The battle in Xuzhou lasted until the thirteenth day, but the war seemed to have stopped.

Without reinforcements, the Huai Army that besieged the city did not seem to want to do too much damage. Min Shaoqing and the generals guarding the city patroled the city and found that the Huai Army had retreated five miles to station, and the west and north sides of the generals were vacant. Are they trying to lure the Xuzhou Army to fight back?

The temporary withdrawal of the Huai Army is a good thing for the officials and ordinary people in Xuzhou. Many large families are already preparing to migrate to the generation further north of Huaibei. If the court and the Huai Army continue to fight in cities like Xuzhou, not only will the defenders recruit people and money and grain, but the Huai Army will not be guaranteed to not launch looting after the city is broken. For some wealthy families, people and grain are the backing for the family's development and cannot afford to lose.

Not only are the wealthy families trying to move away, but even ordinary people are preparing to abandon their families and become refugees.

The people in Huai land have not experienced war for decades. Under the war, the local complex is no longer that important. What’s more important is that their lives are gone, and everything else is empty talk. When Xuzhou was besieged, the people in the city were worried every day. Now that they have the opportunity to move away, they can’t wait to clean up their belongings.

After learning the news, Min Shaoqing's first reaction was that Xuzhou City could not be made an empty city.

So he immediately ordered that the gates of Xuzhou should not be opened before the war ended. If any soldiers, civilians and civilians want to leave the city, they will be killed without any worries!

The conflict between the defenders and the people instantly intensified, and Min Shaoqing was also pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

Min Shaoqing no longer cared about how the people viewed him. What he was considering was the safety of the imperial court and Xuzhou City. If the people would suffer, he would have surrendered to the King of Huai long ago. Now he wanted to surrender. The Huai Army might not have given him this opportunity.

After sending spies to check the west and north sides, we found that the Huai Army did not set up ambush on these sides, and the Huai Army on the east and south sides were gradually retreating, as if it was about to retreat to the riverside. Min Shaoqing instinctively felt that it was the army rescued by the court.

He was obviously too happy.

On the fifteenth day of the siege of the city, he finally got the exact news. The Huai Army stopped its troops and stopped fighting, as if it was going to negotiate with the court.

This shocked Min Shaoqing. King Huai sharpened his sword and wanted to win the world in one fell swoop, would he give up so easily?

A day or two later, updates came, and it turned out that Prince Min, the prince of Huai, was captured as a hostage by the court. The Prince Huai sent envoys to the court to express his intention to exchange the sixteen counties and 16 cities occupied by Jiangbei for Prince Min's freedom. The Prince Huai also expressed that he would obey the new emperor's imperial order and would not cause any rebellion in Huai in the future.

The court also agreed and prepared to send troops to take over the city occupied by the Huai Army again, and sent envoys to send Princess Min back to Huainan.

This is news that shocked the world.

As we all know, King Huai has no son and only one daughter, namely Princess Min.

Perhaps King Huai was afraid that he would have no descendants to inherit his throne if he had won the world in the future. He still wanted to return the throne to the side branches of the Su family. He felt angry, so he begged for surrender to the court in a low voice. But Min Shaoqing thought about it, since the court would agree so happily, it means that the court did not have the confidence to win the war. In other words, both sides wanted to do a temporary rest.

The autumn grains in various places have been put into storage, and soon the imperial court's shortage of grain will not be so tight. The suppression of rebellion in Guanzhong is coming to an end. The imperial court needs time to rest, gather the troops, and then transfer the border troops back, so that it can fight against the King of Huai.

The Huai Army has been fighting alone, and the vassal kings such as Ding King Shu, who were originally going to respond to them, have not been moved. If the troops of the Huai King alone were alone, it would be difficult to compete with the court. The Huai King also needed to discuss with these allies and get their absolute support. In addition, Princess Min's safety, the Huai King also wanted to temporarily call the gold and withdraw his troops.

More importantly, the court and the Huai King were trying their best to get autumn grain from neutral areas, which was the basis of a war.

The current stop is just a temporary stop, brewing a brief tranquility before the storm.

Min Shaoqing would still breathe a sigh of relief. After all, Xuzhou City is safe for the time being, and wealthy families do not need to migrate. The people can continue to live and work in peace. But they don’t know when the next round of siege of the Huai Army will be launched? As an important town in Jiangbei, Min Shaoqing also knew that Xuzhou City could not be spared from the war.

Ma Feng came to find Min Shaoqing, and when he met, he couldn't wait to say, "Premier Min was considerate of the people in the city, open the city gate, and let them come and go freely."

Min Shaoqing was also silent at this time. The war was temporarily relieved, and he was also ready to restore the people in the city to their peaceful life. It was unnecessary to consider whether the city gate was opened, but he also knew that once the city gate was opened, there would inevitably be a large family or even ordinary people moving their families away from Xuzhou City.

Min Shaoqing's attitude was also a little tougher and said, "Sir Ma, it's not that I don't want to open the city gate, but that the war has not been completely lifted, so the city gate cannot be opened."

"What can I do? Now the court and the King of Huai are temporarily resigned. If the court has formed a bond with Princess Yinmin, the Huai army will be more intense at that time. The people at that time still have a way out?" Ma Feng changed his tone, "Do you want the Min clan to stay in the world?"

Min Shaoqing was silent again.

The condition for King Huai to propose a quit was that Princess Min, the prince of Huai, and the future lord of Huai.

The court will not be unaware of the importance of Princess Min. Now the court says that she will return Princess Min to Huainan, but she will never send the wolf cubs back to the wolf pack so easily. Once Princess Min is in trouble, the Huai army will attack the city regardless of everything, and the means of revenge will be terrible. At that time, the defenders and people in the city, including the Min family, are very likely to suffer a catastrophe.

"Brother Rong Wei think about it again."

Min Shaoqing is a brave and resourceful civil minister on weekdays. Since he controlled military power, he has fought very well in defending the city. Three thousand soldiers still defended the stormy city of Xuzhou in front of more than 80,000 Huai troops. His orders were relaxed and his character was decisive.

But he hesitated repeatedly about the rise and fall of the people and families in the city.

If the city gate is opened, Xuzhou will become a dead city. It will be difficult for the Huai Army to attack the city next time. If it is not opened, the people will complain and they may push them to a dead end. There are also members of the Min clan.

Loyalty and righteousness cannot be achieved both.

Just as Min Shaoqing was about to grit his teeth and make a decision, a soldier suddenly came to report that the court sent envoys to come.

"Encourt? What envoy?" Ma Feng said fiercely, "No matter who it is, you will never see!"

Ma Feng knew that the imperial court sent envoys to let Min Shaoqing occupy the city and defend it, which was very unfavorable for Min Shaoqing's decision.

The soldier hesitated and said, "Supermaster, that man... said outside the city that he would hit the wall and commit suicide by hitting the prefect without seeing the prefect. He also said that he was a great immortal, and that if he hit him, he would cause trouble to the people in the city. His life was small, and the survival of the people in the city was big. He also said that the prefect should consider it more."

"What a big tone!" Ma Feng said angrily, "There is such a scoundrel in the imperial court? Did he report to his house?"

"I said that he was Wu You, and he was the national teacher of this dynasty. He was accompanied by the guards of the Imperial Guards."

When Ma Feng heard the name of the visitor, he was immediately stunned, and even Min Shaoqing was shocked on the spot.

Although the national teacher Wu You had little official position in the court, he was very famous. This is a well-known master of this dynasty, and he wrote famous works such as "The Book of Conclusion", "Hundred Questions of the Astronomy", and "Creation of the Mechanisms". He was a great man in the field of calculation, mechanism, calculation, and academic mathematics, and became famous very early. He had left his reputation as early as the previous dynasty. More importantly, before the founding of the Shun Dynasty decades ago, Wu You predicted the historical facts of the destruction of the Southern Hu and the establishment of the New Dynasty to unify the world. After that, as he said, the Southern Hu was destroyed by the Turks a hundred years after its prosperity, and the Shun Dynasty also pacified the world from north to south.

"Prince, Governor." The soldier saw that the two were silent and asked for instructions again, "See or not?"

Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes. They also knew that Wu You could not afford to be guilty. Others in the world called themselves immortals, which was definitely a laughing stock, a charlatan. Who in the world dared to say that Wu You was a charlatan?

"Please go to the city." Min Shaoqing sorted out his clothes and prepared to meet this long-known master of the world. He also wanted to hear the predictions of a generation of masters about this war and the survival of the people of Xuzhou City in the future.

Before meeting Wu You, Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng thought that this should be an immortal with a fairy spirit, at least it seemed to have a majesty that could not be seen directly. But after seeing it, I realized that he was just an ordinary old man, covered in dust and looked a little tired. Several entourages looked very ordinary, and the entourage actually had a woman in it, and it looked like a woman, which made him feel novel. Could it be that Wu You is fake? Or the rumors are false, in fact, Wu You is a secular mortal who is greedy for beauty?

"Min Shaoqing, the prefect of Xuzhou, has met the national teacher." Min Shaoqing stepped forward to salute.

Wu You looked up at him and thought of getting up, but found that his legs seemed to be out of control, so he continued to sit on the chair without hesitation, holding a hot tea ceremony in his hand: "No need to be polite, Prefect Min, sit down."

Min Shaoqing looked at Ma Feng with an awkward expression, and then looked at the entourages standing beside Wu You. Instead, he felt that the entourages were more imposing. Even the woman was much more majestic than the national teacher.

"The national teacher came from afar, but I don't know what's going on?"

Although Min Shaoqing was already suspicious of the national teacher as a fake, he still said respectfully. Sometimes the guess is not accurate. If the visitor really looks like a fairy-like figure, he will have no doubts.

"Nothing else, I just pass by here, come in and take a look, and prepare to stay for a few days."

Come on the way? I'm still living a little bit? Where is the national teacher going? These are all questions, but Min Shaoqing also thinks these questions are not easy to ask, and they should be secrets involving the court.

But he didn't need to ask, then an old goatee came in outside and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Hey! Where is the residence arranged for me? I'm tired of traveling and can't even take a break?"

Min Shaoqing was stunned. This should be Wu You's entourage. Why did he seem to be the guest who turned his back to the city with Wu You?

Min Shaoqing looked at Wu You, but Wu You looked up at one of his young followers, and the young man smiled awkwardly. Then everyone looked at Min Shaoqing.

"This, Prefect Min." The young man spoke, "There is nothing to hide. The person who spoke was the right prime minister of the dynasty and the prime minister of Yuan. And the vanguard general Liu Yu, who was beside him was my wife Xu. The purpose of our visit this time was to send Princess Min to Huainan and bring the new emperor's oral order. The imperial carriage arrived in Xuzhou soon!"

Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng stood up immediately, looking panicked. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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