The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

When Liu Zheng downstairs heard that Zhu Ling had already guessed his identity, he didn't say much, but smiled lightly.

"General Zhu Ling is not stupid enough to guess the identity of the widow."

"A person who can mobilize so many soldiers and horses and has such a calm spirit, who else can you be besides Liu Zheng?"

"Since General Zhu Ling has recognized the identity of the widow, then the widow has nothing to hide."

Liu Zheng said something to Zhu Ling, and then paused with a cough.

Then he said again.

"The general's current situation, even if I don't tell you, you should know that this place is the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou. You have been besieged by our army and you are at the end of the rope. There is only one choice for you."

"Either leave the city and surrender, or be crushed by my army. You choose."

In fact, Liu Zheng can continue to say some words of persuasion to Zhu Ling here.

But today is not what it used to be, and today is not what it used to be.

Liu Zheng's identity card is not the same as the bandit in the past.

There is no need to run around with your own soldiers and horses.

Persuading the enemy to surrender does not need to be so complicated.

You just need to show your arrogance.

In a word.

Surrender or die?

Presumably smart people generally know how to choose.

If Zhu Ling surrenders, then Liu Zheng will accept Zhu Ling kindly.

There is always no harm for Liu Zheng to have one more general.After all, Liu Zheng also knows Zhu Ling's ability. Although he is not top-notch, Zhu Ling can still be a lieutenant general, command thousands of people, and guard a city.

Liu Zheng's attack on Youzhou this time is definitely to regain Youzhou. When the time comes to conquer such a huge Youzhou, he will definitely need manpower to defend it.

Recruiting some of Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses now will be of great benefit to Liu Zheng's next command of Youzhou.

Of course, if Zhu Ling was a loyal person and was unwilling to surrender, Liu Zheng wouldn't care, and commanded troops to level this place.

Just kill Zhu Ling.

For Zhu Ling, he also gave him the greatest respect, that is to give him the highest honor as a general, to die in battle.

Liu Zheng finished speaking in such a simple sentence.

Zhu Ling was left with heavy questions.

Surrender or fight to the death.

If he surrendered, surrendering under the current circumstances would not do Zhu Ling any good. A defeated general who had nowhere to go to surrender would not have a high status under Liu Zheng in the future.

At best, he is just a young general, and he can know that there is not much opportunity in the future without even thinking about it.

But in this way, at least one life can be saved.

However, if there is a battle to the death, there will only be one ending.

That is death.

Chapter 45 Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love

Obviously, Zhu Ling is not a fool.

He is a smart man.

Also an ambitious person.

Naturally, he didn't want to lose his life here.

So Zhu Ling didn't even think too much about it.

And directly answered Liu Zheng's question.

"surrender."

"I am willing to surrender. Please don't hurt the people in this city and my soldiers!"

The clever Zhu Ling immediately opened his mouth and chose to surrender.

And in the words of surrender, he brought the people in the city and the soldiers under his command.

The main purpose of saying this is to give Liu Zheng a good impression of caring for the people and soldiers.

To some extent, he can add a few slightly better labels to his current status as the defeated general.

Let Liu Zheng not despise him too much.

After Liu Zheng heard that Zhu Ling had chosen to surrender.

Just nodded immediately.

As for Zhu Ling, I also know that he is a person who understands current affairs.

At least you won't be dead-brained, and you still choose to die in this situation.

"I know that General Zhu Ling knows the current affairs. As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes. I like a hero like General Zhu Ling very much."

"As long as the general takes refuge in the widow, the widow guarantees that you will do more than under Yuan Xi's men."

Liu Zheng made a promise to Zhu Ling.

What he said was just to give Zhu Ling a reassurance, to let him know that Liu Zheng really intended to make him surrender, not just to trick him into opening the city gate.

After both parties had spoken frankly and honestly.

The rest of the process is simple.

Liu Zheng sent Tai Shici to lead people into the city to explain the surrender to Zhu Ling.

Liu Zheng doesn't need to do these small things himself, as long as Tai Shici and others can do it for him.

Besides, it was also useful for Tai Shici to do this. It could check whether Zhu Ling really surrendered. In case Zhu Ling set up tricks in the city, Liu Zheng would go there in person.

It would be bad if there was an accident.

However, these are Liu Zheng's overthinking. In the current situation, it is impossible for Zhu Ling to pretend to surrender.

He cooperated very well and handed over all the soldiers and horses under his command to Tai Shici.

Put down your weapon and take the initiative to be detained.

After Liu Zheng's people took over Anping County, Liu Zheng personally received Zhu Ling.

It wasn't because he valued Zhu Ling's ability that he met Zhu Ling at this time.

It was because Zhu Ling was Yuan Xi's general after all, and Yuan Xi was able to let him guard Anping County. This first line of defense showed how much Zhu Ling attached importance to Yuan Xi.

Since he is such a person who is highly valued by Yuan Xi, Zhu Ling must know no less news than Liu Zheng.

Therefore, Liu Zheng might be able to get some news from Zhu Ling's mouth.

It can be learned that this time Yuan Xi has some plans to attack Jizhou.

As long as Liu Zheng knew Yuan Xi's plan to attack Jizhou, it would be much easier for Liu Zheng to deal with Yuan Xilai.

"General Zhu Ling, it is a great joy for me to have you as a good general."

"Thanks to His Majesty, the last general must devote himself to death."

Now that he had surrendered to Liu Zheng, Zhu Ling was also very knowledgeable, and quickly assumed the identity of Liu Zheng's subordinate, expressing his loyalty to Liu Zheng.

Such a person is either a fool on the wall, or is really aware of current affairs.

Know how to transform your identity.

It was very useful for Liu Zheng to see Zhu Ling like this.

Immediately asked him about Yuan Xi.

"General Zhu Ling, why were you sent by Yuan Xi to this small Anping County?"

When Liu Zheng asked his own words, Zhu Ling immediately understood what Liu Zheng wanted to ask.

Not daring to hide anything, he immediately answered Liu Zheng's words.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Yuan Xi plans to order people to go to Zhongshan County to plunder food and grass, but he is worried about Hejian County, so at the end of the day, he will lead 2 troops to station in Ping'an County to watch Yuan Shang in Jizhou."

Zhu Ling honestly told Liu Zheng the purpose of stationing here.

However, such an answer did not satisfy Liu Zheng.

Then he continued to ask questions.

"Besides this, did Yuan Xi station troops in other places around here?"

Hearing Liu Zheng's words, Zhu Ling shook his head hastily.

"No, there is no county town nearby. If there is no place, add soldiers and horses. Besides, the number of soldiers and horses led by Yuan Xi from Youzhou this time is only so many, and some of them have already gone to Zhongshan to rob Zhongshan under the leadership of Ta Dun. loot."

"So there are no other soldiers around."

There were originally, but they encountered Xu Huang's cavalry on the way.It was broken up by Xu Huang's impact.

So those scattered soldiers and horses were concentrated in various counties.

Of course, the main places of concentration are Ping'an County and Lecheng County.

After Liu Zheng heard Zhu Ling's answer, he nodded slightly. The information from Zhu Ling's mouth was similar to what he had.

After all, he knew that Yuan Xi brought only 7 to [-] troops from Youzhou this time.

After some of these soldiers and horses went to Zhongshan to plunder, some were stationed in Ping'an County.

There are not many people left.

It is estimated that all those people are staying in Lecheng County.

Now that Liu Zheng has the news, he only needs to quickly rush his army to Lecheng County, surround Lecheng County, defeat Lecheng with lightning speed, and eliminate Yuan Xi.

In this way, Liu Zheng has no reason to continue to stay in Anping County.

"General Zhu Ling, this battle will be my battle to destroy Yuan Xi. Please follow my army. When I destroy Yuan Xi, I will need the general to manage Youzhou on my behalf."

Liu Zheng respected people like Zhu Ling who surrendered to him early, and he had explained clearly to Zhu Ling the plan in his heart from the very beginning.

As long as Zhu Ling helps him conquer Youzhou, the position of governor of Youzhou must belong to Zhu Ling.

Zhu Ling also understood these words.

So after Liu Zheng finished speaking, his eyes flickered with excitement.

As far as Zhu Ling's status is concerned, under Yuan Xi's subordinates, even if it takes another ten years, he may not be able to get to this point.

But just now he took refuge in Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng gave him such expectations, which made Zhu Ling even more determined to follow Liu Zheng.

Throwing down a sweet date, Zhu Ling almost kowtowed to thank Liu Zheng.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your great hope, Zhu Ling will swear allegiance to the death!"

"Okay, Yuan Xi hasn't been wiped out yet, and the matter hasn't settled down yet, so let's not procrastinate here, and rush to Lecheng County as soon as possible. Eliminating Yuan Xi is the more important thing."

Liu Zheng didn't tell Zhu Lingduo, but he was worried about things in Lecheng, so he urged him to go to Lecheng County.

The stay of the army in Anping County was only half a day.

After finishing Zhu Ling, he went straight to Lecheng.

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The Thousandth Chapter 16 Delivery of the Message

And when Liu Zheng's troops headed to Lecheng County, planning to fight Yuan Xi's troops for the final decisive battle in Lecheng County.

In Luoyang, Kyoto, which is far away from Jizhou.

There is also a discussion about Liu Zheng going on here.

Luoyang.

General's House.