The genes of the old Liu family have always been to like and long for talents. This has been undoubtedly revealed since the great ancestor Liu Bang, otherwise Han Xin would not have jumped from a small ruler to a general.
In the battle just now, Zhang Liao showed a considerable level of commanding ability. If Zhang Fei hadn't risked his life to fight at the critical moment, the outcome of this battle would have been hard to say.
Naturally, Liu Bei was very jealous of this kind of talent. He was a little reluctant to give up when Zhang Heng admonished him to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. Now that Zhang Heng said that he was sure of conquering him, Liu Bei didn't hesitate at all and agreed to let Zhang Heng use his methods.
If successful, he will add a general to his command.
If it doesn’t work, I won’t lose anything.
After Zhang Heng got Liu Bei's permission, when he turned around and walked up to Zhang Liao, he already had an extremely warm smile on his face, completely different from before. Zhang Liao was surprised for a while, and suddenly felt a chill behind his back.
The look in this guy's eyes... seems to have some evil intentions.
Zhang Heng didn't give him any time to think anymore, he simply held up his hands and said with a smile: "When I was in Luoyang, I heard about Wen Yuan's name, but we never had the opportunity to meet him. When we meet him today, he is indeed a handsome young man!"
Zhang Liao frowned when he heard this, and looked at the rope on his body again. He didn't need to look in the mirror to know how embarrassed he was at this moment.
This guy wouldn't come here specifically to taunt me.
But he didn't reach out to hit the smiling person, and Zhang Heng's words were quite sincere, not yin and yang at all, so Zhang Liao had no choice but to smile bitterly.
"How can a defeated general dare to speak bravely? Your Excellency is ridiculously praising you."
"This is not a compliment, this is what I say from the bottom of my heart."
Zhang Heng said and waved his sleeves, and soldiers immediately came up and removed the ropes from Zhang Liao's body.
"Your Excellency, this is..."
Zhang Liao looked at this scene with doubts in his eyes.
"Brother Wen Yuan, don't be surprised. I just want to invite Brother Wen Yuan to have a chat with you, and I hope you can show your respect."
Zhang Heng made an invitation gesture as he spoke, and a soldier from behind had already offered him a water bag, which contained the fine wine Zhang Fei had smuggled from Jujube.
"The conditions in the army are simple and I hope Brother Wen Yuan will forgive me for the poor hospitality."
Zhang Heng didn't have any mysophobia, so he simply sat on the ground in the dust and poured the wine in his bag into two large porcelain bowls.
In order to cooperate with Zhang Heng's actions, Liu Bei had already ordered his soldiers to disperse, and even he himself took Guan Yu to recruit and surrender his soldiers. So at this time, Zhang Heng was surrounded by only a dozen soldiers responsible for security.
Zhang Liao looked at Zhang Heng who was pouring the wine and couldn't help but hesitate.
Looking at this person's gentle nature, if he suddenly takes action at this moment, he might be able to kidnap this person and escape!
But Zhang Liao soon gave up this idea.
First, even if he could hijack Zhang Heng, he wouldn't be able to run for long without a horse.
Secondly, he was defeated and captured because his skills were inferior to others, but he would not be so despicable, not to mention that this person treated him so politely.
When a real man lives in the world, he does what he does and what he doesn't do!
"Why, is Brother Wenyuan worried that I might poison the wine?"
While Zhang Liao was deep in thought, Zhang Heng's laughter rang in his ears.
Forget it, let’s see what this person wants to do!
"Your Excellency is so kind to me, how can I not appreciate it?"
Having made up his mind, Zhang Liao also sat down, raised the big bowl on the ground and said with a smile: "Thank you for the wine, I will do it first!"
After saying this, he drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
"Okay, Brother Wenyuan is indeed a happy person, can I drink again?" Zhang Heng said with a smile.
"able!"
Hearing this, Zhang Heng immediately poured another bowl for Zhang Liao.
Repeatedly, after drinking several bowls in a row, Zhang Liao's face turned rosy and his behavior was already very drunk.
"Thank you for the wine, your Excellency. Today, a certain general of the defeated army needs to be killed or beheaded. Please do as you wish!"
Seeing that the wine in the bag had reached the bottom and the time was almost up, Zhang Liao cupped his hands and said.
Zhang Heng smiled, shook his head, and said, "Brother Wenyuan, do you know who I am?"
"I was about to ask for advice."
"I am Zhang Ziyi, and my uncle Zhang Boshen, the current captain of the dynasty, is my uncle."
"It turns out that sir is a member of a prominent family in Nanyang, disrespectful!"
Zhang Heng smiled and waved his sleeves, "I was fortunate enough to live in Luoyang for a while. Last year, when the late emperor passed away and Luoyang was in chaos, I was also in Luoyang."
Hearing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help but frowned. He didn't understand what Zhang Heng wanted to say.
"Brother Wenyuan thinks who is Dong Zhuo?"
Hearing this question, Zhang Liao opened his mouth, but fell silent in the end.
Zhang Heng was not discouraged and continued: "Brother Wenyuan dare not say it, so I will say it for you. Dong Zhuo is a traitor to the country!"
"I don't dare to speak nonsense about the important matters of the imperial court." Zhang Liao quickly shook his head and said.
"Are you afraid to speak nonsense, or do you want to admit it? Even a three-year-old child can see what traitor Dong did after he entered the capital. Is it wrong for me to say that he is a traitor to the country?"
Zhang Liao lowered his head and said nothing, acquiescing.
"Brother Wen Yuan's talents are earth-shattering. Why don't you turn your back on the dark side and help Mr. Xuande achieve his great achievements? He will leave his name in history in the future, and he will be worthy of being a seven-foot tall man."
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Zhang Heng revealed his true purpose.
"This..." Zhang Liao's face was full of embarrassment, "Dong Xiangguo treated me very well, I don't dare to have evil thoughts."
Hearing this, Zhang Heng couldn't help but sneer.
Do you believe this?
"Brother Wen Yuan is very talented, and I admire him very much, but his vision is really wrong." Zhang Heng shook his head and sighed, "Thief Dong is going against the grain and will die sooner or later. Do you want to follow Thief Dong to seek death!
Does Brother Wenyuan not know that all the princes have held an alliance in Suanzao and vowed to kill Dong Zhuo? Most of these princes, like Brother Wenyuan, were members of the former General He Jin. If you take this opportunity to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, you will still be my loyal minister, otherwise it will be too late to regret!
Furthermore, you said that Thief Dong treated you very kindly, but I beg to differ. Brother Wenyuan's current official position is entirely due to the emperor's sage. How can the general have the wisdom to recognize people? What does it have to do with Dong Zhuo? "
Zhang Liao was originally a minor official in the county in his early years. Later, he was appreciated by Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, and was called to work. It happened that He Jin wanted to kill the ten chief ministers and called the feudal officials with soldiers and horses to come to the capital. Ding Yuan sent Zhang Liao as his liaison to seek refuge with He Jin. Later, He Jin assigned him to recruit troops in Hebei.
In other words, from beginning to end, Zhang Liao belongs to He Jin.
When Zhang Liao returned from recruiting troops in Hebei, He Jin was killed by an eunuch, and the whole of Luoyang fell into chaos. In the end, Dong Zhuo killed Ding Yuan and took over the power. He Jin's old troops like Zhang Liao, who had no external influence, had no choice but to subordinate themselves to Dong Zhuo.
After all, they were not direct descendants, and Dong Zhuo did not trust these people. Although they were all promoted, he was always wary of them. Even when he sent out to forcibly relocate the people, he had to send Yang Yong, a general from the Xiliang faction, to accompany them and supervise them.
The reason why Zhang Liao said just now that Dong Zhuo treated him well was simply because he didn't want to be accused of betraying his master.
In other words, Zhang Liao's current situation in Luoyang is not good, but he is being squeezed out everywhere.
