A few people came to the front of the Chinese military tent, Kong Youde had already led several generals under his command to wait for a long time, and when he saw Xie Lian and a few people coming, he immediately greeted him, "My lord is really honored to come in person, my lord has worked hard all the way, and I have prepared a little wine, and I invite you to appreciate it!" ”

Xie Lian was anxious and hurriedly said, "There's no need to drink, this trip is very important, let's get down to business first!" Father-in-law! Read the decree first! The little eunuch next to him immediately took out the holy decree and prepared to read it. Seeing this, Kong Youde and the others immediately knelt on the ground and waited for the holy decree. The little eunuch unfolded the holy decree and read aloud, "Carried by heaven, the emperor said..."

After the holy decree was read, Xie Lian opened his mouth and said, "Master Kong, you have also heard the emperor's will, and you have already allowed your appeasement to the imperial court!" Master Kong has any other requests, and I will convey them to the imperial court on my behalf! ”

Seeing this, Kong Youde immediately spoke: "Lord Xie, there are some small requests from all of you, I hope the court can agree, can you allow us to discuss!" ”

"Alright! You guys as soon as possible! Let's wait here for a while, Master Kong has finished discussing and will go to the city with me to restore your life!" Xie Lian agreed

Kong Youde confessed and took his subordinates to the camp tent to discuss, and as soon as he entered the tent, Kong Youde said: "It will be carried out according to the plan for a while, ninety percent of you will lead people to ambush near the city gate, once we deceive the city gate, we will immediately enter and quickly occupy the city gate." Sometimes you bring people to answer, and after occupying the city gate, the army quickly attacks the city and strives to take Laizhou in one fell swoop! Li Jiucheng and several generals said in unison. Kong Youde pretended to discuss and stayed in the tent for a while, and then went out to meet Xie Lian.

"My lord! I know what everyone means after the discussion, and I will discuss the specific requirements when I get to the city, this is not the place to speak, since the adults don't want to stay in the camp for a long time, then let's hurry up! Kong Youde said cautiously to Xie Lian

Xie Lian did not doubt that he said yes, and the four of them set off for Laizhou City with Kong Youde and more than a dozen of his own soldiers. Along the way, Kong Youde carefully accompanied the four people to talk, try to dispel the suspicion of the four, half an hour later several people have approached the city gate, Kong Youde saw the city gate close in front of his eyes and couldn't help but feel excited, when he was close to the city gate fifty steps, Kong Youde made a look at the soldiers, the soldiers immediately understood, stepped forward to catch the four people, Xie Lian and a few people were caught immediately without warning, the stunned few people did not know the situation, and couldn't help but look at Kong Youde, between Kong Youde said to the soldiers with a hideous face, "Go and occupy the city gate!" "The four of them suddenly have a deception!

At this time, Zhu Danian reacted quickly, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately roared loudly towards the city: "There is fraud!" Close the gates! Kong Youde reacted after a few sounds, and Kong Youde, who was embarrassed and angry, took out the knife of the soldier next to him and stabbed Zhu Danian in the abdomen! The sound of the weapon entering the flesh sounded, and Zhu Danian suddenly spilled blood from the corner of his mouth, but despite his injuries, he was still shouting, "Close the city gate!" "Until I couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground, without breathing! Xie Lian's eyes were about to crack when he saw this, but he was caught, and there was no way but to watch Zhu Danian being killed on the spot, and his heart couldn't help but be full of remorse, he didn't listen to the advice and killed Zhu Danian, looking at Zhu Danian who was slowly falling, Xie Lian burst into tears, raised his head and glanced at Kong Youde fiercely, and shouted loudly: "Close the city gate!" ”

At this time, Liu Fan had already been waiting in the city for a long time, and because he was too far away to see the situation of several people, he just saw Xie Lian and Kong Youde coming to the city gate from a distance, and thought that Kong Youde was really going to surrender! I still wondered if it was my butterfly effect that caused Kong Youde to change his mind, and when he was wondering, he suddenly heard Zhu Danian's heart-rending roar: "Close the city gate!" Liu Fan realized that they had really been deceived! Hurriedly shouted at his subordinates: "Close the city gate!" Just looked down, and saw Zhu Danian falling to the ground with a knife in his body, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and Xie Lian was also screaming loudly! Immediately knew what was going on, and there was a sharp pain in my heart, these two friends were still arrested, and I knew that I would stop them from going out if I said anything. Enduring his grief, Liu Fan yelled: "Kong Youde! If you dare to hurt Lord Xie, don't think about entering Laizhou City for the rest of your life! After that, he shouted, "Prepare for battle!" Don't let any of the rebels into the city! ”

At this time, Kong Youde, who was underground, saw that the city gate was closed, and his heart was suddenly furious, and he walked towards Xie Lian with a knife, and slashed at the two little eunuchs, until he cut more than a dozen knives, and the two fell in a pool of blood before calming the anger in his heart, and seeing that the plan was discovered, it was impossible to deceive the city gate, so he remembered his situation, and hurriedly pulled Xie Lian as a hostage and retreated towards the outside of the city!

At this time, although Liu Fan, who was at the city gate, had the opportunity to kill Kong Youde, he was worried that he would jump over the wall and pull Xie Lian's back, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to watch them retreat calmly!

The failure of the deception made Kong Youde angry, and Kong Youde, who returned to the camp, immediately ordered a storming of Laizhou City. The rebels who got the order began to attack the city, the army surged like locusts, and the siege battle that lasted for half a month was staged again, Liu Fan, who had been prepared, took the army to stick to the city, and the battle lasted from morning to afternoon. After half a month of fighting, the besieging soldiers also knew that the defenders were not easy to mess with, so they just dealt with things hastily, and the casualties on both sides of this siege battle with heavy thunder and rain were not large, just like a routine battle.

That night, Liu Fan urgently summoned the remaining officials of Laizhou City to announce the news that Xie Lian had been captured and Zhu Danian had been killed. Liu Fan looked at the excited crowd underground and knew that few of them were sincere, it was just a routine act! In fact, they wish that both of them were dead, so that they could have a chance to take the position if they vacated the position! So Liu Fan didn't pay attention to it and said directly: "Now that the two adults are dead, and the dragons in the city are leaderless, the top priority is to elect a respected elder to continue to lead us to hold on to Laizhou City!" What do you think? ”

Hearing Liu Fan's words, there was a lot of discussion, but no one spoke first, they were not stupid and the three main officials died in a row, and now they are going up to the top thunder, although the official position is important and there is no small life, it is also a mirror, so no one answered for a while. After a long time, an official said cautiously, "Lord Liu, as the commander of the army hand-picked by His Majesty, is trusted by His Majesty, and he should be responsible for this important task and lead everyone to hold the city!" I elect Lord Liu to act as the temporary commander! The officials below lit up and echoed it.

Liu Fan didn't shirk when he saw this, after all, he didn't feel at ease when he handed over the city to them, it was better to be sure of the power in his hands, so Liu Fan said, "Since everyone trusts Liu, then I will temporarily take over the position of commander first!" Now the top priority is to report the news of the death of the three adults to the imperial court and ask for reinforcements to relieve the siege of Laizhou! This official will send someone to sneak out of the city to deliver the news! Since everyone believes in Liu, I hope that you will do your best to help defend Laizhou City! When the time comes, I will ask you for credit in front of Your Majesty! "Everyone said yes!

Liu Fan sent everyone back, called Wang Yong, the brocade guard, told him about the matter, and then handed him his own official seal and asked him to take him out of the city to deliver the news!