Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 403 Encirclement and Suppression of Xue Wanche

After the Lantern Festival, the weather is getting warmer, and the grass has sprouted on the road below Zhongnan Mountain.

And at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, there is a 500-man army stationed.

They have been stationed here for more than ten days, and they have been waiting for the snow on Zhongnan Mountain to melt.

The general leading this team was Yu Feng, a general in his thirties.

However, since he was a teenager, he has been fighting on the battlefield. Having experienced the baptism of war, he exudes an aura of calmness and self-prestige all over his body.

At dusk that day, the breeze blew across Zhongnan Mountain.

Standing in the barracks, Yu Feng looked at the gradually verdant Zhongnan Mountain with a slight smile on his lips.

Seeing this, a soldier next to him quickly asked, "General, are you going to attack the mountain tomorrow?"

After the Xuanwumen Incident, Xue Wanche fled to Zhongnan Mountain with dozens of people.

Yu Feng was ordered to come to encircle and suppress, but during the Chinese New Year, because the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, they couldn't climb up at all, so they could only camp at the foot of the mountain.

Now that the snow is melting and the trees are green, it is time for them to rush up and encircle and suppress Xue Wanche and others.

However, Yu Feng shook his head.

"Mount Zhongnan is still too big. After hundreds of us go in, we don't see it at all. If Xue Wanche and the others break up and hide in the mountain, it will not be easy for us to find them."

Looking for someone on such a big mountain, you may not be able to find them in the year of the monkey, and Xue Wanche and the others hid on Zhongnan Mountain precisely because they saw this.

What's more, the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although it has not reached the point where one man is in charge, but if they really want to charge, they may not be able to charge up.

"What does the general mean?"

"My lord Changsun has orders. If he can persuade them to surrender, it is best to persuade them to surrender. Now Xuehua has ordered someone to send a letter to the mountain, telling them the news of the killing of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's descendants, breaking their thoughts and letting them Surrender, and tell them, if they don't surrender, they'll be wild men on the hills."

Yu Feng's words were very cold. After listening to the soldiers, they immediately went down to prepare without any hesitation.

In the early morning of the next day, five hundred soldiers shot sharp arrows with letters of persuasion towards Zhongnan Mountain.

There used to be snow, and if you shoot this thing, the letter of persuasion will get wet easily, but now that the snow has melted, the letter of persuasion can be kept on the mountain for several days.

In the past few days, as long as Xue Wanche's people ran out curiously, they might be able to see it.

After the two rounds of sharp arrows were shot, all the soldiers returned to the barracks, waiting for news.

They didn't know whether Xue Wanche would surrender after reading the persuasion letter, but all they could do now was wait.

As cats, they are not in a hurry, they have plenty of time to play with Xue Wanche and the others.
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Zhongnan Mountain has beautiful scenery.

Even though many trees have just sprouted new shoots, they give people a very different feeling.

Xue Wanche, who had been nesting on Zhongnan Mountain for more than half a month, finally remembered to walk around.

During this period of time, their life was not easy.

They can't eat well, don't wear well, and what makes them feel even more uncomfortable is that there are no women.

They live like savages on the mountain.

Many soldiers had complaints in their hearts.

Regarding this point, Xue Wanche knew very well in his heart that if this continued, those who couldn't protect themselves would betray him.

Perhaps, many people are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of loneliness, afraid of living alone in the mountains for a lifetime.

Today's sunshine is very good, and the spring breeze is no longer as cold as before.

This made everyone feel a little better.

"Everyone, the weather is getting warmer, and the Tang army below will definitely move soon, so everyone should be careful." Xue Wanche ordered his own people. He is also a fierce general and knows a little about the art of war.

If Yu Feng stationed troops at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain and did not attack, he would only be waiting for the sky to clear up, right?

Just as Xue Wanche was saying this, a soldier came to report in a hurry: "General Xue, the people below are suddenly shooting arrows up the mountain. I don't know why."

"Archery?" Xue Wanche thought it was a bit ridiculous. They were on the top of the mountain now. Even if those Tang soldiers were very powerful, they probably couldn't shoot at the mountainside. It would be foolish to want to shoot them.

He knew that Yu Feng, knew that he was not an idiot, but he was not an idiot, why did he do such a thing?
Xue Wanche stood on the top of the mountain and looked down, frowned. After a long time, he ordered: "Come on, you two go down to see what's going on."

"We... two?" The two soldiers pointed at were a little frightened. There were five hundred Tang troops stationed below. If they went down, wouldn't they be courting death?
"That's right, just the two of you." Xue Wanche's tone was very cold. He had to maintain enough majesty now, otherwise these people might defect and surrender to Tang Jun at any time.

Seeing Xue Wanche like this, those two people also became afraid in their hearts, and quickly responded.

After the two agreed to go down, they rushed down the mountain, and when they reached the mountainside, they finally slowed down because of fear.

"If you say we go on like this, will we be killed by Tang Jun?" One of the soldiers said something, and the other shuddered suddenly.

"Probably... no, we are also Tang Jun."

"But we are the prince's people, Li Shimin will not let us go."

They don't even know that Li Shimin has become the prince yet.

"Don't worry, don't worry, if we are caught, we will surrender, maybe we can get rid of the hard life on the mountain, even if I go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I don't want to be a savage here."

They couldn't stand not seeing the sun, not seeing women, and even living a bloodless life.

When they escorted Xue Wanche to escape, they also thought about martyrdom for the prince, but after really feeling such a day, they couldn't stand it anymore.

The two walked together, comforting each other.

Not long after, I saw the sharp arrow shot by Tang Jun.

There are many sharp arrows, shooting everywhere.

"There seems to be something on the sharp arrow." A soldier took down a sharp arrow, and after opening it to look at it, his brows froze immediately.

"What, Li Shimin has become the prince and is in charge of the affairs of the Tang Dynasty. Li Jiancheng and King Qi's children have been killed?"

"If we don't surrender, they're going to keep us up there as savages for the rest of our lives?"

The two looked at each other, and then, both of them suddenly had the urge to surrender. They don't know who they are insisting on now, and what are they doing if they don't surrender?
"Let's...surrender."

"Should we go up and report to the general, if the general also agrees to surrender, wouldn't it be better for us to follow?"

Both of them were a little hesitant. If Xue Wanche surrendered, their life would definitely be better. After all, they knew very well that if Xue Wanche surrendered, Li Shimin might treat him preferentially.

But if Xue Wanche didn't surrender, then they would have lost such a great opportunity to surrender.

"go back!"

(End of this chapter)