"Da Sima wants to raise the city to surrender to Qin?"

When Xiang Fujian was invited, after listening to Tian Chong's words, he was immediately shocked.

He exclaimed: "Da Sima, there are still 100,000 soldiers in this Zhen City, and the grain and grass can be available for several months, how can you surrender easily?" ”

Tian Chong smiled faintly and looked at Tian Dan beside him.

Tian Dan said in a mournful voice: "Ayi has fallen, the back road is cut off, the soldiers have long been terrified, and now the Qin army has intimidated with a giant cannon, and the surrenderers are not killed, although the soldiers in the city add up to 100,000 people, but most of them have the intention of surrendering, and they have no strength to fight again." If the Qin army attacks, it will definitely break the city in a battle. Da Sima had mercy on the lives of his soldiers and did not want to kill in vain. Therefore, he wanted to open the city and surrender Qin and save the lives of all the people in the city. ”

Xiang Fu was silent, he actually knew the situation in the city.

Zhencheng will never be able to hold it.

Seeing that the husband understands.

Tian Chong only spoke at this time: "Mr. Xiangfu, you are known for your eloquence, but you are a famous mouth, and you have sent an envoy to Qin Ying before. This time, I also asked Mr. to enter the Qin camp again, make an appointment with Zhao Tuo, and fight for some conditions for the Qi people in my city. ”

Fight for conditions.

This is why Tian Chong chose to surrender at this time, and chose to surrender on his own initiative when his strength was still there, so he could still talk to the Qin people about the conditions.

And if you wait until the Qin army attacks the city, and the Qi people in the city surrender, then the situation will be completely different, and then you can only wait for the Qin people to slaughter, and you will not even have the qualifications to negotiate conditions.

Xiangfu sighed and bowed to Tian Chong: "Da Sima thinks about the people in the city, he is really a benevolent and righteous gentleman." ”

"Gentleman?"

Tian Chong smiled helplessly.

After a while, he personally wrote a letter and handed it to Xiang Fuji, ordering someone to escort him out of the city and make an appointment with the Qin people.

After Xiang Fu left, Tian Chong's eyes fell on Tian Dan on the side again.

"Dan, what you just said that the Qin army surrounded three ques and one and the east road was unimpeded, which can indeed be used. You pack up, bring some cronies and dead soldiers, and when I make an appointment with Zhao Tuo, you will go out from the east. With me here, Zhao Tuo will definitely not chase and kill you and others, even if there are some pursuers, with your ability, you will definitely be able to escape. ”

"Da Sima, I'm not leaving! I should be with Da Sima! ”

Tian Dan's eyes widened, and he spoke loudly, his voice full of determination.

In Tian Dan's eyes, although Da Sima often puts the way of a gentleman in his mouth, he seems a little pedantic in doing things.

But he is loyal, honest, kind and humble, and does have the legacy of the ancient gentleman, which is even more different in this era of deceit.

And the great Sima Hui knew people, took him Tian Dan with him, taught him by word and deed, taught him the art of war and tactics, and promoted him to the senior general of Qi State, which was really like a division commander Bole for him Tian Dan.

As the ancients said, a scholar dies for a confidant.

At a critical juncture, how could he Tian Dan throw Da Sima into the hands of Qin Jun and let himself escape with his life.

Seeing Tian Dan's excited appearance, Tian Chong laughed.

He got up, walked to Tian Dan's side, and reached out and patted the other party's shoulder to show closeness.

"What do you look like? I am the great Sima of Qi State, with a noble status, and now I am surrendering to the city, he Zhao Tuo will definitely treat him politely, and he will not let me suffer the slightest grievance, let alone worry about my life, so you don't need to be like this. ”

Hearing this, Tian Dan's face was slightly relieved.

Da Sima is right, his status is noble, and he surrendered on his own initiative, and the Qin army will definitely not bully him.

Tian Chong said again: "I surrendered the Qin army, firstly, to protect the lives of the sergeants in the city, and secondly, it was helpless to do it, it was impossible for Zhao Tuo to let me go, rather than being captured and humiliated by him, it was better to surrender the city and get some dignity." ”

"But your Tian Dan is different, with me staying here to attract Zhao Tuo, you should be able to escape smoothly, flee back to Linzi at that time, and explain the situation here to the king and Xiangbang. When the Qin army approaches Linzi, you can also help defend the city there. ”

Speaking of this, Tian Chong sighed: "My Qi country has not fought for more than 40 years, and there are only a handful of people in the country who can fight. You have been learning the art of war with me for a year, and you have personally been on the battlefield, and you are the only general in Qi who can command the army after me. You stay here, but you become a prisoner of the Qin army, and it is useless for the country. Only when you return to Linzi can you play a role! Do you understand? ”

"Da Sima's heart, Dan has understood. Please also rest assured that Tian Dan will swear to guard Linzi and protect my Tian Sheji! ”

Tian Dan is not a person who twists, and after knowing Da Sima's intentions, he immediately agreed.

Tian Chong said softly: "Very good, you go down and prepare, select some people from the city who are both capable and loyal to our Qi country, and leave together when the time comes." ”

"Yui."

Tian Dan agreed, turned and left.

As he reached the door, he jerked back to look back.

Tian Dan took a deep breath, looked at Tian Chong in the room, and bowed heavily.

"Da Sima, please take care."

It was a long time before he got up and left.

watched Tian Dan's figure disappear outside the house.

Tian Chong's face was full of sadness.

……

Qin military camp.

Zhao Tuo summoned the generals, discussed matters in the tent, and received the Qi envoy from Zhencheng.

The husband opened his mouth to talk about the conditions, his mouth was like a river, and his spit was flying.

On the Qin army's side, Li Shiqi went into battle, and he was also full of saliva.

After a verbal battle between the two, the husband was not able to meet his ability, and in addition, he was asked for help, and finally succumbed to the upper hand, and the conditions were finally decided by the Qin army.

Zhao Tuo smiled and said: "Since Da Sima is willing to surrender to the city, I should abide by the agreement." Do not kill prisoners, do not plunder the people's property, as long as the people in the city do not cause chaos, they will not harm their lives. For Da Sima and Xiangfujun, they should also be treated with courtesy. ”

For Zhao Tuo, it is naturally good for Tian Chong to take the initiative to surrender, which not only saves time and effort, but also helps him to stabilize the land in the future.

But if the other party's conditions were too harsh, it was impossible for him to agree, so he only guaranteed the most basic surrender treatment.

Xiangfu sighed lightly, he wanted to rely on his own tongue to fight for good conditions for Da Sima and the Qi people in the city, but there was no such master in the Qin army, and he had nothing to do but save everyone's lives.

Xiang Fuji, on behalf of the great Sima Tian Chong, signed a surrender treaty with Zhao Tuo, agreed on the surrender time, and then resigned and left.

After Qi envoys and husbands are gone.

The whole camp erupted in laughter.

"Congratulations to the general, Tian Da Sima surrendered the city, and all the 100,000 Qi troops in the city gave up resistance, this is a great victory for our army! Arita Chong is in hand, and it will be easier to say that it will be easier to descend to Qi Wang Jian! ”

Li Shiqi's expression was excited, Zhen Cheng surrendered, and he became more and more confident in the next task.

Black Buttocks and the others also shouted: "Great, as soon as we take Zhen Cheng, we can directly kill Linzi and capture the king of Qi alive!" ”

In the excited voices of the generals.

Zhao Tuo looked outside the tent, thoughtful in his eyes.

……

Early the next morning, the sun rises in the sky and casts its rays on the earth.

The Qin army formed a battle formation and stood outside the city of Zhen, and they were about to accept the surrender of the Qi army in the city.

At Zhencheng, Da Sima Tianchong let his short soldiers wait under the city, walked up to the city wall of Zhencheng, stood at the head of the tattered city that had been bombarded by the Qin army's cannons, and looked at the black-armored army under the city.

"The strength of the Qin army is not only the strength of the generals, but also the strength of the sergeants and the strength of the country."

Tian Chong recalled the experience of the battle with Zhao Tuo, and became more and more clear about the reason for his loss.

In addition to his own lack of ability, the poor quality of the Qi army was also an important reason.

Tian Chong took a deep breath and shouted outside the city: "I am Sima Tian Chong, the Great Sima of Qi State, and I also invite General Zhao of Qin State for a while." ”

Outside the city, the Qin army was in battle.

Zhao Tuo looked at the lonely figure on the head of the city, heard the invitation of the Great Sima, sighed slightly, and was about to let the emperor drive forward.

Li Shang, who was guarding beside him, stopped: "General, wouldn't it be dangerous if the Qi people had a despicable heart and ambushed the crossbowmen under the city, trying to lure the general forward to ambush and kill?" It is better to err on the side of caution. ”

Zhao Tuo was stunned, laughed, and said, "Don't worry, Da Sima won't do this." ”

The emperor drove forward, and Zhao Tuo stood on the chariot, watching the figure at the head of the city getting closer and closer.

The reason why he stepped forward with confidence, in addition to believing in Tian Chong's character, was also because he was wearing metal armor all over his body, even if there were really crossbowmen in ambush under the city wall, it was not easy to suddenly drill out and shoot him with one blow without aiming.

Not to mention, if the Qi people really dare to sneak attack him, no matter whether they succeed or not, I am afraid that what awaits the Qi people will be the end of slaughtering the city.

More than 100,000 Qi people in the city will be buried for him, and even the entire Qi country will be torn apart by the angry Qin army.

At that price, the Qi people may not be able to afford it.

Da Sima wouldn't be stupid enough to be like that.

Although Zhao Tuo was relieved, Li Shang still personally led a short soldier and followed with a shield, so that if he really encountered danger, he could cover it.

The chariot came to a stop after reaching a distance that Zhao Tuo and Tian Chong could see clearly.

Zhao Tuo looked at Tian Chong at the head of the city.

Da Sima is more than forty years old, with a square face and short beard, wearing a crown and armor, and a sword at his waist, he really looks like a heroic general.

"Zhao Tuo has seen Da Sima."

Zhao Tuo bowed.

Tian Chong stood on the city wall, looking at Zhao Tuo below with a complicated face.

This son is twenty years old, only half his age, but he defeated him head-on on the battlefield, and he is a real famous general in the world.

"General Zhao doesn't need to be polite, today is to rush to the general to surrender, and An Neng will accept the general's gift."

Tian Chong returned the salute according to etiquette, and said: "Chong took the liberty to invite General Zhao to come, because he wanted to say a few words to General Zhao before he surrendered in Kaecheng. ”

Zhao Tuo raised his eyebrows, and had some premonitions in his heart.

"Da Sima, please speak."

Tian Chong laughed first, stretched out his hand to his rear, and said, "I asked my lieutenant general to go out through the east gate, so that I could hand over my letter of guilt to the king, and also asked General Zhao not to intercept and kill, so that the king would know about my Tian Chong's crime." ”

Zhao Tuo was stunned and replied: "Da Sima spoke, and Zhao Tuo agreed. I will not send people to pursue those who go out of the city. ”

For Zhao Tuo, in Zhen Cheng, he only cares about Da Sima.

The lieutenant general and a few short soldiers walked away.

Moreover, someone brought the news of Zhencheng's surrender back to Linzi, which could increase the fear of Qi Wangjian and Tian Jiao, and would help the Qin army to make the next arrangement.

Tian Chong bowed his head and said with a smile: "With General Zhao's words, I am relieved." ”

There was a brief silence.

Zhao Tuo waited quietly.

Tian Chong sighed lightly and spoke again: "I still have something I want to ask General Zhao to agree. ”

"Da Sima, please speak."

"Tian Chong is courageous, please General Zhao don't kill Qi people indiscriminately in the future."

Zhao Tuo frowned and said, "Da Sima doesn't believe in Zhao Tuo? Since I have made an agreement with Mr. Xiangfu, as long as the people in the city do not cause chaos, they will naturally not kill indiscriminately. ”

Tian Chong shook his head, and after he was silent for a while, he said, "I'm not talking about Zhencheng, but Linzi, it's the entire Qi land!" ”

Zhao Tuo raised his head and stared at Tian Chong.

I saw that the great Sima also looked at him, his face full of pleading.

This is not coercion, but a mournful plea.

Zhao Tuo understood what Tian Chong meant.

Even if he didn't agree, Tian Chong would still surrender.

But Zhao Tuo still responded: "I promised Da Sima that as long as the Qi people do not resist, the army under my command Zhao Tuo will never do anything indiscriminately in Qi." ”

"General Zhao was able to agree, and it was really a blessing."

Tian Chong pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes full of complexity.

He asked Tian Dan to return to Linzi to help King Qi defend the city, driven by his own emotions.

As a descendant of the concubine surnamed Tian, the great Sima of the Qi country, he naturally does not want his country to fall, and he does not want the ancestral society to be destroyed, no matter what kind of disadvantage he is in, the people of his Tian family should find the last ray of vitality for the ancestral society.

But intellectually speaking, Tian Chong was very clear about Zhao Tuo's ability and knew how strong the Qin army's combat effectiveness was.

With his defeat, the Qi State may not be able to survive, and will follow in the footsteps of the other five countries and come to an end.

The collision of emotion and reason made Tian Chong beg Zhao Tuo to let Tian Dan go back and find the last chance for Qi State.

He also hoped that Zhao Tuo would be able to save the lives of Qi people after the destruction of Qi and not kill indiscriminately.

Now, seeing Zhao Tuo agreed.

Tian Chong was at ease, he stood at the head of the city and bowed to Zhao Tuo under the city.

"General Zhao is benevolent, Chong has no more requests."

Zhao Tuo said with emotion: "Da Sima doesn't speak for himself, he only thinks about Qi people, he is really a true gentleman." ”

"Gentleman?"

Hearing this, Tian Chong's body trembled.

He looked up and smiled miserably.

"Gentleman, you can't save the Qi country."

Tian Chong muttered in his heart.

Under the city, the premonition in Zhao Tuo's heart became stronger and stronger, and he hurriedly said: "Da Sima, please go out of the city, I will treat you with courtesy!" ”

Tian Chong came back to his senses and looked at Zhao Tuo under the city, and the army of the Qin State behind him that was like a black wave.

Go out of the city and surrender, and treat each other with courtesy.

Sounds good, but can he Tian Chong really accept it?

He is a nobleman of the Tian family, a natural nobleman, who often flaunts himself with the way of a gentleman, and has a proud bone in his body.

He was defeated in Zhencheng in the past, and it can be said that Zhao Tuo relied on a sneak attack to take advantage, and he can still raise his fighting spirit and regroup to fight again.

But now, in the first battle of Pushui, he and Zhao Tuo had a dignified confrontation, but they were defeated in a battle, and they lost more than 100,000 teachers.

Although there are various reasons for this defeat, Tian Chong cannot deny that he was defeated.

Not to mention Zhao Tuo's various means after that, even if he Tian Chong defended Zhencheng and had 100,000 troops, he would have no power to fight back.

"I'm not as good as Zhao Tuo."

Tian Chong accepted the result that was not as good as Zhao Tuo.

But he could not face the scene of being captured by the Qin army and then escorted back to Xianyang.

He Tian Chong was in the Qin Palace, with military deduction, defeated many famous generals of the Qin State, known as invincible and undefeated, after the propaganda of the Qi people and the Qin people, this matter spread all over the world.

Now, however, he was defeated on the battlefield and sent back to Xianyang as a prisoner.

This made Tian Chong how to face those Qin generals who were defeated in the Qin Palace in the past.

How could he accept such humiliation?

"A gentleman is not humiliated when he is tortured, and I don't want to be insulted even if I Tian Chong dies."

Tian Chong whispered, and at the same time looked back at the east, his eyes were already blurred.

In addition to not wanting to be humiliated, he also didn't want to see the destruction of the Qi State with his own eyes.

"The Chu people once said that on the day the teacher came out, there was the glory of death, and there was no shame of life. If they are defeated, they will destroy the army and kill the generals to atone for their sins. ”

"Tian Chong was incompetent, lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and finally suffered a big defeat today. These are all sins of my incompetence, how can I have the intention of stealing my life? ”

Tian Chong raised his head, his eyes were full of determination.

He looked at the young general Qin under the city, and suddenly laughed and said: "General Zhao, you can endure the pressure from all sides, give me two months to recruit and reorganize the army, so that I can fight with you on the battlefield and show what I have learned all my life, Tian Chong has already got what he wanted, and he is very grateful in his heart." ”

"Tian Chong, thank you General Zhao here!"

As he spoke, Tian Chong saluted Zhao Tuo under the city again.

Under the city, Zhao Tuo's body trembled, he already knew what Tian Chong was going to do, and couldn't help but persuade: "Da Sima must not make radical moves." ”

This time, Tian Chong did not answer Zhao Tuo.

He raised his head, his eyes swept over Zhao Tuo, the Qin army, and the camp under the city, and kept looking into the distance.

The green hills are towering, and the sky is vast.

"My heart is a stone, and I can't turn it. My heart is a bandit, and I can't be swept away. Majestic Didi, not optional. ”

Tian Chong whispered ancient verses.

He reached out and drew his sword, which was across his neck.

Looking into the distance, his eyes blurred again.

He seemed to see a young man reading and observing, holding a volume of "Qi Grandson" in his hand, shaking his head and shaking his head when he saw it, as if he was fascinated.

He seemed to see the scene of a young man playing chess pieces in his hands, and on the chessboard map, a person deduced and fiddled, sometimes frowning and pondering, sometimes clapping and laughing.

That was the happiest time of his life.

Far more than the calculation of the battle on the battlefield, he felt happy and happy.

"The battlefield is not where I should be."

"This era is not my Tian Chong's stage."

Tian Chong sighed faintly, and in the end, he already knew what he really wanted.

He no longer hesitated, and slashed his sword across his neck.

Blood splashed, sprinkled on Zhen Cheng.

(End of chapter)