After a long pause, Cai Yucai sighed: "Wu Qing, you always have something unexpected, since this proposal of Fuliang going to sea was proposed by you, you need to secretly arrange this matter, and you need sailors to go to sea, less than 1,000 people, you can choose from Lu Jiang and Zheng Yanhua's department." ”

Xu Xian and Zhang Xun were relieved when they heard this, but the combat power of a mere thousand soldiers was still inferior to the five hundred tooth army that Wu Yingying was about to be sent out of the city. I didn't see that he was such a despicable person before.

Wu Yingying knocked on the leader's will. The monarch and the ministers discussed for a while, but they couldn't come up with other better ways to deal with the Northern Dynasty, so they had to come out of the palace, feeling that Wu Qiao, who had always been close to him, seemed to have some misunderstandings about himself, and left without saying much, Wu Yingying was quite depressed. Looking around, Xin Xiao and the others have been with each other for a long time, and they have also sent envoys to other places, and the pride when facing the huge sea chart just now has not yet dissipated. The night was like paint, and for a while I couldn't help but feel empty in my heart, I just wanted to find someone to drink, and counted a few of my friends in Jinling City with my fingers, so I told the eunuch who was driving the car: "Don't hurry back home, go to Stone Town to visit Hu Jiedu first." The eunuch did not dare to say much, and drove to the west of the old city in the north, because it was a royal chariot and horse, and although it was a curfew at this time, the soldiers along the way did not dare to interrogate.

In order to prevent the spies in the city from taking advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate, the side of the stone city facing the street of Jinling has already cleared a large open space, even at night, huge lanterns are hung to illuminate this area, and the soldiers with strong faces are guarding behind the antlers with spears, knives and shields, not to mention spies, that is, to gather thousands of troops to attack, and it is difficult to approach the city gate without a moment or three.

These days, the army of the Song people has been attacking the city walls all the time, although the intensity is not great, and the soldiers defending the city are also exhausted. However, whether it is blindly obeying military orders or defending the township, these simple Jiangnan soldiers are still insisting on fighting, but the emperors and important ministers in the court have already turned their minds to negotiate peace, and even the plan to abandon this land and go to sea to avoid it is acceptable. Looking at such a strict arrangement and the hard-working sergeants, Wu Yingying not only sighed secretly in his heart, as if he had done a shameful thing in the palace just now.

Hu Ze still greeted him so enthusiastically, and said with a smile: "It's so late, how can my brother still have the heart to go to my brother's place, it's because my hands are itching in the city, and I want to go out of the city at night to cut off a few heads and come back." ”

Wu Yingying shook his head with a smile, Hu Zejun's strict order is famous in the whole city, and at night he said that he was a bystander, even if Cai Yu came down to the holy decree, he didn't want him to open the city gate, but this is right, I don't know how many famous cities and cities are buried in the suddenness of the guards.

When the two of them walked up to the city, Wu Yingying noticed that the originally quite smooth female wall and the ground were pitted by stone bullets, and the lights of the Song people's Niutoushan camp in the distance were dotted, which was not much more brilliant than the river Han in the sky, and couldn't help but reach out and stroke the rough purple city wall battlements, sighed softly, and said in a voice that only he and Hu Ze could hear: "Your Majesty summoned me to the palace just now to meet me." ”

Hu Ze was overjoyed when he heard this: "Seriously, I said that Your Majesty is a celestial talent, how can you abandon a general like you, just wait for the holy decree, and I will hand over the southern defense with you." ”

Wu Yingying sighed and said: "What Your Majesty came to me and Wu Xu and Zhang to discuss has nothing to do with defense, but a matter of peace. ”

These words instantly extinguished Hu Ze's joy like a bucket of ice water, and neither of them spoke, only quietly listening to the crows gathered outside the city.

After a long time, Hu Zecai said: "The matter of peace is presided over by the ministers of the DPRK and China, why do you come to tell me." ”

Wu Yingying was silent, and some words could only be said somehow.

Hu Ze replied to himself: "You specially told me about this, is it to remind me not to fight too much with the Song army when defending the city wall, so as not to make enemies, and in the end there will be no good results." After speaking, he didn't wait for Wu Yingying to answer, he laughed desolate twice, and said: "Brother, I understand your affection, but the war is fierce, once I save my heart to protect myself, I am afraid that this city wall will not be protected." ”

Wu Yingying couldn't say anything, Hu Ze was telling the truth, so he said softly: "The matter of peace may not be successful, so the court and China still have to rely on my brother." ”

Hu Ze stretched out his hand and patted the battlements at the head of the city, and the iron armor on his body also rattled, and said loudly: "I will ignore my body on the day of my order." As a general, the monarch will fight the enemy to the death for a day without an explicit order. Even if the Song people retaliate against me in the future, it will only be the four words of the dog barking its master. ”

Could this be fate? Wu Yingying sighed silently in his heart, wanting to say something to comfort this conscientious general, but he couldn't say anything.

Hu Ze said: "I don't like to talk about these pickled things on weekdays, but since my brother mentioned it, I have something to say to you." ”

Wu Yingying said with some curiosity: "Little brother listens. ”

Hu Zedao: "Recently, there have been rumors in the city that you want to dedicate the city to the Song people, but I don't believe it. However, I would like to remind you for my brother, for the sake of my brother, don't vote for Song. "At the beginning of the Song Dynasty of the Fifth Dynasty, it was almost normal for military generals and ministers to change their courts, so Hu Ze's words did not mean reprimanding and sorrow at all, only the intention of planning for Wu Yingying.

Wu Yingying saw that his face and tone were all earnest, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Why?"

Hu Zedao: "Do you know how much gold, silver and jewelry Wu Yue Qian sends to Bianliang to buy courtiers every year?"

Wu Yingying said abruptly: "I don't know about this. ”

Hu Ze said with a smile: "My brother has a splendid chest, and he will not pay attention to such trivial things, but Wu Yue Qian's family is famous for scraping the ground in the south of the Yangtze River, and I heard that those people in the east do not even have one more piece of clothing except for the rags that cover their shame, so it is conceivable that most of the gold and silver seas that have been scavenged have gone into the money bags of the princes of Bianliang in addition to leaving a part to enjoy. ”

Wu Yingying said "hmm", probably understood what Hu Ze meant, and Hu Ze continued: "You beheaded the King of Qian, although you are famous all over the world, but you also made a mortal enemy of Wu Yue Qian's family. They have been receiving the Central Plains courtiers for several generations with the material resources of more than a dozen states, and it is conceivable that if the descendants of the Qian family want to avenge their ancestors, the civil and military forces of the Bianliang Manchu Dynasty will definitely attack you, and there will not be a good one to say good things for you. ”

Wu Yingying sneered and continued: "If the Qian clan is still here, maybe the Zhao clan has the heart to check and balance the vassal king, and there is still suspicion that the courtiers speak for the Qian clan, but since the Qian clan is dead." The courtiers have a lot less scruples when they speak for the Qian family, and I, a newly voted general, will inevitably be used by the princes of Gon as a funeral to repay King Qian. ”

Hu Ze nodded and said, "Not bad." Therefore, Jinling is full of civil and military affairs, and everyone can vote for Song, but you can't. So when it was rumored that you were colluding with the Song people, you were the first brother to disbelieve it. In your wisdom, you will not bring about your own destruction. ”

Wu Yingying listened to the heart, but he never understood the state of mind of his contemporaries like Hu Ze, although he knew that Wu Yue Qian's family spared no effort to marry the Central Plains, but he didn't expect that these friendships could be transformed into sharp weapons enough to kill him. At that moment, he clenched his fists and bowed and said, "Thank you Brother Hu for your concern, and the younger brother understands." ”

Hu Ze smiled and said: "Since I am the general of Jinling, as long as Your Majesty does not surrender, I will naturally live and die with this." You have no job now, and when the time comes, the camera will break through and assist Your Majesty to make a comeback, or find a beautiful wife and a beautiful wife. ”

Wu Yingying paused, and then asked, "What if Your Majesty descends?"

This sentence pierced Hu Ze's pupils like a needle, and he looked directly at the direction of the Song army camp in the distance, which was like a starry starry spot, and said bitterly and coldly: "As long as it is a true holy order, I will not risk the lives of my brothers to gain that reputation in history." I have a feud with the Song people, and this life is handed over to the Song people. The words are resolute. Still according to the previous proposal, stick to Jinling, and wait for the Song army to be exhausted before seeking peace. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Hou sent someone to inform the prince Cai Tianhe to enter the palace to visit, and several important ministers said goodbye and came out.