Jiang Lu may not be good at making suggestions, but he is very eloquent, and his words left Ziying speechless for a long time.
Before Ziying could answer, the curtain was raised and a group of people walked in from outside.
These people were all Ziying's subordinates and advisers. After approaching, they first glanced at Jiang Lu, then all looked at Ziying, and said at the same time: "General..." Everyone looked embarrassed and stopped talking.
Jiang Lu claimed to be an old friend of Ziying, but anyone with any sense would know that this was definitely an excuse. After hearing the news, all the generals came to the Chinese military tent and eavesdropped on the conversation between Jiang Lu and Ziying.
At this time, everyone couldn't bear it anymore and all entered the tent, looking at Ziying eagerly, waiting for him to make a decision.
Ziying raised her head, looked around at everyone, and asked suspiciously: "Do you also think that I should surrender now?"
No one is not afraid of death. When a choice between a way of survival and a dead end is placed in front of them, not many people will choose the dead end. Although everyone is willing to surrender to the Tianyuan Army, Ziying's attitude is unclear now, and everyone's thoughts are unclear.
It was difficult to say it. After a pause, people bowed their hands and saluted, and said: "We have been following the general for a long time. No matter whether the general is fighting or surrendering, we swear to advance and retreat with the general, and live and die together!"
Everyone's words made Ziying very touched, but they also made him more embarrassed. If everyone persuaded him to surrender and fear death, then Ziying might just send Jiang Lu away when he got angry. But now that everyone said this, it made Ziying
My heart is concerned. My subordinates are respectable and admirable. Do I have to risk the lives of these subordinates in order to repay Zhong Tian's kindness? There are also 70,000 soldiers below. As Jiang Lu said,
These soldiers are just ordinary people who put on armor and picked up weapons. They did not surrender voluntarily to the army. Even if they don't care about their own life and death, what will these people do? They will also die with them?
Oops! Ziying's face was constantly changing, her heart was also rising and falling, and she was in a dilemma.
After Jiang Lu looked at it, he immediately understood that Ziying was moved by his words and was weighing the pros and cons. At this time, he would not relax and said sternly: "General, don't hesitate any more! Zhong Tian's demise is right in front of you.
, being Zhong Tian’s lackey and lackey will not only bring you notoriety, but also lead to a dead end. Join our Tianyuan Army, leave a good name, and become the founding hero of Dafeng. General, what are you still thinking about?"
Ziying's brows were so furrowed that he was about to bleed, his fists were clenched tightly, and his nails were digging into his flesh without realizing it. Now, he felt really embarrassed.
"General!" The generals around him shouted in unison again. Although people did not express their attitude, they could understand their thoughts through their hurried tone.
"This..." After pondering for an unknown amount of time, Ziying felt her heart skip a beat and raised her head sharply.
Jiang Lu and the generals were shocked when they saw this. Ziying's facial features were distorted, her eyes were bloodshot, and her expression was as ferocious as a ghost. Jiang Lu trembled in her heart and secretly screamed, "Oh no, I'm going to die!"
Zhi Ziying did not order him to be killed, but asked word for word: "If I surrender, will Tang Yin treat our soldiers well?"
"Ah?" Seeing Ziying's cannibalistic expression, Jiang Lu thought she was dead. After hearing this, she couldn't react. After being stunned for a while, he nodded repeatedly with a look of confusion on his face.
He stammered: "I...our army never kills prisoners, general, don't worry!"
"Forget it!" Ziying stood up straight, his eyes slowly swept over the faces of everyone under his command, and finally fell on Jiang Lu. He took two deep breaths, raised his arms, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Sir, come back
Your army camp can reply to Mr. Tang and say... just say that I, Ziying, am willing to lead everyone to surrender!"
Ouch! After hearing this, Jiang Lu was so excited that he almost jumped up into the sky. He took the risk to persuade Ziying to surrender this time, but he didn't have much hope. He just felt that this was his chance and it was worth the risk.
, I didn’t expect that I actually persuaded Ziying, and Ziying was willing to lead the people to surrender. How much credit must this have?
"The general is wise!" Jiang Lu hurriedly straightened his clothes, saluted Ziying in return, and bowed to the ground. His voice trembled with excitement as he said in a trembling voice: "The general has chosen another Ming master. This is
Blessings to the officers and soldiers of both armies, blessings to me, Gale, and blessings to the people, I would like to express my gratitude to the general on behalf of the people!" As she spoke, Jiang Lu shed tears, knelt down, and gave a big salute and thanked you.
Seeing this, all the generals also knelt down on the ground.
Ziying was shaken, and hurriedly stepped forward, helped Jiang Lu up, and said repeatedly: "Sir, what are you doing?! I am just a defeated general..."
"The general is not defeated, the general is saving me from Da Feng!" Jiang Lu choked and said.
Ziying's eyes turned red when he heard this. He was an upright man. It would be more painful for him to betray Zhong Tian and switch to Tang Yin than to kill him. Moreover, his family were all in Yancheng. Once he led his people to surrender, his family's lives would be at stake.
There is no guarantee of safety. How determined is it to make the decision to defect in battle?
All the generals knew Ziying's difficulties. If he surrendered, it would be equivalent to exchanging the lives of his family for the lives of the entire army. Where could such a general be found? Everyone knelt down and looked up at Ziying.
Everyone burst into tears, and many people cried bitterly: "General..."
Ziying sighed softly and said nothing.
Jiang Lu did not dare to linger in the Chinese military tent for fear that Ziying would regret it. He stood up, wiped the tears on his face, raised his hands to Ziying and said, "General, I will return to the camp right now and report to the Lord!"
"Oh! It's troublesome sir!"
"General, you're welcome!"
Jiang Lu said a few more polite words, said goodbye to Ziying, left the Zhongjun tent, and walked quickly down the mountain. Before he left the Pengjun camp, suddenly, there was a chaos behind him, and someone shouted: "That Tianyuan in front of you
You traitor to the army, stop for me, General!"
Are you calling yourself? Jiang Lu subconsciously stopped and looked back. He saw a large group of Peng soldiers holding swords rushing out of the camp, led by two young Peng generals wearing general armor. These two
People walked like flying, heading straight towards the river dew.
Jiang Lu was a scholar. He had never been on the battlefield and had never seen such a battle. Seeing the menace of the opponent, he was so frightened that he shivered, turned around and ran away without saying a word.
The Peng soldiers at the gate of the camp did not stop him, but his speed was far behind those of the Peng soldiers and Peng generals behind him.
Just a few steps out of the camp gate, the two Peng generals chased him. One of them grabbed the collar of the back of his neck with quick hands, lifted him up, threw him to the ground with all his strength, and shouted: "Look, I see."
Where else are you running?"
With this fall, all the bones in Jiang Lu's body almost fell apart. She fell to the ground, dizzy, her head was buzzing, and she couldn't recover for a long time.
Another Peng general stepped forward, stretched out his foot and stepped on Jiang Lu's chest, and said in a ferocious voice: "The traitor is so courageous. He dares to go up the mountain and confuse the people with his monstrous words and disturb the morale of our army. I will kill you first!"
, General Peng turned back and drew out his sword, raised it high above his head, aimed at Jiang Lu's head and was about to chop it down.
At this moment, someone from behind suddenly shouted: "Stop!" Following the words, another group of soldiers rushed out of the Peng camp. The general led by Jiang Lu was someone whom Jiang Lu had seen. He was the general who had just served under Ziying in the Chinese army tent.
One of the generals.
"General Wang, General Zhou, what are you two doing? Why do you want to kill the general's guests?" The Peng soldiers led by the general rushed over quickly.
"Guest? Haha——"
The two young generals burst out laughing in unison, looked at the superior general, and said coldly: "Don't think that we don't know about your activities. Ziying, a greedy person who is afraid of death, actually wants to surrender to the rebels. It's really my Peng.
It is a disgrace to the country. Now, I will kill this traitor first, and then I will go to Ziying to settle the score!"
After hearing this, General Pian's heart suddenly moved. He frowned, showing a solemn look, and said: "General surrendered to Tianyuan Army? You two must have misunderstood, it was just a trick of the general!"
"What?" After hearing this, the two generals frowned, looked at each other, and then looked at the general inexplicably.
Just when the general was about to speak, he immediately closed his mouth, lowered his head and looked at the dew on the ground worriedly, and then mysteriously said to the two generals: "Come here!"
When the two generals saw this, they immediately understood that the matter was not simple, and they all moved towards the general. The general whispered in their ears: "The general means... let you two die!"
Before the two generals could react to what was going on, two daggers appeared in the general's hands and stabbed the two generals viciously in the lower abdomens.
flutter!
The two generals didn't even have time to realize how to dodge before they were stabbed squarely by the general's dagger. They both screamed and staggered back. Then they looked down and saw that only the dagger sticking out of their stomachs was exposed.
With the dagger on the handle, he stretched out his hand, pointed at the general with trembling hands, and said: "You...you guys...are so cruel..."
Before they finished speaking, they both fell to the ground and died.
The general snorted coldly, pulled out his saber, walked up to the bodies of the two generals, raised the knife and cut off their heads, bent down and lifted them up, handed them to Jiang Lu, and then grinned,
He said politely: "Sir, I was shocked just now. These two heads can be regarded as a sign of my general's sincerity, and they can also be regarded as a meeting gift for Mr. Tang. Please bring them back to the camp, sir!"
At this time, not to mention Jiang Lu was dumbfounded, even the surrounding Peng soldiers were dumbfounded, especially the many Peng soldiers brought out by the two Peng generals. They stood up, their faces full of confusion and horror, completely confused.
Don't understand what's going on.
This general was sent by Ziying.
Ziying knew very well that these generals and advisers had been following him for a long time and were his confidants. However, the commanders of each army regiment were all Zhongtian people. If he was willing to surrender, would they be willing to surrender as well? That's not necessarily true.
For the sake of safety, after Jiang Lu left, he sent another general to protect Jiang Lu from leaving safely. If anyone tried to stop him, he would kill him without mercy. Unexpectedly, Ziying was right, and there were really two regiment commanders.
They came to inquire and wanted to intercept and kill Jiang Lu, but the general took advantage of the situation and swooped in, killing both of them.