Zhang Liao has always been very entangled and contradictory in his heart.

He didn't drink like Cao Ren, but he ran to the city gate tower every day to look, looking forward to Li Xie's troops, but also afraid that Li Xi's troops would come.

Zhang Liao began to follow Ding Yuan in Bingzhou, and was later sent by Ding Yuan to follow the general He Jin, who in turn sent him to Hebei to recruit troops.

When the recruits returned, the general He Jin died, and Ding Yuan also died.

He had no choice on his own, so he could only let the imperial court assign and follow Dong Zhuo.

Then Dong Zhuo also died, and ran out of Chang'an with Lu Bu.

But this, Lu Bu is also dead, and now he is following Cao Cao, but Cao Cao is not dead.

Therefore, it doesn't matter who you talk to, loyalty is also negotiable.

However, Cao Cao actually let Zhang Liao lead 2,000 men and horses to guard in Sui County, which is a great trust in Zhang Liao, and it stands to reason that he should be absolutely loyal to Cao Cao.

However, when Zhang Liao saw Cao Ren slaughtering innocent people in Huyang, and then Cao Cao also acquiesced, he was disgusted with Cao Cao. Not to mention Cao Ren, he even thought about whether he should save Cao Ren if he was surrounded.

Of course, he hasn't come up with a result for this problem yet, Cao Ren hasn't been besieged yet, and he hasn't asked him for help.

Now that Li Xian led his troops to Nanyang, whether he should resolutely resist or surrender to Li Xian has become a question for Zhang Liao to ponder day and night.

He was also present when Li Xian saved Gao Shun with his life guarantee in Puyang, and he was also considered to have surrendered to Li Xian at that time.

Compared with Li Xian and Cao Ren, and even Cao Cao, he was more inclined to follow Li Xian in his heart.

But he didn't want to live up to Cao Cao's trust in him.

He can't tell anyone about his troubles, so he can only keep them in his heart.

On this day, he returned to the county government from his tour of the city, and as soon as he took off his armor, there was a scout report: "Li Xie's general Gao Shun led 3,000 men and horses to Sui County, Nieyang and Anzhong counties have surrendered, Gao Shun's soldiers and horses are only twenty miles away from the city at this time, and Li Xian has sent another army and horses to attack Wan County." ”

At that time, the news of the scouts must not be so immediate, they only saw that Li Xian sent Xiahoulan to lead troops to attack Wanxian, but they did not see Xiahoulan defeated.

They can know how many soldiers and horses the enemy army has, and it is not that they go to capture the enemy soldiers to torture them, but by the number of enemy flags and the size of the march, etc., although it is not necessarily accurate, but it is also eight or nine.

After all, they are professionals.

Zhang Liao hurriedly ordered all the men to immediately guard the city, and he put on his armor again, picked up his broadsword, mounted his war horse, and came to the city wall. Let the people check whether the city gate is strong and whether the city defense equipment is ready, and then go up to the city gate tower.

He restrained the soldiers in the county and did not allow them to harass the people, and the people of the county were more supportive of him.

Many people even came to defend the city with him, but he persuaded them to go back.

He felt that the county was not to the point of defending the city, and let the people defend the city, and the probability of being slaughtered after the city was broken was very high, and he didn't want the people to take this risk.

At this time, another scout reported that Gao Shun had led the troops only five miles away from the city and was about to come to the city.

How powerful Gao Shun's previous trapping camp was, Zhang Liao knew in his heart that the soldiers he led were very powerful.

But now he only brought 3,000 people to attack the city, and he had 2,000 people to defend the city, no matter how powerful Gao Shun's trapping camp was, it was impossible to break through the county he defended.

Therefore, he was not nervous, but he felt that his former comrades-in-arms had now become enemy generals, and he was still a little unhappy in his heart.

Zhang Liao waited for Gao Shun on the city gate tower, but he couldn't wait for Gao Shun's soldiers and horses for a long time, only to see a cavalry come to the city, holding a letter in his hand, saying that it was going to be handed over to General Zhang Wenyuan.

There were no soldiers and horses to follow, Zhang Liao asked people to open the door and go out of the city to access the envoy, and after entering the city, he was controlled at the city gate.

and sent the letter in his hand to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao thought it was a letter of invitation, but when he opened it, it turned out to be a letter of persuasion:

"Brother Wenyuan, it's been a year since I said goodbye, but the old friendship is still in front of me. Today, Cao Cao is brutal against the sky, slaughtering the people, holding the Son of Heaven hostage, and harming the Quartet. And General Li Zhengnan is obliquely lenient, benevolent and righteous, loyal to the monarch and protects the people, and wants to calm the world and make the people safe. How can the brother help Cao to be evil again, and hope to surrender the city as soon as possible, and then he can become a general and a loyal name for all generations. Cao Ren butcher, has been trapped by the soldiers, died on the same day, Yuan Jizhou led the troops south, Cao Cao has no time to take care of Nanyang, brother is already in the place of death, can not be worried, quick decision, obedient. ”

Zhang Liao read the letter of persuasion, then turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, and the soldiers and people under the city wall, and sighed and said: "Cao Gong, it is not for me to bear you, this is the will of heaven." ”

He stared blankly out of the city again, and after being stunned for a while, he asked the envoy to bring him up, saying that he was willing to surrender and let the envoy go back to his life.

When I returned to the county office, I saw the governor Wang Hong coming with fifty soldiers.

It turned out that although Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao to lead 2,000 people to guard the county, he also left a general to supervise Zhang Liao and other generals.

The Governor only has the right to supervise, not the right to command troops.

Wang Hong came to the front, glared at Zhang Liao angrily, and asked, "I heard that General Zhang wants to sacrifice the city and surrender to Gaoshun?" ”

Since Zhang Liao had decided to surrender, he had already thought of a countermeasure, and he had already arranged for a hundred guards to hide around, and he would rush out just after he gave the order.

"Yes." Zhang Liao didn't want to say more, and it was useless to say more now.

"Cao Gong treats you so well, but you are so unkind, as a general, I will eliminate rebellion and rebellion for Cao Gong. Someone came and tied Zhang Liao up. Wang Hong gave an order to the soldiers behind him.

The fifty soldiers behind him immediately dispersed and surrounded Zhang Liao, they knew that Zhang Liao was very strong, and they had all drawn their swords in their hands, ready to besiege Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao saw that the matter had come to this point, and if he continued to hesitate, he was afraid that he would die and lose his reputation.

He shouted, "Someone." ”

Immediately, a hundred soldiers rushed out of the surrounding rooms and surrounded Wang Hong and the fifty soldiers.

Wang Hong's soldiers hurriedly turned to face Zhang Liao's soldiers, but Wang Hong was not afraid but became even more angry: "Zhang Liao, you are rebelling." ”

Zhang Liao knew that Wang Hong was upright and not afraid of death, so he said to him gently: "General Wang, Cao Cao slaughtered the city in Xuzhou before, and now Cao Ren slaughters the people in Huyang, that is what I saw with my own eyes. Is it necessary for us to follow such a cruel man? When Cao Ren slaughtered Xuzhou, General Li Xian had a grudge against Cao Ren for preventing him from slaughtering the people, and was never appointed by Cao Cao. It can be seen that General Li is lenient and loves the people, why don't you surrender to General Li with me? ”

The more Wang Hong listened, the more angry he became, he pulled out his sword and scolded Zhang Liao: "Loyal ministers do not serve the two masters, and now my Wang Hong can only die to repay the kindness of Cao Gong's knowledge." ”

After speaking, he raised his knife and slashed at Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao hurriedly dodged the knife, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers launched an attack on Wang Hong and others.

These personal soldiers were selected by Zhang Liao from a hundred miles, and Wang Hong and his fifty soldiers were quickly killed.

Zhang Liao ordered them to be buried properly, and although he killed Wang Hong, Zhang Liao also respected him.

On the second day, Gao Shun led his troops to the city and lined up to wait for Zhang Liao to leave the city and surrender.

Zhang Liao led his troops out of the city to the front of the Gao Shun formation, and surrendered to Gao Shun.

Gao Shun said happily to Zhang Liao: "Brother Wenyuan, General Zhengnan often mentions you, and admires you very much, saying that you have the talent of a general, and your future achievements are immeasurable. ”

Zhang Liao just said to Gao Shun lightly: "Peping, how about the non-straight general?" ”

Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, how about the general who is not straight? What's the problem.

He thought for a while and replied: "I have the ability to control chaos and the ambition to live in peace." ”

Zhang Liao smiled faintly and welcomed Gao Shun to lead the army into the city.

Gao Shun left a lieutenant to lead 2,000 men to guard the county, and he and Zhang Liao took the rest of the men and horses to the place where Li Xietun camped.

A herald had already reported that Li Xian, and when Zhang Liao and others arrived, he hurriedly led Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan out of the camp to greet them.

Zhang Liao saw Li Xian coming out to greet him, and hurriedly dismounted and knelt on one leg to salute Li Xian: "Zhang Liao pays a visit to General Li." ”

Li Xian hurriedly helped Zhang Liao up, took his hand and said with a smile: "With Wenyuan's help, the world will be settled early, and the people will have good morning." ”

After entering the camp, everyone discussed how to capture Wanxian.