The all-out fierce battle has lasted for three days, and the Denglai Navy on the Qilu River in the north has broken hundreds of small boats in Heijiaozhai, and now Heijiaozhai has contracted its defenses, blocked the ferry, and confronted each other in pairs. The elite armor soldiers who suddenly killed in the iron sand ridge in the east finally blocked the attack under the concerted efforts of all the commanders and paid a huge price, but the wall was damaged in many places, and while ordering the craftsmen to repair it at night, a large number of minions were stationed behind the broken wall.

When night fell, both sides stopped attacking, and Zhao Kai, who had returned from the wounded barracks after a busy day, dragged his tired body to find the three of them and discuss the next step.

The four of them were gathered in a room, the door closed and the window wide open, to observe the situation outside.

Yang Xiao, who was the backbone of everyone, said: "The advance of this war is indeed because of us, and if we continue like this, when the soldiers from other Dao come to reinforce, the situation of Heijiaozhai will be even worse." We must take the other side's eyes off the village and divide into two ways according to the plan we have already planned, but at the same time, we also need the help of the village. ”

Sledgehammer couldn't sit still, "I don't mean anything else with the help of Heijiaozhai, just how to gain trust, how to get them to support this plan?"

Yang Xiao replied: "This requires us to reveal our identity and purpose. ”

Sledgehammer retorted, "It's too risky. If the identity of Prince Zhao Kai is exposed, it is very likely that a group of people in Heijiaozhai will directly imprison him in exchange for the jealousy of the imperial court and force the other party to withdraw from the army. He looked at Zhao Kai, who was tired at this time, and he was also very worried when he heard the idea of taking the risk.

This is Wang Qi finally spoke: "Not necessarily, Heijiaozhai is not a group of reckless villains for the sake of completion and purpose, at least the morality advocated by many commanders will largely prevent them from being ruthless to Zhao Kai." Do you remember the hexagram I did at the time?"

Everyone was silent, waiting for Wang Qi to continue to persuade them.

"Xun hexagram, middle and upper hexagram, Xun is the wind, the two Xun are heavy, and there is a long wind to follow. Xun, into also, for the meaning of residence. One yin is lying below the two yang, symbolizing volt and shun. ”

"You mean you can trust them, or if you take it as a gamble, we're going to win a lot. Yang Xiao asked the key.

Wang Qi nodded, "That's the only way." The other three, including Zhao Kai, accepted Wang Qi's persuasion.

"Then let's discuss the specific plan. Yang Xiao proposed.

In the flickering lights, the sound of everyone talking filled the house, and at the same time, on the Qilu River, in the temporary military tent on the five-story warship belonging to Han Jin, Jackdaw was discussing another plan with Han Jin.

"I can't wait any longer, I want you to write a letter to expose the identity of the three princes, the content is probably that after they hand over the prince and the three thieves, we will withdraw our troops, and I need to enter Heijiao Village with the letter tomorrow night. Jackdaw said in an unquestioning tone.

Han Jin said questioningly, "Your Excellency wants to go in person?"

Jackdaw nodded and said, "The third prince must not make any mistakes, otherwise the consequences are not something you and I can bear." ”

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The morning sun was still warm, but the blood sprayed on the earth and the rivers could not be easily melted, and the battle began on time without surprise.

Zhao Kai is still busy in the wounded barracks, and many of the wounded here have already recognized this little guy who is busy for them from the bottom of their hearts. Different from the previous three days, Zhao Kai would take out a small carving knife and a few wooden sticks to make bamboo dragonflies in the interval between breaks.

Last night, everyone discussed that they would leave Heijiao Village tonight, but Zhao Kai thought of a promise, on the eve of the war, he had said that he would make bamboo dragonflies for that group of children. As a prince, he grew up in the palace since he was a child, and his status was noble, and there was no partner in the palace who could play with him, and that group of children was his rare friend. I have been busy in the wounded barracks for the past few days, and I haven't seen them again, so I forgot about it, and yesterday I thought that I would leave here immediately, so I started to make it, and I had already made two in the first half of the night.

He blew the sawdust left on his hands, and couldn't help but smile happily when he thought of the naughty time he had with his peers in Heijiaozhai before.

The battle lasted for a whole day, and the Denglai Navy did live up to its name, and under the leadership of Han Jin, it attacked fiercely, and the water wall of Heijiao Village was seriously damaged, and now it can only rely on the second layer of defense on land. The condition of Iron Sand Ridge is better, but the number of casualties is higher. Nowadays, only the reeds in the north can easily block the enemy's attack.

In the evening, the two sides collected their troops, and the brilliant sunset hung in the sky, reflecting each other with the blood of the soldiers on both sides, connecting the bright red on the earth and the sky, filling everyone's hearts.

In the Gathering Hall, the atmosphere was solemn, except for the commander who was still on the front line, the rest of the people who could speak were gathered here, and Du Yanran, who was dressed in a black suit, was also standing beside Du Ying.

However, the expressions on everyone's faces in the solemn atmosphere were different, some were surprised, some questioned, and some were angry, and the initiators of this storm were the four Zhao Kai who were surrounded in the middle.

Yang Xiao exposed Zhao Kai's identity and the purpose of several people in the interval between the leaders discussing things, which attracted everyone's eyes to Zhao Kai. Zhao Kai did not retreat at this time, and met the different eyes of everyone, he was no longer the prince who stayed in the palace to enjoy happiness, and months of experience and the mockery of fate had forced him to become very strong.

After a moment of silence, someone finally stood up, "So you have led the officers and soldiers to attack the stockade in advance, and you are still staying here with dignity and making a posture to help us." The angry speech instantly drew the echo of some of the commanders, who also questioned him.

"Hand them over, or imprison them, and use them as bargaining chips to get Han Jin to withdraw from the army. Someone finally said this proposal that Yang Xiao and they were very worried about yesterday.

In the midst of the angry scolding, Du Ying stood up and stopped the shouts of some commanders, and he said: " Brothers, don't be impatient, these days, the two commanders of the Mo family and Wang Qi Xiaodao have also been helping us with advice, and today they even went into battle with the brothers to kill the enemy, blocking the Denglai Navy from going further, and now they are also frank and frank about their identity and purpose, it can be seen that they don't know that the leakage of their whereabouts will bring us such a big trouble in the village, since they did not deliberately hide in front of everyone or run away directly, it can be seen that they are still angry. Besides, when will we need to curry favor with the officers and soldiers in Heijiaozhai?"

Gao Gan, the commander who was good friends with the four of them, said: "Grandma's, it was the uncle who brought them back to the village at that time, if you still want to be held responsible, come and fight with me, win the Xuanhua board axe in my hand and then talk about anything else." ”

Finally, after someone was surprised, they opened their mouths to argue for Zhao Kai and the others, "They can't help themselves, Zhao Kai's little brother has been helping in the wounded barracks these days, we are all obvious to all, no matter what you think, I don't care if he is a prince or not, I only think he is my little brother." "This short-tempered flying rat, Yan Xu, the third elder of the Yan family, happened to be bandaged and taken care of by Zhao Kai. Hearing this, the crowd couldn't help but whisper.

Wu Chuanduo, a talented man in brocade, didn't speak immediately, obviously weighing the pros and cons, he looked at Zhao Kai, stroked his beautiful beard and said: "Brother Du is right, my Heijiao Village has never had the rules to please the officials and the army, since Yang Daxia has all spoken, there must be a plan to break the situation." ”

Yang Xiao did not hesitate, nodded and replied: "We will divide the troops into two ways to lead away the pursuers, but we still need the help of the commanders." ”

At this moment, Du Yanran asked inappropriately: "You say that Zhao Kai is the prince, then you are robbers, but why is your relationship so harmonious, Yang Xiao, how did you become his master?"

Suddenly, there was an uproar. "Yes, how can there be a robber and a kidnapped person who thinks of each other as a master-apprentice relationship?" "Are they really robbers?" In fact, Du Yanran didn't want to embarrass Zhao Kai and the others, on the contrary, he was very afraid that Zhao Kai would have any accidents, so he questioned Yang Xiao, in fact, he wanted to confirm whether they would be unfavorable to Zhao Kai

Zhao Kai looked at Du Yanran, knowing that she didn't mean to mess around, so he didn't wait for Yang Xiao to speak, but explained to himself, "There are too many twists and turns in this matter, and I didn't trust Yang Xiao at first, but then the assassins attacked and killed, and the thrilling layouts were all Yang Xiao and them helped me escape." To put it more simply, there are people in the palace who want to harm me, and now I am out of the palace by mistake, and I am far from danger. Zhao Kai's words are very watery, in fact, they are exaggerating, but at this time, they can only dispel the doubts of others before talking about anything else.

Du Yanran looked at Zhao Kai with a little suspicion, and her eyes seemed to say, you are a fool, just say it if you have something, I will support you, Zhao Kai is a little embarrassed.

After a while, Du Yanran retracted her gaze and said, "Okay, you continue to discuss, I won't speak." ”

Yang Xiao glanced around and began to elaborate on his plan.

"I need a large group of people to create the illusion of Zhao Kai breaking through from the gap deliberately left by the other party in the south with me and the sledgehammer, and at the same time, I need to use the reedy terrain to send Zhao Kai and Wang Qi out of the encirclement. He looked at Du Ying and Wu Chuanduo, "We need to negotiate as soon as possible, and after we discuss it, we can break through at night." ”

Du Ying looked at Wu Chuanduo, and Wu Chuanduo, who was a think tank, nodded and said, "It's feasible." Let's discuss the specific manpower, and at the same time check and fill in the gaps, and come up with a plan as soon as possible. ”

All the commanders had no doubts at this time, after all, brotherhood and righteousness came first, and everyone followed the crowd, and those commanders who were still hostile to Yang Xiao and the four were also silent at this time.

At the same time, on the Qilu River, a small boat is like a meteor piercing through the lonely night. At this time, the jackdaws were dressed in black, still carrying a hat, and drove the ship alone, rowing towards the second line of defense set up in Heijiao Village.

Near the walled wall on the riverbank, the jackdaw kept changing his body in the dark, dodging detection, took out the rope, swished, climbed a few steps, climbed the wall, and the minions who heard the sound shouted, and in an instant a circle of torches had been surrounded, and the jackdaw's right hand went deep into his sleeve, took out the secret letter, and said in a cold tone: "I want to see your commander." ”