Chapter 263

Zhao Wu didn't have any good ways at the moment, but he was more inclined to the kind of proposal to persuade him to surrender, after all, it was best not to fight.

"Report," a soldier's voice suddenly came from outside, and everyone looked towards the door. The door that had been hanging down was opened by the soldiers who had been guarding the door.

"Marshal, the spies have news to report. ”

"Let him in," Zhao Wu nodded.

"Yes," said the soldier, bowing and exiting the tent.

Immediately after, a soldier strode in, "See the marshal, the captains, and the generals." "Judging from his dress and strength, this person is still a commander.

"If there is any news, say it quickly," I have already asked people to inquire about the situation of the Snow Army, and everyone knows that the news that the spy is going to say is related to the Snow Army, so Zhao Xu directly asked the spy to report it.

"A sentry who caught an enemy soldier earlier, we tortured and interrogated some information, and our subordinates came to explain it. The soldier carefully explained, and then continued: "There are 100,000 troops stationed in Xilan City, and for the time being, the city lord of Xilan City is responsible for guarding the city pass as the commander of the three armies of the Xue Army. ”

The commander at the door of the tent did not even dare to speak loudly in front of a general.

"Is there any other news?" Zhao Xu asked.

"Nope!"

"Where's the Snow Country spy?"

"Still in the camp. The two of them said one by one, and soon everyone knew that the commander was coming to report.

Seeing that his subordinates had no information to report, Zhao Xu turned to look at Zhao Wu and asked what Zhao Wu meant.

"You have to continue to send people to arrest the secret agents of the Snow Army, find out the news from their mouths, and quickly retreat!" "At present, finding out the news from the other party's spies is a way for the Night Army to obtain information, but the news of the enemy's secret agents is not necessarily true, so it is necessary to arrest more people to torture them separately, so that the news is gathered together. First, the Night Army has more information, and secondly, they can also get real information from many messages.

Of course, Zhao Wu will not drag on too long, and in the near future, no matter how much news can be investigated, Zhao Wu will determine when to move troops according to the discussion of the generals just now, and there will be a decision on whether to fight or persuade to surrender. Of course, no matter what, the night army must be ready to attack the city.

There are many soldiers in the night barracks, and the generals are completely capable of preparing separately, so everything is going on in an orderly manner. Then, those generals received instructions from Zhao Wu in all aspects, and one by one they responded, and then each withdrew from the big tent to take charge of the affairs of their various battalions.

In a blink of an eye, only Zhao Wu and the two people who joined the army were left in the big tent. Seeing that Zhao Wu seemed to be thinking about some things alone, the night country joined the army and said a few polite words to Zhao Wu and left, leaving Zhao Wu alone in the big tent.

At present, the situation of the night army is clear, no matter what kind of policy is adopted against the enemy, Zhao Wu will have corresponding countermeasures. Now the morale of the night army is sharp, in Zhao Wu's opinion, as long as he doesn't miss the opportunity.

In the military tent, Zhao Wu analyzed the opinions of the generals just now, and finally the question stopped at two options. How to fight, and how to persuade surrender.

There is too little understanding of the situation in Xilan City, as a general just said that rash dispatch of troops may not be able to break through the city pass at one time, resulting in a demoralization of one's own soldiers, which is extremely detrimental to the continuation of the siege in the future.

Another thing Zhao Wu can be sure of is that the longer it drags on, the more troops the Snow Kingdom royal family will send to Xilan City, and if you want to annex the Snow Country, sooner or later you will have to fight with all the armies of the Snow Country, but at the same time, the chances of winning against the Snow Country army will be greatly reduced, so it is best to take Xilan City as soon as possible.

If it is to persuade the surrender, first of all, we must find the basis for the enemy army lord to surrender, for the city lord of Xilan City, Zhao Wu has some understanding, Zhang Yuan is also a smooth person who is good at good relations with major snobbers, and is in a high position in Xilan City.

If this person wants to fight, then the people of Xilan City must be united. If this person wants to surrender, even if the Qingyuan Great Power sends a few more prison troops, it still can't change this person's intention, the key is that Zhao Wu's understanding of this person is only heard, there are many incompleteness, I don't know where this person's weaknesses are, and I don't know if the messenger sent has the opportunity to approach this person alone, so it is very difficult to persuade him to surrender.

Considering various factors, Zhao Wu felt that unless it was a strategy, it would be very difficult to defeat Xilan Pass. The key is that the Snow Army has always refused to defend the city, and whether the Night Army has a chance to surround the Snow Army has no strategy available. After all, the Snow Army still knows the details of the Night Army, and the Snow Army will not easily go out of the city without waiting for the forces of both sides to wait for the same time.

In addition, even if a large number of snow troops are gathered in the city, the commander of the snow army may not go out of the city to fight the night army in a short period of time, because the night army's morale is currently very high. Unless the Qingyuan Great Power ordered the army, it was really difficult for Zhao Wu to attack the city pass guarded by hundreds of thousands of troops.

There is another point, the night army they only bring three months of food and grass may not be able to afford it, and it is meaningless to consume it, Zhao Wu's thoughts kept circling, and he simply considered the situation between the two armies. Although the Night Army is still the victorious side, there is still no advantage in the face of the Snow Army, so Zhao Wu has to find a way to try to gain a certain advantage for the Night Army.

It's a bit of a stretch to get more information about West Ran, but it's important to have access to a lot of information. After considering the importance of the information at the moment, Zhao Wu wanted to gather back the generals who had just left. Although Zhao Wu himself didn't know much about the city lord of Xilan City, there might be people in the army who knew something about him. If there is more information about Zhang Yuanyi, Zhao Wu may be able to make a plan faster.

After thinking about it for a long time in the military tent, Zhao Wu made a preliminary plan.

On the morning of the second day of the garrison, the night army captured several spies from Xilan City, and the enemy's sentinel was very secretive, but due to the large number of people buried around by the night army first, the spies of the snow army were still easy to be caught.

Once caught, they face severe interrogation, and it is from this that the Night Army receives more and more information.

Early this morning, Zhao Wu gathered all the generals together to discuss the matter, and there were secret agents from the Snow Country being escorted outside the big tent of the Chinese army. As soon as the people in the camp needed to use these spies, the people outside would escort them in.

There were a few more generals in today's deliberations, and yesterday Zhao Wu had already made a preliminary plan and was ready to send someone to persuade him to surrender. If it is not necessary, they really don't have to attack the city, after all, surrendering the army without a fight is the best way to use the army.

According to the information tortured from those Snow Country spies, the Snow Army has only 100,000 troops in the city temporarily, and the remaining troops will not arrive until a few days later, so now is a good time for them to fight or persuade them to surrender.

According to Zhao Wu's intention, persuasion is the first priority, and this morning, Zhao Wu learned from the mouth of the crowd that Xilan Chengcheng advocated Yuan Yi's person, and decided to persuade the other party to surrender first.

Zhang Yuan is also a person with an excellent face, who pays attention to pomp and circumstance as a person in the world, and has an obsessive nature for a prosperous and wealthy life. Zhang Yuanyi's biggest shortcoming is his good face, and what has always maintained this person's face is this person's own identity as the city lord.

Zhao Wu wants to start from the identity of the other party, now that their night army is going to attack Xilan City, once it is defeated, Zhang Yuanyi's identity as the city lord is naturally not guaranteed, even if he does not die on the battlefield, the end must be no better than the previous Xu Tianyi, after all, Zhang Yuan is also the main general of the city now.

After learning that there were only 100,000 snow troops in the city, Zhao Wu was confident that he would break through Xilan City in one fell swoop, so he had a great grasp of persuasion. As long as the city lord of Xilan City is not a rigid person, he will naturally know that the current affairs are handsome.

After the people in the camp analyzed the situation on both sides according to the news in Xilan City, Zhao Wu officially ordered Zhao Xu to be the vanguard of the three armies and bring 100,000 troops to Xilan City to persuade Zhang Yuanyi to surrender.

Being able to get the position of pioneer, Zhao Xu was overjoyed, while the other generals could only envy him. First, Zhao Xu himself is a general, and secondly, Zhao Xu has that relationship with Zhao Wu, even if some of them think that they are more capable of taking on this position than Zhao Xu, no one questioned Zhao Wu after issuing the military order.

In addition, in fact, the pioneer general is not so easy to be. Although he has the opportunity to make a contribution, it is not cost-effective to end up like Hong Sihai.

After appointing Zhao Xu as the vanguard general, Zhao Wu then ordered two generals to go with the army to assist Zhao Xu. The night army's initial plan to take Xilan City was decided, and after Zhao Xu left the camp with several generals, Zhao Wu and the other generals had to discuss other matters.

In Zhao Wu's view, Zhao Xu must have three results. First, the lord of Xilan Castle was willing to surrender, second, the lord of Xilan Castle refused to surrender, and third, the lord of Xilan Castle asked for a period of time. Regarding the third possibility, there is a premise that the Night Army does not give the enemy much time to think about it, so the third may have certain limitations.

At the moment, Zhao Wu has a lot of things to discuss with the generals, but there are many people and great strength, and it won't take long for them to get the final result.

At the same time, in Lin Xuanzhong's place, the three of them happened to be within the 100,000 army. Zhao Xu brought 20,000 cavalry, 20,000 archers, and 60,000 infantry with him.

If the Snow Army does not have the advantage of the terrain, it will not be the opponent of the Night Army at all in a head-to-head duel with the same number of people.

It took nearly half an hour for the 100,000 army to be assembled, and after the army set off, it advanced towards Xilan Pass with a sharp momentum. Thirty miles of travel, marching in the normal way, in less than two hours, the army can reach the city of Xilan.

Not surprisingly, not long after the army left, the movement of the army was detected by the spies of the Snow Country, and those spies could quickly bring the news back to Xilan City with a light horse.