8mi Chapter 368: Surrender Or Fight
Chapter 368: Surrender Or Fight
Chapter 368: Surrender or fight
"Boy, now that you have become the prince, have you ever thought about what kind of king you want to be?"
Soldiers are cleaning the battlefield on the side,
Lan Zheng, the prince of Donggan, was used by the army of the champion prince of Xigan.
Not as a prisoner, but as an equal, face to face dialogue with the top general Bai Yu.
The sun is shining brightly, the ice and snow are melting little by little,
Just like this environment,
It seems that the darkness has passed and everything is getting better little by little.
Bai Yu narrowed his eyes and asked the young kid in front of him with interest.
"What kind of king am I?"
Lan Zheng hesitated,
He had imagined what kind of person this peerless champion his father admired and admired would be.
Now that I have met and gotten along with him,
It is indeed indescribable and unimaginable. "Four Eight Three"
"A great hero must have the courage and ambition to match."
Bai Yu asked him as if to remind him: "What about you?"
"..."
Lan Zheng shook his head: "I am not a great hero.
Bai Yu glanced at him and said lightly: "Don't you want to?"
"Don't act modest and troublesome in front of me."
Lan Zheng:......
He twitched his lips and said: "I want to live up to my father's expectations and manage the entire court well.
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at him with interest: "Is that just that?"
"Um."
Facing Bai Yu’s eyes,
Lan Zheng nodded slightly, his words sincere and realistic: "The ruler only needs to manage his subjects well."
But at this moment,
He thought again of the few soldiers who had sacrificed their lives after leaving their names to delay time for him when he had just retreated.
He was dazed for a moment,
He continued: "Also, I hope that the people can live a happy and healthy life without threats to their lives.
The things that a leader needs to do are actually pretty much the same.
Whether it's Lan Xi, Lan Chi, or Lan Zheng in front of me.
In fact, what they think is not too far apart, but the focus is different.
Bai Yu nodded slightly without commenting.
He just continued to ask him: "So, what are you going to do?"
"How to do it?"
Lan Zheng hesitated,
Bai Yu didn't seem to react. What was the purpose of this question?
Bai Yu pointed to the towering Lieyang City in front of him and said calmly: "I won't kill you, even... I will let you go immediately."
"You need to make a choice."
"I chose to surrender in Kaicheng to save the lives of the defenders. Although I had a bad reputation when I conquered the Xiongnu in the west and did not leave any surrendered soldiers, I have not killed any Qianyuan people who surrendered since I went north from Lizhou.
"Or, decide to fight me to the end..."
Bai Yu spoke calmly and frankly towards Lan.
The power of choice was given to Lan Zheng.
A few simple words,
However, behind this frivolous option are the lives of countless soldiers.
"this.....…"
Lan Zheng's whole body was shaken.
surrender?
How can it be?!
He was the prince who was unwilling to retreat when the invaders of the Northern Zhou Dynasty came to the city, and was willing to live and die with the soldiers.
How could he surrender?!
If he surrenders, what will happen to his father when he returns? What will happen to Donggan?
DA…
Facing these iron-blooded troops led by Bai Yu, these terrifying warriors.
What should he do?
Fighting with the most legendary general after the bloody general Yun Yao?
Can he win?
Can he sustain it until his father's army returns?
There are also Northern Zhou invaders watching from the side.
How can he win?
Besides, even if my father’s army comes back,
Attacking from both front and back, there was Bai Yu's army of tigers and wolves in the front, and the menacing Xiqian army came later.
Can they really win?
How can we win this war?
Lan Zheng really couldn't find the answer to this question.
Bai Yu looked at Lan Zheng's silent look and was not in a hurry. He just smiled and said, "Let's go back to the original question."
"Tell me now, are you becoming the king to continue the rule of selfish power and to maintain the supreme status of the king? Or are you to better manage and protect the military, ministers and people?"
"If you have both, tell me which one is more important to you?"
Bai Yu's eyes were exceptionally deep and bright, as if he could peer into the human heart through his pupils.
Lan Zheng came back to his senses,
Facing Bai Yu's gaze, he was also in a daze.
Then he said seriously: "The latter."
"really?"
"really!"
"Since it's the latter, why don't you surrender to me?"
"this.…………"
Bai Yu smiled softly when he heard this and asked him: "Strength is an indispensable ability for a king, but the most important ability for a king is not fighting..."
"You said, in terms of management and system alone, is the system of Donggan more mature? Or the system of Xigan is more mature?"
"Do you think it would be better to leave this world to your father? Or would it be better to leave it to the Western Emperor?"
"Look, are the people in Donggan living happier? Or the people in Xigan are happier?"
Bai Yu asked a series of questions, and Lan Zheng, who spoke directly, stood there blankly.
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"Since you believe that becoming king is to better manage and protect the military, ministers and people, why not hand over Donggan to Xigan to promote unification?"
Lan Zheng raised his eyebrows and said: "The conditions for doing things here and there are different...
The answers to Bai Yu's questions are obvious.
The people of Xiqian probably live a happier life than Dongqian.
So it stands to reason that if Donggan is handed over to the Western Emperor, the people here will live a better life.
If Lan Zheng considered the military officials and the people, he should have surrendered to Xigan.
However, there is a reason for this,
To the north of Donggan, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was eyeing him, and Lan Chi himself was also a military king.
We must vigorously develop the military, and there will definitely be a war, and harsh government is inevitable.
In addition, the inherent system is too rigid and has too many moths.
Of course, the 0.6 is much bulkier than the Xigan.
If it were him, or Lan Xi standing in Lan Chi's position, she wouldn't be able to do very well.
At least that's what Lan Zheng thinks.
"Do you think it's easy to start from scratch and establish a new political power in a strange city?"
Lan Chi's side is full of vigor and fighting.
Lan Chi, a hero in troubled times, is also brilliant, famous and unparalleled in his dominance.
Compared with Lanchi,
Lanxi is indeed much calmer here,
But Bai Yu knew how much effort his lovely Empress had put in to get to this point.
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows and asked him with a chuckle: "Besides, don't talk about useless reasons. Most people in this world only look at the results."
"The result is that working in the east is not as good as working in the west."
"It's inferior in every aspect."