Chapter 266

This time, Zhao Xu came to say that he had naturally considered the existence of Qingyuan's great power to join the army, and Zhao Xu was about to persuade Zhang Yuanyi to surrender in front of this person, but in fact, Zhao Xu himself did not approve of the persuasion, because the probability of success was not high, it was better to simply attack the city neatly, but Zhao Xu did not dare to disobey Zhao Wu's intentions.

"I, Zhao Xu, the vanguard general of the night army, have heard the name of the city lord Zhang for a long time, and I have come to visit me today," shouted at a few people in the city from afar, and Zhao Xu waited for Zhang Yuan in the city to respond.

"Since you are here to visit Ben Shuai, why did you come with the army again," he responded to Zhao Xu with a smile, and looked at Zhao Xu, Zhang Yuan also had a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Zhao Xu, as Zhao Wu's brother, is also famous, although Zhao Xu has been losing in front of the Snow Army before Zhao Wu came out, but now is by no means the time to ignore Zhao Xu. Zhang Yuan can also think that Zhao Xu claims to be a pioneer general and has such a relationship with Zhao Wu, then Zhao Xu's behavior completely represents Zhao Wu's meaning, and it is natural that Zhang Yuan also put Zhao Xu in the same position as himself, and the expression on his face became more cautious.

"If you don't bring the army here, I'm afraid that Marshal Zhang may not be willing to see Zhao. Zhao Xu's response was quite clever.

"Then I don't know why Zhao Xianfeng specially visited Ben Shuai?"

"This matter is simple, there are 100,000 guards in Xilan Pass, but there are 300,000 lions in our night army. Once the army is overwhelmed, I don't know if Marshal Zhang will have the power to resist?" As soon as his tone changed, Zhao Xu continued: "If not, my night army will not embarrass you, as long as Your Excellency opens the city gate and lets my night army pass, my night army will not hurt a single soldier." Zhao Xu said very widely, a bit of a grandiose feeling.

"Joke, you Night Country is currently under attack on the eastern and western borders, and you dare to lie in front of Ben Shuai that you have an army of 300,000, can you really be a three-year-old child? Zhang Yuan also felt that Zhao Xu was deliberately talking big, and immediately retorted.

"Hmph, the marshal knows nothing about my night army and still has to make a conclusion, I'm afraid that when he meets my night army, he will regret what he said at this time. In the face of the other party's questioning, Zhao Xu's expression remained unchanged and continued: "Once our army breaks through Xilan Pass, I am afraid that the fate of Xu Tianyi before will be a lesson for your Marshal Zhang." ”

Seeing that ordinary words could not work, at the beginning, Zhao Xu took out the events not long ago to shock the other party.

On the other side, Zhang Yuan, who originally didn't plan to take Zhao Xu's words to heart, flashed with a sharp light in his eyes, as Xu Tianyi's successor, Zhang Yuan naturally knew Xu Tianyi's situation best.

Xu Tianyi was not only dismissed on the spot soon after he returned to Xilan Pass with his troops, but his own royal clan status would be cut off in the future, and a high-ranking and powerful eighth-order martial cultivator actually fell into the fate of becoming a commoner, which can be regarded as a ruined reputation. At least Zhang Yuan can also think that Xu Tianyi will not be reused by the royal family in the Night Country in the future, and he will not even have the opportunity to develop his power privately.

I don't know how Xu Tianyi will live his life in shame in the future, but Zhang Yuan never wants to end up like that. His heart tightened, and Zhang Yuanyi's original will to insist on fighting shook.

"If Marshal Zhang is willing to surrender to my Night Country, I, Zhao Xu, can promise on behalf of the commander of the three armies that after entering the city, I will treat your Zhang family as guests of the Night Country, and our army will treat your Zhang family with courtesy. And you, Marshal Zhang, can continue to be your Xilan City Lord. ”

What Zhao Xu said now is what Zhao Wu has explained before, and these words are an important part of what is used to move Zhang Yuanyi. During Zhang Yuanyi's silence, Zhao Xu happened to strike while the iron was hot and said all the good things.

"I don't know where your night army got the confidence, even if you have 300,000 soldiers, but my Xilan Pass is indestructible, how can you break through my Xilan Pass in a short time. If reinforcements arrive, Zhang will definitely lead his troops out of the city to crusade against your night army. Zhao Xu first threatened, and then said good things, disturbing Zhang Yuanyi's mind, but fortunately, Zhang Yuanyi finally remembered his previous promise to Qingyuan to join the army after frowning a few times, and then responded to Zhao Xu with a stubborn face.

"Marshal, why bother me, the total strength of your Snow Country is very clear to our Night Country, and it has already lost 100,000 troops before, I'm afraid that we can't transfer so many reinforcements in a hurry. Marshal Zhang, when you say that, it's just a bluff. Zhao Xu saw through Zhang Yuanyi's plan at a glance.

During the previous discussion, Zhao Wu clearly said that the Snow Army could not assemble an army in a short period of time, so now Zhao Xu naturally chose to believe Zhao Wu. And when answering Zhang Yuanyi, Zhao Xu deliberately said that his voice was very loud, so that the snow army in the city would understand that they only had 100,000 troops for the time being.

As for whether the night army has an army of 300,000, those defenders do not know, but those defenders know that the troops deployed in the city cannot be compared with the other party at all, and soon those soldiers are talking to each other, and they do not have the momentum of saber rattling before.

The army's spirit was unstable, and panic spread like a plague among the snow army, and it didn't take long for the snow army in the city to become panicked one by one. After the ordinary soldiers showed their uneasiness, the generals and non-commissioned officers in the city could only keep asking the soldiers to stay in formation.

Zhang Yuanyi and the seven people on the city tower noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and couldn't help but look at each other. Qing Yuan joined the army as a bystander and saw Zhao Xu's words more thoroughly, the situation in their Xilan City was indeed the case, and it was impossible to gather too many troops in a short period of time. If you want to hold the city pass, you can only rely on the current troops, and the key to defending the city is Zhang Yuanyi's attitude.

As a bystander, Qing Yuan's participation in the army is enough to see the temptation of the conditions given by Zhao Xu to Zhang Yuanyi from an objective analysis. At this moment, Qing Yuan joined the army and put aside his previous trust in Zhang Yuanyi, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuanyi with a vigilant gaze, waiting for Zhang Yuanyi to express his position at the critical moment.

Under the gaze of Qingyuan joining the army, Zhang Yuan also knew that he should decisively refuse Zhao Xu's request at this moment, but in his heart, Zhang Yuan also felt that what Zhao Xu said made some sense.

Xilan City has limited troops, and once it is broken by the night army, not only will it end up like Xu Tianyi, but their Zhang family will also have to pay the price for his own resistance.

He, Zhang Yuan, was also able to sit in the position of the city lord of Xilan City, which was naturally related to the background of their Zhang family being a famous family in Xilan City. The Zhang family has a big family in Xilan City, even if it is not comparable to the three major families in the city that never sleeps, but the power in Xilan City is definitely second to none, and it is stronger than the big city families like Youcheng and Wenfeng City.

Once the Xilan Pass is broken, it is impossible for the Zhang family to withdraw all the foundations from Xilan City in a short period of time, and even the withdrawal of all personnel is a problem.

I didn't expect that being a commander-in-chief would involve so many problems, and Zhang Yuan now regrets taking over the post of commander-in-chief of the three armed forces.

Originally, I thought that Qingyuan's joining the army was an honor, but I didn't expect it to be a hot potato, I knew that this was the case, no matter how the other party asked for it, how to give benefits, Zhang Yuan would never temporarily take the position of commander of the three armies. It's easy to put on clothes and it's hard to take them off, and unconsciously, Zhang Yuan is also a little bit of a mustard for Qingyuan next to him to join the army.

Meeting the other party's gaze, Zhang Yuan also had a faint feeling of being deceived by it in his heart, and a flash of fire flashed in his eyes. On the other side, Qing Yuan's participation in the army seemed to be equally aware of this, but he didn't dare to look directly at Zhang Yuanyi's gaze at the moment.

"Even if you find out what the situation of my Xilan City is, as long as I, Zhang Yuan, also refuse to fight to the end, and ensure that I don't break the city pass for three days, when the reinforcements come, what other means can your night army have. "Anyway, the main problem now is that the night army can't attack the city in a short time, so Zhang Yuanyi's attention returns to Zhao Xu.

100,000 troops may not be able to stop the enemy's attack, but Zhang Yuan also thought that as long as he dragged it back and prepared more things that could be used to defend the city, such as some rolling logs and stones on the city wall, the Snow Army had a good chance of blocking the opponent's attack. Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Yuan also felt that there was no need to be too afraid of the might of the enemy army at the moment.

Unconsciously, Zhang Yuanyi already had a little confidence in his heart, and his face was much calmer than before.

Although Zhao Wu had mentioned to Zhao Xu before that he could use Zhang Yuanyi's family power as a bargaining chip to force Zhang Yuanyi to submit, Zhao Wu was still negligent and failed to consider that Zhang Yuanyi would abandon this point.

Zhang Yuanyi's inner change was a little unexpected, from what he said just now, Zhao Xu could clearly see that Zhang Yuanyi's attitude was still the main battle, what he said before was useless, so now he can only make the final lobby.

Although Zhao doesn't know where Marshal Zhang's confidence comes from, Marshal Zhang might as well listen to Zhao's last words. ”

"Now that the Northern Regions have been in turmoil, there are many wars, you and I must find the right position if we want to settle down, you want to take refuge in the Qingyuan Great Country, but have you ever thought that the Qingyuan Great Country is a few countries away from your Snow Country. ”

"There is very little chance that the Snow Country can be helped by the Qingyuan Great Power, but at the moment, the strength of your Snow Country's army is only that. Once our army comes, it will inevitably break through Xilan Pass, and if you don't die on the battlefield, you will become a lost dog, Zhao advises you to see the situation as soon as possible, and don't destroy your future. ”

"If the Marshal thinks that the Snow Army is capable of resisting the lions of the Night Country, then be prepared to fight us. If not, then now surrender to our night army, and the marshal can still take up the original position. Otherwise, when our army breaks through Xilan Pass, your Zhang family must change places and re-establish their forces at that time. ”

"Right and wrong are all decided by the marshal himself, but there is something I Zhao would like to say, those who know the times are Junjie, and I hope that Marshal Zhang can see the situation in front of him clearly. Don't wait until you lose the opportunity to regret it. ”