Liaodong County, Tuhe City (now Jinzhou)

In the not-so-spacious lobby, six braziers are lined around, and flames are crackling in the basin.

After the huge desk, Wanyan Agu, who was wrapped in a tiger-skin coat, was sitting cross-legged, gnawing at the newly roasted wild boar meat.

Under his command, generals such as Oboi, Doeryan, Nian Gengyao were also gnawing on the wild boar meat, regardless of the shiny oil stains on their faces and hands, without any elegance.

Only the strategist Hong Chengchou, who was wearing a Confucian shirt, only used chopsticks to hold the slices of meat in small mouthfuls and savored the taste.

Hong Chengchou took a few sips of wine, chewed a few sips of meat, and chewed it with a little bit of delicious taste before he swallowed it in his stomach with satisfaction.

By accident, a very small piece of meat dump fell on Hong Chengchou's spotless sleeves. He frowned immediately, looking very disgusted. He quickly put down the wine glass, took out the silk scutellar, and carefully wiped the meat dump on his sleeves.

After a while, after the meat stains were wiped, Hong Chengchou breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up the chopsticks and prepared to pick up another piece of meat.

As soon as he looked up, he felt someone beside him looking at him and had been watching for a long time.

When Hong Chengchou turned his head, he happened to hit a strange and unpretentious face and a pair of tiny eyes with sarcastic gazes.

Hong Chengchou smiled awkwardly and said with a self-deprecating voice: "Chengchou has been used to being clean since childhood, and has become a bit of a vicious obsession, which makes Brother Pang laugh."

The strange and unpretentious Confucian scholar was Pang Tong.

At that time, Wanyan Aguda led the Jurchen tribe to reign, and he was entangled in the old Goguryeo tribes in various parts of Manchuria and Yu Fu tribes. He caught Zhang Fei, who was guarding Manchuria, caught him off guard, and was defeated step by step and retreated to Tuhe City.

As a result, in the last battle, Zhang Fei lost the battle and had to abandon the city and flee to Shanhaiguan.

As for Pang Tong, he became a prisoner of the Jurchens during his escape.

Fortunately, Pang Tong was famous enough. Wanyan Aguda was a master of talent and strategy. He admired Pang Tong's wisdom very much, so he used both soft and hard methods, coaxing and scaring to force Pang Tong to surrender to him and give him advice.

Pang Tong was very proud of himself, and of course he disdained to serve the barbarian Wanyan Aguda, and he had been resisting at the beginning.

It was not long ago that Pang Tong accepted the fact that Liu Bei was beheaded in Yanjing that he had accepted the fact that the Han Dynasty had exhausted. Under the persuasion of Wanyan Aguda, he was finally forced to surrender.

Therefore, he, who was famous all over the world, became two strategists who Wanyan Aguda relied on.

"Brother Hong is so particular, he is obviously a person who likes elegance, but he is really inferior to such an environment. Tong is really curious about how Brother Hong is calm?" Pang Tong lowered his voice, obviously because he was afraid that the Jurchens around him would hear it.

Pang Tong's implication is naturally why Hong Chengchou, as a Han scholar who pays attention to etiquette and integrity, chose to live under these ugly Hu Yi.

Hong Chengchou smiled and said meaningfully: "Compared with glory, wealth, reputation, and founding heroes, my little cleanliness is really insignificant. I believe Brother Shi Yuan can understand this principle even more."

Pang Tong's body suddenly shook, his eyes turned extremely surprised, and he didn't expect Hong Chengchou to say such words.

He wanted to be a hero of the founding country, which means that he had beaten Wanyan Agu, the Hu Chief outside the pass, regarded as the founding king!

Pang Tong turned around and glanced at Wanyan Aguda. His outfit in tiger skin, his ugly hairstyle with braids, and his ugly eating look of eating wild boar meat were not as pleasing to Liu Bei, and he could not see the appearance of a founding king no matter how he looked.

"I know that Brother Pang felt that the Great Shanyu was barbaric, uncivilized, and uncivilized. However, based on Brother Pang's wisdom, we should know the principle that people cannot judge people by their appearance."

Hong Chengchou looked at Wanyan Agu with respect and said solemnly: "Pang Brother Pang put down Chen Jian's eyes and look at Wanyan Da Shanyu calmly. Isn't it a hundred times better than Liu Bei who was beheaded by the Tao merchant at the head of Yanjing City?"

Pang Tong's body suddenly shook again, and the contempt in his eyes suddenly collapsed and fell into deep thought.

It was as if he was finally awakened by Hong Chengchou's words and began to truly re-reach Wanyan Aguda.

"In less than half a year, he captured the entire Manzhou Province. Even Zhang Fei and I were not his opponents. Yu Fu, the remnants of Goguryeo, and dozens of tribes all committed loyalty to him. Think about it carefully, Wanyan Aguda can indeed be called a hero of a generation. Compared with him, the late emperor seems to be a bit inferior to him..."

Pang Tong's thoughts flew around, and the bitter expression on his face who was forced to surrender helplessly gradually disappeared, and replaced by a little respect.

"But, you and I are all descendants of China. If you assist the Hu people in seizing the world, wouldn't it be despised by future generations?" Pang Tong had new concerns.

Hong Chengchou smiled disapprovingly, "Brother Pang is really pedantic. The Zhou Dynasty was just a Western barbarian for the Shang Dynasty. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, it opened its foundation for 800 years. Who would still think that the Zhou people were barbarians?"

Pang Tong was shocked physically and mentally.

"Let's talk about the Qin Dynasty back then." Hong Chengchou continued to explain: "Although Qin is located in Guanzhong, it was not just a small country that raised horses for the Zhou emperor, but was also regarded as a barbarian by the princes of the Central Plains. After Qin Shihuang cleared the six directions, annexed the eight deserts, and unified the world, how many years have passed, who would mind that Qin was regarded as a barbarian?"

The surging thoughts in Pang Tong's eyes showed his inner sway, and he was obviously deeply touched by Hong Chengchou's words.

After a while, Hong Chengchou took a breath and said, "So, whether it is China or barbarians, it just depends on whose sword is sharper. If the Huns destroyed Emperor Gaozu of Han in the siege of Baideng, and then took advantage of the fact that the heroes in the Central Plains had no heads, the iron cavalry went south in large numbers, swallowed the entire world in one fell swoop, and established a dynasty belonging to the Huns, then a hundred years later, the Huns dynasty will be destroyed immediately, who would mind whether they were Hu or Chinese?"

After the last words, Pang Tong's body shook, and the last trace of hesitation in his eyes finally disappeared, leaving only the enlightened enlightenment.

He took a deep breath and said seriously: "Brother Hong's words are reasonable, and it is indeed pedantic. If I, Pang Tong, can assist Wanyan Da Shanyu in unifying the world, I, Pang Tong, will be the founding minister. In the future, I will only remember that I, Pang Tong, assisted the founding king and established a great dynasty. Even if I criticize me, it will be just a pedantic theory of the loser. What should I care about?"

"I read that right. Brother Pang is really a wise man named Wang Zuo. With a person like you who assists the Great Shanyu, why worry about our great cause? Come on, I respect Brother Pang for a cup." Hong Chengchou smiled with relief.

Pang Tong raised his glass, no longer felt sad or resisted, and he drank it all in one go.

After drinking all the wine, the two of them burst into laughter.

Wanyan Aguda at the top of the head, looking at Pang Tong, who had been frowning since surrender, was so surprised that he laughed so happily.

He put down and chewed half of the pig's head and said strangely: "Why is Mr. Shi Yuan so happy suddenly?"

Pang Tong bowed and replied, "I just thought that if I could assist a powerful lord like the Great Shanyu, it would be difficult to suppress the excitement in my heart, so I laughed happily."

"Is this really what Mr. Shi Yuan said?" Wanyan Aguda also became excited.

"If every word of the heart is false, it will be punished by heaven and earth!" Pang Tong swore decisively.

Wanyan Aguda was very surprised and couldn't help laughing: "That's great, my Wanyan Aguda finally got the heart of his husband. With the help of a phoenix chick like his husband, my eldest Jurchen will not be far away, hahaha--"

Amid the laughter, a Jurchen officer rushed in and said excitedly: "Report to the Great Shanyu, the commander of Shanhaiguan Wu Sangui, had just sent an envoy to the city, claiming that he had thought it through and decided to accept the reward from the Great Shanyu and surrender to the Pass. He asked the Great Shanyu to lead his army to Shanhaiguan to reinforce to resist the attack of Wei."

As soon as this statement came out, not only Wanyan Aguda in the lobby, but also the other Jurchen generals such as Door Yan were all surprised.
Chapter completed!