nashuaworldcup Chapter 701 Pretending to Surrender
Chapter 701 Pretending to Surrender
Chapter 701 Feigning Surrender
Zhang Xianzhong thought for a moment and then said, "My dear nephew, if you raise an army now and relieve me of the pressure, I can refuse the offer of amnesty. But since you don't plan to raise an army now, and it will be after next spring, if I don't accept the offer of amnesty, I'm afraid you won't see me next year!"
Wang Wenzhou asked, "Is Xiong Wencan that amazing?"
"Alas..." Zhang Xianzhong said with a bitter smile, "Minister of War Yang Changsi implemented the strategy of 'four main points and six secondary points,' creating a ten-sided net. Now I am trapped here, surrounded by Ming troops. I can't escape even if I want to. Li Zicheng was defeated because of this. If I don't surrender, I might end up like Li Zicheng. My brothers are fighting alongside me to the death, hoping for a way to survive. I don't want to lead my brothers to their deaths!"
"Sister, have a drink!" Wang Wenzhou reached into Gao Guiying's clothes and pinched her.
Gao Guiying quickly took a sip of wine and fed it to Wang Wenzhou.
Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment and then said, "Little Zhang, I have a good idea. You should temporarily accept Xiong Wencan's offer of amnesty, and then raise an army again next year!"
Zhang Xianzhong said helplessly, "After accepting the offer of amnesty, I will have to go to the capital and become a wealthy man under house arrest. How can I start an army then?"
"Haha!" Wang Wenzhou laughed loudly, "Just how bold do you think you are? You actually dared to agree to Xiong Wencan's condition? My father-in-law, Gao Yingxiang, will suffer the same fate as you. Once you go to the capital, that pig Zhu Youjian will definitely skin you alive!"
Zhang Xianzhong's expression changed. At first, he really hadn't thought that the court would turn its back on him, but after Wang Wenzhou's personal example, he realized that if he really went to the capital, he would become a fish on a chopping board.
"But now, I have no choice but to surrender! I am surrounded. The reason why Xiong Wencan has not launched a full-scale attack is probably because he is acting on orders from the court and does not want innocent people to die in vain." Zhang Xianzhong was very conflicted. Not surrendering meant death, and surrendering also meant death. What should he do?
“Little Zhang, stop calling me ‘Young Master’ all the time! Without Young Master, you’d be dead! Here’s how we’re going to play: you invite Xiong Wencan to dinner tomorrow to discuss the matter of pacification, and I’ll just happen to come to see you. During dinner, I’ll definitely persuade Xiong Wencan to agree to your demands, accept the pacification, and retain his military power!” Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.
"Huh? Boxin, can you really do it?" Zhang Xianzhong immediately changed his tune.
Wang Wenzhou, with his arm around Wang Lin, ate a bite of food and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Xiao Zhang. All's fair in war. I don't know Xiong Wencan, but I know that pig Zhu Youjian! As long as word gets to Zhu Youjian that I'm with you, that pig will definitely agree to your request!"
Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said with a smile, "Boxin, if things go well, I will definitely thank you properly! By the way, Boxin, I have several cousins who are very beautiful. If you don't mind, I plan to arrange a marriage between our families!"
"Hmph!" Gao Guiying snorted coldly, glared at Zhang Xianzhong, and said irritably, "Brother Zhang, have you changed your profession to matchmaker now?"
Zhang Xianzhong quickly explained, "Guiying, don't be angry. I just heard that Boxin's wives and concubines all died tragically. Boxin is a grown man; he can't be without women to take care of him!"
Gao Guiying was furious. "Am I not a woman? Doesn't this scoundrel have plenty of women around him?"
"Sister, don't be angry! I had no choice but to agree to this. Zhang Xianzhong doesn't trust me. He's only trying to win me over through marriage for his own benefit! You can rest assured, sister. You are my most beloved baby!" Wang Wenzhou quickly whispered his advice.
Gao Guiying rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou. "You rascal, you have many favorite babies, but I'm probably not one of them. Every time you get drunk, you either call out 'Lazy Blue' or 'Ru Ru,' and sometimes even 'Little Lan Lan.' Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Young Zhang, you're too kind! Let me toast you, thank you for your concern for my life!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.
Wang Wenzhou was enjoying drinks with Zhang Xianzhong while holding his two babies. He didn't notice that two people, one big and one small, were secretly observing him outside the door and whispering to each other from time to time.
Jiang Xuyang said, "Sister Shuiyu, it's Father! He must have come to take us home!"
"Smack!" Shuiyu slapped Jiang Xuyang on the head hard and said irritably, "How many times have I told you? I'm not your Shuiyu sister. Shuiyu died a long time ago! I'm Li Dingguo now, you should call me Brother Li!"
Jiang Xuyang pouted and said aggrievedly, "Brother Li, we can't recognize a thief as our father! What's good about following Zhang Xianzhong? He doesn't even treat you like a woman! Brother Li, now that my mothers are all dead, it's the perfect opportunity for you to rise to power. Look, while you're away, two more little bitches are seducing Father!"
In order to persuade Shui Yu to return to Wang Wenzhou's side, Jiang Xuyang was even willing to let Wang Wenzhou sleep with Shui Yu. Although Jiang Xuyang was Wang Wenzhou's adopted son, Wang Wenzhou always treated him like his own son. As a result, the father-son relationship between the two was very deep, and Jiang Xuyang now fantasizes all day about being by Wang Wenzhou's side.
Of course, Jiang Xuyang still had his own agenda. In Hanshan, he was a super-rich second-generation official, able to do whatever he wanted, and no one dared to mess with him. Moreover, there were so many beautiful young ladies in the orphanage who surrounded him all day, trying to seduce him and fantasizing about marrying him one day.
Now, he and Shui Yu are in Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army. Although Shui Yu is now considered Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, Zhang Xianzhong has many adopted sons, and Shui Yu doesn't have many special privileges. Not to mention Jiang Xuyang, the difference between Hanshan and here is like heaven and earth.
"Hmph!" Shui Yu snorted coldly and said viciously, "Shut up! I wish I could kill Wang Wenzhou to avenge my sister Liu Rushi! You little bastard who didn't believe me, if you want to recognize a thief as your father, you can go find him now! Your mother, Rushi, wasted all the love she had for you!"
"Brother Li!" Jiang Xuyang quickly grabbed Shui Yu's hand and said with a wry smile, "You don't believe my father, but you have to believe me! Think about it carefully, my father loves me so much, would he send an assassin to kill me? I was by Ru Ru's mother's side at the time! You saw it too, when I was covering Ru Ru's mother's retreat, the assassin didn't treat me like his own young master at all!"
As Jiang Xuyang spoke, he reached his hand inside Shuiyu's clothes. As the saying goes, one is influenced by one's company. Although Xiaoyang and Wang Wenzhou are not biological father and son, because he admires Wang Wenzhou, Xiaoyang's behavior is exactly the same as Wang Wenzhou's.
"Take your hand away!" Shui Yu pinched Jiang Xuyang's ear and pulled his hand away.
Shuiyu said irritably, "Stop talking! Wang Wenzhou, that heartless bastard, didn't choose Liu Xiaohua, but chose that ugly freak's ugly son! Is that ugly freak your mother too?"
"Hmm..." Jiang Xuyang pursed his lips. He wasn't really familiar with the ugly girl. He was usually taken care of by Sheng Lan and Liu Rushi.
Shui Yu continued, "If I hadn't been unable to find out the truth, I would have killed that bastard Wang Wenzhou right now! If you want to acknowledge a traitor as your father, go find him now! I will have nothing to do with him anymore! If I find out that the assassin who killed Sister Liu Rushi was sent by him, I will definitely kill him!"