Chapter 825 Critical juncture
Zhuge Liang's words shocked everyone.
At the same time, they were all in deep thought, including Gongsun Zan. He did not expect Lu Bu to be so generous, and he had some doubts about this.
Zhuge Liang, who was observing with his eyes, seemed to see through whether he was lying.
But after watching for a long time, I couldn't see any strange expression on Zhuge Liang.
So he said quietly: "As far as I know, your lord is not that kind of generous person. According to my information, your lord should be a very petty person."
Zhuge Liang laughed out loud and said, "That's just a prejudice from the world against my lord. If I tell General Gongsun, General Gongsun should understand how generous my lord is."
Gongsun Zan showed a look of interest, and then said, "Let me tell me what's going on."
Zhuge Liang also said without any concealment: "When my lord persuaded General Ma Teng to surrender to him, he went to conquer Yuan Shu in just one month. Does the general know? In order to conquer Yuan Shu, my lord, can be said to have all out and brought all the troops with him."
"The city of Chang'an is empty and there are no defenders. In this case, my lord asked General Ma Teng to come to guard Chang'an. During the period when my lord went to war, it was all made by General Ma Teng, and his Xiliang soldiers. "
"I think General Gongsun understands what this means very much. If my lord is the kind of petty person, would he dare to ask if he can do such a thing?"
"You know, this is to hand over all your wealth and life to other people. If it is not generous enough or confident enough, would my lord be so stupid to hand over a city to the general who just surrendered?"
Hearing this, Gongsun Zhan was surprised, "What you said is true. Could it be that he is really at ease to hand over his life to others?"
Zhuge Liang nodded with a smile, and then said, "To be honest, when I first heard about this, I didn't believe it, but it was indeed born, and General Ma Teng did not let down his lord's trust. He not only helped the lord watch, guarded Chang'an, but also played an extremely critical role in the later extermination of Yuan Shao."
"If General Ma Teng had not led his army to attack Yuan Shao's retreat, I believe my lord would have never defeated Yuan Shao so easily."
Hearing this, even Gongsun Zan nodded, "You are right. I really didn't expect that when the spy came to report, I thought I had heard it wrong. If it weren't for Ma Teng's sneak attack on his rear path, Yuan Shao would never have been defeated so quickly."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said directly: "General Gongsun is right, but this also shows the trust of my lord from another aspect, because he did not hesitate to hand over his troops to General Ma Teng to lead him."
"So let me say that today is not for war, but for peace. General Gongsun Zan believes that you are also a sensible person and can definitely tell whether what I am saying is true or false."
"This time we came with great sincerity and wanted General Gongsun Zan to submit to us, but we would never deprive General Gongsun Zan of any military power."
Hearing this, Gongsun Zan seemed to be a little moved, and then he asked, "If you say you don't deprive me, you won't deprive me. What if you are villains who go back on your word?"
Zhuge Liang seemed to be amused by Gongsun Zan's words and laughed happily, "Although my lord has a bad reputation, he also knows the word "First and righteousness, so General Gongsun can rest assured. Moreover, with General Ma Teng to advance, will we still cheat you?"
"And my lord once specifically told me that as long as General Gongsun is willing to surrender, then the promise I mentioned before will remain unchanged, and he will never deprive General Gongsun of any rights in the future."
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang turned around and looked at the many civil and military ministers, and then said, "The same is true for you, including all your great achievements. All your rights will not change now, nor will you change in the future. On the contrary, if you make important contributions or great contributions, my lord will also promote you again on the rewards of merits."
Zhuge Liang said very loudly, and everyone even felt confident about it.
To be honest, Gongsun Zan was already a little moved by Zhuge Liang's proposal, but he could not fully agree with Zhuge Liang's statement, because it was not only about his wealth and life, but also about the survival and death of the people of Youzhou and tens of thousands of soldiers.
So he had to act cautiously. If some mistakes were made, it would likely lead to their survival.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan said directly: "I have understood what sir said. Although these words can save you from death, they cannot make any changes for me, so please go back."
"I don't know what difficulties General Gongsun has or what I don't understand. I can answer the general."
Gongsun Zan laughed directly when he heard this, and then he said, "I am far inferior to General Ma Teng. General Ma Teng can have Lu Bu visit him in person, and I just asked you, a literati, to show that in the heart of your lord, my status does not seem to be valued enough."
Hearing Gongsun Zan's words, Zhuge Liang laughed out loud and said, "I think it must be the general who misunderstood. The reason why he came this time was because he was asking for his orders. If it weren't for the time being, I would probably be our lord himself."
Gongsun Zan put forward a different view on this, "I think it's not that you plead for your life, but because he is powerful enough now, he has become more jealous of his life and doesn't want to come."
Gongsun Zan smiled directly when he said this, and then said, "If Lu Bu was willing to come to me personally, I would definitely surrender to Lu Bu. If he let him demolish it, there would be no other words."
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When Zhuge Liang heard this, he seemed to have a look of embarrassment on his face, as if he was thinking about something. Gongsun Zan thought he had hit Zhuge Liang's weakness, so he was complacent.
And at this moment, a very loud voice suddenly sounded in the lobby.
"General Gongsun Zan has always been a word of everything, and he will never go back on his word if he has said it."
Chapter completed!