Changli County Magistrate Zuo Yingxuan was summarizing today's war with the squires in the county government hall, when he suddenly reported that an old acquaintance outside the city asked to see him.
Everyone in the hall was stunned when they heard this. At this time, there were all Tatars outside the city. Could it be that the county magistrate knew Jianlu? He couldn't be another Han scum.
Zuo Yingxuan was also surprised. He came thousands of miles away to take up the post and didn't know anyone.
Suddenly, he remembered that the person who came with him must have been trapped in Yongping City. Could it really be him?
Thinking of this, Zuo Yingxuan temporarily interrupted the meeting and rushed to the city.[
The squires followed Zuo Yingxuan to the top of the city one after another. It's not that they couldn't trust the county leader. After so many life and death experiences, they all knew who the county leader was. Now they went to the top of the city together just to see who he was and what he wanted to do.
Well.
Outside the city, several Jianlu soldiers holding shields came to protect Li Yingfang to persuade him to surrender. He was still thinking about why Baylor valued this Han dog so much. Not only did he have to protect him, but he also had to listen to his words and cooperate with his actions to persuade him to surrender to Changli City.
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They didn't know that this was actually not Daishan's idea, but Huang Taiji's request in the letter.
As Li Yingfang waited, he thought to himself that Dajin had been fighting for so many days but still failed to defeat him. If he could successfully persuade him to surrender now, it would be a great achievement and he would definitely be put to great use by the Khan. Then he would use all his skills to persuade him to surrender.
Learn from it, help the Great Khan conquer the world, and maybe even become a founding hero.
Zuo Ying chose the top of the city and saw a Tatar wearing Ming civilian clothes standing there on horseback about a stone's throw away from the city. There were also several real Tatars holding shields guarding him.
After taking a closer look, I found that it was indeed him, fellow countryman Li Yingfang.
Zuo Yingxuan's heart tightened. Did he really defect to the Tatars or was he forced by the situation?
At this time, Li Yingfang had already seen a group of people coming to the city wall, surrounding a man in the middle wearing a seventh-grade green robe. After taking a closer look, he recognized the man, and immediately summoned his strength and shouted to the city wall: "Five Colorful
Brother, don't be sick, my little brother Huo Lie is here."
"So it's you, why are you here?" Zuo Ying chose Yu Shi's old plan.
Li Yingfang still stood still and said loudly: "Brother Wucai, your voice is not quiet. Why is your voice now softer than that of my little brother? I came here to save Brother Wucai."
"It was a result of hard work during the continuous war. What do you mean by that?" Zuo Yingxuan felt helpless when facing someone who knew his true identity, so he had to explain.
Li Yingfang urged the horse to take a few steps closer, then stopped, and shouted to the top of the city: "Brother Wucai, you have only been fighting for a few days, and you are already so haggard."
After sighing, he shouted loudly: "Dajin has only used one-tenth of his strength. The Great Khan once again sent 50,000 troops to raze Changli. I couldn't bear that my brother suffered this disaster, so I asked the Great Khan
Please help me, come to save my brother."
At this time, no one knew that Li Yingfang was making up nonsense and was caught in the crossfire, and that Huang Taiji really sent an army to come.
Zuo Yingxuan faced the outside of the city, moved his lips slightly, and asked Shi Guozhu beside him in a low voice: "Are you sure you can kill him with one arrow?"
Seeing Li Yingfang's reaction, Zuo Yingxuan felt that he must have sincerely surrendered to Jianlu, so he asked Shi Guozhu.
Seeing Zuo Yingxuan being so careful, Shi Guozhu didn't dare to shake his head, and whispered: "With the Tatar shield protecting me, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed."
No matter how quiet their voices were, the squire standing next to them could still hear them, thinking that the county gentleman wanted to use another trick.
However, they were a little strange. The county magistrate did not recognize the two people who persuaded them to surrender last time, and they spared their lives.[
This time it was his old acquaintance who wanted his life instead. In this way, there would be no way to delay time through peace talks in the future.
Zuo Yingxuan frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and shouted: "You said you came to save me, what proof do you have?"
When Li Yingfang heard that there was a way, he quickly shouted: "I know that Brother Wucai likes to discern the truth and redress the grievances of the people. I have asked the Great Khan to take over the post of inspector and take charge of the punishment."
Zuo Yingxuan knew that he couldn't act too impatient and pretended to be deep in thought. He didn't dare to speak anymore because he was afraid that Li Yingfang had just taken a few steps closer and could see him speaking.
He gestured to the people around him with his hanging hands, pointing at them, then at himself, and then at the outside of the city. He repeated this several times. Finally someone understood Zuo Yingxuan's gesture and began to persuade loudly: "County Lord
, you can’t leave us alone!”
When the others heard this, they also started talking. At first glance, the city was in chaos.
Zuo Yingxuan secretly praised him in his heart, turned around and faced them and said: "This man must not be used by the captives. He is protected by shield soldiers and is difficult to kill. I am determined to lure him into the city and then kill him. You all pretend to be hesitant and try to persuade him."
My officer, Wanjie will pretend to disagree in a moment, and I will escort you down."
After Li Yingfang watched his bait being thrown outside the city, Zuo Yingxuan had already moved and was doing other people's work, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
After waiting for a while, Zuo Yingxuan finally shouted to him: "How will Daikin deal with the people of Changli?"
Li Yingfang hurriedly replied: "Since they have become the common people of Dajin, they will naturally avoid the disaster of war, and there will no longer be the disaster of family destruction and death."
"How do people deal with their property?" Zuo Yingxuan asked again a topic that most people should be concerned about.
"The Great Khan has his orders, and he will not take anything away from the people of Changli. The Dajin army has strict discipline and will never disobey the Great Khan's orders." Li Yingfang continued to talk nonsense, only wanting to earn the city gate.
The leader of the Jianlu who was guarding him knew Chinese. Hearing Li Yingfang speak, he secretly laughed in his heart. When we enter the city, we will naturally not take a needle or a thread. If we want to take it, we will take it all, even our lives.
After hearing what Li Yingfang said, the people in the city started to quarrel again. Although they couldn't hear clearly what they were arguing about, Li Yingfang was very clear that the people in the city had different opinions.
After seeing Zuo Yingxuan talking to the people at the top of the city, he turned around and shouted, "Brother Huolie, what guarantee do you have?"
When Li Yingfang heard this, he wanted to make a guarantee, but there was no guarantee at all. Neither the Great Khan of Dajin nor Baylor made any guarantees. He only said that he would give whatever price he offered, as long as Changli could open the city gate and surrender.
When he was hesitating to give a guarantee so that the people at the head of Changli City could believe it, a voice shouted: "Unless that person can be honest and come to the city to be a hostage, we can only believe him if he is so sincere."
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"Yes, as long as he doesn't lie to us, he won't be afraid to go into the city and become a hostage." Another voice echoed.
"Your Majesty, please don't surrender. I'm sorry for the imperial court, and I'm sorry for my ancestors." This was what Wanjie was saying loudly.
Zuo Yingxuan shouted loudly: "What are you talking about? I have my own opinion. Come and take him down and keep him under strict guard."
Then Wanjie was escorted away while struggling to persuade him. His unwilling voice slowly faded away, and he was obviously being escorted away.
"Brother Huolie, look at this." Zuo Yingxuan dragged out a long sound.[
Li Yingfang saw and heard everything on the top of the city.
He thought to himself, it was only when they had concerns that they seemed to be sincerely considering surrendering. If I appeared more magnanimous, they would think that it was indeed true. When the Jin army entered the city, they would no longer be able to control it. Naturally, I
It can also be safe.
If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. Li Yingfang secretly made up his mind and shouted to the top of the city: "Brother Wucai, everything I said is true. If you don't believe it, I am willing to enter the city as a hostage to save my brother and Chang Li."
common people."
In order to avoid repetition, Zuo Yingxuan pretended that he was still thinking about it and did not agree immediately. The squires surrounding him shouted loudly. One thing is that if the county magistrate wants to surrender to Jianlu, this person must be a hostage.
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Zuo Yingxuan estimated that the heat was enough, and said to Li Yingfang: "Then as a brother, I would be wronging my virtuous brother."
Seeing that Chengtou had agreed, Li Yingfang turned around and said to the Jianlu leader who was guarding him: "Sir, please tell Baylor. I will go into the city as a hostage. After the time is agreed upon, please ask Baylor to enter the city in time."
That person had been ordered by Daishan to cooperate fully. Moreover, he did not suspect that Li Yingfang used this as a reason to pretend to be a hostage and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. If this was really the reason, he would not have surrendered to a country that would definitely be attacked by Dajin.
Go to the small county town.
Because of the above reasons, the Jianlu leader agreed to Li Yingfang's request.
As soon as the two sides reached an agreement, a hanging basket was lowered from the top of the city and Li Yingfang was hoisted up. The Jianlu who guarded him went back to report to Daishan.
After Li Yingfang climbed onto the city wall, she bowed to Zuo Yingxuan and said, "Brother Wucai, you feel at ease now. Can we talk about when the city gate will be opened?"
Zuo Yingxuan heard that Li Yingfang had escaped from Jianlu's control and was still trying to persuade Changli to surrender. The last bit of disillusionment with him in his heart was disillusioned, so he pretended to be enthusiastic and said: "Don't be busy now. I haven't seen you for a while. Let's go to the county government office first."
It’s just a matter of cleaning up the dust for my virtuous brother.”
The surrounding squires were stunned after hearing this. Hasn't this guy already come up? Whether he should be killed or beheaded is all decided by the county magistrate. Why does the magistrate still want to go drinking with him? Could it be that he really wants to surrender?