The power of the machine gun, Shangguan Xiu saw with his own eyes, and all six or seven hundred people were annihilated in an instant.

Now that he has only brought 2,000 people here, and now there is more than one machine gun cart, how long can he hold out? Half a sticky incense?

He is not a person with a very backbone, although he has a certain loyalty to the Ming clan, otherwise he would not have been sent to the most important equipment institute in Zhongshan Kingdom to garrison.

"Will ...... General, let's surrender! Hu Yuansong's legs shivered, and he stammered behind him.

Shangguan Xiu doesn't know what to do, he surrenders now, will Xuanyuan definitely agree?

"Shangguan Xiu, how is it? Is there no way for you to run now, or do I have no way to escape? Xuanyuan shouted with a smile on his face.

"Archers drop their arrows!" Shangguan Xiu is a personal essence after all, and nothing is more important than a small life. Now the situation is very clear, he can only save his life by admitting cowardice, he believes that with his current position, if he surrenders sincerely, Xuanyuan will not necessarily refuse.

All the archers put down their arrows, and it was not that they did not understand the situation, but as soldiers, obeying the general's orders had been imprinted in their bones, and if there were no dead people, they probably would not have thought of running for their lives.

Shangguan Xiu stepped forward slowly, and the lieutenants and lieutenants around him also followed tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, Shangguan is willing to surrender!" He knelt down, his forehead pressed against the ground, not daring to raise his head.

The adjutant general behind him, the lieutenant and the like also knelt down at the same time, "We are willing to surrender to Your Majesty!" ”

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When the soldiers saw that the generals had surrendered, they instantly dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.

Xuanyuan Ding smiled slightly, walked out of the shield soldiers, walked in front of Shangguan Xiu, looked at Shangguan Xiu who was kneeling, and said lightly: "Why do I agree to your surrender? ”

"Your Majesty is the son of heaven, and before that, the sin will not know the height of the sky, and tried in vain to resist Your Majesty's tiger might! The sin will now be known to him, and he hereby asks His Majesty to surrender and ask His Majesty to investigate. Shangguan Xiu still pressed his head against the ground, not daring to raise his head.

"Discerning? You can't even see through such a general plan, so what's the use of me asking you? Or do you name a reason why I want to accept you? ”

Shangguan Xiu had already made a plan, and hurriedly said: "If Your Majesty can accept the guilty general, the guilty general is willing to obtain the Heyuan Mansion for Your Majesty!" ”

"Take the source of the river?" Xuanyuan Ding showed a look of great interest, "There are more than 20,000 soldiers stationed in Heyuan Mansion, and you have only 4,000 people, how can you take Heyuan Mansion?" When you think the walls of Heyuan Mansion are papier-mâché, huh? ”

"I believe that the battle situation of the Instrument Academy has been seen by Heyuan Mansion, if Your Majesty secretly ambushes troops on both sides of the city gate tonight, then the sin will pretend to be defeated by Your Majesty, and go to Heyuan Mansion to ask for protection. As long as the minister moves out of the king of Zhongshan, Chen Qian is timid, and he will not dare to reject the sin from the city, just wait for Chen Qian to open the city gate, the sin will be the vanguard, and the ambush troops on both sides of His Majesty will be killed, and the Heyuan Mansion will be at your fingertips! ”

"Oh? Does that mean I still need to cooperate with you? ”

"This ...... This is the easiest way for the Sin General to think of to capture Heyuan Mansion!"

"Then how can I be sure that you won't take the opportunity to flee into the city when the gates are opened, and then join the Heyuan Mansion to resist my army?" Xuanyuan Ding asked again.

"The minister is willing to offer the family of the instrument institute as a hostage, if the crime will be half of the person who will flee into the city, and resist His Majesty's heavenly army with Heyuan Mansion, begging my wife to behead!"

"We are willing to sacrifice our wives and children to be the vanguard of Your Majesty's attack on Heyuan Mansion, just like General Shangguan." The other lieutenants and lieutenants also said in unison.

Xuanyuan Ding pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I will promise you." ”

"Get up." He said lightly again.

Subsequently, after discussing some details, they began to lay out plans for attacking Heyuan Mansion.

In the evening, the men and horses of the two sides pretended to fight, Shangguan Xiu was invincible, and ran all the way to Heyuan Mansion with the "remnants of the soldiers", and the Chengfeng army behind them chased closely.

"Your Majesty, although Shangguan Xiu's surrender is true, I think he is still too naïve, Heyuan Mansion may not necessarily open the city gate, we still have to be prepared to storm Heyuan Mansion." Chasing all the way, the eldest grandson Mingyue said to him.

"Why did the young patriarch say it now?" Xuanyuan asked in surprise and a little nervously.

After all, if Shangguan Xiu's plan fails, it will really take a lot of effort to deceive the city gate.

Eldest Sun Mingyue smiled slightly, "Your Majesty doesn't need to be nervous, even if Heyuan Mansion refuses to open the city gate, as long as we pursue the distance and do not enter the range of the bows and arrows of the soldiers defending the city of Heyuan Mansion, we will not lose anything!" Let him give it a try, if he doesn't succeed, His Majesty will be able to gain Shangguan Xiu's submission. Now Your Majesty does not have any strength under his hands, so our counterinsurgency this time is mainly based on surrender, although at the beginning they may not really surrender to Your Majesty, but as long as Your Majesty wins all the way, they will not dare to have any dissent after arriving in Ningdu. When the time comes, Your Majesty's grace and power will definitely be able to quell the rebellion of the Ming clan without hurting the people! ”

"Young Patriarch, you really didn't disappoint me!" A smile appeared on Xuanyuan Ding's face and said approvingly.

This eldest grandson Mingyue, his control of the situation and people's hearts are really excellent.

As he was talking, Shangguan Xiu had already run under the city wall of Heyuan Mansion, and the eldest grandson Mingyue raised his hand and ordered: "Battalions, stop the pursuit and stay in place!" ”

The Chengfeng military order forbids it, and it stops outside the range of the archers in Heyuan Mansion, and the effective range of the archers of the current archers is only about 100 paces, and if it is a strong bow, it is even farther, but the range of the rifles of the Chengfeng army is about 200 steps, and now they can attack the soldiers on the city wall, but the archers on the city wall cannot attack them.

Shangguan Xiu pretended to be frightened, and shouted loudly: "I am Shangguan Xiu, the resident general of the Instrument Academy, quickly open the city gate!" ”

The people on the city wall had already noticed all this, and one of the men in the armor of the deputy general walked to the edge of the city wall with a torch and shouted to Shangguan Xiu: "General Shangguan, the government has an order, and now there is an enemy outside the city of Heyuan Mansion, and the city gate must not be opened without permission!" I beg your pardon, General! ”

"Fart, this general has already fallen to this step of the field, you don't open the city gate, quickly call Chen Qian to come and see me!" Shangguan Xiu said violently.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The lieutenant general of the city refused mercilessly.

"Bold! In terms of military position, this general is higher than your city defense general Xie Yuan, and in terms of official position, this general is also higher than Chen Qian. Do you know how much of a culpability it would be if General Ben dies at the hands of the enemy, and you don't save him? ”

"Ouch, what a crime? Ben would like to find out. Another burly man in silver armor walked up to the city wall and said with a mockery.

"Xie Yuan, ...... you" Shangguan Xiu was angry for a while, raised his head and shouted, "It seems that Heyuan Mansion wants to see death and not save it?" Well, when the general escapes, he will go to the king to explain the matter! ”

"Yo hey, go to the king to explain this? Shangguan Xiu, do you dare to tell the truth? You think that General Ben doesn't know, you have already taken refuge in the enemy army, and now you are using a bitter trick to earn the city gate of Heyuan Mansion! If the king is here, do you think you have a reason to live? ”

Shangguan Xiu's face changed, how could his heart be known by Xie Yuan?

But he naturally wouldn't admit it, so he pretended to be annoyed and scolded angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? What surrender? The general's loyalty to the king can be seen by the sun and the moon! You have to slander General Ben! ”

"Whether it's slander or not, you know it in your own heart!" Xie Yuan sneered, and then said, "Shangguan Xiu, for the sake of having drunk wine together once." I'll give you a chance to leave, I'll count dozens, and if you don't leave, then don't blame General Ben's bow and arrow for being ruthless! ”

"Xie Yuan! How dare you do this to the general! ”

"Ten!"

"Xie Yuan, the enemy army has come to the city, General Ben begs you, open the city gate quickly. I've fought with the enemy, and I know how good they are! If you let this general into the city, then I will definitely tell you the information of the enemy army, so that you can better defend against the enemy! All the credit for breaking the enemy is yours! ”

"It's tempting to say, but General Ben is not uncommon! Nine! ”

“......”

"Eight!"

"Xie Yuan, are you really so ruthless?"

"Seven!"

“......”

"Three!"

"Two!"

Shangguan Xiu saw that Xie Yuan was so hard-hearted, and he was still gambling in his heart, he bet that Xie Yuan was just guessing, his plan to earn the city gate of Heyuan Mansion should not be known by Xie Yuan. Perhaps, he felt that Xie Yuan was deliberately testing himself, after all, now that the Chengfeng Army had chased down the city, Xie Yuan was notoriously cautious, and it was normal to have this suspicion.

But he was disappointed.

"One!" When Xie Yuan's last count came out, as soon as his right hand was raised, the archer's long arrow was aimed at the thousands of them.

"Boom!" Bows and arrows rained down, and the soldiers around him fell one by one, and in just one round of arrow rain, he lost more than three hundred people.

Shangguan Xiu knew that Xie Yuan should have determined that they were here to defraud the city gate, so he ordered the arrows to be released!

"Xie Yuan! You remember! You forced me! You forced me to join the enemy! Shangguan Xiu had no choice but to let go of a cruel sentence, "When General Ben enters Heyuan Mansion in the future, he will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces!"

After saying that, he gave the order to retreat!

Xuanyuan Ding frowned, "Young Patriarch, you were right. Heyuan Mansion has an insight into this plan to deceive the city! ”

The eldest grandson Mingyue didn't feel anything, just smiled.

In the end, Shangguan Xiu was also shot in the back by a stray arrow, but fortunately, the soldiers desperately resisted, and after dropping more than 500 corpses, they escaped from the range of the bow and arrow.

He didn't care about being shot in the back by a stray arrow, endured the pain, came to Xuanyuan Ding with his head down, and knelt down, "Your Majesty, the sin will fail!" If you want to kill or chop, the sinners can't say anything! Please spare my wife and child! ”

The eldest grandson Mingyue gave Xuanyuan a look, and the latter comprehended and coughed lightly, "General Shangguan doesn't need to ask for guilt, I see your loyalty." Don't worry, your wife Xiaozhen will never do harm, you go down and heal your injuries! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty for your kindness! The sin will definitely go to the soup for Your Majesty, and you will not give up! Shangguan Xiu solemnly kowtowed, and walked down with the support of his subordinates.

Xuanyuan Ding no longer paid attention to the official retirement, and asked the eldest grandson Mingyue: "Young Patriarch, now that the plan has failed, what can you do?" ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have my own arrangements." The eldest grandson Mingyue showed a confident look on his face.

"Oh? What is the young patriarch going to do? Since she has a way, this makes Xuanyuan Ding feel a lot more relieved.

"I've already sent someone to transport the catapult from the apparatus yard, and I'll let them eat the stones." As the eldest grandson Mingyue spoke, he saw a team of people from the Chengfeng Army with some soldiers under Shangguan Xiu, carrying the catapult over and pulling dozens of carts of stones with the cart.

Xuanyuan Ding looked at these siege equipment in surprise, in addition to these catapults, there were also some rushing cars, ladders and other various siege equipment.

Good guy, she's emptying the apparatus yard, right?

"When Shangguan Xiu beat us before, didn't there only be ten catapults? How are there so many? Xuanyuan asked.

"His ten are the latest catapults, and the rest are old-fashioned."

"However, with so many catapults, they may not be able to capture it, after all, there are 20,000 soldiers in the city now, and they can ......"

"Your Majesty, have you ever heard of Attacking the Heart?" The eldest grandson Mingyue said, "As the so-called upper army is attacked, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege." And the strategy of attacking the city is to attack the heart. ”

"The upper army is plotting, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege? It may sound like there is some truth to this, but what is the reason for this? ”

Eldest Sun Mingyue smiled slightly, "This, but Xu Changsha's most valuable strategy of war!" ”

"Oh?" Xuanyuan Ding showed a curious look and asked, "How can Changsha still say such profound words?" Does he have any explanations? ”

The eldest grandson, Mingyue, remembered what Xu Xiang had inadvertently said the night before she set off from Salt Lake when she was talking to Xu Xiang about the counterinsurgency plan. At that time, she was amazed by Xu Xiang's talent, but Xu Xiang would not receive this honor, so she told her the allusion of this passage, she was familiar with military books, and this sentence also inspired her a lot.

He said that the meaning of this sentence is that the first thing that comes to mind of those who can use military is to undermine the strategic intentions of others. The second thing to do is to destroy the opposing allies. No matter how bad it is, try to destroy the enemy's living force in the field. The worst way to attack the army is to climb the city wall to attack the city, and the losses are very large. In fact, winning a hundred battles is not the most clever of the highest, and it is the most clever to be able to subdue the army of the government without fighting. ”

Xuanyuan Ding carefully tasted this passage, nodded very approvingly, and asked, "Then what does this attack mean?" ”

Xu Changsha said that when the conditions for plotting, fighting, and attacking soldiers are not met, then the worst method can only be adopted to attack the city. And the strategy of attacking the city is to attack the heart. When you have the ability to capture an enemy city, but you have to pay a very high price, it is not wise to force a siege. The best way is to attack the heart, and the most important thing in an army's combat effectiveness is morale, in addition to its own strong sincerity. And the strategy of attacking the heart is to destroy the morale of the enemy army. ”

Xuanyuanding's eyes lit up, and his face showed a learned look, "In this way, if we attack Heyuan Mansion now, there will be a lot of losses, for the troops we have now, the losses cannot be replenished, and the strategy of attacking the heart is indeed the best policy!" ”

"I didn't expect Changsha to have such insight! He's such a wonderful man! He said in admiration.

A smile appeared on the corner of the eldest grandson's mouth, "Your Majesty misunderstood, he denied that these words came from him." ”

"Oh? Who's that? ”

Xu Changsha said that this sentence was said by a person named Sun Wu. Does Your Majesty know this person? The eldest grandson Mingyue couldn't help but remember that when she was on Baige Island before, one of Xu Xiang's poems also amazed her, but he denied that it was written by himself, but by a person named Wang Wei.

Why is there really so much hidden talent outside Great Xia? And it just happened to be met by Xu Xiang?

The eldest grandson, Mingyue, was on Baige Island, so he naturally didn't know what talented people were outside of Great Xia.

"Sun Wu? This person should not be a lonely person who can say such things, but how come I have never heard of it? If there really is such a person in Great Xia, then I will personally invite him to come over and help me. ”

"Your Majesty can ask Xu Changsha when the time comes."

"Well, the next time I see him, I naturally have to ask clearly, and see if I can invite a talented person like Sun Wu to my side to assist me!" Xuanyuan nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "That young patriarch, how should we implement our plan to attack the heart now?" ”

"It's very simple, smash it with a catapult!"

"Huh? Catapult smashing, isn't this a siege? This is a forcible siege, not an attack on the heart! ”

"That's not it, according to the siege situation, it is generally the siege of the city with catapults, rushing vehicles and other siege equipment to break through the enemy's walls and gates, so in addition to these siege equipment, we also have to consume a lot of soldiers, but we don't need soldiers now."

"Is it possible to smash the gates with catapults? This...... Unlikely, right? ”

Eldest Sun Mingyue smiled, "Your Majesty thinks that from the soldier level alone, which of the 20,000 defenders of this Heyuan Mansion and the 5,000 soldiers of Shangguan Xiu is weaker or stronger?" ”

"Of course it's Shangguan Xiu! It's just that Heyuan Mansion is more difficult to attack than Shangguan Xiu, they have a strong city, and it is not easy to attack! ”

"Your Majesty thinks so, and so do the people of Heyuan Mansion. Now that we are besieging Heyuan Mansion, they dare not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle, which fully illustrates this point. Your Majesty, imagine what would happen if we kept throwing stones? ”

"They must be very frightened in their hearts, worried about the day when our army will come out of nowhere and enter the city."

"Yes, as long as you throw stones at the walls from time to time, this fear will grow stronger and stronger, and when the time comes, the city will ..... Will the morale of the soldiers in the city still be as high as it is now? ”

"Young Patriarch, I really admire you very much, then this battle will be handed over to the Young Patriarch!"

"Your Majesty rest assured, just watch the play with peace of mind."