1032 Valiantly Facing Death (1/2)
Chapter 1032 – Valiantly Facing Death
Although he was mostly convinced, Bayan decided to drag the matter on for another day.
The siege on the second day was even more intense, with both sides going all out. Bayan did not bother about the sacrifices, sending up all the surrendered troops to try to use the maximum value of this batch of cannon fodder.
The South Song camp similarly treated it really seriously and struct back resolutely.
As night fell, in the area around Lin'an City, blood flowed like a river and corpses were strewn all over, making one terrified. The South Song camp paid the price of 30 thousand troops today. Not only did they clear out all the castles, but they also wiped out all the surrendered troops.
A 'sick cat' that went all out was really dangerous.
Although the goal of Bayan was to clear out the surrendered troops, for all of them to die really stunned Bayan. The strength of the player forces astonished him.
That night, Zhang Hongfan received a second letter from Zhang Shijie.
The contents were simple, and there was only one sentence, ”Since your army does not accept our surrender, we can only go all out and live and die together with Lin'an City. See you on the battlefield!”
It seemed like Zhang Shijie had totally given up on surrendering.
When Bayan saw that, he made up his mind. He smiled as he said to Zhang Hongfan, ”Now we can discuss with them.”
The next morning, Kublai Khan sent his reply to Bayan to give him the power to make decisions and to discuss with South Song. As a result, Bayan did not need to seek instructions and could decide on his own.
Zhang Hongfan nodded.
”Remember, let South Song send an official with power out to discuss. At most, they can only send 200 men out.” Bayan was still really careful.
”Understood!”
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16th day of the Battle Map.
The flames of war still flew on this day, and the fighting was really intense.
After replying to Zhang Shijie, Bayan did not stop the fighting to keep it a secret. He only agreed to discuss the surrender at the south outskirts at night.
Morning, a quiet mansion west of the city.
Similarly, to keep it a secret, members of the Grand Council chose this place for their meeting.
Before the meeting began, the atmosphere in the room was really solemn. Since this was a false surrender, based on the request of Bayan, when one went out to discuss, they would run the risk of losing their lives.
The important officials in Bayan's mind would only be Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, and Wen Tianxiang. Seeing that Wen Tianxiang was now shelved, they were only left with two people.
”I'll go!” Zhang Shijie said, ”I wrote the letter, so naturally, I should go out to negotiate.”
Lu Xiufu shook his head resolutely, ”The military depends on you, it's better if I go.”
Zhang Shijie wanted to say something, but Lu Xiufu did not give him the chance and continued, ”Negotiation is also always done by civil servants, so it's my duty.”
No matter how their abilities were, the way they acted deserved respect.
Lu Xiufu was really calm, and he smiled, ”For me to be able to do something for the Imperial Court at my death, I can die with no regrets.”
Such willingness to die made Ouyang Shuo really emotional. He could imagine what Lu Xiufu was thinking about when he carried the young emperor and jumped into the water in history.
Xiong Ba took a look at Ouyang Shuo, and for the first time, he recognized the actions of the latter.
Seeing that Lu Xiufu had made his mind up, everyone collected their feelings and started to confirm the details of the head killing operation.
Ouyang Shuo originally planned to arrange 200 Divine Martial Guards to protect him. However, after thinking about it, they were too eye-catching, and it might spoil the plan.
Whether Lu Xiufu could escape this or not depended on the heavens.
...
Night quickly arrived.
The orange red sun hung at the horizon, and the fresh colors became lighter and lighter. A bunch of eagles continued to circle overhead, giving out ear piercing screeches, making one feel annoyed.
The moment the military order was given, the Mongol army backed down like a flood, leaving tens of thousands of corpses and a broken, dirty battlefield.
Suddenly, the side gate on the south side opened from within.
South Song minister Lu Xiufu exited the city quietly under the accompaniment of 200 South Song Guards. After traveling for a short distance, a group of Mongol cavalry came over. After confirming their identities, they led them forward.
Bayan and his men were waiting on flat ground on the south outskirts.
Seeing that South Song had followed the agreement and only sent 200 guards, Bayan smiled. If he could smoothly persuade South Song to surrender, he would get a lot of credit for it.
After members of both sides greeted one another, they officially entered negotiations.
Everything looked normal, but what they did not know was that the current Lin'an city was largely different.
Based on the plan, on the west side, Lianpo led 50 thousand elite cavalry and gathered at the three gates on the west side. On the east, Zhao Zhuang led 50 thousand cavalry and did the same.
Next was the north side.
Er'Lai led the 30 thousand elite cavalry of the City Protection Legion Corps, along with Feng Qiuhuang's 30 thousand elite cavalry and quietly gathered toward the south side.
On the south side, Zhang Shijie led the only 20 thousand cavalry of South Song and were ready to go.