Chapter 117: The Owl Head Sacrificial Flag
Surrender to the State of Zhao? Zhang Shi is not a fool! Perhaps many of his civil and military officials will be reused by Liu Yao after the surrender, but Zhang Shi himself will 100% be left idle! Just like he did to Yang Ming, seal you
Become a pension officer and then promote your subordinates.
As the saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox. In the three-thirds of an acre of Liangzhou, although the population is sparse and the land is barren, Zhang Shi is just a local emperor here, holding the power of life and death of 700,000 people. What he lacks is:
It's just a name.
However, once he accepted Liu Yao's title of King of Liang, he had to go to Chang'an to see him. He knew that once he went to Chang'an, he would never return to Liangzhou again in his life. Being able to be granted a high-ranking and powerless idle position in Chang'an would
God has blessed me with my whole life, and there is a great possibility that I will be given a glass of poisonous wine and commit suicide in the next year or two!
This is an ending he cannot accept no matter what!
The reason why he remained silent and patiently listened to the opinions of his subordinates was to observe their reactions. In his opinion, taking the lead in the battle was a sign of loyalty to Zhang Shi. When the enemy was strong and we were weak,
, can we ignore it?
Fighting the enemy life and death, isn't this loyalty or what? On the contrary, those who are ambiguous and those who advocate surrender are all people who have their own plans and have double intentions. If you free your hands in the future, you will definitely drive them all away!
However, there were so many officials present, which made him extremely disappointed. All the civilian officials were wiped out, and no one was loyal to him. They were either the surrender faction or the wallflower. However, he had no grudges against Yang Ming. It was obvious that he was there to provide for his retirement.
, can it still be
Expecting Yang Ming to give him advice? In terms of generals, Zhang Mao needless to mention, has long been on the same level. Zhao Yang's answer also made him very dissatisfied. However, he still has more confidence in his daughter and son-in-law, and believes in these two people.
Zhang Shi will not be disappointed.
Not to mention Zhang Shi, Zhang Lingyun was also extremely angry at the behavior of the officials. The enemy was in front of them, and they did not plan a strategy to defeat the enemy. They all wanted to surrender.
She couldn't bear it any longer. She brushed her face and stood up with a smile on her pretty face. She glanced around everyone's face with cold eyes, then saluted Zhang Shi and said, "Your Majesty, please listen.
With one word from the general, Liangzhou has always served
The Jin Dynasty is Zhengshuo, all the officials and subordinates are Jin ministers, and the scholars and people are all devoted to Jiangdong, so how can they switch to others? Otherwise, civil strife will break out in Liangzhou. Please make you think twice before acting." Then he said to the cloud.
Feng winked.
Yunfeng could naturally guess what Zhang Shi was thinking. With his temperament as a cunning politician, he would never give up his position of power unless absolutely necessary, unless the enemy troops surrounded Guzang and there were no reinforcements outside.
If there is no food and grass inside, they may open the door and accept surrender. But at present, they are not even attacked. How could they be tricked into going to Chang'an with just a few words?
Seeing Zhang Lingyun signaling for him to speak, Yunfeng immediately stood up, pointed at Qiao Yu and shouted: "Tuge (the Xiongnu tribe that wreaked havoc in the Central Plains in the Western Jin Dynasty) is a clown, dressed like a beast, how dare you peek at our country?" Then he handed over to Zhang Shi.
He said: "Your Majesty, please kill this beast to show our unyielding determination in Liangzhou!"
"You..." Qiao Yu's face turned pale with anger. He pointed at Yunfeng and said angrily: "I don't know, but I came here just to give you a way to survive in Liangzhou, so that my army will not arrive and the lives of all people will be destroyed! You wait.
Don’t you know how to cherish it? Do you have to wait until our army comes to the city to suddenly wake up? Huh! I have spoken beforehand. If it really comes to that step, I’m afraid it will be impossible for you to surrender after Kaicheng!”
Seeing that Qiao Yu was angry, Yin Xue secretly warned that something was wrong, and quickly advised: "Your Majesty, please don't be upset. General Yun is young and energetic, so it is inevitable that his words will be inappropriate. I will advise him to apologize to your Majesty."
After saying that, he winked at Yunfeng.
"Hmph~!" Qiao Yu shook his sleeves and snorted heavily.
Yunfeng smiled at Yinxu and shook his head. To be honest, although Yinxu was a capitulator, Yunfeng had no objection to the group of civil servants headed by him. It was human nature to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Moreover, the ancients were extremely large.
Most of them have no national concept. It is not shameful to join a foreign race. At most, they just feel that it is a bit shameful to serve as the leader of inferior people. In their view, family inheritance is the most important.
At the same time, he also secretly felt sad for these civil servants. They didn't understand Zhang Shi's thoughts and even persuaded him to surrender. Isn't this a provocation? He would inevitably face Zhang Shi's revenge in the future.
As for Qiao Yu's cruel words, Yun Fengli ignored them and continued to urge: "Please give an order to show the head of this owl to the public!"
In fact, Zhang Shi also had murderous intentions towards Qiao Yu, but killing the envoy was despised by a gentleman. He frowned and said hypocritically: "I'm afraid there is something wrong with this matter. The two countries are at war. If I don't kill the envoy, I, Liangzhou,
Even though he won’t rebel against Jin and surrender to Zhao, he can’t be ridiculed by others either!”
Immediately, all the civil servants felt that Zhang Shi had made it very clear that he refused to surrender! They couldn't help but start to worry, fearing that Zhang Shi would settle the account with him in the future.
Zhang Lingyun also held up his hands and said: "The last general also agrees with General Yun's proposal. If Liu Yao fails to recruit and surrender, the army will invade soon. The envoys of the State of Zhao and their subordinates will be held in public and sacrificed to the flag, which can boost the morale of our army and stabilize our army."
The heart of the people!"
As soon as Zhang Lingyun started, the officials also quickly followed the trend, expressing their determination to fight to the end, and yelling at Qiao Yu and Liu Yao. Not to mention, these scholars are quite good at scolding people.
The viciousness opened Yunfeng's eyes. Look at the bunch of half-broken old guys in the palace. They can't even compare to the common people who curse ten times more!
Yin Yu also had a look of remorse on his face and repeatedly apologized to Zhang Shi.
Qiao Yu, on the other hand, had already collapsed to the ground with a pale face. At the same time, he was regretting his greed and had to snatch this job from Liu Yao. He originally thought it was a great achievement. After all, Liangzhou and Zhao Guo
It's really incomparable. Isn't it easy to surrender Zhang Shi? As long as Zhang Shi is not a fool, he should know how to choose. Who would have thought that Zhang Shi is a bachelor, but he will die for it!
Seeing the officials' frightened expressions, Yunfeng felt a little unbearable in his heart. He gave Zhang Lingyun a wink and asked her to help him intercede. After all, it was inconvenient for him to come forward on his own and he could easily be misunderstood by Zhang Shi as taking the opportunity to win people's hearts.
Zhang Lingyun was not very happy at first, but she couldn't bear the flash in Yunfeng's eyes. She sighed helplessly and pleaded with Zhang Shi: "My lord Mingjian, Liu Yao is powerful, and it is understandable that you all said inappropriate things before.
After all, we are all concerned about the safety of Liangzhou, and we are afraid that a great disaster is coming and the people of Liangzhou will be robbed. Please forgive me for your painstaking efforts, and do not blame the princes."
"Haha~!" Zhang Shi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, how can a father be a young man?" However, no one knew what he really thought.
Chapter completed!