The battle of Xuzhou lasted until the thirteenth day, but the fighting seemed to have stopped.

There are no reinforcements, and the besieging Huai army doesn't seem to want to do too much attrition, Min Shaoqing took the generals defending the city to inspect the city defenses everywhere and found that the Huai army retreated five miles to station, and vacated the west and north sides of the encirclement, did they want to lure the Xuzhou defenders to a counterattack?

The temporary withdrawal of the Huai army is a good thing for the big and small officials and ordinary people in Xuzhou, many big families are already preparing to move their families to the north of Huaibei for a generation of migration, if the imperial court and the Huai army continue to fight in a city like Xuzhou, not only the defenders will requisition people and money and grain, after the city is broken, the Huai army will not be able to guarantee that it will not carry out looting, for some wealthy families, people and money and grain are the backing of the family's development, and they cannot afford to lose.

Not only do wealthy families want to move away, but even ordinary people are ready to abandon their homes and become homeless.

The people of Huaidi have not experienced war for decades, and under the war, the local complex is no longer so important, and more importantly, the life is gone, and everything else is empty talk. When Xuzhou was besieged, the people in the city were afraid every day, and now that they have the opportunity to move away, they can't wait to pack up their belongings.

After Min Shaoqing learned the news, his first reaction was that he couldn't let Xuzhou City become an empty city.

So he immediately ordered that the gates of Xuzhou should not be opened before the end of the war, and if there were soldiers and civilians who wanted to leave the city, they would be killed!

The contradiction between the defenders and the people intensified instantly, and Min Shaoqing was also pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

Min Shaoqing no longer cares what the people think of him, what he thinks about is the imperial court and the safety of Xuzhou City. If the people will suffer. He had already descended to the king of Huai. Now I just want to surrender. Huai Jun may not give him this opportunity.

After sending spies to inspect the west and north sides, they found that the Huai army had not set up an ambush on these sides, and the Huai army on the east and south sides was gradually retreating, as if they were about to retreat to the river. Min Shaoqing instinctively felt that it was the army of the imperial court that came to the rescue.

He was clearly overjoyed too soon.

On the fifteenth day of the siege, he finally got the exact news. The Huai army has stopped fighting, and it seems that it wants to negotiate peace with the imperial court.

This shocked Min Shaoqing. King Huai sharpened his knife Huo Huo wanted to get the world in one fell swoop, would he stop so easily?

In a day or two, there was updated news that the original prince of King Huai was taken hostage by the imperial court, and King Huai sent an envoy to the imperial court to propose to the imperial court that he wanted to occupy the three counties and sixteen cities occupied by Jiangbei in exchange for the freedom of the lord of Min, and the king of Huai also said that he would abide by the new emperor's decree and no longer make trouble in Huai in the future.

The imperial court also agreed, and was ready to send troops to retake control of the city occupied by the Huai army, and sent envoys to send the lord of Min County back to Huainan.

This is shocking news.

As we all know, King Huai had no sons. There is only one daughter, that is, Lord Min.

Perhaps King Huai was afraid that he would have no heirs to inherit his throne if he won the world in the future. still wants to return the throne to the side branch of the Su family, and he feels angry, so he begs to the court in such a low voice. But Min Shaoqing thought about it, since the imperial court would agree so happily, it showed that the imperial court did not have the confidence to win this war. In other words, both sides want to take a temporary break.

The autumn grain in various places has been put into storage, and soon the food shortage of the imperial court will not be so stretched, and the counterinsurgency in Guanzhong is also coming to an end, and the imperial court needs time to rest, gather the army, and then transfer the army of the border pass back, so that you can fight with the king of Huai.

And the Huai army has been fighting alone, and the vassal kings such as King Shu and other vassal kings who were supposed to respond to them have not moved, if they rely solely on the soldiers and horses of the Huai Wang's family, it is still difficult to fight against the imperial court, and the Huai King also needs to negotiate with these allies again and get their absolute support. Coupled with the safety of Lord Min, King Huai also wanted to temporarily withdraw his troops.

More importantly, both the imperial court and the Huai king were trying their best to fight for autumn grain in neutral areas, which was the basis of a war.

The current strike is only a temporary strike, a brief silence before the storm.

Min Shaoqing will still breathe a sigh of relief, after all, Xuzhou City is safe for the time being, the wealthy families do not need to migrate, and the people can continue to live and work in peace and contentment, but I don't know when the next round of siege of the Huai army will begin? As an important town in Jiangbei, Min Shaoqing also knew that Xuzhou City could not be spared from the war.

Ma Feng came to find Min Shaoqing, and when they met, he couldn't wait to say: "Please be considerate of the people in the city, open the city gate, and let them come and go freely." ”

Min Shaoqing was also silent at this time, the disaster of war was temporarily exempted, and he was also ready to let the people in the city return to their previous peaceful life, whether to open the city gate or not, there was no need to think about it, but he also knew that once the city gate was opened, it would inevitably be that large families and even ordinary people would move their families away from Xuzhou City.

Min Shaoqing's attitude was also a little tougher, and said: "Spur history, it's not that the official doesn't want to open the city gate, but the war has not been completely lifted, and this city gate can't be opened." ”

"Why can't it be opened, now the court and the king of Huai are temporarily suspended, if the court and the king of Huai have formed a relationship with the lord of the county of Huai Yinmin, then the Huai army's siege will be more intense, and the people at that time will still have a way to live?" Ma Feng's words changed, "Do you want the Min clan to stop existing?" ”

Min Shaoqing was silent again.

The condition for the truce proposed by the king of Huai was that the lord of Min County, the son of Huaidi, and the future lord of Huaidi.

And the importance of the Lord of Min will not be unknown to the court, and now the court says that it will return the Lord of Min County to Huainan, but it will never send the wolf cubs back to the wolves so easily. Once the lord of Min County has three longs and two shorts, the Huai army will attack the city desperately, and the means of revenge are very terrible. At that time, the defenders and people in the city, including the Min family, are very likely to suffer from annihilation.

"Brother Rong thinks again."

Min Shaoqing is also a brave and resourceful civil servant on weekdays, and he has fought very well in the city defense since the control of military power, and the three thousand soldiers still held the stormy Xuzhou City in front of more than 80,000 Huai troops, and his orders are also relaxed, and his character is also very decisive.

But when it came to the rise and fall of the people and families in the city, he hesitated.

Open the city gate, Xuzhou will become a dead city, and it will be difficult to hold the city next time the Huai army attacks the city. If they don't, the people will complain, and they will probably push them to a dead end. That's also his Min clan.

Loyalty and righteousness cannot be both.

Just when Min Shaoqing was about to grit his teeth and make a decision. Suddenly, a soldier came to report. The imperial court sent envoys over.

"Envoy? What envoys? Ma Feng said menacingly, "No matter who it is, I won't see it!" ”

Ma Feng knew that at this time, the imperial court must have sent envoys to let Min Shaoqing defend the city, which was very unfavorable for Min Shaoqing to make a decision.

The soldier hesitated, "Spur history, that man...... Outside the city, he said that he committed suicide by hitting the wall without seeing Taishou, and said that he was a great immortal, and if he was killed, the people in the city would suffer. His life is small, but the survival of the people in the city is great. He also said that he should think about it more. ”

"What a big breath!" Ma Feng said angrily, "There is such a scoundrel and skinless person in the imperial court? Did he report his home? ”

"That's it. He said that his name was Wu You, and he was the national teacher of this dynasty. He was accompanied by the guards of the Imperial Guards. ”

Hearing the name of the comer, Ma Feng was stunned, and even Min Shaoqing was stunned on the spot.

Wu You, the national teacher, although he has a small official position in the imperial court, is very famous. This is a recognized person in this dynasty, and he has written famous works such as "The Legend of the Scriptures", "Hundred Questions on Celestial Phenomena", and "Organ Sketches". The star arithmetic, organs, arithmetic, and arithmetic are all in charge, and they became famous very early. He had already left his reputation in the previous dynasty. More importantly, before the founding of the Shun Dynasty a few decades ago, Wu You predicted the historical fact that Nanhu was destroyed and the new dynasty established a unified world, and then as he said, Nanhu was destroyed by the Turks after a hundred years of prosperity, and the Shun Dynasty also pacified the world from north to south.

"Taishou, Thorn History." When the soldier saw that the two were silent, he asked again, "To see or not to see?" ”

Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng glanced at each other, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes, and they both knew that Wu You couldn't afford to be guilty. Others in the world call themselves immortals, which are definitely a laughing stock and a god stick, who in the world dares to say that Wu You is a god stick?

"Let him go into town." Min Shaoqing tidied up his clothes and prepared to meet this long-known master in the world. He also wanted to hear the predictions of a generation of masters on this war, as well as the future survival of the people of Xuzhou City.

Before seeing Wu You, Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng both thought that this should be an immortal with immortal wind and bones, at least it seemed to have a majesty that could not be looked at directly. But after seeing it, he found that he was just an ordinary old man, he looked a little tired, and several of his entourages looked very ordinary, and there was a woman in the entourage, and it looked like a woman, which made him feel novel, could this Wu You be fake? Or maybe the rumors are untrue, in fact, this Wu You is a secular mortal who covets beauty?

"Xuzhou is too shou Min Shaoqing, and he has seen the national teacher." Min Shaoqing stepped forward and saluted.

Wu You glanced up at him and wanted to get up, but found that his legs didn't seem to obey the call, so he continued to sit on the chair very unceremoniously, holding hot tea in his hand and said, "You're welcome, Min Taishou, sit and sit." ”

Min Shaoqing glanced at Ma Feng with an embarrassed face, and then looked at the few entourages standing next to Wu You, but he felt that those entourages were more imposing, and even the woman was much more majestic than this national teacher.

"The national teacher came from afar, I don't know what happened?"

Although Min Shaoqing was already suspecting that this national teacher was an impostor, he still said respectfully. Sometimes speculation can not be done accurately, if the person who comes really looks like a fairy wind bone, it will make him have no doubts.

"Nothing else, just passing by here, stop by to have a look, and prepare to stay for a few days."

Coming along the way? Still staying? Where is this national teacher going? These are all questions, but Min Shaoqing feels that these questions are not easy to ask, and they should involve the secrets of the imperial court.

But there was no need for him to ask, and then an old man with a goatee came in from outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Hey! Where is the accommodation arranged for the old man? The old man has a tired journey and can't take a break for a while? ”

Min Shaoqing was stunned, this should be Wu You's entourage, who entered the city with Wu You, how could it be that he was anti-guest-oriented?

Min Shaoqing glanced at Wu You, but Wu You was looking up at one of his young entourage, and the young man smiled awkwardly on his face. Immediately after that, everyone looked at Min Shaoqing.

"This, Min Taishou." The young man spoke, "There is nothing to hide, this one who speaks is the right minister, Yuan Xiangguo is also, and below, it is the forward general Liu Yu, and next to him is my wife Xu." The purpose of our coming this time is to send the lord of Min County into Huainan, and by the way, we also brought the new emperor's message, and arrived in Xuzhou in a few days! ”

Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng stood up at the moment, their faces panicked. (To be continued......)