"General Meng, there is a man outside the house who wants to see the general and wants to discuss something important." Just as Meng Xinghe, General Lan and other people in the room were sitting together to discuss how to deal with Yang Xuangan next, the soldiers in charge of guarding outside the house hurriedly He hurriedly ran in to report, looking quite panicked, as if something serious had happened.
Meng Xinghe looked attentive, looked at the eyes of the people around him, and said knowingly: "Have you asked clearly who is coming?"
"It's Yang Xuangan's deputy general Xu Hu," the guard said in surprise. He was actually quite surprised. At this time, Yang Xuangan's deputy general appeared outside the house for no reason. He said that he had important matters and asked to see General Meng. He went in as soon as possible. I came to report that I was afraid of delaying any fighter planes and I couldn't bear the responsibility.
Meng Xinghe was slightly startled, wondering what Yang Xuangan was singing. He cast his eyes to Miss Du aside, and intermittent secret words flashed in their eyes. Could this be a cruel trick?
"Let General Xu come in." After thinking for a short time, out of courtesy to Meng Xinghe, he let Xu Hu, who was waiting outside the house, come in. He wanted to see what Xu Hu was doing here this time.
After a while, Xu Hu, wearing casual clothes and a big hat covering half of his face, walked in quickly. When he came to Meng Xinghe and others, before he could take a breath, he sat down Meng Xinghe, who was directly in front, suddenly shouted: "Tie Xu Hu down, drag him out and chop him down."
As the saying goes, the two countries were at war without killing each other. No one expected that Meng Xinghe would say such things that broke the rules. It was just that he acted strangely and everyone watched silently without saying a word. On the contrary, Xu Hu originally came to surrender. Hearing that Meng Xinghe was so violent without asking for the reason, he actually didn't resist. Before he came, he had expected death anyway. Now when he heard that Meng Xinghe was about to chop him, Xu Hu was not very panicked. He stood up straight and actually stood up before Meng Xinghe. The people around Xinghe burst into laughter.
"I, Xu Hu, am a two-faced villain. I didn't die more than 20 years ago. Now that I have died, I have finally lived for another 20 years. This life is worth it." The soldiers who were waiting for Meng Xinghe's dispatch came from both sides. When Xu Hu was kidnapped, he did not resist but obeyed, unlike a general who had killed many people on the battlefield.
When Meng Xinghe saw this situation, he did not stop his men. It was not until the tied Xu Hu was pulled out without saying a word or resisting that Meng Xinghe waved to Xue Rengui. Xue Rengui immediately understood and set out immediately. Go to the door.
After a while, Xu Hu was brought in. At this time, Meng Xinghe put on a smile like a courteous corporal and greeted him respectfully: "General Xu is frightened. What I did just now was just to test the general. If you really come to discuss the matter? You will never ask for mercy, general. Please take a seat, someone is here, serve tea." Meng Xinghe welcomed Xu Hu to the seat where the distinguished guest was sitting, and the maid who was watching the tea immediately served tea to greet him.
Xu Hu smiled faintly. He was a rough man who could only lead troops to fight. He would fight wherever Yang Xuangan told him to fight. Compared with the scholar Yang You, he was much dumber. He didn't know the so-called strategies. He just saw Meng Xinghe. Treat it sincerely, and what Meng Xinghe did before is not unreasonable. If it were Yang Xuangan, the enemy's general would go and surrender if he wanted to do it. He would be afraid of having his head chopped off and hung on the city wall to demonstrate, so he always intuitively believed in his heart that Yang Xuangan could not lose. Since I started, I won’t trust anyone. Meng Xinghe is also such a person. No one can afford to lose, so it is inevitable to act with caution.
After taking a sip of tea to suppress his shock, Xu Hu pursed his lips and said with a smile: "The tea in the Central Plains is much better than that in Lingnan. Thank you General Meng for the tea. I won't say much at the end. I'm here to see the general this time. I just want to I want to talk to the general about something. This matter is of great importance. The wealth and lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Lingnan are all in the hands of the general. It is all decided by the general."
"General Xu, it doesn't matter." Meng Xinghe sat on the right side of Xu Hu, seeming to have guessed what he was going to say.
Xu Hu paused and said in a rather heavy tone: "General Meng also knows that Lingnan, a small land, will eventually become the possession of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. Yang Xuangan is extremely proud of his talents and is likely to send his army to attack Chang'an again. Determination, but there are many Han people in the Central Plains in this land of Lingnan. Which one is not missing his relatives in the Central Plains, and which one is willing to die for him and end up in disgrace. As far as I know, General Meng’s trip is precisely to regain Lingnan. Come, we are still stubborn about the opportunity to be recruited by the imperial court. Even if we want to surrender in the future, I am afraid that we will not be as easy to talk and do things as we are now. To be honest, general, this time I came here to The general surrenders, and I also ask the general to tolerate the guilty minister's previous crime of resistance and let the past go, and at the same time bring the general the scruples that Yang Xuangan has always been worried about."
"What scruples?" Meng Xinghe guessed that Xu Hu was here to surrender. What he said was not the point. Instead, Meng Xinghe was curious about the scruples he said about Yang Xuangan in his last sentence. What other scruples did Yang Xuangan have?
Xu Hu looked around and saw a room full of General Meng's confidants, so he said calmly: "The general doesn't know something. Before the third princess came to Lingnan, Yang Xuangan had actually been secretly colluding with the Turks at the border for more than ten years. Lingnan sells iron and vine armor to the Turks every year in exchange for Turks' war horses. Moreover, Yang Xuangan has reached an agreement with the Turks. As long as he starts an uprising in Lingnan, the Turks will respond at the border and lend 100,000 troops to Yang Xuangan. After the victory, Yang Xuangan moved the capital to Jiangdu and dedicated almost half of the land in Chang'an and Dongdu to the Turks."
It turned out that he wanted to borrow troops to start a rebellion and become a cheap emperor. Meng Xinghe despised Yang Xuangan in his heart. He didn't know what happened to the border war. It was just Li Shimin's strategizing plan, plus the two veteran generals Li Jing and Qin Shubao were in charge, and the Turks It is not easy to break through the border defenses. Hearing this news, Meng Xinghe felt a little happy. He thought, it must be Yang Xuangan who can't sit still now. He wanted to borrow troops from the Turks to attack the Tang Dynasty, but it was a pity that the troops were delayed. Come on, no wonder he wants to speed up the measures to deal with himself. It turns out that he is riding a tiger with difficulty, and a dog is jumping over the wall in a hurry.
"General Xu, please be patient. You go back first. Don't let Yang Xuangan discover your whereabouts. Early tomorrow morning, we will send troops to attack the general. Then the general will cooperate with us to surrender." Meng Xinghe immediately started to give orders. Since Yang Xuangan There was discord within him, and he even wanted to take this opportunity to give Yang Xuangan a heavy blow, severely damaging his vitality.
Xu Hu heard Meng Xinghe's words and kept them in mind. He thought that he had surrendered, but it was a pity that the ignorant brother Yang was still in Yuzhong, so he felt that he should also pull him over.
After thinking for a while, Xu Hu said: "General Meng, I have a brother. If he can surrender, then Yang Xuangan will completely lose his right and left hand. In less than half a month, Lingnan will definitely surrender."
Throwing out a tempting prospect to Meng Xinghe, Xu Hu had some thoughts in his mind. If Yang You was also pulled over, no one would say that he was a traitor. After all, Yang Xiucai was more prestigious in the army than he was as a warrior. It is much higher. Everyone will focus on Yang Xiucai. Xu Hu is at most an idea maker. Even if history is written, he will definitely not be the main culprit.
Meng Xinghe didn't think that much. After hearing Xu Hu's words that Lingnan could be recovered in half a month, he wished that the sooner the better, and immediately asked: "General Xu is talking about General Yang Youyang,"
"It's Yang Xiucai," Xu Hu became more energetic. As long as Meng Xinghe said a word, Yang Xiucai would surrender sooner or later.
Meng Xinghe thought for a while and said: "I have to trouble General Xu about this matter. Please believe that General Xu and I will treat all the surrendered officers and soldiers well. Whatever positions they held in Yang Xuangan's army before, they will not change after they come here. It will still be led by you,"
"Don't dare to take it. I will do my best in the end." Xu Hu suddenly stood up and clasped his fists and said: "The general said this, and I, Xu Hu, am completely embarrassed, but I am confident and bold enough to lead my subordinates to follow the general." After saying this, Xu Hu Tiger pressed the bamboo hat on his head and walked out.
As soon as he left, Meng Xinghe asked Miss Du beside him: "Xu Hu is too scheming and is not a reliable person. If Yang You can surrender, that would be a good thing."
"Well," Miss Du replied softly to Meng Xinghe's words, "Everything has its pros and cons. A knife can also hurt people. It depends on how you use it. As long as Xu Hu surrenders, let him lead his men to attack Yang Xuangan. Compared to Xu Hu, I hope Yang You can also surrender. Although Yang Xuangan doesn't trust anyone, he handed over rare elite soldiers to Yang You, which shows that he still values this person in his heart. I hope Xu Hu can persuade him. , otherwise we will have to fight another tough battle before we can confront Yang Xuangan head-on,"
It seems that women should not be underestimated. When she attacks, she is more vicious than anyone else. However, I have to admit that Miss Du's move did solve a lot of problems.
"Okay, who will lead three thousand soldiers to attack Xu Hu tomorrow?" Meng Xinghe discussed with everyone.
"I'll go," Xue Rengui walked out: "This is the first time I've fought a formal battle like this."
Having agreed on this matter, there is no military situation to discuss today. Meng Xinghe asked everyone to go down to rest first. Miss Du and General Lan were going to inspect the defense fortifications outside and went out together. Meng Xinghe had nothing to do. I wanted to go out for a walk to see how the battle was going outside, but I didn't know that after everyone left one after another, Aunt Yun, who had always stayed in the room and never participated in military discussions, came out wearing a simple skirt.
Her dress was extremely simple, a bit casual as if she was going out for a spring outing, but it was this simple decoration that made Master Meng, who was in a calm mood, suddenly become uneasy.
"Xiruo, you are going out,"
"Well, why don't you go out for a walk with me,"
"It's a chaotic situation outside. I'm afraid I've been shot ten or eight holes in my body by the enemy before I even went out. It's better to stay in the house and feel more comfortable," Meng Xinghe suddenly said in a rogue manner. It was indeed unsafe outside, so he It’s not that I’m afraid of being ejaculated, I’m just worried that my beautiful lady will go out, and I don’t know what she’s going to do when she goes out.
"Don't pull me down," Aunt Yun suddenly scolded a little childishly: "Then I'm leaving, don't follow me, be careful, I'll poke a few holes in your body,"
"Ah," Meng Xinghe pretended to be surprised, but he held Aunt Yun's hand and said, "I will accompany you wherever you go."
Aunt Yun chuckled, thinking that Meng Xinghe still looked a bit like a general. She chuckled, poked Meng Xinghe's forehead with her hand, and said, "Go to your father-in-law."
"My father-in-law," Meng Xinghe didn't know who Aunt Yun was talking about as his father-in-law. He was confused and had to follow Aunt Yun obediently.