Chapter 303

At nightfall that day, Tang Yin and many other people were arranged by Peng Jun to go to the top of the city to participate in the latest chapter of vigil. This is exactly what Tang Yin wants.

He and the remaining twenty people under him stood guard above the city gate tower. When night fell, he gathered the people around him and said, "There are too few rolling logs and stones on the city top now. Go to the city and bring some more up!"

He is the leader of these people, and even if the people are dissatisfied with his orders, they can only obey his arrangements. The people responded feebly, dragging their heavy and tired bodies, and filed down the city wall to carry the rolling logs and stones.

After sending all the people away, Tang Yin looked around and saw that the nearest Peng army was more than ten meters away. He felt relieved and quickly tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, spread it on the arrow stack, and placed it on the arrow stack. Picking up a stone from under his feet, he quickly wrote the words "We will not attack the north of the city tomorrow", then rolled up the cloth and tied it to an arrow with a rope.

After doing this, he looked around again and saw that the soldiers standing guard were still there. He did not attract anyone's attention, and the people carrying rolling stones and rolling stones did not come up. Tang Yin pulled out a torch inserted on the top of the city. Come out, grab it in your hands, wave your arms, and rock it back and forth.

His actions could not be seen by the Peng army and the people on both sides, and they would not deliberately pay attention to it. However, if they were outside the city, they would see it very clearly. In the dark night, there was a torch on the top of the city shaking so frequently. It's hard not to notice.

After shaking the torch for a while, Tang Yin heard the sound of footsteps below and knew that the people carrying rolling logs and stones were coming up. He hurriedly put down the torch, grabbed the long bow on the side, twisted the bow and nocked an arrow, and pointed it in the air outside the city. He shot the arrow tied with a cloth strip with all his strength.

Whoosh!

The arrow broke through the wind and flew quickly outside the city.

Tang Yin shook the torch and did not attract the attention of the Peng soldiers, but the sound of arrows being fired was heard by the surrounding Peng soldiers. Almost at the same time, several Peng soldiers on the left and right ran over, got close to Tang Yin, and looked at his hands. Holding the long bow, he asked in a solemn voice: "What's going on? Was it you who fired the arrow just now?"

Tang Yin nodded prepared and said with a serious face: "I just saw a figure moving under the city, so I shot an arrow!"

"Oh?" The surrounding soldiers looked outside the city one after another. It was pitch black under the city and they couldn't see anything, not to mention people and ghosts. After looking around for a long time, he didn't see anything. One of the soldiers sneered and muttered: "Are you dazzled?"

"Ah... I'm not sure, but General Li has told me not to let go of any trouble, so..."

Before he could finish speaking, the soldiers who had gathered around him waved their hands impatiently and said, "Come on, come on, no need to talk nonsense. Remember, you can see clearly before shooting arrows in the future. Don't scare people!"

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded repeatedly.

At this time, the people who were carrying the rolling logs and stones also came up. The people were sweating profusely and panting from exhaustion. Seeing this, none of the soldiers around came forward to help. They immediately returned to their posts and hid. Far away. After they left, Tang Yin rolled his eyes, lowered his voice, and said to the people carrying heavy objects: "Everyone is tired, sit down and have a rest! It's not that I want to make things difficult for everyone, you have all seen that this is All the work that the soldiers should do now falls on us. We have to fight during the day and work at night. This does not want us all to live! "

Tang Yin's words made the people feel the same. They sat on the ground one after another, wiping the sweat from their faces, sighing and hissing, with sad faces on their faces.

Looking around at everyone, Tang Yin continued: "If this continues, even if we are not killed by the Tianyuan Army, we will still be exhausted to death!"

"Oh! There's nothing we can do about it! We can't run away, we can't fight, so what else can we do?"

Tang Yin seemed to be filled with righteous indignation and said: "If this doesn't work, we will rebel and surrender to the Tianyuan Army!"

"ah?"

As soon as these words came out, the people around him were startled. They stood up hurriedly, walked up to Tang Yin, covered his mouth, and then looked around nervously. Seeing that Peng Jun didn't hear it, people Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Tangchu, are you crazy? If these words are heard by the soldiers, not only will you be beheaded, but the nine tribes will also be implicated!"

"I can't survive anyway. Rather than being bullied to death by Geng Qiang's lackeys, it's better to defect to the Tianyuan Army. Maybe there is still a way to survive!" Tang Yin squinted his eyes and quietly looked at the people around him.

The common people lowered their heads thoughtfully and remained silent. After a long time, someone muttered in a low voice: "We are only about twenty people, how can we surrender to the Tianyuan Army? We will be killed by the soldiers before we leave the city!"

Tang Yin smiled and said faintly: "There will always be opportunities, but we can't make any noise now!"

People looked at Tang Yin inexplicably, feeling that he seemed different from people like them, but they couldn't tell what was different.

On the other side, Tang Yin's shadow clone lived in Yu Jun's home, and Yu Jun sent his servants to the west of the city to invite Du Qing to come and sit at his home.

If it were someone else, Du Qing would never accept the invitation at this time. After all, the situation is tense now, and he is the guard guarding the West City, so how can he escape. However, seeing that it was Yu Jun's servant who came to invite him, Du Qing did not After thinking more about it, he found his deputy general and asked him to hold one for him first, and then followed Yu Jun's servants to Yu Mansion.

On the way, Du Qing was also surprised why Yu Jun suddenly came to him. He asked the servant, but the servant didn't know. Du Qing stopped asking. He was full of questions along the way.

When he arrived at Yu Mansion and saw Yu Jun, Du Qing stepped forward quickly, cupped his hands and said, "Sir, you came to see me suddenly. What's the matter?" He was a rough man, he spoke straight to the point, and didn't know how to beat around the bush.

Yu Jun smiled at him, waved to him again, and said with a smile: "General Du, please take a seat!"

"Oh, I don't have time to sit down!" Du Qing shook his head and said, "The situation is tense now. I can't leave you in Xicheng for a moment!" He said this, but he still sat down and picked up the food on the table. Without even looking at the teacup, he drank the tea inside, wiped his mouth, and smiled at the attendant on the side: "Brother, bring me another cup of tea!"

Yu Jun was already accustomed to his rude behavior. After the servants brought tea again, he waved his hand and sent all the attendants out. Then he asked with a serious face: "Du General, what's the situation over there in West City now?"

Du Qing shook his head repeatedly and said: "Not so good! The Tianyuan Army's attacks are becoming more fierce day by day. Our army's casualties are greater, and the number of people is getting smaller and smaller. If this continues, I can't see that the situation will be critical in three days!" "

"Oh!" Yu Jun responded softly, and asked pretending to be curious: "I heard that your Excellency has been recruiting people from the city to join the army these days. I should have enough soldiers!"

"Hey, don't mention it!" Du Qing said: "At first, your Excellency did send a lot of civilians to join the army, but in the past two days, not many people have been sent. Besides, those civilians were all temporarily recruited. Yes, how can we fight? Our army does not have much armor and weapons, and we cannot distribute them to everyone. When the battle begins, the casualties among the people will be too great!" After a pause, he said: "If your Excellency had listened to it, Sir, if the city is willing to surrender, we will not be in such a dangerous situation now, but now that we have fought against the Tianyuan Army, we have to shoot the arrow, and we can only bite the bullet and defeat it! "

"The only way out is death!" From Du Qing's words, Yu Jun had roughly understood what Du Qing was thinking. He stopped being secretive and said directly: "Forcing people to join the army is the stupidest, most stupid and most short-sighted thing. This behavior will not only fail to solve the problem, but will also cause countless people to die. Your Majesty is seeking your own destruction. General Du, please don’t fall into this with your Majesty!”

Hearing this, Du Qing was shocked, quickly raised his head, looked at Yu Jun in surprise, and murmured: "Sir, what you mean is..."

"Surrender to the Tianyuan Army!" Yu Jun said sternly: "If General Du does not make any plans and continues to be an enemy of the Tianyuan Army, he will undoubtedly dig his own grave!"

Although Du Qing had a close friendship with Yu Jun and respected him, he was still shocked by his words. His hand holding the tea cup trembled, and the cup in his hand almost fell to the ground. He stammered: "Surrender...surrender? Surrender to the Tianyuan Army?"

"Yes! If you continue to follow your master, you will be doomed. Only by surrendering to the Tianyuan Army can you have a chance of survival!"

Du Qing waved his hands repeatedly. He was displeased with Geng Qiang and disapproved of what he had done, but he was not ready to switch sides in the face of battle. He was stunned for a moment, shaking his head like a rattle, and said: "No! Absolutely not! How can I...how can I do something like a seller seeking glory?"

Yu Jun said sternly: "This is not a buyer seeking glory, but turning from darkness to light! Furthermore, even if you don't think about yourself, don't you still think about your family? Once the Tianyuan Army invades the city in the future, you, as Geng Qiang, will die. Zhong, the Tianyuan Army will naturally not let you go, nor will it let your family go!"

"This..." This was the truth, and the high-spirited and upright character Du Qing mentioned just now was quickly revealed.

yes! Judging from the current intensity of the Tianyuan Army's attack, it is only a matter of time that Xibai City will be lost sooner or later. It is just a matter of time. When the Tianyuan Army breaks into the city, it does not matter to me. The worst is to die on the battlefield and die for the country, but my family what to do? Can the Tianyuan Army let them go?

Tang Yin was not a soft-hearted person. When the Tianyuan Army invaded Jicheng, how many soldiers and nine tribes were wiped out? Thinking of this, Du Qing couldn't help but tremble with anger, lowered his head, and was silent.

Yu Jun stopped talking at this time, giving him time to think carefully and weigh the pros and cons.

After thinking for a long time, Du Qing raised his head, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, sir, for your advice! However, even if I am willing to surrender to the Tianyuan Army, there is no way. Not to mention that I can't make contact. Even if I do, the Tianyuan Army may not be able to surrender." trust me!"

At this time, someone behind the screen suddenly said: "Don't worry, General Du Qing, I can trust you!"