Take the city to the Warring States

Chapter 237 Lou Fan Submits
In the royal palace of Shanwu City, a soldier quickly ran into the main hall, regardless of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who were discussing, immediately knelt down on the ground and hurriedly called for help.

"Hundreds of miles away, the main force of the Han army suddenly launched an attack, and the defenders in front were in a hurry. Please ask the king to send troops to support."

"The Han army came out in full force, and our army has already lost a section of the mountain range."

"Our army's reinforcements have rushed to take back the lost land."

Listening to this series of battle reports, King Lou Fan breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, for some reason, there were loud alarms in the city.

A soldier came in in a panic, and when he saw that King Loufan had no time to salute, he hurriedly reported: "My lord, a Han army suddenly appeared outside the city and outside the city, and its number is no less than [-]."

"Isn't the Han army fighting hundreds of miles away? Why did they come outside the city?"King Lou Fan was stunned for a moment.

The soldier hurriedly saluted and explained: "If your king doesn't believe it, you can go to the city wall to watch it."

"Everyone is willing to accompany the widow to go to the city wall to watch."King Lou Fan thought for a while, looked at the officials and asked them.

Lou Fan's officials all bowed and said, "Observe the edict".

King Lou Fan stood up and walked out of the hall with all the officials.

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Outside Shanwu City, countless servants rushed towards the city wall like a tide, and the defenders on the city wall felt scalp numb for a while.

At the rear of the Han army, Zhou Yafu and Huo Qubing rode horses and stood side by side watching the battle ahead.

Huo Qubing asked Zhou Yafu: "It's really boring to watch the strong attack in front of you."

"Our army's strength is already far superior to Lou Fan's, and now we add a surprise attack. Shanwu City has only [-] troops, so how can we stop our advance. If this is the case, why use those tactics."Zhou Yafu asked Huo Qubing back.

Huo Qubing looked at Shanwu City, which was almost crumbling in front of him: "At this time, persuading to surrender may have a miraculous effect."

"Persuade to surrender?"Zhou Yafu was taken aback for a moment, and gradually fell into deep thought.

Huo Qubing explained to Zhou Yafu: "While attacking forcefully, shooting the silk letter persuading surrender into the city may have a miraculous effect. After all, judging from the current situation, the outcome has already been decided."

"Pass down the order and shoot the silk letter to persuade you to surrender."Zhou Yafu thought for a while, and immediately gave orders to the soldiers around him.

"promise".A soldier bowed to take orders, and then ran forward.

In the battle ahead, a row of archers tied silk books to the arrows, and then shot them into the city wall.

Soldiers on the city wall untied the silk script from the arrow and ran towards King Loufan, and saluted Lou Fan respectfully: "Report to the king, the enemy army has shot at the silk script."

"Silk book?"King Lou Fan was puzzled, wondering why the Han army on the other side would shoot the silk book, and immediately took it from the soldier's hand.

When the silk script was opened, King Loufan's face turned livid: "I still have more than [-] powerful soldiers, and the generals of the Han Dynasty dare to bully me, and pass on the will of the widow to fight to the death."

"Follow the order".The generals standing beside King Lou Fan bowed to receive the decree, and then turned around to convey the decree.

Another soldier ran over in a hurry: "Report to the king, the archers of the Han army have shot countless silk books into the city, and many soldiers are passing them around to read."

"Pass the will of the widow, confiscate silk books, but anyone who dares to circulate them privately will be killed without mercy."King Lou Fan's face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered without thinking.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and several generals rushed over.

"The guard at the east gate suddenly turned his back, and the east gate is already wide open."

"The guard of the west gate has turned his back, and the gate of the west gate has been opened wide."

"The guard at the south gate has defected, and the south gate has been opened wide."

"King Qi, the Han army is pouring into the city from the east, west, and south gates, and the people in the city are now in chaos."

King Lou Fan was taken aback, he never expected that Shanwu, as the capital, would lose so quickly.

All the officials looked at each other, and at this moment there was no way to recover, so they all knelt down on the ground: "Please issue an order to surrender, Your Majesty."

"The widow, the widow, even with 30 troops hundreds of miles away, it would be premature to surrender at this time."King Lou Fan was unwilling to look at the kneeling officials and asked them.

Hearing the sound of swords getting closer and closer, the officials did not dare to delay and immediately persuaded King Lou Fan: "However, there are more than 30 Han troops hundreds of miles away. Once the two armies attack, how can we protect our family?"

"It's ridiculous, I have been with the royal family for hundreds of miles, and I have raised you people who are greedy for life and afraid of death."A middle-aged man walked out, followed by a hundred soldiers of Lou Fan's Forbidden Army.

All the officials looked at the middle-aged man: "We are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but between extermination and surrender. We have no choice but to surrender. At least we have never heard of the Han Dynasty massacring the central government for no reason. The Huns and Donghu people of the grassland".

"My son implores my father to fight to the death."The middle-aged man bowed to King Lou Fan with a loud voice.

King Lou Fan closed his eyes slightly, and kept thinking about the situation, what if he escaped with all the officials?Thinking of this, I could only sigh, and my face instantly aged a bit: "Surrender, at least my Lou Fan clan can still live."

"Father King".The middle-aged man yelled at King Lou Fan.

King Loufan ignored his son, and looked around at all the officials: "Everyone, rearrange your clothes and open the north gate to beg for surrender."

"The king has a decree to open the north gate to beg for surrender."A voice sounded on the city wall, and then the north gate opened wide.

The sound of Ming Jin came from behind the Han army, and countless Han soldiers retreated like a tide.

Upon seeing this, King Lou Fan knew that the general of the Han army had heard the news, and immediately led all the officials down.But just as he took the first step, he heard the sound of a sharp sword being unsheathed.

Everyone was startled, and they all looked in the direction of the sound, only to see Prince Lou Fan and a hundred soldiers of the imperial army with red eyes.

King Lou Fan and all the officials thought that Prince Lou Fan and the others were going to assassinate, so they immediately stopped them, but they were interrupted by the voice.

"The kingdom of Lou Fan is destroyed, what's the use of this body, the only thing left to do now is death."As soon as the words fell, Prince Lou Fan and a hundred soldiers of the Forbidden Army raised their swords one after another, swung them towards their own throats, and died immediately.

Seeing this scene, King Lou Fan and all the officials closed their eyes slightly, two tears streaked across the corners of their eyes, then turned and walked down the city wall.

They are not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, but what is the point of just relying on blood in such a current situation.As long as the tribe can be preserved, surrender is better than extermination.

King Lou Fan led all the officials to file out from the north gate, and the scene just now seemed to have never happened.Seeing the soldiers of the Han army coming again like a tide, they all knelt down on the ground: "My Loufan family begged to surrender."

"Since it is a begging surrender, I don't know how King Loufan plans to arrange the army hundreds of miles away."Zhou Yafu and Huo Qubing came slowly on horseback.

King Lou Fan replied without hesitation: "I would like to issue an order immediately to let the 30 troops in front surrender and accept the reorganization of the Han army."

"This general can make the decision for the general, accept your intention to surrender, and strictly order the soldiers not to enter the city to harass the people."Zhou Yafu immediately made a promise to King Lou Fan, and then looked to the left and right: "Take over the city defense."

"promise".All the soldiers of the Han army bowed to receive their orders, and then filed into the city wall.

(End of this chapter)