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The siege battle has been going on intermittently for a month, since Cao Cao left, Liu Xiu attacked the city alone, and the defenders in the city of Pingyu were greatly demoralized, they fought more and more bravely, using the absolute advantage of troops, so that Liu Xiu's many sieges retreated in vain. Everywhere above and below the city walls were craters shot by arrows, and cracks were smashed by rocks and rolling logs. It was the height of summer, and in order to prevent the spread of a large-scale epidemic, both sides tacitly recovered the bodies of the fallen soldiers. The corpses could be retrieved, but the blood stains could not be cleaned up, and hundreds of millions of flies were lured by the smell of blood and danced around outside the city, making people upset, but they could not be killed or driven away.

The morale of the siege soldiers is obviously not as good as it was at the beginning, Liu Xiu has not attacked the city in the past few days, and the two sides are so silent, not knowing what they are waiting for. Yuan Kui was determined in his heart, he had passed the most difficult period, and now it was time for Liu Xiu to be difficult, the siege was frustrated, and the hidden dangers he left behind him in order to grab time will be slowly exposed. book．zhuike．

It is not expensive to win a battle for a long time, especially for the besieging side, a protracted siege is indeed a thing that can easily break people. Yuan Kui now hoped that Liu Xiu would withdraw his troops as soon as possible, so that he would still have time to harvest food. He didn't want Liu Xiu to go too fast, he believed that Yuan Shao was now like a tiger in the jungle, hiding from the side and spying on it, and once he had the opportunity, he would pounce out and bite Liu Xiu hard.

Don't have the luxury of killing Liu Xiu, as long as you defeat him once, it will be an exciting victory.

Yuan Kui had to climb the tower every day to boost morale. While observing Liu Xiu's camp, I speculated Liu Xiu's state of mind at this moment from the details of Liu Xiu's camp. Yuan Kui is not a person who is good at using soldiers, but he has been in officialdom for a long time, and speculating about the psychology of the other party is his strength.

He found that in the past two days, Liu Xiu often beat the drum to gather the generals, but he did not attack.

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In the large camp outside the city, the little emperor sat in the middle. The face is calm and calm. Liu Xiu sat beside him, his face gloomy, although he didn't speak. But the anger in his eyes could be seen even by the blind.

No one in the tent spoke, for they had just heard two pieces of news that made them very nervous.

The first news: Xiao Tianzi just intentionally or unintentionally mentioned Liu Xiu's promise to conquer Pingyu in the first month. He is not accusing Liu Xiu, on the contrary. He appeared in the guise of appeasing Liu Xiu. He said that the army had been attacking the city for a month, and although it did not reach the scheduled plan, the results were still there. It's just that the weather is too hot now to attack the city, and the autumn harvest is imminent.

The second news: Yuan Shao gathered countless troops in the area of Dunqiu, claiming to be 200,000, and was building a pontoon bridge to prepare to cross the river. I would like to ask for Your Majesty's support. Yuan Shao was menacing, and he could not resist with his forces alone.

Both of these messages are weird. The first news, although the Son of Heaven did not say that Liu Xiu was incompetent, but he had to be a teacher if he did not conquer Pingyu, which is tantamount to saying that Liu Xiu has been defeated. The second message. Cao Cao asked the Son of Heaven for help, instead of asking Liu Xiu, who is currently in charge of the army, which means that Cao Cao has refused to obey Liu Xiu's orders, and he and Liu Xiu have really turned their faces.

What to say at this time? Is it to help Liu Xiu speak, or to help the Son of Heaven speak?

The silence in the tent was depressing. Very sullen and uncomfortable. Because they want to see the Son of Heaven, these people are dressed seriously, although the generals are not wearing armor, but this shirtless and sweaty weather is definitely not a pleasant thing to wear.

The Son of Heaven coughed, broke the calm, and looked at Liu Xiu with a respectful smile: "Hussar General, look...... How is it? ”

Liu Xiu's majestic gaze swept the faces of everyone in the tent, and said in a dumb voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the class teacher is inappropriate. ”

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows: "What does the hussar general mean ......"

"The public opinion has not yet been awarded, Yuan Kui has not yet been awarded, and Yuan Shao does not know the height of the sky and the height of the earth to enter Yanzhou, at this time, if you can't meet the head-on attack, then Your Majesty's royal conquest, isn't it the first victory and then the defeat, and the return in vain? What is the face of the imperial court? ”

The Son of Heaven raised a hand, gently rubbed his eyebrows, and said distressedly: "What the hussar general said is very true, such a teacher, the face of the court is indeed gone, I am really ashamed of my ancestors." ”

Liu Xiu's face was even more ugly, and he looked directly at Xiao Tianzi rudely: "Your Majesty, this battle is commanded by the minister, and the minister must conquer Pingyu for Your Majesty, and then repel Yuan Shao, and then ask Your Majesty to return to Luoyang in style." ”

"Will it work?"

Liu Xiu straightened up and said loudly: "The minister is willing to make a military order." He paused, and said with some confidence: "Your Majesty, the minister is just too tired these days, dare to ask Your Majesty to give the minister a few more days, let me take a break." The Son of Heaven turned his head to look at him, rolled his eyes, licked his lips subconsciously, and almost blurted out. You have already broken your promise once, do you take this responsibility first? After a moment of impulse, he added: "Hussar General, I believe in your bravery and see your toil. However, this is not only the matter of the hussar general, but also the matter of me and the ministers of civil and military affairs here, and it is also the business of tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is indeed a bit unfair to put it all on the general alone. I know that the general has been working hard these days, and I am incompetent and unable to help the general share his worries. However, I have a lot of talents, and I recommend someone to assist the general, how about it? ”

Liu Xiu squinted his eyes and was silent for a long time before he reluctantly said, "I don't know which virtuous one it is." ”

"It's not an outsider, it's your senior brother, Lu Min and Lu Zixing." Xiao Tianzi laughed silently, and looked at Liu Xiu for a long time.

The Son of Heaven recommended Lu Min, which was an arrangement that Liu Xiu couldn't refuse.

So Liu Xiu accepted it, and immediately announced the dismissal of the meeting, looking a little annoyed and angry.

The Son of Heaven was a little excited, and as soon as he returned to his imperial tent, he couldn't help laughing. Zhou Yu and Yang Xiu were also very happy, muttering non-stop around Xiao Tianzi. In any case, this is the first substantial victory since Xiao Tianzi and Liu Xiu faced off. Xiao Tianzi believes in Lu Zhi, and he also believes in Lu Min, of course, he also knows Lu Zhi's intention to keep Lu Min, and taking the opportunity of Liu Xiu's deflated meal to place Lu Min next to Liu Xiu is a victory with more practical effects than embarrassing Liu Xiu once.

This strategy was the result of repeated discussions between Xiao Tianzi and his two cronies, and was also praised by the Empress Dowager Song. Prior to this, Xiao Tianzi also met with Lu Min and vaguely expressed his thoughts, and Lu Min promised at that time that he was willing to serve His Majesty.

These days, they were waiting for this opportunity to open their mouths to Liu Xiu, and they were very worried that Liu Xiu would refuse arrogantly. Because Liu Xiu really wanted to find a reason to refuse, they had no good way to force Liu Xiu to agree.

Fortunately, Liu Xiu has not yet reached that point, which is something that makes them happier than the success of the strategy. Xiao Tianzi hurriedly asked Zhou Yu to invite Lu Min over again, and gave him a good word. Lu Min agreed one by one, came out of the imperial camp of the little emperor, and immediately rushed to Liu Xiu's camp to ask for a meeting.

Lu Min had just arrived at the door of the tent, and he hadn't signed up yet, as soon as the tent door was opened, Liu Xiu walked out with a smile, supported Lu Min's arm with both hands, and said with a smile: "Senior brother, between us, do you still want to be so polite?" ”

Lu Min straightened up half-pushed, and said with a smile: "The situation is different now, no matter what, you are a superior, I am a subordinate, and this should have etiquette." ”

"I'll talk about that later, and our senior brothers will talk about the old days first." Liu Xiu took Lu Min's arm and entered the big tent, pressed him to the seat, and squeezed his eyes: "Mr. left you behind, did you hate me as a traitor and arrange for you?" ”

Lu Min smiled slightly: "Yes, it's for the sake of life, as for whether it's life or death, it's all up to you." ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing, and as he was talking, Zhang Wei brought in a pot of wine and a few plates of fruit and snacks, Liu Xiu took it, waved his hand, signaled Zhang Wei to go out, poured a glass of wine for Lu Min with his own hands, and said narrowly: "Do you dare to drink?" ”

Lu Min took the cup, drank it all, then wiped his mouth, stretched out the cup, and shouted, "Another cup." Such a good wine, but there is no market in the capital, it is rare to drink it without money today, how can you let it go? ”

"Hey! Senior brother, when did you become an alcoholic? Liu Xiu looked at Lu Min in deliberate surprise. Lu Min smiled: "Deran, it doesn't matter if you are traitorous or loyal, but I know that you are definitely not the kind of person who is so poisonous that you have no humanity, don't take advantage of this advantage, am I not stupid?" ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Xiu couldn't bear it, he reached out and patted Lu Min's shoulder: "You are better than Mr." ”

"No, I can only say that I know you better than he does." Lu Min laughed twice and put away his smile: "Don't blame my father, he was ordered by the first emperor, and the pressure was too great." ”

"I don't blame him. On the contrary, I am proud to have such a loyal gentleman. ”

Lu Min blinked and smiled silently. He knew that there were complaints in Liu Xiu's words, and Lu Zhi was indeed loyal to the first emperor, but his ability to govern was far from enough. It's just that Liu Xiu is not easy to say these words, and it is even more difficult for him to say these words.

"I know, you just came from Your Majesty, and we won't say those hypocritical words." Liu Xiu pulled a map and spread it on the ground, picked up the wine glass in one hand, took a sip of wine, and said straight to the point: "I am willing to accept you, not because of Your Majesty's petty schemes, but because I believe that you can protect me and will not harm the interests of me and my subordinates, and force us to the point of no way out." ”

Lu Min's eyes flashed, and he thought for a moment: "I'll do my best." ”

"Well, there's a very important matter right now, and I'm going to hand it over to you right away." Liu Xiu's fingers moved rapidly on the map, and soon fell between Waihuang and the injustice: "Yuan Shao is about to enter the trap, I want to harvest the prey, and I will hand it over to you here." ”

"What did you say?" Lu Min's hand shook, and a small half of the wine that had just been poured was thrown out. Liu Xiu's words jumped too much, but there was one sentence he understood, Liu Xiu wanted to hand over the war here to him. This was too unexpected for him, even if he was Liu Xiu's senior brother, even if Liu Xiu didn't doubt him, but he was still a little surprised to hand over such a lot of power to him all of a sudden.