Zhu Xie's face became more and more gloomy, and he was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Jing's behavior in this way.

In fact, he has always been quite supportive of Xiao Jing, because he is indeed a subordinate who can lead troops, can fight wars, and is loyal to him. But the only thing that Zhu Xie couldn't accept was that this guy was too straightforward. Sometimes he could not even pull back the nine cows after he decided to do so. So even though Xiao Jing had made a lot of contributions, he was only trained in the army in the end.

Zhu Xie actually knew that he should keep some people around him with real talents and knowledge, and not all of them were wasteful people who could only please him. So even if Xiao Jing did sometimes say something inappropriate or even contradict him, he would tolerate him.

But today, when Xiao Jing repeatedly mentioned the Changshu war and Sun Tu's Shandong army, it made Zhu Xie unbearable. At this moment, he said with a stern face: "Xiao Tuanlian, you are too fussy. The war officials in Changshu naturally knew about it. Not only me, but you all also received the news early. But it was just a small-scale war, but it was deliberately exaggerated by some people, and it seemed very serious. You don't have to worry about it anymore."

"But..." Xiao Jing was still waiting to say something, but was quickly interrupted by Zhu Xie: "Don't talk nonsense and disrupt our military morale! Today, the Japanese officials invited you to come to celebrate the New Year, not to discuss how to use troops. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. We will only talk about the good days, and we will leave the official business to this year and it will not be too late to talk about it!"

Seeing that Xiao Jing was still unyielding, some colleagues around him immediately stepped forward and pulled him back: "Xiao Tuanlian, you are drunk. Zhu Shuai is naturally more clear about this matter than me. How could he be wrong? Come on, drink first..."

The good persuasion of these people, coupled with the rapid change of topics by other officials, made it difficult for Xiao Jing to say what he said later, so he could only sit on the table in disappointment and drink a few glasses of water to relieve his worries.

Because of his quarrel, the atmosphere at the banquet became a little weird. Fortunately, Zhu Jie had the most lacking people around him were people with a lively atmosphere. Several officials stood up and told some jokes. After some people got up and toasted around, the hall became lively again. For a moment, everyone was cheering and drinking, and they all laughed so happily. There was no sense of urgency that the enemy was facing, and half of the Jiangnan wall fell into the hands of the anti-army!

But the more they did this, the more irritable Xiao Jing felt. After drinking a few more glasses of wine, he felt even more hot and could not stay in this stuffy hall, so he found an excuse to walk out. The others just ignored this, and without him, everyone was more comfortable.

In sharp contrast to the warm environment and warm atmosphere in the hall, there is the coldness and coldness outside. At some point, snowflakes continued to fall in the dark sky again. Under the whistling of the bitter north wind, the temperature dropped below the freezing point, which made Xiao Jing, who had just walked out, shivered, but what felt even more cold was his heart.

He once wanted to do something, but over the years he had accomplished nothing. In addition, Zhu Jie, whom he defected to, was a greedy and selfish person with despicable means, and he felt even more useless. Many things can even be called accomplices of tigers and aiding evil people.

I thought that Zhu Jie would change this time of the turmoil in Jiangnan, but now it seems that this is completely wishful thinking. Zhu Jie and some officials not only did not correct it, but instead became even worse. Not only did they make Jinling City a mess, but now they ignore the life and death of tens of thousands of troops.

This made Xiao Jing feel even more bored. Even though he was blown by the cold wind, he still felt like there was a fire burning in his heart, but in the end he could only turn into a sigh. Because he was so powerless to do anything about these things.

"Xiao Tuan is so excited about practicing, he actually came out to enjoy the snow scene." A leisurely voice suddenly came from behind, which made Xiao Jing's body tremble. When he looked back, he saw Tong Mu looking at him with a depressed face.

One of them is Suzhou group training, and the other is Suzhou Promoter. He had a little friendship before, but he didn't feel embarrassed when he met. Xiao Jing smiled bitterly: "I just can't stand the atmosphere in the hall. What about you, the child Promoter is thinking about coming out to get some breath?"

"Haha, in fact, I am the same as the general, and I am worried about the war in Changshu. Changshu is just a small town with not high walls and not deep pools, and the defenders are only 30,000 to 40,000, but they have to face 100,000 or even more anti-army sieges. Even if the Shandong army is brave enough to fight, they may not be able to defend it."

"Yes, if I were to defend the city, I would probably not be able to survive for ten days and half a month. If Zhu Shuai delayed the rescue, he would be afraid that not only would Changshu not be able to protect him, but even the soldiers guarding the city would probably die there."

After pausing, Xiao Jing glanced at Tong Mu again: "Since the Tong Promoter is the same as I thought, why didn't you help me just now? Why don't you and I go in with you and I now tell you about the pros and cons of Zhu Shuai and ask him to send troops quickly..."

Tong Mu looked at him a few times unexpectedly, then smiled and shook his head: "General Xiao, do you really don't know what Zhu Shuai is thinking? He deliberately wanted to use a knife to kill people, and wanted to use Fang La's anti-army to kill the Shandong army. Even if you can't think of this, you should know the conflict between Shandong's commander Sun Tu and Zhu Shuai earlier, right?"

Xiao Jing was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he shouted softly: "This... Zhu Shuai really dares to do such a thing? Those are tens of thousands of soldiers. Once it comes true, the court will hold him accountable..."

"That was also the consequence of Sun Tu's eagerness to make contributions. Zhu Shuai was at most responsible for ineffective rescue. With his foundation in the court, he could not hurt at all." Tong Mu narrowed his eyes and said, "Who made Sun Tu do too many offensive things before? Now it's not just Zhu Shuai, but many military and horses in Jinling have no intention of saving him. It's already a benevolence and righteousness to not take the blame at this time."

The look of surprise on Xiao Jing's face turned into an atmosphere: "This... is really outrageous! In this way, when will the situation in Jiangnan be settled? If this continues, it is difficult to guarantee that the anti-military forces will continue to grow. Not to mention regaining Suzhou and Hangzhou, even Jinling may not be able to be maintained!"

"Who said no? Now everyone has selfish intentions, and every general only wants to protect his own troops. However, Sun Tu and his troops who are willing to do things have been pushed to such a dangerous situation by them." Tong Mu sighed and said something even more incredible: "Do you know that just two days ago, Zhu Shuai had issued a military order to Wuxi, asking the defenders in the area to retreat immediately and return to Jinling!"

Xiao Jing really didn't know about this, and he was even more shocked when he heard it: "What? That's not to give up all this city to the rebels?"

"That's true! And he did this to completely cut off the Shandong Army's retreat so that they could not even find reinforcements!" When Tong Mu said this, there was deep hatred in his eyes. He really didn't expect Zhu Xie to do so extreme this time. Not only did he refuse to save him, but he also cut off all the last hopes of the Shandong Army. Now the Shandong Army has really fallen to a situation where enemies are all around and are isolated and helpless in Changshu.

Of course, he didn't know that even Sun Tu appeared in Changshu was the result of Zhu Xie colluding with the anti-army, otherwise he would only be even more angry. After listening to the story, Xiao Jing was completely stunned. He really couldn't accept that his benefactor would do such a thing that harmed himself and benefited the enemy, but he just wanted to eliminate dissidents.

"I, I must not sit still and watch this matter continue. I want to make suggestions to Zhu Shuai!" In anger, Xiao Jing ignored anything else and turned around and wanted to go back to the hall to say everything he thoughts. However, his action was stopped by Tong Mu, who had been prepared: "General Xiao, don't do it nonsense. You will not only help you do this, but will instead put yourself in. Although Zhu Shuai did not hide all this, it is difficult to put it on the table. Once you talk in public, you will be an enemy of him, and the consequences will be extremely serious."

When Xiao Jing thought of Zhu Xie's cruel methods, he suddenly felt cold. He finally calmed down a little and stopped. But he still couldn't accept such a thing in his heart and said anxiously: "Are we just watching this and doing nothing? If it is true that Changshu is lost and the Shandong army is completely annihilated, then the enemy will inevitably have a huge aura. Maybe he will take advantage of the situation to send troops north, which will pose a threat to our Jinling."

"Of course I know that this incident is endless, so I think about discussing with General Xiao to see if we can help the Shandong army fighting ahead."

"How can I help? Zhu Shuai refused to send troops, and the officials inside..." Xiao Jing looked at the closed hall door angrily. There were still laughter and cheering sounds inside. It was obvious that the guests were getting more and more interested.

Tong Mu waited for this sentence and immediately said, "Actually, I still believe that the ability of Sun Qian and the Shandong soldiers to turn the tide and defend Changshu City. After all, in terms of combat power, all the soldiers and horses in Jinling may not be comparable to them. The key now is that they fight alone, and even the people around them are all surrendering to the anti-army. If they can reverse all this, the situation may be improved."

"How to reverse this?"

"Have General Xiao heard of Xie Mo? He has a very high reputation among the people in Jiangnan. As long as he can appear in Changshu, he may change the current situation!"

"Xie Mo? Didn't he be burned to death on Qixia Mountain early in the morning?" Xiao Jing had an answer in his heart while asking this, and his eyes became colder: "Are all these methods used to cover up before saying this?" He was just a little straightforward, but he was not stupid.

Tong Mu did not hide it from him anymore and nodded, "The situation was uncertain at that time, so Sun Tu used this move to protect Xie Mo. Now, he is the only one who can save Sun Tu and the Shandong Army! But now Jinling City is strictly guarded and I cannot send him out of the city safely, so I thought of seeking your help from General Xiao!"

After a while of silence, Xiao Jing finally nodded: "Okay, I'll find a way." As a confidant around Zhu Xie, he was responsible for the garrison of the two gates in the southwest of Jinling, so it would be easy to let someone go out.
Chapter completed!