It was night, outside the west of the city, riding a large camp, and the lord was in the big tent.

Sima Ting was about to sleep in his clothes, but Liu You broke in and said loudly: "My lord, General Zhou's personal soldiers in front of the tent came to give an order to let the adults go to the big tent of the Chinese army." said that Lord Zhou was looking for you to discuss something. ”

Sima Ting raised his head and glared at Liu You, and shouted, "Don't go and prepare the horse yet!" ”

Liu You was glared at by Sima Ting, and he didn't know where he offended Sima Ting, so he lowered his voice and said, "My lord, the horse is ready, you can go directly." ”

Sima Ting sat up, put on his armor with the help of Liu You, and then led the guards to the camp around the city.

When he came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Sima Ting saw that the tent was staring straight at the sand table of Shiping City and the surrounding terrain in front of him.

Sima Ting stepped forward and saluted, "General Zhou! ”

Seeing that Sima Ting had arrived, Zhou smiled and pointed with his right hand to the big chair in the tent: "Sit down." There is no one else in the tent, and His Highness does not need to be polite. ”

Sima Ting was also not polite, sat down directly, and asked, "I don't know if General Zhou called me late at night, what are your orders?" ”

Zhou Chu smiled: "Naturally, there is something." I would like to ask Your Highness what you think after the siege of the city today? ”

Sima Ting thought for a while and replied: "Today's siege, although our army successfully filled the moat. But everyone knows that today is just a foreshadowing. The Qiang army defended the city with sufficient armaments and arrows, and our army was afraid that from the siege of the city tomorrow, it would suffer heavy casualties. The Diqiang army has 50,000 people, and our army is afraid that it will be difficult to take Shiping City for a while and a half. ”

Zhou Chu snorted, looked at Sima Ting and said, "I don't know what your Highness has to do?" ”

Sima Ting lowered his head and thought about it, thinking that when he read "Soldiers, Tricksters" in "The Art of War" in Weicheng, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, raised his head and said to Zhou Chuxi: "General Zhou, why don't we take advantage of the daily siege of the city to secretly dig tunnels in the camp to the city and sneak attack Shiping City!" ”

Zhou Chu said with a smile: "What His Highness thinks coincides with Ben General!" When the siege begins tomorrow, the general will order the Chu army to dig a few tunnels into the city with all his strength in the camp. Every day, the siege will be excavated, and the siege will be stopped. Under the cover of the siege, several tunnels were dug into the city. ”

Sima Ting is overjoyed, as long as the tunnel can be dug through, then Shiping City will be broken just around the corner!

Zhou Chu paused, picked up a letter from the table, handed it to Sima Ting, and said, "Your Highness, I want Your Highness to come over so late, in fact, there is still one thing that Your Highness needs to do." ”

Sima Ting took the letter, he didn't know why, but he said solemnly: "General Zhou, please command!" ”

Zhou picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and said: "This Shiping City will be difficult to take for a while, and I hope that His Royal Highness will hand over the command of the Xiao Cavalry Army to General Sima Tai, and let His Highness go to Xingping City for a walk." ”

"Xingping City?" Sima Ting was puzzled: "This Xingping City is under the control of the Diqiang Army, what did General Zhou ask the last general to do in Xingping City?" ”

"Xingping City is the foundation of the Qiang Army, and Qi Wannian and his civil and military team members are all in Xingping City. Pu Huaiyuan, as a general under Qi Wannian, was ordered by Qi Wannian to lead an army of 20,000 to guard Xingping City. I was going to go down to His Royal Highness......" put down the tea around him, and said: "Persuade Pu Huaiyuan!" ”

Sima Ting was stunned.

Zhou continued: "When Pu Huaiyuan was young, he learned from the sages and traveled through the mountains and rivers, but when he arrived in Jingzhou, he was exhausted and fell into the streets of Xiangyang. The prince of Chu saw that he was rich and handsome, and he talked extraordinary, and asserted that he would become a great weapon in the future. didn't dislike him for being in rags at the time, invited Pu Huaiyuan to the palace for a meal, and gave him a carriage and horse, a hundred taels of gold. Pu Huaiyuan was grateful to Dade, and said at that time that he would definitely repay the prince in the future.

Later, as expected by the prince, Pu Huaiyuan later became the commander of the Di clan, and even came to Jingzhou to visit the prince, and he was the only one of the few people of different races that the prince could talk to. But who knew that this time Pu Huaiyuan actually rebelled with Qi Wannian. ”

Sima Ting listened and said: "General Zhou, even if Pu Huaiyuan has an old relationship with his father, but now Pu Huaiyuan has rebelled. Will it be because of a little old love to surrender to the Great Jin? ”

Zhou Chu smiled and said, "It depends on His Highness's means." ”

Sima Ting rolled his eyes, spread his hands and said, "Just ask, why do you want me to go?" Finally, I can get familiar with the siege battle, but I have to go to Xingping City to find Pu Huaiyuan. In case that Pu Huaiyuan turns his face, I am really not sure that I will be able to escape from the encirclement of the 20,000 troops in Xingping City. ”

Zhou Chu shook his head and smiled: "Your Highness can rest assured of this." Even if Pu Huaiyuan doesn't agree, he won't embarrass you for the sake of the prince's affection. The other two princes are also in line, but how can His Highness be so eloquent, wise, and thoughtful......"

Sima Ting heard a series of beautiful words from Zhou, and finally stood up with satisfaction, and arched his hand: "General Zhou! Then wait for my good news! ”

Zhou also stood up and arched his hand: "Then I wish Xiao a successful horse!" ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other, and they both laughed.

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Another day of June sun slowly rose from the sky, and the Jin army walked out of the barracks with firm steps and set up a battle formation outside Shiping City.

Ladders, siege tower vehicles, siege straebral vehicles, catapults...... All kinds of siege weapons were pushed onto the battlefield by the Jin army.

The sound of killing outside Shiping City shook the sky, and countless soldiers roared and rushed to the city wall of Shiping City, fighting bloodily on the battlefield!

Sima Ting, who turned into a businessman, took a look at the Shiping city wall that was flooded by beacon fires, and quietly left the barracks with dozens of pro-army soldiers dressed in civilian clothes and acting as escorts, and went to Shiping City in the south to lobby Pu Huai to return.

Xingping City is not far from the road of Shiping City, the carriage walked for a day and a night, and on the morning of the second day, Sima Ting and his party came to Xingping City. Liu You was dressed as a butler and riding on a horse at the moment, and when he saw that Xingping City was already in front of him, he leaned on the window of the carriage and whispered: "My lord, I have arrived in Xingping City." ”

Sima Ting rolled up the curtain of the car and looked forward, and sure enough, a big city appeared in front of him. On the tower of the city, countless Qiang soldiers stood with guns, and the heads of the guns were shining coldly. At the city gate, there was a line of people entering the city, and several Qiang soldiers were checking one by one before they were released into the city.

The two sides are at war, but this business still has to be done. Otherwise, where did the Diqiang army get the silver and two military quarters! You can't always rely on grabbing, right? Qi Wannian wants to be called the emperor and implement benevolent government.

Sima Ting observed, then lowered the curtain and sat down again. In the carriage, Lin Yao'er also changed back into women's clothes at this time, sitting next to Sima Ting, acting as Sima Ting's wife. Seeing Sima Ting's heavy face, he asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

Sima Ting glanced at Lin Yao'er, and couldn't help but have a headache, he didn't want to take Lin Yao'er to Xingping City, but now that the army is in chaos, Lin Yao'er is such a natural stunner, I'm afraid that it will be a mess everywhere! But he really couldn't resist this woman who had already been married to him, so he had to let her follow.

At this time, when he heard Lin Yao'er ask him, he had to answer: "I see that the Qiang army in Xingping City is well-trained, and their bodies are full of a thick murderous aura, and they should all be elite soldiers in a hundred battles, which are better than the main force of Qi Wannian." It seems that this Pu Huaiyuan is really capable. If we can't talk, then Pu Huaigui wants to keep us, and we are afraid that it will be difficult to fly even if we have wings! ”

Although Zhou said before setting off about the friendship between the King of Chu and Pu Huaiyuan, Pu Huaiyuan would not be the kind of ungrateful villain. But later Sima Ting went back and thought about it, but it was still not like that! After the mutiny in the capital, he was more proficient in thinking. Now Pu Huaiyuan is already a rebel and a rebel, and he is incompatible with the Great Jin Dynasty. Will you let go of the opportunity to capture Sima Ting because of your friendship with King Chu in the past? It's hard to say! You must know that he Sima Ting's status is noble, if he is captured alive and brought to the Zhou army, Zhou Chu is afraid that if he wants to attack the Diqiang army again, he will have to weigh it carefully.

But then again, if it weren't for the noble person who came to Xingping City, I am afraid it would be difficult to win Pu Huaiyuan's trust. Thinking about it, the most suitable person is really only him, Sima Ting. What's more, he has already boasted about Haikou everywhere, and if he wants to regret it and say that he can't go, he really can't pull his face.

Lin Yao'er suddenly reached out and grabbed the back of Sima Ting's hand, and said, "If that Pu Huaiyuan really wants to be unfavorable to you, we will desperately create chaos, and you will take advantage of the chaos to escape." You are a master of the Innate Realm, and if you want to escape, it shouldn't be difficult! ”

Sima Ting looked at Lin Yao'er, only to see her resolute face, he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, held Lin Yao'er's hand with his backhand, and asked rhetorically: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who leaves his subordinates and runs for his life alone?" ”

Lin Yao'er blushed, slowly withdrew her hand, and stopped talking.

Sima Ting also felt that the actions of the two of them were a little too much, and immediately sat upright, looking ahead, with the noble style of the ancients "beauties in the same car do not squint".

"Stop!" Suddenly there was a loud shout from outside the carriage, and then the carriage stopped. It turned out that it was their turn to enter the city.

Sima Ting pulled the curtain and went out, and saw a Qiang soldier pressing his knife and shouting at him, "You! Give me down! We're going to search the wagon! ”

Sima Ting frowned. Liu You dismounted and greeted him with a smile on his face: "This military master, we are passing businessmen and want to go into the city to rest." There is nothing left in the carriage except my son-in-law, who is my wife. The woman's family, but it is inconvenient to come out, and I hope that the military master will make it convenient. As he spoke, he secretly stuffed a piece of silver into the past.

Di Qiang Bing took the silver with a glint in his eyes, damn it, this road merchant is also bold, right? This ingot of silver actually has more than a dozen taels, which is worth more than a year's worth of food. For the sake of the silver, the voice of the Qiang soldier dropped a little, and said, "The merchant passing by? Seeing that you also understand the rules, I will tell you the truth! It's not that we are embarrassing you, but now we are fighting against your Han army. General Pu ordered that all the carriages and horses of Han people entering the city should be strictly checked to prevent them from being mixed in. Let's ask everyone in the car to get down. ”

Liu You handed over another piece of silver: "Please also ask the military master to be accommodating." We are businessmen, where will be what is fine. ”

Di Qiang soldiers took the silver, showing embarrassment on the road, hesitated for a moment, but still insisted: "The military order must not be violated!" Please come down! ”

A cold light flashed in Sima Ting's eyes, and the Qiang soldiers were shocked when they saw it, took a step back, pulled out their swords, and shouted: "What do you want to do!" ”

When the Qiang troops on the side saw it, they all surrounded and scolded loudly.

Seeing this, Liu You and the others also quietly pressed the handle of the knife with their hands, just waiting for Sima Ting's order, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, and also cut the few people in front of them. Everyone is on fire in their hearts, and they are all walking sideways in Luoyang City, how can they have experienced such a bird's spirit!