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But he was about to surrender, wouldn't he have failed Jiang Jinjing's trust in him?

For a while, Xu Douguan hesitated.

Ran Lifei waited at the side.

After a long time, Xu Douguan waved his hand, "Go back first, let me discuss this matter with the soldiers."

Ran Lifei cupped his hands when he heard the words, "Tomorrow our army will use trebuchets to attack the south gate of Fengyuan City, and I hope the general will evacuate all the soldiers at the south gate at that time, we just let the general feel the power of our magical soldiers.

In addition, please rest assured, the general, we will not attack the city tomorrow, but just demonstrate our siege equipment, and I hope the general will never send troops to defend the city. "

After speaking, Ran Lifei turned and left.

This was discussed before.

If persuasion does not work, use force to deter them by the way, so that the other party can feel their magical weapons.

Presumably, if the two are superimposed together, the other party will be shaken.

If possible, it would be the best to take down this city without wasting a single soldier, and that's what Lu Chensheng wanted to see.

Ran Lifei left, leaving behind the soldiers who looked at each other.

Xu Douguan sat down, looked at the soldiers beside him, and waved his hands casually.

"You have all worked with me for many years, and today the other party came to persuade you to surrender, so let's talk about it together."

Xu Douguan's eyes flickered, and his heart was not very peaceful.

Chapter 564 I'm Not Here

persuade to surrender.

Whether to surrender or not is quite difficult to choose.

What the other party said was extremely tempting, as long as they agreed to surrender, there would be no deaths at that time.

The people in the city will not be affected either.

But if he surrendered like this, wouldn't he directly bear a lifetime of infamy?

This is also worthy of the emperor's trust in them.

"Whatever the general does, I will do whatever I want, and I will follow to the death!"

The general who had followed Xu Douguan for the longest time heard the words and said something directly to show his loyalty.

The rest of the people heard the words and responded one after another.

Xu Douguan waved his hand, "There's no need to be like this. The army outside is well-trained and hasn't heard of defeats. It must be extremely difficult to deal with. If you have any thoughts in your mind, just say it directly."

Xu Douguan also wanted to hear the opinions of his subordinates.

"If they surrendered, I think the generals of Xinghan City would not break their promises. When Jiyun City was taken by them before, after all the soldiers in the city surrendered, none of them were killed. Even the generals at that time also survived."

Hearing the words, Wang Youlong pondered for a while and said.

He speaks rather reservedly, but it can be seen that he is quite biased and surrendered, but he didn't say it clearly, which is also because he is afraid of telling the truth.

"Surrender is absolutely not possible. We are all paid by the imperial court. When foreign enemies come, we surrender. This kind of behavior has no backbone. I think those Confucian scholars in the imperial court were able to defend the city and die. Is it difficult for us to pay back?" weaker than them?"

When Qian Ganshi heard the words, he immediately shouted, his tone was extremely aggressive, and he didn't mean to compromise at all.

"Hmph, it's a foreigner, a Tartar, can this be the same? In the war back then, did some generals surrender? But it's different now, the people who came are still Han Chinese!

They will not slaughter the common people, nor will they slaughter the soldiers who surrendered, and they can even let the common people live a prosperous life!

Let me tell you the truth, my family also does business with Xing Han City, that Xing Han City has gradually changed from a desolate land to such a rich place, and many people were homeless due to the catastrophe of the Zhou Kingdom. Starve the streets.

Was it Xing Seoul who took action and saved those people with the grain in his granary?Then he rescued these people for a year!One year!

Putting this matter on our emperor, is it really possible to do this?

Lu Chensheng is still from our Jiang country, and now he treats the people of Cheng Zhou country like this, do you still doubt his attitude towards the rest of the people?Throughout the ages, I have never seen such a compassionate and kind-hearted ruler!

If he can take over, I also want to see how he can govern this world well! "

When Wang Youlong heard the other party's words, he scolded himself as a coward inside and out, and immediately became angry, and directly complained.

"There are many things to say, but that can't be a reason to surrender without a fight!"

Qian Ganshi said angrily.

He knew what the other party said was right, but he felt that he was fighting for the court because he was living on the court's salary.

Surrender as soon as the foreign enemy comes, so what, if such a spineless thing is done, he will never feel at ease for the rest of his life!

"Then you have to be able to fight. If you can't fight, there is no reason to continue fighting. Isn't this sending you to death for nothing?"

Another general also spoke at this moment.

"We haven't fought yet, so you think you can't fight? Don't think that I don't know that you have a good relationship with that Lu Qiping. Although the other party is gone now, you will inevitably still face him!"

The other person also scolded angrily at this moment.

"You still have the face to mention him? How did the military generals of the Lu family die back then? It was because some people let foreign enemies in. In order to fight for the imperial power, they did not hesitate to mutilate the generals, and they did not hesitate to betray Jiyun City, so many people in Jiyun City died. , How many girls who have not left the court have been ruined!

You still remember the generals of the Lu family, so don't you know how they died?

Everyone in the Lu family died, and there was only one seed left, but someone wanted to destroy their roots, just for the sake of imperial power, and they did it so insanely!

The Lu family is full of heroes, you will never forget it!

Looking at the Lu family boy today, if he wants revenge, he beat the Tartars away, and now he is rebelling, and he still clearly distinguishes between big things and wrongs, not like some people, who did things like this It's disgusting! "

Wang Youlong was also furious at the moment, it was good not to mention this matter, but when this matter was mentioned, how could he not think of what happened before?

People who are well-informed also know about the events of that year, and the one who let go of Jiyun City was the current emperor.

But no one dared to say that since he was in power, anyone who dared to talk nonsense about this matter would be executed.

Hearing this now, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Silence!"

When Xu Douguan heard this, he slammed the table violently.

Now that he has not surrendered, can he speak nonsense?

If the word reaches the emperor's ears, everyone here will die!

The rest of the people also understood the seriousness of this matter at this moment, and they were all depressed at the moment.

For a moment, the atmosphere was dull and depressing.

The group of voters who opposed the surrender just now are silent now, and their expressions are unpredictable.

They also recalled this incident. To be honest, whenever they think of this incident, it makes people feel chills.

For the sake of imperial power, he actually did such a thing.

That is to say, the generals of the Lu family guarded the city at the beginning, what if they were replaced?I am afraid that the result will not change in the slightest.

They will die too, in Sending Cloud City.

Compare with Lu Chensheng.

Lu Chensheng is now also for the imperial power, but they did not choose to let the Tartars go all the way south, so that both sides will suffer from the loss of both sides, but directly attack and defeat the opponent.

Such a comparison, the difference between the two is really too big.

The military generals who originally objected were also speechless at the moment. They just wanted to refute, but now they couldn't find any reason to refute.

"How about waiting for tomorrow? Didn't they say that they will show us their weapons tomorrow? Everyone go back and think about it today. After all, you can't just make a decision on this matter."

A person who looked more stable at the side made a suggestion at this moment.

In terms of major matters, even if it is a one-sided decision, you will go back and think about the countermeasures, and you will make a decision only after you feel that there is really nothing wrong.

Now this surrender is even more important, so naturally we have to be more cautious.

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other and nodded.

There is no need to discuss today. Enough has been said. Let's go back and calm down, and think about it tomorrow.

Chapter 565

The next day, not long after dawn, the sound of rumbling drums outside the city was suddenly heard.

Everyone panicked at this moment, but then calmed down again.

Because they all know that today the opponent will pretend to attack the city. It is said that it is to let the generals defending the city see how powerful Xinghan City is.

The common people didn't understand very well, but they were still quite calm.

At this moment, Xu Douguan also withdrew the soldiers from the south gate.

He saw that the opponent's army did not come forward, and he also wanted to believe the opponent.

After a while, the drums stopped, and seeing that all the soldiers on the city wall had withdrawn, Bai Yi sat on the bloody horse and waved her bare hands.

The trebuchet on the side started to move.

"Hey, my lord is too kind. If you really want to fight, you can actually take it down in a short time. The city walls here are not as high as Xinghan City. It's too easy to take down."

The general at the side watched this scene, shook his head slightly and said.

Bai Yi didn't speak, but Cheng Xue who was on the side glared at her.

"There is an army of 20 inside. If we forcibly attack the city, how many of our soldiers will die in battle? Don't bleed if there is no need to bleed. Even if the soldiers die generously, it is impossible to really wrong the lives of the soldiers. do one thing.

If you really have such an idea, when the time comes to deliver the corpse to the soldier's family, let you go! "

Cheng Xue's words made the general startled, and then he shook his head again and again.

This kind of thing is simply everyone's nightmare. Everyone would rather go to the battlefield to fight a few more times, but they are not willing to send their comrades home.

Every time you get to the door of your house, you don't dare to knock on the door.

On that day, they would all wear extraordinarily solemn clothes, and the people of Xinghan City also knew this rule. When they saw a soldier come to the door wearing such a suit, it was basically to report a funeral.

That kind of heaviness made the soldiers hesitate for a long time even knocking on the door.

How dare he deal with such a thing.

Seeing the other party shaking her head endlessly, Cheng Xue snorted coldly and ignored this guy.

The trebuchet on the side has been prepared and launched quickly after debugging.

Xu Douguan and others in the distance saw something bright and shiny flying over, and then directly smashed into the battlements.

"boom!"

I only heard a roar, and then I saw the inside of the battlements, which suddenly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Then you can see crystal fragments flying around.

The trebuchet outside the city was still going on, and after only a few rounds, a piece of the city wall was already covered with flames, and the flames prevented everyone from approaching at will.

The trebuchet outside the city also stopped, but the flame inside still did not stop and continued to burn.

The soldiers on the side all turned pale when they saw this. It was also fortunate that there were no soldiers inside. If they were inside, they would have been burned to ashes by now!

This means that hiding behind the parapet is useless!

"What was this just now?"

Xu Douguan's face was ugly, and he asked the rest of the people on the side.

He had never seen or heard of such a thing before.

"I don't know, but looking at the thing that just flew over, it seems to be glass developed by Xing Seoul City, and it should be filled with kerosene or something."

Wang Youlong wasn't very clear about what it was just now.

But after thinking about it, I also had a guess in my heart.

In his family, He Xing Seoul has done business, and he has seen glass before. The thing that just flew over is obviously glass.

After thinking about it, I came to such a conclusion.

He was also a little panicked at the moment, he never thought that this glass could be used as a weapon!

Moreover, the city wall is full of shards of glass at the moment. If it is not cleaned up, the soldiers would have no way to set foot in the past.