"Boom!"

A cannonball exploded in the distance, shaking the windows of the room.

The faces of everyone in the room were very ugly.

Zuo Prime Minister Yelu Longyun, Xiao Yixu, the general of Zhongjing's defense, and a number of civil and military generals gathered here, and the atmosphere in the room was very depressing.

At this time, someone suddenly said: "Daxiangguo, it has been seven days, the Zhao army is bombing day by day, and now it has made this kind of super large stone throwing machine that can hit the inner city, bombarding day and night, there are dead and wounded in the city all the time, there are a few shells to the imperial city a few days ago, and now the people in the city are panicking, the moat outside the city has been filled by them for more than 30 meters, and it seems that it is about to reach the city gate, how can we be good." ”

Everyone looked at Prime Minister Yelu Longyun.

Yelu Longyun's originally emaciated face was now a pointed chin, and his head was slightly bowed as if he was pondering something.

After a while, Yelu Longyun said in a deep voice, "What are your plans?" ”

Seeing Prime Minister Zuo speak, someone boldly said: "The city must not be defended, so it is better for us to abandon the city and escape." ”

Someone retorted: "The Zhao army is surrounded on all sides, how can we escape, do you think we can rush out with the manpower in our hands." ”

"It's better than sitting back and waiting." The man replied.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

In fact, many people have thought of a word in their hearts, but no one dares to say it easily.

At this time, finally a guy couldn't help it and said: "Daxiangguo, why don't we surrender, we can make a request to Qin Guan, you can't kill us." ”

Everyone's eyes looked at the guy who spoke, and it turned out to be the Privy Council Deputy Minister Hu Xuan, a second-rank senior member.

Facing the eyes of everyone, Hu Jian was not stunned at all, and said loudly: "What do you see me doing, don't say that you haven't thought about this problem, you all know that staying is waiting for death, and now there are only two ways, either rush out and flee to the grassland, or surrender." ”

"But can we kill it, even if we kill it, there are no supplies, no tents, no food, what do so many of us live and eat, and the snow outside has sealed the grassland, and we can only freeze to death."

"As for the rest, the only thing left is to surrender."

Who is not a human spirit here, how can he not know this truth, even if he breaks out of the encirclement and runs out, it will be a death.

At this time, someone said, "I'm afraid that those people in the imperial city will not agree." ”

"Your Majesty took away Empress Xiao, and a few princes, and now there are only some unfavored princes and princesses and concubines left in the imperial city, what if you don't agree, do you want more than 100,000 people in the city to die together." Some people didn't reply angrily.

At the end of the discussion, people all looked at Prime Minister Yelu Longyun on the left.

Yelu Longyun's eyes were closed at the moment, and his cheeks moved from time to time, and this decision was also very difficult for him to make.

If he does not surrender, it will only take four or five days at most, and the Zhao army will be able to break through the city gate, and what will happen to them at that time, if they surrender, what if the Zhao army enters the city and does not let them go.

The room was very quiet, the pin drop could be heard, and even the breathing was minimized.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion sounded not far away, and even the exclamations of many people were heard.

Someone in the room screamed in fright.

Yelu Longyun sighed in his heart.

That's it, that's it.

Now that the officials in power in Zhongjing City are here, they still have a little confidence to stick to it, and they came over today, didn't they force themselves to make a decision.

"Write a book of surrender and send it to Qin Guan."

After Yelu Longyun finished speaking, he stood up and went back to the back room with his body bent.

Qin Guan was standing in front of a huge trebuchet, watching those soldiers busy, this huge guy was more than 20 meters high, that is, the craftsman said "cloud artillery car", which could fire a 20-kilogram cannonball at a time, and it could shoot more than 2,000 meters.

Only two were built in five days, and Qin Guan asked them to start firing, constantly firing cannonballs into the city, if anyone was unlucky, a cannonball was dropped, and their house was gone.

This kind of bombing caused a lot of pressure on Zhongjing City.

No one knows when a shell will fall, and the life of the family will be lost.

The work of filling the earth is also done well, it has advanced more than 30 meters, and there are more than ten meters to open the passage, and when the time comes, push the rushing car over, Qin Guan believes that at most one or two rounds can blow the city gate open.

However, the Liao captives who filled in the soil also suffered many casualties, and more than 20,000 people died in seven days.

"The cannons are ready."

"Launch."

Shout~~~

The thick arm of the cloud cannon cart swung and threw a huge cannonball out at such a great speed that it turned into a small black dot and fell into the city.

"Boom!"

In the distance, an explosion could be heard, followed by a puff of black smoke.

Qin watched with emotion.

At this moment, a fast horse rushed towards this side, and before he could enter, he was stopped by the surrounding guards, and the knight was brought over and bowed to Qin Guan: "Li Mutou, the head of the forward battalion, has seen the big handsome, the big handsome, just shot down a letter from the head of Zhongjing City, and they shouted that it was for you, and I want you to see it for yourself." ”

Qin Guan nodded, and a personal guard took the letter, opened it slowly, and did not read the content of the letter, but checked it inside and out, and found that there was no problem, so he took the letter in his hand and held it for Qin to see, his eyes still looking to the side.

In ancient times, there were many ways to murder generals, some of which could be described as strange and weird, such as smearing poison on letters, and Qin Guan had to guard against it.

Qin was stunned when he saw the contents of the letter, and then a smile appeared on his face.

This turned out to be a descending letter.

It was written in this surrender that Zhongjing City was willing to surrender in Kaicheng, and hoped that Qin Guan would not kill on a large scale, and that the interests and personnel of each family should not be lost as much as possible.

Qin Guan immediately called his own people to discuss, and Han Yuqing, Xiong Daxiong Er, Xue Mu, Pan Liang, Li Xuan and others all read this letter of surrender.

Qin Guan asked, "What do you think?" ”

Xiong Er said: "Young master, the people of Liao will not cheat." ”

Pan Liang said: "We are not afraid of cheating, we can put forward conditions, if they do it, it is really surrendered, if they can't do it, it is cheating, and when the time comes, when the city gate is broken, they will be killed." ”

At this time, Han Yuqing said: "Xianggong, if the Liao people are willing to surrender, it will save a lot of trouble, but we must also prevent them from cheating, I think it is better to do this, let's let them stop all attacks, open the city gate, and ask the city gate to be unloaded, all the officials and soldiers come out to surrender, I don't believe they can play any tricks." ”

The crowd thought it was feasible.

Qin Guan immediately ordered: "Send a letter back to Zhongjing, and say that I agree to their surrender, but there are a few conditions that they must fulfill." ”