Chapter 507 I don’t accept surrender
Public Security City, as the most important town in Jingnan, Soochow also deployed a large number of troops here. So normally, even if Ma Su brings thousands of people, they will not be afraid at all.
However, this time Lu Xun organized the Western Expedition and recruited 20,000 people from the public security forces in one go. As a result, at this juncture, there were only a few thousand people left in the public security city.
There was no way, Lu Xun didn't expect to be beaten bald by Ma Su in the water battle field where he was dominant, and even he himself fell into a coma. Nor did he expect that Ding Feng would fall into a trap and die in battle when he attacked Wuling.
All of this has led to the fact that Jiangling, let alone the police, lacks people to direct them. At this time, the highest Soochow official in the public security city was just a special official, and the rest were meritorious officials.
As a result, the army from the Western Expedition had not returned yet. As a result, the Han army came back, and the entire public security was in chaos. The officials and generals panicked and quickly pulled all their troops up the city wall for fear that Ma Su would launch an attack.
It is worth mentioning that although the Public Security Bureau belongs to Jingnan, the gentry here are treated equally with the Jiangling wealthy families in Soochow. Soochow has been very courteous to the wealthy families in these two places for more than ten years, so the wealthy families here and Soochow have been deeply bound.
So when they found out that Ma Su was close at hand, the Public Security City did not give up. Although there was turmoil at the top and bottom, the attitude of the officials and meritorious officials was very consistent. They all wanted to fight to the death and planned to be tied to death on the warship of Soochow.
Soon, Ma Di and hundreds of people arrived at the gate of the Public Security City. Ma Di personally stepped forward and shouted.
"Listen to the remnants of Soochow in the city, I am Ma Su, the great Han hussar general. Today I am leading the army to march eastward on your Majesty's orders. I have already defeated Lu Xun and Yi Dao, and beheaded the soldiers and sent them to Wuling."
"The soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty will arrive in a moment and will avenge my late emperor and General Guan. You defeated remnants of the army will prepare your troops this morning and fight me to the death!"
"Especially don't even think about surrendering. As for traitors, I will not accept surrender! There is revenge and grievance. All those who are involved in the rebellion more than ten years ago will be punished and the three tribes will be wiped out!"
Ma Su did not intend to persuade him to surrender this time, and decided to attack this place by force. After all, there were many traitors and enemies in the city, and it would be difficult for him to do anything if he accepted the surrender.
What's more, he brought hundreds of people here just to seek death. So it is better to let them fear and defend, which can also increase the difficulty for yourself.
Ma Di's words not only caused an uproar in the city, but also Xing Daorong next to him was dumbfounded.
What kind of trick does the general want to play? With just a few people, we should bypass the enemy's army. There is almost no way to win over the police except to recruit and surrender, so why are you so harsh?
However, Xing Daorong quickly remembered what Liu Yin taught them in the past,
"Don't try to oppose the general's words. Every word and every deployment he makes has profound meaning!"
"If you find that you don't understand what the general means, it means you haven't understood enough!"
"The general must have his own intentions! Could it be..." Xing Daorong frowned for a while and began to think over and over what Ma Su meant.
"Could it be that the general is planning to use harsh words to scare the other party, so that they will fear him and make him surrender?"
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While Xing Daorong was racking his brains, trying to understand what Ma Su meant, the wealthy families in the public security city were also frightened by Ma Su's harsh words.
"I have long heard that the Yicheng boy's temperament changed drastically after his brother's death, and it turned out to be the case today." A meritorious officer from the police looked at Ma Di from the top of the city and said with a frown.
"You are so arrogant with just this few people? Could it be that... there is a large army of Shu army behind him?" At this time, Jingzhou Bijia Zhu Cai frowned, confused by Ma Su's attitude.
Since Ma Su is so arrogant and means that all the three tribes will be annihilated by those who have complaints, he must be relying on him. General Ding Feng led 20,000 troops to Wuling, but there is currently no news. Could it be...
"The situation is serious!" Zhu Cai's face looked a little ugly. It was obvious that the situation was in crisis.
"Quickly send people to Xiakou and Jiangling to ask for reinforcements. The main force of the Shu army is most likely Jingnan! It takes 800 miles to rush. If the reinforcements arrive later, the public security may not be safe!"
"Wait a minute, I have an idea."
At this time, a meritorious officer suddenly stood up and said to Zhu Cai.
"Ma Di is unparalleled in bravery. If we wait until the large Shu army arrives. With him here, the public security forces and defenders will definitely not be able to stop them."
"So it's better to kill Ma Di first before he can gather his troops!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Cai was shocked and quickly looked at the wise man who made the suggestion. When Zhu Cai saw that the suggestion was made by a local hero, Zhu Cai's first reaction was to slap him in the mouth.
Look, are you speaking human language? And kill Ma Su? If it were really so easy to kill him, would the Supreme Lord offer a reward to ten thousand households?
But before Zhu Cai could get angry, the meritorious officer waved his hand and added calmly,
"Don't drive for a while, don't be impatient, and listen to a certain word. This horse is unparalleled in bravery, comparable to Xiang Yu, but he is still a human being after all."
"Especially what he's doing now, he might be trying to scare us into surrendering. So why don't we use the trick and pretend to surrender, then lead him into the city and shoot him with arrows?"
"Fake surrender? Is your real purpose really to fake surrender?" Zhu Cai narrowed his eyes, stared at this meritorious officer, and asked in an incomprehensible tone.
Although the wealthy Jiangling family of the Public Security Bureau have been favored by them in the past two years, in the end they are all former officials of the Shu Han Dynasty. Zhu Cai sometimes didn't dare to trust them too much, because they might sell him out.
"Don't worry, I'm the one who worked with Governor Lu in the past. And when General Shi was secretly selling arms, I was also the liaison."
The meritorious man gave a wry smile, cupped his hands and clarified.
"Even if someone surrenders to Xishu again, he will not be reused or even be liquidated. How could someone have second thoughts?"
"Really...so what do you mean?" Zhu Cai pondered for a long time, and then asked again.
Ma Su is famous for holding grudges. Since he really has a grudge against him, he can indeed be trusted.
"Fake surrender, then we will open the city gate, and you go there in person to fake surrender. Then lure Ma Di into the city, block the streets, and shoot him with random arrows!" Gongcao nodded, and then revealed his plan.
"His horse is not invulnerable. With this deployment, we can definitely take him down!"
"Hmm..." Zhu Cai felt uneasy about this suggestion. After pondering for a while, he said,
"Okay, but you have to come with me!"
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While the public security forces were fighting in the city, Ma Su was comfortably commanding the camp below the city. Several hundred soldiers set up camp under the city in such a swaggering manner, as if they did not take the Wu army in the public security city into consideration at all.
However, just when Ma Su's camp was almost completed, the gate of Public Security City suddenly opened.