The man who was pushed in by Li Tiezhen hurriedly knelt on the ground and bowed to Tai Shici: "Yes, general. The younger one is General Hou, a confidant of General Song. Entrusted by the two generals, he came to pay homage to the general."
Taishi Ci snorted coldly and asked: "Hou Cheng, Song Xian is a general of the Jin army. Why did they send you here?"
The man said: "General Qi, General Hou, General Song sent a young man to express his intention to surrender to the general, and planned to kill Chen Gong and the guard Sui Gu in the pass, and dedicate the city of Huguan to the general. Huguan is the capital of Shangdang.
Barrier, once Huguan City is captured by the general, Shangdang will be within easy reach, and the two generals are willing to be driven by the general to occupy Shangdang on his behalf without spending a single soldier."
Taishi Ci raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Tie, winking at Li Tie, but his expression was very dull, and he sat there without speaking.
Li Tie understood, and immediately came to the man's side, grabbed the man's collar, lifted the man up, and asked: "You said that Hou Cheng and Song Xian are going to surrender. What proof do you have?"
If these two people really wanted to surrender, they would have surrendered as early as Julu County, why do they have to wait until now to surrender?"
The man hurriedly said: "This...these two generals also have something unspeakable. It's all the fault of the Prime Minister Chen Gong. Chen Gong holds the lives of the two generals' families in his hands. If the second general disobeys even a little bit, he will use his family as his own."
Their lives were threatened, so the two generals had no choice but to do so."
"Then why are they surrendering now?" Li Tie asked.
"Because...because someone had rescued the families of the two generals from Jinyang, Chen Gong lost the leverage to blackmail the two generals, and the two generals decided to kill Chen Gong, seize Huguan City, and sacrifice
To the wise and powerful Marquis Yan..."
Li Tie let go of his hand, and the man he was holding fell heavily to the ground. He walked straight towards Taishi Ci, bowed and said, "General, it doesn't look like this man is lying."
Taishi Ci had been staring at that person. When he saw the person's eyes flickering, he didn't dare to look directly at him, and there was a trace of nervousness on his face, so he said softly: "Vice General Li, don't you think this person can answer questions fluently?"
Did it go too smoothly?"
Li Tie turned his head and glanced at the man, and felt something was wrong, so he walked to the man again, used his thick arms and great strength to lift the man up again, and asked: "How dare you lie to me?"
?I'll let you have a taste of what it's like to be a human stick!"
"Human...human stick...what is it?" the man asked in horror.
Li Tie chuckled and said: "The human stick is to chop off your hands and feet, then put you in a wine vat with only your head exposed, then gouge out your eyes and cut off your tongue.
Prick your ears, and after it has soaked for a long time, you can skewer it with iron rods and roast it on the fire. It will be delicious!"
"Ah... no, I don't want to be a human stick, I don't want to be a human stick, that would be worse than death..." The man struggled, but he couldn't get rid of Li Tie's hand.
Li Tie said: "Don't move. If you move, I will make you a human stick!"
As expected, the man was not moving, but his whole body was twitching.
Li Tiedao: "Let me ask you, do you want to tell the truth?"
"I said, I said, those two generals asked me to memorize what I just said..."
Taishi Ci stood up directly, walked to the man's side, winked at Li Tie, and Li Tie put the man down. He squatted on the ground, grabbed the man's hair, and lifted it up.
He asked, "Hou Cheng, did Song Xian ask you to fake a surrender?"
The man looked mournful. When he saw Tai Shici's ferocious face, his eyes were very vicious, and he looked very scary, he hurriedly said: "No, no, the two generals really asked me to express their intention to surrender..."
"Hey, if it's true, why do you lie to me like this?" Tai Shici asked.
The man said: "This...this..."
"Don't tell me! If you don't tell me, I'll make you a stick immediately!" Taishi Ci became furious, yanked the man's hair and shouted loudly.
The man was in terrible pain and hurriedly shouted: "I say, I say, as long as you don't let me be a stick, I will say anything!"
Taishi Ci let go of the man's hair, stood up, and walked back to his original position. After sitting down, he sneered: "I thought the Jin army was all hard-core, but I didn't expect there to be people as greedy and afraid of death as you.
It seems that Lu Bu’s subordinates are nothing more than that, all the trapping and wolf cavalry are bullshit!"
The man lay on the ground and nodded repeatedly: "What the general said is bullshit, it's bullshit... In the eyes of the general, the little one is even worse than bullshit..."
Taishi Ci didn't have time to fight with this person, so he asked directly: "Tell the truth, Hou Cheng, what on earth did Song Xian send you to do?"
"Two generals... No, the two bullshit sects are indeed here to express their intention to surrender to the general, but..." The man raised his head and caught a glimpse of Tai Shici's gloomy face, then hurriedly lowered his head and continued, "It's just that
The two bastards heard that the general liked to kill prisoners, and they had some doubts in their hearts. They sent the bastard boy to express his intention to surrender. However, they were afraid that the general would pursue his past mistakes, so they told the bastard boy what he said.
…”
After Taishi Ci heard this, his face was stunned for a moment, and he thought to himself: "I only thought that Chen Gong used a trick to surrender, but I never thought that Hou Cheng and Song Xian were afraid that I would kill the prisoners and prevent them from surrendering... I didn't expect that.
In the eyes of others, I, Taishi Ci, am someone who only knows how to kill prisoners, so I must change other people’s opinions of me!"
Li Tie cupped his fists and said: "General, it seems that what this boy said is not a lie. His pants have been wet and he has been so scared that he has peed his pants."
Taishi Ci smiled and said: "You go back and tell Hou Cheng and Song Xian that I, Taishi Ci, will allow them to surrender. No matter what they have done in the past, as long as they are willing to surrender to our army, I will accept them, and I will accept them under Yanhou
I can speak kindly to them in front of them and be my general. I want them to see that I, Taishi Ci, am not someone who only kills prisoners!"
The man said: "No, I understand, I understand. I will go back and report it to the two generals!"
Taishi Ci said: "Are you going back now? Huguan City is like an egg with no gaps. How did you get out, and how do you go back?"
The man said: "You have someone to take care of you. Everything has been arranged by the two generals."
Taishi Ci said "Oh", suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked: "Let me ask you one last question... If you can't go back, does it mean that Hou Cheng and Song Xian will live and die with Huguan?"
?”
The man nodded solemnly and said casually: "If the two generals are refused to surrender, they will have no choice but to resist desperately. Even if they cannot resist, they may take the remaining troops and escape to the Huns' tribe, waiting for an opportunity."
Taishi Ci waved his hand and said: "Go back and tell them that I, Taishi Ci, accept their surrender and let them show up in Huguan City with confidence. I will not kill anyone who surrenders!"
The man resignedly left the camp.
Taishi Ci turned to Li Tie and said: "Vice General Li, in the past, in the hearts of soldiers, am I really just a person who can kill prisoners?"
Li Tie was startled for a moment: "Well... this is a question..."
Seeing Li Tie's expression, Taishi Ci waved his hand and said: "You don't have to say anything, I already know what you are going to say. Lieutenant General Li, from now on, I want you to witness how I, Taishi Ci, have transformed. I want to
Prove to the world that I, Taishi Ci, am not an unreasonable person who only kills prisoners!"
Li Tie cupped his fists and said: "I am willing to bear witness for the general!"
Taishi Ci smiled and said: "Okay, I've been busy for most of the night. It's time to rest. Send me the order. The whole army will rest and reorganize from tomorrow. It's been a long journey for several days. It's time to take a good rest. We are at Huguan.
Sit down below the city and wait for the good news from Hou Cheng and Song Xian."
"Promise! I will retire at the end. General, please rest early!" Li Tie said, cupping his fists.
Taishi Ci waved his hand, and Li Tie withdrew. He took off his armor, took off his helmet, lay down on the couch, and said to himself: "Master, just watch, I
I will let you see a brand new Taishi Ci, and I will work hard to become your most trustworthy right-hand man..."
…
Hou Cheng and Song Xian had been waiting anxiously in the barracks. At about midnight, the soldiers who were sent out finally came back and brought back Tai Shici's reply, and the two of them felt a little at peace.
After withdrawing his soldiers, Song Xian said to Hou Cheng: "Now I can finally feel relieved. Now that I have received Tai Shici's reply, let's start making arrangements."
Hou Chengdao: "Sui Gu is Zhang Yang's confidant. Most of the troops and horses in Huguan City belong to him. We only brought back 3,000 remnant troops, but he has 10,000. Zhang Yang trusts Chen Gong very much, and the two of them
The relationship is very close, if you want to kill Chen Gong, you must kill Sui Gu first, do you have any good ideas?"
Song Xian thought for a while and said: "It is better to set up a banquet, invite Sui Gu to come, and then kill him during the dinner. Chen Gong only needs two strong men to capture him, so there is no need to worry."
Hou Cheng nodded and said: "Then why do you invite Sui Gu? We have little contact with him and are not very familiar with him."
Song Xiandao: "Your birthday is coming soon, isn't it? In the name of the birthday banquet, invite him, along with Chen Gong, to save you the trouble. Just kill them both at the banquet, and we can take advantage of the situation."
Capture this city."
Hou Cheng smiled and said: "This is a very clever plan. My birthday is three days away. We must plan it carefully to make sure the news is not leaked."
Song Xian said: "Don't worry, we will be able to capture Suigu and Chen Palace in one fell swoop. When the time comes, we will dedicate the city and persuade the Shangdang Governor to lure Taishi Ci into Bingzhou. Then our achievements will be obvious to all, even to the Marquis of Yan.
You will also be rewarded in front of me."
Hou Cheng and Song Xian laughed sinisterly together and began to plan a conspiracy...