"Is it just some ability? This man works step by step, steadily, and never gives the people of the world a chance to accuse him. He is actually committing treason, but he is sanctimonious to win people's hearts. The people of the world do not blame him for treason, but think that he is a loyal minister. .
The depth of his scheming and his complete planning are unbelievable. What's more, the soldiers and horses in his hands are invincible and extremely powerful. With more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he was invincible in all battles in the east and west. His Chu Kingdom included the former lands of Ma Chu, Dongxi and Jingnan, and now the land of Huainan and the north of the Yangtze River. After that, if the south of the Yangtze River again Next, perhaps the hope of rejuvenation of the Tang Dynasty will be realized in this person!
Can you say that he just has some abilities? This man is a genius, a genius that is rare to see in a century! "
"I have never seen you, Mr. Zhang, praise a person so much, but no matter how powerful he is, he is still our opponent." Du Chengdao smacked his lips.
"Yes, this is where the trouble lies. Li Yuan leads a large army to the city, and Yangzhou City is in danger. I don't believe a word of the letter he wrote to His Majesty. How could he retreat for the sake of Zhang Wenbiao's life and death? In vain? Give up this hard-won good situation? Wouldn’t that mean all the efforts were wasted? Even if Zhang Wenbiao is dead, he will still attack the city."
Zhou Yi said in astonishment: "Then since you know this, why do you still advise your majesty to agree to Li Yuan's conditions?"
Zhang Ji glanced at Zhou Yi and said: "Zhou Yi, let me ask you, if Li Yuan breaks through Yangzhou, what will happen to the three of us?"
"Do you even need to ask? If Yangzhou is destroyed, we will definitely lose our lives. Just because the three of us were involved in the Feng Lingdu Incident, how could Li Yuan let us go?"
"That's it. You also know that if the city is broken, we will be finished, so how can we sit back and wait for death? That is not my style, Zhang Jie. Shouldn't we be planning for our own survival? I can I don’t want the three of us to die in Li Yuan’s hands after working hard for so long and not even being able to enjoy the slightest bit of scenery.” Zhang Jie said thoughtfully.
"Why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen." Zhou Yi scratched his head and said: "You mean, Yangzhou City cannot be defended, and Li Yuan will not retreat, so what's the use of killing Zhang Wenbiao? If it is true that Yangzhou City cannot be defended, what can we do? If we flee to the horizon, we may have nowhere to stay."
Zhang Jie said: "Li Yuan's intention is naturally to cause us civil strife and force His Majesty to kill Zhang Wenbiao. Although we all want to kill Zhang Wenbiao, in the current court, only Zhang Wenbiao can still control it. Once Zhang Wenbiao dies, the court will be in chaos, and Yangzhou will be in chaos. The city will also fall faster. This is Li Yuan's intention.
This time the Chu army only had a few hundred thousand troops, so Li Yuan might not want to see a forced attack on the city. I guess that he must have wanted to take Yangzhou City without any blood. He might not have wanted too many people to die. As I said before, he was a scheming man, and not killing too many people was probably his way of winning over people's hearts.
These soldiers and horses guarding the city are ordinary people whom we forcibly recruited. Do you think if they can survive, who will be the first to be grateful? Isn’t it Li Yuan? "
"So that's it. This guy is really scheming. He can still consider these things during the war." Du Chengdao said in shock.
Zhang Ji sighed: "So I said we were on the wrong team. How many bad moves did your Majesty and Zhang Wenbiao make? But still remember that the late emperor was funeral in Wuyue Kingdom. Even Zhang Wenbiao hypocritically offered to take back the late emperor's coffin, but your majesty actually refused. It's a big taboo for a person to be unfilial to the emperor, and the inside story of Feng Lingdu has spread wildly among the people. This move has made the court unpopular. Remember Li Yuan announced one of His Majesty's twenty deadly sins? This is one of them.
Therefore, the situation in the court today is not only due to Zhang Wenbiao's ambition and treachery, but also His Majesty himself has a big problem. What did he do appropriately? People's hearts were completely ruined, which led to the fact that no matter how Zhang Wenbiao bullied His Majesty, almost no one in the court was willing to speak for His Majesty. Li Congjia, he was not worthy of being emperor in the first place. We made the wrong bet. "
Zhou Yi frowned and nodded: "Not to mention these, you haven't made it clear yet what we should do. Is there any deep meaning in your persuasion to His Majesty to agree to Li Yuan's conditions?"
Zhang Jie said: "Our only way out now is to hope that Yangzhou can be defended, but this road may be a dead end. Even with Zhang Wenbiao here, I'm afraid we can't hold it. Li Yuan just wants to take Yangzhou easily, but if he fails , he would attack by force. With the strength of the Chu army, could these rabble-rousers in the city be able to defend it?
How powerful are the firearms of the Chu army? And that legendary thunder, can we stop it? In this situation, how can we hang ourselves on a tree? If there is no way to survive in front of us, we have to find one by ourselves. My persuasion to Your Majesty to agree to Li Yuan's conditions is not just to take the opportunity to get rid of Zhang Wenbiao. The bigger purpose is that we want to use this to submit a certificate of surrender to Li Yuan. If this road doesn't work, go to that road. A cunning rabbit has three burrows! "
"ah?!"
Zhou Yi and Du Chengdao both froze in place with their mouths wide open.
"So that's what you think?" Du Chengdao looked pale and shouted in shock.
Zhang Jie shouted in a cold voice: "Look at how hopeless you are, are you scared to death? What's the big deal if you go the wrong way and look back for another one? If you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. Do we really want to be tied to this chariot that is about to fall off a cliff and die together?"
"No, I think even if we turn back, this road may not work! Don't forget, we killed three princes in Fenglingdu, and Li Yuan has already told the world that he is also a member of the Li Tang royal family. ! Moreover, Li Yuan and Your Majesty had a deep grudge against Emperor Zhou E in the past, and now you have married your sister to His Majesty as your concubine. How can Li Yuan tolerate us anymore?" Zhou Yi said hoarsely, licking his chapped lips.
Zhang Jie said in a deep voice: "So what? There is no eternal rival in this world. Li Yuan is the emperor and the hero of the world, but how can he refuse something that is beneficial to his overall situation? What kind of Li Tang royal family, what kind of woman, Li Yuanzhi His ambitions are not related to these personal affairs, his ambitions are to the world! Besides, we have bargaining chips with him, how can he not be willing?"
"What you mean is that we go to negotiate with Li Yuan, tell him that we understand his plan, and ask him to leave us a way out, so that we can help him kill Zhang Wenbiao and fulfill his wish. If he doesn't agree, we Then expose his plan and fight to the death with him, and everyone will be defeated to the death, right?" Zhou Yi asked in a low voice.
Zhang Jie said coldly: "This is not enough, we still have a bigger bargaining chip. What we ask for is not just to leave a way out, we want to exchange more."
"What's the bigger bargaining chip?" Zhou Yi and Du Chengdao asked in unison.
Zhang Ji was silent for a moment, and softly uttered a sentence from his mouth covered by his thick beard: "There is also His Majesty in the palace, Li Congjia, the living Li Congjia, and the legitimate surrender of the Tang Dynasty. This condition is that Li Yuan cannot Rejected.”
"Bang!" With a sound, Zhou Yi's hand slipped, the hand that was supporting the case fell down, and his head hit the table. However, Zhou Yi did not feel pain, nor did he show his teeth. His expression was already dull. .
