Chapter 72 Lobbying
A gap was opened in Mengxian's city gate. Ye Zhao sat outside the arrow and narrowed his eyes slightly. When he saw a yellow turban general appear, he immediately closed it again, shook his head slowly, and held a black flag in his hand and started playing with it.
In the distance, Fang Yue, who had picked up the black flag in Ye Zhao's hand, silently put down his arm. Obviously, Ye Zhao did not think this was a good opportunity to attack the city.
Liao Chun walked to Ye Zhao with steady steps, and looked at Ye Zhao who was sitting steadily on the straw mat, without any intention of getting up to greet him. After a moment of silence, he sat opposite Ye Zhao with a golden sword.
"Don't be moved anymore. Before Liao Chun left the city, he had already arranged the funeral. If Liao was in an accident, the three armies in the city would defend the city to the death, waiting for reinforcements." Looking at Ye Zhao, Liao Chun spoke first.
"General Liao is really cautious." Ye Zhao smiled and filled a glass of sake for Liao Chun and himself. He raised the wine cup and drank it all, and said with a smile: "It is not difficult to break this city, and I don't need to use such methods. General Liao is too careful."
"It's nothing wrong to be cautious." Liao Chun silently picked up the wine cup, looked at Ye Zhao, and finally took a sip and said, "On the battlefield, who can know what will happen next moment? It's a pity that dares to come here alone, but it surprised Liao Chun."
"Mr. Qiu has also learned some sword skills, and my official's sword skills are not bad." Ye Zhao said to himself again: "If General Liao is malicious, I think he will still have more to protect himself."
When Qiu Chi heard this, he quickly pretended to hold the hilt of the sword in his hand and looked directly at Liao Chun. He looked at him like that, which really lacked deterrence. Liao Chun was too lazy to take a look.
"If the envoy wants to persuade the surrender, he will not speak out." Liao Chun didn't look at Qiu Chi at all, but just stared at Ye Zhaosu and said.
"I'm not old, but I speak in an old way." Ye Zhao looked at Liao Chun's face. Although he was serious, his face was a bit tender and could not hide it. He was probably not as old as he was.
"This words are said from the envoy's mouth, which is unconvincing!" Liao Chun looked at Ye Zhao speechlessly. The other party was also very young, but he was very cunning in his words and doing things, unlike a twenty-year-old young man.
"It's different." Ye Zhao smiled and shook his head. Some things that were pretended to be can never be compared with what was naturally emitted: "If you don't surrender, don't surrender. Meng County is just a small city. Now it is surrounded by enemies on three sides. It's hard to achieve success by being double-teamed by Suiyang, Yu County and Ningling. Compared to this, I am more curious about your life experience."
"Me?" Liao Chun looked at Ye Zhao in confusion.
"Yes, I don't know much about your information. I learned from the surrendered Yellow Turban Generals that you are a member of Lu in Jingxiang and have the word "公司". Can Yuan Jian be correct?" Ye Zhao nodded and said.
"No," Liao Chun nodded. There was nothing to hide.
"There is a clan of Liao in the middle of Lu who lives in Miannan for generations. It is also considered a prominent clan of Jingxiang. Some people have served in office for generations. Logically speaking, you should be considered a noble family and should serve the court, but for some reason they turned to Taiping Cult and helped the evildoer to abuse?" Ye Zhao looked at Liao Chun and asked with a smile.
"The court is corrupt, the eunuchs are in chaos, the world..."
"No need to mention these things. For the high-level affairs, you and I stand at the bottom of the mountain. How can we know the truth about the top of the mountain?" Ye Zhao waved his hand and interrupted Liao Chun and said, "I only ask why you want to help the Taiping Cult?"
"The teachings of Taiping Church are..."
"Is it right to do a great way to save the world and help the people with education?" Ye Zhao interrupted Liao Chun with a smile.
"Not bad." Liao Chun was silent for a moment.
"What's the result? The Taiping Cult has been in charge for more than a month. What I saw is very different from what the doctrine said!" Ye Zhao sighed: "The Yellow Turban Army only knows how to loot, not for production. Wherever it passes, it is like a locust passing through the border, and the quality is mixed in the interior. Moreover, at the beginning, the Taiping Cult only killed corrupt officials. Regardless of whether those people were really corrupt officials, it was quite popular in this regard. Therefore, at the beginning of the uprising, the Taiping Cult was unstoppable, but the money and food robbed by the government were obviously not enough to support the huge Taiping Cult, so their goal began to turn to aristocratic families and powerful people."
Ye Zhao looked at Liao Chun and said, "What? No matter how rich the aristocratic family is, the food will be used up for a day. As far as I know, Taiping Education and Management does not produce, and it grows excessively, encouraging the people to strengthen their power. After no one farms, how should Taiping Education survive after eating the food of the aristocratic family? Even if they are lucky enough to win, in the end, when the aristocratic family and the powerful are no longer alive, will they extend their minions to the robes of the fire in the people?"
"No matter how corrupt the court is, there is always a way to survive. But if Taiping can teach the world, what I see is not a peaceful and prosperous era, but a purgatory on earth. Is this the ideal world of Yuan Jian?"
Liao Chun was silent, not a speechless refutation, but what Ye Zhao said, it was exactly what he had been worried about over the past few days. After the hasty outbreak of Taiping Cult, although the situation was unstoppable, the hidden dangers were constantly buried. Otherwise, no matter how powerful Ye Zhao was, no matter how powerful the Yellow Turban Army was, it would not be possible that Ye Zhao would be reversed in such a short time.
The people's hearts have changed. Although the Taiping Cult is now very powerful, its foundation has been constantly weakened. Only then can tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army be chased by less than one-tenth of Ye Zhao's troops, without fighting spirit. Even if the momentum is now, it is just a flash in the pan. It is precisely because of this that Liao Chun did not refute, but instead used silence. After a while, he looked up at Ye Zhao: "I'll say so much, the envoy will still come to surrender."
"Natural." Ye Zhao nodded naturally: "General Liao's ability and his life experience are still there, so why should he follow Zhang Jiao to a dead end? As far as I know, Zhang Jiao's employment is not as equal as the rumors are, but as a relative. Most of his disciples hold important positions, but people with talents like General Liao are suppressed everywhere, especially General Liao's life experience is even more embarrassing in this Yellow Turban Army. If you do not surrender at this time, do you have to wait for the day when the Yellow Turban Army is destroyed or when the Yellow Turban Army is in trouble and the family is young before thinking about retreating?"
"The envoy is alarmist." Liao Chun stood up and frowned.
"General Liao is a talent, not like a fool. I have to judge whether what I say is possible. I will not say much. I will say that. Since General Liao wants to delay time, I will give you a three-day deadline. Within three days, I will not attack the city. But if General Liao cannot make a decision after three days, I will be determined to be the peace and loyalty with the foolish ones. There will be no possibility of relief. Then you and I will win and lose by all means."
Chapter completed!