On the fourth day of May, in the afternoon, a large number of 200,000 surrendered troops from Xinfeng finally arrived at Yongding City.
There is no doubt that such an army will not have much combat effectiveness.
But no matter what, this is an army, and its number far exceeds the total of the city's army and the imperial army in Yongding City.
Not to mention that most of the latter did not obey Lu Yuanjin's command and just wanted to protect themselves in this chaos.
Therefore, even if there are only 200,000 people, it is enough to besiege the entire Yongding City...
"I've met Mr. Wei!"
"I've met the young master!"
Outside Yongding City, an army of 200,000 men headed the tent.
Wei Changtian and Duan Fangping were sitting in the tent, while opposite them were several newly appointed generals kneeling on one knee.
Obviously, although the soldiers are surrendering, the generals must be sure that they are their own people.
Therefore, except for a few counselors from the Gongsun family, most of the generals were actually "supported free of charge" by Xu Suisui.
Most of these people had met Wei Changtian during the Battle of Xinfeng, and Wei Changtian had some impression of them, so the two sides were no strangers at the moment, and after a few polite words to each other, they got to the point.
"Well, let's all get up."
"You must already know what you are going to do in Yongding this time."
"Remember, from now on, if there are troops in the city who want to leave the city, there is no need to stop them, just let them leave."
"But all the people, no matter men, women, old or young, no matter what the reason, no one is allowed to be let go."
"I live in the Zhuwu Inn in the south of the city. If there is any emergency, please send someone to tell me and I will take care of it."
"If nothing happens, then keep an eye on the four city gates and wait for my orders."
"Do you understand everything?"
"Yes! I'll understand later!"
There was a neat response immediately, and it was obvious that these new generals were very respectful to Wei Changtian.
But after a while, someone tentatively asked:
"Sir, I have something that I don't know whether to ask or not."
"ask."
Wei Changtian spoke one word concisely and concisely.
"yes......"
After looking at the colleagues around him, the speaker hesitated for a moment and then asked softly:
"Sir, if Gongsun Yan dies tomorrow, are we really going to massacre the city?"
"..."
It was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
As soon as these words were spoken, the main tent fell into a deathly silence, but everyone's expressions were different.
There is no doubt that even in wartime, massacring a city, or massacring people, is a very harmful thing to the world...even if the people killed are the enemy's people.
What's more, Da Hui has already been defeated.
Therefore, from the perspective of these generals, their moods at the moment can be said to be extremely complicated.
But Duan Fangping and the other two people did not have this "psychological burden". At this time, they were all staring at Wei Changtian with shortness of breath, and they obviously had different tendencies in their hearts.
And Wei Changtian did quickly give the answer they were expecting.
"What? Do you think I'm just bluffing?"
"I, I don't dare!"
The general who had just spoken fell to his knees with a "pop" and hurriedly defended: "My subordinates just feel that all the soldiers under my command this time are surrendered troops from large cadres, and it is difficult to control the morale of the army."
"If you really want to massacre the city, your subordinates should make arrangements early..."
"Oh, I see."
Glancing at the general coldly, Wei Changtian slowly stood up.
"Then you should make arrangements in advance."
"..."
Then you should make arrangements in advance.
Although it does not directly answer that question, this sentence is actually the answer.
The expressions of all the generals changed instantly, but no one dared to raise any objections. They just agreed:
"Yes! Sir, please rest assured! I understand!"
"Well, that's good, I understand."
On the other side, Wei Changtian snorted and stopped looking at them. Instead, he turned to Duan Fangping and the others and said:
"Four seniors, the work here is done, let's go."
"......Ah good!"
After Duan Fangping came back to his senses, Duan Fangping and others quickly stood up and looked at Wei Changtian with somewhat fanatical eyes.
If Wei Changtian's performance in the past three days made them feel like they were "cheated", then the scene at this moment made the four of them finally feel what the "pattern of top villains" is.
This is the capital city of a country and the lives of millions of people!
Mr. Wei killed him as soon as he said it! There was no hesitation at all!
Although the four of them, Duan Fangping, had killed many people before, and no matter who they killed, they never hesitated or hesitated.
But to be fair, if it were him who had to face such a situation... none of the four Duan Fangping dared to say that they could be as "cruel" as Wei Changtian.
Sure enough, you are right! You are right!!!
If they were not in the military camp now, Duan Fangping and the others would have knelt down immediately to show their excitement and admiration to Wei Changtian.
But they didn't know that Wei Changtian was not as ruthless as they thought.
Regardless of whether it was "women's benevolence" or "humanity has not been eliminated", in short, he really couldn't do the massacre of the city like Ning Yongnian.
And the reason why he didn't tell the truth to those generals was just because he wanted to complete the drama.
Only by making your own people believe it first will the people in the city believe it.
Only in this way can the latter feel real fear.
...
...
Almost half an hour later, Wei Changtian and others returned to Zhuwu by car.
It was already dusk at this time, and Yongding City was relatively peaceful along the way.
After all, it was just a large army besieging the city, but the news of the massacre had not spread yet, so most of the people were not panicked.
But it is estimated that it won’t be long before such tranquility ceases to exist...
"Ms. sir!"
All the way back to the small courtyard, Yang Liushi, who had been pacing back and forth in the courtyard, immediately greeted him.
However, she did not ask about the army outside the city, but said somewhat hastily:
"Chu Xianping sent someone just now, saying he wanted to see you again tonight!"
"Um?"
Wei Changtian was stunned when he heard this, wondering where Chu Xianping was playing.
Realize you're going to lose?
Or is there some other conspiracy?
Or do you just want to talk to yourself again?
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Wei Changtian asked:
"where?"
"There is a small lake called Acacia at the foot of Longshou Mountain, right there."
"when?"
"The visitor told me that you can go whenever you are free, Mr. Chu Xianping will always be waiting."
"...Okay, I understand, let's eat first."
After nodding, Wei Changtian decided to go see Chu Xianping.
Based on his understanding of the latter, this shouldn't be a trap, at least it wouldn't be a clumsy trick of "setting an ambush by the lake to assassinate yourself".
But it’s still a bit unsafe to go there alone.
"Call Li Zimu."
Suddenly, Wei Changtian, who had taken a few steps, turned back and said in a deep voice: