Chapter 339
Jiang Lu may not be good at making suggestions, but he is very eloquent, and his words left Ziying speechless for a long time. Read the full text.
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 must be an excuse. After hearing the news, the generals came to the Chinese army 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 to survive 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 it is difficult for everyone to express what is on their mind. After a pause, people bowed their hands and saluted, saying: "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 him, live and die together!"
Ziying was very moved by everyone's words, but it also made him more embarrassed. If everyone persuaded him to surrender and be greedy for life and afraid of death, then Ziying might just send Jiang Lu away when he got angry. But what everyone said now made Ziying worried. 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 the 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 join the army voluntarily. Even if they don't care about their own life and death, what will they do with these people? Do you want to accompany yourself to death?
oops! Ziying's face was constantly changing, her heart was also rising and falling, and she was in a dilemma.
After Jiang Lu read it, he immediately understood that Ziying was moved by her words and was weighing the pros and cons. At this time, he would not relax, and said seriously: "General, don't hesitate any more! Zhong Tian's demise is right in front of you. Being Zhong Tian's minion and lackey will not only bring you infamy, but also a dead end. Join our Tianyuan Army and leave behind Not only does he have a good reputation, but he can also become the founding hero of Gale. General, what are you still thinking about?"
Ziying's brows were so furrowed that they were about to bleed, her fists were clenched, and her nails were embedded in her flesh without even realizing it. Now, he was really embarrassed.
"General!" The surrounding generals shouted again in unison. Although people do not express their attitude, their thoughts can be understood through the 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 it. Ziying's facial features were now distorted, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was ferocious, like a ghost. Jiang Lu's heart trembled, and she secretly screamed, "Oh no, my life is at risk!" Unexpectedly, 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 these words, 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!"
Alas! After hearing this, Jiang Lu almost jumped up with excitement. 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 first chance and it was worth taking the risk. Unexpectedly, I really convinced Ziying that Ziying was willing to lead everyone to surrender. How much credit must this have?
"The general is wise!" Jiang Lu hurriedly adjusted her clothes, saluted Ziying in return, and bowed to the ground. His voice trembled with excitement, and he said in a trembling voice: "The general has chosen another Ming Lord. This is a blessing to the officers and soldiers of both armies, a blessing to me, Da Feng, and a blessing to the people. I would like to thank the general on behalf of the people!" In the meantime, Jiang Lu shed tears, knelt down, bowed and thanked her.
Seeing this, all the generals also fell to their knees.
Ziying was shocked, 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 with sobs.
When Ziying heard this, her eyes were red. He is 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 members are all in Yancheng. Once he leads his people to surrender, their lives will definitely be at stake. He must betray him before the battle. How much determination do you have to make to make a decision?
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 all the soldiers in the army. Where could such a general be found? Everyone knelt down and looked up at Ziying, all with tears streaming down their faces. Many people had cried bitterly: "General..."
Ziying sighed softly and said nothing.
Jiang Lu did not dare to delay in the Chinese army 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 go back to the camp right now and report to your 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 Peng Army camp, suddenly, there was a chaos behind him, and someone shouted repeatedly: "That traitor of the Tianyuan Army in front of you, stop for me, General!"
Are you calling yourself? Jiang Lu subconsciously stopped and looked back. I saw a large group of Peng soldiers holding swords rushing out of the camp, led by two young Peng generals wearing general armor. The two men walked like flying and headed straight for Jiang Lu.
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 had quick hands and eyes. He grabbed the collar of the back of his neck, lifted him up, threw him to the ground with all his strength, and shouted: "I'm looking at you." Where else are you going?”
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 disrupt the morale of our army. I will kill you first!" , Na Peng reached back and drew out his sword, raised it high above his head, and aimed at Jiang Lu's head 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 had seen him, and he was the one who had just been under Ziying's command in the Chinese army tent. One of the generals.
"General Wang, General Zhou, what are you 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, met the general's gaze, and said coldly: "Don't think we don't know about your activities. Ziying, a greedy person who is afraid of death, wants to surrender to the rebels. It's really my fault. It’s a disgrace to the country. Now, I’ll kill this traitor first, and then I’ll go find Ziying to settle the score!”
After hearing this, General Pian's heart suddenly moved. He frowned and said solemnly, "General surrendered to the Tianyuan Army? You two must have misunderstood. It was just the general's plan!"
"What?" After hearing this, the two generals frowned, looked at each other, and then looked at the general inexplicably.
The general was about to speak, but immediately closed his mouth, lowered his head and looked at the dew on the ground with concern, 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. General Pian 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, then grinned, He said politely: "Sir, I was shocked just now. These two heads are a sign of my general's sincerity, and they are also 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 on the spot, 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 corps were all from Zhongtian. If he was willing to surrender, would they be willing to surrender as well? That's not necessarily the case.
For safety reasons, after Jiang Lu left, he sent a general to protect Jiang Lu and leave safely. If anyone blocked him, he would be killed without mercy. Unexpectedly, Ziying's information was correct. Two regiment commanders came to inquire and wanted to intercept and kill Jiang Lu. The general took advantage of the situation and killed the two men.