Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1908 King Qin’s Special Envoy Ye Qingmei

Chapter 1906: Ye Qingmei, the special envoy of the King of Qin

Huo Qubing's army had not yet arrived, so Su Dingfang continued to attack the city. After five days of continuous attack, he once again suffered 5,000 casualties, while Yanjing's casualties had reached 30,000.

Obviously, the city of Yanjing is running out of gas, and the reason why it can continue to hold on is just to use human lives to make up for it.

Five days later, Huo Qubing's 55,000 troops finally arrived at Yanjing City and joined Su Dingfang's 45,000 troops. The total number of Qin troops also surged to 100,000.

As for the total number of garrison defenders in Yanjing City, the cumulative casualties reached 70,000, a loss of nearly seven-tenths of their troops.

More than half of the 30,000 regular troops had been killed or injured, the 10,000 Shi family soldiers had been completely wiped out, and of the 60,000 men initially recruited, only more than 10,000 remained.

Although there are still 60,000 defenders in Yanjing City, four-fifths of them are civilians. Is there any reason why a hundred thousand Qin troops cannot attack Yanjing City like this?

“Strategic Advisor, General Huo Bing, you are finally here.”

After Huo Qubing and Zhang Liang arrived, Su Dingfang personally went out of the camp ten miles to meet each other, and said with a smile: "With General Huo Bing's help, why worry about Yanjing being unable to defeat them."

"Even without Huo, this Yanjing city still can't stop Su Shuai. Instead, Huo comes to take some of the credit. Please don't mind Su Shuai." Huo Qubing said with a humble face.

Before entering the camp, Huo Qubing had already visited the city walls. The city walls had been smashed and cracked, and the city defense was even more dispensable. It was obvious that Yanjing was on the verge of breaking the city.

Even if Huo Qubing did not bring reinforcements, Su Dingfang could still attack Yanjing, but the casualties might be greater.

"What do you mean, General Huo? They are all brothers. There is no one we can't rob." Su Dingfang said.

Huo Qubing was relieved when he heard this.

The city of Yanjing was about to be destroyed. As long as someone came over, he could get a share of such a huge contribution. And Huo Qubing arrived at the last moment. This was suspected of maliciously grabbing the work.

Huo Qubing was also afraid that Su Dingfang would be dissatisfied because of this, but Su Dingfang was far more generous than he expected and didn't care at all about giving him a share of the credit, which Huo Qubing admired deeply.

“Now that our 100,000-strong army has gathered together, even if the city of Yanjing is a turtle shell, we can still smash it into pieces.”

Su Dingfang's eyes were full of confidence, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Send the order, and the whole army will attack..."

Before the word "city" was uttered, someone came from below to report: "Commander, the lord's special envoy has arrived."

Su Dingfang was unwilling to be neglected and quickly led his generals to greet him, but he didn't expect that the person walking out of the carriage was actually a woman.

After seeing the unfamiliar face of Ye Qingmei, Su Dingfang, Huo Qubing and others all showed doubts and secretly thought: There has never been a precedent of using a woman as a special envoy before. What is this woman's identity that qualifies her to become the lord? special envoy?

Among the people, only Li Hongzhang knew Ye Qingmei, and he immediately exclaimed: "Miss Ye, why are you here?"

Ye Qingmei smiled brightly and said: "Of course I came to surrender Liu Che."

"What?"

Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, Huo Qubing and other generals all exclaimed, while Zhang Liang looked thoughtful.

 Speak of surrendering Liu Che? How can this be.

Anyone in the Northern Han Dynasty could surrender, but Liu Che, who proclaimed himself emperor, could not, because even if he surrendered, he would not end well.

In addition, Liu Che had no intention of surrendering at all. If he really wanted to surrender, how could he coerce the people of the city to fight against the Qin army, and would rather turn Yanjing into a dead city?

"Mr. Li, how did Miss Ye become the special envoy of the lord?" Su Dingfang asked in a low voice.

Li Hongzhang glanced at Ye Qingmei and replied in a low voice: "She is Gongsun Xuanyuan's adopted sister. The Lord intends to marry with the Gongsun family, and she is the target of the marriage between the two families."

"Oh, that's it." Su Dingfang, Huo Qubing and others were surprised when they crossed east. It turned out that there was such a relationship, and they could serve as special envoys as women.

However, given the lord's behavior, how could he let his fiancée risk her life and come to surrender to Liu Che in person?

 The generals were really puzzled by this.

Ye Qingmei glanced at the generals who were gathered around and pointing at her, frowned and asked: "Generals, what are you talking about?"

But I thought to myself: Zhang Liang, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, Huo Bing... are all historical celebrities, and they are all handsome men. Unfortunately, they are all married old men.

 After hearing what Ye Qingmei said, Zhang Liang stood up and asked: "Madam, why did the Lord send you as a special envoy to carry out the surrender?"

 “Husband, madam?”

Ye Qing’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and then she seemed to think of something. She covered her face shyly and said, “I hate it, don’t scream, I’m not a lady.”

 “Okay madam.”

 Ye Qingmei: “…”

There were countless people along the way who mistakenly thought she was Qin Hao's wife. Ye Qingmei saw one explanation after another, but it was of no use at all. Now she is too lazy to explain.

"Madam, the risk of persuading Liu Che to surrender is too great. How could my lord let you risk your life?" Xue Rengui asked.

Ye Qingmei hesitated for a moment and then said truthfully: "This... is what I asked for myself."

This time he came to persuade Liu Che to surrender. It was actually Ye Qingmei who actively requested it, but was unanimously opposed by all the civil and military officials.

Not only Qin Hao objected, but even her sworn brother Gongsun Xuanyuan also strongly opposed her coming to surrender Liu Che, saying that he was going to die, but Ye Qingmei insisted on her decision.

Ye Qingmei believed that since Liu Che, the great emperor of the Han Dynasty, would rather subjugate his country than ally with the Manchus, he would not let his civil and military officers and the people of the city be buried with him.

Now that the war in Youzhou is a foregone conclusion, the Northern Han Dynasty has only four cities left, and its troops are only tens of thousands. Continuing to resist is just a sacrifice in vain, and it has no meaning at all.

Now that the Manchu and Qing armies are in front of them, the Han people should not continue to fight to the death. If they continue to fight, they will only end up taking advantage of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

Ye Qingmei believed that as long as Liu Che made clear his interests and explained the truth, he would most likely surrender voluntarily.

Ye Qingmei's words convinced Qin Hao and also convinced all the ministers.

The Qin army lost 25,000 elite troops under Yanjing City. Although Yanjing is about to be captured now, it would be better if you can get Liu Che to surrender voluntarily.

But regarding the choice of envoy, Qin Hao was obviously unwilling to let Ye Qingmei go. After all, there were many eloquent people in the Qin army, so he would not let his fiancée risk being an envoy.

Ye Qingmei was very puzzled by Qin Hao's rejection, but retorted: It is safest to use a woman as an envoy. Liu Che is a wise king, and he will not embarrass a little girl like her in any case.

Qin Hao felt that what Ye Qingmei said was reasonable, and seeing Ye Qingmei's persistence and attitude of wanting to do everything for him, he was moved and agreed to let her go as an envoy to persuade Liu Che to surrender, and Two masters and three hundred cavalry were sent to protect Ye Qingmei when he came to Yanjing.

After hearing Ye Qingmei's explanation, Su Dingfang and other generals suddenly understood. Now they finally understood why the lord allowed his wife to put herself in danger.

 “Madam, you are so righteous, we all respect you.”

All the generals saluted in unison. Even military advisor Zhang Liang looked at Ye Qingmei with respect.

Ye Qingmei's face was full of helplessness, and she said that I was not a lady.

The first update to guarantee...The Youzhou chapter is coming to an end. In order to speed up the advancement of the plot, the pace may be a bit fast later.

 (End of this chapter)