When there was a lot of chattering on the city wall and the general was annoyed, the general roared angrily: "Whether the Tang army below the city is a bait or not, now, pick up your weapons and stand..."
"Whoosh... bang."
"Sir, be careful."
The people on the top of the city immediately lowered their heads and bent down, and carefully looked up. They saw a sharp arrow shot from nowhere, grazing the guard's ear and nailing it to the wooden pillar behind him. The tail was still trembling and buzzing.
The guard general and several lieutenants looked pale. They glanced at the quivering arrow nailed into the wood and looked at each other. Everyone's eyes were full of luck and fear.
"Come out if you understand our Tang dialect. Look at what's written on that strip of cloth." Under the city wall, a general of the Tang Dynasty, not wearing armor, was wearing a snow-white robe, with his hair tied back naturally. There were also two armored generals following, looking at the city head with vigilance.
Several generals guarding the city heard the shouting from below the city wall. After being translated by a soldier, they looked at the arrow again. As expected, there was a narrow strip of cloth tied to it. Under the breeze, several Chinese characters were vaguely visible on it.
"You, you, you... go, take it, it, it, take it down." The guard's legs were trembling, his face was pale, and he said tremblingly to the deputy general who advocated attacking.
He couldn't imagine that if the generals of the Tang Dynasty had not sent him a message, but had just shot him without hesitation, wouldn't he already be dead
The general who had been threatening to attack just now looked at the guarding general in embarrassment, and then looked at the arrows above his head when he straightened up. His expression was even more hesitant. Who knew whether the Tang army would take advantage of him to take the arrow? When he was laying a banner, he shot himself with an arrow
Looking at the arrow that penetrated the wood for more than three points, you can tell how powerful it is. To take it out at this time is to expose your back to the enemy and let them shoot blatantly.
But he looked at the guard who stared at him, and did not dare to disobey the order. He turned to look at a soldier next to him, then stretched out his hand and said: "You, go and take off the cloth strips from the arrows shot by the Tang army. "
"Ah... yes." Facing the deputy general's murderous gaze, the soldier had to carefully raise his hands and stand up slowly. When his head was about to reach the battlement, he was so frightened that he involuntarily stopped for a while, and then he dared to He raised his hands high and stood up gingerly.
"Your Highness, this... what if they really surrender and open the city gate to let us enter? We only have three thousand soldiers and horses." Hua Meng frowned. Before Liu Rengui came, if the enemy army opened the city gate and surrendered, he would also His Highness will never be allowed to enter the enemy's city.
"It's okay, they have lost their morale for a long time. Didn't you see that as soon as we arrived at the city, they stood in a panic at the top of the city without even bringing weapons? And you also saw it just now, several lieutenants surrounded the guard seven We have been arguing for a long time, aren't we just worried about whether there is an ambush behind us, whether we should surrender or resist the enemy?" Li Hong handed the crossbow in his hand to Hua Meng.
Just looking at everything at the top of the city through the telescope and seeing the generals arguing so loudly, Li Hong knew that the morale of the defenders was in chaos.
But if you continue to give them time to discuss, if they unify their thoughts and prepare to refuse to surrender and defend the city, then you will lose more than you gain.
Therefore, it is better to directly persuade them to surrender faster, forcing them to make a decision in the shortest possible time whether to surrender or to fight.
"But if after we enter the city, they know that we are just bluffing, and if they attack again at that time, what will happen to your safety, Your Highness? I think it is better to wait for General Liu Rengui..." Hua Meng said hesitantly.
"I can't wait any longer. If the enemy surrenders, if we don't enter the city, it will make the enemy suspicious. So we just need to go in with a big show, as if we have our own city, and take care of those generals, and everything will be fine." Li Hong stared at On top of the city.
Night began to fall slowly. At this time, I'm afraid Liu Rengui had just arrived at his resting place, right? After all, if Anshi wanted to do things quickly and catch up with his own speed, this would be a dead horse. With Liu Rengui's current speed, it was already extremely fast.
On the top of the city, under the gaze of Li Hong, Hua Meng and Cheetah, the soldier pulled out the arrow with trembling hands for a long time, but could not pull it out. In the end, he had to hold the arrow shaft with both hands and pull it out several times before pulling it out. Pull out the arrow.
The moment he pulled out the arrow, the soldier immediately squatted down, took off the cloth strip in his hand and handed it to the guard: "Sir, look at it."
"What did you write?"
"Open the city gates immediately and surrender without killing!" The soldier glanced at the banner and trembled all over, as if the words on the banner were the sharp horizontal knives in Tang Jun's hands, as full of murderous intent as the horse sword.
"This..." The deputy general glanced at the cloth, his eyes immediately full of expectation.
The guard coldly took the cloth from the soldier's hand and looked at the writing on it. Although he didn't recognize all the writing, he could understand it almost. After reading it, he wanted to step on the cloth on the ground a few times.
But after looking at the few lieutenants next to him, he gave up the idea in an instant. Who knows if these people would sue themselves for slandering the will of the country in order to show their loyalty to the generals of the Tang Dynasty if the city was destroyed or surrendered? crime.
But as a guard general, it was inappropriate for him to hold the surrender banner in his hand, and it was even more inappropriate to throw it away. It suddenly felt like a hot potato, weighing and shaking it back and forth in his hand.
"What should we do? Surrender or not?" The lieutenant general who had been advocating giving up resistance just now asked impatiently.
"Why surrender? You are so worried about your mother-in-law!" The deputy general who advocated resisting the enemy said with a shameless face, but at this moment, the original firm opinion in his heart had been shaken.
"I just got married a few days ago, and I haven't warmed up enough. I died so mysteriously. I can't bear to accept it! Who knows which bastard will get the advantage! The Tang Dynasty is my superior country of Goguryeo. If it weren't for If we go to provoke others, they will fight here in anger? If there was no war, I would be enjoying the gentle countryside at home." The deputy general who advocated surrender retorted as he looked at the deputy general who advocated resisting the enemy.
"Stop quarreling, you are still quarreling after this time! We are not sure how many troops there are in the Tang Dynasty. If there are only these troops, we might as well open the city gate and let them in. Let's catch turtles in the jar again." The guard held the cloth and wrinkled it. He said with a frown.
"What if there is?"
"If necessary, just surrender and stop resisting." The guard said hesitantly, "But..."
"But what?" The two lieutenants asked in unison, their hearts tightening and they asked hurriedly.
"If they guard us as soon as we enter the city, how can we secretly counterattack them when their numbers are at a disadvantage?" The guard thought while looking at the few soldiers beside him.
The meaning in the guard's eyes was very clear, that is to change into the clothes of the soldiers next to him, and then let the soldiers pretend to be himself. After all, as his own soldiers, he usually relied on his name to fight in the city of humiliation. He has become accustomed to yelling and shouting, and now he dresses up more like ordinary soldiers and generals.
But he will never say these words. He needs someone to help him say it, because if he is discovered by the generals of the Shangguo, or if the Shangguo army enters the humiliating city to register, he will be discovered. Sometimes, it would be nice to have an excuse.
Therefore, now I need someone who can "make up my mind" to suddenly realize it. In this way, whether it is a civil war or a surrender in the city, at least my life will be saved.
"Sir, what do you mean, we put on the clothes of the soldiers and let the soldiers pretend to be us? If the country only has a few people under the city, we can take them when they are not prepared? What if the army of the country is behind us? If we lay an ambush, we will surrender directly?" asked the lieutenant general who advocated resisting the enemy.
"Sigh... Silla and Baekje are eyeing us. Now we have less than 50,000 people in Hanyi City. The others are going to the border between the two countries. It is even more difficult for us people to confront the country. . Moreover, if Shangguo's army can reach the city so quickly, I am afraid that Na'an City, Mudi, Suyan, and Nansu would have been ready to surrender long ago. Otherwise, Shangguo's army would not have arrived. Is it too fast? This doesn't make sense." The guard looked at the deputy general who advocated resisting the enemy with a frown, but he didn't say that this was what he meant.
But no matter which one of the three people, they unconsciously began to change the word "Datang" in their mouths from a single word "Datang" to the words "Shangguo" and "Datang".
"Sir, I think your plan is very clever. Why don't we let the soldiers pretend to be us? If there is a chance, we will take down thousands of troops from the superior country, and then immediately evacuate back to the royal city, and annihilate the three thousand troops from the superior country. Soldiers and horses, we can still make a great contribution to the king. Maybe we will become famous in the future and be promoted to a noble rank. If there is a large army behind the king, we can also save our lives. This is the best of both worlds. Come on." The lieutenant general, who had always advocated surrender, could no longer hold back his excitement.
As long as there is no war, no matter what, it is easy to say. It is best not to surrender, but to secretly abandon the city and run back to the royal city. Then you can escape halfway and go home to be with your mother-in-law.
She had just been married for less than three days, and before she had warmed up enough, she was sent to guard the city. It made me feel like a hundred claws were scratching my heart every time I thought about my mother-in-law's body and bones. , I wish I could spread my wings and fly back, and then come back after having sex with my mother-in-law.
When the guard general heard what the deputy general said, his expression became obviously relaxed. He crouched down and looked up at the other deputy general, pretending to say: "Okay then, I'll do what you want. Let's change clothes with the soldiers now, and then Open the city gate and welcome the general of the kingdom."
"Sir, is this not what you mean?"
"Ah, is that what you just said?"
"Yes, yes, that's what he said." The deputy general who advocated surrender saw the guard looking over and hurriedly pointed at the sworn enemy and said yes again and again.
(End of chapter)