Wei Duan only came to his senses at this time, and hurriedly ordered loudly: "Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!" ”

This order is absolutely correct at this time, but some people are unwilling, there are 3,000 elite soldiers outside, wouldn't closing the city gate at this time block these 3,000 elite soldiers outside for the enemy to slaughter?

Yin Tai immediately objected: "Don't make you, this is three thousand elite soldiers, how much thought, financial and material resources have been spent by the envoy in order to train these three thousand men and horses, if the city gate is closed at this moment, none of them will survive!" ”

Yang Fu angrily reprimanded: "If you don't close the city gate, the enemy army will definitely follow the rout into the city together, and at that time, we will all become fish and meat to be slaughtered!" ”

Wei Duan was trembling when he heard this, and immediately gritted his teeth and ordered: "Quickly close the city gate, no one is allowed to enter the city, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

The city gate was quickly closed by the defenders inside the city gate cave, and some of the routs who fled at the forefront failed to escape into the city, and as the city gate closed, these people rushed to the city gate and beat the city gate hard, crying and begging the people inside to open the city gate and let them in.

But what answered them was the sound of the jack gate falling violently, and at this moment, the defeated soldiers who were blocked outside the city were desperate.

"Rush!"

"Kill—"

A thousand sword and shield soldiers rushed over with their shields, and the routs who were still fleeing in the rear were slashed and killed on the spot, and they died on the spot.

In front of them, the city gate has been closed, the way of life has been cut off, and there are enemy troops chasing and cutting in the rear, the defeated soldiers have turned around and knelt down, they have been frightened, they have not been able to raise the courage to resist, one by one they threw away their armor, threw down their weapons and knelt to surrender.

Wei Duan, who was on the city tower, saw these people kneeling and surrendering without resistance, and was so angry that he ordered on the spot: "Shoot them, shoot them!" ”

But at this time, no one listened to his orders, and these defeated soldiers were all brothers, fathers, sons, neighbors, relatives and friends of the defenders on the city wall, and all of them were related to each other, how could these soldiers on the city tower get their hands on it?

Seeing this, Wei Duan's face turned blue with anger, his whole body trembled, and he said angrily: "How dare you disobey military orders and want to rebel? ”

If these defenders are really forced to rebel, then it will really be all over, Yang Fu hurriedly dissuaded: "Don't make the king, the ants are still greedy, what about people?" The Lord will be dead, they have no fighting spirit, and now they have become outcasts, and it is human nature to turn around and surrender, and leave everyone alive, whether they live or die, it all depends on creation! ”

After a while, the soldiers were escorted away by the Flame Army and lined up in a line, all like frosted eggplants.

The defenders on the city wall saw that the 3,000 men and horses were all gone, but they could not do anything, and they burst into tears one by one.

Yang Zheng, who was standing under the city tower on horseback, looked at the defenders on the city tower defiantly, and at this time, a flying horse came, and the knight whispered a few words in his ear.

After listening to Yang Zheng, he put the spear on the victory hook, took the longbow from the bow bag, stretched the bow and set up the arrow, and with a "whoosh" sound, the defenders on the city tower did not react, and found that the helmet on Wei Duan's head was missing.

With a "clang", the helmet fell on the hand, and the red tassels on it were scattered all over the ground.

"Ahh

Yin Tai, who was engaged in the next side, felt that Wei Duan was frightened crazy, and hurriedly ran over to reassure: "Don't be afraid, the enemy general can't enter yet, there are still 2,000 defenders in the city, and we are all beside the envoy!" ”

At this time, Yang Zheng's voice came from outside the city: "Listen to the guards and soldiers of the city, my lord has an order, and you are limited to hand over 50,000 stones of grain and grass, 5,000 catties of gold, and all cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock in the city. ”

"Tomorrow, after receiving the above materials, our army will retreat! If you do not receive the above supplies after the morning, you will immediately attack the city, and if anyone has not heard it, you can tell each other! ”

Wei Duan was helped up and walked to the wall to look out of the city, only to see that the Flame Army was withdrawing, but he knew that this was only a temporary retreat, and if they did not hand over the supplies and livestock they asked for tomorrow, they would attack Jicheng.

Half an hour later, the Assassin Mansion was assassinated.

A sergeant walked in quickly and reported to Wei Duan, who was sitting on the main seat: "Envoy Qiqi, the Flame Army has camped several miles outside the city, and it has not gone far!" ”

"Investigate again, if there is any news, report it immediately!" Wei Duan waved his hand, and the sergeant clenched his fists and retreated.

Wei Duan looked at the people on the left and right, and asked, "It seems that the Flame Army will not stop until it reaches its goal, gentlemen, what should I do now?" ”

The strategist Kong Xin stood up and said: "Lord, now there are only 2,000 soldiers left in the city, and there are flames and rangers to block the road from other cities, but I am afraid that the messenger will not be able to get out!" ”

"The enemy army is ten times larger than mine, and the remaining two thousand soldiers have no fighting spirit, not to mention the lack of bed crossbows, rolling stones, wood, fire oil, arrows and other fortification materials in the city, even if the fortification materials are sufficient, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold it for long before the enemy will break through the city, and at that time the jade and stones will be burned, it is better to meet the request of the Flame Army, raise grain, grass, gold, cattle, sheep, horses, and livestock to send them over!"

"This is a superficial view in the next point, if there is anything inappropriate, please also ask the Lord Haihan!"

Yang Fu stood up and objected on the spot: "Lord, I don't think it's okay!" The enemy army is insatiable, if we really come up with these to send them away, how do we know that Qin Feng will not increase it? ”

"Besides, if Qin Feng goes back on his word, what should we do?"

The strategist Jiang Yin stood up and also supported Yang Fu's opinion, "Envoy Jun, I also think that Yang Zhi is reasonable, and I think that this is just a bluff by the Flame Army, they are blackmailing, and they want to extort a sum of money before withdrawing the army and returning to Chang'an, so that Jun categorically can't let him get what he wants, otherwise, his arrogance will be even more arrogant!" ”

"Also, the enemy army asked for 50,000 stone of grain and grass, and now there is so much grain and grass in the storehouse? There are 5,000 catties in the storeroom? They dare to demand all the cattle, sheep and horses in the city, and they treat me as if I were nothing! ”

Another strategist, Yao Qiong, stood up and asked Jiang Yin: "If the Flame Army really attacks the city, how long can I resist?" ”

"This ······" Jiang Yin was so stunned that he didn't know how to answer.

Yang Fu said: "There are only two thousand defenders in the city, counting the guards of the big families and the powerful families, as well as seven or eight thousand young and strong, with just these 10,000 horses, it is impossible for the Flame Army to break through the city gate in a short time!" ”

Yao Qiong retorted unceremoniously: "Ten thousand people? Can these people go up to the walls to fight? Didn't you see the military appearance, morale, and momentum of the Flame Army outside the city? How did the remaining two thousand defenders behave, and you turned a blind eye? Cao Cao's 50,000 elite army attacked Nanyang, and was defeated by Qin Feng in a battle that lost his armor, almost all of his troops were wiped out, and several generals were captured, have you ever heard of it? ”