Dragon City.

Two years ago, it was attacked by the Northern Wei army for more than a month, although the city was not broken, but the city wall was broken, after two years, the city wall has been repaired.

But the news of the Youzhou army's large-scale invasion reached Longcheng, and the army and the people were united, intending to fight to the death with the Wei army again under Longcheng City, but the Heavenly King Feng Hong secretly sent people to recruit Goguryeo in a big way, and it was just enough to recruit Goguryeo, these people actually regarded Longcheng as their home, one by one, like bandits, they took away what they liked when they saw it in the city, and even emptied the treasury and armory.

The soldiers and civilians of the city were extremely angry, and Shangshu ordered Guo Sheng to break directly into the palace to complain to Feng Hong, but was reprimanded by Feng Hong, and soon after, Feng Hong fled from Longcheng and headed for Liaodong with his children, the inner palace, the young men and women of the city, and the guards under the escort of the Goguryeo army.

The king of heaven ran away, but he left the military and civilians of the whole country under the front of the Youzhou army, how heavy is this to the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Yan State?

The people of Yan who were working in the fields outside the city sweated like rain, and took advantage of the fact that the Wei army had not yet come, and hurriedly harvested the wheat, although the grains of the wheat were not full, but at this time they could not take care of a lot, if they waited for the Wei army to kill, all the wheat would be collected by the Wei army, and even trampled into fertilizer by the army.

At this time, a flag appeared at the end of the road in the distance, and someone in the field stood up to wipe his sweat, and when he saw this flag, he immediately shouted in shock: "Oh no, the Wei army is coming, run!" ”

Everyone in the field got up and looked in the direction of the road, and sure enough, they saw a Wei army flag slowly moving this way, and someone immediately shouted: "The Wei army is coming, run!" ”

The people threw away their farm tools and ran away, not even the harvested ears of wheat.

The people who were working in the fields in all directions around Dragon City soon got the news and quickly converged towards Dragon City from all directions and fled into the city.

The defenders of the Yan army on the city wall stood tall and saw far away, but when they saw hundreds of people rushing towards the city gate, they had a hunch that they were afraid that the Wei army would kill them, and sure enough, it didn't take long to see the banner of the Wei army.

"Close the gates!" The South Gate guard commanded loudly.

When the adjutant general saw that there were still hundreds of people outside the city who had not entered the city, he immediately objected: "No, general, the people have not entered the city yet, won't closing the city gate at this time make them wait for death?" ”

The guard was furious, drew his sword and pointed at the lieutenant general: "Let them wait for death is better than Dragon City being broken and slaughtered!" What if those fleeing civilians hide Wei generals and fine works? If they seize the city gate at a critical moment, won't the Wei army always be able to enter the city? Stop talking nonsense, close the gates, or General Ben will kill you! ”

The deputy general had no choice but to let the city gate guards close the city gate, and closed most of the people outside the city, and the people were blocked outside the city and cried for a long time, so miserable!

It didn't take long for a Wei army to appear, but it seemed that there were not many soldiers and horses, only three hundred cavalry, and the leading general was waving the banner of a general, and there was a person beside him who was dressed in civilian service and holding a scepter.

Seeing this Wei army of soldiers and horses coming slowly, the people who were turned away were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and thought that the Wei soldiers kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Wang De said to the general Lan Yun: "General Lan, send someone to tell the city gate guard, and say that this official has come to see Guo Sheng as the general's messenger!" ”

Lan Yun nodded, and instructed a tooth master: "You take a few people to the city to tell the city gate guard, and let him send someone to report!" ”

"Yes, lord!"

The tooth lord took two cavalry as escorts and galloped towards the city gate, and the people of Yan who were kneeling on the ground retreated one after another to make way for a passage.

The tooth lord stopped outside the moat, raised his head and shouted: "Brothers of the Yan army, we are not here to fight, the general of my family's Zhengdong army has sent a messenger to ask for a visit to General Shangshu Ling Guo, and please go and report it!" ”

Guo Sheng, who had already received the news, had already come to the city wall at this time and heard the shouts of the Wei army lord under the city.

Guo Sheng walked to the female wall and held on to the wall buttress and shouted: "This will be Guo Sheng, dare to ask where your envoy is?" How dare he come forward and speak? ”

Wang De, who was in the rear, heard Guo Sheng's voice and said to Lan Yun: "General Lan, we are here to persuade us to surrender, not to fight, if the Yan army has not harmed the officer, please don't act rashly, okay?" ”

"Wang Zhonglang rest assured, the last general knows the severity!"

"Good!" Wang De nodded, and trotted towards the city with a scepter.

"Xiaguan Dawei Zhengdong General, Governor Youliao Zhu Military, Youzhou Assassin Zhao Envoy Jun Tent Engaged in Zhonglang Wang De has seen General Guo!"

Since he is a messenger and speaks of etiquette according to the rules, Guo Sheng is naturally not good at putting on a face, everyone wants to save face, Guo Sheng is no exception, he hugged his fists and said loudly: "Wang Zhonglang is polite, I don't know why Wang Zhonglang came to Longcheng?" ”

"Xia Guan came to meet Shang Shuling on the order of Zhao Envoy Jun, and discussed with Shang Shu Ling about something, I wonder if Shang Shuling can let Xia Guan enter the city to discuss in detail?" Wang De looked up at Guo Sheng and shouted loudly.

Guo Sheng was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Why didn't Zhao Junsheng come, but only sent you a junior school to engage in Zhonglang?" ”

Wang De said: "The envoy wanted to come to see Shang Shuling in person, but because the army is now stationed in danger, one is to deter the barbarians of Goguryeo and prevent them from peeking into the land of Liaodong; Second, in order to avoid direct conflict with Shang Shuling, Shang Shuling imagined that if my envoy came, he must be accompanied by a large army, and he was suspected of showing off his might, and my envoy did not want to cause a misunderstanding of Shang Shuling! ”

Hearing this, Guo Sheng turned his head and looked at the Yan generals around him, and saw that these people were looking at him nervously, he knew in his heart that the Yan army and civilians had long since lost the courage to fight to the death with the Wei army, and their kings had abandoned them and ran away, who else could he fight for? If the war can be resolved through negotiations, why bother to increase the number of evils?

"Now that your army is arrayed outside the city, please forgive General Ben for not being able to open the city gates! Dare to ask Wang Zhonglang if he dares to take a hanging basket into the city to talk in detail? Guo Sheng was silent for a while and asked.

Wang De laughed: "The lower official came with sincerity on the order of the envoy, and he has no ill will towards Shang Shuling and the soldiers and civilians inside and outside the city, why don't you dare?" ”

"Good! Guo Sheng slapped the wall battlement, and immediately ordered: "Come on, put the hanging basket and invite Wang Zhonglang to enter the city!" ”

Under Guo Sheng's order, a huge hanging basket was put down, Wang De only brought one entourage into the hanging basket, and the others beat their horses to return to the main camp outside the city, and the Yan soldiers in the city used a winch to pull Wang De and his entourage up the city wall.

Guo Shengren prepared tea on the city tower, and he sat face to face with Wang De.

"Wang Zhonglang, my Yan country is located in the northeast wild and bitter cold land, there is nothing to entertain Wang Zhonglang, only this ginseng tea is still a local specialty, please drink ginseng tea!"

"Thank you, General!"

The two of them drank tea each, Guo Sheng thought that Wang De was here to persuade him to surrender, so he opened his mouth to block his mouth first: "If Wang Zhonglang is here to persuade Guo to surrender, please avoid opening his mouth, Zhonglang understands etiquette, not like other Wei people who are barbaric, Guo doesn't want to kill Zhonglang!" ”

Wang De put down the tea with a smile and said: "If you can save thousands of Li people in Longcheng from being slaughtered, and let the people here not suffer from the war, what if Wang Mou dedicates the head of Xiang Shang to the general?" ”

Guo Sheng's hand holding the teacup trembled.

Wang De continued: "Xiaguan is well aware of the general's loyalty to the Yan State and is unwilling to surrender without a fight, but now that the Yan King has fled to Goguryeo, the Yan army has no fighting spirit, morale is low, and the people have been abandoned, and they have no sense of belonging to the Yan State. ”

"Since the rebellion of the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty, the barbarians in the north have taken advantage of the situation, and there have been five Hu and sixteen countries to conquer each other, which has caused a sharp decline in population for more than 100 years, cultural regression, etiquette collapse, people's livelihood withered, and the people of Li are miserable. The lives of the soldiers and civilians of Longcheng today depend entirely on the general's choice, if the general takes a step back, the sea and the sky will be wide, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians will be able to live and work in peace and contentment; If the general insists on his own opinion, then the Youzhou army will not come to the city every day, and the smoke will rise everywhere, although the general can get the name of loyalty and bravery, but this reputation is built up with the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, how can the general bear it? ”

Guo Sheng was silent for a long time when he heard this, and finally said: "Zhonglang is reasonable, Guo is almost convinced, but ······ Guo is a Han Chinese, how can he surrender to Tuoba barbarians? If so, how can we go underground to see our ancestors after death? Guo doesn't kill Zhonglang today, you go back and tell Zhao Junsheng that Guo is waiting for him here! ”

Wang De pondered, waved his hand to the Yan soldiers who came over to see off the guests, and said to Guo Sheng: "The general's temperament makes the subordinate admire, and the subordinate can also understand, the general does not have to reject people thousands of miles away, this matter can still be discussed!" The general and the generals and officials under his command do not want to surrender to the imperial court, so they can choose to surrender to our general; If you don't want to surrender to my general, you can also hand over the military power and official seal, and from then on you will return to the field, and no one will pursue the general's old affairs. The purpose of my general's general is not necessarily to give in to the Yan country, because we all know that even if a person submits, his heart may not necessarily give in, and the purpose of my general is very clear, that is, to end the war in the northeast and return the people of the northeast to a bright future, as long as this goal can be achieved, everything can be discussed! ”

Guo Sheng was quite surprised and surprised when he heard this, this Zhao Junsheng has such a mind and bearing? He pondered for a while, and shouted to the left and right: "Come on, go to the general's mansion to prepare a banquet, and I will invite Wang Zhonglang to a banquet!" ”

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