As for Jiang Li, after the envoy he sent came back, he recounted his experience of meeting the former Princess Di. He put his heart in his heart and decided to personally guard the west gate tomorrow night to prepare for the introduction of the Xiongnu army into the city.
At this time, Xiao Qi King Yuan Yi did not know that his general had made the decision to betray him. At this time, he was discussing the matter of defending the city with another general, Zhao Xin, in his mansion.
As a general, Jiang Li was obviously not as important as Zhao Xin, which was why he decided to betray.
"Your Majesty, Lucheng cannot be defended anymore. The King of Qi is dead. Please consider the Yuan family's bloodline and agree that the general will lead troops to protect you and rush out of the city. What the Huns want is Lucheng. What matters is the wealth and population here, they will not send heavy troops to pursue us." Zhao Xin knelt on the ground with one knee and said with a sincere face.
"Haha, haha." Xiao Qi Wang Yuan Yi sneered a few times and then said with a bitter smile: "Leave? Then where can we go? The world is so big, where is our safe haven?"
Now that the world is in chaos and the two emperors have come out, the vassal forces in Daqian are watching from the sidelines with a wise and protective attitude, until the aliens appear one by one and pull everyone into the machine of war. .
Looking at the world, wars are happening everywhere now. Even if they escape from Lucheng, where can they go?
Listening to Yuan Yi's lament, Zhao Xin understood his master's psychology, but considering the current situation, he continued to speak: "Your Majesty, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. Only by surviving can you talk about hope. , it is possible to revitalize Qidi, otherwise there will be no talk of the future if everyone is gone."
"Hey, how can I not know the truth? But now there is no place for me in the world. Even if they really break out and escape to other vassal kings, who can guarantee that they will not do it to please the Huns? And hand us over?" After another sigh, Yuan Yi said helplessly.
Zhao Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, rolled his eyes and said as if he had already thought about it, "Your Majesty, we can go to Ji Di. King Ji has always had a firm attitude towards foreign races and has long said that those who are not from our race will have different hearts." , as long as you can go there, you will not be handed over under any circumstances."
"Is it an auspicious place? It sounds like a good place to go. People who do business there said that compared to other chaotic places, it is exceptionally peaceful and is developing in an orderly manner. Be it farmers or businessmen. They are all well protected there." As if he remembered something, Yuan Yi said with a look of longing.
A place like this would naturally be called a prosperous place in ancient times, and it was so-called rare. Not to mention that it was even more difficult to find such a place during the war.
When he first heard what the businessman said, Yuan Yi didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart. How could there be such a good place in the world? The businessman must have received some benefits from King Ji before he spoke for him. But when When more and more businessmen who went there said this, he knew that it might be true.
But so what, what does it have to do with Yuan Yi?
Let’s not mention that the two of them have no contact at all. No matter how good the auspicious location is, it still belongs to Tang Ao and has nothing to do with him. “Okay, General Zhao, there is no need to say these words in the future. , let's discuss how to defend the city. Although the Huns are fierce, we still have 50,000 defenders in the city, as well as 100,000 people in the city, and there is still some food left in the city, so it is not a problem to defend it for half a year. Maybe by then, the situation will have changed, and the Huns will retreat voluntarily if they know that our bones are hard to chew."
Yuan Yi said comfortingly. Although he also knew that at this point in the war, it was basically impossible to get the Huns to retreat, but at least it was a hope. Besides, there is no other way to delay the Huns for one more day.
Besides, are there any other good ways?
Seeing that Yuan Yi had said this, Zhao Xin naturally couldn't say anything else, so he nodded in agreement and then shut his mouth. However, at this moment, a guard from outside the hall suddenly ran in, "Your Majesty,
, someone outside the door sent you a letter."
"Oh? Who is it?" It was a bit surprising that someone sent a letter to him at this time, and Yuan Yi couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I don't know the identity of the person who came. He delivered the letter here and left. Our brothers were too slow to catch up with him." The guard said with a look of guilt on his face.
"That's all, they must not want to expose their identity. Even so, please bring the letter." Yuan Yi did not think too much about it, and he did not mean to blame the personal guards. Now is the time of crisis, and he does not want to go there again.
Punishing the people around you will only make everyone feel bad.
The letter was delivered to Yuan Yi. Naturally, it had been carefully checked before and no problems were found. After Yuan Yi opened the letter and read the contents clearly, he could not help but be shocked and said, "
This is impossible." He then handed the letter to General Zhao Xin who was standing aside.
After taking the letter, Zhao Xin, who had also read it, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is this true? Or is it a plan of alienation by the Huns?"
No wonder Zhao Xin would ask like this. The letter stated that Jiang Li had secretly talked with the Xiongnu and was preparing to open the city gate.
The letter was written by Suo Shou himself and sent to Prince Xiao Qi's palace. Although Tang Ao had ordered not to make fearless sacrifices, Suo Shou did not completely let go and was still looking for opportunities to assassinate Wei Qian'er.
Because of this, it was discovered that someone in the city was in private contact with Wei Qian'er. After being followed by Long Ya, it was discovered that the person was a subordinate of Jiang Li, one of the city's guards.
Although he didn't know what they said, based on his experience, Suo Shou still thought that Jiang Li might betray King Xiao Qi. He remembered that Tang Ao had once ordered that if possible, he should do whatever he could without exposing himself.
In order to provide King Xiao Qi with certain help, he decided to inform Yuan Yi about the matter.
Tang Ao had no choice but to prevent Long Ya from revealing his identity. After all, they had no friendship before. If his people suddenly appeared in front of Yuan Yi, it would be hard to avoid whether he would think too much about it. Even so, everything was still being done in secret.
Good.
In this way, this letter appeared. It just fell into Yuan Yi's hands, but it couldn't help but make him think too much.
Indeed, in comparison, Jiang Li was not as important to him as Zhao Xin, but he was still a general under his command and trusted by Yuan Yi. He really couldn't believe that the person he promoted would betray him.
Even if you don't believe that Jiang Li will betray, is this letter simply a plan to alienate the Huns? In order to cause civil strife in the city, which will be more conducive to their siege and seizure of the city?
Thinking that the person who sent the letter didn't even dare to show his face, this strengthened Yuan Yi's guess.
"Your Majesty, why don't you invite General Jiang to come and ask him and see what he says?" Zhao Xin came up with an idea. Speaking of which, he and Jiang Li had some personal connections, and they knew each other so well.
For many years, he did not believe this was true.
"That's a good idea." Yuan Yi nodded after hearing this, and then said to the guards beside him, "Go and invite General Jiang over."
At this time, Jiang Li was still on the city wall with a large army guarding the city. The Huns' attack today was not very violent, so there would be no problem with the safety of the city. I am afraid that if the Huns knew about it, someone would take the initiative to open it at night.
The city gate matter, so today's attack seems more programmed.
Such a siege scene would have been fine even if Jiang Li was not here. But he still showed up because he didn't want people to doubt him. Isn't there a saying that goes well? A thief has a guilty conscience.
Just when he was leisurely on the city tower, someone suddenly came to him. He was also a personal guard of the palace, saying that he was invited by the king.
At this time, the king would summon him. The timing was not right. In addition, Jiang Li himself felt guilty, so he would inevitably think more. While looking at the messenger with a smile, he sent a piece of ten taels of silver to the other party.
He held his hand in his hand, and then said seemingly unintentionally, "What's going on? What's going on with the king's summons at this time?"
Usually Jiang Li has a good impression on others. He can be regarded as a lover of soldiers and is very popular. In addition, the personal guard who came to report did not know what was written in the letter. When Jiang Li asked about it, he told him what he knew.
Speak out.
When Jiang Li heard that the king had summoned him because someone had sent a letter to the palace, Jiang Li knew for sure. It was probably the incident that had happened and someone had reported the secret, but it was obvious that the king did not believe it, otherwise
There won't be only three personal guards coming, but a large group of people should come to arrest him.
"Okay, I will go with you, general, but Rong will make some arrangements." Jiang Li made a very reasonable request. After all, he is now the general guarding the city.
In front of three personal guards, he called a few of his young generals, saying that he had something to do and wanted to go to the palace, and asked them to guard the place and not let an enemy enter the city. Taking this opportunity, he would not
He gave an eye-catching look to his two confidants, one of whom was yesterday's messenger. They immediately understood what their general meant.
"Don't worry, general. The Huns' attack today is not violent. They will withdraw their troops in two hours at most, and the city will be safe."
He deliberately emphasized the two hours. This was a code, telling Jiang Li that if you don't come out after two hours after going to the palace, we will lead troops to kill and save people.
After receiving the assurance from his subordinates, Jiang Li felt relieved, and then turned around and followed the three royal guards. As if to prove that he had no problem, he only brought two guards with him on this trip.