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Zhang Yun then took out the rope and tied Zhang Zhidong up, but he tied it up carefully, for fear of hurting Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Zhidong said angrily: "Tie it tighter, do you hear me?"

Then Zhang Yun tightened the rope again, and it took a long time to tie Zhang Zhidong upside down. Zhang Yun asked, "My lord, are you going to surrender Lin Yuan?"

Zhang Zhidong sighed and said: "Mr. Zhang has heard about Lin Yuan for a long time, but he just doesn't want to believe it. Now that my subordinates have gone to Lin Yuan and don't want to come back, I understand that Lin Yuan is the one who deserves it." People with hearts."

Zhang Yun said: "Even if you want to surrender Lin Yuan, you don't have to tie yourself up."

Zhang Zhidong's eyes froze, and he said proudly: "There is a way that loyal ministers don't care about two masters. Although King Wu of Zhou is a virtuous man, Boyi and Shuqi, as the subjects of King Zhou, did not eat Zhou millet for righteousness, and starved to death in Shouyang Mountain! Although Zhang is not as talented as the sages, he still wants to emulate the sages who sacrificed their lives for righteousness!"

What Zhang Zhidong said was righteous, but Zhang Yun didn't quite understand, and asked with a blank face: "My lord, what do you mean by those words?"

Zhang Zhidong sighed and said: "Bo Yi and Shu Qi were originally the subjects of King Zhou of Shang. After King Wu of Zhou defeated King Zhou, he was thirsty for talents and wanted to invite them to be officials, but Boyi and Shu Qi thought that their King Zhou of Shang had The king's ministers, loyal ministers do not serve two masters, so they refuse to follow King Wu of Zhou."

"But at this time the world is already owned by King Wu of Zhou, and the corn in the field is also the corn of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, in order to show their loyalty to King Zhou, the two of them did not eat the corn of the Zhou Dynasty, but only picked weeds in Shouyang Mountain. , and eventually starved to death. I tied myself up to tell Lin Yuan’s troops that I am a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, and they can kill me, but they don’t want me to surrender.”

Zhang Yun smiled wryly, and said, "My lord, you don't want to learn from so many people who are just trying to get by, but you have to learn from these two stubborn guys..."

Before Zhang Yun could finish speaking, Zhang Zhidong gave Zhang Yun a hard look. Zhang Yun was too frightened to say any more, so he and Zhang Zhidong came to the position of Lin Yuan's garrison. Personally, I was very surprised. When I heard that this person turned out to be Zhang Zhidong, I didn't dare to neglect, so I immediately reported it to Ou Zhenhai.

Ou Zhenhai did not expect that Zhang Zhidong would come in person, and immediately reported the news to Lin Yuan. Upon hearing the news, Lin Yuan said to Ou Zhenhai: "Zhang Zhidong is a traditional Chinese civil servant. They are all serious, and they are all stubborn, acknowledging death, and running all the way to the dark! He tied himself up to ask you to kill him to show his loyalty to the Qing court."

Ou Zhenhai thought for a while and said, "I heard that when you were attacking Chongming Island, the guard Luo Rongguang also tried to beg for death, but you ignored him. Magistrate, why don't I do the same thing to Zhang Zhidong?"

Lin Yuan hurriedly said: "No, absolutely not. Luo Rongguang is a military general. He doesn't read much, so he is not too stubborn. Zhang Zhidong is different. This guy is full of knowledge and believes in the values ​​of the Qing court. Traditional Chinese literati are all face-saving, and they like to use death to maintain their dignity. If you make him feel that you disrespect him, he will be able to bump into death in front of you."

Ou Zhenhai said, "Then what should I do?"

Lin Yuan said: "In fact, these traditional literati are easy to deal with. You just have to respect them very much. Have you heard the story of 'undressing me, pushing me to eat'? Just follow that routine."

Ou Zhenhai asked blankly, "Shuai Lin, what do you mean by all that?"

Lin Yuan said helplessly: "This is the story of Liu Bang and Han Xin. Liu Bang untied his clothes for Han Xin to wear, and gave his food to Han Xin to eat. Han Xin was very moved, and finally helped Liu Bang defeat Xiang Yu."

Ou Zhenhai thought for a while and said, "Okay, Commander Lin, I understand a little bit, I'll do it now." After Ou Zhenhai finished speaking, he led the people from the headquarters out, went straight to the direction Zhang Zhidong came from, and lined up to meet him. Fortunately, Zhang Zhidong's truck came, Zhang Yun and others escorted Zhang Zhidong down from the top, Ou Zhenhai rushed forward, and his subordinates rushed to the car and said angrily: "How can you tie up Mr. Zhang?" How about it? Lin Shuai said that Mr. Zhang is a famous minister of a generation, and he must treat each other with courtesy!"

After Ou Zhenhai finished speaking, he personally stretched out his hand to untie Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Zhidong dodged and said, "Lin Ni, don't let me go, you guys kill me quickly!"

While untying Zhang Zhidong's rope, Ou Zhenhai said: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Zhang. Originally, Lin Shuai was supposed to come to greet you in person, but Lin Shuai is far away in Shanghai and couldn't come in person, so I will do it for you. Our Lin Shuai I said, you must not be killed!"

When Zhang Zhidong saw Ou Zhenhai respecting him so much, he couldn't help but feel good about him. For a while, he didn't know what to say. You hold a large welcome ceremony, and our Political Committee Han Mingguang will personally receive you."

Zhang Zhidong also heard that Han Mingguang was the second in command after Lin Yuan, and he couldn't help being moved. After Ou Zhenhai said a lot of good things, Zhang Zhidong sighed and said, "I didn't expect Lin Shuai's subordinates to treat me like this." Respect, then I will follow Shuai Lin."

Zhang Zhidong then asked Zhang Yun to convey the order. When the Qing army in the mountain heard that Lin Yuan had surrendered, they all cheered and were happy that they could finally get out of the mountain. From far away, he went into the mountains with a gun and became a bandit, and was not wiped out until later.

Zhang Zhidong formally surrendered, and the whole of Hunan and Hubei surrendered to Lin Yuan. Important places such as Wuhan and Changsha became Lin Yuan's territory. The middle reaches of the Yangtze River were controlled by Lin Yuan, forming a strategic encirclement of Nanjing in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

This news shocked Xu Yingku who was stationed in Hefei the most, because once Hunan and Hubei were lost, Xu Yingku's west was Lin Yuan's place, and in addition, the Jiangsu to his east had been given to Lin Yuan by Yuan Shikai, so he became completely one. A lone army, strategically surrounded by Lin Yuan's troops from the east and west sides!

It was December [-]st at this time, Xu Yingkui was sitting on pins and needles, thinking hard about the countermeasures, and his staff members were also frowning. Xu Yingkui slammed the table hard and said angrily: "Everyone is talking! What should we do now? Yuan Shikai surrendered. Zhang Zhidong surrendered, the Qing Dynasty is completely finished, now we have to find a way, once Lin Yuan hits, not only my life will be lost, but yours will also be lost!"

At this time, an aide said: "Master Xu, why did you forget someone?"

Xu Yingkuo asked, "Who?"

The staff said: "Ningshaotai branch patrols Daotai Zhang Haixiao!"

Xu Yingkui said angrily: "He is my general, I have nothing to do, what can he do?"

The aide smiled and said, "My lord, do you still remember the incident when you asked him to send troops to attack Hangzhou a few days ago but he didn't move?"

Xu Yingkui said: "Of course I remember. At that time, I was going to send someone to arrest Zhang Haixiao and dismiss him for investigation. You stopped me and said that it would definitely be useful in the future. What's the use of what you said?"

The staff laughed and said, "That Zhang Haixiao must have a secret agreement with Lin Yuan, why don't you lend his hand to build a bridge between you and Lin Yuan?"