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Chapter 201 Persuasion to surrender (1)

All the generals looked at Zhao Dongting with even more light in their eyes.

Zhao Dongting said again: "We sent hundreds of people to shoot arrows in the city. Letters tied up the arrows, which said that the surrendered people will not blame them. Those who do not want to join the army can distribute money and food to let them return home. Those who are willing to continue joining the army can stay in our army to continue to entrust important tasks, just like Wanyan Zhang, who resisted the Yuan army. In this way, the Yuan army will inevitably mutiny, but the morale of the army will definitely be even more dispersed."

The light in Wen Tianxiang and others' eyes reached its peak at this moment, "The emperor is a talent!"

Zhao Dongting nodded, "Order all the soldiers to rest on the spot, Zhao Da, Zhao Hu, you two bring people to the city to shoot arrows!"

"yes!"

Zhao Da and Zhao Hu two ugly men with copper faces grinned and happily greeted the Feilong soldiers.

They don’t know any military tactics, but they only know that there is nothing wrong with listening to the emperor.

Zhao Dongting didn't feel any pride in his heart. He also saw this method in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life. When Lu Bu retreated to Xia Pi, Cao Cao used this method to make Lu Bu's army mutiny, which led to Lu Bu's ten thousand enemies being bound by his subordinates and losing his life.

Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is probably all imagination and not real, this method may not be impossible.

Just as he was on the march, Zhao Dongting did not think of a better way.

Su Quandang and the others said it was right. Even if they attacked the city, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses. If they siege, the people in the city would inevitably suffer. This was not what Zhao Dongting wanted to see.

When he thought of the people, he suddenly thought of something again. What should the Yuan army do if the people in the city threatened?

Zhao Dongting has been in such a dilemma twice.

But then I thought again, the Yuan army had 80,000 or 90,000 people, so it shouldn't be so despicable, right?

He waved his hand and asked Su Quandang Yue Peng and the others to go down to arrange the soldiers to camp, and then return to the chariot.

There are always many variables in war. He cannot plan like Qin Han, so he can only do his best.

Until now, Zhao Dongting has actually seen a lot, or has been assimilated a lot. In war, some losses are inevitable.

He wanted to protect all the lives of all the people and all the soldiers, but even gods could not do it. And he was just a time traveler. Apart from some thoughts and insights in his head that were beyond the times, he actually did not have much advantage compared to these ancient people.

When it comes to military tactics, not to mention Wen Tianxiang, Su Quandang and others, Zhao Dongting is probably only a little stronger than Yue Peng.

Do your best and leave your destiny.

When the sunset was still a little afterglow, the large Song army camped and the flying dragon army galloped out.

Zhao Da carried Zhao Dongting's dragon flag and galloped in front. The soldiers behind him were carrying bows and arrows, and white cloth was tied to the arrows. These cloths were written by the letters of persuading surrender. Zhao Da and Zhao Hu were illiterate, and they were written in a hurry by the accompanying officials in the army. There were hundreds of copies.

The Yuan army on the wall of Lipu County was a little confused when they saw hundreds of Song army and rushed to attack the city.

What can hundreds of people do in such a number of duels?

A sneak attack may still work, wouldn’t it be a blatant siege to die?

Even the sentries on the watchtower did not sound the horn, and did not take Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and the others seriously.

Until closer, when I saw the dragon flag carried by Zhao Da, the generals and soldiers guarding the city of the Yuan army looked slightly stern. It turned out to be the messenger.

Before the war in ancient times, it was not strange that there were messengers negotiating.

At Zhao Da, when Zhao Hu led the Flying Dragon Army to only more than 20 meters away from the city, the Yuan army soldiers set up bows and arrows, and the generals guarding the city shouted loudly: "The person who comes will stop!"

"end!"

Zhao Hu shouted loudly.

The soldiers of the Flying Dragon Army were all swinging.

They received special forces training in Leizhou, and their qualities are naturally not comparable to ordinary soldiers.

As soon as the horse was strangled, hundreds of people pulled their bows and arrows together, and hundreds of arrows tied to the letter of surrender shot towards the walls of Lipu County.

Their shooting angle was extremely high, and the arrows fell like rain, and they did not mean to harm the Yuan army on the city.

"retreat!"

Then, before the Yuan army came to their senses, they slapped their horses and retreated quickly.

The Yuan army general stared at him with confusion, and his face changed slightly until a soldier discovered the letter of persuasion and presented it to him.

This general was naturally not a fool. The moment he saw the book of persuading surrender, he fully understood the thoughts of Song Jun.

According to common sense, he should order his soldiers to close up all the arrows immediately and not to show off. However, his eyes were constantly flashing.

He was under Ali Hague's command as a ten thousand men and deputy. To put it bluntly, he did not have much real power, not the kind that was valued. Otherwise, the army was in a time of exhaustion, and Ali Hague would not have ordered him to perform such a chore as defending the city.

Now, most of the remaining tens of thousands of men and deputy generals of the Yuan army are feasting in the government office.

Because everyone knows that the Song army will not rashly attack the city.

Only marginal people like him are arranged to defend the city.

This general was not a member of Weiwuer, but a Han nationality. He knew that if he had no accidents, he would have ended up being a general and would have no chance of promotion.

The generals in the Yuan Dynasty were intricate and had all kinds of people. The most important one was undoubtedly the Mongol generals, and the most embarrassing position was undoubtedly the Han generals like him. To be precise, they were the generals who surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty after Empress Dowager Xie of the Southern Song Dynasty announced his unconditional surrender.

No matter how generous Kublai Khan was, he would not be able to reuse them before the Southern Song Dynasty was completely destroyed. That was not generous, but stupidity.

Take Fan Wenhu as an example. Before surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty, he was a deputy official in the front office of the Palace and had a high position and a powerful position. However, after surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty, he was only a deputy general under Zhang Hongfan, and his status was incomparable to those in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the general's eyes flashed, but he had not ordered his soldiers to gather all the arrows together.

It was not until half a stick of incense that the soldiers on the city wall saw the books of persuasion and surrender were discussed. Those who knew how to read the contents of the illiterate ones read. The books of persuasion and surrender were spread out at an extremely fast speed. It gradually became unstoppable. The general came to his senses and shouted suddenly: "Put away all the arrows and surrender books. The soldiers in the army are not allowed to speak privately. Those who violate the order shall deal with military laws!"

After saying that, he hurried down the city wall with the letter of persuasion and rode his horse to the government office.

When the soldiers guarding the city saw him walking far away, they would not really stop talking about it. Soon, almost everyone knew about the book of surrender on the city.

Of course, as for what these soldiers thought, there was no way to know.
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