146. Persuasion to surrender
This general was naturally not a fool. The moment he saw the book of persuading surrender, he fully understood the thoughts of Song Jun.
According to common sense, he should order his soldiers to close up all the arrows immediately and not to show off. However, his eyes were constantly flashing.
He was under Ali Hague's command as a ten thousand men and deputy. To put it bluntly, he did not have much real power, not the kind that was valued. Otherwise, the army was in a time of exhaustion, and Ali Hague would not have ordered him to perform such a chore as defending the city.
Now, most of the remaining tens of thousands of men and deputy generals of the Yuan army are feasting in the government office.
Because everyone knows that the Song army will not rashly attack the city.
Only marginal people like him are arranged to defend the city.
This general was not a member of Weiwuer, but a Han nationality. He knew that if he had no accidents, he would have ended up being a general and would have no chance of promotion.
The generals in the Yuan Dynasty were intricate and had all kinds of people. The most important one was undoubtedly the Mongol generals, and the most embarrassing position was undoubtedly the Han generals like him. To be precise, they were the generals who surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty after Empress Dowager Xie of the Southern Song Dynasty announced his unconditional surrender.
No matter how generous Kublai Khan was, he would not be able to reuse them before the Southern Song Dynasty was completely destroyed. That was not generous, but stupidity.
Take Fan Wenhu as an example. Before surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty, he was a deputy official in the front office of the Palace and had a high position and a powerful position. However, after surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty, he was only a deputy general under Zhang Hongfan, and his status was incomparable to those in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Therefore, the general's eyes flashed, but he had not ordered his soldiers to gather all the arrows together.
It was not until half a stick of incense that the soldiers on the city wall saw the books of persuasion and surrender were discussed. Those who knew how to read the contents of the illiterate ones read. The books of persuasion and surrender were spread out at an extremely fast speed. It gradually became unstoppable. The general came to his senses and shouted suddenly: "Put away all the arrows and surrender books. The soldiers in the army are not allowed to speak privately. Those who violate the order shall deal with military laws!"
After saying that, he hurried down the city wall with the letter of persuasion and rode his horse to the government office.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw him walking far away, they would not really stop talking about it. Soon, almost everyone knew about the book of surrender on the city.
Of course, as for what these soldiers thought, there was no way to know.
However, many people's eyes did change slightly, and some people were even secretly discussing whether they would go out of the city to surrender to Song.
At this time, there were not many people in Lipu County, and there was no surplus food at home. How could it be that it could support so many soldiers of the Yuan army?
Before, when I went to the city to grab grain, only a few soldiers grabbed the grain, and most of them were still hungry.
The troops robbed grain, but they could not even solve the urgent problem.
On this side, the general galloped to the front of the government office, quickly turned over and dismounted, pushed away the guard who was about to intercept, and ran straight inside, "I will have important matters to report to the marshal, get out!"
However, his hurried appearance has some elements of acting.
Even with the urgent military situation, he would never dare to rush into the Ali Hague guards like this before. After all, he was just a general who had no real power.
Now that the barbarians rushed away these personal guards, he really felt a little refreshed. He even shone a few traces of joy in his eyes and ran all the way to the main hall of the government office, with a rare look of high spirits.
At this time, there was no lively lights in the main hall of the government office, nor was there any charming and beautiful dancers dancing.
The atmosphere was a bit dull and weird. The generals had large pieces of meat on their desks, and the wine from a large jar was swallowed up, and they were impatient.
These days of marching, even they can only eat dry food, which can be said to have made them suffer.
Now that I have finally entered the city, I don’t have to fill my stomach before the Song army attacks the city, how can I be worthy of my Five Insect Temple?
Ali Hague watched in the hall and did not care about the ugly appearance of these generals. To be honest, he was busy robbing soldiers and robbing livestock, and was busy with the generals of the Xuan army of thousands of commanders and above to go to the hall for meals. He could not help but have no intention of stabilizing the morale of the army and appeaseing the restless hearts of these generals.
The army was defeated and defended Lipu, and the army was in panic. He was still worried that these generals would have a strange intention. So he let them do whatever they wanted and there was a place to vent their feelings. Perhaps their mood would not be so depressed anymore.
"marshal!"
Just as I was eating well, I was about to run into the hall hurriedly.
Ali Hague looked around and frowned slightly, saying displeased: "Why are you so anxious?"
The impatience in his tone was completely unconcealed.
As this side general thought, Ali Hague did not like him, and even looked down upon him. Before the Yuan Dynasty, it was unstoppable and successively occupied the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty. Most of the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty surrendered. In their eyes, these surrendered generals of the Southern Song Dynasty were all cowards.
People in this era still respect people with backbone more from the bottom of their hearts. Those who surrender without fighting are inevitably looked down upon.
Ali Hague's tone made the general feel a little angry, and at this moment, he made a complete decision.
He originally planned to hand over the letter of surrender in his hand to Ali Hague, but he deliberately shouted loudly while running to Ali Hague: "Marson, the Song army flew arrows into the city to send surrender letters, and persuaded our soldiers to surrender. His heart is punishable!"
The originally noisy chewing sound in the hall stopped abruptly at the moment when he said this. Each general raised his head and looked at the side general with a surprised look.
"Marson, please see!"
He was about to run to Ali Hague and presented a letter of persuasion, with a respectful attitude.
Ali Hague's entire face was dark.
The moment he was about to open his mouth, he realized that it was not good, but he had no time to open his mouth to stop him.
"Damn it!"
After gritting his teeth for a few seconds, he let out these two words coldly.
He had never seen such a fool, but he could not do anything about this.
Everyone only thought that he was like this because of panic, even Ali Hague himself. Even if he was angry, he did not distinguish between occasions and had no eyesight, he would not die. Besides, it was a special period, and the morale of the army would only be even more chaotic.
It was finally difficult for Ali Hague to swallow this breath.
But then, he opened the book of surrender with a dark face, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then gradually widened, his face flushed with anger, "Damn it! Damn it! How dare the little emperor of the Song Dynasty be so arrogant! It's so angry!"
This is what is written in the book of persuading surrender.
"Old man Ali has no talent and no virtue. The 100,000 army was defeated and defended Lipu. There was no food in the army and no aid outside the army. The defeat was decided. My emperor was wise and could not bear the trouble. Those who surrendered would not pursue the important position. Those who wanted to survive should come quickly. The stubborn army attacked the city, and no chickens and dogs would be left wherever they went!"
Zhao Da and Zhao Hu had no other skills, but he was good at compiling lilac poems. After conspiring with the half-baked little officials in the army who had talented poetry, this inappropriate book of persuasion was released. It was catchy to read, but it almost vomited blood from Ali Hague.
Looking at the book of persuading surrender, his tone was so arrogant that he did not take him seriously and the nearly 100,000 soldiers under his command.
Too much bullying is really too bullying. Ali Hague's chest is rising and falling violently, and it has not calmed down for a long time.
Seeing him so angry, the generals couldn't help but stretch their necks, and they each had curiosity in their eyes, wanting to see what was written in the book of persuading surrender.
A letter of persuasion to surrender?
That is there a way out?
But obviously, Ali Hague did not intend to show them, so he directly put the book of persuasion on a candle and lit it. His eyes were cold and swept across the generals. Finally, when he fell in front of him, he felt even colder, and his voice was full of chill, "How many more are there in the city in this book of persuasion? "
He naturally realized the sinisterness of this book of persuading surrender.
The side general bowed and said, "Reported to the marshal, the Song army has submitted hundreds of shares. The last general has collected it and ordered it not to be publicized."
"Um……"
Ali Hague's face finally calmed down a little, and he nodded and said, "You have handled this matter well, keep going back to defend the city!"
"yes!"
He was about to strode out of the hall, but he was sneering in his heart.
He is now completely disappointed with Ali Hague.
Damn, I worked hard to report the news, and I didn't even give it to me. They didn't do anything, but they were so ateful. Treating this differently, what future can Ali Hague have in the future?
This is the more you think about it, the more you become more indignant. The so-called good birds choose trees to rest, but following the rotten tree in Ali Hague, there is obviously no future for development.
He couldn't help but think about other things, and the content of the book of persuading surrender kept swaying in his mind.
Song army camp.
Zhao Da and Zhao Hu led the flying dragon soldiers back to Zhao Dongting's chariot, "Emperor, the letter of persuasion to surrender has been sent to the city."
"oh……"
Zhao Dongting's answer sounded from the chariot, a little dull, "In two hours, I'll send another wave."
Zhao Hu was a little puzzled, "Prince, what else can I send it to?"
Zhao Dongting said: "The more people see, the better. You will receive the order."
Zhao Da and Zhao Hu stopped asking more questions, quickly agreed, and ran to the junior official who followed the army and asked the junior official to continue writing a letter of persuasion to surrender.
That night, hundreds of letters of persuasion were sent to the head of Lipu County.
Chapter completed!