The atmosphere in the Yan army's tent was extremely solemn at this time. After watching the things floating in the sky, Zhu Di, who came back to his senses, called all his trusted generals into his tent.
But even though they have all come over, they are just standing there with no one talking. What else can they say? Even if they themselves don't believe that it is gods or magic, it does not mean that the soldiers below will not believe it or
Half convinced and half doubtful, when the imperial army comes to the battlefield like this, how can they fight? They are just going to die on the battlefield.
If they don't fight and stick to the camp, they won't have much food. When the food is exhausted, they will eventually die. So they are already in a situation of no life, but they will die early and die later.
Unless, "Your Highness, we are desperate now, so let's surrender." After Tan Yuan stood for a long time, seeing that no one was talking, he bravely came out and said. He Tan Yuan also has parents, wife, and children, and he was still there before.
When there was a way to survive, I could persist, but now that there is absolutely no chance of survival, I am unwilling to persist. I must always find a way to survive for my children.
Zhu Di glanced at him and said nothing, and neither did the other generals. Only Dao Yan said: "Tan Yuan, what do you mean by this! You must betray His Highness!"
Now that Tan Yuan had spoken out his words, he let go. He said, "Master Dao Yan, why did I betray His Highness! Can't you see what the situation is now?"
"Even if there is a possibility of breaking out, I will not say such a thing, but where is the possibility for us now?"
"To the north is the army commanded by the King of Liao, to the west is the army commanded by the Duke of Wei, and to the south is the army commanded by His Majesty himself. How can it be possible for the army commanded by the Marquis of Hui Ning and the Duke of Liang to the south?"
"I am also seeking a way out for all my brothers."
Dao Yan was about to speak, when one of Zhu Di's guards came in and said, "Your Highness, the imperial court has sent someone to persuade you to surrender."
Zhu Di stopped Dao Yan and Tan Yuan from talking and said, "Let's hear the court's conditions first. Let the court's lobbyists come in."
Zhu Gaoxu walked to the door of the Yanjun camp, waited for a while and was allowed to come in. Then he walked to the door of the tent and waited for Zhu Di's guards to lift the curtain for him and then walked in.
As soon as he walked in, he heard countless surprised voices. Everyone, including Zhu Di, was surprised that it was Zhu Gaoxu who came to be the lobbyist.
Zhu Gaoxu ignored these surprised voices, knelt down and said to Zhu Di: "My son has met his father."
Zhu Di snorted coldly: "You don't have to say such things, you are the prince of Gaoyang County of the imperial court, not my son!"
Zhu Gaoxu said: "No matter what, my father is my father."
Zhu Di snorted again: "Get up and tell me the conditions for Yunxi's offer."
Zhu Gaoxu stood up, cleared his throat and said: "Father, all the generals of the three guards of King Yan, although rebellion is an unforgivable crime, your Majesty is compassionate and does not want to add to the loss of so many lives. Therefore, I sent this king to persuade you to surrender.
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After finishing his high-profile words, Zhu Gaoxu began to talk about the topic: "All generals who are willing to surrender and have not massacred people or soldiers of the imperial court will be pardoned from the death penalty; ordinary soldiers and general flags and small flags without rank will not be asked.
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"Father," Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and looked at Zhu Di: "Your Majesty said that if the father is willing to surrender at this time, then he does not need to regard the father as a rebel. Everything is being held hostage. Although the father cannot be the king of Yan,
Yes, but Your Majesty can allow my father to live in the capital without being placed under house arrest."
When Zhu Gaoxu said this, everyone was surprised. The previous conditions, including the public announcement that Zhu Di was being coerced into rebelling, were quite normal, but it was too surprising that he was allowed to live in Beijing without being placed under house arrest.
Everyone looked at Zhu Gaoxu with suspicion. Zhu Gaoxu himself calmly accepted the scrutiny of all kinds of eyes, and just said to Zhu Di: "There is also the eldest brother and the third brother who also lives in Beijing, but they are not allowed to leave the city without any reason."
Since Yunxi didn't intend to label Zhu Di as a rebel, he couldn't deal with them too harshly; and Yunxi felt that the capital was his home base after all, so he wouldn't be able to keep an eye on Zhu Di and his family.
Zhu Di glanced around at the expressions of the people standing below, stared at Zhu Gaoxu for a while, and said a little tiredly: "Gao Xu and Master Dao Yan stay, everyone else will go down." Then he saw that no one responded,
He raised his voice and said, "Everyone, stand down!"
Everyone had no choice but to retreat.
After everyone retreated, Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaoxu: "Did Yunxi tell you these conditions, or did you come up with them yourself? Don't lie, I can tell if you are lying."
Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "My son did not lie. These conditions are what the emperor said."
Zhu Di said: "I understand. Also, Yunxi must have promised you something. For example, he promised you the position of King Yan, so you are working so hard for the court."
Zhu Gaoxu did not speak. Zhu Di did not continue to ask, and continued: "You are also my son after all. After inheriting the position of King Yan, you have inherited my position. I am not too much of a failure."
"After a while, I will follow you to the camp to meet Yunxi and ask for his surrender! But for now, you go down first."
Zhu Gaoxu was excited for a while. Although Zhu Di seemed to have no other way out than surrender, he was still very excited when he actually heard Zhu Di agree to surrender. This meant that he had finally obtained the position of King of Yan.
Zhu Gaoxu could not wait to take Zhu Di to the camp to ask for surrender, but now he could only bow and retreat.
After Zhu Gaoxu retreated, Zhu Di said to Dao Yan: "Master,..."
Dao Yan interrupted Zhu Di and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to say anything, the poor monk understands it. The poor monk is the most suitable person to coerce His Highness to rebel. Moreover, His Highness's rebellion this time is indeed due to the poor monk secretly causing trouble.
This is a poor monk who has been wronged."
Seeing that he understood what he meant, Zhu Di said, "Master, that's it."
After a pause, Zhu Di said to Dao Yan again: "Master, why did you have to let Gu rebel in the first place? Gu said at that time that after being forced to rebel by you, no matter you win or lose, you will not end well. Why?
Do you still want to do this?" Zhu Di has never understood this question, so he asked it now.
Dao Yan said with a smile: "If Your Highness wants to know, wait until a hundred years from now Your Highness will go underground and ask a poor monk." As soon as he finished speaking, he fell to the ground as if he couldn't support himself.
Zhu Di was shocked and walked over to help Dao Yan. Zhu Di originally thought that Dao Yan could not stand such a blow and became unstable, but after checking his breath, he found that he had died.