After lunch, Mo Li ordered the people to escort 1,000 of the 5,000 rebel prisoners to the front of the battle, and said loudly: "You are the people, and you have no choice but to be thieves, if you can repent, this general can not be blamed for the past." {[ Bayi Middle School?} ((〈文 <( 〕. However, now I need you to go into the city to persuade your former robes to give up opposing the officials and soldiers, and this general will be lenient on behalf of the imperial court! ”

More than 1,000 rebel prisoners, you look at me, I look at you, but no one believes that the officers and soldiers will let them go free, and they all look at Mo Li suspiciously.

Mo Li didn't care what they thought, and then said: "Of course, General Ben is not a fool, and he will definitely not let you go in vain, in case you run away, or run into the city to rebel against the rebels in the city, then General Ben will not lose a lot."

Therefore, if you have a brother or relative, the other one stays, and the other person goes to Zaoyang City to persuade the rebels to surrender, if you dare not come back or are disobedient, your relatives will be killed by your own hands! ”

The captives gasped suddenly, but most of them also thought about how there could be such a good and cheap thing in the world! Some of the captives who had made up their minds to escape gave up their minds and prepared to accept the mission and enter the city to persuade them to surrender.

Among them, a captive named Han Sitie was originally a small leader of the rebels, and then suddenly said: "Yu, report to the general, the small ones are willing to enter the city to persuade them to surrender, but, but the officials and soldiers are pressing the border, the big leader, ah no, how can Wang Jiayin, the traitor, let us in?" ”

"That's right, so General Ben will immediately order someone to retreat and retreat thirty miles, and you have to remember that you must say that you escaped by yourself, not General Ben let you go, understand?"

Han Sitie and the other captives nodded their heads again and again.

Immediately, Mo Li ordered the army to retreat thirty miles back and camp to rest.

In the afternoon, He Zhendong, Lu Hanzhang and others also led the 5,000 soldiers who stayed in Xinyang to arrive, and the two armies converged.

Later, things unfolded in the direction set by Moli. At night, more than 800 rebel prisoners pooled a lot of money to bribe the guards, took advantage of the night to escape from the cell where they were held, and ran towards Zaoyang City.

Among them, seventy officers and soldiers of the New Liao Army were mixed in, including fifteen members of the Snow Eagle Brigade.

More than 800 people ran to Zaoyang City in a panic, crying loudly for the rebels to open the door for them and let them into the city.

In order to convince the rebels in the city that these people really ran out on their own, Mo Li also sent a small army of several hundred people to chase after him from a distance, shouting.

The rebel generals defending the city were shocked, looking at these former comrades, their faces were dirty, their clothes were also tattered, and there were a lot of blood stains, and they didn't know whether they should open the city gate to lead them into the city, and hurriedly sent someone to report to He Jin.

He Jin slept soundly, listened to the report, couldn't help but be furious, got up from the bed, stretched out his hand and slapped the soldier who came to report the news, and scolded angrily: "This little is also here to disturb the rest of General Ben, are you pig brains!" ”

"General, this ......"

The soldier was stunned, a little at a loss for a while, and looked at He Jin blankly.

He Jin was angry, and scolded: "Stupid! This is clearly the meticulous work of the officers and soldiers, why can't you even see this, you have a fart! ”

"The general taught a lesson! The general taught a lesson! The soldier was very frightened, and hurriedly said, "But general, look at those people are indeed our brothers!" And one of them is Wang Jiuren's younger brother, and the other is the seventh uncle of General Xu, the reincarnated king......"

"What?"

He Jin was a little stunned, the reincarnation king Xu Chang is also a battalion leader in the righteous army, and he is also a weighty figure, if he knows that he doesn't let his seventh uncle enter the city, I'm afraid it will cause conflict.

After thinking about it, he immediately said: "Prepare the horse, wait for General Ben to go to the city gate to have a look." ”

He Jin came to the city tower and saw hundreds of people gathered at the city gate, shouting to enter the city. Among them, Han Sitie knew He Jin, and when he saw He Jin appear on the city tower, he said loudly: "General He, let us enter the city!" The officers and soldiers will chase after them later! ”

He Jin recognized Han Sitie and knew that he was He Yilong's subordinate, but now that the two armies were fighting, and the officers and armies were facing each other not far away, and these people ran over from the side of the officers and soldiers, who knows if these people can still be reliable?

He Jin was also a little embarrassed, let them in, in case they were sent by the officers and soldiers to open the city gate, and the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to kill them into the city, wouldn't they bury the entire rebel army with their own hands?

But if they are not allowed to enter the city, there are many of their relatives and brothers in this city, and if they sit idly by and let them be pursued and killed by the official army and do nothing, it will definitely chill the hearts of the brothers and shake the morale of the army.

"Xiao Han, weren't you arrested by the official army? How did you escape? He Jinhu asked suspiciously.

"General He, don't hide it, I have a distant cousin who is a guerrilla in the official army, and my brothers and I scraped together some inventory to dredge it up with him, and then we secretly ran out, that's all the savings of our brothers in the past six months!" Han Sitie had already thought about how to respond.

"Are you telling the truth?" He Jin was still skeptical.

"There is no lie! General He, hurry up and let us in! The officers and soldiers are coming after them immediately! ”

"General He, open the city gate quickly! The officers and soldiers are coming! If they catch them, they will have to be beheaded! You didn't see that the more than 4,000 brothers of General Zhang were all cut off by the officials and soldiers, and they were also built into a Jingguan! Xu Zeyi, the seventh uncle of the reincarnation king, stood beside Han Sitie and said in a panic.

Wang Jiuren, the small leader of the rebels, also stepped forward and said to He Jin at this time: "General He, please order the city gate to be opened!" My brother is also down there, and I'm just such a relative! ”

Zhao Shiliang is a general under Wang Jiayin, nicknamed Zhenshan Hu, who is responsible for guarding the city gate, and at this time he also stepped forward and whispered: "General He, the last general thinks it's better to let them in quickly!" Otherwise, if the following people were killed by the official army, there would be many brothers in this city who were their relatives and brothers! If we don't save it, I'm afraid many people will be chilled, and now that the officers and soldiers are pressing, if the army's heart is unstable, I'm afraid of ......"

He Jin only felt cold sweat on his back, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay!" Then let them into the city! ”

"Yes!" Zhao Shiliang was about to order the city gate to be opened, when He Jin suddenly said, "Wait! Tell the brothers that when they enter the city, they must be strictly examined, so as not to let the officers and soldiers get involved! ”

"The last general understands!" Zhao Shiliang nodded and gave the order.

The gate of Zaoyang City slowly opened, and hundreds of captives suddenly rushed in, fearing that they would be chased by the officials and soldiers behind them.

A group of people pushed and rushed into Zaoyang City, and the rebel soldiers guarding the city gate immediately closed the city gate again.

At this time, the more than 700 cavalry of the new Liao army chasing the captured were less than six or seven miles away from the city gate, and when they saw this, they were furious, rushed to the city, raised their flint guns and crackled at the city head, only to beat the rebel soldiers behind the battlements and did not dare to raise their heads.

The cavalry was so fast that the artillery at the head of the city could hardly hit them, and the bows and arrows did not inflict many casualties on them. At this time, because it was late at night, the day was fighting, many soldiers were resting, and there were not many rebels in the city.

The cavalry of the New Liao Army cursed at the city for a while, and then whistled and rode their horses towards the way they came.

The rebels in the city breathed a sigh of relief, no one had thought to send troops out of the city to destroy the cavalry. Although there are not as many soldiers on the city wall as there are during the day, there are tens of thousands of people, and these hundreds of cavalry can come and go freely, which is really not very good-looking.

He Jin was annoyed that he didn't go out of the city to destroy this official cavalry, and suddenly, he saw that on the official road in the direction of Lutoudian, the cavalry of more than 700 people went and returned, and rushed back with an earth-shattering shouting of killing.

What's even more panicked is that this cavalry is followed by tens of thousands of troops, shouting and rushing towards Zaoyang City, which is the official army that attacked the city during the day - the New Liao Army.

It turned out that Mo Li expected that the rebels would definitely not let the more than 800 captives into the city easily, and even if they did, they would take measures against them, so that the officers and soldiers mixed in would not be able to wield their effects, and even their lives would be in danger.

Mo Li also thought of it after Han Sitie and the others left, for the sake of insurance, he decided to attack the city overnight, as long as the captives entered the city, and he followed by the army to attack Zaoyang City, the rebels would not have time to deal with the affairs of the captives, how could they tell who was the fine work and who was their own brother?

Moreover, Mo Li also thought of a clever plan, that is, to use the remaining more than 4,000 rebel prisoners to take the lead and attack Zaoyang City first.

Under Zaoyang City, more than 30,000 soldiers of the New Liao Army set up a formation and surrounded Zaoyang City.

A large banner with black characters on a red background hunted in the night wind, and under the illumination of countless torches, it looked deep and solemn, majestic, full of power and authority.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, Mo Li rode a black horse, with shiny armor and a purple red coat, flying in the wind.

Mo Li stared at Zaoyang City in the dark night, slowly pulled out his long knife, the snowy blade shone with a cold light, pointed towards the Zaoyang City Wall, and said loudly to the more than 4,000 rebel prisoners in front of him: "Zaoyang City in front, your brothers, your relatives, are in the city now!"

They are persuading the rebels to surrender to the official army, but it is very likely that Wang Jiayin will not accept the surrender, and your brothers, your relatives, will most likely be killed by Wang Jiayin's rebels! Therefore, if you don't want your relatives and brothers to die, you will rush forward to General Ben! Use your bravery to exchange your relatives and brothers for a chance to live! It's also for yourselves to get a way out!

Of course, it would be best if you could persuade the rebels in the city to surrender, General Ben gave you half an hour to persuade the rebels in Zaoyang City to surrender, and if they still didn't surrender after half an hour, you would rush up for me! ”