Kong Hong raised his head again, and directly glanced at Zhao Ling, who was standing on the city tower with a very complicated gaze, Kong Hong shouted again: "What, don't let me in now?"

Zhao Ling sighed secretly, now that Kong Hong had completely thrown this problem into his hands, he was now in a situation where there was no way back. So, Zhao Ling raised his head and stared at the new round of gentle sunlight that was slowly rising in the east, and when this first ray of light shone on Zhao Ling's face, Zhao Ling sighed angrily, he knew that he would probably not be able to avoid this catastrophe now. That's it, he doesn't want to think about the result of all this now, and thinking about it will cause him to be more entangled, so why bother. "Open the gates, let her in"

As Zhao Ling's words fell, the gate of this Thorn City was immediately opened at this time, and the outside of the city had already been ambushed in the phalanx of the Qi army in a forest not far from Thorn City, and Li Fu, the general of Qi State, turned his head and said to Qian Rong, a strategist beside him: "Sir, now do we want to send an army to directly attack Thorn City?"

Qian Rong stroked his beard with a smile, his gaze looked into the sky with the little spots of sunlight cast by the shadows of the trees, and then, Qian Rong said slowly: "To tell the truth, it is actually not difficult to storm Thorn City with our military strength now. However, this time, we try to save the lives of every soldier, which is of vital benefit to our final decisive battle with the imperial Chen family, and how to stabilize Thorn City now, we need to rely on the Kong family. Zhao Ling's identity is very complicated, he is not only the general of the Chen family of the imperial family, but also the son-in-law of the Kong family. Even though the Kong family may no longer support the Chen family, they will never harm themselves and their son-in-law. That's something we all know well. Then, the key to implementing this now is in this Kong Hong girl. This Kong Hong girl is not only the concubine of the Kong family, but also Zhao Ling's wife, whether we can stabilize Thorn City mainly depends on her performance and performance."

Li Fushen nodded approvingly, "What Mr. said is very much in line with me; In that case, come on!" Li Fu pressed the sword pinned to his waist with his right hand and shouted sharply.

Several guards in silver-white armor behind him stepped forward in unison and bowed their hands.

"You immediately send an order to the whole army, whoever dares to rush out will not be spared!" Li Fu's voice was very cold, although he knew that the elite soldiers under his command were all battle-hardened soldiers, and they would never do anything unfavorable to the country without permission. But after all, this matter is related to their strategy, and Li Fu doesn't dare to be careless at all, so it's better to be careful.

"Yes!" the guards nodded, and then hurried around to give orders.

After these messengers left this place, Li Fu said to Qian Rong with a little worry: "Actually, what I'm really worried about now is not about us and Thorn City, what I'm really worried about is leaving the country, their current strategy must be to fight for land and population as much as possible, and even ask us to negotiate with their original righteousness, and even they estimate that they have occupied Xicheng and started to march to our side." So, in this way, their aim must be to get the best interest for them, and how can I deal with that?"

Qian Rong had actually thought of Li Fu's worry before, indeed, after they occupied Qicheng and Xiaoguan and even entered Thorn City, the royal Chen family has now become a situation where they are almost trapped and fighting. Now that they have suddenly dispatched troops to seize the city, their purpose is naturally to fight for the greatest interests under the city, and in the end the two sides will inevitably have sharp contradictions and conflicts over land and population. But this is not without a solution, Qian Rong feels that the key to this lies in what conditions are acceptable to Qi and what do you want to leave the country.

So, Qian Rong asked in a low voice: "Since I have talked about this matter, I want to ask the general what is the bottom line, and what is the minimum acceptable condition for us?"

Li Fu took a deep breath, and he turned his gaze to look at the bits of shining sun rays pouring down below. After a long time, he said slowly: "My bottom line is also very clear now, the south of the Xuanling Continent will inevitably be controlled by us, plus Xiaoguan and Qicheng, as well as the counties under the jurisdiction of Qicheng, will all belong to us." As for Thorn City and Checheng City, we can give it up and use these to ensure the core interests of leaving the country. Then, the two sides signed an alliance, and left the country to send troops to help us fight the feudal country according to the preface, what do you think?"

Qian Rong nodded slowly, "The city involves the core interests of leaving the country, and it is naturally impossible for us to fight for it." I think I can think about it, but it's better to wait until the negotiations later. ”

"Okay, it's decided!" Li Fu made the final statement. Immediately, their attention was diverted from this matter, and they continued to secretly observe what the situation at the head of Thorn City would become

"This, this is simply too much deception!" In the Governor's Mansion of Thorn City, Zhao Ling silently listened to the calm words of his wife Kong Hong, who was sitting on the right-hand side, and told everything that had happened. He pounded the table in resentment, annoyed by it.

Tong Meng and Chen Xuan's worries before this were not wrong, Zhao Ling was indeed loyal to the royal Chen family, but the premise of this loyalty was that his wife Kong Hong was never involved. Once this matter is involved, I am afraid that Zhao Ling's loyalty will be a little problematic. Now, Kong Hong's remarks have made Zhao Ling intolerable, his wife was forced to leave his hometown and had nowhere to go, how could he continue to endure it?

Kong Hong glanced at the change in the expression on Zhao Ling's face, although they didn't have too much time to meet, but Kong Hong still knew Zhao Ling's character very well, if Zhao Ling was just joking, his expression and movements would never be so excited, and he would inevitably show a bland appearance. But now, Zhao Ling's actions have told Kong Hong that what she has said so far has aroused the deepest anger in Zhao Ling's heart.

So, naturally, Kong Hong took out the handwritten letter of Li Fu that had been hidden in his arms and handed it to Zhao Ling in front of him. Said slowly: "This letter is a handwritten letter from Li Fu, the general of Qi State, take a look." ”

If it was an ordinary envoy from the Qi State who came here, maybe Zhao Ling would not have read this letter and even returned it intact. But this letter was now handed to him by his beloved wife, and this friendship could not be refused by Zhao Ling no matter what. So, he slowly opened the letter, at the beginning of this letter, Zhao Ling saw a sentence that surprised him, Li Fu wrote in the letter: "Li Fu, the general of the Qi State, to Zhao Ling, the general of the leaving country, the general is a man of both civil and military affairs, why continue to be obsessed?"

Zhao Ling, as a general, how could he not know the reason for this, Li Fu's statement is a clear denial of the existence of the royal Chen family, and he is also telling him in disguise that now the royal Chen family has almost come to an end, if he continues to be obsessed like this, I am afraid that everything will end directly. At that time, once the Qi army enters this thorny city, I am afraid that the current situation will directly lead to the situation of jade burning.

Zhao Ling took a deep breath, he read the letter completely in one go, and he had already fully understood the meaning of Li Fu in this letter. Not only is it as simple as handing over Thorn City and the army now, Li Fu also hoped in his letter that Zhao Ling could conceal the truth about the loss of Thorn City, and said that the Kong family secretly united with the Qi State, and the inside and outside should cooperate to sacrifice Xiao Pass. In this way, the officials of the Chen family of the royal family could not distinguish the real from the fake, and could even choose to believe in his loyalty to Zhao Ling.

The meaning of this is also very clear, that is, to prepare to plant a nail in the city, relying on Zhao Ling's prestige in the imperial Chen family's army, instigating some soldiers and even officers who do not want to continue to support the imperial Chen family now, and secretly cooperate with the Qi State to attack. In this case, the city can be said to be captured.

Zhao Ling's gaze was more complicated at this moment, Kong Hong in front of him stood up at this moment, and said in a very cold voice: "General Li Fu's words are naturally not false, now our Kong family has indeed secretly united the Qi State, and has sent the method of cracking the firearm that you rely on the most now to General Li Fu, I and you are very clear, although this firearm is very powerful, but after all, it has not been tried in practice, and it may not really be effective when others are on guard." Now, what are you relying on to defend this Thorn City and ensure that the Thorn City will not be lost? To tell you the truth, if you listen to me once in this matter now, you will definitely not suffer. Do you think, if you continue to resist to the end now, sooner or later the Qi army will really start to carry out a strong attack, once this happens, the lives of the people will not be guaranteed, and the army will also suffer great losses, these soldiers are old comrades-in-arms who have followed you for many years, do you really bear to let them die in vain?"

Zhao Ling was silent, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "Since this is the case, the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, let's say, how should I cooperate with the Qi army now?"