The last three kingdoms

Chapter 328
"Deng Gong?" Wang Qi was taken aback, and said: "Impossible! News came from the front that Deng Ai was defeated in Yinping and died of state affairs. How can he surrender to the enemy?"

Gu Feng took a letter from his sleeve, put it up with both hands, and said: "This is the letter written by Mr. Deng. I believe Mr. Deng's handwriting, my cousin can still recognize it."

Wang Qi was skeptical about the letter, so he opened it up and looked at it. The familiar handwriting convinced Wang Qi that it was written by Deng Ai.

It has to be said that this letter shocked Wang Qi so much, who is Deng Ai?He stomped his foot, and the whole Longyou trembled. He was a real feudal official, far superior to those prefects and governors. Even he had already surrendered to the Kingdom of Shu. Wang Qi's The three views were suddenly destroyed.

Gu Feng said at the right time: "It is precisely because of Deng Gong that the prefect led the decision to surrender to the Han. My cousin is from Deng Gong's former department. If you follow the people's will and submit to the big Han at this time, you will not hesitate to be the minister of the big Han. Now the main force of the Wei Kingdom has been defeated Trapped in the two prefectures of Jing and Yi, Guanlong and Luoyang are empty, Liu Yin, the general of Zhenbei, has commanded an army this time, and the pacification of Guanlong is just around the corner. If the cousin refuses to surrender, after twelve hours, the Han army will launch a full-scale attack on Jicheng. Should he die in vain and follow in Yang Bao's footsteps, or follow his father's legacy and restore the Han The hero of ZTE in the room, cousin can decide for himself."

Wang Qi struggled for a long time, hesitated again and again, finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and said: "Since Mr. Deng has an order, I dare not refuse. Please go back and report to General Zhenbei, saying that I, Wang Qi, are willing to dedicate the city. However, surrendering is only good and cheap in the city, and I hope that General Zhenbei can treat Shancun preferentially."

Gu Feng smiled and said: "There is no need to worry about this cousin. The Great General Zhenbei has issued military orders and posted notices in Longxi and Shangyu, and he has not committed any crime against the people. The Han army is the army of the king. It is majestic. Nothing will happen to disturb the people."

So Wang Qi Kaicheng surrendered to Liu Yin, and Jicheng became the second county to surrender without a fight.

After Liu Yin entered the city, he really fulfilled his promise. Yu Minqiu committed no crimes.

Of course, winning Tianshui does not mean everything is going well. To the east of Tianshui is Guangwei, and to the north of Guangwei, there is still stability. Nan'an County, which has been surrounded by the Shu army, also needs the Shu army to return to conquer.

Sitting in Jicheng, Liu Yin summoned all the generals to discuss matters and discuss the next military action. Among the three counties of Nan'an, Guangwei, and Anding, the plan is to take that one first and that one first.

Some of the generals proposed to attack Guangwei first, and some proposed to attack Nan'an first. They each held their own words and argued endlessly.The suggestion to attack Guangwei first is that Guangwei is located in the east of Tianshui, which is the gateway to attack Guanzhong. The geographical location is very important and should be attacked first; the suggestion to attack Nan'an first is that Nan'an is sandwiched between Longxi and Tianshui, just like a piece stuck in the throat Take the fishbone in the river, take Nan'an as soon as possible, and connect the counties of Longyou into one, so as to stabilize the overall situation.

At this moment, Wang Qi stood up.After Wang Qi surrendered, he was treated like Qianhong, and he still served as the prefect of Tianshui. He was named General Fuyuan and Marquis of Xihuating, and he still commanded the old department.

"General, Zhou Xu, the prefect of Anding County, is the brother-in-law of the last general. The last general can write a letter to call him back."

In fact, Liu Yin already knew about the relationship between Wang Qi and Zhou Xu through Qianhong, but Wang Qi had just surrendered, so it was not easy for Liu Yin to directly order Wang Qi to recruit Zhou Xu. Nature enjoys it.

"Okay, then there will be the prefect of King Lao."

Wang Qi immediately revised a letter and sent a steward from his own mansion to rush to Anding.

After waiting for three days, he received Zhou Xu's reply. Zhou Xu knew that his brother-in-law Wang Qi had already descended to Shu, so naturally he lowered the flag high and raised the county.

Zhou Xu usually obeyed Wang Qi's advice, and the relationship between the two was very harmonious. This time, Wang Qi made a strong statement and persuaded him to surrender. Zhou Xu immediately expressed his opinion, and he would go wherever his brother-in-law asked him to go.

In fact, to be honest, Wang Qi surrendered to the Kingdom of Shu, committing a serious crime of treason, which was to punish the three clans, the three clans are the father clan, the mother clan, and the wives clan. As a member of Wang Qi's wife clan, according to Wei Law, Zhou Xu will also be implicated.If you don't want to be implicated, there is another way, and that is to draw a clear line with Wang Qi and send troops to attack. This may absolve Zhou Xu of his guilt.

But Zhou Xu made it very clear that the army of the State of Shu was suppressing the border, and only the 1000 troops in Anding County sent troops to attack, and they were not even qualified to serve as snacks for others. Can escape a life.

However, the law of Wei also stipulates that anyone who defends the city for a hundred days without reinforcements arriving will be exempted from his crime, and those who surrender within a hundred days or abandon the city and flee will be severely punished. Qi's implicated crime, even if Zhou Xu can escape back to Wei by chance, half of his foot has already stepped into the gate of hell.

Now, like Wang Qi, surrendering to the Kingdom of Shu is the correct way out. One is to have no worries about life, and the other is to keep one's official salary, which is the best of both worlds.

Liu Yin was overjoyed when he heard the news, An Ding was the third county that was taken without bloodshed, so he immediately ordered Zhou Xu to be the prefect of Anding to lead the old army.

Next, it was time to attack Guangwei, and a military meeting was held in Liu Yin to discuss the plan to march into Guangwei.At this time, the Chinese army suddenly came to report, and the Guangwei prefect abandoned and fled.

It turned out that Cheng Yuan, the prefect of Guangwei, heard the news that the Tianshui counties in Longxi were about to fall. Let's go, lead the troops to flee to Guanzhong, as to whether he will be dealt with by the military law, Cheng Yuan can't care anymore.

Zhao Zhuo and Zhuge Shang asked for orders to chase them immediately, Liu Yin shook his head, Guangwei was separated from Fufeng County, Cheng Yuan fled to the famous narrow pass called Chen Cang, it might be too late to pursue them at this time, but Liu Yin decided not to attack Chen Cang for the time being, so the pursuit was just a matter of time It doesn't make sense.

Liu Yin appointed Gu Feng as the prefect of Guangwei, stationed in Linwei, and then the army returned to Nan'an, and decided to deal a fatal blow to the enemy defending Nan'an.However, before the attack, Liu Yin sent a letter of surrender to the prefect of Nan'an instead of showing courtesy first and then soldiers.

Qiaopu, the prefect of Tong Nan'an, was scared out of his wits. Facing Liu Yin's surrender, he immediately agreed, but he was not unconditional. He made a request that Nan'an County could offer, but Qiaopu himself did not want to become an official in Shu. , Begged Liu Yin to allow him to retire and return to his hometown, Qinghe County, Jizhou.

Of course, it was impossible for Liu Yin to refuse, and he was allowed to dedicate the city to retreat.So Nan'an became the fifth county that was captured without bloodshed after the four counties of Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, and Guangwei.

In just half a month, Liu Yin has already taken the five counties in Longshang with great momentum.

(End of this chapter)