Hee Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 333 Loyal ministers and officials, virtuous minister Wang Xiu (second update)
"Sure enough, the state capital is no different than others. It is majestic and the city is tall and thick. Although it is not as good as Yecheng, it is still a blessed place," Jiao Touch praised.

"What the general said is very true. Back then, Emperor Wu appointed Liu Hong, the second son, as the king of Qi, and Linzi was the capital of the king of Qi, which shows that he has excellent geomantic omen." Sima Yi nodded.

"General, give the last general 5000 people, and then Linzi can be taken in one fell swoop." Hearing this, Cheng Erhu asked for a fight in a sharp tone.

Hua Yan on the side suddenly showed a trace of worry, and clasped his fists and said: "General, Linzi is now an isolated city, and there is nothing to do. Please go forward and persuade the general to persuade you to surrender, so as not to use swords and swords."

Sima Yi smiled and said: "General, what General Hua Yan said is true, the first is to attack the army, the second is to attack the enemy, and the next is to attack the army. This way, all the cities surrendered, which shows that the officials and soldiers of Qingzhou still respect the army. Your Majesty's is just a momentary bewilderment."

Jiao nodded, looked at Hua Yan and said gently: "Ziping, then I will work hard on you again, tell them, as long as they put down their weapons and sincerely surrender, they will never blame the past."

"Thank you, General." A trace of gratitude appeared on Hua Yan's face, and he rushed out on his horse. However, just halfway through, the wide gate of Linzi City opened wide. A general with a beard, red eyes, and a long scar on his left face held a big knife, and rushed out with hundreds of cavalry, full of viciousness.

"Meng Yi" Hua Yan shouted excitedly.

After "Hua Yan" came to see Hua Yan, anger rose in his red eyes instantly, and he killed him with a big knife in his hand, shouting: "I beheaded you, a traitor!"

Hua Yan was startled, and immediately held the gun to block it, and with a bang, Guan Tong's knife slashed on the gun barrel.

"Meng Yi, listen to my explanation" Hua Yan said with a bitter face while blocking the downward pressing knife with difficulty.

"You took refuge in Yuan Xi and betrayed the eldest son, what else can you say?" Lai Jiang raised his sword again and slashed angrily.

The two fought together in an instant, Cheng Erhu looked at the powerful official, and said solemnly: "General, General Hua Yan is not the opponent of this reckless man."

Jiao Touch also saw that Hua Yan's martial arts skills were mediocre, and with guilt in his heart, he fell behind after a long time, and shouted: "General Hua Yan is back!"

Hua Yan's eyes were fixed, and after shooting a little distance, he drove back to the army.

"It's the eldest son Guan Tong, who dares to fight against me?" Guan Tong shouted without fear in the face of the mighty army.

Jiao Touch was taken aback for a moment, and then appreciatively said: "Ziping, who is this, Cheng Hujiang?"

"General, this man's name is Guan Tong, and he is the eldest son's favorite general. He was originally stationed in Le'an, but in order to stabilize Linzi, he was specially transferred back. He is also the most loyal to the eldest son." Hua Yan Said helplessly.

"Since that's the case, then there's no need to stay, general, let someone go and kill him." Cheng Erhu immediately said excitedly when he heard this. Except for the water army camp, all the roads were surrendered by Kaesong, and his big ax had long since surrendered. The hunger and thirst are unbearable, and the martial arts of the officials are extraordinary, so it can be enjoyable.

Jiao Touch shook his head, looked at Guan Tong with a ferocious face, and laughed loudly: "General Guan, you are only a few hundred people, why bother to act like a car, as long as you put down your weapons, you will be able to represent the king. Forgive your innocence."

"Stop talking nonsense, I only know the eldest son, I don't know what the king is." There was a madness on Guan Tong's face.

"It's just looking for death." Seeing this scene, Cheng Erhu immediately held a big ax in his hand, ready to rush up and kill the arrogant man.

"Fighting"

At this time, an anxious cry sounded, and a middle-aged man with a long beard and a calm demeanor rushed out with many officials in his hands.

"Uncle Zhi?" After Hua Yan saw it clearly, a trace of excitement flashed across his face. The person who came was really Qingzhou Biejia, Yuan Tan's most important minister, Wang Xiu.

After looking back, Guan Tong shouted unwillingly: "Don't drive, Tong will not surrender."

"Bastard, do you want to harm the people of the whole city, the eldest son?" Wang Xiu said angrily.

Guan Tongtong was shocked, holding the big knife tightly, his face was full of aggrieved look.

"Don't come back yet," Wang Xiu ordered solemnly.

Guan Tongtong gritted his teeth, shouted frantically, and rode his horse back.

Seeing that Guan Tong had returned, Wang Xiu cast a sideways glance, and immediately led all the officials to salute Jiao Chu: "Sinful minister Wang Xiu, lead Qingzhou civil and military, to meet the general."

A look of surprise flashed across Jiao Touch's face. Originally, he thought that Wang Xiu was so talented that he would at least persevere, but he didn't expect that he would surrender like this.

Sima Yi smiled slightly, showing a hint of appreciation on his face.

After Jiao Touch led the people past, he dismounted from his horse, and seeing Guan Tong standing proudly still full of hostility not far away, he shook his head and smiled, and said softly to Wang Xiu, who bowed his head and surrendered, "You are the king, don't drive!" "

"Really," Wang Xiu replied.

Jiao Touch glanced at the open city gate, and said doubtfully, "Don't worry, why do you want to stop our army from the Shang River?"

Wang Xiu raised his head slowly, and said with bitterness on his face: "As a minister, you must do something for the governor because of emotion and reason! From the lord's suicide note to now, Xiu has been waiting for nearly two months."

"Then why do you voluntarily surrender now?" Jiao Touch continued to ask.

"Wang Shi has already crossed the Shang River, thousands of miles away, and Qingzhou has no master. He has no ambitions, no soldiers to fight, and it is impossible to stop him. If it weren't for his fierce loyalty, Xiu would have tied up the nobles of the nobles and dedicated them as meritorious deeds to the general. Now that the army is approaching the city, and the general situation is gone, why bother to sacrifice the soldiers for nothing and do useless work, all the mistakes are the fault of one person, and the others have nothing to do with it, please ask the general to be clear." Wang Xiu pleaded again.

"Don't be like this, the king has orders, as long as you sincerely surrender, nothing will be pursued," Jiao Touch said softly.

"Thank you," Wang Xiu said gratefully.

"Uncle Zhi, I'm really afraid that you will hold on." Hua Yan also walked over and said with a wry smile.

"Ziping, you have worked hard. Everything we have done is already worthy of the eldest son. This is God's will, and it cannot be done by human beings," Wang Xiu sighed.

"Haha, don't drive, king, you really admire Sima Yi." Sima Yi stood up and saluted with admiration.

"The general is serious." Wang Xiu hurriedly replied.

"It's not serious, don't drive, Wang Xiu. For two months, Qingzhou will be dominated by you. You could have done a lot of things, but your official uniform is still repaired." Sima Yi suddenly pointed to the hidden place under Wang Xiu's armpit. , I saw that there is indeed a patch pasted with gauze, if you don't look carefully, you almost ignore it.

"This..." Jiao Touch was instantly shocked, but Wang Xiu was so dignified!In addition to Yuan Tan, the governor of a state.

"The two generals don't know anything. They are upright, impartial and selfless. They restrain the powerful and distinguish rewards and punishments. They don't take any money except salary. They are deeply loved by the people." An official behind Wang Xiu stood up and said.

"That's right! During this period of time, many gentry tyrants tried to take advantage of Qingzhou's ownerless situation, enrich their own pockets, seize land wantonly, and bribed Biejia with countless money, but Biejia rejected them one by one. He will also control the general. Fall back, stabilize the situation, and prevent the common people from being harmed," another official said in admiration.

"It's rare, it's rare, don't be a generation of virtuous ministers." Sima Yi sighed and shook his head. A virtuous minister not only has strict requirements on himself, but also does things that are beneficial to the country, the king, and the people, while a loyal minister only does what he thinks The right thing is that a dynasty needs loyal ministers, but it needs virtuous ministers even more.

Guantong is a loyal minister who only thinks of Yuan Tan, while Wang Xiu is a virtuous minister. On the basis of struggling, he also cares about the well-being of the people, the life and death of soldiers, and he only cares about his own interests and ignores others.

"General, everyone, you are too generous, this is just the duty of an official," Wang Xiu said modestly.

"Haha, how many officials can really do this duty, don't drive, the king will definitely use you again," Sima Yi said affirmatively.

Hearing this, the other officials immediately showed joy, but Wang Xiu shook his head lightly, his face suddenly tired and said: "Thank you, General Sima, but if you can be forgiven by the king, Xiu just wants to return to the fields, and the seats collapsed. Working with books, this is too tiring to be an official.”

"What?" Jiao Touch was startled, Wang Xiu actually wanted to retire, and just when he was about to persuade him, a sudden violent quarrel sounded from the side.

I saw Cheng Erhu looking down at Guantong, both of them had this anger in their eyes.

"Someone will beat you to death" Cheng Erhu said coldly, his hair was like iron brushes, like a lion king whose majesty has been violated.

"Come on, you beat me up." Although Guan Tong looked up, his momentum was not weak at all.

"Bastard, what are you doing?" Seeing this scene, Jiao Sen said angrily.

"General, this guy is very arrogant. The last general has to get rid of him today, otherwise something will happen." After Cheng Erhu finished speaking, he said coldly, "If you have the ability, you can come with someone and fight alone. Don't let the soldiers get hurt."

"Come on"

After finishing speaking, the two immediately got on their respective horses, weapons in hand, Cheng Erhu said: "You find a place!"

The "good" officials reined in their horses and turned around.

The soldier behind the "general" said anxiously.

"Don't follow me, what you said is right, the general situation is gone, from today onwards you are all soldiers of Dayan in the future, and you have nothing to do with Guantong, please be loyal to Yuan Xi." , but the tone was indeed full of concern.

"Meng Yi" heard this, Wang Xiu shouted anxiously.

"Don't drive, please let the eldest son do the last thing!" After Guantong Yanhan cupped his fists sadly, he rode away directly.

Cheng Erhu raised the corner of his mouth and followed immediately.

"These two bastards..." Just as Jiao Touch was about to order someone to bring them back, Sima Yi suddenly smiled and said, "General, don't worry, let them go! Brother Erhu seems impulsive, but he actually understands the general situation. Although he is a bit stupid, he also understands the general situation. Generals form friendships in martial arts competitions. There will be no danger of life, just send someone to follow."

After Jiao Touch sighed, he said angrily, "When they come back, we must deal with them properly."

"Haha, General, let's go to the city and see what's going on in Linzi first!" Sima Yi laughed.

After Jiao Dian nodded, he suddenly grabbed Wang Xiu's wrist and said seriously: "Don't drive, Wang, Chu won't let you go, and the king won't allow you to be so talented, so you retired. Chu is a rough person. You can’t speak, but La also wants to drag you back to Yecheng.”

After finishing speaking, he directly pulled Wang Xiu towards the city.

"General, general..." Wang Xiu's little strength, how could he resist Jiao Chu, and he was dragged into the city helplessly.

Sima Yi smiled appreciatively, looked at the tall city of Linzi, and murmured: "So Qingzhou will be settled."

(End of this chapter)