It is unacceptable for a high-ranking official like Xu Lengzhi to surrender to the enemy. However, if he does not surrender, he will face the danger of the entire army being trapped and killed. Now he is in a dilemma.
Regarding Xu Lengzhi's current situation, Tang Yin, who was in Pufeng City, felt the same way. He told everyone about the matter when he had a private meeting with Cheng Jin, Letian, Asan and Asi that day.
Lotte's heart moved and he said: "If Xu Lengzhi can surrender voluntarily, it will be very beneficial to our army and it can also reduce a lot of casualties. Your Majesty, should we take the opportunity to persuade this person to surrender now?"
Tang Yin thought about it seriously, shook his head slowly, and said: "That's not right! After all, Xu Lengzhi is the general of Mo State. He is still very loyal to the court and Shao Fang and will not surrender so easily. Let's go to see him rashly.
If it’s not good, I’ll give myself into it.”
Letian nodded, feeling that what the king said was not unreasonable. Cheng Jin blinked and said, "Then we won't come forward. We will write an anonymous letter urging surrender and leave it at the door of the county capital. Let's see how he reacts first."
Hey! You can give this a try! Tang Yin's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Cheng Jin's method is good, let's do it like this!"
"Your Majesty, my subordinates are here to arrange this!" Cheng Jin volunteered. Tang Yin had no objection, but just reminded: "Be careful, you must not identify yourself!"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, my subordinates know what to do!" Cheng Jin responded with his hands raised.
That day, at night, everything inside and outside the county capital was quiet. The guards at the gate were standing guard attentively. Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking wind in the air. Before people could understand what was happening, they heard a bang and a carved feather arrow.
Nailed deeply into the doorpost.
"There's an assassin!" The guards guarding the gate shouted instinctively and looked in the direction of the arrow. It was already dark. There were no lights on the opposite side of the county capital. It was so dark that half of it could be seen.
silhouette.
At this time, a large number of guards heard the shouts and poured out from the gate of the county capital, including Tang Yin, whose pseudonym was Ma Wu. People rushed outside and asked: "Where is the assassin?"
"I didn't see the assassin, but someone fired a cold arrow just now!" A guard guarding the door screamed with lingering fear.
"Everyone, go and search quickly!" the captain, who was the leader of the guards, shouted to the left and right.
Tang Yin did not follow the crowd and ran to the opposite side. Instead, he came to the doorpost and pulled out the arrow stuck on it. When he saw a letter tied to the arrow, he immediately handed it to the captain and said: "Brother Gao
, look, there is a letter tied to this arrow!"
The captain who led the team was Tang Yin's immediate superior, Gao Peng. He hurriedly took the arrow handed over by Tang Yin, unwrapped the letter on it, and unfolded it. There were five words written on the envelope: "Personally signed by General Xu".
Large characters, but no signature.
This is a letter to Xu Shuai! Gao Peng didn't know what was going on, so he said anxiously to Tang Yin: "Xiao Wu, you are in charge of this place for the time being. You must not let assassins sneak into the house. I will go see Xu Shuai first."
"Understood, Brother Gao, go ahead!"
Gao Peng took the arrow and envelope and hurried into the county capital to meet Xu Lengzhi to explain the situation.
At this time, Xu Lengzhi was having a meeting with his generals in the county capital to discuss how to deploy his side next. As a result, they went back and forth to discuss without coming up with a result. Instead, Gao Peng came with a letter.
Hearing that someone had sent a message to him, Xu Lengzhi frowned, stretched out his hand and said, "Show it to me!"
Gao Peng hurried forward and carefully handed the arrow and the letter to Xu Lengzhi's hand. The latter took the arrow first, looked through it several times, then snorted and threw it on the table.
He was very familiar with this arrow, because it was the arrow used by Mo Jun. Then he tore open the envelope and was about to take out the letter inside. At this time, the guard general on the side said urgently: "General, be careful of fraud.
!”
Xu Lengzhi froze. After thinking for a moment, he handed the envelope to the guard and asked him to open it for him. The guard slowly took out the letter and unfolded it slowly. He looked back and forth and found nothing strange.
Then it was handed back to Xu Lengzhi.
The latter took it, lowered his head and glanced twice, then slapped the letter hard on the table. With his eyes flashing, he looked around the generals present and asked: "Guess what this letter is?"
content?"
The two-foot-long monks were confused and looked confused. They all shook their heads to express that they did not know.
Xu Lengzhi said in a condensed voice: "This is a letter of persuasion to surrender! But the arrows used to deliver the letter came from our army. What do I mean?" As he spoke, he put the arrows on the desk and the letter paper together.
And threw it down for the generals to check.
Everyone looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, then gathered around and circulated the letters and arrows one by one. After all the generals had finished reading, Xiang Wen clenched his fists and said: "There must be spies in our army, maybe some thieves.
It could also be an insider who was instigated by the Feng Thief!"
Xu Lengzhi nodded, his sharp eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, he sneered and said: "Our two granaries were burned down at the same time, but we have been unable to find out the enemies lurking in the city. Now you should understand
What's the reason? Because the enemy is lurking inside our army! Let the enemy catch the enemy, how can he catch him!"
His words made the generals blush. People lowered their heads and couldn't help but glance left and right. There was actually a spy in our own army, but who was the spy?
Xiang Wen rolled his eyes and said: "General, it's not surprising that the enemy knows the location of the granary, but what's strange is that the enemy can accurately know the location of the secret warehouse and can sneak in and set fire to it. This is incredible.
If the general’s prediction is correct, the enemy must be lurking at the top of our army.”
His words were tantamount to putting everyone present under suspicion.
As soon as he finished speaking, General Mo stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction, saying: "General Xiang's words are wrong. Although we know the location of the secret warehouse, it is not easy to get in. How can we go inside and set fire?"
"That's right! Except for the guards in the county capital, I'm afraid no one can enter the secret warehouse!"
Seeing that everyone was gradually pointing their finger at him, a guard immediately said angrily: "The guards at the entrance of the secret warehouse have testified that no one came out of the secret warehouse before the fire. Could it be that the person who set the fire burned himself to death?
"
The generals were all talking at once, each one saying the same thing to me, and the argument could not reach a conclusion until the end.
The more Xu Lengzhi listened, the more upset he became. He slammed the table and shouted: "Stop arguing! When you go back, all of you will check on your respective subordinates. If I let the commander find out whose subordinates have problems,
I will punish you severely without mercy!"
All the generals stopped arguing in unison, shrank their necks in fear, and all responded with cupped hands: "Yes! General!"
Through this flying arrow letter, Xu Lengzhi can be sure that there is a detailed operation of Feng Jun within his own side, but he cannot be sure who it is. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of Mo Jun in the city, and any one of them can
There is a possibility of being bribed by Feng Guo, even his closest confidants.
The surrender letter sent by Cheng Jin to Xu Lengzhi had no effect. Mo Jun still gritted his teeth and held on to Bufeng. However, the entire army had reduced its meals from three meals a day to one and a half meals a day, with half a meal in the morning.
One meal in the evening and no meal at noon.
Judging from the current situation, Xu Lengzhi seems to have made up his mind to defend Bufeng City and fight to the end with the Fengyu coalition.
Tang Yin was a guard at the county capital and had a good relationship with the chief officer above, so he was well informed. After finding out Xu Lengzhi's intentions, he already had murderous intentions in his heart.
Xu Lengzhi is the backbone of Mo Jun. As long as he is around, the hundreds of thousands of Mo Jun may fight to the death with their own soldiers at any time. But if this person dies, it will be a different matter. Mo Jun's heart
The last line of defense will also collapse, which is very beneficial to our own side.
However, there were too many generals and guards around Xu Lengzhi, including many outstanding spiritual cultivators. Tang Yin wanted to do it alone, but there was basically no chance of success. For this matter, he went to Cheng Jin, Letian and others to discuss the matter.
Since Xu Lengzhi refused to surrender, assassinating this person was the most beneficial option for our side. Cheng Jin asked Tang Yin, "Your Majesty, can we sneak into the county capital?"
Tang Yin shook his head and said: "The county capital is now heavily guarded. There are double posts inside and outside, and spiritual cultivators are constantly releasing insights. Not even a mouse can get in, let alone a human being."
After listening to his words, Cheng Jin fell silent. He couldn't sneak in. How could he assassinate Xu Lengzhi with only the king? Letian rubbed his chin and murmured: "If we can lure him out of the county capital, then we can take action."
Opportunities for assassination will be greatly increased."
Tang Yin said with a wry smile: "The reason why I agreed to send the surrender letter to Xu Lengzhi was, firstly, to test his intention to surrender. Secondly, I also wanted to use this to stimulate internal conflicts among them and make them suspicious of their own people.
Although these two points have achieved their goals, they have also made Xu Lengzhi become vigilant, like a frightened bird. Now he is huddled in the county capital and basically no longer goes out. It will not be easy to lure him out of the county capital! "
Lotte rolled his eyes, and an idea flashed in his mind, and he said: "Your Majesty, if there is a riot or even a fight within the Mo army, I am afraid that Xu Lengzhi will have to step in to solve it."
Tang Yin pondered for a moment, nodded his head, and asked curiously: "Letian, have you come up with any good ideas?"
Lotte smiled and said: "Instigate the Central Army of Mo State to rob Baishui Xuan."
"Oh?" Tang Yin didn't understand why Letian said that. He became interested and looked at Letian intently, waiting for him to continue. Letian continued: "As far as my subordinates know, the shopkeeper of Baishuixuan is a distant relative of the county chief Ma Qian.
, but in fact, this is just a cover, the real boss behind Baishuixuan is Ma Qian himself."
Tang Yin nodded while listening. He is now working as a guard in the county capital. He has more or less heard about the relationship between Baishui Xuan and the county chief Ma Qian. However, what does this have to do with luring Xu Lengzhi out?