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Chapter 252: Persuading Surrender (Part 1)

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    In troubled times, everyone is struggling for their lives. Even a big military leader like Dang Shousu works hard on weekdays and has a hard time.  If the warlord's support and separatist power can be compared to a business, Dang Shousu has been having a bad year recently. He has lost money on several transactions in a row. He has been making less money and spending more money than making ends meet. Now he does not even have a stable store (base)  None, he is about to become a mobile vendor.  This time, joining Liu Fangliang and He Zhen in taking refuge with Emperor Longwu was a desperate gamble for Dang Shousu. If he won, he could make up for his loss and still make a profit, but if he lost, he would be close to bankruptcy.  Two years after leaving Huguang, Dang Shousu's veterans had lost nearly half of their troops, and their armor and weapons were in urgent need of replacement. This time, they suffered another big loss by holding on to Ningyuan. They no longer cared about the meritorious service of Conglong, and just wanted to  Earning more benefits to make up for the losses, he did not follow Liu Fangliang and He Zhen to chase Emperor Longwu, but stayed in Ningyuan, bent on annihilating the remnants of Zhou Guodong.  Liu Fangliang and He Zhen were both brothers who put loyalty first. Knowing that Dang Shousu had suffered a lot this time, they led their troops to pursue Emperor Longwu, leaving Zhou Guodong's big piece of fat to Dang Shousu to enjoy alone.  Come to think of it, Dang Shousu still has more than 10,000 troops, and he can easily eat up thousands of Zhou Guodong's remaining soldiers in one go.  Dang Shousu thought so too.  He commanded his troops to surround Zhou Guodong, then opened his big mouth and bit down hard.  Then, he lost two teeth.  Dang Shousu made a misjudgment during the Ningyuan sniper battle and hid his most elite main force in the rear camp and Ningyuan City. As a result, the Chu army easily broke through. However, his main force also recharged its batteries and suffered almost no losses.  Now facing Zhou Guodong's thousands of remaining soldiers, he sent all his main troops up. He was originally confident that he could make a quick victory and defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop. However, after a fierce battle, it was one of his main troops that was defeated.  , Dang Shousu realized that Zhou Guodong was not a piece of fat stewed until soft, but a hard walnut, and his teeth would fall apart if he was not careful.  Zhou Guodong laughed at the missing teeth and said that the dog hole was wide open. He seized the opportunity to break out of the siege through the gap and fled into Jiuyi Mountain in the south of Ningyuan.  The fat meat in his mouth No, how could he run away with the walnuts in his mouth!  Dang Shousu pursued relentlessly, chasing and blocking Zhou Guodong from all sides, and finally trapped Zhou Guodong on a peak of Jiuyi Mountain, surrounded on all sides like iron barrels.  Dang Shousu immediately issued an order to surround Zhou Guodong without attacking. He would only wait for his army to run out of food and then he would be defeated without a fight. The Chu army was a hard nut to crack. Since it was already in an invincible position, there was no need to fight again.  A brutal battle.  Unfortunately, the plan did not change quickly. The latest information sent by the scouts forced him to launch a general attack.  The Western Army is coming!  Liu Wenxiu sent three generals, Lu Mingchen, Gao Wengui and Wang Shangli, to pursue the Chu army into Hunan. Their frontline was directed at Yong'an. Among them, Lu Mingchen was the fastest. The vanguard had already appeared outside the city of Yong'an County. Party Shousu was there.  There were not many troops left behind in Yong'an County. The majority were from Sun Chengye's troops who had lost the battle. His troops had just gathered and retreated, and their combat effectiveness had not yet returned to 30% of the usual level. When they saw the Western Army coming at them fiercely, they attacked three times a day.  Ask Dang Shousu for urgent help.  "There is a hungry wolf in front of us, and a tiger behind us. What should we do now? We can only kill the hungry wolf Zhou Guodong first, and then turn around and deal with the tiger Lu Mingchen!" Dang Shousu realized that he was already in a passive situation where he was attacked from both sides.  He had to strike first and eliminate Zhou Guodong before the main force of the Western Army arrived. However, before the general attack, he took a tentative attitude and sent an envoy up the mountain to Zhou Guodong's army to persuade him to surrender.  Two hours later, the messenger came back, his mouth full of oil and he kept burping.  "General Zhou invited me to eat roasted horse meat. I had to eat a big piece of it. After I finished, he gave me another piece. I didn't dare not eat itburp!" Horse meat is also meat. Dang Shousu has been living a miserable life recently.  It was rare for many days for the soldiers to see the smell of meat. The envoy was a little reserved at first, but later he had to "give in" under the intimidation of Zhou Guodong and let go of his belly to fight desperately. As a result, he could only move slowly step by step when going down the mountain.  So I delayed my return until now.  When asked about the result of the surrender, the envoy replied: "General Zhou said that he lived a happy life on the mountain eating horse meat and blowing the mountain breeze. He did not want to go down the mountain for three to five months. If Duke An Guo wants to see him, please go up the mountain."  , he just had too much roasted horse meat to eat. Dang Shousu had just been conferred the title of Duke of Anguo by Emperor Longwu. What was rare was that Zhou Guodong actually matched this and still showed courtesy when the two armies were fighting.  Five months?  Nonsense!  He can persist for half a month even if the sun comes out from the west!  Since Zhou Guodong had killed the horses for food, it meant that the army was out of food, so he even made a swollen face and pretended to be fat, pretending to be a ghost in front of the general.  ¡± Mountain springs and streams in the southThere is a lot. Zhou Guodong should not be in danger of running out of water, but just relying on killing horses for meat is definitely not a long-term solution. Most of the thousands of Chu troops under his command are infantry, and the cavalry does not exceed 200. In other words, he only has 200 at most.  A war horse, plus some draft horses, mules and other livestock for transporting equipment, the total number is definitely limited. Even if we dig some wild vegetables and grass roots to satisfy our hunger, it will take as long as half a month or as little as ten days, and we will definitely not be able to hold on.  .  Half a month, half a month at most, we can win without fighting, get a large number of weapons and equipment, and thousands of first-class elite soldiers. As its own losses continue to increase, Party Shousu's expectations continue to increase. Now  He no longer planned to let the Chu army go. Except for Zhou Guodong and a few officers and soldiers, he was ready to recruit all the thousands of Chu troops.  "It's a pity that the Western Army has already arrived. If Liu Wenxiu himself arrives with the main force of the Western Army, Dang Shousu will have to retreat, so before that, he wants to eliminate Zhou Guodong first and get some capital back.  "This is the order of the general, and the whole army has food. It is time to go out to attack this mountain" He hesitated for a moment, and then added: "Whoever kills Zhou Guodong will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and whoever captures him alive will be rewarded both!"  For this reason, Dang Shousu had long hated Zhou Guodong. Although he knew rationally that he could never be killed, he still found a morale-boosting reason to convince himself and offered a reward of one thousand taels of silver to buy Zhou Guodong's body.  Seeing the officers and men eager to take action, Dang Shousu suddenly felt a sense of joy as if a great revenge had been avenged, as if he had cut off Zhou Guodong's head with one knife, and finally let go of the bad breath that had been building up in his heart for many days.  .  A heavy reward must be rewarded by brave men. All the soldiers under Dang Shousu knew that the Chu army was at the end of its battle, so after launching the attack, everyone rushed forward and rushed forward bravely. Everyone wanted to rush to the top of the mountain to make a fortune, except Dang.  In addition to the various rewards offered by Shousu, everyone knows that the soldiers of the Chu army are also very rich, and they must have a lot of valuable things. At least there will be a large number of military coupons used as military pay. Although such military coupons are not as valuable as treasures,  Banknotes are still paper money, but they are hard currency that can be exchanged for silver at any time.  Attacking a mountain from the bottom up is no less difficult than attacking a city. It requires a large number of lives. Dang Shousu was reluctant to waste the lives of his men, so he did not attack recklessly and made a big show of it on the mountain road leading to the top of the mountain.  They launched a feint attack, but secretly sent a team of capable dead soldiers, carrying ropes and hooks on their backs, to climb up the steep slope of the back mountain to the top of the mountain, where a magic soldier descended from the sky.  At the beginning, their sneak attack was a great success. They killed people and set fire everywhere, causing a large area of ??chaos on the top of the mountain. When the defenders on the front mountain saw the fire on the top of the mountain, their morale and morale were obviously affected. They lost two dangerous positions one after another and were captured by the party.  Shousu's King Qin's army continued to fight halfway up the mountain, but not long after, Zhou Guodong personally led his troops to the top of the mountain, wiped out all the capable dead soldiers selected by Dang Shousu, and blocked the loophole again.  No matter how powerful the warrior is, he will not wear bulky armor or carry any long weapons when climbing the cliff. He only wears cloth and a sword. How can he defeat the armored elite?  Seeing that the fire on the top of the mountain was gradually extinguished and there were no more shouts of killing, Dang Shousu knew that the sneak attack had failed. He should have retreated temporarily at this time, but like a gambler who lost his eyes, he ordered a storm in anger.  The results speak for themselves.  ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT out to 2,000 men and horses, with a camp full of wounded soldiers, the party guard was defeated and returned.  The bloody facts finally made him understand that Zhou Guodong was neither a big fat piece of meat nor a hard walnut, but a copper pea that could not be steamed, boiled, beaten, flattened or fried. After regaining his composure, he began to take it seriously.  Considering the issue of retreat, if we continue to delay here, the 10,000-strong army will look like a lot, but to Liu Wenxiu, it will be just an appetizer.  Packing his empty luggage and full of pain, Dang Shousu prepared to embark on a wandering journey again, retreating to Hengzhou Prefecture and Chenzhou in the northeast. After meeting up with Liu Fangliang and He Zhen, he made the next step. As for  Dang Shousu is really afraid of Zhou Guodong, the copper pea that has broken all his teeth. If he can't afford to offend me, he can afford to hide. It's best not to see him again for the rest of his life.  He made up his mind to run away, but the battle situation took a new turn.  After the Western Army advanced to the line between Daozhou and Ningyuan, it suddenly stopped and stood still. The three troops of Lu Mingchen, Gao Wengui and Wang Shangli lined up facing Ningyuan County. They neither attacked the city nor outflanked Dang Shousu's retreat.  Tens of thousands of troops stood by with their arms folded, watching indifferently, as if they had come specifically to watch the excitement.  "This is to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers!" Dang Shousu was right. He vaguely guessed the intention of Lu Mingchen and other Western Army generals (actually he guessed wrong), and then realized that before he eliminated Zhou Guodong, the Western Army would not  Intervene easily.  "In that case, this is a rare opportunity!" Dang Shousu thought of this and couldn't help but secretly rejoiced that he was lucky enough to clean up thoseThe whole family was delayed for a whole day and was not in a hurry to withdraw troops from Jiuyi Mountain. Since it already knew that the Western Army would not easily intervene, it could continue to spend time with Zhou Guodong.  See who can outlast whom!
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