Chapter 28: The Role of the Letter of Surrender
"General, the enemy army has retreated, are we going out of the city to pursue?" a young general looked at Li Su and asked.
"The lord has an order, my army can't hold on, not to mention that the enemy army is strong, and the pursuit is a dead end. Li Su looked at the retreating imperial army and said solemnly.
"Clean up the towers, and let the wounded be treated by military doctors. Li Su ordered loudly.
"No. ”
On the city tower, the Xiliang soldiers in the city began to clean up the scene.
And at this time!
When they cleaned up the arrows fired into the city by the archers of the court, they were surprised to find a problem.
"Why is there paper tied to this arrow?"
"And every arrow is tied to it?"
Many of the soldiers who cleaned the arrows saw the letters of surrender on the arrows.
When they opened the book of persuasion with curiosity, they were immediately shocked.
"It's... This is the handwritten letter of surrender of today's son. ”
"Dong Zhuo is dead, when today's son regains control?"
"This ...... Are the rumors true?"
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After seeing the letter of persuasion, many Xiliang soldiers suddenly came back to their senses and understood.
Why did you not see Dong Zhuo in this section, why did you suddenly evacuate from Sizhou and evacuate to this Chang'an City.
There is only one reason, that is, Dong Zhuo is dead, the Son of Heaven is in power, and now he is driving in person to destroy the rebellion.
"The lord is deceiving us, this time it is not Lu Buxing who is rebelling at all, but we are rebelling against the Son of Heaven. ”
"Could it be that the army in front of the city before was not surrounded by a certain general, but the current Son of Heaven, His Majesty the Emperor of my Han Dynasty?"
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When I saw the letter of persuasion, I thought of the majestic figure of tens of millions of troops in the previous war.
They suddenly thought that although the figure was riding a horse, it had never put on armor, let alone a battle helmet, but was dressed in a dragon robe and a crown on its head, just like the costume of the Son of Heaven.
"The Son of Heaven is personally marching, we are all rebellious, if the city is broken, we will be exterminated by the Nine Clans..."
When they had thought it all through, a sense of horror crept through their hearts.
Son of Heaven, that is the supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty.
As long as it is a great Han people, no matter who it is, everyone is in awe when it comes to the Son of Heaven.
After all, the thoughts of the Heaven and Earth Monarch have been instilled since childhood.
Everyone's subconscious, resisting the Son of Heaven is equivalent to looking for death.
At this moment, the people who cleaned up the battlefield were not only the Xiliang soldiers in the city tower, but also the arrows that had been shot into various parts of the city, and many Xiliang soldiers had picked them up intentionally or unintentionally, and when they saw the letter of persuasion, almost every one of them had an idea, and they all understood the status at the moment, rebellious.
Rebels against the Son of Heaven.
"What are you looking at?"
Because of the letter of persuasion, many Xiliang soldiers fell into contemplation, and this was also noticed by Li Su.
"Will... General, is the captain already dead?" asked a small soldier in a trembling voice.
"Bastard, you are bold, you actually dare to curse the captain?" Li Su frowned and scolded.
"The villain doesn't dare, it's... It was the enemy outside the city who carried a letter of persuasion on the arrows that came in, saying that the captain was dead, and the Son of Heaven was personally marching. The little soldier knelt on the ground in panic and handed the letter of surrender in his hand to Li Su.
"Letter of persuasion?" Li Su took the paper in the hands of the little soldier with doubts, and when he looked at it, his expression suddenly changed greatly: "Everyone is in strict formation, if the enemy army comes to attack, and defend with all their might, I will go back to find the lord first." ”
After speaking.
Li Su left the city tower quickly, not seeing the increasingly suspicious eyes of many Xiliang soldiers.
Obviously, Li Su's performance betrayed him, which made many Xiliang soldiers even more convinced that Dong Zhuo was dead, and it was expected that after today, the entire Xiliang army would spread the content of the persuasion letter, and Jia Xu's plan had already achieved most of it.
Taishou Fufu.
Li Suhuo hurried over.
"My lord, it's not good. Li Su said solemnly.
"Why are you so flustered, could it be that the city gate has been breached?" Guo Yan asked in a panic, and suddenly stood up from his chair.
"It's not. Li Su shook his head.
"Then why is it so urgent?" asked Guo Yan in surprise, a little displeased.
"My lord, look at this book of persuasion. Li Su didn't say anything, and directly handed the letter of persuasion in his hand to Guo Yan, who took it directly and looked at it, just like Li Su's expression before, it became extremely dignified.
"How much of this letter of surrender was thrown into the city by the enemy?" asked Guo Yan solemnly.
"Countless. Li Su thought about it and replied honestly.
"Immediately send down the order, anyone who dares to hide the letter of persuasion and discuss the contents of the letter of persuasion will be killed. Guo Yan's eyes were cold, and he said fiercely.
"Lord, this is only afraid of treating the symptoms but not the root cause, if you kill soldiers in the city because of this persuasion letter, the morale will be greatly damaged. Li Su persuaded.
"I can't control so much now, if the whole army knows that the Taiwei is dead and the news of the Son of Heaven's personal expedition, morale will be even more damaged, and our army will not be far from being defeated and broken. Guo Yan said angrily, as a general who was once trusted by Dong Zhuo, although he did not have Li Ru's strategy, he was not stupid, he didn't know that this was a conspiracy, and it was impossible to avoid it.
"The lord is right, that's the only way, if the city is broken, none of us will survive. Li Su gritted his teeth and thought about it, and he also figured it out.
"Also, immediately invite Li Dao and Xu Rong to come over, there will be a discussion. Guo Yan thought for a while.
"No. Li Su was ordered to retreat.
"Little Emperor, I didn't expect you to be so insidious, you actually used such means, I really underestimated you. Guo Yan's eyes looked at the sky coldly, showing endless anger.
It didn't take long.
Li Dao, Xu Rong, and Zhang Ji came to the Taishou Mansion.
looked at Guo Yan with an angry face, and was very surprised.
"General Guo, what's going on, why did you call us over in such a hurry?" asked Li Wei curiously.
"Look. Guo Yan handed the letter of surrender to the three of them.
"When the Son of Heaven has such a strategy, if this letter of surrender spreads throughout the whole army, there is no need for the Son of Heaven to attack the city, we will have internal strife, and the Son of Heaven will take advantage of it. Xu Rong said solemnly.
"Naturally, I also saw it before I consulted with you, and now there is only one way to solve this letter of persuasion, suppress it by force, prohibit anyone in the army from keeping this book privately, prohibit anyone from discussing it, and those who violate the order will be killed. ”
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