Early the next morning, the defenders on the city wall were surprised to find that the Daqian army, which had surrounded the city for several days without moving, finally began to move, and more than 20 horsemen came to the city of Xiangyang, one of the knights carried a yellow dragon flag with a white background on his shoulder.

The group stopped outside the range of the archers, and one of them shouted, "Please report to General Guo, and say that the Holy Lord wants to see him." ”

The defenders in the city didn't know what Li Guanqi was going to do, so they hurriedly went to inform Guo Meng, Guo Meng was also shocked when he heard it, knowing that Li Guanqi had finally started to act, but he couldn't figure out what Li Guanqi could do with only twenty people brought over, did he want to persuade himself to surrender?

Guo Meng is so cranky, while coming to the city tower, many years of experience in defending the city, let him develop a cautious habit, at this moment naturally did not dare to open the city to see Li Guanqi, maybe as soon as his city gate is opened, countless big cadres will suddenly emerge? Thinking of this, Guo Meng asked loudly on the city tower, "What are you doing here?" ”

Li Guanqi pointed at Guo Meng on the horse and said, "Is it General Guo?" ”

"It's marked!" Guo Meng said angrily.

"Are your soldiers on the walls and in the doors?" Li Guanqi continued to say with a smile.

"Not bad!" Guo Meng couldn't understand what Li Guanqi was asking for, so he had to answer truthfully, so as to respond to all changes.

"That's good! That's good! Li Guanqi's tone was full of comfort, paused for a moment, and continued to laugh loudly, "General Guo! It's not a big deal for me to come over! I'm just here to say hello to you, and by the way, see how you're prepared! Because I'm about to start the siege! ”

"I'm ready." Guo Meng was unwilling to be weak in front of the army. "Just waiting for you to attack."

"That's very good, wait until the day the city is broken, and I and General Guo will talk to each other again. General Guo, Hou Jiayin. After Li Guanqi finished speaking, he returned to his horse, leaving only Guo Meng with a puzzled face, and a group of defenders with complicated expressions.

Gan Tianming came at a trot, he had already heard the news, and said with an anxious face: "General! Why are you so realistic? Hit the trick! We've been tricked! ”

Guo Meng asked with a puzzled face: "My city is not open either." People haven't gone down, which one of them? ”

Gan Tianming saw that Guo Meng hadn't woken up yet, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Lian Lian shook his head and said, "There was a big problem with your conversation just now. Li Guanqi deliberately said those ambiguous words, in order to lead you to answer! ”

"I didn't say anything!" Guo Meng still looked puzzled, "Except for letting him know that the soldiers who are in charge of the city defense are all my soldiers, I haven't leaked any secrets." ”

"General! You're a fan of the authorities! Gan Tianming said with a long sigh. We are bystanders. Your conversation just now is in our ears. Not only is it not like the two of them are arguing, but it is more like they are conspiring to seize Xiangyang City. ”

"Really?" Guo Meng no longer has a political mind, and he was a little stunned when he heard this, but in retrospect, it was indeed the same thing, and he scolded suddenly, "Despicable!" He is a dignified emperor, and he would use such despicable means! Is...... It's hard to get into the hall of elegance! ”

Gan Tianming smiled bitterly: "The two armies are fighting!" Do everything, where to talk about what is despicable and not despicable! The general should go and explain it to the lord! Lest there be any misunderstanding! ”

"Don't go! Don't go! Guo Meng said with a stiff neck. What I said was said in front of everyone, and it was said above board! If you have to have a chicken belly, you have to be suspicious. That can only be left to their suspicions. Anyway, I'm not afraid of shadows! ”

Gan Tianming smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Does the general think that the lord is such an open-minded person? ”

Sure enough, just as Gan Tianming expected, and just as Li Guanqi envisioned, the conversation between him and Guo Meng this morning was immediately told by the personnel of the Intelligence Department who had already entered the city about the bribed Chen Guangxi's close attendant, so Chen Guangxi also knew about it almost immediately. He immediately pretended to be smart: "Although the two of them were talking in broad daylight, this conversation was really a little unclear, could it be that Guo Meng and Li Guanqi did this on purpose to dispel the suspicions of others?" ”

It is not terrible for people to be stupid, but it is afraid that foolish people think they are wise. This question greatly strengthened Chen Guangxi's suspicion of Guo Meng, and secretly, he called Fan Yu, another general he relied on, and asked, "What do you think of the city's defense now?" ”

Fan Yu is also one of the few people in the Shannan Army who understands military affairs, so although he is Chen Guangxi's descendant, he still said truthfully: "Purely from the perspective of city defense, General Guo's layout is impassable, and the defense in the city is extremely tight, and it is not several times that of my enemy, and it is difficult to break the city!" As long as our army does not act recklessly, and then counterattacks behind the back when the enemy's food is exhausted, it will surely win a great victory. ”

Afraid of preconceived notions about everything, Chen Guangxi already had doubts about Guo Meng in his heart, and asked Fan Yu to ask, but he subconsciously wanted to go through the motions, he actually wanted to hear Fan Yu's accusation or report to Guo Meng. And Fan Yu's current answer was not what he wanted, so not only did he not eliminate his suspicion of Chen Guangxi, but on the contrary, he even began to doubt Fan Yu.

This is also due to rumors that Li Guanqi had already instructed the personnel of the intelligence department in the city to spread the rumor that Guo Meng had launched a military mutiny after buying the hearts of the people in the city and trying to gain enough support to reach Chen Guangxi's ears through the mouths of Chen Guangxi's close attendants.

Chen Guangxi's suspicion is suspicious, he also knows that Guo Meng and Fan Yu are both old men in the Shannan Army, and they both have high prestige in the army, if they rashly send people to arrest them, they may provoke a mutiny. Therefore, on the surface, Chen Guangxi did not show any abnormality, but secretly called a few henchmen over to discuss countermeasures!

"There must be something wrong with that Guo Meng. Look at him, he looks like Xiangyang City can't do without him, and he doesn't want to think about whether this Xiangyang and Shannan are surnamed Chen or Guo! One of the henchmen said indignantly.

"That's it!" Another henchman was not far behind, and said with a spit flying, "In my opinion, we must not wait any longer, we must rush ahead of them, call Guo Meng to the banquet, and then hide the sword and axe hand, suddenly kill, and directly cut him to the ground." By then, the overall situation has been decided, and those soldiers under him will still be able to turn the sky upside down? ”

"But if you want to kill Guo Meng, who will defend the city?" Another henchman raised his own doubts.

Chen Guangxi glared at him and said angrily: "Could it be that without Guo Meng, Lone will not be able to defend this Xiangyang City?" (To be continued......)