"As soon as Mr. Mao arrived in Chu, he made Zhao more important than Jiuding Dalu. Mr. Mao's three-inch tongue was stronger than a million soldiers." [Historical Records: Biography of Pingyuan Jun Yu Qing]
Zhang Ji smiled. He was a little drunk and did not hear the dissatisfaction and criticism in Dong Cheng's words. He was envious of his popularity: "I have been so scared these past few days that I have never enjoyed any good wine or meat.
Now that I am in sight of pardon, it feels like a huge stone has fallen to the ground in my heart. How can I not have a few more drinks? The court is really down-to-earth this time. In the past, how many of those wealthy ministers would chat and drink with me?"
Dong Cheng Lengyan looked at Zhang Ji's complacent look and felt contempt in his heart. How could a minister from a wealthy family think highly of these humble warriors? It was just because they were inferior to others now that they had to bow to them.
He saw through it without saying anything, and said directly: "You came to find me, but you remembered that you have to do something serious?"
Zhang Ji nodded and said: "That's right, but I have to trouble you to wait for me. I smell of alcohol and it's not convenient for me to see the deceased, so I can go and wash myself off first."
Since you have to wash it before going, why don't you inform him after washing it? Dong Cheng was annoyed, and he tried not to have an attack, and waved Zhang Ji away to go wash him off.
Since he had received great benefits from Wang Bin after surrendering, Dong Cheng became more and more determined to surrender, and naturally he did not have time to take a closer look at a dead man. What's more, he had not met Wang Yun much in the first place, and he met Bai Bo and Huang Jin in Hedong.
After fighting for more than two years, how can I remember it so clearly?
Zhang Ji was still a little drunk after rinsing. He walked up to the body, pretended to look at it a few times, and asked doubtfully: "Is this really Wang Yun? Why does it look a bit young to me?"
Zhong Shao, who was accompanying him, suddenly felt his heart sink, and there was silence in the hall.
"After a person dies, his face turns blue and white, and he will naturally look younger." Dong Cheng glanced at Zhang Ji impatiently: "Did you see less dead people, or did you drink too much just now?"
"Ah, that's Wang Yun!" After hearing Dong Cheng's explanation, Zhang Ji immediately confirmed and smiled honestly: "I didn't drink much, I'm just a little confused."
After a few words with the relieved Zhong Shao and others, Dong Cheng, seeing that there was no problem, left Chang'an with Zhang Ji and others, returned to the military camp outside the city and returned to Li Jue.
On the way out of the city on horseback, Zhang Ji, who had been keeping his head down and silent, suddenly raised his head and said to Dong Cheng: "I drank just now. I am afraid that the people in the army will laugh at me. I will be back soon. Can you ask my brother to do it for me? I will not have to talk for a while."
, was smelled of alcohol.”
Dong Cheng thought for a moment and then said "hmm" on the horse, which was regarded as an agreement.
Faced with Dong Zhuo's arrogant behavior, Zhang Ji didn't take it seriously, smiled kindly, and lowered his head.
No one saw the fleeting glint in Zhang Ji's eyes after he lowered his head.
In the camp outside the city, after Dong Cheng told everyone the exact news of Wang Yun's death, some were happy and some were sad. Fan Chou, Wang Fang and others all put down the biggest stone in their hearts, and from then on they no longer had any worries about submitting to the imperial court.
, even Li Jue and Guo Si began to seriously consider whether to follow the general trend and try to surrender.
Only Cai Yong present showed a trace of sadness instead of being happy after hearing the news of Wang Yun's death.
Zhao Wen acted as if nothing had happened, as if Wang Yun's death had not had any impact on him. In his view, Wang Yun was solely responsible for his own fault, whether he lived or died. The Zhao brothers were very angry at Wang Yun for excluding them from the execution of Dong.
Apart from secret matters, I have always been worried about him.
If it hadn't been for the sudden rise of the emperor, which gave them hope of overthrowing Wang Yun, Zhao Qian would have already caused trouble in the court by relying on his personal relationship with Li Jue.
With Zhao Qian's sophisticated calculations, the harm he caused may be greater than that of Li Ru and others. For example, he asked his old soldiers to open the city gate to welcome the rebels. This has been implicitly proven in history.
Today is different from the past. Zhao Qian successfully overthrew Wang Yun and was able to co-administer the government with Ma Rixi. His political demands were basically met. Under such circumstances, there would naturally be no collusion with Li Jue to open the city gates.
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Zhao Wen glanced at everyone with a calm expression, laughing in his heart. After everyone's joy had subsided, he said: "Wang Yun has repeatedly made troubles and blocked the way of loyal ministers and good generals to serve the country with the prejudice of the state and county. People are dissatisfied with this."
.Now that you have surrendered to the law, what else can you say?"
Li Jue was still grievances. He finally gathered 100,000 troops. Not only could he sweep through Guanzhong, but even all the lands in Guandong were unstoppable. Unexpectedly, he fought a painless battle in Chang'an and nearly half of the army's generals
Everyone agreed to surrender!
This made Li Jue feel very unconvinced, as if his son had made a mistake and his father refused to forgive him, so his son finally mustered up the courage to fight with his father and was about to punch him again. Unexpectedly, he was stubborn
But the father suddenly told his son in a friendly manner that it was mine just now, so I forgive your unfilial behavior, and you should still be my good son from now on.
This rhythm is wrong! No matter how things develop, there will be a hint of weirdness!
However, everyone was dazzled by the imperial court's concessions and rewards. They were originally in awe and timidity in front of the imperial court. Now, seeing the imperial court's "sincere" expression of letting go of the past, how could they be willing to continue fighting with the imperial court?
Among those who supported surrender, except for Fan Chou, others such as Dong Cheng, Wang Fang and others were small forces with no more than a few thousand troops. They did not have the princes and generals like Li Jue, Guo Si and others.
Xiang Ning has a lot of ambition and strength.
As long as they can maintain their current strength and preserve their lives and wealth, they don't mind accepting recruitment under the current situation, which is barely a favorable situation.
Among those who opposed surrender, they were all powerful forces like Li Jue who controlled tens of thousands of troops. They were worried about being relieved of military power by the court and were unwilling to lose the opportunity to control the government, so they opposed it resolutely.
At present, Li Jue has the largest number of rebels, with more than 30,000 people; followed by Guo Si's 25,000 people; and after that, Fan Chou has 10,000 people, Hu Zhen, and Yang Ding have a combined force of 10,000 people. Zhang Ji, Dong Cheng, and Wang
Fang and others each supported thousands of people, and there were more than 100,000 people in total.
Excluding the more than 30,000 common people who were brought along the way, there were 70,000 soldiers who could fight. After excluding the imperial troops such as Xiyuan and the Northern Army Luoyang, there were only more than 20,000 Dong Zhuo's original troops who conquered the Qiang and Hu.
Even though Fan Chou and others who agreed to surrender only had more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, you must know that the envoys sent by the imperial court to pardon were not just these generals, but all the soldiers.
Although every move of Cai Yong and others was deliberately restricted, as Cai Yong and Zhao Wen arrived one after another, attracting much attention, the news that the imperial court planned to pardon everyone was still spread wantonly among the army with the help of thoughtful people.
If Li Jue insists on going his own way and insists on sabotaging the recruitment, with his existing weak prestige, he will never be able to suppress the complaints of his soldiers, and it may lead to a mutiny.
Seeing that the situation had been decided, Li Jue had already reached an agreement with Guo Si, but after receiving this result, he still said with some reluctance: "The imperial court is magnanimous and willing to forgive past mistakes and will not argue with us. How can we not know how stupid we are?"
Repenting will only lead to infamy in future generations?"