After making up his mind, Gao Shang saw that it was not yet late at night, and he happened to take advantage of the night at this time, so he found the housekeeper and instructed: "You go and invite Gao Miao and Li Qin to come over, and say that I will invite them to eat and drink, and discuss something with them!" ”

The butler agreed, "Yes, sir!" ”

Only an hour later, Gao Miao and Li Qincao rushed over one after another, Gao Miao is actually a cousin of Gao Shang who has not yet come out of the five suits, and has a very close blood relationship, Gao Miao has always been a noble horse, and obeys his words, and Li Qincao has also received a lot of benefits from noble, and he can be regarded as a more credible person. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The three of them sat down, and the maids and maids quickly brought wine and meat, and put it on the low table in front of each of them. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, I'll be respectful and obey my fate, haha!" The two laughed and began to feast.

After three rounds of drinking, Gao Miao saw that Gao Shang had a worried face, and couldn't help asking: "My cousin sent someone to say that there is something to discuss with us, I don't know what it is?" I see that my cousin's face is worried, is it that the things in my heart are just for us to discuss? ”

Gao Shang nodded and said: "Don't hide it from the two of you, an old man came to see me today and persuaded me to surrender to Li Tang!" In any case, I am a high person, and I can be regarded as a person who has been favored by the first emperor, deeply trusted, and entrusted with important tasks, but if I turn my back on Dayan and vote for Li Tang, I will always feel ashamed of the favor of the first emperor and His Majesty! But the old man also said quite reasonably, we were originally the ministers of the Tang Dynasty, if the traitors in the court have been eliminated, and the number of Great Yan Qi has been exhausted, and if we continue to be stubborn, I am afraid that I will be buried with this Yan Kingdom, two brothers, how do you say I should choose? ”

Gao Miao and Li Qincao glanced at each other when they heard this, both of them were happy in their hearts, listening to the tone of noble words seemed to be loose, Li Qincao immediately said: "Gao Xiang, I think that your old man is not only reasonable, but also quite far-sighted, although the Tang army was defeated in Xiangzhou last year, but it did not hurt the muscles and bones, and now Zhao Ziliang is back in charge, the morale of the Tang army is greatly boosted, I heard that they have been training for several months in winter, and their combat power is stronger, which is like us here, the soldiers are tired one by one, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and will have no fighting spirit?" ”

Gao Miao also said: "Yes, Brother Li is right, and the younger brother also agrees!" We don't have a way, if there is a way, we have already cast it, how can we live in fear like now? ”

Looking at the two of them with noble faces, it didn't seem to be a lie, and said hesitantly: "But now that I have no soldiers and no generals in my hands, even if I throw myself over, Li Tang is afraid that he will not pay attention to me, and when I get there, I am afraid that I will not even be able to be a petty official!" ”

Gao Miao and Li Qincao glanced at each other again, and the two of them stood up and walked together to face Gao Shang and bowed: "Brother, if my brother is willing to surrender, my two brothers are willing to surrender to Li Tang with my brother, and there will be no complaints before and after the saddle." We are the generals, and our soldiers are the soldiers, and how can the brothers say that there are no soldiers and no generals? ”

Gao Shang Zhengse said: "Are the two brothers serious? ”

"There is no lie, if there is a falsehood, so that I have to die!"

"I'm relieved to have two good brothers, please get up! The three of us brothers deliberate carefully! As he spoke, Gao Shang immediately helped the two of them up and let them sit down.

He also said: "There are more than 20,000 soldiers in this Luoyang City, and there are more than 10 generals, and the soldiers in the hands of the two of you are only five or six thousand. ”

The two nodded yes, and Gao Miao asked, "I wonder if my brother has any good plans?" ”

Gao Shang said: "I thought about it for my brother, and the great credit is to give this Luoyang City to Li Tang!" In this way, this credit is enough, but if you want to control all this Luoyang City in our hands, it is not enough to rely on the three of us, we have to win over other generals, as long as we can win over more than sixty percent of the generals and control more than half of the soldiers and horses, we will have a chance to completely control this city! ”

Li Qincao asked, "Then the two junior brothers will go tomorrow to test the ideas of other generals one by one?" ”

Gao Shang nodded and said: "Yes, but you must be cautious when choosing someone who is tempted, if it is a person who is usually a loyal person to Dayan, it is best not to open your mouth to it, so as not to leak the news, not only can we not do this, but also put ourselves in!" ”

The two agreed: "The little brother will definitely act carefully if he understands!" ”

The next day, Li Qincuo and Gao Miao each went to test the rebel generals who led the troops, and at the end of the day, they sent out that eighty percent of the generals who led the troops had the heart of surrender, but during this time, An Qingxu connived at the generals under his command to report and attack each other, and everyone did not dare to show their sincerity again.

After Gao Shang got the reports of Li Qincuo and Gao Miao, he felt that he had the bottom in his heart and had a lot more certainty.

On the night of 12 February, Gao Shang summoned all the leading generals and colonels in Luoyang City to the Henan Mansion in the name of staying behind in Luoyang, and the generals rushed to sit on both sides of the lobby.

The oil lamps in the lobby crackled, and the noble sat on the main seat and looked at the generals and colonels and said, "Generals, I summoned you here today, there is really an important matter that needs to be discussed with you before you can be decided!" ”

Gao Miao cooperated: "Gao Xiang, I don't know what's the matter?" ”

Noble eyes swept left and right, "A few days ago, Li Tang sent someone to contact me, wanting to persuade me to surrender to Cheng, but although I am the prime minister of Dayan, I have no soldiers and no generals in my hands, how can I surrender?" However, they directly set out the conditions, if you are willing to join me in Chengcheng, the generals can each be promoted to three ranks, the military rank is one level, and a cart of gold and silver will be rewarded! ”

"Hiss-" Some of the generals couldn't help but gasp, Li Tang actually offered such good conditions?

The generals and colonels above the hall immediately began to discuss, and according to the set routine, Li Qincao stood up and asked cooperatively: "Gao Xiang, if we surrender to sincerity, each of us will be promoted to three levels of official rank, one level of military rank, and a cart of gold and silver will be rewarded, then what about you?" You are already the prime minister, if the official is promoted to the third level, won't you want the emperor? If you become an emperor, then why did Emperor Li Tang go? ”

Gao Shang shook his head and said: "Li Tang will properly settle me, the reason why I want to surrender to Cheng is not because of a high position, now I am already the prime minister of Yan State, if I am for a high position, why should I go to Cheng Li Tang again?" As long as the generals are not blind, they can see that this Great Yan Dynasty is not unsuccessful, and it is a matter of time before it falls, and when the time comes, I, the prime minister, will be afraid that it will be difficult to save my life, rather than giving Dayan a funeral in the end, and taking advantage of the fact that the situation has not deteriorated to the point of no return, Li Tang has already promised me, and at worst, he will also give me a position as a squire and a marquis! This time I have decided, I will surrender to Li Tang, if any of you are unwilling, I will not force it, you can leave on your own, as the so-called Tao is different, everyone has their own ambitions! If you don't want to, you can stand up! ”

One of the generals hesitated for a moment and stood up, and said to Gao Shan: "General Yin's kindness to me in promoting my acquaintance, I can't turn my back, I have to go to find him!" ”

Another person stood up and said: "I was brought up by General Niu, I can't be sorry for General Niu!" ”

Another person stood up and pointed at Gao Shang and scolded: "Gao Shang, the first emperor has the grace of knowing you, and His Majesty trusts you and lets you stay in Luoyang, but I didn't expect you to hide your rebellious heart, are you worthy of the first emperor and Your Majesty?" ”

Everyone saw that this person was from the An clan, and he was not very favored, but he also had more than 2,000 people in his hands.

Ignoring the man's invincing and reproaches, Gao Shang asked, "Is there anyone else who doesn't want to?" ”

The generals and colonels looked at it, but no one stood up anymore, and Gao Shang immediately said: "Come on, drag these three people out!" ”

A group of sergeants rushed in when they heard the order, and the three of them were shocked, and one of them shouted: "Gao Shang, you don't believe in your words, didn't you just say that we should leave on our own?" ”

Gao Shang snorted coldly: "Hmph, I said I could let you leave on your own, but I didn't say now!" When we take control of Luoyang City and collect your soldiers and horses, it's not too late to let you go!" Let's wait a little longer! Come, take them down, keep a watchful eye, and if they run away before they are done, I will ask you questions! ”

"No!"

After the three opposing generals were taken away, Gao Shang said to the other people who were still in shock: "Don't panic, now we are people in the same boat, we should be in the same boat, it is too late for you to regret it now, if An Qingxu knows that you are conspiring with me tonight, you will not end well, it is better to simply follow me to surrender to Li Tang!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Gao Miao immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "The last general is willing to follow Gao Xiangxiang Cheng Li Tang, if there is a different heart, I will be told to fight five thunders in the sky, and I will not die!" ”

Seeing this, the other generals also had to stand up and express their positions, as if the more vicious the oath was, the more it could prove their determination.

Seeing this, Gao Shang immediately said: "Okay! General Li Qincuo, I order you to lead your headquarters to immediately take over the major city gates and city wall garrisons, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without my order! ”

"The last general commands!" Li Qin clenched his fists in agreement, then turned around with his sword in his hand.

Gao Shang said to Gao Miao again: "General Gao, I order you to receive the soldiers and horses of the three just now, quickly collect them, and prevent them from making trouble, but if anyone does not obey, you will be killed!" ”

"Command!" Gao Miao also turned around and left after agreeing.

"General Pan Yu, I order you to lead your headquarters to take over the grain and grass hoarding camp, if there is resistance, you will be killed!"

"The last general obeys!"

With the high orders issued, Luoyang City in the middle of the night began to become noisy, the city was full of soldiers and horses mobilized, weapons collided, the sound of war horses neighing, a whole night, the remaining Luoyang people were frightened to hide at home and shiver, until dawn, the city was quiet, at this time the city has been Yan Army banner has been discarded to the ground, hanging the banner of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )