Chapter 769: The Heart of the People and the Heart of the Army

This night, the Tang army camp was gloomy, and all the soldiers knew that they were being targeted by the Dahua cavalry, like a dog skin plaster, and they couldn't get rid of it.

At night, they were frightened and had to always be on guard against the Tang army's attack on the camp. Many soldiers were numb and didn't know how to face it tomorrow.

The soldiers already knew the news that Chang'an City was besieged by the Dahua army, and they were originally going to go back to rescue, but now they felt that they all needed reinforcements to rescue.

The cavalry stared at the infantry, like a pack of antelopes meeting a pack of wolves, and now the number of wolves is small, and it is not yet possible to carry out a devastating blow, but when the number of wolves increases, the only thing waiting for them is to perish.

Even if they arrive at the foot of Chang'an City, facing the 100,000 army, Luo Cheng, who is personally driving, and the remnants of the army are defeated, what will they do to fight?

Therefore, the morale of the army is lost, the morale is low, every soldier has a strong despair in his heart, the mood of war-weariness and surrender is permeating, the Tang State has no reason for their loyalty, as the children of the poor people, they just want to live, let their families live better, have land to cultivate, have clothes to wear, money to spend, that's all.

Many men in remote places join the army to fill their stomachs, and their families can't afford to support so many people, so they can eat enough when they come out to be soldiers, that's all.

Liu Wenjing paced in his big tent, trying to think of a way to break the enemy and get out, but in the end he was helpless.

Dahua Tieqi was watching from the side, it was impossible to escape, breaking through was of little significance, it was impossible to save Chang'an, and Tang Guo was also a fate.

At this time, there were generals of the Tang Army who came to Liu Wenjing's tent, Shi Wanbao, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Dewei, Wang Xingmin and others, some generals who followed Li Tang to raise troops in Taiyuan, and some young generals who recruited troops after Li Tang conquered Chang'an.

"Liu Changshi, now our Tang army is embattled, early tomorrow morning, when Marshal Zhang Zhenzhou announces the news, the Tang army will disperse, what should we do, do we want to stick to the end, control Marshal Zhang tonight, and ask him to take back his fate?"

Liu Wenjing was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you plan to coerce Marshal Zhang Zhenzhou through a mutiny and continue to go back to save Tang?" ”

Shi Wanbao nodded and said: "I have this plan, but I need the advice of Changshi for reference." ”

Liu Wenjing smiled miserably and said: "We only have more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, including thousands of wounded, the fastest marching speed, it also takes two days to reach the outside of Chang'an City, not to mention that there are enemy soldiers to intercept, it is estimated that it will arrive in three or four days, but tomorrow the pursuers of the Dahua army will come, and the front and rear will attack, we have more than 40,000 people, I am afraid that we will not even be able to hold on to tomorrow, continue to hurry, what's the point?" ”

The rest of the generals were silent, and they knew the desperate situation at hand, and they were just dying.

Liu Wenjing said: "Generals, think about it, why did we join the army to fight, following Li Tang is to fancy the Li family's father and son have the ambition of Mingjun, plus the world is in turmoil, the princes are fighting for hegemony, we Yunwen and Yunwu generations must take refuge in these heroes in order to display their ambitions, but the real dragon and the fake dragon are mixed, how can we see through?" They all fight for their own masters, and they can't help themselves. Now, the situation is clear, that Dahua Emperor Luo Cheng is the master of the troubled times, take Chang'an, Guanzhong, Longyou, and Hexi Corridor, can be connected together, just like the strength of the Qin State back then, and there is hope to unify the world. ”

The literati are the most able to fool, and there are many truths, both right and wrong, and the most excuses for their own justification. If it is a military general, you may feel that this is a betrayal, and it is still in the mouth of some literati, that is, when judging the world, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and abandons the darkness and turns to the light.

After listening to this, these generals nodded frequently, and seemed to have benefited somewhat.

"As the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose the lord and do things, in a desperate situation, do not do useless disputes, this is completely different from the concept of treason to the enemy, if the Tang State is supported behind us, we are fighting on the front line, the old man will never consider this, but the current situation is different, the long security is unbearable, Li Tang will flee to Taiyuan County at most to be a local prince, lose the strength of the hegemony, we are besieged here, to whom to be allegiant? Who will come to our rescue? At this time, you can consider surrendering, in fact, there is no shame at all, and there is no need to go against your heart, you can't let more than 40,000 innocent soldiers follow us to be buried, who will remember our group of vain war spirits in the future? ”

Liu Wenjing told eloquently, every sentence is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in fact, these generals are also struggling in their hearts, but they are all rough people, and they can't think of these details, so they feel that they can't get over their hearts.

"Well, we won't embarrass Marshal Zhang!"

"Yes, Marshal Zhang is very old, this time he went out of the mountain, not seeking fame, he was completely moved by the sincerity of His Majesty Tang to condescend to seek talent, and came out to sit in the town to defend the Tang Dynasty, but under the general trend of things that cannot be violated, he can not do anything."

Several generals walked out of the big tent and looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky, and the heaviness in their hearts suddenly eased a lot, as if their bodies and minds were relieved.

If you can not die, no one wants to die innocently on the battlefield, the purpose of joining the army, wanting to make meritorious achievements, shelter children and grandchildren, and become nobles.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was slightly bright, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, Hou Junji's cavalry rushed to the Tang army's camp Xiyuanmen, Qin Qiong led the cavalry, appeared in the Tang camp's Dongyuanmen, and there was a possibility of launching an attack at any time.

However, at this time, from the east and west gates, several horses rushed out, and they were the scouts of the Tang army, these scouts did not carry weapons, and the flags behind them were no longer orders, but white cloth flags.

The Tang Army scouts shouted as they ran: Tang Army Marshal Zhang Zhenzhou personally wrote a letter, requesting that it be handed over to General Dahua——"

When Dahua Tieqi saw this scene, he was slightly stunned, and immediately realized that the Tang Army scouts were carrying white flags and were likely to surrender.

Sure enough, Qin Qiong and Hou Junji, the commanders of the two armies, each received a letter, which was a handwritten letter from Zhang Zhenzhou, and on it was a letter of begging, deciding to surrender and no longer meet each other.

"Okay, if you can take the Tang army of 40,000 or 50,000 without bloodshed, cut off the largest support army in Chang'an City, and reduce casualties, it will be a great achievement." Qin Qiong immediately replied and accepted the surrender.

Not long after, Zhang Zhenzhou, Liu Wenjing, Duan Zhixuan, Shi Wanbao and others came out of the camp to accept the surrender of the Dahua generals.

In the Tang army camp, many Tang soldiers knew that they had surrendered, and they didn't have to fight anymore, and they cheered, and there were a very small number of soldiers who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and they cried bitterly, but more than ninety percent of the soldiers were unwilling to fight with Dahua again, they were really afraid, and they didn't want to die here in vain, and from now on, joining the Dahua army, their family's life will be better, and the military heart is always based on the premise of people's hearts.