My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 81 79. General Soaring to the Sky, dialogue before the battle

Tongguan was broken, and the rebel troops came to the city.

The 50-strong army marched abreast by water and land, and it was a dense mass of darkness. From a distance, it looked very oppressive.

50 is just a quantitative word. It sounds simple and doesn't sound like much. Only when this army really appears in front of you can you truly understand the huge number!

It was completely dark, the military camps stretched for several miles, and the mountains and fields were filled with people. Everyone's spit could drown someone, and if they threw their riding whips into the river, they could cause the river to stop flowing!

Zhao Xuanqi stood on the city wall, watching the rebels setting up camp in the distance outside the city, and the army of soldiers stretching to the end of the horizon, feeling depressed.

"From the perspective of order, these troops are in good order, and their movements are crisp and neat. They look excited and excited. They are obviously combat-ready troops."

"Indeed, the various rebel armies fought against each other, which ultimately led to the unified situation of the rebel armies today. The rebel armies are no longer the down-and-out peasant army at the beginning, but are now elite soldiers!"

"There are many auxiliary soldiers, too many people..."

"It seems that the Northern Wei Dynasty really let down many people, that's why so many people rose up in rebellion, and it's hard to recover from the accumulated shortcomings!"

In response, Zhao Xuanqi took the time to select young adults in the city and conduct some training.

It's a pity that some time ago, Emperor Jingming recruited many young people to march into the army and then released them to suppress the rebellion. As a result, the suppression failed and they were all destroyed!

There are not many young adults in the city now, but at least there are some. Zhao Xuanqi uses them all as soldiers to defend the city, or else they help carry some supplies and make some ordnance, everything is used to defend the city!

Fortunately, there is enough food in the city to last for some time.

However, something unexpected happened. The rebels only surrounded but did not attack. On the third day after the rebels approached the city, the rebels began to shoot a large number of arrows into the city, with some documents tied to the arrow poles.

The people by the river also picked up some documents flowing down the river and opened them to see that there were many words written inside.

Or secretly, some thoughtful people are spreading these messages.

No matter how hard the blockade is, the blockade cannot be completed.

A piece of news began to spread in the arena. The text of the message came from the document:

"We will not kill those who surrender now, otherwise we will massacre the city when it is broken!"

"The civil and military officials will lead their people to surrender. After the new dynasty is established, they can retain their current official positions. Their lives will definitely not be harmed, and their family property will be retained."

"Those who open the city gates will be granted the title of Marquis!"

"As long as Zhao Xuanqi offers the emperor's head and opens the door to surrender, the rebel army will not massacre the city after the city is broken, and Zhao Xuanqi will retain his position as general."

"Otherwise, the rebels will attack the city and leave no one behind!"

"..."

In addition, the rebels would also conduct training outside the city, making loud killing noises, or galloping around on war horses. The roar of the war horses was like thunder, all of which made the people in the city panic.

The bandit army will also drive some people from other areas to the city gate. If the city gate is not opened, they will massacre all these people without hesitation in half a quarter of an hour.

The miserable screams of the people before they died, as well as the screams of despair, caused a great psychological shadow on the soldiers and young men who defended the city.

After the massacre, the rebels would even put the corpses of the people into wooden barrels and use catapults to throw them into the city. They were bloody and cruel, and their methods were crazy.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers guarding the city were still shaken and panicked, not to mention the unarmed ordinary people in the city?

When the common people saw these miserable corpses, their courage instantly disappeared. Witnessing these cruel actions of the rebels, they were scared out of their wits.

They remembered the cannibalism of the prodigal army, the rebel army killing them wherever they went, and the fact that half of the country had been destroyed. These were all evil spirits and were simply invincible!

The people are always in a state of panic, and everyone becomes suspicious and frightened.

If the city is broken, everyone will be massacred!

If we surrender, everyone will be fine, so why do we still defend the city?

Many people have this ridiculous idea.

Hearts surge.

If Zhao Xuanqi hadn't pretended to be a prince and entered the city a few days ago, pretending that there were 100,000 troops of King Qin in the city, and stabilized the people's hearts, I'm afraid there would be no need to fight now. Someone would have already started to communicate with the rebels and prepare to open the city gate and surrender!

No matter how strong the city is, it can't withstand the chaos inside!

This made Zhao Xuanqi couldn't help but feel lucky that his strategy in the past few days had prevented the people from collapsing now.

But even so, some people began to persuade Zhao Xuanqi to surrender overtly or covertly.

As long as he surrenders, the general will still be a general, and everyone won't have to fight hard, so why not?

Why must we guard the broken city? Why must we protect the emperor? Why must we sacrifice ourselves for the soon-to-be-annihilated Northern Wei Kingdom?

Is there really any hope of defending the city? Even if we keep it, what's the use? If you can guard it for a while, can you guard it for the rest of your life?

The rebel army has captured two-thirds of the world's territory. Unless all the rebel rebels are wiped out here, it will have no effect at all!

If we continue to defend, then everyone will have to die for the emperor, as long as the emperor is handed over!

Faced with these inquiries, Zhao Xuanqi fell silent.

Emperor Jingming also heard this news, and he summoned Zhao Xuanqi to the palace to meet him that day.

Zhao Xuanqi was shocked when he saw Emperor Jingming again. Emperor Jingming had heavy dark circles under his eyes and a withered face. His whole person seemed to have lost weight several times and was listless.

Emperor Jingming sat in his seat, with a shaken expression on his face, as if his whole body had lost his soul, and with his head pulled back, he asked Zhao Xuanqi to sit next to him.

When Zhao Xuanqi sat down.

Emperor Jingming looked over and said: "My beloved, please hand me over and surrender. There are only innocent people in the city. I don't want to harm them, nor you."

The words are astonishing.

Zhao Xuanqi was stunned.

He never thought that Emperor Jingming would say such words!

This is really unexpected!

He looked shocked: "Your Majesty, how could you say such self-defeating words?"

Emperor Jingming went to the wine glass next to him, drank it down in one gulp, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Everything is my fault. The world is in such chaos, and it is all my fault for my incompetence. If you hand me over, you can get the whole city in exchange." It’s a good choice for the safety of the people!”

Facts have proved that if a person is physically strong and it is difficult for you to defeat him, then you have to break his mind first.

If you can't defeat the body, then defeat his mind. The mind determines the body. If the mind collapses, no matter how powerful the body is, it has no effect and has no place to use.

This is the situation of Emperor Jingming today. The city is strong and the people who are willing to die are willing to defend the city. Chang'an City is a hard bone. The rebels know that it is difficult to gnaw down. Even if they gnaw down, they will have to break their muscles and bones, so attacking the heart is the priority. , attacking the city, they successfully used tactics to defeat Emperor Jingming's mind.

Thirty thousand versus five hundred thousand, no matter how you look at it, it looks like an unsolvable situation!