The bitter meat tactic has been around since ancient times, but the one who really promoted it and made it famous all over the world was Huang Gai who used the bitter meat tactic to deceive Cao Cao into surrendering during the Battle of Red Cliff. This is the legend of the burning of Red Cliff.

So when Zhuge Ke saw the whip wounds on Qin Yuan's back, he sneered three times and concluded that Qin Yuan also wanted to imitate Huang Gai and resorted to a trick to feign surrender in order to earn money from Gui Chou Jian.

If there is any abnormality in Yuan's reaction, he will immediately be thrown out of the gate and beheaded in public.

Zhuge Ke's reaction was naturally what Qin Yuan had expected. He put on his clothes slowly and calmly said: "I have heard for a long time that Zhuge Yuanxun is extremely intelligent and resourceful. There are few people in the world who can match it. I saw him today."

, but then I realized that it was nothing but what the world said, it was all exaggeration and not worthy of its name.”

Tang Zi scolded angrily from the side: "How brave! How can you allow General Zhuge's reputation to be slandered like this?"

However, Zhuge Ke did not get angry. He waved Tang Zi away with his hand and said calmly: "How come you are not worthy of your name? Can you tell me?"

Qin Yuan said calmly: "When the two countries fought, there were surrenders. Why did General Zhuge conclude that it was a bitter trick when he saw the wounds? When Huang Gai pretended to surrender to Cao Cao, it was a plan to sneak attack Cao Jun's water stronghold with fire ships.

Now I come here alone, unarmed, and my army has lost nothing. How did General Zhuge know that I did not sincerely surrender? Originally, Sima Yi wanted to kill someone in the Wei camp, and someone came here to avoid disaster. Unexpectedly

It doesn't matter if General Zhuge is jealous of you, it means death anyway, so why should you be afraid? Please ask General Zhuge to behead someone immediately, and this will also end the northern soldiers' desire to return to the south."

Zhuge Ke had a gloomy look on his face. As he said just now, he did mean to test Qin Yuan. However, Qin Yuan answered fluently and couldn't see any flaws. Every sentence he said was reasonable, especially the last sentence, to cut off the Northern Scholars.

Zhuge Ke was even more stunned by his desire to return to the south.

For a long time, Wei was strong and Wu was weak. Those who surrendered to the enemy and rebelled against Wu were immediately discarded. However, those who surrendered to Wu from Wei were few and far between. Now it was not easy for anyone who surrendered to surrender, but he was killed indiscriminately.

The consequence might be that those Wei generals who were preparing to surrender to Wu would be deterred.

Therefore, without definite evidence, it is impossible for Zhuge Ke to kill Qin Yuan.

However, with just these few words from Qin Yuan, it is obviously impossible for Zhuge Ke to have no doubts and trust him completely. When dealing with such surrenderers in front of the formation, Zhuge Ke must be cautious and cautious, and cannot leave any doubts.

Every bit of luck.

"I only thought that General Qin was a brave general who charged into battle. I didn't expect that he was also an eloquent bachelor. How disrespectful and disrespectful." Zhuge Ke laughed and said. At this time, he did not mention whether Qin Yuan surrendered in real or fake ways.

Instead, he praised Qin Yuan's knowledge.

Qin Yuan can be regarded as a child of a noble family, and he is also literate. He is not comparable to ordinary barbarians and reckless men. He has already heard the implication of Zhuge Ke's words. Obviously, Zhuge Ke's test on him has not yet ended. Fortunately, Sima Shi gave him

There are several sets of scripts to deal with various situations that may arise. Fortunately, the current plot development has not exceeded the scope of the script, and Qin Yuan can barely cope with it.

The military commanders in the Han and Wei dynasties were not as distinct from civil servants as the military commanders in later generations. Most of the military commanders in this era were well-educated people. For example, Yang Hu and Du Yu were not only famous generals, but also literati, including Zhuge Ke himself.

He can also be called a Confucian general.

So even though Qin Yuan was fluent in his answers and eloquent, there was nothing strange about Zhuge Ke. On the contrary, he felt that Qin Yuan was a talented person. With his knowledge and talent, he could only serve as a general in the Wei army, which was a great humiliation of his talent.

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At this time, the military officer came in a hurry and whispered a few words in Zhuge Ke's ear. Zhuge Ke nodded frequently while listening, and glanced at Qin Yuan from time to time.

Qin Yuan suddenly understood that this must be Wu Jun's secret operation hidden in the Wei military camp to pass yesterday's news back. It just so happened that this could also prove Qin Yuan's words from one side.

Sure enough, after listening to the words of the military officer, Zhuge Ke's expression softened a lot and said: "If General Qin sincerely surrenders to our Soochow, I will treat him as a national soldier. If he pretends to surrender in an attempt to profit from it, I will kill him.

No mercy!"

Qin Yuan immediately said: "The general who will return to Soochow in the end will never have two minds. If he has any different ambitions, he will be punished by heaven and die with thousands of arrows piercing his heart."

Zhuge Ke waved his big hand and said: "Come here, buy some wine and calm down the wind for General Qin."

The Wu soldiers immediately prepared a banquet in a side tent. Zhuge Ke personally took Qin Yuan's hand and sat down in the side tent, with all the generals accompanying him. The banquet was completed by land and sea, and it was a luxurious banquet.

"General Qin was born in the North, but he doesn't know whether he is used to Jiangdong's food?" Zhuge Ke pointed at the table full of fish, shrimps, crabs and turtles and smiled.

Qin Yuan said: "Fortunately, I'm not very picky about food, as long as I can keep my belly warm."

"Even if you are not used to it, there is nothing you can do about it. General Qin will not be able to eat food from the Central Plains in the future. You can only adapt slowly. Come, with this first glass of wine, I respect General Qin for abandoning the secret and turning to the bright. From now on, you and I will be together.

As ministers, we will serve Soochow together." Zhuge Ke raised his wine glass and saluted Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan deliberately half-bowed and drank the cup.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became lively. Zhuge Ke toasted frequently with enthusiasm, and the generals of the Wu army also took turns holding the toasts, which made Qin Yuan unable to resist.

Looking at this formation, Qin Yuan understood that Zhuge Ke didn't fully believe in himself. He clearly wanted to get him drunk and make him speak the truth after drinking.

Qin Yuan secretly yelled, "Although his drinking capacity is not bad, no matter how good his drinking capacity is, he cannot withstand so many generals from Dongwu taking turns to toast. If he continues to drink like this, he will definitely get drunk and unconscious."

After the personnel incident, Qin Yuan could not guarantee what he could and could not say.

Thinking of this, Qin Yuan simply pretended to be drunk. After drinking a few drinks, he deliberately staggered and said: "General Zhuge... I am... too drunk... no... I can't drink anymore..."

Zhuge Ke chuckled and said, "I'm in a good mood today, and we won't go home until we get drunk."

After raising a glass and trying to persuade him again, Qin Yuan only drank half of the glass, then fell on the table and couldn't get up from the table.

Zhuge Ke stretched out his hand and pushed him and said: "General Qin, you can't drink enough. Come on, come on, drink again, drink again!"

Qin Yuan was lying on the table, mumbling indistinctly, and was as limp as mud.

Zhuge Ke winked at the attendant behind him and said, "Come here, help General Qin back to his tent to rest.

The attendants immediately supported Qin Yuan and left.
Chapter completed!