Chapter 217: Death by suicide
Cao Liang said: "As long as Ziyu Gong is willing to withdraw his troops and truce, he will guarantee his personality and never hurt a single hair of Ziyu Gong, I don't know what Ziyu will do?" β
Previously, Cao Liang was preparing to attack Zhuge Jin's camp, but he really didn't think too much, if he could take Zhuge Jin's head in the chaos, it would be better.
But now that Cao Liang has changed his mind, if he can use Zhuge Jin's head in exchange for the entire division of the Southern Wei army to retreat, this deal is still the most cost-effective.
Cao Liang is not the kind of person who does not believe in his words, as long as Zhuge Jin is willing to agree to his conditions, it is not impossible to let him go, compared with the lives of thousands of Wei soldiers, his own merit of killing the head of the enemy's main general is insignificant.
Zhuge Jin sneered and said: "Talking about a deal is only for people of equal status, at this time you are a knife warrior, I am a fish and meat, in this case, I am very sorry, the old man refuses to negotiate any deal with you, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it." β
After that, he simply closed his eyes slightly again and ignored Cao Liang.
Cao Liang didn't expect Zhuge Jin's attitude to be so resolute, and he didn't even give a trace of room for discussion, it seems that this matter is really difficult to handle.
Fang Bu said in a low voice: "Young master, you can't stay here for a long time, when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from chaos." β
Infiltrating the enemy's camp was originally an extremely dangerous thing, and now that the enemy's main general has been captured, this is undoubtedly a hot potato, reluctant to throw it away, but unable to hold it in his hand.
The current situation is actually very dangerous, the Wu soldiers in the camp do not know that the master will be captured, if they know it, they will definitely come to the rescue desperately, and when the time comes, they will be surrounded by thousands of enemy troops, and it will be very difficult to escape.
And it is only a matter of time before this news leaks, because Zhuge Jin cannot stay in the tent all the time and not go out, nor contact with people outside, once the people outside want to see Zhuge Jin, they will be exposed in minutes.
Therefore, Fang Bu persuaded Cao Liang not to grind with Zhuge Jin, let's come in to take the head of the enemy's main general, and if we take it, we will leave quickly, and if we delay for a little longer, there will be more danger.
But Cao Liang always felt that killing Zhuge Jin so simply didn't seem to be as valuable as capturing Zhuge Jin alive, Zhuge Jin alone was only concerned with the life and death of 30,000 Wei soldiers, if Cao Liang killed him easily, it would be tantamount to a violent destruction of heaven.
But Zhuge Jin's attitude of refusing to cooperate made Cao Liang a little nerve-wracking, if Zhuge Jin was willing to agree, Cao Liang would save trouble, as long as he gave an order, then he could rescue the besieged Wei army.
Cao Liang thought about it, and the other party preached: "Escort him away, go to a safe place, and then find a way." β
Fang Bu was a little stunned, breaking through with a human head and a big living person, how could this difficulty be a quantitative extreme, and the difficulty was far more than doubled.
Zhuge Jin was also extremely shocked, he didn't want to be a prisoner of Wei, he was humiliated, he lived to his age, in fact, he already had no desire and no desire, living is not the only pursuit, living in humiliation is better than dying vigorously and deservedly.
Fang Bu was a little helpless, in his opinion, Cao Liang's move was a bit capricious, but looking at Cao Liang's resolute attitude, Fang Bu was helpless, so he had to step forward and reach out to pull Zhuge Jin.
But after pulling it, he realized that something was wrong, Zhuge Jin's face was as white as paper, his eyes were scattered, and he was already in a near-death state. After a closer look, Fang Bu found that Zhuge Jin's abdomen had been deeply pierced into a dagger, and a large pool of blood had flowed.
It turned out that Zhuge Jin didn't want to be a prisoner of Wei and committed suicide, but he had been kneeling on the seat before, and there was a few cases in front of him, blocking the view of others.
"Young masterβ" Fang Bu stopped and shouted to Cao Liang.
Cao Liang had already walked to the tent mouth, ready to take a look at the situation outside, when he heard Fang Bu shout, he looked back and found that Zhuge Jin had committed suicide.
Zhuge Jin stabbed into the abdomen with a knife, it stands to reason that this process was extremely painful, but there was no painful look on his face, but his demeanor was calm and calm.
Cao Liang couldn't help but shrug at it, he didn't expect Zhuge Jin to be a Confucian scholar, but he would be so resolute and resolute, and would rather die than make a deal with him or be a slave of Wei.
"Why are you so troubled?" Cao Liang sighed and said, in fact, Zhuge Jin's generation of celebrities, Cao Liang is also extremely respectful, if he really wants Cao Liang to cut off his head alive, Cao Liang really can't do it.
In fact, Zhuge Jin only needed to agree to Cao Liang's deal, order the soldiers and horses of the other battalions to stop the encirclement and suppression, and give up the attack, and he would be safe and sound.
But Zhuge Jin did not choose to submit, but used the method of death to defend the dignity of his life.
Cao Liang was in awe, and mourned for him for three seconds in his heart, such an old man who is close to old age, at this moment, is more like a fighter, treating death as home, and calmly committing suicide, even if it is an ordinary person, it is really impossible to do it.
Now that Zhuge Jin is dead, Cao Liang has no need to stay here, he was about to order Fang Bu to leave, but he saw Fang Bu raise his knife and cut off Zhuge Jin's head.
"What are you ......" Cao Liang was shocked, from the perspective of respecting the deceased, he was still ready to leave a whole corpse for Zhuge Jin.
Fang Bu picked up Zhuge Jin's head from the ground, and on the other hand, he found a thicker cloth and wrapped Zhuge Jin's head.
"Young master, this head is the step of your promotion, how can you give up such a great achievement?"
Cao Liang didn't say anything more, what Fang Bu did, whether it was right or wrong, he didn't explore, if from the perspective of respecting the dead, it would be okay to leave a whole corpse for Zhuge Jin, but Cao Liang's merits are gone, in this era of human heads, only by cutting off the enemy's head, he can have meritorious service.
So Cao Liang didn't say anything more, anyway, Fang Bu had already cut off Zhuge Jin's head, and it was useless to say anything, he took a last look at Zhuge Jin's body, and the headless corpse looked very terrifying.
Cao Liang and his entourage quietly left the camp tent and were about to leave.
But as soon as he came out of the tent, he saw Changshi He Ji hurrying over with two hundred people, and went straight to the general's camp, obviously coming for Zhuge Jin.
And they came quickly, obviously in a hurry, they arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye, and Cao Liang tried to dodge again, but he was too late, and collided with He Ji head-on.
He Ji saw Cao Liang's unfamiliar face, and his face suddenly changed dramatically, you must know that Zhuge Jin's side, but there are never outsiders of unknown origin, and at this moment, Cao Liang and his party are all strangers, He Ji couldn't help but say: "Who are you waiting for?" β