For four or five days in a row, Zhuge Jin saw that the grain and grass in the treasury were reduced every day, but there was no way to deal with it.

The grain stored in the treasury can only last for two days, and even if the Han army attacks the city at this time, the defenders of the city will be unscrupulous and uneaten after two days.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the Han army outside the city, Zhuge Jin's face showed a strong entanglement.

Unlike Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Jun outside the city is calm.

The Han army has been surrounded for more than ten days, and the Jiangdong army in the city has run out of food and grass, and it should be visible to surround it for two or three days.

At first, Zhuge Jun would still send people to the city to persuade him to surrender, but after being rejected several times, he no longer sent soldiers to persuade him to surrender, just waiting for the Jiangdong army in the city to be in chaos.

Sitting in the barracks, looking at the Xincheng city wall in the distance, Zhuge Jun was leisurely sipping tea, as if waiting for something.

"General!" Drinking tea and looking at the city wall of Xincheng, Mrs. Zhurong walked over to Zhuge Jun from behind.

didn't look back, just put down the tea cup in his hand, Zhuge Jun asked Mrs. Zhurong, "Madame is here, what's the matter?" ”

"Our army has been besieging the city for more than ten days, and the general has never mentioned attacking the city, I don't know what it means?" When he arrived at Zhuge Jun's side, Mrs. Zhurong gave him a barbarian salute and asked with doubts.

Turning his head to look at Mrs. Zhurong, Zhuge Jun smiled slightly, and said to her: "The Jiangdong army in the city is short of food, and our army only needs to besiege it for a few more days, and Xincheng will not be attacked!" ”

"Our army has not entered Xincheng, how does the general know that there is a shortage of food in the city?" Zhuge Jun's answer made Mrs. Zhurong puzzled and blurted out a question.

"Xincheng is just a small city!" Smiling slightly, Zhuge Jun looked at Xincheng again and said to Mrs. Zhurong: "In the past, the grain and grass in the city must be transported to Jianye or the place where soldiers and horses from all over the country gather. There is never too much grain and grass in this city, and it is enough for the people in the city to eat, but now there is an army of tens of thousands of people in the city. ”

Zhuge Jun's words seemed to make some sense, and Mrs. Zhurong didn't say anything, just listened silently.

His eyes were still on Xincheng, and Zhuge Jun continued: "If it is someone else, maybe it will extract grain from the mouths of the people and supply the army." But my brother, who is a good man, could never do such a thing. Even if it is made, it will be a drop in the bucket, and the people in the city will definitely be in chaos, without our army attacking, Xincheng is already in chaos! ”

"Isn't the general going to wait for the chaos in Xincheng?" Looking at Zhuge Jun, Mrs. Zhurong tilted her head and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Two possibilities!" Raising two fingers, Zhuge Jun said: "First, my brother refuses to surrender, and we can enter Xin City if there is no food in the city." Second, if the elder brother can't bear the misery of the people in the city and the Jiangdong Army, he will definitely come to discuss with someone. At that time, a certain meeting will ask him to surrender to the imperial court. ”

"It's just ......" said that Mrs. Zhurong nodded straightly, and the two words that suddenly appeared behind Zhuge Jun made Mrs. Zhurong stunned.

After only saying two words, Zhuge Jun didn't continue, but frowned, sighed lightly and said: "I don't want my brother to make such a decision, but he will do it!" ”

Zhuge Jun said these words inexplicably, Mrs. Zhurong looked at him with a puzzled expression, and asked him: "Why did the general say such things!" ”

"Madame, prepare early!" Smiling slightly, Zhuge Jun said to Mrs. Zhurong: "If a certain brother really makes people come here to surrender, Mrs. and the king can secretly prepare soldiers and horses, and when the elder brother goes out of the city, they will take Xincheng in one fell swoop!" ”

"In this way, wouldn't it be a violation of the general's brotherhood!" Zhuge Jun's decision made Mrs. Zhurong suddenly puzzled, and hurriedly asked.

"Brother's surrender is mostly fake." Sighing softly, Zhuge Jun said: "If he really uses this trick, he can't leave him a little way back!" ”

"Got it!" In response, Mrs. Zhurong's face also showed a sense of loneliness.

She had heard about Zhuge Jun a long time ago, and when she went to Luoyang, it was Zhuge Liang who asked him to go.

Zhuge Liang thought that he would die in Luoyang, or be sent elsewhere by the imperial court, but he didn't expect that the current emperor did not do that, but reused Zhuge Jun and asked him to lead the army to the west, first under Hanzhong, and then to seize Yizhou, and finally defeated the barbarians and unified the southwest.

Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei, intending to help Liu Bei stabilize the country, but he did not expect to be defeated by the Han army in one fell swoop.

As a general of the Han army, Zhuge Jun already had a brother who was a prisoner in Luoyang, and now he had to face another brother, and he personally confronted this brother.

From Zhuge Jun's face, Mrs. Zhurong couldn't see the slightest expression, but she knew that the general in front of her would definitely not be calm in her heart!

Just as he was about to leave from Zhuge Jun's side, a Han soldier ran over quickly, and when he got closer, he bowed to Zhuge Jun with his fists and said, "General Qiyu, there is a Jiangdong army in the city to ask for a meeting!" ”

Knowing that the Jiangdong Army had come to the city, Zhuge Jun turned his head and glanced at Mrs. Zhu Rong, and did not speak, but said to the soldier: "Call him!" ”

"No!" The soldier answered, and turned to leave.

Looking at the back of his departure, Zhuge Jun said to Mrs. Zhurong: "Madame, you can listen to what the people from Jiangdong have to say here, but don't ask my brother whether he is really descending or fake!" ”

"General rest assured!" Mrs. Zhurong was trying to hear what the Jiangdong army coming out of the city would say, but Zhuge asked her to stay, so she hurriedly responded.

Not long after the soldiers left, Zhuge Jun and Mrs. Zhurong saw that he had led a person towards this side.

The soldier who came with him was an officer of the Jiangdong Army.

When Zhuge Jun approached, the soldier who led the way first hugged his fists and said to Zhuge Jun: "General Qiqi, the people have been brought!" ”

Sitting behind the low table, he looked at the Jiangdong army in front of him from head to toe, and Zhuge Jun asked him: "The two armies are fighting, our army has not yet attacked the city, what did you do when you came to see this general?" ”

On the order of Zhuge Jin, he came to beg to surrender to the Han army, and the Jiangdong officer hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed, gave Zhuge Jun a big salute and said: "Back to the general's words, as the general expected, there is no food in the city, and my general can't bear to be ruined, so he specially ordered the villain to come and surrender to the general!" ”

What the Jiangdong officer said just confirmed Zhuge Jun's guess, and Mrs. Zhu Rong subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Zhuge Jun.

didn't make eye contact with her, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhuge Jun's mouth, and asked the Jiangdong officer: "Did your general say when to dedicate the city?" ”

"If the general promises, the city will be surrendered early tomorrow morning!" The demeanor was very respectful, and the Jiangdong officer replied.

His eyelids lowered slightly, Zhuge Jun pretended to be thoughtful, and after a while, he nodded, and said to the Jiangdong officer: "That is the case, go back to your general's words, and the Japanese general will go to take over Xincheng tomorrow!" ”

"No!" In response, the Koto officer took two steps backwards before turning to leave.

Looking at his departing back, a playful smile appeared on the corner of Zhuge Jun's mouth.

Zhuge Jin also thought about it for a long time, and finally made the decision to surrender to the Han army.

There are few Jiangdong soldiers in the city, and there is no food and grass, and the Jiangdong army under his command is unable to support it if it continues to hold on to the Han army.

Offering the city to the Han army, waiting until the Han army is defenseless and suddenly attacking, although the possibility of victory is not great, but it is not completely without a fight!

The Jiangdong Sun clan is now like a tired egg, the 600,000 troops of the Han Dynasty went south, and the 200,000 troops from the southwest are now coming to the city.

Zhuge Jin no longer has any hope of being able to win this war!

The officers who had been sent out of the city did not linger long outside the city and soon returned to the city.

Seeing the officer riding into the city, Zhuge Jin, who was standing on the city wall waiting for news, hurriedly ran to the stairs and stood at the top of the stairs, waiting for the officer to come.

Entering the city, the officer turned over and jumped off his horse, and ran up the city wall as fast as he could.

When Zhuge Jin approached, he clenched his fists and bowed down, and said to Zhuge Jun: "General Qiqi, the villain went to ask to see General Zhuge Jun, and said that he wanted to sacrifice the city, and he has already made a promise!" ”

Knowing that Zhuge Jun promised to take over Xincheng, Zhuge Jin was immediately overjoyed, and said to the officer: "It's hard work, you go down and rest!" ”

In response, the officer turned and left.

Before he left, Zhuge Jin instructed the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, the enemy army will come to take over the city early tomorrow morning, and our army will be covered up at that time, and those who have won the head of the enemy's army will be promoted to the third rank!" ”

"No!" In response, the soldiers turned around and left, conveying Zhuge Jin's order to the whole army.

Conveying the order, Zhuge Jin turned around again, holding the battlements with both hands and looking out of the city.

The Han army camp outside the city has no end in sight.

Taking a deep breath, Zhuge Jin didn't know whether the decision he made this time was right or wrong.

The Han army has a large number of people, and its combat power is not comparable to that of the Jiangdong Army, even if it suddenly launches a rush to kill, how many Han troops can be killed, and how many Jiangdong troops can be evacuated, Zhuge Jin has no confidence at all.

Another quiet day passed, and the Han army camp, which had been besieging the city for more than ten days, was still quiet.

The Jiangdong Army did not express its intention to surrender, and the Han Army never launched an attack on Xincheng.

Now that he has indicated that he will surrender to the Han army, Zhuge Jin knows that this night, he will sleep very peacefully.

Before tomorrow morning, this night may be the last peace for him and the officers and men of the Jiangdong Army.

The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army in the city, when they received Zhuge Jin's order, also knew that they did not need to bother to be vigilant against the Han army outside the city at night.

It was only when it was dark, and the officers and men of the Jiangdong Army, who had eaten their meals, had already returned to their sleeping places, and many of them soon fell asleep.

Compared with the Jiangdong Army, the Han army camp is a little busier than usual, looking from the Xincheng city wall, the Han army camp outside the city, the bonfire is burning, and the soldiers are also reorganizing their troops and horses, waiting for the next day to take over Xincheng.