After Li Xiucheng was taken out of the cell, he no longer lived in the cell, but in a separate courtyard in the backyard of the county house.
He eats and drinks well, but Li Xiucheng's spirit is very poor.
In Li Xiucheng's mind, he has been thinking about what to do. Not surrendering is one way of thinking, but surrendering is not what he wants. In fact, Li Xiucheng also admires Li Zhen's ability. This man has never been defeated, which can be called a myth, but everyone has his own merits. The Lord was not in the same camp, especially since Yang Xiuqing was so kind to him, which made Li Xiucheng unable to betray him.
Li Xiucheng almost scratched his head and ears. He didn't know how much hair had fallen out, but he still couldn't think of a way.
Three days have passed, more than one day has passed, and only half of the time is left.
Death is getting closer and closer.
Li Xiucheng sat on the edge of the bed, holding the edge of the bed with both hands. His face was pale and haggard, his eyes were dull, and he felt as if there was a wall pressing in his heart, which was extremely uncomfortable.
"Look for opportunities to escape."
The idea of escape once again appeared in Li Xiucheng's mind, but he glanced at the closed door, and his heart felt cold. This is the county government, and all the people stationed in the mansion are elite soldiers under Li Zhen's command, let alone Even after escaping from the county government, Li Zhen's army returned to the city. It was extremely difficult and almost impossible to escape.
"Bring Li Zhen here, take the opportunity to capture Li Zhen, and then use Li Zhen to coerce the Qing army and escape from the city."
Li Xiucheng's heart moved slightly, and another idea came to his mind.
As soon as the idea came up, Li Xiucheng shook his head in denial.
He had already obtained detailed information about Li Zhen from various channels. He knew that Li Zhen was not only an extremely accurate marksman, but also a master of martial arts. In particular, Li Zhen single-handedly defeated the Russian strongman. With such tyrannical strength, Li Zhen Xiucheng asked himself that he did not have the ability to defeat Li Zhen. If he really chose to take action, let alone capture Li Zhen, he would probably be killed by Li Zhen without even touching a hair of Li Zhen.
Can't escape.
Can't catch it.
When he thought of this, Li Xiucheng felt helpless.
Various thoughts emerged in Li Xiucheng's mind one by one, but they were all rejected in the end.
"ah,."
Li Zhenxiu roared in a low voice, with a look of pain on his face.
He was irritable and couldn't help but stand up and walk back and forth in the hall. Li Xiucheng forced himself to calm down and subconsciously began to think of the book "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his mind. In his early years, Li Xiucheng's family was in a difficult situation and he didn't read much, but he especially I like "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", almost reciting it backwards and forwards.
Influenced by this book, Li Xiucheng's actions are somewhat similar to the characters in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
At this time, he subconsciously thought of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". When Li Xiucheng recited it slowly, as time passed, the restless look on his face disappeared, and his heart gradually calmed down.
"Xingdaorong."
Suddenly, this not-so-famous figure appeared in Li Xiucheng's mind.
In the novel, Xing Daorong is the general of Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling. He is said to be able to defeat ten thousand people. Liu Bei established a foothold in Xiangyang and sent troops to attack Lingling County. Xing Daorong was ordered to fight but failed and was captured. After being captured, Xing Daorong Rong falsely promised Zhuge Liang to persuade Liu Du and his son to surrender, but when he returned to the military camp, he proposed a plan to fake surrender to Liu Du's son Liu Xian, hoping to deal with Liu Bei.
That night, Liu Bei led his army to attack the camp in Lingling County and was ambushed. Xing Daorong thought he had a plan and led his army to fight out. However, he fell into Zhuge Liang's plan and was killed by Zhao Yun.
Although Xing Daorong failed, he gave Li Xiucheng a lesson.
He pretended to surrender and then proposed to return to Tianjing as an internal response.
This idea was swirling in Li Xiucheng's mind, and it soon took shape. Li Xiucheng had an idea in his mind. The gloom on his face was swept away, and his eyes were even brighter. He stood up and walked to the door, opened it, and faced the guard. The soldier outside the door ordered: "Notify Li Zhen immediately and tell him that I want to see him."
When the soldiers guarding the gate heard this, they immediately went to report it.
When Li Zhen got the news, he had already asked people to clean up the county government's money and other things, and was preparing to withdraw his troops. He had already received Xianfeng's imperial edict, and he had to return to Shanghai to settle things before he could leave with peace of mind. Li Xiucheng received news that Li Zhen suddenly smiled. It seemed that Li Xiucheng had made a decision.
Immediately, Li Zhen rushed to the yard where Li Xiucheng lived.
After entering the room, Li Zhenjin sat down with a sword and said: "General Li has brought me here. He must have an answer. Tell me, whether to submit to me or to be killed. However, I still hope that General Li will Be able to think carefully and don't make an idea based on impulse. Once you make a decision, there will be no regrets. Please think twice before you act."
In fact, Li Zhen still suspected that Li Xiucheng chose to be killed.
Li Xiucheng stared at Li Zhen and said word by word: "I choose to surrender."
"oh,."
Li Zhen was a little surprised, but quickly calmed down. When he looked at Li Xiucheng, there was a hint of disbelief and a hint of surprise. Li Zhen had always hoped that Li Xiucheng would submit, but now it came too suddenly, but it was a little bit... He was no longer confident. When Li Zhen recovered, he began to wonder about the reliability of Li Xiucheng's words, whether he was really surrendering or a fake surrender.
Li Xiucheng knew that Li Zhen was suspicious and continued: "I want to surrender on three conditions."
"explain."
Li Zhen immediately said that he would feel more at ease if there were conditions.
Li Xiucheng raised his right index finger and said unhurriedly: "This time the army of the Chinese Empire fought with your army, and more than 50,000 people were lost. Although I surrendered, I was once the leader of these soldiers. I want to personally Go pay homage to the dead soldiers, if you object, then just kill me, no need to mention the subsequent conditions."
Li Zhen waved his hands and said: "No problem, continue."
Li Xiucheng raised the corners of his mouth slightly, raised his index and middle fingers, and continued: "The second condition is that you can't interfere with me, and you can't force me to do things I don't want to do."
Li Zhen frowned, feeling slightly dissatisfied.
Things you don’t want to do.
There is no limit to what it means to be someone you don’t want to be. It’s completely open to the lion. Especially when there is a third condition, I’m afraid it’s even more difficult. Li Zhen can already guess how harsh the third condition is, but Li Zhen still nodded patiently. After all, it is easy to win an army but hard to find a general. Li Xiucheng is indeed talented.
Li Xiucheng continued: "The third condition is not actually a condition. Although I was captured, the King of the East certainly did not believe that I surrendered. As long as the commander-in-chief allows me to return to Nanjing, I can serve as the commander-in-chief's internal response. As long as the commander-in-chief allows me to return to Nanjing, I can When I attack Nanjing, I will take the initiative to open the city gates of Nanjing and welcome the general to enter the city. I can easily lay the foundation of the general, whatever the general wants."
Li Zhenjian raised his eyebrows and suddenly realized something in his heart.
This situation is clearly a fake surrender.
Li Zhen sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm and looked embarrassed.
When Li Xiucheng saw this, he thought Li Zhen was beginning to hesitate.
Li Xiucheng thought more about leaving Changshu County and returning to Nanjing. His subsequent actions as an internal agent were just Li Xiucheng's perfunctory words. Li Xiucheng thought of striking while the iron was hot, and said: "The commander-in-chief is the Shanghai Daotai. Only by attacking Nanjing can we make contributions.
Now that we have a great opportunity in front of us, why not seize it? As long as I act as an internal agent, it will be easy to capture Nanjing."
Li Zhen suddenly found it funny. He was already the Admiral of Guangzhou and would go to Guangzhou to take up his post within fifteen days. How could he have so much free time to stay in Shanghai?
Moreover, Li Zhen did not want the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to be defeated, so it was impossible to attack Nanjing.
Even if there is a fight, it will be a small fight.
ps: The first of four updates, the third volume is about to be opened, there is a bit of a glitch, and the update time is unstable, sorry for that.