Chapter 1367: Difficulties of Advance and Retreat
"Three Kingdoms Online Game: Princes Struggle for Hegemony ()"
After listening to the words of the Tang soldiers below the city, Chen Gong looked at Wei Xu and gestured to the side.
Seeing this, Wei Xu waved to his bodyguards, and the bodyguards immediately withdrew a dozen steps away, leaving only Chen Gong and Wei Xu standing together.
"General Wei, it seems that your Majesty..." Chen Gong said with a heavy face;
Wei Xu also knew that what Chen Gong said was probably true. Otherwise, how could Lu Bu, with his arrogant character, hand over his weapons to the Tang army.
When they thought about this, the two of them couldn't help but feel sad.
After a long time, Chen Gong woke up and looked up at Wei Xu, only to see that his face was gray and his heart was filled with despair. When he looked at the surrounding Zhao soldiers, they all had low morale and hesitant expressions on their faces. Chen Gong was shocked and quickly calmed down: "General, General Wei!"
"Ah...what is the order from the Prime Minister?" Chen Gong shouted several times, and Wei Xu woke up.
"General, the king should have died in the battle. Although the king is gone, there is still a princess. For the current plan, we should stabilize the soldiers first, and then discuss with the queen and princess how to deal with it." Chen Gong said softly;
"Ah, yes, what the Prime Minister said is true!" Wei Xu was at a loss for words at this time. Only after Chen Gong reminded him did he notice the behavior of the soldiers on the city wall.
"Well, if the general has no objections, let me negotiate with the Tang army and buy some time first before making any plans."
Wei Xu nodded repeatedly when he heard this.
Chen Gong cleared his throat, took a few steps forward, walked behind the fence of the city tower, and shouted to the soldiers of the Tang army below the city: "I am Chen Gong, may I ask where His Royal Highness the King of Tang is?"
Chen Gong roared this voice, which also confused the soldiers of the Tang Army below. Fortunately, the Tang Army's junior colonel was also smart and quickly reacted: "You can see the king whenever you want?"
"If you want to persuade him to surrender, please ask the King of Tang to come in person, otherwise you will stop making noise here." Chen Gong did not show weakness and retorted;
Upon seeing this, the Tang Army's primary school commander said: "You will wait and wait until I report back to the king. If the king is free, he will see you."
Soon, a Tang Army soldier led his horse back to the Tang Army camp.
In the main camp of the Tang Army, Huangfu Chaobo was discussing with the generals the dispatch of troops to the remaining cities in Taiyuan. Suddenly, he heard the small colonel who had persuaded him to surrender reported that Chen Gong wanted to meet him. Although he felt strange, he did not hesitate, so He led Generals Zhao Yundian and Wei out of the camp and came within a few hundred steps of the west gate of Jinyang City.
Seeing that Chen Palace was indeed on top of the city wall, Huangfu Chaobo said, "Mr. Gongtai, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you doing?"
Chen Gong stood on the city wall and bowed his hands: "I'd like to thank you, Prince Tang. I'm still in good health."
"I wonder what you want to do if you want to see me, sir?"
"I would like to ask the king of Tang, my king..." Chen Gong didn't say much and asked directly;
"Sir, don't worry, King Zhao is already in my camp. After this war is over, I will definitely bury him with royal rites!" Huangfu Chaobo also replied generously;
"King Zhao has no queen. Sir, why don't you lead the city to surrender to me? Don't worry, sir, I will definitely treat Queen Zhao and the princess well and will not slack off at all. The generals in the city will also choose good materials and use them with the generals under my command." "Equal."
Chen Gong finally got the accurate news and couldn't help but feel despair. Ever since he took refuge with Lu Bu, he had tried his best to plan for Lu Bu, but unfortunately in the end it was all in vain.
Now that Lu Bu is dead and has only one daughter, it can be said that he has no offspring. The Zhao Kingdom is really over.
Seeing that Chen Gong on the tower did not respond, Huangfu Chaobo once again spoke to persuade: "Mr. Gongtai! Don't you believe in Gu's promise?"
"Prime Minister?!" Seeing that Chen Gong was speechless for a long time, Wei Xu became anxious and called out quickly;
"General Wei, I want to go into the palace to report to the queen and ask the queen to make a decision. In the opinion of the general, is this okay?" Wei Xu called Chen Gong several times before he could react. After a while, he asked Wei Xu in a low voice;
Wei Xu was also troubled in his heart.
If he surrenders, he will definitely not have a good status, unlike now, where one person is inferior and ten thousand people are superior. But if he didn't surrender, the final result would be to be killed by a general of the Tang Army. But he couldn't open his mouth to persuade the queen and niece to surrender.
In desperation, he had no choice but to agree with Chen Gong's method and go to the palace first to see what happened.
Seeing that Wei Xu had agreed to his suggestion, Chen Gongqiang gathered his energy and said to Huangfu Chaobo outside the city: "I dare not reply to this matter. Please forgive me, King Tang. After I enter the palace to report to the queen, the queen will make the decision. Reply again."
Huangfu Chaobo also knew that this matter should not be rushed, so he said: "Please sir, tell Queen Zhao to give me an answer as soon as possible."
As he said that, he looked up at the sky again. It was almost noon, and said, "If there is no reply after dawn tomorrow, Gu's army will begin to attack the city."
"Thank you, Prince Tang!" Chen Gong bowed his hand and bowed again.
Huangfu Chaobo didn't say any more, turned his horse's head and returned to the camp. Chen Gong and Wei Xu looked at each other, said nothing more, arranged the defense of the city, and rushed towards the palace.
As soon as the two of them arrived at the gate of the palace, Lu Yi, the general of Yu Lin, stepped forward quickly to greet him: "I have not yet paid homage to the Prime Minister, Lieutenant of the State!"
"General Lu, how are the queen and princess now?" Chen Gong nodded and asked;
"Return to the Prime Minister, the princess woke up soon after being sent back. Not long after, the queen also knew what happened outside the city. Now the palace is crying. I was about to send a letter to report to the two adults, but I didn't expect that the two of you had already arrived."
Lü Yi was a distant nephew of Zhao Wang Lu Bu. Although his ability was not very strong, he was loyal, so he was appointed by Lu Bu as the General of the Imperial Guards, commanding two thousand imperial guards to protect the safety of the palace. There were also two deputy generals, Zhang Wei, the second son of Zhang Liao, and Cao Hua, the eldest son of Cao Xing.
The other two strong troops in Jinyang City were the two thousand combat troops commanded by Wei Cun, the eldest son of Wei Xu, and the one thousand Bingzhou Wolf Riders commanded by Lu Lingqi, with Qin Lang, the eldest son of Qin Yi, as the deputy general. As for the newly recruited five thousand soldiers, they are currently led by Wei Xu himself. There is no way. Now the only one who is slightly better at training soldiers in Jinyang City is Wei Xu.
Chen Gong and the others heard this, and their hearts darkened. However, at this point, they could no longer retreat. They had to come up with a plan whether to fight or surrender.
After a short pause, Chen Gong said, "Please ask General Lu to send someone to report to the queen and tell her that we two want to see her."
"Please wait for a moment, my lords." Lu Yi also knew that the matter was urgent. After replying, he immediately turned around and ran into the palace.
After a while, he ran out panting: "The queen ordered the two lords to enter the palace immediately."
After that, he let them go and personally accompanied Chen Gong and the others into the palace.