Zhang Xi didn't want to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender. Really, he could swear to God.
How could a person who could face Liu Bei's persuasion to surrender and say "the old minister will no longer serve the two masters" surrender?
Although Zhang Ren's record was basically "defeated" with Luo Guanzhong's help, in terms of loyalty, Luo Guanzhong did not exaggerate in the slightest.
But Zhang Xi's series of actions, in Pang Tong's eyes, were trying to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender.
First, he didn't mention Zhang Ren's defeat at all, and then he put aside Zhang Ren's dishonest sneak attack just now, and then talked to Zhang Ren about some font size matters. This was an obvious way to divert Zhang Ren's attention. Let him no longer have the will to die.
Originally, the first step went well. Zhang Ren was also diverted by Zhang Xi, and then he could try to persuade him to surrender from other angles. This guy is really good. He clings to his brand name and insists on asking. clear.
Pang Tong couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to step in to replace Zhang Xi and continue to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender.
However, there was one thing that made Pang Tong deeply moved by Zhang Xi.
Although this Zhang Yuanchang is a little timid, he is really big-hearted. Zhang Ren just cheated and attacked. If it had been anyone else, Zhang Ren would have been killed now. How could he squat down to persuade him to surrender like Zhang Xi? Other people's.
Pang Tong was quite satisfied with Zhang Xi, but he was a little impatient with Zhang Ren. Pang Tong was also a little impatient.
After he took over Zhang Xi's work of persuading him to surrender, Zhang Ren seemed to have returned to his old ways, holding his neck and swearing at others, and then repeatedly emphasized that he should be killed quickly to give him his full name.
Pang Tong could tell that Zhang Ren really wanted to die.
But Pang Tong felt unhappy.
When Zhang Yuanchang persuaded you to surrender just now, you were still discussing the issue of font size with him. How come you are seeking death when you come to my place? !
Pang Tong looked at Zhang Xi helplessly again, which meant asking for Zhang Xi's opinion.
After all, it was Pang Tong who had just taken over forcibly. Maybe Zhang Xi actually had a good idea to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender.
As for Zhang Xi, he had long been impatient with waiting.
"I want to die, and I can accomplish it all by myself!" Zhang Xi looked at Zhang Ren and said, "Just before you die, can you tell me what your calligraphy is?!"
Really, I'm very curious.
Zhang Xi traveled through time too late. He had no chance to ask him about Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Liang and Shun. Now that he finally caught one, why not ask him clearly? !
Pang Tong rolled his eyes when he heard this. What's the use of worrying about this now? !
But it seems that this matter is a special attack on Zhang Ren.
Zhang Ren's face turned red instantly, and he stared at Zhang Xi. He held it in for a long time, and finally two words came out of his mouth.
"No words!"
"No words?! You can't?!" Zhang Xi scratched his head and continued to ask, "I heard that you come from a poor family, and your ancestors were rich after all. Why didn't I give you a name?!"
As soon as he said this, Zhang Ren's expression almost matched that of the second master.
After another period of silence, Zhang Rencai reluctantly said, "A certain person's parents died when he was young. He was also young and ridiculous, and was not welcomed by his tribe. Therefore, when he became an adult, no one had a name. Can you kill me?!"
"That's it!" Zhang Xi nodded, but after thinking about it, it was wrong, so he asked, "I think the general is now over thirty years old, and I have heard from others that the general is highly valued by Liu Yizhou. Why didn't Liu Yizhou give the general a name? ?!”
As soon as he said this, Zhang Ren paused for a moment, and then remained silent.
A person's name is usually chosen by the elders in the family, but if you meet a person like Zhang Ren whose parents have died, and no elders are willing to help him choose the name due to poor popularity when he becomes an adult, then as the lord Liu Zhang, in fact, He has the qualifications to choose a character for Zhang Ren.
After all, it is not a troublesome matter, and he is his confidant and favorite. Just pick a word and shorten the distance between the two parties, and get the best of both worlds.
But Liu Zhang was Liu Zhang after all, and he was not that meticulous. The most his subordinates could do was to go back and forth on positions and money and food rewards, and naturally they could not consider such details.
Originally, Zhang Ren didn't pay much attention to this matter, but now that Zhang Xi said this, he felt inexplicably something wrong.
But before Zhang Ren could say anything, Zhang Xi had already waved his hand and said, "Since there are no words, it's not easy to force him to push Zhang Ren out and kill him!"
Why is Pang Tong going crazy?
Good guy, this Ren was clearly shaken just now. You're just going to kill him instead of continuing to persuade him to surrender? !
I beg you, you just said it yourself, Zhang Ren is Liu Zhang's confidant and favorite general. If you can persuade Zhang Ren to surrender, regardless of whether he is capable or not, this influence is very important.
If even Liu Zhang's confidants surrender to Liu Bei, then what confidence does Liu Zhang have to hold on? !
Pang Tong hurriedly stopped him, then looked at Zhang Xi and then at Zhang Ren. He didn't dare to say anything casually, so he could only say, "General Zhang wants to give his full name. Tong deeply admires him. But the general is so loyal, how can he not Leave your name for future generations?! In Tong's opinion, why not ask the general to wait for a while, and Tong will report it to the lord, and ask the lord to pick a name for the general, and then kill the general and give him his full name, okay?!"
Pang Tong wanted to use a delaying tactic to delay the war. On the one hand, he asked Liu Bei to give Zhang Ren a name, saying that he could not win back his heart.
Don't tell me, Zhang Ren is really tempted.
Zhang Ren must have asked for death. There is no doubt about this. After all, he was defeated twice and his reputation has been ruined. If he surrenders again, his reputation will be really bad.
But if I can leave a brand name before I die, it will not be in vain to fight in this life.
For people in this era, life and death may not be important, but Zhang Ren is really uncertain about his name. He doesn't want to be thought of as someone who was born in the head of Guizhou after his death, and whose ancestors were uneducated and didn't even have a name.
This is an insult to the ancestors, and you will not be ashamed to see your ancestors underground after death.
So Zhang Ren remained silent. After all, it was hard for him to agree to this matter. He just waited for Pang Tong to send someone to take him away and execute him at a later date.
But Zhang Xi, he really didn't think that much, because he, a child from a poor family with a complete "name" and "character", could not understand the heart of a child from a poor family without a name.
Coupled with the influence from his previous life, Zhang Xi felt that this matter was purely troublesome, and it was impossible for Zhang Ren to surrender anyway.
"Brother Shiyuan, why bother my lord with this matter?!" Zhang Xi said to Pang Tong, "It is enough for a man to have a name and a surname. It is the same whether he has a name or not, so why bother about this matter. After Chengdu is conquered, , caught that Liu Jiyu, and asked him to make up for General Zhang, isn’t it better than troublesome lord?!”
No, who was struggling with the issue of "words" in the first place? !
Pang Tong is speechless. Are you in a hurry to kill Zhang Ren? !
Do you two have a grudge? !
Zhang Ren also couldn't understand. Could this commander really have a grudge against me? !
Not only have I been humiliated by my font size over and over again, but now I want a font size before I die. Does this guy have such a problem? !
Zhang Ren immediately snorted coldly and expressed his dissatisfaction.
As for Pang Tong, looking at Zhang Ren's dissatisfied look, and then thinking about the relationship between Zhang Ren's position and Liu Zhang, he suddenly had an idea.
Pang Tong coughed to attract Zhang Ren's attention, and then he pretended to be contemptuous and said to Zhang Xi, "Chief Yuan's words are wrong. After we conquer Yizhou, Liu Jiyu will not be able to protect himself. How can he be in the mood to help General Zhang?" Character?!"
Um? !
What does this mean? !
Zhang Xi looked at Pang Tong strangely and wondered, did Pang Tong mean to kill Liu Zhang after breaking the city? !
But that's not what you said when you were at Jiameng Pass, right? !
Then Zhang Xi saw Pang Tong wink at him covertly.
Zhang Xi immediately knew that Pang Tong was trying to play a trick.
He immediately thought about it, cooperated with Pang Tong, and said, "This matter is not bad. After all, Liu Jiyu has been in charge of Yizhou for many years, and he is quite popular among people."
Zhang Renyi listened. What the hell? !
In front of me, you are discussing killing my lord after the city is broken? !
But think about it carefully, Liu Bei even did such a shameless thing of killing to seize land. Killing his own lord, what does that mean? !
Zhang Ren immediately quit and started scolding again.
But Pang Tong did not give Zhang Ren a chance to continue scolding him. Instead, he said, "In that case, we will temporarily detain Zhang Ren and wait for the lord to make an announcement. If there is no word, let the lord make the decision in the end!"
After saying that, Pang Tong ignored Zhang Ren's screams and ordered people to take Zhang Ren down and guard him, waiting for Liu Bei's fate.
After Zhang Ren was escorted away, Pang Tong took Zhang Xi with him to discuss specific ways to persuade him to surrender.
To put it simply, Liu Zhang's life was used as a threat to make Zhang Ren surrender. If he didn't surrender, Liu Zhang's whole family would be killed.
In Pang Tong's view, since Zhang Ren was so loyal to Liu Zhang, he should agree to this condition.
As for Liu Zhang, he had already taken over his territory, so there was no way he could really kill Liu Zhang.
Since he had no intention of killing him in the first place, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to scare him and persuade one of Liu Zhang's confidants to surrender?
After hearing this, Zhang Xi just smiled and said to Pang Tong, "Although this plan is good, how can someone like my lord use it?!"
Liu Bei, although he was a warlord in troubled times and not lacking in decisiveness in killing, he was also a rare and upright person in this era.
This attack on Liu Zhang was for his own foundation and to revive the Han Dynasty, so Liu Bei threw away his face and chose the path of a warlord in troubled times, attacking Liu Zhang and annexing Yizhou.
This is not an aboveboard thing in itself. Liu Bei did this in order to realize his ideal of supporting the Han Dynasty and had no choice but to do so.
But you want him to cooperate with Pang Tong's plan and scare Zhang Ren that he will kill Liu Zhang. Obviously Liu Bei will not do this.
In fact, as soon as Liu Bei heard that Zhang Ren had been captured, he immediately sent someone over to take Zhang Ren away.
Then Liu Bei took the initiative to swear in front of Zhang Ren that the attack on Liu Zhang was a last resort, but after capturing Yizhou, he would never harm the lives of anyone in Liu Zhang's family. Even Liu Xun in Luocheng, Liu Bei would try his best to save it.
Then, Liu Bei also let Zhang Ren choose whether to surrender or die, and Liu Bei could make it happen.
But Zhang Ren unexpectedly chose not to surrender, but he also didn't die.
The reason why he refused to surrender was because he was Liu Zhang's minister, and a loyal minister would not harm the two masters.
The reason for his immortality is that Zhang Ren was scolded by Pang Tong and now no longer believes in Liu Bei's oath. He wants to witness with his own eyes whether Liu Bei will keep his promise.
Liu Bei had no choice but to let it go. As long as Zhang Ren did not do anything extraordinary, he would let Zhang Ren stay by his side.
But Fazheng cannot agree to such a thing - a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall.
If Zhang Ren has evil intentions and is not good for Liu Bei, what should he do? !
Chengdu has not yet been conquered yet. If Liu Bei has an emergency, these soldiers will be defeated in minutes.
Therefore, Fazheng still persuaded Liu Bei that you can keep Zhang Ren alive. This would also be a kind of relief and hope for other Liu Zhang's confidants, which could be regarded as winning people's hearts.
But you definitely can’t stay with this Zhang Ren.
Even if he is sent to the south gate of Zhang Xi, he cannot stay.
Then Zhang Ren was escorted back to the South Gate Camp.
Zhang Xi is the one with a headache.
With the lord Liu Bei at the north gate, it is really not suitable to keep Zhang Ren.
But I still have a fengxiao here. Putting Zhang Ren and Pang Tong together, Zhang Xi always feels like putting a cat and a mouse together. Sooner or later something will happen.
(End of chapter)
