Chapter 981: Embarrassed Gu Jue
Looking at the Shu Han envoy who came to the door, the public security guard Gu Jue felt very embarrassed.
The reason why he has such an idea is because Gu Jue really doesn't have many soldiers and horses under his command now, and at the moment of this war, there is actually an empty city in the public security city.
Gong'an City was not a big city before, but because Liu Bei, who was the general of Zuo at the time, had stationed troops here when he owned Jingzhou, considering that the name "Youjiangkou" was really not in line with the temperament, so it took the meaning of "Zuo Gong'an Camp and Fortified" and named it "Public Security", which has been retained to this day.
Especially in the period of confrontation between Nanchen and Xiliang across the river, the public security is the seat of governance of Nanchen Jingzhou, the scale of the city has been greatly expanded, and it has become the most prosperous city and garrison town in Jingzhou.
But later Xiao Maha entered Jiangling, the defenders of the public security have been evacuated, and Jiangling fell into the hands of Nan Chen, and the administrative office of Jingzhou naturally returned to Jiangling, so the public security city lost its original significance, and there were only more than 1,000 soldiers in the city.
It was these more than 1,000 soldiers who had lost a small part in the previous Battle of Yiling, so in fact there were not enough 1,000 men at all, but this was already Nan Chen's largest army in the south of Jingzhou.
Especially now that Xiao Maha is blocked in Jiangling, Chen Huiji, the assassin of Jingzhou, is in Yingzhou, and Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, is in Xiangzhou, so this means that the original southern fortresses of Jingzhou such as Gong'an and Songzi have been leaderless, and all places are waiting to see the direction of the wind, and the biggest weather vane is naturally Gu Jue, who has the strongest troops and the highest official position.
From a small place Taishou suddenly to the cusp, Gu Jue of course felt that he was under a lot of pressure, and it was also at this time that the envoy of Shu Han came to see him with great fanfare, which made Gu Jue understand that he had to make a decision as soon as possible.
To tell the truth, Gu Jue was still very surprised when he saw the envoy of Shu Han in front of him, because the person who came was the former Nanchen Guangluqing Gu Yewang, and the huge gap in the official positions of the two sides and the existing distant kinship made Gu Jue dare not slack off at all.
In the past few years, Gu Yewang has been in charge of diplomatic affairs with Nanchen and Northern Zhou, after all, he is already old, so he gradually withdrew from the front line, but this time Li Xinchen went to Jiangnan, this old man who was already at home with Sun did not hesitate to ask to follow Li Xinchen to go on the expedition, obviously he still has feelings for Nanchen Gu Yewang.
This time, as the envoy of Shu Han, it was also King Gu Ye who took the initiative to ask for help. He can't go into battle even as an old man, and he doesn't need to worry about the civil affairs of the newly occupied areas, so naturally he can only do things like being an envoy.
Li Xinchen did not object to this, he could understand the old man's thoughts, and Gu Yewang's prestige was here, Gu Jue would not dare to do anything even if he had a hundred guts, after all, in this era, reputation is still very important, even if Gu Jue moved such an old man's finger, future generations could scold him to death.
"Gu Gong!" Gu Jue saluted solemnly, watching Gu Yewang trembling over, almost subconsciously stepping forward to help.
Regardless of anything else, this is also the elder of the family in terms of kinship, and it is not allowed to be neglected.
Gu Yewang squinted slightly, looked Gu Jue up and down, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, the last time I was at the clan conference, you were still a young man who had just been crowned. ”
Gu Jue hurriedly said: "Why did Gu Gong say this, Gu Gong is in good spirits, and it is better than in the past." ”
"The world is going to be peaceful this day, and the mood is naturally better." Gu Yewang nodded with a smile.
Gu Jue frowned, Gu Yewang has something to say, if the world is going to be peaceful, it must be the current Three Kingdoms into one, as far as the current situation is concerned, Nan Chen, who has been defeated and retreated, and Northern Zhou, which is still split, are obviously difficult to bear the burden, Li Xinchen is of course the best person who can end all this.
Since King Gu Ye said this directly, it was natural that he had already made it clear that the purpose of his coming this time was to persuade him to surrender.
Surrender may be the best choice for Gu Jue, he knows very well in his heart that several county governments in Jingnan that still have some strength are not all thinking like this, at this time with the army and people of a county government, as well as grain and grass materials, it must be better than surrendering when the Shu Han army comes over.
What's more, among his colleagues, Lu Zhongsu, who is also a well-known Nankang Neishi, didn't he also surrender, and Li Xinchen really rewarded him, a small Nankang Neishi is now the Xinzhou Thorn History, with the advancement of Li Xinchen's army, it is now mainly the work of transporting grain and grass in the area of Anshu City and Wolf Tail Beach in Xinzhou.
There are not a few cities in Xinzhou, and Li Xinchen doesn't seem to want to arrange a Jingzhou Thorn History, so it is conceivable that this Lu Zhongsu is destined to be the future Jingzhou Thorn History. Thinking about it, the Taishou have not yet become assassins, but let Lu Zhongsu take the lead, so everyone is even more impatient, even if they are not promoted now, at least they can keep their original positions, if they are one step later, I am afraid they can only save their lives.
Now everyone is watching Gu Jue's statement, and it is obvious that Li Xinchen sent Gu Yewang to come, also wanting to use Gu Jue as a breakthrough to pacify Jingnan.
After pondering for a moment, Gu Jue said in a low voice: "Gu Gong, the name ······ before and after his death"
"How old are you?" The crutches in Gu Yewang's hand knocked heavily on the ground, "As long as you can bring peace to this world, the old man is not worried about his name at this age, when will it be your turn to worry?" After that, as long as you are dedicated to benefiting the people, then where can you worry about your name before and after your death? ”
Although Gu Jue is not a young man, he is naturally still a real junior in front of Gu Yewang, and he doesn't dare to say much at the moment, and Gu Yewang's voice is cold: "My Wu County Gu Clan's court can be maintained to this day, definitely not because of those fame and fortune, as long as people do what they should do seriously, then everything you want will naturally come!" ”
Gu Jue took a deep breath and solemnly bowed his hand: "Gu Gong's teachings are remembered by the younger generation. Gu Gong should not have come here just to educate the younger generation, right? ”
King Gu Ye looked at it and said lightly: "This city continues to be defended, but the people have suffered in vain, His Royal Highness the King of Han has come with the will of heaven, and since the battle of Yiling has been defeated, it proves that you continue to resist and are just a mantis arm." Then they are all Chinese people, what else is there to kill each other. Come down. ”
All eyes converged on Gu Jue's body, it was the officials of the surrounding public security counties, and their thoughts were obviously simpler.
"Gu Mou is an official, and since he is a remnant of the Han Dynasty, he swears not to surrender to a foreign race," Gu Jue muttered, "But His Royal Highness the King of Han is not a foreign race, and Gu is willing to surrender." ”