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Xu Ji developed a complex set of plans to deal with all kinds of possible accidents, and the results went beyond imagination.

He only brought about 30 people, and first called in the camp generals in the name of Guan Changling, and ordered them to put down their weapons and surrender.

Seeing that the old general fell into the hands of the enemy, no one of the officers who entered the account resisted, and obediently untied the matching knife and put it on the ground, the only requirement was to treat the old general well.

Xu Ji personally untied the strip of cloth on Guan Changling's mouth, apologized, and said to more than ten generals: "Tiancheng is dying, everyone knows it, you should find your own way out, so as to avoid the disaster of pond fish." I will not force you to surrender, but tell the soldiers of the battalion that weapons, armor, and horses cannot be taken with them, and that you can keep them as you choose. ”

The officers and soldiers are not as good as the rebels, the order is forbidden, it all depends on the control of the generals and colonels, the officers surrender, the soldiers will never resist, Xu Ji escorted the Guan Changling and the generals and colonels to walk around, declaring their intentions, the soldiers have put down their weapons, unloaded their armor, most of them left the camp, leaving very few.

After all, the Celestial Dynasty is still there, and its demise seems obvious to some, while others still maintain the habit of allegiance.

The subordinates brought by Xu Ji lowered the flags of the officers and soldiers and replaced them with the flags of the Wu army prepared in advance.

Soon after dawn, a group of Wu soldiers arrived, they originally stayed in the camp outside the city, as soon as they were attacked, they immediately fled outside the camp, ran to the camp as promised, and saw their own flags fluttering, they were overjoyed, and immediately entered the camp to obey orders.

Xu Ji ordered more flags to be replaced, utensils were piled up, and then lined up to face Runan City, waiting for the return of the officers and soldiers of the night attack.

The officers and infantry failed to contact Xi Yuan, but they broke through the antler fence, ignored the generals, and rushed back to their camp in a panic.

The soldiers of the Wu army shouted: "Guan Changling has been lowered, and you are still not arrested?" ”

When the officers and soldiers heard this, Xu Ji sent a small group of soldiers to pursue them, the officers and soldiers ran faster, and a few surrendered on the spot.

Wu Jun packed up his utensils, escorted Guan Changling and other generals, and lined up to return to the camp.

Between the inner and outer cities of Runan, Xi Yuansu rushed left and right with 3,000 cavalry, and destroyed a number of uninhabited simple tents, but did not meet a single living person, he also tried to enter the city, but the soldiers of Runan City were not good at field warfare, but they were good at guarding, hook and gun, long bamboo poles, hot oil, sand, wood and stone and other things were extremely well prepared, and easily blocked the attack of officers and soldiers.

Xi Yuan suspected that he did not bring any siege equipment, the people were flustered, the horses were tired, and the 3,000 people soon fell into an embarrassing situation.

It was already dawn, and someone on the inner city wall shouted: "General Xi come and speak!" ”

Xi Yuan rushed to the front suspiciously, looked up, and recognized that it was Meng Shenglun, and couldn't help but be angry from his heart, scolded a few words, and said: "Jiangdong Meng's family will be destroyed!" ”

Meng Seng Lun said with a smile: "The soldiers are not tired of cheating, General Xi can see it, why don't you get off the horse and surrender as soon as possible to avoid the suffering of the soldiers?" can also be regarded as a handsome man who understands current affairs. ”

Xi Yuan snorted suspiciously, turned around and ran to the outer city again, it was already dawn, and he wanted to find a breakthrough.

There was also a person at the head of the outer city who said loudly: "General Xi came to listen to me." ”

Xi Yuan didn't want to pay attention to him, and the man said: "General Guan has surrendered outside the city, does General Xi still want to fight the trapped beasts?" ”

Xi Yuan rushed to the city suspiciously, "General Guan is a veteran of this dynasty, and he is loyal and will never bow to the thief." ”

It was Bao Dun who guarded the outer city, and said with a smile: "Xiang anti-thief will not bow his head, what about the son of the old man?" Xu Dadu was the governor of the city, and the old general was quite self-aware, so he led the army to surrender and even handed over the camp. You can't see it in the city, I'll give you a few things. ”

A few flags floated down on the city, and the officers and soldiers saw it clearly, it was the general flag of the elder in charge, and he would never leave the left and right when he went out to fight, and he would never fall into the hands of others for no reason.

Xi Yuan bent his bow and arched his arrows and shot towards the city, "Don't lie to me." ”

The heads of the city disappeared, and the laughter was still there, "We are not in a hurry, General Xi is thinking slowly, or dismount and surrender, or starve to death in the city, there is no other way." ”

Xi Yuansu said to his subordinates: "This is a suspicious plan of the anti-thief, General Guan has experienced a hundred battles and has rich experience, and he will never fall into the hands of the small people, he must be trying to find a way to break the siege of the city, let's hold on a little longer, find the weak points, and help the general to help." ”

Runan City is not big, the inner and outer city is even narrower, there is a river pond in the middle, the cavalry can not cross, can only gallop back and forth in a small half circle, do find a few low city walls, but there is also the most heavily guarded place of the Wu army, there is no equipment to help, the cavalry is completely useless.

After a few laps, many horses were already foaming at the mouth, and the officers and soldiers had to dismount, Xi Yuan sighed suspiciously: "It's my fault, the cavalry shouldn't enter the city, the infantry is outside, if it's the other way around, maybe there will be a turnaround." I have no shame to see General Guan again, and I have no shame to return to the court, you take my head and surrender. ”

Xi Yuan was suspicious of drawing a knife and wanted to kill himself, and the generals around him hurriedly rushed over to take the knife and persuaded: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, why did General Xi commit suicide?" Let's surrender together and make plans. ”

"I am the Xi family, how can I surrender to the thief? Let go of ......"

Everyone couldn't help but say, hugged Xi Yuansu and walked to the city, and shouted to the top: "General Xi is willing to surrender, please come and speak!" ”

Xi Yuanji struggled for a while, and finally gave up, sighing: "The reputation of the Xi family was ruined by the hands of Er. ”

No one paid attention to him, and no one saved him, he knew in his heart that surrender was a matter of time, and Xi Yuansu was embarrassed to admit it, so he could only be pushed by everyone.

Someone in the city said, "Leave your horses, armor, and weapons at the gates, and if anyone has a blade, even a dagger, we are welcome." ”

Xi Yuanyi's armor was taken off by someone else, he did not resist or cooperate, in short, he was "forced" to surrender.

The city gate was opened a little half, and the officers and soldiers marched out of the city, and when they saw Guan Changling in the middle of the rebels from a distance, they all lowered their heads, no longer regretting this surrender.

Xu Ji still announced the same content: The Tiancheng Dynasty is not far from destruction, but the officers and soldiers are free to stay, and the Wu army will not be strong.

Most of them still left, their families were in the eastern capital, and they didn't want to become thieves.

Xi Yuansu walked behind, came to the front of the Wu army, bowed his hand to Guan Changling, took a few steps forward, and knelt at the feet of the old general, "The last general is incompetent, and General Guan is trapped, and he deserves death." ”

Guan Changling had already calmed down and said, "That's how it is to fight, and the total score is a victory or defeat." Defeat is defeat, I am the commander-in-chief, and all the responsibility is borne by me. Alas, I'm old, I'm really old, I think back then, even the great generals couldn't force me to rush into the army. Arise, and do not ask me for guilt, but salute your opponents. ”

Xi Yuan got up suspiciously, looked at Xu Ji, refused to salute, and said proudly: "I have seen you." ”

"Oh, I'm not impressed." Xu Ji smiled.

"Although I am the general of the defeated army, I am not convinced, if there is another chance to fight, I will be able to take your head." Xi Yuansu still believes that if he adopts his strategy from the beginning and fights quickly, the officers and men will never fall into the trap, and victory or defeat will be another result.

"I'm looking forward to the next match, please take General Guan away and escort him back to the Eastern Capital." Xu Ji said to Guan Changling: "When you see the general, please tell me on your behalf: If the Lou family dies, I will avenge it, and if the Lou family is here, I will compete with one of them." ”

Guan Changling laughed a few times, "Okay, no matter whether you survive or die, the Lou family will not lose." ”

Among the descending troops, only Guan Changling rode a horse, surrounded by Xi Yuanyi and others, and slowly left along the main road.

Xu Ji looked at the distant figures of the officers and soldiers, silent, and Tang Weitian beside him couldn't help but say, "Really let them all go?" ”

"It's useless to keep it, and putting it back can frustrate the morale of the court."

"Hehe, I think the Metropolitan Governor is selling favors."

"Haha." Xu Ji didn't explain more.

The officers and men in the city came out one after another, all of them were overjoyed, and there were almost no casualties in this battle, and the officers and soldiers were defeated, and a large amount of military funds was captured, which was a great victory that had never been seen since everyone raised the banner and rebelled.

Meng Shenglun and other generals arrived, and dozens of people approached Xu Jima, knelt down at the same time, touched the ground with their foreheads, and said in unison: "The last general will meet the governor." ”

Xu Ji immediately dismounted, first helped Meng Seng Lun, and said with his hand: "General Meng has made the greatest contribution in this battle, and he will return to his old post as an official." The day before yesterday, I was forced to ask General Meng to accept my worship. ”

"It is my wish to be able to serve the dogs and horses of the capital." Meng Shenglun hurriedly returned the salute.

Even if the whole thing was to cover up the past, Xu Ji led the troops into the city, immediately distributed military funds, rewarded meritorious deeds, and deliberately favored the soldiers with small surnames to appease his heart.

Xu Ji didn't see Bao Dun among the generals, so he looked for an opportunity to say to a Bao general: "Where is the Bao Protector?" ”

The general whispered back: "The third master is injured." ”

Xu Ji was taken aback, handed over the reward to Wang Dian, and immediately went to visit Bao Dun.

Xi Yuan was suspected of being proficient in archery, and shot it casually, hitting Bao Dun in the shoulder, but the officers and soldiers did not see it, and Bao Dun did not show up, only persuaded him to surrender with his voice.

The arrow had been pulled out, Bao Dun exposed half of his arm, wrapped it in a thick silk cloth, drank a lot of wine to relieve the pain, and when he saw Xu Ji, he smiled and said: "Let the Metropolitan Governor laugh, I'm the only one who is injured, right?" ”

Xu Ji paused, "Who shot and injured Bao Hujun?" Knowing this, I should have stabbed this person and avenged Bao Hujun. ”

"It's because I didn't pay attention to it, so how can I take revenge? That General Xi is a good man, is he willing to stay? ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "I let all the officers and soldiers go, none of the people left behind, Xi Yuansu is also gone, and he has to fight with me again." ”

"Haha, Xi Yuan's suspicious arrow is accurate, and his intelligence is far behind, and he is definitely not the opponent of the Grand Duke."

Xu Ji smiled, and won one after another, but he still didn't have much confidence in this army.

Seeing that Bao Dun's injury was not too serious, Xu Ji was a little relieved and comforted for a long time before leaving.

But Bao Dun wanted to ask: "Does the governor of the capital want to lead his troops to the eastern capital?" ”

"Well, the heroes are all in the Eastern Capital, and the Wu army must not be left behind, at least go to watch the battle."

"With all due respect, the Metropolitan Governor is right that he did not leave officers and soldiers, the Wu army already has several forces, and with the addition of officers and soldiers, there will only be more disputes." Bao Dun let out a long breath, these words just now were not "outspoken", and seeing that Xu Ji did not refute, he continued: "The generals of the Seven Clans are loyal and commendable, and they should be the backbone of the Wu army, but unfortunately they have no generals and cannot convince the public. Although the Metropolitan Governor does everything himself, he can only win a small victory, and it is difficult to compete with the heroes, so I hope the Metropolitan Governor will care more. ”

Xu Ji bowed, which was also the problem he was worried about.