97. Persuade the king to surrender and cherish the good talent
Yan Xing sent someone to order Xu Kun to temporarily stop attacking the county capital, not to force Wang Yi too much, and to persuade him to surrender again when he entered the city.
Speaking of which, Yan Xing and Wang Yi are both from Liangzhou, but the two have always had their own interests, but there is no friendship between people in the same state to sue, only the-for-tat confrontation of fierce soldiers on the battlefield and yang schemes!
The Western Liang Army wants to enter Hedong, which is unbearable as the Taishou Wangyi of Hedong.
Therefore, he formed an alliance of interests with the Wei family, the Fan family and other Anyi surnames who also resisted the Western Liang Army, and used the power of the Wei family and the Fan family in Hedong to openly and secretly confront the Western Liang Army, in an attempt to expel the Western Liang Army from Hedong.
After Yan Xing was awarded the Taishou of Hedong, Wang Yi was worried that he would be conscripted into the court and would suffer Yan Xing's retaliation, so he chose to follow the advice of Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others, stick to Anyi, and send troops to resist Yan Xing's army, even when the soldiers came to the city, they still refused to surrender to Yan Xing.
However, putting aside these grudges, Wang Yi governed the southeast border of the river and gave relief to the victims in the north of the river, but he was kind to the people of the east of the river.
Wei Gu and Fan Xian, the local forces in Hedong who rebelled against the city, Yan Xing will not forgive easily, and is bound to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, lest these intertwined local surnames rebel again and shake their foundation in Hedong, but for Wang Yi, Yan Xing can choose not to kill.
Wang Yi has no support from Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others, and has no capital to confront Yan Xing, he still has some popular support in Hedong, if he is left alive at this time, it will be as Xi Zhicai said, it is conducive to showing Yan Xing's broad mind and recruiting other cities in the south.
At this time, Xu Kun had already ordered the soldiers to use a giant wood to knock open the door of the mansion, and he was about to enter the mansion, and after seeing that it was the commander sent by Yan Xing, Xu Kun gave the order to let the soldiers who had rushed into the mansion retreat.
After the city wall was completely controlled by the Xiliang army, Yan Xing took Xi Zhicai, Zhao Hong and others into the city slowly, and there were the most corpses on the city wall, all of which were soldiers from both sides of the attack and defense who died in the siege of the city.
The guards who were driven off the city wall were defeated one after another, losing the high walls and deep ditches, and without the power of their backhand, they all chose to abandon their weapons and surrender. And as the county temples, barracks, granaries, arsenals and other places in the city were successively controlled by the Xiliang soldiers, this Anyi finally fell completely into the hands of Yan Xing.
The only place that has not yet surrendered is the county government in Hedong.
The county seat of Hedong is located in the northwest corner of Angeup. When Yan Xing and his party walked through the streets of the city, the city, the city, and the handicraft workshops in the city were quiet, and there was no trace of people.
The horse's hooves flew, and in a blink of an eye, everyone had come to the gate of the county government.
Yan Xing raised his eyes and saw that the wall in front of the county government was full of arrows, and the corpses of three or four county soldiers had fallen at the door, the gate had been breached, and even half of the gang behind the door had been knocked down.
"General!"
Seeing that it was Yan Xing who was there, the soldiers surrounding the county government saluted one after another, and Xu Kun, who commanded the military, also hurriedly came over to see Yan Xing.
"Ziyu, you personally braved the arrows and stones, inspired the officials, and climbed the city first, this battle is very great!"
Yan Xing, who had just captured Anyi, was in a good mood, and when he saw Xu Kun, who still had blood on his armor, coming over, he immediately got off his horse with a smile and said.
"The merits of the small ends, I dare not speak of greatness, are all the merits of the soldiers under my command."
"Okay, I'm not arrogant, I have the wind of a big tree general, but Wang Yi is still in the mansion?"
"After leading troops to attack the county government, Kun has ordered the soldiers to surround the county government on all sides, Wang Yi should be in the house, as long as the general gives an order, Kun immediately led the troops into the palace, captured Wang Yi, and dedicated it to the bottom of the steps."
Hearing Xu Kun's affirmation that Wang Yi was still in the mansion, Yan Xing showed a smile on his face, he came to recruit Wang Yi, Wang Yi had not fled, and he had not killed himself, so the matter was half successful.
"General, why don't you let Hong go and persuade him to surrender?"
Zhao Hong looked at Yan Xing and took the initiative to ask Ying to persuade Wang Yi to surrender.
Yan Xing smiled, shook his head, and said:
"Although I have been fighting with Wang Yi for a long time, I have never been masked, and I have heard that he is a famous man in the north, and today I finally need to come to see him and persuade him to surrender."
"The general's daughter, how can he take risks."
"It doesn't matter, Wang Yi is now like a frightened bird, how can he be murderous, I should go to untie his knot and make him surrender."
Yan Xing is not open-mouthed, arrogant, he has his own unique opinions. Since Wang Yi did not flee and resist, it proves that he knows that his current situation is exhausted and there is no other way out, and he has not killed himself, which shows that he still has the idea of survival in his heart.
A person who is self-aware and has thoughts in his heart, as long as he is slightly induced, the defense line in his heart will soon be broken down and collapsed.
Seeing that Yan Xing insisted on going, Xi Zhicai and others also asked to go together, but Yan Xing did not agree, and let the civil and military forces under his command perform their duties and take over the affairs of the city.
At this time, the soldiers and county officials in the county government who had not yet surrendered gathered in the lobby, Wang Yi was sitting in the lobby, and the sobbing of wives and concubines and maidservants could be faintly heard in the back room, and the sound of soldiers and horses outside the mansion had stopped, and there was no other movement.
Wang Yi felt a little uneasy inexplicably, and was about to send two soldiers to inspect the situation outside the hall, but unexpectedly, at this moment, a group of people roared outside.
"General Pingbei of the Great Han Dynasty and Yan Yanming, the Taishou of Hedong, please answer Wendugong!"
This shout was shouted several times in succession, and after a soldier close to the door of the lobby ran out to inspect it, he immediately rushed back in a panic and reported to Wang Yi.
"Fu-Fujun, like General Yan-has arrived in Fuzhong, and wants to ask Fujun to answer."
The soldiers who reported were trembling, and they were so frightened that they couldn't finish their words.
Wang Yi has now reached this point, naturally knowing that he has no other way out, he is sitting in the hall, there is still a trace of luck in his heart, and now that Yan Xing has arrived in person, Wang Yi's guess is really right.
Wang Yi tidied up his robe, rubbed his trembling legs and feet, and with strong spirits, surrounded by officials and soldiers, he moved to the door of the lobby and looked in the direction of the sound outside the hall.
I saw that Yan Xing, under the escort of a team of armor soldiers, had already come to the county mansion.
"Wendugong, it's been a long time!"
Yan Xing's loud voice came from afar, but the muscles of Wang Yi's face twitched unconsciously.
It was the first time for the two of them to look at each other at close range, Yan Xing was burly, with a helmet and armor, and he was even more heroic and majestic, while Wang Yi had a withered face, fluffy hair, and deep eye sockets.
"Wendu Gong, the east of the river is turbulent, the swords and soldiers meet each other, it's just the two of us, today in Anyi City, the soldiers and the head of the Qiantou have shed enough blood for Wendu Gong, and it's time to stop the fight and restore the peace of the people!"
Wang Yi's face was ugly, in his opinion, if it weren't for Yan Xing's Xiliang army in Hedong to do mischief and run rampant, since he went to Hedong, he would have governed Hedong in an orderly manner, and the people would live and work in peace and contentment. But the momentum is not as good as others, and now Yan Xing, who is the victor, is in front of him, Wang Yi can not say a word except for showing a wry smile.
"General Yan, today's matter has come to an end, Yi does not want to escape from death, but the officials and soldiers in the palace are all loyal to the Lord and innocently implicated, and please ask the general to bypass their lives."
Wang Yi took a long time before he slowly exhaled and said.
"There is enough blood shed in Anyi City today, this general is by no means a person who kills indiscriminately, Wendu Gong does not need to worry, I have learned from the captives that defending the city and resisting the king are all the strategies of Fan Xian and Wei Gu, and now the traitor Wei Gu and others have been given the head, and Wen Du Gong and the officials and soldiers in the palace do not need to worry."
Yan Xing smiled and said frankly that he would not kill innocents indiscriminately, let alone retaliate against Wang Yi.
After listening to Yan Xing's words, everyone in the hall looked at each other, they originally thought that they would not escape death, but they didn't expect that Yan Xing, who had killed all the way to the city, would let them go, and they were all uncontrollable in their hearts, and their eyes all looked at Wang Yi one after another, waiting for Wang Yi to make a decision.
Wang Yi looked at these people around him, although they were in danger and had the heart to serve the Lord and die, but after everyone saw a glimmer of hope for survival, they inevitably wanted to seize this glimmer of vitality.
"I hope he can match his words with his deeds."
Wang Yi sighed in his heart, as the losing side, they didn't have any bargaining chips with Yan Xing, and they could only hope that Yan Xing would be the same, instead of using them and then ruthlessly slaughtering them and eradicating them.
"Let's go!"
Wang Yi waved his hand, said such a sentence weakly, and then instantly turned his body with difficulty as if he was dozens of years old, and slowly walked to the back of the hall with his body bent.
After hearing Wang Yi's words, the other scribes and soldiers were secretly relieved, they threw away their weapons one after another, walked out of the hall one after another, and surrendered to Yan Xing, and Yan Xing outside the hall saw these last resisters, and finally chose to surrender, he waved his hand and asked the guards behind him to run out of the county government to give orders, so that the other soldiers would temporarily detain these surrendered officials and soldiers.
The guards suddenly received the order, ran forward, and took these surrendered personnel into custody, Yan Xing looked at this quiet and huge county mansion, and also exhaled easily.
"Hedong is fixed!"
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"Anyi has been captured by the army led by Taishou, Wei Gu, Fan Xian and other people who are the first evildoers have been awarded, Liang Dao, you are not a person who does not know the situation, why are you still struggling to defend the lonely city without surrendering, if you want to protect the people in the city, you need to know how to obey and rebel against the general trend of the people's hearts, how can you protect it!"
Under the city of Jiangyi, Xu Huang came to the city wall with a horse, without a sword and bow, and shouted at the city wall alone.
Not far away, there was a group of cavalry nervously vigilant, if the guards at the head of the city had the slightest tendency to open their bows and arrows, they would rush up as soon as possible and take Xu Huang back at the risk of death.
Fortunately, the guards on the walls never fired any arrows from their hands.
Rao is so, those cavalry who are on guard not far away, still have relatives in their hearts, you know, now the offensive of the army is very good, which general is not attacking the city and making achievements, I didn't expect that this weak defense, lack of soldiers and food, Jiangyi, actually blocked their main general under the city for three days.
At this time, but during the critical period of establishing military merits, everyone knew that once Yan Xing took over as the Taishou of Hedong, captured Anyi, and put down the rebellion of Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others, the next step was to calm the hearts of the people and reward the meritorious soldiers.
But Xu Huang was different from other generals, who rushed to make meritorious contributions, but Xu Huang took a small number of soldiers and horses, and stayed in this Jiangyi to waste time with this stubborn Jia Kui, who refused to surrender, and instead let Yan Xing, Ma Wan, Niu Hu and others take their soldiers and horses to attack the city and join Yan Xing's army.
Isn't this the credit for all the money you have gotten?
The soldiers all had some complaints in their hearts, they originally wanted to follow Xu Huang to Anyi to make meritorious service and ask for rewards, but they didn't expect to be in a wasteful stalemate with the people in the city under this Jiangyi city.
And today, after Xu Huang received the general order from Yan Xing, he actually went out in person and ran under the city wall to persuade Jia Kui, who was guarding in the city.
Isn't that nonsense?
In the opinion of these pawns, it is not enough to let the messenger enter the city, or shoot a letter into it, so why should he be the main general and personally go to the city wall to persuade him to surrender.
If one of the enemy guards in the city suddenly opened his bow and shot an arrow, it would be a big disaster.
The generals of other families conquered the city and conquered the city, and the battle achievements were impressive, and their own generals did not capture Jiangyi, not to mention, but also went to danger alone, and were killed and wounded under the arrows of the enemy guards.
Just when their cavalry was thinking nonsense, the city also reacted. Jia Kui, who was dressed in military uniform and looked a little haggard, heard the report of the soldiers and came to the city.
He leaned against the battlements and looked down into the city.
The people under the city, alone and on horseback, did not bring any weapons or bows, but they were undoubtedly Xu Huang.
"Gongming, don't persuade you to surrender. I am the chief of the county government appointed to guard the city, I have a heavy responsibility, I must defend the city, the city is in the people, if there is no county government document, I will never open the city, you don't have to persuade again! ”
Jia Kui looked at Xu Huang and shouted to him, and at the same time ordered the guards around him to put away their bows and arrows, so as not to accidentally hurt Xu Huang.
Jia Kui is not a person who does not know about military affairs, in the past few days, if Xu Huang wants to storm Jiangyi, only with the three hundred new soldiers temporarily gathered under his command, he will not be able to resist Xu Huang's army to attack the city.
However, Xu Huang did not attack and chose to burn the jade, but took advantage of the old friendship between the two of them who had served as county officials in the county government, and tried to persuade Jia Kui to surrender, let Hedong shed less blood, and retain one more loyal civil and military minister for Yan Xing.
Although Jia Kui did not accept Xu Huang's persuasion, the two also felt a sense of sympathy.
"Liang Dao, this time it was the county government that came to the court, and explicitly ordered Jiangyi to open the city, and the government was magnanimous and pardoned the crimes of the rest of the personnel, so you should open the city quickly!"