Chapter 950: Choosing to Negotiate
There are more than 128,000 prisoners of war being persuaded, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are worthy of being resourceful and persuasive, and their ability to persuade is also very good.
In one night, thousands of people were willing to serve under Li Shimin's command, and their main persuasion was some team commanders, captains and others, as long as it was clear that the soldiers under these people would naturally follow.
The harvest in one night was great, but Li Shimin did not have more time to wait, and the siege of the city still had to continue.
"Order us to go down and meet the Emperor of Wei for a while."
400,000 soldiers and horses were all dispatched, and there were 120,000 prisoners of war at the front.
"What are they going to do?"
What Shan Xiongxin is most afraid of is the other party's plan to attack the heart, so the soldiers of Wagang have become Li Shimin's hole cards to blackmail them, and this matter is no longer something that he, a general, can call the shots.
The thought that Li Mi had left his heart was cold, but he said that if he wanted to break the city, he needed to step over him.
At this point, the situation was beyond his promises.
"General Shan, there are a total of 130,000 Wei soldiers you see in front of you, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin wants to ask the emperor of Wei to come out and see what to do with these people."
The meaning is very clear, it is to negotiate, and no one knows what the consequences of not negotiating will be.
Shan Xiongxin had to inform the ministers to come forward, and the ministers who got the news all rushed to the palace, and the specific matters still had to be discussed with the emperor, but after waiting for a long time, no one agreed, and some ministers did not come.
It's not that they can't come, but they have already followed Li Mi and left, they are all cronies who must take them, this is Li Mi's cleverness, there is nothing to fight without the support of the country.
Therefore, the ministers who took it away were all very powerful, and the accompanying team of at least 50,000 people was carrying more money and goods.
Shan Xiongxin heard on the city wall that the ministers had gone to the palace, and he no longer hesitated to rush to the palace immediately.
"Ministers, Your Majesty has left with his personal guards this morning, and the matter of Wagang still needs the ministers to collectively make an opinion."
A group of ministers directly vented half of their spirits, asking them what to do, what can they do, powerless and powerless.
Soon these people began to plan for the worst in their minds.
"General Shan, Wagang City is surrounded by 400,000 soldiers and horses, how long can it hold out?"
The ministers still sent representatives to discuss with Shan Xiongxin first, and they all knew very well that the war situation was not just hiding at home, and the safety of Wagang City was closely related to them.
"Well, if you defend the city and attack with all your might, you can hold out for at least three days." Shan Xiongxin said honestly, without Wang Junke's 300,000 soldiers and horses, he could really only do this.
"How should the 130,000 lives outside the city be decided?"
The ministers are all playing with their hearts, and they are very aware of the difficulties of Wagang now, just like now, if they don't care about the lives of Wagang soldiers, these people may become enemy soldiers tomorrow.
If you want to manage it, then you must accept the conditions offered by the other party, and you don't have to think about it, you know that they will definitely make them surrender, but what they are most worried about is that once the city gate is opened, their own safety will be controlled.
That's why they're able to stand here, and no one wants to die.
Shan Xiongxin made a difficulty, he is now in charge of Wagang's soldiers and horses, whether to fight or not is a matter of his words, but he hesitated to choose it.
Surrendering to him betrays morality, and if he can't pass that hurdle regardless of the lives of the soldiers, it is really difficult to decide.
"General Shan, the life and death of the people in Wagang City, and the life and death of the soldiers all depend on your decision."
Shan Xiongxin had no way to decide, he had to consider what the ministers said.
The ministers' opinion was already very clear: they wanted to surrender, but they were worried about their lives, so the negotiations were certain, and as for these people telling him, they wanted him to give up defending the city to protect them, as a bargaining chip in the negotiations.
However, at this time, the pot of the dead country still has to be borne by him, which is really a bit excessive, but who made him the main general of the city.
The ministers were well aware that they didn't want to provoke Shan Xiongxin, so they said it directly, but there was still room for it, which is why they chose to abandon the city and let the remaining 60,000 elites protect them.
The meaning is obvious, after giving up the defense of the city, they will advance and retreat together, the ministers have a good idea, they are not stupid, they want the capital of negotiation.
Now the 130,000 Wagang soldiers outside the city are their weakness, even if they agree to give up, how to face the people in the city.
You must know that the people in the city are the families of the soldiers, and if they dare to say that they don't need to give up the other party, Li Shimin will send troops to attack the people in the city, and there will be chaos.
The ministers in Wagang City have been discussing things, and Li Shimin outside the city is not in a hurry, no matter how the other party chooses, it will only be good for him.
"Your Highness, will they open the city gates?"
"Does it matter if you don't open the city gates now?"
The eldest grandson Wuji is right to think about it, he is already facing a choice, and what they are waiting for is for Li Mi to show up and talk about how to take over Wagang.
Li Shimin was very calm, and it was unexpected that there would be such variables in this battle, but fortunately, they had the key.
There was no movement on the city of Wagang, and the spies sent by Wang Junke were always watching, and as long as the wolf smoke was lit on the city wall, they would continue to fight.
Seeing that all the enemies were under the city, and that there were captured soldiers, they knew that the matter was going to be bad, and immediately asked people to go back and inform them.
After Wang Junke got the news, he came in person, and when he saw that it were all his soldiers and horses, he really wanted to rush over to rescue them immediately, even if he wanted to go, he knew that if he didn't have a chance of winning, even if he went, he would increase more casualties.
"Alas!" Wang Jun wanted to know what Shan Xiongxin would do with his majesty of the Wei State.
The wait was long, but at this time the mood of the two sides was very different, Li Shimin was leisurely, and the captured soldiers were worried about their life and death.
People who have been persuaded successfully also want to know the other party's choice, they have already made up their minds, if they are abandoned, they will move more people, not to help Li Shimin, but to save their lives.
There is also the protection of the family members in the city, and it is precisely because Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui told them that they will not harm the people in the city that they will be persuaded successfully.
The people in the city were anxious, and the result of the battle was self-evident, if they were to lay down their weapons, they would definitely be unwilling, but so what, there was no choice for them.
Shan Xiongxin returned to the city wall, and the atmosphere between the two sides became tense.
A single sentence can determine how this battle should proceed.
Shan Xiongxin ordered a minister to be taken down from the city wall.
After Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others saw each other, they knew that they had achieved their goal, and the next thing was to negotiate.