|||->-> Chapter 712 Peace Talks

Now Shi Bin's army is approaching the city of Hanoi, and all the powerful people in the city are scared of their souls, only worried that after the Song army breaks the city, they will also burn and loot as revenge, and destroy Hanoi in one fell swoop. You must know that many of them have a positive attitude towards the invasion of the Great Song Dynasty.

This city is the capital of the handover site, and the defense is stronger than Taiyuan. Absorbing the lessons of the destruction of Taiyuan City, Chen Guojun asked the king to replace all the soldiers guarding the city gate with absolutely reliable people as soon as he entered the city, so as to ensure that Hanoi would not be attacked by the Song army.

Outside the city, Shi Bin was thinking about how to capture Hanoi at the lowest cost. After thinking about it, it seemed that there was no better way to break the city than to use firearms and return guns. But there would be a downside to that – Hanoi would be destroyed in ruins. You know, it's easier to destroy than to build. Moreover, killing too many people is not conducive to rule, and the best way is to kill chickens and monkeys to deter them by force.

"Xu Feng, although Chen Guojun has been demoted to three levels, he is still fully responsible for the defense of Hanoi. And now he has built Hanoi like an iron bucket, how do you think I can attack? Shi Bin looked at Xu Feng and smiled.

understands that Shi Bin's smile is pretended, but in fact, Shi Bin should be very worried in his heart. Xu Feng immediately said: "Dashuai, there is no city in the world that cannot be broken, if the person who handed over the address dies and does not return, it is a big deal to simply use the return cannon to smash the city of Hanoi into ruins and ask them to rebuild it." Please forgive me for saying something unpleasant, these soldiers eat food, and since they come to serve as soldiers, they must be ready to sacrifice at any time. As long as the marshals do not regard human life as a mustard and do not treat them badly, they will have nothing to say, and the same is true of lowly duties. Therefore, it is the benevolence of adults not to regard human life as a mustard, but we soldiers should rush back, and we cannot have the slightest complaint when we die. ”

Understanding the meaning of Xu Feng's words, Shi Bin relaxed a lot, so he said: "According to what you said, you should fight or fight, and you can't care about death or injury?" ”

Smiling helplessly, Xu Feng said: "Of course you have to care about the dead and wounded, but you can't be timid, many times you can't get the corresponding reward if you don't pay enough price." ”

Enough price... Corresponding returns···

After thinking about it carefully, Shi Bin said: "Okay, the order to start an all-out attack on Hanoi, except for the return cannon, all the other weapons will be used for me." ”

Seeing that Shi Bin had made up his mind to attack Hanoi, Xu Feng, a hardliner, was naturally very happy, and immediately ordered to go, and even added fuel and vinegar when conveying the order, "What the marshal wants is a person who will always submit to his feet." ’

With Xu Feng's words, the Song army was no longer restrained, and immediately opened full firepower, soldiers rushed violently, and Hanoi was in danger.

The morale of the handover army was already low, coupled with the Song army's fierce attack, and it didn't take long for the morale of the army to become unstable. Of course, this situation could not be allowed to spread, so when the Song army stormed, Chen Guojun came to scatter a lot of coins. As the saying goes, 'there must be brave men under heavy rewards', and in a short period of time, he gathered a group of outlaws to participate in the resistance against the Great Song Dynasty. The situation slowly stabilized again, and the battle between Jiaozhi and the Great Song Dynasty came to a stalemate.

For ten days in a row, the Song army attacked the city wall dozens of times, but each time it was driven down, and it broke through the city gate more than a dozen times, but in the end it was also driven out, and the success fell short. Finding that the combat effectiveness of the Song army was not as strong as the legend said, and it would not be invulnerable, the morale of the handover army in Hanoi City gradually rose, and Shi Bin and others also felt that the siege had become more and more difficult.

On the eleventh day, Shi Bin looked at the battle documents and found that the number of dead and wounded of the Song army in the past ten days had reached 12,000, of which more than 4,000 were killed, more than 4,000 were seriously wounded, and more than 2,000 were lightly wounded. The point is that at least 4,000 of the dead and wounded soldiers were his descendants, which made Shi Bin heartbroken, and this number is still growing.

"Xu Feng, beat the drum and raise the tent!" Shi Bin said angrily.

Knowing that things were not good, Xu Feng didn't dare to hesitate to do it immediately, and personally went to urge a few generals who were a little slow.

As soon as Li Chao, Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang entered the tent, Shi Bin said, "Have you arrived?" ”

The voice was very cold, which made people very uncomfortable to listen to, and also felt the unpleasantness of the speaker. The five of them couldn't help but look at Shi Bin, who was sitting on the main seat.

With a cold face, the anger in his eyes was clearly visible, and even the sound of heavy breathing could be felt. had already been reminded by Xu Feng, and the five of them knew that Shi Bin was angry because of the excessive battle damage, so no one dared to take the initiative to speak. After all, it was their incompetence that caused such a large number of casualties.

Seeing that Li Chao and the others didn't dare to speak, Shi Bin had no choice but to say by himself: "In ten days, I lost 12,000 people, including more than 6,000 elites, you are very generous!" ”

The battle damage was indeed very large, so Li Chao and the five people felt embarrassed and did not dare to defend themselves, but they didn't want to admit their mistakes for the sake of face, so they bowed their heads and remained silent.

Unexpectedly, a few people dared to engage in 'silent confrontation', and Shi Bin was even more angry. scolded: "You have lost so many of my soldiers and still dare to engage in 'silent confrontation', it is really a good thing!" Xu Feng, pull the five of them out for me, and each beat them with twenty military sticks! ”

I didn't expect Shi Bin to be so crazy this time, and he wanted to beat all five major generals with twenty military sticks. Of course, Shi Bin can't be allowed to come like this, Xu Feng immediately stood up and said: "Marshal, it is not appropriate to punish generals so heavily during the war, how can no one lead the army to conquer the city?" ”

Being reminded like this, Shi Bin knew that the order just now was wrong, so he stopped talking about it, and instead said: "I'll keep this account in mind first, and then settle it together after the war." I lost 6,000 elites in just ten days, and if you can't hand in an answer sheet that satisfies me, you will definitely want you to look good! ”

Of course, calling everyone in is not just to reprimand, but to talk about business after the anger is over, Shi Bin said: "You think about how I can break this hateful city of Hanoi." I have a bottom line, that is, if there are more than 25,000 casualties in my Great Song soldiers here, I must leave no chickens and dogs in Hanoi! ”

understands that Shi Bin is not telling jokes, and will definitely do what he says. And now there are 12,000 dead and wounded, and if we don't find a way to break Hanoi, I'm afraid the result will be worrying. The five of them had no choice but to rack their brains to think about how to break the city.

It didn't take long for Li Chao to say: "Dashuai, there will be a way to make Dashuai a little happier." ”

"Can you break Hanoi?" Shi Bin only cares about breaking Hanoi now, and doesn't care whether he is happy or not.

"Dashuai, the benefits that can be obtained by this method are no smaller than those of breaking Hanoi." Li Chao said confidently.

War has always been for profit, and since Li Chao said that the benefits obtained by his method are no less than those obtained by breaking Hanoi, Shi Bin is of course interested in ordering him to speak out.

"Marshal, we told the king of the address that we could negotiate peace, and as long as they gave enough benefits, we would withdraw our troops."

As soon as he heard Li Chao's words, Shi Bin immediately became angry and scolded: "Li Chao, what do you mean? I came with an army to destroy the address, and you said that you would take the benefits

Is the withdrawal of troops to shake the hearts of our troops? Don't you know that there is no joke in the army? ”

Of course, Shi Bin couldn't be misunderstood, Li Chao immediately explained: "Dashuai, of course not." It's just a small ploy of mine. ”

As soon as he heard the word 'strategy', Shi Bin knew that he had misunderstood Li Chao, so he asked calmly: "What do you mean?" ”

"Marshal, if the addressee agrees to the peace talks, we will definitely send people into the city, and we can take the opportunity to enter the city to learn more about Hanoi's city defense, and maybe even find out the flaws in it. If possible, it is not impossible to break Hanoi City with a few powerful people who want to rebel. Li Chao said with a smile.

After understanding what Li Chao meant, Shi Bin immediately agreed. And he ordered an arrow with a letter tied to it to be shot into the city. The content of the letter is: The Song army has no patience, and when the patience is exhausted, it will use back artillery to attack the city, and then the jade will be burned. If you don't want to burn all the jade, come to peace talks.

Many of the soldiers in the city knew the power of the return artillery, and Chen Guojun and other generals would never forget it. So as soon as they received this letter, they panicked. Hanoi is no better than any other city, it is the capital of the handover and must not be left in ruins. As a last resort, the king had no choice but to agree to peace talks. After getting the news that the king of the address was willing to negotiate peace, Shi Bin and his gang were very happy, and Shi Bin did not hesitate to praise Li Chao for his cleverness.

Li Chao, who was encouraged, said: "Dashuai, the more times we have peace talks, the better..."

Looking at the cunning Li Chao, Shi Bin suddenly understood what he meant, so he smiled and said: "It is reasonable, the question is how to make the number of peace talks more and not make the addressee suspicious?" ”

"Don't worry, the way is simple. The first is constant reprimands and threats, and the second is the sky-high price demanded to pay back on the spot. Li Chao said with a smile.

"It makes sense, it seems that we have to find a few people to negotiate with the addressee, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the goal, and it will only be a waste of time." Shi Bin nodded and said, "Which of you wants to be this peace envoy?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang all turned to Li Chao. Obviously, it was thought that the person who proposed the plan was the most suitable messenger for him. Seeing the reactions of several people, Li Chao regretted a little that he didn't preemptively nominate someone else to be the messenger, and as a result, he was sent into the wolf's den.

Seeing that Li Chao was unwilling to go, Shi Bin was also unwilling to take this risk with his hardcore brother, so he said: "It's not good, it's not appropriate for Li Chao to go." Don't look at his sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and his tongue is bright, in fact, he is the one who can't talk about business the most. It's better to change someone. ”

I thought that things would freeze, but I didn't expect Zhou Xunliang to stand up and say at this time: "Marshal, the last general is willing to help this envoy complete the task of exploring the city defense of Hanoi." If possible, he will rebel against a few powerful people and defect to the adults. ”

Zhou Xunliang only talked about taking refuge in Shi Bin before, and at most he came up with two ideas, but now he is willing to replace Li Chao and go deep into the tiger's den and wolf's den, which shows his loyalty to Shi Bin. Therefore, Shi Bin was quite moved in his heart, and while agreeing, he promised to credit Zhou Xunliang no matter whether the matter was done well or not, and even instructed Zhou Xunliang to act carefully to ensure his life.

With Shi Bin's commitment and instructions, Zhou Xunliang was even more energetic, and said that he would never live up to Shi Bin's expectations and would do things well.

Facts have proved that Zhou Xunliang's ability is sufficient, and he handed over the address to the Great Song Dynasty for ten days of truce, Zhou Xunliang entered Hanoi five times, and each time he got a lot of news, and the most recent one even found out that the Taiyuan Marquis who handed over the address had the idea of usurping the throne. He wanted to take the opportunity of the peace talks to force the current king to abdicate.