The clever idea of using the coercion of the Great Yuan Sangong to lure the Xuzhou army to retreat is, of course, from the hands of Yan Xiang, the think tank of the Huainan Army - in exchange for the little Yuan Sangong, except for the stupid direct begging for the half-brother whose appetite is deeper than the bottomless pit to be wantonly blackmailed, I really can't think of such a clever idea of taking advantage of the situation to suppress people. However, it is a pity that although Yan Zhu Bo is clever, his clever plan was based on mistakes from the beginning, so after some negotiations, poor Yan Zhu Bo could only return to Shouchun City in disgrace and report the self-defeating news to Xiao Yuan Sangong.

The result was just as Tao Ying expected, when he listened to the reply of the Xuzhou army brought back by Yan Xiang, the little Yuan Sangong who was very inward-looking was stunned for a full five minutes, and then he burst into a rage, "Little thief! Thief! Tao Ying, an arrogant thief, dared to threaten to capture Lone's Shouchun and take down Lone's head?! Okay, let him come, I want to see if this thief has this ability?! ”

"His subordinates are incompetent, not only did they not persuade Tao Ying to retreat, but they also humiliated the lord, and his subordinates deserve death!" Yan Xiang confessed his guilt and warned: "Lord, Tao Ying's thief threatened to break through Feishui in three days and take Shouchun in ten days. ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong's face was very ugly, and after a while, he reluctantly nodded, and said: "Yan Gong is reasonable, Gu will order Liang Gang, Lei Bo and Liu Wei, the three generals, to let them defend the Feishui defense line with all their might, and not take a step back." As for persuading Tao Ying to retreat, he can't blame Yan Gong, because the thief is too hateful and has nothing to do with Yan Gong. ”

Yan Xiang clasped his fists and saluted, thanking Xiao Yuan Sangong for not being held accountable, and Yuan Yin on the side said cautiously: "Lord, the matter has come to this, does the lord need to prepare for the worst, send the envoy to Jizhou as soon as possible, and ask Yuan Benchu to mediate and force Tao Ying to withdraw the army?" ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong didn't speak, and he didn't make up his mind, Yan Xiang, Yuan Yin, Jin Shang and others exchanged glances with each other, and suddenly knelt down on their knees to Xiao Yuan Sangong, and said in unison: "Lord, the matter has come to this, please don't be stingy with things outside your body like the jade seal of the country, asking for help from Yuan Shao is already the only way for our army to retreat now!" If the lord is stingy with the jade seal, and the whole territory of Huainan falls into the hands of pottery thieves, where will the lord settle down, and how will the business of the king prosper? Please also make up your mind quickly, do not hesitate, delay for a long time, and miss the last good opportunity to retreat from the enemy! ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong's face became more and more ugly, and he glanced at the several loyal ministers under his command for a long time before he said weakly: "Do you think that Gu didn't want to send a messenger to plead with Yuan Shao earlier?" As early as when Tao Ying's thief broke through the Huai River, Lone had already moved this idea, and Lone was not reluctant to pass on the jade seal of the country, but Lone knew the concubine too well, and his appetite was many times greater than Tao Ying's thief! Asking him to come forward to mediate the war is not the same as sending a bamboo pole to the door and asking him to knock on it?! ”

"Lord, it is unlikely that Yuan Benchu will be satisfied with just a jade seal, but we have no other way at the moment." Yuan Yin said with a sad face: "Tao Ying's thieves are sharp, and it can only take a few hours to break through Huaishui, how much time can Feishui Xiaohe block Tao Thief, in fact, we all know it in our hearts!" Shouchun is surrounded by water on all sides, surrounded by Feishui, Drainage, Shaobi Lake and Huaishui, once the Feishui defense line is broken, Shouchun is immediately a lonely city with no way out, if the lord does not make up his mind early, I am afraid that I can't do it if I want to retreat to the hinterland of Huainan! ”

To tell the truth, Xiao Yuan Sangong's heart did not waver, it was fake, but when he thought of handing over the jade seal that represented the destiny of heaven, Xiao Yuan Sangong, who dreamed of being the emperor, was distressed like a knife, hesitated and just shirked, and muttered: "Although the words are reasonable, but the time is too late, it will take at least fifty days to go back and forth from Shouchun to Jizhou, and then delay a little, there will be no two months to get off the ......, the Feishui defense line, can it last for two months?" ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong's words of evasion are to the point, resourceful as Yan Xiang, Jin Shang and others were all dumbfounded by Xiao Yuan Sangong's questions - now even if Xiao Yuan Sangong pulls down his face and bows to Big Yuan Sangong, it will take at least two months to hope to win Yuan Shao to mediate, but can the Feishui Defense Line and Shouchun City hold out for two months? In case Shouchun was broken by the Xuzhou army during this period, and the head of the little Yuan Sangong was also cut off by the Xuzhou army, then even if the big Yuan Sangong was successfully asked to mediate, what role could it play?

When Yan Xiang and Yuan Yin and others were hesitating, a herald suddenly came in outside the hall, and he still attached it to Yuan Yin's ear and whispered a few words, Yuan Yin no longer hesitated this time, and hurriedly played to Xiao Yuan Sangong: "My lord, Mr. Song Kai and Song Bei'an from Jizhou are here again, or disguised as a patrol soldier of the Xuzhou thief army, saying that there is a confidential military information to report to the lord, please meet the lord immediately." ”

"Song Kai? Classified military intelligence? Xiao Yuan Sangong was a little confused, a little confused why the eldest brother was suddenly so good to himself, but he couldn't help Xiao Yuan Sangong think too much, so he could only quickly order: "Please, prepare a banquet quickly, and entertain Mr. Bei'an!" Over there, Yan Xiang, Jin Shang and the others also looked at each other, and they couldn't understand why Song Kai went and returned, and came back so quickly?

Waiting nervously for a long time, Song Kai, who was wearing Xuzhou soldier clothes, was finally invited in, as soon as he entered the hall, Song Kai immediately saluted in front of Xiao Yuan Sangong, and without waiting for Xiao Yuan San to ask publicly, Song Kai took the initiative to say anxiously: "Yuan Gong, the big thing is not good, the villain found out the news in the Xuzhou camp, the Xuzhou army has given up the debate of attacking Shouchun first or attacking Liyang first to meet Liu Xuan's northward journey, and decided to rush to the fertilizer and water at any cost and attack Shouchun!" At present, the Xuzhou army has begun to prepare for the forced crossing war, and it is estimated that the Xuzhou army may be able to rush to cross the Feishui tomorrow! ”

"Are you really here to report on the classified military information?" Xiao Yuan Sangong and Yan Xiang were dumbfounded, and after glancing at each other, Xiao Yuan Sangong hesitated and asked, "Mr. Bei'an, what did you say?" Can you say that again? ”

"Gong Yuan, the Xuzhou army is about to attack Shouchun!" said it so loudly that little Yuan Sangong hadn't heard it clearly, Song Kai was naturally so anxious that he stomped his feet, and hurriedly said: "Yuan Gong may not know, the reason why the Xuzhou army did not decide to rush to Feishui in the first two days is because the Xuzhou army has a dispute within the Xuzhou army to attack Shouchun and go south to meet Liu Xuan, some people suggest that Shouchun should be taken first and then go south, and some people think that Shouchun City is strong and urgent, and it is recommended that Tao should leave an army to contain Shouchun, and the main force should go south to meet Liu Mian to cross the river and go north, and use Liu Xuan's power to contain Yuan Gong's Lujiang team, Then go back and take Shouchun with peace of mind! ”

Song Kai's introduction of the internal tactical dispute of the Xuzhou army is in line with the principle of the soldiers, so I can't help but Xiao Yuan Sangong doesn't believe it, Yan Xiang also nodded again and again, and Song Kai wiped the sweat on his face and said: "Originally, Tao Ying had been hesitating, and he couldn't make up his mind whether to take Shouchun first, or go south to meet Liu Xian's crossing of the river. But more than two hours ago, Tao Ying's thief didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine or what had happened, so he suddenly made up his mind, ordered the whole army to fight, prepared to rush to Feishui, and also transferred the sailors stationed at Xia Cai Wharf to participate in the battle! The villain didn't dare to slack off when he found out the news, so he quickly changed his clothes and mixed out of the Xuzhou military camp, and crossed the river to report to Yuan Gong! ”

The news that the Xuzhou army was preparing to rush to cross Feishui, Xiao Yuan Sangong had already learned from Yan Xiang's mouth, and what this would get from Song Kai's mouth was only confirmation, of course, Xiao Yuan Sangong was not surprised by this, but what made Xiao Yuan Sangong puzzled was another point, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mr. Bei'an, you are just Gu's brother's minister, Lone has no favor to you, such a major military situation, why did Mr. take the risk of crossing the river to inform Yu Gu?" ”

"This ......." Song Kai's smooth face also showed some hesitation, and he pondered for a while before he said hesitantly: "I don't know if Duke Yuan has ever heard of the ...... in my lord's mansion, the dispute between brothers in the mansion, and the eldest son and the third son of my lord often ...... each other behind their backs and stabbed each other in order to compete for favor?" ”

"Mr. Bei'an is the son of Xiansi (Yuan Tan)?" Yan Xiang was so smart that he immediately guessed Song Kai's position in the Yuan brothers' party struggle, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Song Kai turned his head into a chicken pecking rice, smiled again, and said: "Lord Yan Bo is really smart, the villain is indeed the eldest son's person, the eldest prince's henchman Mr. Guo Tu Guo Gongze, or the villain's cousin-in-law, but the eldest prince and sister-in-law did not let the villain disclose this relationship in order not to let the third prince say anything nepotism." Otherwise, the lord sent an envoy south this time, and the third prince would never agree to the lord sending a villain to Xuzhou - Tao Ying's thief was not only the third prince's brother-in-law, but also gave Lu Wenhou's red rabbit horse to the third prince, and now the third prince and Tao Ying's thief are intimate. ”

"Oops!" Xiao Yuan Sangong suddenly screamed, startling Song Kai. But fortunately, Xiao Yuan Sangong not only did not order the guards to push Song Kai down and behead him, but also ran down the hall in person, and while personally picking up Song Kai, he said with a smile on his face: "It turns out that Mr. Bei'an is the person of Yuan Tan, the nephew of the lonely sage, why didn't Mr. say it earlier?" If Gu Zao knew the true identity of Mr., how could he let the people below snub Mr.? Mr. hurry up, Lone has ordered someone to prepare a banquet, just to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Mr., and thank Mr. for his warning by the way. ”

The detailed internal annihilation under the command of Xiao Yuan Sangong is not all waste, and the dispute between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers has long been known to everyone in Huainan, so when they heard Song Kai's identity, not only Xiao Yuan Sangong was ecstatic, but Jin Shang Yuan Yin and other Huainan loyal ministers were also overjoyed, and hurriedly flocked to Song Kai like the stars holding the moon, saluting and greeting, and the affection was as if they were seeing relatives. Song Kai explained: "The reason why the villain didn't have a self-preservation identity last time was because the villain didn't know Yuan Gong's attitude towards the eldest son, and was afraid that Yuan Gong would be inclined to the third son, and the villain was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he ......." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Xiao Yuan Sangong interrupted Song Kai's plea with a smile, and said with a smile on his face: "As for Lone's attitude towards Xian Sixian's nephew, Mr. Bei'an is really joking, Xian Sixian's nephew is the son of the main room, Lone's nephew, how can he be compared to Yuan Shang who was born in the steproom?" In Lonely's heart, there is only such a nephew! ”

"Thank you Duke Yuan, if the eldest son of my family knows that Duke Yuan treats him like this, he will definitely be very happy." Song Kai thanked him without a word, and said with a smile: "In fact, the eldest son of my family also has great respect for your uncle Yuan Gong, this time Tao Ying's little thief committed Huainan, and the eldest prince tried his best to stop it in front of the lord, but it is a pity that Yuan Shang'er coveted Tao Ying's thief's bribe, and tried his best to encourage the lord to support Tao Ying's thief to invade Huainan, and my lord's step-room, Liu, also blew the pillow wind in front of the lord, and my lord's father was confused for a while, so he agreed to allow Tao Ying's thief to send troops to Huainan. ”

Speaking of this, Song Kai lowered his voice again and said: "My eldest son also wants the villain to secretly play Yuan Gong, after the persuasion of my eldest son, Mr. Xin George, and the villain's sister-in-law, my lord has begun to regret conniving at Tao Ying's thief's legacy of raising tigers, and has also begun to resent Tao Ying's thief's attempt to annex Huainan's rich land of money and grain. In addition, my eldest son also secretly ordered the villain to arrive in Huainan, be sure to secretly assist Yuan Gong to resist Tao Ying's thief, so please rest assured that if Tao Ying's thief makes a move in the future, the villain will definitely find a way to inform Yuan Gong! ”

"Good! Good! Thank you, sir, please tell Lone's virtuous nephew Xiansi, his nephew, Lone is recognized! Xiao Yuan Sangong laughed so much that he couldn't even close his mouth, and quickly personally carried Song Kai to the table and sat down, and ordered the guards to serve a banquet, and Song Kai had a good time, Yan Xiang and Yuan Yin and others were accompanied, and they were very respectful to Song Kai's words, and they also talked with Song Kai very happily.

After three rounds of drinking, Song Kai took the initiative to say to Xiao Yuan Sangong: "Yuan Gong, the villain still has to say a word for the villain's errand on this trip, my lord does have the intention of restraining Tao Ying from annexing Huainan by the thief, and I also ask Duke Yuan to make up his mind as soon as possible, and send an envoy to Jizhou to ask for peace with my lord and ask my lord to come forward to mediate the war." Please rest assured that at that time, the eldest son of my family will definitely try his best to help Yuan Gong persuade the lord to come forward to mediate the war in Huainan, and force the Tao Ying thief to return the Huainan land and city he has won, so that this little thief will waste troops, money and food, and finally get nothing! ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong played with the bronze wine lord and refused to speak, and only said after a while: "Mr. Bei'an, I have something to ask you, I hope Mr. can tell you the truth - that brother Lone, is he really only satisfied with a jade seal of the country?" ”

"This ......." Of course, Song Kai didn't dare to confirm the traces at once, and hesitated for a moment before replying: "Back to Yuan Gong, don't say that the villain doesn't know about this matter, even the eldest son of my family doesn't know, the only thing that the eldest prince and the villain know is that the reason why my lord allowed Tao Ying to enter Kou Huainan is that the biggest purpose is to ...... and forgive Yuan Gong's crimes, and the biggest purpose is to force Yuan Gong to pass on the national jade seal for the crime of disrespect before Yuan Gong. As for the rest, my father-in-law didn't really care. ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong stopped talking again, Yan Xiang and Yuan Yin and others next to him were anxious, Jin Shang was more bold, and said carefully: "Lord, give it a try, as long as Ben Chu Gong can come forward to mediate and force Tao Ying to return the land and city of Huainan, any conditions can be discussed." ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong felt sorry for the jade seal and refused to make up his mind casually, and Song Kai over there also said carefully: "Yuan Gong, the villain still has a presumptuous word, no matter whether Yuan Gong decides to ask my father-in-law to mediate, Yuan Gong, you can't stay here in Shouchun." ”

"Why?" Xiao Yuan Sangong finally spoke, and asked in surprise: "If you don't stay in this Shouchun City, how can you stay?" ”

"Where is Yuan Gong accommodating, this question cannot be answered by the villain." Song Kai shook his head and said sincerely: "But the villain is still the same sentence, Yuan Gong must not stay in Shouchun City, he must avoid his edge and find another place to settle down temporarily." Once Shouchun is surrounded by the Xuzhou thief army, Yuan Gong, it's too late for you to regret it, even if my lord agrees to mediate, I'm afraid it's too late. ”

"Avoiding its edge? Looking for a place to live? ”

Although Yang Hongchangshi, who came up with this bad idea for Xiao Yuan Sangong in history, is now surnamed Tao, but when he heard Song Kai put forward this bad idea, Xiao Yuan Sangong, who was worried about the imminent siege of the Xuzhou army, still had his eyes lit up, and said in his heart: "Yes, why should Lone stay in this Shouchun Lonely City and wait for death, wouldn't it be better to temporarily transfer to the hinterland of Huainan?" As long as you temporarily avoid the edge of the Xuzhou thief army and keep the golden branches and jade leaves of Lone, it will be a big deal to temporarily bow your head to the concubine slave in the future, and the power of the concubine can also drive the Tao Ying thief out of Huainan? ! ”

"My lord, Mr. Bei'an's words are worth considering." Yuan Yin couldn't help but speak: "The lord temporarily led an army to withdraw to the hinterland of the Lujiang River, leaving an army to guard Shouchun, and at the same time sent a messenger to Yuan Benchu to sue for peace, asking Yuan Benchu to mediate and force Tao Ying's thieves to return the land and city of Huainan, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" The lord not only won the time to invite Yuan Benchu to mediate, but also avoided the edge of Tao Ying's thief and ensured that everything was safe! ”

Yan Xiang frowned and didn't speak, it's not that Yan Xiang thinks Song Kai is talking nonsense, but Yan Xiang knows very well that if Xiao Yuan Sangong abandons Shouchun and flees at this time, then no matter how many troops are left to guard Shouchun, the Shouchun defenders will definitely be demoralized and unable to last for a long time, once Shouchun falls, not only will a large amount of money and grain hoarded in Shouchun City inevitably fall into the hands of the Xuzhou army, and if you want to recapture Shouchun, the first important town in Huainan, you can only count on Yuan Sangong to help. So after hesitating again and again, Yan Xiang still carefully reminded: "Lord, although it is a good idea to avoid the edge for the time being, but the lord is leaving before the battle, I am afraid that the blow to the morale of the army will be great." ”

"It doesn't matter." Yuan Yin said confidently: "As long as Brother Benchu can come forward to mediate, even if Shouchun falls temporarily, he will have a chance to get it back." Besides, Shouchun City is strong, as long as the remaining guards are resolutely defended, they may not be able to hold on until the original brother comes forward to mediate and force Tao Ying's thief to withdraw from Huainan! ”

"It's not that easy." Yan Xiang hesitated and shook his head, and said: "The city of three miles, the Guo of seven miles, the ring attack is not victorious, because the time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. Once the military spirit is loose, once the morale is neat, the Shouchun city is strong, and then the city is high and deep, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend. ”

"Lord Yan's words are also reasonable, the villain just suggested, if you say something wrong, please don't blame Yuan Gong." Song Kai, who was born as a fortune teller, is best at wanting to capture the old man, so he deliberately said to the little Yuan Sangong: "If the Ming Duke is unwilling to leave Shouchun, then please send Yuan Gong to send his henchmen north to Jizhou as soon as possible, and negotiate peace with the lord of my family on behalf of the Duke of Ming, so that the lord can come forward to mediate the war." Otherwise, once the Xuzhou thief army breaks through the siege of Feishui on all sides, not only will Ming Gong not be able to get out of danger, but I am afraid that he will be the messenger who contacts our lord, and I am afraid that he will not be able to cross the Huai River that has been controlled by the Xuzhou thief army. ”

Hearing Song Kai's words, Xiao Yuan Sangong's pupils, who were nervously calculating, suddenly contracted violently, and this thought also came to his heart, "Lone must go!" Lone temporarily left Shouchun's place of death and kept the body of the golden branch and jade leaf, even if Shouchun is lost, there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future. But if Lone is trapped in Shouchun, he can't even send a messenger for help, and if there is anything wrong in Shouchun City, then everything will be over! ”

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Lord Song Kai, the No. 2 diplomatic liar of the Xuzhou army, did not return to the Xuzhou camp until the next day when it was light, and Lu Su, who had waited for a night without sleep, was overjoyed, and did not send someone to the back account to report Tao Ying, so he immediately personally greeted the door of the Chinese army camp, and as soon as he met Song Kai, he couldn't wait to ask: "How?" Did it work out? ”

Song Kai smiled happily and replied in a low voice: "Yu Junshi, the lord is too clever, after listening to the villain's words, Yuan Shupifu immediately decided to lead 30,000 defenders to retreat to Lujiang, leaving Yuan Si and Liang Gang and others to defend the lonely city of Shouchun." Last night, there was a night of tossing in Shouchun City, that is, Yuan Shupifu was preparing to lead the army to retreat, at this time, Yuan Shupifu should have quietly opened the west gate of Shouchun, and led the 30,000 troops to retreat to the river to escape for their lives! ”

"It's done!" Lu Su was overjoyed, and quickly took Song Kai's hand and said, "Go, go and ask the Lord for justice!" ”

Of course, Song Kai couldn't ask for such a good thing, but when Lu Su and Song Kai hurried to Tao Ying's bedroom, Tao Ying was still asleep on the marching bed, Lu Su was dressed and was about to come up to wake up Tao Ying, but our deputy director Tao said a dream that Lu Su and Song Kai couldn't understand............ "Comrade, sign it, the developer has written it very clearly in the contract, as long as you temporarily move out to live for a period of time, the developer will give you 200,000 compensation, and then wait for the new building to be built, Can you move back to live in a clean and beautiful commercial house, or an elevator room, and you have money to live in and a new house, where can you find such a good thing in the world? Sign it, sign this contract, and the elevator room of 200,000 and 120 square meters is yours. ”

“…… What the? Don't sign? Don't move? Who is the city manager, did the bulldozer drive? Drive the bulldozer over and hit the wall of this nail house for me first! The water was cut off, the wires were cut, and the sewers were dug for me! ”

(To be continued)