At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 368 Forced Surrender
After listening to Jushou's words, Yuan Shao hurriedly asked: "What good strategy can I come up with quickly?"

Yuan Shao would not be willing to do it unless he had to break the dikes and flood the city.

After all, once water floods Tan County, at least a hundred miles around will become a swamp, and it may even cause the Yishui River to change its course, causing endless trouble to the people of Donghai County.

Although Yuan Shao came from a noble family, he was relatively tolerant to the people, and he also won the hearts of the people in Hebei.

If we can get the complete Tan County without spending a single soldier, why continue to flood the city?

The most important thing is that once the water floods Tan County and causes great disaster to the people within a hundred miles radius, even if Tan County is captured, Yuan Shao will have to spend a huge price to manage it in the future.

And this hatred will be difficult to resolve in a short time.

Fengji's face looked a little gloomy at this time.

As a native of Nanyang County, although he was slightly inclined to the Yingchuan faction before, he stayed out of the matter most of the time.

Unexpectedly, I had been planning for a long time, and when I saw that I was done, a Jushou would appear halfway.

He naturally knew Feng Ji's position in Yuan Shao's heart. Now that the other party was in the neutral camp, Ju Shao would naturally not push Feng Ji to the Yingchuan faction.

Feng Ji, who originally had a gloomy face, relaxed his brows after hearing Jushou's words.

"If he refuses to surrender, Your Majesty can expose Liu Xuande's hypocritical mask to everyone in the world,"

"Your Majesty can send eloquent people to Tan County to enlighten them with emotion and move them with reason."

Fengji bowed and said, "I will live up to your majesty's great trust!"

After hearing what Jushou said, Yuan Shao couldn't help but clasped his hands and laughed, and then asked Jushou: "Who can be sent to Tan County as an envoy to take on this important task?"

Jushuo was not willing to take the initiative to provoke factional disputes, but it did not mean that he had no calculations in his heart, so he planned to hand over the credit to Fengji.

"If Liu Xuande is willing to surrender the city, he can eliminate great disasters for the people of Tan County and even the entire Donghai County, and your Majesty can conquer Xuzhou without spending a single soldier."

Moreover, with the death of Xun You, Chunyu Qiong's defeat in the first battle, and Chunyu Dao being killed by Zhao Yun, the strength of the Yingchuan faction became weaker and weaker.

Liu Bei stood under the eaves, looking at the rain falling more and more outside, with some worry on his face.

Tan County, Prince Qi's Mansion.

Jushou looked at Feng Ji, who was standing next to him with a slightly gloomy face, and said, "The reason why I can implement this plan is also based on Yuan Tu's previous strategy of breaking the embankment and flooding the city. Without this premise, how could Liu Xuande be forced to surrender?" ?”

On the other hand, the Hebei faction is now thriving.

"Benevolence and righteousness are the foundation of Liu Xuande's establishment. If his reputation is completely ruined, even if he continues to occupy Tan County, he will definitely lose the hearts of the people. What is there to fear at that time?"

If Feng Ji can be won over, the Hebei faction will surely become even more powerful.

Yuan Shao set his sights on Ju Shou, apparently thinking that since Ju Shou proposed this plan, the other party should personally go to persuade Liu Bei to surrender.

Jushou said in a deep voice: "A gentleman can deceive others. Liu Xuande has always been famous for his love for the people and his benevolence and righteousness. Now that we know that Tan County and even Donghai County will encounter a great disaster, he must feel uneasy."

"Therefore, in my opinion, this mission to Tan County must be made by Yuan Tu!"

Yuan Shao took a deep look at Ju Shou, and then said to Feng Ji: "Yuan Tu is willing to go to Tan County on my behalf to persuade Liu Xuande to surrender?"

"Qie Yuantu is well-read and eloquent. He previously said that Han Fu would be surrendered to Jizhou, which can be said to be indispensable."

Who do you think Ju taught?

Although Zhang Fei had returned to the city and brought good news of repelling Yuan Jun, Liu Bei knew that even if the lower reaches of the artificial river were not cut off, due to the small water capacity, at most it would only reduce the harm of floods to Tan County. , but there was no way to let all the flood flow to Mu Shui in time.

What's more, the heavy rain has not stopped until now. As long as a little water accumulates in the upper reaches of Yishui River, when the embankments burst, the country near Tan County will definitely be flooded.

"Do you want to die alone in this world?"

Liu Bei's eyes showed a little unwillingness and a little helplessness.

"Ming Gong, Yuan Benchu's envoys are asking for an audience with Yuan Tu!"

At this moment, Chen Gong's voice reached Liu Bei's ears.

He looked at Chen Gong, who was striding in the rain, and thought he had heard wrong. He asked with some uncertainty: "Gongtai is saying that Yuan Benchu ​​sent someone to see Gu?"

Chen Gong hurriedly walked to the eaves to take shelter from the rain and said, "That's exactly it."

Liu Bei asked: "Do you know what the purpose of coming here is?"

Chen Gong hesitated slightly, and then said: "If my prediction is correct, I am here to persuade Minggong City to surrender."

When Liu Bei heard this, he fell silent.

After a long time, he looked at Chen Gong, with a look of hope in his eyes, and said, "If Yuan Benchu ​​orders people to breach the embankment, is there any way Gongtai can protect Tan County and the nearby people?"

Chen Gong remained silent.

Liu Bei understood and could only sigh slightly, and then asked someone to bring Feng Ji over.

Although the two sides were hostile, Liu Bei did not deliberately create difficulties or lose etiquette when faced with the situation. Instead, he entertained the other party very warmly.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food. When Liu Bei saw that Feng Ji never mentioned the purpose of his visit, he still couldn't sit still. He asked, "Gu and Ben Chu are at war. Why did Yuan Tu come to Tan County at this time?"

Feng Ji put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up, bowed deeply to Liu Bei, and then said seriously: "I am here to save the lives of your Majesty and the soldiers and civilians in this city!"

"boom!"

As soon as Feng Ji finished speaking, Zhang Fei immediately started to slap the case.

With wide eyes, he shouted sternly at Feng Ji: "There is sufficient food and grass in the city, and there are many soldiers and horses. It is difficult for you to attack the city day and night and it is difficult to advance even half a step. How dare you speak nonsense here?"

Facing Zhang Fei, who was so angry that he seemed to want to eat people, Feng Ji was not afraid at all. Instead, he smiled and said: "Now the heavy rain is pouring and the river is swollen. If our army digs up the Yishui River embankment and pours water into the city, the three generals will How should we respond?"

Zhang Fei sneered and said: "The terrain of Tan County is not low. Not to mention that it is difficult to be submerged by floods. Even if you lose your conscience and dig up the river embankment, we are already prepared."

"Didn't you notice when you came here that there are many ships and rafts in the city?"

Feng Ji asked back: "I'm afraid there are no less than a hundred or tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city. If we add in the food, grass and baggage, how useful are the boats and rafts in Tan County?"

Zhang Fei was speechless and was about to get angry, but Liu Bei scolded him instead.

Liu Bei suppressed the smile on his face and asked, "Is it possible that you are here just to show off your power?"

Fengji cupped his hands and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare."

Liu Bei continued to ask: "Then why are you here?"

Feng Ji said solemnly: "I have something to say. Your Majesty, please listen!"

"The general trend of the world is that if it is united for a long time, it will divide, and if it is divided for a long time, it will unite. After four hundred years, the foundation of the Han Dynasty has been ruined, and the country has been cut off."

"It is said that Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away."

"My Lord is from the Yuan family in Runan. He is a prominent figure and is respected by all the noble families in the world. He is respected as the Son of Heaven. He has the ambition to bring peace to the troubled times, help the country, and relieve the people."

"Furthermore, Yuan came out of Chen, after Chen and Shun, and used earth to carry fire, which was his destiny."

"Now Hebei is unified and the people are at home. Your Majesty has millions of troops and is going south to hunt."

"Since the king has been canonized by your majesty, he has obviously recognized your majesty as the orthodox king. Why did the heavenly soldiers arrive in Xuzhou and instead of eating pots of pulp to welcome the king's troops, they overestimated their own capabilities and used their arms as chariots?"

Feng Ji's words left Liu Bei speechless.

If Liu Bei had not accepted Yuan Shao's canonization, he could have sternly denounced Yuan Shao as a traitor to the country. However, he did not want to serve the imperial court, but instead arrogated the title of emperor.

It's a pity that Liu Bei had previously accepted Yuan Shao's canonization, so he had no way to refute Feng Ji's angry rebuke.

Looking at Liu Bei's appearance, Feng Ji softened his tone and said, "Your Majesty is merciful and knows that the king must have been confused for a moment when he resisted the heavenly soldiers."

"Your Majesty now has millions of troops stationed in Donghai County, and with God's blessing, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Tan County and Donghai County depend on your Majesty's thought."

"I have always heard that your Majesty has a tolerant character and loves his people like a son. I doubt he would risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Donghai County just for his own selfish desires!"

"boom!"

When Guan Yu heard this, he already knew that Feng Ji was planning to use the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Donghai County as a threat to kidnap his brother morally, and then force his brother to surrender.

He immediately became furious, kicked the table in front of him, and shouted sternly: "Taking people's lives as a threat is simply despicable and shameless!"

"If you are really capable, you can just lead the troops to attack. Why do you resort to such tricks?"

Feng Ji ignored Guan Yu at all, but looked at Liu Bei and said: "The words have been brought to you. If the king can find out when he has lost his way and open the gate of Tan County to welcome the king's army into the city, no matter what he has done before, the king can still retain King."

"If you are stubborn and ignore the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Donghai County for your own selfish interests, don't blame us for breaking the dikes and submerging the city, turning Donghai County into a swamp!"

Having said this, Feng Ji paused for a moment, and then said aggressively: "This heavy rain will continue for another two or three days. Your Majesty will only give the king one day. If the king still refuses to surrender tomorrow, then you will bear the consequences."

"The disaster suffered by Donghai County will also be borne by the king!"

After saying that, Feng Ji simply stopped talking nonsense, flicked his sleeves, and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

However, Zhang Fei stepped forward in anger, stopped Feng Ji, drew his sword in his hand, and shouted murderously: "Is Tan County a place where you can come and leave whenever you want?"

Feng Ji was not afraid at all. Instead, he dusted his clothes and said with a smile: "The third general can leave me in Tan County, but if I don't return to the camp tonight, I'm afraid there will be many people in Tan County who will watch." Not until tomorrow’s sun!”

"you!"

Zhang Fei was so angry that Feng Ji was threatening him, but he didn't dare to take action rashly. He was already in a dilemma.

"Yide, stand down!"

At this moment, Liu Bei, who had a gloomy face, spoke, and Zhang Fei snorted coldly and sat back in his seat.

Liu Bei took a deep breath and said apologetically to Feng Ji: "My brother was reckless and bumped into you. Please don't blame me!"

"Sir wants to leave, but I don't dare to force him to stay."

"What the hell, Gu Yi will give Yuan Benchu ​​a reply tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)