Chapter 51: Persuading to surrender
When hundreds of flying boats were arranged scattered above Baishui Pass under Guan Hai's command, it was just like the first time the soldiers of Jiameng Pass saw the flying boats. Up and down Baishui Pass, three thousand soldiers felt at a loss as they looked at the flying boats floating in the air.
From time to time, people would shoot arrows down from the flying boat. The soldiers standing on the city gate could still hold their shields above their heads, but the soldiers in the city gate were not so lucky. The shields in the city were obviously not enough for everyone. The soldiers without shields could only find a place to hide.
The opponent's arrows are not dense, and the deterrence is greater than the actual meaning, but the feeling of being beaten but not being able to fight back is the most devastating.
"Ba~"
A pottery jar fell from the sky and landed not far from Zhao Wei. It shattered and then splashed with viscous liquid. The pungent smell instantly spread the surrounding area several feet in a circle.
It's tincture oil!
Zhao Wei's expression changed slightly, and he looked up at the flying boat ten feet high from the city gate. If the other party attacked with fire, he really had no way to resist.
"Smack~"
Two more tincture oil tanks fell from the sky, and the entire city wall was covered by the pungent smell of tincture oil, and many soldiers of the Shu army had already started running down the city.
"General, what should I do?" Pang Le ran to Zhao Wei in a panic and said.
Just a scare.
Zhao Wei frowned. The density of the other party's ignition oil tank was not high. In this past few days, he only lost more than ten. If there was a fire attack in his heart, hundreds or thousands of ignition oil tanks would be thrown down. At this moment, Baishui Pass might have been in a sea of fire. The other party was just intimidating and did not want to really attack the fire.
But I knew it was one thing in my heart, but the morale of the soldiers had been completely destroyed with the turbulent oil tanks. Just looking at the soldiers who were rushing down the city, I knew how big the blow to the morale of Ye Zhao's move was. Even if he ordered it to be strictly guarded, it would be impossible.
"Retreat into the city and prepare for street battle!" Youyou sighed. In this way, it would be like completely giving up the benefits of the strong city of Baishui Pass, and the natural danger would no longer exist. But even if he did not retreat, the soldiers would all run away. How could he resist the army that rushed over from the tigers outside the city?
Under Zhao Wei's command, the soldiers guarding the pass were finally no longer crowded. Although they were still panic, at least they would not squeeze people directly from the city wall.
Next, there is street fighting, which is the only opportunity to fight with Ye Zhao. Otherwise, he would have been defeated if he hadn't even seen Ye Zhao's troops.
"Lord, General Guan sent a signal. The Shu army retreated into Guancheng, as if he was going to fight with our army in the street!" A flag officer rushed to Ye Zhao's tent and bowed.
"I ordered Ding Li to quickly seize the high ground of the city wall, but I had no orders or provocations from the Shu army, so don't go to fight!" Ye Zhao handed a token to the commander.
"Here!" The messenger took Ye Zhao's token, turned around and ran away.
"Congratulations to the lord, Baishui Pass is broken!" Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "But if Zhao Wei can be successfully surrendered, then all Ba County will be returned to the lord."
"Then go and meet this Zhao Wei for a while." Ye Zhao stood up with a smile and said, "You can follow me to Chengguan to see how the appearance of this Baishuiguan?"
"It's just that." Xi Zhicai smiled.
When Ye Zhao took Xi Zhicai, Dian Wei and several other soldiers to join the army and walked on the ladder built by Ding Li to the Baishui Pass, Ding Li had ordered people to open the city gate. All the near walls were occupied by Hanzhong soldiers. Many soldiers came to the city with their backs and buried the turtle oil they had smashed before to prevent the city wall from getting fire.
Ye Zhao and Xi Zhicai walked to the other side of the city wall and looked down at the city wall. Baishui Pass was a pure military fortress. There were no people in the city, and the defense in the city was not a private house. Instead, it was a huge military camp arranged according to the direction of the Nine Palaces and Bagua. If you attack at this time, the Shu army would still have the power to fight.
"The morale of the army has been lost, so it is not worth worrying." Ye Zhao looked carefully for a while, then turned around and looked at the generals and smiled, "Who is willing to go and say that Zhao Wei surrender?"
"Lord, I'm willing to go!" Ding Li took a step forward and bowed to Ye Zhao.
"How do you say you will surrender to him?" Ye Zhao looked at Ding Li and asked with a smile.
"Now that Baicheng Pass has been broken, our main force has occupied the city wall. Once the war begins, it will definitely be like a big shot. The lord does not want to commit more murderous crimes. It is a special fate and the last general!" Ding Li said loudly.
This basically refers to the routine process of surrender, and it does agree with the situation in front of you. The city walls were occupied and the troops were not dominated, the retreat route was cut off, and the Shu army had become a turtle in the jar.
However, this is just a routine. It may be possible to convince Zhao Wei to surrender, but it cannot make him willing to serve Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao's failure to do so much effort is not just for the three thousand Shu troops in Baishui Pass. What he wants is the Bashu scholar group behind Zhao Wei. If it weren't for this, just one Zhao Wei wouldn't have let Ye Zhao come here in person with such a big fanfare.
"What General Ding said is not without reason." Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "It's just that General Ding can tell why the lord has tried so much to surrender Zhao Wei?"
"This..." Ding Li really didn't know that Ye Zhao brought the war, but he didn't learn it if it depends on the ability of the people.
"The three thousand soldiers and horses at Baishui Pass, including Zhao Yu, are not important. What is important is that behind Zhao Yu, there are Ba County and even the entire Shu family behind him. If Zhao Yu is sincere, he can help the lord easily take down the entire Ba County. As General Ding said, he may lead Zhao Yu to be defeated and surrendered, but he will not be convinced, nor will he help the lord persuade the lord to surrender." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.
"What should I say then?" Ding Li asked Xi Zhicai for advice.
"General Ding said nothing wrong. Let Zhao Wei know first that except Baishui Pass, Jiameng and Zitong have been taken away by our army. Zhao Wei did not expect the reinforcements of the Shu army. At this moment, Liu Yan may not know about this." Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "As for the later, I told Zhao Wei that our lord was not greedy for this Shu. He actually heard that Liu Yan was harsh on the Shu people and could not bear the suffering of the Shu people, so he led his army to attack."
Ding Li glanced at Xi Zhicai and it sounded like it wasn't much different from what he said before, but it felt like it was less of the momentum that the winner should have.
His eyes couldn't help but look at Ye Zhao.
"Just do what the military advisor said." Ye Zhao nodded and said.
"Here!" Ding Li bowed and took the order, turned around and left, arranged defense, and ordered someone to hand over a letter of worship, entered the pass alone, looking for Zhao Wei to discuss the matter.
Chapter completed!