Wu Yingying wanted to shout anxiously, a person like Cai Yu who loves life would never commit suicide, but he couldn't cite evidence to refute Wu Qiao, this stubborn old man, measured Cai Yu's determination with his own heart, and absolutely refused to believe that Cai Yu would go to Bianliang as a prisoner at the last moment and suffer a tragic fate that made future generations sigh.

Seeing that Wu Yingying seemed to want to persuade himself, Wu Qiao stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking, and sighed: "Jiangnan has been a monk for decades, how come there are no martyred courtiers! "Holding the tea bowl has the meaning of sending off guests.

Liu Yi and Wu Yingying left the Wu Mansion at this time, and their hearts were heavy.

Back in the mansion, without waiting for Wu Yingying's orders, the captain of the Ya military camp, Chase has arranged for his henchmen and guards to listen to the order in front of the hall, seeing that although the building is about to fall, his subordinates still do not abandon him, and his eyes are full of trust and expectation. Wu Yingying's heart suddenly moved, in this troubled world, the most reliable are these brothers of life and death who go up the sword mountain and go down the sea of fire together.

He forcibly suppressed his negative emotions and said in a calm tone: "The lord of the country has decided to surrender, and it is hoped that within two or three days, the Song army will take over Jinling." ”

To Wu Yingying's surprise, the news of the destruction of the country in the Southern Tang Dynasty did not have much impact on Chase and other guards who were born in a middle-class family, living in the five generations, and seeing too much about the rise and fall of the replacement, they were more concerned about the ups and downs of their own group.

"My lord, what should we do about it?" asked Chase on behalf of the guards.

His question made Wu Yingying a little puzzled, and then relieved, this is the fifth generation, the lord of the country has descended, and the army may not be willing to disarm, but to strive for the greatest interests in such a chaotic situation. If he ordered these guards to obey the Song army, I am afraid that his army would also disperse.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the guards, Wu Yingying quickly thought about it, and said in a deep voice: "At present, the situation between the enemy and us is not clear, and we still need to wait and see what happens." If the Song people abide by the agreement and treat our Tang soldiers and people well, we will find an opportunity to sneak out of the city. If the Song people went around burning, looting, or even slaughtering the city, we naturally could not sit idly by. Chase, "

"The last general!"

"Send brothers to keep an eye on the Song army outside the city, and the Lingbo army, the Tiande army, and Heiyundu in the inner city. As soon as there is any change, immediately return to me. ”

"Ordered. Chase replied loudly, and was about to turn around and go out to make arrangements, but was stopped by Wu Yingying.

Wu Yingying looked around at the dozen or so people in the hall, all of whom were trustworthy henchmen, and said: "In turbulent times, the situation is changing rapidly, and it is necessary to have a plan in advance. Tell me, if the Song people really slaughter the city, how will we deal with it?"

This was the question that the southern Tang army and people in Jinling City avoided the most, because once the army gave up the support of the city wall, with the general military quality of the Tang State, how could it be the opponent of the wolf-like Song army in the north. In other words, even if the Song army slaughtered the city, most of the people would either fight hard or be killed.

Chase thought for a long time and said, "The enemy is strong and I am weak, if you don't want to die with the city, then you have to find a way to highlight the city." ”

"Our army has only 100 people in the city, and the enemy is outnumbered and the strength is very different, how can we build momentum to break through the siege?

"This?" Chase hesitated.

Shi Yuanguang, the head of the Sogdian capital on the side, replied with a fist: "Lord Qiqi, if the Song army really loots or even slaughters the city, our army can set fire everywhere in the city to aggravate the chaos, and incite the armies of Tiande, Lingbo, and Heiyun, saying that the Song people will kill all the soldiers and encourage all the armies to rebel together, and our army can take the opportunity to coerce some soldiers to kill out of the city." ”

"The Jinling city wall is tall, and all the gates are covered by urn cities, how can you kill them? There are Song army all around, even if you kill them, how can you get out?" Fan Tian, the head of the guard, retorted.

"If you really want to break through, you will stand out where the Song army broke the city. Chase interjected, Wu Yingying listened to what he said and secretly agreed with his own plan, nodded slightly, Chase saw his encouragement, and said: "If the whole city is really a big rope, all Song troops will rush to enter the city and plunder, the outside of the city must be empty, once our army highlights the city defense, it will immediately get rid of those coerced other army sergeants, and the light army will march east to Changrun to meet the left and right armies led by the two generals Xin and Xiao." At that time, the commander and envoy had the land of the two states, and the male army was in hand, and there was a lot of room for maneuver in battle. ”

Wu Yingying nodded, all the relatives and soldiers were not stubborn people, and after many days of teaching, he ordered: "Chase is responsible for contacting Tiande and Lingbo military captains, in case there is a change, everyone will rebel in the city together, it is better than the fate of 40,000 Shu soldiers being booby-trapped in Jinguan City." ”

Turning his head to Shi Yuanguang, he said: "Yuanguang took the Sogdian capital to pretend to be a merchant, looking for a mansion near the Song army's broken city, stockpiling bows, crossbows, arrows, dry food and other things for our army to assemble before breaking through." ”

At this time, a guard suddenly came to Bing outside the door, saying that it was the eunuch in the palace who sent a decree, saying that the lord of the country had invited Wu Yingying to enter the interior to discuss matters. Wu Yingying thought to himself that since he had decided to surrender, Cai Yu and his military general had nothing to discuss, so he would not ask his head for a greeting gift. Impatiently, he said to the guard: "Let him wait." Then he said to Fan Tian: "You lead your brothers to prepare saltpeter, sulfur, firewood and grass in various Divine Guard industries in the city, once there is a change, the whole city will be set on fire, and you must make Jinling City chaotic." ”

"Obey!" replied the guards in unison, and then went down to arrange the action. Wu Yingying simply stopped Chase and asked, "How is the passage to the palace going?"

Chase looked embarrassed and replied: "The brother who is familiar with the earthwork estimates that it will take ten days to dig into the palace walls after digging day and night. ”

Wu Yingying was a little disappointed and said: "Then it's too late, let the brothers stop work first, you go and arrange for a while, and then follow me to meet the lord of the country." ”

Note: In the great era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there were martyred ministers, and the Southern Tang Dynasty did not die of immorality. Feng Dao is not despicable, even noble. Wu Qiao is too. The era of chaos is to shatter the shell of the peaceful years, and the sword light and sword shadow reflect the many sides of the human heart.

After arranging all the contingency matters, Wu Yingying personally inspected the hundred guards who stayed in Jinling, and said a few words to everyone, feeling that although the current situation was not good, the guards were not in a relaxed mood, but when the order was forbidden, they could rest assured, so they took Chase out of the palace and rode the palace carriage and horse, followed the eunuch to the palace city, and planned in his heart how to take advantage of the chaos to rescue Huang Wen from the palace while walking.

Because of thinking about his heart, Wu Yingying's attitude towards the eunuchs in the palace was a little simple, and it was very different from the usual courtesy and affection, but the eunuchs who were a little favored in Su Ri didn't care, but redoubled their respect, because everyone knew that the chaos had fallen, and whether they could survive in the future for a short period of time depended mostly on the mood of these military masters. A few days ago, it was rumored that Wu Yingying had an affair with the Song army, and it was also rumored in the palace that he had more than 10,000 loyal and daring subordinates outside.

Looking out through the car window, the street is in a mess, the chaos in Jinling City has increased unabated than a few hours ago, the doors of the shops are closed, but there are still many scattered rebels and scoundrels in the city smashed open, the street is extremely slippery, occasionally see half of the torn silk soaked in muddy water, I think it was unintentionally dropped by the rebels who robbed the shops.

At this time, the sky had already broken and the light rain of last night had stopped, but the sky was heavy and hazy, making people feel suffocated and breathless. Some people living on the street occasionally open the windows on the second floor, probe their brains to peek into the outside situation, see a car and horses galloping and quickly close the window, the family hid behind the thin board wall and shivered, praying for the Buddha's blessing, the rebel army must not break in to commit murder, if you want to rob or rob other homes. Some pedestrians who had to go out were alone, like ghosts wandering in ghost towns.

After walking for a long time, he encountered a group of chaotic soldiers, some of the soldiers recognized the royal insignia on the carriage and stood on the side of the street to hide, but more soldiers shouted that they wanted to intercept the carriage, which frightened the accompanying eunuch's face pale.