Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 826 The Same Choice
Jiangzhou City.

Inside and outside the city, there has been a confrontation for many days, and the tense atmosphere is covering the whole city. The prefect and the captain are both Berkshire officials and represent the government, so the rivalry between them makes many people feel nervous. I don't want to get involved.

Because they don't know who to help, if bandits are causing trouble, they will naturally support Yan Yan unreservedly, but Xi Zhicai is the captain of Berkshire, representing the name of the State Shepherd's Mansion.

At this time, no matter why the two of them fought against each other, they didn't want to get involved.

This made Xi Zhicai breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as these people don't help Yan Yan, it is already the biggest concession. This Jiangzhou City is absolutely as stable as Mount Tai.

But this also made Yan Yan panicked.

He thought that someone would open the gates of the city and welcome him into the city as soon as he raised his arms, but he really didn't expect that Xi Zhicai would be able to control Jiangzhou City in the short time he took office.

Also, at this time, Berkshire, which he has been running for many years, did not move at all against his military order to suppress the rebellion, which was beyond his expectation.

It was also what made him terrified.

The army that I lead can be invincible on the battlefield because it has a very strong foundation, not only the support of food and weapons, even if it is defeated or sacrificed, it can also replenish a group of young men.

As long as he can continue to sit in Berkshire, the strength of the Berkshire soldiers will become stronger and stronger.

But now Berkshire is a bit out of control.

This not only made him worry about the present, but also made him worry about the future. If there is no Berkshire support in the future, what will be the future of his Berkshire soldiers.

So he didn't dare to fight, so he had no choice but to garrison troops outside the city.

It's not that I don't want to attack, it's that I can't attack.

First, causing a war will definitely arouse the hatred of the people. Second, few people know the defense of Jiangzhou City better than him. In a fight, at least half of his Berkshire soldiers will be lost, or even both sides will suffer. This situation cannot be opened.

But not wanting to fight is just his idea.

After stationing troops for more than ten days, the situation became more and more tense. Even if Yan Yan didn't want to, he probably couldn't wait, because Chengdu City couldn't wait for long at all, and he had to open up the situation as soon as possible.

"Pass my order!"

In the barracks outside the city, in the main tent of the Chinese army, Yan Yan pondered over and over again, even though he knew that a strong attack would cause serious damage, he could only attack by force: "The siege will start tomorrow, within three days, Jiangzhou City must be broken! "

He didn't want to fight, he couldn't fight, but no reason could resist Chengdu's request for help. He had no choice but to fight.

"Master Taishou, Jiangzhou City has high walls and thick walls, and is on the shore of the water. The defenses are fortified. With our strength, if we try to attack forcefully, we will suffer a lot of damage!"

One of the army chiefs handed over his hands to remonstrate: "The subordinates think that it is unwise to attack by force!"

"Until now, there is no reason to be wise!" Yan Yan sighed: "My lord has underestimated the Mu family's ambitions, and there must have been a shocking change in Chengdu. He did not hesitate to send my troops back. I am afraid that is already the situation. Corruption, even giving up Wuling, so we can't stay here for a long time, even if we know it will damage our troops, we must attack and open Jiangzhou City, and then go straight to Chengdu!"

"Master Taishou, I'm afraid that we won't have the energy to reinforce Chengdu at that time!"

A school lieutenant stood up and cupped his hands and said: "We follow the prefect to fight north and south, and we are not afraid of war, but we don't want to sacrifice in vain. If we fight Jiangzhou, even if we get through, we will at least lose half of our troops. What are you taking to Chengdu?"

Hearing this, Yan Yan lowered his head. He was also in a dilemma. Why did he want to fight this Jiangzhou city? Only those who have ambitions in the city will sit in the city. It was also a miserable victory.

"Download the military order immediately!"

Yan Yan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

"promise!"

He has been in charge of the army for many years, and he has great prestige among the officers. When he opened his mouth, even if the people were unwilling, they could only accept the military order. On the battlefield, disobedience cannot be tolerated, no matter what the reason is, it is treason.

"General, secret letter from Chengdu!"

At this time, a soldier from outside walked in quickly and handed over a secret letter.

"A secret letter from Chengdu?"

Yan Yan's eyes lit up, and he pressed his hands to tell the generals to wait until he had read the secret letter before going to the marching order to attack Jiangzhou City.

He opened the secret letter, just glanced at it, and his expression suddenly changed.

The whole face became pale.

"impossible!"

He muttered to himself.

"what happened?"

"Did something happen to the lord!"

All the generals looked at each other, secretly guessing in their hearts.

"How could this happen, I don't believe it!" Yan Yan shouted desperately: "The lord will not lose, how is it possible, he will not lose to a yellow-mouthed child!"

There are not many words in the confidential letter, but the meaning expressed is very clear.

Liu Yan said that he lost.

So he was given two choices, either lead the army to surrender, gather the flags to return to Mulongtu, and keep his soldiers safe. The other princes are already good, and it is good to fall into the grass and become bandits, and they will do it themselves in the future.

"I, how should I choose?"

It took Yan Yan a long time to calm down. He showed the letter to everyone, and then asked in a low voice.

"My lord is defeated, where else can we go?"

"The sons under our command are all Bajun sons. Are we going to leave our hometown? What about the wives and children in the soldiers' homes!"

"Could it be that we are going to surrender?"

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and everyone was a little confused.

"Please make a decision, the prefect. We have fought with the prefect for many years, and we still believe in the prefect!" All the generals finally fixed their eyes on Yan Yan.

"ask me?"

Yan Yan smiled bitterly, with a lonely expression, and said in a low voice: "Do I have a second choice?"

He never thought about leaving Berkshire.

Because Yan Yan who left Berkshire was worthless.

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In Jingzhou City, Zhang Ren also received a secret letter from Yizhou.

Their Jingzhou City has been besieged for a while, and both water and land routes have been sealed off. Even if they still have a main force of tens of thousands of troops, there is little hope of rushing out.

Waiting for reinforcements was his only strategic plan, but what he waited for was not reinforcements, but a letter.

This is just a very ordinary letter.

Liu Yan is in Tuo Gu.

For Zhang Ren, Liu Yan's attitude is different. This is the only person he can entrust Liu Zhang to, so he wrote a long letter, without a word to make Zhang Ren surrender, but he played the emotional card , expressed meaning.

Therefore, Zhang Ren became very embarrassed.

It is an honor for a general to die on the battlefield.

Let yourself surrender to your master-killing enemy, he would rather die.

However, it is related to the entrustment of the lord Liu Yan, but he has nothing to do.

It is humiliating to live.

Still heroic.

This is a multiple-choice question, and Zhang Ren needs to choose.

Whether he lives or dies in battle, he needs courage.

He didn't discuss this matter with anyone. He locked himself in a mansion and thought about it for a long time, from sunset to sunrise, from sunrise to sunset, again and again. Finally, he made a decision.

People, the greatest courage is not to die.

Instead, bear the responsibility that should be borne.

Even if it would cost him his reputation for the rest of his life, he would not hesitate.

(End of this chapter)