my wonderful zoo

Chapter 173
"The golden soldiers who came out of Kaifeng City protected the defeated troops and eventually entered the outer city of Kaifeng. However, Pei Ren passed on the information and Zhang Shuye did not miss this opportunity and successfully occupied the inner city of Kaifeng." Sun Zheng continued to introduce yesterday. The development of the battle situation in the afternoon: "There are now [-] to [-] golden soldiers gathered in the north of Kaifeng's outer city."

"It is estimated that the people of Kaifeng in the north of the city will be miserable tonight." When Chen Xun heard this, he thought of those poor people.

"Fortunately, you caught Wanyan Zongwang. The common people only need to survive tonight. Tomorrow will be easy." Sun Zheng said while looking at Wanyan Zongwang lying on the ground.

"Yes, it depends on tomorrow." Chen Xun believed that Wanyan Zongwang would be very useful, but he was not sure how useful it would be in the end.

The Kingdom of Jin had just emerged from the slave society, and the surname Wanyan held a very high status in society. This Wanyan Zongwang was the second son of the former Jin Emperor, the nephew of the Jin Emperor, and was a full member of the royal family.

Coupled with his status as marshal, he already belongs to a small group of people at the top of the Jin Kingdom's power pyramid.

However, eggs cannot be put in one basket, so Chen Xun arranged for people to go to the inner city of Kaifeng overnight to inform Pei Ren of his plan and ask him to communicate with Zhang Shuye and cooperate with him tomorrow.

If Wanyan Zongwang is useful tomorrow, the battle of Kaifeng will be staged victory.

If Wanyan Zongwang is useless tomorrow, there will be another bloody battle.

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The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Chen Xun came to the outside of Jingyang Gate (Xinfengqiu Gate) in the north of Kaifeng City.

The city gate tower and the walls on both sides were filled with golden soldiers, and a large number of bows, arrows and crossbows could be vaguely seen looming between the wall stacks.

With this kind of defensive strength, without artillery, and without taking into account the Zhang Jiajun in the inner city, even if Chen Xun's five thousand cavalry were filled in today, they would not be able to break through the Jingyang Gate.

With an order, several Chen Jiajun escorted Wanyan Zongwang towards Jingyang Gate.

The rising sun shone on Wanyan Zongwang's side face, allowing the defenders on the city gate tower to clearly distinguish his identity.

In an instant, the defenders on the city gate tower became panicked, and the bows, arrows and crossbows pointed outside the city were quickly put away, for fear that a sudden "fire" would injure Wanyan Zongwang outside the city.

He walked closer and closer, and did not stop until he was a hundred steps outside the city gate.

We can't go any further, otherwise we will increase the risk of the Jin army suddenly leaving the city and snatching Wanyan Zongwang back.

"Listen up, General Jin in the city. My governor has an order to send out people who can keep their word to negotiate. Otherwise, after midnight, your marshal's head will be hung on the flagpole!" Chen Jiajun, who was escorting Wanyan Zongwang, shouted loudly. , and there was a translator shouting next to him in Jurchen language.

After shouting three times to ensure that everyone on the tower heard clearly, Wanyan Zongwang was forced to return to the Chen family's military formation.

Chen Xun did not choose to negotiate above or below the city in order to create pressure on the Jin people.

Just like the Jin people asked Emperor Song to go out of the city to negotiate.

Negotiating directly while standing under the city. Standing on the high city gate tower would easily give Jin General some psychological advantages unconsciously. Chen Xun wanted to eliminate this psychological advantage first.

Moreover, as long as General Jin agrees to come out and come to the Chen family's military formation for negotiations, his momentum will weaken first, and the negotiations will be much easier later.

Waiting and waiting, until Chen Shi was about to end, Chen Xun had given up and planned to drag Wanyan Zongwang out to sacrifice the flag, when the Jingyang Gate was finally opened from the inside, and more than a dozen people walked out.

"It's stable now." Chen Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as they are willing to come out and talk, it means their bottom line is already very low.

A group of golden generals were quickly led to Chen Xun by Chen Jiajun. Sun Zheng stood on Chen Xun's right, and Wanyan Zongwang sat on the ground on Chen Xun's left, half dead.

"General Chen, my governor has been ill. Please give him some food and water, as well as these decoctions, and ask someone to help him take them." General Jin's first sentence was completely beyond Chen Xun's expectations. Let’s not talk about business, let’s first pay attention to Wanyan Zongwang’s condition.Is this flattering?Chen Xun looked at them and then at Wanyan Zongwang, not as if he was trying to flatter him.

After seeing Yan Zongwang's poor condition before, I thought he was depressed after being captured, which caused his physical condition to decline sharply. However, it seems that this is not the case now.

Chen Xun didn't know how Wanyan Zongwang died in his previous life, but looking at it now, there must be something wrong with his body.

Do you want to agree?
Agreeing meant that Chen Xun cared about Wanyan Zongwang's life and death. Before the negotiation even started, he was slightly at a disadvantage.

If he doesn't agree, it looks like this person is half dead. If he really dies of illness directly, he will lose such a good bargaining chip.

In essence, Chen Xun didn't want Yan Zongwang to die before he used up his remaining value.

"Go." He gestured to the guard next to him, who, together with a doctor-looking person from the other side, took Wanyan Zongwang to the side to diagnose and treat him.

"Thank you Chen Jiajun." The leader, Jin Jiang, said with cupped hands.

"Let's talk about business next." Chen Xun waved his hand and cleared the air.

"General Chen, feel free to ask for any conditions, as long as we ensure that our marshal is safe and sound." General Jin knew that he had no cards in his hand. Although he had a slight advantage, he did not talk nonsense.

"The conditions are very simple. If you surrender in Kaicheng, I will ensure that Wanyan Zongwang is safe," Chen Xun said.

Wanyan Zongwang, who was relieved and was drinking porridge next to him, heard this and directly interjected: "Absolutely not, I am already dying, don't care about my life or death, guarding Kaifeng City is your greatest contribution... "

Halfway through his words, he was silenced again by Chen Jiajun next to him.

"Take him far away!" Chen Xun waved his hand, and several people picked up Wanyan Zongwang and took him far away.

Looking back at Jin Jiang, there was already some confusion on his face.

It was obvious that Wanyan Zongwang's words had an effect.

Chen Xun secretly sighed that he had made a mistake. Now that the matter has come to this, he can only continue to save things: "Are you going to listen to Yan Zongwang? When his head is hung on the flagpole, will anyone in the Jin Kingdom believe you?"

In a country like the Jin Kingdom where slavery still exists, if the leader loses his general, the consequences for his soldiers will be very miserable.If the leader is lost due to the decision-making of his subordinates, the result will only be more miserable.

"If we surrender, what good results will there be?" General Jin's tone was full of desolation.

He no longer has the qualifications to speak harshly.

Now the Jin soldiers are trapped in the northern city of Kaifeng's outer city. There are Zhang Jiajun inside and Chen Jiajun outside. It is too late for Fengqiu's main force to return to the rescue. It can be said that they have reached a desperate situation.

After hearing this question, Chen Xun realized that the Chen Jiajun had finally reached a new stage: the stage of large-scale surrender.

At this stage, Chen Jiajun's decision will affect the enemies he faces in the future, whether he will choose to fight to the death or surrender easily.

　Thanks to book friend Qixuan xjb for the tip.

　　Starting from Chapter 141, I wrote Wanyan Zonghan as Wanyan Zongbi. I don’t know if any book friends have discovered it, but now it has been completely changed.

　　
　
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