"Your Majesty, for the sake of my being with you for so many years..." Wang Zhaoyuan knelt in the hall and climbed the road towards the high dragon chaise, crying.

"Kill him! Kill him!" The civil and military officials glared at each other and shouted for a fight and kill. Now no one is willing to speak for Wang Zhaoyuan. Wang Zhaoyuan lost the key east of the Yangtze River Key, causing the Zhou army to march straight into, and was approaching Chengdu. The status, wealth and even life of all the people in Shu Kingdom were in danger. Who would still be willing to plead for him?

Wang Zhaoyuan lay on the ground, anxious and afraid, and heard so many people throwing into the underworld, but was very embarrassed and angry... I thought to myself, Wolong, today I was actually humiliated! He pricked his ears and heard someone shouting to kill him. It was strange today. Li Hao, the person he usually doesn't deal with the most, did not take the opportunity to attack him, and he never heard Li Hao's voice. Wang Zhaoyuan couldn't help but look at him sideways, and saw Li Hao standing there, as if he was asleep with his eyes closed.

Is this guy Li Hao because of his loyalty or a broad mind and not caring about his previous dirty things? No! Wang Zhaoyuan knows Li Hao, this guy is just an old fox.

At this moment, a general said, "Wang Zhaoyuan is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council of our dynasty. Why was he released? Are you here to persuade him to surrender?"

Wang Zhaoyuan felt a trembling heart and said to himself: If I persuaded surrender now, wouldn’t I be seeking death?

Although Shu Kingdom is obviously in a desperate situation, as long as the emperor does not express his opinion to surrender, anyone who dares to directly raise it will be very likely to be caught by someone with a heart. So no one says he surrenders now.

Meng Chang's voice said, "Wang Zhaoyuan! Are you here to persuade me to surrender to the enemy?"

"No, no..." Wang Zhaoyuan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, we still have a chance now!"

"What opportunity?" Meng Chang seemed to have forgotten how Wang Zhaoyuan could have returned to Chengdu.

Wang Zhaoyuan still knelt down, but stood up straight and said, "Your Majesty is determined to protect the country now, and there is still a chance to do it! The Zhou army rushed to two thousand miles eastwards and went deep into the east, and divided the troops to guard the road from Kuizhou to Yuzhou, and then to Suizhou. There were only 20,000 people in total, how many more is there? Your Majesty think about the threat of the Eastern Army to Chengdu?"

Meng Chang pondered yet.

A general urgently advised: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhaoyuan is not enough to defeat him. Don't believe his slander."

Wang Zhaoyuan was furious: "Only those who slandered the loyal and kind were killed, and those who slandered the monarch did not ask about political affairs. Who has ever heard of the monarch working hard to govern and protect the country?"

The general could not argue.

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "I am in Kuizhou and lead my troops to fight hard with the Zhou army. Unfortunately, the soldiers were defeated without any life, so they were defeated and captured. Gao Yanqi shrank in Kuizhou City and saw that he was dead and refused to save him. He watched the fire from the other side of the river. After seeing that I was defeated by the death, he led Kuizhou to surrender to the Zhou army without a single arrow, and even offered 300,000 hu of food and grass. If I were not captured, I would have burned the food and left it to the Zhou army! Your Majesty, you should kill Gao Yanqi's family to serve as a warning!"

"Is this still natural law?" Someone was furious, "We don't know what kind of person Gao Yanqi is? Who doesn't know what you, Wang Zhaoyuan, are?"

Meng Chang said: "I have known Wang Zhaoyuan for a long time. At least he is not a bad person. Besides, what Wang Zhaoyuan said is true. Gao Yanqi really surrendered without fighting, but Wang Zhaoyuan fought against the Zhou army."

The angry general said, "Your Majesty, although Wang Zhaoyuan fought, he had no results and defeated Kuizhou's troops completely. Gao Yanqiu was unwilling to fight, so he must have wanted to maintain Kuizhou. Later, he saw that the situation was hopeless, so he surrendered."

"Salvation of 300,000 hu of military rations?" Wang Zhaoyuan sneered.

Meng Chang pondered: "Gao Yanqi is also a veteran, I can't be too cruel to his family."

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "Gao Yanqi still has Kuizhou now, and there are still a large number of Shu army captured soldiers in Kuizhou and various places. Your Majesty can send someone to issue an order to threaten Gao Yanqi's family and ask him to turn against him and cut off the food route of the Zhou army. Our Great Shu imperial guards sent troops to harass the Fu River and along the Yangtze River to meet the uprising soldiers. We still have more than 100,000 troops to fight against the Zhou army's 20,000 people who were scattered into the deep end of the Zhou army. Why should we surrender?"

Meng Chang seemed to have a glimmer of hope when he heard this: "Deputy Envoy Wang, do you really think the situation is still saved?"

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "Your Majesty clearly understands. The surrender of Shu Kingdom, those ministers who are in corpses and eating and drinking can survive, but Your Majesty is the emperor who is the emperor. Since ancient times, those who have no territory and still have a way to survive? Whoever advises Your Majesty to surrender is to exchange His Majesty's head for his wealth and honor. Those with conscience must see clearly!"

Meng Chang rose up and looked back and said, "I think Wang Zhaoyuan's strategy makes sense. What do you think?"

No one in the palace wants to be a person who is heartless and "exchange the emperor's head for glory and wealth", so no one says anything.

At this moment, a eunuch suddenly walked into the hall and said, "The Zhou army has sent a letter of persuasion to surrender."

"Take it up and see what they want to say." Meng Chang said, and when he saw it, he was furious, "Blacksmith Guo bullied people too much, and he actually surrendered within five days!"

The ministers were in an uproar, and everyone said something again, "Can he go to Chengdu in five days? I really think there is no one in our Shu Kingdom!"

Meng Chang stood up, his fat and weak body almost stood firm, but he said angrily: "If the Zhou army dares to come to Chengdu, I will lead the army in person! I will distinguish the heights and heights of the battle formation with Guo Blacksmith!"

Wang Zhaoyuan hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty is like a dragon's power, Great Shu is saved!"

...

Wang Zhaoyuan walked around the gate of hell and let out a long sigh when he walked out of the imperial city. When he saw the carriage coming from home, he quickly climbed up. He took out the letter Guo Shao wrote to the Emperor of Dashu from his arms, and his hands were shaking, but no one searched him. He quickly tore it into a few petals, and after thinking about it, he simply stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.

When he returned home, a group of wives and concubines came up to cry. Wang Zhaoyuan was furious: "Get out! Get out!"

Soon after, my cousin entered and stepped forward and said, "I heard that my cousin made a statement that Your Majesty resisted the Zhou army. My cousin thought that there is still a rescue in Dashu?"

"I'm going to save you!" Wang Zhaoyuan looked back and whispered, "I fought a battle in Kuizhou, but no ten of them could defeat a single Zhou army. This battle cannot be fought. Da Shu will be destroyed within a month, and Your Majesty can only sit on the dragon throne for a few more days... You all have prepared early, listen to me, right."

My cousin said in a daze: "Why is that cousin..."

Wang Zhaoyuan glared and said, "If I advise Your Majesty to surrender, can you still talk to me now? My head has moved, can I still speak?"

My cousin thought about it and hurriedly accepted it.

Wang Zhaoyuan was walking back and forth in the room, thinking to himself: When the blacksmith Guo attacked Chengdu, he learned that I did not persuade me to surrender, but also advised Meng Chang to fight to the death. Can blacksmith Guo let me go?

Wang Zhaoyuan felt that he had a way, and this was an intuition. Li Hao did not add any damage to the situation today. Wang Zhaoyuan really didn't understand the reason, but he thought it was like this: Li Hao thought he could still turn things around and was unwilling to do anything.

Li Hao thought he could turn over, how could he turn over? Wang Zhaoyuan thought hard.

At this moment, tall young ladies walked to the door and said happily: "Father, you are really back! We all thought you..."

"Qian'er!" Wang Zhaoyuan's face suddenly showed a surprise expression, as if he saw a light of inspiration, as if he had seen a faint exit.

His daughter Wang Qian was frightened by him: "Father, why are you looking at your daughter like this?"

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm going to die for my father in the battle formation. When I come back, I'll be plotted against by villains again in the temple. I'm walking on thin ice... It's great, it's great to see my family now."

"Father, you have suffered." Wang Qian said in a state of emotion, "Our whole family and relatives can only rely on their father."

Wang Zhaoyuan nodded, sighed, but thought carefully in his heart. Bai Sanniang (Bai Lao) was able to enter the Zhou army's central tent, and even Guo Shao spoke to her very politely.

Bai Sanniang, Wang Zhaoyuan knew who it was. The ex-wife of his son-in-law Li Liangyou was divorced for stealing someone; then Li Liangyou was just a Jinshi, and he had nothing to do with anything, no power, no connections, and Wang Zhaoyuan didn't agree at first. However, his daughter had an affair with him, so Wang Zhaoyuan thought about being an official and could be promoted in the future, so he didn't object.

Wang Zhaoyuan thought: Bai Sanniang was still thinking about her ex-husband, and her ex-husband was her son-in-law, so she listened to her everything... With this relationship, it is okay to settle Bai Sanniang.

Then let Bai Sanniang plead for herself, and even use this to climb Guo Shao, and maybe even bring good luck in disguise!

What is the relationship between Bai Sanniang and Guo Shao? After Wang Zhaoyuan was captured, he found Bai Sanniang in the camp and was very curious and asked: It is said that Bai Sanniang is very good at medical skills and wants to treat Guo Shao’s friends?

It's a terrible thing, she is still struggling to cure her illness; it is said that one of her nieces was sent back to Tokyo for treatment. Wang Zhaoyuan boldly speculated that Guo Shao fell in love with the little lady Lu, and then he pleased Bai Sanniang and was very tolerant of her... It was just to find someone to treat her illness, and the relationship was not yet up to that point.

"Father, why are you suddenly stop talking? What are you thinking?" Wang Qian reminded Wang Zhaoyuan.

Wang Zhaoyuan lamented: "I will be my father for a long time."

Wang Qian was surprised and said, "Have you been letting you back?"

Wang Zhaoyuan whispered: "When Your Majesty was still the crown prince, I was his book boy. Your Majesty could not kill me. The person who wanted to kill me was a general of the Zhou army. They would come to Chengdu and the Shu Kingdom would soon perish."

"What should I do?" Wang Qian said, "Let's clean up the details and find a place to avoid trouble!"

Wang Zhaoyuan sighed, "Avoid disaster? Is the great world the king's land? The entire Shu Kingdom belongs to the Zhou court. Where can we avoid it? Besides, we have so many fertile land and scattered so many things in our family?"

Wang Qian said: "If you throw away money, throw away things, let us find a place where no one knows us to hide."

Wang Zhaoyuan smiled and said, "You have been in a rich and frugal life since you were a child. You have never suffered any hardships, you have never suffered any sins, and you don't understand. It's better if you don't understand. As a father, I think you have always been so good and don't have to endure hardships... But we are a little wronged. Bai Sanniang, the ex-wife of a good friend (son-in-law), has found a big backer. Now there is no way. Let's let her become bigger and you are a young man. Do you agree? Resolve past grudges, aren't everyone just a family?"
Chapter completed!