Chapter 689: The Old General Is Killed
"I know that, too! However, now the Persian army has occupied most of the Great Wei Kingdom! Hey, we can't fight it at all! The old general sighed.
Wei Yunxuan continued: "Old general, you have served the Great Wei State for decades. Now, the Great Wei State is in trouble, and you will surrender to the enemy, is this worthy of the people of the Great Wei Kingdom? The officers and soldiers stationed at the east gate of Great Wei City are all from the original Great Wei State, and we don't want everyone to kill each other, otherwise, we will let you go back. How about you go and consult with the commander defending the city and surrender to us? ”
The old general thought for a while and said, "The commander who defends the city will not necessarily listen to me. However, after listening to Miss Xue Ning's words just now, I am willing to give it a try. If I succeed in persuading the commander-in-chief, it is naturally good, if I can't serve it all, my old life will be cut off by myself, and no one will say in the future that I will betray the country to seek glory, and also set an example for my descendants! ”
The old general's words were more sincere, and everyone believed that he said them from the bottom of his heart.
Wei Yunxuan ordered someone to release the old general overnight, just waiting for tomorrow's news.
If the persuasion is successful, their troops will be able to increase by nearly 10,000 men, and the east gate will be opened smoothly, facilitating the capture of Great Wei City.
Outside, the cold wind was blowing, and the soldiers of the navy were cleaning up the corpses on the battlefield overnight.
These dead soldiers were all soldiers of the Great Wei State before.
It would be nice if we could unite against the Persian army.
Now, they are killing each other.
Han Xuening and Wei Yunxuan both hoped that the old general would succeed in persuading them to surrender, and the armies in the Great Wei City would unite and unite with the outside world to drive the Persians out.
The next morning, everyone went out of the tent.
It was still cold outside, and the cold wind blew on everyone's faces like knives, and many of the soldiers stood outside the tents shivering.
Last night, it snowed again.
Yesterday, the battlefield of the fighting had been cleared overnight, and the nearly 2,000 corpses had been transported.
Heavy snow covered the battlefield with blood, and it looked like nothing had happened.
Mr. Wen led a group of people to approach the city gate and watched the situation at the city gate from a distance.
If, last night, the old general's persuasion to surrender was successful, the commander of the East City Gate would open the city gate to welcome them today.
It was already ten o'clock at noon, and there was no reaction at the gate of Dongcheng.
Wei Yunxuan, Han Xuening and others, who were watching from a distance, felt that things were not good, and the old general might have failed to persuade him to surrender.
"Sister! The old general hasn't come out to greet us yet. Will there be any accidents? Hua Zi also felt that things might not work out.
Mr. Wen in front of him suddenly saw a shiny thing suddenly hanging out at the gate of the city.
He squinted and saw that two soldiers had hung an iron cage at the gate of the city, and the outside of the iron cage was painted silver white, which looked dazzling.
Mr. Wen looked closely, and there seemed to be a human head hanging in the iron cage.
He asked the soldiers to bring the telescopes brought from the naval troops, and through the telescopes, they looked at the heads of the people in the iron cages at the gate of the city.
He was suddenly startled, this head was none other than the old general who let him go back last night.
It seems that the old general's persuasion to surrender failed.
He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to inform Wei Yunxuan, and Wei Yunxuan, who was in the rear, was very angry when he learned that the old general had been killed and his head was hanging outside the city gate.
"It seems that these people are ready to fight us to the end!"
Han Xuening also said: "If the defenders of the East City Gate do not surrender, it will be even more difficult for us to capture the Great Wei City." ”
"That had to go as planned!" Wei Yunxuan sighed.
On this day, except for the sudden appearance of human heads at the city gate, there were no special circumstances, and the east city gate was not opened. No one came out at the gates to shout, and it seemed that the people in the city were still watching them, thinking of a plan against the enemy.
In the afternoon, the sky suddenly became overcast, and a cold wind blew, and the white hair and heavy snow fell densely in the sky.
Han Xuening sighed: "This year's heavy snow is really rare, I have never seen such a long and heavy snow in Great Wei City before. ”
"Let's go into the tent and discuss the future!"
Soon after, Mr. Wen also came to the tent.
"Lord Wang! The old general has been killed, let's deal with the army in the city, and there will definitely be a fierce battle in the future! Mr. Wen said again what had just happened.
"Now, we don't know what's going on inside the city, the Persians definitely know what's going on here! The Persians are good at sneak attacks, and we can't take it lightly. Wei Yunxuan said to everyone.
"Lord Wang, I have already sent soldiers to patrol the defense in turn at night to prevent the enemy from sneaking up at night."
Mr. Wen had already prepared, it was very cold at night, and the soldiers outside were divided into three groups, and the three groups took turns to keep vigil and patrol the defense.
After several people discussed in the camp for more than an hour, two soldiers of the vanguard army suddenly came to report.
Wei Yunxuan asked the two of them to enter the camp tent to talk, and the two reported that at noon today, a large number of Persian troops in the city gathered at the east gate. It is estimated that there are about 20,000 people.
"So many people gathered here at the East City Gate, what are they going to do?" Inside the tent, Xiao Dong, who was standing beside Han Xuening, asked curiously.
"Maybe they're going to have to prepare for a sneak attack!" Han Xuening suddenly thought of a sneak attack, "Think about it, when is the best time for a sneak attack?" ”
Mr. Wen thought for a moment and said, "Tonight is the best time for a sneak attack, it is snowing heavily outside tonight, and if we sneak attack tonight, we will not expect it at all." If we are really successfully attacked, we will suffer heavy losses, and if we don't get it right, we will be wiped out! ”
At this time, Wei Yunxuan hurriedly ordered the whole army to be on emergency alert and be ready to face the battle at any time.
Mr. Wen said that he was going to dispatch troops to strictly guard the camp side, and there were also people on the trap side of each trap.
Today, another mechanism was arranged in the woods, and some of them were not properly placed, so Mr. Wen asked the soldiers to replenish the tree arrows in the organs overnight.
Wutong with an army of forwards is also in his position, ready for battle.
It was fast to midnight, and no one felt sleepy.
Han Xuening asked Huazi to go back and rest for a while, when attending the meeting just now, Mu Xiaoyun and Zhong Xiaozi both went to rest first, and Huazi returned to the camp tent and slept with several sisters in the camp.
In Wei Yunxuan's tent, everyone waited for more than an hour, and the time was already two o'clock in the morning.
However, there was no movement at the east gate, and a few soldiers said that the Persian army might not come to attack tonight.
During this time period, everyone didn't sleep all night, and it was also the most sleepy time, and everyone was angry.
Wei Yunxuan said to everyone: "Could it be that we are too nervous and have made a wrong estimate?" ”
He also wants everyone to rest for a while, if they don't sleep all night, they will have no energy the next day, and if the enemy attacks the next day, they will not have the energy to resist at all.
Han Xue thought for a while and said, "Or, let some people rest for a while, and some people will strictly abide by it." ”
At this time, shouts rang out outside, "The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming!" ”