The next day, Zhuge Liang led the army to Xiangwu City, raised Hao Zhaoshuai's banner and golden drum under the city, and persuaded You Chu to surrender.

You Chu saw the various flags under the city, and then heard that Hao Zhao had been defeated and fled, and his face turned pale at the moment.

He said to Changshi Ma Hao and Gongsun Zheng, who joined the army, "Xiangwu is already an isolated city, and it must not be defended. I am too shou in Longxi, and I have the responsibility of guarding the land, if I can keep it, I will defend it. ”

"However, now the city cannot be defended, if you forcibly resist the Shu captives, it will only make the people in the city suffer from war, and I can't bear to do it."

So he personally shouted to the city, "And please let someone appease the people in the city first, and open the door and surrender the day after tomorrow." ”

The soldiers under the city sent You Chu's words back to the Han military camp, and Wei Yan was very angry when he learned this, so he persuaded Zhuge Liang to say, "Prime Minister, he also said that he would surrender in a month before, but who knows that four months have passed. ”

"Now the three counties in the east have been decided. Only Longxi still wants to resist the heavenly soldiers, his words are just delaying time, I don't know what tricks there are. The last general asked for orders and attacked the city directly. ”

Zhuge Liang didn't agree immediately, he looked at the city not far away, and suddenly asked, "Feng Mingwen, what do you think?" ”

When Feng Yong heard this, he hurriedly said, "According to the last general, the prime minister might as well promise him, it's just a matter of waiting for two more days." ”

When Wei Yan on the side heard Feng Yong's words, he immediately held the handle of the knife in his hand and glared angrily at Feng Yong, "How do you know about the shaft?" ”

Feng Yong squinted at Old Pifu Wei and sneered, "At the beginning, General Wei wanted to lead an army out of the Slope Valley, so that the prime minister would come out of Longyou, and threatened to be able to go all the way to Chang'an Tongguan, according to the current situation, but?" ”

Old thief Wei, are you still the same as when you kneaded when you first arrived in Hanzhong?

Can't even capture Xiangwu City, and still want to fight Chang'an to take Tongguan? Wei big mouth!

Cao Zhen in Yicheng is enough for you to drink a pot!

Wei Yan was furious, stepped forward, and with a "bang" sound, the long knife was half out, and he was about to force it up, shouting, "Shaft, dare to insult me?" Looking for death? ”

Feng Yong saw Wei Yan's appearance of wanting to choose someone to devour, and he was slightly shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but take a step back.

Guan Xing saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly stood in front of Feng Yong and said to Wei Yan, "General Wei has something to say!" ”

Feng Yong's heart was at ease, look left and right, Guan Ji, the mother-in-law of Lao Tzu, is not here, otherwise see how she cleans you up!

Zhuge Liang knew that the two had a grudge and had a headache, so he immediately reprimanded, "Before the army, what do you look like like this?" Isn't it a lack of strict military law? ”

Wei Yan snorted, and then returned the knife to its sheath and returned to its original position angrily.

Guan Xing also retreated.

"Feng Yong, you say, what is the reason for agreeing to the other side? If you can't say one, two, three, see how I clean you up. ”

Zhuge Liang turned to Feng Yong again, his face was not good.

Feng Yong naturally knew why Wei Yan was thinking about attacking the city.

He hurried to Longxi with light troops, wanting to take Xiangwu without a fight, but he didn't expect to be caught off guard and forced to retreat by You Chu.

Then Hao Zhao arrived, so that he could only retreat to Nan'an County.

A few days ago, Zhuge Liang led the army to converge, and he took the initiative to ask for orders to attack the city, and was burned by Hao Zhao.

has been frustrated under Xiangwu City continuously, but I am afraid that he has long hated this Xiangwu City.

In addition, since the Northern Expedition, he is the only one who has not made any contributions along the way.

Seeing that Xiangwu was already the final battle of the Northern Expedition, he still hadn't made an inch, and with his arrogant personality with eyes on his head, he was afraid that he felt that he had lost face.

Therefore, Xiangwu, the last place to get credit, he is naturally unwilling to let go.

But how could Feng Yong let him get his wish?

I could only hear him say slowly, "Prime Minister, now it seems that Xiangwu will be broken, it just depends on whether it will break early or late, if it is attacked, it will definitely be captured in three or five days." ”

"But if the city is sieged, the people in the city will be plagued by war, and then the father and son will live and die because of this, and there will be resentment. In this way, wouldn't it only make it more difficult to govern Longxi in the future? ”

"Besides, even if you use a stone-throwing truck to smash the city wall, and in the end, you have to attack the soldiers into the city and fight, won't there be casualties?"

Therefore it seems to Yiyong that it is better to promise him first, and wait two more days. If he does not surrender after two days, it will be a breach of trust, and we will be forced to attack the city. ”

"The troubles of the people of the city are to them, not to me. If he surrenders as scheduled, it will be even better, the Han can not only save the lives of the soldiers, but also the people in the city. ”

"Why not take two days in exchange for such a benefit?"

After Feng Yong said this, Zhuge Liang didn't speak, but Wei Yan said again, "Since there is a war, how can you avoid casualties among the soldiers?" If you are afraid of casualties, how can you take charge of the army? It is better to go back to the rear to raise pigs. ”

Feng Yong suddenly glared angrily, this old horseman!

"Then this Xiangwu City, first deceitful, then stubbornly resisted, and now it is impossible to do things, and it is really hateful. If it is not used by military force, it will not be said that some people will follow the same example in the future. ”

Wei Yanzhen said, "Therefore, why don't you take this opportunity to be surrendered and break into the city to deter latecomers." ”

"When the first emperor raised his army, the princes of the world took the slaughter of cities as a common thing, especially the Cao thieves, and the number of slaughtered cities was countless. Only the first emperor, acting with benevolence, can continue the Han Zuo with the body of weaving mats and selling shoes. ”

"Why? It's just because the first emperor regarded the people of the world as the people of the Han Dynasty, so he couldn't bear to do harm. The Cao thief regarded the people of the world as pigs and dogs, so he drove them to slaughter them and did not have mercy. ”

"If you can save the people, but you want to deliberately break into the city, how is it different from Cao thief?"

Feng Yong did not give in and ridiculed each other.

It is said that the population has declined greatly since the Three Kingdoms, but in fact, to be precise, it should be the war, hunger, cold, and plague before the establishment of the Three Kingdoms that are the main factors for the population decline.

Cao Cao was undeniably powerful, unified the north, and ended the war in the north.

But at the same time, the stain on his body that likes to slaughter the city can never be washed away.

The population of the city slaughtered by him, I don't know if it can be compared with the registered population when Ji Han founded the country?

After the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, the whole country was partially unified, the economy recovered somewhat, but the population did not decline again, and even increased slightly.

Now Feng Yongyi was a little annoyed as soon as he heard that Wei Yan wanted to break through the city.

Breaking the city and breaking the city, to put it mildly, is actually just trying to break through the city and vent your anger.

Because according to this ancient custom, if the defenders resist for more than a certain amount of time, or if the besieging side suffers more casualties than a certain level, then the besieging side will most likely slaughter the city after breaking through the city.

It's just a big massacre, a small massacre, a whole slaughter, or a part of it.

Seeing that Wei Yan was about to press Feng Yongjin over again, Zhuge Liang hurriedly shouted, "Okay! ”

Only then did the two men stop arguing.

"General Wei is worried that the other party has a plan and wants to enter the city as soon as possible, Feng Mingwen, you take care of the people and don't want to attack, both of which make sense. It's just that Feng Mingwen, as a junior, can't he be polite to General Wei? ”

Zhuge Liang rebuked Feng Yong.

Feng Yong pursed his lips and glanced at Zhuge Liang.

I saw Zhuge Liang glaring at him back.

Feng Yong was silent, and muttered in his heart, his son is still my disciple, I am considered to be the same generation as him, how can I become a junior?

Although Zhuge Liang was scolding Feng Yong on the surface, in the eyes of Jiang Wei and other people with bright eyes, it was clear who the prime minister was closer to when he said this.

I only heard Zhuge Liang say again, "But what you said also makes sense." The people of Xiangwu are also the people of the Han Dynasty, how can I not treat them well? It would be best if they could avoid the scourge of war. ”

"Therefore, I not only have to promise to wait for two more days on the other side, but also restore the flow of Weishui, so as not to worry about the lack of water in the city, and at the same time to magnify the virtue of the Han Emperor."

After the discussion was decided, Zhuge Liang asked people to return to the city and conveyed his meaning in detail.

When You Chu heard this, he sighed, "In this way, the people in the city all feel the virtue of Ji Han, and Zhuge Liang will collect the hearts of the people of Xiangwu without spending a single soldier!" ”