Jia Xu twisted his beard and said, "My subordinates have a plan." ”

"Oh? What's the point? ”

Jia Xu said calmly: "The gate of Lijing City is still wide open at this time, and there are constantly business travelers coming in and out. Choose from hundreds of astute sergeants, disguise as a merchant traveler, and infiltrate the city. After nightfall, the city gate will be attacked at the scheduled time, and then the young master will lead the army to storm again. Our army is advancing rapidly, and Yan Xing will not know that our army has arrived at Lijing City, and he will not take strict precautions. Our army should cooperate with the outside world, and we will be able to take the city gate in one fell swoop, and then capture Lijing City. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Good! ”

Ma Chao thought that for such an important matter, he had to choose a reliable person and a tribe, and first thought of Ju Yi and his first camp. The first camp has strong combat power, and it is more suitable to sneak attack the defenders and seize the city gate for such a heavy task.

So Ma Chao summoned Ju Yi and ordered him and his three hundred Xiandeng dead soldiers to change their faces, disguise themselves as business travelers, sneak into Lijing City to hide, and agreed to attack the defenders tonight and open the city gate. Ma Chao also ordered the rest of the troops to get ready, and when they arrived, they would besiege Lijing City.

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After making up his mind to surrender Ma Chao and sacrifice Zhang Ye, Yan Xing was relaxed. Suddenly felt that there was nothing to do, Jin Ma Chao had to wait until next year to come, and he was bored, so he wanted to go out of the city to hunt and relax.

Yan Xing simply selected a few hundred henchmen and rode out of the city. When I got out of the city gate, I ran into some trouble. Because Lijing City is located on the Silk Road, there are many merchants traveling to and from the Silk Road, and many business travelers are driving camel caravans and carriages, and they are slowly pouring into the gate of Lijing City. However, because of the inspection of the merchants entering the city and the taxation of the gate on the merchants, the city gate became crowded.

Yan Xing was impatient, so he sent guards to clear the city gate road, so that those merchants who entered the city lined up on the left and walked out from the right.

Yan Xing, who was wearing a helmet and armor, took the lead and slowly walked through the city gate road. Those merchants looked at him with awe, making Yan Xing a little proud.

But Yan Xing suddenly felt that someone was looking at him with sharp eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that it was a group of businessmen. The merchants looked very tall and muscular, and although they wore the ordinary clothes of merchants, they had a temperament that resembled veterans who had been fighting and killing people on the battlefield for years. When Yan Xing's eyes swept over, the merchants involuntarily lowered their heads and avoided his gaze.

This made Yan Xing even more suspicious, because those people did exude a temperament that was very different from the businessman next to him, and this temperament, Yan Xing was familiar with, that is, the murderous aura of the soldiers. Moreover, the eyes they looked at Yan Xing were not in awe, but cold.

Could it be that these people are really soldiers disguised as merchants? Yan Xing's gaze kept on those merchants, and his suspicions became heavier and heavier.

But remembering Cheng Gongying's high opinion about Ma Chao's war time, saying that Ma Chao should start a war in January next year, Yan Xing dispelled his doubts again. Cheng Gongying's analysis is not unreasonable, Yan Xing suddenly felt that he was too eager for Jin Ma Chao's arrival, so he would regard the business trip as Jin Ma Chao's ambush.

Yan Xing didn't care and continued to walk outside the city. At this time, the merchants who were suspicious of him also walked to the city gate guard, and were paying the gate tax to the guard. The leading merchant stretched out his hand and handed a piece of Lintoe Gold to the city gate guard, and at this moment, Yan Xing accidentally saw that the merchant's palms were all calloused!

Yan Xing didn't say a word, and immediately drew his sword, pointing it at the neck of the leading merchant. The leading merchant just took a step back in shock, and instead of showing horror on his face, he stared at Yan Xing with cold eyes. From beginning to end, the merchant didn't even scream, and he was unusually calm, which completely confirmed Yan Xing's conjecture. What confirmed Yan Xing's conjecture even more was that when the other merchants saw this, they approached the carriage one after another and quietly poked their hands into the carriage. Yan Xing guessed that there were blades in the carriage. As soon as he kills the leading merchants, the rest of the merchants will revolt.

Yan Xing said coldly: "Say, where is Jin Ma Chao?" ”

The leading merchant smiled and said, "General, what are you talking about?" What Jinma Chao? The villain doesn't know. The villain is just an ordinary trader, just passing by your land, and I don't know where to offend the general. ”

Yan Xing said in a deep voice: "You don't have to pretend anymore, I can see at a glance that you and others are battle-hardened soldiers." Otherwise, how can ordinary businessmen have calluses on their palms? Only soldiers who are constantly armed with weapons are possible. And you are so calm and unusually calm when you encounter something, ordinary business travelers will already be frightened when they encounter this. And say you're not soldiers? ”

When the leading merchant heard this, the smile on his face gradually faded.

Yan Xingdao: "Those who are interested in Zhangye County are also Jinmachao." Although Ben General didn't know why Jin Ma Chao dared to attack Hexi in less than a month, you must be Jin Ma Chao's soldiers. Tell me, where is Jinma Chao? ”

The leading merchant was Ju Yi.

Ju Yi couldn't hide it, so he smiled: "General Yan is really the number one general under Han Sui, just at a glance, you can see that we are false and real, and I admire it." Naturally, I won't tell General Yan where the young master of my family is. But not to mention, General Yan must also know that the young master of my family is outside Lijing City at the moment, eyeing the general. ”

When Yan Xing heard this, his face showed joy.

Ju Yi didn't see it, and said: "The general is killed, and he can't change the matter of the young master's siege of the city." With the courage of the young master, General Yan's Lijing City may not be enough for him to spend five days. ”

Yan Xing smiled: "What if I say that I want to surrender to the young master of your family?" ”

Ju Yi felt that since he was recognized, he would definitely not be able to escape a dead word, and the reason why he said cruel words to Yan Xing was to anger Yan Xing and let Yan Xing kill him, so as not to give Yan Xing the opportunity to ask him about the whereabouts of Ma Chao's main force, so Ju Yi was ready to die. Who knew that Yan Xing actually came to such a sentence, and Ju Yi was suddenly confused.

Yan Xing was much happier in his heart, Jin Ma Chao's early arrival made him feel that a big stone in his heart had landed. Fortunately, it happened that the disaster city gate saw through the ambush sent by Jin Ma Chao, and Yan Xing thought to himself that if there was no chance encounter, then Li Jing City would definitely be captured by Jin Ma Chao with a combination of internal and external strategies.

Yan Xing withdrew his sword and said, "Please go back and report it, just say that I, Yan Xing, am willing to surrender and am willing to sacrifice Lijing City to General Shenwei." Some of the other cities in Zhangye County are garrisoned by my henchmen and are willing to persuade them to surrender. ”

Happiness came too suddenly, and he even saved the siege of the city from inside and outside, and Ju Yi couldn't tell whether what Yan Xing said was true or false for a while.