In the palace of Princess City, King Guhe and his group of civil and military officials were anxious like ants on a hot pot.

Princess City has been besieged by Wanghai soldiers for ten days and ten nights, and the deadline proposed by King Wanghai is getting closer and closer, is it to go out of the city and surrender or stick to the city to live and die with Princess City? The crowd has been debating for a long time and the verdict has not yet been reached.

In the middle of the night, King Guhe and others sat in the palace hall and just took a nap, and the south gate guard came to report, and Wang Zike took a group of people out of the south gate to sneak attack the fish-man gunboat that King Wanghai had gotten.

King Guhe was shocked, and Wang Zike went out of the city to carry out a sneak attack without his permission, which must be more auspicious.

Sure enough, as soon as the morning dawned, Captain Bei of the palace guard came to report: The messenger of the King of Wanghai asked to see him.

As soon as the envoy entered the door, he read out the ultimatum of the king of Wanghai: Prince Ke of Guhe did not do his best to duel with my prince of Wanghai, and was defeated and captured alive by my eldest prince after only a few rounds, and the king of Guhe surrendered before dark today, otherwise my Wanghai army will first behead Wang Zike for public display, and then send a divine ship to blow up Princess City.

As soon as the messenger of the King of the Sea left, the King of the Valley River felt that the end of the world was coming. After a sigh from the officials around him, the debate between surrender and non-surrender began.

The historian Morley has always advocated surrender, and believes that it is better to surrender early than later, and now that Wang Zike has been arrested, he has more reasons to surrender:

"King, you can't hesitate any longer, if you don't surrender, the prince's life will not be saved, and Princess City will be bombed to the ground! Great King, when the king left the rebellion, although the Wanghai people also occupied Princess City for ten years, they were not driven away by my Guhe people in the end? Today, the king of Wanghai got the fishman's gunboat, maybe it was the will of heaven that asked us to abandon the city. ”

Although the general Falk had just been wounded in a defeated battle, and his head and arms were wrapped in bloodstained strips of cloth, he thought that surrendering would be a waste of death, and that it might be better to defend Princess City, and perhaps there might be a way to live.

However, the news of Wang Zike's arrest was very bad for him, and he feared that the king of Guhe would give up defending the city because of this.

He stood up and said: "Great King, the historian just mentioned that the rebellion of the king shows that the king cannot surrender. The people of Wanghai have always been untrustworthy, if the king surrenders, not only will the king of Wanghai get the princess city for nothing, but also let him cut off the heads of us and others without much effort.

The last general has always believed that the fish-man gunboat obtained by the Wanghai King is not necessarily picked up for nothing but stolen from the fish-man, maybe the fish-man has noticed that the gunboat is in the Guhe estuary outside our city, and the fish-man may take the gunboat back before dark today, and I can take the opportunity to counterattack the Wanghai people when I wait, and I will definitely be able to win a big victory, so the best strategy is to stay in the city and wait for the opportunity. ”

The other officials were still swaying from side to side, and only the national teacher Bidan bowed his head and remained silent. Among the green faces in the house, the complexion of the national teacher was a little different, his complexion was green and red, and his figure was taller than the people here, because his grandfather was a grassland red man who stayed in Qizhou a hundred years ago.

King Guhe sighed and said, "Alas, surrender is death or not, the prince will die soon, national teacher, what should you do?" ”

The national teacher raised his head and said, "My lord, when Bidan heard that the prince was arrested, he was thinking about how to rush into the barracks of the Wanghai people to save him. Although it is a risky move for the prince to attack the fish-man gunboat at night, the courage is commendable, and the king thinks about it, if the valley country is destroyed, what will be the fate of the prince?

The reason why Bidan is hesitant to go out of the city now to save the prince is because Bidan dreamed of the king when he was just napping! In my dream, I told the King that Princess City was besieged by the Wanghai people, and the King promised to send someone to help. If the Heavenly King sends people, there will naturally be a way to deal with the fish-man's gunboats, and the Wanghai people will naturally withdraw if they don't have gunboats, and the prince and I can also come back from the dead, so Bi Dan wants to wait a little longer. ”

But the words of the national teacher made everyone only excited for a moment, and then dissipated into nothingness.

Historian Morley sighed: "Alas, national teacher, you are just a dream and a game in a dream after all. Dreams are dreams, how can dreams be true? As a historian, Morley is based on historical facts. The king of heaven is far away from the sky, how can you hear about it in your dreams? Maybe the person you see in your dream is not a king, just a liar. Rather than daydreaming here, we should hurry up and discuss the terms of the negotiation with Wanghairen, and wait until it gets dark and Wanghairen will regret it when it is too late to bomb the city. ”

The national teacher Zhengse said: "Bidan believes that it is the will of heaven to dream such an extraordinary dream at such an extraordinary time, how can the will of heaven be inferred according to common sense? Three generations of Wanghaiwang's family have dreamed of being the emperor of Qizhou in my princess city, how could he be willing to blow up the city? What's more, there is such a cannon ship for the fishmen, and the demon cannon is limited, and the King of the Sea will soon run out of demon cannons when he bombs the city, and at that time as long as we are still alive, we can counterattack.

Only now that the prince is in their hands, and the food in the city is getting scarce, it will not last for a few days. My lord, I suggest that we prepare for the last counterattack, and if the king's messenger still hasn't arrived before dark today, we will go out of the city and fight with the king of the sea to break the net. ”

The king of Guhe sighed: "Alas, the counterattack is also to death, this fish-man's demon ship is facing us with a cannon on the river outside the south gate..."

"King! King! Someone outside the door interrupted King Guhe's words by shouting.

"Captain Pei, what's the alarm?" The Valley River King was a little annoyed.

"Report to the king, it's not a panic or a surprise! Five people came from outside the city, apparently climbing mountains and wading through rivers from afar, saying that there was an urgent matter to see the king! ”

The national teacher stood up with great emotion, he trembled with excitement and said, "King, here, the people of the Heavenly King... People are coming! ”

King Guhe was overjoyed and stood up suddenly: "Please!" ”

The captain of the guard turned around and shouted, "Please come in!" ”

"Everyone, wait at the door with this king!" After the King of the Valley finished speaking, he put the hat on his head and walked to the gate of the council chamber.

Outside the door of the palace hall was a guard corridor, and the five people from Shanglin walked in one after another. They saw dozens of heavily armed green men standing on both sides of the corridor.

At the top of the corridor a large door opened, and outside the door stood a young green general, and inside the door stood several old men staring out, the one among them was a short and fat man, wearing a crown with several large pearls on his head, and a white beard with a green face and chin fluttering in the wind.

And the people who greeted them were a little dumbfounded when they looked at the five red-faced visitors who were drenched in water.

The visitor who walked in the first place had a long face and a thin neck and very small ears, the second visitor wore a flower and straw hat and looked neither male nor female, and the third fat man was even more conspicuous, with a white cloth wrapped around his head, and the cloth was stained with blood.

The visitor behind the fat man had a flat face and a flat nose and an ugly appearance, and his coat was open, revealing a shabby bag, and a villain probe probed into his brain in the bag. The visitors who walked at the end had facial features like stone carvings, with clear water chestnuts and expressionless faces.

What surprised the audience the most was that these five people had no beard on their faces!

The guest had already walked to the door, and the king of the valley was still silent and silent, and no one dared to move without squeaking.

Shanglin walked to the gate and stopped, he felt a little strange, the person wearing the crown inside the door was supposed to be the king of Guhe, but he just stared blankly at his words, deeds and actions to greet the guests.

Shanglin had no choice but to point to the door and knowingly ask the officer at the door: "Who are they?" ”

The officer at the door had to turn his face and shout: "King! ”

The King of Guhe took a step forward and asked, "This king is the King of Guhe, who are you?" ”

"We are messengers sent by the Heavenly King!" Shanglin said with a serious expression.

"Ah, what a messenger of the King of Heaven! This king is courteous. King Guhe said respectfully, then covered his chest with one hand and bowed slightly.

"I'm the national teacher Bidan, polite!"

"Courteous!" The rest of the officials followed suit.

After the ceremony, the guests sat down, and the king of Guhe asked tentatively: "Outside the city, the sea soldiers are surrounded by water, how can the envoy of the king of heaven enter the city?" ”

Shanglin politely replied: "I fought with their generals, I won, and they lined up to send us into the city!" ”

"Ah, I see, the Heavenly King's envoy has such a great ability, he must have a plan to defeat the Wanghai soldiers?" The King of the Valley River said with joy on his face.

Shanglin said: "My lord, I will talk about the war later, we have not eaten food all night in the mountains, and now we are all very hungry, and we have just fought for a while, and now we don't even have the strength to speak, so please get us something to eat first." ”

King Guhe said repeatedly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Captain Bei, lead the guests to the palace restaurant, and then invite them to come over and talk when they are full of food and drink." ”

Captain Bei was ordered to take Shanglin and his party to dinner.