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Chapter 384 Solicitation

Li Yan is aloof and self-confident, on the surface he chatted with Gan Ning to reminisce about the old days, but in his heart he looked down on such a rough and murderous warrior like Gan Ning.Only people from Dongzhou gentry like Zhuge Liang can get his attention.

But before that, he had never heard of Zhuge Liang's name. After he was 20 years old, he began to work in various counties and counties, while Zhuge Liang was studying in Xiangyang. The two had no intersection at all.

What surprised Li Yan was that Zhuge Liang was really too young. He was considered the magistrate of a county at the age of 24, and he was considered young and promising, but Zhuge Liang was obviously younger than him, but he was worshiped by Liu Jing as a military adviser.

Comparing Liu Biao's military advisor Cai Mao, it is not difficult to figure out Zhuge Liang's position in Liu Jing's army.What Li Yan saw was the same, although Gan Ning was a noble general, Zhuge Liang was the one who dominated the relationship between the two.

"Could it be that this person really has the talent to rule the world and the wisdom to stabilize the country, so he is not limited by age, and was promoted by Liu Jing..." Li Yan secretly speculated in his heart.

Zhuge Liang invited Li Yan to sit down, and praised him: "Since entering Yidao County, I have seen the traffic on both sides of the river, the fields and ravines, the people are dedicated to farming, and they are diligent in crops, which is different from other places. The county magistrate must be a capable official with the ability to govern the people."

"Don't dare to be..." Li Yan smiled wryly. He rarely practiced the laws of Shen and Han.However, the bad thing is that he did it himself. If he stayed in Yidao City honestly, he would not be in trouble today.

"You don't need to be humble..." Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled.Afterwards, with the constant conversation, Zhuge Liang also admired Li Yan more and more in his heart.

The land of Jingnan is not inferior to that of Jingbei, but in terms of talents, it is far inferior. There are very few young heroes like Li Yan in the whole of Jingnan.

Zhuge Liang wanted to recruit talented people for Liu Jing, saying: "General Anyuan is a descendant of the great ancestor Miao. He cares about the country, conforms to the people's will, and rose up for righteousness. General Anyuan was ordered by the king to seek justice. He marched [-] troops into the siege of Jiangling, and ordered me to lead [-] troops to march westward. Zhijiang has surrendered without a fight, and I have captured you again. Yidao now has no leader among the dragons. If there is no accident, I will follow Zhijiang's footsteps."

Li Yan heiran, not only he was captured alone, but also the meritorious Cao, the chief bookkeeper, the thief Cao and other subordinate officials. Now in Yidao City, it is the county magistrate and Ting Yu who are not wise and brave. He never had the guts to resist Liu Jingjun.

Zhuge Liang said again: "With one step of wisdom, it shouldn't be difficult to guess my next purpose."

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "I am ready to attack Yiling to cut off the aid from the upper reaches of Jiangling."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said with a smile: "I will take Yiling from Jingnan and fix the Three Gorges; Sun Qulu will lead the soldiers from Jiangdong to attack Jiangxia and fight against Huang Zu. In this way, Jiangling will lose the support of its two wings and hang alone outside. The people are terrified, the defenders are discouraged, with General Anyuan's bravery and decisiveness, he uses his troops like a god, and the capture of Jiangling is just around the corner."

Of course, things will not be as easy as Zhuge Liang said. Zhuge Liang led a partial army to seize the western counties of Nanjun, which is of course not good for himself, but as long as Jiangling can repel Liu Jing, Zhuge Liang can only give up the counties and retreat obediently. can be determined.

As for the east side, with Sun Ce's bravery, he was unable to win Huang Zu, let alone Sun Quan, and he will return without success this time.

However, Li Yan did not refute Zhuge Liang, but chose to remain silent.

As a prisoner, he must have the awareness of being a prisoner. He had no intention of being loyal to Liu Biao, refusing Zhuge Liang, and humiliating him. Apart from the benefit of talking, what good would it do him?

Gan Ning saw that Zhuge Liang had the intention to attract Li Yan, so he persuaded him: "The old horse Yuan replied to the ancestors: "In today's world, not only the ruler chooses the ministers, but the ministers also choose the ruler." Faithful, benevolent and righteous, famous men and heroes from all over the world, all return to virtue, like water returning to the sea. The talents of one step are slightly better than others, and they are the heroes of Jingchu. Why don't you abandon the rebellion and return to obedience, and assist the general to become a king and overlord."

Li Yan frowned deeply and remained silent for a long time.

Seeing that Li Yan did not directly refuse, Zhuge Liang knew that there was something to be done, and immediately hit the rails while it was hot: "In the past, Dingfu was a prisoner of Pang, and King Wu of Chu thought he was the commander of the army. Man; Peng Zhongshuang, a prisoner of the state of Shen. The king of Chu Wen thought that Ling Yin had changed the two states of Shen and Xi into counties, and made Chen and Cai come to the dynasty and seal them to you. These two were both sages of Jing and Chu. Although they were prisoners at the beginning, Afterwards, they will all be promoted and become famous ministers of Chu, why don't you follow the example of these two sages?"

Pang State and Shen State are both in Li Yan's hometown Nanyang County, Zhuge Liang cited Guan Dingfu and Peng Zhongshuang as examples, which is perfect.

Li Yan's complexion fluctuated, and finally turned into a long sigh, and said: "I have been favored by Liu Jingzhou, and now I have been captured outside. I should have done my best to get a good reputation. I don't think that the second gentleman will fall in love with me, a mediocre person. Take Ma Yuan, Guan Dingfu, and Peng Zhongshuang as metaphors, it is a blessing to avoid death, and I dare not ask for anything else."

Zhuge Liang clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Zhengfang is a talented and talented man who can take on great responsibilities. If the general knows that Zhengfang will return to his heart, he will be overjoyed."

Gan Ning also nodded in agreement.

Now that Li Yan has surrendered, he no longer has any entanglements in his heart, and talked with Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning about the current situation in Yi Dao, and then he asked his mother to go to Yi Dao to persuade him to surrender on the grounds that his mother was in the city.

Although the people in the city may not dare to disturb his mother, they are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, if his mother is really frightened into something serious, then he will die in a hundred times.

Zhuge Liang asked with a smile: "Zhengfang, is this going to be like Feng Yi's story?"

At that time, Feng Yi, one of the 28 generals of Yuntai, served as Wangmang County governor, and guarded his father's city to resist reform.After Feng Yi went out, he was captured by Shizu Guangwu's soldiers. At that time, Feng Yi's mother was in the city and asked Guangwu to let him go back and settle down with his mother. After that, he would sacrifice the city and surrender.Guangwu was happy to let go, and Feng Yi did not live up to Guangwu's trust, which also made a rare story of a monarch and his ministers in history.

Li Yan nodded lightly, and then asked: "Would the military advisor let me go back?"

Zhuge Liang smiled lightly and said, "Why not? It might worry my mother, Zhengfang should go back now, I'll wait here and wait for the good news."

Li Yan thanked him solemnly and said: "I will live up to the expectations of the military division."

"The affirmative party does not need to be polite." Zhuge Liang stepped forward to help Li Yan, and together with Gan Ning sent him out, watching him go away by boat.

Gan Ning couldn't help but asked Zhuge Liang, "Is the military advisor really not worried?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head with a smile and said: "Zhengfang is definitely not a person who does not believe what he says." Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Li Yan pretends to surrender, so what?With his strength, he can't affect the overall situation at all, and can only kill himself.

(End of this chapter)