At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 436. 430 Wu Daqiao and Xiaoqiao have reached the age of marriage

Plans were denied, more and more people became anxious, and more and more people could not bear the status quo.

Suddenly, someone who didn't know said, "Unless these leaders can be persuaded to rebel together."

One word awakened the dreamer, and suddenly someone mentioned something.

"I have a friendship with Qiao Rui. When I took the time to talk to him before, I heard that he seemed to have no confidence in whether Shouchun City could be held. He said that the [-] army was defeated, and the remaining defeated soldiers would not be able to survive. Shou Spring will be conquered sooner or later."

This person slowly opened his mouth and said: "Unlike Ji Ling, Ji Ling hated Guo Zifeng to the bone because he was shot blind by Guo Zifeng's subordinates in one eye, and would never surrender, but Qiao Rui is different, Qiao Rui may be the only one we can say people who move."

"Currently the city defense is tense, and Qiao Rui may not be free. When Qiao Rui is free, let's go and test it out. Naturally, we have to make some preparations here. All in all, we must not sit still. When necessary, risk your life." Help Guo Zifeng win Shouchun!"

The white-headed old man severely paused the cane in his hand.

It felt as if Guo Peng had heard their call. Guo Peng stopped attacking the city the next day, and gave the soldiers a day off to recuperate. Big burden.

Then the big households in the city found an opportunity and found out that Qiaorui went back to the mansion to take a bath and rest, so they asked Qiaorui's friend, Feng Guo, the son of the Feng family of the big family in the city, to visit Qiaorui's mansion.

Feng Guo came to Qiaorui's mansion, and saw that half of the houses in Qiaorui's mansion had been demolished, and a lot of stone and wood had been transported out of his mansion. The general's mansion will not let it go, the court is too cruel and so on.

Feng Guo smiled secretly, and soon followed him to Qiao Rui's study.

Although he was born in the army, Qiao Rui still likes to read. He reads whenever he has time, which can be regarded as a model of never putting down a book, although he doesn't know if he can understand anything.

Holding a copy of "Spring and Autumn", Qiao Rui was reading it, and when she saw Feng Guo coming, she enthusiastically stepped forward to greet Feng Guo.

"Shu Yuan, long time no see."

"General Qiao, long time no see, hahaha!"

"Hahaha, good luck, Feng Shuyuan."

Qiao Rui has a very good relationship with him, and they have maintained friendship since they arrived in Shouchun. The Feng family is a noble family, and they are quite prestigious in Shouchun, and they are willing to make friends with Qiao Rui. Qiao Rui is also very happy.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and a servant came to deliver drinks. After the servant left, Feng Guo broke up the conversation with him.

"I thought that only us would have our houses demolished, but I didn't expect that even the General's Mansion would be demolished?"

Qiao Rui's face immediately collapsed.

"What can I do? When General Lu was here, he took the lead in demolishing his own home. How could we people say no? Now it is the crown prince who ordered it. To disobey the crown prince is to disobey His Majesty. What should we do? Let's tear it down, it doesn't matter anyway."

Qiao Rui shook his head and sighed: "Guo Zifeng attacked the city sharply. Without General Lu, the entire city defense was in disarray. Guo Zifeng hit the city wall several times. If we didn't take our soldiers back to fight to the death, this city would be a mess!" , is already surnamed Guo."

Seeing Qiao Rui's dejected look, Feng Guo asked calmly, "I heard that Guo Zifeng's soldiers are particularly good at fighting. Is it true?"

"Really, it's true, the equipment is excellent, the training is also very good, the tactics are very skillful, the cooperation between each other is very smooth, and the strength is great, everyone is tall and strong, presumably because of eating well, and also I don’t know where Guo Zifeng got so much food to supply the army and let the army eat meat.”

Qiao Rui shook his head again and again: "We can't compare armaments, numbers, food and grass, and training. How can we fight this battle? Just like this, we have to get rid of General Lu. General Lu has been here since he returned to Shouchun. We all see him working hard and trying his best to resist Guo Zifeng, how could he conspire against him?"

Seeing Qiao Rui's dissatisfied and chilled expression, Feng Guo applauded secretly.

"Yeah, how could General Lu conspire against him? We all know that if General Lu wanted to conspire against him, he would have done it a long time ago. How could he have waited until now? Unfortunately, the emperor is always suspicious of the general who leads the troops, but this is also Isn't it too late?"

Feng Guo echoed Qiao Rui, which aroused Qiao Rui's dissatisfaction.

"Who says it's not? In front of the enemy, take down the commander first. Changing the commander just before the battle is a big taboo for military strategists. It will shake the morale of the army. Your Majesty is also the one who leads the troops. How can you be so confused?"

Qiao Rui couldn't help complaining.

"Because now His Majesty is not a general, but an emperor, and the emperor and the general are different."

Feng Guo said something calmly, which immediately made Qiao Rui stunned.

That's right, Yuan Shu is not the general he used to be.

He is the emperor, and he will use the emperor's thinking to think about the problem from the emperor's point of view, instead of using the thinking of a general to think about the problem.

"What the emperor thinks is completely different from what the general thinks. Isn't it natural to do such a thing?"

Feng Guo said something again, and Qiao Rui sighed deeply with bitterness on his face.

"I don't know how long this city can be defended."

"If the city is broken, have you thought about the consequences?"

Feng Guo looked at Qiao Rui.

Qiao Rui shook his head.

"Don't think about it, I will definitely die. I am the number one general in the dynasty, and I cannot escape death."

"Aren't you worried about your family? Don't you think about your family?"

Feng Guo looked very worried: "Both Daqiao and Xiaoqiao have reached the age of marriage, right? Are they okay?"

Qiao Rui suddenly looked worried.

It doesn't matter to him anyway, but if he dies, his family members and beloved daughter will all become the enemy's spoils of war and will be ravaged in every possible way, life would be worse than death.

No one understands better than him what happens to women who lose their protection in troubled times.

He has seen this kind of thing countless times.

There was a dull pain in his heart, and a certain foreseeable future made him feel extremely terrified.

"But what can I do? I am Chen Guo's general, I must die for Chen Guo, and I have no way out."

Qiao Rui clenched his fists: "I will take them to die together, so that they don't suffer. Once it's over, there will be no pain. In the next life, I will be reincarnated in a scholar's house, and my life will be safe and secure without disaster."

It is so sad that even death can become a time of liberation.

Feng Guo couldn't help sighing like this.

"But this is not Qiao Shi's mistake, it is Yuan Shi's mistake. Why should Qiao Shi, Lu Shi, and me Feng Shi be buried together for him? I, Feng Shi, have never been an official, so I have to be treated like this in the end. , the house was demolished, the house was demolished, the money and servants were taken away to guard the city, what is this?"

Feng Guo said angrily: "Anyway, I don't know why. I wanted to find you to fight for me, but in the end, I couldn't even escape the General's Mansion. What else can I say?"

Qiao Rui shook his head and sighed.

"This is the end of the matter, Shu Yuan, let's take it easy, you haven't been an official, maybe you still have a chance to survive, when the time comes..."

Qiao Rui's eyes lit up: "If I entrust my family to you, how about you protect my family for me? I will entrust all the remaining family property to you, and my family will also be entrusted to you."

Qiao Rui held Feng Guo's hand.

Feng Guo's heart fluttered for a while, thinking of the beautiful figure of Qiao Rui's wife and the beauty of her two daughters, she wanted to agree on impulse, but suddenly remembered her mission, and could only forcefully suppress the desire in her heart.

"I won't do this kind of thing. I hope you can survive and protect your family by yourself, instead of leaving it to me to do it. And with such a mess, who dares to say that you can protect your family? I I dare not bear such a heavy trust.”

Chapter 437. 430 Liushouchun, the common people look forward to the master of the Great Han Dynasty, like longing for the rain after a long drought

Seeing that her request was rejected by Feng Guo, Qiao Rui lowered her head again with a look of pain on her face.

Feng Guo felt that it was time, so he drank a glass of wine and pretended to be willing to go all out.

"In the final analysis, you yourself feel that the city cannot be defended, so why continue to defend the city? Guo Zifeng has the upper hand, and it is only a matter of time to capture the city. You know it very well. Isn't it time to find another way out? "

Qiao Rui froze for a moment, then gradually frowned.

"Shu Yuan, is this your idea, or Feng's idea? Or someone else's idea? Why did you come to me?"

"In order for you to live with me!"

Feng Guo took Qiao Rui's hand: "Lu Mian was loyal, what happened? He was arrested and thrown into death row for no reason. What did he do? Did he really rebel? You and I are not sure, We don't believe it at all, but he is still going to die, and he will die at the hands of Yuan Gonglu!

If Lu Mian is like this, how about you?General Qiao, wake up!Yuan Gonglu is no longer normal, and his suspicion has intensified. Now it is Lu Mian, and next is you and General Ji!Can you two escape? "

"I... I am greatly favored by His Majesty, how can I do such a thing?!"

Qiao Rui waved his hands and said angrily, "Shu Yuan, you leave now, I'll pretend this never happened!"

"A single rumor can make Yuan Gonglu abolish the loyal Lu Mian's position. If rumors continue to appear against you, what should you do? If the rumor says that you and Ji Ling are fighting for Lu Mian and intending to rebel, what should you do? manage?"

Feng Guo grabbed Qiao Rui's hand and growled, "I'm worried about you, I'm thinking about you! Now that the city has reached this point, you still want to be loyal to Yuan Gonglu! You really don't care about yourself. His life and the lives of his family?!"

Qiao Rui was dumbfounded by Feng Guo's low growls, and didn't know how to answer.

Does he really not care?

Was he really not afraid of being taken down by Yuan Shu?

The answer may not be what he imagined.

"But what can I do?"

Qiao Rui closed her eyes and let out a long sigh, before giving up her stubbornness.

Feng Guo made up his mind, knowing that his lobbying had already had an effect.

"There's a lot you can do, really a lot."

Feng Guo whispered: "As long as you are willing, as long as you help, after this battle is over, you will be the number one hero!"

Qiao Rui's face was full of surprise, and he suddenly realized something.

"Shu Yuan, tell me the truth, is this Guo Zifeng's instruction? Have you already contacted Guo Zifeng?!"

"No, we can't go out of the city, we can't contact Guo Zifeng, unless you help us, we can go out of the city to contact Guo Zifeng."

"you?"

"All the people in the city who were dissatisfied with Yuan Gonglu gathered together. Our family properties were deprived, our houses were demolished, and our servants and even our family members were arrested and served as soldiers to guard the city. Do we have to use our lives to be loyal to Yuan Shu? What?! What did Yuan Shu give us?!"

Feng Guo showed a fierce look on his face.

"But His Majesty gave me a high official and generous salary!"

Qiao Rui stared at Feng Guo.

"But he wants your whole family to be buried! Your wife, your daughter, your parents, your people!"

Feng Guo confronted him tit for tat.

"I... I am the general of Chen Guo..."

"You are the general of the big man."

Feng Guo took Qiao Rui's hand again: "You are Han Chen, not Chen Chen! Yuan Shu is a rebel, a usurper of Han, and everyone in the world will punish him! How innocent is the city of Shouchun occupied by him? In spring, the common people look forward to the master of the Great Han Dynasty like looking forward to the rain after a long drought! General Qiao! Just a moment of thought, a moment of thought!"

Feng Guo's eyes were red with tears in them, and she stared at Qiao Rui, "I don't want to die, we all don't want to die! General Qiao! Let us live, and you too!"

After all, Feng Guo knelt down on the ground and begged Qiao Rui with the most humble gesture.

Qiao Rui stood there in a daze, her body trembling slightly, her lips trembling slightly, she leaned slightly, and tears flowed down her eyes.

After a while, when Feng Guo was uneasy, Qiao Rui spoke.

"Ji Ling will never surrender. His eyes were shot blind by Guo Zifeng's subordinates, and his appearance has been destroyed. He is the person who cherishes his appearance the most. Once disfigured, he would like to swallow Guo Zifeng alive. Even if he dies, he will never surrender. .”

Feng Guo heaved a sigh of relief, and then a burst of ecstasy welled up in his heart. He tried his best to sort out his emotions and face, and then slowly raised his head.

"As long as you have General Qiao's help, that's enough. I will send people out of the city to contact Guo Zifeng, and cooperate with him from inside and outside. At that time, only General Qiao's personal guards and my preparations are needed to seize the city together, and then open the city gate. , welcome Master Wang into the city, and great things will be accomplished!"

Feng Guo took Qiao Rui's hand again: "We can all live. Your family, my family, and all of us who don't want to die can live. What a great contribution! Fenghou It's no problem to worship the general!"

Qiao Rui's breathing was very rapid, and his eyes were erratic.

As time passed, his breathing gradually calmed down, and his eyes became firmer.

"Tell me your plan in detail, and tell me what you need me to do. Don't reveal anything. This matter is too big. If you are not careful, we will all die without a place to die!"

"Okay, we're going to..."

Feng Guo leaned close to Qiao Rui's ear, and whispered the plan discussed by everyone to Qiao Rui. Qiao Rui nodded while listening, and his heart gradually became hot.

"Since that's the case, as long as Yuan Yao and Yang Hong are taken down, and Ji Ling is killed, the big thing will be settled!"

Feng Guo said in a low voice: "When the gates of the city are opened and Guo Zifeng's army enters, what else can stop him? We are all heroes!"

"I see."

Qiao Rui gritted her teeth: "When do you need me to cooperate with you?"

"Tonight, let's send someone out to contact Guo Zifeng, let Guo Zifeng know, make a promise to us, and then we will act. Guo Zifeng has a good reputation and has never broken his promise. rest assured."

"Okay, I will mobilize your servants and private soldiers to guard the city gate. Tonight, you go out from the east gate, and I will arrange for someone to help you send them out. Everything is up to you."