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"Come here, prepare the tent and living equipment for General Pi!" Zhao Junsheng ordered, and said to Pi Baozi: "You have worked hard waiting to come here from Xinfeng, go down and rest, if something happens, I will send someone to inform you!"

"Sir, please retire!"

After Pi Baozi and the others left, Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Come on, call the Captain of the Artisan Camp!"

Not long after, Yu Jitian, Captain of the Craftsman Camp, came in to pay his respects: "Your Majesty, Captain Yu Jitian of the Craftsman Camp, pays homage to the King!"

"I ask you alone, how long will it take to build the siege equipment?"

"Back to the king, it will take at least five days to complete the construction!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned: "You have been building for more than ten days, why does it take so long?"

"Back to your Majesty, the wood used to make siege equipment is freshly felled. It is all wet wood. It cannot be directly forged, and it is not easy to use if it is forcibly forged. It is very heavy, several times heavier than dry wood. Some siege equipment Using wet materials can’t bring out the maximum power, such as trebuchets, bed crossbows, etc., so I can only think of a way to dry the wood materials by burning fire and sun at the same time, but it can’t be scorched, which takes a lot of work!”

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng realized that he had misunderstood these craftsmen, and said, "Complete the siege equipment as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

Dongfang Chen stood up and cupped his hands at this time and said: "My lord, we have to give Wei the monarch and his ministers a chance to surrender. The ministers think that we should send envoys to persuade them to surrender or shoot a letter of persuasion into the city. In war, we must follow the rules. , I’m talking about the current situation, we’ve been polite, and no one else can find fault with it!”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and agreed: "Okay, you write the persuasion letter, and order the military officials to copy a thousand copies and shoot them into the city!"

"Yes!"

The next day, at Chen's hour, the army besieging Chang'an City shot more than 1000 arrows into the four walls, and each arrow wore a letter of persuasion.

It was not too early for Bu Liuguli and Xi Juan to get the news, but it was not too late when they ordered to confiscate all the surrender letters, and the content of the surrender letters spread to all the defenders in less than an hour In the ears, it soon spread throughout the government and the people of Wei State, and all the courtiers knew the content of the persuasion letter.

For a while, the courtiers and generals each had their own thoughts.

It is obvious that there is no way out, this is already the consensus of everyone in the army in Chang'an City, only naive people will believe that sticking to the end can exhaust the patience of the army and make them confidently retreat.

The letter of persuasion made it very clear that as long as they surrender, soldiers can come and go freely, those who want to join the army can stay in the army, those who don’t want to join the army can receive travel expenses to go home, and officers and generals can keep their official positions. The former official position is assigned another function, and the status will not be lower than the previous one.

Zhao Junsheng's conditions are not unreasonable, and he is full of sincerity. What is now placed in front of the court of the Wei State and the generals and soldiers of the army is whether it is worthwhile to bury the Wei State that is about to perish!

The soldiers were bound by military discipline. Although they wanted to surrender in their hearts, they did not dare to show it, let alone take actual actions. They were worried that they would be reported if they were noticed, and what awaited them would be an extremely miserable end.

Many of the officers also had thoughts and thoughts of surrendering, but they did not dare to act rashly, fearing that they would be hunted and killed before they acted.

It is the ministers of the Wei state who are really active. They have no power at all in the current Wei state court, and the power is in the hands of the leading generals, Bu Liuguli and Xi Juan. They are just decorations. And the respondent, some of them didn't want to do it for a long time, let alone be buried with Wei Guo. Now that the army is besieging the city, and there are good surrender conditions, it's no wonder they don't have other ideas.

There are many ministers of the Wei State who have the idea of ​​surrendering, but they dare not act rashly, lest they be noticed and reported to Bu Liuguli and Xi Juan. These two people are die-hard fans of the Wei State. Only for the head off.

The ministers tried each other, and after two days, the result of the test came out. Although no one said it clearly, both sides of the test understood each other's thoughts, so the ministers of Wei State who had the idea of ​​surrendering to the army quietly gathered together They secretly discussed how to escape from the city.

That night, these people gathered at Doulu Luyuan's house to secretly discuss the escape strategy.

"The guards at the city gate are all from Buliuguli and Xijuan. How easy is it for us to escape? As long as there is a little word of mouth, the people from Buliuguli and Xijuan will come to kill us. When the time comes, I will wait There is no place to die!" He Laihui, a senior official in the foreign capital, said worriedly.

Minister of the Ministry of Treasury Zhu Qianzhi said: "The lower officials have a way to escape, as long as you are willing to pay!"

His words were immediately ridiculed by other people: "I said Zhu Shangshu, when is this, can you stop joking? Can you believe the thing about buying roads with money at this time? Those who let go need money There must also be life flowers!"

Zhu Qianzhi said with a serious face: "Mine is true. It's this time. How can I have the heart to joke with you? I know a person who is in charge of guarding one of the gates. This person loves money. As long as he has money, He dares to do anything!"

He Laihui widened his eyes and asked, "Is what you said true?"

"No lie!"

"What is this person's name? Which door is guarding?"

"It's inconvenient to disclose this, I can't break the rules, can I?"

"Ahem!" Doulu Luyuan coughed twice and attracted everyone's attention. He said, "It's not difficult to escape, and I have connections. That's not the point. If you escape with your family and your life, you can’t earn some travel expenses to go home like a soldier, can you?”

As soon as this remark came out, it hit the minds of all the officials, and all the officials echoed: "What the old grand master said is very true, how can this be connected with the high-level leaders of Qianguo?"

These people are all high-ranking officials and ministers of the Wei State. Of course they don’t want to just be farmers and rich men after surrendering. They still want to continue to be officials and ministers.

"Since the old master said this, he must have an idea, right? Why don't you say it and let everyone discuss it together?"

"Extremely extreme!" Someone immediately echoed.

Doulu Luyuan looked at the crowd and said: "This old man still has some friendship with Li Ji, Minister of the Qian State. As long as he can contact him after we go out, and if he recommends me to the King of Qian, it will be fine for me to be an official in the future. It's just that we don't The merits of the size will go to the Qian Kingdom, even if the Qian King wants to confer titles to us and other officials, he will not be able to open his mouth, there is no reason!"

This stumped the ministers of the Wei state, and each of these people began to think hard.

Zhu Qianzhi said at this time: "According to me, there is only one way to serve the king with credit!"

"How?"

Zhu Qianzhi's face was full of murderous looks: "Killing Bu Liuguli and Xi Juan, and taking the little emperor to surrender to the king, is this a big credit?"

Someone was very frightened on the spot, "Brother Zhu, Zhu, brother, you can't take this joke, it's going to kill your head! Besides, this is simply impossible, and there are so many guards around these two people!" , the city is almost full of their people, and we, the powerless people, want to kill the two of them, it is as difficult as heaven!"

Zhu Qianzhi said coldly: "That's not necessarily true! The defenders in the city used to be people from Buliuguli and Xijuan, but now, not necessarily! Think about it, everyone, now who doesn't know that the city cannot be defended at all. ? If they can live, who would want to die? I believe those generals are unwilling to bury Bu Liuguli and Xi Juan. Some of them must have thought of surrendering, but they dare not express it easily , not to dare to put it into action casually, I think we can make a lead! I also believe that you know a few of them in the army, why don’t you go to contact these soldiers and test their thoughts, if you can be sure , then try to instigate them!"

When the ministers of the Wei State heard this, hey, this method seems to be feasible. If they can instigate most of the guards in the city, it is not very difficult to kill Bu Guli and Xi Juan.

Chapter 729 Destruction of the Northern Wei Dynasty

Doulu Luyuan and those ministers of the State of Wei who had a small plan in mind and did not want to be buried with the State of Wei secretly discussed in the mansion to instigate the soldiers to launch a mutiny. The news spread quickly to the army camp outside the city through secret channels.

"Oh? This is a good thing for us. It seems that the tense situation has forced some people in Chang'an City to find ways to protect themselves!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he remembered that the siege equipment would be completed in two days, and said to everyone: "According to the report from the craftsman camp, according to the current construction speed, all the siege equipment we need will be completed in two days. Then we can attack the city, all armies are ready to attack the city in these two days!"

The generals were about to stand up and agree, but Shen Hui stood up first and said: "Your Majesty, I think the siege should be postponed for a few days!"

Zhao Junsheng kept his composure, he didn't get angry because Shen Hui blocked his order, and raised his hand calmly: "Tell me your reason!"

"Your Majesty, Chang'an is not a county seat, nor is it an ordinary county or prefecture city. It is the capital of all dynasties. It would be a pity if it was destroyed. Moreover, as the capital of all dynasties, it has high walls and thick walls. There are 1 regular troops. There are still more than [-] armed men, even if we have complete siege equipment, it is not easy to break through it, once the siege battle starts, it will definitely suffer heavy losses!"

"Now that civil strife has started in Chang'an, why don't we wait for them to kill each other, and then reap the benefits?"

Dongfang Chen's words seem to make sense. Let the Chang'an city get into chaos first, and your own people beat your own people. When they are exhausted from killing, the dry army will start to attack the city again, and it will be more effective. Maybe there is no need to fight at all. Already, let the army enter the city to pick up ready-made ones!

However, Zhao Junsheng has a different perspective and a different starting point for looking at things. He must make decisions from an overall perspective.

"Shen Qing also makes sense, but the situation does not allow Gu to wait any longer. Marshal Hua is still fighting against the Southern Dynasties. The northern defense line is frequently attacked by the Rouran people. Tuyuhun and Beiliang are not honest, so Chang'an City The matter must be resolved as soon as possible, I don't have much time to spend here, and Qianguo can't afford to wait!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junsheng said firmly: "According to the established plan, the siege will start in two days. No matter how heavy the price is, the city of Chang'an will be captured within ten days!"

After receiving the order, the armies outside the city began to act in a dense manner. Tens of thousands of people in nearby counties were recruited to collect stones and grind them into stone bombs for attacking the city, and carts from several surrounding counties were conscripted to transport the attacking troops. City equipment and supplies.

The generals defending the army outside the city of Chang'an saw a line of common people with a length of several miles outside the city pulling ordnance and supplies on carts, and each of them felt chills in their hearts.