Murong Shuangshuang followed Wei Yan, who was walking quickly, and when he entered the city, Wei Yan found that the soldiers guarding the city did not ask for an entry fee.

The city was even more lively, with many shops and vendors, and the people who came and went with brisk steps and straight backs, Wei Yan could see that the clothes on these people were still very tattered, and there were many people with patches.

Even their bodies are still dry and thin and look malnourished, but their spirits are excellent, their eyes are bright, and their faces are smiling, which is what only people with a rush in life have, full of comfortable and satisfied smiles.

Wei Yan kept walking around the city, walking from a lively place to a remote place, and halfway through, Murong Shuangshuang didn't stop Wei Yan, just followed Wei Yan silently, only when he was eating, he took Wei Yan to the hotel to eat, and he didn't eat anything extravagant, just some simple soup noodles and steamed dumplings.

For a whole day, Wei Yan was walking around, he looked at the living conditions of many people, and the more he looked, the more silent he became, this is a city full of life, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The people here are really happy, although their lives are still very hard, years of suffering and suffering, not just a few months of good life can be raised, but they are full of hope.

Because there are no exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, there are no bullying soldiers, they can make money by working, they can have food to eat when they farm, as long as they are willing to work hard, their lives are getting better day by day.

And in the city they guarded, there was no hope on the faces of the people, only a numbness and dead silence, they were in hell, and the people in this city were in heaven.

Seeing such a gap with his own eyes, there has never been one, Wei Yan's heart has shaken his loyalty to the emperor so violently, is his persistent loyalty really right?

Although Wei Yan is stupid and loyal, he is not a person who does not have the people in his heart, he also wants the people to live a good life, and he has secretly reduced a lot of taxes and miscellaneous taxes for the people, but compared to the taxes collected by the court, the reduction is just a drop in the bucket, and the people are still forced to have no way to live.

Wei Yan left the city gate and returned to the boulder where he had just woken up in the morning, looking at the city gate that was about to close, silent.

Murong Shuangshuang looked at Wei Yan's tall back, his hair was already white, and sighed, "Old general, I really admire your personality, and I don't want you to continue to work hard for such a faint king."

I brought you here today to let you see that under the governance of the Hou Ye, the people can really live a good life, I hope the old general can think about it, whether it is your reputation for loyalty that is important, or the people of the world are important.

I don't want to say more, the old general is a person who understands, whether this court is still saved, whether it is worth saving, whether this emperor is worthy of your loyalty, I believe you understand it in your heart.

I will send you back to the city, but I hope you can take refuge in the Hou Ye and seek peace for the people of the world, I will wait for the old general for a day, if the old general is willing to take refuge in the Hou Ye, please open the city gate, if you don't want to, I will start the siege, but I hope the old general can care about the people, don't be foolish and loyal. ”

Wei Yan's figure was still upright with his back to Murong Shuangshuang, and he didn't mean to soften at all, but Murong Shuangshuang still found that Wei Yan's hands couldn't help but clench together, obviously, he was not really so calm.

Murong Shuangshuang did not force Wei Yan to give her an answer, but still stunned Wei Yan and sent the person back to the general's mansion in the city, and then Murong Shuangshuang patiently waited for Wei Yan's news in the army.

Murong Shuangshuang is eighty percent sure that Wei Yan should be able to be rebelled against her, although Wei Yan is stupid and loyal, he is not a person who only cares about his loyalty and reputation, and can really ignore the life and death of the people.

Once he saw with his own eyes that there were people living well and living happily, he could no longer deceive himself into thinking that the people were living the same life under anyone's governance.

Sure enough, as Murong Shuangshuang expected, on the afternoon of the second day after Wei Yan returned, the confined city gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, Wei Yan was dressed in plain clothes, and with his soldiers and the people of the whole city full of expectant eyes, Kaicheng surrendered.

Murong Shuangshuang did not let Wei Yan kneel down to offer the surrender table according to the appearance of a general, she dismounted early, walked in front of Wei Yan, personally took the surrender table in Wei Yan's hand, and solemnly promised.

"Old general, I will let you see that your decision is right, the people will live a good life, and you will not regret your decision today."

Wei Yan's surrender allowed Murong Shuangshuang to capture the most troublesome city without a single soldier, Murong Shuangshuang continued to lead his troops to quickly outflank the main city attacked by Wang Wei on the side, and the general on the other side also captured another city after a delay of seven days, and rushed to assist Wang Wei to outflank the main city with Murong Shuangshuang.

The small cities on both sides of the main city are not only independent cities, but also auxiliary cities of the main city, responsible for the food transportation of the main city, and now these two auxiliary cities have been captured, cutting off the food source of the main city at once.

Wang Wei ordered to surround the main city, cut off the grain and grass in the main city, and wait for the grain inside to run out and then surrender on his own initiative, this is a water mill work, according to the calculations of Wang Wei's advisers, the reserve grain of the main city can last at least two months.

Wang Wei let the army not attack the main city, this main city is the only city to the capital, once it is broken, you can drive straight to the capital, so Wang Wei must take this city.

Murong Shuangshuang saw that Wang Wei's soldiers were enough to besiege the main city, so he seized the time to train his troops together with Wei Yan, who was immediately reused by Wang Wei after surrendering.

Murong Shuangshuang did not shy away from others when he was training, and after a long time, not only Wei Yan, but also several other generals also came to Murong Shuangshuang to learn military training experience, and after returning home, he trained under the city every day.

The soldiers under the city practiced every day and shouted to kill, which suddenly caused great psychological pressure on the besieged defenders, which was an unexpected joy.

Two and a half months of time passed in a hurry, the city has been out of food for a few days, the latest time, Wang Wei ordered his soldiers to stew meat under the city wall every day to rebel, the fragrance of a strong wind drifted to the city, has already run out of food, hungry eyes blue eyes of the city defenders and the people swallowed a lot of saliva, hated to gnaw the wall to eat.

After three days of food attacks, the hungry small-necked and big-headed defender of the city, in order to prevent his family and the people in the city from starving to death, led his soldiers and generals to surrender with the surrender table.