#284 - kill!!!

It was the seventh quarter of Hai time.

The night was as dark as ink, the bright moon hung in the sky, and there was no wind.

When Wei Changtian and Li Si hurriedly arrived at their destination before the last moment of Zi time, they only saw a section of empty city wall.

Not to mention the Liangzhou soldiers, they didn't even see a single Shuzhou soldier.

"This—"

The two men stared at each other, neither knowing what had happened in the time they had just spent traveling between the city wall and the state office.

Why was the city wall empty?

Wasn't this tantamount to offering up Yuanzhou City?

Could it be that Liang Zhen and Wen Wen had given up defending the city?

But even if they had abandoned the defense, where were the remaining nearly twenty thousand soldiers at this time? Why hadn't they seen a single soldier on the road from the state office?

Wei Changtian searched back and forth on the city wall for a long time, unwilling to accept it, but still didn't find a single living person.

On the contrary, Li Si, this "old soldier," understood military affairs better. In the end, he found a Shuzhou soldier hiding in a cellar in the city tower.

"Why are you hiding here?!"

Looking at the silent soldier opposite him, Wei Changtian frowned and asked, "Where are the others?!"

"Sir, you—"

"Answer my question!"

Wei Changtian felt increasingly uneasy, and his tone completely lost patience: "Speak! Where are the garrison troops here?!"

"..."

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and replied.

"Sir, they've all gone to the West Gate."

"What are they doing at the West Gate?!"

"..."

The soldier was silent again for a long time, and then he uttered two words with some difficulty.

"To die."

Zi time.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The silver light sprinkled down, and two black shadows tore through the night sky, rushing towards the West Gate at the fastest speed, traversing the entire Yuanzhou City.

At the same time, two groups of soldiers, totaling nearly ten thousand people, gathered inside and outside the West Gate.

"Brother Liang, I'm truly happy that you've come to your senses."

Standing between the two groups of soldiers, Wen Wen looked at Liang Zhen, who had a complicated expression, and spoke calmly.

"Brother Wen, I just don't want so many brothers to die in vain," Liang Zhen took a deep breath. "Since there's no chance of winning, then so be it."

"Brother Liang is absolutely right," Wen Wen nodded with a smile. "I've already negotiated with General Meng outside the city. Da Feng will never kill any of us. Brother Liang, you can rest assured about this."

"Good, that's good."

Liang Zhen turned his head and glanced at Liang Qin beside him, and his vision couldn't help but become a little blurry when he turned his head back.

Of course, Wen Wen noticed the tears in Liang Zhen's eyes, but he only assumed that the latter felt guilty towards Da Ning, so he didn't pursue the matter and instead changed the subject and asked:

"Brother Liang, the Shuzhou army doesn't seem to be fully staffed? Where are the others?"

"They are unwilling to surrender to the enemy," Liang Zhen replied silently with his head lowered. "Some are willing to fight Da Feng to the death, and some want to hide and find a chance to escape. Let them go."

"Well, everyone has their own aspirations, and you can't force them," Wen Wen nodded in agreement, and then sighed softly with regret: "It's just a pity."

Pity...

Liang Zhen understood the meaning behind the words, and his mood became even more complicated for a moment.

Contrary to what Wen Wen said, what was truly a pity was actually the thousands of "rebel soldiers" behind him.

"Rumble!"

Outside the city, the imposing sound of footsteps grew closer and closer, and then gradually stopped.

An orderly ran to the two men and said softly:

"General Wen, General Liang!"

"The Da Feng army has arrived outside the city!"

"Understood," Wen Wen waved his hand, and looked at Liang Zhen, who was crying, and after a long while, he sighed softly: "Brother Liang, I'll be the sinner..."

"Remove your armor!"

"..."

"Clang clang clang clang!"

Under the moonlight, nearly ten thousand sets of white armor crashed to the ground.

Wen Wen also took off the spotless white-feathered general armor from his body and held it respectfully in front of his chest.

He held the armor like this, looked ahead, and walked step by step to the very front of everyone.

Then, he stopped and shouted loudly.

"Open the city gate!"

"Rumble!!"

From March 27th to April 18th.

The city gate of Yuanzhou City, which had never been opened for twenty-two days, fell with a bang at this moment.

For Da Feng, whether Wen Wen and Liang Zhen surrendered or not actually had no impact on the war situation.

Even if the latter chose to defend to the death, Yuanzhou City would be broken tonight.

Therefore, accepting the "surrender" was more of a strategic move on a psychological level.

The defection of the two state's commanding generals was not only a boost to Da Feng's morale, but also a heavy blow to Da Ning.

Therefore, they would not only not kill these surrendered soldiers, but would also treat them favorably, so as to serve as "positive teaching materials" for the rest of Da Ning's soldiers to see.

Even Wen Wen and Liang Zhen were very likely to get an official position and become typical figures of "abandoning darkness and turning to the light" in Da Feng.

Of course, these were all stories for later.

The most important thing right now was to smoothly take over Yuanzhou City.

"General Wen!"

Seeing Wen Wen had walked a hundred steps away from him holding the armor, a burly man in golden armor dismounted and quickly walked two steps to meet the former.

This man was the main general of Da Feng, Meng Shi.

"General Meng, I, Wen Wen, am just a defeated general, and my life and death are at the general's disposal," Wen Wen knelt on one knee, holding the armor. "I hope the general will not make things difficult for the brothers behind me."

"Absolutely not! General Wen, please rise quickly!"

Facing Wen Wen, Meng Shi gave enough face and immediately stepped forward to help the former up.

"Since General Wen and all the brothers have abandoned darkness and turned to the light, then how can there be any talk of making things difficult!"

"Rest assured, I, Meng Shi, always keep my word!"

"..."

Although the two of them probably had already reached a consensus on these matters, the attitude that should be expressed in such a public occasion still had to be expressed.

Therefore, Wen Wen immediately responded loudly:

"The general is generous, and Wen is grateful!"

"Hahahaha..."

Hearty laughter echoed in the night sky. Even though the Da Feng soldiers behind Meng Shi didn't look very friendly at the Liangzhou soldiers, and some were quite contemptuous and disdainful, no one dared to disobey the military order. They all stood honestly in place, and didn't even intend to tie up the Liangzhou soldiers.

Indeed, there was no need to tie them up.

Anyway, the Liangzhou army had already removed their armor and abandoned their swords, and their combat power had dropped by at least 80%. If they really fought, they would not pose any threat at all.

However...

"Brother Wen, that must be General Liang," Meng Shi narrowed his eyes slightly, casting his gaze towards the other group of green-armored soldiers who followed the Liangzhou army out of the city.

Wen Wen's expression also stiffened at this moment.

Because none of the thousands of Shuzhou soldiers, including Liang Zhen and Liang Qin, had removed their armor.

"..."

Wen Wen and Meng Shi didn't think that Liang Zhen was going to fight to the death, but only assumed that he didn't trust Da Feng's sincerity in "recruiting surrender", so he was on guard.

Faced with this situation, normally, of course, someone should be sent to forcibly remove the armor and tie them up.

However, doing so would inevitably make them seem too "petty".

After a little thought, Meng Shi gave up this plan and instead went to meet Liang Zhen with Wen Wen.

"Hahahaha, General Liang, I've heard so much about you!" Meng Shi shouted remotely with a "harmonious" expression, but Liang Zhen didn't say a word.

At this time, the thousands of fully equipped Shuzhou soldiers were only a hundred steps away from the tens of thousands of Da Feng troops, and only a few dozen steps away from Meng Shi.

This distance was not close, but it was only a matter of one sprint.

"Thump!"

The experience of years of fighting on the battlefield made Meng Shi suddenly stop, and a sense of crisis instantly surged in his heart.

And at this moment, with a gust of yellow sand rising from the ground, Liang Zhen also suddenly drew the saber from his waist without any warning.

"Clang clang clang clang!"

Behind him, thousands of long sabers were drawn at the same time, and the sound of metal clashing merged into one.

There were no heroic words like "For Da Ning" or "Rather die than surrender", nor were there any unrealistic ideas like "Break out of the encirclement".

All the Shuzhou soldiers simply raised the long sabers in their hands high and rushed madly towards the Da Feng army formation, which was several times larger than them.

Their faces were flushed, their veins were bulging, and knowing that they would die, they still used all their strength to roar the same word:

"Kill!!!"