Chapter 195: Persuade to Surrender
How far is the land of an arrow? Not far, just one hundred and thirty steps, it won’t take much time to walk fast, but riding a horse is faster. If you shoot on weekdays, you will have 120 steps away from the target.
Chen Jun was less than one mile away from his camp, but they could never go back.
The Xiang army was defeated and rushed to the Liliao army's army. Although the Liliao army barely stood firm, the Zhou army then gathered forces to attack the Chen army led by Wang Meng. They were only one mile away from the camp, but they just couldn't retreat.
The Zhou army's long spear formation threatened their retreat from the flanks, and the cavalry attacked left and right again, forcing the Chen army to maintain its formation when retreating, and it was impossible to get up. The main force of the Zhou army advanced very quickly, and the Chen army retreated only one arrow but could no longer move - they were surrounded.
The confrontation lasted from noon to evening, at sunset, against the backdrop of the sunset, Chen Jun in the wilderness was already exhausted.
The soldiers surrounded the outer circle with spears, with swords and cards in front of them as shields, while the crossbowmen hid behind the spearmen on guard. The enemy was not far away or close to them, so it was not appropriate to take the lead.
The Zhou soldiers surrounding the Chen army had large shields as temporary camps and crossbowmen waiting for battle. Chen soldiers who dared to attack had been shot to death by arrows, and the Zhou army generals had not received the order to take action for the time being.
Cavalry kept wandering around, forcing the defenders of the Chen Jun camp in the distance to not dare to come out for reinforcements, and forced the Lijia soldiers in the west to march eastward, the Chen army could not escape, and the Zhou army seemed to not want to attack, and I don’t know when it would be the end.
The fragrance of the cook cake wafted from the upper wind. It was the Zhou army's chef who carried the cook cake and came to the front of the formation to share it with the Zhou army soldiers. They also picked a bucket of soup together. When they smelled the smell, it seemed that there was meat in the soup.
Many Chen soldiers' stomachs were rumbling after smelling the fragrance. Even though they tried their best not to think about what they wanted to eat, their physical instinct could not be concealed. The battle started in the morning and continued until now, and everyone's stomachs were empty.
The soldiers of Chen Jun didn't even eat lunch, and had drunk all the water they carried with them. The Zhou Jun was surrounded by the crowded Zhou Jun. He became nervous and hungry faster, sweated a lot, and was extremely thirsty.
Taking advantage of the large number of people, the Zhou soldiers began to take turns to eat and drink. They ate the pancakes and made obvious sounds when drinking water, which made the Chen soldiers feel itchy in their ears. Many people couldn't help but lick their lips, and the Adam's apple couldn't stop sliding up and down.
"Oh, brothers from Chen State! There is something delicious here! Surrender quickly, and you can still keep it hot!"
"Come on, Huangzhou's meat filling, ham filling, meat floss filling, and sausage filling. It's gone if it's late!"
Many soldiers kept fanning the steaming aroma of the steaming cakes to the Chen Jun army formation in the downwind direction. Zhou soldiers in each direction were eating the cakes and drinking broth. The wolf-eating appearance made Chen Jun soldiers feel mixed emotions.
If you can't fight, you can't escape, I'm afraid most people can't escape, so...
"Oh, why are you afraid of poisoning? Come on, let's try it after taking a bite!"
Zhou Bing tried hard to throw the pancakes into Chen Jun's formation. After a while, a few more pancakes were thrown. Looking at the pancakes that landed not far in front of the formation, the Chen Bings hesitated for a while and finally got the general's approval and sent someone out to pick them up.
Several soldiers ran back in military uniforms with the cooked cakes they picked up. The brave one picked up the cooked cake and took a bite. The soldiers around him surrounded him and saw that there were indeed shredded meat in the cooked cakes, which was full of fragrance and some oily flowers.
"Uh...ah...ahah..."
The soldier coughed violently. Others thought he was poisonous, but he almost choked because he was eating too fast. However, there was no water to send him, so he could only rub his throat and swallow it.
Several cooked cakes were then sent to the Grand Governor Wang Meng. He looked at the warm cooked cakes and signaled to give them to the troops to eat first. He looked up and looked around, and looked at the cooked cakes thrown in by the surrounding troops from time to time. He felt very sad.
With troops and enough war horses, Wang Meng will definitely escape if he wants to break through, but his soldiers will be finished. Even if he escapes back to Fan Yu, how can he resist the Zhou army at the city?
It's over, the government army is over, and Fan Yu can't stand it. Lingnan can't defend it anymore.
Wang Meng did not expect that he would be defeated so poorly. He changed his name to "Wang Meng" back then, just to make achievements like Wang Meng, the famous prime minister of the former Qin Dynasty, and became famous in history. As a result, he was very busy all his life and was valued by the court. He was the governor of the military affairs of Lingnan, but his career was about to end here.
He was surrounded by the Zhou army in this waterless field, and he could not beat him or lose money. He should be aware of the current affairs and surrender, but Wang Meng could not make up his mind because Mrs. Xian also led the Li Liao troops to support him on the west side.
At his request, Lady Xian gathered the commanders of the lie in various places, and the cave owner led his troops here to help the war. As a result, he surrendered first to save his life and abandoned the people who came to help the war. How did others think of him, Wang Meng?
A tingling sound sounded. Wang Meng looked up and saw a man walking out of the Zhou army formation, wearing a cloth robes, holding a white banner in one hand and shaking a copper bell in the other, as if no one was around to the Chen army formation.
Holding a white banner in hand means an envoy. At this time, the Zhou army sent an envoy, and the meaning was very obvious, so the Chen army soldiers hesitated and did not know whether to shoot arrows.
The current situation is very clear. It is not impossible for the Zhou army to win a battle, but many people will have to die. The Chen army cannot win, and the soldiers no longer want to fight. Therefore, it is best if the other party can persuade the surrender, but they don’t know what the generals said.
The man got closer and closer, and was not scared by Chen Jun's crossbow. He went straight to the spear formation and stopped, holding his head up, looking at the spear that was almost hitting his chest with a calm expression.
After a stalemate for a moment, a Chen general rushed forward and asked the man: "Who are you? What are you doing here!"
"I am hereby orders from the command of the marshal of the Lingnan Road of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the King of Xiyang to meet the governor of the king, and to express the interests of the people and persuade the soldiers to stop."
"That's just here to persuade the surrender?"
“That’s right.”
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In the Zhou army formation, Chen Fozhi, who was disheveled, was carried toward the Central Army. Wherever he passed, the Zhou army sat on the ground and ate and drank around the torch. It seemed that he did not intend to withdraw his troops, but wanted to fight at night.
The army that can fight at night is extraordinary, so Chen Fozhi knows that he has no chance.
At noon, Chen Fozhi was captured by the Zhou army. Because of the armor and outfits he wore, he was considered a "big leader" by the other party. He tied up his body and threw it on a cart, but he ignored him for half a day.
Chen Fozhi originally planned to surrender to the commander of Zhou Jun once he was taken to see the commander of Zhou Jun and waited for an opportunity to escape. As a result, he didn't see the other party dragging him to see someone. The more he thought about it, the more he became more and more panicked.
He was afraid that the commander of Zhou Jun felt that he was not worth mentioning and was too lazy to talk nonsense and could only kill people. Then he would be in tears.
The eyes suddenly became clear. Chen Fozhi came to an open space. Several generals in armor sat on Hu's bed and looked at him. There were soldiers wearing hard-wired sharp edges on the left. The previous one was young and thought he was the commander of the Zhou army.
"Your Majesty, the enemy general has been brought here!"
"Very good, you..."
"Your Majesty, the enemy general has been brought here!" Another soldier escorted someone in. Chen Fozhi turned around and saw that he was his friend, Feng Xuan, the second son of the Feng family.
Seeing Feng Xuan dispersed and in a mess, Chen Fozhi felt extremely helpless. Both Chen and Feng families were arrested. This battle was really a miserable loss.
"Come here, let the two of you loosen your ties and see!"
Yuwen Wen said kindly, trying to show his kindness. Now he has soldiers around and on both sides, so there are no need to worry about the difficulties of the two enemy generals in front of him. Next, he will be playing for three inches and let me persuade him to surrender.
The soldier brought two Hu beds, but Chen Fozhi and Feng Xuan did not sit down, and just stood up straight. Yuwen Wen smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then stand and talk."
"I, King Yuwen of Xiyang, was pacified by the will of the Emperor of Great Zhou to pacify Lingnan. I wonder what the two names are?"
"Chen Fozhi, Longzhou!"
"Gao Liang Feng Xuan!"
"Oh, it turns out they are two of the Chen family in the Longzhou family and Feng family in Gaoliang. Fortunately, we will meet."
By interrogating other prisoners of war, Yuwen Wen had certainly known the identities of the two in front of him in advance, so he got to the point: "My King of Great Zhou is here, and his strength is here, and both of them have seen it. Now they are about to decide the winner, and I don't know if I want to vote..."
"Bah!" Feng Xuan cursed, "One-legged bronze man, don't want us to surrender, you will never let you harm the people of Lingnan!!"
Chapter completed!