In the hall, Luo Xiancheng fell in a pool of blood, the soldiers withdrew from the corridor, and the other generals were blocked in the courtyard, at this time the sky was dark, and only two lights were still on inside and outside the courtyard due to the turmoil, and the drizzle did not stop, and the courtyard could not see the situation in the depths of the house, nor could it hear the conversation in the house - Chen Jingrong's silent question only fell into the ears of Zhong Rong, Huo Tong, Luo Jian, Wang Xian'er, Yin Xiangli and Tong Erdan, who became a prisoner of the steps......

Tong Erdan laughed, the corners of his mouth were still oozing blood, his appearance looked hideous and terrifying, and said: "I didn't expect Mr. Chen to be really a smart person, Prince Mu originally meant that!" ”

Ren is Zhong Rong, Huo Tong, Luo Jian and others have also experienced bloody storms in their lives, and at this time, they were also frightened for a while, Ye Ji Luo Rong sent Tong Erdan to assassinate Luo Xiancheng, did he want them to surrender to Huaixi?

How can it be?

Think about it carefully, the way back has been broken, whether it is to descend to the east or to the west, isn't the biggest obstacle Luo Xian himself? Luo Xiancheng once established himself as the king, and attached the Northern Yan to the king of Xiangyang, whether he descended to Huaidong or Huaixi, at most he survived - for the heroes who once held hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, it was probably the choice he was most unwilling to make.

That's why there were generals who persuaded them to surrender and stabbed Luo Xiancheng to death in anger, so that other generals didn't dare to say anything about surrendering, for fear of angering Luo Xiancheng's nerves for no reason and causing him to kill himself. But the idea of surrender is not without hovering in the hearts of everyone!

Zhong Rong, Huo Tong, Luo Jian, and Wang Xian'er looked at each other, although it was not a choice to surrender in front of them, they didn't believe that Ye Ji Luo Rong would be kind enough to help them surrender Huaixi!

"Nonsense!" Luo Jian smashed Tong Erdan with a punch, he and Luo Xiancheng are of the same clan, since Luo Xiancheng selected to lead the most elite guards, in addition to his own brave and good fighting, more importantly, his loyalty to Luo Xiancheng is more reliable than Zhong Rong, Huo Tong, Wang Xian'er and other generals, he does not object to surrendering Huaixi, but to stab Luo Xiancheng to death Tong Erdan, I can't wait to kill him with an iron staff on the spot, and angrily reprimanded, "King Luo will not die, do not surrender, we still have 60,000 soldiers and horses in Lishan, even if the regiment is shrunk in Lishan, it can also contain the main force of the Huaidong Army that entered the hinterland of Jingxiang; King Luo told you, the dog thief, to stab you to death, whether we surrender or collapse, will it be half beneficial for you to flee north? ”

Tong Erdan gave Luo Jian a punch and staggered, barely leaning on the pillar without falling, panting, looking at Chen Jingrong, and said: "This is to ask Mr. Chen, Huaixi will press Xinyang and the soldiers and horses east of Xinyang to the northern foot of Huaishan on the 20th, can you intentionally connive at the king of Ruzhou to aid Nanyang?" ”

Luo Jian was still angry, and Zhong Rong, who was not very sentimental about Luo Xiancheng's death, glanced at Huo Tong: although their strategy is far inferior to first-class sages such as Hao Wenzhuang and Hu Zongguo, and inferior to strategists such as Chen Jingrong, their reaction is relatively slow, but they have been bloody and bloody over the years, and their knowledge is also very good......

Although they had 60,000 soldiers and horses in Lishan, they had already become frightened birds, not to mention that Dong Yuan had already led 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers and horses to pounce from the north, which actually made their use of the main force of the Huaidong Army entering the hinterland of Jingxiang very limited.

If, as Tong Erdan said, Chen Zhihu went to Nanyang because Huaixi deliberately connived, but Huaixi had ill intentions towards Huaidong, presumably Huaidong should also know about this matter, once they led the soldiers and horses of Lishan to surrender to Huaixi, it means that in addition to 50,000 or 60,000 more soldiers and horses, Huaixi will also control the passage from the northern vein of Huaishan to the hinterland of Jingxiang - the ambition of Dongyuan in Huaixi is the greatest constraint on the main force of the Huaidong Army entering the hinterland of Jingxiang, and it will really help the soldiers and horses of Beiyan on the west bank of the Han River to retreat north.

In this way, Yeji Luorong sent Tong Erdan to assassinate Luo Xiancheng can also be explained.

Chen Jingrong looked shocked: Although it is so understandable that Yeji Luorong sent Tong Erdan to assassinate Luo Xiancheng, but Huaidong's ambush in Chaishan was exhausted, attacking Suizhou and Fancheng, and defeating the soldiers and horses of Eastern Hubei Province, shouldn't the Northern Yan generals on the west bank of the Han River be at a loss? Can you come up with such a good plan neatly? Calculating the time, Tong Erdan should have set off from Jingzhou on the 22nd.

Who exactly offered Ye Ji Luo Rong a plan to send someone to assassinate Luo Xiancheng? Is it Min Wang Luxury Wenzhuang? Did Luwenzhuang escape from Huangpi on the 22nd, how could it be? This plan is not offered by Luxury Zhuang, who is it?

Chen Jingrong boasted of being resourceful, but at this time he sighed deeply.

The situation is here, Chen Jingrong looked at Zhong Rong, Huo Tong, Luo Jian, and Wang Xian'er, and said: "Henan recruited Dong Yuan, Lord Dong, and I have long heard the names of General Zhong, General Huo, General Luo, and General Wang. ”

Chen Jingrong's words undoubtedly confirmed Tong Erdan's words: Dong Yuan did intend to let Chen Zhihu enter Nanyang, otherwise, Chen Zhihu would not be able to enter the Nanyang Basin first, and asked Xinye, Xichuan and other cities to be occupied by the Chaishan soldiers and horses in Huaidong, and the northern retreat of the soldiers and horses of Beiyan on the west bank of the Han River would be completely cut off......

When the true face of everything was revealed in front of Zhong Rong and others, it was only when they really understood what bloody conspiracy was.

The so-called "thief of the hook is punished, and the thief of the country is marquis".

Zhong Rong looked at Luo Jian and Huo Tong, and couldn't help but hold the saber on his waist with his right hand: Wang Xian'er brought Chen Jingrong in, Wang Xian'er's attitude towards Huaixi should be clear, and he strongly advocated abandoning Huaidong, allowing Chen Hansan, and Beiyan, and even swore to fight with Wang Xiang, presumably Huaidong also wanted to get rid of him and hurry up, and now he can only go to Huaixi, but what choice will Luo Jian and Huo Tong make?

Huo Tong noticed that Zhong Rong's hand was pressed on the saber on his waist and the faint murderous aura exuded from his body, if Zhong Rong wanted to surrender to Huaidong, he would not flee north from the southern line with Wang Xian'er, he asked himself if he was Zhong Rong's opponent with his personal martial arts, not to mention that Wang Xian'er disappeared for a while and then went in, who knows if he had transferred another troops, and sighed in his heart: Whether it is to Huaidong or Huaixi, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, Huaidong has the advantage of Jingxiang, and the power will swell to the extreme, Huaixi is afraid that it will be difficult to match it, but because of this, they surrender to Huaidong, Most of them will be relieved of military power immediately, and at most they will only survive their lives. Although Huaixi is weak, it is precisely because of Huaixi's weakness that it is possible to attach importance to these generals......

Of course, in addition to these haves and nos, the most important and critical point should not be ignored:

On the periphery of Lishan and the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain, Huaidong has less than 25,000 soldiers and horses in Suizhou and Xinyang, especially in Xinyang's Fengli Army, which is still wrapped in Huaixi soldiers and horses in the center (Huo Tong is not aware of the fact that the Meng family in Xinyang has long been secretly attached to Huaidong); Under the personal leadership of Dong Yuan, Huaixi had a total of more than 70,000 soldiers and horses from the 21st to the northern veins of Huaishan; Dong Yuan personally elite more than 30,000 people, stationed in the southern border of Guangshan County from the 22nd, less than 90 miles away from Lishan.

If they descend to Huaixi, Huaidong will not be able to help them for the time being; If they surrender to Huaidong, Dong Yuan will most likely not give them a chance to surrender, so they will directly lead their troops south from Guangshan County to attack Lishan, and they will not have the opportunity to gather the other 30,000 guards from the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain!

Huo Tong only figured it out at this time: Dong Yuan transferred all the soldiers and horses east of Xinyang to the south from the 20th, in addition to making way for Chen Zhihu, the king of Ruzhou, to closely entangle their soldiers and horses in Lishan and at the northern foot of Huaishan, and not give them the opportunity to choose to surrender to Huaidong......

At least on the surface, Huaidong and Huaixi are both ministers of Dayue, Dong Yuan is the privy deputy envoy of Dayue, the envoy of Henan and the head of the Huaixi camp. And they descended to Huaixi, in Huaixi as a general, and in the future, they will be the generals of Dayue, if Huaidong and Huaixi turn against each other in the future, it will also be a matter of the future, and now they can only take care of the present.

Thinking about this, Huo Tong saluted Chen Jingrong and said: "Thanks to Huaixi for not giving up, Huo Tong is willing to serve Huaixi!" ”

"Casting Huaixi is investing, and throwing Huaidong is investing, but this dog thief will never stay!" Luo Jian pulled out the iron shovel and was about to smash it at Tong Erdan.

"Slow," Zhong Rong grabbed Luo Jian's right hand and shouted, "Since everyone votes for Huaixi together, Tong Erdan should be handed over to Huaixi for disposal!" ”

Wang Xian'er and Huo Tong both knew that Tong Erdan would be released, and it was difficult to explain to the generals below, but Tong Erdan stabbed Luo Xiancheng to help them clear the obstacles to surrendering to Huaixi. Moreover, Beiyan and Huaixi have so much tacit understanding in many things, Huaixi may not want to kill Tong Erdan.

Huo Tong, Wang Xian'er and Yin Xiangshang all looked at Chen Jingrong, and when they saw that Chen Jingrong wanted to spare Tong Erdan's life, they all advised Luo Jian: "The two assassins have been killed on the spot, so we must leave them alive and hand them over to Huaixi for disposal......

Tong Erdan came over to act as a dead soldier, and he was prepared to kill the enraged Suizhou army general if he stabbed or missed, but he didn't expect Hu Zongguo to say that his trip was in danger.

Chen Jingrong didn't expect that this trip would become so smooth because of Tong Erdan's sideways appearance, Luo Xiancheng is dead, Zhong Rong, Luo Jian, Huo Tong, and Wang Xian'er surrender as a whole, and they can immediately transform into Huaixi's combat power, at least in the immediate view, it is far stronger than 40,000 or 50,000 defeated soldiers, and it can also weaken the threat of Huaidong to Huaixi after the war, and it will also completely suppress different voices within Huaixi.

More importantly, Yeji Luorong sent someone to assassinate Luo Xiancheng, so that the Suizhou army would surrender to Huaixi and sit in Huaixi, which had the intention of uniting with Huaixi.

Huaidong is strong and has a lot of territory, but Huaixi's 300,000 soldiers and horses on the eastern front must be guarded against Ye Jiduodi in Shandong, and the western front must be guarded against the soldiers and horses of the Northern Yan and Western Fronts who retreated into Guanzhong, and even the Cao family who retreated into Liangchuan will be on guard against Huaidong, and in a short period of time, what threat can Huaidong have to Huaixi, whose strength has suddenly increased to 1670,000?

No matter how strong Huaidong is, can it still deal with Huaixi, Beiyan and the Cao family? Isn't it the same to continue to endure Huaixi and the Cao family?

Therefore, Tong Erdan must not be killed.

Of course, Huaixi will not release Tong Erdan, and if Tong Erdan is released, it should be released by those ministers in the imperial court who advocate peace.

Huaixi's livelihood in Shouzhou, Haozhou, and Sizhou has been greatly restored, and the number of camps alone is as high as 1.5 million mu, and at least the military food is basically self-sufficient.

Huaixi initially relied on 50,000 tun soldiers to cultivate the fields, and then absorbed the displaced people into the camp reclamation system, learning from Huaidong to make the cultivation in Shouzhou and Haozhou quickly recover in just three years, but after the Nanyang war, Dong Yuan had to transfer 50,000 tun soldiers into the battalion, and the camp field was greatly reduced due to the lack of labor force after the autumn.

Don't get the entire Suizhou army to be attached, even if it is for the sake of fifty or sixty thousand young laborers and the families behind them, it is worth fighting for in Huaixi.

Fifty or sixty thousand young and strong laborers means that one million acres of tuntian land can be reclaimed.

At this time, there was no shortage of land and fields around Huaixi, and there was a shortage of people and a shortage of young and strong laborers.

As long as Beiyan proposes to make peace, the imperial officials in the imperial court will inevitably support it, and Huaixi can take advantage of the situation to get more time to recuperate.

Thinking of this, Chen Jingrong couldn't help laughing, and admired the wise decision of the lord Dong Yuan more and more, and even seized the opportunity to win Huaixi a road with an unlimited future......

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Chen Jingrong and Zhong Rong, Wang Xian'er, Huo Tong, and Luo suggested that they should surrender, that is, send people to control other generals, especially those generals who are particularly likely to be inclined to Huaidong, and strictly control the leakage of the news of Luo Xiancheng's assassination. Control the northern vein of Huai Mountain.

In the Huai Mountain, the drizzle was endless, the road was narrow and the road was dangerous, Chen Jingrong could only follow Luo Jian, Wang Xian'er, Huo Tong and them to ride north, and after a bumpy ride on the road for half the night, Tong Erdan was tied to the horse's back, and entered Dong Yuan's camp in the south of Guangshan County before the afternoon of the 25th.

said that the 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Suizhou Army were surrendered, Chen Jingrong was also extra eyebrows, thinking that there are only a handful of people with such merits as him, thinking that he would leave a name in history with this pen, and thinking that from now on in Huaixi, he could press Liu Tingzhou and Ding Zhiru on his body, how could Chen Jingrong not try his best to restrain himself so that he would not be incontinent and laugh?

Chen Jingrong placed Luo Jian, Wang Xian'er, Huo Tong and Tong Erdan in the front camp tent, and he strode to Dong Yuan's tent to see Dong Yuan, and opened the curtain to enter.

Seeing that Dong Yuan, Liu Tingzhou and the generals were there, Chen Jingrong laughed: "Dong Shuai, great joy, great joy!" Jing Rong wants to report great joy to Dong Shuai! ”

"There is no reason to make a big noise, Chen Jingrong, what do you think of our military discipline!" Dong Yuantie blushed and scolded Chen Jingrong, who broke in without reporting and loudly reported the good news.

gave Dong Yuan an angry reprimand, Chen Jingrong gave a slap and was stunned: Dong Yuan sent him to sneak to Lishan to persuade him, he rushed to Guangshan to report the good news at this time, couldn't Dong Yuan guess that Lishan would surrender with the state army? Compared with the great joy of Lishan's 60,000 Suizhou troops, his small mistake in breaking into the big tent is a fart?

"Jingrong, sit down." Liu Tingzhou also asked Chen Jingrong to sit down with a blue face, but his temper was better than Dong Yuan, and when Chen Jingrong sat down, he told him, "Meng Yi and Meng Zhixiang have already voted for Huaidong, and they led the Xinyang garrison to leave Xinyang with Ning Zechen last night......"

"Ahh When Chen Jingrong heard the news, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and when he jumped up, it was as if the chair was a nail board full of poisonous fangs, and he trembled all over, stumbling and not standing, and fell to the ground......

The Meng family and Shouzhou have a disagreement, and Chen Jingrong and Dong Yuan have long understood, but thinking that Xinyang is still under the rule of Huaixi, they didn't think that the Meng family could simply and completely fall to Huaidong, and it was more likely to wait and see.

It doesn't matter if the Meng family throws himself to Huaidong, after all, in the Xinyang City garrison with a total strength of nearly 9,000 people, there are many generals who are Dong Yuan's cronies - what's worse is that Ning Zechen took Feng Li's first town division to wrap the Xinyang garrison and suddenly left Xinyang last night, and Dong Yuan's cronies in the Xinyang garrison didn't even report to this side, it can be said that Ning Zechen led Feng Li's army and Meng Jiawei wrapped the Xinyang garrison to leave Xinyang is something that Huaidong has long planned and calculated!

Maybe Dong Yuan's cronies and generals in the Xinyang garrison have been purged, but it is a strong force of 25,000 people, and the elite in armor accounts for sixty percent, so they suddenly left Xinyang!

Chen Jingrong fell to the ground, his hands on the ground, a place name flashed in his mind, and a mouthful of blood almost spurted out: "Lin Tie is so vicious here!" Seeing that Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou's faces were pale, thinking that they had already understood Huaidong's poisonous plan, they asked with trembling hands and feet, "Is it still too late?" ”

Liu Tingzhou wanted to cry without tears, shook his head and said: "In the name of transporting grain to the west, Huaidong prepared a ship in Xinyang on the 20th that was enough to fit 30,000 soldiers and horses. We have only just received the news, and it has been delayed all night; If Huaidong is secretly under the post station in the north, we may not be able to send fast horses to send a message to them......

Chen Jingrong felt a piercing chill in his heart, and only felt that his strength was evacuated at this moment: he never thought that the 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Suizhou army in the northern vein of Huaishan Mountain were actually bait deliberately released by Huaidong, waiting for them to bite the bait and take the bait.