Someone took the lead, and all the officials got up one after another to express their willingness to follow Liu Xiqi and secretly defect to Yanyun, and for a while, the hall was noisy. Liu Xi was happy when he saw that things were going so well, he originally thought that someone might come out to oppose it, so he deliberately arranged armor soldiers around to prepare to deal with those opponents, but he didn't expect that it would not be used at all.

Liu Xi saw that although everyone expressed their willingness to defect to Yan Yun, many people still had a look of worry in their eyes, and they knew what they were worried about, so he stood up and raised his voice: "Don't hide it from you, I have already talked to King Yan, King Yan is very friendly to us, and has promised that everyone will still stay in their original positions, and if they have merits in the future, they can be rewarded as Yan Yun has done so, and King Yan will treat everyone equally, so you don't have to worry about anything at all!" ”

When the people heard this, their worries immediately vanished. Liu Xi motioned to the maid to bring the wine, picked up the wine glass, raised it high, and said in a loud voice: "From now on, we will all be officials of Yan Yun, and in the future, we will be ministers in the same hall under the command of King Yan, and please take care of you!" Everyone laughed, picked up their wine glasses, and an official said: "Your Excellency is polite, it should be me and please ask your adult to take care of me!" Many officials chimed in.

Liu Xi was quite proud, laughing, "I'll do it first for respect!" Then he clinked his glasses with both hands and drank it all. The officials also toasted their glasses of wine. At this point, everyone and Zhao Song have completely drawn a line.

Liu Xi sat down, and the others also sat down. At this moment, Sun Wei, who had been on the road, suddenly rushed in, ignored the other officials, and went straight to Liu Xi, bowed his head, and muttered something in a low voice. Everyone saw that Liu Xi's originally red face turned white in an instant, and his eyes showed a very panicked look. Everyone couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts, and their doubts were clustered. An impatient official couldn't help but ask, "Lord Liu, General Sun, is something happening?" ”

Liu Xi hesitated for a moment, feeling that he couldn't hide this matter, so he said: "Liu Ziyu led 50,000 soldiers and horses to leave Xichuan and is coming towards Jingzhao Mansion. As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color, and someone shouted in panic: "It's over, it must be that the imperial court has discovered something, so Liu Ziyu was specially sent to exterminate us!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was even more flustered. Someone shouted, "I see, I think this matter is over, let's go back and treat it as if nothing had happened!" Many people chimed in, and the officials did not say goodbye to Liu Xi, the master, and walked outside.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Liu Xi frowned, and threw the wine glass to the ground suddenly, with a crisp sound, and the wine glass fell into tens of thousands of pieces. In the front yard and hall, countless sergeants suddenly poured out, surrounding the officers and officers who were about to leave. The scene immediately fell silent, and an official turned around and asked Liu Xi: "Lord Liu, you, what are you going to do?" ”

Liu Xi said with a gloomy face: "There is no turning back when you open the bow!" You have already sworn allegiance to Yan Yun, how can you go back on your word! A commander shouted angrily: "The imperial court has already sent Liu Ziyu, this matter can't be done!" If you keep doing it, you'll die! I still want to live a few more years, I'm going to quit! As soon as he said this, many people shouted and became excited, seeing that the situation was about to get out of control.

Liu Xi felt a little tricky, and threw inquiring glances at Guo Hao and Sun Hao, and both of them showed fierce expressions in their eyes. Liu Xi frowned, and said secretly: The matter has come to this point, and I can't take care of it so much, no poison and no husband! As soon as he thought of this, he shouted: "Give it to me, kill!" ”

The officials and generals were stunned, and the sergeants around them had already begun to move, wielding knives to slash and kill these high-ranking lords and generals before. The screams rang out, the blood was flying, and everyone fled in panic, but where could they escape, the generals could still struggle for a while, and those civil officials were like slaughtered pigs and sheep, and in the blink of an eye, there were countless people on the ground.

After a few moments, the scene fell silent, dozens of officials in attendance were slaughtered, and the once jubilant hall was transformed into a bloody slaughterhouse. Several maids beside Liu Xi were already sitting on the ground in fright, trembling all over.

Guo Hao hurriedly walked up to Liu Xi and said, "These people should have died a long time ago!" Now Lord Liu can mobilize garrisons from all over the country as a solicitor! With our army of more than 100,000 people, we are not afraid that we will not be able to deal with Liu Ziyu's 50,000 horses! Liu Xi nodded, and immediately called a few cronies and officers, and passed down the order of the envoys, ordering them to immediately leave Jingzhao Mansion to transfer troops to various places, and all the officers took the order.

Guo Hao asked Sun Hao: "General Sun, I don't know where Liu Ziyu's army has gone?" Sun Wei said: "When I received the news, they had already passed Niushou Mountain, and the itinerary should have arrived in Qindu Town at this moment." "Qindu Town is about fifty miles southwest of Jingzhao Prefecture, on the bank of Fengshui, a tributary of Weishui.

Guo Hao said: "There are still fifty miles, we still have time to arrange, my army plus Lord Liu's army has almost 40,000 horses, which is more than enough to guard Jingzhao Mansion; Coupled with General Sun's more than 10,000 troops in foreign aid, we are already invincible. When the troops transferred from all over the country felt that Liu Ziyu could only walk around without eating! ”

Sun Wei nodded approvingly. Liu Xi pondered: "I'm thinking, Liu Ziyu may not have come here for us!" "I glanced up at the two of them, there was no rumor about this matter before, and it was impossible for Xichuan to know about it, maybe Liu Ziyu had nothing to do with us here!"

Sun Wei said angrily: "What do you want to do so much, anyway, we have already defected to Yan Yun, and he Liu Ziyu will start a war if he doesn't get out!" Guo Hao pondered: "If Liu Ziyu doesn't know the situation here, we can take it upon ourselves without having to attack!" Liu Xishen nodded approvingly, "Yes, I can send a cronie to meet him first and ask him directly about his intentions for this trip!" I am an envoy of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he has led an army into my jurisdiction without informing me, and I have the right to inquire about his intentions, and this does not arouse any suspicion! After understanding his intentions, let's make plans according to the situation! The two nodded.

At this moment, an officer rushed in, clenched his fists and said: "Lord Qiyu, General Qiyu, there is an officer from outside the city, claiming to be the messenger of Lord Liu Ziyu, asking to see your lord, I didn't receive an order from my lord, and I didn't dare to open the city gate and let him in!" Guo Hao said: "This is normal, Liu Ziyu led the army into our jurisdiction, and he should have sent an envoy to explain the situation to us first." ”

Liu Xi glanced at the hall where the corpses were drenched in blood, and frowned: "It's too late to start cleaning up here immediately!" I'll go to him at the gates, and you'll clean up this place!" With that, he left the hall. Coming out of the mansion, he led a dozen personal soldiers to run towards the city gate

The group rushed to the city gate, and Liu Xi immediately ordered his men to open the city gate and let the messenger in. The men shouted, and the sergeants immediately opened the gates. Liu Ziyu's messenger rode out on horseback, and when he saw that Liu Xi was at the gate of the city immediately, he was taken aback, and quickly turned over and dismounted, and greeted: "Meet your lord!" "No need to be polite. I heard that Lord Liu Ziyu suddenly led an army of 50,000 into my jurisdiction, what is going on? Why didn't I know anything about it before? Liu Xi asked with some annoyance.

The messenger hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "It is an order from the imperial court, in view of the fact that Yan Yun controls the Weibei region, the imperial court is worried that there will be insufficient troops here, so it specially transferred Lord Liu out of Xichuan to support Weibei." Then he took out a letter and raised his hands above the top, "This is a handwritten letter from Lord Liu, please take a look!" Liu Xi stepped forward, picked up the letter, opened it and took out the letterhead, unfolded it and read it, and muttered: "The imperial court appointed Liu Ziyu as the envoy of Shaanxi and Gansu? He put down the letter and hummed, "Humph! Shaanxi and Gansu have me as a solicitor, but why do you want to send a Xuanfu envoy? How could the messenger answer this question, he clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate doesn't know!" ”

Liu Xi's face suddenly became pleasant, "Excuse me, go back and tell Lord Liu, saying that tomorrow is my birthday, please come tomorrow to enjoy the light!" The messenger was a little surprised when he saw Liu Xi's face change so quickly, and muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, and hugged his fists and said, "The villain remembers!" If the lord has nothing else to say, the lower official will take his leave! Liu Xi nodded, "You go." The messenger bowed to Liu Xi, turned back to the horse, turned on the horse, turned the horse's head with the reins, waved a whip, and galloped away. Liu Xi squinted at the messenger in the distance, and then ordered: "Close the city gate." Le turned his horse's head and led a dozen of his own soldiers back to the house, when the shouting of the captain of the city gate came from the city gate: "Close the city gate!" And all the men closed the gates together, and put up the great bars.

The messenger rushed back to the military camp in Qindu Town overnight, saw Liu Ziyu in the big tent, and said, "The villain has handed over the letter from the adult to Lord Liu Xi!" ”

Liu Ziyu asked while writing something, "Did Lord Liu say anything?" The messenger frowned and said, "Lord Liu seems to be very dissatisfied with the imperial court's appointment of the envoy of Shaanxi and Gansu Xuanfu!" Liu Ziyu smiled, put down the brush, looked up at the messenger, and said: "When I didn't come, he was a messenger for Shaanxi and Gansu, which can be described as a good word, but I, the Xuanfu envoy, came, and went hand in hand with him, so that he lost his former majesty, and naturally he was displeased!" ”

The messenger said: "But Lord Liu will soon become pleasant, and I want to invite you to attend his birthday party tomorrow, and he will ask your lord to enjoy the light!" Liu Ziyu and Liu Xi don't have a deep relationship, and they don't know his birthday, so they didn't doubt it, and thought: "I don't like to participate in this kind of activity, it's better to be bland among gentlemen." But the situation is a little different at the moment, and I can't brush off Lord Liu's good intentions. He smiled, "Maybe Lord Liu wants to take this opportunity to talk to me about things." ”

Seeing that the messenger looked like he wanted to speak, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

The messenger clasped his fists and said, "There is a strange thing, Lord Liu actually came to the city gate to meet me!" Liu Ziyu was very surprised, although he was not familiar with Liu Xi, but he had several contacts, knowing his personality, he was definitely not the kind of guy who was willing to condescend to the noble, on the contrary, that guy was very capable of pretending to be garlic, and he was full of officialdom. Liu Ziyu stood up, walked up to the messenger, frowned, and said, "This is really strange! When did he, Liu Xi, become so polite and virtuous? Rang for a moment, the Phenomenal Courier, "What else is going on?" ”

The messenger thought for a moment and said, "My subordinates saw the lanterns at the gate of the city, and they seemed to be very festive, and they didn't know what was going on. ”

Liu Ziyu thought for a while: "Zhang Lantern is colorful? Since Liu Xi said that it was tomorrow's birthday, what are you doing tonight? Subconsciously felt that this Liu Xi seemed to have some fame, but he couldn't figure out the joints for a while. muttered: "Now that Yanyun is prosperous, Liu Xi and these people are by no means loyal, I am afraid that they will not necessarily have the heart to deviate," Thinking of this, he was shocked, "Isn't this guy really making this calculation?" If so, he invited me to go tomorrow, but I am afraid that it will be ill-intentioned! ”

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that although this matter was unlikely, it was difficult to say that it was impossible, after all, it was a careful ship to sail for ten thousand years, and he must not be careless, and as soon as he thought about this, he called his cronies and ordered him to send shrewd and capable soldiers disguised as ordinary people to Jingzhao Mansion and the surrounding areas of Jingzhao Mansion to inquire about the news.

The next day, Liu Xi climbed the gate tower of the south city wall early, looked at the south, and saw that the place where heaven and earth met was vast. Sun Wei rushed up, hugged his fists and said: "It's all ready, just wait for Liu Ziyu to come!" ”

Liu Xi nodded and ordered, "Order all four doors to be opened, so as not to make him suspicious." Sun Wei promised and ran down. Liu Xi stood on the city gate tower and looked at the south, and soon after, countless black spots appeared in the haze where heaven and earth met, and then the black spots turned into black tides, and I saw a large army coming towards this side. Liu Xi couldn't help but get nervous, and his hand grasped the hilt of the sword.

About half an hour later, I saw about 50,000 troops coming outside the city, Liu Xi stared at the handsome banner of the army, and couldn't help muttering: "Come on! Come on! At this moment, Liu Ziyu immediately looked at the city in front of him outside the city, his eyes first swept to the city gate tower, and saw Liu Xi standing on the city gate tower in military uniform, and he couldn't help but feel surprised; Then his eyes swept over the city wall, although he did not see a few sergeants, but at this time the sun had risen, and he could faintly see the reflection of many metals on the city wall shooting into the sky; In the end, Liu Ziyu's eyes fell on the city gate, early in the morning it was a busy time, but the city gate was actually empty and there was no half a figure, this is really three hundred taels of silver here!

Liu Ziyu smiled coldly, looked at Liu Xi on the tower of the city gate, and scolded: "This bastard has really rebelled!" With a wave of his horse, he spurred the horse out of the military formation, came to the city gate, reined in his horse, raised his head and asked sharply: "Liu Xi, the court treats you well, why do you want to betray the court?" When Liu Xi heard this, he was stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Liu Ziyu said: "I know you want to defect to Yanyun. But Yan Yun is just a courtier of the imperial court, isn't it ridiculous for you to do this? Besides, if you read the books of the sages, how can you not understand the truth of loyalty? Listen to my advice, and turn back to the shore early, I can guarantee that this matter will never be reported to the court until now, and you must not make a mistake and become a thousand years of hatred! ”

Liu Xi raised his voice and said, "Lord Liu, what are you talking about?" I don't understand what you're talking about at all! Liu Ziyu sighed, "When you say that, it seems that you insist on going your own way!" Liu Xi said angrily: "Lord Liu, why do you repeatedly slander me, what are your intentions? ”

Liu Ziyu sneered, "Your birthday was obviously yesterday, but you lied to me that it was today, what do you want to do by tricking me into the city?" Pointing to the city wall, "You have ambushed countless soldiers on the city wall, don't you see the reflection of the blades and armor?" He pointed to the empty city gate, "At this moment, it is a busy time of the day, but there is no one at the city gate. Lord Liu, did you make so many arrangements just to deal with Liu Ziyu? I, Liu Ziyu, are not worthy of such a big fight, you obviously want to betray the court and defect to Yan Yun! ”

Liu Xi saw that his careful arrangement was full of flaws in the eyes of the other party, and he was shocked and admired, and hugged his fists and said: "I have long heard that you Liu Ziyu is as deep as the sea, and I didn't believe it at first, but it is well known when I saw it today!" Lord Liu, listen to my advice and go to King Yan with me, so as not to cause you and me to fight for life! ”

Liu Ziyu broke off and shouted: "Shut up!" Then he said awe-inspiringly: "Are you a despicable villain like you when I am Liu Ziyu?" The food of the king bears the worries of the king, I Liu Ziyu swear to repay the country's kindness, and I will not give up! These two sentences were sonorous and forceful, and Liu Xi couldn't help but feel ashamed, but this shame was only fleeting, and he raised his voice: "Lord Liu, that Zhao Song's mediocrity made the people miserable, so that there was a change in the Khitan army, and then the Central Plains Lu Shen, Zhao Song thought that he was evading the compromise, ignoring the land of his ancestors, and ignoring the lives of the people, where are they still qualified to be the lord of China!" It has always been said that the destiny of heaven returns, why does the destiny return? Nothing more than the hearts of the people! Zhao Song let the mountains and rivers be shattered, what is the destiny of heaven? On the other hand, King Yan rose in the east of Cangzhou, like the rising sun in the east, and the hero was born, sweeping the world to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and save the people, this is the real destiny! If you are loyal to Zhao Song, it is tantamount to aiding and abusive, and in the end, Zhao Song will not be able to protect it, and hundreds of people will also suffer! There is no owner in the world, and only the virtuous live in it! Lord Liu, you must not be obsessed, otherwise you will be ruined, and you will also harm hundreds of people! ”

Liu Ziyu scolded angrily: "Don't want to reverse right and wrong here!" That Chen Xiao is a courtier, but he has no subordinates, and he is a traitor, what virtue can he speak of! Isn't Lord Liu's words ridiculous? Liu Xi sighed, "It seems that you and I can't talk about it anyway!" It's superfluous to say anything more! ”

Liu Ziyu suddenly raised his voice and said: "The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, you are all loyal ministers and righteous soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty, do you want to betray the imperial court with Liu Xi?" Are you not afraid that your relatives and children will be disgraced by this? I don't believe that you are willing to be thieves, if you still have a little bit of loyalty, you can quickly kill the rebellious Liu Xi, not only no fault, but also great merit in the court, Your Majesty will definitely reward everyone! ”

When Liu Xi heard this, he was shocked and angry, pointed at Liu Ziyu and shouted: "Liu Ziyu, don't bewitch the crowd!" "All the soldiers, look at me, I look at you, but they didn't look moved, an officer stood up and said to Liu Ziyu: "Lord Liu, you don't have to shout, we won't listen to you!" ”

Liu Ziyu frowned, and asked angrily: "Aren't you afraid of being thundered by the sky when you say this?" The officer said: "I haven't read a book, and I don't know what you scholars call 'loyalty', but I know that Zhao Song lost all the land of our ancestors, and I don't care about the life or death of our ordinary people, why should we die for them?" ”

Liu Ziyu shouted: "Between heaven and earth, you must be loyal to your father, don't you understand such a simple truth?" The king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, the father wants the son to die, and the son has to die! ”

The officer laughed mockingly, "What you scholars are talking about is mysterious!" If that's the case, why did Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the Great Song Dynasty, betray the Chai family? Isn't Zhao Kuangyin a courtier of the Chai family? If you go further, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, so many dynasties are gone, if you follow what the adults say, wouldn't this be too ridiculous? The soldiers who had been hiding behind the battlements stood up one after another, echoing the officer's words, and a small soldier plucked up his courage and said loudly: "According to your lordship, we still don't know who to be loyal to?" Is it loyal to Li Tang, or loyal to Liu Han, and then there seems to be Daqin! Is this clear? ”

Although Liu Ziyu is rich and rich, he is really speechless in the face of the words of these big bosses, although these big bosses don't know anything, but what they say is very reasonable! You say that you are loyal to the king, so after so many years in the land of China, I don't know how many emperors have surnames, and it is really an uncertain thing to be loyal to whom!

Liu Xi was secretly happy when he saw the performance of the soldiers under his command, and his original hanging heart fell. Seeing the army behind Liu Ziyu, his heart moved, and he shouted: "Brothers of the Song army outside the city, listen, many of your hometowns are in the Central Plains, when Zhao and Song ruled they did not collect harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, regardless of the life and death of your relatives, but when the foreign enemy came, they left the people and fled for their lives, do you want to be loyal to such a court, and finally such a master?" There was a commotion in the Song army.

Liu Ziyu hurriedly looked behind him, and saw that the military heart had been moved, and he couldn't help but be shocked; But Liu Xi looked proud, and continued to shout: "Song Jun brothers, come here, your relatives are waiting for you at home, under Yan Yun's rule, you will never experience the pain of being separated from your wife and family!" ”

There were countless crying voices among the Song army, and before the war began, the army's heart had already collapsed. Liu Ziyu didn't dare to stay any longer, so he hurriedly ran back and led the army to retreat. Fortunately, Liu Ziyu had a lot of prestige in the army, so he stabilized the morale of the army, and the army still obeyed his orders, and there were no major problems, and they were successfully withdrawn. Liu Xi was taken by Liu Ziyu's prestige, and he did not dare to go out of the city to attack.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.