Chapter 109 Peace
"The general doesn't have to care, although it will have a negative impact on killing prisoners, but it is also beneficial, at least our army's spirit is more solid, and the soldiers are willing to die for you." Qin Qiong persuaded.
"This is easy to do, when we attack Goguryeo in the future, we will first give an order, surrender and not kill, otherwise we will all be killed, which can break the enemy's fighting spirit, because they know that we really dare to kill." Li Keshi said with a smile, this is why he saw that there was a bad influence, but did not dissuade the reason, after all, this is not the Central Plains, and now it is a troubled time, but there is no imperial history complaint, as for the verbal criticism of some literati, it can basically be ignored in the troubled times, and it is always the military power that can call the shots. Ordinary people are all trying to survive, and whoever gives them food will help them.
"Don't worry, I don't regret killing the Goguryeo people, and if I do it again, I will still make the same decision." Zou Yu hugged his fists and thanked him.
"As for what I just said about putting on the appearance of attacking Goguryeo, this is also very easy to do, we now have more weapons and armor, so that the young and strong can put on the armor and line up behind the formation, and they can put on a large team of men and horses." Li Keshi explained.
"Okay, just do what the military advisor says." Zou Yu agreed.
The next day, as soon as the organization was organized, a warrior reported that a Goguryeo envoy had arrived.
"Goguryeo envoy, what are you doing at this time?" Zou Yu frowned.
"Hehe, if the subordinates didn't guess wrong, they must have come to negotiate peace." Li Keshi said with a smile.
"Anyway, please come in and see what they're up to." Zou Yu said. After speaking, he said to the soldiers, "Call the Goguryeo envoy in?" ”
"Slow!" Su Dingfang greeted.
"The general might as well let everyone line up." Su Dingfang looked at the ordinary young man who was gathering and said.
"Okay, let them stand a little farther away, and arrange the elite in front." Zou Yu understood in seconds and said with a smile.
"Whoa!" Su Dingfang responded and hurriedly went to prepare.
It had already been assembled, so it didn't take much time to get it done, and Zou Yu asked people to bring Goguryeo envoys in.
The head of the Zhong family waited outside the city gate with a little anxiety, he secretly regretted that he should not have come in person, although it was said that the two countries were at war and did not kill them, but the general who dared to kill tens of thousands of people was not like a person who talked about the rules.
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and secretly scolded myself for being carried away, but fortunately, I didn't let him wait long before a guard came to receive him.
Entering the city, the head of the Zhong family couldn't help but be surprised when he saw many soldiers who had already lined up in formation, he had also killed and led the soldiers, and he was still clear about the estimation of men and horses. A cursory glance should be around 30,000, this is that I haven't seen the cavalry yet, and the impression left on the cavalry is too deep.
Originally, I thought that there were only tens of thousands of foot soldiers in Baiyan City, because I didn't see their reinforcements coming, but this scene in front of me was clearly a posture that was ready to start immediately, and it was estimated that it was not his own arrival, these soldiers had already gone outside the city, and the Zhong family master couldn't help but scold the scouts in his heart.
He didn't suspect that this was a false vision, after all, his arrival was so sudden, it was impossible for White Rock City to predict it in advance, and it was impossible for him to make an illusion quickly.
The head of the Zhong family was secretly glad that he had come in time, otherwise he was afraid that he would have to flee for his life, he didn't think that if there was a real fight, those frightened soldiers could resist these well-equipped warriors.
He followed the guards to the castle guard's mansion, and saw those siege crossbows and catapults pushed along the way, which made him even more frightened.
"Zhong Zijin, a petty official of the lower country, has seen the general of the upper country." Zhong Zijin's posture was very low, and when he entered, he bowed down and saluted.
"Excuse me, you and I are hostile, I don't know what happened to the messenger?" Zou Yu asked lightly.
"The lower officials are here to beg for surrender, and the small people of the lower country do not know the depths and offenses, and ask the general for forgiveness." When Zhong Zijin's words came to his lips, he changed again, and the original peace agreement was also said by him as begging.
"The envoy's surname is Zhong, could it be that he is a member of the Goguryeo Zhong family?" Zou Yu asked.
"It's... To tell the truth, Xia Guan is the head of the Zhong family. Zhong Zijin's mind was racing, he gritted his teeth slightly, looked up at Zou Yu and said.
"Oh, it turned out to be the head of the four great families of Goguryeo in person, it's rude, look at the seat!" Zou Yu said with a slight surprise, he knew that the person who came must be a member of the four great families, but he didn't expect that he was still a family head, and he couldn't help but secretly figure out his intention, after all, he really wanted to beg to surrender, and he just sent a hand down, he didn't think that Goguryeo's begging was really to lay down his arms and surrender, it was better to admit defeat and make peace, after all, they couldn't be the master of the royal family.
"Thank you, General." Zhong Zijin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and knelt down beside him.
"The messenger came to beg for surrender, and the general agreed, I don't know when you will come out of the camp and surrender?" Zou Yu asked with a smile.
"Forgive me, general, this is the lower official did not make it clear, this time the king of the plains ordered our four families to send troops, wanting to consume our strength, we don't want to be the enemy of the general, so I want to ask the general to raise his noble hand and let us go." Zhong Zijin squeezed out a smile and said cautiously.
"Bang!" Zou Yu stretched out his hand to pat the case, and the tiger glared and shouted: "So you are here to play, it will not be possible!" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare! The general is angry, the general is angry, this is what the lower official did not make clear. Zhong Zijin was startled, and quickly got up and bent over and said.
"Humph! General, the subordinates see that Goguryeo wants to surrender by deception and delay time, so it is better to cut off the envoy to sacrifice the flag! Immediately storm the battalion, the warriors are ready anyway. Zhang Zhong stood up sharply, clenched his fists and said loudly.
"Misunderstanding! Misunderstand! General, please listen to the explanation. Zhong Zijin was in a cold sweat, for fear that the bearded man would really cut himself with a knife, but he knew that this bearded man was powerful, and he had defended the city for so many days, and he didn't know how many soldiers he had killed.
"Tell me, what kind of tricks do you want to play?" Zou Yu cooperated with Zhang Zhongjian and asked with a cold face.
"We four families are willing to give heavy gifts, just asking the general to raise his noble hand, it is not a joke." Zhong Zijin said quickly.
"Envoy, please take a seat, how much does it weigh?" Zou Yu raised his hand and gestured.
"General, I think there is fraud in this matter, if the gift is in the big camp and we fight down, it will belong to us, and they are obviously fooling us with our own things." Zhong Zijin hadn't sat down yet, Zhang Zhongjian said again, and stared at Zhong Zijin malily after speaking.
"General..."Zhong Zijin wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he only felt that his mouth was dry, and he couldn't speak, he only felt like he had entered a robber's den, and met a group of unreasonable people, quite the feeling of meeting soldiers in a show.