Li Zhengbao's surrender made everyone in Xiazhou extremely excited. Li Zhengbao is a general under Liang Shidu, he has won the hearts of the army, and he has a very good personal relationship with Xin Fang'er, Feng Duan and other leading generals under Liang Shidu. Once these generals surrender, then those ordinary soldiers will be even more demoralized, and even cause a large number of ordinary soldiers to flee and surrender, so that the army under Liang Shidu will no longer have combat effectiveness at all.

After meeting with Li Zhengbao, Xia Hongsheng returned to Xiazhou and immediately sent the news back to Chang'an City in a secret letter. Xia Hongsheng now needs an example effect, so he needs Li Shimin to reward Li Zhengbao lavishly, so that the entire Shuofang people know that those who surrender will get real glory and wealth, so as to make the soldiers of Shuofang blush and arouse their thoughts of surrendering.

"General, Li Zhengbao returned home smoothly, and in the evening, he began to see his henchmen go to the residences of Xin Fang'er, Feng Duan and others." In front of Xia Hongsheng, a spy reported to Xia Hongsheng: "The humble post has followed the general's order and began to spread the news that Li Zhengbao and others wanted to rebel in Shuofang City. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Very good." It doesn't have to be spread too fast, too widely, too detailed, just catch the wind and catch the shadow. In addition, inform those special combat team members and let them stand by near Li Zhengbao's mansion at any time, in case Liang Shi heard the rumors and made any drastic moves. ”

"Obedience!" The man answered, and then immediately turned away, and hurried away into the night.

After the man left, he saw Liu Min walking out from behind, came to Xia Hongsheng, and smiled at Xia Hongsheng: "The general is very scheming, in this way, Li Zhengbao will be suspicious of the Liang division, so he really has to rebel." ”

"After all, Li Zhengbao's surrender is too significant to us, so we must ensure that nothing goes wrong. On the contrary, we naturally have to help him fight back. He doesn't want to rebel, and we have to force him to rebel. Xia Hongsheng turned to Liu Min and said, "Besides, I have promised Li Zhengbao to help him protect his reputation." I ordered the spies to spread rumors that Li Zhengbao was trying to bring down the Tang Dynasty, and Liang Shi chased after the wind. must be suspicious of Li Zhengbao. In this way, his name can be preserved, so that the world thinks that Li Zhengbao was forced by Liang Shidu and had to rebel. It can also chill the hearts of Shuo Fang's soldiers, thinking that Liang Shi is suspicious of Zhongliang. It also made Shuo Fang's soldiers and Liang Shi two hearts, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Liu Min nodded, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Yes, Li Zhengbao is deeply supported in the Shuofang army, if the Shuofang soldiers and the people think that Liang Shidu actually forced Li Zhengbao to rebel, then Liang Shidu will definitely betray his relatives and leave." At that time, it only takes His Majesty to issue another edict of surrender, and it will be decided without a fight! ”

Xia Hongsheng and Liu Min looked at each other and smiled.

And at the same time, in Shuofang City, it was also in front of a window. The same cold moonlight outside the window. A woman sighed softly, then withdrew her gaze from the window and looked at the figure that had no business and appeared behind her like a ghost.

The woman smiled and asked, "How?" What is there any movement in Xiazhou? ”

"It's the same as usual, but there are a few more fresh faces in the yamen of the state capital." The figure in a black and blue suit whispered: "I stayed in the yamen of the state capital all day, only looking like he was in his teens, and the other two followed him inch by inch, and seemed to be the young man's guard." ”

"A teenager?" There was a hint of confusion on the woman's face. Tilted his head: "Teenage boy...... Could it be the son and brother of which family? ”

"Like, no more than fourteen years old, still a yellow-haired boy!" The woman in the power suit with the mask nodded and said, "I'm not wandering around the yamen of the state capital all day. It's just sleeping with my head in my arms, and I don't know who it is. However, looking at Liu Min's attitude towards him, he seems to be very respectful, but he doesn't know what his identity is. ”

The woman in front of the window lowered her head and frowned for a while, then raised her head again, and said, "Maybe I thought wrong, how could Li Shimin send a little child." This move should be a suspicious tactic. The one who really sent it must have someone else. Yousa, you go to Xiazhou again, and pay close attention to the people in the state capital, especially the two who are the guards of the young man. I suspect that the person sent by Li Shimin is very likely to be one of these two, deliberately pretending to be the guard of the son-in-law, so as not to attract attention. ”

The woman with the mask nodded and said, "Really, if only the people in the palace could know who was sent." ”

The woman in front of the window shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Li Shimin is very vigilant, and he can know that if he sends someone over, it is already the limit." ”

"Sister, don't worry, I'll set off and sneak into Xiazhou overnight." The woman with the mask said.

The face of the woman in front of the window suddenly bloomed with an extremely bewitching smile, Lianbu shook gently, took a few steps to the face of the woman with the mask, raised her hand to cover the cheek of the woman with the mask, and said with a smile: "Let's go again tomorrow, and there is no hurry to be in this night." ”

"Sister......" The woman's voice with the mask immediately became shy, and she lowered her head.

The night breeze outside the window is still steep, wrapped in a trace of the unique desolation of the northwest, but indoors, it is a spring, a few warblers crying, two trees and begonias.

The people who walked at night still had no business, and under the gate of Shuofang, a few figures quietly flashed out and slowly approached the city gate.

"Who?!" The soldier guarding the door shouted, and the weapon in his hand was only directed at the person who came.

"Me!" One of the figures agreed, and stood next to the torch, so that the light of the torch could shine on him: "The time has come, and the person has changed!" ”

"It turned out to be brothers!" The soldiers guarding the gate were immediately overjoyed, put down the weapons in their hands, rubbed their hands, and said with a smile: "It can be regarded as a replacement, the wind is poured under the city gate building, and Lao Tzu is frozen to death!" ”

The person who came laughed twice: "Then the old brother should go back to the fire, the fire was booming when he came!" ”

After handing over the people, watching the soldiers guarding the door gradually leave, the eyes of the people who came suddenly lit up, and immediately touched behind him, and felt out a fire fold, and when he blew hard, the fire fold brightened, and he saw that the person seemed to shake the fire fold to make it burn more violently, and waved it a few times in the air with the fire fold.

Soon, I saw a group of people quietly slipping into the city gate building, and several soldiers guarding the gate looked at each other, and then immediately flashed behind the door, and gently opened a gap in the city gate.

The men quickly rushed out of the crack in the door, and the gatekeeper closed the gate again, and then stood in his place, and stopped moving.

A seemingly peaceful night passed, and no one knew that there were unquiet things in this calm night.

When Xia Hongsheng appeared in the back hall of the mansion early the next morning, there were a few more people in front of him. Except for Liu Min, the others Xia Hongsheng didn't recognize it.

"This is General Li's mother, who was quietly taken out of the city by the special combat team last night and sent over." Liu Min explained to Xia Hongsheng.

The old woman still looked frightened, since last night when someone suddenly appeared in front of her and brought her to Li Zhengbao, she had this expression. Li Zhengbao was not much better than her, and when he saw a few people come out with his old mother, he almost drew his sword and called out to his own soldiers—if it weren't for the fact that those people immediately visited him and took out a letter to present to him.

The gist of the letter was to transport his family members out of the city one by one, in case the Liang Shi was unfavorable to his family. Although Xia Hongsheng had already informed Li Zhengbao in advance, when he saw that under his nose, his mother was found and did not know that she was brought to him, Li Zhengbao couldn't help but be afraid. If this is uneasy and kind, and he takes away his family members like this, he probably doesn't even know who did it!

I couldn't help but feel a little more in awe of Xia Hongsheng's methods.

If there are suddenly fewer people in the family, it is easy to be discovered. So one every two days, and I'm not in a hurry to get too many family members away at once. Last night was Li Zhengbao's mother, and tomorrow night will be his wife and child.

"Old lady, don't worry, there may be something wrong with Shuofang, and General Li is worried about your safety, so he quietly sent you out of the city." Xia Hongsheng made a smiling face, took advantage of the young man's kindness, and said to Li Zhengbao's mother: "Don't worry, when you get here, you will be safe." Moreover, tomorrow night, your daughter-in-law and grandchildren will also be sent over to accompany you. You can't send too much at once, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered, and then General Li will be in danger. ”

"You, you are my son's people?" The old woman was still a little frightened and frightened, and the few people along the way told her that she must not make the slightest noise, otherwise she would take General Li's life. She was so scared that she didn't dare to come out with one, for fear that because of herself, these gangsters would hurt her son. But hearing this, these people in front of him look like his son's subordinates?

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Yes, old lady, we were ordered by General Li to deliberately take General Li's family out of Shuofang to protect them." Don't worry, it won't be long before General Li will come, and when the time comes, the old lady's family will be reunited. ”

Li Zhengbao's old mother was suddenly stunned, and then suddenly lost her voice and said, "Are you trying to force my son to rebel?!" ”

"Where, Master Liang is stubborn, and General Li is abandoning the darkness and turning to the light." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "Lord Liu, I am tired of sending someone to take the old lady to rest, so that she can serve and protect her." It is better to stay in a secluded courtyard and wait for the rest of General Lee's family to come over. ”

"The next official has an order." Liu Min gave a salute, and then hurriedly left with Li Zhengbao's old mother.

Sending special combat personnel to pick up Li Zhengbao's family members is both a woo and a deterrent. Leaving Li Zhengbao's family in the state capital yamen is both protection and hostage.

With a two-pronged approach, Li Zhengbao's inevitable surrender is a foregone conclusion. (To be continued.) )