After receiving the special decree of being exempted from tax for twenty years, all the generals resigned one after another. Only Tie Xuan was left in the hall to negotiate with Emperor Jianwen and his entourage.
Xu Huizu also wanted to take over the responsibility of defending Peiping on himself, but as soon as he mentioned this, Tie Xuan and other generals expressed that the defense of the city was of great importance, not only related to the safety of the emperor, but also to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city.
Xu Huizu, despite his wealth and life, refused to hand over the military power. No matter how stupid he was, Xu Huizu understood that these people were warlords worthy of the name.
In fact, even if Xu Huizu forcibly took over the military command, he could not command a single soldier. If the "city lord" did not say anything, this army would only faithfully perform its duty to protect Beiping City, and the battle would still be fought as it should be.
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Without military power, Xu Huizu still refused to give up. He vaguely guessed that there was something fishy behind this army, so he asked Tie Xuan how Beiping City was recaptured. Tie Xuan was not a fool. He did not say that Wan Lei had already
The plan was made, but it was about scenes where the army and the people worked together and the soldiers sacrificed their lives. Xu Huizu's question was in vain.
Huang Zicheng, on the other hand, refused to give up. He insisted that Tie Xuan was supporting his troops to respect himself. Otherwise, why would the "Beiping Army" not go to war long ago, but waited until the city was defeated before going to war?
Faced with such unfounded doubts, Tie Xuan rolled his eyes at Huang Zicheng and said: "The Peiping Army was originally a city defense army, but it was dismissed as a grain transport army. If the imperial court does not use it, the Peiping Army will naturally have no place to serve. If the imperial army abandons Peiping, the Peiping Army will naturally
We must resume our duties of protecting the country and the people. But there are some villains who run away first during a war and jump out to make irresponsible remarks when they see others winning a battle."
"You..." Huang Zicheng was so angry that his face turned purple after being insinuated that you were a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death.
"Your Majesty, if there are no other important matters, I will leave now and go to the city to supervise the battle. The situation in the city is tense, so please stay in the palace and don't run around." Tie Xuan handed over his hands and turned around to leave, leaving Jian behind.
Emperor Wen and his ministers looked at each other in confusion.
At this time, the Yan army had already gathered troops and arrived at the city of Beiping. Without saying a word, they took up the ladder and attacked the city. However, the Beiping army on the top of the city was no longer what it used to be. They were all veterans.
Fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy, they only did one thing, which was to pour kerosene down like water, and then set fire to it. Each ladder was burned down, which made the Yan army very embarrassed.
Soon, all the ladders were burned down. The Yan army suffered hundreds of casualties, but did not achieve any results. On the contrary, its morale plummeted. Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu was so angry that he gritted his teeth and ordered the attack to continue, destroying the city with his teeth.
Eaten to pieces.
The next step is the old tactic. The archers cover the iron rams and arrive at the city wall. The sergeants hidden under the rams begin to destroy the city walls. However, this time they not only demolish the city walls, but also poach the walls to prepare for more breakthroughs. The Peking Army has already
As expected, instead of pouring water this time, they threw quilts. Thick quilts were wrapped in gunpowder and thrown down. Then they were lit on fire. When they burned, they were as fierce as a ten thousand enemy.
One or two fires were thrown down, but that was nothing. There was an iron cover on the charging car, and the fire could not burn the demolition troops below. However, the fire was not over once it was thrown, and dozens of them were kept going down.
After throwing it away, the iron cover was red-hot, and the people below were "covered" so hard that they couldn't even breathe. After a while, they ran away without their lives.
The wall-demolition team's attack was ineffective, and Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt at a loss. Since the Yan army was riding light cavalry this time, they did not bring any heavy equipment such as artillery. If they want to attack the city now, they can only let people come to chew it. However, whether it is climbing or demolishing, there is nothing in the city.
They all have only one move, which is to burn. Don't underestimate the fact that there is only one move. Many people in the Yan army died from this move, so they all talk about burning.
"Your Highness, Beiping City is once again monolithic. Attacking like this is not an option. Let's suspend the attack first." Dao Yan suggested as his morale dropped significantly.
"Besides attacking by force, do the military advisors have any other good strategies to break the wall?" Zhu Gaoxu asked urgently.
Dao Yan frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Give the city a letter to tell the emperor that as long as Wan Lei Tiexuan and others are killed, His Highness will enter the city and ask for surrender."
"Please surrender after entering the city?" Zhu Gaoxu was just surprised, and then he understood what Dao Yan was going to do, and immediately said to Ma Sanbao: "When you write a letter asking for surrender, you say that the reason why our army came here is just to kill.
Qiu Yu Wan Lei is a man, and as long as the court is willing to punish him, I will tie him up myself, enter the city and ask for surrender."
What a divorce plan. Zhu Gaoxu knew that his cousin had always been stupid. He must have thought that it would be a good deal to kill Wan Lei, an insignificant person, in exchange for the enemy's surrender. He did not know that the real lord of Peiping was Wan Lei.
, as long as this person is touched, the defenders in the city will immediately become a ball of scattered sand, unable to attack.
It was a good idea, but when the arrow was shot on the tower, no one responded for a long time. But it is no wonder that the Peking Army ignored all the letters to persuade them to surrender, and they had only one reply to the invaders.
: If you don’t leave, I’ll beat you until you leave!
Zhu Gaoxu still refused to give up. Seeing that the indirect communication method of writing letters was ineffective, he simply tried to be more direct and ordered thousands of prisoners to be pulled out. They were officials, soldiers, and civilians. These people were pushed to the front of the city with hangings on their heads.
The sword only forced them to do one thing, which was to shout in unison: "Kill Wan Lei, and the Yan army will surrender! Kill Wan Lei, and the Yan army will surrender!"
Thousands of people outside the city were crying non-stop. Emperor Jianwen and others who were walking far away were not deaf. Naturally, they heard it and immediately sent their soldiers to see what happened. Seeing that the matter could not be hidden, Tie Xuan had no choice but to
He personally brought Zhu Gaoxu's letter requesting surrender, and with him were more than twenty generals and prominent elders in Beiping City.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Gaoxu said that the army is only to avenge his father. As long as Wan Lei is killed, he will enter the city and ask for surrender." Huang Zicheng looked happy, but did not notice that Tie Xuan and the people behind him had murderous anger on their faces.
He also said: "Killing one person can stop the war and stop the fighting. This is a blessing for the people of the world."
"Where's that guy Wan Lei? Capture him immediately and push him to the head of the city." Emperor Jianwen was indeed careless. However, Tie Xuan and the generals behind him stood upright in the hall, looking directly at Emperor Jianwen.
No one went down to do business.
"Tie Xuan, why don't you listen to His Majesty's imperial edict?" Xu Huizu saw that something was not quite right about the situation and asked hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, I will not obey the order this time." Tie Xuan knelt on the ground, took off the black gauze on his head with both hands, and placed it directly on the ground.
"Your Majesty, please take back your order." Behind Tie Xuan, another group of people knelt down, including generals and elders. It seemed that they were going to force him into the palace again.