Chapter 659 Letter
Seven days later, Wang Xuan arrived at the west of Guanggu City under the escort of the Dongping Prefecture Army, and then boarded the camp on the mountain to pay a visit to the commander-in-chief Yang Chen.
This mountain is named Yao Mountain. There is a temple for King Yao on the mountain. It is said that King Yao came here for hunting, so it got its name. There are too many Yao Mountains all over the world, including Henan, Hebei and Guanxi.
Yang Chen’s tent was set up near the Temple of King Yao.
When Wang Xuan went up the mountain, he found many traces of the battle that had not been cleaned up. According to Yang Quan, who took him up the mountain, there were more than 2,000 demon thieves on the mountain who were very stubborn. The governor mobilized the Yang family tribe, Hebei County soldiers, and Yinqiang Zhongying to eliminate them repeatedly. It took ten days to finally remove them. Kill all the thieves.
Wang Xuan looked left and right and sighed secretly.
Fighting in the mountains is indeed not as smooth as on the plains. Just hide and seek will take several days.
After some information, Wang Xuan successfully entered the tent, but saw many generals and generals gathered here.
Those with higher status, such as Xi Jian, Jin Zheng, Zhang Shuo, Shao Xu, etc. have seats, while those with lower status, such as Yang Quan, Liu Xia, Gao Jiang, Liu Bi, Liu Ling, Duan Pixian, Duan Wenyang You can only stand while waiting for others.
Yang Chen was commanding and deploying, and he only heard him say: "The soldiers and horses on the ground were watching the spot. When the city god was attacked, there were many casualties, and there may be resentment in his heart. How to arrange it will be discussed in detail after the meeting. This Things——"
Yang Chen glanced around and said, "Where is Liu Ling, the foreign soldier?"
Liu Ling's status was so low that he stood half of his body outside the door. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and roared like thunder: " Commander, the general is here."
After that, he squeezed Duan Wenyang beside him, glared at him, and then looked at Yang Chen.
"You must take it to heart. After the military meeting is over, you will stay." Yang Chen nodded, and then said the next thing: "There are more than 20,000 people who have surrendered, and they will be taken to Jinan in batches for guarding. "This matter will be handled by Bohai Lord Gaofu immediately, without any delay." "Yes," Gao Jiang responded.
"Since the launch of the army, all the troops have fought hard, and they are all on the verge of death." Yang Chen said again: "However, the supervisory army flew to report that many camps were disturbing the people, why?"
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The generals all laughed.
In fact, it was all a trivial matter, and they did not let it go unchecked and killed many people. However, the army had a large number of personnel with different qualities, and the crimes they committed were not only rape, but also robbery. Those who were caught and beheaded were just the unlucky ones, and many fish slipped through the net.
Duan Pixi and Duan Wenyang blushed and were a little frightened.
Among all the military disciplines, their Xianbei soldiers were the worst. He was repeatedly accused by the prison guards, and there were even officers who committed crimes. The guards led hundreds of guards to the camp to arrest them and execute them on the spot.
This kind of thing hurts their prestige very much.
For ordinary soldiers, I gave up my family’s livelihood, brought my own horses and equipment, and threw my life and blood to fight for you. You don’t even have money, but you continue to enforce military discipline. This is too much. Bar?
But Duan Pixi and Duan Wenyang really have troubles that they cannot tell.
To put it harshly, if Yuwen Xianbei and Murong Xianbei fought for Liang Gong and were wronged and felt unhappy, it would be the opposite, because they still have a lot of room for maneuver, but Duan Bu does not .
The supervisors come down to arrest people, what do you do? Hardtop? Even kill the supervisor? That would be the same as rebellion.
The consequences of this rebellion are very serious. There is nowhere to run, and there is no room for maneuver unless you join the Murong and Yuwen families. But we have come to this point, so we might as well hold our noses and submit to Shao Thief.
The leaders of the Duan family were caught in the middle, suffering from both sides and feeling very aggrieved.
Zhang Shuo, the commander of the Silver Spear Battalion, looked indifferent.
His army is recruiting soldiers, and they are regularly distributed food and silk. His family is also allocated about thirty acres of land. He has enough confidence to strictly enforce military laws and rarely disturbs the people. After killing a few people, The whole army was in awe.
"I know you are in trouble." Yang Chen, after seeing everyone's expressions, promised: "The wealthy families in Qi will collect some money and silk. After capturing Linzi, Linqu, Beihai, Donglai and other places, there will still be some wealth in the treasury. . I have to ask for a reward for my sons. Liang Gong is wise and will follow the rules. Therefore, military discipline must be maintained. Don't slack off." "Yes," the generals replied in unison.
"There are deep ravines in the east and south of the city, and Mount Yao in the west of the city. Only in the north of the city there is only a not very wide city god, which has been filled in for me." Yang Chen then went on to the next military discussion: "Eighty thousand people The city is being sieged, and countless people are spending money and food every day. Where is Xi Daohui? "
"The general is here," Xi Jian stood up and saluted.
"From now on, we will step up our offensive to coordinate Nancheng and Dongcheng."
"Follow your orders."
Yang Chen lowered his head and looked through various materials on the case review table. , suddenly said: "The scouts came to report today and smelled the fragrance of meat in the city. I think about it, this is Cao Ni's move to inspire the army. He may go out of the city to rob the camp tonight, so you need to be prepared. Something happened to someone's defense area. , I am not polite, do you understand?"
"I understand." The generals responded in unison again.
Yang Chen continued to discuss one item after another, and did not stop until lunch time.
After the generals bowed and dispersed, Liu Ling and others stayed behind.
Yang Chen motioned for them to wait outside the tent and asked Wang Xuan to be invited in.
"Yang Gong." Wang Xuan bowed and saluted.
Yang Chen stood up and returned the salute, then sat back and said, "My sister has come all the way. Is there something urgent?"
"Liang Gong has decided on a strategy to appease me." After that, Wang Xuan briefly explained what Shao Xun meant.
Yang Chen nodded while listening. In an instant, a letter of persuasion to surrender had been written.
Wang Xuan glanced at it and praised: "Yang Gong's calligraphy is truly outstanding." "Your father's running script and cursive script are not bad either." Yang Chen said with a smile.
After laughing, he called an aide, asked him to find someone to copy multiple letters of surrender, and sent knights to shoot into the city at night.
"Liang Gong is still in Lu County?" Yang Chen asked after the staff left.
"Exactly." Wang Xuan didn't know what he meant and answered cautiously.
"Do you still have business to attend to?" Yang Chen asked again.
"Visit the counties, meet with the elders, and appease people's hearts." Wang Xuan replied, "This is Liang Gong's business, so I don't dare to slack off."
Yang Chen hummed and waved. Make him stand down.
Wang Xuan bowed and resigned.
Yang Chen was silent for a moment, and finally sighed and asked the soldiers to call Liu Ling and others in.
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The night attack did happen as planned.
Cao Yi ordered 3,000 people, went out from the north gate, followed the trench filled by Shao Jun, smashed the earthen wall, and went straight to the camp.
But I don’t know what happened, but the other side seemed to be on guard. The soldiers who attacked at night fought fiercely for half the night, and finally came back defeated.
Cao Yi personally counted the people at the city gate, but less than a thousand people came back, and he almost shed tears.
They are all old men who have been following him for many years! It was broken and lost in a battle, which was very painful.
When the generals saw him, they also shed tears.
A group of grown men cried and cried for half the night. Finally, Lao Cao returned home sadly, slept in his clothes for an hour, and then got up silently. He didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so he dressed up neatly and began to patrol the city.
Guanggu is his hard work.
From the very beginning of the construction, we started to keep an eye on it and did not allow any corners to be cut. Later, a large number of people were recruited and a lot of materials, money and food were consumed, and finally it was completed.
Someone once suggested expanding it to include Guangxian County in the southwest, but he ultimately rejected it.
The current Guanggu is of moderate size. It can not only station a considerable number of sergeants, but also store more than half a year's worth of supplies - if there are fewer people, it can even last longer.
If we include the old city of Guangxian County, it would be a little too big and would add to the trouble.
So, he is very satisfied with the current Guanggu City. If he insists on defending it, he can theoretically hold on for a long time and kill a large number of people on the attacking side - until now, Shao Jun has only cleared the outer forts. , Part of the city was filled up, and it was only able to touch the bottom of the city wall, but no large-scale attack was launched.
But he has confidence in the city itself, but not so much in the people who defend the city.
He believed in the soldiers who were scornfully called "monster thieves" by the Jin court, but what about the soldiers and horses of the wealthy families? Loyalty is questionable.
In addition, there are also temporarily recruited servants from wealthy families, young people from the city, etc. Even if these people are loyal, they can't be beaten. In many cases, they will even cause chaos and cause huge headaches. .
So, every morning and evening, he would patrol the city with his trusted generals and staff, checking for leaks and filling in the gaps, and he was very diligent. After experiencing the failure of the camp robbery last night, he didn't dare to slack off, for fear that someone would steal the city gate open one day and move his head.
After spending half an hour patrolling the entire city, Cao Yi led his people down the tower. At this moment, a staff member came over with a letter of persuasion to surrender, not knowing what to say.
Cao Yi was a little suspicious when he saw it. He reached out to grab it and took a rough look at it. Then, he kept this action unchanged for a long time.
"Ming Gong." Pengpi, the Dongge sacrificial wine drinker, leaned over and called softly.
Cao Yi woke up from a dream and subconsciously put away the letter of persuasion to surrender, but then he thought of something and asked: "We were fighting in the north of the city for half the night last night, and we ignored other directions. Someone is coming——"
The general stepped forward and bowed.
Cao Yi ordered: "Immediately take people to visit the camps and collect this letter. There must be no mistakes."
"Promise." The general took the people away.
Cao Yi was not a fool. He knew very well that this letter would not be the only one to persuade him to surrender.
Since the staff can pick up a copy from nowhere, God knows how many letters have been picked up by officials, generals, wealthy families and even soldiers.
Thinking of this, he hesitated and handed the letter of persuasion to surrender to Fengpi.
After reading it with a solemn expression, Feng Pi handed it to others.
Everyone circulated it one by one, and in the end they were all silent.
With a straight face, Cao Yi stopped staying on the street and headed towards the shogunate. Everyone quickly followed and followed closely behind.
As soon as he entered the mansion, Cao Yi stopped, turned around and looked at Fengpi who was closest to him, and stopped talking.
Peng Pi bowed and saluted, as if he was risking his life, and said with emotion: "Mr. Cao, the matter has come to this, so there is no doubt about it. In this way, the people of Guanggu can avoid a catastrophe. Mr. Cao You can also save your family."
Cao Yi remained silent for a long time.
(End of this chapter)