Li Yan took the bag and glanced at Xu Shu suspiciously.

…… On the erection day, a white flag was erected at the head of the ancient Xiangyang city, and Li Yan and Han Song came out of the city gate with a few entourages holding a white flag, looking at them with a pair of empty eyes behind.

There is no need to raise a white flag for surrender, at least not before surrendering, but now the people who come out of Gu Xiangyang, the Sichuan army will shoot indiscriminately, Li Yan and his party can only hold the white flag, even so, several entourages are still trembling.

"Shake what you shake, like what words." Han Song felt deeply ashamed of the white flag and scolded loudly.

The Sichuan army bent its bow behind the grassy slope, and the metal reflection of the arrow hit Li Yan's eyes, but the Sichuan army did not release the arrow in the end.

At the gate of the city, their faces were pale, like starving ghosts, their eyes stared directly at the footsteps of Han Song and Li Yan, Li Yan and Han Song walked fifty steps, still safe and sound, at this moment, the people at the city gate, I don't know who took the first step, rushed out of the city gate.

Even if they haven't eaten for a few days and haven't drunk water for a few days, they have erupted with amazing power, hundreds of people are rushing to charge outside the city gate, you push me, trample on each other, everyone has red eyes, just want to rush out with Li Yan and Han Song quickly, and their brains are empty.

"Run." Li Yan shouted at Han Song.

"Run for what? Are you so timid? Han Song was dismissive.

"If we don't run again, we will be caught up by those people, the Sichuan army will definitely release arrows, and we will all die." Li Yan said quickly.

"Hmph, that's our people, are you still afraid of being dragged down by them, so you have to run away regardless of the ugliness? Are you going to push them under the arrows of the Sichuan army? ”

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Li Yan couldn't help but burst into foul language, no longer cared about Han Song, let go and retreated, and a few followers behind saw it, and also ran towards the main formation of the Sichuan army.

"Run."

"Run."

"Ahh

The crowd of people and soldiers swarmed in, fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, Han Song's steady steps could no longer be calm, and then he heard a dull sound of pulling the bowstring, Han Song let out a "hey" and rushed towards the Sichuan army.

"Whoosh."

With a series of screams, countless refugees were crucified to the ground, no matter whether they were slightly injured or seriously injured, as long as they could move, trampled past their bodies.

"Fat."

Yan Yan shouted, hundreds of strong crossbowmen pulled the finger-thick crossbow strings, hundreds of sharp arrows shot at the refugees in a straight line, and those who rushed in front were pierced by the crossbow arrows, retreated a few meters and fell to the ground, and thousands of people rushed out, under the several rounds of shooting with the bow and crossbow, only some scattered wandering among the corpses, hesitant and helpless.

Han Song ran to the front of the Sichuan army for the second time, Gu Xiangyang was like a dead city, filled with poisonous smells, flowing toxic sewage, and the breath of death lingered, and now when he came out of the city, he found that the air outside was so fresh.

"Welcome Jingzhou envoy." Zhang Ren smiled, his palms were flat and his chest were level, and he rose suddenly, and the Sichuan army formation behind him quickly separated, making way for a meter-wide road, and the spearmen stood on both sides, raising their heads with their chests straight, and looking straight ahead.

The military appearance of the Sichuan army is much stronger than that of the Jingzhou army, especially since the corpse water entered the city, the Jingzhou army can no longer be called an army, except for some pro-soldiers, most of the soldiers are mixed into the refugee team.

Han Song and Li Yan walked between the Sichuan army formations, Li Yan looked left and right from time to time, Han Song's expression was calm, his eyes were only staring ahead, but his steps were a little vain.

Liu Zhang sat on a stone platform and looked at the refugees who had been shot in the distance.

"Jingzhou Zuojun Sima Li Yan (Jingzhou engaged in Zhonglang Han Song), visit Uncle Liu Huang of Yizhou."

Liu Zhang looked into the distance, watching a girl in yellow wandering among the corpses of refugees, holding a corpse and crying bitterly, he took a breath and said to the general next to him: "Did the girl in yellow really enter the city last night?" ”

"The wild girl was about to enter the city, but I stopped her and sent two soldiers to take her home." Gao Peidao.

"Well done." Liu Zhang praised, after all, Xu Zhaoxue had also helped him, although the gods were chattering, but Liu Zhang was not willing to watch her die, "Go back and get two hundred rewards." ”

"Gold?"

"Copper coins."

Han Song watched Liu Zhang talking to the generals on the stage, and didn't look at them, he couldn't help but look angry, and said in a deep voice: "Dignified Yizhou Mu, is this how you treat the envoy?" It's disappointing. ”

Liu Zhang glanced at the drowsy sun in the sky, and then looked at Li Yan, this hoe farmer was a lot thinner than when he was in Baichuan, and said in surprise: "Isn't this Li Sima?" We're meeting again, what are you doing here? Are you here to give a gift to the official again? ”

The surrounding generals laughed.

Yan Song's face was red and white, Li Yan's face was as usual, and he bowed: "Uncle Huang guessed well, Li Yan came to give Uncle Huang a gift this time, and like last time, he also doesn't need to reciprocate." ”

Li Yan glanced at the cold military appearance of the Sichuan army behind him, "Uncle Liu's army is at its peak, Li Yan is here to represent Mr. Xu Yuanzhi and tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers and civilians in the city this time, surrender to Uncle Huang, give the entire ancient Xiangyang to Uncle Huang, and ask Uncle Huang to allow us to abandon our weapons and go out of the city." ”

"Please descend?" Liu Zhang sat lazily on the stone bench and said casually: "Since you are invited to surrender, why didn't Xu Yuanzhi come out by himself?" What can your little Sima represent? It's obviously a fraudulent surrender, go back, tell Xu Yuanzhi that if you want to surrender, you will come by yourself, a small Sima, a Zhonglang, and you don't have the right to talk to the official. ”

Liu Zhang had already guessed that Li Yan and Han Song were coming, and he had no intention of accepting the surrender of the Jingzhou Army at all, so he put on this attitude, so that Li Yan and Han Song, who were famous people of the family, couldn't pull their faces and retreated.

And let Xu Shu surrender by himself, if Xu Shu really comes, Liu Zhang has his own plans.

"Liu Zhang, don't deceive people too much." Han Song said angrily.

Li Yan hurriedly stopped Yan Song, the situation was stronger than people, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Liuhuang, your status is noble, we Jingzhou officials are indeed not qualified to talk to you on an equal footing, but please surrender is different from negotiation, there shouldn't be a need for identity equality, right?" What's more, Mr. Xu Shu has been, already under Uncle Huang's ingenious attack methods, tired, sick, and unable to walk, please Uncle Huang, forgive me. ”

Li Yan said the last two words bluntly, Han Song was very disdainful of Li Yan's groveling, and Li Yan turned a blind eye.

"Sick? Won't you carry it? Liu Zhang said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry back, unless Xu Shu comes in person, this official can't see any sincerity of the Jingzhou army to surrender, and would rather throw the blood of the Sichuan army, but also set foot on Xiangyang City, ancient Xiangyang, let it fly to ashes and annihilate, and completely make it ancient." ”

Liu Zhang's words were arrogant, Li Yan was indifferent, he now knew that Liu Zhang was deliberately insulting the Jingzhou army, and there was no hope of surrendering.

After bowing to Liu Zhang, he turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered Xu Shu's tips, turned to Liu Zhang, and said, "Uncle Liu, this is what Mr. Xu asked me to bring to you, if Uncle Huang has time, take a look." ”

Li Yan handed the bag to his own soldiers, turned around and left, he had already guessed this result, but when it really happened, it was still a little difficult to accept.

refused to surrender, Liu Zhang really kept calm at all times.

Li Yan glanced at the desolate ancient Xiangyang City, he was going back to that hell again, he was so unwilling, he was actually giving his life to a mediocre lord like Liu Biao, but in this situation, how could he say the words of surrender to Liu Zhang.

"Wait." Liu Zhang suddenly stopped Li Yan, and his tone was very different from the arrogance at the beginning.

Li Yan turned around suspiciously, Liu Zhang took out the silk silk in the bag and looked at it twice, Xu Shu nagged some words on it, and made three suggestions, Liu Zhang read it carefully, raised his head and said to Li Yan: "Have you read this letter?" ”

Li Yan said loudly: "Uncle Huang, don't look down on me Li Yan, since Mr. told me not to open it, I won't open it." ”

Liu Zhang nodded and said solemnly: "Zhengfang, are you willing to surrender?" ”

Liu Zhang's name was Li Yan's character, not "Little Sima".

Li Yan froze in place, and after half a sound, he said slowly: "Yes." ”

The words are clear and resolute, it was this short meeting, thousands of thoughts flashed in Li Yan's mind, but in the end, they all came to a conclusion that they were willing to surrender, and they had endured it for too long.

He has been staying in the Jingzhou army because of Xu Shu, and Liu Zhang looked at Xu Shu's bag and asked him to surrender, which means that Xu Shu must have an explanation in the bag, Xu Shu acquiesced, and Li Yan was no longer fettered.

"You are from a family, aren't you afraid of being criticized by the world and your clan?" Liu Zhang asked.

Many of the civil and military families in Yizhou were born in families, but these people are different from Li Yan, before the Jiangzhou massacre, they were already Yizhou officials, some for forbearance, some because Liu Zhang did not force the family into a desperate situation, as an official, he could also seek benefits for the family, and a few of them were loyal to Liu Zhang.

These officials are still officials in Yizhou, and the world will only feel that they are forced to endure and forbear, and Li Yan surrendered halfway, and the world will think that he is betrayal, knowing that Liu Zhang is cruel to the family, knowing that Liu Zhang is cruel and unkind, and surrendering so easily, it is a treachery, and it is standing on the opposite side of social morality.

"Don't be afraid." Li Yan said in a deep voice.

Han Song looked at Li Yan angrily, but Li Yan still turned a blind eye.

"Okay, this official will make you the Xiangyang Order now, and when Xiangyang City is captured, Xiangyang will be yours."

"Thank you, Lord." Li Yan bowed.

"You, shameless." Han Song puffed out his cheeks and looked at Li Yan.

Han Song was indignant and sad in his heart, he was also a celebrity, but he seemed to have been in humiliation all his life.

At the beginning, he could have been the position of the third prince of the imperial court, but because of Dong Zhuo's chaos in Beijing, he could not enter the office, and he was afraid of the persecution of the Xiliang army, and he was humiliated and hidden in the mountains.

Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, although he pacified the rebellion of the thieves, but his Cai family's wings were not yet full, and they needed respected people to suppress the scene.

It was also from that time that his own high was trampled on for the first time, and in the face of life, death and discipline, he bowed to fate.

(To be continued)