Su County.

Dai Wu, the commander of the county, is in his forties, with a square face and a short beard, and is dressed in a brocade suit. He sat in front of the dining table, looking at the pile of delicacies on the table, and it was difficult to swallow for a while.

"Yu'er, the Qin army has arrived, if they attack the city directly and don't send people to surrender, then what should I do?"

Dai Wu looked at the young man sitting in front of the case on the other side and asked, his words revealing hesitation.

Dai Yu is in his twenties, with a handsome face and dark eyebrows, but the eyes under the eyebrows are slightly narrow, giving people a yin owl atmosphere.

Hearing the question, Dai Yu put down the elephant chopsticks in his hand.

He smiled and said, "Father, why should I worry, I have already found out, this Qin army is only 5,000 people. We have already recruited 1,000 soldiers in the city, and now we have recruited 2,000 Dai clansmen to help defend the city, and if it is a critical moment, we can forcibly recruit another 1,000 or 2,000 people. With such a number of people, coupled with the city walls repaired by the ancestors for generations, even if the Qin generals have the skills, they would not want to break through the county with 5,000 people. ”

Dai Wu's expression was slightly calm, but he still had difficulty eating, and asked again: "Having said that, even if we can repel the attack of this Qin army, what can we do?" There are still tens of thousands of Wang Ben's army outside the city of Daliang, and even the huge Wei State is about to die, how can I, a small county, resist it. It's better to descend to Qin as soon as possible. ”

Dai Yu's eyes flashed sharply, and he said, "I didn't know my father's words. It's just that this surrender must also have a rule of surrender. ”

"If the Qin army arrives at the city, we will open the city and surrender, it will inevitably be despised by the Qin people, and it will be difficult to get benefits. I heard that the Qin army went north, and Xiao Huangcheng surrendered without a fight, although Xiao Huang Ling left his life and wealth, but was stripped of his position and power, what is the benefit of such a surrender? ”

"Father, we are descendants of the former Dai Kingdom, and although the Dai Kingdom was destroyed, our people still thrived in this city for hundreds of years. In the entire city, more than half of them are members of my Dai clan, and even the king of Wei has to rely on us to govern the city and appoint my ancestors as the county commander. Therefore, this county, named Wei County, is actually my Dai fiefdom. ”

"With the style of those Qin people, once we surrender, we will definitely not be able to keep the position of the county commander for generations, so we must negotiate terms with them first, at least to fight for enough benefits before surrendering. You can't be like that little yellow order, you can't get anything after surrendering. If they don't agree, then they will fight first, and when the Qin general understands that he can't attack the county, he will naturally agree to our conditions. ”

A flash of unwillingness flashed in Dai Yu's eyes.

He is Dai Wu's eldest son, if the Wei State does not die, he will be able to succeed Dai Wu as the new commander of the county sooner or later, this city was originally to belong to his territory, how can he be willing to give it up.

A sad look appeared on Dai Wu's face, and he was about to say more, but he saw a cronie outside the door come in to report.

"County order, there are envoys from the Qin army outside the city."

Dai Yu patted the case and said with a smile: "Isn't this persuasion coming, let's have a good talk." ”

At this moment, the Li brothers entered the city of Suxian County.

Li Shang whispered: "Brother, can you be sure to persuade him to surrender on this trip?" ”

"I have inquired about Dai's information before, Dai Wu has a cowardly personality, if he presses the border with strong troops, and then lures him with the position of county leader, he will definitely surrender. But his sister-in-law, Dai Yu, is a little troublesome, this person has a strong personality and a little talent. In the county, although the county order is Dai Wu, Dai Yu has a lot of right to speak, I am afraid he will not give in easily. Li Shiqi said calmly.

"In that case, I'm afraid that my brother's trip will be fruitless?"

Li Shiqi said with a smile: "Why do you say that it is useless, in my opinion, since this Dai clan let us enter the city, it is a heart of surrender." It's just a matter of asking for a high price, let's go, go and see if the price offered by Dai's is clear. ”

……

Dai's Mansion.

The light and shadow on the hall shone brightly, although it was daylight, but it seemed to show off the wealth of one's family. The candles are already flickering on the beautiful bronze lampstand.

Dressed in green, the handmaidens arrived with wine, and the table was also full of fresh melons and fruits.

On the main seat, Dai Wu stopped talking after a few words of greeting.

Dai Yu, who was sitting on the left case, opened his mouth and asked knowingly: "Mr. Wei Yin is spoken, but he came under the banner of the Qin State, I don't know why he came here?" ”

Li Shiqi arched his hand and said: "Now the Dai family is in trouble. The contemptible people are here to save the lives of the Dai family, and they are also here to save the father and son of the king. ”

Dai Yu pretended to laugh: "Haha, Mr.'s words are extremely old-fashioned." Throughout the ages, the words of lobbyists have always been exaggerated and deprecated first, and after some sensationalism, they were provoked with words. But in front of my father and son, I'm afraid that this trick of the gentleman is a little useless. ”

Li Shang on the side blushed, his brother has always liked to exaggerate and vain when he speaks, and when he opens his mouth, he is scary. Now that he was poked on the spot, he couldn't help but be ashamed as a younger brother.

Li Shiqi's face remained unchanged, and he said: "How can contemptible people exaggerate and deceive. Now outside the city, the Qin army has gathered, and in an instant, they can break through the county and kill the city. And the contemptible people are here, it is precisely to resolve the danger of the Dai clan's extermination, if the father and son of the king listen to my words, they can save their lives, isn't it to save the lives of the father and son of the king. ”

Dai Yu sneered and said: "Sir, I don't know, the Qin army outside the city is only 5,000 people, with the high walls of my county, it is difficult to break the city in this area, Mr. said this, but intimidate us." ”

Li Shiqi also laughed: "Didn't Dai Jun think that the army of the Qin State was only five thousand people? You might as well take a look at the tens of thousands of hundreds of battle divisions outside the Great Liang City. ”

Before the words fell, Li Shiqi said loudly again: "Please look west again, and go to see the land in the middle of the pass, the army of ten thousand times, and the millions of armored soldiers under the command of King Qin!" ”

"Since the Qin and Wei wars, the battles of Anmen, Hexi, Anyi, Yique, and Huayang have ......"

"Of all kinds of big battles, how many battles has the Wei army won? Under the blade of the Qin army, the blood of hundreds of thousands of Wei people has been stained, do Dai Jun and his son think that this corner of the county can be worth the hundreds of thousands of Wei army? Can you withstand the army of tigers and wolves of the Qin Kingdom? ”

"If the father and son of the king surrender as soon as possible, they can still save their lives and wealth, otherwise they will resist stubbornly, and when the city is broken, I am afraid that he will go to the end of Huang Zhang'er!"

In the end, Li Shiqi was already fierce and impassioned, and his words were full of threats.

Dai Wu's face was full of fear, his body shook, and he almost fell down.

Dai Yu was also pale, and he was no longer calm.

He gritted his teeth and said, "If we surrender, I don't know what conditions the Qin army outside the city can give?" ”

Seeing that Dai's father and son were at a loss, Li Shiqi smiled faintly and did not hide it.

"It can be a county."

……

After sending off the envoy of the Qin State, the two figures were reflected in the window of Dai's inner house.

"Yu'er, the county is the county, we can still keep our official position, which is much better than the fate of that little Huang Ling."

Dai Wu's face turned pale, and he had not yet recovered from the day's intimidation.

The lobbyist named Li Shiqi, although there were exaggerations in his words, he was not far from the facts, especially the fate of Zhang Er, a famous man of the Wei State, Dai Wu was clear.

As long as he thought that his head was cut off and hung everywhere, he couldn't help but be afraid.

Dai Yu was unwilling.

County Cheng?

An adjutant of a county order.

He Dai is the ruler of the county for generations, and the real leader of the county.

Now that he wants to drop a chief officer on his head, how can he bear it?

Even a county order is reluctant to come up, so I want him to surrender to Dai, which is too cheap.

Looks like I'm going to have to give myself some more leverage.

"Father, do you know why I asked you to agree to Na Lisheng's surrender and say that Kaesong will surrender tomorrow?"

Dai Yu's eyes flashed with a cold light.

Dai Wu was stunned for a moment, and said: "Didn't you say that it would take one night to seal the treasury and appease the officials, so that you choose to surrender to the Qin army tomorrow?" ”

Dai Yu shook his head, and he said coldly: "Definitely." The Qin army despised us, so he was only willing to pay the position of a county commander. Therefore, we need a victory to let the Qin army outside the city know that the people of the Wu Dai clan are by no means comparable to those Wei people who will be defeated in one fight. ”

"I want to emulate the old Zheng Bo's night attack on the Three Kingdoms Alliance."

"In the name of surrendering tomorrow, the Qin army will lose its guard, and then we will attack the Qin camp tonight and defeat this Qin army!"

"In this way, I can show the name of Dai. Let the Qin people know that this county is by no means easy to fight, and if you want us to surrender, you have to agree to my Dai's conditions! ”

"In exchange for a prefectural order!"

In the Qin system, counties with more than 10,000 households have county orders, and counties with less than 10,000 households have county magistrates.

Because it is difficult to find out the number of people registered in each city, and for the sake of uniformity in titles, the governors of all counties in the text are called county orders.

Of course, it can also be collectively referred to as the county sifu.

(End of chapter)