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When Lu Chen heard Du Yongyuan's answer from the soldier who delivered the letter, he was not surprised at all.

In ancient times, a military commander's relatives were no different from hostages. If the military commander betrayed him, he would definitely end up implicating the nine clans.

Of course, there are also people who are cold-blooded enough to surrender to the enemy for the sake of their own survival and their own future, regardless of the life and death of their families.

If Du Yongyuan was such a person, even if Du Yongyuan really surrendered, Lu Chen would not dare to use him, and he might even get rid of Du Yongyuan directly in the end.

Du Yongyuan's first refusal made Lu Chen feel that Du Yongyuan still had some humanity, and only such a person had the value of persuading him to surrender.

If Du Yongyuan is only for himself and is extremely cold-blooded, there will be no way to control such a person in the future.

the next morning.

After Lu Chen got up, he summoned all the generals and held a simple military meeting.

When the generals heard that the prince had summoned them, they thought that Lu Chen was going to attack Ziyang City, and they were very excited. However, when they came to Lu Chen's study, they realized that Lu Chen had other ideas.

At this moment, Lu Chen glanced at the generals around the sand table, and then said: "Yesterday, the King of Japan sent a letter of persuasion to surrender to the garrison of Ziyang City, and he refused to surrender."

After hearing this, a military general said: "The other party is so ignorant that they dare to refuse the prince's persuasion to surrender. Your prince, why don't we send troops to attack Ziyang City now?"

At this time, everyone's eyes fell on Lu Chen's face, looking forward to Lu Chen's answer.

Lu Chen said calmly: "Sending troops is definitely necessary, but it is not a real fight."

This……

Everyone was stunned.

Not a real fight?

Is it possible that there is such a thing as a fake war?

Lu Chen continued: "The soldiers in Ziyang City are all Daxia people, and you are also Daxia people. As the vassal king of Daxia, I naturally don't want to see Daxia people killing each other. "

Of course Xuanyuan Chen understood what Lu Chen meant. Lu Chen wanted to show his kind side, so that he could win over people's hearts.

but……

Xuanyuan Chen immediately said: "Your Majesty, I understand what you mean, but the defender of Ziyang City has refused to surrender. If we don't really attack, how can we occupy Ziyang City and continue to go south to destroy the Qi Kingdom?"

Lu Chen said calmly: "This is simple."

"You will send someone to Ziyang City later to remind the soldiers of Ziyang City to stay away from the North City wall. We will attack the city at noon."

After hearing this, the generals were a little confused. Before attacking the enemy, they had to remind the enemy first, what kind of tactic was this?

Lu Chen continued: "At noon, let the artillery troops knock down the northern wall of Ziyang City. After the wall collapses, stop the attack immediately."

Xuanyuan Chen suddenly realized that he understood Lu Chen's plan again. Lu Chen planned to use the power of artillery to intimidate Daxia soldiers.

As long as they see the power of artillery, the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom will inevitably become timid.

Xuanyuan Chen said: "I understand, I will arrange for someone to alert the defenders of Ziyang City."

Then they began to take action.

Soon.

A group of northern troops appeared outside Ziyang City, holding some strange things in their hands.

Seeing the cavalry coming from the Northern Kingdom, the Daxia soldiers quickly notified Du Yongyuan, and Du Yongyuan immediately boarded the tower to prepare the soldiers for battle.

But at this time, Du Yongyuan discovered that only a few hundred cavalrymen from the North Kingdom came. It didn't look like they were going to attack at all, and they seemed to be holding something strange in their hands.

At this time, a Northern soldier holding a simple trumpet shouted loudly: "Today at noon, the Northern Army will attack Beicheng. For the sake of you all being citizens of Daxia, my king specially asked me to remind you that at noon Stay away from the North City Gate, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"

Du Yongyuan was stunned when he heard the shouts of the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom.

Before the Northern King attacked Ziyang City, he sent someone to notify them in advance?

Do you talk about martial ethics like this?

Could it be that King Bei was not ready to give up trying to persuade him to surrender, so he deliberately asked someone to notify him in advance in order to exert final pressure on him?

If he had not surrendered before noon, the Northern Army would probably actually attack the city.

Just as Du Yongyuan was thinking this, the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom continued to shout: "The weapons used by the Northern Kingdom are far beyond what your body can contend with. Evacuate the North City tower before noon, or you will bear the consequences."

At this time, the cavalrymen from the Northern Kingdom dispersed on horseback. They took out some arrows without arrowheads, then tied some leaflets on them, and kept shooting arrows at the city wall.

Seeing this scene, the Daxia soldiers thought that the Northern soldiers had already attacked.

At this moment, an arrow flew directly towards Du Yongyuan, and a soldier quickly reminded Du Yongyuan, "General, be careful!"

Du Yongyuan did not panic. He raised his hand and grabbed the arrow without an arrow. Then he took the leaflet off the arrow and read it carefully.

The content of the leaflet was very simple. It was almost the same as what the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom were shouting, telling them to stay away from the city wall at noon because the Northern Kingdom was going to launch an attack.

Du Yongyuan then comforted him and said, "Don't panic, the North Kingdom has not attacked yet."

At this time, a deputy general also grabbed an arrow, opened the leaflet and took a look. Then he chuckled and said: "It's really ridiculous. The North Kingdom is going to launch an attack, but they actually ask us not to defend the city. Is it possible that we are allowed to watch them attack?" Enter the city.”

Du Yongyuan glanced at the deputy general who spoke, and then said: "Vice General Liu, you will lead the troops to guard the North City gate at noon today."

Vice General Liu immediately said: "General, please rest assured, I will never let the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom get close to the city gate!"

Du Yongyuan didn't say much. He looked at the Northern Cavalry who were still shouting in the distance and was thinking about something in his heart.

He had heard about the powerful weapons of the Northern Kingdom, but they had never seen them before.

Before the attack on the city, King Bei specially sent someone to remind them how powerful his weapons were. Although it seemed like he was intimidating them and asking them to surrender quickly, Du Yongyuan felt that there was another meaning in it, that is, Bei Kingdom's weapons were indeed It was very scary. King Bei wanted to win people's hearts, so he sent people to remind them in advance and told them not to hide on the city wall.

Du Yongyuan frowned, thinking in his mind, what kind of weapon was it that made King Bei specially send people to remind them not to guard the city wall?

The more Du Yongyuan thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. He had just asked Lieutenant General Liu to guard the gate of the North City. One of the most important reasons was that Lieutenant General Liu was not one of his own. Soldiers from the North were attacking the city. He wanted to see the power of the North's weapons. How terrifying.

If someone dies then, it won’t be one of our own.

Du Yongyuan then continued to arrange more soldiers to guard the city gate. It seemed that he attached great importance to the siege of the North Kingdom, but the soldiers he arranged to go to the city wall were all old-timers and soldiers who did not listen to him very much. Next, hundreds of cavalry from the Northern Kingdom shouted outside the north city of Ziyang City for a long time. Not only the soldiers of Daxia knew about this, but also the people in Ziyang City soon knew about it.

The common people actually don't care who becomes the emperor, but war is a disaster for them. They are very afraid that the northern soldiers will start burning, killing and looting after entering the city.

For a moment, people in Ziyang City were panicked.

The morning passed quickly. Although Du Yongyuan was not guarding the tower, he was not far from Beicheng.

At this time, Vice General Liu was not aware of the danger at all. He stood on the tower and quietly watched the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom pushing the strange cart not far from the North City.

He thought to himself, Du Yongyuan is really a greedy person who is afraid of death, and he actually let him guard the city gate.

He also thought about telling Emperor Xia what happened today after he returned this time.

At this moment, continuous drumming sounded outside the city.

Du Yongyuan stood on the roof, frowning and looking in the direction of Beicheng.

The sound of drums proves that the army of the North has begun to attack. Come on, let him see how powerful the weapons of the North are. It can allow the North to defeat the barbarians in the north, and it can also make Dawu cede territory and pay compensation!

At the same time, an iron ball flew directly to the tower of Beicheng. After seeing the iron ball, Lieutenant General Liu disapproved and shouted, "Get ready..."

boom……

As a result, before Vice General Liu finished speaking, the cannonball exploded directly, and the tower was instantly blown down. Vice General Liu and the soldiers on the tower were also blown into countless pieces.

Du Yongyuan, who was in the distance, heard a loud noise and saw the tower collapse instantly, and he was stunned.

But the bombardment of the North Kingdom had just begun. The next moment, another loud noise was heard, and a huge hole was blasted directly into the gate of the North City.

Du Yongyuan was stunned on the roof. Then, one after another shells fell from the sky, and all the soldiers on the North City wall were taken away in one wave.

Seeing the rubble of the city wall and the body parts of the soldiers flying all over the sky, Du Yongyuan finally understood why the North King sent people to shout outside Beicheng for a long time before attacking the city.

Du Yongyuan doubted that if he were still on the tower in Beicheng, his body might not be intact.

Is this the weapon of the North?

terrible!

How is this fight going?

The Northern Kingdom possesses such terrifying weapons, and the Daxia court has no chance of winning.

For a moment, Du Yongyuan was filled with fear.

About an hour later, a huge gap was opened where the city gate was, and the city wall collapsed. If the soldiers from the North were to attack now, the 200,000 soldiers in the city would have no choice.

But at this moment, those loud noises disappeared, and the sound of drums came from outside the city.

Du Yongyuan immediately led people to Beicheng. The situation in Beicheng was very miserable, and there were almost no intact bodies of the soldiers guarding the city.

At this time, the soldiers behind Du Yongyuan no longer had any fighting spirit, and there was only fear in their eyes.

Through the gap in the city wall, they could clearly see the Northern Army not far outside the North City, but the Northern soldiers showed no signs of attacking. They just stood there, as if waiting for something.

The royal flag of the Northern Kingdom was flying in the sky. The bloody royal flag made people feel heart palpitated and panicked.

At this time, a confidant of Du Yongyuan said: "General, what should we do now?"

Their 200,000-strong army was originally only here to defend the city, and had no intention of confronting the Northern Army head-on. However, now that the walls of Ziyang City have collapsed, the Northern Army can rush in at any time. What kind of city can they defend?

Is it possible that they are now using people to plug that huge gap?

Du Yongyuan glanced at the Northern Army in the distance and said: "The Northern Kingdom did not launch an attack, which proves that the Northern King intends to continue negotiations with this general."

At this time, drums were heard again outside. After hearing the drums, the soldiers behind Du Yongyuan thought that the North had launched another attack, and they were all trembling with fright. However, unexpectedly, the soldiers from the North Instead of attacking, they retreated.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer Northern soldiers outside Beicheng, Du Yongyuan and the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. If Northern weapons continued to attack them, I'm afraid they would become a few big pieces later.

Even such a strong city wall couldn't withstand the North Kingdom's weapons, so how could their bodies be able to withstand it.

Du Yongyuan ordered at this time: "Clean the battlefield!"

As his order fell, the soldiers quickly took action and began to clean up the battlefield. While cleaning up the corpses of the soldiers defending the city, the soldiers once again thought of surrendering.

Surrender soon became the collective consciousness. No one thought they could defeat the North's army. The North's weapons were too terrifying.

In the dead of night.

Du Yongyuan sat on the desk, staring at the weak candlelight in a daze.

He was mentally analyzing the current situation and what he should do in the future.

According to Emperor Xia's wishes, he should pretend to be no match for the Northern Army and flee directly. However, now that the war has just begun, he leads his troops to escape. Even if it is Emperor Xia's wish, he will probably be punished by Emperor Xia when he returns to the capital.

And judging from the current situation, with the fighting power of the Northern Army being so powerful and the weapons being so terrifying, the possibility of the Northern King ascending to the throne of God is very high.

Du Yongyuan believed in his heart that even if King Zhao's army saw the northern army, they would only be beaten and flee east and west.

If there are no accidents, there is a high probability that King Bei will be the next Emperor Xia. In addition, King Bei is originally the son of Emperor Xia, so he is qualified to inherit the throne.

At this time, Du Yongyuan had already had the idea of ​​surrender in his heart. Even if he escaped with his soldiers, he would still have to face the Northern King's army when the Northern King attacked the capital in the future.

But now his family is in the capital. Once he surrenders, his family will definitely die.

Moreover, there are Emperor Xia's shadow guards in the army. As long as he really surrenders, the shadow guards will probably attack him immediately.

At this moment, a soldier's voice sounded outside, "General, the King of the North has sent an envoy!"

Du Yongyuan immediately said: "Please come in immediately."

After a while, a Northern soldier entered Du Yongyuan's study. The Northern soldier took out a letter and said to Du Yongyuan: "General Du, this is a personal letter from our king."

Du Yongyuan took the letter from the soldier without hesitation, then opened it and read it carefully.

After seeing the contents of the letter, Du Yongyuan's previous concerns were swept away. He did not expect that King Bei had made so many arrangements. (End of chapter)