In the middle of the night, the rain suddenly fell heavily, Jin Shenghuan on the head of the city was overjoyed, rushed to the battlements and went out to look outside, and saw that the thief army really withdrew, and couldn't help laughing: "I can finally sleep well" However, although he said that, he did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, so that the soldiers could not be sloppy in strict inspection, after all, the situation was to take advantage of the heavy rain to climb the wall and seize the city.

Outside the city, Wang Zamao just lay down but tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, there was something in his heart, something big.

Someone knocked on the door, it was Pan Dahu: "Boss, something is wrong."

Wang Zamao turned over and opened the doorkeeper Pan Dahu to let him close to the house: "What's wrong?" ”

"It was raining heavily just now, and the brothers withdrew and came back to have nothing to do, saying that someone was inquiring about the matter when it was just dark today...... "Wang Zamao was shocked, the person sent by the king's body!" At this time, he already knew that Wang Tizhong was preparing to cross the water on the other side of the Qingge River, but he secretly investigated himself, didn't he reveal the news?

"It's impossible to leak the news, our brothers can trust it, even if someone informes, it won't be possible to reach his ears so quickly, it can only be said that Wang Tizhong has suspicions, otherwise he will not just send someone to investigate secretly, but directly take someone or trick you to meet him!" Pan Dahu briefly analyzed.

Wang Zamao nodded, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "If he just suspects, he won't be able to find out that he is ugly."

Pan Dahu frowned: "But when it gets dark, the officers and soldiers came, and you led the troops to meet the enemy and chatted with them alone for a long time, and then the officers and soldiers withdrew, but many people saw it, if Wang Tizhong knew, he was only afraid ......"

"It doesn't matter, if it's just this little thing that I have thought about dealing with a long time ago, as long as the matter that our brothers discussed just now is not leaked, he can't help me!" Wang Zamao waved his hand lightly, but as soon as the words fell, he heard someone shouting in the courtyard, and his soldiers hurriedly ran to say that Wang Tizhong had sent someone over to pass the word and asked him to go to the other side immediately to discuss important matters.

Wang Zamao was shocked, and Pan Dahu shouted again and again: "No! It seems that the king is already suspicious, and he will die for a lifetime."

"Not really" Wang Zamao calmed down a little after being shocked: "If you just suspect that the king will not kill me in the body, it will still be the same sentence: as long as the things we discuss are not leaked, we will not die!" ”

"If he knew about the surrender of officers and soldiers...... Pan Dahu hesitated.

"You know that he has no intention of surrendering" Wang Zamao smiled coldly, Pan Dahu nodded: "I'll go and call the third child to ask" said and turned his head to leave, and after a while, he walked all the people who had previously discussed the secret and came over, and several people swore that there would be no rumors, Wang Zamao observed that there was no falsehood, and he put some heart in his heart: "If this is the case, I will go to see him."

"Why should the eldest brother take risks, it's better to invest in us and directly vote for the officers and soldiers and then give him the answer, if he wants to give the credit to ours, if he doesn't surrender, just don't" A confidant persuaded, and everyone echoed and persuaded him not to cross the water to see Wang Tizhong.

Wang Zamao thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and shook his head: "Wealth and wealth are in danger, if you vote for officers and soldiers like this, you will not be reused and be bullied by people over there, it is better to be a thief, only by taking the head of the king's body, can you exchange for glory and wealth!" Now that we've decided to do it, we're going to do it! ”

Several people saw that he was so determined, and they knew that they could not persuade him.

In the village on the south bank of the Qingge River, Wang Tizhong picked out the flickering oil lamp on the table, and said casually: "Do you think that guy will come?" ”

"If he doesn't come to explain that there is a ghost in his heart, can the general figure figure out what to do?" Liu Xi said with a frown next to him.

Wang Tizhong got up and walked to the door, looked at the pouring rain outside, and sneered: "Even if he comes, he can't prove that there is no ghost in his heart, but as long as he comes, there is still room for maneuver, if we don't come to this Qinggejiang, we won't have to pass."

"The general means that he has surrendered his officers and soldiers?"

"I'm not sure, but there is definitely a problem, because I really can't figure out why he didn't kill in the face of hundreds of officers and soldiers, but chatted for a long time and then collected his troops and returned to the camp. As soon as Wang Tizhong finished saying this, he heard a commotion outside the courtyard: "General, Wang Zamao is back."

Liu Xi, who was sitting in the room, stood up and walked to the door: "He really came."

Wang Tizhong was obviously also a little surprised: "Perhaps...... It's not what we think."

The wind and rain outside did not stop, Wang Zamao went ashore and was already soaked, he did not come alone but brought five entourages, but as soon as he came ashore, he was surrounded, and a one-eyed dragon seemed to smile: "Wang Zamao heard that your kid overturned in the gutter, but he really has the ability."

Wang Zamao's acquaintance is one of the henchmen in the king's body, so he snorted coldly: "You don't need to fall into the well, the gutter can't drown me, as long as you don't turn over the Qingge River" said and looked around: "What about the general?" ”

"The general has been waiting for a long time" The one-eyed dragon raised his hand and pointed to the southwest, there was a faint light coming from there, and Wang Zamao stepped forward: "Then hurry up and lead the way, Lao Tzu is about to die of cold." The one-eyed dragon snorted, led the way in front and gossiped casually with Wang Zamao, and after a while, he arrived at the entrance of the village: "Those brothers are waiting outside, Wang Zamao, you can go in by yourself."

Moreover, Wang Zamao sneered, nodded slightly to a few entourages, and followed the one-eyed dragon into a courtyard, but when he saw that the surrounding guards were tightly guarded, he knew that it was the camp in the king's body.

"The small ones who are on the officers and soldiers should lose the city and deserve death, please punish the general!" When Wang Zamao entered the courtyard, he saw Wang Tizhong standing at the door of the hall, so he hurriedly took a few steps forward and knelt directly in front of him, bowing his head in the muddy water and pleading guilty.

Wang Tizhong looked at the kneeling Wang Zamao on the ground, and the corners of his mouth showed a playful smile, and he reached out to help him up: "You are the one who broke the city, and you are the one who lost the city.

This...... Wang Zamao was stunned, and Liu Xi next to him pulled him into the house: "Okay, the general won't punish you, hurry up and change your clothes and talk to us about what happened to the officers and soldiers."

Wang Zamao's heart was relieved, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The officers and soldiers are extremely treacherous......" As he spoke, he entered the house, changed his clothes quickly, and drank some hot water to warm up, and then told the story of the past few days.

At the end, Wang Zamao sighed: "One wrong step and one wrong step, I regret that I shouldn't have listened to the nonsense of that wild Taoist, and transferred all my troops to the riverside outside the city, but let the officers and soldiers succeed in their treacherous schemes."

"It's not to blame the wild Taoist under your command for this matter, anyone will be fooled" Liu Xi said comfortingly, and then changed his words: "But I'm a little puzzled, when you attacked the city, the officers and soldiers were ready to send reinforcements, why did they stop and die without help, why is this?" ”

"At first, I didn't understand, guessing that either the officers and soldiers who sent reinforcements did not agree with the officers and soldiers in the city, so they didn't save them when they saw death, there are more of these things on the side of the officers and soldiers" Wang Tizhong and Liu Xi looked at each other and nodded, there is nothing wrong with what he said, one side is under siege, and the other side is not saved when he sees death, it is simply commonplace on the side of the officers and soldiers, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Zuo Liangyu, etc. have done this kind of thing.

"Is there any other reason?" Wang Tizhong asked.

"Yes, at that time, I sent Tang Hu to lead thousands of displaced people over there to build momentum, maybe the officers and soldiers were scared of reinforcements, after all, the officers and soldiers were all cowardly" Wang Zamao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But I know that I will know the real reason when it gets dark today."

"Oh? What's the reason for that? Wang Tizhong raised his eyebrows.

"This matter is extremely confidential, I originally wanted to take the general Ming'er to meet after crossing the river," Wang Zamao said in a cautious and low voice: "The officers and soldiers want to recruit you."

Yes! Wang Tizhong and Liu Xi glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's surprise, and they wanted to talk about it, but he took the initiative to tell it all, could it be that he was really to blame.

"Say it in detail" Wang Tizhong's face was solemn, he picked up the bowl and drank a sip of water, his hand trembled a little, this detail was seen by Wang Zamao and muttered in his heart, could he also be moved: "Yesterday it was almost dark, and it was sunny, and suddenly a team of more than 300 officers and soldiers appeared in the north of Wuhu City, I was also surprised when I heard it, how could Tang Hu not even stop 300 people, could it be that the defense line over there had been broken, but thinking that if Tang Hu was defeated, it would be impossible for there to be no news, guessing that it might be the officers and soldiers who came over by taking advantage of the loophole, So he led his troops to try to catch them all."

"But why didn't you fight?" Liu Xi asked with a smile, Wang Zamao sighed: "When I looked closer, the three hundred officers and soldiers were all armored cavalry, and they could feel the monstrous murderous aura from a distance of hundreds of meters, and they were definitely the kind of battle-hardened soldiers, on the other hand, although I had thousands of people at that time, I was already exhausted and many people were still hungry, and I knew in my heart at that time that if I fought, I would lose."

"You really look prestigious! It's also monstrous!" Liu Xi pursed his lips, and Wang Zamao was a little anxious: "No matter how much my Wang Zamao doesn't enter the stream, but after all, he was born and died with the general's southern expedition and northern war, and his eyesight should always be there."

"So you surrendered knowing you were going to lose?" Wang Tizhong's eyes narrowed.

"No, no, no" Wang Zamao waved his hand vigorously: "No matter how strong the officers and soldiers are, no matter what, I still have five or six thousand people on hand, and I can fight him all out of ten, maybe the officers and soldiers also saw that they didn't want to fight to the death, so they suddenly spoke in front of the battle, and I went."

"Who is the other party, what did he say?" Wang Tizhong shouted in a low voice.

"It's very big" Wang Zamao picked up the bowl and drank saliva, calming down the messy emotions in his heart: "It's the big eunuch of Dongchang who defeated King Chuang!" ”

Yes! Wang Tizhong and Liu Xi were shocked: "How is it possible! ”

"It's really a great general, it's really that big eunuch...... He is actually very young...... Wang Zamao also quickly stood up: "Although the eunuch is young, he is very imposing...... It's the kind of ...... that makes people feel hairy when they look at people."

"Okay, what did he say, did he make you surrender?" Wang Tizhong calmed down his shock a little, and at this time, the suspicion of Wang Zamao in his heart faded a lot, if the officers and soldiers really came to surrender, of course, this matter must be handled cautiously, and it must be discussed face to face, Wang Zamao did not let people pass on the message, it is also excusable, and it is not concealed.

Wang Zamao smiled bitterly again, and shook his head slightly: "People don't look down on me at all, they just asked me who I am and then said that I am a subordinate of Wang Tizhong, I said yes, he just asked him to bring you a word, if you are willing to surrender to more than three grades, hang the rank of general soldier, if you don't surrender, then see you on the battlefield, never die, and see if you are more than that...... Chuang Wang, whose neck is harder......" Wang Zamao said something true and false, and changed color again and again when Wang Tizhong and Liu Xi listened, and sat silent for a while, and paced back and forth for a while.