Chapter 54: Forced Surrender
Outside the city, the banner covered the sky, and the 100,000 Jianghuai troops were ready to break through the city in front of them in one fell swoop today, but under the handsome banner, it was silent at the moment, even with Kou Zhong's tenacity, he was already confused by a series of bad news at this moment.
Silence, under the handsome banner, all the generals who heard the news were silent for a while, without saying a word, and a sense of suffocation enveloped everyone's hearts.
"Xiangyang City Guard, isn't it Qian Duguan? When did Wu Yunzhao arrive in Xiangyang? Finally, a Jianghuai army general couldn't help but break the oppressive atmosphere.
"Money alone? Hehe......" Du Fuwei raised his head, stared at the direction of Jingling City with indifferent eyes, sneered, and did not answer.
There is no need to answer, since Wu Yunzhao can express his position on behalf of Xiangyang City, then as the former Xiangyang City Guard, there are only two possibilities, one is that he has secretly surrendered, and the other is that he will never be seen, Du Fuwei believes that with Li Xuan's outstretched hand that day, it will not be too difficult to achieve any of these two points.
But what really shocked Du Fuwei was Li Xuan's methods, whether it was to submit or kill Qian Duguan, it was not difficult, the difficulty was that this qiē was carried out quietly, and even before today, everyone had always thought that the Xiangyang City Guard was Qian Duguan.
This forbearance alone made Du Fuwei frightened, who would have thought that Xiangyang, who had not been optimistic all along, would become the most important chess piece in this shocking reversal at this critical moment.
The shape shì reversed, a moment ago, it was still 100,000 male soldiers besieging Jingling, but in the blink of an eye, the attack and defense were transposed, and the trapped ones became the Jianghuai army.
"Boss, we ......" Everyone's eyes invariably looked at Du Fuwei, the situation changed too quickly. The impact on everyone is too great.
"Needless to say!" Taking a deep breath, Du Fuwei looked at the direction of the city wall, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Li Xuan has blocked all our retreats, retreat." Our army will be defeated, and the three armies will have no food, and I think you should know very well what the consequences will be! ”
Everyone is silent, what can be the consequences, the three armies have no food, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened, and the riots will rise everywhere, even with the prestige of Du Fuwei, it will be difficult to prevent the mutiny of the three armies.
"So, leave it to us. There is only one way left! Du Fuwei swept over everyone with a pair of tiger eyes, and said: "Before the news spreads, take the tomb at any cost!" For our army, fight a way out! ”
"I'll do as I was told!" The Jianghuai generals agreed in unison.
Kou Zhong opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, since Li Xuan had arranged so many back hands, he showed the ability of the other party. How did you pull this stubble? But he also knows that right now. Unless Du Fuwei is willing to surrender, otherwise, this will be the last way out, obviously, Dad is not willing to give up the foundation he founded with his own hands, ready to make a last stand.
"First of all. Block this news and prevent cholera in the hearts of the military! Du Fuwei said in a deep voice: "Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, you two are in charge of the law enforcement team, and there are those who dare to confuse the army." Chop! ”
Listening to the resoluteness in Du Fuwei's words, Kou Zhong took a deep breath and said loudly: "Obey!" ”
Some of the generals of the Jianghuai Army who had moved their minds couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts when they heard this, Kou Zhong pointed at the handsome seal in the past two days, the governor of the three armies, and the means he expressed had already convinced the generals, and now Du Fuwei handed over the law enforcement team to him, which has given him the power of life and death, and some of the thoughts that just came out were suddenly extinguished.
"In addition, Xicheng and Beicheng each sent 10,000 soldiers and horses over, and then transferred all the catapults and city-breaking crossbows, so that the soldiers of the three armies could have a full meal, and after an hour, they would officially attack the city from the east gate at any cost!"
"Look, what's that!?" Suddenly, one of the generals looked up at the sky in surprise and exclaimed.
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look up in unison, only to see that countless white dots suddenly rose in the sky above Jingling City, and they were flying quickly towards this side, and the target seemed to be the military camp.
"Pigeon!?" When they saw the face of the white dot clearly, many generals were surprised.
"Not good!" Kou Zhong and Du Fuwei changed color together, and Du Fuwei suddenly said sharply: "Quick, order everyone to drive these carrier pigeons away!" ”
It's just that it's late, and during the time of speaking, there are already a lot of carrier pigeons that have fallen into the crowd.
"Huh, there's a letter!?" A Jianghuai sergeant looked curiously at the letter box tied to the pigeon's leg, took it off without thinking, and unfolded the paper inside.
"The West City has been broken, the army has no food and grass supply, read that God has the virtue of a good life, from now on, as long as I am willing to break away from the Jianghuai army, I will not blame the past, and I am willing to open the city gate, provide food and accommodation, uh......" Reading this, the soldier's face suddenly turned pale, swallowed the rest of the words back into his stomach, and looked in the direction of Shuai Qi in shock.
The same scene continues to happen in the Jianghuai army, since Yang Jian dominated the world and created the imperial examination, although reading is still difficult for the poor, but reading literacy is not as mysterious as in the past, at least the literacy rate in this era is much stronger than in the late Han Dynasty, even if the Jianghuai army is mostly composed of low-level people, there are many people who can read and hyphenate, at least it is not difficult to understand this not esoteric text.
Silence, unspeakable silence, even if Du Fuwei and Kou Zhong found out in time, but the other party's methods were too fast, and Du Fuwei was not given a chance to react at all, and the news had already spread.
After the silent silence, there was a commotion, which was still small at first, but soon, when the commotion converged, an unspeakable wave was formed, there was no sound, but when the eyes that came together were connected, it formed an invisible pressure, even if it was a hegemon such as Du Fuwei, he could clearly feel a heavy pressure pressing on his body at this moment, making him feel a sense of suffocation.
"Soldiers, listen to me, as long as you break through Jingling, there is no need to worry about the grain and grass problem!" Some generals are making the last struggle in vain, but with little success, mutiny, irretrievable, at this moment, look directly at the brewing before the outbreak, once it really breaks out, it is the time when the Jianghuai army perishes!
"Crunch~" In the distance, the gate of Jingling City sounded in a dull sound, a wave of cavalry rushed to the front of the formation like a whirlwind, among the cavalry, a veteran general rode a horse to the front of the Jianghuai army, and said loudly: "Where is Du Fuwei?" ”
"Feng Ge? What's up? Du Fuwei naturally recognized the veteran in front of him, came out of the crowd, came to the front of the formation, looked at Feng Ge and said in a deep voice, no matter what the other party's purpose is, but at the moment, it has temporarily attracted the attention of the three armies and suspended the outbreak of the mutiny.
"My lord invites Manager Du and the two young heroes Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to come forward for a while!" Feng Ge said loudly.
"My lord?" Du Fuwei looked at Feng Ge coldly and said, "What? Isn't Fang Zetao dead yet? ”
Feng Ge glanced at Du Fuwei coldly and said: "Fang Zetao, the owner of the Duji Mountain Villa, has died at the hands of the demon girl of the Yin Sect three days ago, and my lord is the Sword Emperor Li Xuan!" ”
Du Fuwei sneered: "I thought that you Feng Ge was also an iron-clad man, but I couldn't imagine that the old master had just died, so he couldn't wait to find a new master?" ”
Feng Ge looked at Du Fuwei coldly and said: "Good birds choose trees to perch, although the veteran is dizzy, he also asks himself what is the hero." ”
Du Fuwei sneered, didn't say much, and said coldly: "Sue Li Xuan, I'll wait for him here!" ”
Feng Ge nodded, turned his horse's head, roared, and walked away with a group of knights.
"Daddy, our ...... fight" Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and looked at Du Fuwei.
Du Fuwei didn't speak, the battle has been fought so far, it is basically very clear, fight? What to fight? A group of soldiers who could mutiny at any moment? Du Fuwei didn't even dare to imagine what kind of scene it would be if Feng Ge hadn't arrived, so he had to thank the other party, but this may be the result that the other party wants, 100,000 Jianghuai troops, even if this is just an imaginary number, but there are always 70,000 or 80,000, at this moment, Du Fuwei has figured out the other party's mind, he not only wants to defeat himself, but also to subdue these 100,000 heroes!
What a big appetite, such a big spirit!
Rao is Du Fuwei has a tenacious heart, and after thinking clearly about the other party's purpose, he couldn't help but gasp.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded again, and the three of them looked up, just as they saw Feng Ge going and returning, and behind him, Li Xuan, surrounded by Shang Xiuxun and a group of ranch masters and Jingling generals, rode his horse like a star and a moon, with a victorious attitude.
"What's in your sleeve?" Li Xuan's gaze swept over Kou Xu and the others, and finally landed on Du Fuwei, although he had never seen it, Li Xuan said in an affirmative tone.
"Just a bandit, how dare you show ugliness in front of the Sword Emperor?" Du Fuwei said indifferently with a cold face.
"Brother Du, this grievance is quite heavy." Li Xuan smiled slightly, turned over and dismounted, and behind him, two Jingling soldiers lifted a bench and let Li Xuan sit down.
"The general of the defeated army, Brother Li is serious." Duvowe said in a deep voice.
"This shows that Brother Du is not convinced." Li Xuan smiled slightly, and didn't care about Du Fuwei's attitude, and took up the topic: "Then Brother Du, do you know where you are defeated?" ”
Kou Zhong's heart moved when he heard this, and he looked at Li Xuan with some curiosity, he had a feeling that Li Xuan didn't seem to be asking Du Fuwei, but himself.
When Du Fuwei heard this, his face couldn't help but show a touch of helplessness: "Du's vision is not high enough, and he can't see as far as Brother Li, so he is convinced." ”
"That's not all!" Li Xuan sighed faintly: "Brother Du, do you know that as early as a few months ago, I had expected that you would fight the idea of Jingling, and speculated on the location of your grain?" Let's get started! ”
"Hiss~" Rao is heart was already prepared, but when he heard this, Du Fuwei and Shuanglong couldn't help but gasp.
"In addition, for today's situation, there is more than this way of chess, even if the matter of Xicheng is not successful, Fu Gongyou has been rebelled by me, and now I am afraid that he has joined forces with Li Zitong and is encroaching on your territory."
Looking at Du Fuwei, whose face was already a little numb, Li Xuan shook his head and said, "So, I think that in this battle, you are not unjustly lost, other than that, ......"
"That's enough." Du Fuwei looked at Li Xuan, interrupted the other party's words, and said in a deep voice: "Du knows what to do!" (To be continued......)