Faced with Fu Wang's straightforward question, Jiang Pengji did not show the expected awkwardness. Instead, she snorted contemptuously.
"General Fu, who gave you the illusion that I don't dare to do it?"
Jiang Pengji got up from her seat and walked to Fu Wang. They were less than five feet apart.
From an outsider's point of view, this distance was rather dangerous because Fu Wang could explode and violently break free to assassinate Jiang Pengji.
Even though others knew that their lord was good at fighting, they still felt worried for her at such a distance.
Undoubtedly, Jiang Pengji's answer was beyond Fu Wang's expectation. He looked surprised.
What was even more surprising was that Jiang Pengji helped him to free himself.
Fu Wang could not help but waver.
"A fine bird chooses a good tree to nest in. So what if I have three masters?" Jiang Pengji threw away the hemp rope in her hand and freed Fu Wang. "The Meng's are just incompetent villains. They put you in an important position on the surface, but they are always on guard. Don't you feel wronged working for such villains? Outsiders say that the Meng's are very good to you. I think you know the details better than anyone else. "
Fu Wang snorted and did not take her provocative words to heart.
Jiang Pengji's words hit his sore spot. He had been suffering under the Meng's, but it was not enough for him to give up the Meng's and go to a new master. They seemed to like each other, but they had reached a tacit understanding in secret.
If he went to a new master, would Fu Wang get the same attention?
It was easy to talk, but it was another thing to do. He had seen this kind of recruitment trick many times.
"I am a rough man who doesn't have much education. I don't know how to use flowery words. If you have something to say, just say it. You don't have to beat around the bush. "Fu Wang did not fall for the common trick of stepping on the Meng's and flattering himself.
To put it bluntly, the Meng's were trash, but the person in front of him was a fairy.
No matter how bad the Meng's were, he had given Fu Wang benefits. Fu Wang did not expect the Meng's to treat him as a confidant anyway. In his opinion, if Jiang Pengji really wanted to recruit him, she should show him the truth instead of talking nonsense.
In Fu Wang's eyes, whether it was to trample on the Meng's or to flatter himself, it was all self-promotion and self-flattery.
Who didn't know how to brag and talk big? Who didn't know how to do that?
Meng Zhan often talked about his ancestor, Meng Jing, who was a few generations away, to increase his value and popularity.
Fu Wang was a stubborn person. Ordinary methods of recruitment were useless in front of him.
Some people could be conquered with ideals and blueprints, because these people paid more attention to the satisfaction of the spiritual level, and words could move them more than money. However, there were some people who were completely realistic. Benefits were only good if they could get their hands on them. There was no use talking.
Jiang Pengji rolled her eyes and changed her strategy.
"General Fu is a straightforward person. Since that's the case, I won't beat around the bush." Jiang Pengji smiled at Fu Wang and said, "General, you are now my prisoner. Not only you, but also your trusted subordinates. If the Meng's send someone to ransom the prisoners, even if they can leave, you can't. There are only two options for you. One is to kill yourself, and I will tell the public that you are loyal and unyielding. You only want to be loyal to the Meng's, and you won't change your mind. The other option is for you to surrender, and everything will go on as usual. "
Fu Wang was silent at first. He didn't expect Jiang Pengji to be more straightforward than he expected. When he realized it, his expression became gloomy.
"Governor of Liuzhou, do you mean to die or surrender?"
Not only that, but she also used Fu Wang's trusted subordinates as a threat?
Jiang Pengji smiled helplessly and said, "Didn't you say to be more straightforward? Do you understand what I'm saying? "
Wasn't what she said quite straightforward?
Not to mention Fu Wang, even a deaf person could understand.
Fu Wang didn't say anything. His dark eyes flashed with a strange light, as if he was calculating something.
"Have you thought about what you want to choose?"
Jiang Pengji was clear that Fu Wang was willing to appear in front of her alive because he wanted to surrender.
The reason why he was still stubborn was that he wanted to fight for some benefits for himself, such as protecting his trusted subordinates.
Normally, almost no one would be at ease with a general who had just surrendered, let alone return the other party's military power to him.
What if the general was pretending to surrender and suddenly stirring up trouble while the new lord was not on guard?
In order to prevent the surrendered general and his former subordinates from taking advantage of the opportunity to create trouble, the original organization would be broken up. On the surface, it seemed like they were putting the other party in an important position and giving him a lot of trust, but in reality, they were transferring their own people to the other party's command. Even more straightforward, they would directly deprive the surrendered general of his military power.
It seemed like they were protecting the other party's military power, and they looked like they valued and trusted him, but in essence, they were promoting him.
Fu Wang snorted coldly and was not prepared to express his stance.
Jiang Pengji said, "I can subdue you once, so naturally, I can defeat you a second time. General, you have to think carefully."
It was already humiliating to be captured once, but if he was defeated by the same person a second time, it would be a great humiliation.
Moreover, Jiang Pengji's style was overbearing. She would not give Fu Wang a second chance.
He could either pledge allegiance to her and work for her, or he could die. Was she going to let Fu Wang live to seek refuge with the enemy and cause trouble for her?
Fu Wang seemed to be provoked. He said, "How can there be an invincible winner in this world? Magistrate Liu, aren't you being too full of yourself? "
What's more, the other party was too arrogant.
Fu Wang thought he was arrogant enough until he came into contact with Jiang Pengji. Only then did he realize that there was always a higher mountain.
"I advise you to think about it again, lest you regret it for the rest of your life."
Jiang Pengji still refused to show her conditions, so the operation to recruit Fu Wang could only be put on hold.
When Fu Wang was taken away to recuperate, Jiang Pengji's expression darkened.
She muttered, "I really want to cut him with a knife. He's not pleasing to the eye no matter how I look at him."
Meng Hun, who was beside her, said, "Why won't you say it directly?"
The quality of the soldiers under Fu Wang was very good, but they were used to Fu Wang's leadership and had a tacit understanding with each other. If this group of soldiers was thrown to other generals to command, they might not even be able to exert half of their combat power. Jiang Pengji had decided to retain Fu Wang's military power from the beginning. This condition should be very attractive to Fu Wang, but why did his lord refuse to say it?
"Drag it out and grind down his arrogance."
Jiang Pengji said calmly, as if this was the truth.
In reality … she simply didn't like Fu Wang.
Meng Hun actually believed Jiang Pengji's reason and nodded in agreement.
"That's good too. Fu Wang gets whatever he wants in the Meng's. He's usually quite arrogant. In order to win him over, the Meng's rarely say no. " Meng Hun secretly shook his head. "Let's put him aside for now. Maybe it can grind down his arrogance."
His lord was different from the Meng's. It was unlikely that she would agree to Fu Wang's request.
To give a ready-made example, his lord had a good relationship with Feng Zhen, right? However, every time Feng Zhen asked for something from her, she always rebuked him. If Fu Wang didn't change this bad habit after he surrendered, he would sooner or later have a conflict with his lord.
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