Seeing that Zuo Mengeng was angry, Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying were both frightened and kowtowed together.

Zuo Mengeng's face was still full of resentment, he gritted his teeth, and shouted at Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying, who were kneeling on the ground: "I will regard you two as close to my body and mind, and I will not say anything, and I will not be with you." I really didn't expect you to say such a rebellious thing today! Are you really not loyal to the ancestors and the generals? Could it be that the two of you have already had a private correspondence with the Tang Army under the mountain? Isn't it, the two of you plan to tie up the general and dedicate it to Tang Jun to win a big reward?! ”

Zuo Mengeng's sharp and sarcastic words made Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying, who were kneeling on the ground, feel even more inexplicably frightened, and cold sweat was pouring down their foreheads.

In the living room, there was silence, and the breathing of the three of them became heavier and heavier.

Lu Guangzu raised his head and said, "General Zuo, you are serious." Since we chose to follow the ancestors, we have been loyal to the Zuo family, and I dare to have a little dissent! It's just that I beg your pardon to say bluntly that the current situation is really extremely difficult and dangerous, and it is no longer possible for our army to break the situation with the courage of blood and blood, so how can the general insist on doing things again? The original idea was completely different from the current situation, and it was not entirely the fault of the generals, but because of the favorable time and place. The Tang army had the luck of a few numbers, and played a triumphant song all the way, swept across the country, and the generals of the Hongguang Dynasty who were defeated by his hands were as many as carp crossing the river, and they were not only generals? And when we say such seemingly rude words now, in fact, it is completely out of loyalty, just to let General Zuo recognize the situation clearly, and not to do futile and useless actions again, and finally end up regretful! ”

After Lu Guangzu finished speaking, Li Guoyi interjected with a long sigh: "General Zuo, what Guangzu said is very true. In the current situation, if we can only sit helplessly and defend like this, it is foreseeable that our army will definitely be chaotic and collapse without a fight. Forgive me for saying a damaging remark, when the hearts of the whole army were lost and the soldiers mutinied, General Zuo wanted to maintain the status quo, but he could not get it. If someone with ulterior motives instigated the soldiers and kidnapped the general to go down the mountain to ask the Tang army for merit, what else can you do to control the general? ”

Li Guoying's words poked Zuo Mengeng's sore spot, making Zuo Menggeng's face convulsive.

However, he had to admit it in his heart, and what these two people said was very reasonable, and it was also out of concern and consideration for his future. However, the psychological barrier that his father was killed by the Tang Army, and he, as a son, wanted to take refuge with the enemy, was too powerful.

The revenge of killing his father, how can it be erased like this!

Zuo Mengeng struggled fiercely in his heart, but he strained his face on the surface, making a disdainful look.

Li Guoying saw that Zuo Mengeng was silent, and guessed that his heart had begun to move secretly, so he whispered again: "General Zuo, I know that the biggest hatred in your heart now is that the Tang Army killed the Marquis of Ningnan, and you have always wanted to avenge this blood sea for the Marquis. Most importantly, if you don't repay this revenge for killing your father, it will be difficult to get rid of this hatred. However, General Zuo, you really want to lose sight of Mount Tai, you must ignore the current difficult situation, force yourself to fight the Tang Army to the end, and go all the way to the dark, is there really any positive significance in doing so? I thought that I was afraid that it would backfire. ”

When Zuo Mengeng heard this, he still didn't speak, and could only let out a long sigh.

Li Guoying noticed the change in his expression, so he struck while the iron was hot: "General Zuo, in my opinion, the Tang Army and the ancestor actually have no real grudge. If the first marquis could have been like Huang Degong and Liu Zehan, who surrendered to the Tang army, to accept the current affairs and lead his troops to surrender to the Tang army in time, in fact, he would not lose the position of the marquis, and his subordinate soldiers could also be retained. It's just that the first marquis had a thought, and he couldn't recognize the situation clearly for a while, and wanted to be blindly loyal to the Hongguang court, so he finally ended up in such a sighing situation. Now that I think about it, it's even more deplorable. ”

"Yes, Guoying's words are also agreed with below. Although Tang Jun had an important responsibility for the death of the first marquis, the first marquis's own choice was also emotional. And now, these things have become a cloud of smoke, and it is actually meaningless to turn them over one by one and study them deeply. I was thinking that if the first marquis had a spirit in the sky, I was afraid and unwilling to see General Zuo blindly confront the Tang army without any chance of victory. On the premise that there is such a painful lesson as the ancestors, they have to go all the way to the dark, and finally bury their own lives, and even the lives of the families of the Zuo family and the soldiers of the whole army. I was thinking that if General Zuo could recognize the situation in time and correct the Tang Army in time, he would find a way to live for himself and the soldiers. The spirit of the ancestor in the sky is also very pleased. The general himself can also fight for a good future. The time is very urgent, and I hope that General Zuo will not be rash, he must be very cautious, and he must make a decision as soon as possible, which is the most important thing. ”

"General Zuo, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of running out of firewood. You don't have to be too entangled in the immediate situation to do it. Speaking of which, instead of sitting in a dead end like this, and instead of collapsing ourselves without the Tang army attacking, it is really better to immediately go down the mountain and surrender to the Tang army, at least we can get a credit anyway. Our troops and horses are still there, and the Tang Army will pay more attention to our surrender. Such a rare opportunity needs to be seized. If we wait until the soldiers and horses are gone, and we have no choice but to surrender, then our value will drop greatly, and even if we want to live, I am afraid that it will be impossible. ”

Lu Guangzu worriedly added this sentence on the side, as if in Zuo Gogeng's heart, and then inserted a knife in a bloody manner.

Yes, only when there is capital can there be capital for negotiation, and if you have a light pole commander, you will only be slaughtered by others.

Zuo Menggeng's face turned pale, and his lips subconsciously kept trembling. He looked around the two slowly, trying to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

"General Zuo......"

Zuo Mengeng waved his hand slowly, signaling that he didn't have to say more, but let them step back first.

Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying had to retreat, and the huge living room returned to an empty state.

Zuo Mengeng, who was sitting on the tiger head chair, was motionless like a zombie.

With a sluggish expression, he repeatedly thought about the words of Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying, and felt more and more sad in his heart.

My current situation is indeed extremely difficult and urgent. If you are not careful, you will die and your name will be destroyed, and the whole clan will not exist.

Is it really necessary to persist in such an almost doomed tragic situation?

What's more, even if he persists, how can he have the slightest chance to take revenge on his father, and how can he have the slightest chance of protecting all the soldiers?

Such a wretched death is actually worthless and meaningless.

Thinking of this, Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The situation is stronger than people, how can it be stronger.

He slowly got up, walked back and forth in the hall like a lonely ghost, and finally made a decision.

His grandmother's, so far, it really doesn't make any sense to hold on to his face.

For the sake of ethereal face and integrity, he broke his life and his subordinates in vain, and finally didn't get anything, then he was really completely stupid. It's really in such a situation, my father has a spirit in the sky, but I'm afraid that he will stomp his feet and scold his own choice.

In this era of war, nothing is more important and realistic than surviving.

Zuo Mengeng stopped, let out a long sigh, and called the attendants and asked all the generals of the army to come to the hall for a meeting.

Zuo Mengeng sat in the middle of the end, he slowly looked around at the generals, coughed lightly, and said lightly to everyone; "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Tang Army has recently taken Guangxi, our army's foreign aid has been cut off, and the soldiers and horses of the headquarters are fleeing a lot every day.

As soon as Zuo Mengeng's words came out, the generals below immediately began to discuss.

"Alas, I really didn't expect that the Tang army would progress so quickly, and the land of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi provinces of my Hongguang Dynasty was quickly destroyed by the Tang army with a devastating momentum, and its combat power was so terrifying."

"Yes, in just over half a year, the Tang army swept through the three provinces and occupied the land of Annan, and its military exploits are so great that even the generals of the founding of the Ming Dynasty cannot reach it."

"Now that the Tang army has pacified the three provinces, we will inevitably come again to try to wait for us, we are short of food and grass inside, lack of reinforcements outside, sitting in the city of sorrow, low morale, Anke will fight against the Tang army again."

"Isn't it, now there are hundreds of fugitives in our army every day, and although the generals everywhere severely punish them, they can't stop them, and continue like this. I'm afraid there is only a fear of mutiny. ”

"Ahem, don't say mutiny, even if the status quo can be maintained, now there are so many soldiers running every day, and the number of people fleeing is increasing, even if the Tang army does not attack, but continues to besiege the city, our army will definitely fall into a complete collapse because all the soldiers have fled, this is already in front of us, and everyone can see the result."

After listening to everyone's gossip and discussion, Zuo Mengeng's brows furrowed even tighter, and at the same time, he felt glad that he could make the decision to surrender to the Tang Army in time.

If he strongly rejected the advice of Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying, and must fight the Tang army to the end, then among these generals here, it is inevitable that some people will not disagree.

At that time, there will be a mutiny, and there will be chaos in the army, and I may want to become a prisoner, and it is a luxury to be tied up to see the Tang army. If the head is really cut off in vain by the mutiners, it will be too late to regret it.

So, Zuo Mengeng sighed again, and said to everyone: "Everyone, the general has already decided, rather than sitting in vain like this, you can only sit and wait for death, it is meaningless." Therefore, Ben Jiang thought for a long time, in order to find a good way out for everyone, so that you would not be wiped out by the Tang army in this remote and isolated city with Ben General, Ben General decided to lead his troops down the mountain to surrender to the Tang Army. ”

As soon as Zuo Mengeng's words came out, there was an uproar below, but everyone who was nervously discussing it had a look of relief and joy on their faces.

Seeing that everyone was relieved, Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying glanced at each other, and immediately took the lead in kneeling: "General Zuo judged the situation, made a wise decision, and gave his subordinates a way to live, we are really grateful to Dade!" ”

Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying took the lead, and the rest of the generals also knelt on the ground one after another to express their gratitude to Zuo Mengeng.

Seeing his own decision, it was unanimously agreed by everyone, and at this moment, Zuo Mengeng's heart was inexplicably sad and full of mixed feelings.

He waved his hand and told the crowd to stand up and speak.

Subsequently, Zuo Mengeng ordered Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying to be the representatives and send them down to negotiate the surrender with the Tang army.

Lu and Li went as promised, looking at their departing backs, Zuo Mengeng was stunned and full of expectations.

Not long after, Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying, carrying Zuo Mengeng's secret letter, came all the way down the mountain with a white flag, and were immediately discovered by the Tang Army under the mountain, and took them all the way to the residence of Mo Changrong, the mayor of the eleventh town of the Tang Army.

Seeing the two of them coming with white flags, Mo Changrong, the mayor of the eleventh town of the Tang Army, had already guessed their intentions, so he took them into the tent and sat down as guests.

Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying, seeing Mo Changrong so polite, their originally nervous and uneasy hearts suddenly relaxed a lot. The two were not polite, and then gave a brief explanation of Zuo Mengeng's surrender decision to Mo Changrong, and presented Zuo Mengeng's handwritten secret letter with both hands.

After listening to the words of the two and reading Zuo Mengeng's letter, Mo Changrong laughed and said to the two: "You two, why are you late." ”

When Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying heard this, they suddenly looked at each other awkwardly, Lu Guangzu smiled and arched his hand: "Our army is against the heavenly soldiers, and we don't know the current affairs, and it is indeed too late to surrender now. ”

Mo Changrong said with a smile: "Do you wait, for your surrender today, my lord Tang King Li Xiao has already foreseen, so some time ago I have sent a letter to inform the general, asking me to be ready to welcome the surrender of Erbu at any time." Now it seems that Tang Wang is really quite prescient. ”

Lu and Li, hearing this, suddenly became more and more embarrassed, Li Guoying arched his hand and said: "Tang Wang is not a hero, scheming and unpredictable, and he is really a hero who is not born in the world." We have been fighting with your army for a long time, and now I think about it, how stupid. However, since the Tang King has this wise foresight, he will not refuse my subordinates to surrender down the mountain. ”

Mo Changrong nodded, and said loudly to the two: "Yes." King Tang said, your troops have come to surrender, and our army can not be blamed for your past crimes, and the personal lives and property of your soldiers can also be preserved. The magnanimity and benevolence of the Tang King can be seen in it. ”

Hearing Mo Changrong's words, Lu Li and the others were greatly relieved.

The two of them said some flattering words again and again, and Li Guoying coughed lightly, and asked him the question he was most concerned about: "General Mo, since the King of Tang allowed our troops to surrender and treated us so leniently, then what specific arrangements will be made for us next?" ”

As soon as Li Guoying finished saying this, Lu Guangzu also opened his eyes wide and looked at Mo Changrong, the commander of the Tang Army, who was sitting on the top of him.

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