Liu Xiang wanted to persuade Jixian to surrender, and he also wanted to persuade Zou Jing to surrender.
Zou Jing made a desperate move, and now he has reached a dead end, with no way forward and no way back. There is no way to go from heaven to earth, and it is the time to persuade him to surrender.
Liu Xiang was thinking about his words to persuade Zou Jing to surrender. Something happened that stunned him. Yan Gang was so stupid and bold that he ran to Ji County City!
I don’t know what he said. The Yellow Turban Army put down a hanging basket and took him to the city wall. Can’t they persuade him to surrender outside the city? Do they have to run to the city? Are they going to risk their lives?
Liu Xiang no longer wanted to persuade Zou Jing to surrender, so he sat on a rock and looked up at the situation in the city. This Yan Gang was careless.
Yan Gang danced and said something to people in Ji County City, and then he was taken away. After about a meal, Yan Gang finally came down in the hanging basket again. Liu Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as no one dies inside, that's fine.
Not long after, Yan Gang came to Liu Xiang on horseback.
"General Qi, Ji County has surrendered."
Liu Xiang waved to Yan Gang and asked Yan Gang to sit opposite him. He frowned and asked very seriously: "Why do you go to the city to persuade you to surrender? Can't you talk outside the city?"
Yan Gang was stunned for a moment and replied: "Well, I think talking face to face is more sincere and can convince them better."
Liu Xiang took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly and said: "Jixian County is already a dead place. It is not the choice of the Yellow Turban. It is unwise to take risks for this place. If something unexpected happens, how can I explain to your family? Yan Gang, don't do this next time.
adventure."
"Thank you, General, for your concern. I will definitely keep it in my heart." Yan Gang felt warm in his heart and was very moved.
Liu Xiang was not trying to win over people, he was really worried about Yan Gang. Seeing Yan Gang's behavior, he stopped being verbose, nodded and asked, "How is the situation in Ji County?"
"Although the city has run out of food, there are still more than 10,000 Yellow Turbans. I feel that they still have the strength to fight. Let them go out of the city and fight with Zhuojun soldiers and horses, which can also weaken the power of the Yellow Turban army. Otherwise, I am afraid that
They are dishonest."
Liu Xiang thought about it for a moment and shook his head slightly.
"The Yellow Turbans cannot leave the city now. Zou Jing has nearly 4,000 regular soldiers. We cannot give them a chance to seize the city."
However, Yan Gang was a little reluctant and continued to persuade: "Those moth thieves are very gangsters, it is safer to pull them out to fight with Zhuojun soldiers and horses. There will be no dead spots. They are not honest."
Liu Xiang felt a little strange. Yan Gang insisted on sending the Yellow Turbans in the city to death. There must be something wrong with this. He asked doubtfully: "But the Yellow Turbans in the city humiliated you?"
"I was never humiliated. They treated me like a guest."
"Why do you insist on letting the Yellow Turbans leave the city to die?"
Yan Gang replied angrily: "They eat people!" After saying this, he emphasized again: "Although they concealed it, someone saw it. They eat people! They captured the people in the city..." At the end of the sentence, Yan Gang was no longer
I can't bear to say any more.
Liu Xiang also fell silent.
The cruelty of troubled times will always break the bottom line of people's hearts again and again.
This was not the first time he had heard about cannibalism. He could pretend not to see the refugees, pretend not to know, or even pretend to understand. They were just trying to survive and could not be harsh on them.
But the army is different. No matter how bad the Yellow Turban Army is, they are still an army. When an army does something like this, it is large-scale and well-organized. It is massacre and cannibalism.
Liu Xiang's anger stirred in his heart. He understood Yan Gang's mood. These yellow scarves deserved to die and must die.
But, not now, not now.
Liu Xiang gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger. He repeatedly warned himself in his heart: As a general, you should not raise an army out of anger.
He took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and said softly: "I will let them die. I will not find any other excuses and execute them on the charge of cannibalism to bring justice to the people."
After a pause, he said: "Now is not the time, we need to wait, don't rush."
He took out the command arrow and soldier talisman and summoned the cavalry around him: "Quickly pass the order and order the rear army to escort the grain and grass and move to Jixian." After speaking, he emphasized: "After receiving the order, we will set off immediately."
"only."
Tiqiu rode away, Liu Xiang stood up, looked at Yan Gang and said: "Persuading Ji County to surrender is a great achievement. It will be recorded as three military merits. It will be promoted to the rank of military officer. It will be divided into eighty acres of land, two houses, and immediate family members."
You are exempted from corvee service. I appoint you as the Marquis of Tiqi Army. From now on, you should work hard and make new achievements."
"Thank you, General, for your promotion. I am willing to die for you." The excitement of being promoted to an official position made Yan Gang free from his anger, and he bowed excitedly to thank him.
"Don't just be happy, there is something for you to do."
"Please give me your orders, General."
"Take someone to Jixian County to check on the Yellow Turban Army. I don't want to kill the wrong person, and I don't want to let the person who deserves death go."
"Follow the general's order and I will investigate thoroughly." Yan Gang solemnly promised.
"Go over with the flag of our army and let the city change its flag. Go now."
"only."
Yan Gang led people into the city again.
Although Liu Xiang has always advised himself not to be affected by emotions, he has not grown to that point yet and is still a little impatient.
No longer thinking about the words to persuade him to surrender, he led Su Wei to Zou Jing's formation and ordered his men to shout: "Please answer Zou Polu."
Zou Jing was right in front of the formation, hiding behind several heavy shields, quietly watching these armored cavalry approaching slowly.
He looked at a young general wearing black chainmail and a white battle robe, riding on a white horse, walking out of the formation, with the soldiers behind him carrying a red Liuziya flag.
He couldn't help but murmur in his heart: This should be the commander-in-chief of the Anping Army. How could he be so young? He looked so thin and frail. How could these arrogant and powerful soldiers obey him? What's the reason?
When he heard the call from the other side, he loudly replied: "My lord is here, what do you have to say?"
Liu Xiang cursed secretly in his heart: Pretend that his elders will die soon. On the surface, he pretended to be nonchalant and asked Su Wei to take the loudspeaker he had made before. Because he always had to shout in front of the formation, the effect of the Anping Army's persuasion to surrender was also good.
So I hired a carpenter to make a batch of them for military use.
He raised a loudspeaker and said loudly: "Colonel Zou is in a desperate situation. Why bother to struggle anymore, which will only increase casualties? Why not surrender?"
Zou Jing looked disdainfully: "Bah, a mere yellow turban thief dares to persuade a Han general to surrender, what a wishful thinking!"
This is the second person to think of him as a Yellow Turban. I wonder if it is because of the arrogance and blindness of a member of aristocratic family, or he is deliberately classified as a Yellow Turban so that he can perform meritorious service in suppressing rebels? After all, the military achievements of suppressing rebels and suppressing bandits are different.
, and the Yellow Turbans turbulent the world, the Ling Emperor was extremely afraid, and issued an imperial edict to conquer various places, but their achievements were different.
You can't admit it. The Yellow Turban is not a good way out. He doesn't want to become the experience bag for heroes from all walks of life. In the hegemony game of the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Army is just like the experience babies in Novice Village. One person can come up and collect it.
Based on experience, many heroes started their career as yellow turbans. This name must not be recognized.
Liu Xiang thought about it for a moment and prepared to give himself a personal profile, so he replied loudly: "What Zou Xiaowei said is wrong. I am the empress of King Jing of Zhongshan, the great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing, and a member of the Marquis of Linyi. If you open your mouth, you will wear a yellow scarf, but if you close your mouth, you will be a moth."
Thief, for slandering me like this, you are really looking for death!"
"Huh?" Zou Jing was a little confused. These words sounded familiar. He seemed to have heard them before. Where did he hear them?
At this time, he was answering in front of the formation. Without thinking carefully, he said: "Even if you are a member of the Han clan, why are you rebelling?"
Zou Jing actually doesn't care about the name of the Han family clan. The old Liu family has been in power for hundreds of years, and the royal blood has multiplied and multiplied. That's really a lot. Isn't there a saying, Liu is called the king of Zhang, Li and Zhao everywhere?
It's not uncommon to have clan members from the Han clan.
However, the clan members of the Han clan who have the wings of a large army must be taken seriously.