The next day, the Lord's Mansion of Heijo.

In the conference hall, civilian, military and military generals gathered.

After some courtesy.

Li Xingchen solemnly admonished: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Lingzhou army has arrived outside the city, you must not have the slightest slackness, and you must strictly manage the important tasks of the city defense day and night to prevent the Lingzhou army from attacking the city!" ”

"The last general will obey the orders of the lord!"

Xiong Tonghai and other soldiers responded in unison.

"Cai Jing listened to the order, the granary in the city is full, and I plan to put the newly hoarded grain and grass of 20,000 stone back into the Shuofangguan granary!"

Li Xingchen looked at Cai Jing and ordered: "You immediately take your subordinates and soldiers to transport 20,000 stones of grain and grass to Shuofang Valley, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Lord, this is absolutely impossible!"

Cai Jing's face changed and he retorted categorically.

Li Xingchen asked lightly, "Why not?"

Cai Jing hurriedly replied: "Right now, the Lingzhou army is outside the city, in case Yuan Wanshan learns that the lord has transported the grain and grass to Shuofang Valley and leads the army to loot the grain and grass, where can our army protect these grain and grass." ”

"The granary has always been a soldier's land, so naturally I won't act recklessly!"

Li Xingchen said casually: "Besides, the terrain there is steep, surrounded by cliffs, and Shuofang Valley has the natural advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is suitable for storing grain!" ”

"Grain and grass are related to the victory or defeat of the whole army, and the last general also asks the lord to consider it carefully...... The matter of moving grain and Shuofang Valley! ”

Cai Jing was unusual, and he actually got up with Li Xingchen directly.

"I know the things of the soldier family very well, where do you need a pre-military steward to teach, you can quickly move the grain and grass!"

Li Xingchen's expression suddenly turned cold, and he shouted loudly.

"If the lord acts so recklessly, then my Pingcheng army will definitely be defeated!"

Cai Jing's face was flushed, and he was still making a lot of nonsense.

"What did you say?"

Li Xingchen's eyes narrowed.

Looking at Cai Jing's eyes, the killing intent rose.

This moment.

A suffocating atmosphere suddenly rose in the chamber.

made all the civilian, military and military generals look at each other and be silent.

Xiong Tonghai saw this.

immediately pulled the placket of Cai Jing's shirt as a reminder.

"The last general thinks that if the grain and grass are moved to Shuofang Valley, the army and people of Pingcheng will be defeated!"

Cai Jing was unconscious, and seemed determined to carry out his head to the end.

"Bold Cai Jing, how dare you openly disturb the morale of the army?"

"Come on, quickly pull Cai Jing down to the military law to deal with it!"

Li Xingchen slapped the handsome case suddenly, and said with a murderous awe.

"Lord...... Please also ask the lord to forgive the sin of Steward Cai's unreasonable discussion! ”

"Now that the war is about to start, it is the time to employ people, please let Steward Zhang make meritorious service!"

"Killing the general before the army is not good for the army, please take back the lord's life!"

Xiong Tonghai and the generals hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded for Cai Jing one after another.

But Cai Jing's head was raised high.

This appearance is like a stubborn person who will not give up if he dies to the end.

"If it weren't for the intercession of the generals for you, I would have killed you ignorant horseman today."

Li Xingchen glared at Cai Jing angrily, and then changed his words and said: "But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped!" ”

"Quickly pull Cai Jing down and give me a cane for thirty years to set an example."

"Lord...... Li Xingchen, you are a mediocre master, I Cai Jing is not convinced...... Hahaha......"

In the midst of a burst of arrogant laughter.

Two armor soldiers immediately rushed in and dragged Cai Jing away.

"Arrogant, dare to insult me!"

Li Xingchen reprimanded angrily and shouted categorically: "Then add ten more rods to Cai Jing, if anyone dares to cheat and play tricks, he will be punished with Cai Jing!" ”

See this.

Xiong Tonghai and other generals had no choice but to mourn Cai Jing in silence in their hearts.

After all, this thing is all his own death, and he inexplicably contradicts his own lord in public.

If you don't get beaten, then it's really unreasonable.

"Qi Qi lord, there is a team of Lingzhou sergeants under the city who claim to be the envoys of the army, and they want to enter the city to ask to see the lord."

That's when it happened.

A soldier suddenly rushed into the council hall and bowed to Li Xingchen.

"Yuan Wanshan's messenger?"

"Hahaha, they came at the right time, you go and welcome these messengers to the city!"

Li Xingchen's eyes lit up.

The anger on his face turned into a smile in an instant

"Subordinates obey!"

The soldiers departed.

It was learned that Yuan Wanshan's envoy was going to enter the city.

A group of civil officials and military generals began to talk about it.

"Lord, Yuan Wanshan sent a messenger into the city at such a time, presumably because his heart was empty."

"Lao Qi, you are too optimistic, these people must have come to the city at this time to listen to the truth."

"The history of Qi Dian is reasonable, Yuan Wanshan saw that the high walls of Pingcheng City were thick, and he must not dare to forcibly attack the city, so he wanted to come soft."

"If Yuan Wanshan is acquainted, it is best to take the initiative to surrender, otherwise with the wisdom of the lord, Lu Ben will be his mistake!"

Listening to the incomparably passionate discussion of the crowd.

Li Xingchen smiled noncommittally and did not refute everyone.

In his opinion.

There was only one attempt for these messengers to enter the city.

That is, Yuan Wanshan wanted these envoys to explore the military situation in Pingcheng.

Then he wanted to break through the flat castle from the inside.

Once they achieved their goal, it would be followed by an all-out attack by Yuan Wanshan.

But for Li Xingchen.

These messengers happen to be tools for delivering messages.

Because sometimes, military intelligence reports are a double-edged sword.

It can be an opportunity to attack the enemy, but it can also become a trap for the injured.

……

Half an hour or so.

Gao Xian, under the escort of Zhang Shun, appeared in front of Li Xingchen.

"I've seen the Three Princes!"

Under the leadership of Gao Xian and Zhang Shun, the accompanying Lingzhou soldiers bowed down one after another.

But Yang Furen locked his eyes on Gao Xian.

Then he walked up to Li Xingchen, approached and said softly: "Lord, that guy is Gao Tai's uncle Gao Xian!" ”

When Li Xingchen heard this, he couldn't help but look at the treasurer of Wuzhou.

"Now that the battle between the two armies is imminent, I don't know if the senior treasurer is here to see me, is there something important?"

"The old man came to the City Lord's Mansion in the name of General Yuan to persuade the three princes to return to the imperial court, and not to go against Your Majesty again."

Gao Xian straightened up, as if he wanted to show the confidence in his heart.

But in Li Xingchen's view, all this is no different from a clown.

"Yuan Wanshan can't represent the imperial court, and you are not qualified to represent Your Majesty, I really don't know where you got the courage to dare to say such things in front of me!"

"Third prince, please don't make a mistake about yourself, Pingcheng is just a small city, and in the face of the endless conquest of the imperial court, it will definitely not be able to defend it for a long time, why do you have to be so stubborn against the imperial court?"

As an old fritter who has been in officialdom for a long time, Gao Xian has already practiced the skills of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

In front of the real superiors, he would never be so stupid as to jump to death.

After all, Li Xingchen is not Yuan Wanshan.

After all, Pingcheng is not Yaocheng.

If you are too arrogant, there is a great possibility that you will give people away!