I am the son of Cao thief, start the awakening of the tyrant system

Liang Mao's heart sank, but before he could react, another spy ran in.

"Prefect! Another news came from the south. Ma Han and Bian Han were annexed by the army of the Dragon Kingdom, and Chen Han and Dong Bian surrendered to Cao Mao!"

"what?"

Liang Mao couldn't help but change his face.

Whether it was him, or Gongsun Kang and Wang Lie, they never thought that Cao Mao would land from the south of the peninsula.

Therefore, the Liaodong army gathered in the north to resist Pang Tong's troops in Youzhou.

After receiving the news, Gongsun Kang turned pale with fright, and quickly sent Liang Mao, who was the prefect, back to Lelang County.

"How many troops are there in the enemy army, have you ever found out?"

Liang Mao tried to calm down, and asked in a deep voice.

"The exact number is unknown, but Guanglong's army has at least [-]! Including Sanhan and Dongyao, at least [-]!"

10 people? !

Liang Mao couldn't help but gasp.

When he set off from Liaodong County, he began to mobilize the village soldiers along the way, plus the people responsible for the security of the county, it was barely ten thousand.

Ten times the gap, how to resist this?
……

In the next few days, Liang Mao organized and trained the militia while repairing the city wall of Chosun County, accumulating strength to resist Cao Mao's army.

However, as the saying goes, a house leak happens to rain all night.

Bad news came one after another.

"Report, Tixi City was captured by the Dragon Army!"

"Report! Including funds, leading the two cities to surrender to the Dragon Kingdom!"

……

In less than two days, several counties in the south of Lelang County were all captured by the Dragon Army!
this day.

The Longguo army finally arrived in Chosun County.

When Liang Mao led a group of subordinates to the city wall and saw the Long Guojun formation on the opposite side, everyone's hearts trembled!
I saw the formation of the Dragon Kingdom army, with clear banners and numerous swords and guns.

Looking from afar, there was a chilling aura.

On the other side, although the troops of Sanhan and Dongyi Kingdom are in a messy formation and cannot be compared with the Long Army, they are superior in numbers.

With only 1 people on our side, can we withstand the enemy's attack?
Everyone has a common question in their hearts.

At this moment, suddenly a horse galloped out from the dragon army formation.

He held up the white flag, reined in the horse beyond the range of the bow and arrow, and shouted loudly,
"Your Majesty, please come and talk to Liang Mao, the prefect of Lelang County!"

Liang Mao took a deep breath and replied loudly,
"I am Liang Mao, what orders does King Wei have?"

"Your Majesty invites the prefect Liang to meet outside the city!"

Liang Mao stared at him, but saw a tall figure standing in front of the army of the Dragon Kingdom, showing an air of arrogance.

"Prefect, we can't go!"

"Yes, you are the backbone of our city. If Cao Mao cheats, we will be leaderless."

All the officials in Lelang County were in a hurry.

But Liangmao shook his head and sighed,

"So what if you don't go? Given the state of defense in the city, it's impossible to stick to it. Why don't you go down and meet him and see what medicine is in his gourd!"

"Prefect!"

Everyone still wanted to persuade them to say something, but Liang Mao waved his hand firmly,
"I've made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me any more!"

He looked down the city, and said aloud,

"Tell Wei Wang, so-and-so is going down!"

Liang Mao made some preparations and arrived at the city gate in a short time.

"Squeak..."

The gate of Chosun County opened slowly, and Liangmao came out of the city alone on horseback.

A simple table has been set up in the center of the battlefield, with tea sets on it.

Liang Mao stared at him, a handsome young man in a dragon robe was looking at him with a smile.

He didn't dare to be negligent, he quickly got off his horse and bowed to the other party.
"Liang Mao, the prefect of Lelang County, has met King Wei!"

Cao Mao laughed immediately.

This Liangmao has always called himself the King of Wei, but he refuses to acknowledge his position as emperor.

But he didn't get angry, and beckoned Liangmao to sit down.

"Do you know why I made an appointment to meet you today?"

Cao Mao said softly.

"Subordinates don't know."

Liang Mao shook his head.

"You are eager to learn when you are young, and you often cite classics as evidence in your discussions to deal with right and wrong."

"In the early years, there were many thieves in Taishan County, but after you became the prefect, more than a thousand families came to join us."

"The empress dowager appointed you as the prefect of Lelang, but because Gongsundu liked your talent, he detained you in Liaodong."

"Is what I said true?"

Cao Mao's words really surprised Liang Mao.

He didn't expect Cao Mao to know his origin so well.

"What King Wei said is right."

"I called you here today because I pity your talent and want to save your life."

Cao Mao said calmly.

"If King Wei wants to persuade his subordinates, it will be a waste of effort."

Liang Mao rebuffed,

"Since the subordinates are officials of the great Han Dynasty, they should be loyal to their duties. How can they surrender to the king of Wei?"

What an eloquent Liang Mao!

Cao Mao praised in his heart, smiled slightly,
"The strength of the great man is exhausted, and now the Dragon Empire is the one that inherits the orthodoxy of the world. If Prefect Liangmao is really loyal to the great man, not to the Gongsun family, he should submit to me!"

As soon as this remark came out, Liang Mao fell silent.

Even if he can deceive others, he cannot deceive himself.

Now the reason why he and Wang Lie are struggling so hard is not for the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, but for the benefit of the Gongsun family!
"Whether it's the prefect of Liangmao, the soldiers and civilians in the city, or the soldiers of our Shenlong Empire, they are all Chinese compatriots."

"Since it is one body, why do you want to fight against each other and let your own people bleed for nothing for the unrealistic ambition of the Gongsun family?!"

Liang Mao was silent for a while.

In all honesty, Cao Mao was able to raise troops at the age of a weak crown, stabilize the world, rebuild order, and unify the broken mountains and rivers, he is a well-deserved king!
But to make him go against his creed of loyalty and submit to Cao Mao, he still can't do it.

Seeing that Liang Mao was a little moved, Cao Mao continued,

"You call yourself loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but let me ask you, how do you think historians will record it in the future?"

"Will they record your loyalty, or call you a national traitor?"

Liang Mao looked up at Cao Mao in surprise,

"A country thief?"

"Yeah, what you are doing now is to try to split the country for the sake of other people's ambitions, start a civil war, and plunge China, which has already settled down, into war again. How is this action different from that of a national thief?"

"This...this...this..."

Faced with Cao Mao's accusation, Liang Mao was sweating profusely.

He opened his mouth, but his face was slumped, and he couldn't say a word!
Seeing this, Cao Mao sneered suddenly in his heart.

For a literati with integrity like Liang Mao, no matter whether it is coercion or temptation, it will not help.

If you want to make them surrender, you must start with the name they care about most.

However, any literati with a little bit of shame would never want to leave the infamy of "national thief" in the history books.

Liang Mao is no exception.

as predicted.

He was silent for a long time, and then he let out a long sigh,
"Your Majesty's remarks... are thought-provoking. Your Majesty... I would like to surrender the whole city!"