It has to be said that Li Yuanji was very unlucky. Among the four generals in charge of the Central Plains, Xue Rengui, Li Jing, Chang Yuchun and Yang Ye, no matter if Li Yuanji met any one of Xue Rengui, Li Jing or Yang Ye, the rogue attitude he had just assumed would make them helpless.
It's a pity that Li Yuanji met Chang Yuchun. The well-known Chang Shiwan had a very hot temper, and he was from a lower class background, so he didn't know any etiquette when dealing with Li Yuanji. If Li Yuanji doesn't behave obediently, then he will be beaten until he is willing to obey.
Li Yuanji was dragged aside by Chang Yuchun's soldiers and tortured with a cane. At the beginning, he kept cursing and kept greeting Chang Yuchun's whole family.
After thirty military batons, Li Yuanji could only cry out for his father and mother in pain. When the fifty army batons came, Li Yuanji finally couldn't hold on anymore and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Stop fighting, I'll write, can't I write!"
Hearing this, Chang Yuchun looked at Li Yuanji and sneered, "I wish I had done this earlier, so as not to suffer physical pain."
Not long after, several soldiers presented the surrender letter written by Li Yuanji to Chang Yuchun.
Li Siye, who had just walked over, reminded Chang Yuchun with some doubts: "General, although Li Yuanji is of high status, there are still 30,000 main Tang troops in the city. Just a letter from Li Yuanji wants them to stop fighting. If the land surrenders, the general will feel that this is not realistic!"
Chang Yuchun nodded and said: "Of course I know that the Tang army will not surrender easily, but I am not just sending a letter to persuade people to surrender!"
Li Siye asked in confusion: "What does the general mean?"
Chang Yuchun smiled slightly: "General Li, there is no need to ask more, you will know soon."
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Half an hour later, dozens of Tang army prisoners of war returned to Mengjin City with Li Yuanji's letter of persuasion to surrender, and handed the letter to Li Linfu and Zhang Jun who stayed in the city.
After reading the letter, Zhang Jun immediately shook his head and said loudly: "No, this is absolutely not possible. An army of 30,000 actually surrendered to the enemy without a fight. Where is the prestige of our Tang Dynasty?"
Li Linfu gave a helpless smile and said: "General Zhang, His Royal Highness King Qi is His Majesty's biological son and the commander-in-chief of the army. If anything happens to him, even if we save these 30,000 troops, Your Majesty will not make it easy for us!"
Zhang Jun also smiled bitterly: "But if 30,000 elites were handed over to the Sui army as prisoners before a battle was fought, wouldn't His Majesty come to settle the score with us? His Majesty the King of Qi is His Majesty's biological son, and tigers cannot eat their own children. Ah! It will be us who will be the scapegoats in the end."
After a pause, Zhang Jun suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't want me to do this, I'll just surrender to the Sui army!"
Li Linfu shook his head and said: "Maybe you and I can escape with our lives, but our families are both in Chang'an!"
Zhang Jun said with a slight hesitation: "If the crime is not as bad as that of the family, your Majesty should not be so cruel, right?"
Li Linfu sneered and said: "Although I am a concubine of the Li family, after all, I have been under the same roof with our Majesty. I still think I know him relatively well. He is a generous person on the surface, but in fact he is narrow-minded. If you and I betrayed him, he would definitely remain calm on the surface, but secretly he would definitely take action against our family members. Accidental fires, robbers ransacked and wiped out the family, and he used various means to kill our children and still have no relationship with him. .”
Zhang Jun's eyes widened, he looked at Li Linfu and said, "Master Li, you...are everything you said true? Is your Majesty really so sinister?"
Li Linfu snorted coldly: "Back then in Taiyuan, he was never flirtatious with women. But look at how many concubines he has taken in and how many children he has had in just a few years since he ascended the throne? This man's ability to do superficial things is not good. General, so don’t be deceived by his illusion of charity! I dare to say that if you really dare to submit to the Sui army, you will never see your son and daughter again in your life."
Zhang Jun frowned, "I can't do it on the left, and I can't do it on the right, so what should I do?"
Li Linfu also frowned, and after a long time he took a deep breath and said, "I think it's better to invite General Li Shiji back. He is the deputy commander of the army. He should be the one to make the decision at this time!"
Zhang Jun understood that Li Linfu invited Li Shiji back because he wanted to push him to the front. No matter what happened, there would be someone to push him in front of them, so he immediately nodded and wanted to say yes.
"General Zhang, Master Li, something serious has happened."
At this moment, Zhang Jun's deputy general rushed in and said breathlessly: "General Zhang, something is in trouble. The troops coming from Liyang suddenly mutinied!"
"What? How could something like this happen suddenly?"
Zhang Jun was so shocked that he slapped the case and looked at the deputy general in front of him in shock.
"Kill, capture Zhang Jun alive, capture Li Linfu alive!"
At this moment, there was an earth-shattering cry of murder outside the door. The door was suddenly knocked open, and hundreds of soldiers dressed in Tang army uniforms swarmed in and surrounded the main hall of the handsome manor.
"Song Jian, Gu Yuan, what do you want to do?"
Zhang Jun recognized the two leaders as two of Li Shiji's confidants. He immediately shouted and asked.
Song Jian, who was tall and tall, showed no fear when he heard this and responded loudly: "Zhang Jun, don't pretend to be big in front of me. Don't think that I don't know that you are planning to surrender to the Sui army in order to save Li Yuanji's life. Surrender. Sui Army? Humph. Our brothers in Wagangzhai will definitely not agree."
"Bastard!" Zhang Jun unsheathed his sword, pointed at Song Jian and cursed: "Is it possible for you, a partial general, to call His Highness the King of Qi by his name? You are the Tang Army now, not the bandits of Wagang Village. What do you want to do? Whatever you do, you should follow the coach’s orders.”
Gu Yuan heard this and sneered: "It seems that the brothers from the Tang Army who came back are telling the truth. You are indeed planning to surrender to Sui Gou!"
Hearing this, Zhang Jun suddenly felt something bad in his heart, and asked hurriedly: "Brothers who are back? Are they the messengers who were just released by the Sui army? What did they say to you?"
Gu Yuan looked at Zhang Jun coldly, "Why are you pretending? Li Yuanji's life is precious, but the lives of our brothers from Wagang Village are not lives? Why should we trade our lives for Li Yuanji's? ?”
"Damn it, I should have carefully examined these released prisoners of war first. They must have surrendered to the Sui army and spread rumors to create chaos in the army!"
Zhang Jun already understood what was going on, and immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't be deceived. Those people must have surrendered to the Sui army and become their collaborators..."
Before Zhang Jun finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded from the crowd, interrupting Zhang Jun's defense.
"Brothers, don't believe them. They have never regarded us as their own from the beginning. That bullshit Li Yuanji, the King of Qi, forced General Li Shiji away just to disorganize us. Now he can exchange us for that Li Yuanji." Hungry ghosts in sex, they will definitely agree."
"Yes, you are right. Zhang Jun, a thief, helped Li Yuanji, a bastard, commit evil in Mengjin. His words cannot be believed!"
Song Jian roared and charged forward with a broadsword. Hundreds of soldiers behind him also surged up like a tide.
