Chapter 399: Surrender

Cangzhou City, a city that has changed hands twice in a year, is once again at a crossroads of wind and rain.

This is Cangzhou, the middle of the Han Dynasty.

Her geographical location is extremely important, and the flat official roads are like spider webs throughout the north.

If it weren't for that, it wouldn't be a battleground for all generations of soldiers.

Today, under the city of Cangzhou, another group of heavily armed troops came.

They were numerous and disciplined, and in front of Cangzhou City, they formed an endless crowd.

Inside the city, Erhu angrily walked down the city wall.

At this time, he is no longer called Erhu, but Xu Lihu.

This is the first time that Xu Haifeng has given a surname to the warriors under his command, but it is definitely not the last.

Moreover, as Xu Lihu, who won this honor, he is no longer a mere 10,000 people, under Jiang Kongming's special arrangement, he has become the first commander of the original Wolong City Guard, and now the Iron Blood Army.

Seventy percent of his 30,000 sons had fought the city with the Caesars. Most of the other Sancheng soldiers are also veterans of the former Han Dynasty. After months of hard training, it is quite combative.

It's just that looking at the 100,000 high-spirited soldiers outside the city, he didn't dare to send troops to fight without authorization.

The adjutant took his horse, Xu Lihu turned over and quickly came to the official office in the city.

"Commander Xu, Commander Zhang is not in the official office."

From a distance, I saw Xu Lihu's mount rushing quickly, and the face of the new senior general was full of helpless anger and resentment.

The little soldier guarding the door immediately cleverly called out, if he was whipped by this commander, there would definitely be nowhere to redress his grievances.

"Where is General Zhang?"

"General Zhang has gone to General Lu's residence."

"Old General Lu?" Xu Lihu raised his eyebrows, pulled the reins of the horse, and the BMW under his crotch hissed, and the person stood up, galloped in reverse, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

All the officers and soldiers secretly praised in their hearts that this person was able to get a high position, and he obviously had extraordinary ability.

However, they didn't know that the BMW under Xu Lihu's crotch was one of those second-generation blood wine war horses, and it was precisely because of its jaw-dropping characteristics that he could look like he was riding well.

"Driving ......"

Xu Lihu fought all the way and moved forward at full speed. Fortunately, at this time, the whole city was under martial law, and there were very few people on the road. Otherwise, he is so unscrupulous that he will surely cause trouble.

Throwing away the reins of the horse, Xu Lihu turned over and dismounted.

It was a large mansion surrounded by black-brown walls that blocked the view from looking inside. Entered the house, typical southern architecture.

The courtyard is deep, exotic and beautiful.

However, Xu Lihu didn't care in the slightest, and his eyes never looked at it even lightly.

"Where's Commander Zhang?"

A servant hurriedly pointed to the hall in front of him and said, "Back to Commander Xu, Commander Zhang is talking to the old general in the hall." ”

Xu Lihu frowned, and didn't wait for them to paging and informing, so he broke in directly.

In the hall, Lu Dingsheng and Zhang Jinzhong sat opposite each other, their expressions solemn, as if they were discussing something.

As soon as I saw Xu Lihu, I was a little uncomfortable.

"Commander Zhang, the bunnies outside are too rampant. The last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead the headquarters and horses, and wait for a battle with him. Xu Lihu said loudly.

"This, General Xu ......" Zhang Jinzhong was stunned and said: "This matter needs to be considered in the long run." ”

"Think long-term?" Xu Lihu was furious, although he didn't dare to accuse Zhang Jinzhong, who was in charge of the Southern Campaign, in person, but there was a little annoyance in his tone.

"Yes, it should be considered in the long run." Sitting on the chair and taking a sip of fragrant tea, General Lu said softly.

Xu Lihu sighed in his heart, he took a deep breath, but he was helpless against this old general, and he didn't dare to have the slightest refuge.

Seniority and seniority are the habits of the Han people since ancient times.

Whether this habit is good or bad, he doesn't have any ability to break it, Lu Dingsheng, his age and identity are here, even Xu Lihu doesn't dare to offend in the slightest.

"However, everyone is bullied right under their noses." Xu Lihu muttered dissatisfiedly.

Since Xu Haifeng personally led the army on an expedition to the grassland, news of victory has kept coming, however, when the battle has reached the final critical juncture.

The Cheng family in the south finally made a move.

They changed their normal way and no longer delivered any strategic goods to the northern court. And also brought out a character that no one expected.

Liu Zhengqi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the former Han Dynasty, finally walked to the front desk openly.

Under his command, the most powerful arm is the Qilin Army led by Tan Hongda and his son.

On the day of Liu Zhengqi's troops, he first set up Gu Chengen, the only son of the generalissimo Gu Dao, as the forward general, and there was little resistance from the army along the way.

At this time, although the northern part of the Han Dynasty has long been the world of Xu Haifeng, the time is still short, and the orthodox heart of the Liu family is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was heading north, the gentry and officials from all over the country did not dare to stop him at all.

That's why they came to Cangzhou smoothly along the way.

However, their good fortune is obvious, and that is the end of it.

Although I don't know, what exactly has changed in the south.

But neither Xu Haifeng nor Jiang Kongming had the slightest carelessness about this.

When they mobilized almost all their strength for the Northern Expedition, they transferred the Sky Eagle Legion stationed in the west and the current Iron Blood Army to the south and stationed them in Cangzhou City.

Now, two days later, Liu Zhengqi did not launch a siege battle, but kept sending people to shout in front of the battle, emphasizing his Han orthodoxy, and making all the officials in the city submit.

In the past two days, the people and officers and soldiers in the city have panicked, and in this state, if Liu Zhengqi suddenly launches a strong attack, Xu Lihu does not dare to guarantee whether Cangzhou City can be defended.

Although the news of Liu Zhengqi's appearance had already been sent to Xu Haifeng in the form of an urgent official document of 800 miles, he really expected his old man's class teacher to come back, but he was afraid that even the daylily would be cold.

"Ahem......"

Seeing the apprehension and concern in Xu Lihu's heart, Lu Dingsheng suddenly coughed and handed him a letter.

Xu Lihu was stunned for a moment, took it, and looked at it in a hurry, but an ominous omen suddenly surged in his heart.

"Old General, what is this?"

"This is this morning, someone went to the old decay mansion and handed the old decay something."

Xu Lihu thought for a moment, and his face changed slightly.

This letter turned out to be an invitation written by Liu Zhengqi himself, inviting Lu Dingsheng to go to the Qilin Legion.

"The gates are already closed, how did they get in?" Xu Lihu asked.

"Hehe...... Zhang Jinzhong smiled lightly and said, "Commander Xu, Cangzhou City is very big. ”

Xu Lihu's eyes were full of Yang, and he was talking nonsense, Cangzhou City was of course very big.

"The Cheng family will not let go of this city." Zhang Jinzhong then explained.

"Spies?" Xu Lihu exclaimed. It turned out that in Cangzhou City, it was still full of the eyes and ears of the enemy.

"Not bad."

Xu Lihu didn't say a word, and was about to turn his head away.

saw Zhang Jinzhong pull his sleeve and said, "Commander Xu, where are you going?" ”

"Search the whole city, I'm going to pick out this group of rats."

Zhang Jinzhong smiled bitterly and said: "At this very moment, if you do such a disturbing act, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses." ”

Xu Lihu frowned, he agreed with this sentence, but with his brain, he really couldn't think of any good ideas.

"Alas......" Lu Dingsheng suddenly let out a long sigh, attracting the attention of the two of them.

The old general slowly stood up and said, "Tomorrow, just wait for the old man to go on time." ”

Xu Lihu's heart sank, and he exclaimed: "Old general, I can't help it, this is a Hongmen banquet, I'm afraid there will be no return......

Lu Dingsheng avoided his gaze and turned his head to look at Zhang Jinzhong, his gaze with a bit of indescribable emotion.

Zhang Jinzhong groaned for a while, and said: "The old general is here, there should be no big danger." ”

"Why?" Xu Lihu asked in surprise.

Could it be that he and the Cheng family are relatives, how can he say it so surely.

"The old general is highly respected, and there is no one in the Western camp who can no longer stand out. Now that I'm invited, if there's anything wrong, hehe...... Liu Zhengqi's move to surrender was not to dig his own grave? Zhang Jinzhong said coldly.

"Surrender?" Xu Lihu asked suspiciously.

"Yes, since Liu Zhengqi invited the old general to a banquet at this time and in this place, the only thing he wants to do is one thing." Zhang Jinzhong is definitely authentic.

Xu Lihu turned his head to stare at the old man, and there was a deep worry in his eyes: "Old general, no matter what kind of medicine Liu Zhengqi's gourd sells, in the opinion of the general, it is better to ignore it." ”

"Ignore it?" Lu Dingsheng suddenly laughed out loud and said, "When did your second tiger's courage become so bad.

Xu Lihu's face turned red, he started a battle, he was a soldier and he didn't care about himself, but he really didn't know how to do these conspiracies and tricks at all.

Lu Dingsheng smiled slightly, stepped forward and patted his shaking shoulder, and said: "Don't worry, little guy, Lao Tzu is the one who came out alive from the rain of arrows in the knife mountain, I don't believe it, he didn't die in the hands of the Huns in the past, but he will die in the hands of his own people." ”

Zhang Jinzhong also sighed, stood in front of Lu Dingsheng, looked at him deeply, and said, "General Lu, so ...... It's up to you. ”