The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 201 Absurd Prestige Mission

As soon as this remark came out, Cen Wenwen immediately became a thorn in Xiao Liangjun's side, a thorn in his flesh.

You know, Cen Wenwen was Xiao Liang's chief civil servant before he was captured.

The status can't be said to be low, and the power can't be said to be prominent.

However, it was such a person who actually acted as a lobbyist for the Sui army, persuading Xiao Liang to surrender the city and surrender.

Hearing this, a civil official loyal to Xiao Liang couldn't help being furious, and shouted: "Cen Wenwen is a traitor, it's in vain that King Liang valued you so much before."

"But after you were captured by the Sui army, you didn't want to repay your kindness and committed suicide."

"Instead, he took refuge in the Sui dog and was willing to serve as the eagle dog of the Sui army."

Cen Wenwen couldn't bear the sound of accusations.

After all, Cen Wenwen was once an important minister of Xiao Liang, and now he is entrusted by Gao Qi to persuade him to surrender, it is completely normal that he can't bear it.

But when Cen Wenwen thought of what Gao Qi said to him, Cen Wenwen became more determined to persuade Xiao Mian to surrender.

It is only said that after the Yanmen Army won the decisive battle with the Xiao Liang Army led by Gong Yuan and wiped out the Xiao Liang Army.

Gao Qi then decided to send envoys to Jiangling to force Xiao Mian to surrender.

Finally, under Liu Bowen's suggestion, Gao Qi found the captured Cen Wenwen.

For a while, Gao Qi analyzed: "Mr. Cen, now your army has lost the decisive battle with us."

"The last armed force was completely destroyed, so our army could have taken Jiangling directly."

"It's just that the general knows that once a strong attack is launched, the people in the city will definitely be affected by the flames of war, which will only increase casualties, and the gains will outweigh the losses!"

"That's why I wanted to invite Mr. Cen back to Jiangling, explain the reason, and persuade Xiao Mian to surrender."

As for why Gao Qi agreed to let Cen Wenwen persuade him to surrender.

One of the main reasons is that Cen Wenwen is a local in Jiangling City, and he certainly does not want to see his hometown being affected by the flames of war.

The second is that Gao Qi knew that when Li Jingping and Xiao Mian of the Tang Dynasty were in history, it was Cen Wenwen who persuaded Xiao Mian to sacrifice Jiangling and surrender.

Therefore, with such a lesson learned, Gao Qi chose Cen Wenwen.

Immediately, these words echoed in Cen Wenwen's mind invisible for a while, and he couldn't help but became more determined to persuade Xiao Mian to surrender.

After a moment of silence, Cen Wenwen walked out slowly and said loudly, "King Liang, all 30 troops of our army have perished at the hands of the Sui army."

"Now the royal city is extremely empty, the Sui army can attack the city at any time, and then it can be broken in one go."

"And what I want to say is, but Liang Wang knows that once the siege battle breaks out, not only the soldiers of the two armies will suffer huge casualties."

"Even the people in the city are not immune to the impact. King Liang has ruled the south of the Yangtze River for more than ten years. Does he want to see the end of the people's families being destroyed and their wives and children separated?"

Following Cen Wenwen's words of persuasion to surrender loudly, Xiao Mian couldn't help but fell silent.

"Yes!"

"Now that the 30 troops have disappeared, what else can Gu use to fight against the Sui army?"

For a moment, Xiao Xian's firm heart couldn't help being shaken after hearing Cen Wenwen's words of persuading him to surrender.

Suddenly, Xiao Mian was caught in a dilemma of choice.

For a moment, two thoughts appeared in Xiao Mian's mind, and they were struggling.

On the one hand, Xiao Xian had the will to surrender the city and remove the title of king.

On the other hand, Xiao Xian refused to surrender. After all, rebellion is a serious crime that kills everyone.

Xiao Xian knew very well that even if he surrendered the city, he might still be executed by Ling Chi according to Emperor Yang Guang's disposition.

"Gong Yuan, tell me, should Gu surrender to the Sui army or not?"

As the contradiction deepened, Xiao Mian finally chose to ask Gong Yuan, a general of his Yuan Gong.

As soon as the words fell, Gong Yuan on the side said slowly: "King Liang, in fact, it doesn't matter whether you vote for the Sui army or not."

"Even if King Liang chooses to defend the royal city to the death, our army has been completely surrounded and reduced to an isolated city."

"In addition to the failure of the decisive battle and the loss of the last armed force, how can we resist the attack of the Sui army?"

For a while, Gong Yuan did not comment on Xiao Mian's question.

It is just an illustration of the actual situation in this day and age.

"King Liang, no matter what choice you make, my minister Gong Yuan will follow you through life and death, and will never betray you!"

Suddenly, at the last moment, Gong Yuan suddenly stood up and said these words with a firm expression.

Hearing this, Xiao Mian couldn't help being shocked on the spot.

After a while, Xiao Mian couldn't help laughing out loud, the laughter was filled with relief and relaxed expression.

Because, Xiao Xian also has truly loyal ministers under his command, generals who are loyal to him.

In the end, after careful consideration, Xiao Mian agreed to surrender the city.

After all, Xiao Xian is also very aware of the current situation, all his troops have been completely lost.

Even if he refuses to surrender now, and continues to defend the city behind closed doors, stubbornly resisting, so what?
It's just temporarily delaying the time of extinction.

He was talking, if he really shut himself up behind closed doors, besides Gong Yuan, would there really be anyone else to help him?
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In the Yanmen army camp, Gao Qi was hesitating in his tent, unable to calm down all the time.

After a long time, Gao Qi muttered to himself: "Can Cen Wenwen persuade Xiao Xian to surrender?"

Although, in history, Cen Wenwen did persuade Gong Yuan, and then surrendered to the Tang army.

But now the trajectory of history has long changed, and Gao Qi is not sure whether Xiao Mian will choose to surrender like Yuan Shi did.

Di, hello host, the summoning stone will release the second ring of prestige missions.

Suddenly, just as Gao Qi was getting restless, the elf's words sounded again.

For a moment, Gao Qi could not help but sit down cross-legged, and asked slowly: "The second ring of the prestige mission?"

"I don't know what the task is?"

Thanks to the previous prestige mission, Gao Qi's immunity to this mission has been greatly enhanced.

Besides, the rewards of the last mission were indeed very rich.

Therefore, after hearing this time, Gao Qi not only didn't complain, but had a glimmer of expectation!
Di, host, the second ring of this prestige mission is for Xiao Mian to take the initiative to surrender, and the host must get the approval of Xiao Mian's daughter Xiao Yuexian.

This task can only be considered complete if Xiao Mian Kaicheng surrenders.

And if one of the two conditions fails to meet the standard, the Summoning Stone will determine that the task has failed.

Since this task does not involve the common people in the world, this task is not mandatory.

The host can choose to accept or reject, but if the task is successfully completed, there will also be a task reward.

After hearing this, although Gao Qi knew that this was an optional task, he still chose to accept it.

After all, the last mission reward was so generous that even Gao Qi couldn't stop.

But then, Gao Qi noticed something about this task, and couldn't help complaining: "Little elf, what the hell is it to get the love of Xiao Xian's daughter?"

"After Xiao Liang was destroyed, Xiao Xian, as the leader of the rebels, must be escorted back to the capital by Yang Guang's order."

"At that time, according to Yang Guang's temperament, Xiao Mian will definitely die."

"And as the general who took the initiative to escort Xiao Mian to Beijing, he must be the chief culprit who killed Xiao Mian."

"Therefore, it is already thankful that Xiao Xian's daughter didn't regard me as an enemy and assassinate me."

"How will I get Xiao Yuexian's heart?"

Hearing this, the elf smiled and said, "It depends on the host itself."

For a moment, Gao Qi stuck out his tongue and was speechless: . . . . .

(End of this chapter)