Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 643
Chapter 644: Shen Zhi Returns
After persuading Murong Ke, Xuan Yi sent someone to secretly inform Yan Xiong, but in order to better conceal Yan Xiong's true identity, Xuan Yi also asked Murong Ke to send an envoy to Strider to persuade Shen Zhi to surrender, which happened to be sent to Yan Xiong. An excuse, otherwise Deng Jun didn't start to persuade Shen Zhi to surrender, if Yan Xiong went up directly to persuade Shen Zhi to surrender, it might arouse Shen Zhi's suspicion.

The next day, Murong Ke sent Ling Jing to Strider City. Seeing that Deng Jun had sent someone, the city guards did not dare to be negligent, so they quickly sent someone to ask Shen Zhi for instructions. What is the purpose of coming to see me, but after a moment of hesitation, Shen Zhi still decided to meet.

"Ling Jing, the commander of the Great Deng and Jinwu Guards, has met General Shen!" Ling Jing saluted Shen Zhi with a smile on his face in the Fuchi county government office.

Faced with Ling Jing's smile, Shen Zhi nodded expressionlessly, and said, "Master Ling, please sit down!"

After Ling Jing sat down, Shen Zhi asked with a cold face: "Mr. Ling, now that your army is approaching the city, and our two sides are fierce enemies. How dare Master Ling come to Chicheng alone? Isn't it afraid to leave? go out?"

Facing Shen Zhi's threat, Ling Jing didn't take it seriously, smiled, and said: "General Shen is joking, let's not talk about the two armies fighting, and if you don't kill them, even if you are General Shen, you will definitely not do such a thing. Well, what else is there to worry about?"

"Hehe!" Hearing this, Shen Zhi smiled and said, "Mr. Ling is indeed a wonderful person. I admire him. I don't know why Master Ling is here to challenge this general today?"

Ling Jing shook his head and said: "Otherwise, as General Shen said, your army and ours are already fierce enemies. If our army wants to start a war, we can attack the city directly, so why bother? To be honest, let me tell you I came here this time to save the general's life!"

"Save this general's life? Commander Ling is joking. As the general of Strider Chi, I have tens of thousands of elites in my hands, so why should Military Division Ling save his life?" Shen Zhi said.

"General, don't deceive yourself. Although the general is sitting in the city of Strider and has 1 elites in his hands, how does it compare with my [-] elites outside the city? Is it possible that the general still expects that only [-] people can defeat our army?" One hundred thousand elite?" Ling Jing said.

"Can you, you'll know after you've fought!" Shen Zhi stopped his waist and said very proudly.

"The general is the mainstay of the state of Qin. I admire him for being so proud. But now the state of Zhao has shrunk the line of defense and given up rescue of the state of Qin. Without the help of the army of Zhao, the fall of the state of Qin is only a matter of time. If you take [-] steps back, even if the general can If we repel the [-] troops outside the city, can we still compete with my Deng Deng's hundreds of thousands of elites? Under the general situation, even the general's talents can't turn the world around." Ling Jing said.

"This general understands, is Master Ling trying to persuade this general to surrender?" Shen Zhi asked back.

"It can't be said to be a surrender. As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes, and good birds choose trees to live in. Now Qin is about to fall, and the general is a man of insight. I really can't bear to be buried with Qin. What's more, once it is merged After Guanzhong, my Great Deng swept all the wastelands. Even the Zhao Kingdom, which dominates Hebei, is nothing more than a dead bone in the grave. In the future, my Great Deng will go north with millions of elites, and the kings and ministers of Zhao Kingdom can only be captured without a fight. Forget it, if the general can surrender to my Great Deng, it is no problem for him to be named a marquis and a general, I hope the general will think twice!" Ling Jing said.

"No need to say more!" Shen Zhi didn't even think about it, so he interrupted Ling Jing's words directly, and said: "This general is a minister of the Great Qin, and he has been greatly favored by the Great Qin, so how can he be a person with two hearts, even if the Great Qin cannot escape In this calamity, I will definitely not drag myself out, Commander Ling, I would like to fight between the two armies, if I don't kill you, I will spare your life today, you can go!"

"General!"

"Mr. Ling, don't talk too much, don't force Ben to kill you!" Shen Zhi said directly.

"Alas..." Seeing this, Ling Jing knew that there would be no results today, sighed, and said, "Well, I also know that it is very difficult for the general to make a sudden decision, so I will Resign first, and I hope the general can make a wise choice." After finishing speaking, Ling Jing turned and left.

When he got to the door, Ling Jing suddenly turned his head and said to Shen Zhi: "General Shen, General Murong, let me tell the general that if the general is worried about his family members in Chang'an, I, Da Deng, is willing to take the general's family members out of Chang'an and send them to Chang'an. Come to the general!" After saying that, he went out.

After Ling Jing left, Yan Xiong, who had been outside the door, came in, saluted Shen Zhi and said, "I have seen the general!"

Shen Zhi nodded, then raised his head to look at Yan Xiong and said, "You should have heard the conversation between the general and Ling Jing outside just now!"

Yan Xiong nodded, indicating that he heard it.

Shen Zhi said: "Although I have known you not long ago, and I don't have a deep friendship with you, but after getting along with you for this period of time, I know that you are a talented person. Tell me, what should I do?"

Yan Xiong replied: "Back to the general, the subordinate and the general hit it off immediately. I trust the general very much. No matter what decision the general makes, the subordinate will support it. However, Ling Jing's words are very reasonable. Then Given the current situation in Great Qin, even if Lord Wu An personally led the army to guard Chang'an, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and there are not many elites left in Great Qin. How can he compete with hundreds of thousands of Deng's troops? Even with the power to repel the Deng army who invaded the Strider Pool, it can't change the reality of the collapse of the Great Qin."

Shen Zhi heard the words, remained silent for a long time, sighed, and said: "Magistrate Yan, Ling Jing said that he can bring the general's family members from Chang'an, do you think they can do it?"

Hearing Shen Zhi's words, Yan Xiong was overjoyed, because since Shen Zhi cared about his family, it meant that Shen Zhi had already made up his mind about Kaesong's surrender. If Shen Zhi made up his mind not to surrender, he would never ask such a question. words.

Although he was happy in his heart, Yan Xiong still endured it, remained silent for a while, and replied: "It should be possible. I have heard for a long time that there is a spy agency in Deng Guo, Ming Jing. This Ming Jing has great powers and has spies in every county in the world. Lord Wu An’s raid on Bashu was due to the existence of Ming Spiegel’s spies, and the news was leaked ahead of time, leading to failure, so if Ming Spiegel takes action, it should not be a problem to pick up the general’s family.”

Shen Zhi nodded. He has also heard of the great name of Ming Jing. Exposure, otherwise it would be difficult to find out. Secondly, most members of Der Spiegel use caravans to enter countries. Although Qin and Zhao are hostile to Deng, they cannot refuse Deng's business activities, and it is difficult to investigate. Therefore, Although Qin and Zhao knew that there were members of Der Spiegel in their territory, and even under their noses, there was nothing they could do.

"I understand, County Magistrate Yan, let's go down first. There are some things that I need to figure out quietly by myself, but don't worry, I will never harm County Magistrate Yan!" Shen Zhi said.

"The subordinate trusts the general, so the subordinate will resign first!" Yan Xiong nodded and left.

In the next few days, Deng Jun did not launch an offensive against Strider City, and the Qin Army in the city did not make any changes, and the two sides fell into a strange calm.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on April [-]th, news came from Wugong County that Li Siye and Deng Han led an army to break through the Qin Army's star-killing crossbow array, wiped out thousands of Qin troops guarding Wugong County, and beheaded the general of the Qin Army Once Qin Ping and Wugong County fell, there would be no barriers to the west of Chang'an, and Deng Jun could reach the city of Chang'an overnight.

Wugong County fell, and Chang'an was about to enter martial law, so Murong Ke invited Xuan Yi here immediately.

"Mr. Xuan Yi, now that General Li and His Royal Highness King Jin's army has broken through Wugong County, they will arrive at Chang'an City in a few days. In order to prevent our army from taking advantage of it, Bai Qi will definitely clear the walls inside and outside Chang'an City in advance. If When Chang'an City is under martial law, I am afraid it will be very difficult to pick up Shen Zhi's family members, so I will invite Mr. Xuan Yi here today, hoping that Mr. Xuan Yi can inform Chang'an Mingjing and ask them to pick up Shen Zhi's family members as soon as possible. Send it to the Strider Pool." Murong Ke said to Xuan Yi.

Hearing Murong Ke's words, Xuan Yi hesitated, and said: "General, now that Wugong County has been destroyed, Chang'an City will definitely be heavily guarded. At this time, it may be difficult to take Shen Zhi's family members out. I dare not Guaranteed to be successful."

Wugong County was destroyed, and Deng Jun could go to Chang'an City overnight. In order to better defend the city and avoid any mistakes, the Qin Army will definitely impose martial law on Chang'an City, and there are famous generals like Bai Qi sitting in the town. It was too difficult to pick up Shen Zhi's family members under his nose, even Ming Spiegel couldn't guarantee that it would be successful.

Murong Ke also knew the difficulty of this matter, so he said: "Do your best and obey the destiny. If you really can't do it, that's the only way to go."

"Okay, I will notify the people in Chang'an Mingjing as soon as possible." Xuan nodded and said.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on April 27th, a riot broke out in Chang'an City, which was specially created by Mingjing. At the same time, it also took the opportunity to rob Shen Zhi's family members. Ming Jing used more forceful means to force the Shen family out of Chang'an City, but this also attracted the attention of the Qin Army, resulting in the suppression of many Ming Jing's strongholds in Chang'an City by the Qin Army. To be uprooted.

After suppressing the riot, Bai Qi discovered that all of Shen Zhi's family members had disappeared. Bai Qi knew that it must have been done by the people from Mingjing. The army was about to approach the city, and he couldn't take care of that much, so he had to give up.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on April [-]th, Li Siye and Deng Han led an army to break through Huaili, the prefecture of Fufeng County. The soldiers arrived at Kunming Lake, only one step away from Chang'an City.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the second day of the fifth month, the Shen family that Murong Ke had been thinking about finally arrived at the Deng Jun camp outside the city of Strider.

"General, it's a good thing that Ming Jing didn't disgrace his life, and has sent all of Shen's family!" Xuan said to Murong Ke in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Mr. Xuan Yi, you have worked hard. After the teacher returns to the court, I will definitely tell your majesty Ming Jing's contribution." Murong Ke also knew that in order to bring the Shen family out of Chang'an City, Ming Jing paid a relatively high price. Murong Ke I am also very guilty. It is because of Shen Zhi that Ding Jing paid such a high price. Is it worth it? But now that things have happened, there is no room for Murong Ke to regret it. I just hope that these efforts will be rewarded.

"General Xie, Ming Jing is His Majesty's falcon dog. We will do whatever it takes to benefit His Majesty and Great Deng. A mere loss is nothing. I only hope that the General can get his wish," Xuan Yi said.

Murong Ke nodded, and then said to Ling Jing: "Mr. Ling, you go there yourself and return the Shen family to Shen Zhi."

"General, it's inappropriate for Shen Zhi to send his family back before he surrendered. If Shen Zhi refuses to surrender after taking his family back, wouldn't it be worth the loss for us? Keep these people, and we will return them in the future." Can you threaten Shen Zhi?" Ling Jing was very puzzled when he heard that Murong Ke was going to send the Shen family back, and now he doesn't know whether Shen Zhi will surrender, but if Shen Zhi is willing to open the city and surrender, then everyone will be happy. And if Shen Zhi refused to surrender, then these Shen family members could also become a threat to Shen Zhi.

Murong Ke shook his head, and said righteously: "Mr. Ling, we wait for the generals to fight daily, relying on our real skills. Such despicable methods will never be used. Besides, if Shen knows that he will die If they refuse to surrender, these Shen family members are useless. It is better to send them back. Firstly, we can express our sincerity to Shen Zhi. Second, it can also make Shen Zhi not worry about it. Knowing that even if he wants to surrender, he still has scruples. Now that there is no control from Chang'an, Shen Zhi can decide his own destiny. If he is too stubborn, then don't blame the general. The general has given him too much It's time."

Before, Murong Ke only agreed to give Shen Zhi [-] days, but later Yan Xiong spread the news that Shen Zhi had already moved, because he was a little attached to his family members in Chang'an, so Murong Ke asked Ming Jing to bring Shen's family to Strider. Chi, also gave Shen Zhi a few more days. If Shen Zhi is still unwilling to surrender, then Murong Ke doesn't have to think too much, and he can just order the siege.

"Here!" Ling Jing responded, and then took the Shen family to Strider City.

In the city of Strider, Shen Zhi was also very surprised to see his family members coming. He did not expect that Deng Jun would really take his family members out of Chang'an City and send them back to him without surrendering. Ke was born with admiration, and moved from place to place. If he had held the family members of the enemy general in his hands, he would never send them back so easily. Based on this alone, Murong Ke deserves Shen Zhi's admiration.

But this made Shen Zhi a little embarrassed. Murong Ke sent his family back to him. In addition to expressing his sincerity to himself, the inner meaning was that this was an ultimatum. If he was still unwilling to open the city and surrender If it doesn't take long, Deng Jun will attack the city on a large scale, and Shen Zhi also knows that it is time for him to make a decision.

So after appeasing the family members, Shen Zhi asked Yan Xiong to come over.

As soon as Yan Xiong arrived, Shen Zhi said: "Magistrate Yan, do you know that just now, Murong Ke sent someone to send the general's family back."

"What? I didn't expect Murong Ke to be so well-structured. He really deserves to be a famous general in the world!" Yan Xiong said in surprise. As a man of the mirror, he was also surprised by Murong Ke's decision.

"Yeah, this also made me see clearly the gap between myself and Murong Ke, but the county magistrate Yan, Murong Ke's move is also telling me that he is impatient, if I still refuse to surrender , he is about to attack the city." Shen Zhi said.

"Then I don't know what the general's plan is?" Yan Xiong asked.

Shen Zhi didn't answer Yan Xiong's words directly, but asked: "Magistrate Yan, where are your family members?"

Yan Xiong didn't understand why Shen Zhi suddenly asked about his family members, but he still replied truthfully: "General, the family members of the Xiaguan came to the Strider Pool with the Xiaguan when he became the county magistrate of Yanchi."

Although the state of Qin has restrictions on generals, it has never had too many requirements for civil servants, and most of them go to the post with officials.

"That's good!" Shen Zhi smiled, and said: "Then I can rest assured, these days, I have already thought clearly, Da Qin is hopeless, the reason why I have been impossible Surrender, firstly because I couldn’t convince myself, after all, this general has been in the army for 20 years, from a small soldier to today’s heavy general, Daqin has given this general too much, and this general can’t give up for a while, secondly Even if the family members are all in Chang'an, the fate of the Ma family in the past will be very clear, but now Murong Ke sent Ben's family back, so that Ben can see Deng Guo's mind and pattern. Come on!"

The Ma family refers to the descendants of Ma Sheng in Chang'an City. When the Ma family in Xiliang surrendered to Deng, Emperor Qin ransacked the Ma family and wiped out the family in a rage.

"Since the general has already made a decision, it's not easy for the subordinate officials to say anything more. It's still the same sentence. No matter what decision the general makes, the subordinate officials will support it." Yan Xiong was overjoyed and said hastily.

"Thank you!" Shen Zhi said to Yan Xiong with a smile. Shen Zhi didn't know Yan Xiong's real identity, so he was very grateful to Yan Xiong for supporting him so much!

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the third day of May, Shen Zhi opened the city gate and asked Murong Ke to surrender. After Murong Ke personally appeased Shen Zhi, he took over the city of Strider, and [-] Qin troops surrendered. He didn't dare to use it yet, so he had to leave them in the Strider Pond, and leave a troop to watch over them, while Shen Zhi was brought by his side and went to Hangu Pass together.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the fourth day of May, Li Siye and Deng Han led their troops to Chang'an City. Nearly 30 troops were stationed under Chang'an City.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the sixth day of April, Murong Ke led his army to break through Xin'an, but the Qin army's food and grass that had been hoarded in Xin'an had already been transported to Hangu Pass by the Qin army, so what Murong Ke got was just an empty city.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the eighth day of April, Murong Ke led his army to Hangu Pass.

(End of this chapter)