Just after noon, the sun showed a smile on the originally cloudy sky. The officers and soldiers in the officers and soldiers camp outside the city had eaten and were strolling by the Hubian River in twos and threes. They were either fast asleep or playing in the water. Anyway, they seemed to be on an outing.
Yes, compared to the atmosphere in the city, it definitely looks like it has been peaceful for a long time.
Under the shade of the trees by Linghu Lake, Li Yan and the generals were sitting around making plans for tomorrow's general attack. No one could be sure whether the rebel army would surrender, so siege was a necessary alternative. Once the rebel army in the city did not surrender before dark tomorrow,
The officers and soldiers will launch a comprehensive attack, all troops will participate in the battle, and all firearms, troops, and equipment will be invested. The scale is by no means comparable to the previous two attacks launched to exert pressure.
"You have to talk ugly before me, I, Old Liu, am not afraid of offending anyone. The main attack this time must be..." As soon as Liu Zeqing opened his mouth to express his position, he saw several horses running from a distance. People on the horse shouted: "Report to General Li, the leader of thieves in the city is sending people."
Come and meet”.
Oh! Everyone was startled and then looked at each other and smiled. It seemed like something was good!
The person sent by Cheng Niandong was his confidant Yuan He. He was brought to the generals and reported that he was a member of the family. His face was neither humble nor arrogant: "I dare to ask who has the final say here."
"Let it be what I say." Li Yan smiled slightly. Yuan He glanced at him and said, "I dare to ask the general how to call him."
"Li Yan"
Yuan He was shocked: "You are Li Yan!"
Li Yan chuckled: "If it's true, tell me your reason for coming."
"Since General Li is here, we can be regarded as trustworthy people." Yuan He breathed a sigh of relief: "General Cheng is willing to offer the city, and sent his young man to ask for the price."
"Oh, others always offer a price first when they surrender, so you'd better ask the price first." Huang Degong smiled and said to Li Yan, "This price is not easy to ask!"
Yuan He smiled: "General Cheng said that if the price is right, he will offer the city. If the price cannot be negotiated, he will not surrender."
"Why do you want to surrender?" Before Li Yan could say anything, Liu Zeqing who was next to him suddenly rushed to Yuan He and lifted him up: "I am about to accept you thieves as soon as I see the loss of my troops... But, why do you want to surrender?"
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Yuan He was so frightened that his face turned pale and he struggled hard: "You, you, you are crazy!"
"General Liu!" Li Yan's face darkened. Liu Zeqing threw Yuan He to the ground with a cold snort and said angrily: "Even if the thieves surrendered, it was because of our siege pressure that our troops were still the first to succeed.
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"It's not you who have the final say about your merits, nor Li Yan's. It's the court or the eunuch who has the final say." Huang Degong and Li Yan were on good terms. Seeing Liu Zeqing being so domineering, he stood up. Liu Zeqing didn't dare to offend him.
He snorted coldly: "No matter who has the final say, the power of reaching heaven belongs to me."
Li Yan ignored him, walked to Yuan He and helped him up: "Go back and tell Cheng Niandong that as long as he offers the city, the general will definitely guarantee him a suitable price."
Yuan He smiled bitterly: "General Li, it's like you didn't say anything. You asked me to send the message and at least set the price first!"
"That's good" Li Yan chuckled: "Go back and tell him that he will avoid death if you offer the city!"
Ah! Yuan He was startled: "You, what did you say?"
"Present the city to avoid death." Li Yan said word by word: "This is the highest price I can offer. You are robbing the houses, plundering the city, and torturing the people for thieves. This is a crime worthy of death. If you offer the city today, I will
The general will keep him alive and recruit him to serve the imperial court. If it gets dark tomorrow and the general breaks the city, he will inevitably die."
"You, you, you are also a thief, how can you say that..." Yuan He panicked and became angry. Li Yan smiled slightly: "But I am an official now, and officials and thieves are not compatible!" He waved his hand:
"You just need to send the message to him. By the way, it would be best if he comes out in person to meet with the general."
At the top of Anqing City, Yuan He explained everything about what had just happened. Cheng Niandong listened carefully, but his expression surprisingly did not change.
"Li Yan is a traitor who has devoted his whole life to the imperial court. He was able to reach the throne only because of the corpses of our rebel brothers. This is called a general who has died with ten thousand bones. This is stupid..." Yuan He Ren
He kept cursing.
"I feel relieved when he says that." Cheng Niandong breathed out, but Yuan He couldn't understand: "Boss, Anqing City has such a high wall and thick walls. If they want to capture it, they will have to kill thousands of people. We are offering the city in vain."
, they didn’t give any benefits, they just avoided death, this..."
"This price is already quite high. If he promises me some kind of general, Wanhuhou, then he is trying to trick me!" Cheng Niandong gritted his teeth: "I was originally worried that after surrendering, the other party would go back on his word and kill me, but at this time, Li
Iwazuho can at least survive, and this matter is debatable."
Yuan He scratched his head and said, "You can do it if you think it's feasible, but I think even if Li Yanbu acted as guarantee and we surrendered, we wouldn't necessarily be killed. Didn't the Eighth King and King Chuang not be killed back then?"
"Do you know why the imperial court didn't kill the two of them when they wanted to surrender?" Cheng Niandong sneered, while Yuan He frowned: "I heard that the imperial court was careless before it became a big deal back then."
"It's good that you know, one moment and another, now the rebel army is at its peak, and all surrendering generals will be killed whether they are captured or voluntarily surrender, and the imperial court is afraid of repeating the same mistake."
"Then Li Yan is a big shot in our rebel army. How could he be alive..." Yuan He scratched his head again.
"Of course there is someone to protect him." Cheng Niandong breathed out, "So we have to find someone to protect him." He looked outside the city and said, "Let's make arrangements. I want to meet with Li Yan."
A big event is happening in Chizhou, a hundred miles northeast of Anqing!
The leader of the thieves, Bai Wang, is surrounded!
Bai Wang, who fled into Liufeng Mountain, was finally discovered by the officers and soldiers. Although he was good at climbing over mountains and forests, he was also good at creating suspicions to distract the pursuers. This trick was very effective against ordinary officers and soldiers, but the one who was following him was the former.
Comrades know all his tricks clearly.
The first person to discover Bai Wang's whereabouts was Wang Zamao. He sent people to follow the traces and eliminate them one by one. He also sent people to the peak to wait and see and finally found Bai Wang's tribe. Wang Zamao was overjoyed and led people to pursue them while sending people to the rear.
The troops tipped off the information. The reason why he did this was not because he was selfless but because he was worried that he did not have enough manpower, and the people behind him were not as fast as him no matter how much they chased him. However, it built up momentum for himself so that Bai Wang did not dare to trick him. Wu Sangui and others in the rear had to
After hearing the news, he immediately summoned an army and rushed there.
Bai Wang in the mountains also found that his whereabouts were exposed. Seeing that there were not many pursuers, he wanted to ambush him, but his men had neither the will nor the ability to fight, and he could not find a good terrain for a while, so he decided to continue to escape deep into the mountains.
But where to run, there are pursuers in the north, and there seem to be pursuers in the canyon to the west. The unfathomable mountains in the east are an excellent hiding place, but at first glance, there is almost no way to go through the cliffs. Looking to the south of the mountain...
…I saw in the distance that there seemed to be a canyon at the foot of Liufeng Mountain and a village behind it.
Then run to the south of the mountain. The pursuers will not be able to catch up for a while. He can first plunder all the villages there and then follow the canyon to the east to hide in the mountains. Bai Wang, who made up his mind, immediately led Yuan Sanzhong with less than 300 people.
He fled frantically towards the south of Liufeng Mountain. Yes, there were less than 300 thieves following him at this time.
The plan was good, but the pursuers were already red-eyed. Wang Zamao's eyes were really red. He had barely slept since he entered the mountain to pursue him, and his clothes had long been scraped into strips by branches, and he was hungry again.
He was thirsty and searched for two days and nights in the rain. Then he found Baiwang, a big fat man. Even if his legs were broken, he would crawl over it!
After discovering the traces of Bai Wang, Wang Zamao chased him with all his life, overcoming thorns and thorns all the way over the mountains and ridges. However, the mountains were so complicated that they seemed like they were not far away, but when they turned around, there was a cliff. You had to
After making a long circle, Wang Zamao was very angry. The only consolation was that he recruited many of Bai Wang's deserters along the way, so he offered a reward for them to pursue them together. However, these deserters were already exhausted.
Just show off, and soon you will fall behind.
Here Wang Zamao used all his strength to chase after Nana, but a speechless scene happened over there.