After the Han army withdrew to the city, the Zhao army also stopped its actions and returned to the army camp directly after chanting Wansheng. The Zhao army left, but the Han army on the city wall was gloomy.

"I regret not listening to my brother's advice!" Luo Dingyuan said to Lin Shucheng with a blue face. This operation not only failed to arouse the morale of the defenders, but caused their own losses not to mention, but also made the defenders afraid of the offensive of the Zhao army. In other words, the defenders began to fear the real siege of the Zhao army. In this way, this operation not only failed to achieve the expected goal, but worsened.

Compared with the Han army, Zhao Junshuai's tent was full of laughter at the moment. Zhao Xun also didn't expect that the defenders would suddenly attack, let themselves attack the heart, and achieve a better goal.

Luo Feng, the general of the town army, laughed and said: "This operation, speaking of which, I really have to thank the commander of the city." If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be where we want to be. ”

"Yes, after our earth-shaking thunder was suddenly used, the defenders on the city wall were dumbfounded. At this moment, I'm afraid that they have lost half of their fighting spirit. ”

Situ Liang said with a smile: "The heart attack operation, we have almost done it, and now it is time to send envoys to Chang'an City to persuade them to surrender in order to hit the fighting spirit of the enemy generals." In addition, by entangling them, we can also attack the 10,000 Han troops stationed in Xianyang. ”

Zhao Xun smiled, looked in the direction of Chang'an, nodded and said, "That's it, then send an envoy to Chang'an." In addition, you can also directly tell them that the Jingzhou reinforcements they are waiting for are no longer able to go north, and the north, east, and south of Chang'an are now our jurisdictions, so let them make a good choice, and those who know the times are Junjie. ”

Situ Liang said: "If these envoys spread the news again, after spreading some news that Lin Shucheng and other Chang'an lords intend to surrender, it will be more beneficial to us. ”

A day later, Zhao Jun sent people to the west of Chang'an City in the name of envoys with great fanfare. The battle that took place in the west of Chang'an City yesterday has spread throughout the city in one day. It's not just the defenders in the city who are worried that Chang'an City is difficult to hold, but the big gentry in the city are not extremely worried?

The envoy of the Zhao army came to the city, and the defenders in the city naturally did not dare to expel it directly, for them, the arrival of the envoy of the Zhao army, they still had a trace of joy. If there is any agreement reached with Zhao Jun above, wouldn't it mean that they don't have to fight with Zhao Jun, and they don't need to worry about Zhao Jun's earth-shattering thunder......

Of course, these soldiers had seen Zhao Jun's earth-shaking thunder with their own eyes yesterday. Therefore, their greatest hope at the moment is not to personally feel the power of Zhao Jun's earth-shattering thunder, as for what agreement can be reached with Zhao Jun above, it is not in their consideration.

In the General's Mansion, Luo Dingyuan, Lin Shucheng and several generals under his command were also discussing the situation in Xiyongzhou. Yesterday's battle not only failed to achieve the expected goal, but also caused the morale of the whole army to plummet, and the city was even more unstable. Luo Dingyuan, who returned to the General's Mansion, had a gloomy face all day long, without a trace of a good mood.

"Is there any movement outside the city today?" Luo Dingyuan asked with a gloomy face. Since yesterday's battle, Luo Dingyuan has never been to the city wall in person.

Luo Qing, the deputy general of the Han army and also the younger brother of Luo Dingyuan, said in a deep voice: "General Hui, since the battle yesterday morning, until now, the Zhao army has no intention of going out of the camp to fight. ”

"Zhao Jun didn't continue to act?" Luo Dingyuan was slightly stunned, and said in a deep voice: "How is the morale of the army in the city?" ”

"Since the Zhao army used catapults a few days ago, it has had a great impact on the morale of our army." Luo Qing was silent for a moment and continued: "But since yesterday morning, the morale of our army has dropped even faster. In particular, some of the auxiliaries recruited from the city walls to assist in defending the city, transporting supplies, and repairing the city's defenses have begun to flee. Among these young people, there is already a commotion in the hearts of the people. For this reason, yesterday afternoon, on the pretext of shaking the morale of the troops, our army's supervisory team beheaded three commanders, five chiefs, and more than a dozen deserters. In addition, even the soldiers in the city also have some unstable hearts. ”

"Damn!" Hearing Luo Qing say this, Luo Dingyuan suddenly became angry. In this way, the action ordered by himself yesterday not only did not benefit from it, but also brought great disadvantages.

"Hateful! It's all because Ben Shuai made a mistake in estimating yesterday and fell for Zhao Jun! Luo Dingyuan said hatefully.

Lin Shucheng said in a deep voice: "The general doesn't need to be like this, it's not the general's fault." What the general did yesterday was actually for the good of Chang'an City. You must know that when the army attacked, the Zhao army outside the city was also stunned. However, no one expected that Zhao Jun would have such a powerful weapon. ”

"Indeed, what Lord Lin said is very true, if Zhao Jun continues to use catapults to project boulders and bed crossbows to fire crossbow arrows, then with their lethality, it is simply not enough for us to lose so much." The other generals also spoke out to reassure. Luo Dingyuan is now the coach of Chang'an City, if he can't adjust his mood, then it is definitely not a good thing for Chang'an.

"By the way, have the people sent out to contact Xianyang get in touch? Didn't Xianyang even have a pigeon to use for communication? Also, we released more than a dozen carrier pigeons, did they receive them? Luo Dingyuan froze and asked in a cold voice.

"General Hui, the contact with Xianyang has not been communicated so far. To the west of Chang'an, the Zhao army had a town of people gathered here. The people and horses of this town are cavalry towns in the Zhao army, and the establishment is among the five generals, the three cavalry or the four cavalry. With so many cavalry, our passage to the west was completely blocked. Come to think of it, the situation in Xianyang is not optimistic. ”

Hearing what his subordinates said, Luo Dingyuan's face suddenly froze. took a deep breath, looked at Lin Shucheng, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Lin, in your opinion, what should we do now?" ”

Lin Shucheng said bitterly: "What else? The Zhao army outside the city has besieged us, and our hope now can only be external reinforcements. However, we do not know the external situation now, nor do we know what the situation of the Jingzhou reinforcements and the Shu army reinforcements is now, so that we can cooperate. ”

Seeing Luo Dingyuan's tightly knit brows, Lin Shucheng said again: "Now, we don't know the situation in the outside world, even the current situation of the reinforcements, and it is difficult to cooperate with them. Secondly, we are trapped in the city, the morale of the soldiers has plummeted, and it is okay to defend the city, if we go to a decisive battle, we are only afraid of ...... Third, it is precisely because of Zhao Jun's repeated demonstrations in the past few days that the people in the city and the gentry of the big clans have also begun to be unstable. ”

"To be honest, it's okay if you stick to the place, but if you start a war with the Zhao army, I'm afraid of ......" Because he was worried that Luo Dingyuan would have a decisive battle with the Zhao army, Lin Shucheng had to say so. Strength is the basis that determines everything, and the strength is too weak, even if he has a thousand tricks, he can't implement it.

At this time, a herald suddenly came in from outside the hall, and when he saw the generals in the hall discussing matters, he could only walk back and forth outside the hall. After Luo Dingyuan ignored the defense of the city wall, the deputy general Luo Qing was in charge of him, so he recognized this person as a messenger under the command of the Xicheng City Gate Commander.

Seeing that the herald of the West City Gate came in a hurry, Luo Qing's heart jumped at the moment, and he guessed whether it was Zhao Jun who had taken action again. Immediately hurriedly walked out, and the herald whispered to Luo Qing about the situation of the Zhao army's envoy, and Luo Qing's face suddenly became strange.

Luo Dingyuan glanced at the movement, and when he saw Luo Qing coming back, he asked, "What's the matter?" Why don't you report it directly to Ben Shuai? Come on, could it be that Zhao Jun has moved again? ”

Luo Qing said in a deep voice: "General Hui, it was the envoy of the Zhao army who appeared outside the city, hoping to discuss the matter of Chang'an with the general. ”

"Bang!" Hearing this, Luo Dingyuan slapped the table in front of him heavily, and a thin face that was slightly blue and black because of yesterday's incident suddenly turned red, and roared angrily: "Zhao Jun envoy? Zhao Jun should also send an envoy? The men and horses of his Zhao army occupied the territory of our Han army and killed the soldiers of our Han army, and now he dares to send envoys to discuss the affairs of Chang'an? What qualifications does he have to consult with us about Chang'an? Chang'an belongs to our Han army, and it has nothing to do with his Zhao army, if you don't see it, tell him to get out! ”

Luo Qing wanted to persuade Luo Dingyuan to meet with Zhao Jun's envoy and see what Zhao Jun wanted to do. However, Luo Dingyuan was in an extremely bad mood because of yesterday's defeat, and it was inconvenient for him to persuade him. As Luo Dingyuan's brother, he naturally has to stand on Luo Dingyuan's side. Moreover, Luo Qing also knew that the smart Lin Shucheng would definitely make a more correct choice.

Sure enough, Lin Shucheng also said as Luo Qing imagined: "General Luo, this official thinks that we might as well meet." This is already the case, and we don't know anything about the outside world. Since he Zhao Jun sent an envoy, let's also take a look, what is the intention of this Zhao Xun? By the way, let's find out about the situation in various parts of Xiyongzhou. ”

Luo Dingyuan said coldly: "Zhao Jun envoy? The second time they came, what else could they do but persuade them to surrender? ”

"Persuasion is certain, but what do they rely on? We need to know that. Whether they have an absolute advantage, or is it our reinforcements that make them have to think of solving us by peaceful means first, and dealing with reinforcements from the east and west. Knowing this, it will be more beneficial for us to act next. Lin Shucheng said in a deep voice.

"That's it, then let's meet him and let him in!" After thinking about it, Luo Dingyuan also felt that Lin Shucheng's words were reasonable, so he decided to meet the envoy of Zhao Jun and see the purpose of the envoy of Zhao Jun.

Luo Dingyuan ordered, and this order was quickly conveyed, and after a stick of incense, Zhao Jun's envoy appeared in the hall. A middle-aged scribe in his thirties came to Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng with a faint smile on his face, bowed his hand, and said with a bow that was neither humble nor arrogant: "Song Yang, the envoy of Zhao State, is ordered by my king to meet Lord Lin, the commander of Chang'an. ”

Song Yang said, the corners of Luo Dingyuan's mouth twitched slightly, even Lin Shucheng, and he couldn't help frowning. Without waiting for Luo Dingyuan to speak, Lin Shucheng took the lead and said: "It seems that your intelligence is not very clever, and the current commander in the city is not this official, but this General Luo." So, it's not the official who you need to meet, it's the general. ”

Seeing Lin Shucheng speak, Luo Dingyuan did not continue to speak, but looked at Song Yang with a gloomy face.

Song Yang said: "We know that the main reinforcement in Hanzhong will be General Luo Dingyuan Luo, but, as far as we know, Lord Lin, you are the chief general of Xiyongzhou, and Chang'an will stay behind." Moreover, Lord Lin can use the families of the soldiers of the Han Army as a threat to make the soldiers of the Han Army fight to the death with my Da Zhao, so that the whole of my Zhao Army admires Lord Lin very much. Even my king, I also praise Lord Lin. In the eyes of my king, only Lin Da in Xiyongzhou is qualified to be the commander of the Chang'an Han army, and he is qualified to let us communicate with him. ”

Lin Shucheng sneered: "Are you trying to break up the relationship between this official and General Luo?" Or is it to satirize the officials to the families of the soldiers under their command? If that's all you want to do, then you're good to go. ”

Lin Shucheng's words also made Luo Dingyuan's iron face slightly better. was despised by Zhao Jun's people, and said bluntly in front of a dozen generals under his command, his mood was naturally not much better.

Seeing Lin Shucheng say this, Song Yang smiled lightly: "Since Lord Lin said so, then, Song will also speak bluntly." Now your Chang'an City is already a lonely city, and it has been besieged by my Zhao legion. Compared to you, you have already seen the power of my Dazhao soldiers and equipment. If you want to defend the city, I'm afraid that you won't be able to resist the strong attack of my Da Zhao. But my king is afraid of more than 100,000 people in the city, and about the 20,000 or 30,000 innocent soldiers of your Han army, and he does not want them to die because of unnecessary wars. Therefore, what does my king intend to talk to you, I hope that Lord Lin and this General Luo can take into account the overall situation, plan for the soldiers under his command, and plan for the people outside, and surrender to my Da Zhao, so that peace can come back to this old capital. ”

"Hahaha......" Hearing what Song Yang said, Luo Dingyuan burst out laughing, "Ridiculous!" If you want our Han army to surrender, don't even think about it! If you are really capable, then come and attack the city, even if this general dies here, you will have to bite your Zhao army hard. When the time comes, as soon as our reinforcements arrive, we will definitely look good. ”

"For the sake of my soldiers, for the people, let our army surrender? If your king Zhao Xun really wants to have such a good intention, then he shouldn't invade the land of Xiyongzhou. If he still has the idea of thinking for the people now, he should withdraw his troops, and he should not besiege Chang'an. Speaking of which, you Zhao Jun are the unrighteous army! ”

"General, even if it is a battle to the death, we will never surrender easily, and when the reinforcements arrive, they will definitely look good!" The generals below also responded in unison. Regardless of whether these generals really want to fight to the death with Zhao Jun or shout slogans, but at this moment, Luo Dingyuan is still quite satisfied.

Song Yang laughed and said coldly: "Reinforcements? The reinforcements that General Luo refers to should be the Luo army reinforcements and Shu army reinforcements in Jingzhou. It's a pity to give you bad news now. ”

"The Jingzhou reinforcements you expect are also the ones that can give you the fastest support, and now you can't feel Xiyongzhou smoothly. Five days ago, Lantian, Qingni Pass, and other southeastern cities and checkpoints had been captured by our army. As he spoke, Song Yang took out the new official of Zhao Jun's recital to King Zhao with the big seals of the local government.

Lin Shucheng took the recital with a calm face, and after reading it, his face was gloomy. He understood that it was already a fact that the Zhao army occupied these territories. As Song Yang said, these places were occupied by the Zhao army, so the reinforcements of the Luo army from the northwest and north of Jingzhou were afraid that they would not be able to enter the territory of Xiyongzhou.

Song Yang continued: "In addition, the counties around Chang'an, such as Yangzhi, Baling, Duling, and Xinfeng, also fell into the hands of our army a few days ago, which means that your Chang'an City has already fallen under siege from all sides of our Great Zhao. Although you still have prefectures and counties in your hands to the west, it is only a matter of time before you fall into my Zhao army. ”

"By the way, you still have reinforcements all the way, which should be reinforcements from the Shu army. However, I think that in the case that they can't do anything, the land of Hanzhong is more attractive to the king of Shu. After all, Hanzhong is connected to Shu, and there are not many Han soldiers left behind in the land of Hanzhong. The most important thing is that in the north of Xiyongzhou, the Shu army fought hard with us but there was no practical benefit. And taking Hanzhong, for the Shu army, is a real benefit. ”

"Therefore, the land of Chang'an is already a lonely city, and continuing to hold on is just delaying time. For the soldiers of the Han army in the city and the people in the city, there was no benefit. ”

Song Yang explained the situation around Chang'an City so directly, which made Luo Dingyuan, Lin Shucheng and the Han generals and colonels present all change their faces drastically. Little did they know that this had become the case during the time they had been trapped in the city. Those generals and colonels who were still shouting that they were going to fight to the death with Zhao Jun also had different faces at the moment, and no one continued to shout such slogans anymore.

Seeing that the general's face was dull, Lin Shucheng said repeatedly: "Hmph...... What you say is your words, and that is not enough for us to give up our resistance. Besides, you say that the Shu army will do something to our Han army, which is simply ridiculous! The Shu army is a reinforcement of our Han army, and it is here to support Xiyongzhou, how can it attack my Hanzhong? You are clearly sowing discord and breaking the fighting spirit of our army. If you Zhao Jun can really take Chang'an City, you won't be bothering here. ”

Luo Dingyuan also reacted and said coldly: "That's right, General Ben will never surrender." Go back and tell Zhao Xun that if you want to break the city, you must show your real skills, not play tricks! ”

Song Yang sneered: "What the truth is, the two adults know it!" The Shu army made a move against Hanzhong, and this would definitely not be unexpected by Lord Lin. In addition, Lord Lin has always been untrusted by the King of Han in Hanzhong. And my king is thirsty for talent, if Lord Lin can return to my Da Zhao, he will definitely be able to be reused. In the past, Ling Xiao, one of the three ministers of King Yong, was already one of the central officials of my Zhao State. In this regard, Lord Lin should know very well that in comparison, the king of Hanzhong is far worse than the king of my country. Now Chang'an is no longer safe, and Lord Lin has also done what he can for the king of Hanzhong. Therefore, Lord Lin should have a clearer choice. ”