A gray carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and landed in Du Chongwei's camp on the south bank of the Hutuo River.

Two, three, three flashed out, grabbed the gray carrier pigeon, poured out a roll of tissue paper from the bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg, unfolded it and looked at it roughly, his expression changed greatly, and immediately ran to the handsome tent.

Seventeen walked out slowly from behind the tent, looked at the disappearing figures of Two, Three, and Three, with a solemn face, and said to himself: "The time has come, it seems that the talks between Nineteen and the Khitan side have finally come to a conclusion." Lord, it's up to you to make your own choices now. ”

A thin piece of paper was spread out on the table in the tent.

"Descend to the Khitan, cut the east of the river, and help the king ascend to the pole. Du Chongwei paced back and forth, muttering to himself, "It's time, this condition is not too harsh, and it can even be regarded as a big problem that I have solved." ”

The conditions of the Khitan are indeed not harsh.

Hedong has always been the land of Longxing, Li Yuan raised troops from here, leveled the world, established a huge and powerful Tang Dynasty, established a dynasty for nearly three hundred years, on the strong, I am afraid that only the Han can compare with it.

The Tang Dynasty has been exhausted, after being replaced by Houliang, the Jin King Li Keyong dominates the east of the river, relying on the land of the east of the river, and at the same time confronts the Khitan and Houliang, not falling behind, but faintly occupying a slight upper hand, the "crow army" in the east of the river made the Khitan at that time lose his armor and lose his armor, and was repeatedly defeated. Later, Li Keyong's son Li Cunqiao finally defeated Houliang and changed the dynasty to establish the Later Tang Dynasty.

The first emperor Shi Jingjiao also raised troops from Hedong, and with the support of the Khitan, he defeated Li Congke in one fell swoop, changed the dynasty again, and established the Great Jin Dynasty.

I have to say that Hedong is indeed a magical land, and Du Chongwei doesn't believe it when he says that it is not the land of Longxing.

Now, it is Liu Zhiyuan who is entrenched in this land of Longxing, in terms of strength, Liu Zhiyuan's strength is even higher than Du Chongwei, and against Liu Zhiyuan, from the bottom of his heart, Du Chongwei is not sure at all. The Khitan wants to cut off the land east of the river, which is undoubtedly equivalent to solving a henchman's problem for him.

However, it is not without harm, and needless to say, the reputation in history will certainly not be much better. If the sixteen states of Yanyun are lost, and the land east of the river is lost, then if the entire Central Plains is exposed in front of the Khitans, and the Khitans want to invade the Central Plains in the future, they will have two ways to choose from, either from Youzhou to the south and go straight to Hebei, or from the southeast of the river to threaten the Yellow River defense line, or to the east and attack Hebei together.

It can be said that the importance of Hedong to the Central Plains is no less than that of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Without the sixteen states of Yanyun and Hedong, the land of Hebei cannot be defended at all. If he, Du Chongwei, really agreed to the Khitans to cede Hedong, I don't know how many more people in the world would oppose him Du Chongwei.

This made Du Chongwei very difficult, should he agree to cede Hebei?

But then again, what Li Shouzhen said to him made a lot of sense, in fact, there are not many options for Du Chongwei now.

War, as Li Shouzhen said, the war has no benefit to Du Chongwei, only disadvantages, no matter what the result is, he Du Chongwei will end up dismally, and his dream of becoming the emperor is completely shattered.

It is impossible to defend it, not to mention how can an army without food be able to hold it? The imperial court is now without an army to send, and the Son of Heaven has even transferred the forbidden army defending Kaifeng to his command, so how can he have the ability to prepare another army to rescue him in a short period of time? There are still some horses in Hedong, but is it possible to let Liu Zhiyuan come to rescue him?

Moreover, Liu Zhiyuan also has to defend the Khitan and invade Hedong, even if he can really send reinforcements, it is only a few tens of thousands of horses, what is the matter?

The only way left is to surrender, but once he surrenders to Yelu Deguang, then he Du Chongwei will undoubtedly be pointed out by Qianfu, if the Khitan people break the alliance and refuse to make him the emperor, then he Du Chongwei can be regarded as really finished.

After all, the 300,000 soldiers and horses are not his, what he can really master, plus the 30,000 horses in Zhenzhou, is only 60,000 or 70,000. Sixty or seventy thousand people, if Liu Zhiyuan wants to fight him, he will not be able to resist it, after all, among these sixty or seventy thousand people, the thirty thousand people hidden in Zhenzhou are actually new soldiers, and they have not really seen the battle, so it is difficult to say how much combat power they have.

After thinking about it, Du Chongwei called Ersansan into the tent and said: "Ersansan, you go to the Khitan camp tonight, contact the people of Yelu Tiande, no matter what, you have to see the Khitan Khan Yelu Deguang, ask him for a word, and ask him: If Ben Shuai leads 300,000 troops to surrender to him and agrees to his conditions, is he really willing to make Ben Shuai the emperor?"

If Yelu Deguang does not explicitly agree to Liben Shuai's request, you don't have to say anything, and come back immediately.

If Yelu Deguang agrees to Ben Shuai's request, you will be like this......"

Du Chongwei whispered in his ear.

Two, three, three kept it in mind and nodded in agreement. He had secretly contacted Yerodinde's people, and as long as he explained his intentions, it should not be difficult to see Yerod's light. After making some hasty preparations, 233 left the Jin army camp, and evaded the eyes of the patrolling Jin army, swam across the Hutuo River from a hidden place downstream, and went straight to the Khitan camp.

Not long after the two, three, and three left the Jin army camp, the guards outside the tent suddenly reported: "Seventeen ask to see." ”

Du Chongwei was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: "What is he doing at this time?" I didn't want to see it, my heart suddenly moved, nodded, and said, "Let him in!" After that, he picked up the note on the table, lit the candle, and burned it clean.

"Seventeen have seen the Lord!" said Seventeen knelt down and saluted.

"Hurry up!" Du Chongwei said, "Seventeen, last time you solved the poisoning case for Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai hasn't had time to reward you, you say, what you want, as long as Ben Shuai can take it, he will definitely reward you!"

Seventeen did not stand up, but looked up and said, "Seventeen does not ask the Lord for a reward, but only for one thing." Seventeen's words suddenly became more numerous and smoother.

Du Chongwei was a little surprised, and asked: "Seventeen, since you followed Ben Shuai, you have never asked anything from Ben Shuai, why did you change your personality today? Hehe, you really changed your temperament, and even the words have become more." Okay, you say it, as long as it's not too much, this handsome person will be you!"

Seventeen kowtowed and said: "Seventeen beg the marshal never to surrender to the Khitans, this is a dead end, if the marshal chooses this road, there will be no turning back." ”

Du Chongwei's face changed greatly, and he scolded loudly: "Seventeen, do you know what nonsense you are talking about? When did Ben Shuai say that he wanted to surrender to the Khitans?"

Seventeen put his head on the ground and said, "Seventeen just saw that Ersansan had left the camp, and Seventeen also knew that in the past few days, Ersansan had no less than two contacts with the Khitans. ”

Du Chongwei's breath became rougher, he walked back and forth, and asked in a deep voice, "Who else have you told about this?"

"Seventeen is the house slave of the Du family, no matter what the master did, Wan did not leak half a word to outsiders, even if he met Li Fengyun yesterday, he never said it. Seventeen was motionless, his head on the ground like a wooden carving.

The tea cup on the "pop" table was picked up by Du Chongwei and smashed heavily on Seventeen's head, the tea cup was broken into several petals, and the tea flowed to the ground, mixed with blood, wetting Seventeen's hair and clothes, and Seventeen did not move at all.

"You still have the face to say that it is the slave of the Du family, and the old man thinks that you have forgotten who saved your life in the first place, who helped you bury your parents, and who raised you and did your best to cultivate you, so that you have today's achievements. Why, when the wings grow stiff, you think you are amazing? How dare you accuse the old man?"

Du Chongwei scolded angrily, "Don't say that the old man has not surrendered to the Khitan yet, even if he surrenders to the Khitan, when will it be your turn to get you, a minion, to point fingers?

Do you think the old man can't see your rebellious heart? The old man has already seen through your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, and has seen clearly your wolf-hearted and dog-hearted guy. From the moment you sent the woman surnamed Feng away, you were clearly visible.

The old man gave you a chance, I really hope that you can reform your ways, you and I can still start and finish well, who would have thought that you would treat kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, you, you, you, you said, you are still a son of man, you disloyal and unrighteous dog. ”

"The Lord saved the lives of his subordinates back then, of course Seventeen remembers; the situation when the Lord buried his parents for his subordinates, and the subordinates also remember vividly; the Lord asked a famous teacher to teach his subordinates and train his subordinates, how dare the subordinates forget?" Seventeen still did not move, "However, everything is owed to the Lord by the subordinates, and it has nothing to do with Yuan'er, nor does it have anything to do with the child in Yuan'er's womb."

The subordinates have been slaves all their lives, and they don't want their children to be slaves and slaves for others, so the subordinates sent Yuan'er away.

Over the years, his subordinates have been born and died, and they have done a lot of things for the Lord, and there have even been many things that have lost their conscience. What the subordinates owe to the lord should be repaid, and all that is left is a life.

The subordinates came here to advise the lord to fulfill their responsibilities, but the subordinates knew that they could not convince the lord, so the other purpose of the subordinates came here was to return the subordinate order to the lord, and from then on, the lord and his subordinates were in no arrears. ”

"You are talking nonsense, what you owe to the old man, is it more than a life?" Du Chongwei was furious, "You owe the old man, Hugh said that you can't pay back a cheap life, even if you add your son, your daughter, and the life of that Yuan'er, and your children and grandchildren, they can't be repaid, they can't pay it back!"

Do you think that by sending that Yuan'er to Kaifeng, you can avoid the old man, hahahaha, jokes, the old man's debts, is it so easy to escape? When the old man becomes the emperor, he ordered the old man Feng Dao to obediently send his granddaughter, by the way, and your son or daughter, they should be born soon.

The old man wants to degrade them as untouchables, untouchables who are not allowed to raise their nationality for generations, so that they will never want to raise their heads and be human beings forever!"

The blue tendons on Du Chongwei's forehead burst out, and sparks almost burst out of his eyes.

"Impossible!" Seventeen said slowly, "Lord, you can't be the emperor, if you really have this plan, your fate in the future will be even worse than that of your subordinates." ”

"Hahahaha!" Du Chongwei laughed wildly, "The old man can't be the emperor, you open your eyes and watch it carefully, and see if the old man can't be the emperor." But you don't have that chance.

Come on!"

As soon as Du Chongwei's words fell, more than a dozen guards poured in from outside the tent and surrounded the seventeenth regiment.

Du Chongwei pointed at Seventeen and shouted: "Pull out this disloyal and unrighteous slave for me to be cut down, and the body will be chopped up and fed to the dogs!"

"Don't bother the lord!" Seventeen suddenly straightened up, with a bright dagger on his chest, and the blood dripped down the dagger to the ground, and the blood on the ground was not completely spilled out by Du Chongwei's teacup.

Du Chongwei knows Seventeen, and Seventeen also knows Du Chongwei too well, he knows that Du Chongwei will not let him go at all, today, it is just his last effort.

Seventeen smiled and said, "Seventeen has finally paid off all the debts to the marshal, and from now on, Seventeen is no longer a slave, and Seventeen is a free man." ”

Everyone froze, not knowing what was happening.

Du Chongwei was also stunned, as if he was punching with all his might, but he hit the empty place, and his heart was extremely aggrieved and uncomfortable.

"Red windmill, take a turn, come to my house;

Ask for a good harvest, the rain falls, don't be afraid of the flowers.

The saffron blooms, smile, come to my house;

The clouds are fluttering, listen to the wind, don't be afraid, baby.

When the moon is absent and the moon is full, it rains and snows to listen to the sky, and the reading is like a kite, not meeting, and there is a thread.

Red windmill, take a turn, come to my house;

If you are separated, the rain falls, don't be afraid.

The road is far from clear, I am looking at the stars, I am willing to take you to the road, the wind is quiet, and the changes can be seen clearly.

Red windmill, take a turn, come to my house;

If you are separated, the rain falls, don't be afraid;

Daddy and mother are hanging ......"

Seventeen sang softly, singing the children's song that Feng Yuan'er loved to sing, and her voice became weaker and weaker until she was silent.

"Marshal, do you want to chop him up and feed him to the dogs?" asked the chief of the guard cautiously.

Suddenly, Du Chongwei felt extremely frightened, he was worried that what Seventeen said to him in the end would really become true, he was worried that he would really not be able to be an emperor in his life, and he was worried that as Seventeen said, his fate would be worse than Seventeen.

Waving his hand, Du Chongwei said weakly: "Bury him! If he wants a red windmill, find him a red windmill to bury him!"

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