Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 299 Intention to induce surrender
While Huan Xi was still on his way to Hongnong under the stars and the moon, Fu Jian's 100,000 cavalry had already arrived at the Xitao Plain.

He did not go straight to Yinchuan City, but camped thirty miles north of the city.

In this battle, Fu Jian went deep into enemy territory. In order to ensure logistical security, he adopted the nomadic warfare method, which was to drive cattle and sheep to fight with the army.

Since the State of Yu indirectly controlled most of Monan through the State of Dai, there was naturally no shortage of livestock.

This also eliminated the need for Fu Jian to divide his troops to guard the grain road.

While arranging the camp defense, Fu Jian decided to send an envoy to Yinchuan. He said to everyone:
"The Art of War says: The one who defeats the enemy without fighting is a good man.

"Now that I have mobilized my troops, I want to annex the Hetao before I can give up.

"But once the war breaks out, there will be rivers of blood.

"God has the virtue of a good life. I want to send an envoy to recruit Xie Ai and Deng Xia to surrender. What do you think?"

When everyone heard this, they all had expressions of embarrassment.

Xie Ai would not respond to Huan Xi and send troops with him to attack Zhang Zuo.

Facing a famous general like Xie Ai who was recognized by the world, Fu Jian really wanted to take him for his own use.

Not to mention that Deng Xia followed Huan Xi to establish his business. In the past few years, Huan Xi would not even let him leave. Deng Xia had to follow him wherever he went. There is no need to say more about the relationship between the two.

Hearing this, everyone agreed.

As for Xie Ai, Huan Xi's song "Yan of a Chaste Woman" is still sung by the world.

"However, if the two armies are fighting and the envoy is not killed, even if the envoy has disgraced his mission and has not persuaded Xie and Deng to surrender, as long as he can take the opportunity to observe the strength of the enemy's army and find out some information, it is still a meritorious service."

The reason why Xie Ai joined Huan Xi back then was not only due to Huan Xi's persistent pursuit, but also thanks to Zhang Zuo's assist.

He loves and cherishes talents, even to the point of morbidity.

But what conditions could Fu Jian have to make Xie Ai fall in love? Besides, there was Deng Xia who was loyal to Huan Xi in Yinchuan City.

Fu Jian frowned when he saw that no one agreed for a long time.

Xue Zan knew that Fu Jian was a gentle man and would not kill anyone for his advice, so he said bluntly:
“It is a blessing for the country that the king of heaven is thirsty for talents, and the hesitation of ministers is not a rejection.

If Zhang Zuo had not had an affair with Zhang Chonghua's mother and wife, he tried to depose Zhang Yaoling and establish himself as the lord of Liangzhou, and also forced Xie Ai to kill him.

But the attitude of the generals undoubtedly poured cold water on Fu Jian.

Qianliang is now integrated into the Liang Kingdom. Xie Ai cannot be called a betrayal. After all, the nominal governor of Liangzhou is still Zhang Yaoling, who is only fourteen years old.

However, Fu Jianjiang insisted on his own opinion. He smiled and said:
"How can I not know what your ministers are worried about?

"These two people may not be swayed by high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Your Majesty, please think twice."

This is easy to say, but so difficult to do.

"Deng Xia is Xi's confidant; Xie Ai is also known as loyal.

After hearing what he said, the generals and subordinates stopped admonishing him, but no one dared to take the initiative to take the job.

After all, it is said that the two armies are at war, and the envoys are not killed, but there are always people who do not follow the rules. Since ancient times, the number of envoys who have been killed is really countless.

I'm sure Xie Ai or Deng Xia sacrificed the flag to the envoy in order to express their attitude. Fu Jian saw that no one took the initiative to ask for help and could not force them to serve as envoys, so he had to write a letter to Xie Ai and Deng Xia. In the letter, he not only promised high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but also arranged marriages for the two.

If the two of them rebelled against Liang, it would be difficult to save their family members who stayed in Chang'an. Fu Jian's willingness to recruit the two of them as his sister-in-law can be said to be full of sincerity.

Fu Jian recruited a warrior in the army to deliver a message to Yinchuan. However, that night, the warrior's head was hung on a tower in the north of Yinchuan.

As for Fu Jian's letters, they were burned directly without even being read.

Fu Jian learned about this and acted quite angry in front of everyone. However, when the generals left and were alone, he no longer looked angry. He just regretted that he could not accept Xie Ai and Deng Xia. .

That's the way he is. He will recruit someone if he wants a letter, but if the other person really comes, he will feel that the other person is disloyal, and his impression of that person will also decrease.

In Yinchuan City, Xie Ai was joking with Deng Xia. The two were talking about Fu Jian's recruitment of them.

Considering the predicament of the Yu State and the rapid momentum of the Huan family, unless they were suffering from heart failure, how could they be tempted by the conditions given by Fu Jian.

Not to mention that the families of Xie Ai and Deng Xia were still staying in Chang'an as hostages, let alone being offered as sister-in-law to Fu Jian. Even if the still charming Empress Dowager Gou personally came forward, she would be dismissive.

After all, not everyone is like Huan Xi, who focuses on other people's widowed mothers.

When Xie Ai killed people and burned letters, he didn't hesitate at all.

Of course, if he had shown the slightest hesitation, I'm afraid Deng Xia wouldn't be sitting here joking with Xie Ai now.

Yinchuan was built on the site of Beidianong City in the Western Han Dynasty. When Huanxi first entered the Hetao to rescue the Tiefu Xiongnu, he discussed with Quan Yi to build a new city here and name it Yinchuan.

Due to the hasty construction of the city at that time, the Xitao area at that time was a sparsely populated area after the Qifu Xianbei, Lujie Xianbei and other tribes moved away, and the Tiefu Xiongnu suffered heavy losses from the Dai Kingdom.

Therefore, the initial area of ​​Yinchuan City was not large.

It was Huanxi who successively migrated tribes to the Hetao area and enriched the population of the Xitao Plain. After several expansions, Yinchuan City reached its current scale.

Fu Jian sat on his horse and looked around, only to see a majestic city standing in front of him.

Yinchuan is composed of the outer city and the inner city. The inner city is divided into two parts, the east city and the west city. From east to west, they are the outer city, the east city and the west city.

When Huanxi was expanding Yinchuan, he drew lessons from the prosperous Tongwan City to a certain extent. He gave Shan Yutai a drawing and marked a large number of horse faces built on the city wall.

The so-called horse face, also known as the enemy tower, refers to the protruding tower on the city wall to defend against enemy attacks.

Every one hundred and fifty steps, there will be a horse face standing at the same height as the city. When the enemy attacks the city, troops can be stationed on the horse face to cause damage to the enemy from three directions.

Of course, no matter how majestic the city is, it still cannot compare to the Royal City in terms of defensive properties.

Gaowang City is located in the high wall of Fennan. The steep terrain of deep ditches on three sides and a barrier on one side is not something that Yinchuan can have.

Therefore, Fu Jian was not without confidence in capturing Yinchuan City.

However, Fu Jian hoped to lure Xie Ai out of the city and fight with him in the wild.

After all, there are enough guards in Yinchuan. If we attack by force, we will probably suffer huge casualties.

Xie Ai also let Deng Xia's Baibao Xianbei roam outside the city, so Yu's army could not concentrate on attacking the city.

(End of this chapter)