"Thank you!"

Perhaps it was because they heard the news of Xie An's arrival, and the generals rushed over one after another, and it could be seen that their white spoon faces were not very good-looking.

It is not aimed at Xie An, but against the rebel army in the northwest corner of the city, it can be said that the Zhou army of the Western Expedition easily took Luoyang, but it suffered heavy losses here, which is not a matter of light on the face of the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army.

"Is there an order to stop the attack for the time being?" As he rolled over from his horse, Xie An asked.

"Hmm!" General Su Xin nodded, licked his lips and said, "Since that Zhang Dong sent in to negotiate with us, the last general waited for the arrival and ordered to suspend the attack......"

"That's good!" Xie An nodded, and then walked forward.

Su Xin was stunned, subconsciously stopped in front of Xie An, and asked in astonishment, "Does General Xie want to negotiate with that Zhang Dong in person?" ”

"Or else?"

Looking at Xie An's indifferent expression, Su Xin frowned slightly and said, "Xie Dajin, this is most likely a rebel trick...... The last general thought that there was no need to pay attention to it, and after our soldiers were well fed, they would attack again, and they would definitely be able to annihilate them......"

"Attack again?" Xie An glanced up at Su Xin and said with a smile, "Didn't you feel the momentum of the rebels?" ”

Su Xin's face was stunned when he heard this, in fact, it was precisely because he was aware of this that he pretended to agree to Zhang Dong's negotiations, as for Li Jing, most of them were also because his subordinates suffered heavy injuries, so he hurriedly told Xie An about it, Bi Jing had obviously taken Luoyang, but he still had to sacrifice thousands of dollars here, which was really a bit unreasonable.

"Okay, pass the order, during the negotiation between this official and that Zhang Dong, no one is allowed to attack without authorization, otherwise, it will be severely punished!"

"Yes......" For some reason, Su Xin's gaze at Xie An gradually developed a little respect.

"Da Jin, do you really want to negotiate with that Zhang Dong in person?" Among the generals on the side, Li Jing couldn't help but ask.

"Is there a better way? - Luoyang has been captured, there is no need to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers! This officer has no incompetence, neither knows martial arts nor the art of war, but if he plays tricks, he can make this wave of rebels surrender...... Oh, that's exactly the officer's strength! As he spoke, Xie An waved his hand and let the surrounding generals disperse.

The generals looked at each other, and suddenly, Bu Bai stood up, clenched his fists and said, "In this case, the last general is willing to go with Xie Dajin!" ”

His words seemed to ignite the thoughts in the hearts of the generals, so that everyone clenched their fists and begged for their lives.

"Da Jin, the last general will accompany Da Jin to go together!"

"General Su is the main general, how can he move lightly? Shi Jin is willing to accompany the general! ”

When the generals were talking, Xie An waved his hand and said with a chuckle, "It's just a negotiation, what are you going to do so much?" I don't know, I thought I was timid! Okay, I'll go in one go! ”

"But in case the rebels make a ...... of fraud"

"In case the rebels cheat, wouldn't it be a trick for you to go with you? You are the commander of the army, and you can't lack it! ”

"......" The generals glanced at each other, and suddenly had a good impression of Xie An.

To tell the truth, for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, these generals admire and admire, but they are so good that they have a good impression, but there is nothing at all, Bi Jing's female entry is clear, her art of war, no need for generals.

And now, Xie An values them so much, how can this not move them?

Therefore, the generals pushed and shouted, insisting on going with Xie An, Xie An was so bad that the generals gave up, let Su Xin and Li Jinger enter, and followed Xie An to negotiate with Zhang Dong.

Flicking his sleeves, Xie An raised his feet and walked towards the northwest corner where the rebels were concentrated, followed by Su Xin and Li Jing.

At the same time, Zhang Dong, the chief general of the rebels, was leaning against the broken wall of a residential house, silently looking into the distance on the northwest side.

There, there are his wife and children, as well as the rest of the rebel soldiers and families here.

For their sake, these nearly 20,000 rebels gave up the opportunity to escape from the city gate, and instead chose to live and die with their relatives.

For this reason, Zhang Dong does not feel any regrets, and the rest of the soldiers are also the same.

is also said, if they can't even protect their wives and children, even if they escape from Luoyang, what can they do?

The only regret I feel is that I can't escape from the hell of Luoyang with my wife and children before the Zhou army captures the West City Gate and the North City Gate...... Zhang Dong knew very well that to welcome them with the white spoon, after all, there was only one way to lose, and even the Zhou army of the Western Expedition did not need to continue to attack them at all, as long as they firmly guarded the various sections of the city wall, the city gates, and the streets of Luoyang, they could not get water and food, and they had only a dead end.

They couldn't break through the defense line of the Zhou army at all, not to mention, the 20,000 rebel soldiers still had tens of thousands of family members, some of whom had been taken to the rebel forces in the northwest corner, and some of them were completely exposed to the sphere of influence of the Zhou army in the western expedition.

For this reason, Zhang Dong and others defended the last deposit of land in order to negotiate with the Zhou army: the death of the generals, or even the death of the 20,000 rebels in the whole army, in exchange for the chance to live in the white spoon of their families in the city.

Bi Jing's rebels committed the crime of treason, which is the most serious article of the Great Zhou national law, so serious that no matter who they are, they will not be spared.

To put it mildly, even if the crown prince Li Wei committed treason, he would still be handed over to the Great Prison Temple for trial, and then beheaded in public, and according to the criminal law of the Criminal Department, these rebels who committed treason would not only be punished by Ling Chi, but also their family members.

Of course, if it is really to be implemented, it will not be as serious as the Zhujiu clan as mentioned in the holy decree, there are more than 200,000 rebels in Bijing Luoyang and Chang'an, and if it is Zhulian Jiu, just the family members who are implicated by the rebels, they will kill as many as more than a million people, or even millions of people.

But in any case, the Zhu San clan is certain, that is, the father's immediate family is counted as a clan, the mother's immediate family is counted as a clan, and the wife's immediate family is counted as a clan, and other distant relatives are not included, for example, the mother's family of the father who committed the offense, the mother-in-law's maiden family who committed the offense, etc., these only appear in the more cruel Zhu Jiu clan.

Although it is also a crime and dozens of people have suffered, compared to the nine clans who have committed a crime and hundreds of people have suffered, the three clans are still much lighter.

Because of this, Fei Guo and other generals did not make the final assault, seeing that Zhang Dong's group of rebels were like trapped beasts fiercely guarding the last inch of land, they were also afraid that their subordinates would lose too much, Bi Jing, the most difficult siege battles have been won, but they have lost a lot of troops in this kind of place, what is this like?

Because of this, the rebels in the northwest city of Luoyang and the Zhou army launched a stalemate for several hours, until a man named Xie An entered and broke it...... "General, the Zhou army has been sent in to negotiate!" ”

"What?" Boredom wiping the blood stains on his sword, Zhang Dong subconsciously raised his head, with a little surprise, and hurriedly asked, "Where do you enter?" ”

"This ......" The soldier who came to report hesitated, clasped his fists and said, "It's Su Xin and Li Jing of the Zhou army, but it's ......"

"Two generals? - But what? ”

"However, it seems that I came here as a guard......

"Acting as a guard?" Zhang Dong's face changed slightly when he heard this, he subconsciously stood up, walked towards the front quickly, and walked about dozens of zhang, he suddenly stopped, because he noticed that on the street in the distance, there were three faint walks.

Just as the soldier said, Su Xin and Li Jing pressed their swords with their right hands while scanning the rebel soldiers on both sides of the street, and in the middle of his second entry, a man who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a smile on his face, slowly walked towards him Zhang Dong.

At the same time, Xie An also noticed Zhang Dong standing alone in the street, but he didn't know Zhang Dong, although Xie An also watched the battle during the siege, but Bi Jing was four or five miles away, and moreover, the southern city wall was densely packed at that time, how did he know which was Zhang Dong.

"This official Xie An, I don't know what to call the general?"

Slowly walking in front of Zhang Dong, Xie An hugged his fists with a smile on his face.

Zhang Dong opened his mouth, as if he was a little surprised that Xie An accosted him so easily, hesitated, clenched his fists and said, "The sin will be Zhang Dong......"

"Oh, it turned out to be the chief general of this Luoyang City, General Zhang Dong and General Zhang......" Xie An nodded suddenly in understanding.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud shout from the side, coming from a rebel general with a blood-stained bandage wrapped all over his body.

"Despicable Zhou Jun, don't be proud!"

Su Xin was furious when he heard this, turned his head to look at the general who spoke, and shouted in a deep voice, "What did you say? ”

The general looked angry and opened his mouth to scold, only to see Zhang Dong's face sink, and shouted angrily, "Liao Li, don't shut up yet!" ”

The general named Liao Li glared at Xie An and the others with hatred when he heard this, and sat on the ground angrily.

Seeing Xie An looking at Xiao Li with a smile, Zhang Dong hesitated, clasped his fists and said, "General Xie Mingjian, this is called Liao Li, he is the middle general of our army, just because his brother Liao Cheng was ...... Well, he died on the city wall, so he was resentful, and I hope General Xie will not meet him in the same way......"

Xie An smiled faintly when he heard this, glanced at Liao Li, and said, "General Liao thinks that this official is mocking General Zhang Dong?" -- A few of the officers came in and got caught up in your 20,000 sergeants, just to mock General Zhang Dong? ”

"......" Liao Li frowned slightly.

"Nope! -- This official just doesn't recognize General Zhang Dong, whether you believe it or not, this is a fact after all! ”

Looking at Xie An's frank eyes, Zhang Dong was slightly shocked in his heart, even he thought that Xie An's words were ironic, but for the sake of the smooth negotiations, he pretended not to hear it, and now seeing Xie An himself say it, he felt a little ashamed.

In fact, Xie An did not mean to satirize Zhang Dong, in his words: Running to the 20,000 rebels who entered his home to satirize the enemy's commander-in-chief, what is wrong with thinking that he has a long life?

However, Zhang Dong believed it, and Liao Li didn't seem to believe it very much, and looked at Xie An with hatred.

Seeing this, Xie An chuckled lightly and said, "General Liao has a grudge against our army, and this official also knows it, but this official wants to say that at this time and that time, it is difficult to show mercy to the enemy and us, and right now, this official is here to resolve this unnecessary war, is it a little inappropriate for General Liao to look at this official with such a gaze that is eager to kill this official?" ”

"......" Liao Li was speechless when he heard this.

In fact, Xie An's words were not just aimed at him, but at all the rebels here, Bi Jing, the eyes of these rebel soldiers mixed with anger, hatred, and murderous intent made Xie An feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

And when Xie An said this, he clearly felt that the kind of gaze that wanted to kill him was obviously much less.

"General Xie is here to defuse this war that is no longer necessary?" It was difficult to contain the joy in his heart, Zhang Dong said impatiently.

"Not bad!" Xie An nodded, and said loudly, "Whether you can accept it or not, but right now, Luoyang has returned to my Great Zhou!" If you wait for the death to fight and don't surrender, it will be difficult to take it back, so why not surrender? ”

Zhang Dong already had the intention of surrendering, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "We also have the intention of surrendering, but General Xie should know that the crime we committed is a felony of treason, and we want to surrender but dare not surrender......" Saying that, he hugged his fists to Xie An, and said in a deep voice, "If General Xie can ensure that the family of the soldiers of my army does not die, we are willing to kill ourselves in front of the general, otherwise we will ......" He did not continue, but his resolute eyes had clearly expressed everything.

"Family members o Ah ......" Xie An nodded slightly, then looked up at Zhang Dong, and said, "General Zhang Dong, this official is not a general of the army, but a civil official, when he was in Jijing, this official held the position of Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, thanks to the importance of His Majesty and Kong Zhengqing, he accepted the official affairs of the second and third halls, in all fairness, it is difficult to pardon the crimes implicated by you and other family members, it is difficult to ......"

As soon as the words fell, the murderous aura from the nearby rebels became thick again, and Su Xin and Li Jinger were so shocked that they subconsciously pulled out the swords on their waists, but on the other hand, Xie An's face did not change, and he looked at Zhang Dong unmoved.

"Stand down!" Raising his hand to stop the rude actions of his subordinates, Zhang Dong looked at Xie An deeply, clasped his fists, and said in a deep voice, "Unexpectedly, Jingran is the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple...... The last general has been offended! - The last general will wait, now he is cornered, if there is anything to say, Xie Dajin said directly, even if I Zhang Dong wants to kill myself in front of Dajin, I Zhang Dong has nothing to say! ”

Due to the height problem, Xie An raised his hand and patted Zhang Dong's arm, and then said with a smile, "General Zhang is serious...... The difficulty that this official said is not something that General Zhang can control with one life. To put it mildly, even if General Zhang kills himself, what good will it do in the current state of affairs? What is the benefit of the generals under the command of the general? What good will it do to the families of tens of thousands of soldiers in your army? ”

"Daii means ......"

Xie An raised his right hand, nodded at Zhang Dong's heart, and said, "Since you know that treason is a felony among felonies, General Zhang should know that the general's verbal request for negotiation alone is not enough to change the sentence, everything depends on you!" ”

Zhang Dong frowned when he heard this, and said hesitantly, "What does Da Jin mean, do you want me to wait for the merit to atone for our sins?" ”

Xie An smiled noncommittally, and said lightly, "Those who don't work are not allowed to eat, and they resist like you and others, does the general think that the imperial court will compromise?" ”

"......" Zhang Dong opened his mouth and was silent.

Seeing this, Xie An said in a deep voice, "To be honest, this official can actually not be used, how long can you hold on to the situation when there is no rice food and no drinking water?" Once the three rì are over, when you are hungry, only one soldier and horse will be enough to annihilate you...... General Zhang thinks what the official said is untrue? ”

Zhang Dong hesitated for a while, but finally nodded.

"But this official is still here, more seriously, not for you, just for the sake of our soldiers, now that Luoyang has been taken, there is no need to spend jīng power on you and others, but...... After all, it's tens of thousands of lives! -- At present, this official will show you a clear way, if you can do it, it is absolutely impossible to exonerate, but this official can come forward to intercede for you and others, and pardon you and other family members for the sin, and moreover, if you abandon the darkness and turn to the light to help this official quell this rebellion, this official, in the name of Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, can change the sentence of you and others, from Ling Chi to beheading. Furthermore, if you have made meritorious deeds, each meritorious service can be reduced by one layer of criminal law, from beheading to confiscation, from confiscation to assassination, and finally to the final cane...... As the official said, everything depends on you and yourself! ”

Although Zhang Dong did not interject from beginning to end, it is undeniable that he was thrilled to hear it, but he was still skeptical about the credibility of Xie An's words.

It's no wonder that Bi Jing was originally cautious, if it weren't for this, he would not have been designed by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, not only lost Luoyang, but also fell into the current situation.

"How can Xie Dajin prove that what Xie Dajin said is true?"

"Proof?" Xie An looked up at Zhang Dong when he heard this, and said with a smile, "This official can't prove it right now, I wonder if General Zhang can trust this official?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Dong's eyes vaguely revealed a little suspicion, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "This matter is too big, and forgiveness will not be able to be categorically agreed......"

As soon as the words fell, Xie An shook his head and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Dong asked suspiciously.

"This official laughs at you, you really can't see the situation clearly! ――Don't blame the official for speaking politely, Zhang Dong, do you have the right to choose right now? No! You don't! You can only believe what this official says, because only in this way can you wait for 20,000 rebels and tens of thousands of rebel families to have a chance of life......"

"......" Zhang Dong opened his mouth and was speechless.

From the side, the rebel general Liao Li sneered and said, "What if we hold you hostage? Xie Dajin ......"

Glancing at Liao Li, Xie An said with a smile, "You can try!" - As long as you have the guts! ”

"What do you mean?" Liao Li frowned.

I saw Xie An chuckle and said coldly, "Do you want to gamble?" Let's see if you can leave this Luoyang alive after you hold this official hostage, waiting for 20,000 rebels and tens of thousands of family dependents! ”

"......" Liao Li's face changed slightly, and he hung his head and was silent.

"Hey!" With a chuckle, Xie An turned his head to look at Zhang Dong and said in a deep voice, "How, Zhang Dong?" I don't have that much patience! ”

Zhang Dong's eyes flashed a little hesitation when he heard this, and after looking at Xie An frequently for a long time, he suddenly sighed, slowly knelt down in front of Xie An, knocked on the ground with his fists, and said in a deep voice, "The guilty general is waiting for 20,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of innocent family members, all ...... It's up to Xie Dajin! ”

In an instant, there was silence all around, and then, only a chaotic sound was heard, and the nearby rebel soldiers all dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.

Looking at the nearby rebel soldiers kneeling on the ground one after another, Su Xin and Li Jing glanced at each other, unable to hide the shock in their eyes.

Naturally, they would not have thought that Xie An at this moment was secretly relieved as if he was relieved......