In mid-September, Liu Xiu and Xiao Tianzi arrived in Puyang together. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Before that, Cao Cāo had been rushing to Puyang for half a month, but he had not attacked the city, but only surrounded Puyang City. This situation made Xin Bi and Yan Liang in the city a little confused, breaking through, having no strength, defending the city, it seems that they are also guarding a little weird. Cao Cāo did not attack the city, but they did not dare to take it lightly. After more than two months of fighting, 80,000 Yuan troops crossed the Yellow River and entered Yanzhou, and now there are only a few thousand of them left, and every Yuan soldier is nervous, Xin Bi and Yan Liang are even more like a great enemy, for fear that someone will accidentally tie them up and give them to Cao Cāo outside the city as a meeting gift. In this state of mind, every hour becomes very long.

The arrival of the Son of Heaven's imperial camp finally gave Xin Bi the hope that this torment would end.

Xiao Tianzi met with Cao Cāo and others on the same day. In the imperial tent, the little emperor sat in the middle, Liu Xiu sat aside, and after Cao cāo saluted, the little emperor gave a seat and asked about the situation in Puyang City. Cao Cāo reported truthfully, and Xiao Tianzi listened to them one by one, and finally asked about the relevant preparations for the siege.

Cao cāo said realistically, Puyang City, as the county of Dongjun, is also the main road to communicate Henan and Hebei, the city wall is tall and thick, and the city's defense facilities are also very complete. It's already September now, and Your Majesty has been driving for a long time, if you want to break through Puyang City, I'm afraid that you won't be able to do it this year. Therefore, his suggestion is to persuade him to surrender, and if he can persuade him to surrender, then of course it would be very good, and His Majesty's personal expedition can be successfully concluded. If Xinbi and them do not surrender, then His Majesty will return to Luoyang first. Liu Xiu and he besieged the city here to prepare for a long-term attack.

Xiao Tianzi raised his eyebrows: "Since this is the case, then send someone into the city to persuade you to surrender first." Tell them that if they do, they will not die, and if they do, they will not die, and if not, they will stay until the city is broken. If you go any further, you won't have a chance. ”

Cao Cāo frowned, glanced at Liu Xiu, and reminded, "Your Majesty." Isn't this tone too tough, I'm afraid that Yuan Jun in the city will ......"

Liu Xiu said lightly: "The strength and weakness in and outside the city are clear, and it is appropriate to be tough." Is it possible for Your Majesty to whisper to some rebellion? ”

Cao Cāo hurriedly explained: "The hussar general misunderstood. I'm just saying that since you want to persuade you to surrender, you should give some way out. Otherwise, they will hold on to the city, and we will ......."

"Yuan Kui's 30,000 troops have all surrendered, what are the thousands of men and horses in Puyang City?" Liu Xiu interrupted Cao Cāo's words and waved his hand: "Meng De, you can rest assured." Your Majesty is here, and your Majesty is in charge. ”

Xiao Tianzi glanced at Liu Xiu from the corner of his eye, and was secretly happy in his heart. With Liu Xiu's words, he was backed. He knew that the capture of Puyang City was expected. He believed that the killing weapon in Xu Rong's hands could easily break through Puyang City, and all he was worried about was whether Liu Xiu would leave this opportunity to make meritorious service to him, after all, it was the killing weapon that Liu Xiu left to Xu Rong, and it was to make Xu Rong famous. Now Xu Rong has made meritorious contributions and made a name for himself. If he wanted to take it back, he could do so at any time.

Now Liu Xiu supported him in front of Cao Cāo and relieved his worries. He said happily: "Cao Qing, I have received your good intentions. However, there are hussar generals and you and these nearly 100,000 heroes. I believe that Yu Yi in Puyang City will not have the ability to resist. ”

Seeing this, Cao Cāo secretly slandered two sentences, and said in his heart, Since you two fathers and sons have this idea, then I am happy to see the joke. **I want to see how you storm Puyang City when the time comes.

Xiao Tianzi immediately arranged for an envoy to persuade him to surrender.

Cao Cāo retreated, Xia Yu and the others immediately entered the meeting, and saw Xiao Tianzi sitting in the middle and Liu Xiu sitting aside. They were all a little surprised. However, Xia Yu immediately stepped forward to salute: "Captain Changshui of the Northern Army is hereby ordered by the hussar general to go to war, and the military affairs are completed, so I hereby hand over the order to Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Tianzi quickly glanced at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu sat silently, and there was no unhappy expression on his face. Xiao Tianzi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his right hand lightly: "All the kings serve the country, sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, they have won a lot, and they have made outstanding achievements. Throne! ”

Xia Yu and the others were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked them and took their seats. Xia Yu just sat down, got up again and said: "Dare to tell Your Majesty that the last time Gaoyang Pavilion broke the Hu soldiers, and this time the Daquan annihilated the Yuan army, they were both the first merits of Longshan Captain Lu Yi, and it was he who initiated his proposal and fought hard. Although the minister is the main general, he does not dare to take credit, please Your Majesty to take a closer look. ”

Xiao Tianzi sighed secretly, although Xia Yu was the captain of Changshui in the Northern Army, but in front of Liu Xiu, he didn't dare to take the credit on himself, and wanted to push it on Liu Xiu's descendant Lu Yi, which shows his jealousy of Liu Xiu. It's no wonder that Xia Yu and Tian Yan are both Duan Cheng's old subordinates, and they are Liu Xiu's senior brothers, and it is not surprising that they are inclined to Liu Xiu. This time, let the three of them work together, probably Liu Xiu put a lot of thought into it. not only picked up Lu Yi, the general of the Xiliang system, but also pulled the two fierce generals Xia Yu and Tian Yan tightly by his side.

"Xia Qing and Tian Qing are good generals of the country, and Lu Qing is a rising star. I have produced good generals in the Han Dynasty, and the country is eternal, which is the luck of the world and the people. Hussar general, you are not only good at using soldiers, but also good at generals, which is gratifying. ”

Liu Xiu bowed slightly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. It will be said that it comes from a debate between Han Xin and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. Han Gaozu asked Han Xin how well they were capable of using their troops. Han Xin said that His Majesty can put 100,000 people, and the more ministers, the better. Han Gaozu was unhappy, and asked again, then how could you be caught by me. These words completely demonstrated the ruffian spirit of Han Gaozu, and also showed that the historians at that time could be upright, otherwise this kind of hindering the emperor's wise image would definitely not be recorded in history. Han Xin had been under house arrest in Chang'an at that time, and no matter how stupid he was, he knew that he couldn't offend the emperor, so he said a soft word. The minister is a general, and His Majesty is a general.

Generals, of course, that's what only emperors can do. Xiao Tianzi now uses this word to evaluate Liu Xiu, and the meaning in it is extremely rich. Xia Yu and the others are martial artists, I don't know the source of this allusion, it's nothing, but Yang Xiu and Zhou Yu, who were standing on the side, knew the power of these two words, and couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Xiao Tianzi. Xiao Tianzi tested Liu Xiu. If Liu Xiu refuses to give in and embarrass Xiao Tianzi on the spot, how can Xiao Tianzi deal with it?

Liu Xiu didn't feel a trace of trepidation at all, and he accepted it calmly. "The ministers were ordered by His Majesty to lead the generals to quell the rebellion, and they worked all night for fear of any uneasiness. There is a stain on His Majesty's Holy Ming. Now that His Majesty has commented on this, the minister can finally sleep with peace of mind. ”

Xiao Tianzi closed his mouth tightly, and his temptation was once again completely defeated by Liu Xiumian's counterattack. He admitted the general. But I have peace of mind, because this is the task that your majesty has entrusted me. He deliberately ignored the meaning of the back of the general, how could Xiao Tianzi pretend not to know?

Yang Xiu and Zhou Yu glanced at each other. I couldn't help but sigh secretly, they only heard about the confrontation between Xiao Tianzi and Liu Xiu when they met for the first time, but this confrontation was to see Liu Xiu's power with their own eyes. The hussar general was extremely suppressed by the first emperor but could still stand out, this method is indeed not ordinary cleverness, and several of them together are not the opponent of the hussar general, and if they try again, they will only bring humiliation on themselves.

Yang Xiu hurriedly took half a step forward and bowed. "Your Majesty, there is a good general like the hussar general, and Your Majesty will definitely be a good general in the future. Congratulations to Your Majesty. His words seemed congratulatory. In fact, Liu Xiu is positioned as a good general, but Xiao Tianzi is positioned as the master, the meaning of which is naturally clear, and it is also a reminder to Xiao Tianzi not to provoke Liu Xiu with this kind of word. Xiao Tianzi understood and smiled. No longer entangled in this topic, he asked with a smile: "I heard that the three Qing family students captured Tian Feng and Wen Chou, I don't know where they are?" ”

"Waiting outside the tent." Xia Yu got up and ordered someone to bring Tian Feng and Wen Chou in.

Tian Feng and Wen Chou had been in the camp as captives for several days, and now it was the time when the autumn tigers were raging, and the temperature was still very high. There are also a lot of mosquitoes and whatever, Wen Chou is better, after all, he is a soldier, his body is strong, and although his image is a little worse, he still has that Jing spirit. Tian Feng was miserable, he hadn't taken a bath for a few days, his body smelled sour, his face was bitten by mosquitoes, and there were red spots one after another, as if he had a sore, and one eye was so swollen that he couldn't open it. Jing was sluggish, he was shaking when he walked, and Wen Chou had to help him by the side.

After entering the account, Tian Feng tried his best to stand firm, but he didn't have the strength to stand firm at all, so he could only rely on Wen Chou's body. Wen Chou had to grit his teeth and hold on.

Seeing that these two captives did not kneel, Xiao Tianzi couldn't help but sink his face. When Zhou Yu saw it, he shouted: "Bold rebel, Your Majesty is here, still don't kneel?!" ”

Tian Feng opened his eyes hard, glanced at Xiao Tianzi, whose face was gloomy, and smiled: "Since we have followed the Yuan family to raise troops, we are already rebellious. I heard that the surrender of Xianrong did not escape the fate of the exile of the whole family, my crime is not under the trial, I will die if I surrender, and I will die if I don't surrender, in this case, why should I go to Qin Duchu and leave an infamy? His eyes swept over Zhou Yu: "You are the son of Zhou Yi?" ”

Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows: "Exactly." ”

"Hahaha...... I thought that the Lujiang Zhou family had insight, and they had seen through the ambitions of the Yuan family early, so it turned out that they had a bigger backer. Protégé of the Son of Heaven, hahaha...... I don't know if Lingzu Zhou Pingsun and Lingzu Zhou Zhongxiang will laugh for three days when they see this. ”

Zhou Yu was immediately very embarrassed. His great-grandfather Zhou Rong and Zhou Pingsun were recruited by Yuan Anpi, and according to the rules of the Han Dynasty, the Zhou family was regarded as the former officials of the Yuan family. However, his grandfather Zhou Jing was recruited by the general Liang Ji, and later became a lieutenant. This person also has a joke, when he was a local official, every year before recommending filial piety to the court, he would invite these people recommended by him to dinner, the etiquette was solemn, and they were also introduced into the inner hall to meet with their families, often once or twice was not enough, as many as four times. This is beyond the scope of love, but to sell personal favors, hoping that these filial piety will treat him as a benefactor.

Tian Feng said the two ancestors of the Zhou family in front of Xiao Tianzi, which can be said to have slapped Zhou Yu twice. Seeing the sharpness of Tian Feng's tongue, not only Zhou Yu didn't dare to squeak anymore, but even Yang Xiu didn't dare to come out rashly. Xiao Tianzi's two most proud helpers were dumbfounded, and they fell into an embarrassment all of a sudden.

When Xia Yu and the others saw it, they were a little nervous, the captives were captured by them, if they embarrassed the Son of Heaven, they naturally couldn't escape responsibility, and maybe it would affect their merits. But they fought well, in terms of lip service, they were not even as good as Zhou Yu, and in the face of Jizhou, a famous man who was known for his outspokenness, they didn't know how to say it for a while. After a moment of hesitation, they all turned their gaze to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu had been listening quietly, and when he saw that Xiao Tianzi and the others were dumbfounded, he coughed lightly: "Wen Zijun, don't come to the sand dunes for a long time, don't come harmed?" ”

Wen Chou was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously twisted his head towards Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu sat there just now, although he could guess who Liu Xiu was, but when Liu Xiu said the name of the sand dune, he was still taken aback. The battle suddenly came to mind, and he said in a dumb voice: "You are ......"

"Yes, it's me." Liu Xiuyun roared with the power of the tiger and snorted: "I was defeated last time, I was lucky not to die, and this time I was captured by my subordinates, are you still not convinced?" ”

Wen Chou's brain buzzed, his heart tightened, the sky spun in front of him, his legs were weak, he knelt down facing Liu Xiu, and said tremblingly: "General Tianwei, Wen Chou bows." ”

It didn't matter if Wen Chou knelt down, Tian Feng lost his support, and he couldn't stand anymore, he shook twice, plopped, and fell to the ground in embarrassment, and he couldn't see a trace of the majesty just now.

Liu Xiu raised his hand and signaled Wen Chou to kneel in the wrong direction, and the Son of Heaven was on that side. Wen Chou seemed to have lost his soul, turned his head obediently, and kowtowed to Xiao Tianzi again and again. Xiao Tianzi saw Wen Chou kneeling down, Tian Feng fell into a rolling gourd again, the anger in his heart disappeared, and the child's Tianxing resurfaced, and couldn't help but smile. He turned his head and looked at Liu Xiudao, "Sir, what do you think they should do?" ”

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Wen Chou is just a martial artist, he is bewitched, and now he can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, His Majesty promised him to change his mind and serve the country." As for Tian Feng, he is just a unconscionable student, so he doesn't have to care too much, he can be pardoned, or he is not pardoned. As long as he waits for Puyang City to be broken and handed him over to the people of Puyang City, it will be difficult for him to save the corpse, and there is no need to stain His Majesty's hands. ”

Liu Xiu said lightly, but Tian Feng was scared into a cold sweat, and even Wen Chou was startled, and instinctively kowtowed: "Your Majesty, by all means." ”

Xiao Tianzi was surprised: "Why not?" ”

Yang Xiu hurriedly stepped forward, attached it to the ear of the little emperor, and told the little emperor that Tian Feng had dug up the ancestral graves of the big families in Puyang City in order to break Puyang City. Xiao Tianzi was stunned, and only then did he know why Liu Xiu's words were so powerful. He couldn't help but shake his head and sneered: "Tian Feng, do you want to die like this?" ”

Tian Feng was dripping with cold sweat, and with a ruthless heart, he used all his strength to open his mouth, and wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide. Just as he closed his mouth fiercely, Liu Xiu suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand, and gently pinched Tian Feng's jaw, Tian Feng's chin dropped. Liu Xiu clapped his hands and sneered: "Tian Feng, does the eldest husband dare to do it?" ”

Tian Feng looked at Liu Xiu resentfully, his mouth open, but he couldn't speak. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )rv