——On the twelfth day of May in the fifth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the commander of the main division of the Zhou army outside Guangling City——

At the end of spring, the sky was already bright, and the soldiers in the Zhou army had already gotten up to continue their work, busy building many large-scale siege equipment such as wells and chariots to cope with the upcoming battle of Guangling, and in the army's commander's tent, Xie An, as the commander of the first army, had also gotten up, and asked Mo Fei, a confidant under the tent, about something with a strange face.

"Oh? You mean, the withered sheep took the initiative to contact you, didn't you fly? ”

From the side, Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, glanced at Xie An with a tea cup, and he clearly saw the strange expression on Xie An's face, but he didn't say it, and tasted the tea in the cup with a graceful and luxurious attitude. Looking at his seemingly enjoyable demeanor, I'm afraid few people could guess that what he had in his hand was just an ordinary glass of white water.

"Yes, sir!" Hugging his fists, Mo Fei said simply and clearly.

"That's a ...... Accidentally! Before Xie An could say anything, Li Xian shook his head and let out a sigh of emotion, then turned his head and smiled at Gou Gong beside Xie An and asked, "Gou Shaoqing, is there really no fragrant tea in your private collection?" ”

"This ......" Gou Gong looked at Li Xian apologetically and spread his hands.

"That's a ...... Pity! Sighing rather regretfully, Li Xian put the tea cup in his hand on the table beside him, then turned his head to look at Xie An, and asked with a smile, "What did Xie Shangshu say?" ”

"Didn't Your Highness already say it for this mansion?" Xie An glanced at Li Xian angrily when he heard this.

I have to say that the withered sheep took the initiative to contact Mo Fei, not only Li Xian was surprised, but even Xie An couldn't help but be surprised. Although Xie An had already predicted that the withered sheep would not be able to stay in the Taiping army for a long time after losing Wei Hu, even so, the news that Mo Fei brought back made it difficult for him to choose.

"The inside should be the outside...... Is it? Standing up from his seat, Xie An paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Full of inexplicable sense of immediacy......"

Hearing this, everyone in the tent looked at Xie An suspiciously, most of them wondering the meaning of the word Xie An said.

See here. Xie An shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing. INTERVIEWER Do you think this is credible? Mo Fei, you say it first! ”

Mo Fei was stunned when he heard this, and immediately lowered his head and said, "I don't know if I am humble!" - All things, all are subject to the judgment of adults! ”

Just like Mo Fei's character, his answer was as simple and clear as ever. After all, he is the executor, the assassin. As for what schemes, strategies. It has never been what he is passionate about.

"You......" Xie An shook his head with a smile, knowing that he asked Mo Fei for his original intention, originally wanted Mo Fei to make a judgment based on the information he saw, but unfortunately. Mo Fei is a pure executor, he is not good at planning, and he does not like this kind of laborious work. As a result, Xie An had no choice but to ask the original question more carefully.

"Hmm...... With your nature, it stands to reason that you won't believe whatever the withered sheep say, right? - Have you ever been watching? ”

Mo Fei nodded and said in a low voice, "After saying goodbye to the little uncle, I quietly followed him all the way to the house where the little uncle lived, but. No aberrations were noted. ”

"Didn't you notice it?" Xie An asked tightly. You must know that although Mo Fei is one of the few stealth tracking experts in the world, this does not mean that he can come and go under anyone's nose, but any military general with excellent intuition can detect Mo Fei's existence, such as Liao Li.

In Liao Li's words. Even if Mo Fei lurked quietly in the night, even if he could cover the faint smell of blood and the aura of slaughter on his body, he couldn't shield the oppressive force like a deadly beast on his body, the inexplicable fear that would make people feel creepy. And this unbelievable oppressive force made Mo Fei as conspicuous in Liao Li's senses as a huge bonfire in the night.

Of course, the reason why Liao Li can do this is because he has an extraordinary wild intuition, which is not inferior to the intuition of Liang Qiu Hao, Liang Qiu Wu, and Zhen Lei, which is not inferior to the world's great heroes, and it does not mean that the rest of the generals in the Zhou army can do it, even if it is Fei Guo and Ma Dan.

"Uncle Liao shouldn't have the same talent as General Liao at the moment!" Shaking his head, Mo Fei said calmly. Although he was almost succeeded by the withered sheep counter-sneak attack last night because of his carelessness, it was just his carelessness, and it was just that he mistook the withered sheep for an ordinary Guangling assassin. Unlike in front of Liao Li, at least a little bit of breath, even if the breath is heavier, Liao Li will capture the hiding position in an instant.

If there is one sentence, it is the difference in hierarchy between the two. Liao Li, who stood up after breaking down, was definitely the military general with the strongest intuitive sense under the Liangqiu dance, surpassing Fei Guo, just like the general of the White Water Army under the command of Li Shen, the king of Qin, who made Zhou Jun feel helpless several times half a year ago.

"Are you sure?" Xie An asked.

"Yes, sir!" Mo Fei nodded in response.

Seeing this, Xie An nodded with satisfaction, you must know that Mo Fei is the world's leading assassin, since he is so sure, Xie An naturally has no need to doubt it, after all, Mo Fei's loyalty Xie An is still quite sure.

"How?" Xie An turned his head to Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, and his staff Ji Hong.

Li Xian was still holding his cup of tea, and when he heard this, he glanced at Xie An, and it could be seen that he didn't believe in the withered sheep's initiative to surrender, not to mention that the withered sheep also proposed to take Guangling with the inside and outside.

Ordinary cities are just that, you must know that Guangling City is a heavy city with a city wall as high as six or seven zhang, in case there is fraud in this matter, once the pioneer of the Zhou soldiers rashly broke into the city, it will be absolutely difficult to escape.

This trick to invite the king into the urn has always been set up for the defense of a city in order to effectively annihilate the siege forces outside the city, and even Xie An has repeatedly used it, and without making a mistake, the effect is incomparable.

Is it good or bad?

Is it a sincere surrender or a trick to lure the enemy?

The people in the tent bowed their heads and pondered.

"Sixty percent, Xiao Wang thought it was ......" After thinking for a while, Li Xian finally answered Xie An's previous question, but looking at his expression, he felt that he was still a little hesitant.

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold voice came from the seat where he was sitting.

"Eighty percent! - This military division thinks! Heavenly Ji Liu Qing squinted at Li Xian, with an indignant look, but in the eyes of Xie An, Gou Gong, Ji Hong and others, he looked like a gambling child.

"Eighty percent...... Is it? Why is Liu Junshi so sure? Li Xian chuckled and looked at Liu Qing, he naturally saw the dissatisfaction in Liu Qing's eyes, but his expression was still peaceful and gentle. Unmoved by the hostility in Liu Qing's eyes.

"Without him! - It's just the intuition of the military division! Glancing at Li Xian, Liu Qing said with a deep sense of mockery, "The intuition of a wise man...... It is completely different from His Royal Highness Xianwang's intuition that his army might fall to the Taiping Army again! ”

"......" Li Xian couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, shook his head again and again, and couldn't say a word.

It is no wonder that after all, when he was in the waters of the Hengjiang River in Liyang, it was indeed Li Xian who suspected that Liu Qing might fall to the Taiping army again, so he insisted on not taking Liu Qing to come to this Guangling first, and now, Liu Qing is still sitting in the tent of the commander of the Zhou army to participate in the military meeting against the Taiping army. Don't mention it. Li Xian also felt dull and embarrassed. What's more, Liu Qing mentioned three times and twice that he deliberately poked his lung tubes.

Fortunately, Li Xian has a gentle personality. I didn't care about Liu Qing's deliberate ridicule and ridicule, but he apologized very sincerely, "Okay, good, it was indeed Xiao Wang Liang narrow before." With the heart of a villain, the belly of a gentleman, Master Liu Junshi has a lot, how about forgiving Xiao Wang? ”

Li Xian was indeed sincere, but it was a pity that Liu Qing didn't buy it at all, and turned his head away with a cold snort, which made Li Xian very embarrassed, so he had to look at Xie An with a pleading gaze.

Seeing this, Xie An shook his head slightly, and said angrily. "Do you have to be unforgiving? - How to deal with the pit people...... No, His Royal Highness the Virtuous King spoke? Enough is enough, Xiaoqing. ”

At first, Li Xian shook his head when he heard the nickname again, and then when he noticed the change in Xie An's address to Liu Qing. He was stunned and looked at Liu Qing with some consternation.

may have noticed the gaze of Li Xian, the Eight Sages King, and Liu Qing's pretty face suddenly turned red.

Of course, she noticed the change in Xie An's name for her, from Liu Qing and Liu Junshi, who were clearly distinguished at the beginning, to Xiaoqing, who now sounds quite close. It's not that Xie An has any intentions for her, it's just that Xie An stabbed Xu Le, the general of the Taiping Army, who had blocked the surrender for him, in order to thank Liu Qing.

Although Mo Fei was there at the time, Xie An didn't think that Xu Le could hurt him, but even so, Liu Qing's act of sacrificing his life to protect him also made him feel extremely moved, even if Liu Qing's intention to save him was mixed with some careful thoughts.

But then again, when Xie An called Liu Qing Xiaoqing for the first time, Liu Qing was really taken aback, and her heart was pounding, thinking that Xie An suddenly had something ulterior about her. It wasn't until she thought about it that she realized that it was just Xie An's intimate gesture to save him.

And unbelievable, after thinking about this matter, although Liu Qing felt a lot more relieved, he was also faintly a little lost.

[Could it be that you unknowingly like this bastard guy?] ]

Liu Qing resolutely refused to admit this in her heart, even if she was keen on the novelties that Xie An sometimes concocted, even if she was quite infatuated with the warm feeling of family affection when she was with Xie An.

But it is undeniable that when Liu Qing saw Xie An's gaze recently, even if it was just the most ordinary gaze, he would blush inintuitively.

[It's really tough, Lord Xie...... In a sense......]

Anyone in the tent who noticed Liu Qing's red-faced and red-eared appearance couldn't help but have an inexplicable thought in their hearts.

It's no wonder, after all, from Liangqiu Dance to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, from Jin Ling'er to Qin Ke'er, and now to Liu Qing, these celebrities and heroes who are not inferior to men, or even surpassed, as if God had already arranged them, gathered around Xie An, very, incredible.

"Hell? Yunye? Ji Hong, who had already become the official of the Great Zhou Imperial Court, shook his head and said jokingly, although he listened to Xuan Xuan, it was not difficult to infer that he was just ridiculing Xie An's strong luck.

Seeing the treacherous smiles on the faces of the people in the tent, Xie Anbe was speechless, waved his hand and immediately changed the topic, "Okay, okay, don't interrupt again, the top priority at the moment is to verify whether the withered sheep is sincere to the court!" - Mo Fei, you want to find a way to go to Guangling again and try to monitor the dead sheep's every move...... If there is any trouble, report it immediately! ”

"Yes!"

I have to say that even Xie An did not dare to be negligent in this kind of matter, after all, as the commander-in-chief, once he made a wrong choice, he would undoubtedly bury the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of Zhou.

Some people may think that since Xie An and others are so suspicious of withered sheep. Then just ignore the words of the withered sheep? But in fact, it is the duty of a manager to seize every opportunity that can give his side a chance to win.

But then again, Xie An's suspicion of the withered sheep this time was really unnecessary, after all, the latter really wanted to surrender to the Zhou army this time, or rather, end the war.

-- At the same time --

Just when Xie An, Li Xian and other cadres were discussing and inferring about whether the withered sheep was sincere to the Great Zhou court, in the secret room of the withered sheep's residence in Guangling City, the withered sheep also discussed with Wang Jian and Xu Chang, two confidants.

“…… That's the case, I had smooth contact with Mo Fei of the Dongling people last night. I told him what I wanted to do with my brother-in-law. I asked him to tell my brother-in-law...... And the question at hand is. I'll wait to think of a way to let the Zhou army enter the city when the time comes! ”

Staring at the two henchmen, the withered sheep said in a low voice.

"Let the Zhou army enter the city...... Wang Jian and Xu Chang glanced at each other, and a wisp of sorrow climbed their eyebrows.

To know. Although Guangling City has many large and small gates, and there are even seven or eight of them, none of them are guarded by the Niu Zhu Army or the Tianshu Army. In other words, even if the withered sheep stayed in Guangling City at the moment, it would not be easy to let the Zhou army into the city privately. After all, Wu Heng is not as good as Wei Hu, although the guards at the city gate are not generals like Wei Zhuang, Zhao She, Du Fang, and Zhang Hong, who can take charge of themselves, but they are not ordinary people, you must know the army stationed in Guangling City. It was the main division of the Taiping Army, and even if the Taiping Army generals guarding the city gate had martial arts comparable to Wei Hu, the withered sheep would not be much surprised.

"Why don't you do it again?" Glancing at the frowning and contemplative withered sheep, Wang Jian lowered his voice and said, "I was in Jinling a few days ago. Xu Chang and Zhang Feng and I also suddenly attacked, leading troops to seize the west gate of Jinling, and the Jinling Tianquan army under the command of Marshal Wei Hu hurriedly responded to the battle, and it was difficult to stop the offensive of our army, and the city gate was seized by us in an instant...... You can try again this time! ”

"No!" Hearing this, the withered sheep shook his head and said, "Guangling City is the main force of the Taiping Army, and the elite soldiers in the army have all been transferred here by Wu Heng, and their strength is quite different from us and Ah Hu...... If you lead an army to attack the city gate, he sends a general to lead a soldier, and he will block you under the city wall, and then another army will attack behind you, you will not be able to advance, and you will not be able to retreat......"

Wang Jian sighed in annoyance when he heard this, and said in a low voice from Xu Chang on the side, "What does the handsome mean is that you don't use force, but use skill?" ”

"Not bad! - We only have one chance, and we may not be able to win the main division of the Taiping Army, so we can only use tricks to deceive the control of a city gate and let the Zhou soldiers enter the city......"

"It's not easy!" Xu Chang frowned and said, "Don't talk about anything else for the time being, the key is that we and those generals who guard the city gate really don't have any friendship at all on weekdays, if we rush forward to build a relationship, this seems a little suspicious, right?" - In case Wu Heng is suspected, he will send Guangling assassins to monitor us and others......"

Speaking of this, Xu Chang's face changed slightly.

As if he had guessed what Xu Chang was thinking, the withered sheep waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, the sound insulation effect of this secret room is quite good, otherwise, Ben Shuai would not discuss such a big matter with you here......"

Hearing this, Xu Chang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said on the topic, "Dashuai, I don't know the name of the generals sent by Wu Heng to guard the gates of this Guangling, has Dashuai ever inquired?" ”

"There's a list here!" The withered sheep took out a piece of paper from his bosom and spread it on the table, and said in a low voice, "This is what I have found in the past two days in the name of inspecting various city gates, and I have also seen most of the generals......

"It doesn't make people suspicious, does it?" Xu Chang asked in a tight voice.

"Not really!" Hearing this, the withered sheep shook his head, and said with some conceit, "Wu Heng has not removed me from his post so far, my withered sheep is still the Tianshu divine general of the six gods, and I am on an equal footing with the five heavenly generals, why can't I go up to the city tower to investigate the guards?" ”

"That's ......" Xu Chang nodded convincingly, squinting at the names of the generals on the list, trying to pick a better one to deceive. However, because he didn't know the personalities and lives of these generals, Xu Chang was a little hesitant.

And at this moment, I suddenly heard Wang Jian let out a soft call.

"Huh? King...... Bright? ”

Withered Sheep and Xu Chang glanced at each other when they heard this, and subconsciously turned their heads to Wang Jian.

"What's the matter, Wang Jian? - Do you recognize this? The withered sheep asked in a low voice.

I saw a little inexplicable weirdness on Wang Jian's face, licking his lips and muttering, "It's not a matter of recognizing or not recognizing...... Wang Liang, that's the last general's cousin......"

The withered sheep was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with great joy, "Really?!" ”

"It's true......"

"Good!" The overjoyed withered sheep couldn't help but smile slightly, but after he took a closer look at the list, this joy suddenly escalated, and he forced himself to hold back his joy and said in a loud voice, "The South City Gate, it turned out to be the South City Gate...... Wang Jian, your cousin is actually guarding the south city gate! - Great, great! ”

"Is the South Gate alright?" Xu Chang asked puzzled.

The withered sheep explained with a happy face, "The Zhou army set up camp in the south on the west side of Guangling, so Wu Heng is the most concerned about the guards of the West City Gate, and under normal circumstances, we have absolutely no chance. Leaving aside the west gate, the south gate is the closest gate to the camp set up by the Zhou soldiers......"

"I see!" Xu Chang nodded in realization.

"God help me, God help me!" The withered sheep rubbed his hands excitedly, and immediately raised his head and said to Wang Jian, "Wang Jian, try to contact your cousin, if you can rebel, it is the best, if not, we will follow the plan and design the city gate......"

"Yes!" Wang Jian nodded, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little puzzlement.

[My cousin's martial arts are similar to mine, I only knew that he had been supervising the grain in the rear army, why did he suddenly become a general guarding the city gate?] It's weird......]