What words do people most want to hear in this life?
That’s a nice thing to say!
What would you most like others to praise you for?
That is to praise him as better than others.
Liu Zhang has never done anything important in his life. He has not even been the Lord of Xichuan for many years. It was all left to him by his father. When his father Liu Yan was still alive, the most said thing to him was
: The princes in this world are all so strong and awesome. Compared with them, you are far behind.
But today, it is the first time that I heard someone say that I am better than other princes.
The person who said this happened to be his number one enemy, the pottery merchant.
But no matter what, someone said this.
Liu Zhang felt very comfortable.
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Zhang finally heard a loud roar: "Here comes Kaicheng... I will go out in person to surrender."
As soon as these words were said, the generals headed by Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others were dumbfounded. They stared at Liu Zhang for a while before taking any action.
But Huang Quan roared, rushed forward and hugged Liu Zhang's thigh, howling and saying: "My lord, no! We still have soldiers in Chengdu, who are enough to guard it, how can we easily give our inheritance to others?"
"
Liu Zhang patted his shoulder comfortingly and said: "You should listen to me on this matter. I thought about it just now. Even if we can hold Chengdu for a while, how can we hold it for a lifetime? Sooner or later we will be in trouble."
, instead of throwing it to the pottery merchant, it is better to give it to the pottery merchant. Maybe I can have a good result, and my father-in-law can also have a good future in the future. Do you think I am right or not?"
Huang Quan's lips trembled in anger: "My lord, your heart... why is it so big?"
Liu Zhang ignored him, and just forcefully pulled away his thigh that was held in his arms.
"Huang Quan! Don't get in the way or interfere with my surrender... get out of the way!"
At this time, outside the city, the pottery merchant was still swinging his whip, looking at the scenery casually, contentedly.
Zhao Yun stood beside the pottery merchant and whispered: "Prime Minister, should we attack the city? The soldiers of the three armies are all ready."
The potter shook his head and said, "Just wait for a while, maybe things will turn around soon."
"A turning point?" Zhao Yun asked doubtfully: "What does the Prime Minister mean, Liu Zhang will surrender?"
The pottery merchant smiled slightly and said, "We'll find out later."
After about three more sticks of incense, the door to Chengdu was slowly opened.
Zhao Yun was shocked when he saw this: "You actually got it right."
"Liu Zhang is quite aware of current affairs." The pottery merchant smiled slightly and then said to Zhao Yun: "Let me see."
When he was young, he saw Liu Zhang, supported by a group of Yizhou officials, walking out holding a white silk ribbon and carrying the seal ribbon of Yizhou shepherd.
Not long after, he walked up to the pottery merchant.
The potter looked at him quietly on his horse and did not move.
"The guilty minister Liu Zhang has come here to surrender to the Prime Minister. I present you the Chengdu household registration form and the seal ribbon. I also ask the Prime Minister to accept it and forgive us."
The pottery merchant smiled slightly: "Okay, I'll accept the things."
After saying that, he turned around and winked at Pei Qian behind him.
Pei Qian stepped forward and took the seal ribbon and the file.
"As for Liu Jiyu, you resisted the heavenly soldiers and helped rebel against Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Your crime is unpardonable... I will sentence you to be quartered."
"What?" When Liu Zhang heard this, he almost jumped up to the height of three feet.
Tears streamed down his cheeks. He rushed forward, hugged the potter's thigh on the horse, and cried hard: "Prime Minister, I was wrong, you can't do this! It's too much.
It’s your share! You’re so good, why should you kill me? What wrong did I do? I even left the city and surrendered and you still won’t let me go!”
The pottery merchant was confused by Liu Zhang's sudden situation. Yan frowned as Liu Zhang wiped his tears and snot from his pants, and frowned in disgust.
"I'm teasing you! Why don't you know how to tease me? Get up, get up! You are disgusting! Get all over me!"
When Liu Zhang heard this, he raised his head buried in his trousers and said, "Really?"
The pottery merchant sighed, nodded and said, "Of course it's true."
Liu Zhang then burst into laughter and said: "Let me just say, the Prime Minister is called Prince Taiping, how can he do such a thing? But you are not joking like this. How can you tease me? You are teasing me.
You are risking your life."
The potter stretched out his hand to greet the soldiers behind him, and asked them to prepare a war horse for Liu Zhang, and then said to him: "Mr. Liu, you might as well accompany me around Chengdu. I have heard for a long time that Sichuan is a paradise. This is the third place in Sichuan."
It’s such a big city, it has a unique flavor when you think about it.”
When Liu Zhang saw the pottery merchant inviting him, he naturally obeyed. He mounted his horse and followed the pottery merchant towards the city of Chengdu.
…
Soon, news from Chengdu reached Jiange.
Logically speaking, it is impossible for the news to be transmitted so quickly, but the pottery maker did it intentionally.
The faster the news of the fall of Chengdu spread, the faster the morale of the defenders in the Jiange was weakened.
Sure enough, when the news entered the Jiange, the defenders inside the Jiange began to commotion.
Suddenly, rumors spread, the morale of military academies at all levels was low, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies felt that they were in danger of impending disaster.
The ones who were hit the hardest were Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.
The reason is naturally the same, Guan Yu is dead...
Zhang Fei drank heavily every day, whipped his soldiers, cried bitterly about Guan Yu's death, and cursed the potters and Lu Bu.
Liu Bei was also miserable and listless, drinking alcohol every day to drown his sorrows.
At this moment, Cao Cao also felt that there was no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
The current situation is really puzzling.
"Besieged on all sides." Cao Cao sat there blankly, his eyes a little distracted, and he didn't know whether he was talking to Liu Bei or Cao Cao.
Liu Bei raised his head and took a sip of wine and said: "Brother Meng De, in your opinion, when things have reached this point, do we still have hope of changing our fate against the odds?"
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's gone, completely gone. If this situation can be reversed, unless you and I are gods?"
Liu Bei sighed and said: "Yes... unless we are gods... In that case, Brother Meng De, why don't we drive our troops to attack the enemy for the final battle."
"What does Xuande mean?"
"Horizontal means death, and vertical means death. Rather than die in such a useless way, I would rather choose to make a vigorous last stand on the battlefield!"
Cao Cao was stunned.
He didn't expect that in the end, Liu Bei would be more courageous than himself.
"good!"
When he was young, he saw Cao Cao suddenly stood up, kicked over the table in front of him, and said: "Liu Jiyu failed to live up to expectations and tied his hands in front of the Tao thief. I, Cao Cao, am not such a spineless person. Mr. Xuande, we will fight hard with the Tao thief."
After all, the worst that can happen is losing your life."