Chapter 46: Surrender
Ansan Town, Liu Mansion.
At dawn, Liu Zi'an, the head of the Liu family, sat in the courtyard decadently, looking at a tied man in front of him with lost eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
The bright sunlight in the early morning sprinkled on Liu Zi'an's body, as if it was plated with a layer of gold leaf, which looked very peaceful.
However, Liu Zi'an's expression is very complicated, angry, unwilling, hesitant, hesitant, sad, all kinds of emotions are surging in Liu Zi'an's heart like a marquee, making people feel deep despair.
"What's your name?"
Liu Zi'an said in a deep voice, obviously he was a man in his prime, but his voice was as weak and vicissitudes as an old man.
"Chen Ziping!"
"Are you from Yushanji?"
"Exactly!"
As soon as the words fell, Liu Zi'an's face instantly swelled with monstrous anger, and he shouted loudly: "The little Yushan Ji also dares to go against me Liu Zi'an, and even came to pick up the bargain when my Liu family's vitality was greatly injured?" Could it be that my Liu family's advantage is so easy to take advantage of! ”
"Humph! My Yushanji was forced to destroy the Wang family in Huakou Town, and if I don't go south at this time, do you have to wait until your Liu family eases up and hits Yushanji! ”
It turned out that Chen Ziping still didn't escape last night, and was caught and beaten by the young men of the Liu family, and then brought back.
Liu Zi'an learned the news and asked people to interrogate him overnight, and wanted to pry out the news of the Yushan Guards from Chen Ziping's mouth, but Chen Ziping's bones were very hard, and no matter how the young men of the Liu family tortured, they just refused to say even half a word.
Seeing this, Liu Zi'an also had some admiration in his heart, so he did not continue the torture, but locked up Chen Ziping.
At this time, Liu Zi'an looked coldly at Chen Ziping, who was covered in bruises, and said for a long time: "I have also heard of your Yushan Collection, Guo Yongzhong and Zhang Baigui, who are in charge, definitely do not have such courage, nor do they have the bloody nature to fight!" Who is in charge of Yushan Set now? ”
"Liu Juntao!"
"Oh?"
Liu Zi'an had never heard of Liu Juntao's name before, and he was a little surprised, he originally thought that the people of Yushanji were going south this time, and it must be the Chen family behind the ghosts, but now it seems that he is wrong.
So, Liu Zi'an asked Chen Ziping to tell him who Liu Juntao was.
Chen Ziping was slightly stunned, and said secretly in his heart: "Anyway, if you talk about the eldest brother's personality, you can't reveal anything!" ”
Thinking of this, Chen Ziping told Liu Juntao about his various experiences after coming to Yushanji.
At the beginning, Liu Zi'an was shocked and amazed when he heard that Liu Juntao had survived a lightning strike.
When Liu Zi'an heard that Liu Juntao could retreat from the wolf group alone and kill three bandits, he exclaimed: "It's really brave!" ”
Later, when Liu Zi'an heard that Liu Juntao led Yushan to gather young people to fight against the "Eight Directions of the Town", and burned more than 200 bandits, he was even more moved: "This son has such a resourcefulness!" ”
In the end, when he heard that the entire Wang family in Huakou Town was wiped out, Liu Zi'an not only did not feel angry, but sighed: "This son has become a wing, and it is not something that ordinary people can erase!" ”
After Chen Ziping finished speaking, he didn't say much, just stood quietly to the side and looked at Liu Zi'an.
I saw that Liu Zi'an's face was full of struggle and entanglement, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a long time, Liu Zi'an sighed heavily and said, "I'll let you go back, and after seeing that Liu Juntao, bring me some words." ”
Chen Ziping didn't expect Liu Zi'an to let himself go, and subconsciously asked, "What do you bring?" ”
"You tell Liu Juntao that the Chen family has great ambitions and wants to get involved in Shandong, if you don't curb the Chen family, my Yanzhou Mansion and even all the powerful and big families in Shandong will suffer! Therefore, I want to cooperate with Yushanji to fight against the Chen family and make every effort to curb the expansion of the Chen family. If Liu Juntao is willing, set a time and place, and let's have a good talk! ”
Chen Ziping couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, and understood in his heart that this was a big deal, so he agreed.
On the same day, Liu Zi'an sent someone to send Chen Ziping to the north of Anshan Town, and then let him go.
But at noon on this day, the men and horses sent by Liu Zi'an to attack the Yushan Guards at night fled back one after another, and these stragglers were all lost and depressed, looking like they couldn't live in panic.
After returning to Ansan Town, they screamed and shouted all the way along the main street of Anshan Town, and ran towards Liu's mansion.
The news of the Liu family's defeat again spread throughout Ansan Town in a blink of an eye, and the people in the town were all shocked when they heard the news, and those relatives who died were even more crying and crying.
All of a sudden, the entire town of Ansan was in turmoil, as if a troubled era had come.
Liu Zi'an learned that his remaining 400 young men were defeated in a battle, and almost fell to the ground, as if he had aged more than ten years.
"Now, I don't even have the capital for peace talks!"
Thinking of this, Liu Zi'an couldn't help but feel sad, thinking that he had been rampant in Anshan Town for many years, and he was also a strong party, who would have thought that he would fall to the point where he is now!
Thinking that after Liu Juntao led his troops to kill, most of his family members would not be able to save their lives, Liu Zian felt that life was worse than death.
"No! No matter what, I'm going to save my family's life! ”
Liu Zi'an gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and then locked himself in the study, not knowing what he was preparing.
At the same time, Liu Juntao led the three generals and more than 1,000 young men all the way south, and after half a day's march, the brigade was only less than ten miles away from Ansan Town.
At this moment, Chen Ziping caught up and rushed to Liu Juntao with tears in his eyes.
"Big brother!"
Seeing this, Liu Juntao hurriedly helped Chen Ziping, who was kneeling on the ground, up, and Gao Ran also hurriedly ran to him, hugged Chen Ziping and cried.
And Zhang Xiaojun kept a thought, and sent his subordinates Qingzhuang to check around to prevent the Liu family from attacking again suddenly.
"Is Brother Chen okay?"
Chen Ziping looked at Liu Juntao, who cared about him very much, and was moved in his heart, so he told him about being caught by the Liu family, and finally said: "Big brother, then Liu Zi'an wants to talk to big brother." ”
As he spoke, he repeated Liu Zi'an's meaning.
Liu Juntao couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Xiaojun next to him.
"Big brother, what are our more than 1,000 brothers going south for? It's not about getting a dispensable ally! ”
"Haha!"
Liu Juntao looked at Zhang Xiaojun with a determined face and said, "Xiaojun is the same as I thought!" The Liu family has now been completely defeated, even if it is reconciled with it, it will be a burden to our Yushan Collection, what use do I want him! ”
After speaking, Liu Juntao ordered the whole army to continue south.
In the afternoon of that day, Liu Juntao led more than 1,000 young men to surround Ansan Town.
At this time, the gate of Ansan Town was closed, and dozens of young men of the Liu family could be vaguely seen on the wall, driving the men and strong women in the town to defend the wall.
Liu Juntao also made a special observation to see if there were any archers in the Liu family who were defending.
Fortunately, there were only three or five archers, and it seemed that the Liu family archers who raided him last night had slipped away when they saw that the situation was not good.
On the side, Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Chen Ziping were all eager to try, and they all wanted to enter Ansan Town as soon as possible, so as to uproot the invincible Liu family.
However, Liu Juntao has his own plans: although the Liu family has no strength now, Ansan Town is not comparable to the Wang family's compound and Yushan Bandit Village, this is a real town, which can be said to be a small city!
In the absence of siege equipment at hand, Liu Juntao would never use his life to pile up!
"Guard the exits of Ansan Town, besiege the city!"
"Huh?"
Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Chen Ziping were all surprised when they heard this, and they didn't understand why Liu Juntao besieged and didn't attack.
"Then doesn't Liu Zi'an want to talk to me? Then let him come out on his own and interview me! ”
Zhang Xiaojun said with a smile: "Big brother wants to surrender without a fight, and let Liu Zi'an come out and surrender by himself?" ”
"Big brother, is this possible?"
"That's right! So what Liu Zi'an said is also a strong party, will he come out and surrender? ”
Chen Ziping and Gao Ran were a little unconvinced.
Liu Juntao said confidently: "Let's wait and see!" ”
Liu's Mansion.
"Then Liu Juntao arrived with his people?"
Liu Zi'an said expressionlessly, his eyes were very empty.
A young man said tremblingly: "Master Qiqi, there are more than 1,000 people, and we have surrounded our Ansan Town!" ”
"Oh? This Liu Juntao is really bloody, he looks up to me Liu Zi'an so much! ”
"Master, are we asking Dongping Prefecture for help, don't the guards of Dongping Prefecture have a deep friendship with the master on weekdays?"
"Humph! When I was in power, those guards naturally wanted to scold me, but now, God bless if those miscellaneous pieces don't come to the well! ”
After speaking, Liu Zi'an stood up suddenly, as if he had made up his mind, and regardless of the frightened expression of the young man, he strode out directly.
Liu Zi'an came to the north gate of Ansan Town, and said loudly to the young men guarding here: "Open the gate!" ”
These young men of the Liu family looked at Liu Zi'an as if they were looking at a madman, and their eyes were full of incredulity.
"Open the door for me!"
Liu Zi'an roared again, and the surrounding young men turned pale with fright, and they hurriedly opened the north gate a crack.
Liu Zi'an took a deep breath and walked out.
"I'm Liu Zi'an!"
Liu Zi'an walked dozens of steps away from the Yushan Guard, swept his eyes, and asked, "Which one is Liu Juntao?" ”
Liu Juntao took two steps forward and said loudly: "I am Liu Juntao, Liu is in charge, I have admired it for a long time!" ”
After speaking, Liu Juntao smiled and hugged his fists and saluted.
Liu Zi'an was taken aback when he saw this, he didn't expect Liu Juntao to be so young, and he looked like he was in his early twenties at most.
"What a hero!"
Liu Zi'an said from the bottom of his heart: "Today, I, Liu Zi'an, were defeated, but I was convinced!" My Liu family surrendered, but please also ask Chief Liu to be kind to my family! ”
Liu Juntao also didn't expect Liu Zi'an to surrender so happily, which was a little unexpected.
However, Liu Juntao was quickly relieved, now Liu Zi'an has reached the point of exhaustion, and the best choice now is to surrender, and there is no good end to it!
"No problem!"
Liu Juntao immediately agreed, and said: "Let your men and horses come out to disarm and surrender, I will definitely not hurt your family, nor will I hurt anyone in Ansan Town!" ”
"How can I trust you?"
"I, Liu Juntao, these three words are guarantees!"