Chapter Seventy-Two: Lobbying
The city gate of Mengxian opened a gap, Ye Zhao sat a stone's throw away and squinted his eyes slightly, and when he saw a yellow turban general appear, he immediately closed it again, shook his head slowly, and took a black flag in his hand and played with it.
In the distance, Fang Yue, who saw Ye Zhao holding the black flag in his hand, silently lowered his arm, obviously Ye Zhao didn't think this was a good opportunity to attack the city.
Liao Chun walked in front of Ye Zhao with a steady pace, looked at Ye Zhao, who was sitting on the straw mat steadily, and did not get up to greet him, and after a moment of silence, he sat opposite Ye Zhao with a golden knife.
"So that Jun Mo has to think again, before Liao Chun left the city, he had already arranged the future, if Liao had an accident, the three armies in the city would defend the city and wait for reinforcements." Looking at Ye Zhao, Liao Chun spoke first.
"General Liao is really cautious." Ye Zhao smiled and filled Liao Chun and himself with a glass of sake, raised the wine and drank it all, and said with a smile: "It's not difficult to break this city, and there is no need for this official to use such means, General Liao is too careful." ”
"There's nothing wrong with being cautious." Liao Chun silently picked up the wine, glanced at Ye Zhao, and finally took a sip and said: "On the battlefield, who can know what will happen in the next moment, but it makes you dare to come alone like this, but it surprises Liao Chun." ”
"Mr. Qiu has also learned some swordsmanship, and his official swordsmanship is not bad." Ye Zhao re-filled himself and said: "If General Liao has bad intentions, this official feels that it is more than enough to protect himself." ”
When Qiu Chi on the side heard this, he hurriedly pretended to hold the hilt of the sword in his hand, and looked directly at Liao Chun, looking directly at him, it was really lacking in deterrence, and Liao Chun didn't even bother to take a look.
"If the envoy wants to persuade him to surrender, he will not be able to open his mouth." Liao Chun didn't look at Qiu Chi at all, just stared at Ye Zhao and said solemnly.
"I'm not very old, but I talk old-fashioned." Ye Zhao looked at Liao Chun's face, although he was serious, he couldn't hide the immaturity in his face, I am afraid that he is not as old as himself.
"These words came out of the mouth of the envoy, and they are not convincing!" Liao Chun looked at Ye Zhao speechlessly, the other party is also very young, but when he talks and does things, he is very urban, which looks like a twenty-year-old young man.
"It's different." Ye Zhaofu smiled and shook his head, there are some things that can never be compared with the thoughts that naturally emanate: "If you don't fall, you won't descend, Mengxian is just a small city, and now it is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and it is difficult to do anything by Suiyang, Yuxian and Ningling counties, compared to this, this official is more curious about your life experience." ”
"Me?" Liao Chun looked at Ye Zhao puzzled.
"Yes, I don't know much about your information, but I learned from the generals of the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered that you are a person from Jingxiang Zhonglu, and you have a table, Yuan Jian is right?" Ye Zhao nodded and said.
"Not bad." Liao Chun nodded, there was nothing to hide.
"There is a family surnamed Liao in Zhonglu, who lives in the south of the country, and is also regarded as a Jingxiangwang family, and there are people who have been out of office for several generations, it stands to reason that you should be a family and should have served the court, but for some reason you entered the Taiping Sect and helped to abuse?" Ye Zhao looked at Liao Chun and asked with a smile.
"The court is corrupt, the eunuchs are chaotic, and the world is ......"
"Needless to say, high-level affairs, you and I stand at the bottom of the mountain, how do you know the truth on the top of the mountain?" Ye Zhao waved his hand and interrupted Liao Chun's words: "I only ask why do you want to help this Taiping Sect?" ”
"The doctrine of Taiping is ......"
"Walk the way of Dashun and teach the salvation of the world and the people, right?" Ye Zhao interrupted Liao Chun's words with a smile.
"Not bad." Liao Chun was silent for a moment.
"And the result? It has been more than a month since the Taiping Sect was raised, and what this official sees is very different from what is said in that doctrine! Ye Zhao sighed: "The Yellow Turban Army only knows how to loot, not produce, and the places they pass through are like locusts crossing the border, and the good and the bad are uneven, and, at the beginning, the Taiping Sect only kills corrupt officials, regardless of whether those people are really corrupt officials or not, but in this regard, it is still quite popular, so at the beginning of the incident, the Taiping Sect was like a broken bamboo, but it was just the money and food looted by the government, which was obviously not enough to support the great Taiping Sect, so their goals began to turn to the family and the strong. ”
Ye Zhao looked at Liao Chun and said, "And then?" No matter how rich the family is, the food will run out one day, and as far as I know, the Taiping Sect does not produce the land, and it grows excessively, coercing the people to strengthen their momentum, after no one farms, how can the Taiping Sect survive after eating the food of the family? Even if they are lucky enough to win, in the end, when the family and the powerful no longer exist, will they stretch their minions to the robes of the people? ”
"No matter how corrupt the imperial court is, there is always a way to live, but if the Taiping Sect is allowed to win the world, what this official sees is not a peaceful and prosperous world, but a purgatory on earth, this is the ideal world of Yuan Jian?"
Liao Chun was silent, not speechless, but what Ye Zhao said, it was what he was worried about these days, after the Taiping Sect broke out in a hurry, although it was like a bamboo, but the hidden dangers were constantly buried, otherwise no matter how powerful Ye Zhao was, even if the Yellow Turban Army was incompetent, it would be impossible for Ye Zhao to reverse the situation in such a short period of time.
The people's hearts have changed, although the Taiping Sect is now powerful, but the foundation has been continuously weakened, so tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops were chased and beaten by less than one-tenth of Ye Zhao's troops, and they had no fighting spirit, even if the momentum was big now, it was just a flash in the pan, it was seen that Liao Chun did not refute, but replaced it with silence, and after a while, he looked up at Ye Zhao: "Say so much, the envoy is still here to surrender." ”
"Nature." Ye Zhao nodded as a matter of course: "General Liao's ability, as well as his life experience, why follow Zhang Jiao to a dead end?" As far as I know, Zhang Jiao's employment is not as rumored to be equal, but to employ people as relatives, most of his disciples are in important positions, but talented people like General Liao are suppressed everywhere, especially General Liao's life experience, now it is even more embarrassing in this Yellow Turban Army, if you don't surrender at this time, do you have to wait until the day of the Yellow Turban's demise or the Yellow Turban military disaster and the time when the family is small before thinking about retreating? ”
"It is alarmist." Liao Chun stood up and frowned.
"General Liao is a talent, not like a fool, whether what the official said can happen, should have his own judgment, the official will not say much, all he says, since General Liao wants to delay time, the officer will follow your heart, give you a three-day deadline, within three days, I will not attack the city, but if after three days, General Liao can not make a decision, this officer will be General Liao determined to be loyal to the Taiping Sect, there will be no possibility of alleviation, then you and I will win or lose, then we will rely on our own ability."
After speaking, Ye Zhao stood up and saluted Liao Chun and said: "I won't stay long, whether it is a battle or surrender, I hope that after three days, General Liao can give this official a satisfactory answer." ”