Hu Zhen said: "My lord, what you said is wrong. Since the third brother is the main one among the brothers, we must determine the names to avoid everyone having any different intentions in the future. I, Hu Zhen, will say the ugly things first. If that person in the future

If a brother is being duplicitous, don't blame me, Mr. Hu, for being ruthless. I believe that everyone is loyal to the lord and should not let me, Mr. Hu, down."

Everyone nodded and said in agreement: "We will be loyal to the lord all our lives. If we have any different intentions, we will be punished by heaven and earth!"

In this way, Zhu Wen was able to establish his own business. He listened to everyone calling him lord one after another, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He never expected that he had nothing after coming to this chaotic era, and in just five years, he actually had something.

With his own team, all this makes Zhu Wen feel like he is in a dream. But no matter what, Zhu Wen will treat this lord well, and he will not let his brothers down.

But at this time, he sighed in his heart and said secretly: "I'm sorry, Ying'er... maybe we are not destined to be together in this life..."

Since you want to set up your own business, you must have a comprehensive plan. Zhu Wen certainly knows this very well. Going on aimlessly will only make yourself passive.

Zhu Wen said: "If my prediction is correct, Mr. Xie should have already made a comprehensive plan, right?"

Xie Tong said: "I have discussed with General Hu. Although each vassal town is now in charge of its own affairs, on the surface, it is still Li Tang's ministers. If we also join Li Tang, we will definitely get the attention of Li Tang's government, and even open a government and establish a festival."

It's not impossible. In this way, we can legitimately own our own fundamental land, and the feudal towns will not openly attack in large numbers, let alone become the public enemy of each feudal town like now."

Zhu Wen said: "Yang Fuguang sent several surrender letters, but this Yang Fuguang may not be trustworthy. When he surrendered Wang Xianzhi, didn't he also capture Shang Junchang alive and behead him in Chang'an? Although that incident may have been done by Song Wei, but

We cannot take it lightly."

Xie Tong said: "Let's leave this matter to the students. Of course it's hard for my lord to come forward."

Zhu Wen nodded and said: "Ziming must be careful. No matter how generous the conditions are given by Li Tang, our condition is to retain our original team. Li Tang's court cannot easily interfere. It seems that Wang Duo now has some understanding of our combat effectiveness."

Even if they can capture Tongzhou, they will have to pay a heavy price, which is one of the reasons why they did not attack the city in Xia Yang."

Everyone discussed their future plans again. In fact, Zhu Wen already had a rough outline of his future plans. He would first join Li Tang in name and gain Li Tang's approval. After having his own solid base, he could gradually expand his plans.

Although it may not be possible to conquer the world, it is more than enough to protect itself.

At noon on the second day, Wang Duo, Wang Chongrong, and Yang Fuguang's troops had all arrived outside Tongzhou City. They did not launch an attack, but camped five miles outside the city. They had already experienced Zhu Wen's power, but

If we just give up the attack on Tongzhou, wouldn't we be laughed at by everyone in the world? But if we really attack, even if we can win, we will definitely suffer heavy losses.

These old guys were also discussing countermeasures. Yang Fuguang still said the same thing, to surrender. But this time he asked Wang Duo to first offer a pardon for the emperor and give Zhu Wen some practical benefits. Such words would definitely be better than empty words.

Speaking plainly is much more useful.

Wang Duo has many blank appointment and dismissal documents stamped with jade seals by the emperor, and there are also many imperial edicts stamped with jade seals. Isn't it a trivial matter to make a blank document?

Wang Duo has done this kind of thing a lot. After all, most of the appointment and removal documents sent out are like empty promises. It’s up to you whether you have the ability or not. Wang Duo immediately went back and wrote an appointment for Zhu Wen with a stroke of his pen. As a document to Tonghua's military envoy, he sent the governor of the capital to advise Zhang Jun, the senior official, to go and propose surrender.

Zhang Jun had some courage, so he led five or six of his followers to the north gate of Tongzhou. When they arrived outside the city, they were discovered by the sentries on the city. The archers on the city tower strung their bows one by one. The huge crossbow was also aimed at several people under the city.

Zhang Jun stopped when he was thirty steps away from the city gate and said loudly: "I am the envoy of the Tang Dynasty. I have come to see your governor Zhu Wenzhu. Please tell all the generals that I will thank you." "

When the people in the city heard that they were from Li Tang, they were even more careful. However, with these six or seven people, nothing could happen. They were afraid that these few people would attract their attention and the enemy would attack the city from other places. North Gate The guard general hurriedly ordered the sentry to use binoculars to pay attention to the movements of the enemy troops in the distance, and then ordered a soldier beside him to go to the city to inform his superior Zhu Zhen. He did not have the right to report Zhu Wen directly, and could only convey it through Zhu Zhen.

Zhu Zhen heard that an envoy from the Tang Dynasty came to Tongzhou, and he must have come to tell him that he was here. Zhu Zhen laughed secretly, and he really got whatever he wanted. He quickly ordered someone to inform Zhang Cunjing, and Xu Huaiyu, Xie Tong and others went to Zhu Wen's place together. After discussing with the state government, he went directly to the state government in the same state.

Zhang Jun waited outside the city for half an hour. The north gate finally opened. Xie Tong came out of the city to greet him surrounded by fifty guards. After all, Xie Tong was also a juren. Although he had not been admitted to the Jinshi exam for most of his life, for some The etiquette is quite clear.

Zhang Jun and Xie Tong exchanged a few pleasantries and exchanged a long greeting. They entered the city side by side. The five or six guards Zhang Jun led did not bring any weapons at all. This was enough to show Wang Duo's sincerity in asking for surrender.

After a while, the two arrived at the state government office. Zhu Wen and his generals were already waiting at the state government office. Zhu Wen saw that Zhang Jun was not wearing an official uniform, but just an ordinary scribe's robe. He was in his thirties and looked gentle and elegant. As soon as he entered the door, he cupped his fists and bowed to Zhu Wen and said: "Students have heard the name of General Zhu for a long time, and it is like thunder in their ears. It is a great blessing to meet him today!"

In Zhu Wen's impression, Zhang Jun should have become prime minister later. Although he did not become prime minister for a few years, the person who may become prime minister must not be an ordinary person. Zhu Wen did not dare to neglect it. After all, he has only a few soldiers now, and he will still be able to do it in the future. Relying on Li Tang's protection, he hurriedly stood up to greet him and said, "Sir Zhang, you have given me too much praise. How can Zhu, a man from the mountains, deserve your praise? Come, please take a seat and watch tea."

Zhang Jun hurriedly thanked them, exchanged a few words with each other, and finally got to the point. Zhang Jun said: "Now is the time when the country is employing people. It is a pity that General Zhu, who is so great, has to hunker down in the grass. Now Huang Chao, Shang Rang and others are trapped in the isolated city. The fall was imminent. Wang Shizhong (Wang Duo) personally led an army of 80,000 from several vassal towns to besiege Tongzhou. He only cherished the general's talent and could not bear to let the general and the generals of Tongzhou perish together. He also thought about the survival of 100,000 people in Tongzhou. This was I just let the students come and show their righteousness to the general. The general is a hero among the world. Why not help the Tang Dynasty with Wang Shizhong? With the general's intelligence and martial arts, in the future, he will be named a prince and become the prime minister. Wouldn't it be beautiful to leave his name in history?"

Zhu Wen pretended to ponder for a while and pretended to be confused: "Master Zhang should also know that I, Zhu, am a direct disciple of King Huang. My mentor treats me with great kindness. If I really turn against my master, wouldn't I be punished?" My mentor is so cold-hearted and makes everyone in the world laugh at him?"

Zhang Jun shook his head and said: "The general's words are wrong. As the saying goes: 'The king of heaven and earth is close to his teacher', the teacher can only be ranked last. If loyalty and filial piety are neglected for the sake of the teacher, and the world is cast aside, who will the general think?" Which one is more serious?"

Zhu Wen pretended to hesitate and turned his attention to the generals. Zhu Zhen coughed and said: "Master Zhang has been talking for a long time just to recruit people, isn't he? Now my third brother is already the governor of Tongzhou, even if we surrender to Li Tang, what kind of position can you give my third brother?"

Zhang Jun seemed to know that Zhu Zhen would say this, and said: "Here is a document prepared by Wang Shizhong, which has been used by the Holy Emperor to use the jade seal. General Zhu Wen and Zhu are appointed as the governor of Tonghua, controlling the two prefectures of Tonghua and the surrounding prefectures. In the county, mount up the officers and troops, and dismount to manage the people. In the future, when the emperor returns to Chang'an, there will definitely be another reward."

Zhu Zhen said: "What if you don't keep your words? For safety reasons, our troops will continue to remain in our hands. To prevent unexpected events, you Li Tang cannot try to recruit our troops. And the previous war should be regarded as a war." If there is a misunderstanding, you must not seek revenge in any way. As long as you can accept these points, it proves that you are sincere." In fact, Zhu Zhen's conditions are not excessive at all.

After hearing Zhu Zhen's conditions, Zhang Jun was overjoyed. He heard Zhu Zhen call Zhu Wen the third brother, and thought that Zhu Zhen was Zhu Wen's biological brother. Of course, the weight of what he said was very serious. He quickly looked at Zhu Wen with his eyes, fearing that this was not Zhu Wen. Wen said carefully, "What does General Zhu mean?"

Zhu Wen said: "Brother Zhen is what I mean. Although brother Zhen is not my biological brother, we are brothers and are closer than biological brothers."

Zhang Jun said excitedly: "General Zhu understands the great righteousness, and his students represent the people of the same state and the whole city. I brought Wang Shizhong to thank the general." He really didn't expect that Zhu Wen was so easy to talk to and settled the matter so easily. How could he not be excited?

Zhu Wen received the appointment document and held a banquet in honor of Zhang Jun. After the banquet was arranged, everyone took their seats. Even Yan Shi, the supervisor sent by Meng Kai, was invited.

When Yan Shi saw a strange scribe sitting in the guest seat, but he didn't know him, he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied. He thought to himself: After all, I am also a supervisor sent by General Meng. You, Zhu Wen, didn't even say a few words to me when you met yesterday. I just said that I was tired all the way and went back to rest. Do you think I don’t know that you will drink and have fun with the generals after you return? Huh! Today, a shabby scribe came again and held a banquet to entertain him. He just added a pair of my chopsticks. , it is really unbearable.

Yan Shi was really a little angry. He gave Zhang Jun a cold look and said, "This gentleman is a bit unfamiliar. I wonder which one he is? Why don't you introduce him to General Zhu?"

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "This is the general judge of all the camps in Li Tang, who advises Zhang Jun." Then he turned to Zhang Jun and said: "This is the supervisor of the army from Chang'an, Lord Yan Shiyan."

When Yan Shi and Zhang Jun heard this, they were both shocked and wondered what Zhu Wen meant. Yan Shi thought, "Could it be that Zhu Wen really surrendered to the enemy?"

Zhang Jun also thought: "Did Zhu Wen just play tricks on me and now hand me over to Huang Chao's supervisor?"

After all, Yan Shi was Meng Kai's confidant. He had a backer in Chang'an and was quite confident. He said coldly: "General Zhu, the two armies are facing each other. How do you entertain the enemy's dignitaries?"

Zhu Wen did not answer, but winked at Zhang Cunjing. Zhang Cunjing nodded and said to Yan Shi: "Master Yan, please be patient. I, Mr. Zhang, want to borrow something from Mr. Yan."

Yan Shi became a little wary. He looked at Zhang Cunjing, who was sitting next to him, and felt a little chilly in his heart. Although he knew some Kung Fu of a three-legged cat, how could he be the opponent of these fierce generals on the battlefield? He said in a trembling voice: "You... …What do you want to borrow from me?”
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