The news of the defeat of the Eastern Expeditionary army soon spread throughout the city, and the already exhausted city soldiers and citizens suddenly became more and more disheartened and desperate.

After returning to Fucheng, Xiao Yu rested for a while, waited until his mood stabilized a little, and then went straight to Xiao Ji's palace. When he came here, he saw that the original Wuling Palace's access was completely open, and people were constantly coming in and out, and even directly and openly carrying their belongings to escape from here.

"Stop! Who are your subordinates who dare to disturb the king's door? ”

Xiao Yu was furious when he saw this, and the anger that had been squeezed for days also broke out at this moment, and he directly ordered his subordinates to draw their knives and come forward to slash and expel them.

He has been an official in Bashu for a long time, and his prestige is second only to Xiao Ji, and these chaotic soldiers in front of the mansion did not dare to resist noisily after seeing this, or obediently returned to their respective positions, or put down the goods in their hands to hide their faces and fled, and soon order was restored in front of the mansion.

When Xiao Yu stepped into the palace, Xiao Yuansu, the young son of Xiao Ji who stayed in the palace, greeted him with a panicked and gloomy face, pulled Xiao Yu's sleeve and asked in a trembling voice: "Envoy, the army in the city has been defeated, and my father has been, I have ...... Is the message true? ”

At the same time, Xiao Ji's wives and concubines in the inner garden also stepped forward one after another, also with a panicked face, and asked Xiao Ji nonsense.

Facing everyone's inquiry, Xiao Yu just sighed. In fact, he was also more skeptical of the authenticity of this news, perhaps it was a fake news arranged by the Wei people to disguise and transmit, but seeing the panic caused by this news when it entered the city, it didn't matter if it was true or not, because even if it was fake, just looking at the chaos in the city, it would be difficult to continue to hold on, unless the army could turn back at this time, it would be powerless to return to the sky.

He didn't directly answer the inquiries of Xiao Yuansu and the ladies, and looked around and found that he didn't see Xiao Yuanzheng's figure, so he ordered his servants: "Go and invite the king of Xiyang back to the mansion quickly." ”

At this time, it is no longer meaningful to hold on to the city defense, and it is time to discuss what the way out is.

Soon Xiao Yuanzheng also returned to the palace from Shaocheng, and before he could speak after entering the hall, he saw Xiao Yu standing up and bowing deeply to the empty seat in the hall.

Immediately, Xiao Yu stood up, looked at Xiao Ji's children and family members in the hall and said: "The Supreme is entrusted with the foundation of the family and the country, and the ministers should swear to die in retribution." But now that the strong enemy is besieged, the minister's clumsy talent and invincibility will be maintained to this day, and his will will be exhausted. The Eastern Expeditionary Army was defeated at the mouth of the gorge, and Chengdu had no reinforcements to look forward to. The only way to do this is to preserve the supreme bloodline and family members is the most important. Therefore, please propose to lower the table......"

"No, absolutely not!"

Xiao Yuanzheng's face changed suddenly after hearing this, and he said loudly: "The Wei people are cruel and don't know etiquette, even if they ask to surrender, they may not be able to be safe!" What's more, there are still thousands of elite soldiers in the city, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers, and the Wei army is not more than 10,000 tired people. Now that I have not revealed my defeat, how can I surrender to the enemy! ”

Seeing that Xiao Yuanzheng was still so stubborn, Xiao Yu was a little relieved in his heart, but he still sighed in his mouth: "In today's difficult times, please don't be rash." The general of Wei is a person who knows the soldiers, although his soldiers do not win with the strength of the people, but the call is subtle and impeccable, the reason why the people do not attack today is probably because they are worried that the strong troops will enter the city and loot it. If you can't grasp it, it's too late to regret it......"

Hearing Xiao Yu say this, the other Xiao Ji family members present also nodded, and now they were already panicked and desperate, and their only thought was to save their lives.

Because Xiao Yuansu was influenced by his father and brother, he was not very respectful to this second brother who did not have deep feelings, and directly glared at Xiao Yuanzheng and said: "Second brother, don't be stupid and brave again, since my father entrusted the matter to Zhengxi, you and I should obey!" The Wei army is fierce and difficult to beat, everyone can see it, if you can really match it, it is not too late to go out of the city to fight at this time, I am afraid that you will not only harm yourself, but also the life of your whole family! ”

Xiao Yuanzheng was ashamed when he heard this, on the one hand, he didn't dare to go out of the city to fight, but on the other hand, he was not willing to become a prisoner again, even if he grabbed his saber in his hand and shouted loudly: "You cowardly and stealing people, what face do you have to reprimand me?" Even Liu Chan, the queen of Shu, can raise the heroic bloodline of the king of the northern land, is my father's family education not as good? Since you don't have the same way, you don't have to go together, you wait and repair the table, I will lead the loyal people in the city to fight against others! ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and walked out of the hall, intending to flee from the city with the soldiers he had gathered in the city during this time.

In his opinion, the Wei army is no more than 10,000 people, only taking advantage of the emptiness in Chengdu City to steal the city, even if he conquers Chengdu City, it is difficult to control the entire Shuzhong, so as long as he leaves Chengdu, he will gather with a wave of his arms, and he will become a force of his own, and he can even drive the Wei army out of Shuzhong, which is far better than surrendering directly.

But since Xiao Yu had already decided to surrender in his heart, how could he let Xiao Yuanzheng mess around again, even if he glanced at his cronies left and right, and at the same time looked at Xiao Yuanzheng's back and shouted: "The king, please stay, is it not enough to worry about the lives of the people in the city in the eyes of the king?" Now the people's hearts are depressed, morale is low, if the Wei army comes to attack, it will be difficult to resist, the king at this time to lead the crowd to flee, the Wei army is angry, and it will inevitably abuse the people of the city! ”

After Xiao Yuansu heard this, he also shouted loudly: "Don't go, don't go!" Stop him from leaving the palace!" ”

Xiao Yu's cronies had already blocked Xiao Yuanzheng's way, and with Xiao Yuansu's shouting, the guards in the mansion also rushed forward one after another, saying a faux pas to Xiao Yuanzheng, and then captured him, and then temporarily imprisoned Xiao Yuanzheng, who kept shouting and scolding, into the inner room of the mansion under Xiao Yuansu's order.

After getting rid of this annoying spirit, Xiao Yuansu looked at Xiao Yu again and said: "The life of the whole family is paid to the public, please don't live up to the trust of my father!" As he spoke, he bowed to Xiao Yu again.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, and then nodded heavily: "Please rest assured, the king, the ministers will do their best to protect the bloodline and family of the first king." ”

Now that there is a consensus on the internal level, the next step is to discuss how to revise the schedule. Xiao Yu summoned Xiao Ji's former officials and appointed officials who were still staying in the city, and after a discussion, they also decided to surrender to Emperor Liang instead of Xiao Ji's former lord Wuling.

Although it is said that this is just their own messing around behind closed doors, and they have not won the universal recognition within Southern Liang, and they have just been broken by Emperor Liang in the east who sent troops to block the door, but they have finally completed a series of processes to claim the emperor, and the calculation time is earlier than Jiangling.

Of course, the most important thing is that the resettlement treatment that can be obtained by surrendering will be better, after all, for the enemy general, just crusading against an enemy force is far less than the merit of defeating a country.

Now that the matter has been decided, the next step is to send an envoy out of the city to the Wei army camp to ask for surrender, in order to prevent the Wei army from attacking first, without further ado, Xiao Yudang even sent an envoy to carry the surrender letter out of the city.

At this time, in the camp of the Western Wei Army north of Chengdu, the atmosphere was also lively, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere. With the news of the defeat of Xiao Ji's army, they no longer had to worry about the emergence of new enemies, and they were already fantasizing about gaining a wealth after attacking Chengdu.

At this time, the atmosphere in the big tent of the Chinese army was even more enthusiastic, and the generals asked for battle one after another, and some generals even fought directly with competitors in order to get the opportunity to take the lead.

The soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty did not have regular salaries, and the harvest depended on the capture on the battlefield. In particular, there were still many Liufang forbidden troops in the troops led by Wei Chi Hui to enter Shuzhong, and these soldiers were not well organized, and they could not even enjoy the welfare subsidies of some Chinese and foreign governments, so they ran rampant inside and outside Gyeonggi to obtain money.

In addition to making contributions, this war is also a rare opportunity for them to make a fortune. Even if they didn't know the wealth of Chengdu before, they heard all kinds of exaggerated descriptions of many of the attached Qiang people during the march, and their hearts were even more full of expectations.

Now the morale of the defenders in the city is weakened, and some soldiers even surrender directly out of the city, and the defeat has been undoubtedly revealed. If you can fight first, you will be the first to enter the city, not only will you be the first to get there, but you will also be one step ahead of the city to loot. Therefore, all the generals naturally refused to give up this opportunity and asked to start the battle.

Wei Chi looked at the lively atmosphere in the tent, and a smile appeared on his face. In the past nearly two months of siege, in fact, he was also under a lot of pressure in his heart, because his own troops were not too much, he did not dare to forcibly attack the city, and he could only exert pressure through the siege, and he had to worry about reinforcements from the east.

When the pressure was at its highest, Wei Chi Hui even wanted to transfer reinforcements from He Ruodun's subordinates, who he had strictly ordered to defend Langzhong City, but fortunately, the previous persistence paid off, and with the news of Xiao Ji's defeat, it was only a matter of time before he conquered Chengdu.

The order of the battle in the camp has not yet been determined, and the envoy from Chengdu City who asked for surrender has already arrived in front of the camp gate, and when he describes his intentions, he is soon introduced into the big tent.

Hearing the news of the Shu people's surrender, Wei Chi Hui suddenly showed a smile on his face, but all the generals showed disappointment. Because once surrendered, it means that the city will not lose order due to war, and they will not have the opportunity to take the opportunity to plunder.

Therefore, the generals have said that now that the odds are certain, there is really no need to accept the surrender of the other party, and they should vigorously enter the city and kill the resistance of the Shu people.

But Wei Chi Yuan had his own plan, looked at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Now I am alone in Shu, and I can get the Shu people to lose the city and surrender, which is enough to strengthen the army." The soldiers are not bloody, that is, according to the Xiongcheng, the people near and far are not intimidated, but if they attack it, not to mention the death of the soldiers, there are more rebels from all over the world to disturb the soldiers, and Bashu does not know when it will be pacified. ”

As the nephew of the Western Wei Dynasty and Taishi Yuwentai, Wei Chi Hui has been in charge of the forbidden army for a long time, and he is also quite prestigious, after hearing this, although the generals still hold their breath in their hearts, they are a little unwilling, but they dare not oppose again.

When Wei Chi Yu decided to surrender and discussed the steps of surrender with the messengers in the city, a team of soldiers quietly entered the palace of the king of Wuling, who was disheartened and defended, and found Xiao Yuanzheng, who was imprisoned: "The last general will come to save the king!" ”

(End of chapter)