Later, Zuo Caifan took Wu Yuan to Wei Shengkai's mansion. Here, Wei Shengkai and a group of powerful men had gathered more than 3,000 people, and the scene was grand.
All of these people are young and strong, and they all have knives and guns in their hands. The sight of them is terrifying.
These people are relatives, servants, tenants, etc. of various powerful families.
Now that powerful people want to rebel, they naturally have to advance and retreat together, so that they can plan for big things, so they gathered people together and prepared to attack the government.
Now that Wu Yuan is in their hands, attacking Fucheng is simply a piece of cake.
Wu Yuan was escorted in front of everyone, and everyone glared at him, which only frightened Wu Yuan and made him even more panicked.
Wei Shengkai stepped forward and said to Wu Yuan: "Your Majesty, today we are doing something important together. I hope you can use your head to help me, and I hope you will not be stingy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Shengkai waved his hand, indicating that Wu Yuan should be taken down to chop off his head and sacrifice the flag.
"ah!"
Seeing this, Wu Yuan was so frightened that he almost jumped up. He hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, let me say a few words."
Wei Shengkai frowned, but still let Wu Yuan speak.
Wu Yuan was extremely nervous. He said: "It's human nature for you to cause trouble. The court is unjust and wants to plunder and plunder your property. If you don't resist, wouldn't you be a coward?"
This sentence immediately entered the hearts of all the powerful people. After everyone heard it, they couldn't help but nod in agreement.
At this time, Wu Yuan said again: "But you raised an army to resist and actually wanted to take my own life. This is a big mistake. Not only will it not help you succeed, it will actually hasten your defeat."
Wei Shengkai was so angry that he immediately ordered his men to take Wu Yuan away to be executed to prevent him from disrupting the morale of the army with his nonsense.
Seeing this, Wu Yuan hurriedly took the lead and said: "I am definitely not lying. Those who have achieved great things since ancient times have all won the hearts of the gentry and bureaucrats. They are better than the Song Taizu who had a hundred thousand soldiers in his hands, but he still has to hold the country firmly.
You must treat the officials of the previous dynasty well. Now that you want to raise an army, you must attract the officials of the imperial court to join you. Otherwise, how can you succeed?"
Wei Shengkai, Zuo Caifan, Zhang Bochu, Ma Qian and others all moved by intention.
Seeing that there was a chance of survival, Wu Yuan quickly said: "I am willing to surrender to you. I am the prefect of Zhenjiang Prefecture. As long as I give an order, the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture can make a decision. When the surrounding prefectures and counties see it, they will naturally submit to you. Isn't this right?
Great things can be accomplished, isn't it better than killing me?"
At this time, Wu Yuan's posture was already very low. He didn't even say that he was an official, and only said "I". This made the heroes look at it, and they felt comfortable and proud.
At this time, Ma Qian came up and said to Wei Sheng: "Chief, what he said makes some sense. Why don't we just spare his life and send someone to follow him to the government office and let him order the city to surrender. Then we can capture the city."
Achieve great things."
Wei Shengkai nodded, looked at Wu Yuan, smiled suddenly on his face, and stepped forward to personally untie Wu Yuan, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all forced by the situation. I have no choice but to bear with you."
"How dare you?" Wu Yuan was overjoyed and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But it is impossible to gain the complete trust of Wei Shengkai and others with just a few words above.
So Wu Yuan became concerned and said to everyone: "You, all of you, have done this righteous deed today. You are obeying the will of heaven and the people. I have written to the officials many times to persuade them to abolish the new law. However, the officials are ignorant and ignorant and will not listen."
Loyalty, if such behavior does not damage the country, how can it be justified by heaven?"
As soon as these words came out, in the eyes of Wei Shengkai and others, it was like a declaration of fame. If Wu Yuan dared to betray them in the future, the officials would definitely not be able to spare him, so everyone trusted Wu Yuan even more.
Gaining their trust, Wu Yuan said: "You have gathered so many people outside, and the news must have leaked out. It is impossible to attack Fucheng. If the official is willing to go to Fucheng to persuade him to surrender, he must ask Fucheng to decide without a fight."
Wei Shengkai and others were eager to agree.
Then Wei Shengkai sent his confidant Wei Zhong to accompany Wu Yuan back to Fucheng with a few of his men. He himself quietly hid with his troops, waiting for good news from Wu Yuan.
Before setting off, Wei Shengkai called Wei Zhong aside and said: "You keep an eye on Wu Yuan. If he dares to betray, you can directly kidnap him and your life will be safe. If it doesn't work, just kill him with one knife."
But after you have accomplished your great work, I cannot treat your family badly."
Wei Zhong nodded and accepted the order.
Then Wei Zhong took Wu Yuan to the foot of Fucheng, and saw that the gates of Fucheng were already closed.
Wu Yuan called the door loudly, and the general guarding the city Deng Xiong was greatly surprised when he saw it was Wu Yuan. He asked at the top of the city: "Your Majesty, I have received news from the Imperial City Division that Wei Sheng has been opened and Zuo Caifan has rebelled. Is this the case?"
I just ordered the city gate to be closed, sir, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Please open the door quickly and let me in."
Deng Xiong saw that there were only a few people around Wu Yuan, so he didn't think much and ordered the door to be opened.
At this time, Wu Yuan whispered to Wei Zhong beside him: "I will persuade Deng Xiong to surrender later. If he refuses to surrender, you will find an opportunity to kill him. Once he is dead, no one will dare to stop him."
Wei Zhong nodded, looking aloof.
Then the city gate opened, and Deng Xiong personally came down to greet him.
Wu Yuan stepped forward quickly, saluted Deng Xiong, and at the same time hinted to Deng Xiong with his eyes, asking him to pay attention to Wei Zhong beside him.
Deng Xiong saw Wu Yuan winking at him, and saw that Wei Zhong was very unfamiliar. Thinking that Wu Yuan was out and Wei Shengkai rebelled, he naturally reacted quickly and understood what was going on.
Deng Xiong glanced at Wei Zhong and looked him up quickly. He knew that although he seemed to have no weapons in his hands, in fact, he must have a short knife and dagger in his sleeves. Deng Xiong was confident.
Then, Deng Xiong suddenly changed his color and said angrily to Wu Yuan: "Wu Yuan, how dare you betray the imperial court and take a certain knife."
After saying this, Deng Xiong suddenly drew his sword and slashed at Wu Yuan.
"ah."
Wu Yuan was shocked, thinking that Deng Xiong would have mistaken his intention, and was about to explain, but it was already too late, Deng Xiong's knife was about to fall.
Not only Wu Yuan was extremely surprised, but Wei Zhong beside him was also shocked. For some reason, Deng Xiong suddenly drew his sword and killed Wu Yuan. He thought Wu Yuan was showing off, and Deng Xiong saw the flaw.
Wei Zhong was so surprised that he had no time to think about anything else. He just subconsciously thought about whether he should save Wu Yuan and how.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Deng Xiong turned his blade and slashed at Wei Zhong.
Before Wei Zhong could react, Deng Xiong's knife had already passed through his neck.
Wei Zhong felt a cold feeling in his throat, and then he felt that his whole body was spinning in the sky, and then he landed heavily on the ground with a "dong". Then, he only saw the world turned upside down again, spinning around again and again.