The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 534
Wu Gang walked out of the handsome camp, walked on the street, looked at the people coming and going, and saw that their eyes were full of fear and a hint of helplessness.When he was walking on the street, people rushed up one after another, looking at him intently, as if they were praying.

"General, vote!" Wanmin petitioned, this is a big deal!Everyone fell to their knees and finally spoke their minds.

Wu Gang hurriedly supported the common people kneeling in front of them, "Let's get up and talk!"

"General, if the Song army attacks, we people will suffer again, and how many people will be separated from their wives and children, and their families will be destroyed!" The oldest elder in the city, who has some prestige in the local area, said with tears, "The grassroots know that the general is good at fighting, and he takes good care of our people. It is because of the general's efforts that we can enjoy peace."

"However, the Song army has been besieging the city for more than half a month. We all know that the siege did not attack. Now, if there is no more food in the city, the situation will be even more serious. Caomin specially came to ask the general to open the city gate and surrender! If this continues , I really don’t know when it will be the head.”

Wugang was a little helpless and a little sad, and he was also worried.After all, Song Jiang besieged but did not attack in order to make them voluntarily surrender.In fact, he himself has weighed that if there is a big war, they will definitely be defeated with their strength. The only way to win is to fight for a long time and cut off the Song army's food and grass.It's just that this method is useless. With Weizhou's support, there is no need to worry about food and grass. With Da Song's support, they are isolated and helpless.

It can be said that in comparison, the outcome of this battle is already doomed.

Wu Gang is a loyal and loyal person. Even if Liao Tianzuo Emperor is fatuous and incompetent, he still sticks to his position. He will never abandon the city and surrender, nor will he leave the people in the city in disregard of life and death.However, he was born at an untimely time and encountered an unprecedented crisis in Daliao. He had intentions but was powerless.

The heavy snow kept falling, and the people gathered in the street, begging the general to open the city gate and surrender.If it was other generals, they would not dare to do so.Because this time is the most rare moment, if the people gather together to persuade them to surrender, they may already lose their heads.

At this moment, they don't care too much. The most important thing is that Wugang is indeed a rare good general, and he has won the hearts of the people.The people persuaded him to surrender, but also for his life.If a big war really breaks out, I'm afraid life will be lost.

Finally, WISCO asked them to go back first and give them an explanation in a few days.Everyone left one after another, and he was still the only one who continued to walk forward. Some people who hadn't left looked at his lonely back and shed tears silently.

"Is there really only the way to surrender?" Wu Gang thought silently, looking forward again, but there was no way to go, but his feet continued to walk forward, which made his steps very heavy, but It's hard to stop because it's really hard to decide.

A moment later, Wu Gang's figure appeared in the barracks, looking at the soldiers standing outside the camp, no matter how heavy the wind and snow, they still stick to their posts, not daring to be negligent.When the guards saw Wu Gang appear, they greeted them respectfully, and then continued to stand there motionless.

Wu Gang stepped into the barracks, and a deputy general came to report on the back: "General, there are deserters in the army!"

"Bring them in, I have something to ask them!" Wu Gang himself didn't remember the desertion, but it was the first time it happened in the past half month.Now, he just wanted to ask them some questions.

This time all the deserters were brought into the big tent. Wu Gang raised his head and saw that there were more than a dozen people, more than before.In addition, the dozen or so people were arrested, and some of them have already escaped and their whereabouts are unknown.They kept lowering their heads, not daring to look at Wugang, full of shame.

Because WISCO treats them really well, it is a last resort to be a deserter.

"You don't have to be like this, I know your difficulties!" Wu Gang sighed, "Let me ask you some things, why did you run away, what is the reason? You just say it's okay, I will never blame you, as long as you are truthful Just answer."

They still didn't dare to speak, kept their heads down, and remained silent. In the end, the deputy general shouted sharply: "You have been with the general all these years, don't you know that the general will do what he says? As long as you tell the truth, the general will not blame you blame!"

"Reporting to General, the reason why we escaped was because of our own reasons!" One of them raised his head and said guiltily: "The Song army surrounded us but did not attack, and we have already eaten enough food, so it is difficult to hold on. Besides, the heavy snow Here we go again, how many brothers will die if this continues. If we died in a vigorous battle on the battlefield, we would not have any complaints, but now it is really useless."

"If there is a big battle, we will die in battle without complaint or regret; if we stay behind closed doors, we can only sit and eat, and one day the food will be eaten. If this continues, how can we fight? We can only sit and wait for death. Since In this way, it is better to open the city gate and let Song Jun come in."

After Wu Gang finished listening, he asked the deputy general to take them down, and then sat alone in the tent, lowering his head and thinking: "It seems that there is really no other way!..."

The lieutenant general took all those people down and went back to the camp, just in time to see Wu Gang bowed his head in silence, his face was full of sadness, he called out respectfully, and after reporting the results of the matter, he continued: "General, It’s really not going to go on like this, if deserters continue to happen, I’m afraid our army will be defeated before the battle.”

"Vice General Wang, let me ask you, do you think what they said is right?" Wu Gang didn't answer Vice General Wang's words, but asked this sentence instead.

Vice-General Wang was taken aback, and after a pause, he said in a deep voice, "I think what they said is not wrong, but we are the generals of Daliao. If we open the city gate and surrender, we will become traitors. It's just that they are Soldiers are very different from us."

"The Song army besieged and did not attack. It meant that we ran out of ammunition and food and messed up our positions. Judging from the current situation, they succeeded. Not only was our army unstable, but deserters appeared one after another. Some people in the city are also worried, this is their purpose, I have to say that the means are really clever."

Wu Gang nodded. He also knew that this was a strategy used by the Song army, but the strategy made them helpless, and it was difficult to deal with it, and it was in the hands of the Song army.Finally, Wu Gang sighed helplessly: "Vice General Wang, pass on my order: open the city gate and surrender, no need to run away!"

Deputy General Wang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, turned around and left.

After Wu Gang said this, his whole body was shaken, his eyes were a little moist, and he was struggling in his heart. This is the choice he made. The only solution for now is to open the city gate and surrender, let all the generals take off their armor, etc. A weapon, that is, to show that one has really made up his mind.

In addition, Wu Gang wrote three more letters, two were sent to the other two generals, and the other was a letter of surrender, which was sent to the camp of the Song Army, and finally handed over to Zhao Gou.Until seeing this surrender letter, Zhao Gou finally showed a long-lost smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)