It was almost noon, Xu Tong looked up at the increasingly hot sun, opened the water bladder and poured a few mouthfuls of water, then wiped his mouth and said to Zhao Yun beside him: "How far is it from Suiping City?" ”

This Zhao Yun is the official of Zhao State who was responsible for leading the way for He Ran in the last rescue operation to rescue Mrs. Nuan Yu.

"It's less than twenty-five miles, you can see it by bypassing the forest in front, if the general thinks it's too hot, let the sergeant rest in the forest in front, and then hurry when the sun turns west." Zhao Yun replied cautiously, in the past two days of contact, he has deeply realized that the general of Yi Guo is far less easy-going than the military advisor He Ran.

Xu Tong glanced at the soldier behind him who lowered his head and lowered his head, his thick eyebrows furrowed, "um", and ordered: "Go to the front of the forest to bury the pot and make rice." ”

During the meal, Xu Tong called Zhao Yun over and asked, "Lord Zhao, who is this Suiping City Guard?" ”

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "It's Lord Shantingshan." ”

"Oh, it's him."

"The general is acquainted with it."

Xu Tong said: "It's an acquaintance, I drank wine at the same table at the Tianhe Gongshou Banquet in the past, and I had a few words of argument because of persuasion." ”

"The mountain lord doesn't like to drink, and the general naturally doesn't look happy, it must be because of this."

Xu Tong smiled and said: "My lord's guess is good, I was expelled by the first king for this quarrel, and it is nothing to lose face, but it is a pity that it is rare to drink such a good wine but only half drunk." ”

Zhao Yun laughed playfully: "Everything is precious when you can't fight for it, the general is now a very popular minister, and the wine he often drinks is worse than the wine at that birthday banquet, but I'm afraid I still feel that the wine is the most beautiful, otherwise I won't be lingering so far." ”

Xu Tong said with a smile: "What the adults said is extremely true. ”

"In fact, Shanda is also a very affectionate person, that is...... Hehe, it's just that it's not very enjoyable when drinking. Zhao Yun said a good word for Shan in a timely manner,

"At that time, I didn't have anything to do, and I was dizzy from drinking, and I didn't wonder Lord Shan, but now I think about it, I should accompany him, and I have to respect him a few bottles to make amends."

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "The general is broad-minded, and it is naturally good not to remember old grudges, but after all, it is an old thing, and the mountain lord may have forgotten it a long time ago, I think this wine of reparation will be exempted, and the general of the province will be angry when he sees him drinking." ”

Xu Tong smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't be reckless anymore, and I won't make trouble for no reason, when you get to the city, you remember to invite the mountain master out of the city, even if you don't make amends, you should meet when you get to the land of the old man, go and rest, and set off in an hour and a half." ”

Zhao Yun agreed and retreated,

The day is slightly westward, and the tired Yi army is full of spirit and marches towards Suiping City,

When it was only five miles away from the city, Xu Tongce immediately went up to a mound, looked around for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance and frowned at Zhao Yun: "My lord, look at that dense forest, how can I notice that there is a faint sword light." ”

Zhao Yun looked at it for a while, and said, "Xia Guan didn't see anything." ”

Xu Tonghu looked at him suspiciously, and then looked at the dense forest,

Zhao Yun said solemnly: "Please don't be suspicious, my king is benevolent and righteous, and will never do ghostly things, the light of the knife that the general sees may only be the light of the firewood knife in the hands of the woodcutter." ”

Xu Tong nodded slowly, his eyes slowly moved from the dense forest to the head of the city, and said uneasily: "Why are there so few defenders in the city, as far as I know, Suiping is an important place, and there will not be only such a few defenders." As he spoke, his gaze turned to the dense forest, which was self-evident, suspecting that some of the defenders had been transferred out of the forest to ambush him.

Zhao Yun secretly laughed, and said in his heart, you are far worse than your military division, He Junshi led the army across the border for thousands of miles, talking and laughing all the way, calm and calm, without the slightest suspicion, you are not suspicious, although you think so in your heart, you dare not say it directly, and laugh with a smile: "The general is too careful, my king has an order, and the cities along the way are not allowed to be organized when the general passes by, one is afraid of misunderstanding, and the other is to show sincerity, if the general is not at ease, the lower official will inform the mountain lord, and ask him to order the defenders to be listed at the head of the city." ”

Xu Tong hesitated for a moment and said: "No need, I am relieved that the adults say so, it's not that I'm suspicious, it's just that the marching military master instructed me to be cautious and careful all the way, it seems that I am too worried, which makes the adults laugh." ”

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "The commander of the army should be cautious, what the general did is reasonable, and the lower official will go and ask the mountain master to come out and catch up with the general." ”

Xu Tong nodded and said: "Okay, please urge the adults to send the grain and grass out of the city as soon as possible, and after collecting the grain and grass, you have to take advantage of the cool to hurry more, and you can't delay here for too long." ”

Zhao Yun promised to lead his entourage to ride his horse towards Suiping City,

A smile appeared on the corner of Xu Tong's mouth, and he went down the mound to summon a few generals to his side and gave a low command, and then led the army to slowly march towards Suiping City.

When he came to Suiping City, Shan Ting had already greeted him, this person was more than forty years old, and his appearance could be regarded as mighty. ”

Xu Tong got off the horse and said with a smile: "After more than ten years of farewell, adults can still remember the birthday feast on that day. ”

Shan Ting smiled slightly: "Naturally, I remember that you and I had the same official positions back then, and the general has been on the rise recently, not like me, a foolish and loyal person, who is overwhelmed." ”

Zhao Yun was shocked when he heard this, and heard that Shan Ting was ridiculing Xu Tong for betraying Zhao Guo to become a high-ranking official, and hurriedly interjected: "It's time to drink two bottles of the old time, the general went on an expedition to save the Son of Heaven, and it is an example for the courtiers of the world. And he looked at him again and again,

Shan Ting didn't say anything more, took the wine bottle handed by his entourage, raised it in his hand and looked at Xu Tong with a smile,

Xu Tong didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Shan Ting's words, took a bottle of wine and said with a smile: "Lord Zhao is too famous, come, let's drink this bottle full." ”

After drinking the wine, Xu Tong looked at the wisps of grain and grass that were constantly being transported out of the city gate, and frowned: "How long will this be delayed, it would be better to send it outside the city as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Yun didn't wait for Shan Ting to open his mouth and rushed to say: "The bandits have been rampant in the war for many years, and the mountain master is also to prevent mistakes. As he spoke, he turned to Shanting, "Please urge them to hurry up again, the general is worried about the safety of the Son of Heaven and is in a hurry, please be considerate." ”

Shan Ting wanted to say a few words, but it can be seen that Zhao Yun had to hold back his eyes, and reluctantly ordered to speed up the delivery.

The general beside Xu Tong said: "Send some people over to help, you don't need to check the number, receive it as soon as possible, just enough to eat the next supply city." ”

Shan Ting frowned, wanting to stop it, he could see Xu Tong's impatient expression, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Yun with a little hesitation, seeing that Zhao Yun secretly waved his hand and shook his head at himself, he had to give up,

More than 1,000 Yi soldiers ran forward to receive grain and grass, and saw that some of them were close to the city gate, Shan Ting was alert, and was just about to speak, when he suddenly saw a fast horse galloping over, and the person who came to Xu Tong rolled the saddle and dismounted and said something in a low voice, only to see Xu Tong's face immediately changed,

Zhao Yun saw him with tiger eyes wide and gritted his teeth and glared at him, squeezed out a smile and said, "Why does the general look at the lower officials like this." ”

Xu Tong suddenly withdrew his sword in his hand and shouted: "The Zhao people deceived me and took the city." ”

Zhao Yun was so frightened that his soul flew away, and he said hurriedly: "I can't help it, I hope the general will explain something, how can we deceive." ”

Xu Tong said with a smile: "You still ask me, I have to report that Xiping withdrew the siege of the capital a few days ago, but you lie that the capital is being attacked day and night, what is the reason, it is nothing more than the ambition of the wolf to lure my army into an ambush, yes and no." ”

"How can there be such a thing, the general must not mistakenly believe the rumors, please stop the army quickly, lest it get out of control." Zhao Yun was so anxious that he was about to cry, he really didn't know the inside story, and Zhao Min had even deceived him in this regard.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shan Ting immediately wanted to flee back to the city, but as soon as he got on the horse, he was pulled down by Yi Jun, and all the entourage officials were captured. ”

Xu Tong sneered: "You are unkind to me, who is ill-intentioned, you should ask King Zhao first, if you want to come to Xiping to withdraw the siege, it is not something that you, a small city guard, can know, justice is in the hearts of the people, sooner or later you will know one day." As he spoke, he turned to Zhao Yun, "Lord Zhao, you won't know about this." ”

Zhao Yun said with a crying voice: "This must be a rumor, the general can't believe it, please put away the soldiers and horses immediately, and I will definitely give the general an explanation when I find out the reason, don't fall for the traitor's tricks and cause the two countries to lose peace." ”

Xu Tong snorted coldly: "The news is accurate for our side, it is your king who wants to do the trick, is this reason not clear, what ability do you have to give me an explanation, can you take it." ”

Shan Ting, who was tied together, said with fire in his eyes: "Blood spurts people, you unrighteous thieves who betray the Lord will not die well." ”

Xu Tong glanced at him and said: "Ignorant pawn, I'm too lazy to bother with you, I won't take your life, I'll let you go in a while, let you and Lord Zhao go to your king to ask for clarification, find out the truth, if you still have a little blood, kill yourself, with such a king, I am ashamed of you." After saying that, he ignored their cries and angry scolding, and concentrated on commanding the siege.

Although Suiping is a strong city, it can be taken in less than half an hour in the case of surprise, Xu Tongzhi is not killing, but in order to block the news of the city, the four gates are closed, and the words are released, and the city will be opened tomorrow afternoon. ”

Sui Ping is more than 100 miles away from the country of Yi, the people have long admired the new policy of the country of Yi, and sometimes there are people who have fled into the country of Yi privately, and now the army of Yi has really come to the beginning of the inevitable panic, it can be seen that after the army of Yi entered the city, the autumn did not commit any crime and gradually settled down, most of the people in the city decided to stay, and those people who were oppressed on weekdays were crying with tears, offering food and wine to reward the soldiers,

Xu Tong did not enter the city, only left 3,000 men and horses to pacify the people and defend the city, and the rest of the men and horses were divided into two parts, according to the pre-planned division of the nearby cities, the soldiers were fast, the key to this battle is this,