Chapter 636: What is destiny? Go against it and just go with it
Zhu Ling's appearance of "loyalty protecting the Lord" would have aroused the resentment of several Wei generals present if he had been seen in the past few days.
But at this moment, no Wei general felt that Zhu Ling's criticism was wrong.
Even the Wei general who felt he said something wrong just now couldn't help but give himself a slap in the face under Zhu Ling's reprimanding tone.
The claps were loud and crisp, making Zhu Ling and other Wei generals look satisfied on their faces.
It's not that Zhu Ling and other Wei generals really thought that Mi Yang would have expected what happened in the camp today.
But Mi Yang did not expect it, which does not mean that several Wei generals in the tent today will not inform Mi Yang in the future for the sake of glory and wealth.
Criticizing each other and then climbing to a high position by stepping on the corpses of former colleagues, Zhu Ling had seen too many such things in Cao Wei for decades.
Since they are planning to surrender to the Han army, it is better to be cautious in everything they do.
But Zhu Ling also knew that the Wei general's words would inevitably arouse some suspicion in the hearts of others.
After all, the oath Mi Yang made on the Wei River was widely circulated, and it once made many Wei generals panic.
In order to help Mi Yang, and more importantly, to help himself, Zhu Ling couldn't help but look at the "comrades" present and said:
"In the Oath of the Wei River, the general only made it clear to the world that he would not forgive any general who had participated in the massacre of the city.
But you and I in the tent today have never participated in the Xuzhou Massacre in the past.
With the mind of a general and the status of a general, how could he be indiscriminate?
You gentlemen, please don’t forget that after I heard that Guo Huai and Wang Shuang were captured, the general has always treated them very favorably.”
Zhu Ling's explanation made the last scruples in the hearts of several Wei generals quietly disappear.
No matter how many suspicions you have, they will eventually disappear in the face of the ironclad facts.
Seeing that the eyes of several Wei generals gradually calmed down, Zhu Ling got straight to the point:
"Today we have discussed secretly, one honor will be lost, and one loss will be lost.
If anyone still doesn't want to hesitate, they can leave on their own.
I will never stop you."
Zhu Ling spoke frankly, but his hand unconsciously pressed on the saber at his waist.
Can a man with an open heart secretly discuss surrendering to the Han army?
Zhu Ling's actions naturally could not escape the eyes of the several Wei generals present, but even if they did not see this, they would not waver in their determination to surrender to the Han army.
If he was unwilling to surrender, he would not have been encouraged by Zhu Ling to come here tonight.
What's more, the Wei army's military laws are strict, especially for generals with foreign surnames.
Even if they leave tonight and do not participate in Zhu Ling's actions, if Zhu Ling fails, then their participation in the secret discussion tonight will be a capital crime in itself.
Even if they reported it to Xiahou Ba after leaving, according to the logic of Cao Wei's military law - if they were really loyal to the Wei Dynasty, why not report it before the secret discussion began?
Since it was a capital crime anyway, and they really didn't expect Xiahou Ba to be able to defend Tongguan, why not give it a try?
After a while, all the Wei generals present raised their hands and said to Zhu Ling: "We are of the same mind and are willing to listen to your orders."
When it comes to how to surrender safely, Zhu Ling is a professional.
After hearing what the Wei generals said, a smile appeared on Zhu Ling's face.
He had professional ability in surrendering, and he had already made careful plans in his mind on how to surrender to the Han army.
Zhu Ling first looked at one of the several Wei generals and said:
"Colonel Chen, most of the soldiers guarding the city are your confidants. Our top priority is to report our intentions to the hussar general as soon as possible.
This matter requires your full help."
Zhu Ling's words made Captain Chen respond with emotion.
Although Xiahou Ba is currently the chief general in Tongguan, Xiahouba previously served in the Central Plains. Not long ago, Cao Rui sent Xiahouba to Tongguan because he was worried about the safety of Tongguan.
In this case, Xiahou Ba can clearly decide all affairs in Tongguan, but in fact Xiahouba's control over Tongguan is not that strong.
Otherwise, these Wei generals would not be together tonight.
But after Ying Wei, Colonel Chen had a worry in his heart.
"Tonight we are determined and determined, but how can we convince the General of the Cavalry to believe in our determination?"
As soon as Captain Chen said these words, even Zhu Ling didn't reply.
Since ancient times, surrender is not an uncommon thing.
But the reason why there are not many records in history books is that many such things failed.
The most critical factor in failure often lies in how to make the other party's general believe in your own intentions.
After all, a word closely related to surrender is called surrender.
Since Mi Yang took charge of the army, he has been playing tricks on the word "false surrender".
Under such circumstances, Zhu Ling could not think of any good way to convince Ma Chao of their surrender.
Since you can't think of it, you can only move with the camera first.
Facing Colonel Chen's doubts, Zhu Ling finally said in a leisurely tone:
"If destiny is in Han, General Hussar will believe it."
After deciding on the first step to take, Colonel Chen returned to the Tongguan city wall late at night.
Captain Chen, who kept Zhu Ling's instructions in mind, immediately used his authority to send a confidant to the city in a hanging basket.
In the dark sky, no one noticed this incident.
Even Colonel Chen, who was standing on the city wall, could not clearly see the movements of his cronies after they landed.
Colonel Chen could only choose to look at the Han army camp not far away. At this moment, Colonel Chen prayed silently in his heart:
Hope everything goes well!
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In the brightly lit Han army camp, Ma Chao was lying on his couch.
Ma Dai, on the other hand, knelt and sat aside, carefully wiping the blood from Ma Chao's body.
Looking at the re-opened wounds on Ma Chao's body, Ma Dai's eyes were full of unbearability.
Looking at the clear water in the basin nearby, which was gradually stained red with blood, Ma Dai finally couldn't help crying.
Today Ma Chao is very brave in front of the world, but the price of this bravery is very high.
If it were in his heyday, it wouldn't be a big deal if Ma Chao made the moves he does today.
But was Ma Chao in his heyday?
No matter how powerful Ma Chao is, he is still a human being in essence.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But compared to Ma Dai's sadness, even though the pain in his body kept coming, Ma Chao's eyes were still shining.
Until this moment, he was still thinking about everything that happened today.
"It's so happy! It's so happy!"
After reminiscing, the emotional Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh.
Ma Chao has not felt anything like joyful emotions for many years.
Even though he was appointed by Mi Yang to garrison Yinping last year, the Han army was far weaker than the Wei army in that battle, and Ma Chao's tactics were mainly defensive.
Blindly defending passively, Ma Chao was very frustrated in that battle.
But today is different.
Today, Ma Chao only feels hearty.
After today, the reputation of General Shenwei Tian will surely be spread throughout the world soon.
It can be said that half of Ma Chao's long-cherished wish has been fulfilled. Whether the remaining half can be fulfilled depends on whether he can win Tongguan.
Thinking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but urge Ma Dai to get up next to the couch:
"Hurry up and give me the medicine.
After the follow-up army arrives, while our army's morale is high, I will personally lead the army to attack the city!"
After hearing Ma Chao's words, Ma Dai immediately had the idea of dissuading him.
When Ma Chao entered the account in the afternoon, he could hardly stand still.
This shows that Ma Chao's injury has reached a very serious level.
If he continues to do the first thing, Ma Dai is really worried about whether Ma Chao will be able to see the day when Tongguan is recaptured.
But before Ma Dai could say anything to dissuade him, the voice of the guard outside the tent came in:
"General, there are bandits asking to see you!"
The guard's report not only made Ma Dai unsuccessful in trying to dissuade him, but also made Ma Chao sit up from the couch.
It was so late, and Wei Jun came out from Tongguan to ask for an audience. Ma Chao had to be cautious about such things.
After thinking for a moment, Ma Chao signaled Ma Dai to dress him with his eyes, and responded loudly to the guards outside the tent:
"Give him some time!"
After saying this, Ma Chao quickly stood up and got dressed under Ma Dai's service.
After all, Wei Jun must not know that he was injured.
After getting dressed and realizing that no one else could see anything unusual, Ma Chao walked towards the tent.
However, after arriving at the foreign tent, Ma Chao did not summon the Wei soldier immediately. He ordered Ma Dai:
"Go quickly and call Boyo."
Ma Chao has become more and more fond of Jiang Wei recently.
If Jiang Wei hadn't made a timely judgment before, he might not have been able to kill Xu Chu today.
After hearing Ma Chao's instructions, Ma Dai immediately walked out.
After Ma Dai left the tent, Ma Chao asked his bodyguard to bring in the Wei army who was visiting late at night.
The Wei army followed the guards cautiously and entered the tent.
The temperature radiated from the stove in the tent made Wei Jun's body, which was almost paralyzed by the cold, feel the warmth.
But the warmth in his body did not warm the heart of the Wei army envoy.
After seeing Ma Chao sitting on the main seat, the Wei Jun envoy knelt down in front of Ma Chao out of fear in his heart.
If I had a choice, even if I beat him to death, I wouldn't want to come see Ma Chao tonight.
The fearful behavior of the Wei army envoy made Ma Chao sneer disdainfully.
After sneering, Ma Chao did not ask anxiously about the purpose of the Wei army's emissary.
Ma Chao's silence made the Wei Jun envoy's body tremble even more.
He didn't know that Ma Chao was waiting for Jiang Wei. He thought Ma Chao was thinking about where in him he could drink!
After the Wei army's emissary trembled for a long time, Jiang Weicai finally arrived at the tent under the leadership of Ma Dai.
Seeing Jiang Wei's arrival, the cold look on Ma Chao's face instantly dissipated.
Ma Chao said kindly to Jiang Wei: "Sit down and listen carefully."
After saying this, Ma Chao looked at the Wei army envoy:
"Who sent you?
Why did you come here late at night?"
Ma Chao's cold voice sounded in the tent, and following Ma Chao's voice, Jiang Wei also looked at the Wei army's emissary who was kneeling on the ground.
Seeing that Ma Chao finally asked him, the emissary of the Wei army, feeling that he would not be taken advantage of, hurriedly told the whole story of his purpose tonight.
When Ma Chao listened to other content, there was no strange color on his face.
After all, he already had similar speculations in his mind just now.
But after hearing that Zhu Ling was in charge of what happened tonight, Ma Chao's face was moved.
Zhu Ling and Ma Chao knew each other.
During the Battle of Weinan, Xu Huang and Zhu Ling led their troops to cross the Yellow River together, thus breaking the anxious situation of the war in one fell swoop.
It must be said that Zhu Ling is a very talented general.
Just because he felt that Zhu Ling was different from ordinary people, Ma Chao began to be surprised. Given Zhu Ling's status in Cao Wei, why would he do such a thing?
After asking the doubts in his heart, Ma Chao quickly got the answer he wanted.
Seeing that Zhu Ling was persecuted by Cao Wei to this extent, at least from the surface, Zhu Ling's move to surrender was quite reasonable.
Is this thing necessarily believable?
Ma Chao was trapped by Cao Wei's tricks.
Ma Chao's eyes gradually turned cold when he looked at the Wei army's emissary. In his opinion, after he recovered a little from his injuries, he might not be able to attack Tongguan by force.
There is really no need to believe in surrender anymore.
After Jiang Wei listened to the words of the Wei army's emissary, he kept watching Ma Chao's expression. When he saw the murderous intent in Ma Chao's eyes, he quickly stood up and said to Ma Chao:
"General, could you please take a moment to speak."
Jiang Wei's request made Ma Chao look at him.
How could Ma Chao not agree to Jiang Wei's request?
Ma Chao stood up and took Jiang Wei behind the screen.
After seeing no one around, Jiang Wei said to Ma Chao:
"It's better to believe in Zhu Ling's surrender than last time."
Jiang Wei clearly expressed his attitude.
After hearing Jiang Wei's words, Ma Chao was surprised.
Jiang Wei has been with Mi Yang for a long time. After this experience, shouldn't he believe in surrender even more than he does?
After seeing Ma Chao's surprised look, Jiang Wei expressed his opinion:
"Our army's morale is now high. If we attack Tongguan by force, we may not be unable to capture it.
But does the general know why Tongguan is so important, but the general doesn’t personally lead his troops to attack it?”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jiang Wei's words made Ma Chao think deeply.
In the past, he was only focused on Tongguan, but he never paid attention to this.
Not only did Mi Yang have no plans to attack Tongguan in person, he even had no letters recently asking about the war.
Mi Yang seemed to be trapped by something.
Jiang Wei did not leave Ma Chao confused for too long, and then he expressed his opinion:
"The general has been stepping up preparations to move the capital recently.
Not only the matter of moving the capital, many government affairs also need to be handled by the general recently.
That's why the general never came to Tongguan in person."
After hearing Jiang Wei's revelation, Ma Chao immediately understood why Jiang Wei made him choose to believe Zhu Ling's surrender.
The reason is that after taking Chang'an, the Han Dynasty's focus is slowly shifting to politics.
Chang'an's political significance to the Han Dynasty was too great, and Chang'an could not be regarded as an ordinary big city.
After capturing Chang'an, in order to show legitimacy to the world, the Han Dynasty would definitely suspend the pace of external attacks and shift its focus to politics.
Take for example the move of the capital to Chang'an.
The status of the Han Dynasty in the hearts of the world is different from that of the Han Dynasty whose capital is in Chengdu.
Previously, Ma Chao thought that Mi Yang would no longer have any new battle plans. The main reason was that the Han army had been fighting for a long time and was exhausted of men and horses.
But I think the above can only be considered part of the reasons.
After knowing Mi Yang's current focus, Zhu Ling's surrender will naturally be given a special political significance.
You must know that before this, the Wei army had never taken the initiative to surrender to the Han!
If this example can appear for the first time in his hands, it will be of great benefit to the Han Dynasty in demonstrating his legitimacy to the world.
Tongguan is very important, but compared to re-establishing the legitimacy of the Han Dynasty in the hearts of the world, its importance is still insufficient.
Today's big man already has the capital to make people look down on the wind and obey the odds.