I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 253 Killing the Traitor

"It should be more than thirty thousand." Pan Zhu replied.

"What about Lu Boyan?"

"The Grand Governor should have sixty thousand troops in his hands."

"Wouldn't that add up to 90,000?" Li Heng said with a smile.

"About."

"If you hear that I have come to Jiangling, Lu Boyan will go back to Wuchang to summon an army of ten thousand or one hundred thousand. It just so happens that I also have an army of one hundred thousand. It seems that no one will lose in this game. We are just waiting for a showdown. Tell me, I With Lu Boyan, who wins and who loses?"

Pan Zhu said quickly: "The general is wise and powerful, so naturally the general will win!"

Li Heng suddenly changed the subject: "Then why did your father think that General Guan would definitely be defeated?"

This question scared Pan Zhu to the point of numbness on the spot.

Revealing old scores is what Pan Zhu fears most.

Pan Jun and Mi Fang surrendered together with Kaicheng.

In fact, in the Three Kingdoms, surrendering to other countries was also a relatively common thing.

The war situation is complicated, and the political struggle is also complicated. From a personal point of view, when the retreat is forced to death, it is human instinct to choose another good leader, and this is understandable.

But Pan Jun is different. Pan Jun, like Mi Fang, is highly valued by Liu Bei.

The only unhappiness was the conflict with Guan Yu.

If there is a contradiction, there is a contradiction. If there is a contradiction, there is treason. This is unjustifiable.

This conflict has not reached the point where Mi Fang and Pan Jun are forced to die, far from it.

Look at Wang Ling on the Eastern Front. What was his attitude towards Cao Xiu who looked down on him?

When Wang Ling learned that Cao Xiu was trapped by the Wu army, he immediately set out to rescue him without saying a word.

After the rescue, Cao Xiu humiliated Wang Ling in person.

Wang Ling ignored Cao Xiu, slapped his ass and left.

why?

Because Cao Cao was very kind to Wang Ling!

Liu Bei's regard for Pan Jun was no less important than Cao Wei's regard for Wang Ling.

Generally speaking, the standard procedure for surrender is to first scold the opponent's boss. The opponent's boss thinks this person is unruly and unruly. I like him. Don't kill him, just keep him.

But when Pan Jun saw Sun Quan, he didn't scold him. He knelt down and cried on the spot.

Of course, if you take a thousand steps back and surrender wisely, you will not be looked down upon by the world in this era.

After all, the Three Kingdoms belong to the Chinese Civil War, and no one can say that anyone will definitely represent the righteous side.

Political slogans, just listen to them.

But after the surrender, Pan Jun still placed a striking moral label on himself.

The dog looked at it...oh no, Mi Fang shook her head after looking at it.

It means: I want to do shameless things, and I also want to have a glorious face!

"General, my father had no choice but to do it back then!" Pan Zhu burst into tears and knelt in front of Li Heng, "General, my father has been repenting day and night these years, and I have missed the man all these years! Today, General The mighty general of the army, I am so happy that I can finally return to the court, the general knows this!"

"I asked you why your father thought that General Guan would definitely be defeated, but you haven't answered me yet?"

"My father didn't think General Guan would be defeated."

"Then why did Kaicheng surrender?"

"It's the city opened by Mi Fang."

Li Heng turned to look at Guan Tong, whose face was ashen, and asked: "What he means is that his father was coerced by Mi Fang and forced to surrender. He has been busy with Sun Quan all these years and devoted himself to Sun Quan. It's all Mi Fang's fault." Do you believe he was threatened with a knife?"

Guan Tong said: "General, why bother talking to him? Just kill him."

"The general's decision to spare his life was made by my father at the time and had nothing to do with me. If he killed me because of the grudges of the previous generation, wouldn't it be a disservice to the general's honor?"

Li Heng said: "You mean, those were all done by your father and have nothing to do with you, right?"

"Yes."

Li Heng asked again: "Then why have you enjoyed the wealth and glory brought by your father in these years?"

"This……"

"When it comes to settling accounts, your father's responsibilities have nothing to do with you, but when it comes to enjoying it, your father's status and glory have nothing to do with you?"

"This... the situation was extremely critical at that time, and my father had no choice but to do so!"

"If you had to turn your back on the Lord and seek glory because of a crisis, then why could you enjoy the glory and wealth given by the late emperor with peace of mind before?"

"This..." Pan Zhu suddenly realized that he couldn't argue with this general.

If a commoner or some soldiers in Jihan surrendered in a critical moment, Li Heng would think there was nothing wrong with him.

But is Pan Jun qualified?

Maybe Pan Jun felt that he was from a wealthy family in Nanjun, and Liu Bei was able to gain a foothold in Nanjun because he was grateful to these wealthy families in Nanjun, so he didn't feel like he owed anything to Liu Bei when he surrendered.

From this point of view, wouldn’t the Nanjun clan want to attack the mountain and shake the tiger even more?

At this point, Li Heng said: "Come here, drag him down and behead him."

"General... I am innocent..." Pan Zhu struggled, "General, I am innocent, General... Li Jian! I am from a prominent family in Nanjun. If you kill me, aren't you afraid that the wealthy people in Nanjun will panic? Li Heng !You can’t be nice..."

With a click, Pan Zhu's head was beheaded in front.

Soldiers came over carrying bloody heads.

Li Heng waved his hand and asked someone to hang the head up for public display.

Guan Tong said excitedly: "General, I will kill this thief and avenge General Guan. Please accept my bow from the last general!"

"The Lord's words are serious. He is just the son of a little traitor. If he wants to avenge General Guan, he must let Sun Quan be tied up here!"

"The general understands the great righteousness, and from now on he is willing to go through fire and water for the general!"

Everyone said: "The general is wise!" Li Heng killed Pan Zhu not because he hated Pan Zhu, but it had nothing to do with what he asked Pan Zhu himself.

Li Heng is not a person who likes to talk about morality.

How many white lotus people with high moral standards can fight to the top?

In ancient times, morality was often used as a tool.

The difference is that some people stick to it all their lives, while others stick to it.

Li Heng had a very important political purpose in killing Pan Zhu: to strengthen the support within Jihan among the descendants of the generals who died in the Battle of Jingzhou and the Battle of Yiling.

There was great resentment within Ji Han over the Battle of Jingzhou and the Battle of Yiling.

Why are generals like Guan Tong and Fu Qian willing to side with Li Heng?

Li Heng promised them that he would avenge them.

Isn't now the time to start taking revenge?

After killing Pan Zhu, Gan Chang was so frightened that he trembled all over and begged desperately for mercy.

"The grandson of Gan Ning?"

"Yes Yes."

"Get up, I don't kill people at will."

"Thank you, General. General, I have been ordered to serve as the governor of Yidu County this time."

"I know."

"General, when I passed by Wuchang, I found that Wuchang's defenses were empty. Why don't you take advantage of the victory and march eastward?"

"It's not your place to worry about, don't worry about it."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"I need you to do something now."

"But please give me the general's orders. I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"Go and summon the famous people in Jiangling and tell them that I have something to ask them."

"Here! Don't worry, General, I'll do it now! I'll leave first!"

Ganchang left in a hurry.

"General, are you going to let him go like this?" Guan Tong asked doubtfully.

"Where can he run?" Li Heng got on his horse and looked at Jiangling City in front of him, "Don't think that we won after we conquered Jiangling."

Everyone looked at Li Heng.

"Lu Xun will return to Jiangling. Soon, Cao Wei will also know that we have arrived in Jiangling. This is a three-way war. The imperial court has lost Jiangling for more than ten years and has no foundation."

Speaking of this, Li Heng turned his eyes to the north.

"If we want to gain a firm foothold and block both Wu and Wei, it's not enough to just rely on us. We must mobilize the power of all classes in Nanjun as soon as possible, including the nobles. During his stay in Jiangling, he should have contacted some people and asked him to summon them. , the most suitable.”

Everyone was silent, feeling that what the general said seemed reasonable.

"By the way, who calls the police?"

"I'll go." Du Yu stood up and said, "Jiangling has been captured by our army. Zhuge Rong has no reason to hold on anymore. The only thing he can do is to delay the attack and force him to open the city gate before dawn tomorrow."

"What if it doesn't open?"

"If you don't open, we will bombard the Public Security City!"

"Okay, then I'll leave it to Du Jun!"

Du Yu took the order and left.

Li Heng said to everyone: "Let's go first."

Before dark, Ma Yong led people to clear out Zhuge Jin's mansion and let Li Heng stay temporarily as the general command center of the Jingzhou battlefield.

At four o'clock in the afternoon (seven o'clock), the news that Jiangling city was destroyed reached the police.

"What! What did you say!" Zhuge Rong almost yelled. He glared at Zhou Yang, "Jiangling City was attacked by the Shu army?"

"Yes."

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

"The governor and the subordinates don't believe it either, but they have repeatedly checked the information from several groups of scouts, and they are all consistent!" Zhou Yang said in horror, "I heard that the Shu army used a trebuchet to collapse the city wall."

"It's nonsense. Do you believe this?"

"Captain, now that the Shu army has entered Jiangling City, I'm afraid..."

"You have fallen into Li Jian's trap!" Zhuge Rong said with certainty.

"The lower official is stupid."

"The information you received is all false. It was deliberately given to our people by Li Jian. How can there be a trebuchet in this world that can collapse the city wall?"

As soon as Zhuge Rong finished speaking, someone hurried over: "Report, Commander, there is a letter from the Shu army outside the city."

Before Zhuge Rong read the letter, he said: "It must be Li Jian who sent someone to tell me that Jiangling has been captured by him and asked me to surrender. If I surrender, he will write to the Jiangling City garrison saying that I have surrendered. When Jiangling City saw that I had surrendered, they surrendered too, what a charlatan!"

After saying that, Zhuge Rong began to read the letter. After reading it, he laughed and said, "It's true as I said. What else are you talking about if you don't open the city gate tomorrow morning, you will bombard the Public Security City! Idiot's dream!"

"What should we do now?"

"Continue to defend the city and wait for the general's return!"

After Zhou Yang went down, he repeatedly checked with the scouts.

At night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he went to see several other officials in the Public Security City and informed them of the news about the scouts.

Finally, everyone discussed it and made up their minds.

In the middle of the night, Zhuge Rong was suddenly tied up in his sleep.

(End of this chapter)