Chapter 242
Yan Yan is willing to surrender!
Chapter 242 Yan Yan... is willing to surrender! (Thanks to Aimer and Li Bojun for their monthly ticket support~)
"General Yan Yan, you... can leave now."
As soon as these words came out, Yan Yan turned around and looked at Zhang Liao with a puzzled and astonished expression:
"What do you mean?!"
Zhang Liao smiled and made an inviting gesture:
"As the name suggests, you and your soldiers can leave."
Yan Yan stared at Zhang Liao and asked warily:
"What tricks are you playing?"
Zhang Liao smiled calmly and said:
"General Yan is unwilling to join our army. I think he is dissatisfied. So I will let him go.
"But what if I capture General Yan alive again?"
Yan Yan understood the other party's intention, suppressed the surprise in his heart and said:
"If I am captured alive by you again, I will surrender to you!"
"it is good!"
Zhang Liao immediately ordered someone to fetch the letter of commitment that he had written in advance and handed it to Yan Yan:
"Let's make three rules. I'll let the general go back this time.
"If the general is captured alive by our army again, I hope he can keep his word!"
Yan Yan glanced at the letter of commitment and immediately signed it:
"a man of his words!"
"The general is straightforward!"
Zhang Liao exclaimed in praise, put away the letter of commitment, and left the cell with Yan Yan.
After walking out of the cell, Yan Yan found that hundreds of his previous moves were already waiting at the door.
Seeing them all fully armed and armored, with rosy complexions, they did not seem to be oppressed or abused as one might have imagined.
Yan Yan didn't say anything on the surface, but in his heart he felt a little more grateful and respectful towards Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao escorted them straight out of the city and said goodbye:
"General, please take care of yourself on this journey. If you are left with nowhere else to go, you can return and join our army!
"My Zhang Liao's door is always open to you, General."
Yan Yan didn't say much, just bowed to Zhang Liao, then quickly led his men to rush westward.
On the way, a centurion told Yan Yan about the surrender of Yufu, Qu and Hanfeng counties.
Upon hearing this, Yan Yan had no choice but to go to Yangqu County to seek refuge with Wu Yi.
At this moment, he did not know that the three counties of Yufu surrendered because of him.
He didn't even know that Wu Yi had already written back and scolded him severely.
When he passed Yufu and Quxian and arrived at the gate of Yangqu County, he was suddenly shot back by arrows from the soldiers on the city wall!
Yan Yan shouted hurriedly:
"It's me! I'm Yan Yan, the governor of Ba County!"
Upon hearing this name, a burly, cold-faced general on the tower immediately cursed:
"Yan Yan, you bastard! How dare you, a traitorous villain, call yourself the governor of Ba County?"
Yan Yan looked at Wu Yi on the tower with a confused look on his face, and shouted in confusion:
"Wu Ziyuan! You can say that I am a defeated general, but what makes you say that I am a traitor?
“Although I was defeated by Zhang Liao and have been imprisoned by him till now, I have never bowed my head to him.
"Don't you know what kind of person I am?!"
Wu Yi sneered:
"Imprisoned until now? I see that you and your subordinates all look healthy and strong. How can you be in the condition that a prisoner should be in?
"Do you think this general is a fool?!"
Yan Yan frowned, but was unable to refute for a moment, so he could only explain:
"The enemy treated the prisoners well, which was a sign of their kindness.
"But that doesn't mean we will surrender to the enemy!
"The first lord was very kind to me, and I am lingering on just to keep my useful body in service to you gentlemen.
"You slander us just based on this. Aren't you looking down on me, Yan Yan?!"
Seeing that the other party was still quibbling, Wu Yi could only order his men to fetch the letter of persuasion that the other party had written before, and shot it at the other party with an arrow. However, Yan Yan, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, caught it with one hand. Yan Yan took down the letter hanging on the arrow, looked at the familiar handwriting, and frowned:
“This… this letter of persuasion to surrender is clearly forged!
"If I had really written this letter, why would I have come here to humiliate myself?"
A hint of doubt flashed across Wu Yi's cold eyes, and he also realized that something seemed strange.
But thinking of the rumors that had spread in the city before, Wu Yi became more and more certain that the other party wanted to open his city gate, and he immediately exploded:
"I will not kill you because of our old friendship. You should leave immediately and never enter my city!"
Seeing that the other party had said this, Yan Yan could only sigh heavily.
Only at this moment did he understand why Zhang Liao let him come back.
It turns out that he has cut off his own escape route!
"Zhang Liao, you bastard! You want to force me to go back and join you? Humph, dream on!
"Even if I go to Jiaozhou to seek refuge with Shi Xie, I will never seek refuge with you!"
Having said that, Yan Yan led his soldiers directly south and headed towards Jiaozhou along the mountain path.
However, along the way, they had no county town to go to for supplies, so they could only go to nearby villages to get some food.
However, Yizhou has always been relatively isolated, and the curved plow and dragon-bone waterwheel were not even introduced into the city.
Therefore, the rural people did not have much surplus food.
In addition, Yizhou has many mountains and there are not many places suitable for farming, so the grain output is much lower than that of areas outside Yizhou.
Yan Yan and his men didn't have much money, so they couldn't just rob the people of their food.
As a result, along the way, more and more of his soldiers stayed in the countryside or fled.
Yan Yan did not force them and condoned their actions.
When he was leading less than a hundred men and was about to arrive at Zangke County south of Ba County.
A troop of a thousand soldiers suddenly came down from the mountain and surrounded Yan Yan and his men!
The leader was tall and slender, with a nose like a hanging gall bladder. It was the General of the Yamen Army - Zhang Liao!
Zhang Liao laughed at Yan Yan:
"General Yan, we have been waiting for you here for a long time!"
When Yan Yan saw Zhang Liao, all the resentment in his heart suddenly poured out:
"Zhang Liao, you bastard! How dare you plot against me!"
Zhang Liao shook his head slightly:
"Haven't you heard that all is fair in war? Just tell me whether I let you go, and whether I captured you again as agreed?"
Yan Yan was obviously unconvinced and continued to vent his anger:
"If you say that, how can I obey you?"
Hearing this, Zhang Liao's expression suddenly became serious:
"General Yan, now that you have been rejected by Yizhou, if you want to lead your men to Jiaozhou, you will inevitably be stopped by the soldiers of Zangke along the way.
"Look at the brothers beside you. They are all pale and thin, very different from when I sent you away.
“They are willing to follow you until now, and they are undoubtedly the people who trust you the most.
"Can you bear to watch them continue to run with you down a path that has no future?"
Yan Yan subconsciously looked at his men behind him.
Looking at their listless appearances, I couldn't help but fall into a long silence.
He knew very well that he had no other choice, and he had also reached an agreement with Zhang Liao.
Most importantly, he really couldn't bear to see these old friends suffer with him.
After a long silence, Yan Yan finally let go of his rejection, knelt on one knee in front of Zhang Liao, clasped his fists and sighed:
"Yan Yan... is willing to surrender."
Zhang Liao was immediately delighted and hurried forward to help Yan Yan up, with a smile on his face:
"Old General, you are a hero of Bashu! With your joining, our army will be able to capture Yizhou with minimal casualties!"
Hearing the other party's flattery, Yan Yan could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
Zhang Liao hurriedly distributed food to Yan Yan and his subordinates so that they could have a good rest.
But just as Yan Yan and his men were eating their dry food, an unfamiliar troop had quietly approached behind them!
(End of this chapter)