Chapter 326: Recognize the Situation
Shi Yan said to Xie Xunfeng, "Master, do you have any ideas?"
Xie Xunfeng smiled at Shi Yan, and then said, "I guess I got it. One trick can make you successful..."
Shi Yan said to Xie Xunfeng, "Have you decided to use these people to trick their city gates open..."
Xie Xunfeng said to Shi Yan, "Smart... go look for them down there. These people must be related to the people in the nearby cities... tell them that whoever can capture a city will be rewarded with the title of city lord, or a huge fortune..."
Shi Yan nodded to Xie Xunfeng.
After they arrived at Ping'an City and reorganized the army, quite a few people actually came.
They have connections with people in more than ten nearby cities .
After Xie Xunfeng sorted out his thoughts, he set off directly.
Because they were wearing the military uniforms of the Great Zhou, they were at the gates of the city.
They just said that they had won a great victory and were just about to return to the capital.
I needed to stay for a night, so I opened the city gate.
After entering, they directly took over the city defenses.
This kind of city is not garrisoned by , but by the city lord's palace guards.
So there was no need to waste any effort at all.
It all went much more smoothly than imagined.
However, Xie Xunfeng was also very cautious. Whenever he captured a city, he would push his men into the city to control it.
As for anyone who helped Xie Xunfeng capture the city, almost all of them asked for a reward of thousands of gold.
After all, we are all smart people.
The key is to put the money in pocket and run.
After all, you are the city lord, but if an appointment comes one day, you will have to leave...
As for the money, Xie Xunfeng naturally would not pay for it himself.
Naturally, it was taken from the treasury of the city lord's mansion.
At this moment, Xie Donglin couldn't understand it, he really couldn't understand it.
It was obvious that he had won many battles along the way.
And didn’t Xie Xunfeng’s Yuntaishan army suffer a defeat?
Now, why are they surrounded?
Not only that, the defenders of the cities they captured seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
He sent out several smoke signals for help.
However, no one paid any attention to them.
They tried to break out , but these troops, which were supposed to be weak, became extremely brave.
There is no way to break through.
Moreover, at this time, they were at the foot of the city wall.
The Yuntaishan soldiers kept shouting below.
"The Great Zhou soldiers inside, your 200,000-man army has been slaughtered by our General Xie. Under the leadership of your foolish general, your 200,000-man army has been reduced to just your lone force..."
"You guys don't believe it. You guys have been soldiers for so long, is it possible that you can't even see this trick? Have you ever encountered such an easy battle in all the wars you have fought for so long?"
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. It's just you idiots who are enjoying the poison... You've fallen into the trap..."
"Our General Xie is also the eldest prince of your Great Zhou, His Highness Xie Xunfeng. Considering that you are all from the Great Zhou, I will tell you this. If you surrender before sunrise tomorrow, we will forgive you and give everyone the travel expenses..."
"If you resist stubbornly, you will only starve to death here. You only have enough rations for two or three days, which means you will start to starve starting tomorrow..."
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Words kept coming one after another.
After the Great Zhou army heard these words, they immediately fell into chaos.
Xie Donglin was still thinking about comforting the soldiers.
However, no one bought his trick.
Because so much time has passed and there is no support.
Moreover, someone released Xie Yong at this time.
After all, Xie Yong had been preventing rash attacks.
These generals were also fence-sitters and they discovered something was wrong.
They quickly arrested Xie Donglin.
Then Xie Yong was released.
After Xie Yong was released, he looked at the generals and was not angry...
"Second Prince...what should we do now? Should we surrender..."
Xie Yong had actually anticipated this day a long time ago.
However, he didn't expect that it was a bit more serious than he imagined.
Xie Yong said to everyone, "We have no other options now... there is only one way..."
Everyone couldn't help but look at Xie Yong.
Xie Yong looked at everyone and said, "That means surrender... Obviously, what they said is true... We can only have a glimmer of hope if we surrender... However, before surrendering, I still need to talk to them..."
Everyone looked at Xie Yong and asked, "Will they allow you to go out?"
Xie Yong didn't say anything, but locked himself in a room and then wrote a letter.
Then he handed it to Tiger who was guarding outside, and told Tiger to hand it over to Xie Xunfeng as soon as possible...
As long as Xie Xunfeng agreed to the conditions in his letter, they would surrender unconditionally.
However, if you disagree.
They will definitely fight to the death...
The tiger naturally did as he was told.
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It was already late at night when Xie Xunfeng received the letter.
Xie Yong made it very clear in the letter that he could surrender...
It would also allow Xie Xunfeng to capture dozens of cities on the border.
And don't put up any resistance.
However, he had only one condition, which was to let him take these people back...
Moreover, what he could promise to Xie Xunfeng was that he would let people from the imperial court come to negotiate with Xie Xunfeng.
Not only that, they will also ask the Great Zhou to agree to these conditions.
After reading the letter, Xie Xunfeng couldn't help but sneer.
"This Xie Yong is still living in his own world... He still hasn't recognized the situation clearly..."
Shi Yan came over to take a look curiously.
Xie Xunfeng gave the letter to Shi Yan.
After Shi Yan looked at it for a while, he said to Xie Xunfeng, "Master, are you going to refuse?"
Xie Xunfeng said to Shi Yan, "Of course not... I need them to go back..."
Shi Yan looked at Xie Xunfeng in confusion.
Xie Xunfeng said to Shi Yan, "I need these people to go back and spread my merits... and to myth our fighting power?"
Shi Yan looked at Xie Xunfeng with a puzzled expression.
Xie Xunfeng said to Shi Yan, "Don't you understand?"
Shi Yan smiled bitterly.
Xie Xunfeng said to Shi Yan, "If so, I let these people go. What will they say? It will not only make them look good, but also minimize their mistakes..."
Shi Yan said to Xie Xunfeng, "They will talk about how powerful our troops are? How we use our troops like gods..."
Xie Xunfeng smiled at Shi Yan and said, "That's right... plus we have captured so many cities so smoothly... those people in the court of the Great Zhou will have to believe it even if they don't want to... then, we can achieve our goal..."
Shi Yan nodded repeatedly at Xie Xunfeng and said, "Master, you really are very smart..."
