Xu Yuanlang smiled and said, "You said Zhishilang is willing to help me, but Zhishilang is not clear about me, Xu, how dare I believe him completely? General Jiang, if you are willing to stay here as a hostage, what do I believe in you?"

Jiang Shanhe's expression changed. Xu Yuanlang's eyes sternly said, "What's wrong with General Jiang?"

Jiang Shanhe raised his head and said, "Mr. Xu, you are so unscrupulous, so suspicious."

Xu Yuanlang smiled and said, "It's no big mistake to be careful. If you really misunderstand General Jiang, I will apologize to you in the future."

"Okay, stay if you want to stay. I will immediately write a letter and hand it over to my trusted subordinates to reply to Zhisero."

"Haha, please feel free," Xu Yuanlang said to his subordinates immediately, "Get paper and pen."

Jiang Shanhe wrote and wrote. Xu Yuanlang asked his advisers to read it and confirmed that there was no flaw. Xu Yuanlang said to Jiang Shanhe: "This matter is on Zhishilang. To be honest, even if this matter did not happen, there is another way out."

Jiang Shanhe said: "Oh? What does Mr. Xu say?"

Xu Yuanlang smiled and said, "The King of Bianzhou in Li Tang wants Han, and the Chief of Liangzhou in Liang, Cheng Jiahui has made an appointment with me. Seeing that Li Chongjiu's troops are at the city, I want to help me. But I have betrayed Li Yuan in the past and was afraid that Li Yuan would not accept him, so I did not agree. Now that Li Chongjiu is not kind, I have no right, so I can only offer Yanzhou to Li Tang."

Jiang Shanhe knew what he knew when he heard this. Wang Yaohan and Cheng Jiahui were both generals who had been Wang Shichong and guarded Bianzhou and Liangzhou before. As a result, when Li Shimin attacked Luoyang, he surrendered to Tang. Among them, Wang Yaohan was also the elder brother of the famous general Wang Bodang of Wagang. Wang Bodang and Li Mi were killed by Li Yuan. Wang Shichong thought he had a blood feud with Li Tang, so he guarded Bianzhou for him, but he did not expect that he still surrendered to Li Tang.

Jiang Shanhe heard this and said, "Mr. Xu is really a cunning rabbit, and Zhishilang is really worrying about it."

Xu Yuanlang waved his hand and said, "Where will you do it? Tomorrow, you will have to work with Zhishilang inside and outside to defeat the enemy. If this is not the case, it will not be enough to defeat Xu Shiji."

The two made a plan that night.

The next morning, the Zhao army came to an envoy and brought an edict. It said that Xu Yuanlang was named King of Lu, and Yanzhou was given to him as a fief, and Zhao State guarded Yanzhou for generations. Xu Yichou, the son of Xu Yuanlang, was also appointed as General Zhendong, and the reward was very generous.

Xu Yuanlang read Li Chongjiu's edict. Although he knew that the edict was false, he couldn't help but feel moved. Xu Yuanlang thought that the matter of being a king was indeed good, but it touched Li Chongjiu's bottom line. It would be good if he was a prince, but who is Xu Yuanlang, how could I be with Wang Bo, Meng Haigong and others?

However, even if Li Chongjiu really granted Xu Yuanlang the title of king. Although the edict did not make it clear, the two sides had a tacit understanding in private, and the Zhao army was not allowed to enter Yanzhou without any hesitation. Xu Yuanlang was not actually afraid that Li Chongjiu would suddenly turn against him, but he just had to be careful that the other party would assassinate himself in the enthronement of King Lu.

In fact, even if Jiang Shanhe did not tell Xu Yuanlang that Li Chongjiu would kill him at the enthronement ceremony, he would definitely not go to the meeting alone with his cautiousness and caution. Now he already knew Li Chongjiu's intentions. Xu Yuanlang was naturally more alert.

After reading the edict to Xu Yuanlang, the envoy of Zhao State smiled and said to Xu Yuanlang who was kneeling on the ground: "King Lu, please leave the city now and participate in the enthronement ceremony of King Lu."

Xu Yuanlang took the edict and said with a slight smile: "The enthronement ceremony? What's wrong with it in the city?"

The envoy said, "You don't know anything about Lu. According to the profit system, whenever the emperor ascends the throne, he will go to the south of the capital to receive rituals. Moreover, the King of Lu's throne is a matter of celebration between the whole and the subordinates of Yanzhou. He must be granted a title to the south. First, he will worship the heaven and earth, and second, he will comfort the people. General Xu had already built an altar half a mile south of the city for the ascending throne of King Lu. Now he is waiting for you, King Lu."

Xu Yuanlang said: "I am a rough man, and there are not so many rules. I will be exempted from this ceremony."

The messenger changed his color and said, "King of Lu, it is difficult for the minister to explain this way. Once this example is opened, what is the face of the Great Zhao? It is absolutely impossible to see the world."

"Really not possible?"

"No, unless King Lu doesn't want this title."

Xu Yuanlang and the envoy of Zhao looked at each other without giving in. After a while, Xu Yuanlang laughed and patted the envoy of Zhao on the shoulder.

Xu Yuanlang saw a look of panic in the eyes of the envoy of Zhao State, and knew it in his heart. Xu Yuanlang said, "Okay, since King Zhao is so kind, I, Xu Yuanlang, are disrespectful."

The envoy of Zhao's state immediately looked joyful in his eyes and said, "It's good that King Lu agrees."

"Slow!" Xu Yuanlang said, "But someone has a condition. When leaving the city, someone has to bring his guard."

The envoy of Zhao State hesitated slightly after hearing this. Xu Yuanlang further asked, "Why don't you agree?"

The envoy of Zhao State said immediately: "Of course, King Lu is a body of ten thousand gold, so it is okay to bring a guard, but General Xu will also protect King Lu for a complete set of good things. Please rest assured."

"That's good." Xu Yuanlang nodded, and the consent of Zhao State agreed with a reluctant expression. He saw it in his eyes. Of course, this was also because he was guilty and was afraid of being suspicious of himself, so he agreed to Xu Yuanlang's condition. Xu Yuanlang felt a little more accurate in his heart.

Of course, if Jiang Shanhe hadn't reminded Xu Yuanlang that he would never have gone out of the city and attended the altar of the nagging ceremony. He would rather not have this King of Lu than put himself in a dangerous place, but now it's different.

At this moment, Xu Yuanlang walked up to the south of the city gate and looked over and saw that Zhao army had indeed built an altar in the south of the city. Yellow curtains were placed on the left and right of the altar. There were about three thousand Zhao army in the south of the city, and this was not many, but not small.

"Ming Gong, it will take half a mile from here to the altar. Even if the Zhao army ambushed halfway, with your elite soldiers there, it will be enough to risk their lives to protect you into the city."

Jiang Shanhe kept saying beside Xu Yuanlang: "Master Xu, Zhishilang's men are on the north side of the altar, saying that you will take action immediately as soon as you arrive at the altar."

Xu Yuanlang smiled loudly and said, "How can you get a tiger's son if you don't enter the tiger's den? Let's go!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Shanhe was arrested on the city tower. Xu Yuanlang sat on a war horse and left the city with his five hundred elite guards. These five hundred guards were Xu Yuanlang's soldiers. He had been with him to fight against Hebei and Shandong for more than ten years. Everyone was extremely loyal to Xu Yuanlang.

Xu Yuanlang firmly believed that if the Zhao army suddenly detrimented to him on the road, these soldiers would protect him and retreat into the city gate. It was only half a mile away. Even if Xu Shiji transferred 10,000 troops, it would be difficult for him to retain him, let alone only 3,000 people.

The gate in the south of the city slowly opened, and a gust of wind blew, and a piece of sand accidentally entered Xu Yuanlang's eyes. Xu Yuanlang didn't care about this. All the Zhao troops outside the city dispersed and gave up a road to lead to the altar.

Although there were many Zhao soldiers outside the city, there were no cavalry, which was the biggest flaw. Xu Yuanlang was most worried about the Zhao army's crossbow chariots and the eight-shot cannons, and the three thousand people were just a group of infantry at best.

Even if Wang Bo lies with him, Xu Yuanlang is not afraid. Thinking of this, Xu Yuanlang smiled and looked at his left hand. Wang Bo's banner was flying. He believed that Wang Bo was like him, and he would not easily surrender to Li Chongjiu like this.

As Xu Yuanlang touched the war horse's heel, the sound of horse's hooves tickled, and the war horse carried Xu Yuanlang and rushed forward.

After a few steps out of the city, the Zhao army on both sides raised shields. Xu Yuanlang was slightly surprised. After seeing that the other party was saluting, he breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Yuanlang walked along the way, and the soldiers on both sides of the Xu army were escorting him tightly, moving forward step by step.

Half a mile away said it was fast or slow, and when Xu Yuanlang arrived at the altar, he was sweating all over.

"Why haven't Wang Bo taken action yet?" Xu Yuanlang was shocked.

At this time, a general of Zhao State rode his horse to Xu Yuanlang and pointed at the altar and said, "I'll ask King Lu to ascend to the altar!"

"Okay!" Xu Yuanlang acted as if he was about to dismount, but suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Kill him!"

Under Xu Yuanlang's side, the subordinates pulled the dark crossbow in their hands. The general of Zhao did not defend against the arrow that was close to Chi Chi, and immediately got an arrow in his throat.

The general of Zhao State pointed his hand at Xu Yuanlang in shock and angrily, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

This shocking change was only a moment, and no one expected that Xu Yuanlang was the first to take action. He was really decisive.

Xu Yuanlang drew his sword from his horse and said, "Zhi Shilang, Mr. Meng is not going to work with me yet, when will he wait!"

Although Xu Yuanlang said that, he pulled the reins and tied the horse's head back to the city gate. Xu Yuanlang's five hundred elite guards raised their shields and guarded them beside him.

At this moment, when he heard the sound of a clapper, the curtains under the altar were all pulled down. On the top of the city, the soldiers in front of the altar were shocked to see this scene.

But there are ten cow crossbows above and below the two floors below the altar, and the two floors are twenty cow crossbows. The cow crossbows were improved by the Zhao army on the Eight Cow Crossbows. The eight cow crossbows are twelve stone giant crossbows, one crossbows and three arrows, while the Fu Cow crossbows are one crossbows and five arrows.

Using solid wood as the pole and iron sheet as the feather, the arrows are like javelins, and the heavy armored iron shield is like poking paper within two hundred steps. Now twenty cow crossbows and hundreds of iron feather arrows are aimed at Xu Yuanlang below.

Only then did Xu Yuanlang know why he could not see any truth about Zhao Jun's crossbow outside the south of the city. It turned out that Xu Shiji had long hidden the crossbow on the altar and covered it with a curtain.

"Run!" Xu Yuanlang shouted loudly. He ignored his subordinates and rushed straight to the city gate with a horse whip. The war horse under Xu Yuanlang's crotch is worthy of being a famous horse. He ran very fast. He took dozens of steps in one breath, and only a few hundred steps in half a mile.

Xu Shiji glanced at Xu Yuanlang and shook his head.

The Zhao army crossbowman received the order to fire and immediately hit it with a sledgehammer.

Hundreds of arrows are fired at once!

Under the bull-burning crossbow, people are as transparent as paper. Killing people and mowing grass, and the most prosperous five or six people are nailed together. Xu Yuanlang's original five hundred elite soldiers who were jumping around instantly withered.

Xu Yuanlang rode his horse and ran wildly without looking back. A scene beside him was already covered in blood. The soldiers in front of him all fell down under powerful crossbows.

Xu Yuanlang has not won yet, obviously he has more luck, and of course it is because he is fast.

But Xu Yuanlang's good luck was still used up, and an arrow caught up with him and shot him with an arrow.

Xu Yuanlang exclaimed, and his whole body flew up on the back of the horse.
Chapter completed!