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Chapter 299 Fake surrender is not so easy

When Tan Wen and other troops from the third battalion arrived in Chongqing, the city of Chongqing had already been besieged by the officers and soldiers.
Although Zhu Shuren was unable to attack for the time being, internal and external news had long been completely cut off, and Bai Wenxuan's eyes and ears were completely blocked. He was completely ignorant of the subsequent development of the situation outside, and naturally it was impossible to know that reinforcements had arrived from the army.

The day when the reinforcements arrived was already the evening of the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

At that time, the officers and soldiers had finished their tentative siege for a day, and Zhu Shuren himself was in the large tent of the Chinese army, buying wine to entertain the two generals Wang Guangchang and Wang Guangxing, who had retreated from the sneak attack at dawn and killed and injured hundreds of people. Conditions for appeasement and win over:

"You two don't blame me for letting you take the risk of sneak attacking and testing. Hundreds of brothers who were killed or injured will be healed and compensated. Ten taels for each person, thirty taels for those killed in battle.”

Wang Guangchang and Wang Guangxing are all thieves. Anyway, the original boss didn't pay much attention to them.After starting to hang out with Fang Guoan this year, Fang Guoan himself couldn't get much food and pay from the court, so he just followed him hungry and full. With this price, he was already very satisfied.

"There must be casualties in a battle. How can a city be attacked every time? It is the last general who is weak in combat power and dare not blame others." Wang Guangxing took the lead in expressing his opinion.

Zhu Shuren nodded and didn't hide from him: "Chongqing's terrain is complex and mountainous. The victory cannot be determined by breaking through a single city wall. The key is to ensure that the enemy's morale is low before going up the city. It's a good bang, and it hits the mark.

Although we have just tasted it today, and damaged a few boats at the mouth of the Jialing River, Bai Wenxuan will become more and more slack.And the more urgent we are to attack in the west of the city, sooner or later Bai Wenxuan will transfer away the veterans of the lineage who are deployed. When the defenders are exhausted, they will naturally let you make contributions. "

Wang Guangxing and Wang Guangchang listened to Zhu Shuren's heart-to-heart speech, and after carefully comprehending it for a while, he realized that everything was still under control, and regained some confidence.

As soon as I was talking here, a guard came in to report that it was soldiers from the Tan family who came to join us, and Zhu Shuren immediately asked for the brothers from the Tan family to come and ask them face to face.

After a while, Tan Wen and others were passed in, and they saluted quickly when they saw Zhu Shuren.

Zhu Shuren took the time to ask: "How is the battle going in Hezhou? Since you've made it this far, there must be no bandits in the counties east of Hezhou?"

Tan Wen took the lead in asking for credit with great energy: "Trust Taiwan Hongfu, our army went down the Qujiang River, and even Pingshu County, no bandit army dared to defend it. When we arrived in Hezhou, our army also divided our troops according to your pre-war instructions. around the city,

And in the south of Hezhou, where the Jialing River crosses Tanjialing, Jiajiang went down to the stronghold, so as to cut off the return route of the Hezhou rebel army going south to Chongqing to join forces.

The bandit army in Hezhou City is said to have plenty of food and grass, so they can defend for a long time.But after the news was cut off, they didn't know the current situation in Chongqing in the south, so their hearts fluttered, and they didn't know how long they would stick to it.

According to your instructions before the battle, Futai, our army used firewood boats and stones, disguised as grain boats, and escorted them across the Qujiang and Jialing River mouths with a small number of troops every one or two days, and then went down the river.

It is only said to the outside world that "Wanxian County has not yet been recovered by the government army. After the South Road government army surrounded Wanxian County, the main force went around the city and continued to press on Chongqing."Moreover, it is inconvenient to transport grain upstream from the Yangtze River, so it is necessary to transport grain downstream from Dazhou to the front of the Chongqing Army'.

After such rumors spread for a few days, they were captured by scouts of the bandit army. Hezhou guard Di Sanpin didn't know the art of war, and finally lost his composure.However, at the dangerous place on the North River of Tanjialing, our army set up an ambush and was defeated.

Di Sanpin was probably worried about Chongqing's loss, and felt that there was no hope of defending it, so he led his army to break through the mountains and ridges. Our army took advantage of the opportunity to take Hezhou, which was abandoned by the bandits, and then the whole division came here. "

Zhu Shuren had not been able to see the cause and effect of the Battle of Hezhou in person, but from Tan Wen and others, he also generally knew that everything was not too different from his original plan.

The terrain of Hezhou Diaoyu City is indeed very dangerous, and it is not cost-effective to attack by force.But the problem is that if even Chongqing is lost, there is no point in guarding Hezhou alone.

Rogues are meant to fight on the move, with a weak awareness of base areas. They only have dangerous points that have no economic value and are isolated behind the enemy's rear. It is difficult for people to have the determination to defend for a long time.

The official army cut off the connection between Hezhou and Chongqing, and the bandit army there had no idea what was going on in the main battlefield in the south.Coupled with the rumors about grain roads spread by the officers and soldiers, it sounds so real and reasonable——

Zhu Shuren is currently relying on transporting military rations from Fengjie to Wanxian and then to Chongqing, but it is actually a lot of loss and difficult to do so.

First of all, Wanxian had to attack quickly, which is not something ordinary people can do, and the defender of Hezhou didn't know that Zhu Shuren could do this.

Secondly, water transportation is relatively easy with heavy loads and empty ships going downstream, but from Fengjie to Chongqing, it takes the upstream of the Yangtze River, and from Dazhou to Chongqing via Hezhou, it goes downstream on the Qujiang River and Jialing River.

Generals who underestimate the strength of water transportation can easily feel that the officers and troops are advancing so fast that they must choose a waterway with heavy loads downstream and light loads upstream, and it is easy to believe that the grain fleet that Brother Tan Wen passed under the city of Hezhou is real.

To put it bluntly, Di Sanpin didn't have a military advisor by his side, he was like a military general with an intelligence value of [-] to [-] in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms game.

The only regrettable thing about the battle of Hezhou is that Di Sanpin abandoned the city and fled over mountains and mountains, so it is impossible to wipe them out like Zhang Mingzhi in Wanxian County.

The Tan family brothers only defeated a part of the enemy army in the field battle to lure the enemy to rob food, and the total gains were less than a thousand levels. The rest ran away, and in the end they only took over the city almost peacefully.

Fortunately, Di Sanpin was going to go over the mountain, so he couldn't take away the heavy belongings, only the soft food and food. When he took Huizhou, there was still some food in the city that he didn't take away and didn't set fire to it.

From this point of view, Fang Fangfang had a way out.

……

After finding out the situation, Zhu Shuren thoroughly planned and synchronized the information in his mind, and then adjusted his plan for the next stage.

Early the next morning, on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the officers and soldiers would attack the city as usual in the west of the city and destroy the outlying fortifications of the bandits.While attacking the battle, Zhu Shuren did not forget to send scolding soldiers to further damage the morale of the defenders.

He first asked someone to shout: "Listen, Bai Wenxuan! Hezhou has been captured by our army! Now that the waterways of the Yangtze River and Jialing River have been completely opened up, our army will be able to surround Chongqing City for a few months, which is more than enough! Don't worry. Food is exhausted!

Finally, I will give you another chance to surrender and avoid death, otherwise you will be left behind!Bandit soldiers listen up too!If the chief general is greedy for wealth and honor and refuses to surrender, as long as he kills his boss to surrender, he can also avoid death, and he can also be integrated into the army to eat food and pay!
Guo Xingye is the most considerate of the soldiers, and never withholds military pay. For several years, everyone has paid in full. If you don't believe it, you can ask about it! "

In the process of shouting, Zhu Shuren just concealed the fact that "Hezhou City was abandoned by Di Sanpin because of the military action and the isolation of internal and external news", saying that it was the Tan brothers who stormed to the death and broke the city.

But in order to better combat the morale of the thieves, on the issue of the fate of the Di Sanpin Department, Zhu Shuren provided the version to the critics, which was also embellished. He only said that the Di Sanpin Department had been wiped out, and even took a few Hezhou The head of the general of the bandit army was carried on the spear, and he showed his power outside the Tongyuan Gate to the guards at the top of the city.

Anyway, Chongqing has been completely besieged, and Bai Wenxuan is also isolated from inside and outside the news, so it is impossible to verify it.From a distance of more than a hundred feet, no one with the best eyesight could see whether a head that had been pickled in lime for several days belonged to Di Sanpin.

As a result, the morale of the defenders at the top of the city became more and more low, and even Bai Wenxuan was slightly shaken. The only thing he can be thankful for is that he estimates that the officers and soldiers must have suffered heavy casualties-the place in Hezhou Diaoyu City is more dangerous than the main city of Chongqing. Much more, if the officers and soldiers really stormed in with a lot of lives, even if a cannon broke through the city, they would definitely have to pay a huge price.

After the see-saw battle of the day's siege ended, both sides withdrew their troops and returned to their camps. The city of Chongqing was shrouded in an increasingly sad atmosphere, and everyone felt insecure and suspicious of each other.
I was a little worried about whether my comrades-in-arms or even my subordinates would suddenly want to do something behind the scenes, and then take their heads to surrender to the officers and soldiers in exchange for rewards and laundering.

Even ordinary soldiers would be suspicious of each other, but Bai Wenxuan and Pan Duao, the military advisor of the supervising army, would naturally become more wary.

Bai Wenxuan also knew that Pan Duao was wary of him, so in the process of discussing military aircraft, he could only be more inclined to listen to Pan Duao's suggestions to show that he had no dissent.

The two were going to argue again tonight about "whether they should withdraw from the old elite battalion along the Jialing River in the north of the city and return to the west of the city to reinforce the defense line", but now Bai Wenxuan was afraid of intensifying the conflict, so he had to choose to listen to Pan Duao again. of.

The two discussed the military aircraft for a while, and the atmosphere of mutual suspicion became more and more intense. Bai Wenxuan was about to end the discussion and let the suspicion cool down. Someone came to report to Bai Wenxuan:

"Captain, there is a new siege general who arrived outside the city suddenly today, and wants to send someone to contact the general. Captain Liu dared not open the door, but just hoisted him up with a hanging basket."

Bai Wenxuan was also a little puzzled: "Oh? There are only messengers, but no letters? Could it be a fraud? Forget it, let's bring someone here first."

Pan Duao listened to him, and he was also suspicious: "You Dudu! Since you suspect fraud, it's not good to simply interview him like this?"

Bai Wenxuan's face darkened: "Mr. Pan is still worried that I will not be in collusion with the officers and soldiers? Then you can listen together."

Pan Duao was a little timid again: "How could I do that! I was worried that the officers and soldiers would send assassins! This Zhu Shuren has always been vicious and ignorant of martial ethics. He used firecrackers to assassinate the Eight Great Kings in Hengzhou. I heard that this time he is in Kaifeng. Shoot King Chuang into a one-eyed dragon, how can such a secret envoy from the army be easily seen? It is better to send more guards to protect him!"

Bai Wenxuan smirked, and didn't comment, but ordered: "Come here, find ten iron shield guards, and protect Junshi Pan well!"

Pan Duao blushed, and didn't point out that Bai Wenxuan was satirizing him for fear of death, so he continued to listen under the protection of the iron shield guards with the cheek.

And assassins obviously don't exist. Before entering this former prefect's yamen in Chongqing that was temporarily used as the shogunate, they would be searched closely, and carrying weapons would only be self-defeating.

After a while, the envoy was brought, and Bai Wenxuan also asked the other party's identity majesticly. The person who came only said that he was sent by Tan Hong, the defender of Dazhou, and wanted to discuss with Bai Dudu some ways to avoid losing both sides.

Bai Wenxuan was full of suspicion: "Are they sent by brothers Tan Hong and Tan Yi? The Governor has heard of them. What can they discuss with the Governor?"

As Bai Wenxuan said, he thought about it for a while. These Tan people had also dealt with Zhang Xianzhong's army when they attacked Wanxian and Fengjie.

When Bai Wenxuan attacked Wanxian, Qin Liangyu's troops retreated in Fengjie. If they didn't come to Wanxian to rescue, Tan Jiajun went straight to Dazhou over the mountains. To preserve one's strength is the proper meaning of the question.

The envoy really said: "I want to teach Governor Bai to know that although the official army's offensive has been fierce these few days, Zhu Shuren treats us and other local armed forces, as well as the people who have been thieves, anyway, they are really harsh!
Let our Tan Jiajun fight these hard and tough battles where the dead suffer!In the fierce attack in the west of the city in the past two days, all the children of our Tan family died. The one who crossed the Jialing River in the north of the city and was defeated was Wang Guangchang and Wang Guangxing.

Zhu Shuren's direct descendants brought from Huguang were only in charge of supervising the battle, or operating the firecrackers and cannons to fire from a distance for cover!Even the remuneration he gave to the local peasants for transporting food and pulling fibers was lower than the usual practice!We Sichuan people really don't want to fight to the death with you just because of him, an immigrant who just left after getting a lot of credit! "

When Bai Wenxuan heard this, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and he caught a key piece of information that he had never obtained before: "Wait, you said that Zhu Shuren is an outsider? What do you mean?"

The envoy was taken aback for a moment, apparently not expecting that Bai Wenxuan's news was so unintelligible: "The imperial court only granted Zhu Shuren a surname, but he is still only the governor of Huguang. The new governor of Sichuan is Fang Kongzhang, the former governor of Huguang, who was dismissed because of Zhang Xianzhong's rampage in southern Hunan."

Bai Wenxuan and Pan Duao looked at each other, but Pan Duao couldn't help showing his "wisdom of Zhuge" in a hurry, and laughed wildly: "It's as I expected! That Chongzhen is headstrong, jealous of talents, and afraid of his subordinates." The governor's tail is too big to lose. This is to ask Zhu Shuren to contribute, but not to give Zhu Shuren full power.

This kind of ugly behavior, the court of Zhu Ming did not know how many times it happened!If the famous generals could be given full power, King Chuang and the Eight Great Kings would not be able to develop to the power they are today. Chongzhen would be self-destructing the Great Wall!Zhu Shuren's strong attack must not last! "

However, Bai Wenxuan shook his head, and said worriedly: "Even so, the government and army are currently on the offensive. Would your Tan Shoubei join the Eight Kings at this time and seek to stop dying for Zhu Shuren? Otherwise, why did you come here?" thing?"

Even if Bai Wenxuan believed that the other party had been treated unfairly by Zhu Shuren, he couldn't believe that the other party would join the peasant army at this time.

After all, Zhang Xianzhong's current situation is not good, but Zhu Shuren has repeatedly demonstrated his authority in the south.

After Bai Wen was elected to Sichuan, he also saw that the people of Sichuan were not living in dire straits, nor did they seem to be able to be pulled up by Zhang Xianzhong's one-hundred-million-strong army.

It is also because the living standards of Sichuan people are relatively good, and Zhang Xianzhong was not very fond of Zhang Xianzhong in history, so he was slaughtered half and half by such heavy hands, otherwise Zhang Xianzhong would not be able to give enough rewards if he did not kill too many people and robbed enough property. Buy a large number of people to sacrifice their lives.

If all of this happened in Henan or even Shaanxi today, then Bai Wenxuan would never doubt the sincerity of the other party, because in Shaanxi, no one can survive, everyone will follow the thief, and the mass base is completely different.

Fortunately, the confidant envoy sent by the Tan family did not say "Because the brothers of the Tan family were treated unfairly, they wanted to directly join the peasant army".

The other party just said: "Tan Dusi and Tan Shoubei really didn't think about surrendering to the Eight Great Kings now, but it's always good to have more good ties and more ways out.

Our Patriarch said that as long as Chief Governor Bai is willing to break through the encirclement and give up Chongqing, they will be in charge of the siege camp on the west side of the city for a few days, and then they can make noise and not attack, and let you pass, so we can avoid consuming each other under the city of Chongqing.

If you are afraid of being chased by the officers and soldiers, we can give you another choice. Our Patriarch is willing to secretly send some ships assigned to them by Zhu Shuren to the bank of the Yangtze River in the south of Chongqing City. You can retreat by the Yangtze River.

If you still can't believe it, then you can only temporarily ask your army to reach a tacit agreement with our army in the next few days, and we will all work without doing our best to reduce our own casualties.If the official army sends Zhu Shuren's direct line Huguang soldiers to attack the city, our Patriarch will naturally be willing to inform your army, and then your army will fight hard. "

Bai Wenxuan thought for a while, but the other party's proposal was quite cautious. It wasn't that he wanted to surrender to Zhang Xianzhong just because he accepted the head, which added a bit of credibility.

After careful consideration, he added a question: "Since that's the case, why didn't your Patriarch not send a letter, but only let you take a verbal message. If you tampered with the conditions, how would the governor know?"

The visitor seemed to have prepared this question, and said bluntly: "If the general is interested, you can write back a letter stating the conditions you are willing to agree to. After the villain brings it back, our Patriarch will naturally send another letter to finalize it.

This is the first time I came here, if there is an accident and the letter is found, wouldn't it be a clue?Our Patriarch still has General Fang above him, and Zhu Shuren is holding him back, so if it is leaked, it will be no small matter.The general is in the city of Chongqing, but he has all the power. If he wants to contact anyone, he doesn't have to worry about being suspected. How can this be the same? "

This sentence was originally just rehearsed to deal with this situation and increase credibility.

Unexpectedly, it hit Bai Wenxuan's most painful heart disease. He couldn't help but glanced at Pan Duao, the army supervisor left behind by Zhang Xianzhong, out of the corner of his eye.

Who said that only the Tan brothers would be watched by their superiors?His Bai Wenxuan also depends on the face of the above!
At this moment, since the topic has come to this point, in order to avoid suspicion, Bai Wenxuan simply put on a high profile, and said to Pan Duao next to him:

"Mr. Pan, it seems that outsiders don't know about it. Now that we have talked about it, you should write the specific conditions and reply letter. The governor is only fluent in writing and ink. He is afraid that his words will spoil the big event."

Pan Duao was also a little embarrassed, but he still accepted the matter, which was to put an end to mutual suspicion.

The first contact between the two parties, of course, it is impossible to reach a complete mutual trust so quickly, and there will always be a few more days of feints in the follow-up.

However, after the envoy sent by Tan Wen returned to the official army camp with a reply letter, Tan Wen immediately sent the person to Zhu Shuren, telling everything.

Zhu Shuren also listened very carefully, especially when he learned that Bai Wenxuan was in the city of Chongqing, and there seemed to be a military supervisor who was under the control of others and Zhang Xianzhong left behind. When a military division Pan came to make a decision,
Zhu Shuren immediately realized that he seemed to be able to grasp a bigger crack again.

"Bai Wenxuan is in the city of Chongqing, but he can't keep his word? It seems that Zhang Xianzhong, a thief, detained the family of the generals again, so he can rest assured to let them lead the army outside. It seems that he can fine-tune the plan to surrender. It's..."

(End of this chapter)