The defeat was like a mountain of fall, and Cui Shanzhong felt so powerless... no one could understand it.
"The old general can't defend it anymore! The situation is over! We have to retreat to the palace quickly! Maybe we can stay for a while! I will send someone out to ask for help!" Seeing that Cui Shanzhong was still moving, the deputy general of the old general said loudly,
"The veteran general cannot hesitate! We will withdraw most of our troops and return to the palace now, and we may be able to defend until reinforcements come!"
Can't hold on...
Cui Shanzhong knows!
Even if you retreat to the palace now, it will be just a trapped beast struggling in vain.
When Cui Zhongshan took charge, he sent orders to various cities and asked the troops to come!
Anyone who is willing to come has come, but if you don’t want to come, you will be in a scattered state of the sea.
Not to mention, the Yan State coalition of the Great Zhou Dynasty has now attacked Yunjing. I am afraid that the guards of other cities will consider whether to surrender to the Great Zhou Dynasty or Yan State when they hear the news!
Who would be willing to use eggs to strike stones and bring the troops that were not enough to block the gap between the Great Zhou army and the Yan army to rescue them!
"Report! Yan State is sieging the city at the East Gate!"
"Report! The Great Zhou Yanguo coalition forces are attacking Ximen!"
"Report! The Great Zhou is attacking the South Gate!"
The battle reports were constantly sent to the old general Cui Shanzhong and Li Tianjiao of the palace. When the soldiers of Xiliang heard that the city gate was surrounded everywhere, they felt cowardly in their hearts.
Whether it is the soldiers of Xiliang or soldiers from other countries, what is the battle in the war? It is morale! What is morale... it is hope!
Maybe it comes from their invincible general and commander!
Maybe it is because their fight to the death can bring hope for the people behind them!
Maybe it comes from victory in sight!
But what is in Xiliang?
Their veteran General Cui Shanzhong is a famous general, but he has not led troops for many years and is over 80 years old... He always shows his inability to do so on the battlefield.
Protect the people of Xiliang? But every time Dazhou captured a city, it never slaughtered the city. Instead, it gave the people food, land and houses, implemented new policies, and treated the people as Dazhou people! It attracted many Xiliang people who knew Dazhou's kindness
After joining the Great Zhou Dynasty, only a few people were worried that the Great Zhou would be massacred, so they fled to Xiliang and the south early.
Is there a hope for victory? Now that the Yunjing in Xiliang is surrounded on all sides, the city gate has even been opened, there is no hope for victory. Even if you retreat to the palace, you will just resist stubbornly!
"Send the order to let the soldiers withdraw back to the palace and preserve their strength!" After Cui Shanzhong gave the order, he turned his horse's head and ran towards the palace, preparing to go back and re-arrange the defense and guard the palace.
Now Cui Shanzhong only hopes to wait until Emperor Bai Qingyan of the Great Zhou... can come to consume food in their palace, so they will send Bai Qingyu back to the Great Zhou as a gift and submit to the Great Zhou!
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In the palace, you can still hear the sound of killing outside.
The eunuchs and maids kneeling in the palace were trembling and did not dare to look up. Occasionally, there were harsh screams, and people would tremble, fearing that the Great Zhou army and the Yan army would have fought outside the Xiliang Palace.
Li Tianjiao knelt above the hall, lowering his eyes and looking at Bai Qingyu, who had woken up but was obviously weak. He just sat casually on the carriage carrying him, covering his heart with his hands, with a slight slightest
Without the awareness of being a prisoner, the half-warm and handsome face, half-hide burning cheeks had no expression, which made Li Tianjiao feel inexplicably uncomfortable and even felt contempt.
"It seems that General Bai pretended to surrender to Yunjing City, and he was willing to die." She supported her hands on the edge of the table and said with a smile, "Or, are you afraid?"
Bai Qingyu lifted up his eyelids and looked at Li Tianjiao, and his hoarse voice rang slowly: "What is the words of Emperor Xiliang? Xiliang colluded with Yan State and betrayed the Great Zhou Dynasty. I was a veteran general Cui Shan.
He was caught and almost died due to serious injuries. How could he be fearless?”
Li Tianjiao smiled and chilled: "Listen to the sound of killing outside, isn't this... Dazhou is sieging the city? Dazhou is sieging the city, you are the last trump card in our Xiliang's hand. Do you know I don't
It will make you die!"
"The Emperor of Xiliang is really proud." Bai Qingyu spoke slowly.
"I am not the only way for General Bai to keep his cover. Now the situation in Xiliang is gone. I, Xiliang, only hope to survive and am willing to surrender to the Great Zhou!" Li Tianjiao stood up and walked towards Bai Qingyu from the top, "And again,"
Hope... General Bai thought that Xiliang saved your life no matter what, and after returning, he brought a message to the Emperor of Great Zhou. Now, whether it is Yan State or Great Zhou, he wants to get Yunjing first, as long as the Great Zhou Dynasty is the first
After Zhou was willing to stop garrisoning in Xiliang after he was in charge of Xiliang, he would not be able to pay tribute for ten years in Xiliang, so Xiliang bowed to the Great Zhou!"
Bai Qingyu lowered his eyelids, covered the coldness in his eyes, rubbed his fingers, and spoke slowly: "Yunjing is now surrounded by enemies, and the destruction of the country is close to him. Your Majesty thinks... Xiliang still has room for bargaining with the Great Zhou?
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Li Tianjiao had already walked down from the top, looked at Bai Qingyu and smiled: "It is said that the grace of a drop of water will be repaid, but if General Bai says one or two words, General Bai will not refuse to agree.
Bar!"
"No matter how big your Majesty is, Bai Qingyu is afraid he can't do anything..." Bai Qingyu said with a slight smile.
Li Tianjiao laughed, she walked with her hands behind her back, turned around Bai Qingyu for a while, suddenly bent down, and said on the top of Bai Qingyu's head: "General Bai is the younger brother of the Emperor of Great Zhou, and in the Emperor of Great Zhou
The weight in his heart was so high that the Emperor of Great Zhou was shocked to have a child early when he learned that General Bai was captured alive. He had just given birth to a pair of children, but he ignored his own flesh and body and set off to come to the west on the day of giving birth.
Liang, it can be seen that General Bai is in the heart of the Emperor of Great Zhou..."
Bai Qingyu's palms suddenly tightened, and my sister gave birth prematurely?!
Is it because I know the news that he was arrested, or... I really think that Yan State betrayed the Great Zhou Dynasty, and what about Xiao Rongyan? Did he not send the news to Sister?
Seeing Bai Qingyu's slightly stiff body, Li Tianjiao's smile became deeper: "If General Bai can agree, I... can send General Bai out of the palace now."
Unlike the old general Cui Shanzhong's thoughts, since Li Tianjiao knew that the Great Zhou and Yan Kingdom had worked together to attack the city and had opened the east and north city gates, he no longer had the meaning of catching Bai Qingyu and other Bai Qingyan.
It is better to send Bai Qingyu out, first cease the war with the Great Zhou, and announce that the world will be the minister of the Great Zhou. Then... Yan State will attack Xiliang again and will affect the territory of the Great Zhou.
This... is the glimmer of life for Xiliang!
Otherwise, it would be impossible for a few days to rely on the Xiliang Imperial Palace, which only had a small amount of grain stored.
Since it is now the general trend, Li Tianjiao doesn't want to let the soldiers of Xiliang make fearless sacrifices anymore. After all, as long as she can negotiate for ten years without paying tribute and the Great Zhou will not station troops, she can develop slowly with these forces!