He was not worried that his lie would be discovered by the Pei family, because this matter was only one-sided words from a few of them from beginning to end, and Pei Ji knew nothing about it. Even if one day Pei Ju asked Pei Ji why he blocked the King of Chu from rescuing Wen Xi, he would probably
He would only give Pei Ju a roll of his eyes and call him crazy.
Of course, in Li Zhiyun's view, a scheming person like Pei Ju would never ask Pei Ji such a question face to face. More likely, he would only suspect Pei Ji's ill will towards the Wenxi Pei family.
All said and done, Li Zhiyun still felt that he was not completely sure about winning over Pei Ju.
"He can even win over the prince, but my overtures are of little use."
Pull?
Xue Shou thought for a while, understood what Li Zhiyun meant, and then explained: "Your Highness, you should not rush into anything, you must do it step by step. Just like what happened to Yang Gongren some time ago, Your Highness did not expect that there would be such an opportunity."
Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "You are right, I am impatient."
Everyone drove all the way and arrived at Mirang River on the second day.
This place cannot be considered a city, it can only be said to be a small town. To the south is the remnant of the Wangwu Mountains. To the east, there are several peaks and a small stream flows from the bottom of the mountain.
At this time, it was extremely cold and the streams were frozen. Song Jingang and others ran out of ammunition and food, so they could only cut ice to satisfy their hunger and thirst.
During the battle at Wenxi, Yuchigong was restrained by Xie Shufang and Li Junxian, and Song Jingang was stabbed in the shoulder by Luo Shixin. The pain made him despair.
He has no way to escape.
There were only a thousand soldiers and horses who fled to Meiliangchuan, all of them were wounded and no longer capable of fighting. There were more than 3,000 Tang troops surrounding Meiliangchuan. The strength of the troops was so disparate that Song Jingang knew that it would be difficult for him to fly out even if he had wings.
The Tang army was encircling and not attacking at this moment, but they were just waiting for him to collapse on his own.
Looking back on the past, Song Jingang felt that he had quite failed. He cooperated with Wei Daoer, but was driven out of Hebei by Dou Jiande. After joining Liu Wuzhou, he thought he could accomplish something with the help of the Turks, but he did not expect that he would die at the hands of Li Zhiyun today.
superior.
"King Song, the Tang army sent a general to shout, asking us to put down our weapons and surrender immediately, otherwise they will attack immediately." The scout came to report.
Song Jingang covered his shoulders and cursed: "Go tell the Tang thieves that I will not surrender to them even if I die!"
He knew very well that once he surrendered, his soldiers might be fine, but he himself would definitely die, and the Tang army would never let him go.
The scout looked hesitant and wanted to persuade Song Jingang to stop making unnecessary resistance, but he did not dare to say it out loud.
Song Jinjiang didn't give him a chance. He saw the scout's cowardice and immediately drew his sword and stabbed the scout to death.
"King Song..." The scout could not believe that Song Jingang would kill him until his death.
Song Jingang had a ferocious smile on his face, turned the handle of the knife, and then pulled it out suddenly. The scout fell to the ground and struggled for a while, then there was no movement.
"You asked for it."
Song Jingang snorted coldly, immediately got on his horse and shouted: "Brothers, if you want to survive, you have to fight your way out of the encirclement, otherwise the Tang army will arrest us and take us to Taiyuan to behead us in public, threatening the morale of His Majesty's army!"
At the last moment, Song Jingang still refused to die an honorable death.
He doesn't want to look decent, so Li Zhiyun will naturally help him look decent.
"Song Jingang is going to die, Yuchi Gong is going to live, do you understand?" Li Zhiyun looked at Xie Shufang and other generals.
"The general will finally understand!" The generals clasped their fists, gathered their troops and horses, and killed Song Jingang, who was on the run.
Li Zhiyun stood on a low slope, picked up his telescope and watched the two groups of soldiers and horses gradually converging to fight. Beside him, the horses snorted and scraped their hooves against the ground.
Song Jingang was cunning and wise, but his martial arts skills were inferior to those of Captain Chi Gong. Naturally, facing Luo Shixin's duel, he was forced to defend and counterattack.
It's a pity that in front of Luo Shixin, the injured Song Jingang could only be beaten passively. How could he be given a chance to fight back?
With just a stick of incense, Luo Shixin stabbed Song Jingang to death with one shot.
With Song Jingang's death, the remaining defeated generals under his command threw away their helmets and armor, squatted down and surrendered with their heads in their hands.
Although Yuchi Gong could fight, he could not hold out against the siege of Xie Shufang, Li Junxian, and Cheng Yaojin. What's more, he had been injured in a bloody battle with Qin Qiong before, so how could he fight one against three now?
Li Zhiyun wanted Yu Chigong alive, so Xie Shufang naturally did not dare to fool Li Zhiyun with the corpse.
"Yu Chi Gong, Song Jingang is dead, please surrender. My king cherishes his talents and does not want you to go astray. If you surrender now, my king promises to protect you from death."
Uncle Xie Fang Mashan pointed at Yuchi Gong with sharp eyes.
Cheng Yaojin said: "General Xie, I think this black guy is definitely unwilling to surrender, so it would be better to just kill him!"
Yuchi Gong cursed, "Cheng, what kind of hero do you think you are when you sneak up on me?"
During the battle just now, Xie Shufang and Li Junxian were restraining Yuchi Gong from the front, while Cheng Yaojin was specifically behind to attack Yuchi Gong, beating him badly.
"Bah!" Cheng Yaojin yelled, "Who the hell are you, a young thief from Mayi? I attacked you sneakily to give you face."
"Cheng Heitan, shut up!"
"Hei Si, you definitely don't dare to blow out the candles during your fucking bridal chamber. You're so black, your mother-in-law can't even see you when she blows out the candles!"
Yu Chigong is an honest man, and if he plays with his mouth, he will definitely not be able to win the gold.
"You bitch, I..."
"Hahahahaha." Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly, and Ma Shan fell to the ground upside down.
Seeing Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong bickering, Xie Shufang and Li Junxian were speechless.
At this time, Luo Shixin came on horseback.
"Yu Chigong, Song Jingang is dead, please surrender." Luo Shixin said: "You are a man and you should not die for someone like Song Jingang."
He had fought against Yuchi Gong, so he knew how powerful Yuchi Gong was, so he wanted Yuchi Gong to surrender.
Yuchi Gong looked at four Tang generals surrounding him, and knew in his heart that he would either die or surrender today.
If you want to leave, that's impossible.
He was silent for a while and said: "Let your manager come out. If he can agree to my three conditions, I, Yuchi Gong, will lead his horse!"
Cheng Yaojin yelled, "Young man in Ma Yi, please stop being so arrogant! Do you still have the nerve to negotiate terms? Get off your horse and surrender!"
"General Cheng, please be patient." Xie Shufang stopped Cheng Yaojin, and then said: "Wei Chigong, I respect you as a man and give you this opportunity."
After saying this, he called his soldiers and asked them to inform the King of Chu.
Not long after, Li Zhiyun came on horseback.
Yu Chigong was really stunned when he saw Li Zhiyun. The person in charge of the Tang Army was actually so young, and he didn't even have a full head of hair.
"Jingde, I'm the one in charge. If you have any conditions, just tell me. If I can promise you, I will definitely promise you." Li Zhiyun looked at the dark-faced strong man opposite and murmured in his heart that Yuchi Gong was so dark.
If it's darker, it could be comparable to Kunlun Slave.
"Quick." Yuchi said respectfully, "I have three conditions."
"you say."
"First, I want to bury King Song with my own hands."
"Although Song Jingang is a rebel, he is also a momentary hero. I promise you." Li Zhiyun nodded.
"Second, you cannot kill the brothers who have surrendered. If they want to go back, please let them go."
Li Zhiyun chuckled, "Jingde, you have two conditions."
Two? Yuchi Gong was startled, and then said: "Do you agree or not?"
"Yes, I promise you."
Immediately afterwards, Yuchi said respectfully: "Third, I want to fight Qin Qiong again!"
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun, Xie Shufang and others were stunned. They did not expect that Yuchi Gong would propose such a weird condition. It seemed that he was not convinced by Qin Qiong's defeat.
Cheng Yaojin mocked unhappily: "My son, Ma Yi, you haven't been scared by Shu Bao yet!"
"Shut up, Cheng Heitan!" Yuchi Gong immediately retorted.
Some people must have a special fate. Yu Chigong just didn't like Cheng Yaojin's bad words and always wanted to criticize him. Cheng Yaojin also didn't like Yuchi Gong's pretentiousness and always wanted to tear him down.
Seeing this friendly scene, Li Zhiyun smiled and said immediately: "Jingde, I would like to see you and Shu Bao fight, but this matter requires Shu Bao's consent, and I cannot decide for him."
"Your Majesty." Cheng Yaojin said: "How can this black guy be Shu Bao's opponent? He just wants to find a reason to trick us. We can't be fooled by him."
"Cheng Heitan, you fart, I will keep my word."
"Then you still won't surrender!"
"Just surrender, I'm afraid of you!" Yu Chigong got off his horse, knelt down on one knee towards Li Zhiyun, cupped his fists and saluted.
Xie Shufang was speechless. Is Yuchi Gong so upright?
In fact, it's not that Yuchi Gong didn't have any thoughts, but he knew in his heart that if he didn't surrender, he would die. What's more, the King of Chu had already agreed to his conditions, so what else could he say.
Cheng Yaojin said disdainfully: "You bastard, you must have used me to get out of power, and you are shameless. Bah!"
Yuchi Gong's face twitched with anger.
Li Zhiyun raised his hand to stop Cheng Yaojin and rode up to Yu Chigong.
Get off your horse and step forward to help him up.
"General, please rise. Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others are not worthy of serving as a hero like the general. My father, the emperor, is so virtuous that he needs the help of heroes like the general."
"I lost, and I will listen to you from now on." Yuchi Gong said quickly and simply.
Li Zhiyun laughed and put his own cloak on him.
"It is truly my blessing to have the general's help."
Yu Chigong's surrender made Li Zhiyun very happy. As long as such a loyal and fierce general is well trained, he will shed his blood for him in the future.