First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 300 Makes Zhu Zi Famous
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Xu Xuanche's prestige among the Yuezhou soldiers was very high. After giving the order to surrender, the remaining soldiers disarmed and surrendered without any hesitation. Of course, the more important thing was that the Yuezhou soldiers had no intention of fighting.

"This king is Xu Xuanche, the head of Liang Yuezhou, the king of Yan. Dare I ask the general Gao's name?" Xu Xuanche came to the front and bowed to Gao Chong politely.

In Xu Xuanche's view, this Tang Jun was so young that he was most likely a son of a noble family, and he must not be offended. Although he had a little knowledge of classics and history, he came from a humble background, so he had to work as a knife and pen official in the yamen.

Although all the kings of Yuezhou came from humble backgrounds, Dong Jingzhen and the others held a hostile attitude towards the aristocratic family. This is an inherent class contradiction. One of the reasons why this orthodox Xiaoliang descendant is so loyal.

"The Chief History of the Jingxiang Road in the Tang Dynasty, the Chief History of Kuizhou, Gao Chong, Marquis of Anling", Gao Chong was also happy when he saw that thousands of soldiers from Yuezhou had been surrendered with ease, and immediately laughed.

"March Chief Shi..." Xu Xuanche was slightly startled. This is not a vain job with gold-plated seniority.

"Exactly, my father is the Secretary of the court", Gao Chong said without any concealment, this is not to show off, self-declaration of family background is very normal in this era.

Xu Xuanche knew it from the bottom of his heart, and immediately put on a smiley face and said, "Gao Changshi is a young hero, you are really good, but I don't know where I am, Daliang Saint?"

Gao Chong's face suddenly sank, "What kind of sage is he? That's a fake Liang Xiao thief. Don't worry, he's still alive."

Xu Xuanche didn't dare to refute when he heard the words, so he could only laugh along with him. First, he was afraid of Gao Chong's life experience, and second, he cared about Xiao Mian's life and death. In fact, Xu Xuanche is very contradictory now. On the one hand, he is loyal to Xiao Mian, and he is afraid of Xiao Mian. On the other hand, he knew that Xiao Liang was dead, and where would his official career go.

Gao Chong didn't have time to understand the psychological changes of a prisoner, he immediately drove thousands of prisoners straight to Jiangling, and sent a letter to Gao Shilian to inform him of the matter.

Back outside Jiangling City, at this time Li Xiaogong has already broken through Jiangling Water City. Water City is an auxiliary city built on the banks of the Yangtze River. It is extremely important to defend Jiangling City. , Once the water city is broken, Jiangling city will be an isolated city.

"You, you haven't broken through Jiangling City yet?" Seeing Gao Chong chatting and laughing with Li Xiaogong at the gate of the camp, Xu Xuanche couldn't help asking in surprise as he hurriedly looked around.
"Your Majesty, he is the false Liang Xu Xuanche, who led [-] Yuezhou soldiers and was defeated by Jiaozhou Qiugao at the bank of Shangjin Lake, and then fled to Shishou, where I happened to meet him," said Gao Chong, laughing himself.

Li Xiaogong was very interested, he walked closer and looked at Xu Xuanche with his hands behind his back and laughed loudly: "You are here, Jiangling City will be destroyed."

Xu Xuanche was startled, glared at him, struggled and roared: "What do you mean? The sage of Daliang has 50 million soldiers, and the capital is still there. You have no chance of winning."

Originally, he still had some admiration for Xu Xuanche's loyalty, but now it seems that he overestimated this person, and he was easily aroused by emotions.

"I advise you to calm down before you speak," Gao Chong said flatly, "The four armies of the Tang Dynasty encircled Jiangling. Lei Changying of Luzhou in the north, Gai Yanju of Jiangzhou in the east, and Qiuhe of Jiaozhou in the south have all belonged to Tang. What do you think? Can Xiao Xian turn defeat into victory?"

Xu Xuanche was unconvinced when he heard the words, "If you hadn't lied to me, how could I have been arrested without a fight, and I will succeed in serving the king and save me, the sage of Daliang, from the siege."

"Idiots talking about dreams", Gao Chong was already impatient, and said disdainfully: "If you are not rational and talk to me, when hundreds of thousands of troops break through Jiangling, it is difficult for me to guarantee that Xiao Mian will not die in the chaos."

Xu Xuanche was stunned when he heard the words, he was speechless, stared at Gao Chong for a long time, gritted his teeth and asked, "You want me to go into the city to persuade you to surrender?"

"It's not stupid," Gao Chong said with a smile, "You have only one choice, otherwise you die first, and Xiao Mi will accompany you later."

Li Xiaogong was at the side with a dazed face, a little confused about Gao Chong's routine. Since ancient times, persuading surrender has always been a virtuous corporal, convincing people with virtue, how could he talk like Gao Chong, but the sensible King Zhao Jun still just kept silent, quietly watch.

"Shameless you", Xu Xuanche looked very strange, staring at Gao Chong and said contemptuously: "You really don't look like a family member, you look like a rascal."

Gao Chong touched his nose and did not refute, Li Xiaogong's face darkened, and he sternly reprimanded: "The thief should not be presumptuous."

Xu Xuanche didn't pay attention to Li Xiaogong. From the short conversation at the gate of the camp, Xu Xuanche had already seen that Gao Chong's position in the Tang army was not as simple as that of Chang Shi, and his prestige was not weaker than Li Xiaogong, king of Zhaojun. He is most good at observing words and expressions.

"You enter the city alone now, if Xiao Mian does not surrender tomorrow, none of the Xiaoliang royal family will be left behind," Gao Chong said expressionlessly.

Who knew that Xu Xuanche would laugh out of anger when he heard this, "Why should I listen to you? If the news is correct, my son of Liang Emperor Ming's Xin'an Wang Xiaoyu will now be Li Tang, and you will kill him too?"

Gao Chong was not angry, "You have no choice, if you don't go, then you will watch Xiao Xian die." After speaking, he smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Please enter the account, my lord, let's discuss it." The Fourth Route Army, no, bring Jiaozhou soldiers and the Fifth Route Army to besiege Jiangling."

Li Xiaogong was startled, then he laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, I'd like to listen to You's advice", then walked with Gao Chong arm in arm, and went straight to the main tent of the Chinese army.

No one took a second look at Xu Xuanche.

"Rogue, rascal", Xu Xuanche, king of Liang Yan, once again burst into anger, pointing at Gao Chong's back and yelling.

Until the Tang army pressed all the prisoners into the camp, the gate of the camp was closed, and Xu Xuanche stood alone outside the camp, facing the sunset, Xu Xuanche burst into tears, "God will not bless my beam, but it made Li Zi famous."

"Youzhi, what's going on here?" On the way back to the camp, seeing Gao Chong's uncontrollable smile, Li Xiaogong asked curiously.

"Your Majesty doesn't know something. When I came back, I interrogated Xiao Liang's descendants. Xu Xuanche is extremely loyal to Xiao Mian." Gao Chong couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "This fellow is indeed loyal to Xiao Mian. During the battle, I just yelled 'Xiao Xian has surrendered, surrender to avoid death', and he really surrendered."

Li Xiaogong was surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect such a reason, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "As the saying goes, a gentleman can be deceived, he is concerned about Xiao Xian's safety, so you can control him."

Hearing this, Gao Chong laughed and said: "He is not a gentleman, he is just a fool who clings to a famous family. It can be seen that he has always regarded himself as a scholar-bureaucrat, but after all he is too ostentatious."

(End of this chapter)