Chapter Seventy-Five: Persuasion
"You?" Luo Bingzhang looked at Luo Yang, dumbfounded.
After hesitating for too long, Luo Yang was embarrassed, and passionately invited the old man to sit down and talk. Luo Bingzhang sat down slowly, but looking at Luo Yang's eyes, it was no longer contempt and pity, but suspicion and fear, which was also a sign of respect.
"Luo Zhitai, please sit, sit!" Luo Yang had to remind again.
"Did you send you?" Luo Bingcheng asked vigilantly.
"Mr. Luo, this is your mistake!" Luo Yang shook his head.
"How?"
"I treat you with courtesy, calling you Mr. and Maker, but you have been slandering our heroes and commanders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, do you think that this is not a fall into the market and the likes of the people to lower their value?"
"Okay, Shi Dakai! Why didn't your Wing King Shi Dakai come? ”
"I've already said that Wing King Chitose has died of war wounds and passed away!"
"Ah, I know, then, who is your long-haired now, no, the leader of the Taiping Army?"
Luo Yang really feels that those high-level intellectuals who have entered the elite class who have read poetry and books are stubborn, reactionary, and never forget their own identity.
"Mr. Luo, your leader is the Manchu Tatar, the Tongzhi Emperor with big braids, and the non-Han clothes, and our leader is myself."
Luo Bingzhang's face turned red, and he was ridiculed by Luo Yang, which was not pleasant, feeling Luo Yang's youth and sharpness, and was even more shocked by the second half of the sentence: "You? Not Hong Xiuquan? ”
Luo Yang shook his head: "Hong Xiuquan is the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on the East Road, we are the subordinates of the Wing King Shi Dakai, now, the Wing King has died, all the troops belong to me, and this king is in moderation, therefore, I am the commander of all the revolutionary armies in Sichuan now, and we have broken away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan naturally has nothing to do with us." ”
"What? You have escaped from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? How did you get out? When? What now? Luo Bingzhang asked impatiently.
Luo Yang concisely described the changes in Chengdu these days.
"The Great Han Heavenly Kingdom? Rui Wang Luoyang? Want to be self-reliant? ”
"Well, how dare Manchu be a conquering barbaric court established by a bloody and violent massacre, this is not enough, now, they are decadent and reactionary, killing internally, humiliating externally, and completely losing the basic duties of a state power, as for Hong Xiuquan in Nanjing, his talent is limited, he has no commander, and he is about to perish, in this case, the times create heroes, we just don't want to be self-reliant and have to do it!" Luo Yang said seriously.
Luo Bingzhang is still in petrification, the enemy in front of him is so young that he almost wants to ignore it, but his exploits are so terrible, the two elite authentic Hunan troops under his command, Liu and Hu Zhonghe, were all eaten by others, and the encirclement carefully planned by Zi Dadi himself, relying on the help of heaven, is about to succeed, but it is more than 2,000 people, breaking through the encirclement, and turning defeat into victory! Also, the city of Chengdu was strong and thick, and with the remnants of the Hunan army and the Sichuan army holding on, it could definitely be defended, but it was easily broken through by others, resulting in the fall of the city and his own defeat and capture. In prison, he has been thinking about such a question, Shi Dakai is indeed a hero, he underestimated him, until now, he understands that Shi Dakai's talent is indeed far behind him, the problem is that a new and more powerful enemy stands in front of him, this person is ordinary-looking, ambitious, but gentle and elegant, slow and methodical, this calm and unhurried temperament, let him sigh and fear!
"You, what do you mean you're here? Is it just to humiliate the old man? Shrouded by Luo Yang's clear and confident gaze, Luo Bingzhang, who has always been strong-minded, suddenly became angry.
"No, no, Mr. Luo, you misunderstood!"
"Okay, please kill the old man quickly! The old man has been captured and entertained, he is already satisfied, it should be damned, if King Rui can understand and respect the old man, the old man will thank you! Luo Bingzhang arched his hand and said coldly.
"This king wants to know, why didn't Luo Zhitai commit suicide when he was in prison?" 、
"Hmph, although the Governor lost the city and lost the land, and became a prisoner, he will never commit suicide and humiliate himself, in order to be happy, the Governor will scold you for your long hair and martyrdom on the execution ground!"
"Mr. Luo's courage, I admire it very much, to be honest, if the contemptible person is captured by your Luo Zhitai, then, I will definitely commit suicide on the spot, your old gentleman's courage in the face of setbacks and failures is really what this king should learn!" Luo Yang bowed solemnly.
"This?" Luo Bingzhang made him inexplicable, and he was a little moved in private. After learning Luo Yang's identity, he wanted to speak out, scolded the thief to death, and became famous, but he didn't expect that he was forced by the weak temperament of the people, and he couldn't hate it at all, especially the respectful attitude of others, which made him feel that even if he was a stubborn stone, he only hit a ball of cotton, and he couldn't focus at all!
The feeling of complete failure made him exhausted, and he could only sit honestly in his chair.
"Since the old gentleman has foresight, he is unwilling to accompany the burial of the Manchu Tatars." Luo Yang suddenly changed his words and said: "I, the consul of the Han Heavenly Kingdom, am willing to come to ask the old gentleman to give up my status as a prisoner of war of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and become the founding minister of my Han Heavenly Kingdom!" ”
"You, what did you say?"
"In the following meaning, I would like to ask Mr. to come out of here, join us, give us advice, and carry forward the cause of the Han Heavenly Kingdom."
"Call me? Hahahaha! Luo Bingzhang pondered for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Tell me to surrender?" ”
"That's not what it means, it's to make the old gentleman repent and return to the teachings of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty! Stop working for the Manchu lackeys. ”
"Go! Jokes, the world is big, the virtuous live in it, what Manchu Qing? Minion? Hmph, I have been in the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, with deep virtue and benevolence, and prosperity, and I am the most prosperous and prosperous country in China, even if the emperor is a border nation, what can I do? The Manchurian nation is also the descendants of the Yellow Emperor who migrated to it, and they must not be looked at externally! The old man is deeply favored by the mighty emperor and entrusted with his life, how can he listen to your words and sell himself to take refuge? Luo Bingzhang roared indignantly.
Luo Yang knew that this was the end, it was impossible to ask a Qing court member like Luo Bingzhang to surrender immediately, and he was also psychologically prepared for a long-term struggle to transform, he was convinced that if Luo Bingzhang could be transformed, the power of the united front would be no less significant than losing a political atomic bomb!
"Mr. Luo is really loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this king will not comment, but dare to ask, are you willing to get out of the prison and go to the streets of Chengdu to see? To think about it? To ask? By the way, let's also take a look at the problems of our Han Heavenly Kingdom? This king is warmly welcomed! ”
"This?"