Two hundred and sixty-eight

After the Tang army repaired the Wang Guan for three days, Fang Li left 1,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Wang Guan, and took Liu Bei and the 40,000 Tang and Wei coalition troops under his command to rush to Quwo to meet Cao Cao's army, and the time entered December, Fang Li's army arrived at Quwo City, plus Cao Cao's 50,000 soldiers and horses, Tang Wei nearly 90,000 allied troops surrounded Quwo City.

This situation was staged under Daliang City not long ago, the difference is that in the face of the empty garrison of Quwo City, the Tang and Wei armies, which had nearly five times more troops, were bound to win, and the Jin State would not return this trip.

Even Wei Yu, who had made up his mind to change to the Ming Lord, couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw this familiar scene.

I am afraid that from now on, what Wei will have to consider is no longer how to make great efforts to govern the world, but to try his best to curry favor with Fang Li, and use everything that Wei can give in exchange for the tolerance of Tang and save the country from perishing.

In a panic, he ordered the requisition of strong men in and around Quwo City to fill the army, and finally gathered nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, all of which were piled up on the Quwo city wall, ready to fight with the Tang army.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by the cold of the army, Fang Li planned to settle the battle as soon as possible, he listened to Wei Yu's advice, scattered 90,000 soldiers and horses on the four city walls, and launched a fierce attack at the same time, trying to make the rabble that the Jin State had temporarily assembled was busy fighting fires on all sides and draining their morale.

LΓΌ Bu, Cao Cao, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and other generals are each responsible for one door, with LinkedIn Bu, Liu Feng, Ju Yi, Yan Liang and other fierce generals, as well as the commander of the Wei army, Wei Wei, who will continue to storm day and night, Fang Li completely let go of his hands and feet to let everyone play freely, no need to ask for instructions and report everything, as long as he can break through the city gate, no matter what method!

With Fang Li's instructions, the four famous generals gave full play to their respective strengths, and the Jin army guards on the city wall were dizzy and had no time to deal with it.

Lu Bu is famous for his bravery, leading his soldiers to continue to attack, completely overwhelming the Jin army in momentum, Yingbu changed the commander and fought heartily and happily, and almost gained a foothold on the city tower several times, only feeling that this is the commander worth following in his dreams.

Gao Shun is as ruthless as he is trapping the camp, the front-line soldiers regard death as home, desperately trying to climb the ladder and tear a hole in the defense line of the Jin army, Gao Shun is slightly indifferent in the rear to press the formation, calm to the extreme, once he finds out where the Jin army is loose, he immediately moves troops to press forward, it seems that the growing casualties are just a meaningless number.

Cao Cao used his troops like a ghost, liked to be unexpected, and the siege of the city also seemed a little erratic, and he often used it on the battlefield on a whim, especially the two generals of Ju Yi and Yan Liang were almost completely squeezed dry, and the Jin army guards were tired of coping, and they were almost breached several times.

Zhang Liao is good at battle, using all kinds of siege equipment to fight steadily, by the Yuan Shu crossbowmen in the back to suppress the Jin army crossbowmen, and then the foot soldiers against the ladder shield forward, step by step but the offensive is extremely fierce, the progress is not lagging behind, Wei Yi followed this road soldiers and horses, a country commander became Zhang Liao's deputy general but also willingly, sighing that the Tang State is full of talents, famous generals like clouds.

The four generals fought to the death, but Fang Li was not idle, and the letters to persuade him to surrender were shot into the city one by one, of which Fang Li and Liu Bei personally wrote the majority, and they were moved by emotion and reason.

For soldiers, it was preached that the Tang Army only talked about the military regulations of military merits and promotions, and never asked about their background; For the common people, it hyped up the happiness and stability of the life of the Tang people; For the bureaucrats and nobles, it was promised that after the city was broken, their families would not be affected, and they could still enjoy glory and wealth after becoming a Tang minister; For those who are loyal to the Jin Kingdom, they exaggerate all kinds of mediocre decisions of the treacherous Zhu, and even say that this Jin Duke is a faint king.

There were all kinds of letters, and for a while, the hearts of the people in Quwo City fluctuated, and many people who saw that the Jin Kingdom was undoubtedly defeated began to have other ideas.

Wei Zhu was in a hurry to turn around in the main hall, but the civil and military forces of the Jin State were already six gods and no master at this time, the Tang army was in danger on all sides, and the northern pioneer army was in danger, before falling into the siege of the Tang army, the Yan army had taken the opportunity to encroach on about a quarter of the territory of the northern Jin country, and the Zhao army in the southeast was reluctant, and five cities were connected in one day, and the Jin country was already embattled, and the death of the country was in sight.

Finally, three days later, after the remaining garrison of Quwo was less than 8,000 people, the envoys who prayed for peace finally arrived at the Tang camp.

Fang Li waved his hand: "No!" He turned his head and sent Gongsun Yan to envoy Qu Wo and put forward his own request to Wei Zhu.

At this time, Quwo City was already in chaos, from hundreds of officials to ordinary people, all began to pack their bags, trying to contact relatives and friends in the outside world, and wanted to escape from Quwo.

The soldiers of the Jin State who defended the city were in a large amount of consumption every day, in desperation, the tricks had to order the continuous requisition of the people, the people in the city, but all the men who were over 12 years old in the family, had to be requisitioned on the city wall to resist the Tang army, for a time, Quwo City cried, every family Dai Xiao, and many thieves took advantage of the chaos to disturb the peace, the officials in Quwo City also all went to the front line, no one maintained law and order, the people of Quwo had to close the door, while worrying that the soldiers who caught the strong men suddenly broke in, and on the other hand, they were worried about the thieves who robbed.

When Gongsun Yan entered Quwo, what he saw was this miserable hell on earth, lamenting that human life in the troubled times was like a mustard, and at the same time, he had more confidence in persuading him to surrender, and the soldiers and civilians in the city had no intention of resisting.

Above the main hall, Wei Zhu still struggled to maintain the majesty of the king of a country, looked down at Gongsun Yan condescendingly, and asked in a condensed voice: "Duke Tang sent Mr. here, but asked for peace?" ”

Gongsun Yan didn't eat this, and immediately sneered, and said in a cold voice: "Listening to the meaning of Jin Gong's words, is Jin Guo planning to fight with my Tang Kingdom to the end?" ”

Wei Zhu still wanted to continue to be hard-mouthed, but the civil and military ministers in the palace had been frightened by Gongsun Yan's cold face and lost their three souls, some hurriedly spoke out to persuade the main, and some turned around and smiled at Gongsun Yan, for fear that the envoy who held the power of life and death in Quwo would be angry and told Tang Gong Jin to fight to the death with the Tang army, causing a tragedy of slaughtering the city.

The main hall of the Jin Kingdom was instantly turned into a vegetable market.

Wei Zhu sat on the throne and saw the civil and military posture of the Manchu Dynasty clearly, and his heart was even more sad, the civil and military bureaucrats of the Great Jin Dynasty were scared into this appearance just because of the Tang Army's large-scale siege of the city, and he was not unjustly defeated!

It didn't make sense to go down the city wall, so he closed his eyes sadly, and his lips curled: "Say, what are Fang Li's conditions?" ”

Gongsun Yan waved his sleeves and looked proud: "My lord's condition is very simple, please go out of the city in white clothes and surrender, from now on, Quwo City will be under the rule of my Tang Dynasty, and there will be no Jin Kingdom in the whole world!" ”

"Poof!" Wei Zhu's heart ached, a mouthful of blood spurted under the throne, and he shouted in a hissed voice: "Let the widow go out of the city in white, Fang Li is determined to kill my Dajin!" ”

"Could it be that the Duke of Jin thinks that the Jin Kingdom has not died yet?" Gongsun Yan was not moved by the tragic posture at all, and sneered, "Since the establishment of my Datang, I have tried to make friends with the Jin State, and I have never taken the initiative to attack, but the Duke of Jin has repeatedly trampled on my lord's bottom line, and less than half a month after signing an armistice agreement with my lord, he actually blatantly invaded my Shaoliang, is it really that I have no one in the Tang Dynasty?!" ”

"Now, it's time for the Duke of Jin to swallow the bitter fruits of war!" Gongsun Yan looked around at the trembling ministers of the Jin Kingdom, and suddenly slowed down his voice again, "Duke of Jin, do you want to drag your courtiers and people to the funeral for the Jin Kingdom?" ”

One sentence after another pierced the bottom of the heart, this king of the Jin Kingdom, who had been determined to dominate the world, was miserable to find that he really had no other way but to surrender.

Fight to the death? The hearts of the army and the people have been dispersed, and even the pillars of the Jin State that he relied on in the court have become like this, even if there are still a few soldiers who are willing to live and die with the Jin State, what is the use except for angering Fang Li even more?

In the eyes of the courtiers who were expecting or persecuting, Wei Zhu finally lowered his arrogant head with difficulty: "Please tell Tang Gong that I am Wei Zhu... I am willing to surrender! ”

"As the saying goes, those who know the times are handsome, able to bend and stretch, and Jin Gong is really a real hero!" Gongsun Yan solemnly bowed and bowed deeply to the last monarch of the Jin Kingdom, "The foreign minister will return to my lord and order the army to suspend the attack, and my lord will wait for the arrival of the Duke of Jin in the Tang camp!" ”

After speaking, he glanced at the ministers of the Jin Kingdom who breathed a sigh of relief around him with disdain, left the main hall with his head held high, and walked towards the gate of Quwo City under the escort of casual guards.

After sending Gongsun Yan away, several civil and military generals suddenly cried and fell to the ground, trying to persuade them to think twice, but they didn't know where to persuade them.

In the past three days, the Tang and Wei coalition forces have been attacking one after another, and there are less than 5,000 guards left in the city, and I am afraid that they will not be able to resist it for a day.

The Jin Kingdom was gloomy, but Fang Li, who learned that Wei Zhu had finally bowed his head, was overjoyed, and applauded Gongsun Yan's arm again and again.

The offensive of the Tang army was temporarily suspended,

"For the speed of the march, the soldiers did not bring winter clothes, and if he planned to hold it for another ten days and half a month, I am afraid that the widow would really have to sign an alliance with him again and retire from the army!" Fang Li patted Gongsun Yan's shoulder and sighed, "Fortunately, Xianzhen and Bi Wan are far away in the sky, and the rest of the hard bones have died under Shaoliang City with Jia Hua, he is really unavailable!" ”

Gongsun Yan smiled and nodded: "Fortunately, Cao Dudu was brave and good at fighting, and left Jia Hua's army outside Shaoliang City, otherwise our army's offensive would not be so easy!" ”

"Okay, let's stop complimenting each other." Fang Li laughed and said, "The meritorious heroes of the Battle of the Annihilation of the Jin Dynasty are all rewarded by the widows!" ”

The generals looked at each other and smiled: "Thank you, lord!" ”