After cursing, Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to continue his impassioned speech, but he was overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears. He could not even speak. I wonder if he was thinking of his wife and children who were still settled in Huainan.

Zhang Jun turned his head to look at the other party, and then glanced at the hundreds of officers in the courtyard who were silent. Then he slowly spoke: "You are all sensible people. Let me ask you, if I, Zhang Jun, surrender today, how many people would be as unhappy as Zhao Zhizhou?"

Zhao Qiu and Shi Wenbin, who were sitting on the left, both breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not that I don't like it." Someone at the table dared to interrupt. "I just heard what the prefect said, and I want to ask the commander, why did the emperor personally cross the river to see you on New Year's Eve? I was guarding the south water gate watchtower on New Year's Eve, and I saw Yang Dalang coming..."

"It's nothing. It was the time you encountered, Li Laosan. The emperor asked Yang Dalang to lead me over from the other side. He spoke to me for a few words and brought me the head of Liu Guangshi. He encouraged me to defend the city and then left..." Zhang Jun said bluntly.

Upon hearing this, not only did the courtyard become bustling with activity, but even Shi Wenbin and Zhao Qiu looked at each other in shock.

After a long while, when Zhang Jun had finished eating a duck leg, the noise gradually died down. Then the man from the corner spoke loudly again: "If that's the case, I have a question!"

"Tell me!" Zhang Jun threw away the duck leg bone, his hands covered in oil, and stopped there.

"If Emperor Zhao had come in person that night, wouldn't the bird message shot by the Jin people be all fake?"

“It’s natural.”

"Where is the head of that thief Liu Guangshi?"

Zhang Jun did not answer, but turned his head and gestured to Tian Shizhong behind him. Tian Shizhong did not say anything either, but picked up a food box from under his feet and walked to the middle of the yard and dumped it on the ground. Sure enough, a lifelike head fell to the ground along with the ice. Tian Shizhong picked it up and threw it directly to the nearest officer. The officer looked at it in his arms and passed it to the person beside him.

The noise started again, then gradually died down, and then Li Laosan started chattering again:

"So, if you surrender to the Jin people and offer the city today, aren't you selling the government on the other side of the river directly to the Jin people?"

"Not really. The emperor will naturally leave when he sees what's happening in the city." Zhang Jun said indifferently. "If it really doesn't work, we'll have a deal today and send someone to tell Henan..."

"If that's the case, I have an explanation."

"Tell me about it."

"That night I was leading the way on the shore. I cursed Liu Guangshi all the way, but Emperor Zhao didn't say he would chop off my head. I feel bad about surrendering like this. Can you let me deliver the letter? If I go, I won't come back. You, General Zhang, can take your money and I can be your assassin... What do you think?"

Zhao Qiu couldn't help but wink at Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun sighed helplessly: "If you say so, Third Brother, I really don't want you to leave!"

PS: Xiaojiu caught a cold today and was busy all day... I wanted to save some manuscripts today... It hurts.