"The pure department of the palace in the northeast of Liaodong has captured Guangzong of Anping State, and its vanguard has crossed the border of Siji and arrived at the west bank of the lower reaches of Zhangshui, which is only a dozen miles away from Guangping City, the seat of Guangping County, and is outflanking Xiangguo City from the southeast. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Due north, Xie Aibu has successfully captured Zhongqiu County, which is less than fifty miles away from my Xiangguo City, and it may be possible to come to the city at any time."

"In late May this year, the governor of the conquest of the capital Weixiong sent a message to Qinghe, Pingyuan and other counties, claiming that all those who rebelled against Hu Lu in various places would be exterminated.

"Wei Xiong took the power of recovering the plains and Qinghe counties in early June, and defeated the two remaining armies in the top ten places, beheading more than 10,000 people."

"Ahem!" Hearing this, Zhang Bin, whose face was pale, couldn't help coughing again and again.

"Meng Sun, are you okay? Why don't you get a doctor to come and have a look? ”

Seeing Zhang Bin being tortured by his sick body and in pain, even Cheng Yao, who had been gloomy all the time, couldn't help but care about one or two.

Originally, Cheng Yao was worried that Zhang Bin would come back to fight for power with him, but who knew that after he came back, he took the initiative to express his support for him and became an important helper for him to control Xiangguo City. In addition, it is an extraordinary time now, and a resourceful person like Zhang Bin is urgently needed to give advice, so Cheng Yao cares so much about Zhang Bin.

Shi Hong, who was only about eight years old, also persuaded at this time: "Mr. is in poor health, it is better to go back and rest first." ”

Cheng Yao next to him also said in a loud voice: "Meng Sun has to be careful of his body, now the lord Shaoguo is suspicious, and the Liaodong army is moving south, and the foundation that the lord has finally laid is in turmoil, and it will overturn at any time." At this critical moment, state affairs can no longer be without Meng Sun's checks. ”

"At this time when the state is in a difficult situation, where does the minister have the heart to rest? Let's move on! ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand and rejected Shi Hong's suggestion, he had already put life and death aside, where would he agree to go home and rest.

Facing Cheng Yao and Shi Hong's worries, Zhang Bin held up his sick body and gasped and said: "My body is like this, and there is no medicine for a long time." If you can find a way to live for everyone before you die, it will not be in vain for the lord's kindness to the old man. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Bin couldn't help coughing a few more times, Cheng Yao couldn't help but be anxious when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to personally stroke his back, and finally let Zhang Bin breathe after several pats.

"Now the main force of my Qianhu has been cut into two parts, north and south, by the Liaodong Army, and gathered in the two cities of Xiangguo and Pengcheng respectively. Among them, Kui'an on the southern front has submitted a surrender table to Jiangdong in order to survive, and we are compressed and surrounded by the Liaodong Army in Xiangguo, and we may be completely annihilated by the Liaodong Army at any time. ”

Hearing this, the few remaining high-level officials of Xiangguo, such as Guo Tai, Guo Xiang, and Fu Chang, all understood the deep meaning of Zhang Bin's words, Xiangguo City had been surrounded by the Liaodong Army, and at the moment, I am afraid that there is no other choice than to defend it.

"Sima Weishuo of the Jin Dynasty used Mao Bao and Sun Wei to lead the army to coerce Huainan and the Central Plains, and suppressed Pengcheng Kui'an to move north. Then with Beigong Chun, Xie Ai, and Wei Xiong, they pressed Xiangguo from the north, east, and south, and the goal of fighting was to annihilate us and others. Wei Shuo is very good at using soldiers, and since he joined the army, he can be said to be invincible and invincible. ”

"Now as soon as he makes a move, he will beat my Zhao to pieces, which shows that there is no vanity under the fame!"

"Meng Sun, although the Great Sima Weishuo is good at fighting, the Liaodong Army under his command is also a world-famous hero. However, Xiangguo City has been operated by us for many years, not only the city is high and thick, but there are nearly 200,000 troops stationed in the city. As long as we unite as one and stick to the city with a large army, the Liaodong Army will be helpless. ”

Cheng Yao talked for a while, and suddenly realized that he might be too optimistic, so he changed his tone and said: "Of course, we can't underestimate the Liaodong Army's ability to attack fortifications, I heard that it has extremely sharp weapons, and it is known that there is no city in the world that they can't break." ”

Seeing that everyone was sad, Guo Xiang next to him couldn't hold his breath, and he turned to ask Zhang Bin, "I don't know what Meng Sun thinks?" ”

Zhang Bin glanced at Guo Xiang, and understood very much why this son of a big clan from the Guo clan in Jinyang was so impatient, the Guo family, as a family that worked hard for Qianhu, once the city was broken, it would not be exterminated by Liaodong.

He pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "Everyone, for today's plan, we can only fight to the death." We still have a glimmer of life to defend Xiangguo City, whether we take the opportunity to negotiate peace with Liaodong, or wait for the situation in the world to change greatly, we must first defend Xiangguo City. ”

With the collapse of the situation, peace talks with Liaodong are no longer an unavoidable taboo topic among everyone. On the contrary, if a decent ending can be won for everyone through negotiations, then no one will refuse whether it is the Qihu forces represented by Cheng Yao or the family forces represented by Guo Xiang and Guo Tai.

"Peace talks are naturally good, but is Liaodong willing to negotiate peace? Even if Liaodong is willing to negotiate peace, will they let the Hu people in the city go? ”

Since Cheng Yao is Shi Hong's uncle, he has been connected with the interests of the Qiang people, and he knows very well the thoughts of the Qiang people in the city. Since the news of the killing of 200,000 Xianghu in Liaodong came out, the Qihu in Xiangguo City has become panicked. Without security guarantees, no peace talks will be supported by the Kahu.

"If Liaodong agrees to limit the object of retaliation to Hu Lu only, we will not oppose peace talks, as for Hu Hu...... Hum! ”

Mrs. Guo's words did not scruple about the new Zhao Wang Shihong, which shows that at present, Mrs. Guo and Guo Xiang only care about the future of the family, and they will no longer think about it. As long as the people of Liaodong are willing to let the Guo family go, not to mention killing 200,000 Qianhu, they will kill everyone in the entire city, and they will not have any doubts.

Seeing that Mrs. Guo and Guo Xiang were so open-minded and wanted to abandon Qianhu, Cheng Yao's face was full of disbelief, is this still the Guo family who is loyal to Shi Le? Unexpectedly, Shi Le had just been captured, and Guo was going to abandon Qianhu.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Guo has such a practice, the family has always had no discipline, and is used to making wall grass, and it is generally strong to fall to that side. Seeing that the Karma Hu was about to be destroyed, the Guo clan was naturally unwilling to follow the Karma Hu to perish together, and if he could take the hundreds of thousands of Hulu in the city as a vote, the Guo clan would definitely raise his hands and agree.

"Isn't Lord Guo worried about the rebellion in the city?"

Cheng Yao couldn't help but remind: "You must know that there are as many as 300,000 people in the city, and there are as many as 100,000 Qingzhuang alone. When the time comes, before the Liaodong Army attacks the city, we ourselves will collapse first! ”

At this time, Zhang Bin stood up to ease the tense atmosphere in the hall, and he persuaded despite his physical weakness: "Everyone, I know that everyone wants to fight for a good future for themselves, but there is no need to oppose each other because of this? Doing so will only benefit the foreign enemy Liaodong, but it will not be conducive to everyone's contacts and negotiations with Liaodong. ”

"But there is one thing I agree with Lord Guo, as long as Liaodong can promise not to hurt us, those Hulu can't be sacrificed, what do you say, Lord Cheng?"

Cheng Yao refuted Guo Xiang just now, not that he cared much about Qianhu, but was really worried that it would trigger a rebellion in Hulu and lead to the collapse of the situation in Xiangguo.

Therefore, for what Zhang Bin said, he bowed his head slightly to show his approval.

"But before reaching a settlement with Liaodong, we can't leak a single rumor, otherwise, as Lord Cheng said, it is very likely to cause a riot in the city and make the situation out of control. Oh, ahem, ahem! Zhang Bin said so much in one breath that he couldn't help coughing again.

"Meng Sun is really the words of the old man to seek the country!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Guo, Guo Xiang, and Cheng Yao's faces are better-looking, and they are not as tense with each other as they were just now. Everyone nodded their heads at Zhang Bin's proposal, expressing their support for Zhang Bin. But they would never have imagined that Zhang Bin was just stabilizing everyone under the guise of peace talks, in fact, he had already made other arrangements.

Zhang Bin knew very well that Liaodong did not have any intention of negotiating peace with Xiangguo at all, and the great Sima Weishuo wanted to use the blood of the Hu Hu and traitors to wash away the shame brought to China by Hu Lu, and at the same time use this to warn future generations.

In the next few days, Zhang Bin personally dispatched 200,000 Hu and Han mixed troops to be stationed around Xiangguo, among which Ran Zhan's subordinates were arranged by him at the north gate, acting as the key to opening the city gate to welcome the Liaodong army into the city in the future.

At the same time, the Liaodong Army Weixiong, Xie Ai, and Beigong Chunbu had successively occupied Yecheng, Handan, Nanhe, and Zhongqiu, and surrounded Xiangguo from the north, east, and south.

And the great Sima Weishuo has quickly moved south from Gaoyang in the rear, and it seems that he wants to solve Xiangguo in person. (To be continued.) )