"What exactly does 'loyalty' mean? Can anyone tell me? Yan Xiang couldn't help but fall into thinking after Pei Qing's words, was it wrong for him to do this?

Yan Xiang deeply felt that Pei Qing's words were very reasonable, and he suddenly felt that the loyalty he had kept before had no value, which made him feel that he was really "living" in the previous years.

However, Yan Xiang soon found that Pei Qing was a little wrong, although King Wu of Zhou's attack was commendable, but Bo Yi Shuqi was also eternal, just like what happened to Pei Qing, although although Zhang He Gaolan surrendered to Pei Qing in accordance with the situation, and his high position was respectable, but at the same time, there were also Lu Yi and Fu Zhi who resolutely refused to surrender, didn't they also receive Pei Qing's respect? Another example is Cao Cao's capture of Xuzhou, will those Song Xian, Wei Xu and others who were forced to surrender to Cao Cao due to the situation be more respectable than Chen Gong, who resolutely refused to surrender in the face of death? This is absolutely impossible, so although the monarch is cruel and deaf, he can choose to maintain his integrity, the rich and noble cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent, this is what the great husband does.

So Yan Xiang said to Pei Qing, "Thank you Pei Gong for being willing to give me such an opportunity, I also know what kind of character Yuan Shu is, but since he has chosen to be loyal, he can't betray his original intention, although loyalty to the world may be a person with a broader mind, but loyalty to the individual can not be regarded as a loss of morality, just like Bo Yi Shuqi who does not eat Zhou Su, although their death seems worthless, but this kind of loyal virtue is enough to educate the world, compared to those who are known for adapting to the situation, but in fact, they are greedy for life and afraid of death, I don't know how many times stronger? I would like to use my death to demonstrate the virtue of loyalty, so as to educate the world, so that people know that there are people in this world who truly sacrifice their lives for righteousness, and there are some people who follow them, then my death is meaningful, so I ask for a death today, in the name of the whole me, and let me educate the world with the virtue of loyalty. ”

However, I saw Pei Qing sneering and said, "I thought you had come to your senses, but I didn't expect it to be so ancient, I fulfilled you, wouldn't it seem that I personally destroyed talents and did this act of burning the qin and cooking the crane?" What's more, I need loyalty, but I don't need a foolish and loyal person like you, everyone has their own ambitions, like you to learn Bo Yi Shuqi to adhere to ethics is understandable, and it is also worthy of respect, but you ruin the reputation of others for your own name, this is really harmful to others and self-interested, how can you show your loyalty and righteousness with this kind of character that harms others and benefits yourself? So I'm not going to kill you, so you can relax. ”

Yan Xiang was also silent for a long time when he heard this, and then sighed slowly, "I only cared about my reputation just now, but I didn't expect that this would harm Pei Gong's name, I'm really sorry, since that's the case, then I don't want to die, just be a Boyi Shuqi who doesn't eat Zhou Su, as Pei Gong said, everyone has their own ambitions, I hope Pei Gong can be fulfilled." ”

Pei Qing also sighed when he heard this, he really couldn't imagine that there were such loyal people under Yuan Shu's command, since the other party's attitude was so clear, Pei Qing couldn't persuade more, so he left.

Later, after Pei Qing broke Yuan Shu, he let Yan Xiang leave, Yan Xiang also had time to make his promise, return to the countryside, cultivate his own crops, and spend his old age safely, but Yan Xiang also admired Pei Qing, although he never came out, but he educated the people in his hometown, praised Pei Qing's political achievements, and did not restrict his descendants from serving Pei Qing, this matter has also become a beautiful talk, recorded in the history books, on the one hand, it has become his loyal life, on the other hand, it has also made Pei Qing's cherishing and loving talents and open-mindedness passed down through the ages.

As for the above, it was not what Pei Qing thought of at this time, he did not succeed in recruiting Yan Xiang, and he regretted it in his heart, but he still carefully kept the sword that Yan Xiang was holding at the beginning, and extracted Yan Xiang's genes from it, I thought that it was impossible to use it again in this life, but I didn't expect that a few years later, Pei Qing found that Yan Xiang's son Yan De was an official under him, and he immediately matched Yan Xiang's genes to Yan De, which led to Yan De's ability to be greatly improved, and finally he actually achieved a state assassination.

Of course, this is all in the future, Pei Qing can't think of so much now, he ordered someone to continue to strictly guard Yan Xiang, and at the same time ordered to set out the list of Anmin, rectify the soldiers, and put the troops into the army after selection, and praised Lü Meng as the Taishou of Jiujiang, and left a thousand people Lü Meng to guard Yinling County, and he led the rest of the troops to march towards Shouchun early the next morning.

It took three full days from the beginning of the siege to the departure of Pei Qing's army, but Yuan Shu never sent a single soldier to reinforce for such a long time, which made the generals who had questioned that Pei Qing should not use all their strength to attack deeply admired Pei Qing's previous expectations, and even Yan Xiang, who learned this, sighed with emotion, he worked hard to defend the city, and it was really chilling for this master to do this.

"Compared with this Pei Qing, the gap between the lord and him is really not a little bit, this is not only a gap in ability, but also a gap in open-mindedness, the gap in ability can be made up, but this gap in open-mindedness is really irreparable, which fundamentally determines the fate of both parties. When the lord was in Yuzhou and Huainan, Pei Qing was just a bandit leader, and even at the beginning he was not even a bandit leader, but this has only been a few years? Pei Qing has already become the great prince of the land of Liangzhou and Yuzhou and Si Li, even among today's heroes, the gap between the two sides is so big, this is enough to show the gap between the two in terms of bearing. ”

Yan Xiang smiled bitterly, he now knew the defeat of Yuan Shu, he believed that under the leadership of a male lord like Pei Qing, the unification of the Han Dynasty was inevitable, and no one could stop it, whether it was Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu was naturally even worse.

At this time, Pei Qing of course didn't know what Yan Xiang was thinking, and he wouldn't think about what the other party was thinking, he personally led the army to Shouchun, more than 200 miles along the road, the army was bloodless, and it took only three days to come to Shouchun City.

"General Pei Qing is here, where is the traitor Yuan Shu? Come out and die! If you follow the traitor, sooner or later there will be no good end, and those who know each other will surrender quickly, or you can spare you and wait for you to die, if you wait until the city is broken, it will be too late to regret it."

At this moment, I saw the city gate open, and the general shouted loudly, "Pei Qing'er is so rude, he simply underestimates the heroes of the world, you Ji Ling Yeye is here, why don't you hurry over and die!" ”