"Assassin?" Qin Ke shook his head and said, "If I were an assassin, Lord Guo would be dead by now." ”

"Hubris. Wang Nan sneered, "Do you really think it's great to know how great it is to practice? Qi and blood cultivation, General Guo and I have it, and you can still defeat the two of us alone?"

"It's hard to say. Qin Ke shrugged his shoulders, that hundred generals could recruit everything, including Guo Kai and Wang Nan's cultivation realm, and this matter was the first priority.

Maybe Qin Ke is injured now and his blood is damaged, but he is confident that with the dagger tied to his calf and the sharpness of the Qijin Sword, even if the people inside and outside the entire camp rush together, he can cope with it.

Guo Kai waved his hand to signal Wang Nan to be calm and calm, and took a step forward and said: "This little brother, you said that you came in from outside Pinggu, but the outside is full of Tang Army, you ......"

"I climbed up, and it took me more than two hours to climb the northwest cliff. "When he mentioned this, Qin Ke even had his eyelids a little drooping, and he was still very aggrieved for a while, thinking about it, he was obviously taking care of his injuries well, but he was sent by Wang Xuanwei to do such a chore.

"Jokes. Wang Nan snorted and said: "The cliff in the northwest? If the general himself goes up to the cliff, I believe that you can climb the cliff with your small body?"

"You haven't really tried, how do you know you can't climb up?"

"Of course I didn't try because I knew I couldn't climb up. ”

It seems that from the very beginning, Wang Nan had a kind of hostility towards Qin Ke, perhaps because the betrayal of the Pao Ze brothers made him suspicious of the way of the world, so he no longer dared to trust people easily.

But Qin Ke doesn't care about this, for him, Wang Nan is like a passerby, he doesn't care much about the trust of a passerby, and he won't make any superfluous justifications or flattery, the important thing is whether Guo Kai believes in him.

Qin Ke's gaze crossed Wang Nan and fell on Guo Kai, and asked, "Lord Guo, you don't believe me either?"

Guo Kai had been quietly staring at Qin Ke for a long time, and after all, he only saw calmness in Qin Ke's expression.

After thinking about it, he and Qin Ke got closer, but his hand never left the hilt of the knife he was gripping: "Perhaps...... Should I trust you once?"

Qin Ke made a strange expression and said: "If you believe it, you will believe it, if you don't believe it, you won't believe it, what is 'maybe you should believe'? Is it faith or not belief? No wonder...... Wang Xuanwei said that although you are not incompetent, you are stupid in reading your brain, and you spend all day thinking about what you have and what you don't have. ”

When Wang Nan heard Qin Ke's last words, he was immediately furious: "Stinky boy, what are you talking about!"

"Wang Nan, don't be angry. Guo Kai suddenly stretched his smile, probably because of Qin Ke's relaxed and unpretentious attitude, which made him make up his mind, "Okay, I believe that you are not telling a lie, and I also believe that you were indeed sent by Wang Xuanwei, as for how you climbed up from under the cliff......

Guo Kai turned his head to look at Wang Nan and said with a smile: "I think this is probably why Wang Xuanwei sent him to deliver the letter." ”

In fact, Qin Ke is pretending to be calm, in the face of this tense scene, he is still a little timid, after all, he is alone, and Guo Kai has thousands of people, but now his calmness has indeed allowed him to gain the trust of Guo Kai, the main master, and he grinned: "Then Qin Ke has thanked the general for his trust in advance." ”

"Where's the Admiral?"

Guo Kai has always been a person who "does not suspect people, and does not use suspicious people", although his subordinates came out of the rebels this time, he still did not change his style of dealing with the world.

"Outside Pinggu. Qin Ke replied briefly.

Guo Kai was stunned for a moment and wanted to ask again, but Qin Ke had already said to himself: "He plans to save you out." But now he only has 6,000 black horsemen under his command, and he can't break through the Tang army's siege of Pinggu on his own strength alone. ”

When it came to the six thousand black horses, Qin Ke tilted his head slightly and deliberately avoided the eyes of Guo Kai and Wang Nan - of course he knew how many people Wang Xuanwei had under his command.

The six thousand black cavalry is just an existence made up by Wang Xuanwei, as for why he didn't say more, on the one hand, for the sake of truth, on the other hand, he also wanted Guo Kai to understand that the matter of breaking through cannot rely on reinforcements alone, and Pinggu must integrate the three armies internally, and the inside and outside should be combined to have a glimmer of life.

"Black Rider...... Six thousand ......" Guo Kai raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't have much confidence in this number, "Do you know how many Tang troops there are outside?"

"Aside from those people and auxiliaries who have little combat power, there are about 20,000 soldiers and horses. Qin Ke looked at the slightly stunned expression on Guo Kai's face, and continued: "Lord Guo has been trapped these days, maybe the news is not very well-informed, the Tang army that surrounded Pinggu before was about 50,000, but now, their main force has been transferred, and their combat power has been cut again and again, General Guo has taken this opportunity to rush out of Pinggu, it is not impossible." ”

Guo Kai lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, and quickly guessed something, looked at Qin Ke with a torch in his eyes, and said, "If I guessed correctly, lead away the main force of the Tang Army...... It's also Wang Xuanwei's handiwork, right?"

"Yes. Qin Ke nodded, recalling the hard work he and all kinds of soldiers and horses have worked hard these days, and said with emotion: "General Wang said that there is only one chance, and the longer the time drags on, the more variables there will be, but now ......"

He frowned, showing a helpless look: "I don't know what to do next......

Qin Ke was referring to the current situation in which the mutiny in the army was becoming more and more intense.

Now there are only more than 2,000 people under Guo Kai's command who are willing to obey him, even if there is a miracle that they suppress the rebels, but in the face of the remaining scattered Mo cavalry, how can they cooperate with Wang Xuanwei inside and outside?

For a moment, several people fell silent.

Qin Ke thought for a while, and asked a little unconfidently: "Is it possible to ask for a face-to-face discussion with those rebellious generals and tell them that there is a chance to break through......?"

"No way. Wang Nan immediately interrupted Qin Ke's somewhat naïve words: "Since they have raised troops, it is equivalent to standing on the opposite side, even if he regrets it now, what can he do? After breaking out of the encirclement, the law in the army is strict, and it is inevitable that he will die, so their only choice now is to surrender to the Tang army, and even grovel to become their eagle dogs for them to drive, or live longer......"

"Yes. Qin Ke lowered his head, he was not very familiar with military affairs, and his views were naturally not as good as Wang Nan's.

It's just that Guo Kai suddenly spoke: "It's not necessarily impossible. ”

Wang Nan and Qin Ke turned their gazes to him at the same time.

It's just that Guo Kai's eyes wandered, patted his head, and muttered in a low voice: "Just want to do this, it's not easy, it's too difficult, it's too difficult." ”

"Lord Guo, what do you want to say?" Qin Ke went up to stop Guo Kai from continuing to beat his head, "Why don't you say it and let us hear it, maybe there is another way?"

Wang Nan nodded, clasped his hands into fists and said: "My lord, time is running out, since horizontal and vertical is also death, if there is any plan, it doesn't hurt to say it, even if it is a risk, it is better than sitting and waiting to die." ”

Guo Kai nodded, the light in his eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "Wang Nan is right, since Lin Xin and the others have already made this head, they must know that they have no way back. But what about the soldiers under Lin Xin's command? Nearly 10,000 people rebelled, and if everyone was of the same mind as Lin Xin, I don't think it was possible. Many people just lost their morale and were dissatisfied in their hearts, so they were instigated by Lin Xin, which contributed to the current situation. ”

Although Guo Kai is a civilian official, he has been stationed in Xingzhou for many years, and his military affairs are by no means limited to talking about soldiers on paper, and he even knew the crux of this very well when he talked to Cha Ye at that time.

"Since it was instigated, whether it was rebelled or not was only in the thoughts of everyone. Guo Kai said carefully: "For them, the most important thing is to survive, Lin Xin told them that they could survive if they surrendered to the Tang Army, so everyone would turn their grievances into a glimmer of hope." But once they knew that reinforcements were coming from outside, they didn't have to grovel to be prisoners of the Tang Army to survive, and maybe some people would be willing to change their minds. ”

Wang Nan's face was overjoyed, and he clapped his hands and said quickly: "Yes, yes, yes! Look at my donkey brain...... I'll let the people below shout and tell them that the General's reinforcements have arrived......"

"Wait!" Guo Kai grabbed him suddenly.

"General. What's wrong?"

Guo Kai looked at him seriously and said, "Have you thought about it, how many people know about the reinforcements?"

Wang Nan was slightly stunned, turned his head and glanced at Qin Ke, Guo Kai had already sent others away just now, and now there were only the three of them talking here.

Guo Kai's voice was cold, and he said, "You, me, and this little brother add up to just three people." You can let the more than 2,000 soldiers under your command know the news of the arrival of Wang Xuanwei's reinforcements, but it will not benefit us. We are now besieged in the stables, and Wang Xuanwei's army cannot appear in front of everyone in such an instant as a divine soldier descending from heaven. If you make people shout the news that reinforcements have arrived, it will only make everyone think that it is a delaying tactic...... It's not even a plan to delay the army, it's just a dying struggle after the donkey's skills are exhausted. ”

"They won't believe us. Qin Ke probably understood what Guo Kai meant, nodded and continued: "Even, even if some people really believe it, they can't reverse the overall situation, as long as the generals give an order, they still have to pick up the weapons in their hands to attack, this is like betting on a big ...... a small one."

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