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Chapter 675 Entering the City to Persuade Surrender
After seeing Qi Gongshun shouting on the stage, he went up to the top of the city and beat the war drum in person. Under the sound of the rumbling drum, the defenders at the top of the city, encouraged by the opponent, shot arrows down the city!

"This man is born to be brave. If we want to destroy Qingzhou City, we must win this man's ambition." Li Chongjiu said this to Zhang Xuansu and Xue Wanche as he watched Qi Gongshun beating drums on the city.

"Your Majesty, Generals Xu and Song are here."

Li Chongjiu turned his head, but saw Xu Shiji, Song Jingang and more than a dozen generals arriving on horseback, and when they saw Li Chongjiu, they got off their horses and paid homage together.

Li Chongjiu helped the two of them up, Xu Shiji said with shame on his face: "My minister failed to capture Qingzhou, please Your Majesty to blame."

Li Chongjiu didn't speak, Xu Shiji, Song Jingang and others all lowered their heads immediately.After a while, Zhang Xuansu said: "Your Majesty, the two generals Xu and Song cannot be blamed for this matter. The strength of troops in Qingzhou city is indeed beyond our army's expectations."

Li Chongjiu said: "Forget about the past. Prime Minister Zang has been wiped out by our army, and Qingzhou City is isolated. Now as long as Qingzhou is conquered, Shandong will be swept down."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu paused and looked at the generals behind Xu Shiji and said, "These guys are very familiar?"

All the generals behind Xu Shiji bowed together, and one of them stepped forward and said, "The last general, Hu Yalang, and General Jiang Shanhe, pay homage to Your Majesty."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "I know you, you have made great contributions to defeating Xu Yuanlang."

Jiang Shanhe said with great joy: "It is the honor of the last general to be remembered by His Majesty for a little credit."

After Jiang Shanhe, two more generals came forward to meet Li Chongjiu.

"The last general, Xu Shishun, pays homage to His Majesty."

"The last general, Zhang Qingte, pays homage to His Majesty."

As for Wang Bo, Meng Haigong and other generals also saluted together.

Li Chongjiu looked at Xu Shishun, and Zhang Qingte and the two said: "I know that since you defected to our side, you are all on the same boat. Xu Shishun, I named you the captain of Xingyang County."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Shishun was originally the county magistrate of Rencheng, and now he is the highest military officer in a county, so he is very happy.

"Zhang Qingte, I will order you to be the sheriff of Ji County."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Qingte was even more pleasantly surprised. The opponent turned out to be Liu Heitai's former general. Li Chongjiu didn't mind at all, and let him be the county guard.

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu paused and said: "This Qingzhou City, what plan do you have to capture?"

Xu Shishun, the new Lieutenant of Xingyang County, looked around, stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the last general has an old relationship with Liu Lan, please enter the city, and what he said made Qi Gongshun, Liu Lan and Liu Lan surrendered."

Xu Shishun said this with a strong tone, he has a lot of capital, he is the grandson of Xu Zhicai, the former Minister of Qi, and his Donghai Xu family is also a common surname.

Li Chongjiu heard that Xu Shishun and Liu Lan knew each other, and immediately said: "Yes, if you can persuade them to surrender, you can avoid a military disaster. Tell Qi Gongshun that I appreciate him very much, and if he comes to surrender, I can give him the title of county king. And Liu Lan is also a sheriff."

When Xu Shishun heard it, he said with confidence: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, this will make the two of them surrender."

At that moment Xu Shishun didn't say anything, but rode his horse to the front of the moat, at this time the random arrows were dropped from the top of the city.Xu Shishun pulled his horse and shouted: "I am an old friend of Liu Junshi. Please come to the city to see me!" After Xu Shishun said this, the arrows stopped at the top of the city, and Li Chongjiu waved his horsewhip, and Zhao Jun's cavalry retreated from the place of three arrows.

After Xu Shishun entered the city in a hanging basket, he was searched by left and right soldiers.Xu Shishun shouted: "I am an old friend of Liu Junshi, how dare you treat me like this."

The left and right soldiers said: "This is the rule, even if you are the father of Liu Junshi."

After the inspection, Xu Shishun was invited into the tower.Qi Gongshun and Liu Lan sat on the chair together, looking indifferent.

Xu Shishun watched the battle, and said to Liu Lan: "Brother Liu, it's possible that you don't know the old man."

Liu Lan's face darkened and said: "Brother Xu, if you come to reminisce about the past, I welcome it very much, but if you come to persuade us to surrender, I think it's fine. Don't open your mouth, so as not to hurt the relationship between the two of us in the past."

Xu Shishun said: "Brother Liu, why are you doing this? Is Qingzhou City as strong and thick as Pyongyang City? Zang Jun Xiangzhong died, and now there is only one Tang army left in Qingzhou City in Shandong, and there are no reinforcements outside. Brother Liu, what are you still insisting on in a city that has no need to be defended? Is it worth it to die for Li Yuan?"

Qi Gongshun moved slightly, but did not speak.Liu Lan smiled and said: "Not necessarily, I have enough food and grass in Qingzhou city, and I can't eat enough for half a year. The [-] soldiers in the city are willing to live and die with the chief officer, and winter is coming soon. Can the Zhao army still besiege the city? As for Your Majesty, who was born in a famous family and has been an eunuch for generations, if such a wise and wise lord does not serve, is he going to serve that common man of Zhao State?"

Hearing the other party's words insulting Li Chongjiu, Xu Shishun suddenly became angry and said: "Whenever, brother Liu still chooses people by their family status. Now there are many heroes, and those who are capable will win. If you still stick to your family status, you will be punished by others." disaster."

Liu Lan shook her head and said: "It's useless to talk to people like you. Tang and Zhao will meet each other in the future. Please, don't waste any more words."

Xu Shishun still didn't give up and said loudly: "Brother Liu told you the truth, my lord can't bear to see the people in Qingzhou city suffer, so the conditions are also very generous. If it is Duke Qi, brother Liu, you are willing to surrender. Your Majesty said that Duke Qi will be the king of the county. Brother Liu, you are also a county guard. Even a busy person like me can be the captain of a county, but brother Liu is still hesitating."

Liu Lan said: "A county guard? Tang Gong has taken over the world, so my future is less than that of a district county guard?"

Xu Shishun persuaded him again, but in the end he had no choice but to leave Qingzhou City.

After Xu Shishun left, Qi Gongshun said to Liu Lan: "Military Master, the Zhao army is besieging the city, why don't you listen to Xu Shishun and think about it."

Liu Lan heard the words and said: "Qi Gong, I know that you are not confident enough, but we surrender Li Mi first, and then Tang Gong. If we surrender to Zhao without a fight, wouldn't it be underestimated by others. Zhang Shan, the governor of Yizhou, was at the beginning of Wang Shichong's city. The city is just around the corner, but he still refuses to surrender. After Zhang Shanxiang died, His Majesty said that I owed the good man, and the good man did not fail me. So he named his son the Duke of Xiangcheng. Although Zhang Shanxiang died, he left his name after death. Tang Chen, you shouldn't make other decisions. What's more, we may not be unable to hold on."

Qi Gongshun was very moved when he heard this, and said, "Although I haven't read a certain book, I know the word loyalty. I'll listen to you."

But Xu Shishun reported back to Li Chongjiu that Qi Gongshun was a little bit moved, but Liu Lan was stubborn, so Lizhu advised Qi Gongshun not to surrender.

After hearing this, Li Chongjiu knew that it was hopeless to persuade him to surrender, so he ordered to prepare to attack the city.

But that night, Zhao Jun, who was guarding the west gate of Qingzhou City, caught a spy.

The soldiers of the Zhao army directly escorted this person to Song Jingang. After interrogating Song Jingang, he learned that it turned out that it was Chun Yunan, a general of the Qingzhou army stationed at the west gate, who intended to surrender the gate to the Zhao army.

(End of this chapter)