Volume 1 Chapter 30: Deception
Just when Qin Yu was dealing with this, Hu Jun launched a surprise attack by taking advantage of the night!
The night attack of the Hu army only lasted for a short time, and the Hu army had similar night attacks before, the real purpose of which was only to make it difficult for the defenders in the city to rest, and this time it seemed to be the same, and when the defenders rushed to the city head one after another, the Hu army withdrew, and only shot some arrows sporadically at the head of the city.
However, the officers and soldiers defending the city soon found that this time was different from the previous night raids, because many arrows were tied to the shafts of the arrows, and many of the soldiers and civilians defending the city at this time were forced to stay as cannon fodder when the refugees were released out of the city, and the strong men who had been trapped in the city for more than a month, and still had the strength to walk and even defend the city, all of them were relatively wealthy, so they persevered until this moment.
Most of these people have the conditions to study privately, so they can naturally read more or less, so under the torches, one letter after another was opened, and by the time the officials began to collect Hu Jun's letters, the content had spread rapidly throughout Dingyuan City.
"If you don't surrender again, the Hu army will attack the whole army the day after tomorrow! When the city is broken, not a single person in the city remains? ”
On the tower of the city gate, the top floor of the three-story city tower has been flattened by the war, and in the second floor, the state assassin Shi Tiemiao and General Mu and others have heavy faces, in front of them, there are a bunch of collected letters, most of which have been opened by the officers and soldiers guarding the city.
A civilian official was shocked and said: "It's bad, it's bad, if this Hu army attacks the city with all its might, we will definitely not be able to resist it!" Why don't we abandon the city and flee. ”
"Where to escape?" The people on the side reprimanded angrily: "This Hu army is surrounded on all sides, run?" Where are you going?. ”
"What should I do, what should I do, I am really going to die in the city now."
Na Lingzhou's face changed, and he suddenly thought of an extremely important matter, and said with a bitter face: "We haven't been killed, and we are about to starve to death!" The city is running out of food! Why didn't Han Shuai lead the army to break the siege! ”
General Mu shook his head slowly: "You can't escape first, this city!" Whether the handsome man comes to save him or not----- I still have to defend it!
But there was a worried saying: "The morale of the army has been weakened, and I am afraid that this city will not be able to be defended." The army and civilians defended the city, and they were still hoping that the Hu army would be forced to retreat, and the imperial army would break the siege, but now as long as the Hu army is attacking the city with all its might, Dingyuan will be broken, and everyone will die without a place to be buried, who still has the heart to defend the city? ”
A battalion captain said with an anxious face: "This officer has just returned from patrolling the city, and the officers and soldiers under my battalion are still calmer, but those who have captured the people who came to the city are extremely frightened, and now they account for at least half of the troops defending the city, if they don't want to defend it, this city will be broken by the Hu army without the full siege of the Hu army." ”
Tie Miao Zhengse said: "So what, do you and I have to sacrifice the city and obey Hu Jun?" Ladies and gentlemen, who wants to surrender and be the one who is unfaithful and unrighteous and who will be infamous for ten thousand years? ”
As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials beside him hurriedly said: "We are loyal to the emperor, how can we have such intentions, but I am worried that once Hu Jun implements this desperate plan, our hard work in January will be wasted, and the city of Dingyuan will not be defended, so we are at a loss." ”
Tie Miao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, this official has a plan, or he can get rid of the siege of the Hu army." ”
General Mu said movingly: "What is Lord Tie's clever plan, tell me quickly." ”
Tie Miao elaborated on the plan he had already thought in his heart, and General Mu hesitated: "This Lord ----, Tie, you have to think clearly. If this plan succeeds, the Hu army will naturally collapse without attacking, and the siege of Dingyuan can be solved. But once it fails------, defending the city since ancient times, it is a last resort, it is not possible to surrender by fraud, and the defenders of the city surrender by fraud, once the city is broken, it is not only the disaster of slaughtering the city, but the soldiers and civilians in the city are really unsafe. ”
Tie Miao sneered: "Hu Jun's desperate plan to slaughter the city is to force us to surrender, and your desperate plan is to cut off our way back." Seeing that General Mu had no objections, the rest of the people did not dare to show their opinions, although they slandered.
Tie Miao Huo Ran fought and said loudly: "If you die, you will die, so we will also die as we deserve!" ”
Early the next morning,
In the middle of the night, the people who were guarding the head of the city in the east city were all transferred and replaced with General Mu's henchmen, and they saw many soldiers busy here from a distance, and they didn't know what they were doing under the city gate.
At dawn, Lingzhou Assassin Shi Tiemiao and General Mu and others gathered the defenders, and the defenders in the city knew that the Hu army was going to attack and slaughter the city, and the people were panicked, and they had not slept all night, and they were called over again in a daze, and they didn't know what was going on for a while.
Tie Miao said sadly: "The Hu army has besieged the city for more than a month, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city have done their best to defend and serve the king. Now the city is becoming more and more difficult, the imperial court reinforcements have not been seen for a long time, last night Hu Jun shot a book into the city, saying that if he does not sacrifice the city, he will slaughter the people of the whole city, and the jade will be burned. As the Lingzhou Assassin Shi Shepherd, I reported to the court and went down to An Lishu. Today, the soldiers and civilians of Dingyuan have been sticking to the lonely city for a month, with countless dead and wounded, and they have been loyal to the imperial court, so how can we bear to let the soldiers and civilians of the whole city be buried here, so -----, this official and you have consulted with you, and decided to surrender ------ the city! ”
As soon as these words came out, the cheers were thunderous, and hundreds of people shouted wildly, that is, many soldiers, and their faces also showed a relieved smile, and the Hu army outside the city did not know why, and suddenly heard the movement in the city, and immediately strengthened the vigilance, but carefully observed, but said that the sound of cheers and excitement came from the city, and they couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.
Tie Miaorong's soldiers and civilians shouted wildly, and then pressed his hands down slightly, and continued: "This official has selected a few officials, and they are ready to surrender the city with the official out of the city and negotiate with the Khan of West Lake......
Three civil officials came out in response and looked around at the people.
Tie Miao said again: "In order to let the Xihu Han understand the sincerity of the soldiers and civilians in my city, I also have to invite a few fathers and elders to go together, so please nominate a few people to come out and go to the military camp in Xihu with the envoy of this official." ”
A letter of begging written by Tie Miao himself and signed by various high-ranking officials was shot down from the city and fell into Hu's military camp.
Hu's attack, which was supposed to be launched again in the early morning, stopped.
After last night's offensive propaganda, the Great Khan of Naxihu expected that the army in the city would inevitably be disheartened, and under the threat of slaughtering the city and destroying the people, the resistance of the defenders would be greatly weakened. Early in the morning, he regrouped for battle, ready to advance the day! Fighting hard and conquering the distance, unexpectedly, the city actually shot out a surrender book, that Xihu Khan did not expect that the power of this desperate plan was too much, and could not help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered to stop the siege of the city, waiting for the city to send a messenger to surrender.