For three days in a row, every midnight, soldiers from Yan State came to deliver letters.
Zhao Xiaole was naturally happy to see this happen, and everyone was happy to entertain them.
Except that they are not allowed to have access to weapons and can only move around in military camps, their lives are as good as the landlords.
Not only that, Zhao Xiaole also selected a few brave and obedient people to set an example on the city wall, shouting in front of the Yan army attacking the city every day: "Brothers, stop fighting, we will only be the ones who die if we continue to fight!"
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"Surrender Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao is really a good man. Everything in the letter is true!"
"Yes! Mr. Zhao also promised us that when the war is over and spring begins, we will all be sent back to our respective homes to reunite with our families!"
"Isn't it that we are working hard outside so that we can live well with our families in the future? If we die here, we will have nothing!"
"Now that the army's food and grass have been cut off, and the supplies from the rear cannot come through at all, our defeat will be inevitable sooner or later. Is this my fault?"
"Surrender! Then we can go back and see our families!"
Of all the words, this one is the most touching.
As a soldier, they are away from home for a long time and cannot see their families for a long time. How can they not miss them?
When they thought that if they continued to fight, they would never see their families again, their steps became stagnant and they hesitated on the battlefield.
Seeing this scene, Zhuge Yan hammered the armrest of the four-wheeler hard, gritted his teeth and said, "You bastard!"
After saying that, he ordered to the general on the side: "Bo Yan, you immediately lead your soldiers to supervise the battle. If you find anyone who dares to stop, kill him!"
"Also, shoot the traitors on the city wall to Pontus immediately!"
"yes!"
The bearded general didn't hesitate to lead his men up to supervise the battle.
But at this moment, a voice called out to them.
"Wait!"
Liu Jinming quickly walked to Zhuge Yan's side and said in a cold sweat: "Grand Governor, you must not kill any more at this time!"
"Um?"
Zhuge Yan's eyes narrowed, filled with murderous intent.
Liu Jinming's forehead was dripping with sweat. He swallowed and said: "Grand Governor, these soldiers have already decided to retreat at this time. If we force them to force them, it will only be counterproductive and cause a military disaster. We really can't."
Defeated!"
After saying that, he bowed deeply and bowed, burying his head very low, as if waiting for Zhuge Yan's final judgment.
But after hearing his words, the coldness in Zhuge Yan's eyes gradually disappeared, and finally he became silent.
Because after calming down, he realized that what Liu Jinming said was absolutely correct.
Now because of the lack of food in the army, every soldier is actually in a tense state of mind. If the pressure is too high, I am afraid that they will really be forced to rebel.
"call."
Zhuge Yan took a deep breath and his tone gradually slowed down, "Then what do you think we should do?"
Hearing this, Liu Jinming was stunned for a moment, then he looked happy, pondered for a moment, and then said with great determination: "Retreat!"
He looked at the Yan soldiers on the city wall who were still shouting loudly, and said in a serious tone: "Our morale has been lost now. If we continue to attack forcefully, it will only be counterproductive!"
"Why don't we go back first and let the soldiers have a good meal and a drink, and then work together to capture Chuzhou City!"
Zhuge Yan's eyes suddenly condensed, "Do you mean to take out all the food we have left and put it to death to survive?!"
"That's right!"
Liu Jinming gritted his teeth and said: "If a man is born in this world, how can he not take a big gamble?"
"Now there are people on our side sneaking out of the military camp and surrendering to Chuzhou every day. The longer we delay, the fewer our troops will be!"
"It's better to unite these people while they still listen to the Grand Governor's words and fight hard. Only then will we have a chance!"
Zhuge Yan looked at him sharply for a long time, but this time, Liu Jinming did not snatch him away, but looked directly into Zhuge Yan's eyes.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Zhuge Yan suddenly turned around and sat back on the four-wheeled vehicle. He said to Blackbeard in front of him: "Bo Yan, did you hear what Deputy Governor Liu said? Ming Jin, withdraw your troops!"
"Deputy Governor Liu?"
Upon hearing this title, Liu Jinming and Boyan were both stunned.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Jinming showed ecstasy and said: "Thank you very much for your promotion to the Governor. Don't worry, Liu will do his best to help the Governor to attack Chuzhou City and eliminate the enemy forces!"
Zhuge Yan smiled, said nothing, and just asked his soldiers to push him back to the camp.
Looking at his leaving figure, Liu Jinming clenched his fists and a dazzling light burst out from his eyes.
On the city wall.
Seeing the Yan army retreating in despair, Xie Junhao looked at Zhao Xiaole with great admiration and said: "You are still smart, this trick has made those Yan soldiers have no intention of fighting!"
"The general feels that now that we don't have to be passive defensive anymore, we might as well take the initiative and drive these dogs back to the Yan Kingdom!"
As he said this, Xie Junhao's face showed an extremely excited expression.
As long as he gives the order, he will lead his men to launch a formal attack on the Yan State military camp!
"No rush!"
Zhao Xiaole shook his head and said: "Although the Yan soldiers are severely injured, their strength is still more than twice that of ours without moving their muscles and bones!"
"And the more we get to this time, the more we must not relax, lest they suddenly counterattack!"
Xie Junhao nodded, showing approval.
After leading troops for so many years, he naturally understood that the more defeated the army was, the more unclear it would be to pursue him.
Because if you catch up, even if you can win, they will still be able to bite off a piece of your flesh if they fight back desperately, which is not worth the gain.
This is the reason why generals from ancient times always surrounded three towers when attacking a city.
As long as you give the enemy hope to survive, they can run away. When they are tired from running, it will be time for the predators to harvest!
"By the way, please tell me to go ahead and add more soldiers to guard the night in the past few days. At the same time, we will no longer accept those Yan soldiers who come to surrender!"
Zhao Xiaole said.
"ah?"
Xie Junhao was stunned, "Why is this?"
He couldn't understand how good it would be to continue to accept the soldiers of the Yan State. After receiving all their available troops, the Yan Army would be able to defeat itself without attacking!
Zhao Xiaole looked at him and rolled his eyes, "Continue to accept them, there are so many Yan soldiers, how can we have so much food to feed them?"
"Besides, the purpose of our doing this is to disrupt the morale of Yan State's officers and soldiers. Now that the purpose has been achieved, why do we continue to accept these Yan State soldiers?"
"Besides..."
Zhao Xiaole snorted and smiled, "If it doesn't go as I expected, there will definitely be chaos in the Yan State military camp within three days!"
Xie Junhao stood aside, his eyes widened.
He really couldn't figure out how Zhao Xiaole could see this.
But since it came from Zhao Xiaole, he felt it was right.
So even though he didn't quite understand in his heart, he still bowed and said with great determination: "Yes!"