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Chapter 985 Don't You Think About Your Children?
Facing the words of persecution from Zhang Woyi, the magistrate, Liu Guoneng replied with a sneer: "Since the parents of the county also want to surrender to the thieves, I dare not speak too much, but the parents of the county should also think about it. How will the people on the emperor's salary treat the emperor in the future?

Even though the people in Ye County can understand the love of the county parents, how can the national law understand the county parents? "

Zhang Woyi didn't take Liu Guoneng's sarcasm at all, and said to him patiently: "The day before yesterday, Cao Sizheng, the lord of Xiangcheng County, surrendered to the bandits, donated mules, horses, and grain, and thus saved the whole city.

The county also thinks that at this time, it is necessary to change the power and change. We can't stick to the word "loyalty". First, we should protect the people of the city. "

Liu Guoneng shook his head again and sneered, "I'm afraid it will be too late for regrets by then!"

While everyone in the meeting room was arguing endlessly, someone suddenly rushed into the meeting room and brought the second arrow book "Xiaoyu" that King Chuang shot into the city.

The gentry surnamed Chen who had firmly advocated surrendering to the bandits earlier took the lead in snatching the "Xiaoyu" into his own hands, regardless of the presence of the deputy commander-in-chief Liu Guoneng and the magistrate Zhang Woyi.

I just heard him say loudly: "Everyone...you don't need to fight anymore, please listen to me...read aloud..."

A group of gentry were also eagerly urging, shouting: "Quick... read it quickly!"

So, the gentry surnamed Chen held Li Zicheng's "Xiaoyue" with trembling fingers, and read it aloud: "This commander saves the people and punishes crimes, and scares innocent people. Let me tell you again, and break the city tomorrow morning in advance..."

The people in the hall didn't wait for him to finish reading all the "Xiaoyu", but when they heard "Break the city ahead of time tomorrow morning", they immediately started discussing.

Someone said: "Oh, why is the attack on the city tomorrow morning? It was originally said that the decision on whether to surrender should be limited to two days, but it is only limited to one day!"

The other immediately continued: "How good... how can this be good..."

Another muttered to himself in a low voice: "Intimidate innocent people, but still want to attack the city ahead of time?..."

The gentry surnamed Chen didn't care what people said, he raised his voice and continued to read:
"Quickly open the door and go out, Paul is not surprised.

If the country is willing to submit, it will be lenient and tolerant according to the law.

Don't ask about previous crimes, I hope you will be loyal and make meritorious deeds. "

After he finished reading all the "Xiaoyu", there was a sudden silence in the hall, and a needle could be heard, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Finally, their gazes focused on Liu Guoneng's face again, quietly waiting for his statement.

At this time, Liu Guoneng was still thinking about luck. When he learned that Li Zicheng would surrender within two days, one day was suddenly subtracted. It must be Zuo Liangyu's soldiers who came to rescue Nanyang, which made him dare not stay here for too long. , so acted.

He thought that since Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai did not dare to stay outside Ye County for a long time, it is better to stick to the city together, as long as they hold it for a few days, the bandits can retreat. .

However, as soon as Liu Guoneng said his conjecture, the gentry surnamed Chen immediately retorted loudly: "I don't think so. In my opinion, it must be King Li Chuang who saw that the soldiers and civilians in my city had no intention of sticking to it, so he ordered today's decision." To drop or not to drop.

The general can't ruin the lives of the people in our city for the sake of one's reputation! "

As soon as he said this, there was a voice of agreement in the hall. Liu Guoneng, the deputy general, knew that his situation was already very isolated. If the officials and gentry in the city were unwilling to stick to it, it would be difficult for his 2000 troops to keep Ye County unbroken. .

Liu Guoneng was silent for a while, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said, "Everyone, why don't we discuss it tonight, I, Liu, will never drag down the officials and people of the city no matter what!"

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After sending away the county magistrate Zhang Woyi and the gentry, Liu Guoneng, the deputy general, climbed up the city wall and inspected it from south to north, wanting to see if there was any possibility of breaking out.

However, he saw that outside the city were bandit camps, surrounding Dingye County on all sides, there was already no room to take advantage of, if he forced his way out of the encirclement, he would be trapped in it and it would be difficult to escape.

At this moment, it was the high and crisp autumn season, the weather was clear and cloudless, and even on Woyang Mountain, ten miles away, there were a lot of flags fluttering. It seemed that the escape route had indeed been completely cut off.

After sunset, Zhang Woyi, the county magistrate, together with the gentry and elders, came to look for him and asked him to make a quick decision so as not to drag the lives of the people in the city. If you attack the city, it will be too late.

Seeing them like this, Liu Guoneng felt uneasy, but he was helpless. He paced back and forth in the hall, sighing repeatedly, but even so, he still did not utter the words of surrender.

In his opinion, the persecution of Zhang Woyi, the county magistrate in the city, and the old gentry in the villages seemed to be more troublesome than Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's bandit army outside the city, but there was nothing he could do about it.

In the end, Liu Guoneng stared, turned around and said to a general: "Go to the tower at the south gate and shout out to the outside of the city, and say that this town will leave the city at tomorrow's morning to meet King Chuang personally.

Please ask King Chuang to suspend the siege of the city tomorrow morning, lest the innocent people in the city suffer. "

The general asked suspiciously: "Do you mean that the general has decided to surrender?"

Liu Guoneng stared wide-eyed, and shouted: "You just tell me what I say, why bother to ask? This town is just going to meet Li Zicheng in person, where did you come to surrender?"

"Follow the order!"

The general was no longer in ink, and after receiving the order loudly, he quickly turned around and left the hall.

Here, Liu Guoneng said to the people in the hall again: "The parents of the county and all the village elders go away, please tell the people in Hecheng to rest assured that the bandits will not attack the city of Ye County again.

I, Liu, can't be loyal to the emperor's defense of the city, but I should give up my life to save the people of the whole city, so that you will not be slaughtered. "

Seeing this, everyone could only withdraw silently.

Some of them also secretly praised Liu Guoneng in their hearts. After all, he is a generous and loyal person, while some thought that he was forced to surrender today and might still be a "thief" in the future. What's more, they secretly guessed that Liu Guoneng saw Chuang Will the queen be killed by King Chuang?
It's just that these thoughts were secretly kept in their hearts, and they didn't show them. The biggest thing right now is to surrender to King Chuang, so as not to be ravaged by bandits and lose their lives.

Zhang Woyi, the county magistrate, also wanted to leave the meeting hall with everyone, but was stopped by Liu Guoneng, the deputy general, and told him sincerely: "Tomorrow the bandits will enter the city, and Wangxian's parents can endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and they must not let the people of the whole city down."

After Zhang Woyi heard these words, he wondered whether Liu Guoneng would commit suicide tonight. Although he also insisted on surrendering, he also had a faint feeling in his heart that Liu Guoneng was so loyal to the imperial court after being appeased by bandits. disturbed.

At that moment, Zhang Woyi persuaded him: "I heard that King Li Chuang has a big heart, and General Kuang has old friendship with him in Jinlan, so he will definitely treat him with courtesy.

As long as the general's loyalty is not lost, it will not be too late to try to serve the court in the future! "

Liu Guoneng was speechless, he sneered a few times full of grief and indignation, but didn't say a word, just cupped his hands, and walked back to the inner house by himself.

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On the morning of October [-]th, the sun was particularly bright and dazzling. Although the ground was slightly frosty, it didn't look so cold.

After breakfast, General Liu Zongmin, the general of the Chuangjun, raised his armor and went outside the city immediately. He saw that the bandits had already prepared ladders to attack the city, and there were more than a dozen cannons erected on the earthen city outside Nanguan. The muzzle of the gun was aimed at the south gate of Ye County.

At the time of Chen, a white flag appeared on the tower of the south gate of Ye County, waving it again and again, and then put down a big basket on the city, and two people sitting in it slowly came down the city.

Liu Guoneng took his ten-year-old son out of the basket, crossed the dry ditch, and went straight to where Liu Zongmin immediately stood. He cupped his hands and asked loudly, "But General Jiexuan? Where is Zicheng?" ah?"

Liu Zongmin showed a slight smile on his tense face, first bowed his hands in return, then turned over and jumped off the horse, and replied: "Zongmin is here to welcome you. King Chuang is not far ahead, Junchen, please follow me We will meet."

Li Zicheng had moved to a highland two miles away from the city yesterday, and now he was sitting firmly in the military tent, discussing with Song Xiance about the military attack on Nanyang and Kaifeng, while waiting for Liu Guoneng to come and surrender.

Although he expected that Liu Guoneng would come, but in order to prevent him from playing tricks and to delay the troops, he ordered the chief sentry Liu Zongmin to bombard him with cannons if Liu Guoneng did not leave the city on time.

If you don't see him coming out of the city to surrender again, then we will attack fiercely from all sides.

At the same time, Li Zicheng became the supporter of Nanan Henan, and repeatedly asked Liu Zongmin to order the whole army to kill only Liu Guoneng after entering the city, and not to kill the people in the city.

Even for Liu Guoneng's soldiers, anyone who is willing to surrender must not be killed, and should be properly settled.

And Cao Cao Luo Rucai also concluded that King Chuang must kill Liu Guoneng, but he neither wanted to save Liu Guoneng's life under King Chuang nor was he willing to get a bad name for killing his friends, so he pretended to be unwell and stayed in his account to participate in the future. Siege military today.

For his small thoughts, Li Zicheng saw in his eyes, but his heart was extremely bright, but now he still has a lot to borrow from Luo Rucai, so he never cared about it.

Just when Li Zicheng and Song Xiance were planning to attack Nanyang, a personal soldier entered the account and reported: "Vice General Liu has come to surrender, but he has already arrived outside the account."

Li Zicheng signaled to Li Shuangxi with the corner of his mouth, Li Shuangxi immediately ordered the soldier: "Please come in."

Immediately, a shout came from outside the big tent: "Please!"

Liu Guoneng followed Liu Zongmin into the big tent, closely followed by his ten-year-old son, Wu Ruyi, who was ordered to greet him outside the camp gate, also entered the big tent with them.

Li Zicheng and Song Xiance stood up to greet each other at the same time, and after exchanging salutes with Liu Guoneng, he took another step forward, took Liu Guoneng's hand affectionately, and said: "Junchen, I have been separated from my dear friend for several years, and I never expected to meet again here.

Those things in the past will all be written off from today, and I will never remember them in my heart. I hope to work together with my dear brother again, how about conspiring with the world? "

Facing Li Zicheng's gracious invitation, Liu Guoneng flatly refused: "Zicheng, after we parted with you, we went our separate ways. We didn't want to meet here today, but we have already become our masters.

Brother Yu came here today only to suffer death, he has no other intentions! "

Li Zicheng quickly said again: "My dear brother, why did you say that? Sit down and talk quickly. I really don't think about old bad things. I said that I worked with you from my heart.

Come on... sit down, sit down now. "

After Liu Guoneng sat down, Li Zicheng asked him to surrender again, but Liu Guoneng was determined, so he said bluntly: "Zicheng, I don't tell lies in front of real people, so please stop trying to persuade me.

Dare to act boldly, since I have been entrusted to the imperial court, I can no longer rebel, all words of persuasion to me are useless.When I came to Baozhang this time, I only wanted to die quickly, and I didn't want to go back alive. "

Liu Zongmin also persuaded him from the side: "Junchen, what you said is a fart! You were also a suffering person, but because of a moment of confusion, you were demoted to the court, and now you just turn around.

You are not the filial son and grandson of that old dog in Chongzhen, so there is no need to die for him. "

After hearing what he said, Liu Guoneng replied with a displeased face: "Jiexuan, how can you talk like that? Your Majesty is my lord, and I am a military minister of the imperial court. To be loyal to a minister is a matter of righteousness!"

Liu Zongmin couldn't help showing contempt on his face, he snorted coldly, but saw King Chuang winking at him, and didn't say the curse words below.

Chuang Wang still persuasively persuaded: "Junchen, although you are willing to be loyal to the court, but Daming is at the end of his life, and he won't survive for a few years, why not find another way out?"

Liu Guoneng looked resolute, and said in a cold tone: "Brother Yu was ordered by the mother to be recruited by the court, and he should be trusted and reused by today's son. If you are not loyal to the emperor today, how will you see your mother in the underground?"

Song Xiance also interjected at this time: "General Liu, please think twice. King Chuang has already said it just now, and Daming's strength is exhausted. If General can work with King Chuang, he will be the founding father of the country in the future.

It is much better to be the founding father of the new dynasty than to be a loyal minister for Jie and Zhou. "

After Liu Guoneng heard his words, he felt angry, and saw him clasped his fists and faced the north, and said: "The current emperor is not Jie Zhou, nor has he lost virtue, it's just that the officials are stupid, so it is today.

What's more, it's still unknown whether Da Ming's vitality has been exhausted, Mr. Song please don't say these things too early. "

Seeing this, Li Zicheng knew that Liu Guoneng had surrendered to the imperial court wholeheartedly and would never work with him again, he sighed and said: "Junchen, we are not only fellow villagers, but also sworn brothers.

Since you want to be loyal to the imperial court and Chongzhen's stupid emperor, I can't stop you. If you have anything to say today, I will try my best to do it. "

Liu Guoneng said very generously: "Brother, I only ask you not to kill a single person among the officials, gentry and common people in the city after you enter the city."

Li Zicheng smiled and said to him, "Why do you have to tell me that?"

He then pulled Liu Guoneng's son in front of him, hugged him on his lap, caressed him for a while, and then said to Liu Guoneng: "Junchen, you don't hesitate to die yourself, don't you think about this child?"

(End of this chapter)