Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 552: Empty City Strategy? Surrender at the sight of the enemy!

"How about voting?"

This time someone spoke again, but on the contrary, everyone looked at Sima in silence.

Just now you were saying righteously that we would hold the city and wait for the reinforcements to arrive so that we could stop them. Why are you silent now?

Is it because De'an has already surrendered?
Or was your reinforcements captured?
"Sima Chen."

"grown ups."

Sima Chen looked over and the governor sighed, "The general trend cannot be violated."

"De'an has already surrendered to the Tang army. If we insist on going our own way, we will most likely be attacked from both sides."

"This is really unbearable for us in Sibi!"

How could Sima Chen not know how much impact De'an's surrender would have on their Sibi?
But he was unwilling to surrender like this!

He was unable to face the King of Baekje's attention, nor was he able to repay the King of Baekje's kindness.

But if he didn't surrender, his colleagues would not agree, and many people in the city might die because of him...

"Sir Chen, it is true that one should bear the king's worries, but now the general trend is irreversible. In order to repay the king's kindness, you and I can refuse to surrender and fight to the death."

"But if we insist on resisting, we will attract the crazy revenge of the Tang army. Have you ever thought about it?"

"If the Tang army kills without mercy, what will happen to the more than 100,000 people in Sibi City when it is captured?"

"We are worthy of the king, but we are speechless in front of the people of our hometown!"

"Yes, Master Chen, why not vote!"

"If we keep persisting like this, the result we will get in the end is something we in Sibi cannot bear."

Faced with everyone's constant persuasion, Sima Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Time is also destiny.

Although he was reluctant, there seemed to be no better choice now.

If he insisted on doing so, I am afraid that his colleagues would throw him into jail before the Tang army arrived, and wait for the Tang army to arrive in Sibi, and then they would respectfully guard outside the city to welcome the royal army.

then.

He handed over this heretic who swore to resist the Tang army's southward advance to Kodo and his men for them to deal with as they pleased, in exchange for his own life and property.

Sima Chen turned his gaze to the governor and bowed, "This matter is entirely up to the governor to decide."

The governor of Sibi nodded, with a slight smile on his face.

It was neither reasonable nor logical for him to lead the defenders in Sibi City to resist the Tang army's southward advance.

Because his whole family is here, his resistance is likely to cause dissatisfaction in Kodo, and then he will die tragically at the hands of everyone just like Yin Weiming.

Now, even Sima Chen, who had always called for a decisive battle with the Tang army, felt that there was no chance of winning this matter, and he could naturally order a surrender.

"In that case, let's send someone to contact Kodo."

The governor sighed, feeling quite powerless, as if all this was not caused by them, but was just forced by the situation.

"If De'an hadn't surrendered so quickly, we might have been able to stop them here in Sibi."

"Your Excellency the Governor is right."

"Great idea at this time."

"It's all because De'an surrendered too quickly..."

Everyone talked to each other, but without exception, they pushed all the responsibility onto De'an.

after all.

Before the Tang army arrived at Sibi, De'an, who was still behind Sibi, surrendered first.

Faced with the impending double-pronged attack, Sabi had no choice but to surrender to the Tang army. Even if the news of this reached Fengshan City and the ears of the King of Baekje, they had their reasons.

But no matter what, they always found some reasons and excuses for themselves to make themselves feel better.

So that you won’t be pointed at and called a bunch of spineless people in the future.

In a county town a hundred miles away from Sibi, apart from some scattered defenders, there was no effective obstruction, and even the city gates were open.

After seeing this scene, Kodo and others were stunned.

Wasn’t it agreed that the entire country of Baekje would join forces to resist the Tang army?
Why is it so empty here?

"Is this an empty city tactic?"

Kodo stared at the wide-open city gate in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Make sense.

This was just a small county town with more than 10,000 households. Even if there was an ambush, his current military strength was enough to raze the county town to the ground.

However, the fact that the gate of this county town was wide open made him feel that something was wrong.

"Send someone to investigate."

A cavalryman headed towards the county town at a very fast speed.

Even when he rode his horse into the city, no defenders stepped forward to stop him. Instead, they cheered and clapped.

These scenes made Kodo even more dumbfounded.

soon.

The cavalry came to report: "General, the county magistrate in the city fled with his family after learning that we were leading 50,000 troops to come."

Kodo: “…”

It seems that I am worrying too much.

"Where are the defenders?"

"There weren't many defenders in the city, and most of them were conscripted men. In addition, there were also many residents in the city. When they saw the county magistrate run away, they naturally didn't dare to stop us. Most of them took off their armor and went home."

"..."

Ok.

Kodo nodded, waved his hand and said, "The army will enter the city to rest. Do not disturb the people."

"Yes!"

Thirty thousand troops slowly entered the county town.

Although there were not many passers-by on the street, most of the residents on both sides of the street were looking at the army entering the city through the cracks in the windows.

"Everyone, listen, we came to Baekje to fight against the rebellious sons, not to be your enemies or to fight with you."

"From today on, this place belongs to the Tang Dynasty. All the people must follow the general's rules."

"No one is allowed to go out after dark. Anyone who goes out with a sword will be regarded as an enemy and will be killed without mercy."

"..."

As the army entered the city, rows and rows of laws were constantly conveyed to the ears of the people in the city.

Although the people were somewhat unhappy about these regulations, they did not dare to show it at all. More importantly, they remained vigilant about whether the Tang army had really done nothing wrong.

If the Tang army was really as the legend said, leaving corpses everywhere they passed, they would have no choice but to fight to the death with the Tang army.

But if the Tang army really doesn't move them at all...

Who manages the city and who is the boss, what does it matter?
What is important is that they have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear.

Night falls slowly.

A cavalryman arrived outside the county town.

"Open the gate. I am Ge Yucheng, the cavalry sergeant of Sibi!"

On the city wall.

A group of soldiers looked at the guy who came to knock on the door in surprise.

From Sabi?

That’s great, isn’t this a credit that comes right to your door?
"Shoot him!"

"Wait, first ask him what is his purpose of coming here?"

"You are not in Sabi, what are you doing here with us?"

"The governor has ordered me to go find the Tang army general Keduo to discuss surrender. As it is getting late today, I will stay here. You can inform your county magistrate Wang and tell him that he does not need to resist the Tang army."

"...?"

The many defenders on the city wall looked at each other.

I thought this was a credit that came to me, but I didn't expect that the other party was surrendering. This is quite embarrassing.

"Open the city gate!"

The heavy city gate slowly opened. Ge Yucheng smiled and was about to clasp his fists to express his gratitude when he saw soldiers with braids coming out one by one.

After seeing these people, Ge Yucheng's smile suddenly froze.

"Are you the cavalry of the Baishan tribe?"

“That’s quite insightful.”

"You're right, we are the cavalry of the Baishan tribe!"

"This city is now under the jurisdiction of our General Kodo, but since you are here to surrender, why don't you come with us to see the general?"

……

"General, the people from Sabi are here."

"Ok?"

Kodo looked up in confusion.

Ge Yucheng walked into the lobby with some soldiers, looking embarrassed.

"Ge Yucheng, the cavalry sergeant of Sibi, greets General Kodo!"

"Sibi..."

Kodo sat up straight and said with a smile, "We haven't even reached Sibi yet, why are you here?"

"General, our governor has issued an order that Sibi will no longer resist the Celestial Empire's divine soldiers, and will warmly welcome General Kodo to lead his army into the city."

"Oh?"

Kodo leaned forward and asked, "Am I to understand that your governor has announced his surrender to the Tang Dynasty?"

"Exactly."

Ge Yucheng said in a deep voice: "Just this afternoon, we received news that De'an has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. In order to prevent the people of Sibi from suffering, the governor made a painful decision to surrender to the Tang Dynasty."

Ha ha.

Kodo was immediately happy.

Is this a firm decision to surrender to the Tang Dynasty?
It was clearly forced by the situation!
If he had not come with an army of 30,000, under the guise of 50,000 elite soldiers, would the governor of Sibi have surrendered?
If De'an had not surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Sibi would most likely be attacked from both sides. Would they surrender?

However, since the other party has chosen to surrender, there is no need for him to argue about these things.

After all, Sibi's surrender would allow them to capture Sibi without bloodshed and speed up their pace of moving south.

"it is good!"

"In that case, please go back to Sibi and tell him that I have accepted his surrender."

"These two Japanese generals will take their troops to Sibi to have a look."

"Yes!"

Ge Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Kodo did not make things too difficult for him. He just asked him to rush to Sibi again and inform him of the matter.

Kodo waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. I will be there the next day."

Ge Yucheng bowed and retreated.

"Thank you for your trip."

Kodo's personal soldier patted Ge Yucheng on the shoulder, smiled and called to his companions, "Prepare a good horse for him, so that the journey back will be easier."

"it is good!"

The companion left quickly, and in a few moments he returned with a good horse.

"Thank you!"

Ge Yucheng thanked him, took the reins handed to him, mounted the horse and left.

In order to inform the governor of the news as soon as possible, Ge Yucheng rushed back to Sibi overnight.

When he saw the governor, he almost fainted.

"Your humble servant greets the Governor."

"Why are you back so soon?"

"Your Excellency, I have already met with General Kodo and informed the Governor that he intends to surrender."

Hear the words.

The governor of Sibi was both excited and a little uneasy. "What did General Kodo say?"

"Your Excellency, after General Kodo learned of my intention, he agreed to our surrender."

"Good good!"

The governor of Sibi was overjoyed.

With Kodo's permission to surrender, they no longer have to worry and lose sleep at night.

Finally I can have a good sleep!
"what's your name?"

"I am Ge Yucheng."

"You did a great job. I will remember you. Come, take him down to rest and serve him well."

"Thank you, sir."

……

Early the next morning.

The news that De'an had surrendered to the Tang army spread throughout the streets and alleys of Sibi.

When the people of Sibi learned about this, they were all extremely angry.

The Tang army had clearly not yet arrived at Sibi, so why did De'an's people surrender first?
Even if you are worried that the Tang army is too powerful and cannot be defeated, there is no need to kneel so quickly, right?

After all, De'an is still south of Sibi!

Now that De'an has surrendered, what should they do in Sibi?
Not only do they have to face the Tang army's southward offensive, but they also have to face the pincer attack from De'an?

For a time, the people in the entire Sibi were in panic. As soon as many wealthy and noble families heard the news, they took their families and wanted to leave Sibi and go to Fengshan City.

After all, that is the capital of the Baekje King. Besides, the Baekje King has decided to fight the Tang army to the death, so it will be safer in the end.

however.

When these people wanted to leave the city, they found that they were thinking too much.

Sibi has been blocked by the governor.

No one could leave the city easily without the governor's order.

soon.

The governor's mansion was surrounded by many wealthy and powerful families in the city.

However, facing the encirclement and questioning of these people, the governor's mansion did not make any movement at all.

Just when countless people were in a state of panic, the Governor's Office issued a notice.

Sibi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

The spread of this news was undoubtedly a great joy for the entire Sibi.

Firstly, they no longer had to face the double-sided attack from the Tang army and De'an. Secondly, after surrendering, the Tang army would have no reason to launch a large-scale massacre against Sibi.

In order to confirm the authenticity of the news, many wealthy and powerful families used their connections to find out whether the matter was true or not.

After receiving a definite answer, these people finally felt relieved and returned home with their families.

As for why the city was closed, they did not get a definite answer.

but.

The Tang army did not commit massacres in Xiongjin, so how could they commit murder in Sabi?
I think it should be fine...

It’s noon this day.

An army of thirty thousand came from the north.

There were over ten thousand soldiers, covering the entire mountain and plain.

At the city gate, a group of Sibi officials who were already waiting, after seeing the scale of the army led by Kodo, immediately felt that surrendering to the Tang Dynasty was undoubtedly a wise decision.

otherwise.

The army under Kodo's command is enough to bring disaster to the people of Sibi!
"The governor of Sibi, Jinling Shen, and his colleagues from Sibi welcome General Kodo into the city!"

Kodo looked down at the governor of Sibi, then at the officials who had surrendered, and waved the whip in his hand with a smile.

"Let's go into the city together."

(End of this chapter)