"General Zhang, I actually respect you very much."
Jiang Tuo stood outside the prison fence and asked his servants to set up a table of delicious food. He said with a smile: "Try these meals to see if they suit your taste. If you don't like them, I will kill the cook."
Zhang He was unmoved and still closed his eyes to rest.
"No, what about you? How can you do this without food or drink?" Jiang Tuo was anxious and couldn't help complaining: "You said that since you were captured by me, I let you live in a good cell. I have food and wine, but have I ever neglected you?"
Jiang Tuo urged: "But why can't you figure out the hunger strike? If a general like you died because of a hunger strike, wouldn't it make people laugh?"
"I know that you are angry because you were defeated by me, but who can blame you? It's not because you are inferior to others..."
Hearing this, Zhang He sneered and said mockingly: "You're rude, I fell into your trap after a series of battles without noticing. With your little tricks, you're not even worthy of carrying my shoes!"
In the past few days, Zhang He realized that Shu Han would not let him go, and might even make an issue of himself. So he began not to eat or drink, intending to die and serve the Wei Dynasty.
But Jiang Tuo was not happy. Zhang He was Cao Wei's right general. If he died in his own hands, wouldn't Cao Wei's generals fight for his life?
What if he sends dozens more dead soldiers to assassinate him?
"Are you sure you don't want to eat?"
"I would rather die than eat!"
"Okay, you have the guts!" Jiang Tuo laughed and said sarcastically: "I originally thought that General Zhang was a handsome man with outstanding intelligence and a well-known man. Now it seems that General Zhang is just a villain, a snake and a rat. Both ends, regardless of the justice of the world!"
"How dare you insult me?!" Zhang He narrowed his eyes and stared at Jiang Tuo.
"Have I ever said anything wrong? General Zhang used to be the general who led Han Fu in Jizhou. After Han Fu was defeated, you surrendered to Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao was defeated, General Zhang defected to Cao Cao. This was disloyal and unjust. Now after defeat, he is like a mother-in-law. Being childish and not thinking about making progress is cowardly and incompetent!"
"I am doing it for Da Wei..."
"You are doing it for your own selfish desires!" Jiang Tuo shook his head and sighed: "I heard that General Zhang was also from Guizhou. He cherished the soldiers and cared about the people. But now that the people in the world are in dire straits, you are here to seek death and make a living. It is really laughable. !”
Jiang Tuo's words completely broke Zhang He's guard.
He has been fighting for more than thirty years and has never been insulted like this before.
His eyes were red and he was breathing heavily. He looked as if he wanted to eat Jiang Tuosheng. Jiang Tuo quickly asked Geng Bin to come closer. If Zhang He got angry, he asked Geng Bin to hug him quickly.
It has to be said that with Geng Bin's huge body like a bear, most people would really not be able to bear it if he gave his enemy a bear hug.
"Don't talk nonsense. How does Shu treat its people? In this Northern Expedition, Shu almost picked one out of three people, draining away all the young people in the country. If Shu is so aggressive, it will perish sooner or later!"
"Haha, after defeating Wei, Shu will rest and recuperate."
"Hmph, ignorant!"
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Zhang He, Jiang Tuo had no choice but to give up and let Geng Bin sit down and eat with him. The two of them ate happily, quickly cleared the food on the table, and then left gracefully.
After the two of them left, Zhang He was about to close his eyes and rest when he heard a voice shouting from the side: "General Zhang, General Zhang."
"Um?"
"I am the commander-in-chief of Sanguan." The commander-in-chief said loudly with a sad and angry look on his face: "General Zhang doesn't know something. That Jiang Tuo is really insidious. He pretended to be a Wei army and deceived the city gate. Capture us people..."
After listening to the commander-in-chief's words, Zhang He had a better understanding of Jiang Tuo's lower limit.
"General Zhang, now I am the fish and meat, and the others are the swordsmen... Let's just surrender. It doesn't matter if we eat some food."
Zhang He didn't think so: "Since we are defeated, if you want to kill them or follow them, you must have backbone!"
"As long as we are alive, everything is possible. Maybe we can return to Wei in the future?"
"Humph!" Zhang He said nothing.
The chief soldier looked around and whispered: "Master Zhang, do you know how this man will abuse his enemies?"
"How to abuse?"
"He is a guy with no lower limits. If someone offends him, he will take off their pants, tie them to a tree, and use a spear..."
Zhang He's eyes gradually became horrified.
"What, Zhang He has eaten?" Jiang Tuo looked at the soldiers in surprise.
"Yes, sir, maybe he is hungry and has eaten a lot of food today."
"It shouldn't be, why did this guy give in?" Jiang Tuo couldn't understand the reason, so he simply stopped thinking about it and said, "As long as he eats, it's a good thing. You should treat him well, but you can't let him die in prison. "
Although Jiang Tuo had no feelings for him, Zhang He was still a famous general in the Three Kingdoms and the humerus minister of Wei. If Zhang He is killed, there will be no benefit, but it will force Wei and Shu Han to become incompatible.
Just when Jiang Tuo was thinking about how to set up defenses at Sanguan, a scout came from Yongliang with a letter to meet Jiang Tuo.
Jiang Tuo still had a good impression of Shu Han. He called the scout into the hall and asked with a smile: "What's the matter?"
The scout said: "Master Jiang, do you want to join our army?"
"Oh?" Although he had expected it, Jiang Tuo was still very happy to know it now. I really didn't expect that I would join the Shuhan family and fight for the rest of my life to revive the Han Dynasty.
"Of course I do." Jiang Tuo raised his fist and said loudly: "As an outstanding young man with aspirations, I voluntarily join Shuhan, establish lofty ideals and beliefs, serve the people, serve Shuhan, endure hardship first, and enjoy later. , stand up in difficult times..."
The scout was stunned for a moment, feeling his head filled with black lines. He waved his hand and said, "Master Jiang, it goes without saying, we all believe in you."
Jiang Tuo smiled and asked, "Then what official position do I hold?"
He shook his head and said, "This villain doesn't know."
"Then how many troops should I lead?"
"Even the villain doesn't know."
Jiang Tuo was speechless. Didn't Shu Han know his talents? Could it be that he just joined the Shu Han in a daze and acted as a soldier under the tent? Don't the Shu Han people pay too little attention to talents?
"Ahem, why don't you talk to Liu Chan and let me join the army?"
The scout smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Master Jiang should go in person."
"What? You want me to go to Shu in person to see His Majesty? That journey would be too far..."
"I'm not meeting His Majesty, I'm meeting the Prime Minister." The scout reminded: "The Prime Minister knows Mr. Jiang's great achievements, so he wants to meet you. If you want to hold any official position, you can tell the Prime Minister in person."
"Okay, I'll go now!"
Jiang Tuo became excited immediately.
"The journey is long. Mr. Jiang can rest for the night and start again tomorrow."
"No, I just like to travel at night!"
