"You say, Pound also surrendered?"

After waiting for Le Qi to finish telling the battle, Cao Ren couldn't help but be puzzled and asked.

After the destruction of the Seventh Army, Cao Ren sent a scout station to investigate, and the battle report was that Yu Ban surrendered, and Pang Dening was unyielding.

At this moment, he heard the news that Pound had surrendered, and he was close to Guan Ping.

Cao Ren couldn't help but feel incredible!

Pang De, Cao Ren still knows this person very well, when he quelled the Wancheng Houyin Rebellion, Pang De belonged to his generals, and he still admired his temperament and loyal character.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Cao Ren chose to believe when he heard the news of Pang Dening's unyielding death.

Hearing this, Lu Chang and Le Qi unanimously bowed their hands and said solemnly: "General, we all guarantee that Pang De will definitely surrender to the Jingzhou army." ”

Subsequently, Le Qi explained: "The key factor why our army lost Xiangyang this time was that Guan Ping used prisoners of war to attack the city, which eventually led to a decline in the morale of the defenders in the city and a mutiny among the Qingzhou soldiers. ”

"But the general thinks about it, it is impossible for Guan Ping to use prisoners of war to attack the city by banning one person, and Pang De can stand up at any time and infect prisoners of war with his unyielding temperament."

"You must know that the Qingzhou soldiers are also a strong force that has followed King Wei for decades, and they are not so unbearable!"

Hearing this, Cao Ren also believed it for the time being.

After all, he is not a party, and he can only listen to the reports of the generals under his command for the specific process of the Battle of Xiangyang!

"Pang Lingming, did you really betray King Wei?"

Walking slowly to the city, looking at the flag planted on the city tower and waving in the wind, Cao Ren was full of thoughts, muttering to himself, and his words were full of unbelievable thoughts.

After a while, Lu Chang also walked up to the city, his eyes drifted in the direction of the south bank, and he secretly swore: "Ji'er, I will definitely take off the heads of the Guan family and his son, and go to pay tribute to you." ”

………

Xiangyang City, the county capital

Guan Ping sat cross-legged and muttered to himself: "It's been a day since Li Ji escaped, and he must have returned to Fancheng, right?" ”

"You two, go and bring Pound up!"

After thinking for a moment, Guan Ping commanded the two guards under the stairs.

"No!"

As the guards had withdrawn and left, about a quarter of an hour later, the two escorted Pound, who was bound with ropes.

Seeing this, Guan Ping waved his hand and said, "You untie the rope for General Pang, and then exit the hall, I want to talk to him." ”

The order was given, and several guards did not slack off, immediately stepped forward to untie it, and then quickly withdrew.

Only when everyone left, and there were only two people in the hall, Guan Ping chuckled, stretched out his hand and signaled: "General Pang, please take a seat!" ”

Hearing this, Pang De's face turned cold, and he said lightly: "Guan Ping, if you have any conspiracy, just say it." ”

"Today, I, Pound, will just stand and listen."

After the battle of Xiangyang, now Guan Ping has made Pang De extremely jealous, and when he faces him now, he is all cautious and cautious, and he is afraid of being calculated.

At first, when Guan Ping was eating with him under the city, Pang De didn't find anything wrong, but after the fact, combined with the plan of the general manager Guan Ping, he finally understood that he had been calculated.

"Well, since General Pang is willing to stand upright, then I won't force it, I'll accompany you."

After speaking, Guan Ping took a step, slowly took a few steps forward, and stopped at Pound a step away, staring at him closely.

After a long time, Guan Ping smiled and said: "General Pang, you must have seen it this time, it only took more than ten days for the Ping army to cross the south bank and recover Xiangyang." ”

What does this mean? This just shows that the mandate of heaven is in my Han Dynasty, and the number of Han Qi is not exhausted, and it also proves that my lord Hanzhong Wang Xingfu Han Dynasty is in accordance with the will of heaven. ”

"Cao Cao is already a traitor when he arrogants the throne, does General Pang really want to continue to be obsessed?"

Hearing this, Pang De snorted coldly and smiled lightly: "Hmph, joke, even if King Wei is the "traitor" in your mouth, what if he raised troops to set up the Central Plains, Pinghebei, Wuhuan in the north, and Longyou in the west. ”

"Such a feat, every day is clear, how can he Liu Xuande, how can he be compared?"

"Since I, Pang De, have served the King of Wei, I should help him to sweep away the traitors, let the world be peaceful, and the people will leave the war again and live and work in peace and contentment!"

"Now, even if I carry a prisoner, I should protect the name of loyalty and swear allegiance to King Wei!"

"Secondly, the historical records contain: Qin lost its deer, and the world chased it, so why not replace it now that Han has lost its deer, and King Wei will replace it?"

At this time, Pound's words were extremely strong, and every word was justified.

Hearing this, Guan Ping couldn't help but smile and said, "A good man lost his deer, and Cao Thief replaced him." ”

"I didn't expect that I hadn't talked to General Pang for many days, and General Pang's eloquence has grown greatly."

After a pause, Guan Ping's tone of speech suddenly changed abruptly, and he asked: "It's just that Ping has something unclear, Qin lost his deer, so he was finally destroyed by the coalition forces such as Gaozu and Overlord, but I have been a Han man for more than 400 years, can I lose my deer?" ”

"Huh!"

When the words fell, Pound from the side sneered and sneered.

After a while, he said in a loud voice: "Okay, I'll tell you to listen, where Han has lost his deer, and let you know that you can be convinced." ”

"During the period of Emperor Heng and Ling, the eunuchs were favored internally, causing relatives, scholars, and eunuchs to compete for power and profit with each other, completely ignoring the safety of the country, and looting and oppressing the people externally, resulting in the poor livelihood of the people of Li in the world, and finally the Yellow Turban Uprising led by Zhang Jiao broke out."

"Isn't that a loss?"

Pang De said slowly, paused, and without waiting for Guan Ping to speak, he continued: "Secondly, not to mention, during the reign of Emperor Ling, he openly sold his official beard, causing talented people to turn away from the Han Dynasty one after another. ”

"In the DPRK and China, local officials at all levels are mixed, forming gangs and factions, and oppressing the people, as far as Liangzhou where I am located, why do Qiang rebellions frequently occur in Liangzhou and resist the rule of the Han Dynasty?"

"Do you think it's really the Qiang people who are unruly and ambitious, and want to stand on their own behalf of the Han? Let me tell you, this is not the case at all, the Qiang people have rebelled year after year. ”

"In the final analysis, they are all exploited and oppressed by the officials of Liangzhou, you don't know that the officials of Liangdi collude with the local wealthy families to seek personal gain from each other, and they don't care about the lives of our people at all."

"I, Pound, have also been oppressed by the officials, my parents and relatives have starved to death, if it weren't for General Ma Teng to take me in, I'm afraid I would have ceased to exist!"

"But you see, after the King of Wei pacified Liangzhou, he wantonly used Liangzhou scholars with real talents and learning, Zhang Ji, Yang Fu and others to improve the governance of Liangzhou officials, and began to rectify the situation of officials colluding with the wealthy since the Han Dynasty."

"So Guan Ping, is this the big man you want to save?"

The words were extremely strong, and in the end they were also questioned.

Seeing this, Guan Ping's eyes were solemn, thinking about how to respond, he really couldn't deny what Pound had just said.

What Pound said is indeed true, and it is a defect and a mistake since the Han Dynasty.

However, after thinking for a moment, a smile instantly appeared on Guan Ping's face, although he couldn't deny it, he could refute it.

"General Pang, Ping admits that what you said are all the wrong policies and drawbacks of the Han family, but is he Cao Mengde a good person?"

"I think that when he avenged his father, raised troops to capture Xuzhou, and attacked the prefecture and county, Cao thief ordered the slaughter of the city in order to vent his anger, and finally killed Surabaya without flowing, is this a fact?"

"At the critical moment, fortunately, my lord was not afraid of threats and insisted on leading the troops to rescue Tao Qian, so as to stop the crime of the Cao thief."

"Could it be that this is the King of Wei that General Pang is loyal to?"

"On the other hand, my lord has always taken it as his duty to love the people as sons, and has lived with benevolence and righteousness, and has never harmed the people.

"General Pang, do you think that my lord and Cao thief rule the world, who can bring more favors to the people?"

In a word, Guan Ping also avoided the enemy and seized the weakness of Cao Thief to talk about it.

The words fell, and at this moment Pang De fell silent again, his heart was indeed shaken, and he was secretly asking himself, is Cao Cao really the master he wants to assist?

Do you really want to defect to Liu Bei and restore the Han Dynasty?

At this moment, Pang De was entangled for a while, but he still refused: "Guan Ping, I thank you for your attention, but after all, King Wei has a great kindness to me, and De doesn't want to betray him!" ”

Seeing this, Guan Ping suddenly shouted: "Okay, General Pang really deserves to be a loyal and righteous person, Ping didn't misunderstand you." ”

"Since you don't want to submit to my big man, then General Pang, you can go!"