With Li Zicheng's battalion as the center, the various units of the army formed a company camp, and Xu Ping set up his camp in the easternmost position.

"What are the officers and soldiers sending messengers for?" Hu Chen asked, "Could it be that Huang Hou sent it?" ”

"Ten haves," Li Laiheng snorted softly: "It is estimated that it is a challenge book, are Huang Hou when we are stupid?" Will you fight? ”

Xu Ping asked the guards to invite the envoy in, and the other party was dressed in ordinary Ming military attire, and when he entered the door, he presented a letter with both hands: "Your Excellency the Metropolitan Governor, write to Xu Zhuangshi who broke into the camp." ”

"Give it to me."

Xu Ping took the letter and tore it open, and after reading it, he remained silent, took a pen and wrote a few words on a piece of paper and handed it back to the messenger, and took the letter from the Marquis of Zhendong into his arms. After the envoy left, everyone in the camp looked at Xu Ping and the contents of his introduction letter, but Xu Ping continued to explain the task to his subordinates.

"General, what does the letter say, is it a challenge?" Li Laiheng was the first to lose his breath and opened his mouth to ask.

Just now, Xu Ping had been thinking about how to tell the others, and at this time he already had a belly case, so he said lightly: "I'll tell you tomorrow, Master Hou's letter is a little strange, I'll think about it tonight." ”

"What's weird? You might as well say it and see it together. "Lee Rae-hyung is still unwilling to give up.

But Xu Ping insisted, and the others were helpless, and the military meeting did not end until very late.

After his subordinates dispersed, Xu Ping invited Qingzhi Taoist priests, and after each battle, Xu Ping could not talk to his subordinates about his depression because he was afraid of affecting morale or appearing weak. But these words can be said to Qingzhi, which is also a kind of dispatch for Xu Ping.

"Would you like to go out for a trip in the evening?"

Qingzhi smiled and nodded: "Is General Xu struggling to kill again?" ”

"It's not." Xu Ping shook his head and said with a serious expression: "Tonight's outing is very dangerous, and it is also a worry for the master's life. Xu Ping took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Qingzhi.

After reading the letter, Qingzhi also looked very surprised: "Huang Hou asked the general to meet in private? ”

"Yes, you want me to go alone," Xu Ping replied, "But the master is a person from outside the world, and I don't think Huang Hou will mind." ”

"I'm afraid the fear of life is for the general, right? Poor Dao, a person outside the world, how could Huang Hou kill me? Qingzhi glanced at Xu Ping deeply;" Huang Hou has the courage of ten thousand people, although General Xu has practiced swordsmanship for two days, but he has no physiology to face Huang Hou. ”

Xu Ping was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Master Hou seems to have expected that I will definitely go, master, you see that there is no intention to ask in the letter, but the time and place have been agreed." ”

"And General Xu really wants to go?"

"In the new army, I have never had the opportunity to see Hou Ye, which is the biggest regret in the next place," Xu Ping did not hesitate in his tone: "I don't know what will happen tomorrow today, I am a martial artist, maybe I will die that day, I must go." ”

Qingzhi saw that Xu Ping had already tied the saber to his body, but put the handcuff aside: "General Xu doesn't bring firearms?" Although Huang Hou's martial arts are world-famous, he is still flesh and blood after all. ”

"With the martial arts of the Hou Ye." Xu Ping smiled: "It may not be useful to bring a handcuff, not to mention that Hou Ye has countless living people, but he is a Buddha of ten thousand families, even if I have the opportunity to shoot at Hou Ye, I will not do it." Xu Ping paused slightly: "Besides, if I killed Hou Ye's son, there is nothing unjustifiable for Hou Ye to kill me." ”

"Poor Dao felt that judging from the tone in Huang Hou's letter, he had no intention of taking the opportunity to kill General Xu, but since General Xu had such a heart, why did he let Poor Dao go with him?" Qingzhi knew Xu Ping very well, and he asked bluntly: "General Xu let Poor Dao go with him, not to guard against Huang Hou, right?" ”

Xu Ping nodded lightly: "Yes, as the master said, Hou Ye has been a role model for many years, I am worried that Hou Ye will recruit me, and I will not be able to do anything to be sorry for the king, it may be better to have a master." ”

"In that case, the poor road is willing to go along." Qingzhi agreed: "It's really an honor to have the opportunity to meet Wuqu Xingjun." ”

Xu Ping and Qingzhi left the tent, got on the horse, and left the camp.

The two of them walked all the way with fire, and along the way Xu Ping kept looking up at the stars, and when he arrived at the agreed place, he looked around and jumped off the horse briskly: "It's early, but fortunately I didn't let Hou Ye wait for me." ”

The two waited for a while, and saw a firelight coming from far and near, and the person who came came to Xu Ping with a torch and rode a horse until he walked in front of Xu Ping, bowed his head and asked, "Is it General Xu?" ”

Xu Ping knelt on one knee, clasped his hands into fists and said, "It's the last general." After the big salute, he jumped up and waited for Huangshi to dismount.

The man slowly turned over and dismounted, put the torch on the branch next to him, tied the horse again, turned around and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Xu Ping hurriedly replied: "This is Master Qingzhi, a friend of the last general, not a companion in the army. ”

The person who came to say hello to Qingzhi seemed to have seen through Xu Ping's decision to pay attention to this person to listen, so he did not let Qingzhi leave, but stared at Xu Ping quietly.

Seeing that the person who came was tall, the faint firelight reflected a face of about fifty years old, and Xu Ping saw Huang Zijun's eyes and nose from this person's face, and hurriedly bowed again: "Master Hou, the last general will participate." ”

"General Xu...... You are my enemy," Huang Shi sighed, "You killed my friends, my sons, and countless old ministers. ”

Xu Ping felt speechless, and he saw unspeakable pain in Huang Shi's face.

"Even if it......" Huang Shi looked at Xu Ping's face again, shook his head and said: "But I ask myself, the mistake I made here may be greater than all the people in this world combined, so I make a suggestion to you, and your leader Li Zicheng, I guarantee that your lives are worry-free, you put down your weapons and don't fight." ”

"Is Master Hou going to recruit An?" Xu Ping felt courage and strength surging up in his chest, and shook his head categorically: "I can't agree to it." ”

"I have no ill will towards General Xu," Huang Shi patted his hands twice on his body: "I didn't bring a weapon, General Xu can trust my sincerity." I know that I have never been famous for my promises, and I have done treachery more than once, but this time, in the name of my parents and ancestors, I promise General Xu that as long as you don't fight any more, I will not let anyone in the camp be harmed. ”

"Master Hou, you really don't have a reputation for being trustworthy, but the last general believes that every time you break the contract, you must have a last resort, and the last general will not give you such a reason." Xu Ping finally said the turning word: "But the last general will not accept Zhao'an, the reason why the court is not credible is not the reason, but that this court should no longer exist, when today, he owes the blood debt of the world, he should not continue to sit on the throne." ”

"I'm not recruiting you for the Ming Court," Huang Shi said lightly after listening to Xu Ping's words: "I'm recruiting you." ”

Xu Ping took a step back in shock: "What did you say, Master Hou?" ”

"I'm recruiting you, I want you to surrender to me, not the court." Huang Shi's tone was indifferent, but he didn't hide it at all.

Kiyoji, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but let out an exclamation of "ah".

"If you surrender to me," Huang Shi continued: "Kaifeng will no longer be besieged, I will order the Shanlan battalion to defect and arrest King Zhou and Gao Mingheng, originally the Beijing division and Yang Wenyue's Hebei army were garrisoned, but they were all wiped out by you a few months ago, and now there are no more powerful officers and soldiers except for the new army, after taking the Beijing division, the south can be decided, there is no need to fight again, and there is no need to die anymore." ”

In the face of Huang Shi's naked ambition, Xu Ping felt that he was almost unable to breathe, he took a step back and held the hilt of his sword, and said vigilantly: "Is Your Excellency really the Marquis of Zhendong?" ”

"Before General Xu came, he should have read the letter carefully, and the handwriting on it should be familiar, right?" Huang Shi said coldly: "The books that General Xu is reading in the teaching team have my handwriting on them, and I think General Xu must have memorized them by heart. ”

"Then Master Hou, how can you say such a thing!?" Xu Ping was angry and shouted, "Master Hou, how can you betray the imperial court? ”

"Why did you betray the court? Why can King Chuang betray the court? ”

"When King Chuang raised his army, he was a common man, and I-Hou Ye, have you forgotten that at that time, I was already a wanted criminal in the world, and the court wanted to take me by name."

"So only the common people and the prisoners can betray the court, and I can't?"

"Yes, I am a rebel and a thief, and I am dishonoring my ancestors." Xu Ping felt that Huang Shi was arguing with reason, and shouted angrily: "But Lord Hou, you are a loyal minister, you are the reincarnation of King Yue, and you are a model example in the world." I am despicable and insignificant, but the king of Chuang is a people who have been oppressed to the fullest, and it is the rebels who ask for the people's lives! ”

"Do you think I don't know as much as you do?" Huang Shi asked, "Since you think I am a model for the world, then I can't rebel?" ”

Xu Ping didn't speak immediately, Huang Shi waited patiently, and after a while, Xu Ping took a deep breath: "Master Hou, in all fairness, did I fulfill my duty in the first battle of Shandong?" ”

"You have fulfilled your responsibilities and are worthy of the salary and position I have given you." Huang Shi made no secret of his words: "The new army of the tenth battalion, the only ones who have done their duty and come back alive are you, Wu Zhong and Wei Landu. “

"King Chuang was originally a peasant, how did the court treat him?"

"It's not good, if you don't rebel, you won't be able to live." Huangshi has all the questions.

"So how does the court treat the marquis?" Xu Ping asked: "Lord Hou loves the country and the people, I can't imagine that you will also have different intentions." ”

"Before I became a prisoner, I remember one more thing......" Huang Shi couldn't finish his sentence, and the two suddenly fell into an awkward silence.

After a while, Xu Ping said hesitantly: "The last general didn't want to rebel at that time, but he did disobey the order, but according to your military law, Master Hou, I shouldn't be a prisoner and a scapegoat." It's just that the Changqing Battalion in Shandong World War I was framed, and the reason I think you should know very well, if it weren't for that, I would have planned to retreat to the mountains and forests. ”

"If you steal my precious property without my permission, I will kill you myself, right?" Because Qingzhi was beside him, Huang Shi was reluctant to openly say about his daughter's affair with Xu Ping.

"Yes." Xu Ping nodded, in this era, women are men's private property, and they belong to their fathers before marriage, coupled with the strict hierarchy of feudal society, Huangshi really beats Xu Ping to death for this reason, and it is estimated that it will be fine. Xu Ping argued: "But this should not harm my superiors and colleagues. ”

"So you have nothing to complain about, you rebelled because you wanted to avenge someone else."

"Yes," Xu Ping felt that he was getting more and more at a disadvantage, so he argued again: "But Master Hou, you won't give them justice." ”

"Oh, I have to add a fairness, so Xu Ping, you want to avenge others, plus oppose an unfairness." Seeing that Xu Ping was speechless, Huang Shi asked, "Is this so?" ”

"Yes." Xu Ping didn't say a single "yes", and he felt as if he was stepping into the other party's trap.

"I am in a high position, and I have seen more injustices than you, and you want to seek justice for your colleagues, and I want to seek justice for the people of the world; You want to avenge your colleagues, I want to avenge the people of the world. Seeing that Xu Ping was silent again, Huang Shi asked: "If you say that it is right to rebel in order to seek justice, then my rebellion is not only out of line, but also much more reasonable than you, are you right?" ”

"That's right......" Xu Ping admitted that he couldn't speak Huangshi, but he still refused to admit defeat: "Master Hou, you are arguing with strong words, my eloquence is not as good as Master Hou, but reason is not necessarily on your side Master Hou." ”

"You surrender to me, I will ask the son to abdicate today, I will pardon all the people who broke into the camp, if you still want to be a soldier, there will be a place for you in the army, and I can also allow him to be a rich man." Huang Shi no longer dwelled on the previous question, but said his thoughts: "What do you think? ”

"Can the last general ask, why did Master Hou make this suggestion?"

"Because I don't want to see this army under your command destroyed, and in my imagination, they will have a more important role, the civil war can be stopped, and the world can be restored to peace." Huang Shi asked again, "What do you think?" ”

Huang Shi's words seemed to regard the camp as nothing, and after hearing the word "destroy", Xu Ping felt a burst of anger surging up, and said loudly: "Master Hou, it was not the army that was defeated, defeated, and defeated three times on the battlefield in Henan today. ”

"Yes, but that's because there is no me." Huang Shi chuckled: "General Xu, this kind of thing is better than blue out of blue, it will not appear between you and me." ”

"Why?" Xu Ping felt his anger grow stronger.

"Because you haven't even learned anything about me, even if you play exponentially, you still can't reach my two percent, so I'm very sure that this kind of thing will never happen between you and me." With Huang Shi's understanding of Xu Ping, such a gesture would have the greatest impact on him.

Sure enough, Xu Ping suddenly felt a bucket of cold water splash down in front of him, pouring out the anger he had just risen.

"My career needs a lot of young people, not young people, but people who dare to think, dare to do, dare to doubt, and those who stick to the rules all day long are of little use to me." Huang Shi saw that Xu Ping was depressed, so he proposed again: "I am willing to let go of the personal grudge between you and me and surrender." ”

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