Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "I'd rather die than surrender, I really am a loyal and righteous man, but the Shouchun reinforcements led by General Wenqin were defeated by me, and I will return to Xiyang on the same day, and I can take Jiangxia within half a month, and then march into Yu, Yan, Qing, and Xu Prefectures."

At that time, how long do you think Wei will be able to hold out? Is it three years? Or five years? Now that my Han is employing people, as long as you are willing to surrender, you will be a general in the future, and you will become a feudal official. ”

Wen Qin was silent for a while when he heard this, and what Zhuge Liang said was true.

As soon as Jiangxia is lost, Yuzhou and Yanzhou will have no danger to defend, and Yuzhou soldiers and horses are scarce, Yanzhou and Xuzhou have also been transferred a large number of young and strong people over the years, and they are simply unable to stop the footsteps of the Han army.

Thinking of this, Wen Qin said: "My Wen family has been greatly favored by the Wei State for generations, how can I easily rebel against it and do things that betray the Lord and seek glory?" Besides, my family is in Wei State, if they surrender, they will definitely be implicated, even if you are waiting for the generals in the Han Dynasty, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, so what's the point? Please also ask Da Sima to kill me, all my loyalty! ”

Wen Qin's words seemed righteous and awe-inspiring on the surface, and he regarded death as home, but smart people heard the meaning of his words.

If you want me to surrender, it's not that you can't do it, but there are two difficulties.

The first difficulty is reputation, if I surrender to the enemy after defeat, it will definitely damage my reputation, and if I surrender directly, I will definitely be looked down upon and infamous in the future.

If you want me to surrender, you have to solve this problem first.

The difficulty of reputation is actually very easy to solve, as long as Zhuge Liang treats each other politely and shows enough attention.

For example, Pan Jun in history, after Jingzhou was captured by Jiangdong, Sun Quan personally went to ask him to surrender.

You want me Wenqin to surrender, and you can be courteous and show enough attention, so that if you surrender with the boat, you can be called a confidant and die, you Wei State doesn't pay attention to me, and the Han is so good to me, what's wrong with surrendering?

In this way, this will not do much damage to the reputation, at least it will not be infamous and looked down upon.

The second difficulty, of course, is the family.

How can this be solved? Naturally, he found a way to bring his family out of the Wei State.

Wen Qin's meaning is that as long as you can solve these two difficulties, I will surrender, if not, then you might as well kill me to fulfill my name of loyalty.

"Hmph, the villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Zhuge Dan also heard the meaning of seeking perfection in Wen Qin's words, and couldn't help but sneer coldly.

Zhuge Dan is Zhuge Liang's cousin, and now that Zhuge Liang is here, Wen Qin didn't dare to scold him, for fear of angering Zhuge Liang, so he was silent.

Zhuge Liang didn't seem to hear Zhuge Dan's words, clapped his palms and smiled: "General Gaoyi, it's really admirable, come on, prepare a camp tent for General Wen, let him rest well, and entertain him with good food and drink." ”

Wen Qin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and it seemed that Zhuge Liang understood his mind and would help him deal with his concerns about surrender.

Wen Qin was taken down, and when Zhuge Dan saw this, he said: "Kong Ming, I advise you, this person is good at meritorious service, and he likes to falsely report his merits, which is not of great use." If he hadn't deliberately targeted me, how could I have been ambushed? It's better to kill these people directly! ”

Zhuge Dan is not thinking about the Han Dynasty, but seeing that Zhuge Liang has the idea of subduing Wen Qin, he is unhappy, you Wen Qin has caused me to lose the army, I want to die, why do you continue to enjoy glory and wealth? If you want to die, let's die together!

"Don't talk about him, don't talk about him!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and he was going to loosen the tie for Zhuge Day.

Zhuge Dan took another step forward: "If you want to kill, you will kill, I said, I would rather die than surrender!" ”

Zhuge Liang persuaded: "Public leave, why should you and my brother be like this? I don't want you to surrender, can you catch up with the foolish brother? ”

Zhuge Liang said, and went to loosen the ties for Zhuge Dan, but this time Zhuge Dan did not refuse.

"Come, please!" Zhuge Liang loosened the tie for Zhuge Festival and asked Zhuge to sit down.

Zhuge Dan was not polite, and sat down generously.

Zhuge Liang also sat down, looked at Zhuge Dan and said with a smile: "On public leave, since my uncle took me out of Langya for Jingzhou in the second year of Xingping, how many years have we been avoided?" ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Dan groaned: "It's been thirty-six years, right? At that time, Liu Bei led Xuzhou, Liu Bei, Emperor Wu, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu fought in all directions, and Xuzhou was in turmoil all year round, and my uncle took you to Jingzhou.

At the time of separation, you and I were not yet adults, and I don't want to think that now, you and I have passed the year of destiny, hey. ”

Zhuge Liang also showed a look of embarrassment, and then asked: "Yes, we were still children at that time, and now my two sons are twenty years old. ”

Zhuge Dan heard this and said: "It's Zhuge Zhan and Zhuge Shang, right?" The two of them are now famous. ”

Zhuge Dan's words are good, the Zhuge brothers went to the grassland as a young man and made a big mess of Xianbei, although he was not as big an official as him, but his reputation in the world was even greater than that of his uncle.

"It's just a little fight!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and asked Zhuge Dan again: "Then I don't know who are in the public retirement family?" ”

Zhuge Dan said: "There is only one son and two daughters, and now they are just young children, so there is nothing to say." ”

"Oh!" Zhuge Liang nodded: "Although he is still a young child, he should also take it with him to teach him at all times." If you don't take it with you, it will be difficult for you to become a talent without teaching. ”

Zhuge Dan sighed and said: "It's still too young now, I originally thought that I would receive teaching from my side in two years, but now I ......"

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he asked, "Then I don't know where my nephew and niece are?" The virtuous brothers refused to surrender, and after they left, when the Wei State was destroyed, I found them to raise. ”

Zhuge Dan did not doubt it, and replied: "They are all in Luoyang, and I still have surplus wealth in my family, which is enough for them to live, and I don't expect them to become talents, but I am afraid that they will go astray without being taught." In the future, if my Great Wei really does not exist, please ask Kong Ming to take care of it. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement, and reminisced with Zhuge Dan.

The friendship between the two is actually not deep, and after talking for more than half an hour, Zhuge Dan had nothing to say, so he got up and said: "Okay, the old is also recounted, and there is nothing to say about gossip, so send me on the road, if you Kong Ming is a brother to me, let that Wenqin accompany me on the road." ”

Zhuge Liang ignored Zhuge Dan and instructed the soldiers: "Come on, take him down to rest, take care of him, he said something went wrong, I only ask you." ”