In the military camp outside the city, Yang Hong came back and said: Lord, Yuan Tan refuses to surrender, and Hong can't do anything.

Zhang Jie said: I don't blame you for this, Yuan Tan is unwilling to surrender, whoever goes is the same. Okay, let's prepare how to attack the city!

Is there a good way to do it?

Hehe, the battle has come to this, it can be said that it is the last battle to pacify the Central Plains, and the old man has no strategy. When it comes to attacking the city, there is no hurry, and the lord can first send people to take down the surrounding counties and raise military rations.

On the one hand, send someone to shout, those who surrender will not die, and those who kill Yuan Tan will be rewarded. Hehe, it's still the same old thing, and it hits morale. At this time, it is impossible for the generals under Yuan Tan's account not to know that the general trend of the Yuan clan has gone. The old man really didn't believe that the tens of thousands of horses in the city were all diehard loyalists of the Yuan family. There will always be people who are afraid of death who want to take refuge in the lord, right?

Zhang Jie thought about it, yes! When is this, a discerning person knows that the Yuan family is finished when he sees it. As the saying goes, the wall falls down and everyone pushes it. There is no reason why the whole city is willing to die with Yuan Tan. If the Yuan family really had such popularity, then the world would have been their family a long time ago.

Hehe, Wen He is still old, and Jie doesn't believe that this city is full of Yuan's diehards. Then let's not attack the city for the time being.

Zijing (leading the move), you did a good job as a pioneer this time. In this way, you take 5,000 soldiers and horses to take some county towns near the drama county. and raise food and grass.

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Zhongming, you send someone to the city wall to shout, let the soldiers in the city surrender, you don't need me to shout something! But don't insult the dead Yuan Shao. That would be counterproductive.

Promise! Hiroshi immediately went to make arrangements.

Listen to the people in the city, your lord Yuan Shao has been killed in battle, and you have been surrounded, hurry up and surrender the city. It's still too late to surrender. Otherwise, once the city is broken, you can only find death.

Then another wave of bed crossbows shot many signs into the city. Bounty for capturing Yuan Tan alive.

The reward for killing Yuan Tan is a thousand gold.

A reward for those who open the gates and surrender is a thousand gold.

If you resist, after the city is broken, you will bear the consequences.

For a while, the people of the entire drama county were panicked, and many middle and lower-level generals were shocked when they heard that Yuan Shao was dead. In order to stabilize his morale, Yuan Tan didn't tell his subordinates the news of Yuan Shao's death at all.

It didn't take long for many middle and lower-ranking officers to be ready to surrender.

Yuan Tan was anxious, he didn't expect Zhang Jie to come to this move, not to attack the city, but to attack the heart first. Let your own people in the city surrender.

Yuan Tan sent his own henchmen to inspect the four gates. While summoning his generals. Good words soothe everyone.

But the more this happens, the less these generals have the heart to fight. How strong can an army without a fighting spirit be? I'm thinking about how to save my life.

Three days later, inside the tent, Zhang Jie said: When will Wen He attack the city? You can't stay outside the city like this, can you?

Hehe, don't be in a hurry, the city is just panicking now, but they are still waiting. If the lord attacks the city now, once it is not breached, it will give the defenders a sense of confidence that they can hold it. This boosts the morale of the other party.

The lord can let the soldiers who joined our army after the surrender of Tancheng shout under the city. Persuade them to surrender, perhaps the defenders of the city know some of them. It works better that way.

Well, try it like this for a few days. Let's hope it helps! Gongyan, you go and arrange this matter, and let Lu Kuang take his soldiers to the city to shout. If you can get the defenders to open the city and surrender, give him the first credit.

Promise!

When Lu Kuang received this order, he was somewhat reluctant, after all, he was once Yuan Shao's subordinate. Now turn around and persuade others to be anti-bones, this matter is really not so thick-skinned.

Jiang Wan saw that he was reluctant to go, and said: The lord said, if someone in the city surrenders, you will be the first credit.

Brother Lu, now you also know the situation, if you don't make meritorious service at this time, it will be difficult to have such an opportunity in the future. Aren't you going to be a general and be a wife? This may be the last chance, and it will be difficult to make meritorious contributions in the future!

Lu Kuang thought for a while, and thought to himself, anyway, Yijing surrendered, and if he didn't make meritorious service, he wouldn't get Zhang Jie's attention. Yuan Shao is dead, what else can Yuan Tan do. Damn, it.

After figuring it out, it didn't take long for Lu Kuang to appear under the city with everyone.

Lu Yuan asked his brothers to shout. At this moment, among the generals defending the city, Lu Xiang was on the tower of the city gate and found the eldest brother Lu Kuang. But he didn't dare to speak out.

Lu Xiang knew that he must not shout with his eldest brother at this time, otherwise once Yuan Tan knew, he might cause death.

I thought that the eldest brother died in Tancheng, but now it seems that the eldest brother has invested in Zhang Jie's account. What should I do? Will the eldest brother surrender to Zhang Jie, or will he go all the way with Yuan Tan?

Lu Xiang now has nearly 10,000 men and horses under his command in the city. If he surrenders, it will not be difficult to open the city gates.

But Lu Xiang is still loyal to the Yuan family. If the city is broken and captured, it will be nothing to surrender at that time. You can open the city and let the enemy army enter the city, which is the traitor seeking glory. The nature is completely different from the surrender of the captive, and it is really difficult to decide.

Lu Xiang also planned to wait and see first. Don't make a head bird for the time being, it's really not okay, and when Zhang Jie attacks the city, it's still too late to open the city and surrender. There are still many people in the city who have the same idea as Lu Xiang.

Outside the city, Zhang Jie said: It seems that no one will surrender if you don't put some pressure!

Xu Huang ordered someone to fill the moat. Prepare siege engines.

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Ju Yi, mobilize crossbowmen, fire arrows at the defenders of the city, suppress the opponent, and cover the soldiers to fill the river.

Promise!

When Zhang Jie's soldiers began to fill the moat. Now the defenders are more anxious, this is going to play for real, and the city is not dead.

Many officials in the city began to get anxious. This Zhang Jie is a well-known murderer, a legendary murderer. Only surrender can save your life!

Xingbi was in a hurry at home, he wanted to persuade Yuan Tan to surrender. But I was afraid that Yuan Tan would refuse to surrender, but would harm himself.

Daughter Xing Xianying said: Father is so anxious but for Zhang Jie's siege?

Xing Bi Dao: What is the child's family director? Don't talk nonsense?

Xing Xianying said: Father wants to persuade Yuan Dagongzi to surrender?

Xingbi looked at her daughter and said, "Who did you listen to?"

The daughter guessed it herself. The daughter persuaded her father not to go, if it was successful, Zhang Jie would kill her father, and if it didn't work out, Yuan Tan would kill her father.

Xingbi was startled and said: What does Ying'er mean?

Xing Xianyingdao: If my father persuaded Yuan Tan to surrender, if Yuan Tan refused to surrender, he would be afraid that his father would lead people to surrender in the city, so he would kill his father and warn the soldiers not to surrender.

If Yuan Tan agrees to accept his father's persuasion to surrender Kaesong, then Zhang Jie may not do anything to his father on the surface, but he will definitely find a way to kill his father in private.

Zhang Jie is a hero, ruthless, how can he leave a traitor to seek glory? He would be worried that his father sold Yuan Tan today, and he could sell him Zhang Jie in the future. Therefore the father must not go. Take 10,000 steps back, even if Zhang Jie doesn't kill his father, what can his father get?

In the eyes of the world, my father was a person who persuaded the Lord to surrender and was greedy for life and afraid of death? Is this what the father wants?