Time flew by, just two days passed, and the siege equipment was completed.
In fact, if it was really a large army fighting, such a small amount of time would definitely not be enough, but they only had more than a thousand people.
"With two cloud chariots and seven or eight long ladders, they can launch an attack on Liaoping.
Of course, Yong's army was just setting up its posture at this moment and was not in a hurry to attack.
At this moment, the people at the front of the military formation are the common people, who have to shoulder the important task of persuading surrender.
The Ming army defending the city basically had no long-range weapons, so when these people approached, they could only stand on the city wall and watch.
Zhu Jinzhang was also on the city wall at this moment, looking at the people approaching in the distance, and he was thinking about Zhao Yanxun's purpose.
"Brothers on the city wall... We, the people of Shangxingyuan, please surrender quickly..."
"Don't follow the people named Zhu in rebellion. You can't defeat the imperial court..."
"Surrender now, His Highness King Yong has said, and you will be forgiven of your sins!"
"Prince Yong also said that whoever catches Zhu Jinzhang will be rewarded fifty dan of food if he is alive, and ten dan of food if he is dead!"
"Fifty shi of grain is enough to feed a family of three for two or three years!"
Hearing these words, Zhu Jinzhang almost died of anger, Zhao actually disgusted him so much.
"Stone them to drive them away!"
Zhu Xiaohe on the side reminded: "Brother, they are seven or eight feet apart, we are afraid that we cannot hit them!"
After thinking for a short time, Zhu Jinzhang said: "Then only half of the people will be left on the city wall, and the others will go down to rest!"
After hearing too much of these "nonsense", he was afraid that his subordinates would really have different intentions, so it was better to let some of them go under the wall and listen to as little as possible.
There were veterans mixed with new recruits. These people descended the city wall one after another, making the city wall less crowded.
After everyone got down to the city wall, Zhu Jinzhang also went down. He called everyone together for a lecture.
"The officers and soldiers, the bullshit officers and soldiers...the imperial court is gone. Don't believe their lies!"
"Those people, after receiving benefits from King Yong, dare to say whatever they want. Don't be deceived by them!"
"Our hands are all stained with the blood of the south. If we surrender... no one will survive!"
"Think about it, if we really surrender, will they be willing to use so much food to feed enemies like us?"
Zhu Jinzhang's words changed everyone's minds and stabilized the floating military morale.
But after all, the war was about to break out. Panic was still spreading in the city at this moment, with nearly ten thousand people huddled at home, waiting for an uncontrollable fate to come.
Different from the panic inside the city, the Yong army outside the city was relatively relaxed. In their eyes, this was a must-win battle.
Standing in the military formation, Zhao Yanxun observed Zhu Jinzhang's situation.
Although this guy was standing on the city wall, he had been hiding behind the female wall, giving him no chance to snipe.
Of course, Zhao Yanxun still carried the bow and arrow with him so that he could seize the opportunity to shoot if the opportunity came.
At this moment, Zhang Ziming was brought over again, and it was Huang Tianyan who led the escort.
"Did you see what happened just now?" Zhao Yanxun asked, looking into the distance.
"I see, using these ordinary people to persuade them to surrender will be of little use. Zhu Jinzhang is not a fool!" Zhang Ziming said in a cold tone.
Zhang Ziming also had a deep understanding of Zhu Jinzhang's methods of appeasing people's hearts, so he did not think that simply persuading them to surrender could defeat the Ming army's defenses.
Zhao Yanxun smiled slightly and turned around and said: "It's not to persuade them to surrender, but to give them hope!"
"Hope?" Zhang Ziming was puzzled.
"As long as there is hope of survival, they will think of surrendering instead of resisting until death!"
"And the greater the hope, the faster they will surrender after a real fight begins!"
After such an explanation, Zhang Ziming finally understood the meaning of "hope".
"Tell me, who has a better chance of winning this battle?"
Faced with this problem, Zhang Ziming didn't need to think too much. He had been thinking about it for the past two days.
"you!"
After receiving this answer, Zhao Yanxun once again faced Liaoping Fucheng, with his back to Zhang Ziming and said: "Since the outcome has been determined, the fewer people who die naturally, the better. Are you willing to work together to persuade them to surrender?"
Zhang Ziming was not in a hurry to answer, he was extremely confused at this moment.
At this time, Huang Tianyan mustered up his courage and said, "Old Zhang, don't you love the lives of the people the most? What are you thinking about so much now?"
To go or not to go? Zhang Ziming is still struggling.
It is definitely necessary to go, but it also means that by betraying Zhu Jinzhang, Zhang Ziming becomes a treacherous villain.
"Go!" Huang Tianyan looked anxious.
He could feel that if Zhang Ziming still did not know good and evil, he would definitely die this time.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun reminded softly: "You can clearly distinguish between big and small righteousness!"
These words were like a blow to the head, and Zhang Ziming, who was extremely troubled, felt like he was enlightened at this moment.
"I'm going to persuade you to surrender!" Zhang Ziming said calmly.
Zhu Jinzhang harmed the people. Such people should be knocked down to prevent the people of Liaoping Fucheng from suffering.
Based on this idea, Zhang Ziming felt that he had not surrendered to Zhao Yanxun, so he could not talk about betraying anyone.
Zhao Yanxun was not too surprised by Zhang Ziming's choice. He only nodded slightly: "Go!"
Zhang Ziming did not hesitate and walked forward.
After Zhang Ziming left, Zhao Yanxun glanced at Huang Tianyan and said, "I hope he is really as capable as you said!"
Huang Tianyan quickly bowed and replied: "I dare not speak nonsense!"
If this Ziming is really capable, then it is not impossible to use it.
Zhao Yanxun was extremely short of talents under his command, and he was even more lacking of talents like Zhang Ziming who cared about people's livelihood, so he was willing to give Zhang Ziming a chance.
Besides, Zhang Ziming walked to the front. Under the gaze of all the people, he looked at the city wall and shouted loudly: "Brothers, I am Zhang Ziming..."
"You can't hold Liaoping, don't make unnecessary resistance, surrender..."
Not to mention the content of Zhang Ziming's words, the fact that he appeared under the city wall to persuade them to surrender was a huge impact on the soldiers above.
The most capable Qianhu on his side have surrendered to the enemy at this moment, and Liaoping Fucheng cannot be defended...
It has to be said that the weight of Zhang Ziming's words is greater than that of the other common people combined.
"As long as you surrender, King Yong will not make things difficult for you!"
The people on the side followed and shouted: "That's right, surrender quickly, Prince Yong has white-faced steamed buns here!"
"Zhu Jinzhang is not a human being. He kills innocent people indiscriminately. If you follow him, you will be punished by God..."
On the city wall, the soldiers' hearts were already in confusion.
After suffering repeated defeats, they didn't have much fighting spirit, and now they all wanted to surrender.
After just appeasing the people under the city wall, Zhu Jinzhang hurried back to the city wall and shouted to the garrison soldiers: "Don't believe his lies. After surrender... they will rob us of food, and they will not let us live!"
"Food, there is a shortage of food everywhere now, they are just here to steal our food!" Zhu Jinzhang was hysterical.
I have to say that these words are indeed persuasive. At least most people's desire to surrender has been suppressed again at this moment.
Hiding behind the parapet, Zhu Jinzhang cursed loudly: "Zhang Ziming, I'm really blind, calling myself a brother to you, a cheating bastard!"
"How much benefit has Zhao given you? To make you willing to harm us brothers!"
Being targeted all the time, Zhang Ziming is not a vegetarian. He just replied: "Zhu Jinzhang, you are worse than a beast. How many evil things did you do in Xingyuan Liu'an? You don't know it in your heart?"
Unexpectedly, Zhu Jinzhang cursed: "What evil things did I do? You really know how to confuse right and wrong. Yong's army killed all the people in Xingyuan and Liu'an. Do you want to fall on me?"
Good guy, this is really confusing right and wrong, so much so that Zhang Ziming didn’t know what to say at this time.
"Brothers, we must never give up resistance, even if we die in battle... we will never let others slaughter us!"
After Zhu Jinzhang finished speaking, Zhu Xiaohe shouted: "I will never let others control me!"
"Never let anyone slaughter you!" the soldiers shouted.
