Everyone was discussing tactics enthusiastically, and suddenly a sentry ran to him in a panic and said, "Liu Mang is calling for battle outside the northern city!" ”

Shu Yan was taken aback: "What, do you want to attack the city again?" ”

"It doesn't look like it's going to attack the city, and the other three gates haven't moved. I only heard the other party saying that he wanted to see the county by name. ”

"I'm not afraid of attacking the city, am I still afraid to see him? If you want to see me, then I will meet him now! ”

Shu Yan ordered Tang Hui, Wu Qian, and Zhang Fei to return to their city gate positions to take strict precautions, and he and Peng Hui, Ruoxin and others went to meet Liu Mang at the Ranbei City Gate.

When I climbed the city tower, I saw that the other party had placed soldiers under the city. However, unlike in the past, there were no siege equipment such as ladders and gun carriages, and it seemed that there was no siege posture. Liu Mang rode a horse and stood an arrow away under the escort of Ah Zhuang and his relatives.

"Shu Yan, don't you surrender yet?" Liu Mang shouted on his horse.

Shu Yan replied loudly on the city wall: "What is the use of saying this except that it is a waste of words? If you have this time, you might as well continue to attack the reality! ”

"You think I'm idle and have nothing to do with you? To tell you the truth, your Jin Emperor Sima Ye has surrendered to my lord, and the Jin family has completely collapsed! You are like a lost dog, the owner is gone, who else do you serve? ”

Shu Yan was slightly shocked, and then laughed and said: "Your words and deeds today are like a vendor selling umbrellas who locks a pedestrians in the house, and then says to him, 'It's raining outside, buy an umbrella quickly'." How can I believe your words? If I want to believe it, unless you withdraw your troops, let me hear the real news from outside. ”

I'm going to let you go? Liu Mang was laughed at angrily.

"I know these words to you are excessive. Okay, well, then I won't waste my lips and tongues with you. You are a hero, you are loyal and patriotic, you are a benevolent gentleman, but I have a magic weapon in my hand, if you don't surrender after reading it, then I admire you! Liu Mang turned his head and rushed behind him, "Have you caught it?" ”

"It's here."

"Bring it to the front!"

But seeing that the soldiers behind Liu Mang were divided to both sides, a few people flashed out, and the current one was a person who looked like a warlock, and behind him were two soldiers escorting a woman.

Shu Yan didn't look at it, and when he saw it, his heart was like a knife, and he almost fell. It turned out that it was none other than Zhixin who was being bound.

Ruoxin also saw it and shouted, "Sister! ”

"Zhixin, how did you fall into their hands?"

Although Zhixin was tied up, and knew that there was a lot of luck today, she showed a righteous and awe-inspiring posture, turned her head and glanced at Zhuge Warlock with incomparable contempt and hatred: "It's all this dog thief, leading a team of Hun soldiers to Shujiazhuang and arresting me!" ”

"Where's Mo?"

I only saw Zhixin, but I didn't see Mo, which made Shu Yan more worried than two people being tied up in front of him at the same time. Because Zhixin is still standing in front of her, she is still alive. When he didn't see Mo, he was afraid that Mo had already encountered a poisonous hand.

"Don't worry, husband, she has already run away."

Hearing that Mo had already run away, Shu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he was furious and scolded Liu Mang: "Despicable and shameless Hun thief! has the ability to fight with real knives and guns, and with this kind of bad means, what kind of manly man is he! ”

"What meanness and shamelessness? Don't you know that "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a cloud: soldiers, sophistry. In fact, to be honest, I also want to fight openly, and I don't want to do this disgraceful method, but you force me to really have no way out. But get up, and thank this Zhuge Warlock! If it weren't for him, who would know your address? How can you grab Mrs. Zun? ”

"Zhuge Warlock?" Shu Yan had never seen Zhuge Warlock, but he felt that this name was very familiar.

At the mention of the words "Zhuge Warlock", Ruoxin next to him was shocked. Although many years have passed, if you look closely, you can still recall what the curtain looked like. couldn't help but widen his eyes angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Brother-in-law, this person is the one who tricked me into going to Luoyang with my sister back then!" ”

"So it's him? It's such a roe deer! It's a pity that Zhuge Wuhou is so loyal and wise, but he is defiled like this! However, I am trapped here, and I can't get rid of this scum for your sister and Zhuge Wuhou! ”

Liu Mang sat on the horse, triumphant: "Shu Yan, I have this magic weapon, ask you again, do you surrender or not?" ”

Shu Yan was filled with indignation, his hands clenched into fists.

"To surrender or not to surrender?"

In the face of Liu Mang's repeated questioning, Shu Yanmu was in great pain in the local area, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "Although Zhixin is my treasure, but there are more than 10,000 households in the city, whose wife and children are not treasures?" How could I, Shu Yan, harm thousands of families in the city in order to protect my family! ”

"Do you really not agree to surrender? Are you really willing to be this beautiful wife who is willing to share hardships and hardships with you and never give up? You have thought that if you are still obsessed, then this lady of yours will probably sleep in my bed tonight! It's something I've been coveting for years. Hahaha......" Liu Mang let out a lewd laugh.

"Congratulations to my king on the fulfillment of his long-cherished wish for many years!" Ah Zhuang smiled evilly. His move was not only to flatter Liu Mang, but also to stimulate Shu Yan.

"You-" In the face of the two people shamelessly singing and harmonizing, Shu Yan was so angry that his muscles were exposed, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was in a hurry, and he held his breath in his chest, only to feel that he was spinning and almost fainting. Peng Hui and Ruoxin hurriedly helped each other left and right, and asked him to temporarily go down the city wall to rest.

"Do you surrender or not? Surrender or not? Liu Mang continued to shout arrogantly.

Seeing that Shu Yan was forced to grief, Zhixin was very worried, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Husband, you must not give up defending the city for my sake." I was born as your man, and died as your ghost. Don't worry, no one will get me! It's a big deal to learn the green beads to serve Shi Chong, light death and heavy festivals, and it will also be praised for future generations! ”

Sun Yi, who was still on the city wall, saw this situation, rolled his eyes, and said loudly to the city: "General Liu, don't be pressing, the surrender of Kaicheng is a matter of great importance, and we must always be allowed to think about it." What's more, Shu Cheng occasionally feels unwell and can't reply to you for the time being. A certain is the county Gong Cao Sun Yi, if you have anything to say, you can talk to me first, and then I will tell Shu Cheng. ”

Liu Mang saw that Shu Yan was gone, and Zhixin kept crying and shouting, but she couldn't get a reply, and she was anxious and flustered. In his heart, the fish does whatever he wants, and the bear's paw does what he wants. Ruyin and Zhixin both want it. But compared with the two, getting Ruyin is much more important than getting Zhixin. He is a person who is committed to making meritorious contributions, and he is no longer the young and frivolous teenager he was back then. What's more, no matter how beautiful Zhixin is, she is no longer the beauty of the past, and has become a young woman with a declining appearance. Continuous persecution is just a means to threaten Shu Yan, and what I want to see most is that Shu Yan can't bear it and surrenders. But Shu Yan resolutely refused to agree, and went down to the city, he was really in a dilemma here. Now that someone has come forward to talk to him, there has been a turning point, and of course he is overjoyed. But he spoke to Sun Yi in a slightly contemptuous tone.

"Since you are Gong Cao, then in addition to the county Cheng, you will be counted as a county official. I see that you are also an understanding person, so I will follow you. Now that even Sima Ye has surrendered and the Jin family has been destroyed, what are you still waiting for? Hurry up and persuade Shu Yan to surrender! ”

Sun Yi was stunned: "Has my emperor really descended to Han?" ”

"The sky is above, it is true, this king is a dignified Han royal family, how can he lie to you!"

The provisional court in Chang'an was simply struggling to survive, and it was entirely possible for Sima Ye to surrender. Sun Yi made up his mind and asked, "It's easy to surrender, but after surrendering, can you keep the people of my city safe?" ”

"As long as you surrender in Kaesong, I promise that you will never harass the people again."

Sun Yi was about to talk, when he heard Peng Hui under the city shouting and scolding: "Sun Yipiff, what are you?" How dare you talk to a thief without permission! You yourself are afraid of death, so let yourself out and surrender, and Hugh will represent us! ”

Sun Yi heard these words in his ears, his face turned red, and he arched his hand to Liu Mang and said: "Whether it is successful or not, please allow me to reply in half an hour." With that, he got down the city wall and walked to Shu Yan's side, "Shu Cheng—"

Before he could speak, he saw Peng Hui draw his sword and said angrily: "National thief, trying to trap me is tantamount to disloyalty and injustice, see if I don't kill you first!" "When you speak, you have to do it. Fortunately, Du Jian and Ruoxin blocked it, and Sun Yi also hurriedly flashed.

Shu Yan was just in a hurry just now, and he had slowly recovered at this time. He waved his hand at Peng Hui and said, "He is not really treasonous, how can he kill people indiscriminately!" Listen to him. ”

When Sun Yi saw Peng Hui retreat, he walked up to Shu Yan again and said bluntly: "I know that Shu Cheng is loyal and courageous, and he is afraid that his beloved wife will be humiliated, and he will not give up his loyalty. But I just want to ask, where will Shu Cheng take the whole county in the end if he is so persistent? Where did you put the people of the county? ”

Regarding this issue, Shu Yan has not thought about it. Since the overthrow of Luoyang, he has asked himself many times, but he has no answers. He only knew that as long as the Jin court was still there, he would have to resist to the end and not give up.

Seeing that Shu Yan didn't reply, Sun Yi continued: "If the Jin family is still there, even if it is a remote corner and no one rescues us, we can still spare no effort and swear allegiance to the death. But now that the Jin family has fallen, even Shi Taishou and the eldest princess of Yong'an have crossed the river. What are we desperately resisting with the lives of young and old in a county? Unless there is one thing, that is, to establish oneself as a king and become a separatist force. ”

Peng Hui glared and said, "That's not impossible!" In troubled times, there are many people who claim to be self-reliant in the county guard, and it is much better than surrendering Hulu! ”

Sun Yi sneered and said: "I don't think it's easy to be the king, but the 'city falls' is only in front of you." ”

Shu Yan shook his head and sighed: "I led the whole county to resist desperately in order to be loyal to the Jin family, without losing the righteousness of Ruyin's temperament, if I want to set myself up as the king with the lives of the people of the whole county, then who am I Shu Yan?" The reason why we have persisted until now is because the survival of the Great Jin Dynasty is unknown, and we can't give up easily! ”

"Liu Mang swears by the day, my emperor has surrendered in Chang'an, I think it shouldn't be fake."

Peng Hui said sharply: "That's a heart-to-heart battle. How can the Hulu people believe their oath! ”

Du Jian, who was next to him, patted Peng Hui on the shoulder and said, "Brother Peng's loyalty and courage are really respectable, and none of us wants the Jin family to be extinct." But you can imagine: Luoyang had a sound institution and a century-old foundation, and Emperor Huai was also in the prime of life, but he could not hold it; There are only a few remnants of the civil and military who have a teenage child who has not dried up in Chang'an, and there is no foundation, lack of soldiers and food, how can they hold it? So I think the news of the surrender of the Jin court should be credible. ”

Ruoxin couldn't help but sigh and said, "The big tree is broken from the roots, how can the branches live alone?" If the Jin court really surrenders, there is really no need for my lonely city to resist. ”

Shu Yan has always been respectful of Ruoxin, but now even Ruoxin is like this, and the last bit of hesitation in his heart has been dispelled, and he can't help but sigh: "The roots are broken and the branches are withered!" The roots are broken and the branches are withered! The Great Jin Dynasty has exhausted its qi, even if there are unwilling subjects, how can it be reversed! It is okay to dedicate the city, but it must be guaranteed that the people will not be taken captive and that the people will be safe. ”

Sun Yi saw that Shu Yan was relieved, and hurriedly replied: "Liu Mang has just made a promise in person, as long as Kaicheng surrenders, he will never harass the people. ”

"Although he personally promised, but in front of the two armies, the military affairs are changeable, the people's hearts are unpredictable, and the lives of tens of thousands of people in the city are at stake.

"It's on fire!" Just when Shu Yan was discussing with Peng Hui and others how to make preparations, smoke suddenly rose from the camp behind the Huns. Liu Mang hurriedly sent a team of people to rescue. Fortunately, the fire was not big and was extinguished in time, but it was really chaotic for a while.

Liu Mang was anxious, and suddenly saw Shu Yan standing on the city wall again, happy and afraid. The good thing is that I see the possibility of renegotiation again, but what I am afraid is that Shu Yan still doesn't listen to the advice. He asked in his heart: "Shu Yan, have you thought about it?" How should you? ”

"Are you sure you can promise not to harass the people?"

"The husband has a word, and the horse is difficult to chase. As long as you are willing to sacrifice the city, I will guarantee the safety of the people. ”

"After the city is surrendered, what should Ruyin County do?"

"Then you need to ask? Since the city is dedicated to me, I am sure that everything will be taken over by me, and then dedicated to my emperor. ”

"I can sacrifice the city and disarm the troops, but I have one condition, that is, Ruyin County will not be a vassal to your emperor and will not pay taxes to your emperor."

Don't be a minister, don't pay taxes? What kind of surrender is that? It just doesn't make sense! Liu Mang was just about to refuse angrily, but he heard A Zhuang's voice in his ear: "Why should the king be angry with him for a while, as long as he sacrifices the city and dismisses the troops, as for how to deal with it in the future, it is not the king?" ”

Liu Mang understood and said to Shu Yan: "Okay, I'll promise you." ”

"Well, you let my wife go, and I'll open the gates."

"No, you can't!" Before Liu Mang could agree, he heard Zhixin suddenly stop drinking. She was full of tears, looked up at Shu Yan on the city wall, and was even more sad than just now: "Husband, what are you going to do?" I am loyal to you, husband, and you should be even more loyal to the court. How can you open the city and surrender and commit treason for my sake? ”

Shu Yan's expression was sad and cold, but he didn't know how to reply to Zhixin.

Seeing that Shu Yan didn't speak, Sun Yi was afraid of change, so he hurriedly smiled at Zhi Xin and said, "Dr. Xin is wrong to blame Shu Cheng." Now that the Jin family is dead, the country is no longer a country, and the dedication of the city is really a last resort, not because of the personal love of your husband and wife. Besides, this is the result of the joint decision of all the officials, you don't have to blame yourself, let alone blame Shu Cheng. ”

Zhixin was afraid that Shu Yan would dedicate the city for her own reasons, so she would lose her reputation for a lifetime, and after listening to Sun Yi's words, she knew that the Jin family had been cut off, and her heart was much calmer.

The Zhuge Warlock next to him looked at Zhixin, who was crying pitifully, smiled sinisterly, and said to Liu Mangjin: "The king is too righteous. Now that Shu Yan is at the end of his rope, why doesn't the king have a beauty and a city? Dr. Xin was famous in Luoyang that year, and even Shi Juma was so obsessed that he almost canceled the Shang Master. Since the king was also interested in her, he was in a favorable situation today, and there was no need to return this woman to Shu Yan. ”