Chapter 664 It’s better to surrender early

Chapter 664 It’s better to surrender early

In Baiting City, the soldiers looked worriedly at the dejected Qi prisoners outside the city who were being humiliated and manipulated by the Wei army. Their moods were mixed, as if they had seen their own upcoming fate.

"Fake, all fake!"

A middle-aged man in military uniform stood on the top of the city and shouted loudly, trying to boost morale: "These barbarians are all a mob. Although they have been besieging the city for many days, they dare not attack. How can they have the courage to fight? King Fufeng! I have captured the rebels somewhere just to show off to the city. Keep your spirits up and fight again in the future, and you will definitely be able to defeat the rebels!"

Under this person's repeated shouts and encouragements, the soldiers on the top of the city reluctantly put away their worries and dejections, put on a serious attitude and began to busy themselves with various defense matters at the top of the city.

But as the middle-aged man left, everyone quickly put down what they were doing and gathered together in small groups to discuss quietly. After all, the barbarians outside the city only surrounded but did not fight, leaving the city defenders with nothing to do and more time and energy to discuss and figure out what the current situation was.

The middle-aged man cheering on the city is named Zheng Faseng, and he is the lord of Baiting City. Although the current situation is not optimistic, Zheng Faneng himself still has great confidence in resolving the siege. After all, Baiting City is an important place for money and food, and it is by no means an ordinary stronghold that can be abandoned casually. The Fufeng King Ke Zhu Hunyuan and Zhu Hunyuan who are in charge of Jinyong City Yiyang Prefect Yuan Jing'an will never ignore death.

He also inspected everything in the city, and he did not become relaxed or unprepared because the enemy only surrounded but did not attack.

From the first day when the city was besieged until now, the entire city has been under high-intensity vigilance and preparations for war under his control. If the enemy launches an attack, Zheng Faneng is confident that he will be able to repulse the enemy's offensive!

After patrolling the city, Zheng Faneng returned to the city lord's palace, but as soon as he arrived in front of the palace, he heard the laughter and play of the sergeants constantly coming from the town camp on the side.

After hearing this series of noisy movements, Zheng Faneng's face suddenly darkened, and he immediately ordered his soldiers to follow him into the town camp.

"City Lord Zheng is here. What are your orders?"

Several soldiers in front of the camp gate saw Zheng Faseng approaching from a distance, and they hurriedly said hello loudly. As the shouts of these soldiers rang out, the sound of laughter and play in several tents in the camp suddenly weakened a lot. It was obvious that these soldiers deliberately increased their volume to spread the news.

Zheng Faneng glared at these soldiers fiercely, and then walked straight into the largest tent in the camp.

At this time, in the camp, the camp soldiers were busy packing up various gambling utensils such as vines and cattails. The camp was still filled with a strong smell of alcohol, which showed that the camp soldiers had just gathered in the tent to gamble and drink.

"I have met the city lord. City lord, please come and take a seat."

A Xianbei man who looked like a general came forward quickly, bowed briefly and invited Zheng Faseng into the tent.

Zheng Faneng glanced at the general coldly, ignored his invitation, and just said in a deep voice: "A few days ago, the city lord's palace issued an order. Until the crisis outside the city is resolved, the sergeants in the city prohibit any entertainment. Does the city know?"

As he spoke, he raised his legs and kicked the gambling equipment scattered on the ground in front of the general's feet, and his gaze became cold and stern.

After hearing this, the governor of the town smiled dryly and explained: "We went out to fight today, and the men are very tired. I have nothing important to do in the afternoon, so I let the men have fun here to entertain themselves. The sons and gentlemen have their own abilities, and they will definitely not delay tomorrow’s affairs, please rest assured, City Lord!”

In the Eastern Wei Dynasty and Northern Qi Dynasty, the Xianbei people were generally more noble than the Han people. However, if the identity gap between the two parties is too great, it is often not possible to determine who is superior and inferior through simple ethnic affiliation.

However, at present, one of the two people is the city lord and the other is the governor of the town. They are the two major civil and military officials in the city. Naturally, there is not much difference in their status and official positions. But the governor of Xianbei Town was obviously in awe of Zheng Faneng, the city lord, which was a rather special situation.

Although the city lord Zheng Faseng was a Han Chinese, he belonged to Yuancong, Hebei Province, where Emperor Shenwu Xindu Jianyi was founded, and he had deep qualifications. As for the Xianbei Town Governor, although he was also a veteran of the Six Towns, his former master was King He Bayun of Yan and not the old Shenwu tribe.

The Heba brothers were naturally heroes in Wuchuan, but because Heba Yue supported his troops in Kansai to confront Emperor Shenwu last year, Heba Yun was also suspected and ostracized. After his death, his subordinates were dispersed among the armies of Jinyang. The Baiting town in front of him was one of He Bayun's old troops. Because of this layer of origin, they did not enjoy the aura of status of the Jinyang soldiers in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi.

The governor's name was Lin Sheng. While explaining to the city lord Zheng Faseng, he repeatedly promised that he would not be the same again.

However, after being besieged for many days and not knowing the situation outside the city, Zheng Faneng was feeling anxious and depressed, but he had no intention of giving up. He completely ignored General Lin Sheng and just stamped his feet and shouted angrily: "Who is violating my prohibition?"

"My sons have indeed worked hard in the battle. Please, City Lord, please..."

Governor Lin Sheng was still waiting to beg, but these words made Zheng Faneng even more irritable: "It's hard to go to war? How many enemies did you wait for the soldiers to kill? Since there is no result, what's the use of words! Those who violate the prohibition should go out quickly to collect their crimes. Anyone who dares to cover up will be guilty of the same crime!"

Several soldiers in the camp knew that their general was in an embarrassing situation and were about to go out to take charge of the crime. However, Lin Sheng was also a little angry at this moment. He glared at Zheng Faneng and said loudly: "My subordinates have been fighting for days. It is true that they have achieved nothing, but they have certainly worked hard." ! The military affairs in the city have always been under the control of the town governor. I have never heard of any ban on military affairs in this camp. It is difficult for the city lord to order it! "

When the city lord Zheng Faneng heard this, he immediately looked at Lin Sheng, who had always been timid and fearful, in disbelief, and his tone became cold and stern: "You dare to disobey me?"

"I, I don't dare, I don't dare... I'm just in a hurry, please forgive me, City Lord."

Lin Sheng finally got used to being submissive. Although he lost control of his anger for a moment, he soon came to his senses. He hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The barbarians outside the city are besieging the city. It is the time to hire people. The sons and daughters are only enjoying a short period of time." Happy, I may have to fight and die in battle tomorrow, please be patient!"

Upon seeing this, the city lord sneered and directly ordered: "Tie this disciple out of the tent and let the soldiers see what happens if you disobey! Even if you are in the town, you will be punished if you don't obey the city lord's order!"

The few sergeants who accompanied the city lord here heard this and immediately took Lin Sheng from Zhencheng down. The soldiers in the tent also showed indignation after seeing this, but they were stopped by Zhencheng and endured it.

Different people react differently when faced with critical situations. Zheng Faneng is a person with a relatively strong personality. The more critical the situation, the more authoritative he wants to be. In particular, Zhencheng Lin Sheng led his troops to fight several times without success, which made him quite dissatisfied. At this time, he simply regarded him as a tool to establish his own authority.

After summoning all the soldiers and reprimanding Zhencheng in public, Zheng Faseng returned to the city lord's palace. Only then did Lin Sheng's men dare to step forward and untie the ropes from his body. As for the other battalion soldiers, they just looked on with cold eyes, obviously having little sympathy for this cowardly and fearful Zhencheng.

"This bitch is really bullying people. Why did Aye have to tolerate it at that time?"

When Lin Sheng and others returned to the tent, a young man who was held by two strong soldiers in the tent roared in a low voice: "Seeing others humiliating my father like this, if I don't kill him, how can I still live?" world!"

Lin Sheng let go of the young man, then stepped forward and hugged his son, sighing: "How many injustices have you suffered over the years? If you want to come back with revenge, I'm afraid you will have to kill all Jinyang." net……"

"Then kill them all!"

The young man's name was Lin Jia. After hearing this, he said angrily with tears in his eyes. Although he was born in Jinyang, he did not have any sense of identification with Jinyang because of the various difficulties his family encountered.

"Nonsense! I have endured humiliation and lived in secret until now, raising you to be an adult. Is it just to make you lose your life in vain?"

After hearing this, Lin Sheng glared and shouted, then patted his son's head and whispered softly: "Now that the new master has ascended the throne, it is the time to employ people. As long as there are talents available, he will no longer care about his past. When he comes here, he will be a soldier." When the matter is over, I will spend all my money and materials to return you to Jinyang. As long as you are appreciated by the emperor, we, father and son, will have hope for the rest of our lives..."

The young man was completely uninterested in the prospect described by his father: "Aye has suffered so many injustices, but he still believes that our father and son can have a future in Jinyang? Even if we can, I will despise myself to the point of asking those who have humiliated my father and son so much." Are the thieves smiling at each other?”

"Otherwise, what can we do? The first hero of King Yan, even though... my father and son are lucky to be alive to this day."

When Lin Sheng heard his son's words, he said sadly again.

"We can go to Guanxi! Haven't you heard of the reputation of General Li from Guanxi who attacked Heluo this time? No one can stop General Li from entering or leaving Jinyang. If King Fufeng can defeat him, he will do anything Are you being harassed by barbarians from Baiting City? And it is said that General Li is favored by the late master of the Heba clan. If we come together, General Li will definitely have no reason to refuse!"

Young Lin Jia hurriedly spoke. It was obvious that this idea had been brewing for a long time, but today the accumulation of emotions reached a critical point before he revealed it: "Aye expects me to have a successful career in Jinyang, but there is no blessing from heaven. Being born into a military family, one has to use one's life to gain wealth. Instead of staying here and being oppressed, it is better to go to Kansai and start over! If General Li can succeed as a young man in Kansai, even though I am a hundred times less talented, I can support Aye with my life. No problem!”

The clay figurine was still a little angry. When Lin Sheng heard his son's words, he said in a deep voice: "It's not a bad thing to surrender to Xitou, but now the city is under siege and there are many soldiers who won't kiss me. Even if I have intention, how can I surrender?" ah?"

"I have a plan for this matter. As long as Aye is willing, we can take action!"

Hearing his father's approval of his idea, the young man was immediately excited and hurriedly whispered his plan into his father's ear.