Chapter 96
Zhao Zi settled down and ordered the army to cook meat tonight, let the soldiers eat some good food, and prepare to attack the city tomorrow morning. Then he rode his horse and took a few personal soldiers out of Yingkou to observe the surrounding terrain.
Looking at the majestic and spectacular Shanhe Pass that stretches for more than ten miles, Zhao Zi shook his head. Although this pass is majestic and divided into several sections, each section has a central city, but there is no defense to the south. Tomorrow, we will see how the Dangxiang people on the top of the city guard it.
At this moment, I heard a sudden horn sounding from the mountains and rivers, as if it was a sarcastic cry, echoing in the mountains in the twilight.
Zhao Zi was shocked and said, "It doesn't seem like sending troops. What the hell is Dangxiang people doing?"
Before he finished speaking, the city gate of Shanhe Pass in front slowly opened, and several Dangxiang people rode their horses out of the city. When they arrived in front of the Song camp, a guard in the Song army had already embarked on their horses and greeted them.
General Dangxiang crossed his hands: "Below is General Dangxiang Liang Buli. This time he left the city, he reported to the army that we are willing to surrender!"
The guard general said, "The main general here is Ye Meilangluo, what did he say?"
Liang Buli was silent for a while and said, "Taiwei Yemei knew he was defeated and did not want to treason. He had committed suicide just now!"
The guard was surprised: "Yemelangluo committed suicide? This, this - you can wait here for a while and wait for me to go back and report!"
After saying that, he quickly went to the camp. Zhao Zi looked at it from a distance, feeling something was wrong, so he hurriedly brought his personal soldiers back to the camp.
As soon as he entered the commander's tent, the guard came in and said with his hands crossed, "Taiwei, the general Dangxiang in the city said just now that they are willing to surrender!"
Zhao Zi said: "If you don't surrender early, if you don't surrender late, you will surrender as soon as the army arrives! Dangxiang people are deliberately playing tricks on us! If you don't kill Ye Meilangluo this time, how can I explain to the court? You can tell them that it is not that easy to surrender!"
The guard general said: "The General Dangxiang who came out said that Ye Milangluo had just committed suicide. It was because of this that they left the city and were willing to surrender!"
Zhao Zi was stunned for a moment: "Yemilangluo committed suicide? Why? He felt that he could not beat him, so he was surrendered."
The guard didn't know what to say, just stood there.
After thinking about it, Zhao Zi said, "Go and bring the generals of the Dangxiang to the commander!"
The guard general agreed with his hands and quickly stepped out of the commander's tent.
Zhao Zi sat down in the position of commander, and his mind was a little confused for a moment. He ran 300 miles, thinking that there would be a big battle with Dangxiang, but he didn't expect that when he arrived in front of the battle, General Dangxiang committed suicide. What's going on? This is the first time he has encountered this after fighting for so many years.
It won't take long before Liang Buli and others were taken to the coach's tent and saluted Zhao Zi from below.
Zhao Zi said: "Just just now, the guard general replied, saying that Ye Meilangluo committed suicide. Are you willing to surrender?"
Liang Buli crossed his hands and said, "This is exactly what happened when he returned to the Taiwei. The Taiwei led a large army to come. We knew we were defeated and were willing to surrender to the court."
Zhao Zi said: "Okay, you are very wise and should have been like this long ago. Since the decision has been surrendered, why did Yemelangluo commit suicide?"
Liang Buli said: "The Taiwei Yemi felt deeply favored by the emperor, and was valued by the late emperor, and became an important official of the court. Today, he led troops to defend important places, but could not lead troops to fight to the death. He felt ashamed of the late emperor, so he was————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Zhao Zi didn't expect that it was this reason. After a while of surprise, he said, "But I don't expect that the Taiwei Yemi is a hero who died for his country! You should take a good look at the body of Taiwei Gu Yemi, and you should be buried with a grand ceremony! There are such loyal and righteous people in Dangxiang's country!"
When Liang Buli heard this, he and the others couldn't help but lower his head, feeling ashamed for a moment. When Ye Milangluo was not dead, everyone blamed him for being in the way and could not surrender as soon as possible. Now that he is dead, he feels that these people are really sorry for him.
When Zhao Zi saw it, he hurriedly said, "The Yemi Taiwei is in love with Yuanhao and is willing to die for death. You are different. You submit to the court in time to avoid suffering from the army and soldiers. You will be loyal ministers of the court. I will send several generals to the city with you and take good care of you. You will not be able to act in the city tonight. Tomorrow the army will enter the city to guard the defense. From now on, you will be ministers of the court!"
Liang Buli and others hurriedly thanked him. The death of Ye Meilangluo made the generals who were about to surrender not know what to do for a while, and some even refused to surrender and fought with the Song army to the end. Zhao Zi hurriedly spoke to comfort him, and then they felt relieved.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Zi sent several generals to return to the city with Liang Buli and others. They decided to surrender too quickly. If they were not properly taken care of, something would inevitably happen in the city tonight.
After seeing off a few people, Zhao Zi invited the generals in the army and told the surrender of Dangxiang. Finally, he said: "Ye Milangluo committed suicide and died in his country. We should be buried with a grand ceremony in order to calm the Dangxiang people's hearts. But we should not be too ostentatious, so that Dangxiang people would have a different mind.
This matter was too sudden and everyone was stunned and talked about it for a while.
Zhao Zi had slowly reacted and understood Ye Meilangluo's situation. Why did he do this? Zhao Zi led his army to the city, but Dangxiang actually had no way to fight. Tomorrow he would attack the city and he would probably win in one battle, and Dangxiang would not have the ability to fight back. Ye Meilangluo did not want to surrender. What else could he do besides committing suicide? Forcing other generals to leave the city will inevitably lead to opposition and people's hearts will be lost. Only one death will be to sacrifice for the country he did not want to give up. Until now, this is the first Dangxiang general who is dedicated to his country.
Seeing everyone talking nonstop, Zhao Zi said, "You can drink a few drinks tonight and enter the city tomorrow! Meeting with Yang Wenguang's troops in the north, for us, the Dangxiang war has ended. From the rise of Xingxing Gorge in September, to more than four months, it has finally come to fruition."
The generals cheered together. Zhao Zi ordered a fire to be set up in the commander's tent, took a sheep and slaughtered it, brought wine in, and drank with the generals. There were generals on duty in his army, and they would not fight tomorrow, and the generals were not afraid of misleading things, so they opened their hearts.
Liang Buli led the Song generals into the city and said, "The body of the Yemi Taiwei was parked in the official hall. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Song army general Shi Rongda said: "It's time to go and sing a stick of incense. The Taiwei leads the way."
Several people entered the official hall together and saw the generals surrounded them. In the middle was Ye Meilangluo's corpse. A piece of white cloth was on his body, his eyes wide open, and he was obviously unwilling to accept it. All the generals were crying and sat there guarding.
Liang Buli said: "Look at the Taiwei, there is the body of Taiwei Ye, and the generals guard the spirits here."
Shi Rongda nodded: "What a pity, Taiwei Ye. If it weren't for being obsessed with Yuanhao's private grace and leading the army to surrender to the court, the court would have used it."
After saying that, he bowed far away and said, "When the army enters the city tomorrow, Taiwei Zhao will definitely be buried with great funerals. You don't need to be too sad."
Liang Buli thanked him, took Shi Rongda and others out of the official hall, and arranged a room next to them for them to rest. He said, "The Grand Marshal Yemi suddenly passed away, and the army lost its backbone for a while. Please beg you all, and let everything go."
Shi Rongda said that he didn't dare to take a few followers into the house to rest.
After sending Liang Buli away, Starsrong said: "We have never seen the Ye Mei Taiwei. Although the possibility of this matter being fake is extremely low, we dare not slack off. We will work harder tonight, and take turns to be on duty, so that there will be no accidents."
Several people said yes together. The staff on duty were arranged, and the time was set, and the duty took turns taking turns.
Chapter completed!