My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 81 79. General Soaring to the Sky, dialogue before the battle

Tongguan was broken, and the rebel troops came to the city.

The 50-strong army marched abreast by water and land, and it was a dense mass of darkness. From a distance, it looked very oppressive.

50 is just a quantitative word. It sounds simple and doesn't sound like much. Only when this army really appears in front of you can you truly understand the huge number!

It was completely dark, the military camps stretched for several miles, and the mountains and fields were filled with people. Everyone's spit could drown someone, and if they threw their riding whips into the river, they could cause the river to stop flowing!

Zhao Xuanqi stood on the city wall, watching the rebels setting up camp in the distance outside the city, and the army of soldiers stretching to the end of the horizon, feeling depressed.

"From the perspective of order, these troops are in good order, and their movements are crisp and neat. They look excited and excited. They are obviously combat-ready troops."

"Indeed, the various rebel armies fought against each other, which ultimately led to the unified situation of the rebel armies today. The rebel armies are no longer the down-and-out peasant army at the beginning, but are now elite soldiers!"

"There are many auxiliary soldiers, too many people..."

"It seems that the Northern Wei Dynasty really let down many people, that's why so many people rose up in rebellion, and it's hard to recover from the accumulated shortcomings!"

In response, Zhao Xuanqi took the time to select young adults in the city and conduct some training.

It's a pity that some time ago, Emperor Jingming recruited many young people to march into the army and then released them to suppress the rebellion. As a result, the suppression failed and they were all destroyed!

There are not many young adults in the city now, but at least there are some. Zhao Xuanqi uses them all as soldiers to defend the city, or else they help carry some supplies and make some ordnance, everything is used to defend the city!

Fortunately, there is enough food in the city to last for some time.

However, something unexpected happened. The rebels only surrounded but did not attack. On the third day after the rebels approached the city, the rebels began to shoot a large number of arrows into the city, with some documents tied to the arrow poles.

The people by the river also picked up some documents flowing down the river and opened them to see that there were many words written inside.

Or secretly, some thoughtful people are spreading these messages.

No matter how hard the blockade is, the blockade cannot be completed.

A piece of news began to spread in the arena. The text of the message came from the document:
"We will not kill those who surrender now, otherwise we will massacre the city when it is broken!"

"The civil and military officials will lead their people to surrender. After the new dynasty is established, they can retain their current official positions. Their lives will definitely not be harmed, and their family property will be retained."

"Those who open the city gates will be granted the title of Marquis!"

"As long as Zhao Xuanqi offers the emperor's head and opens the door to surrender, the rebel army will not massacre the city after the city is broken, and Zhao Xuanqi will retain his position as general."

"Otherwise, the rebels will attack the city and leave no one behind!"

"..."

In addition, the rebels would also conduct training outside the city, making loud killing noises, or galloping around on war horses. The roar of the war horses was like thunder, all of which made the people in the city panic.

The bandit army will also drive some people from other areas to the city gate. If the city gate is not opened, they will massacre all these people without hesitation in half a quarter of an hour.

The miserable screams of the people before they died, as well as the screams of despair, caused a great psychological shadow on the soldiers and young men who defended the city.

After the massacre, the rebels would even put the corpses of the people into wooden barrels and use catapults to throw them into the city. They were bloody and cruel, and their methods were crazy.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers guarding the city were still shaken and panicked, not to mention the unarmed ordinary people in the city?

When the common people saw these miserable corpses, their courage instantly disappeared. Witnessing these cruel actions of the rebels, they were scared out of their wits.

They remembered the cannibalism of the prodigal army, the rebel army killing them wherever they went, and the fact that half of the country had been destroyed. These were all evil spirits and were simply invincible!

The people are always in a state of panic, and everyone becomes suspicious and frightened.

If the city is broken, everyone will be massacred!

If we surrender, everyone will be fine, so why do we still defend the city?

Many people have this ridiculous idea.

Hearts surge.

If Zhao Xuanqi hadn't pretended to be a prince and entered the city a few days ago, pretending that there were [-] troops of King Qin in the city, and stabilized the people's hearts, I'm afraid there would be no need to fight now. Someone would have already started to communicate with the rebels and prepare to open the city gate and surrender!
No matter how strong the city is, it can't withstand the chaos inside!

This made Zhao Xuanqi couldn't help but feel lucky that his strategy in the past few days had prevented the people from collapsing now.

But even so, some people began to persuade Zhao Xuanqi to surrender overtly or covertly.

As long as he surrenders, the general will still be a general, and everyone won't have to fight hard, so why not?
Why must we guard the broken city?Why must we protect the emperor?Why must we sacrifice ourselves for the soon-to-be-annihilated Northern Wei Kingdom?
Is there really any hope of defending the city?Even if we keep it, what's the use?If you can guard it for a while, can you guard it for the rest of your life?

The rebel army has captured two-thirds of the world's territory. Unless all the rebel rebels are wiped out here, it will have no effect at all!

If we continue to defend, then everyone will have to die for the emperor, as long as the emperor is handed over!

Faced with these inquiries, Zhao Xuanqi fell silent.

Emperor Jingming also heard this news, and he summoned Zhao Xuanqi to the palace to meet him that day.

Zhao Xuanqi was shocked when he saw Emperor Jingming again. Emperor Jingming had heavy dark circles under his eyes and a withered face. His whole person seemed to have lost weight several times and was listless.

Emperor Jingming sat in his seat, with a shaken expression on his face, as if his whole body had lost his soul, and with his head pulled back, he asked Zhao Xuanqi to sit next to him.

When Zhao Xuanqi sat down.

Emperor Jingming looked over and said, "My beloved, please hand me over and surrender. There are only innocent people in the city. I don't want to harm them, nor you."

The words are astonishing.Zhao Xuanqi was stunned.

He never thought that Emperor Jingming would say such words!
This is really unexpected!

He looked shocked: "Your Majesty, how could you say such self-defeating words?"

Emperor Jingming went to the wine glass next to him, drank it down in one gulp, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Everything is my fault. The world is in such chaos. It is all my fault for my incompetence. If you hand me over, you can get the whole city in exchange." It’s a good choice for the safety of the people!”

Facts have proved that if a person is physically strong and it is difficult for you to defeat him, then you have to break his mind first.

If you can't defeat the body, then defeat his mind. The mind determines the body. If the mind collapses, no matter how powerful the body is, it has no effect and has no place to use.

This is the situation of Emperor Jingming today. The city is strong and the people who are willing to die are willing to defend the city. Chang'an City is a hard bone. The rebels know that it is difficult to gnaw down. Even if they gnaw down, they will have to break their muscles and bones, so attacking the heart is the priority. , attacking the city, they successfully used tactics to defeat Emperor Jingming's mind.

Thirty thousand versus 50, it looks like an unsolvable game no matter how you look at it!

Now Emperor Jingming wanted to surrender. He thought he could no longer defend the city and wanted to leave himself a decent ending. He didn't want to wait for his own people to sacrifice him and lose the emperor's last face.

Emperor Jingming also had dignity. If his death could bring the survival of the people in the city, why not do it?It can be considered a worthy death!

"Your Majesty, we will not give up on you, we will definitely defend the city!"

"My dear, as long as you give me away, you will still be a general. Why don't you do it like this? It is also the right choice for a bird to choose a good tree to rest on. When the leader of the rebel army becomes the new emperor, he will definitely value your talents. , choose to reuse you, give up on me, I will not blame you." Emperor Jingming's expression was sincere, everything was true!
Zhao Xuanqi listened to these words and shook his head in rejection: "Compared with General Chongtian, Your Majesty, you are the better master!"

Emperor Jingming: "Oh?"

Zhao Xuanqi replied solemnly: "I don't think he is the king's order. In the world...how can there be an emperor who eats people?"

General Chongtian led the prodigal army, but he ate a lot of civilians. Once he ran out of military rations, he ate and ate, and he even ate to save rations!
After Emperor Jingming heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. He no longer felt depressed and regained his composure.

He saw Zhao Xuanqi's determination to defend the city!

These days, Emperor Jingming was afraid that his own people would hand him over, so he took the initiative to mention these words to Zhao Xuanqi. Now Zhao Xuanqi's words made him stop this idea, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

At least you don’t have to worry about the soldiers guarding the city handing you over!
The so-called sincerity for sincerity, after each other confessed their words, Zhao Xuanqi and Emperor Jingming actually trusted each other even more.

The next day, Zhao Xuanqi led the patrol soldiers to patrol the city as usual, and was seriously thinking about how to defeat the enemy.

But there was a voice shouting from downstairs: "My leader wants to talk to the general, but can he dare to talk to the city?"

General Soaring to the Sky, actually wants to talk to me?

This guy, what do you want to do?
Could it be that he wanted to use the dialogue to sow discord between himself and Emperor Jingming?

Zhao Xuanqi wanted to refuse.

Then there was a movement below the city gate, and the rebels drove a large number of people over!

There were a large number of people, probably hundreds of people. The people were in a panic, wandering in front of the city gate, knocking on the door hard, and begging for the door to be opened.

The soldiers did not receive the order from the general, so the city gate would not be opened, so the only outcome for these people was death.

In fact, this was the way it was handled before.

Close the door!

Once the door is opened, accidents may easily occur!

Although the soldiers and young men who were guarding the city couldn't bear it, they also understood that this was the most correct choice.

At this time, someone from the rebels came out and shouted: "If you don't agree, we will kill all the people around Chang'an City and kill them all under the city gate!"

When the people outside the city gate heard this, they shivered with fear, wailed, begged for mercy, and loudly begged to open the door.

"Sir, please open the door!"

"We don't want to die. No matter what we are asked to do, we promise not to kill us..."

"Let us enter the city. We are not an army of thieves or rebels. We are all local people nearby."

When the soldiers guarding the city heard these sounds, they showed unbearable eyes and did not have the courage to look under the city.

The young and strong people on the city wall looked frightened.

Zhao Xuanqi looked at all this, and he knew very well that if the rebels were allowed to continue massacring the people, the morale of his side would sooner or later drop to an extreme.

People, people.

Everyone has a living life, and dying in front of them without being able to save them is definitely a nightmare for people with a conscience. They will definitely be afraid of the bandit army and become even more timid!
On the contrary, if the people are rescued, the morale of the people in the city will be enhanced.

It's better to go and meet this so-called General Soaring to Heaven!
However, the people who were let into the city are also likely to be undercover agents of the bandit army and need to be closely monitored, so just clear the gate and enter the prison!

In addition to the above reasons, the most important thing is that Zhao Xuanqi also wants to meet this guy!
General Chongtian, let’s see what he has to say. Maybe we can find a way to break the situation!
In this way, Zhao Xuanqi took a dozen of his cronies, including those of Emperor Jingming, and slowly walked out through the gap in the city gate, and finally came to the open space between the two armies.

On the side of the rebel army, there were about ten figures, guarding one person, slowly coming to the middle position.

The two sides were separated by a distance of four to five meters, just riding horses, and did not carry offensive weapons.

This position can prevent both parties from committing dirty tricks and ensure that both parties are just talking.

In front of the two armies, the generals faced off!
(End of this chapter)