"Tomorrow I will go to Fengcheng and talk to the rebels. If we can defeat the enemy without fighting, that would be great." r/> "There's nothing we can't do. If we can stop fighting, no matter how big the risk is, it's worth taking."
Lu Chong was silent for a moment, and finally decided to take back the words of dissuasion that came to his lips.
He is not a direct descendant of Ye Cheng, he just came here under orders. It is not his turn to dissuade Ye Cheng from doing anything he does.
"When I see the leader of the rebels in Guogong District, what should we do?"
Lead the troops to form an array twenty miles outside the city, waiting for my signal."
"Follow my order."
The next day, the city was sealed.
An old man with gray hair and a full armor and shipboard, holding a bamboo stick in his hand and looking coldly on the tower, saluted Ye Cheng.
Old minister, why are you so ignorant? Gathering a crowd to rebel? "
"My lord, you are also a sensible person. Old ministers like me have been forced to rebel. Shouldn't my lord ask what your majesty has done?"
"An Qing has done so many bad things, Ye Cheng really doesn't know which one he is talking about.
However, to be able to force such a veteran of the former dynasty to stand up and take the lead in the rebellion, could it be that An Qing is here to arrest someone again?
Her blood cultivation method requires the essence and blood of living people to practice, but now...
Hand on! Thinking of this, Ye Cheng figured it out. Yes, the Shenlong Guard was almost wiped out.
At present, the Shenlong Guard needs to recruit practitioners from all over the country to join the army, but practitioners all over the country are resisting this.
Then, isn’t the only thing left for An Qing to do is kidnap people from the private sector?
Who dares to investigate this matter? After this investigation, all nine of my family’s clans will be gone.
Thinking of this, Ye Cheng sighed, "Old sir, I probably know why you rebelled..."
"However, I sincerely ask you to endure for three months. In three more months, the empress will betray everyone."
"My lord, why should I listen to you? Why do we have to endure for three months?"
"Because, if you can't bear it, you will both perish. Old sir, you are well versed in the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. You should know that a gentleman cannot drag others to die with you, right?" 」
"My coming here today is your last chance to be with the people in the city, sir. If you give up this opportunity."
"The next one will be Xiao Tian's demon-suppressing guards, or other troops."
"By then, sir, do you dare to use your personality as a guarantor to ensure that the person who succeeds me can be as kind-hearted as me?"
Xu Wuchen snorted coldly, "The city of Dengfeng is high and the pond is deep. We are not afraid of the imperial army coming to attack."
"What if the imperial army besieged you for three years? The imperial army is constantly receiving rations from the court. May I ask, sir, where do your rations come from?"
Xu Wuchen's expression changed, but he still refused to bow his head. "Grain?"
After a moment, he sighed, "I am willing to surrender and ask the Duke to let the old and young in the city go."
"Mr. Gao Yi, if that's the case, please leave the city."
One by one, tears streaming down their faces, and they were speechless.
"Everyone, please get up. I am going here to sacrifice one life for the lives of all of you."
"I am eighty-three this year, and I have lived long enough. Everyone, please get up."
"Mr. Xu, if we don't get up, we are all men of flesh and blood. How can we watch you, an eighty-year-old man, die for us?"
"Yes! Mr. Xu, we are willing to resist to the end, just to let ourselves live like human beings."
"Yes, we are not afraid of death! Old sir, please don't go down to the city."
Ye Cheng was very touched by their fighting spirit and dedication, but Ye Cheng only felt that their behavior was stupid.
"Absurd!"
"Who told you that I would hand over Mr. Xu to that fool?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people on the city wall fell silent, and everyone looked at Ye Cheng in confusion.
One of the people asked even more doubtfully.
"My lord, what do you mean by this? We are so ignorant, please make it clear to our lord!"
"I will tell the truth, everyone, you and I are of the same kind, I will send Mr. Xu to a secret place and report to the outside world that he has committed suicide."
Xu Wuchen, who had arrived at the city at this moment, looked at Ye Cheng in surprise, "Duke, you..."
"Yes, old sir, you just called me Duke, right?"
"Yes, what?" The matter can only be described in four words. It was a reverse move. "
"I followed the late emperor's clear sign to protect the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty has been destroyed by An Qing, I should trace the source and eradicate the cause!"
As he said that, Xu Wuchen actually knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily to the place where the late emperor's tomb was located, "O late emperor, God has eyes, Da Zhou... can be saved!"
After saying that, he was here and started crying.
A man in his eighties actually cried like a child in front of everyone.
Seeing that Ye Cheng was neither leaving nor staying, he had no choice but to sigh.
"Old sir, the troops for this expedition are from Yanzhou. I have to leave some troops in the city to join your rebel army."
Xu Wuchen, who had cried enough, looked at Ye Cheng doubtfully, "Duke, what do you mean?"
"I am here to counter the rebellion. It is not appropriate for the troops to go back intact..."
Xu Wuchen nodded, and then followed Ye Cheng to Lu Chong's army.
Lu Chong was Xu Wuchen's disciple. When he saw his teacher coming, he hurriedly saluted, "A student has seen a teacher."
"You also know that I am your teacher? Then, why did you bring troops to encircle and suppress me?"
Lu Chong Looking at Xu Wuchen in surprise, "Is the teacher joking? How could you...?"
Ye Cheng sighed, "It's true, Mr. Lu."
Ye Cheng explained the reasons for Xu Wuchen's rebellion. After Lu Chong listened, he stood there speechless for a long time.
After a long time, he sighed, "You unjust and ignorant king, Duke, the matter has come to this, I have no choice but to join you, raise an army together, and replace Da Zhou with Haiyan Heqing!"
"Okay, Mr. Lu, if you can help me, great things can be done!"