"Tonight, the number of people on alert has doubled."
As the sun set, torches were lit on the city wall, and Wang Ding said to Gao Shun beside him.
Gao Shun nodded.
Whether the Xiliang army outside the city sincerely surrenders will be known tomorrow. Tonight is their last chance.
Gao Shun stepped up his guard and sent extra manpower to the four city gates. The lights on the city walls were brightly lit, and even the situation below the city was clearly illuminated.
Regarding the changes on the city wall, Li Jue, Guo Si and others did not feel any difference. They had already decided to enter the city tomorrow morning. Li Jue also relaxed tonight and went to bed early in the tent.
Jia Xu appeared alone outside.
He looked at the city wall, where there were twice as many torches as usual, as well as the vague figures appearing around the torches, and he had to sigh again in his heart at Wang Ding's caution.
It was already the last night, and the soldiers guarding the city not only did not relax, but became even more vigilant.
Jia Xu stopped thinking and turned back to his tent.
The news has spread in the camp, and those Xiliang troops also know that they will surrender tomorrow. It is very peaceful tonight, and no one escapes.
If you surrender, you won't have to worry about not having anything to eat.
Compared with the tight security on the city wall, in the military camp outside the city, even the sentries guarding the military camp tonight were yawning again and again, squinting their eyes, half asleep and half awake.
If Wang Ding chooses to attack tonight, it will be difficult for Li Jue and Guo Si to react.
One night passed, Wang Ding woke up early, washed up, drank a bowl of millet porridge, and immediately came to the city wall.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang stood on both sides of Wang Ding, while Gao Shun had already gone to rest.
Outside the city, Li Jue and others approached slowly on war horses.
In addition to the five men, Li Jue was followed by fifty cavalry.
If five people really had to enter the city alone, Li Jue would still be worried after all.
But there are only fifty cavalry, even if they are all elite, after entering the city, these fifty cavalry will be of no use.
The king is determined to kill them, not to mention the fifty cavalry, even if Li Jue brings five hundred people, they will still die.
"Open the city gate." Wang Ding ordered.
After a few days, the gates of Chang'an City were opened for the first time.
Seeing this, Li Jue felt a little calmer. He was afraid that Wang Ding would also let them go to the city in baskets and forbid his fifty cavalry from entering the city.
Guo Bang looked at the slowly opening city gate and whispered: "He knows what's going on."
Even though they were the ones surrendering now, Guo Bang still didn't take Wang Dingtai to heart.
Once you enter the city, it’s not certain who has the final say on what happens next.
As a group of people walked into the city, the city gate was immediately closed, and Wang Ding had also come down from the city wall.
"Hahaha, it is the great fortune of the Han Dynasty that the generals are willing to submit to the imperial court. In the future, with the assistance of the generals, we will be able to sweep the world and bring peace to the world." Wang Ding came to several people.
Fan Chou clasped his fists: "Fan Chou pays homage to the right general."
"Zhang Ji pays homage to General Right."
Zhang Ji is not left behind. Whether they will live well in Chang'an City in the future depends on Wang Ding's wishes.
Li Jue, Guo Si, Jia Xu and others also followed suit.
It's just that Li Jue and Guo Si's attitude is obviously different from the other three.
The two surrendered not sincerely, but out of helplessness. In their hearts, they still looked down on Wang Ding.
I have no choice but to bow my head now. As long as the two of them gain power, they will immediately fall out with Wang Ding.
Wang Ding didn't care about the two people's attitudes, but said enthusiastically: "I have asked people to prepare a banquet, please invite me."
Wang Ding led several people to his mansion.
Along the way, Wang Ding always greeted Li Jue and Guo Si with a smile, and he admired Li Jue and Guo Si so much that they were in a good mood and didn't even care that Wang Ding brought them to his mansion.
Along the way, Jia Xu fell silently at the back, his face calm.
After a few people sat down, Wang Ding immediately asked people to bring out the prepared dishes one after another.
According to the old habit of the big man, he sat on his knees, with a small table in front of everyone.
Instead of the large round table that Wang Ding used during this period.
On weekdays, when he, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others had meals, they would sit around the big round table and eat together.
Li Jue and the others had not been in Chang'an before and didn't know that tables and chairs were already popular in Chang'an, so they didn't feel anything unusual about the current seats.
Li Jue and Guo Si brought fifty cavalry, but they were all taken away. Wang Ding also prepared drinks to reward them.
Li Jue said: "I heard that General You has three strong generals under his command. I wonder where the other one is?"
Wang Ding said with a smile: "Gao Shun was responsible for guarding the city last night. He has gone back to rest this morning. I will ask him to come over later and get to know the two generals."
Wang Ding frequently drank with Li Jue and Guo Si, and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang did not miss him either.
Three people versus two people, and after a while, Li Jue and Guo Si's face turned rosy, becoming more and more indulgent, and even dragged Jia Xu to drink together.
Zhang Ji and Fan Chou also toasted to Wang Ding at first, but Wang Ding just took a sip.
Jia Xu felt more and more something was wrong, that is, Li Jue and Guo Si pulled him and took a sip. Most of the time, he sat silently in the corner and looked at the people at the banquet.
Jia Xu found that Wang Ding, who was sitting at the top, was looking at him from time to time, making Jia Xu feel like a light on his back, but he could not leave suddenly.
Wang Ding was too enthusiastic.
Li Jue and Guo Si didn't feel anything, but Jia Xu was calmer than the two of them and was always observing as a bystander.
But having already entered the tiger's den, Jia Xu could only bite the bullet and use chopsticks from time to time to pick up a piece of beef and put it into his mouth.
These dishes are indeed delicious. In terms of color and aroma, they are more delicious than what Jia Xu has eaten before. But at this moment, Jia Xu is not in the mood to enjoy the delicious food in front of him.
If Li Jue and Guo Si hadn't eaten a lot, Jia Xu would have thought that the delicious food in front of him had been poisoned.
After three drinks, the dishes on the table were removed, served, and removed again. Li Jue and Guo Si were already drunk and hazy.
Gao Shun walked in from outside.
Wang Ding stood up and said with a smile: "Today, today next year, I will invite two generals."
Li Jue and Guo Bang also stood up and swayed. Before they understood what they meant, Gao Shun rushed in front of them.
The sword hanging on his waist was drawn out, and with a flash of cold light, it pierced Li Jue's heart.
Guo Si on the side was shocked and wanted to run away, but his steps were shaky and he could not stand firmly. In a hurry, he fell directly to the ground.
Gao Shun stabbed Guo Bin to death with another sword.
The wine glass in Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's hands had fallen to the ground. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "General, spare your life, general, spare your life."
The two of them didn't drink as much as Li Jue and Guo Si, and Li Guo and Li Guo were killed in front of them. They didn't understand that today's banquet was the Hongmen Banquet hosted by Wang Ding.
Wang Dingdao: "Li Jue and Guo Si pretended to surrender, but in fact they avenged Dong's thieves and assassinated the general at a banquet. He was defeated and killed."
Zhang Ji immediately reacted and said: "Yes, the two thieves Li Jue and Guo Si wanted to assassinate the general, but we hacked them to death with random knives."
After speaking, Zhang Ji also stepped forward and stabbed Li Jue and Guo Si.
Seeing this, Fan Chong also added another hole in the two bodies.
On the contrary, Jia Xu did not move, but stood up.