sinking into sand

Fengcheng, Zhai Su's temporary mansion.Guo Hengzhi finally saw this, the person he wanted to convince.

It was already night, and there were no lights in the house, and Zhai Su's figure was hidden in the darkness, and he could vaguely see the sinister look on Zhai Su's face.

This is very unlike him, or in other words, very unlike this famous general.

Guo Hengzhi thought for a moment that he had heard it wrong, and he even opened his mouth in astonishment, and asked again.

"General Zhai, what did you say?" Guo Hengzhi couldn't believe it: "You don't want to send troops?"

Zhai Su didn't speak, just acquiesced.

Guo Hengzhi jumped up from his seat and walked quickly to Zhai Su, with unstoppable anger in his voice: "General Zhai! Didn't you hear the situation in Daocheng clearly?! The imperial court completely allowed the refugee army to go north and join forces with the Huns People burned, killed and looted together, just like a natural disaster! The local corpses were piled up, and brothers and sisters slept together! The people were forced to have no choice but to raise troops to defend themselves. Now Daocheng has been taken down. As long as troops are sent to solve the siege of Daocheng, Daocheng will be taken naturally. Return to the imperial court! I really don’t understand why there are no troops!”

"Ye Wanwan, Guan Lan." Zhai Su reported the names of these two people, and looked up at Guo Hengzhi: "You don't have to hide it from me, the prince and concubine of the Northern Territory. They are the actual controllers of Daocheng."

"So what!" Guo Hengzhi was furious: "Peace talks are imminent. If we can make peace talks with King Guan, who owns Daocheng?!"

"There will be no peace talks." Zhai Su said coldly, as if this would shatter Guo Hengzhi's illusions: "Pingbeiwei's decree has been issued, Daocheng's resistance has far exceeded expectations, and the court is afraid of future disasters. Together with Yu Wangling, we demand that everyone in Daocheng must be put to death in the north."

Zhai Su retracted his head, his eyes darkened: "It's the best situation if I don't send troops."

Guo Hengzhi felt that he had suddenly aged a lot. He remembered that when he was young, he escorted Emperor Li back to Beijing.Majestic and heroic, he constantly lobbied, balanced, and even provoked those barbarians who did not understand the language.I also feel that this is an achievement.

But now that he is old, facing these compatriots of his blood, he often feels that he may be just a deceitful person.

He can't convince anyone, this world is no longer his world.

But, but!

Guo Hengzhi thought of the tragic situation in Daocheng, the people in Fengbo Valley, and the people in Daocheng, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"General Zhai, plot against us."

When he spoke, his eyes were as sharp as a goshawk.

"Today's court is dying. Old man, I just ask the general to be mindful of the living beings in the world, and stop helping the tyrant to do evil and make mistakes."

Zhai Su closed his eyes slightly, then opened them again, but his eyes were still the same as before.

"I won't rebel." Zhai Su said, "No, I can't."

Guo Hengzhi was really disappointed. He thought that Zhai Su had been fighting for several years, but he still had blood. Seeing him at this moment, like those swarming dogs, balancing the gains and losses of various interests, he suddenly felt a little contemptuous.

"General." Guo Hengzhi said, with a sad and painful tone, "You are the people of Daji, and you have been a soldier all your life. Do you really want future generations to call you a fool?"

Guo Hengzhi's sadness didn't move Zhai Su, he even smiled before replying: "The thousand years are too far away, no one can see them. But right now, if I rebel, my army will be the real traitors and traitors. After the thousand years pass , They may not have names and surnames, and their merits and crimes are all passing, but if they rebel now, their Dingzhou family members will have to sacrifice their lives for this cloud of smoke."

Zhai Su looked at Guo Hengzhi, with unmistakable mockery and firmness in his eyes: "Master Guo, maybe in your eyes, soldiers are just grains of sand, but to me, they are all my brothers."

"I can't take their family to die."

Lobbying failed.

When Guo Hengzhi returned to his residence, Xu Ziyuan was still waiting. Seeing the sad expression on Guo Hengzhi's face, he knew that there was no need to ask, and Zhai Su refused.

Xu Ziyuan was pacing anxiously in the room, they had been in Fengcheng for some time, not to mention that Zhai Su had no improvement here, even his elder brother Xu Shan had no news, he only knew that he was taken away by that eunuch Hu Yulu, and what happened to him, What the status is, no one knows.

However, the most worrying thing among these many things is the battle situation in Daocheng.

It has been around for ten days, and I don't know how long it can last.

"No." Guo Hengzhi was silent in the room for a long time, then suddenly said: "In the current situation, we really have to go north again to seek help from King Guan."

Xu Ziyuan naturally agreed, no matter what, it is better to know how to do it than not to know, and now he is ready to arrange the luggage for going north again.

But when he came back, things took a turn for the worse.

Outside the room where they were temporarily resting, there was a circle of people, the head of which was an eunuch wearing soft-soled shoes, standing with his hands behind his back, smiling darkly at the wing.

Seeing this, Xu Ziyuan knew that something was wrong, and was about to run away, but the way he came from was blocked by someone, and he was immediately controlled.

The eunuch was Hu Yulu. When he heard Xu Ziyuan's movement, he turned his head with his creepy smile. Xu Ziyuan's pupils shrank, and he saw that the eunuch had a lot of blood on his front, and he was still holding a fistful of blood. dagger.

"Hey, don't you just catch it?" Hu Yulu stepped forward with a smile, and stuffed the blood-stained dagger onto Xu Ziyuan's body. , so it's you!"

Xu Ziyuan was so dumbstruck that he couldn't believe that the eunuch dared to kill people even now that he was still in Zhai Su's mansion.But the reality in front of him did not allow him to think too much. Under his anger, he just wanted to break away from the person who controlled him, and then kill the old eunuch in front of him.

Did he succeed?Obviously not.

Yu Duanjiang held a long sword and directly penetrated Xu Ziyuan's heart.

Xu Ziyuan died with regret.

Yu Duanjiang withdrew his sword, and the person who restrained Xu Ziyuan also let go, and Xu Ziyuan's body still slowly slid to the ground.

At this moment, Zhai Su hurried over after hearing the news. Seeing the tragedy, without saying a word, he drew his sword and pointed it at Hu Yulu and the others.

"Hey, what's wrong with General Zhai? He's so angry?" Hu Yulu wasn't afraid at all, and he still pretended to express condolences, "It's just dealing with a few rebels, why did General Zhai startle, it's a sin. "

"Hu Yulu." Zhai Su didn't take back his sword, the tip of the sword was still pointed at Hu Yulu's throat, "Master Guo is an important minister in the court, why do you call him a traitor?"

"Just because he walked to Fengcheng safe and sound!" Hu Yulu raised his voice, his voice was as sharp as a crow.

Zhai Su understands that there is nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime.

Hu Yulu laughed darkly again, and said, "I know that it is inconvenient for General Zhai to have an accident with one of his generals recently. Seeing that the rebels in the south are still stubbornly resisting, I don't want to bother General Zhai anymore."

"They, going north to ask for help, naturally want a reply, so let's give them a reply."