Chapter 625: A Traitor to the Enemy
Xu Maode was not poisoned, he ate and drank enough and hiccups a few times and sat on the side waiting for the poison, waiting and waiting, but what he was waiting for was the time to deliver the next meal.
Although the food in Long Xi's army is not bad, it is certainly not comparable to when he was at home, but the food sent to him by the people of Feng Ming is exquisite and delicious, no worse than what is made in the restaurant in Qi'an.
Probably no captive could have been treated like this.
Xu Maode's heart was full of joy, but at the same time he was suspicious. He tried to ask the soldier who came to bring him food, but the other party left after putting down the food every time, ignoring him, and he didn't dare to use force on other people's territory.
He could only watch the sunrise and sunset and count the days.
In this way, he was imprisoned for seven days without explanation, and every day he was entertained with good food and drink. The tent was narrow, and he was imprisoned in it and was not free, and he was unable to move, so that the seven days of big fish and meat made him fat, and because he did not have to be exposed to direct sunlight, he was still a lot whiter.
Someone in the middle brought him bath water, although it was cold water, but he didn't care about it, and he happily finished the bath, and when he turned back, his old clothes had been taken away and replaced by a new set of robes.
With the new who still wants to wear the dirty old, Xu Maode's son was born, he is still very particular at home, the new robe is soft and elegant, he is happy in his heart, and he wears it happily, and he doesn't ask where the old clothes go, anyway, he can't ask.
When he was idle and bored, he also thought about the reason why the people of the Feng Ming Kingdom treated him so favorably, at first he thought that maybe the Feng Lord wanted to persuade him to surrender, then of course he would not agree, and he would rather die than commit treason. However, many days have passed, and if it is really persuasion, even if he is reserved, he will show up to persuade him the next day or three days, and he will not delay it for so long and not come to visit. Especially after taking a bath, he felt that it should not be to persuade him to surrender, because even if he wanted to persuade the prisoners to surrender, he would give preferential treatment, and he would not even do the details of preparing clothes for the bath.
In the dead of night, he couldn't help but start fantasizing, could it be the phoenix lord of the phoenix underworld, that woman had taken a fancy to him?
He remembered the cold and beautiful face of the woman in the battle.
In case Lord Feng really came over to force him to comply, and let him be her male pet, did he want to obey her?
Well......
Xu Maode was under house arrest for seven days, but in the end, he didn't even see the face of Lord Feng.
On the last day, they forcibly blindfolded him and took him out.
This time, Xu Maode panicked again, thinking that they had changed their minds and wanted to arrest and kill him. After too long of a comfortable day, he suddenly became nervous, Xu Maode was very uncomfortable, and the mighty and hardness that had not been mentioned for a long time and originally belonged to the soldiers suddenly dispersed the moment it was forcibly lifted, and the sense of fear actually prevailed.
No one answered his question, he was taken on his horse, and he was bumped for an unknown amount of time, and when he was about to fall apart, he was suddenly thrown off his horse, fell on the hard ground, and rolled over.
A word was whispered in his ear, and soon the sound of the horse's hooves faded away in the direction from which it had come, and soon disappeared.
Xu Maode was shocked and anxious, and desperately broke free on the ground twice, only to find that the hemp rope tied to his wrist had been loosened. He was overjoyed, and struggled desperately twice, and the hemp rope on his wrist finally came loose. He was ecstatic, and quickly tore off the bundle of cloth and blindfold on his mouth, and after untying the hemp rope that bound his ankles, he stood up and patted the dust on his body, and walked to the middle of the road to see that in front of him was the end of the dense forest, and at that end, Fenghua Mansion was close in front of him.
The joy of rebirth after the catastrophe completely overwhelmed Xu Maode, he didn't care much, and ran all the way out of the dense forest to the front of Fenghua Mansion.
The patrolman on the tower of the city was far away and could not see who it was, so he shouted with a long bow and asked:
"Who's coming?"
"It's me! It's me! Xu Maode jumped up and shouted loudly, "I'm Xu Maode!" Open the gates! ”
On the city tower, the soldiers looked at each other, and the soldiers of the Xu family cheered and said:
"It's General Xu! It's General Xu who is back! ”
No wonder they are so excited, there has been a ruckus in the city these days because Xu Maode was captured.
Of the 30,000 garrisons in the city, 10,000 are the old departments of the Xu family, which were brought by Xu Maode when he sent troops to Fengming, and the other 20,000 are people from the Mu family.
Although Shen Run has taken back all the military power through the civil war after he ascended the throne, these soldiers were all trained by those generals in the past, and even if they are loyal to the emperor now, they still have a lot of feelings for the former generals. The relationship between some veterans and veterans is even similar to the relationship between the head of the family and the retainers, and the heirs of the old general's family are also particularly valued.
The 20,000 Mu family's soldiers have nothing to do with themselves and only listen to the general's orders, but the 10,000 old troops of the Xu family can't watch their own major general being taken away by the enemy without saying a word, under the leadership of Xu Chun, several deputy generals found Xue Chong and begged Xue Chong to send troops to rescue Xu Maode.
Xue Chong didn't want to see Xu Maode in the first place, and he had the intention of ruining his reputation, plus his Fenghua Mansion was just a grain transportation road and not a fortress, before he came, Mu Ye told him that as long as he held Fenghua Mansion, it was enough, and he didn't need to take the initiative to attack. Xue Chong had lost several times, but this time he chose to listen to Mu Ye's words, just shut the door and ignore whether Xu Maode was captured and entered the enemy camp whether he was dead or alive.
Xu Chun and the others were very dissatisfied with Xue Chong's ignorance, and the two sides almost clashed, Xue Chong's face became ugly, and at this moment, good news suddenly came from outside:
"Report! General Xu is back! ”
When Xu Chun and the others heard this, they were ecstatic, and they didn't care about Xue Chong, and they went out one after another to visit Xu Maode.
Seeing that there was no one in their eyes, Xue Chong's face became more and more ugly, and he asked the little soldier who came to report the news in a cold voice:
"How did General Xu come back?"
"Ran back."
"Ran back?" Xue Chong tightened his eyebrows.
"Yes, General Xu ran back alone."
Xue Chong became more and more suspicious, stood up and walked out, and walked outside the gate of the General's Mansion, Xu Maode was standing at the door, talking to Xu Chun and the others with a smile on his face, and the joy of rebirth after the catastrophe shone in the corner of his eyes.
Xue Chong frowned and looked at him, feeling that he hadn't seen this person for a few days, he had gained a lot of weight, and he was more energetic, and he was still white and tender, wearing new clothes of fine and soft silk......
This person looks like he was going to be a prisoner, and this dress is clearly that he has already surrendered to the enemy!
Good you Xu Maode, what a big dog guts!
Xue Chongjian raised his eyebrows, pointed at Xu Maode, and shouted at the left and right:
"Xu Maode, you are so bold! Come on, take down this dog thief for me! ”
The soldiers on both sides received the order, stepped forward, and detained Xu Maode, who was still excited.
Xu Maode's joy was like being poured on a basin of cold water, which was instantly extinguished, and he only felt cold in his heart, and he looked at Xue Chong suspiciously, inexplicably.