That night, Yuan Chonghuan asked He Renlong to take away the Shining Show, and then said to everyone in the big tent:

"There are clouds in the art of war, and there are clouds in the army, and there are clouds, and soldiers are not tired of deceit! The overseer of the headquarters of the academy takes the solid plain, and there are many methods, which can be attacked or outwitted, and it is better to outwit than to attack after all! ”

After saying this, Yuan Chonghuan turned back to Fang Cai's main topic: "Po Ximu sent people to ask for surrender this time, I have the same perception as you, this generation is a villain repeatedly, and staying will end up in disaster!" Moreover, the Han people in the city were slaughtered, and this generation of Mu Suman was deeply guilty, and he was really innocent of death, and it was not a pity to kill them in the city!

"However, if you want to kill this generation, you must first destroy this city! If we open the gates of the city, our army will be able to enter without a strong attack! In this way, wouldn't it save time and effort?!

"As for how to deal with the rebel generals of the rebel army such as Po Ximu and the Mu Suman in the city after entering the city, aren't they all in your thoughts?!"

Yuan Chonghuan has a strong personality, and after being in the top position, he has always been domineering and arbitrary, except for a few strategists around him, he can hardly tolerate any disagreement among his subordinates, and rarely uses a consultative tone to persuade his generals to carry out their orders.

So this time, it is rare for me to come forward in person to convince everyone.

After Yuan Chonghuan said this, he looked at Cao Wenzhao, who was temporarily under his command, and waited for Cao Wenzhao's attitude.

And Cao Wenzhao listened to what Yuan Chonghuan had just said, nodded slowly, and then said in a deep voice: "If Po Ximu can't get the guarantee of the minister, how can he be willing to open the city gate from the inside?" If Po Ximu also has the heart of not tired of deceit, and deceived the official army into entering the urn city, and then gathered a crowd to attack it, wouldn't our army suffer losses in vain?! ”

Speaking of this, Cao Wenzhao pointed to the few generals standing in the tent with his hand and said: "Under the tent of my lord, there are many Guyuan veterans, and everyone knows about the defense of Guyuan City!" As soon as the vanguard of our army enters the urn city, life and death will be in the hands of the enemy, and this section must be guarded against! ”

After Cao Wenzhao said this, he and Yuan Chonghuan and others looked at Zhou Yuji and his generals.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yuji, Wang Shihu, Yao Jinzhong, He Renlong, and others said a word to me, and told the general situation of Guyuan City Defense that was not far from ten.

Although Yuan Chonghuan did not stay and live in the yamen of the three sides in Guyuan City for a long time, after all, he had also entered Guyuan City, and when everyone said this, he naturally knew it in his heart.

After everyone finished speaking, Yuan Chonghuan said: "Po Ximu and others instigated a mutiny to commit rebellion, their crime is not small, if they are not successful, this generation is cunning and deceitful, I am afraid that they will not believe it!" ”

After saying this, Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a moment, and then said: "Although He Yilong and He Jin are not famous, they are also the arms of high thieves.

"If so, Pastor Po Xi will also be considered meritorious! If we accept it in the name of this again, this generation may be suspicious! So solid and recoverable, great success can be expected! ”

After Yuan Chonghuan said this, he first looked at Cao Wenzhao, then at Zhou Yuji, and then said: "An Yuanbo, Zhou Zongbing, what do you and the two of you think?" ”

At this time, Cao Wenzhao felt that Yuan Chonghuan was worthy of being the person who turned his hands into clouds and rained in Liaodong back then, and immediately nodded his head and said good.

Zhou Yuji, as the chief soldier of Dingyu Town who was raised by Yuan Chonghuan single-handedly, naturally had nothing to say.

However, just when the generals in the account thought that the plan had been decided, Yuan Chonghuan's staff Cheng Benzhi suddenly said: "Dong Weng! Generals! Cheng has a word, I don't know if to say it or not? ”

Yuan Chonghuan looked back at Cheng Benzhi and nodded.

Cheng Benzhi then said: "Po Xi Mu was originally an official soldier, and the imperial court dealt with the old example of the Ningyuan Mutiny in Liaodong Town, this holy law, this thief will not be unaware. If there is no such article, Po Xi Mu will have doubts in his heart. Dong Weng may wish to bring it up as well. I thought that the more stringent Dong Weng's conditions were, the more certain this generation was in his heart! ”

At this time, the ugly time had passed, everyone knew that there could be no delay, and no one had any objections, so this strategy of pretending to appease and kill people with a knife was decided.

Zhou Yuji asked Yao Jinzhong to get out of the account and brought Shanshixiu back, and then Yuan Chonghuan pointed out that these people committed the crime of rebellion and betrayal of the court, which scared Shanshixiu a lot, thinking that he was going to die here this time, but in the end, Yuan Chonghuan changed his words and seemed to agree to them anyway.

The reason why Shan Shixiu felt that it seemed to agree was because Yuan Chonghuan put forward a bunch of harsh conditions that Shen Shixiu would never accept.

For example, you have to first offer the heads of the thieves in the city, He Yilong and He Jin, and then kill the thieves to make meritorious contributions to show their sincerity in being appeased.

For another example, the Musu barbarian army in the city and the Musu barbarian rebel people in the city must implement the law of eleven killings, and then the Yuan barbarian in front of him accepted their surrender in the city, and was willing to write a letter to ask for forgiveness for them.

With such conditions, does this Yuan Manzi want us to surrender, or does he not want us to surrender?!

Although Shemish Xiu was very trusted in front of Po Ximu, he would not have let him come out to negotiate the surrender.

However, before Shanshixiu followed Po Ximu to mutiny, he was just a little-known small role in the defenders of Guyuan City, especially in front of the governor of the three sides and a number of generals and generals, he was even more of an ant-like small role.

No matter how harsh the conditions put forward by the Ming officials and soldiers, he had no room for bargaining.

That night, taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, the Shining Show quietly returned to the city with such conditions.

The second day of the siege of the official army was roughly the same as the first day, although He Renlong continued to cut down trees with a large number of official and military foot soldiers, and made a large number of siege equipment such as building cars and ladders, but he never launched a real ant-attached siege.

Just use a trebuchet to continue to throw fierce fire oil bombs at the north gate of Guyuan City, and take advantage of the opportunity of a sea of fire at the head of the city to approach the official artillery cart towards the city wall, and bombard the wall with the general's cannon.

The head of the city was full of flames that could not be extinguished and could not be approached, and some of the fierce fire bombs that were projected into the city over the city wall even ignited the houses under the city wall that had not yet been demolished, and the north of Guyuan City was full of smoke.

The tall walls of Guyuan City also trembled under the impact of the projectiles of the general's cannon and the earth-shattering roar, and the people in the city were even more panicked.

And Po Ximu, who received Yuan Chonghuan's reply, in the face of such harsh conditions, although he still did not make up his final decision, but after all, he had another choice, he had a way back in his heart, and he also relaxed the defense of the city head of the north gate of Guyuan.

The Musu barbarian army under his command who followed the mutiny was not many in number, and after the court was surrendered in the future, these old subordinates were the only capital to protect their power and life, and they were naturally reluctant to let him go to the city to increase casualties at this time.

And the Musu barbarian people who were called up to go to the city to assist in the defense of the imam Sai Liangjun in the Xida Temple in the city naturally made a mess without the command of the battalion soldiers under the command of Po Ximu.

This situation lasted until the afternoon of the same day, when it was discovered by the team of thieves patrolling the city under He Yilong.

Many of He Yilong's subordinates were old thieves, and when they saw this, they were naturally angry, and scolded the Musu barbarians who fled from the city, fists and feet, and almost drew a knife to kill.

Fortunately, by the evening of the same day, the officers and troops outside the city stopped shelling, and they never launched an ant-attached siege to the city.

Also in the evening of the same day, the situation of the rebellious people in Musu at the head of the city who did not obey the military orders and repeatedly clashed with the self-army was urgently reported to He Yilong and He Jin.

He Yilong and He Jin, who were already dissatisfied with Mu Suman in the city, were furious when they learned that Po Ximu and others were so slack in defending the city, and immediately sent someone to send an order to let Po Ximu go to meet.

At this juncture, Po Ximu naturally did not dare to go.

Correspondingly, Po Xi Mu asked He Yilong, who came to give orders, to go back and tell He Yilong and He Jin that the situation at the north gate was critical, and he restrained his troops and had no time to separate, if he had something to discuss, please ask He Yilong and He Jin to go to the Guyuan Xida Temple in the north gate, and decide with Po Ximu in front of the imam Sai Liangjun of the rebellious people in Guyuan City.

After getting the report from his subordinates, He Yilong and He Jin, leaving Gao Yigong to guard the pressure-free south gate, each brought a team of personal soldiers to guard, and went to the Xida Temple to discuss matters angrily.

It's not that He Yilong and He Jin lack the necessary vigilance, but at this time, the two have no other way.

Unless you abandon the city immediately, you will have to rely on the wood in the city to fight in the city.

The backbone of the two of them are all from thieves, and defending the city is not a forte, not to mention that at this time, there is no other manpower available in the city except for Mu Suman.

And it is really useless to drive these Mu Su barbarians to fight to the death in the city, and not to deal with the imam in charge of the Xida Temple in the city.

After all, the Musu Barbarian Army under Po Ximu, although it was an elite official army, its number was really limited.

Although He Yilong and He Jin were quite worried that this Po Ximu might lead his subordinates to flee without a fight, and then leave Guyuan City for their own defense alone, they never thought that Po Ximu, the Musu barbarian rebel general who had just killed Shangguan and launched a mutiny a few months ago, and robbed and slaughtered the Han people in Guyuan City, would launch a mutiny again, and the target was still himself!