This time the Wu army raised a hundred thousand troops to attack Changshu. In the eyes of most people, it was natural that they could quickly break through the city and kill every Song army in the city. However, as the war progressed, the situation completely deviated from their vision. After several attacks and defenses, they not only failed to break the city, but suffered a lot of losses and suffered a lot of casualties. As a result, the morale of the generals, not to mention the ordinary soldiers, and even the chief general Pang Wanchun was somewhat low.
The consequence of this was that in the next few days, the Wu army's offensive was no longer as fierce as before. Although they continued to send troops to attack the four gates of Changshu every day, they mostly just responded to the attack. They often only waited for a hail of arrows from the defenders to fall, and then retreated again, without any casualties. This greatly reduced the pressure on the city's defenders, and everyone was finally able to breathe a little easier.
However, the situation has not completely improved. After all, the 100,000 enemy troops outside the city have not really retreated. They have just changed from a radical attack to another way of attacking the city, which is to encircle without attacking. They actually plan to directly attack the city. Use the word "waste" to bring down the defenders.
After seeing their thoughts, Sun Tu seemed quite calm. Although food in the city of Changshu will be tight as time goes by, there are also big problems for the Wu army outside the city. Moreover, as the siege party, the enemy's consumption will only be more than the own. The various expenses of a hundred thousand troops fighting outside. This was not something that the newly established so-called Wu regime could withstand.
Moreover, he also determined that if time went on, Jinling would not be able to keep pretending to be deaf and mute. When reinforcements arrived, it would be an opportunity to turn defeat into victory and wipe out the enemy.
Therefore, with both sides having their own plans, Changshu City's attack and defense quickly slowed down. Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and it seemed that the first month was almost over, but there was no sign of the weather getting warmer yet. Obviously this year The climate is much colder than before.
Although the enemy has not been as aggressive in attacking the city recently, the defenders of each city still dare not be careless. Thousands of soldiers take turns to guard the city from morning to night every day, and important generals are always patrolling. It was Lin Chong who was patrolling Nancheng today. When he patrolled around and found no problems, he was about to go down to report, but he heard a soldier shouting: "The rebels are here again!"
Lin Chong hurriedly looked back, but was stunned because there were only three or two people who came back this time, and none of them brought weapons. They didn't look like they were coming to attack the city.
After a while, the opponent walked to the bottom of the city wall with his hands raised high. He rushed up to the soldiers who were already aiming with their bows and said loudly: "Soldiers of the Shandong Army, please don't misunderstand me. I am not here to be your enemy, but I have something to do." If you want to see General Sun and tell him face to face, and if you want to ask any general who can make the decision to report, please tell Qin Chi that he wants to see you."
"It's him..." Lin Chong immediately remembered that this person came to lobby when he was in Danyang that day, but he didn't expect that this guy actually came to visit again. Did he still want to be a lobbyist
However, since the other party has revealed his identity, he really broke the rules, so he asked people not to take action, and then he went down to the city and sent someone to report the matter to Sun Tu. Half an hour later, Sun Tu sent a message, allowing Qin Chi to enter the city to meet him, but he could only let him enter the city alone.
Regarding this request, Qin Chi naturally did not dare to counteroffer, and immediately sat down and
The bamboo basket hung from above went up to the top of the city, and then walked through half of Changshu City under the hostile gaze of many soldiers, and arrived at the original Changshu County Government Office where a combat command post had been set up. They met Sun Yat-sen, who looked unkind. way.
Seeing him arriving, Sun Tu sneered: "Qin Chi, you are really brave. At this time, you dare to go into the city alone to see me. You are not afraid that I will chop off your head and hang it on the top of my Changshu city." ?"
"Haha, General Sun is joking. With the general's power, it would be easy to kill me, Qin Chi, but if the two countries are fighting without killing the envoy, you can't break the rules for many years, right? Besides, the general is one of the few famous generals in the world. I wouldn't do something like this that would damage my reputation, so I thought I was absolutely safe when I came here." Not only did Qin Chi not panic, he smiled back and took the opportunity to compliment Sun Tu.
"Hmph, you are really eloquent. But the reason why I don't kill you now is not because of any rules or morals. You and I are not two countries, but the court and the rebels. You and the rebels will be punished by everyone! Just because killing you will not be of any use to the entire battle, I spared your life first." When Sun Tu said this, a light flashed in his eyes and he stared at him: "Tell me, why are you here? If you still follow me Just like last time, you came here to be a lobbyist, lobbying me to surrender to you, so save your energy and avoid talking too much."
Faced with such a direct rejection from Sun Tu, Qin Chi did not show any signs of discouragement. Instead, he smiled and said: "General Sun is really quick to talk, so I don't want to talk in circles anymore. To be honest, I was ordered to persuade the general to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. Those who surrender to my Lord.”
As he spoke, before Sun Tu could speak to refute, he quickly added: "General Sun, please listen and finish what he has to say before making a decision. In terms of combat bravery, the Shandong Army is indeed rare in the world; in terms of troop formation and command, In combat, General Sun is the leading presence in the Song army. Therefore, even if our Wu Kingdom raises a hundred thousand troops to surround you here, it will be difficult to break the city in a short time. Perhaps because of this, General Sun cannot accept our Lord's Good intentions.
"But what I want to say next is, General Sun, do you really think that you can hold on forever, or even turn defeat into victory one day? In my opinion, this is almost impossible. Not only is the food and grass supplies in your city very fast, There will be a shortage, and now you are fighting alone. No matter how brave the soldiers of your Shandong Army are to fight, and your command is exquisite, General Sun, under the premise that one army is against one country, the final result has already been determined. "
His words immediately triggered a burst of laughter from Sun Tu: "Hahahaha... How ridiculous! I am a general of the Song Dynasty, and I have been ordered to defeat the enemy. How can I say this alone? When my reinforcements from the Song Dynasty arrive in a few days, I can kill you in an instant and leave no trace of you behind!"
"General Sun, haven't you figured out the truth yet?" Qin Chi looked back at Sun Tu with a smile, and said calmly: "You and I have been facing each other here for nearly a month. If you include the time it took for the Shandong Army to capture Changshu, , it has been more than a month, but until today, no reinforcements have been seen, doesn't General Sun still feel that there is something strange in it?"
Seeing Sun Tu's face change slightly, he went further: "I have already said that the Song Dynasty has become extremely corrupt and traitors are in power, but heroes like General Sun are persecuted by them in every possible way. This is the case today, precisely because of this.
Zhu Meng was afraid of the general's power, so he strictly ordered the troops not to go south, and allowed our Wu army to surround and attack the small town of Changshu, in order to use our hands to eradicate the general. Would General Sun still be determined to work for such a foolish and incompetent court
"Also, general, does he know that in this half month, in addition to surrounding Changshu and containing your entire Shandong army, we also sent a group of troops north to capture the city of Wuxi. Guess, we are How did we capture this city, which was much larger and stronger than Changshu? We successfully entered the city in just one night! Because long before we sent out troops, all the Song troops originally stationed in Wuxi had been mobilized. They have long given up on this city that could help your Shandong Army. In other words, Zhu Meng and the others have already wanted to kill your Shandong Army from the very beginning!"
After saying this long paragraph, not only Sun Tu, but also many people inside and outside the hall suddenly changed their expressions. In addition to suspicion, everyone's eyes were full of anger. Although everyone had vaguely guessed something, after all, they had been guarding Changshu for a whole month and had fought several battles with the enemy. No matter how slow the reaction of the troops in Jinling was, it was time to send reinforcements.
But now, not only could they not see a single soldier of the reinforcements, they also got the bad news that Wuxi had been lost. This feeling of being abandoned and betrayed is really frustrating and angry to the extreme.
Sun Tu's face was so gloomy that he could drip water at this moment, and he looked at Qin Chi steadily: "Are you telling the truth?"
"The facts are all there, why lie? And with your intelligence, General Sun, can't you see this? You've just been deceiving yourself and others!"
Sun Tu fell into a long silence. After a long time, he raised his head and looked at the other party: "If what I expected is correct, the reason why our army came to Changshu and ended up in this situation was already part of your plan, right? You guys had planned it early He has colluded with Zhu Meng, so he cooperated to trap me into this desperate situation!"
"General Sun's eyes are indeed bright, and I admire you. To be honest, after failing to convince you in Danyang that day, I went to Jinling again. Compared with the general, Zhu Meng is much easier to talk to." Qin Chi didn't. Without even the slightest hint of deception or concealment, the truth was revealed directly.
While these words made Sun Tu take a breath, they also completely ignited the anger of everyone present. For a while, they kept scolding: "Zhu Meng, the dog thief, you really deserve to die! I just said that this thing is weird, anti-thief How could he grasp our movements so clearly? It turns out he betrayed us! When I go back, I will definitely cut off his head!"
It wasn't until everyone had vented their anger that Sun Tu narrowed his eyes and said, "Since you have reached an agreement, why do you still come to persuade me to surrender? Judging from the current situation, isn't it certain that I will be defeated?"
"Because we, the kings and ministers of the Kingdom of Wu, all admire the heroic performance of General Sun and the Shandong Army, and really don't want you to end up like this. As long as you are willing to surrender, the promises mentioned before will not change at this time. And we can also let Shandong The army is the vanguard, and you will personally lead the troops back to Jinling to avenge Zhu Meng!" Qin Chi said, looking at Sun Tu expectantly: "What, General Sun, at this time you are still unwilling to abandon Fool. Are you loyal to the idea of abandoning darkness and embracing the light?"