Dong Xi's momentum and tone of voice seemed to be interrogating Lu Xun.
Lu Xun frowned secretly, feeling a little unhappy in his heart.
He suppressed his displeasure and said calmly: "It is true, but General Dong would not believe that I, Lu Xun, would be incited by that traitor."
Although Lu Xun came from a wealthy family in Jiangdong, in terms of military position, he was several ranks lower than Dong Xi, so he was respectfully addressed as "General Dong".
Dong Xi's expression softened a bit, but he said: "Bo Yan, you have been favored by my lord and your family is all in Jiangdong. Of course you will not be stupid enough to follow in the footsteps of Lingtong's traitor. I am convinced of this."
Dong Xi's words were clearly a warning and threat to Lu Xun.
Lu Xun's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but look embarrassed, "General Dong, what do you mean by this?"
"It's nothing. I just want to remind Boyan that you and I have received great kindness from our lord. We should fight bloody battles until the death for our lord. We must not let our will be shaken by Xiao Ru's instigation. That's all."
Xiao Ru's instigation... Lu Xun, who was originally angry, was suddenly reminded by Dong Xi's words, and a look of sudden awakening flashed in his eyes.
His thoughts were whirling, and Lu Xun hurriedly said: "General Dong, I understand. Yan Liang is very cunning. He sent Lu Fan to come and surrender to me. He also said those words. He must be trying to alienate General Dong and provoke General Dong."
We are suspicious of each other, General Dong, and we must not fall into Yan Liang's scheme."
Although Dong Xi was a military general and not very resourceful, it did not mean that he was a fool. Lu Xun's few words quickly woke him up.
After spinning his mind for a few times, Dong Xi finally came around and couldn't help cursing: "Yan Liang, this thief is really extremely sinister. I almost became suspicious of you, Boyan. It's so dangerous.
"
All doubts were cleared, and Lu Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He then asked: "Now that Hukou has been lost, my lord has also retreated to Wankou. You and I, with six thousand soldiers and horses, are surrounded here and have become a lonely army. I wonder what General Dong plans to do next?"
Dong Xi also had no idea and could only say: "Bo Yan, what do you think we should do?"
Lu Xun said without thinking: "Since the Lord ordered us to retreat to Poyang County before retreating, we should obey the Lord's order."
Dong Xi nodded, seeming to agree with Lu Xun's suggestion, but soon became worried again.
"Having said that, Haihun City is now completely surrounded. We can't break out, so how can we retreat to Poyang." Dong Xi's face was full of embarrassment.
At this time, Lu Xun's handsome face showed a hint of weirdness. He sneered and said, "Since Yan Liang is trying to alienate us, let's give him a trick to get rid of him."
Just follow the plan?
Dong Xi's sad face suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.
...Two days later, Yan Jun's tent was closed.
Yan Liang was sitting behind the desk, staring sternly at Wu Ru, who was kneeling in front of the tent.
"Then Dong Xi suspected that my lord was plotting to kill him, and he kept forcing him to do so. My lord couldn't bear it anymore and decided to submit to the general. I hope the general will accept him."
That Wu Ru was Lu Xun's trusted envoy.
Yan Liang, who had a stern expression at first, was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Does Boyan really intend to submit to me?"
The messenger hurriedly added: "The master said that he is now surrounded by the general's army and is jealous of Dong Xi. He has no choice but to submit to the general. Therefore, the master is determined to secretly open the east gate tomorrow and late at night, and cooperate with the general inside and outside.
, captured Haihun City in one fell swoop as a gift to the surrendered general."
Yan Liang became even more delighted and laughed loudly and said: "Lu Boyan is indeed well aware of current affairs. Very good, very good. Go back and tell Boyan that if he can really open the city and surrender, the general will definitely reward him heavily. In the future.
I will wipe out the Sun family, and I will ensure that the interests of the Lu family in Jiangdong will be protected."
The messenger was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to Yan Liang, thanking him again and again, feeling extremely grateful.
Yan Liang then rewarded the envoy generously and sent him back to Haihun quickly to reply to Lu Xun and confirm the dedication of the city tomorrow and late at night.
After sending away the messenger, Yan Liang's excited expression disappeared immediately, and he only coughed a few times.
At this time, Lu Fan, who was hiding in the back tent, just came out.
"You heard what Lu Xun's confidant said just now, right?"
Lu Fan nodded and said, "Fan heard it clearly."
"Lu Xun said that he wanted to surrender to me, but he also secretly opened the city gate and cooperated with the outside. What do you think?" Yan Liang asked.
"Well..." Lu Fan thought for a moment and said slowly: "Haihun is surrounded by water, there is no hope of reinforcements from outside, and there is not much food and grass inside. It stands to reason that at this point, it is understandable that the defender would choose to surrender.
It's just that Lu Xun's words about the surrender made Fan feel a little surprised."
"How do you say this?" Yan Liang looked interested.
Lu Fan then said: "There are four major families in Jiangdong, Cheng, Lu, Gu and Zhang, and the Lu family is the most influential among them. Although Lu Boyan is young, he is the head of the Lu family. With his status, if he openly betrays the Sun family
, the impact on the Lu family’s status in Jiangdong will be immeasurable.”
Although Lu Fan had no choice but to surrender Yan Liang, the fact was a foregone conclusion, so he did not dare to have any reservations about Yan Liang and could only tell the truth about what he knew.
In fact, as a time traveler, how could Yan Liang not be clear about the situation of the Jiangdong family and Lu Xun's status?
The reason why he asked knowingly was just to test whether Lu Fan still "has his heart in Cao's camp and his heart is in Han". Now after hearing his words, Yan Liang was convinced that this Lu Fan was quite aware of current affairs.
After hearing Lu Fan's words, all the curiosity on Yan Liang's face disappeared, replaced by a confident smile, as if everything had been expected by him.
"It seems that the alienation strategy I ordered you to use has worked."
A plan to divorce... Lu Fan was startled. His mind had not turned around yet. He was confused for a moment and suddenly woke up.
"My lord ordered me to surrender to Lu Xun the day before, and also asked me to say those words verbatim. Could it be that Jing was deliberately driving a wedge between Dong Xi and Lu Xun?" Lu Fan asked in surprise.
Yan Liang smiled and said nothing. This expression naturally agreed with Lu Fan's guess.
Lu Xun was extremely talented and had the talent of a king's assistant. He was also the head of the Lu family of the four great families in Jiangdong. Yan Liang had long admired such a great talent and had long wanted to use it for himself.
As for Dong Xi, he was loyal to the Sun family in history and would rather die than betray him. The chance of defeating him was almost zero. Moreover, Dong Xi was only a pure military general and had no ability to do anything wrong.
Not much interest.
However, Yan Liang knew that Lu Xun was extremely resourceful and could not easily follow his plan to create a separation.
Lu Xun was caught by Yan Liang's plan, and in order to escape from the predicament, he would probably resort to it.
What Yan Liang was waiting for was his plan.
Lu Fan's current evaluation of Lu Xun further confirmed Yan Liang's judgment.
At this time, Lu Fan suddenly realized Yan Liang's intentions and couldn't help but look in amazement. He was shocked that Yan Liang's plan was so deep. He had already been planning a strategy to break the city when he was forced to surrender.
In the past, Lu Fan felt that he was being played by Yan Liang and still had dissatisfaction in his heart. But now that he has seen Yan Liang's clever tricks with his own eyes, he is willing to surrender and wants to be plotted by such a scheming master without any loss.
enter.
"My lord's city is really unfathomable, Fan is convinced." Lu Fan sighed and couldn't help but admire it.
Yan Liang was already accustomed to those admiring words of praise, and when faced with Lu Fan's admiration, he just smiled.
At this time, Yan Liang was already planning a plan to defeat the enemy tomorrow morning.
In order to confuse Lu Xun and "respond" to his plan of dedicating the city, Yan Liang immediately rearranged his siege camp.
That day, Yan Liang transferred all the troops and horses from the south camp to the east gate line. In order to let Wu Ru in the city see the movement of his troops, Yan Liang specially used huge siege equipment such as the tower to attack the tower.
Slowly transported to Dongying.
Yan Jun's encirclement camp forced the city into the stronghold, only one or two miles away from Haihun City. These troop movements of Yan Jun were naturally exposed to Wu Ru's sight.
On the top of the city, Dong Xi and Lu Xun stood side by side, looking in the distance towards Yanying.
In his field of vision, he saw cars and cars driving toward Yan Ying one after another, slowly driving into Yan Ying. Not only was he not afraid when he entered, but the irony in his eyes became even stronger.
"Yan Liang is gathering troops and horses towards the east gate. Boyan, it seems that your strategy is indeed working." Dong Xi said with a smile.
Lu Xun's young face also showed a little pride.
After staring at Yan Ying for a moment, Lu Xun said calmly: "Yan Liang has gathered his troops and horses at the east gate, waiting for me and him to join forces tonight. The enemy troops at the south gate will be weakened. You and I, with six thousand troops, will be able to break through the siege in one fell swoop.
."
Dong Xi nodded heavily and sneered: "That's right. Let's kill Yan Liang's majesty tonight."
After the plan was decided, Dong Xi began to secretly gather troops and horses towards the south gate, but planted flags widely at the east gate to show increased precautions.
Lu Xun, on the other hand, sent an envoy out of the city again before Yaohei to confirm with Yan Liang the plan of coordinating the inside and outside. Yan Liang's answer was very clear. He would use all his troops to attack the east gate tonight.
Time passed by minute by minute, the sun was setting in the west, and before I knew it, it was already the end of the moon.
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the third watch has arrived.
Dong Xi and Lu Xun rode their horses to the south gate one after another, where all six thousand of their troops had gathered, while the other three gates of Haihun City were all empty.
Dong Xi stood with his sword across the sword, looked around the troops, and said loudly: "All the athletes from Jiangdong, Yan Liang wants to surround us in Haihun City. Tonight, I will lead you to break out of the siege and let Yan Liang, that thief,
You know, all of us Jiangdong sons are men, not cowards to be slaughtered!"
"Deus ex machina——"
"Deus ex machina——"
The morale of Wu's soldiers was low, but their blood began to boil, and hope aroused their ambition for a bloody battle.
With morale already boosted, Dong Xi and Lu Xun looked at each other. Lu Xun nodded lightly with confidence on his face.
Dong Xi then shouted: "Open the city gate, lower the drawbridge, and follow me to kill the general and go out——"
The city gate burst open, Dong Xi jumped out of the horse first, and six thousand Wu troops left the city at night and rushed out into the silent darkness.
