A group of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the so-called "Jingnan Army" that he had never heard of suddenly appeared behind him, and Zhao Kuangyin, who had heard the news for the first time, began to slowly become clear after a short period of confusion. Combined with the thousands of suspected "Flying Dragon Army" soldiers who suddenly appeared at the head of Fengqiumen City, Zhao Kuangyin could almost conclude that this so-called "Jingnan Army" must be the false name of the Beiping Army. With such a judgment, Zhao Kuangyin secretly scolded the Beiping Army and others for not keeping their promises and not paying attention to their faith, but also knew that his raising of troops against Zhou was really a trick of the Beiping Army and fell into the other party's trap. I am afraid that this time I will not only end up in ruin, but also affect my family and those confidants around me who respect me, support me, believe in me, support me, and follow me, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city.

Similarly, with such a judgment, it is not difficult for Zhao Kuangyin to understand Zhang Fei's absconding and Xu Xinsheng's sudden defection to the imperial court before.

As the head of the "Feiyan Hall", Zhang Fei is responsible for providing all kinds of information for his family. He had been reporting to his own house that the branches of the "Feiyan Hall" had not found anything unusual on the side of the Beiping Army, and everything was as usual. Now that more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Beiping Army suddenly appeared behind him, he, the head of the secret spy, naturally could not escape the blame. After obtaining the relevant information, in order to escape punishment, it is reasonable that he secretly absconded before returning to the camp. Even, it is not clear that this guy who gave up Zhang Yongde and took refuge in himself had secretly surrendered to the Beiping Army before he took refuge in himself, and became one of the powerful chess pieces that the other party tried to promote his final determination and raise troops against Zhou. At the critical moment, he deceived himself with false news, so that he believed that the Beiping Army would abide by the original promises and agreements, eliminate the vigilance that the Beiping Army might move south, rest assured and boldly pull the flag and raise the matter, and wave the army to attack Kaifeng City, so as to step by step into the trap laid by the Beiping Army.

As for Xu Xinsheng, who has always pinned high hopes and given favors, it is likely that when he first sent him to the Beiping Army, he was confused and lured by the strong strength of the Beiping Army and the promises that the other party would inevitably have, so he shamelessly took refuge in the other party, and turned his head to help the other party secretly. After all, he had been in the Beiping military territory for many days, and the chances and possibilities of being won over by the other party were even much higher than Zhang Fei's. Moreover, his past performances and words seemed to be repaying himself, thinking about himself, and giving advice to himself at the time. But now that I think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that what he did was actually more beneficial to the Beiping Army. The role he played in pushing himself step by step into the trap set by the Beiping Army was actually much bigger and more crucial than Zhang Fei's.

It's ridiculous that he once laughed at Zhang Yongde and the Beiping Army, the former rival alliance, for seeking their own death and suffering. Now it seems that the idea of forming an alliance with the Beiping Army is not a self-throwing net and digging a self-digging grave. People often say that "the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear", and this sentence could not be more appropriate for themselves. I can see the fatal flaws and loopholes in Zhang Yongde's alliance with the Beiping Army, but I can't see the crises and traps contained in the agreement I reached with the Beiping Army. And in a sense, he is more stupid and defeated worse than Zhang Yongde. After all, Zhang Yongde was cornered by himself and the imperial court, in order not to be captured, in order not to be slaughtered, so he had to form an alliance with the Beiping Army and raise troops to rebel. And although he was also feared by the Chai Zhou court, his situation was far from being as precarious as Zhang Yongde. The reason why I have come to this point is completely blinded and carried away by power, and I am really self-inflicted.

Although Zhao Kuangyin clarified his thoughts and figured out the cause and effect, he was annoyed because of this. But the problem is that there is no "regret medicine" to sell in this world. Moreover, as a generation of heroes, Zhao Kuangyin is still very smart and very good at judging the situation. In the face of today's situation, Zhao Kuangyin knows very clearly that the matter has come to this point, it must be too late to regret it, and it is even more undesirable to fight hard with the Beiping army. Because that would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, it would do nothing but increase senseless casualties and cause more killings. For the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this is to give up oneself and use oneself, the leader of the "yellow robe", as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Beiping Army. Strive to exchange one's own head for the lives of his family, his confidants, and tens of thousands of soldiers -- after all, no matter what the purpose of the Beiping Army's southward march this time is, it will be beneficial for it to be able to deal with the tens of thousands of troops outside the city without bloodshed. In this way, it can be regarded as a contribution to these people who once respected themselves, supported themselves, believed in themselves, supported themselves, and followed themselves.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Kuangyin no longer hesitated, and he ordered someone to summon all his henchmen and cronies to the big tent of the Chinese army. Immediately, he first told everyone his thoughts, and then without waiting for everyone to raise any objections, he said categorically: "Zhao has made up his mind, and you brothers don't need to persuade them anymore." It's just that I don't know which brother is willing to go through this for Zhao and negotiate with the Beiping Army? ”

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin's resolute attitude, although everyone present was unwilling, they also understood that what their leader said was the truth. It is said that now his own army has suffered heavy losses after these years of hard fighting, even if all the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army before the Battle of Kaifeng have no possibility of fighting with more than 100,000 Beiping troops. Therefore, although everyone has no patience, they also have to accept the reality. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin's voice fell, regardless of the danger that he might be humiliated by the Beiping Army or even lose his life for this, Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Pu, Wang Xianqi, Chu Zhaofu, Li Chuyun and several other people came out of the crowd and said in unison: "The lowly (last general) is willing to go." ”

Speaking of which, among these self-volunteering subordinates, the most suitable person to do this kind of trickery is none other than Zhao Kuangyin's chief strategist Zhao Pu. But Xu Xinsheng's betrayal made Zhao Kuangyin no longer trust Zhao Anyi, who was with him to envoy the Beiping Army, and even Zhao Pu, Zhao Anyi's brother and the proposer of the Beiping Army who went north to contact the Beiping Army and seek cooperation between the two sides, also began to have suspicions. Therefore, in the face of the sincere and positive expression on Zhao Pu's face, Zhao Kuangyin didn't seem to see it, and his eyes didn't stay on this former No. 1 think tank at all, so he directly fell on Li Chuyun, who had opposed Zhao Pu's strategy of uniting the north and advised him to be careful of the Beiping Army, and hugged his fists and bowed deeply, saying: "In this case, then there is Brother Lao Zhengyuan." -- Li Chuyun's character is Zhengyuan.

Seeing this, Li Chuyun hurriedly avoided the side, knelt on one knee, and clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, Taiwei, I will not disgrace my mission in the end." ”

After speaking, he bowed to Zhao Kuangyin again, then got up and left the tent, rode out of the rebel camp alone, and galloped away in the direction of the so-called "Jingnan Army" from the north.

When Li Chuyun left the rebel camp of Zhao Kuangyin, five miles to the north, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the front army of the "Jingnan Army" led by Qian Yuanshan had also been encamped. At this time, if you look down from the air, the front army of Qian Yuanshan and the 10,000 cavalry under the unified command of Muter, the troops are divided into two routes, and the left and right sides of Zhao Kuangyin's camp are on guard and monitor, as well as the headquarters of Xu Xinsheng, the head of the Fengqiu Gate of Kaifeng City, have already formed a siege of more than 50,000 rebels under Zhao Kuangyin. Farther north, the 120,000-strong army led by Wang Kunjun was hurrying to the city of Kaifeng before dark, and a larger and tighter encirclement was put on the outside of this encirclement to ensure that Zhao Kuangyin's rebels could not escape.

The distance of five miles is a blink of an eye for Li Chuyun, who is riding on a horse and speeding up the horse. It's just that what Li Chuyun didn't expect was that the negotiation work, which he originally thought would need to go to the main force of the "Jingnan Army" to complete, had a result in the other party's former army camp. Moreover, the other side had obviously been prepared for the negotiation on its own side, and Qian Yuanshan, the commander of his former army, gave him a very quick and clear reply, stressing that this reply was not to be discussed or changed.

"The Beiping Army went south this time to Jingjing, but it was ordered by the edict of King Qin, to do the duty of a courtier, to solve problems for the imperial court, and to get out of trouble for the officials. Now that the rebels have become a turtle in an urn, and the crisis of the imperial court has been solved, how to deal with Zhao Shun and his comrades, with their own court laws and official rules, how can the Beiping Army be placed in a local Jiedu domain. ”

In the face of Qian Yuanshan's high-sounding and unquestionable reply, Li Chuyun was powerless to refute even though he had all kinds of reasons and thousands of arguments -- not to mention that the other party did not give him a chance to distinguish at all. After saying this, Qian Yuanshan raised his hand to see off the guests and drove Li Chuyun out of the former military camp of the "Jingnan Army".

Failing to fulfill his promise of not dishonoring his mission before he came, Li returned to the rebel camp with a deep sense of frustration and shame. Fortunately, Zhao Kuangyin had been prepared for the possible reaction of the Beiping Army, and the other party's remarks were not unexpected. Therefore, not only did he not blame Li Chuyun, but repeatedly comforted and comforted his beloved generals.

Things have developed to this point, and Zhao Kuangyin and even most of his confidants and cronies who followed him to raise troops have actually seen it. In their opinion, although this rebellion not only did not achieve the expected success, but also likely to end up with a dead family. But at least I did it vigorously, and I will leave a strong mark in the history books, and it is in vain. Therefore, after Li Chuyun returned to the camp, everyone opened their minds. Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered someone to hold a banquet, and drank happily in the Chinese army's tent with a group of confidants and cronies, while waiting for his uncertain fate to come.