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Cen Peng took Zhao Gui to the Chinese military tent of the Han army and met Liu Xiu.

Hearing the news that Cen Peng successfully persuaded the Gaohu army to surrender and occupy Qingyuan, Liu Xiu was overjoyed, and said to the generals around him with a proud face: "At the beginning, I asked Jun Ran to lead the troops to Qingyuan, and the gentlemen still had a lot of complaints, what do you think now?" ”

Looking at Liu Xiu's smiling and complacent appearance, all the generals couldn't help but sigh secretly, feeling that the king was really childlike sometimes.

However, everyone did have a new understanding of Cen Peng's ability, and felt that the king could rely on Cen Peng, not because the two were old acquaintances.

Liu Xiu met with Zhao Gui in the Chinese military tent. Seeing Liu Xiu, Zhao Gui didn't say a word, knelt on his knees, kowtowed forward, and said in a trembling voice: "Grass people Zhao Gui, meet King Xiao!" ”

Zhao Gui is in his thirties, with a medium build, dark skin, and his appearance is not ugly, but he is not handsome. Liu Xiu looked at him for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "General Zhao, please get up." ”

Hearing Liu Xiu call himself General Zhao, Zhao Gui's body was shocked. In front of Liu Xiu, where did he dare to call himself a general? His general is self-appointed, and Liu Xiu's King Xiao is the seal of the Son of Heaven, and in front of others, he is a thief.

Zhao Gui knelt there and didn't dare to move, and whispered: "The grass people don't dare." Liu Xiu smiled, stood up, bypassed the table in front of him, walked to Zhao Gui, and stood still. Zhao Gui first glanced at it, and then his head hung lower, his head was pressed to the ground, and he didn't dare to raise it at all. Liu Xiu bent down and stretched out his hand to help Zhao Gui

got up and said: "General Zhao is a meritorious person who moves the city to Shun, and he can afford to call you General Zhao." ”

His words moved Zhao Gui greatly, the latter's eyes turned red, and he said in a trembling voice: "Everyone praises King Xiao's benevolence, and today the grass people are fortunate to see King Xiao, and they know that the rumors are true." ”

Liu Xiu laughed, waved his hand to the side, and said, "General Zhao, please take a seat." ”

At Liu Xiu's suggestion, some soldiers prepared seats for Zhao Gui. Zhao Gui thanked him again and again, and carefully knelt down on the mat.

Liu Xiu returned to his seat and said slowly: "General Zhao is well aware of the righteousness and is willing to submit to our army, but compared with General Zhao, the Dongshan Barren, Shanghuai and even Qi Bei are too obsessed. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Now, the Bronze Horse Army and the Chonglian Army, a total of 200,000 people, are trapped here, and the two armies are stubbornly resisting and refusing to surrender. ”

Zhao Gui's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly bowed forward and said: "The grass people have always been good friends with General Dongshan, General Shanghuai, and General Qi, and I hope that King Xiao can be extrajudicial and spare their lives!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "General Zhao is really a person who values love and righteousness. He waved his hand to the side, and a soldier stepped forward and brought a cup of tea to Zhao Guiduan. Zhao Gui hurriedly bowed and thanked him. Liu Xiu gestured to him, then picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said meaningfully: "Since the reckless thief usurped the throne, Hebei has had continuous natural disasters, forcing the people to rise up one after another, and natural disasters have become man-made disasters

The people are plunged into an abyss of misery. Over the years, there have been too many people who have died in Hebei, but as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, Lone can't bear to kill again, General Zhao may understand Lone's intentions! What he said was in Zhao Gui's heart. The latter choked up and said: "Xiao Wang Mingjian, it's not that we were the original thieves, but because of the natural disasters and man-made disasters back then, the grass people and even the brothers around them really couldn't survive, so they had to take risks and start an incident

Rebel. ”

Liu Xiu nodded in understanding and sighed: "Back then, in Chungling, Lone and Big Brother had an incident, why wasn't that the case? ”

When Zhao Gui heard this, he felt like he had met his old acquaintance in a foreign country. He said excitedly: "If the king trusts the grass people, the grass people are willing to go to the camp of the Tongma Army and persuade General Dongshan, General Shanghuai and General Qi to surrender!" ”

The Han generals present squinted their eyes in unison.

You must know that Zhao Gui's surrender was deceived into surrender by Cen Penglian. Now he said it soundly, and he was going to the Tongma Army camp to persuade Dongshan Barren and others to surrender, what if he had other thoughts? Then won't you let the tiger go back to the mountain?

People's eyes looked at Liu Xiu together, although everyone didn't say much, but they were all reminding Liu Xiu with their eyes that they must not believe Zhao Gui's words.

Seeing the strange eyes of the Han generals present, and Liu Xiu didn't answer immediately, Zhao Gui sighed secretly in his heart, King Xiao still didn't trust himself!

He was secretly pondering, Liu Xiu slowly spoke: "What I'm worried about is that General Zhao's trip is too dangerous. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Gui looked at Liu Xiu in surprise, and didn't react for a while.

Liu Xiu said earnestly: "Dongshan is barren, Shanghuai and others, and my Han army, water and fire are incompatible, General Zhao went to persuade him to surrender, and he was worried that Dongshan and Shanghuai would ignore your previous friendship!" "It turns out that King Xiao is worried about this! Zhao Gui showed excitement on his face, and said excitedly: "Now the copper horse and the heavy company have been trapped here, isolated and helpless, and it is difficult to fly with wings, and there is no other way than to surrender." For the lives of 200,000 brethren, grass people

Be willing to take the risk! Moreover, the grass people believe that General Dongshan, General Shanghuai, and General Qi are all people who know things well, and they will not insist on going their own way, and they hope that the king will be favorable! "Zhao Gui now understands two points, one is that the Bronze Horse Army and the Chonglian Army are indeed in a desperate situation, if Qingyuan City is still there, the two armies fight desperately, break through to Qingyuan, and maybe there is still a chance to live, but now because of their own relationship, Qingyuan City has fallen into the hands of the Han army, which is equivalent to completely cutting off the retreat of the Bronze Horse Army and the Chonglian Army. Second, Liu Xiu is indeed not a brutal and easy-to-kill person, and taking refuge in Liu Xiu is not a good thing for his own rebels, at least not in the future

With no more fear, live a precarious life.

Because he has made up his mind to take refuge in Liu Xiu, Zhao Gui also has to consider his future career.

At present, persuading the Bronze Horse Army and the Chonglian Army is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make great contributions, once he has done this, in the future, under Liu Xiu's command, he does not have to pretend to be a general, he can straighten his waist and raise his head to be a man.

Liu Xiu's ability to lead troops to fight is very powerful, there is no doubt about this, after all, Liu Xiu has too many brilliant records, but he is very good at fighting, which does not mean that he is really willing to fight in his heart.

In fact, Liu Xiu himself is a person who hates war very much, and he is extremely reluctant to see the tragic scene of corpses all over the battlefield.

His ideas have always been deeply influenced by Confucianism and Taoism, which was especially evident in his later rule of state, but all warlike people were basically excluded from the core of power by him.

And the people closest to him, like Deng Yu, Jia Fu and others, are all people who have the same concept as Liu Xiu.

War is only one of the political means. In order to achieve political demands and goals, in fact, there are many kinds of means, and war is only one of them, and it is also a subordinate policy.

It is the best policy to defeat the enemy without a fight, and to achieve one's political goals by not fighting and not dying, which has been clearly described in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

The army is plotting, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is to attack the city, and the method of attacking the city is a last resort.

Conquering the city is the last resort when all means have been exhausted, but it still doesn't work.

Now the 200,000 rebel army is in front of Liu Xiu, let him kill all these people, he can't be so ruthless, but if he doesn't defeat them and let the copper horse resurrect, he will still be his biggest threat in Hebei in the future.

If you can persuade these 200,000 rebel troops to surrender, this is the most in line with Liu Xiu's wishes. And the person who went to persuade him to surrender, Zhao Gui was indeed the best candidate in Liu Xiu's mind. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "If General Zhao can really say that Dongshan, Shanghuai and others can surrender to our department, he will make an immortal contribution. It's just that Lone still doesn't worry about General Zhao's safety, if General Zhao doesn't have a full hand

Hold, or feel that the risk is too great, you can not go, lonely will not be reluctant! Zhao Gui was so moved that he got up and left the table, kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said: "The last general was born in a reckless manner, but he is so valued by the king, the king Longen, the last general is unforgettable!" Even if it is smeared on the ground for the king's liver and brain, and his bones are broken, the last general will be

Don't hesitate! ”

Liu Xiu got up, walked to Zhao Gui, helped him up again, and said, "Please ask General Zhao for this matter!" ”

"The last general will not disgrace the king's mission!"

"Hmm!" Liu Xiu nodded.

In the end, Liu Xiu accepted Zhao Gui's initiative and sent Zhao Gui to the Bronze Horse Army garrison to persuade the soldiers of the Bronze Horse Army to surrender to Dongshan Barren and Shanghuai.

After Zhao returned and left, the generals in the Chinese army tent said one after another: "King, send Zhao Gui to persuade him to surrender, I am afraid that the tiger will return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled, turned his eyes to look at Cen Peng, and asked with a smile, "What do you think?" ”

Cen Peng ignored the generals around him, and just bowed his hand to Liu Xiu and said, "The king is wise! Persuade the bronze horse to surrender and reconnect, there is no more suitable candidate than Zhao Gui! ”

No matter who you send to you, it is very difficult to win the trust of others, and the Bronze Horse Army and the Chonglian Army do not trust you, so how can you surrender?

Zhao Gui is different, he has a very good relationship with Dongshan Barren, Shanghuai Situation, Qi Bei and others, and the weight of his words in front of these people is greater than everyone on his side.

Taking a step back, even if Zhao Gui fails to persuade him to surrender, it will greatly shake the morale of the Bronze Horse Army and the Chonglian Army, and in the next battle, it will be easier for his side to win, at least it can reduce the casualties of many of his own soldiers.

While they were talking, Long Yuan walked in briskly from outside, and when he came to Liu Xiu's approach, he bowed his hand, and then handed over a small bamboo tube to Liu Xiu, and whispered: "King, it's the news that Yunxi Pavilion has sent back from Luoyang. ”

Liu Xiu's face was straight, he took the small bamboo tube, cut the wax seal on it with his fingernails, pulled out the lid of the bamboo tube, poured out a roll of cloth from it, unfolded it, and wrote inside: Zhu Kun, Li Yi, now in Luoyang to gather soldiers and horses, has 200,000 troops.

After reading this information, Liu Xiu frowned. The generals present looked at each other and asked, "King, is there a change in Luoyang?" ”

Liu Xiu handed the strip of cloth to Long Yuan and asked him to hand it over to the generals to circulate.

After everyone saw it, their faces became solemn. Ma Wu said with a gloomy face: "Luoyang has 200,000 troops, and there are only two possibilities, either send troops to aid Hongnong, or send troops to attack Hanoi!" ”

Luoyang belongs to Henan County, separated from Hanoi County by a water, across the Yellow River and facing each other, close at hand. Luoyang has gathered an army of 200,000 troops, which may cross the Yellow River and attack Hanoi at any time, which is a great threat to his side.

Cho period said quietly: "Zhu Kun and Li Yi, it is unlikely that they will send troops to Hongnong, if the two of them want to aid Chang'an, they would have sent troops a long time ago, and they will not wait until now, in the opinion of the last general, Zhu Kun and Li Yi are coming to Hanoi nine times out of ten." ”

Cen Phong said: "If this is the case, Hanoi is in danger! Now there is only Kou Taishou in Hanoi, and it is difficult to sing alone, once Zhu Kun and Li Yi lead their troops to cross the river, Kou Taishou is difficult to resist. ”

Liu Xiu knocked on his forehead and fell into deep thought. A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen. The thief army in Hebei has not yet been pacified, and Hanoi is about to fall into danger again. He pondered for a moment and said to Long Yuan: "Spread the book to Feng Yi and Wang Liang, Feng Yi is stationed in Mengjin, and Wang Liang is appointed as the commander of Yewang County, stationed in Yewang!" The two of them work together to assist Kou Sui and strictly guard Hanoi, and there must be no loss! ”