At seven o'clock in Hai hour.
The night was as dark as ink, the moon was bright in the sky, and there was no wind.
When Wei Changtian and Li Si rushed to their destination at the last moment before midnight, they only saw an empty section of the city wall.
Not to mention Liangzhou soldiers, not even Shuzhou soldiers were seen.
"this......"
The two of them stared at each other, not knowing what happened during the time they were traveling between the city wall and the government office.
Why are there no people on the city walls?
Doesn't this mean giving up Yuanzhou City?
Could it be that...Liang Zhen and Wen Wen gave up defending the city?
But even if they abandon the defense, where are the remaining nearly 20,000 people at this time? Why didn't I see a single soldier on the way from the state government office?
Wei Changtian reluctantly searched back and forth on the city wall for a long time, but still found no living person.
On the contrary, Li Si's "soldier" knew better about military matters, and finally found a Shuzhou soldier hiding in a cave in the city tower.
"Why are you hiding here?!"
Looking at the silent soldier opposite, Wei Changtian frowned and asked, "Where are the others?!"
"..."
This military man obviously did not know Wei Changtian, but he judged from Li Si's words and deeds that the young man in front of him should have a high status.
"Sir, you..."
"answer my question!"
Wei Changtian felt more and more unhappy, and his tone completely lost his patience: "Tell me! Where are the defenders here?!"
"..."
The military man was stunned for a moment, then replied with a wry smile.
"Sir, they have all gone to the west gate."
"What are you doing at the West City Gate?!"
"..."
The military man was silent for a while again, and then he uttered two words with some difficulty.
"To die."
...
Zishi.
"Uh-huh!"
"Uh-huh!"
Silver light fell, and two black shadows tore through the night sky, running across the entire Yuanzhou City at the fastest speed, rushing towards the west gate.
At the same time, there were two groups of soldiers gathered in front and behind the west city gate, totaling almost more than 10,000 people.
"Brother Liang, if you can figure it out, I'm really happy."
Standing between the two groups of soldiers, Wen Wen looked at Liang Zhen with a difficult expression and spoke calmly.
"Brother Wen, I just don't want so many brothers to die in vain."
Liang Zhen took a deep breath: "Since there is no chance of winning, let's leave it like this."
"What Brother Liang said is absolutely true."
Wen Wen smiled and nodded: "Brother, I have already negotiated with General Meng outside the city. Da Feng will never kill any of us. Brother Liang, just rest assured."
"Okay, that's good."
Liang Zhen turned his head and glanced at Liang Qin beside him. When he turned his head again, his vision was a little blurry.
Of course Wen Wen noticed the tears in Liang Zhen's eyes, but he just thought that the latter felt guilty for Daning, so he did not ask further questions, but changed the subject and asked:
"Brother Liang, it seems that the Shuzhou Army is not well-organized? Where are the rest of them?"
"They don't want to surrender to the enemy."
Liang Zhen lowered his head and replied silently: "Some people are willing to fight to the death with Dafeng, and some want to hide and wait for an opportunity to escape... Let them go."
"Well, everyone has their own ambitions, and you can't force them."
Wen Wen nodded in agreement, and then sighed with regret: "It's just a pity."
pity......
Liang Zhen understood the meaning behind his words, and his mood couldn't help but become more complicated for a moment.
Contrary to what Wen Wen said, the real pity is the thousands of "rebels" behind him.
"Boom!"
Outside the city, the majestic footsteps got closer and closer, and then slowly stopped.
A herald ran to the two of them and whispered:
"General Wen, General Liang!"
"Dafeng's army has arrived outside the city!"
"knew."
Wen Wen waved his hand and looked at Liang Zhen, who was in tears. After a while, he sighed softly:
"Brother Liang, I will be the sinner..."
"Remove armor!"
"..."
"Clatter!"
Under the cold moonlight, nearly ten thousand white armor fell to the ground.
Wen Wen also took off the spotless white feather general armor from his body and dragged it upright on his chest.
He just held up the armor, looked forward, and walked to the front of everyone step by step.
Then, stop and drink.
"Open the city gate!"
...
"Boom!!"
From March 27th to April 18th.
The city gate of Yuanzhou City, which had not been opened for twenty-two days, suddenly fell down at this moment.
For Dafeng, whether Wen Wen and Liang Zhen surrendered or not actually had no impact on the situation of the war.
Even if the latter chooses to defend, Yuanzhou City will be destroyed tonight.
So accepting "surrender" is more of a psychological strategy.
The fact that the generals of the two states turned against each other and surrendered was not only an improvement in Dafeng's momentum, but also a heavy blow to Daning.
Therefore, not only would they not kill these surrendered soldiers, but they would also give them preferential treatment so that they could serve as "positive teaching materials" to the rest of Daning's soldiers.
It is even possible that Wen Wen and Liang Zhen could become part-time officials and become typical figures in Dafeng who "abandoned the dark and turned to the bright".
Of course, these are all things for later.
The most important thing right now is to take over Yuanzhou City smoothly.
"General Wen!"
Seeing Wen Wen holding up his armor and walking a hundred steps away from him, the big man in golden armor turned over and dismounted, took two quick steps to meet the former.
This man is the great general, and he is very successful.
"General Meng, I, Wen Wen, am just a defeated general. My life and death are at the discretion of the general."
Wen Wen raised his armor and knelt on one knee: "I hope the general will not embarrass the brothers behind me."
"No way! General Wen, please get up quickly!"
Facing Wen Wen, Meng Shi gave enough face and immediately took a step forward to help the former up.
"Since General Wen and the brothers have abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, why is it so difficult to explain!"
"Don't worry, I, Meng Shi, always keep my word!"
"..."
Although the two people have probably reached a consensus on these matters long ago, they still have to express their opinions in such a public place.
So Wen Wen immediately responded loudly:
"Thank you, General. Wen is grateful!"
"Ha ha ha ha......"
Hearty laughter echoed in the night sky. Even though the Dafeng soldiers behind Meng Shi looked at the Liangzhou soldiers with unfriendly eyes, and some were quite contemptuous and disdainful, in the end no one dared to disobey the military orders and they all stood honestly. He didn't even have the intention to tie up Liangzhou soldiers where he was.
There is really no need to tie it up.
In any case, the Liangzhou Army has already abandoned its armor and swords, and its combat effectiveness has dropped by at least 80%, so it will not pose any threat at all in a real fight.
but......
"Brother Wen, that is General Liang."
Meng Shi narrowed his eyes slightly as he turned to another group of Qingjia troops following the Liangzhou army out of the city.
Wen Wen's expression was also stiff at this time.
Because not one of the thousands of Shuzhou troops, including Liang Zhen and Liang Qin, disarmed.
"..."
Wen Wen and Meng Shi did not think that Liang Zhen was going to fight to the death, but thought that he did not trust Dafeng's sincerity in "surrendering", so they were wary.
Faced with this situation, normally someone should be sent to forcibly remove the armor and tie it up.
However, this would seem to be too "stingy"...
After thinking about it for a moment, Meng Shi gave up this plan, and instead went towards Liang Zhen with Wen Wen.
"Hahaha, General Liang, I have long admired you!"
Meng Shi shouted "harmony" in the distance, but Liang Zhen across from him said nothing.
At this time, thousands of well-equipped Shuzhou troops were only a hundred steps away from tens of thousands of Dafeng troops, and only a few dozen steps away from Mengshi.
This distance is not close when it comes to being close, but it is only the effort of a single effort when it comes to being far away.
"Click!"
The experience of many years of riding on the battlefield made Meng Shi stop suddenly, and a sense of crisis instantly surged in his heart.
At this moment, as a burst of yellow sand rose from the ground, Liang Zhen suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist without any warning.
"Canglanglanglang!"
Behind him, thousands of long swords were unsheathed at the same time, and the sound of golden swords was heard in succession.
There are no heroic words such as "for Daning" or "rather than surrender", nor are there any unrealistic ideas such as "fighting out of the siege".
All the Shuzhou soldiers just raised their swords high in the air and rushed crazily towards the Dafeng army formation that was several times their size.
Their faces were flushed, and their veins were bulging. They knew they were going to die, but they still roared with all their strength...
"kill!!!"
