Chapter 192: The Battle of Defending the City VI
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the Group Army, General Ling Xia, the commander of our division, I heard that Your Excellency loves soldiers like sons, is loyal, brave, benevolent and filial, sympathetic to his subordinates, chic and heroic, and is deeply loved by the soldiers and generals of the island country.
Knowing that Your Excellency is a guest in Ontario today, the commander of our army division has prepared a thousand altars of wine for the friendship of the landlord, and presented it to the general and all the warriors under his command, since ancient times, the sword has been worn by knights, and the liquor has been given to the heroes, and the division commander has been friends with His Excellency the General Soldier for a long time, and has long admired the name of Your Excellency's loyalty, and sincerely invites Your Excellency to go up to the wall to talk about the whereabouts of these captives......"
Just when Yoshio Yamamoto was worried about those captives and didn't know what to do, suddenly, Ling Xia wrote a manuscript and asked Boss Luo, who had the loudest voice, to stand on the city gate and shout.
After Luo Lao read the manuscript freely, the gate of the city suddenly opened, and then, five hundred captives slowly walked out from the direction of the city gate, those captives are authentic island people, each of them held two twenty catties of wine jars in their hands, the jars were sealed, and when they were halfway through, these captives stopped.
They received orders in advance, and when they were halfway there, they stopped on the spot, and in front of Yoshio Yamamoto and a group of soldiers from the island country, they opened the wine jar and sealed it, took a sip of wine from each of the two wine jars and drank it.
Originally, I was worried that the war guards would release arrows from behind, and the captives all walked trembling, but I didn't expect that after they walked out of the city gate, the battle guards immediately closed the city gate, and no one monitored them from behind, until they reached the camp of the island country's military front, there was no danger, looking at the familiar faces in front of them, the prisoners were very excited.
The tense heartstrings were instantly lowered, and the panicked mood gradually calmed down, and after a sigh of relief, those captives put down the wine jar, looked at Yamamoto Yoshio in front of them, and all cried excitedly, and the captives knelt at the feet of Yamamoto Yoshio, crying with a handful of snot and tears: "General, we are back, we are guilty, we are incompetent, please forgive us." ”
"You wastes have a face to come back after losing the battle and being captured...... Looking at the crying captives at his feet, Yamamoto scolded manfully, but as soon as he scolded here, the adjutant general next to him quietly dragged him, and then reminded him in a low voice: "Lord Commander, please be careful, brothers are looking at you." ”
Hearing the reminder of the adjutant general, Yoshio Yamamoto looked around and saw that the soldiers of the five legions were all looking at him, and they all wanted to see how they treated the returning prisoners.
The defeat in the battle is the commander's improper strategic deployment, not the fault of the soldiers, you carry out the military order, bravely kill the enemy, you are meritorious people, after the general learned that you were captured, the corps commander and I are trying to find a way to rescue, every captured soldier is a comrade-in-arms, the military department did not give up on you, now you go back to ----- cough cough----- you were rescued safely------ I am very pleased. ”
"Long live the commander-in-chief, swear to follow General Yamamoto to the death." As soon as Yoshio Yamamoto's words fell, a tsunami-like shout sounded in front of the island camp, and seeing Yoshio Yamamoto care so much about the captured soldiers, the soldiers of the five legions were moved to tears, and they couldn't help but shout loudly.
After pacifying the prisoners, ordering people to check and place them one by one, and then sending them back to the camp behind, then, Yoshio Yamamoto looked up at the opposite city wall with a cold expression, found the herald with the loudest voice, and instructed the herald, and asked the herald to shout to the other party according to the content of his instructions: "Thank you to the division commander for returning our five hundred prisoners."
If the division commander really wants to make friends with our general soldiers, he can come down to talk in person, and if he goes up, he will be exempted, and the general soldiers are afraid that they will not be able to come down, so our general soldiers are willing to negotiate with the division commander on the issue of prisoners. ”
Hearing that Yoshio Yamamoto had agreed to negotiate the question of the prisoners' stay or retention, Ling Xia had a wicked smile on his face, and he personally walked to the front of the city wall, trying to put on a serious expression: "We can return these captives to you, but since we are a fair exchange, you have to pay some price." ”
"What price, you say, as long as you can return those captives to us, this commander will bear any price." Seeing Ling Xia speak out in person, Yoshio Yamamoto was not far behind, he rode a war horse and leaned under the city wall alone, for the sake of face, Yoshio Yamamoto also stood up and talked in person, at this time, he had to show a little toughness.
"I'm not very demanding, it's for the good of our brothers. As long as Your Excellency the Chief Soldier hands over to us all the weapons, food and grass of the five legions behind you, we will return these 110,000 soldiers of the island country to Your Excellency, and we will be able to rescue so many prisoners without bloodshed. Ling Xia put forward his own conditions.
As soon as Ling Xia's words fell, Yoshio Yamamoto was directly angry: "Pull it down, you think I'm a three-year-old child, if I hand over all the grain, grass and weapons of the five legions to you, what else will we take to attack the city?" Lip profess? If I really do that, it will be impossible to be famous in military history at that time, and it is estimated that it will be famous in the military court, and if I don't change it, I won't change it. ”
"Hey, hey, what are you anxious about? If you think my price is not suitable, let's talk slowly, right? Seeing that Yoshio Yamamoto was angry, Ling Xia hurriedly advised: "Otherwise, you say a condition, and I'll see what price you are?" If I'm sincere, I'll be cleared. ”
"General, the last general feels that the other party is delaying time, and we can't continue to consume it." Seeing that the commanders of the two armies did not fight when they met, but talked about business in front of the soldiers of their respective camps, the adjutant general of the island country hurriedly stood up to remind him, for fear that Yoshio Yamamoto would fall for the other party's tricks.
"Yes, yes, the other party's main general is to delay time, that guy is too insidious, he actually chatted with me in a way, I almost fell for him, fortunately you reminded me in time." Being reminded by the adjutant general like this, Yoshio Yamamoto suddenly came to his senses, patted his forehead, and turned to the siege army behind him and ordered:
"Siege the city with siege crossbows and wall-breaking crossbows, they think that the captives will be safe as meat shields, hmph, no catapults, I have also attacked the city gates, as long as I don't use catapults to attack the top of the city walls, I will not hurt those prisoners, and after breaking through the city gates, we will rescue those prisoners."
Seeing the siege corps of the island country carrying siege crossbows and pushing wall-breaking crossbows slowly approaching the city wall gate, I don't know why? Ling Xia didn't have to be nervous, but instead showed a smile that the conspiracy had succeeded.