Chapter 889

On the city wall, Zhao Lei couldn't help frowning after hearing what Mrs. Zhao said, and wanted to curse impulsively.

You speak so high-soundingly, after all, it is not for your own life, have you considered us?

If we surrender, what we are waiting for is a dead end.

At that time, everyone in the Zhao family will have to die, and now they have saved their father and son.

Zhao Lei pursed his lips tightly, and said nothing. Seeing that Zhao Lei was silent, the Empress Dowager thought that Zhao Lei had listened to her words, and persuaded her even harder.

"Zhao Lei, hurry up and persuade your father to surrender, you can't be traitors and harm everyone in the Zhao family, your old lady, wife and children are all in prison, don't you want to watch them die? "

Zhao Lei sneered coldly on the city wall, he couldn't take care of himself, if he cared about others, he would die.

He is not close to his wife and the children he gave birth to at home. He himself married a second wife in Longhaiguan, so he has no shortage of wives and children.

Of course, Zhao Lei wouldn't tell the Empress Dowager about these things, but seeing the Empress Dowager speak more and more powerfully.

He couldn't say nothing, so Zhao Lei yelled down the city wall with a sullen face: "The empress dowager, please go back."

After speaking, he turned around and left.

Seeing that he ignored her, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to turn around and return to Xiao Wenyu.

"Your Majesty, they don't listen to Aijia, there is nothing Aijia can do."

Xiao Wenyu looked at her with a smile that was not a smile, and said slowly: "If they don't listen, the Empress Dowager will persuade them under the city wall until they are persuaded to surrender. I am not in a hurry."

As a result, this persuasion lasted for three days, and every day the Empress Dowager went outside Dingcheng to persuade her to surrender.

Xiao Wenyu didn't make an order to attack Dingcheng, but let the Empress Dowager persuade her to surrender on the city wall.

On the wall of Dingcheng, Zhao's army did not dare to shoot arrows casually, and the two armies were locked in this way for a while.

Xiao Wenyu was not in a hurry, they had no shortage of food and drink, and they had marched for several days, which just allowed the army to rest for a few days, but the Zhao family's army in the city became restless.

Originally, they were rebels. They worked hard at first, declined at the second, and exhausted at the third. This kind of struggle will only wear down morale, and the people in the city have a faint sense of resistance.

Although Zhao Guogong captured three cities, in fact, the people in the city were forced by his lust and did not dare to criticize them. If you don't suppress the righteousness, you will kill yourself more than you will, and you will definitely not end well in the end.

Although these people didn't dare to say it publicly, the murmurs in private still vaguely spread to the army. Many soldiers in the army didn't realize it before, and followed Zhao Guogong all the way. People regret it, they are just soldiers, even if they follow Zhao Guogong to rebel, what good will it do them.

There are parents and children in their family, and now it is all because they have become rebels.

But now they have become rebels, and there is no way to turn back.

For a while, the morale of the Zhao family army was greatly damaged, and the whole Dingcheng was shrouded in defeat.

Zhao Lei was very worried when he saw it, and immediately summoned a group of Zhao Guogong's subordinates to discuss the matter.

"Father, what should we do now? That little thief Xiao Wenyu didn't allow anyone to attack the city, but let the empress dowager persuade him to surrender in front of the battle. It's been three days. If this continues, I'm afraid our army's morale will collapse."

Zhao Guogong looked down at several of his subordinates, and asked in a deep voice, "What should we do now?"

The next counselor quickly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is inevitable to get rid of the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager is allowed to continue, I am afraid that the morale of our army will be greatly weakened."

After hearing what this man said, Zhao Lei immediately nodded in agreement: "My son agrees with Master Cao's words."

Zhao Guogong frowned, that was his younger sister, but it was not an option to ask the younger sister to persuade him to surrender.

Zhao Lei looked at Mr. Cao who was on the side and said, "What do you think Mr. Cao should do?"

Mr. Cao thought for a while and said, "It's better to have someone shoot the Empress Dowager."

After hearing Master Cao's words, Zhao Guogong immediately said in disapproval: "If you shoot and kill the Empress Dowager, wouldn't I be insulted by others?"

Master Cao was choked by Zhao Guogong's words, and wanted to ask this man, do you still have face now? People outside call you a traitor, you still worry about your reputation, do you still have a reputation?

But Mr. Cao dare not say that this man is now the emperor, so how dare he talk nonsense.

While thinking about it, Master Cao said: "Your Majesty, we can create the truth that we don't know, let our subordinates shoot and kill the Empress Dowager, and then pretend that we don't know, and punish those subordinates severely."

That is to add some fig leaf to yourself.

People outside may not necessarily believe that they don't know.

But what can Mr. Cao do? Now he is a member of Zhao's father and son's boat, so he can only follow them.

Before the Zhao family sent people to sneak into the capital to assassinate His Majesty, they thought they would succeed with every chance, but they failed in the end, and he could only follow Zhao's father and son to turn against him.

If he doesn't rebel, Zhao and his son will definitely kill him, so he can only agree to it in order to save his life.

As soon as Mr. Cao's words fell, Zhao Lei agreed first: "Father, this method is feasible. If the Empress Dowager is asked to persuade the surrender before the battle, the morale of our army may be destroyed by her."

They didn't feel much about what the Empress Dowager said, but the soldiers guarding the city were very touched after hearing it.

Going on like this is not an option.

First, Zhao Guogong finally agreed: "Yes."

The Empress Dowager was being shot and killed that night. On the city wall, Zhao Lei led people to rush up and curse at the men who shot and killed the Empress Dowager, as if they didn't know.

Outside the city wall, Xiao Wenyu ordered to attack the city.

He had been waiting for the Zhao family to shoot and kill the Empress Dowager, first to make Zhao Guogong and his son's reputation worse, and second, to kill the old witch, the Empress Dowager, by the hands of Zhao Guogong and his son.

His father died because of this woman, how could he allow her to live, but if he killed the Empress Dowager, he would be infamous, no matter what, the Empress Dowager is an elder, it is not his turn to kill, but Now the father and son of the Zhao family shot and killed the empress dowager, and the notoriety fell on the father and son of the Zhao family.

"Feng Yao obeyed the order and led 30,000 troops to attack the east gate."

"Yes."

"Xiao Wenjia led 30,000 troops to attack the south gate."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

General Feng and Xiao Wenjia led the army to attack Dingcheng.

This night there was constant fighting. Originally, the Empress Dowager had surrendered in front of the battle, breaking the morale of the army, and then being attacked by the army, Dingcheng was breached after only one night of defense. Zhao Guogong and his son led the troops to retreat to Sucheng.

Originally captured three array cities, but lost one array pool in the blink of an eye. Zhao Guogong and his son were so angry that they were half dead. At the same time, they became wary of Xiao Wenyu and the soldiers he brought.

The atmosphere in the Sucheng lobby was indescribably heavy, and Zhao Guogong's face was ashen and he didn't say a word.

Although he didn't say anything, a pair of stern eyes glanced at the faces of the people below him from time to time. He could see that the hearts of these people under him were fluctuating, and they all wanted to retreat. If it weren't for the fact that they had no way out now, I am afraid that I will get cold feet at the first moment.

(end of this chapter)