Outside Sicheng Prefecture, Xiao Duo and the other generals watched the siege army retreat, and a little anxiety flashed on their faces, the current city was too difficult for them to conquer, especially when they didn't want to pay too many casualties. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Sicheng has a great stake, and if it cannot be conquered as soon as possible, the chaos in Guangxi that has gradually subsided may be repeated. And as far as they know, some people in some of the pacified places are now ready to move, and it is obvious that those guys have new ideas after seeing the unsatisfactory side of the officials and soldiers.

"General, if you don't understand that we simply attack the city on a large scale, and fight to lose more men and horses, we have to take down the city. And judging from the situation in this city, in fact, they should have reached the limit, as long as we climb to the top of the city, maybe this city can fall in one fell swoop. A subordinate eagerly proposed, and this won the approval of many people.

But Xiao Duo shook his head lightly: "Now the situation in the southwest is in chaos, and Yang Yinglong's department is even more invincible in other provinces, once he finishes cleaning up the mess over there, he will inevitably use troops against us in Guangxi." And the imperial court, at least in the short term, is unlikely to support us, if we want to hold Guangxi, we have to rely on ourselves. If our army is too badly injured here, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend in the future. ”

Xiao Duo is worthy of being a person who has led troops in the north, whether it is the use of troops or the judgment of the long-term situation, he is obviously more than a step above others. After listening to his explanation, many people pondered, but some people still said unwillingly: "But general, we continue to send people to attack the city day and day, except for the loss of troops, there is almost no effect, can't we think of other ways?" ”

"Something else? I'm already thinking about it, but I don't know what the effect is......" Speaking of this, Xiao Duo's eyes once again turned to Sicheng in front of him: "Brother Yang, can you provoke civil strife in the city as you said, so as to open up the situation for us?" ”

Just as he was pondering, a subordinate general suddenly looked at the head of the city and said, "General, listen, there seems to be some movement in this city......

"Huh?" Xiao Duo was stunned at first, but when he listened intently, he didn't hear anything unusual. After all, they were three or five miles away from the city, so how could they hear what was going on above.

The others all looked at the man, and the man scratched his head: "I seem to have heard some turmoil just now, and I don't know if I'm too concerned about the situation in the city, they won't have any civil strife at this time." ”

"You kid, you think about cheap things, how can there be such a good thing in this world."

"That is, these Miao Zhuang troops are the most obedient and united, how could they make such a mistake at this juncture. If that's the case, we're going to have to work so hard just outside and wait for them to kill each other. ”

Just when these people said something that was almost a joke, Xiao Duo's heart moved: "Could it be that Brother Yang, what did he really do in the city?" With this in mind, he continued to look at the top of the city, trying to see through the thick bricks that blocked his view.

Suddenly, Xiao Duo's eyebrows were raised, and then his eyes widened in disbelief, and he subconsciously rubbed his eyes with his hands, and pointed to the front and shouted: "Look there......"

Seeing that their master was suddenly out of shape, everyone also looked up in the direction he was pointing, and immediately, these people, whether they were generals or soldiers, showed puzzled or incredulous looks. Because they saw a scene that they didn't even dare to think of in their dreams.

The banner of the word "Cen", which has been erected at the head of the city since the rebellion in Sicheng and symbolizes their determination to fight to the end, was actually lowered flutteringly at this time.

No matter what era, the flag is the soul of an army and a regime, and unless the city falls, the banner that stands at the head of the city will never be taken down. But now, just when this siege war is still in a stalemate, this Cen family's banner has actually fallen!

"How...... How so? The faces of the crowd were far more surprised than joyful, and they all opened their mouths wide as the flag disappeared from sight, and then muttered such a question.

But apparently, no one else around them could give an explanation, and everyone just stared at everything in front of them. If at this time, the native soldiers in the city seize the opportunity to attack suddenly, I am afraid that they can really kill the officers and soldiers by surprise.

However, even Xiao Duo is not worried about this, no one in this world will use such a trick. Once the banner of one's own family is lowered, the damage to the morale of the army will inevitably be great, and the whole army is afraid that it will be difficult for the generals to launch an attack on the enemy as the generals think.

Just when everyone was looking at the head of Sicheng in surprise, another unexpected change happened. The gates, which had been closed since the arrival of their army, opened slowly with a creaking and tooth-aching sound.

When this scene suddenly appeared, some officers and soldiers subconsciously took a step back, and at the same time raised their weapons in their hands, in case an enemy suddenly rushed over at this time. Although no one believed that the defenders of the city would have the courage to go out and fight at this time, this seemed to be the only reasonable explanation.

The others, on the other hand, opened their mouths wide and stared at the hole in the gate like a wide open monster's mouth with even more incredulous expressions, wondering what moths would appear next.

Soon after the city gate slowly opened, several figures stepped out of the dark doorway. The last rays of the setting sun hit them, and their bodies were glowing with a layer of golden light, so that people couldn't see their appearances.

After a long time, after they had gone out of the city gate and walked forward for a while, Xiao Duo and the others saw clearly that these were several old men wearing white robes and bare hands, and only the first person was holding a tray. Yes, the people who came out of this line are all old people who are close to their sixtieth birthdays, with gray hair and a little staggering in their footsteps.

The officers and soldiers, who were still a little vigilant, finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that only a few old people came out and did not follow the army. But at the same time, the doubts in their hearts are even greater, although from all kinds of signs, what this symbolizes is self-evident, but everyone still can't believe it, how could the people of Sicheng Prefecture make such a decision? They have not reached the point of exhaustion, and even relying on the convenient location of the fortified city, they still occupy a certain advantage and upper hand in this battle.

After walking to the official camp, the old man stopped, and then the first man held up the tray and said: "The soldiers and civilians of Sicheng Prefecture know the mistake of the day before yesterday, and I hope that the imperial court will allow us to surrender!" As he spoke, his legs weakened, and he knelt in front of the battle.

Then the old men who came out with him also knelt down and said something similar to that man's.

It's not a dream...... Everyone has come to their senses, and they all showed expressions of surprise and relief, this battle is finally over, and they no longer have to brave the dense arrows and falling rocks to do the charge!

Xiao Duo's face was also full of surprise and admiration. This change came so suddenly, and while he was still feeling a headache for the rest of the battle, the enemy actually opened the city and surrendered. All of this naturally comes from Yang Zhen's contribution earlier, and I don't know what he did in the city, but he really let these guys who are determined to rebel return to the court!

But soon, he adjusted his mood again, and after taking a sharp breath, he strode out of the battle, and took the tray containing the Sicheng Prefecture roster, seals and other things that symbolized the power of the whole city, and at the same time picked up the old man in front of him: "The old man can set things right at this time, he is really my hero of the Ming Dynasty, and I will definitely play the court on the table to show the merits of the emperor!" ”

"Ji Bai is ashamed, all this is just to save the lives of innocent soldiers and civilians in the city......" The old men bowed down again, since they had decided to surrender, they naturally wanted to put their posture very low.

"Okay, Ben will promise you that our army will not hurt anyone in the city!" Xiao Duo immediately understood, and hurriedly made a guarantee, at the same time, his eyes looked at the city again, and he sighed in his heart: "Brother Yang, you really convinced me." ”

At the head of Sicheng City, Yang Zhen, Cai Yingyang, and Zhu Kongyan were condescendingly watching the official army enter the city, and began to take over the management of the city from the native soldiers who had put down their weapons, which made him completely sigh out, this time he could finally be completely relieved, and Sicheng Prefecture was completely taken down.

"Second brother, why don't you go down?" Cai Yingyang looked at Yang Zhen with some confusion and asked.

At this point, Zhukong Yan was also a little puzzled, after all, this time Sicheng Prefecture was able to abandon his weapons and surrender Yang Zhen's adventure into the city and lobbying accounted for a lot of credit. But now, when everything is settled, and when he is about to receive the fruit, he stays out of it, which is really not in line with the evergreen of people.

"Because I have to keep a low profile, because I'm going to meet a lot of enemies in the future, and it's not a good thing to show up too much at this time." Yang Zhen looked at everything under the city with a smile, and said casually: "And even if there is no me, it is not impossible for them to really capture the city, so this glory should still belong to those soldiers." What's more, I also have a lot of credit, and it's not a problem to keep a low profile. ”

This is indeed the truth, Yang Zhenjin's identity is here, and no one has the courage to take credit for his contributions. And in this way, it will only make the soldiers who know the truth more favorable and admiration for him, so why not?

In fact, not only those soldiers, after hearing his words, but even the two brothers around him looked at him with a little more respect in their eyes......