————————————

Chengdu, in the lobby of the prefecture.

At the beginning of the discussion, Liu Zhang's words stirred up a thousand waves, causing chaos and hustle and bustle in the hall.

The officials of Yizhou made generous speeches and bold and straightforward advice, and firmly opposed the decision of the provincial governor Liu Zhang in unprecedented circumstances.

"Although the Xiliang army has besieged the city of Zhou, our city has sufficient money and food, sufficient weapons, and 50,000 troops stationed, it is as solid as a god. At this time, why did the lord surrender without fighting?"

"We are not those who are afraid of death, and we are willing to live and die together with the city!"

"The victory or defeat has not been decided, but the lord said lightly that he would open the city and ask for surrender. This move is tantamount to abandoning his ancestors' foundation. I waited for his advice to ask the lord to take back his orders and swear to live and die with Yizhou!"

"I am willing to die and advise you to take back Cheng's orders and swear to live and die with Yizhou!!!"

Seeing that everyone in the hall kept saying that they wanted to live and die with Yizhou, they dared to denounce him openly. Liu Zhang was angry and resentful. He glanced at the black-armored warrior not far behind him from time to time. He looked a little panicked in his anger, and seemed unsteady and restless.

However, this scene did not attract the attention of the officials in the hall, and still passionately accused Liu Zhang of surrendering and abandoning his ancestral property, implying that Liu Zhang was disobedient and unfilial and ruthless. They only focused on the advantage of words and verbal pleasure, but did not notice that all the soldiers inside and outside the state were unfamiliar faces, even the soldiers standing on the lobby were all tall and burly, strong soldiers. The slightly dark and rigid face exuded a strong murderous aura, and it was not difficult to find out with a little attention. At this moment, they were staring at the officials in the hall with great lying words, with their eyes showing contempt and contempt. They also had violent murderous intent that almost wanted to get rid of them.

Even the Yizhou officials did not notice that there were much more soldiers in the lobby today than before, twice as many as before. Not only were all soldiers in the lobby new faces, but even the close guards and personal guards on both sides of Liu Zhang were replaced. The spirit of these soldiers was completely different from the previous guards. They were obviously iron-blooded soldiers crawling out of the pile of dead people. They exuded a chilling evil spirit, and the coldness of keeping people thousands of miles away.

These abnormalities. Any military general who has a little vision or a little carefulness will not be difficult to see the abnormalities with just a little attention and thus make an accurate judgment. Although these soldiers are wearing the armor of the Yizhou army, the weapons and accessories they wear are exactly the same as those of the Yizhou army. But they are not the Yizhou army, but the elite troops from outside Yizhou. If they are willing to speak, then the civil and military officials in the Yizhou hall will immediately know that these soldiers all have a Xiliang accent. Therefore, their identities are about to emerge, and they are the Xiliang army that swears to resist to the death as the officials in the hall say.

If the Yizhou civil and military officials who were chattering at this moment knew that they were under the gaze of the Western Liang army, they might be cut off their heads by these soldiers at any time. I wonder if they still have the courage to speak out with a firm voice, dare to make loud noises like they are now, dare to slander the Western Liang army without restraint, dare to despise the Western Liang army, dare to despise the Western Liang army. They dare to call Li Li's name directly, and dare to declare that they would swear to live and die with Chengdu and die with Yizhou!

Little did they know that the entire Yizhou had become a destruction, and Liu Zhang, the governor of Yizhou, had already died in name only. At this moment, he was the last to preside over military and political affairs as the governor of the state. Chengdu had fallen at the third update last night!

Because of this, at this moment, Liu Zhang sat upright on the upper stairs, squinted his eyes expressionlessly and listened to the generous speeches of his subordinates in the hall. He looked at their swearing faces coldly, but his heart was filled with contempt and indignation.

A scene like today is like the public speaking scene. It is the first time since Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne of the provincial governor that everyone was so united, so loyal, so righteous, so sweet-mouthed, so verbal, so right-minded, and pretended to be hypocritical.

To this day, Liu Zhang vaguely remembers when the Xiliang army was at the city a few days ago. When he asked everyone about his advice, nearly a hundred civil servants and military generals in the hall were silent and silent. At that time, they sat in the hall dressed in a well-dressed manner, looking down at the desks in front of them, so that Liu Zhang asked repeatedly five times, but no one answered, and no one dared to make suggestions, let alone sign up enthusiastically, and swearing to live and die with Chengdu.

To be fair, Liu Zhang really wanted to deal with the Xiliang army to the end, and was willing to fight to the end of the last soldier. Even if he had the last breath, he would not surrender. However, none of the civil and military officials in the hall stood up and made a clear stand in public and was willing to support him with all his strength. The result was a silence, not one of them was all a group of turtles. Perhaps there was no shortage of people who were willing to die, but because of their scruples, no one dared to stand up and supported Liu Zhang with a clear attitude and set an example for everyone.

At that moment, Liu Zhang felt so sad, so sad, so angry, and so heartbroken. It would be no exaggeration to say that he was like a knife. Although he was not enthusiastic about military and political affairs, at that moment he clearly felt that the subordinates under him were watching his jokes and were silently mocking him in his heart. They were sure that Liu Zhang would not surrender, not willing to lose his position as a governor, and would not be willing to be a loser, and would definitely not sit idly by and watch the Liu royal family's Longxing Land (Yizhou) fall into the hands of other princes.

Therefore, they were fearless. Even if they felt the power and threat of the Xiliang Army, they were not impatient. They sat on the sidelines with peace of mind. They had no intention of helping Liu Zhang defend against powerful enemies. Instead, they were happy to see Liu Zhang's helpless appearance. It seemed that only in this way could they show their importance and demonstrate their identity and status as the masters of the old Yizhou gentry.

However, at this moment, when Liu Zhang solemnly announced the opening of the city and welcomed General Li Li and his army into the city, the crowd in the hall was excited and anxious, and they all jumped out and spoke with a clear and firm attitude against Liu Zhang's decision.

Suddenly, Liu Zhang seemed to have become a seller who wanted to be honored, but they were loyal and generous people, jumping up and down, making a fuss, being righteous and doing their best to do their best.

Those who know the inside story are naturally as if they are aware of the fire. They know that the reason why these officials who are forced to swear to profess to survive and die with Yizhou was because they wanted to preserve their existing fame, fortune and wealth and great career. Those who don’t know the situation must have preconceived belief that the ministers are loyal ministers, but the lord is mediocre. They only have a bunch of loyal and courageous ministers, but they meet such a foolish and incompetent monarch as Liu Zhang, so that they will surrender without a fight before the war has officially begun.

Little did he know that Liu Zhang may not be considered wise, but he was not a real foolish lord. It should be noted that since he took over Yizhou for more than six years, Yizhou has been peaceful and relatively stable. He was praised by the people of other prefectures and counties as the "country of Heavenly Prefecture" and is desirable, so that hundreds of thousands of people from various prefectures flocked to Yizhou and settled in Yizhou one after another.

All this is because Liu Zhang adopted a policy of inaction to govern the counties under his rule. He did not interfere too much in military and political affairs. In addition to being lazy and content with pleasure, what he did was to maintain stability in the country, not cause trouble, and not cause trouble in war. That's all.

Although he did not have enough outstanding achievements and achievements, he was able to appease the people in the area, so that the country could be relatively peaceful, and most people could live in peace and live a life of food and clothing, not be damaged by war, and not suffer from the suffering of wandering.

This alone is enough to show that although Liu Zhang was not a wise and wise ruler, he was not a foolish person. Although he was content with the status quo and indulged in pleasure, he did not harm the common people, did not forcefully collect intensive taxes, did not wantonly harm the people, did not increase harsh taxes, and plunder the people's wealth and omission.

Unfortunately, being in troubled times is far from enough to appease the people of one area. Defending territory and expanding territory is the kingly way. After all, the princes in the world are in power and the princes are fighting each other. Only by constantly expanding their territory and strengthening their own strength can they gain a foothold in troubled times and last for a long time. Otherwise, sooner or later, they will face the conquest of other princes. At that time, they will use weak troops to resist the long-term battle army. Before the war begins, they will have a certainty and will be unable to recover.

This is why Liu Zhang was secretly discussed by his subordinates about mediocrity and weakness.

Born in troubled times, governing without doing anything means mediocrity and inaction. Sit and enjoy the achievements and inaction, and do not think about progress, isn’t it a dark and weak person?

The lobby was full of chaos, and everyone in the hall was clamoring for nearly half an hour, but Liu Zhang didn't interrupt, expressed his opinion, and ignored it. Obviously, he was unintentionally listening to these irrelevant noises at this moment, and was stunned, but he was sorting out every bit of the years in his mind, and he felt a lot of emotion.

After a while, everyone in the hall finally noticed his strangeness, held their breath and calmed down gradually.

There was no noise in his ears, and Liu Zhang woke up and came back to his senses. Then he looked down at the subordinates in the hall in a cold manner, his eyes as cold as ever, with a bit of disgust.

During the ten days, there were silent before, one by one, one by one, one by one, sitting by, watching the governor of the state, was worried, unable to sleep or eat, and indifferent, putting all the pressure and challenges on him alone. Seeing that he could not hold on, he jumped out to pretend to be loyal and kind, as a good person, jumped up and down, and said shamelessly. After tossing and turning, they were all these people in the hall, and their eyes were always on fame and fortune. The only thing they really care about was their own interests. They never really took him Liu Zhang seriously and remembered him.

Liu Zhang originally wanted to state the greatness and told everyone that the Xiliang army had entered the city, and that it would only cause casualties if it was unnecessary. But he didn't want to say anything at this time, and he didn't even want to see these people in the hall. He has been making money for these people and safeguarding their interests. This time he has to really consider it for himself.

"You don't need to say much. In the past, you are the ones who make decisions for our state. This time, our state has made up their minds. Today, we will make decisions and open the city to welcome the general into the city!" After saying that, Liu Zhang shook his sleeves and waved his hand to signal the black-armored warrior behind him to bring the seal on the table, then struly walked down the steps and walked straight towards the door of the mansion.

————To be continued————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

ps: [Heartly thanks: Book friends "Huo~Phoenix" monthly ticket support, thank you!]

Xiaoqi sincerely asks for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets. I sincerely thank the book friends for their support and love. Thank you!

...
Chapter completed!