"Everyone in the city is watching. The heads of Gongsun Wu, Qi Ming, and Gao Cheng are all here. Anyone who dares to resist our heavenly soldiers will end up like this. If you don't surrender early, when the city is broken, you will be destroyed!" "
Following Zhang He's order, several Youzhou Army cavalry rushed forward on horseback. They carried the heads of Gongsun Wu and others with the tips of their spears and arrived about fifty paces in front of the city. They galloped on with majesty. Then, there was a soldier with a loud voice shouting wildly at the top of the city.
"Down, down, down..."
As soon as the loud soldiers finished speaking, the more than 25,000 soldiers of the Youzhou Army who were neatly arrayed either slapped their shields with their swords or hit the ground with their spears, and they all burst out into shouts. , the sound was like thunder, murderous intent rose into the sky, and all the officers and soldiers guarding the city were so shocked that their faces changed horribly.
"Listen, Song Dynasty. My lord thinks that you have never done any evil, and I am willing to give you a chance to change your ways. If you are willing to open the city and surrender, especially without losing the high position of general, if you are successful in the future, it will not be difficult for you to become a prince. If you dare to resist stubbornly, Gongsun Wu and others will be your role models. This is all I have to say, it is up to you to decide where to go."
The shouting of the officers and soldiers of the Youzhou Army had just stopped, and the soldiers with loud voices who went to shout again loudly spoke out their words of persuasion to surrender. Of course, what they said were just clichés, whether it was the commander-in-chief Zhang He or The ordinary soldiers below actually didn't expect that with such words, they would be able to make the city's defenders leave the city and surrender. The desired effect was just to frighten the enemy.
"General, that is really the head of Commander-in-Chief Gongsun. An Shijidu, I'll wait, I'll wait..."
The soldiers of the Youzhou Army shouted out their clichés and then retreated. However, the Youzhou cavalrymen who carried the heads of Gongsun Wu and others with their spears did not retreat in a hurry. Instead, they galloped towards the city. , as soon as this situation occurred, Liu Rudeng, the deputy general of the city defense who had just been ordered to lead 3,000 infantrymen to come for reinforcements, immediately looked around. After being stunned for a while, he came to Song Du's side with a gloomy face. He carefully tried out half of his words.
"Hmm...what do you think about this?"
Liu Ru only recognized Gongsun Wu's head, but the Song Dynasty recognized all the heads of Gao Cheng, Qi Ming and others. How could he not know that all the three cities on the southern line had been completely lost, plus the northern ones? All six cities have surrendered. The only three cities that the Liaodong Army can really control now are Xiangping, Liaoduan, and Quji. As for Bisha (today's Dalian), Fengcheng and other scattered cities behind Changbai Mountain Even if the Youzhou Army does not take the small town on the side, it will not be able to provide even the slightest help to the Liaodong Army's predicament. In other words, today's Liaodong Army is actually only a trapped beast with the strength to fight. Once again, think of it The fact that Xiandu City, known as the fortress of western Liaoning, was captured by the Youzhou Army in just one day, made the capital of Song Dynasty even less optimistic about the future of the Liaodong Army. With the intention of surrender in their hearts, they could no longer hold back. Although it was guaranteed that Liu Ru would be of one mind with him, Song Du did not dare to surrender easily.
"No matter what decision the general makes, he will follow it to the death."
Liu Ru was obviously a smart man. When he heard that Song Du was planning to surrender, he naturally would not object. Although he did not say it clearly in his words, his meaning was undoubtedly expressed very clearly.
"Okay, come here, raise the white flag and surrender from Kaicheng!"
Hearing Liu Ru's statement, Song Du no longer hesitated. He gritted his teeth and made his final decision in a stern voice. Soon, a white flag was raised on the top of the city. The ground shook.
"General, look, the white flag has been raised on the top of the city!"
Zhang He was not prepared to attack the city at all. He originally only planned to intimidate the defenders in the city before withdrawing his troops and retreating to camp. However, he never thought that before he could issue the order to withdraw his troops, a sharp-eyed guard beside him Then he shouted in surprise and surprise.
"Huh? Send the order: The entire army is on alert!"
As he was about to pass by, he saw the white flag fluttering on the top of the city. Not only that, the city gate also burst open. When he saw this, Zhang He not only did not get carried away, but instead alertly issued the general's order, and soon he heard the sound of trumpets from the Central Military Department. Amid the tremor, the officers and soldiers of the Youzhou Army who were already a little relaxed immediately stood up and watched alertly at the large number of officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army who came out of the city.
As many as eight thousand officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army came out of the city one after another. With the white flags fluttering, all the officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army honestly put their weapons beside the city gate, and then walked empty-handed to the open space on the left side of the city gate. Upon seeing this, Zhang Wu, the deputy general of the Youzhou Army, immediately led 5,000 infantry troops to the city gate and formed a formation to urge the soldiers of the Liaodong Army to disarm. After a while, several soldiers of the Youzhou Army led Song Du and Liu You and other generals came to Zhang He's horse.
"The last general will be waiting to see General Zhang."
Song Du and others had obviously already learned Zhang He's name from Zhang Wu, who had gone to contact him about the surrender. As soon as they arrived at the Central Army's office, they all knelt down to salute.
"It doesn't have to be like this. Since you generals have complied with God's will, from today on, we are colleagues. Please get up. A certain lord welcomes you."
When he arrived at Song Capital and all the city guards knelt down in front of his horse, Zhang He's tense heartstrings were finally relaxed. With his sophistication, he would not show off to the surrendered generals. He calmed everyone down in a pleasant manner, and after he led his troops into the city and completely controlled all the important places in the city, he sent someone to send a good news to Gongsun Ming...
"Haha... Jun Yiguo is a good general in the world, and his talents are not as good as those of Han Xin back then. He took Xicheng on the 6th and attacked with 10,000 soldiers and horses, but when he came back, there were nearly 10,000 people from the west. I saw him correctly, okay, Very good. When someone comes, he immediately drafts a text. Jin Junyi is the general who conquers the north. He will be rewarded with two hundred bolts of silk and a thousand coins. If he has merit, Cao Si will report the merits of his troops as soon as possible and reward them according to the law."
As soon as he received Zhang He's victory report, even though Gongsun Ming was extremely calm, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. After all, the capture of Anshi and other cities was the result of pre-planning, so a great victory was not surprising. Perhaps the victory was so straightforward, but it was due to Zhang He's commanding ability. As for forcing the surrender of Liao City, it was even more unexpected. Now the Liaodong Army's forces on both the north and south lines have been wiped out. , only the remaining two cities of Xiangping and Qujiu were still under Gongsun Du's control. For Gongsun Ming, the time for a general attack was ripe. But with proper preparations, the Eastern Expedition could be completed within a month, and it was completely feasible. When he returned to Shiji County before the chaos in Jizhou, when he thought that the situation in Hebei would definitely be settled, Gongsun Ming felt as if he had eaten an iced watermelon in the dog days of summer. He felt so comfortable...
