Chapter 127: Tsuruno Battle (5)

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As soon as Han Shouzhong's words came out, except for a few of his close confidants, including the personal staff sent by Wu Xianling and several other entourage, everyone present was shocked. Several of Zou Zhenyuan's personal guards in charge of security in the tent had even pulled out the "59" pistol from their waists and opened the insurance. The guards guarding outside the tent also heard the news and entered, holding the "59" type semi-automatic rifle, and the muzzle of the black hole hole was pointed at Han Shouzhong and the others, as long as Zou Zhenyuan gave an order, they could be beaten into a sieve in the blink of an eye.

However, Zou Zhenyuan did not order the arrest. First, if Han Shouzhong really wanted to be unfavorable to him, he would not tell him Han Deshu's secret order to his face. Second, even if Han Shouzhong's move was to retreat and advance, wanting to take the opportunity to relax his vigilance, and then suddenly attack, Zou Zhenyuan didn't think that the other party could take any advantage. After all, when the two got along, they had never lost in each other's competitions, and for more than ten years, he had been practicing martial arts every day, and he had never been interrupted, and he was confident enough to beat the other party in close combat - although it was nominally a peace negotiation between the two sides, and the other party's intention was obvious, but for security reasons, it was still impossible for the Zhou army to let the other party enter the Chinese military tent with weapons, and the collection of weapons was naturally an indispensable link.

Therefore, Zou Zhenyuan just smiled faintly when he heard this, waved his hand, motioned to the guards to put away the guns, and then asked in a calm tone: "Since Han De's secret counsellor ordered his brother to assassinate his younger brother Yu on the opportunity of negotiation, why did the elder brother not only not obey the order, but instead wanted to bring this matter together, so that he was not afraid of being blamed by Han Deshu afterwards, or being accused by others of being a traitor seeking glory, greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

Han Shouzhong smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Didn't Brother Xian ask knowingly. Although the brother is a martial artist, he is not a stupid person. Not to mention that this is the big tent of the Zhou army, and the pro-soldiers will be heavily guarded, so how can we take the opportunity to make trouble. As far as martial arts are concerned, even if you attack for your brother and these followers, you will not be your opponent, and the assassination will not be successful at all. What's more, if the assassination fails, you will be unscathed. But in case you relax your vigilance too much, and let Brother Wei take advantage of one and a half tricks and hurt you, I am afraid that this Heye City will become the second Jurong City. The lessons of the past are not far away, how could my brother disregard the lives of the 8,000 defenders and nearly 10,000 people in Tsuruno City for the sake of his reputation? ”

If you look at behavior alone, Han Shouzhong's actions are indeed enough to be greedy for life and afraid of death, and a traitor to seek glory. Even if the decision to surrender the Zhou army was made by Han Shouzhong and Wu Deming, as well as most of the officials and guards in the city, as the most powerful and effective person in the city at present, the former would definitely bear more responsibility than the others. However, on the one hand, since the Northern Expedition of the Zhou Army, the officials and guards of the counties and towns of the Liao State have surrendered without a fight, and those who have donated the city and accepted the land have emerged in an endless stream, among which there are many Khitan native civil and military personnel, and who will accuse Han Shouzhong, the commander of the Han army. On the other hand, Han Shouzhong chose to betray Han Deshu and refuse to carry out his plan to assassinate Zou Zhenyuan, not only to protect the lives of the 8,000 soldiers and nearly 10,000 people in Heye City, but also to protect the brotherhood of Quan and Zou Zhenyuan, rather than for his own personal success or failure. Although it is disloyal from the perspective of the Khitan court and Han Deshu, it is a great benevolence from the perspective of the people and generals of Heye, and it is even more righteous from the perspective of Zou Zhenyuan. His act of sacrificing his reputation to save his brothers, his people, and his generals should not be degraded, but should be commended. Therefore, after listening to Han Shouzhong's explanation, Zou Zhenyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, stood up, tidied up his clothes, gave a deep salute to his brother, and said: "Brother Gaoyi, the younger brother thanked my brother on behalf of the soldiers and people in the city. ”

Although Han Shouzhong is the elder brother, but now that the identity gap between the two sides is there, he doesn't dare to hold it up, so he quickly got up to avoid it, supported his brother, and said, "Brother Xian has been killed as a brother." ”

Zou Zhenyuan did not get off the donkey and get up with the trend, but insisted on hitting the ground, and then straightened up. The two brothers sat down again, and Zou Zhenyuan asked with some concern: "What my brother did is to protect the lives of the soldiers and people in the city, and he is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. It's just that the younger brother Wen that Han Deshu is a determined and decisive person. In addition, he is loyal to the Khitan court and the 'sleeping king' Yelu Jing to the end, otherwise he would not have let his brother assassinate me at the cost of 8,000 soldiers and nearly 10,000 people in Heye City. Now, instead of following his orders to assassinate the younger brother, the elder brother sacrificed Tsuruno Castle without a fight, and if the guy learns about it, he will hate the elder brother to the bone. Naturally, my brother will be fine with my army, but I am afraid that Han Deshu will not be able to sanction my brother and will be angry with my brother's family. The two of us need to come up with a foolproof plan to keep our brother's family safe. ”

When Han Shouzhong heard this, he smiled freely, waved his hand and said, "Brother Xian doesn't have to worry about this matter. This time the brother disobeyed the order of the left minister, and reached an agreement with the virtuous brother in private, although it was a benevolent and righteous act, but the brother and the ancestors of the brother were deeply favored by the left minister and the father of the left minister, and the Liao court also rewarded the brother continuously, and in this regard, it was indeed disloyal to the brother. If you cause your family, especially your parents, to suffer because of your own behavior, you are even more unfilial. Yes, the brother had already thought about it before leaving the city, and when it was over, Heye City was smoothly handed over to the Zhou army to take over, and the brother rode back to Liaoyang City alone, and asked the left to take the blame. Although the sin of being a brother is irreparable, but for the sake of serving Zuo Xiang and dedicating himself to the court over the years, as long as he goes back to accept the guilt for his brother, he will no longer embarrass his brother's family. ”

"How's that going to work!" Zou Zhenyuan said hurriedly when he heard this, "Once the matter of Heye City is transmitted to Liaoyang City, then Han Deshu will definitely hate his brother to the bone." When my brother returns at this time, isn't he throwing himself into a net and killing himself? Never, never! ”

"What if not?" Han Shouzhong said helplessly, "Isn't it possible to sit back and watch my family suffer for my brother and be indifferent?" ”

"Now that Heye City has been surrounded, it is impossible to know the situation in Liaoyang City for a while. It's a matter of waiting for this, the younger brother immediately led the army to carry the 5,000 soldiers and horses under his brother and continued to go north, so that they had no chance to report the news, so that before Han Deshu got the relevant news, he would capture Liaoyang City in one fell swoop, so that he would not have the opportunity to harm his brother's family. Zou Zhenyuan came up with his own plan.

"Brother Xian has made things easier." Han Shouzhong shook his head and said, "As soon as I come, the five thousand men and horses of my brother will inevitably slow down the march of the army, and the possibility of Liaoyang City getting the news of Heye City will also increase." Second, brother, I believe that in addition to those cronies who are planted by my side, it is very likely that there will be spies in Tsuruno City and even in the countryside outside the city. As soon as the siege on your side was withdrawn, and even before you could withdraw the siege, those spies hiding in the countryside had already heard the wind and passed the news to Liaoyang City. I guess you haven't seen the shadow of Liaoyang City yet, Zuo Xiang's side has already killed my brother and my family. Therefore, in my brother's opinion, the safest way is for me to confess my sins and exchange my life for the peace of the whole family. ”

Although Zou Zhenyuan was unwilling to let his brother go back to Liaoyang City to kill himself, he also understood that the method he had just proposed had many loopholes, and it was really not a good strategy. As for the strategy of acting in a scene with his brother and deliberately creating a false impression to make outsiders think that Han Shouzhong's assassination was successful, and he was seriously injured or even killed, it was also because it was easy to cause chaos in the front and even rear armies of the Zhou army, and this would cheer up Liaoyang City and other city defenders controlled by the Khitan army along the line out of thin air, and strengthen their fighting spirit, and finally was vetoed by Zou Zhenyuan himself before he proposed it - after all, if things are to be done enough to confuse the truth, it is necessary to limit the personnel who know the truth. In this way, the blow to the morale of the generals of the Zhou army, who did not know the truth at all, was very big, and whether the commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, Huang Hai, could agree or not was still between the two. What's more, if you want to implement this strategy, bombarding Tsuruno City is an indispensable step, otherwise it will be difficult to convince Han Deshu. And this, the Yellow Sea will definitely not agree, and even Zou Zhenyuan himself can't convince himself to accept it.

Just when Zou Zhenyuan was at a loss and Han Shouzhong was about to exchange his life for his family's life, a middle-aged man with a thin and tall figure, a cold expression, and a camouflage combat uniform with a black military branch logo badge embroidered with a sword and shield pattern, and a black collar badge embroidered with a sword and shield, pine branches and a golden general star on the same black collar badge bowed slightly on the chair, and said without any tone: "If you don't want General Han to return to Liaoyang City to throw yourself into the net, and you want to save the lives of his family and relatives, The deputy commander of the capital made why not mobilize the 'dark feathers' of the two cities of Heye and Liaoyang to help. With the ability of 'Dark Feather', it is still possible to secretly send General Han's family out of the city before our army captures Liaoyang City, or temporarily hide in a secret place in the city. (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! )