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"An old friend from Xuzhou is visiting. Brother Jimin is well and well."

Seeing the scholar in the city say this loudly with his hands raised, Liu Zhenshi was sure that this person was Yan Ermei, whom he had met several times in the capital and had dinner and conversations with him in Xuzhou.

He really didn't expect that Yan Ermei would vote for Liu Wei!

But thinking about Yan Ermei's experience of being deprived of her status as a scholar because of her involvement in party strife and being unable to take the exam again in this life, Liu Zhenshi somewhat understood Yan Ermei's choice.

Understanding is understanding, but Liu Zhenshi could not reminisce with Yan Ermei in front of the soldiers guarding the city, so he replied coldly: "There are no old friends in this state who have surrendered to thieves!"

Yan Ermei was not angry, but said loudly: "In addition to visiting my old friends, I also have some words from Marshal Liu to bring to Brother Jimin. Please allow me to go into the city to speak to Brother Jimin."

Liu Zhenshi subconsciously wanted to hear what Yan Ermei had to say, so he said, "Come up on the hanging basket!"

Yan Ermei asked the accompanying valiant cavalry guards to go back. He walked to the downstairs of the city gate alone and climbed up the city wall through the hanging basket.

After meeting, Liu Zhenshi couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Yan Yongqing, I didn't expect you to turn yourself into a thief."

Yan Ermei smiled and said: "Whether you surrender to the thieves or rebel against the tripod and rebuild the world, it's hard to say now, right?"

Liu Zhenshi hummed: "If the elite border troops of the imperial court had not been transferred to outside the pass to resist the slaves, how would you have a chance to become a big bandit?"

"The Jian slaves have been rebelling for more than 20 years. They were just a small tribe at first. Why has the imperial court failed to put them down yet? Instead, they have been allowed to become powerful and invaded repeatedly, making it impossible to take care of both the internal and external affairs of the Ming Dynasty."

After hearing what Yan Ermei said, Liu Zhenshi was speechless for a moment.

Yan Ermei smiled when he saw this, and added: "Biyang has been trapped in the hands of our Wei tribe for several months, and the Ming court did not make any move.

Now Tangxian, Xinye, Xichuan, and Neixiang have all fallen, Dengzhou has been besieged twice, and Nanyang will also be besieged, but the Ming court still has no action.

I'm afraid Brother Jimin is also scolding in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen is fatuous and incompetent, and the ministers of the DPRK have abused their power and neglected their duties, right? "

"Bold!" Liu Zhenshi shouted angrily, his face livid, "Yan Yongqing, you said such treasonous words, aren't you afraid that I will kill you immediately?!"

Yan Ermei said calmly: "Since I want to follow the True Dragon and the Cauldron in the world, what's wrong with scolding the faint king and the cowards in the court? Besides, if I dare to come and persuade you to surrender, I'm not afraid of death!"

Liu Zhenshi seemed to have calmed down and said: "This state will not surrender. You can leave."

Yan Ermei said: "If you don't surrender, our Kuei army will attack the city - you have seen those dozens of cannons, not to mention how many hours Dengzhou City can be defended. How many soldiers and people will die tragically when the cannons are fired?"

In addition, I also know that an epidemic has broken out in Dengzhou City. Even if we don't attack the city and besiege it for ten days and a half, the people in the city will probably suffer!

Brother Jimin, do you really want to risk the safety of the people in the city just to protect your reputation of being loyal to the emperor? ! "

Yan Ermei deliberately said these words loudly so that Li Guoxi and other local soldiers nearby could hear them.

They were all surprised and uncertain for a moment.

If the Wei army had captured the city in one day, it might be easier for them.

But if the siege lasts for several days, or if the Wei army simply sieges and refuses to attack, and a plague breaks out in Dengzhou City due to lack of supplies, I am afraid that all the people in the city will die in the end!

Liu Zhenshi was only an official of Dengzhou's parents, not a native of Dengzhou.

But these rural soldiers and soldiers are all from Dengzhou, even from the city.

Who wants to see themselves, their relatives, friends and neighbors die tragically from the plague?

Noticing the gazes of Li Guoxi and others, Liu Zhenshi couldn't help but smile bitterly - he knew that Yan Ermei's words directly demoralized the rural soldiers and scattered their hearts.

This city is completely undefendable.

He looked in the direction of the capital and sighed: "Loyalty and justice are difficult to balance. It seems that I have no choice but to die to repay your kindness. Inspector Li, this Dengzhou City will be left to you and Mr. Cheng Qian."

After saying that, Liu Zhenshi pulled out his sword and wanted to kill himself on the spot!

It's not that he doesn't want to live, but he knows that he can only save the people in the city and his family far away in his hometown by dying.

As for repaying your kindness? Just by the way.

When the people around him saw this, they immediately stopped him, but Yan Ermei, who was standing in front of Liu Zhenshi, took a step faster and grabbed Liu Zhenshi's sword-holding arm.

"Brother Jimin! Why is this?!"

Liu Zhenshi's eyes turned red and he said: "Yan Yongqing, you should understand that I have no other choice but to die!"

When Yan Ermei heard this, she knew that Liu Zhenshi was not really going to die, but was worried about harming his relatives.

He then came closer and whispered: "Brother is a great talent and has the ambition to save the world and help the people. Are you really willing to die like this?

If you are worried that your relatives and friends will be affected, it is better to go back to Yajing and wait for our army to enter the city and arrange a fake death for Brother Jimin. "

suspended animation?

Liu Zhenshi's heart moved and he looked at Li Guoxi next to him.

Yan Ermei pretended to seize the sword, but pretended that she couldn't take it off.

Liu Zhenshi shouted: "Let go! I can only repay the divine grace by dying!"

When Li Guoxi saw Yan Ermei winking wildly at him, he finally realized what he was talking about and quickly stepped forward, grabbed Liu Zhenshi's sword and threw it to the ground!

"Come on, if you don't let me die here, I will go back to the Yamen and commit suicide!"

Liu Zhenshi said and asked his personal followers to stop Li Guoxi, Yan Ermei and others, while he quickly walked down the city wall.

In fact, it is just a pretense to spread the word, and it does not necessarily need to be true - after all, it will be difficult for people in the Ming court to check the authenticity in detail.

Therefore, after Liu Zhenshi left, Li Guoxi asked: "Mr. Yan, can Marshal Liu promise not to kill innocent people indiscriminately or harass the people after entering the city?"

Yan Ermei smiled and asked, "Why, hasn't the reputation of our Yibu rebel army for its strict discipline and good work style not spread to Dengzhou yet?"

"I did hear some rumors, but I don't know whether they are true or not." Li Guoxi replied sheepishly, and then asked: "After Marshal Liu takes Dengzhou, might he help us control the plague?"

"Since Dengzhou is owned by the Wei tribe, the people are the commander-in-chief's subjects, so they will naturally try their best to eliminate the plague."

"Okay! I will present the city right now!"

On the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, the Wei tribe surrounded Dengzhou.

During the inspection, Li Guoxi presented the city and surrendered. Liu Zhenshi, the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty, "committed suicide" in the state government office and died for the Ming Dynasty...

Liu Sheng entered the state government office.

Yan Ermei brought Liu Zhenshi in front of him and introduced him: "Commander, this is Liu Zhenshi, courtesy name Jimin, a native of Wuning, Jiangxi, and a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen."

Liu Zhenshi was quite surprised to see Liu Sheng, who was at most twenty-five or six years old, and then bowed and saluted, "Liu Huan, a common man, pays homage to the commander-in-chief!"

"Liu Huan?" Liu Sheng was confused for a moment.

Liu Zhenshi said: "The ordinary people felt reborn when they joined the commander-in-chief, so he changed his name to Liu Huan."

Yan Ermei had already reported the arrangement for Liu Zhenshi to fake his death. Liu Sheng was confused when he misheard it as "Liu Huan", but now he understood.

So he helped Liu Huan up and said with a smile: "This is a good name. I believe that not only Mr. Liu and Mr. Huanran, the world will also take on a new look in the near future!"

Xunfengwei had already planted spies in Dengzhou, so Liu Sheng had a certain understanding of Liu Huan (Liu Zhenshi) and knew that he was a capable official and had done well in both military and political affairs.