Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2245 Han Yan's Decisive Battle: Persuading the Enemy to Surrender on the Battlefield

After a long while, Xuanyuan Huang slowly opened his eyes. The blood vessels in his eyes were even more prominent, but there was also a hint of resolute clarity in them.

"Your Excellency just said that if I agree to fight outside the city, I will not harm the surrendered soldiers and civilians after the city is captured. I wonder if this includes all the civil and military officials of my Great Yan and their families?"

Xuanyuan Huang stared intently at Wang Ying, waiting for his reply.

"Of course! Including Your Majesty's family, I can guarantee on behalf of Your Majesty that if they return to the Han Dynasty in the future, as long as they do not harbor any rebellious intentions, the Han Dynasty will surely guarantee their wealth and honor for life!" Wang Yingkan replied directly after a brief moment of thought.

This is not an excessive request!

At least, compared to attacking the city for another month or two and suffering tens of thousands of casualties, this condition is nothing.

"Then does Your Excellency dare to guarantee this in front of the entire city, in the name of Wang Pengfei?" Xuan Yuanhuang continued.

If the other party agrees to this request, then Xuanyuan Huang will not be afraid that the other party might go back on their word.

After all, if the Han Dynasty made this guarantee publicly but then retaliated later, their credibility would be completely ruined.

"Your Majesty's request is naturally not impossible!"

Wang Yingkan never intended to go back on his word, so naturally he wouldn't mind making such a guarantee.

After sending it to Wang Yingkan, Xuanyuan Huang actually breathed a sigh of relief.

It's time to put an end to this battle!

At the same time, that very night, he summoned Crown Prince Xuanyuan Xuanxiao and his trusted minister, Empress Feng.

Xuanyuan Xuanxiao, his most valued son, was about to face a certain death on the battlefield, but his son had no such obligation.

He has already lost a son and a daughter in this war; there is no need for him to lose another.

He's still young, he should live a good life!
Take his place and live a good life. If possible, also take his place and see the chaos subside and the world be at peace.

At the same time, they left, but the families of so many generals who had died in battle in the city needed someone to take care of them!
Incidentally, Xuanyuan Xuanxiao should also be allowed to watch over whether the Han Dynasty can fulfill their promises.

As for Feng Hou, only a few of his old brothers who followed him back then are still alive!
If we have to go out to fight the final battle, his role as a strategist is limited. It would be better for him to stay in the city and wait for the final outcome!

Moreover, he will need someone to keep an eye on Xuan Yuan Xuan Xiao in the future, so that he won't act impulsively out of hatred.

After giving instructions to Xuanyuan Xuanxiao and Feng Hou, he summoned a group of generals and strategists, including Da Hong, Xue Ju, Zhang Churang, Xuanyuan Zhang Hui, Fei Dan, Zhang Shier, Chu Suiliang, Da Feng, and Da Chang.

For Xuanyuan Huang, these generals and strategists had fought alongside him to this point, and it was time to give them a choice.

Because of Wang Yingkan's mission and his public guarantee in the city, the fighting was once again brought to a rare three-day halt.

Three days later, the gates of Yanjing, which had been sealed for nearly two months, finally opened slowly.

Xuanyuan Huang, along with 50,000 soldiers including the Yellow Turban Warriors and the Black Spear Dragon Cavalry, slowly walked out of the city gate.

On the city wall, Xuanyuan Xuanxiao, Feng Hou, Da Feng, Da Chang and others had tears in their eyes. With a tenfold difference in troop strength, no one believed that Xuanyuan Huang could return alive from this battle.

Given such a large disparity in troop strength, and considering that both sides were well-prepared for this decisive battle, it can be said that this was a battle in which both sides were destined to die.

Fifty miles outside Yanjing, Yue Fei's hundreds of thousands of troops, a dark mass stretching for dozens of miles, were already waiting at the agreed-upon battlefield. Even Yue Fei hadn't expected that Wang Yingkan could actually persuade Xuanyuan Huang to fight such a do-or-die battle.

Or rather, Wang Yingkan was directly persuading Xuanyuan Huang to come and die.

To Yue Fei and his comrades, this was also a thing that seemed like a fantasy.

However, Wang Yingkan had already successfully persuaded Xuanyuan Huang. Therefore, Yue Fei would naturally not refuse such a great opportunity.

If we continue to rely on a direct assault to take down Yanjing, losing tens of thousands more troops would be considered a small loss.

Tens of thousands of elite troops—if we can avoid wasting them, then of course we should!
"General, how should we fight this battle?" Li Cunxiao asked Yue Fei from beside him.

But after asking the question, Li Cunxiao realized that he might have asked something unnecessary!

With such a huge disparity in troop strength, how could Yue Fei, with his abilities, possibly not win?

Given this disparity in troop strength, it's safe to say that any normal general, without resorting to any unorthodox tactics, could have pushed through using the most rudimentary method: a direct, head-on assault!

"Xuanyuan Huang and the others are here!" Just then, Tan Daoji reminded him from the side.

Sure enough, with a cloud of dust rising, another dark military formation appeared.

However, in terms of scale, it was significantly smaller than Yue Fei's side.

"Yue Pengju greets Your Majesty the Yellow Emperor!" After both sides arrived, Yue Fei did not rush to start the decisive battle, but instead spurred his horse forward and took the initiative to greet him.

"The world only knows Han Chongyan, but after this battle, they will know that you, Yue Pengju, and Li Yaoshi are no less talented than Han Chongyan!" Xuanyuan Huang said calmly.

In this battle, he was completely defeated by these two people; in fact, it could be said that he was utterly and completely defeated by them.

It was Li Jing, through his continuous breakthroughs on the battlefield of Heyang, that forced Xuanyuan Huang to abandon a large amount of territory.

At the same time, Li Jing's easy southward march to Guangyang left the East Coast in a state of being surrounded on three sides.

As for Yue Fei, he had only been away from Qingnan Road for a short time when he found an opportunity to kill seven or eight tenths of the main force of the Great Yan front line, thus completely cutting off the possibility of the Great Yan continuing to confront them head-on.

At this point, Xuanyuan Huang was convinced from the bottom of his heart that the two men's talents were indeed no less than Han Xin's.

For the Great Yan, this defeat wasn't a complete loss!

After all, even with just one person like Han Xin, Xuanyuan Huang didn't think he was confident of victory, let alone with two such people.

Coupled with the overwhelming domestic pressure from all sides, what can be done about the current situation?
"Although I know the hope is slim, and it might even offend His Majesty the Emperor!"

"But I, Yue Pengju, am unworthy, still wish to ask Your Majesty: may Yue surrender to my Great Han!"

"Yue Pengju is willing to guarantee with his life that if Your Majesty surrenders to our Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty will certainly not fail Your Majesty!" Yue Fei said sincerely on the battlefield.

Upon hearing that Xuanyuan Huang was actually fighting such a desperate battle for the sake of the people in the city, his goodwill towards the monarch Xuanyuan Huang soared to its peak.

Naturally, we do not wish for him to perish here today!