Liu Mingzhi’s restless behavior made Gumo Rongrong and the others suddenly realize that Young Master Liu’s treatment of Chongzhou was definitely not as simple as singing pastoral songs and persuading him to surrender!
In private, he must have made some plans that were unknown to him and others. The commander's current reaction shows that his plan may not be going smoothly.
After all, Gumo Rongrong was a woman, and her thoughts were a little more delicate than those of the Song and Qing Dynasties. In addition, she had been in charge of Gumo Country for many years, and her ability to observe people's emotions was extraordinary.
Gu Mo Rongrong thought for a moment and then realized that Liu Mingzhi had just mentioned more than once that the sky above Chongzhou City was only something like signal bombs that could be clearly observed outside the city.
Gumo Rongrong took out a clean embroidered handkerchief from her close-fitting leather armor and handed it to Liu Mingzhi.
"Commander, wipe your sweat. There are some things that cannot be rushed. What you plan for is determined by God. Rongrong believes that you will succeed."
Liu Mingzhi was stunned and glanced at Gumo Rongrong in surprise. From the girl's clear eyes, Liu Mingzhi knew that this smart woman must have guessed something.
Nodding silently, Liu Mingzhi took the embroidered handkerchief handed by the beauty and wiped the sweat on his face due to impatience. The faint orchid fragrance on the embroidered handkerchief slightly soothed Liu Mingzhi's restless mood.
After wiping his sweat, Liu Mingzhi habitually put the embroidered handkerchief into his cuffs, apparently treating it as his own handkerchief.
Liu Mingzhi, who had been observing the situation on the city wall, ignored Gumo Rongrong's shy look when she originally wanted to reach out and take back the embroidered handkerchief, but finally retracted her arm in shame.
"Jiang Lei!"
"The end is here!"
Liu Mingzhi walked towards the sand table outside the tent, and Jiang Lei followed him with eyes.
In front of the sand table, Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and gestured on the sand table, telling Jiang Lei something from time to time.
Jiang Lei nodded frequently, and the look on his face became more serious. From time to time, he stretched out his fingers to measure on the sand table, and from time to time, the chess pieces in his hand were inserted into the sand pile.
After a long time, Jiang Lei hugged Young Master Liu, got on his horse and ran towards the artillery position outside the city with the flag in hand.
Under the astonished looks of Song Qing and others, Jiang Lei commanded the gunners to make a huge change to the arranged artillery. Many of the artillery combinations were confusing to laymen like Cheng Kai and others.
Liu Mingzhi took out his telescope, looked at the Jin soldiers on the city wall who were beating drums to suppress the soldiers singing pastoral songs, and sighed.
"Baishanguan, Baishanguan, as the saying goes, he who knows the current affairs is a hero. Since you want to lead the soldiers of Feixiong Guard to defend Chongzhou, don't blame me for not caring about my personal relationship with Wanyan!"
"I will never risk the lives of my brothers with you!"
Bai Shanguan, who had been observing the enemy situation outside the city intently on the city wall, easily saw the changes in the artillery position. He muttered slightly, and Bai Shanguan waved the command flag in his hand with a mixture of joy and worry.
"Send the order! Stop beating the drums and get down to the city quickly to prevent enemy artillery bombardment!"
"Got the order!"
In less than a moment, the Flying Bear Guard soldiers on the city wall quickly evacuated towards the bottom of the city wall, and their eliteness was once again demonstrated.
"My sons, the Great Khan took us south to conquer the country, so that our Turks can unify the world in the future, and for the eternal foundation of our Turks!"
"As long as we capture the dragon, we will no longer be attacked by blizzards, and we will no longer have to worry about the cattle and sheep freezing to death, and the tribesmen starving to death in the wind and snow without enough food."
"How could we live up to the great Khan's high hopes for us!"
"I would like to ask the world, whether it is the Great Dragon or the Golden Kingdom, there is no country where the king personally conquers for the future of the people. Only we, the Great Khan, can do it."
"My sons, the southerners regard us as uncivilized barbarians, but we think about it with our own consciences. Since the Great Khan established the royal court, we have never occupied the best pastures and the best lands like the Western Royal Court did.
The rivers were all given to the tribes below us!”
"The Great Khan loves his people as his sons. Since we went south with her to fight, how can we make her feel cold?"
"My sons, pick up the scimitars in your hands, carry your bows and arrows on your back, fight side by side with the allied brothers from the Kingdom of Jin, defend Chongzhou, and buy some time for the Great Khan and others to send their troops south and capture Dalong Capital."
"As long as the Great Khan can rule the world, even if we die in battle, we will still be heroes respected by future generations of Turks!"
"The Wolf God will protect us, sons and daughters, follow my general to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service!"
Wo Chitai's voice was hoarse, but he didn't care, because he had seen the fighting spirit in the eyes of many of his tribesmen rekindled.
"The Wolf God bless the Turks, long live the Great Khan!"
"The Wolf God bless the Turks, long live the Great Khan!"
"General, the enemy's artillery fire outside the city is too powerful. We can't compare with them in terms of weapons or armor. Fighting against them will be a waste of death!"
"Brothers are not afraid of death, but brothers do not want to die in vain."
"General, there are only 15,000 of our 50,000 people left now. The Great Khan has said more than once, don't learn from the southerners' habit of dying in vain when they know they are defeated. Only by living can you have hope!"
"The Great Khan said that after surrendering, you can start over from the beginning. If you die in battle, you will have nothing."
"My son is only three years old, and my daughter has only been born for half a year. If I die in the battle, they will be plundered by other tribes. If the outcome is good, they can grow up to inherit the will of my brothers. If it is not good, they will be plundered by other tribes.
Will be treated like a slave."
"General, Liu Mingzhi has been famous for decades. I have never heard of him killing prisoners of war. Surrender. I don't want my son and daughter to have no father, and my woman to become someone else's woman!"
"Brothers, the Great Khan said it himself, don't fight to the death in vain. She won't blame us if we surrender!"
"Do you want to see your wives, children, and children taken away by other tribes and treated as slaves?"
As soon as Wo Chitai finished speaking, a voice rang out on the street on the east side. The words made many Turkic people who had just been moved look down again, obviously thinking of something in the same way.
The eyes of Wo Chitai, Zaler and other generals instantly glanced towards the source of the sound, trying to find this guy who confused the morale of the army. However, the streets were crowded with people, and they could only know the approximate location, but could not see what the source of the sound was.
Who can shout just now?
"This brother is right. If we are alive, we can follow the Great Khan and make achievements again in the future. But if we die in battle today, not to mention that we will not be able to make achievements, but we will not be able to save our wives, children, and children. What is the point of continuing to fight such a battle?
"
"That's right, our Water Confidence Department has 50,000 strong elites. Only one or two thousand brothers from the tribe are stationed. The rest are old, weak, sick and disabled. If we die in the battle, our Water Conservancy Department will be annexed by other tribes sooner or later!"
"General, what they said is true. After the Great Khan established the royal court, although our tribes were prohibited from fighting each other privately and competing for pastures, we all died in the battle, and the Water Conservancy Department ceased to exist in name only. Then other tribes would find another name.
If they annex us, the Great Khan can't say anything, because even if others don't annex us, the Great Khan will order us to join forces with powerful tribes!"
"General, we don't want to fight. It would be fine if we were of equal strength, but we are risking our lives now. Yesterday, 30,000 brothers came back and more than 15,000 brothers came back. We can't fight anymore!"
"No more fighting, surrender and go home!"
"We want to go back to the Turks and the grasslands, and we won't fight!"
"Brothers who want to go home open the city gates with me and surrender. If you stay in the city, you will die in vain!"
"..."
As the first voice fell, words of surrender rang out from dozens of places on the street in an instant, and Wo Chitai and others couldn't tell who made the voice at all.
"Brothers, come out of the city and surrender. It is said outside the city that the first person to surrender will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold, and the first hundred people to surrender will be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver!"
"The reward is greater than the reward for killing ten people. If you don't want to die, ride a horse and follow me!"
In the blink of an eye, a figure got on his horse, revealing his true face in Lushan.
Wo Chitai looked at the "Turk" son who was dozens of steps away, drawing a machete and waving it to surrender out of the city. The corner of his mouth trembled, and he instinctively took off the big bow from his back.
Then, before they had time to nock their arrows, figures one after another got on their horses and ran towards the city gate in a circuitous way from the civilian alley.
The remaining Turks looked around hesitantly. As more and more brothers rushed towards the city gate, some people finally couldn't help but get on their horses, not daring to look at the location of Wochitai, and jumped on their horses.
Followed.
The role of the leader is most vividly demonstrated at this moment.
When the first person appears, those who are already afraid of fighting will follow suit.
Wo Chitai trembled when he looked at the men who started to mount their horses and rush towards the city gate in large numbers, as if they were blowing up the camp.
He knew it was too late to say anything now.
Not far away, on a higher roof, a middle-aged man dressed as a Turk had a surprised smile on his face.
"Set up signal bombs, ask the commander to blow open the city gate, and wait for the Turks to come out of the city and surrender!"
"Got the order!"
A sharp sound pierced the air in the city, and a bright flower exploded in the sky.
Suddenly, artillery roared outside the east and south city gates. Jiang Lei and Fan Hu ordered the gunners to use solid ammunition and directly bombarded the two city gates of Chongzhou!
In front of the Chinese army's tent outside the city, Liu Mingzhi sat upright on his chair, looking at Chongzhou City and grinning.
"A hundred good officials are at home in Chitai. The general trend is irresistible and cannot be stopped by human power!"