The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 147 Don’t mention the hairstyle
Baliyuanshan waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to cut down trees and build ladders.

The auxiliary soldiers immediately took action and made long ladders in front of the people in the city.

A proper siege ladder should be made very large, with a hook on top and wheels at the bottom to push it, but Baliyuanshan did not plan to make it so big, so he just made a few long ladders, ordinary long ladders would do, and the main strategy was to "just hit them casually" and win.

After building a few crooked ladders that looked useless.

Bali Yuanshan waved his hand and said, "Wang Hong, go and persuade them to surrender."

Wang Hong: "Ah?"

Bali Yuanshan: "We have even siege weapons ready. If you just ask them to surrender, they will be frightened and collapse immediately."

Wang Hong: “…”

He really didn't understand where this guy got his confidence from?
But forget it!

I was like this at the beginning, and only after being beaten did I become smarter.

Wang Hong rode out on horseback, accompanied by only two of his personal guards. He raised his hands to signal the city to stop firing arrows. He slowly approached the city walls, raised his head, and shouted, "Prince Gong, how about coming out and talking?"

Madam Gong Er popped up from the top of the city wall and asked, "What nonsense do you have to say?"

Wang Hong pulled at his remaining hair with his hands. "Alas, what else can I say? It's just the same thing: I advise you to surrender."

Madam Gong Er: "After surrendering, will you shave your hair like this?"

Wang Hong said in a plaintive voice, "Can you please not mention the hairstyle?"

There was a sudden eerie silence in the city and outside the city.

After several seconds, Wang Hongcai continued, "If you can't hold on, don't hold on. Look at the Song Dynasty. Even the imperial court can't hold on. The previous two officials were captured by the Jin Kingdom, and the current official is still fleeing south in a panic. How can a group of bandits like you be more powerful than the imperial court? Instead of resisting stubbornly, it's better to surrender quickly. The sooner you surrender, the higher your official rank will be, and the more comfortable your life will be in the future. I'm afraid you don't know yet? The Jin prefect Liu Yu surrendered quickly and early, so the Jin people planned to use him."

Madam Gong Er heard the sigh in his voice and couldn't help but think: This guy doesn't really want to surrender, right? But he's been forced into it, so his tone is so bleak when he comes to persuade me to surrender. It's more like he's trying to persuade himself than to persuade me to surrender.

It’s hard to calm down!
Madam Gong Er originally wanted to scold him, but at this moment she didn't know how to start, so she froze.

At this moment, Yue Wenxuan's head popped out from the city wall next to her and said to Wang Hong, "Let's not talk about whether we can bear it or not. If we have to shave our hair into your style, we can't bear it."

The rebels on the city wall: "Puff!"

Wang Hong's face flushed: "I told you not to mention my hairstyle."

Yue Wenxuan: "You shaved the front bald spot."

Wang Hong: "Don't mention the hairstyle!!!"

Yue Wenxuan: "I heard that although the Jin bandits were brutal, they allowed surrendered generals to choose their own hairstyles. Why don't you choose to go bald? If you shave your head, wearing a helmet will cover it up and it will be like you're not bald at all."

Wang Hong: "Wow, this is pissing me off. Can we please just talk about surrender? You have to talk about haircuts, don't you?"

Yue Wenxuan: "There's nothing much to talk about surrendering. I just want to talk to the general about his hairstyle."

Wang Hong was furious and drew his sword: "Come on, come on, come down and fight one on one."

Yue Wenxuan: "Even if you beat me in a fight, your hairstyle won't look better."

Wang Hong went berserk: “Ahhhhhhhhh!”

At this time, Yue Wenxuan put his hands behind his back and said leisurely: "I have already won this duel."

The rebel soldiers nearby: "Puff!" "The gods are so ruthless when they tease mortals."

"I feel sorry for Wang Hong."

Far behind, Bali Yuanshan saw Wang Hong furiously raging at the city gate and couldn't help but wonder, "What on earth did they say? We were too far away to hear, and yet even that coward Wang Hong was so angry he drew his sword."

One of the subordinates whispered, "It seems the other side refuses to surrender and even insults Wang Hong, using very foul language."

Bali Yuanshan: "Then this talk of surrender is probably not going to work."

Wang Hong roared hysterically at the foot of the city: "Talk about surrender, I'm here to talk about surrender."

Yue Wenxuan suddenly changed his expression and became serious: "Okay, let's talk about surrender."

After saying this, he waved his hand, and Zhang Yong led a team of prisoners to the city wall. These prisoners leaned over to look down at the city wall, and Wang Hong also looked up, and their eyes met in mid-air.

Yue Wenxuan: "These are your subordinates. You abandoned them and ran away a few days ago."

Wang Hong: “!”

Yue Wenxuan: "They are still alive and well. I didn't kill them. I kept them to do hard labor and let them atone for their sins through labor. After they have atoned for their sins, I will release them and let them become good citizens again. If you surrender, I also promise not to harm your life. I will also let you lead your old subordinates again. After you have completed your transformation, there will be a chance to be reused."

Wang Hong: “!!!”

Yue Wenxuan: "How about it? Do you want to consider surrendering?"

Wang Hong had a strange expression on his face. He came to persuade the other party to surrender, but the other party persuaded him to surrender instead.

You bunch of thieves, can you tell the priorities?

Wang Hong: "The Jin army is too powerful, you can't hold it back. If I surrender to your side, even if I don't die now, I will be dead when the Jin army arrives."

Yue Wenxuan: "If you don't come to our side, you will be ordered by the Jin thieves to attack Han cities every day. Don't you know your own strength? Which city can you capture? It won't be long before you die in the siege because you are too weak. Tsk tsk, you surrendered to save your life, and because of your surrender you were ordered to attack the city, and in the end you died in the siege... If you were going to die anyway, why surrender to the Jin?"

Huh?
This stumped Wang Hong.

Right!

I surrendered to the Jin because I was afraid of death. Now I am being ordered around by the Jin bandits. Sometimes I attack Qingzhou, sometimes I attack Weizhou, and now I attack Laizhou... I didn't encounter any tough opponents before, so I was still able to jump around. But if I keep attacking cities and seizing territories like this, sooner or later I will encounter a powerful Song general.

Wouldn't I be dead then?
In that case, why should I lower my gold?
Wang Hong suddenly realized that it was a dead end either way. If he didn't lower the gold, he would die, and if he did, he would still die.

No one gave him a way to survive.

He froze in place, not knowing what to say.

Yue Wenxuan whispered, "Go back. When the battle starts, hide aside and watch carefully to see how we defeat Bali Yuanshan. If you think we are still strong and have a chance of holding off the Jin bandits, then surrender and you can save your life."

Wang Hong froze. "Is this guy giving me a way out?" No, this is also a dead end. If we surrender, we'll definitely die. They'll definitely not be able to withstand the Jin army when it arrives.

He didn't try to persuade them to surrender and just walked back in silence.

After taking a few steps, I heard Yue Wenxuan shouting behind me: "Finally, your hairstyle is so funny. I was trying hard to hold it in just now, hahahaha."

Wang Hong was furious: "Ahhhh! I told you not to mention the hairstyle."

(End of this chapter)