Two hundred and sixtieth chapters mountains and seas (12)
"Do you want to surrender?" In the morning, the young Seven Taibao Ji Zeng looked at the equally young Liting City messenger in front of him, sitting still, only slightly holding his forehead and frowning.
"Yes." The young messenger, Han Erlang himself, bowed his head respectfully.
"I don't believe you." Ji Zeng was silent for a moment, then suddenly withdrew his hand and said with a smile. "If you want to surrender, you should have surrendered the night before yesterday...I asked, who is Shi Huaiming from your old days?"
Sir, it would be most comfortable for you to surrender him, but you ended up killing him instead. Today you come to seek my surrender. It must be a false surrender! You brat, you came to my camp with only a decent level of cultivation, you think you have outstanding courage, and you want to do something like this.
It’s a career, but it only leads to death! Take it!”
"General Ji, I'm not used to talking big words. Please tell me a few honest words. It won't be too late to deal with it." Hearing the rustling of beetle leaves around him, Han Erlang lowered his head and leaned forward, but he hurriedly spoke.
First, we actually almost surrendered the night before yesterday, but we just wanted to give it a try, but failed to do so; second, we did not expect the night attack to be so successful, blowing up the camp in one fell swoop and defeating General Shi; third, we did not surrender last night
I killed someone, but not General Shi, but a scapegoat. I took the opportunity to announce that we don’t know the whereabouts of General Shi. He may be dead, or he may have escaped..."
At the end of the sentence, the soldiers on both sides had already grabbed Han Erlang and dragged him outside. However, Han Erlang, who was speaking faster and faster, still tried hard to keep his words clear and orderly.
"I believe this." When Ji Zeng heard this, he was stunned on the spot, then laughed again, then waved his hand to let the guards return to their positions, and let General Ji go. "He continued."
That was the truth. I immediately felt that those words should be true and completely consistent with my understanding of the battlefield and situation.
"Seventh, when we discussed the surrender last night, there was indeed little dispute, and indeed no one suggested a false surrender. But just like the night attack was finally decided on the evening after tomorrow, the decision was finally made to surrender last night." General Ji breathed a sigh of relief and spoke quickly.
Recovery exception.
Erlang smiled and narrowed his eyes, and suddenly interrupted and asked: "I guess you agree with the surrender?"
"It's a lie, General." General Ji replied seriously. "According to the rules of the gang, you have a high status. You are not allowed to sit in and listen to what we say. Do you have the right to participate in the discussion..."
Mrs. Ding was stunned for a long time and asked hurriedly:
"He is saying, you son, we are going to abandon Chief Zhang, Wei Longtou, Wang Qilang and us in Hebei, and we must be loyal and righteous people?"
Erlang looked at the other person's expression and nodded hurriedly. I could tell that the person behind his eyes was really curious and unreasonable. At the very least, he really wanted to find the answer. As a core member of Jing'an Station, I was exactly the one who wanted to find answers.
Most people who know the answer:
After hearing this, Zhan Ninglian was still not surprised. Instead, she continued to ask: "Can I fight back to Qinghe when I return to the east?"
"Bad!" Erlang nodded immediately. "You couldn't hear what he said. Xiao Yue understood what he meant. Can he think about it from your side now and say yes to us?"
"Why?"
Erlang, who was not in a daze at first, looked at the other person and was obviously stunned for a moment, but when he saw the other person's eyes were cool and even flickering, he nodded hurriedly, and then simply said: "Yes, that's bad! Next
seat!"
"With such a background and being promoted to deputy captain, it's no wonder that he remembers Mr. Cao Fu." Erlang suddenly realized.
"Old madam, are there no rumors in Henan recently?"
"That's because everyone in the city knows that I am not one of the eight chiefs, but the deputy above Chief Huang." General Ji smiled wryly.
General Ji nodded hurriedly, but his expression was obviously not yet doubtful.
"I came from a humble background. I was not a farmer in Qinghe. When I reached adulthood, I applied for a job as a grain porter. I only called him Han Qi."
Erlang was not sure, but asked: "What does he think?"
"Actually, that's the seventh thing I wanted to talk about above..." General Ji's tone was obviously high. "The seventh one was originally a country man in this county, but when Cao Mansion Lord Zhan Ninglian was there...
At that time, he was promoted to deputy captain of the county, and he stayed with me until he died at the front line. It was probably for that reason that he was able to become the commander of the village, right? You are vague about the specifics."
"Is he the kind of person who is even a village commander?" That answer obviously exceeded Zhan Ning's expectations.
"Actually, you are just explaining one thing." General Ji responded urgently. "Cao Shancheng, logically speaking, you are a fool to help Chief Zhang, right?"
"It means that you believe in us, but since you are an envoy, you have to be vague in your words. That is a basic truth." Zhan Ninglian answered seriously.
General Ji also declined again, and just sat down on the stool that had been brought, with his hands on his knees, and then continued to speak in the Chinese army tent: "It's not even eight yet. Chief Huang has just been promoted to leader because of his contribution the night before."
, I am worried that once I come down as a leader, I will be remembered by the gang. I was killed by this knife, and I am a native of Hebei, so I want to delay my departure with my headquarters."
"What I said above is that you can't agree to them all, but you must agree to them all." General Ji seemed to want to laugh, but he was used to keeping a straight face, so he didn't have any weird expressions for a while. "Why not pick a few key conditions?
, and agreed, then in turn put forward a few conditions that are not critical?"
As soon as those words came out of his mouth, Ji Zengfu, who took the initiative to find trouble and test him, was even a little confused... What is loyalty?
At that time, I felt very relieved when I Taibao discovered an uninteresting talent before the event I was most willing to touch.
"Of course I am!" Yi Taibao said with a high head and a smile. "This person is one of the most stupid people in the world... Is Zhang Shizhao talking nonsense? What's more, he has a foundation in his eyes!"
General Ji listened carefully and said nothing.
General Ji suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly, obviously finding the first answer.
Erlang was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and laughed dryly: "You are the one who has more... In front of a person like him who has a thorough understanding of the local situation, Xu that... just as he thought, it is
After that small victory, the small army will inevitably withdraw to other places. Hebei will still be in chaos for a while, and that's it for other places. There will indeed be more thieves in Qinghe, and he will come back again and again.
It is estimated that it will be difficult for him to surrender if he really becomes the Qinghe guard. We can only rely on the Cui family for support, and then hope that Li Ding or Xue Changxiong will control the situation early."
"You think there are a lot of them." Zhan Ning answered seriously with a smile. "Even if the gang was defeated that time, they could still fight back to Qinghe... Because the small game in Tiantian is in the west, and in Guanlong and Liang
Du, this is where the essence of heaven lies...
···The struggle for Hebei was over."
"You should agree."
Of course, everyone still wondered why a Taibao suddenly trusted that person. Even though there was a small problem with the surrender, it was still difficult to peel off this layer of paper and retreat from the matter to the human level.
A bit abrupt.
Erlang finally stood up and walked around with his hands behind his hands. After walking a few times, he came to ask: "Do you agree to all of this?"
And how did General Ti Ji decide to go back to the city to make arrangements to preside over the surrender? On the other side, Ji Zengfu crossed the river to Henan last night, and then rushed westward overnight, but passed by the east last night.
When I was in the county, I had an idea. I didn't go directly to Aoshan warehouse in Luokou, Xingyang. Instead, I thought about it and found the nearest gang leader's home. It was not the manor of Ding Shengying's family to rest for a while.
The soldiers were in Aoshan warehouse, but my mother and wife were not at home.
Erlang thought for a while and spoke again: "That's bad. If he is willing to stay in Qinghe, he will go back to Dongdu with you."
"He believes in us so much?" Erlang asked sideways.
Therefore, in the past half month, although the one Taibao behaved strangely, there was no trace to follow. On the other hand, I was anxious and hurried to show my loyalty, fight, and work hard, slower than anyone else, and slower than anyone else.
No one is willing to do it, because they are afraid that they will find their way out before surrendering. On the other hand, I am actually closed off in private, and I have few words with my superiors and confidants.
After eating and drinking, he slept for two more hours. In the afternoon, when General Nawai Ji from Hebei went to ask for surrender, Ji Zengfu was full again, but he was too slow to set off and took advantage of the situation to ask:
General Ji did not thank him or even get up. Instead, he sat down in the open space in the middle of the small tent and asked: "Cao Shancheng, can he be the captain of Qinghe for a long time? Can the small army of the imperial court completely destroy the gang and control Hebei?"
"
"You are such a stupid person, do I know that you have to go through Kansai and Liangdu to fight in Hebei? Why did you come to Hebei again?" Zhan Ninglian's words were sincere and her expression was sincere.
We all saw that Ichitabo Erlang had not been convinced by the envoy, and he was cherishing his talent.
"There is no one. This is because you are stupid. You have never been a messenger before, and you are afraid of saying the wrong thing, so you summarized it in a document yourself after coming here." General Ji did not say anything. "Yes, you just know what to say."
"Because we have few cultivators, and our troops and horses are actually strong, the only reliance is not the city wall. From Cao Shancheng's perspective, the smallest problem is the city wall, and the smallest reliance is actually cultivation, so as long as we enter the city,
Fight troops against troops, and then Zhan Ninglian personally suppresses the leaders, and then we can control the situation and deal with it!" General Ji spoke sincerely. "Of course, Cao Shancheng should also consider the small situation.
The pros and cons of going to this city are ineffective, but that’s what you can know.”
"Yes." General Ji responded simply. "That's not what I mean... Once we enter the city, our wealth and life, including yours, will all be out of Cao Shancheng's hands... That's not it.
If people want to rebel or surrender, they have to fight tooth and nail."
Erlang woke up and nodded repeatedly: "So, just how open are these people?"
Erlang calmed down slightly: "I see... Mr. Cao Mansion, Han Erlang, single-handedly maintained the small situation in Hebei back then. You are still vague in Jing'an Terrace... What's his name?"
"In the past, an ordinary person may have achieved something in his life, and he would not have been able to follow the tide and go against his will for the sake of his wealth and life. But no matter what, he dared to forget the death of Han Erlang just a moment ago." As he said that, General Ji suddenly raised his head.
Come.
"You think it can't be done?" General Ji blurted out. "It's just that this matter can't be done, including the fact that we haven't received the guarantees we want, the garrison we want, the official positions we want, and we haven't only allowed a thousand people to enter the city, so it's not
One, four, four, none of them can be agreed to at the moment...
"Because although I am stupid, I am also a fool!
What a fool! I actually believe what I told you at the foot of the Red Mountain!"
"We are in charge of the small affairs. We are only talking about the military affairs of this city. You know what he means. As long as you enter the city, as long as you bring some troops into the city to ensure that the city defense is effective, then it will be no problem how you want to deal with the personnel in the city.
." Erlang said with a smile. "Yes, yes?"
Because those old people were all met when I was working as a Taibao, and none of them had a shadowy past with Cao Lin.
Even the less mature among us know very well that the reason why Erlang behaved like this towards a big shot from Hebei is that I know that I have become a traitor and feel ashamed... The rest of us are
I can't be considered a traitor, but as Cao Lin's first guardian and a serious adopted son, Erlang, I am not a traitor, and I know it myself.
"Why?"
"He doesn't know anything yet, so feel free to ask." Zhan Ning sat back in his seat, looking very kind, and only the soldiers and clerks on both sides looked at him.
But we will ask, because no one wants to discuss such a sensitive topic with a person who has no power over his life and death, but who likes to avoid himself and seems moody.
Of course, since she heard that the gang leader was staying at home, Ding Shengying's mother, Mrs. Ding, opened the door to welcome her in person at night.
"Which rumors are there? Among the people or among the military?" Old Mrs. Ding was confused for a moment, but she asked in surprise under the chairman's seat in the hall. "How can Chief Liu ask you an old woman in turn?"
"I'm asking about the rumors in the family. I know that Leader Ding didn't tell the old lady anything..." Ji Zengfu said with a bitter smile. "I'm trying to hide it from the old lady. You came from Hebei to look for Li Longtou to ask for reinforcements, but it's true.
Afraid that the chief was surrounded, Henan had gained loyalty and dared to go back for a while... He also knew that Chief Ding was behind Aoshan, didn't he have anything to say?"
"Bad! Bad!" Erlang put his hands behind his head and smiled. "General Ji, how about he arrange this matter?! He will go and tell us the other eighty-sevenths. If it comes to pass, you recommend him to be Qinghe's manager."