall.

"I am looking for a way for my brothers, but you are going to trade my head for a future. Liu Shiche, are you like this! Xu Yuanlang questioned Liu Shiche again, and at the same time slowly approached the five people with a long sword.

Liu Shiche and the others slowly retreated, but the generals in the hall still didn't know which drama was being staged.

Xu Yuanlang's henchman Feng Hu was eager to try, and asked with some puzzlement, "Chief Manager, even if General Liu and the others disagree with you, you don't need to use a knife or a gun here, right?"

Feng Hu is of course the one who is funny in the cross talk, and he is the one who performs in the double reed, and his role is to let Xu Yuanlang reveal the truth to the generals.

Xu Yuanlang wasted no time in responding, "You don't know, Liu Shiche and the others have secretly colluded with Li Jing to prepare to open the city tomorrow night, and exchange my head for the glory and wealth of a few of them!" Can the brothers agree to their wolf hearts? ”

Xu Yuanlang claimed to gather people to revolt, so naturally he should take the word "righteousness" as the head, and the people they hate the most are unrighteous people.

Maybe most of the people in the hall won't have much opinion on surrendering Li Jing, and maybe some of them want to be people like Liu Shiche, but after learning that Liu Shiche has calculated himself, they still have the same hatred as Xu Yuanlang!

Feng Hu quietly pulled out his carry-on short blade, turned around and shouted angrily at Liu Shiche, "What the chief manager said is true? ”

Of course, Liu Shiche couldn't answer this question, so he had to ask Wang Gu to talk to him, "That's not the point, I just want to know if the chief manager really thinks about these brothers?" The way out that Xu Yuanlang said is obviously for himself! These two paths are really dead ends! ”

Xu Yuanlang had thought about the two ways out he had just mentioned, but what he was most concerned about was obviously to surrender Li Jing, and the reason why he said those two strategies before was actually just to lure out Liu Shiche and prepare for killing them.

Hearing Liu Shiche's distortion of his willingness, Xu Yuanlang could only add mistakes to mistakes, and said coldly, "The lotus flower with a bright tongue can't change your sin of betraying your friends for glory"

Xu Chang also echoed and ordered, "Liu Shiche is still unrepentant when he dies, kill me!" ”

As soon as Xu Chang drank it, Liu Shiche was shocked, and couldn't help but draw his knife to face him, but he felt that the golden blade behind him was slashing, and he immediately flashed to the side with a strange scream.

Liu Shiche staggered a few steps, his hand covered his waist that had seen red, and his teeth were about to crack, "Song Fengyi, you ......"

Song Fengyi was still fighting side by side with Liu Shiche, but at this moment, there was blood on the short knife in his hand.

The blood on the knife is the blood on Liu Shiche's waist!