Originally, many soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" thought that there was no need to be merciful to Liukou, and directly set fire to Xi'an.

But when they saw such a scene, they thought of their wives and children and their parents, and they inevitably felt pity, and they took the initiative to take care of the elderly to comfort the women and children, and patiently participated in the shouting, talking about the benevolence of the "King of Han".

It is clearly pointed out that if it is not the persuasion leaflets that fall from the sky, but the ten thousand enemies and fierce fire oil, the people in Xi'an City will have a way to live?

The proportion of literacy among the rogues is definitely not half of it, but Luo Rucai is not illiterate, he used to be equivalent to a think tank among the rogues.

Luo Rucai has carefully looked at every leaflet he can see these days, observed the hot air balloon flying over Xi'an City, and came to a conclusion.

If the "Red Banner Army" really threw fierce fire oil and tinder from the sky, as long as they focused on attacking the forage fields and grain depots, Xi'an City would probably not survive a month or two and run out of food.

Luo Rucai watched coldly as Li Yan, Liu Zhe, Gao Yigong and others commanded their subordinates to evacuate forage, disperse grain, and store a large amount of well water, sneering and secretly slandering themselves.

Will the "Red Banner Army" wait until now when they are ready to set fire? Will you be notified in advance? Everyone clearly said that in order to leave a way for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xi'an to live, they would not take fire attacks, so why panic?

Besides, the well water is stored in a large tank for a fart, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it will freeze three feet in a few days, and the water tank will freeze into a huge ice mound, how to use it to fight the fire?

He had the experience of being captured, saw with his own eyes that the "Red Flag Army" pacified the displaced people, and once listened to the "Red Flag Army" pacification officer preach policies and regulations with thousands of captives, and knew that it was not a lie that the "King of Han" was willing to give the Liukou a way out.

Luo Rucai believed that the "King of Han" gave up burning Xi'an City because he had good intentions, and in his heart he despised other big leaders who did not know whether they were alive or dead, and they were still trying to fight against the "Red Banner Army".

He didn't want to sit still, and began to plot a defection, but how to contact the "Red Flag Army" outside the city and gain trust was an imminent big problem!

The leaflets thrown by the "Red Banner Army" talked about the fire attack, and Gao Yingxiang, Li Yan, Ma Shouying, and others were frightened.

They are not stupid and willing to use their brains, they have already seen the hot air balloon floating over Xi'an, and realized that the "Red Flag Army" will definitely burn down the company camp in the city if it drops fire from the sky.

With their lives at stake, they could not believe that the "Red Banner Army" was obviously capable of setting a fire to lay the victory, but because the "King of Han" was merciful and refused to kill more, they gave up the fire attack.

Therefore, they have been busy dealing with the emergency situation when the city is on fire for the past few days, and they have no better way than to store water, demolish some houses to form a separation zone, and store the grain and grass as widely as possible.

The city of Xi'an was busy because the leaflets dropped by the "Red Flag Army" mentioned the fire attack.

Many rogues began to say strange things, Luo Rucai's department had the most strange words, and there were many thatched houses in the city, should they all be demolished?

That's the best, there is no need for the "Red Banner Army" to set fire, we will directly freeze to death on the streets.

More rogues are privately rumored that Xi'an has become a place of death, and confronting the invincible "Red Flag Army" is like looking for death.

The wisest choice is to find a way to sneak out and surrender, but if it doesn't work, lie on the ground and wait to be captured when the "Red Banner Army" attacks.

It can be seen that Gao Yingxiang accepted Li Yan's strategy of dividing the land and giving grace to the people, after all, the time was too short, and because the rogues needed a lot of food, they couldn't do the advocacy of "King Chuang is coming, he won't pay for food".

The peasants had to hand over more than half of their harvest, and they were barely starved to death by starving and half-fed, and few of them really supported the rogue regime.

When faced with a life-and-death decision, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were ostensibly forced by the obscenity and hypocrisy of the rogues, but in fact there was an undercurrent.

Outside the city, thousands of leaflets were dropped every day, and the drawings on them were easy to understand, and it was learned that the surrendered "Red Banner Army" would not only avoid death, but also be able to eat until they were satisfied, and more people lost the courage to resist to the end.

Liu Guoneng, who defected and surrendered, was eager to make meritorious contributions, so he rushed to the outside of Xi'an and immediately found the former enemy's General Staff Mao Sui to recommend himself, and prepared to take more than a dozen people to Xi'an outside the city to shout and persuade Luo Rucai to surrender.

He truthfully replied to Sun Chuanting, Chen Qiyu and other senior staff members of the staff, since the last time they were released by the "Red Banner Army", he and Luo Rucai were marginalized in the Liukou Army, so they often drank and complained together.

Liu Guoneng believes that Luo Rucai will definitely not be willing to accompany Gao Yingxiang to the funeral, and if he gets the opportunity to defect and submit to the "Red Flag Army", he will definitely try his best to fight for it.

Sun Chuanting was thoughtful, he thought about it and discussed it with Chen Qiyu to make a decision.

Liu Guineng's appearance in the city to persuade Luo Rucai by name will definitely have a role, and the effect will not be too great, because not only Luo Rucai will be able to get the news, but other generals will also hear it.

Gao Yingxiang is willing to see that there is a nest rebellion, even if he doesn't arrest Luo Rucai immediately, he will take care of him.

In order for Luo Rucai's troops to play a big role, Sun Chuanting decided to contact the banner guards lurking in the Liukou army, and asked them to send reliable people to interview Luo Rucai.

In order to gain Luo Rucai's trust, the flag guard who went to contact him had to bring Liu Guoneng's handwritten letter.

The flag guards were omnipresent, and the number of rogues mixed in the city of Xi'an was no less than three hundred, and most of them were mixed into medium leaders.

During the day, there was a "Red Flag Army" waving small flags in the gondola under the hot air balloon flying over Xi'an City, and none of the rogues realized what they were doing.

At night, there was a flickering fire on the lookout post of the "Red Banner Army", which was very rhythmic.

Where do the rogues know what flag language and lighting passwords, they will only look at it stupidly.

This practice is similar to the use of radios to call hidden spies in later generations, and those who are interested know it when they see the flag and the light code, and soon Liu Guoneng's letter appeared in Luo Rucai's hands.

Luo Rucai looked at the people who came to contact him and felt incredible, because the person who came was surnamed Huang and used a pseudonym, called Huang Guoliang, who was a leader of four or five hundred people under his command, which was equivalent to the actual general position in the Ming army.

"Disrespectful, disrespectful, I really didn't expect my brother to be the 'Red Flag Army', thank you for thinking through and not letting Brother Liu Guoneng shout outside the city.

The contemptible people are sincerely planning to defect to the 'Han King', and from now on, the contemptible people will obey the command of your brother. ”

was dozing, someone sent a pillow, Luo Rucai read Liu Guoneng's letter, and immediately expressed his position.

Huang Guoliang said: "If our army does not count the gains and losses, it will probably not take twelve hours to capture Xi'an, and the reason why we are willing to take such trouble is entirely because the 'King of Han' has good intentions and has issued an order to kill as little as possible." ”

Luo Rucai said: "The contemptible people can perceive the good intentions of the 'Han King', and they are willing to see more people survive, the contemptible people can be described as bad things in this life, this time we must do our best to do some good deeds of the Buddha."

The contemptible people wanted to test Ma Shouying's attitude, if he was also willing to defect, things in the city would be much easier. ”

Huang Guoliang said: "There is no need for Luo Dangjia to take the risk of persuading Ma Shouying, don't think that he has some friendship with you before and is paralyzed, this person has been stared at by our flag guards for a long time."

His relationship with Gao Yingxiang is incomparable, and it is impossible for you to be easily moved, but if you expose your identity, it is very likely that he will be taken down on the spot. ”

Luo Rucai asked, "Lord Huang, what are we going to do?" In case the army outside the city gets impatient to wait and launches an attack, whether it is shelling or arson, the losses in the city will not be small. ”

Huang Guoliang laughed and said: "Luo Dangjia is a little restless, there are many people who are ready to defect, they are all waiting for orders, and they are spreading the news that Xi'an has become a dead place, and they are stubbornly resisting a dead end."

They all secretly publicized how the 'Red Banner Army' treated prisoners preferentially, and even planned to arrange for some pawns who were ready to surrender to fall from the city. ”

Luo Rucai said: "Lord Huang's implication is that the longer the time drags on, the worse the situation in Xi'an City? ”

"However, a propaganda war for a month or two is enough to break the morale of the defenders of Xi'an, and then if you launch an offensive and thousands of people turn against you, you will not only be able to get Xi'an City at your fingertips, but also ensure that casualties are minimized."