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Chapter 254 Persuading Surrender (Part 2)

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    The scouts are all the spoiled ones in the army, and these scouts sent by Dang Shousu are even more masters among masters. They are just spying on what the Chu army eats. This task should not be too simple.  Two hours later, the scouts came back, burping non-stop.  "We were captured by mistake. General Zhou invited us to drink horsehide soup. It was a big bowl and we had to finish it. After finishing it, he gave us another bowl. We didn't dare not drink itburp!" Several scouts fulfilled their mission and succeeded.  It was discovered that the Chu army was eating wild vegetables cooked with horsehide. After cleaning the flesh and blood from the horsehide and donkey skin, they were wrapped and buried in the ground. They would not rot and deteriorate within ten days and a half. The Chu army now relied on this to satisfy their hunger.  .  "General Zhou said that boiling donkey skin is a great tonic. He has been taking it too much recently and is so exhausted that he doesn't want to eat every day. He invites Duke An to go up the mountain and drink donkey skin soup together to keep him full." Several scouts had strange expressions, and they immediately  The wild vegetable soup was not roasted horse meat, and it tasted weird and hard to swallow. They were forced to drink several bowls, and now their stomachs were growling.  "I'll feed you! I'll feed you! I'll feed you! From now on, you guys will give me wild vegetable soup every day" Dang Shousu slapped him across the head and face. Zhou Guodong went too far, and everyone is not the same.  Is there any deep grudge, anything that we can¡¯t sit down and talk about?  Why must we fight to the end?  Do you know that I am also under a lot of pressure - in addition to the eagerly watching Western Army, Dang Shousu's more than 10,000 troops eat horse chews every day, and the military rations are almost at the bottom.  If he had known that Zhou Guodong was so difficult, he should not have provoked him in the first place. Dang Shousu was riding a tiger, and the negative emotions he had accumulated for many days finally broke out. After beating a few scouts in anger, he thought for a moment and said to his left and right: "Zhou Guodong is here.  Si Qiang tried to calm down, but in fact he can no longer hold on. Everyone, let¡¯s grit our teeth and hold on for two more days, and then we will send people up the mountain to persuade them to surrender. " Zhou Guodong is at the end of his rope. As long as he doesn¡¯t lose heart and persists to the end, he will have to surrender sooner or later.  Two days passed in the blink of an eye.  Dang Shousu got up early in the morning. Before he could send out an envoy to persuade him to surrender, he found that Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui had retreated. Looking from a distance, the Western Army's camp was empty. The military flags, tents, etc. had all been taken away, revealing a large area of ??khaki.  of open space.  !  !  !  !  !  !  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  Dang Shousu couldn't believe his eyes, and immediately sent scouts to investigate. After confirming that the Western Army had disappeared without a trace, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, kicked over the table and stepped on it, and said with high spirits: "Here, come,  Even if you kill a horse, I also want to eat roasted horse meat. Well, isn¡¯t there an injured horse that is dying? Just kill that one" Dang Shousu no longer cares about why the Western Army withdrew its troops. He only knows that it is hanging over his head.  The dark clouds suddenly dispersed, and the hard days were finally over. From now on, roasted horse meat can be made at will: "Zhou Guodong, Zhou Guodong, you drink your horse skin and wild vegetable soup, and I will eat my roasted horse meat. In two days, I will  Let¡¯s see if you surrender!¡± Since the Western Army has withdrawn its troops, it is not in a hurry to persuade Zhou Guodong to surrender. Now Zhou Guodong still has horse skin and wild vegetable soup to drink, and he will definitely put forward various conditions when negotiating with him. In a few days, when Zhou Guodong also has horse skin and wild vegetable soup,  If you can't drink anymore, you have no choice but to surrender unconditionally!  After eating this roasted horse meat, Dang Shousu was in a good mood and had a good appetite. He gnawed a horse bone until it was all white and then put it down. He was about to lie down and take a nap when his soldiers came.  According to reports, the Chu army sent an envoy down the mountain to ask for an audience with Duke An.  "Please wait a minute, treat him to a meal of roasted horse meat first, and pick a big piece for him. If he doesn't eat it, give him another piece" It's disrespectful to come and go without reciprocating. How can the great Ming An Guo Gong do it?  Because he lost face with two pieces of horse meat, Dang Shousu sent someone to stabilize Zhou Guodong's envoy, and then smiled to his confidants: "As the saying goes, you can see far when you stand high. Zhou Guodong must have seen the Western bandits withdrawing from the top of the mountain.  What do you think he wants to do by sending people here at this moment? " "I am stupid, I can't guess the purpose of Zhou Guodong's visit, please let the general know!" All the wise men on the left and right shook their heads to show that they were fools.  "If my guess is correct, Zhou Guodong should be asking for surrender. Now that the Western bandits are gone, he will no longer have the opportunity to break out of the encirclement. He is in a desperate situation with no food or reinforcements, so he has no choice but to ask for surrender." After going through hardships,  Success in spite of obstacles is even more precious. Dang Shousu really wants to be more reserved in front of his subordinates, but the great joy rising from the depths of his heart has already overflowed his whole chest like flowers blooming, and his eyes and mouth  , all showed a deep smile, and the whole person became radiant at this moment. Even the scar behind the ear turned a tender pink, which fully demonstrated how excited its owner was at this moment.  "So that's what happened! Oops, why didn't I think of it?" "I'm determined, Zhou Guodong is going to surrender." "What if he doesn't surrender? If he continues to be so stubborn?, it will definitely be a dead end!  " "According to me, we should not easily agree to his request to surrender. We should drive the envoy back first, and then prepare some good wine and meat every day to persuade him to surrender. In three to five days, most of the Chu soldiers will defect. By then, Zhou Guodong will  Don't think about raising any more conditions, you can only surrender.  " "Yes, we can't take advantage of him. Doesn't Zhou Guodong like to drink horsehide and wild vegetable soup?"  Let him cool off on the top of the mountain for a few more days" Everyone was awakened by Dang Shousu's words, and they immediately rushed to come up with ideas. The excitement was beyond words, even worse than Dang Shousu. "  You are right. Zhou Guodong has humiliated me several times and I should not let him go easily. However, our army has been delayed here for too long. There has been no news about Duke Bao and Duke Ding (Liu Fangliang and He Zhen) in the past few days.  It is said that my father-in-law is worried that things will change if he is too late.  "Dang Shousu pondered for a moment and said, "Let's see what the person who comes here says first. If the conditions proposed by Zhou Guodong are not too excessive, then we will agree to him.  " Not long after, the envoy of the Chu army was brought into the Chinese military tent. His mouth was full of oil and he kept burping. Dang Shousu stared at his lips for a long time, and his heart was filled with the joy of revenge. "Your envoy is here, you have something to say.  What's the point?  " "My General Zhou ordered me to come and persuade Duke An to surrender.  " "Well, if I had known this today, why bother? Your General Zhou should have wait, what did you just say?  I didn't hear it clearly.  " "I said, my General Zhou ordered me to come and persuade Duke An to surrender.  " After the messenger repeated it, there was a sudden silence. Dang Shousu and the generals on the left and right were all so confused that they even forgot to get angry. No one spoke up to reprimand this ridiculous and arrogant messenger. "Did you eat something wrong?  , is it broken here?  "Dang Shousu tapped his head with his fingers: "You should be surrendering now. Why are you here to recruit the surrender of your own country?  " "The Western thief has escaped, but the Duke is still waiting here to die. It's really ridiculous. Doesn't Duke An know that you are about to be in disaster?  "The envoy stared into Dang Shousu's eyes with sharp eyes: "For today's roast horse meat, I owe the Duke a favor. That's all. Then show the Duke a way out. Now pack up your troops and withdraw.  Huguang, you can still save your life. Of course, if you are willing to surrender to my General Zhou, it will be the best result for the Duke. I'm afraid you don't have the courage.  "    "fart!  "Dang Shousu finally got angry, pointed at the messenger's nose and cursed: "You are talking nonsense, just to disturb the morale of our army. Tell me, why is this general facing a disaster, and why is he waiting to die?  To be honest, I don¡¯t believe in the idea of ??¡®the two countries are at war without killing each other¡¯!  " "Haven't the Duke ever thought about why the Western thieves wanted to withdraw their troops?  "The envoy asked quietly. "This" Dang Shousu's face suddenly froze and he asked. "The Western bandits are obviously afraid of something when they withdraw their troops. May I ask, Duke, who are the Western bandits afraid of?  "The envoy asked. "" Still speechless. "There are some things that you can't think deeply about, otherwise the more you think about them, the scarier they will become. The Western Army has tens of thousands of elite troops, and there are famous generals like Liu Wenxiu as the coach. They are certainly not afraid of Liu Fangliang and He  Jane, the only one who can make them retreat is the Chu army, and it is a large army composed of the main force of the Chu army. "There is another reason why the Western thieves withdrew their troops because there is no opportunity to take advantage of them and there is no profit. May I ask the Duke, what happened.  What happened that made Liu Wenxiu feel like there was no chance?  "The envoy continued to ask. "Could it be that Your Majesty" Dang Shousu's eyes suddenly lost their luster and he murmured to himself. "I don't know. My General Zhou doesn't know where Your Majesty is, but he knows.  , if Duke Baoguo and Duke Ding take His Majesty back, Liu Wenxiu will never retreat easily.  The messenger's voice became extremely cold: "Although our army has run out of food, if we save a little, we can still drink donkey skin and wild vegetable soup for three to five days. If An Guogong is unwilling, just wait three to five days to see the outcome. You  You can take this opportunity to find out what happened. I will say goodbye now.  " Before Dang Shousu could say anything, the envoy had already strode out, and no one on either side of the soldiers stepped forward to stop him. When he was about to walk out of the tent, he suddenly turned back and said, "I have a cruel request.  My General Zhou has been drinking too much donkey skin soup recently and is not getting enough of it. I think An Guogong still has a lot of roasted horse meat here. Can you bring a few pieces back to my General Zhou?  " Dang Shousu looked at him sideways for a long time, and finally nodded: "Take it, take it all, I will give you a whole horse leg, and carry it back up the mountain" That night, Dang Shousu received Liu Fangliang and  He Zhen's autograph letter revealed that Emperor Longwu had been sent to Changsha by the Chu army and then disappeared. At the same time, the Chu army mobilized an army of 50,000.Led by Tan Xiao, who had just broken through, they quickly advanced towards Yongzhou Prefecture on the border of Hunan and Guangxi. The forward was only fifty miles away from Ningyuan.  Dang Shousu was forced to retreat and quietly withdrew from Jiuyi Mountain that night. Before leaving, he carefully left several loads of military rations for Zhou Guodong.
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