Han Baohu originally wanted to refute, but when he saw the Northern Zhou soldiers around him, he couldn't help but sigh, although he felt that what Xiao Shilian said was wrong, but obviously for these Northern Zhou soldiers, Xiao Shilian said what they wanted.

But even so, Han Baohu still didn't know what he was wrong, and said with a stalk around his neck: "Becoming a king or defeating a villain, what is there to say, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it!" ”

Xiao Shilian smiled unexpectedly, this set of words sounds really familiar, or they are already a little tired, after all, those who call themselves famous generals have to say such a sentence when they fail, but in Xiao Shilian's opinion, this is somewhat "middle two", after all, the people who really want to sacrifice have already tried their best to die, and the people who want to survive have already survived before. But if you surrender, you can't let go of the people.

If you die here, you have such a voice, maybe you can leave a name in history; And if the other party wants to surrender, at this time, you can also hurry up and give a step, which is equivalent to handing over the power of life and death to others.

Of course, in most cases, he will not hesitate to give a knife, but today's Xiao Shilian obviously does not plan to do so, he walked straight behind Han Baohu, stretched out his hand to untie the rope on his back, looking at Han Baohu's shocked expression, Xiao Shilian clapped his hands and said helplessly: "Losing is losing, there are not so many whys, as for you really want to know why······ I'm afraid I know better than you do. ”

Han Baohu frowned and raised his head. And Xiao Shilian stretched out his hand and pointed to the Yangping Pass in front of him: "Isolated and helpless, the army is overwhelmed, for the defenders above and below Yangping Pass, how much fighting spirit do you think they still have?" The reason why they were able to hold out for a month was more because you had outstanding command, if you were the rest of the ordinary people, do you think they would be able to lead such an army to hold out for so long? ”

After a pause, Xiao Shilian said directly: "Now in the northwest of Yangping Pass, many people have already given answers. They're more likely to be on our side than here, and you should be considered an alternative. ”

Han Baohu was silent, he already knew about the matter on Chen Cang's side, with the loss of Chen Cang City, it officially represented Xiao Shilian's hand reaching into the northwest, and the Guan Long family, who originally had a leg with Li Xinchen, did not hesitate to express their support for Li Xinchen at this time, and the cities around Chen Cang almost all expressed their goodwill to Li Xinchen in a short time, and it is almost certain that as long as Xiao Shilian leads the army to the north now, I am afraid that these cities will fall to the wind.

In contrast, Han Baohu's persistence in Yangping Pass is indeed very good.

Thinking of the expressions of those soldiers just now, Han Baohu could only smile bitterly. Obviously, what Xiao Shilian said was not wrong, these soldiers had little expectation of continuing to fight with the Bashu army, and when they learned that there were no reinforcements and food and grass, all their morale had dropped to a dangerous level.

In ancient times, of course, there was no so-called "patriotism" and "loyalty", these soldiers were fighting for military salaries, and they were loyal to the generals who led them, not the entire dynasty, so when the generals and lords who led them chose to surrender, they would also choose to surrender.

Being able to follow Han Baohu for so long is not that these soldiers are loyal to him, but that those generals are loyal to him, but that such loyalty is limited after all, when Han Baohu brought them into a desperate situation, these generals' loyalty to Han Baohu has reached the end, or for them, being able to come this far is already very supportive of Han Baohu.

Han Baohu could only smile bitterly for a while, and at this time he suddenly realized that it was not bad that he had only been treated like this until now.

Xiao Shilian looked at Han Baohu with a smile: "General Han, as the general of the Zhou people, you have done your best, although this Yangping Pass is also a rare Xiongguan in the world, but the gap between you and me is here, plus the problem of food and grass, if it is not for your rash sneak attack today, I am afraid you can continue this miracle for a while." ”

Han Baohu said lightly: "Is there any point in saying so much? ”

Xiao Shilian stretched out his hand to support his knee: "What does a certain want to do, don't you know in your heart?" If you are loyal to the Han family, then at this time, you should make the same decision as the Guanlong family on behalf of the Han family, and if you are loyal to the Zhou family, then now that the Zhou country is divided, the Zhou country you are loyal to has disappeared, leaving only the so-called Suiguo Gong and the King of Qi, and I don't know which one you want to be loyal to? ”

Han Baohu stretched out his hand to support the ground, and his voice was cold: "Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian are just rebellious ministers and thieves who want to take advantage of this opportunity to ascend to power, and they will not be loyal to any of them." ”

Xiao Shilian suddenly laughed: "In the whole world, how many can make you loyal?" ”

Han Baohu frowned, of course he knew very well what Xiao Shilian wanted to do at this time, but he took refuge in Li Xinchen like this, which made Han Baohu a little unwilling, no matter what, Han Baohu can be regarded as a famous young talent, but now that he has met Xiao Shilian under Li Xinchen, he has lost so badly, let alone Li Xinchen.

Xiao Shilian turned around, and his voice became more and more calm: "Since we were born in this troubled world, what we should do should not be loyal to a certain family or a certain force, but to a dream. ”

"Dreams?" Han Baohu also seemed to be interested in Xiao Shilian.

Xiao Shilian nodded: "Ending this troubled world should be the dream of all heroes who want to dominate the world, and whether it is the Marquis of Hanzhong, or so, they all have such dreams, we don't want to be like Chen Guo in a corner of peace, and we don't want to be like the Zhou people who fall into civil strife at every turn, in fact, what we want is to clean up the smoke and dust of this troubled world, and to open up a new world of peace and happiness for the whole world." What is lacking in this world now, and what should we do, I am afraid that we don't need to say much, right? ”

Although Han Baohu didn't speak, his gaze at Xiao Shilian had changed, from disdain at the beginning to thoughtfulness now.

He had to admit that what Xiao Shilian said was not wrong. Nan Chen has always been unable to see Han Baohu's eyes, and needless to say, the current situation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is needless to say, the civil strife has made Han Baohu unable to see the opportunity for the Northern Zhou to become a whole again.