It was dawning again soon, and when Diao Si got up from the bed, Kava was still asleep. If the imperial army had traveled overnight, they should be almost at Ruifeng City by now.
Diao Si looked at Kawa's charming appearance again, then leaned over and kissed her forehead gently, then turned and left. In fact, he couldn't bear to give up everything he had now, but he couldn't just watch the people here become miserable.
On the city wall, several generals were already there. When they saw Diao Si, they immediately asked him if he wanted to prepare anything else. But Diao Si could only shake his head. Seeing his reaction, the generals were very uneasy because Diao Si had never made any preparations. This was not his habit.
"You guys should take a rest first. The Imperial Army won't arrive so quickly." Diao Si said and left. He wanted to talk to Ka Zhu.
Maybe it was because it was unusually quiet in the city today, and Ka Zhu also felt strange. She also left the city hall and was about to inquire about something, but she bumped into Diao Si.
"Why are you so idle today? Are you coming to see me?" Ka Zhu spoke first, maybe because she looked a little uneasy when she saw Diao Si's expression.
After hearing this, Diao Si looked at the people around him who were watching their conversation, and then motioned Ka Zhu to go to Ruifeng Ling to continue the conversation. Outsiders are not allowed to enter there, so it is usually very quiet. Now there are monsters and people everywhere in the city, but it is just different there.
After arriving at Ruifeng Ling, Ka Zhu couldn't wait to ask Diao Si: "What do you want to say? You just want me to fight? Why are you not prepared at all?"
Diao Si was still thinking about how to persuade Ka Zhu. He had heard about Ka Zhu's collaboration with the enemy before. He knew that she had intended to surrender, but slowly he realized that Ka Zhu was actually unwilling to surrender, so if If she cannot be persuaded, it will be useless even if she tries to surrender. She will stand up and lead everyone to resist.
"I came to the city lord today just to discuss the upcoming battle with you..." Diao Si said this, and Ka Zhu relaxed a little.
"To be honest, I'm not as good as you in terms of using troops, so you should tell me directly what you want, right? Do you want to demolish the city hall?" Ka Zhu asked.
Diao Si shook his head after hearing this, and said: "No, those are of little significance anymore. Now the imperial army has arrived with 100,000 reinforcements, and there are many powerful warriors among them. How can we defeat them?"
After hearing Diao Si's question, Ka Zhu replied: "Don't be afraid, haven't you already done it before? As long as we stay here firmly, they will not be able to attack even if they have more and stronger soldiers."
"No, it's different this time. They brought throwing machines and a lot of cannonballs. The city wall can't support it for long. They once used those throwing machines to destroy the enemy's city wall within an hour."
"Didn't you destroy those throwing machines last time? Use those birds and kerosene..."
"No, our birdmen are less than half of the original number, and the kerosene is only a small part. And do you think the imperial army will still be defenseless? This trick will definitely not work."
"You mean this time the imperial army will soon break through our city wall? Can't you come up with any countermeasures?"
Seeing that Ka Zhu was even more uneasy, Diao Si responded: "No, I'm just analyzing it rationally with you. We must face these problems objectively in order to have real solutions."
"If these analyzes are correct, the imperial army will launch a massive attack after they capture the city wall. Their strength is about twice that of ours. Although there are more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Ruifeng City, except for these 50,000 regular soldiers Except for that, the others have little fighting power. Maybe the city wall has just been broken and they have already raised their hands to surrender... "
"I don't want to hear you say this, just tell me how to deal with it!" Ka Zhu was already very dissatisfied with Diao Si's analysis, so he interrupted him.
Diao Si paused and then said: "Well, I'll assume that we can destroy their throwing machines. They won't be able to break through the city wall in a short time, and we tenaciously defended it for many days. Oh, no, we We only have enough food to last for a few days, and people in the city will start to panic before we run out of food... "
Ka Zhu wanted to say something more to Diao Si, but he hesitated and fell into deep thought again. Diao Si continued: "I also assume that we can defeat these more than 100,000 imperial troops and defeat them." Retreat, but you know that the Guangnan Empire is so powerful, and they can't bear to be unable to attack such a small city for a long time. They will use all the troops in the country to attack us... "
"That's enough!" Ka Zhu shouted loudly to stop Diao Si, and then stood there frozen for a long time before saying to Diao Si: "You mean we have no chance of winning this battle?"
Diao Si nodded and responded to her: "If we still have a few days, if we still have enough kerosene or war machines, we can still fight this battle, but in this current situation, we have no chance of winning. Already…”
"But haven't you successfully defeated them before? You once gave us hope!" Ka Zhu responded loudly to Diao Si.
"It's different now. The favorable conditions have been lost due to the previous battle, and I can see the determination of the Guangnan Empire from their reinforcements." Diao Si continued, thinking of the previous rumors that Kazu collaborated with the enemy.
"City Lord, if this battle continues, Ruifeng City will definitely be devastated. For the sake of your people, can you put aside your dignity and surrender to the Guangnan Empire?" Diao Si fully expressed his thoughts. In fact, this should also be Ka Zhu’s previous thoughts.
"Hahaha..." Ka Zhu suddenly smiled bitterly and asked Diao Si: "Then our previous battles were not in vain? How do you think the Guangnan Empire will deal with Ruifeng City after we surrender?"
Diao Si was waiting for her words, and he immediately replied: "Our previous battles were not in vain, because with the previous results, we can negotiate some conditions with the Guangnan Empire. They will keep Ruifeng City." Yes, because there are other empires on this continent, and they captured Ruifeng City just for development and strength... "
"You mean they won't do anything to Ruifeng City? How can you be sure?" Ka Zhu even grabbed Diao Si and stared at him asking.
Diao Si was still very calm and reassured her: "You can also analyze these city lords. If you can't figure it out, just believe me."
After hearing what Diao Si said, Ka Zhu lowered her head and thought. She looked up to the sky and let out a long breath. Then she looked at the monuments of her family's ancestors and slowly knelt on the ground.
Diao Si knew that she had figured it out and didn't want to affect her, so he left quietly. He already had confidence that Kazu would not mess around, and now it was time to tell the generals.
On the city wall, the general responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy could not wait to report the current position of the imperial army to Diao Si. As expected, they had been traveling all night and were almost reaching Ruifeng City. This made sense. They had to arrive in front of Ruifeng City in one go before setting up camp and having a good rest. However, the marching speed could not be faster at night.
Diao Si still had no plans. The generals were really anxious this time and began to ask Diao Si what his plan was and how he was going to fight against the more than 100,000 imperial troops.
Diao Sizhen convinced them, because of their previous victory, they were not afraid of the more than 100,000 imperial troops at all. These warriors are really good, and Diao Si is not willing to let them all die here.
So Diao Si repeated to them the general meaning of what he had said to Ka Zhu before. Of course, this time the tone was different and the content was more detailed.
After listening to Diao Si's words, they were silent at first, but soon some generals became angry and criticized Diao Si for not surrendering like this. Some even wanted to push Diao Si into the position of a spy who betrayed Ruifeng City. .
However, Diao Si was already prepared. He quickly suppressed the generals and offset their honor mentality by insisting that resistance would lead to Ruifeng City being destroyed and massacred, so that they could no longer say anything against them.
There was a collective silence, and then Diao Si asked the silver warrior who had been protecting him on the city wall to hang him off the city wall to the outside of Ruifeng City.
He was hung like this, and all the generals and archers on the walls of Ruifeng City were watching closely. They knew that such a man once allowed them to defeat the imperial army, but today he wanted to go out of the city alone to challenge the empire. The army surrendered. (To be continued)