Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 258
"General Zhou, our King Wei himself said that he is sorry for you! When he was in Pengcheng, he shouldn't have listened to the villain's instigation and expelled you from the camp, which made you feel wronged enough! But King Wei really didn't treat you like this on purpose. Ah! Afterwards, he also regretted it very much. More than once, he lamented to our soldiers of the Wei State, saying that he only had two regrets in his life. If it is still under his tent, why should our army of Wei need to look at the faces of the other five countries outside the pass?"

"General Zhou, the King of Wei knows that you hate him! But the State of Wei is your mother country after all, you were personally selected and appointed by our first King Wei, and you have been with our current King Wei for such a long time. Come down, even stones can heat up, let alone you, General Zhou, who is known for your tolerance and generosity? Please help us, King Wei, to get through this difficult time!"

"No, no, the general misunderstood. We, the king of Wei, are not begging you to retreat! Now, General Zhou, you are already a subject of the king of Han, and the king of Han ordered you to send troops to attack Hedong. If you retreat without authorization, it will be against the order. How dare we, the king of Wei, Force the general to do this unfaithful thing? Our king of Wei just wants you to come forward and help us king of Wei to ask the king of Han for pardon. As long as the king of Han promises to spare us the king of Wei, he will not kill any Wei who surrendered at will. Officers and officials of the country, we, King Wei, will open the gate of Anyi immediately, and lead the entire city, soldiers, civilians, and military forces to surrender to you!"

"General, please believe in the sincerity of the King of Wei. This time, the King of Han offered to form an alliance. We, the King of Wei, were already tempted to agree, but we blamed General Baizhi and General Feng Jing for insisting on persuading the King of Wei to reject the kindness of the King of Han." , our king of Wei was confused for a while, and listened to their nonsense, so that it led to the current consequences. Our king of Wei was too late to regret, so he decided to make atonement and planned to lead the army and people in Anyi to surrender. I am also worried that the King of Han will not be tolerant, so I can only ask General Zhou to help me with this."

Kneeling in front of Uncle Zhou, the envoy of the State of Wei sent by Wei Bao looked sad. While bowing his head and saluting, his mouth was as sweet as honey, and he kept explaining the various misunderstandings between Wei Bao, the Han army and Uncle Zhou. He kept mentioning the love between Uncle Zhou and the mother country of Wei Guo, and begged Uncle Zhou weeping bitterly to accept Wei Bao's conditional surrender based on his past affection.

Uncle Zhou is a cold-faced and warm-hearted person. On the surface, he is taciturn. He seems to have a lower EQ than his opponent, a soldier named Han, but in fact he is very affectionate and righteous. The love of the motherland of the country, the expression seems to be unmoved, but his heart has long been soft, and he has been letting the envoy of the Wei State cry and beg in front of him. It was only after the envoy of the State of Wei basically finished speaking that Uncle Zhou He opened his mouth without any expression, and said, "King Wei is worrying too much. Our Han King is magnanimous, and even the third emperor Ziying who tyrannized the Qin Dynasty can tolerate him, let alone King Wei? Go back and tell King Wei, and say that Uncle Zhou can point the finger at you." Huang He swears, as long as he surrenders, I can guarantee that he will not suffer any harm with my family and life."

"General Zhou, the king of Wei and the little envoy certainly trust you." The envoy of the state of Wei sobbed and said, "But the matter is too big, so please ask the general to ask the king of Han for a pardon decree for us king Wei, so that we king Wei can really rest assured and return the favor. General, please understand our King Wei's difficulties, after all, this is closely related to the lives of our King Wei's family."

After saying that, the envoy of the State of Wei hurriedly said, "By the way, I almost forgot to report to General Zhou. General, didn't you personally act as a matchmaker for your niece, Bo Yuanzhi, and marry Miss Bo to the King of Han as a concubine? Now, Miss Bo She and her mother Wei Wei are in the city of Anyi, as long as you agree to help, General, we King Wei will immediately send Miss Bo and her mother out of the city to the general, so as to prove our King Wei's sincerity in asking for surrender."

Before Wei Guo's envoy finished speaking, the corners of Ling Yi and Chongda Young Marshal Jun who were beside him had already turned up their mouths quietly, and they all snickered in their hearts: "It's really pretending to be the truth, it's really a biting dog. No, it’s no wonder we have the King of Han’s trust so much, so you have already dedicated your beautiful niece to the King of Han.”

Uncle Zhou really pretended to be very similar, and asked with a surprised face: "I personally acted as a matchmaker and betrothed Wei Wei's daughter to the King of Han? When did this happen? Why didn't I know?"

"General, don't you know?" It was the turn of Wei Guo's envoy to be surprised, and he said in surprise: "Wei Wei, the daughter of the clan of Wei Guo, and her daughter said it personally?"

Uncle Zhou was silent again, thinking for a long time with no expression on his face, and then said: "It's really not the case, but Wei Wei is indeed an old friend of mine, and I have always treated Miss Bo as my own niece. If they are willing to follow me Going to Guanzhong, King Wei can also agree to let them go out of the city to meet me, of course it is the best, and I will definitely repay King Wei's great kindness."

"So, General Zhou, did you agree?" Wei Guo's envoy asked in surprise.

"I will send a messenger back to Xianyang to report the request of the king of Wei to the king of Han, and ask the king of Han to accept the request of the king of Wei." Uncle Zhou answered irrelevantly, and said, "But I have a condition. Within today, the mother and daughter of Wei Wei must be sent to the court." Send the city to me, and don't talk nonsense that I want to dedicate my niece to the King of Han, I will not do such a thing."

"My husband, you are greedy for glory and wealth, presenting beautiful women to invite favor, and you also want to pretend to be a gentleman."

The envoy of Wei Guo slandered in his heart, but he quickly agreed, saying that he would report the truth to Wei Bao after returning.Uncle Zhou still had that expressionless dead face, he just ordered his assistant Fu Jia to write the book for him on the spot, and wrote a letter to Xiang Kang to explain the situation, asking Xiang Kang to accept Wei Bao's conditional surrender , and also pleaded for Wei Bao on his own reputation, and then signed and sealed in front of Wei Guo's envoy, and dispatched a fast horse to send it out.The envoy of the State of Wei was overjoyed when he saw this, he quickly thanked Uncle Zhou, and left happily.

It was after the envoy from the Kingdom of Wei left that the young generals including Chong Da and Ling Yi congratulated Uncle Zhou with smirks and said, "Congratulations, General, you will be reunited with your niece soon."

"Don't laugh so deceitfully." Uncle Zhou also showed a little smile, and said with a smile: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, I don't need to say anything now, it's better to wait for Wei Wei and Miss Bo to come back, and then Ask them face to face if my Uncle Zhou is that kind of person."

"General, listen to your tone, is there really no such thing?" Chongda heard Uncle Zhou's overtones, and asked doubtfully: "If there is really no such thing, why do you still want Wei Bao to hand over your niece?" ?”

"You will understand when the time comes." Uncle Zhou replied casually, and then ordered: "Let the rear battalion hurry up to build siege weapons. If Wei Bao refuses to hand it over, we have to take Anyi by force. One promise is a waste of time."

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Let’s take a look at the situation on Wei’s side. After returning to Anyi City with Uncle Zhou’s reply, Wei Guo’s envoy immediately reported the details to Wei Bao. They sent people back to Xianyang to intercede with Xiang Kang. Wei You, Wei Bao's elder brother, was overjoyed, and immediately said to Wei Bao: "Your Majesty, it's not too late. In order to completely stabilize that traitor Uncle Zhou, we must get rid of him immediately." Wei Wei mother and daughter sent out of the city to him, so that we can buy enough time for us to wait for the reinforcements to arrive."

At this point in the matter, Wei Bao, who was still coveting the beauty, suddenly felt a little bit reluctant, and said hesitantly: "Isn't it a pity to just hand it over like this? The key is to hold the hostage in our hands." Only now can we use them to force that traitor, Uncle Zhou, to retreat."

"Your Majesty, only by meeting Uncle Zhou's traitor's request can we continue to stabilize him." Wei You reminded: "If you refuse to hand over the hostage, Uncle Zhou's traitor will definitely understand that he has been fooled by us. When he sent troops to attack the city, how could he give up the attack because of the two women? The only role of these two women is to temporarily stabilize Zhou Shu's rebels for us, and I hope the king will carefully investigate this point."

Wei Bao is not lustful to the point of life and death. Considering the importance of standing firm and waiting for help, the poor [-] defenders in Anyi City, and Uncle Zhou will never care about the life and death of the two women once he is determined to attack the city. After thinking about it, Baosi still said helplessly: "Let him go, first stabilize that traitor for a while."

In this way, after being imprisoned for two days, Wei Yu and Bo Yuanzhi's mother and daughter were finally sent out of the city in a car sent by Wei Bao, and sent directly to the Han army camped in the southwestern suburb of Anyi.The result is also very natural. Just after sending away the Wei Guo envoy who returned the mother and daughter of Wei Wei, Uncle Zhou immediately complained to Wei Wei: "Wei Wei, aren't you ruining my innocence? When will I replace Bo? Your niece is a matchmaker, and you betrothed her to our King of Han?"

"You were forced by Wei Bao." Wei Wei has never been afraid of the good-tempered Uncle Zhou, and said with a smile: "When that man saw the little girl's daughter, he stared at Yuanzhi with a pair of thief eyes and didn't let him go. Innocence, what else can I do besides borrowing you and Hanwang’s tiger skin and fox to pretend to be a tiger? If you don’t believe me, ask Yuan Zhi, if she hadn’t followed the little girl’s instructions and invited you and Hanwang to scare Wei Bao in time, she would have been killed That bastard Wei Bao insulted him."

"Then don't you think about my reputation?" Uncle Zhou said angrily: "If this matter is spread, everyone in the world will think that Uncle Zhou is a person who traded his niece for glory and wealth. What face do I have?" See the people of the world?"

Wei Wei immediately burst into tears, and said with snot and tears: "General Zhou, my daughter also knows that I am sorry for you, but I can't help it. Her father passed away early, and her mother and I How could you have the heart to push her into the pit of fire? She is also your niece, so do you just have the heart to watch her being ruined by Wei Bao, ruining her innocence and her life? Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo and... ""

"Okay, don't cry." Uncle Zhou interrupted helplessly: "I don't mind the head office, do I? Take my niece Bo down to rest, I still have military affairs to do."

"No!" Wei Wei's crying stopped abruptly, and she jumped up and down and said, "General Zhou, you are my daughter and Yuan Zhi's great benefactor, how can we have the heart to let you bear the injustice for us? How about How about this, let's just make the mistake and ask you, General, to be a matchmaker and dedicate her to the King of Han to be his concubine. Anyway, this girl, Yuan Zhi, is also fond of the King of Han. The world won't say anything about you."

"Mother, there are so many people, why do you...?"

Bo Yuanzhi complained with embarrassment, Chongda, Lingyi, Li Bi and others next to him couldn't help laughing, but Uncle Zhou was completely helpless, and couldn't help but said: "Wei Wei, when I return to Xianyang, I will introduce my uncle and grandson." Sir let you know, I bet you two will get along very well."

Chong Da and the others finally roared with laughter, but Wei Wei's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Don't tell me, the general, my daughter almost forgot about Mr. Uncle Sun. No need to introduce, my daughter also knows Mr. Uncle Sun. If you really don't want to, General It doesn't matter to be a matchmaker for Yuan Zhi, when we arrive in Xianyang, I will ask Yuan Zhi to worship Mr. Uncle Sun as his adoptive father, and ask Mr. Uncle Sun to help me with this."

Chongda and the others laughed even more, and Uncle Zhou laughed back angrily, waving his hands again and again and said: "All right, whatever you want, anyway, Wei Wei, take niece Bo to go down to rest, I really have very important military affairs to be done immediately." manage."

Anyway, after finally dismissing Mrs. Wei, who was the same as Mr. Uncle Sun, Uncle Zhou cleared his throat first, and suddenly ordered to the generals of the Han army present: "All generals listen to the order, and immediately prepare torches and dry food for night battles." Tonight, we will dispatch troops at the third watch and attack the city at the fourth watch, we must break through Anyi in one fell swoop and wipe out the remnants of the enemy!"

The generals were astonished, and then Li Bi asked in surprise: "General, didn't you send someone to intercede with the King of Han on Wei Bao's behalf? Wei Bao also fulfilled his promise and sent your old friend and niece out of the city to us. Why? Are you going to send troops to attack the city again?"

"I'm just planning to paralyze Wei Bao and Anyi's defenders." Uncle Zhou said with a sneer, "Wei Bao used the strategy of slowing down his troops, pretending to ask for a pardon decree from the King of Han before surrendering, and asked me to wait for the King of Han's reply. Delaying time, waiting for the reinforcements of Zhang Han and Sima Ang, such a trivial plan, do you want to hide it from me? I pretended to be fooled, and deliberately forced him to return my old friend and niece within today. The purpose is Let Wei Bao think that I have fallen for the trick, and then suddenly send troops to attack Anyi, just in time to kill him by surprise."

The generals of the Han army suddenly realized that they hurriedly complimented Uncle Zhou together. Li Bi rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "That's great, with the general's strategizing, it's hard for us not to catch all the thieves of Wei State this time. By tomorrow morning, The State of Wei will definitely cease to exist."

Li Bi's words had the opposite effect. When he thought that he would destroy his mother country with his own hands, or use the despicable means of cheating and sneak attack, Uncle Zhou, who had led the soldiers of the Han army to kill countless Wei soldiers, couldn't help but feel melancholy. But out of duty, Uncle Zhou could only wave his hand, and ordered: "Go and get ready, gather at the Chinese army's big tent during the first correction, and I will arrange specific night attack tactics."

Formed with veterans of the Young Marshal Army who are good at stealing chickens and dogs as the backbone, the recruits of the Han Army under Uncle Zhou's command will of course quickly prepare for the night attack. Accept Uncle Zhou's tactical arrangement.But after all the generals of the Han army arrived, Uncle Zhou was very preoccupied and didn't speak for a long time.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Uncle Zhou was still sitting silently, General Chong Da and the others were surprised, and asked one after another: "General Zhou, what happened? It's getting late, why haven't we arranged a specific attack?" City tactics?"

Uncle Zhou didn't answer, but after a while, Uncle Zhou asked back: "Generals, do you think I've gone too far? As a former official of the Wei State, I not only killed countless soldiers of my mother country on the battlefield, but also Is it too ruthless and vicious to use despicable tricks to deceive the mother country and take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack to destroy the city?"

The generals of the Han army looked at each other, and then Chong Da said: "General, we also know that you feel uncomfortable, but there is no way, kindness does not control soldiers, on the battlefield between the two armies, if we show mercy to the enemy, we will only bring disaster upon ourselves." .”

Uncle Zhou was silent again, his lips trembling several times, wanting to give an order, launching a night attack according to the original plan, but he still couldn't bear it.After hesitating for a long time, Uncle Zhou said to himself again: "In fact, we still have a way. We can force Wei Bao to open the city and surrender directly. If we succeed, we can not only take Anyi without a single soldier, It can also help the King of Han win over the people of Wei, and let us quickly gain a foothold in Hedong."

"General, do you have a way to force Wei Bao to surrender directly?" Ling Yi asked curiously, "Then why don't you give it a try?"

"There is no absolute certainty." Uncle Zhou replied: "If we fail, we can only launch a frontal attack. Even if there is still hope to win Anyi City, we will definitely have to pay more."

It was the turn of the generals of the Han army to hesitate. After a long time, Li Bi suddenly said: "General Zhou, why don't you give it a try? The big deal is that you miss the opportunity for a sneak attack. Just attack directly. At that time, please let the last general be the attacker. City vanguard, if the last general cannot rush to the city wall of Anyi for you, I would like to lead the army!"

Everyone knew that Uncle Zhou was in a conflicted mood. After gritted his teeth, the young commander-in-chief Chong Da also said: "General Zhou, since there is hope to persuade you to surrender, then you should give it a try. Wei is your home country. You can remember your old love. Giving the soldiers of your home country one last chance to survive is also a kind and righteous thing, even if the King of Han knew about it, he would definitely not blame you."

Uncle Zhou was indeed soft-hearted, and was even more shaken by the generals' persuasion, but considering his responsibilities, and Xiang Kang's trust in him and the kindness of knowing him, Uncle Zhou couldn't bear the determination to abolish the public for personal reasons.

"General Zhou, I think you should give your mother country this last chance."

The person who said this was Shao Ping, a civilian official who was also an official of the Qin Dynasty who was appointed by the Han army after the surrender. Your mother country, Anyi in the east of the river is also the old land of the Wei state. Even if you succeed in breaking down the city with tricks, the people of Wei will not be convinced. Apart from despising your character behind your back, you will definitely not willingly submit to the King of Han. Only by remembering the old feelings and giving your mother country soldiers one last chance, after taking Anyi and Hedong, the old people of Wei will willingly accept the order and rule of the King of Han, and let the old land of Wei be merged into our Han in a true sense territory of the country."

After finishing speaking, Shao Ping added: "Also, in my humble opinion, if the king of Han is here now, he will definitely agree with you to give the mother country one last chance. After all, our king of Han is a wise and benevolent lord, not Hu Haina. Such a cruel and ruthless king, he will never like a completely ruthless person."

Uncle Zhou was completely shaken, and Ling Yi, the young commander-in-chief over there, also jumped out and said, "General Zhou, don't hesitate, give your mother country a chance, anyway, our army has a lot of recruits, and if we attack and steal the city at night, the losses may not be huge." It’s not that much smaller than a frontal attack. Since the gap is not that big, why should we care whether it’s a sneak attack or a frontal attack? Let’s surrender one last time, and we all support you.”

In order to be considerate of Uncle Zhou, the rest of the generals of the Han army also agreed one after another. They all thought that Wei’s army could be given one last chance. Uncle Zhou finally made up his mind, stood up and clasped his fists at the civil and military forces of the Han army and said, "Thank you, generals, please allow me to take the Wei army as an example." As a Chinese, on behalf of the innocent soldiers and people of Wei, I would like to thank you for giving them this last chance to survive. Please rest assured that if the king of Han blames me in the future, I will bear all the responsibilities alone and will never be implicated. you."

The generals of the Han army hurriedly gave way, and Shao Ping also hurriedly asked: "General, do you want me to write a letter to Wei Bao to persuade you to surrender?"

"No need." Uncle Zhou shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Bring Baizhi and let him take a message to Wei Bao for me. What a burden, just wave your troops and attack the city!"

Not to mention, the message that Uncle Zhou asked Bai Zhi to bring to Wei Bao was really powerful. After listening to the content of Uncle Zhou's message, Bai Zhi couldn't help but said, "General Zhou, Can someone else carry the letter? Hearing what you said, the criminal really doesn't have the guts to go back to Anyi City and wait for death."

"No, only if you go, can King Wei understand my good intentions and sincerity for him." Uncle Zhou flatly refused, and said, "Don't worry, as long as you can bring my message, even if Wei Bao refuses to listen My kind advice is that when Anyi City is destroyed in the future, you can also leave the city and join me, and I will definitely not treat you badly."

(End of this chapter)