Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"Where does Mr. Su plan to start?"

at the banquet.

When Chu Kuang saw that Chu Ning handed over the task of taking over Lancheng to Su Tingmei, a hint of curiosity flashed in his eyes.

He originally wanted to use force to attack Lan City, but now from what Chu Ning said, it seemed that he didn't want to do that.

He was very curious about how to get the people in the city to open the city gates themselves.

However, Su Tingmei raised her lips slightly, waved the feather fan in her hand, and said calmly: "It's not a difficult task. We just need to send someone to write a letter of persuasion and promise to treat the soldiers and civilians well after our army enters the city."

"In Zhao, the King of Chu had learned from previous experience and did not take action against the people of Zhao. In the end, all the rebels were suppressed."

"Just write these things down in the letter of persuasion to surrender, and it will surely make the people in the city have second thoughts."

"With the cooperation of the Jinyiwei that His Royal Highness the King of Chu has deployed in the city, someone must have been frightened and opened the city gate."

As soon as the voice fell, Chu Kuang said with some disappointment: "If this is the case, then our army will be useless, right?"

He still wanted to take action, otherwise this trip would be in vain.

The reason I followed Chu Ning to Lancheng was just to gain some military merit.

If he followed Su Tingmei's approach, he would probably not be able to gain any military merit.

Even Ran Ming touched his huge bald head and raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, if the city gate is opened, we won't have to do anything."

But Chu Ning laughed: "You two may have forgotten that there are still 5,000 imperial guards in the Great Yan Palace."

"These people are all elite. The Emperor of Yan will not give up easily and will definitely resist stubbornly to the end."

"In the end, this battle will still have to be fought with force to determine the identities. You will have to take action someday."

There is really nothing we can do about these two warmongers.

Chu Ning shook his head and could only say that the key to this battle lies in the palace.

Chu Kuang reacted and laughed: "I almost forgot about the palace. Don't worry, Eighteenth Brother, I will lead the troops to capture the palace first!"

But Ran Ming on the side was not happy: "Your Highness Thirteen, why don't we have a competition to see who can take over the palace first!"

"Let's compete. I'm not afraid of you!" Chu Kuang agreed without saying a word.

Chu Ning looked at the two of them speechlessly: "Okay, now that the plan has been made, let's act according to it!"

"Don't be too happy, the two of you. If the Yan Kingdom's imperial guards also rebel, then there's really no need to take action."

He paused, glanced at the sky, and said calmly, "It's almost time. Let's eat first. Mr. Su will go down to make arrangements after dinner."

"Yes!" Su Tingmei responded respectfully.

Soon, everyone finished their meal, and then those who needed to rest rested, and those who needed to go down and take action went down and take action.

Su Tingmei acted quickly and completed all the arrangements that night. A team of archers also arrived outside the city under the cover of darkness.

They held arrows carrying letters, and at Su Tingmei's command, they shot their swords into the city.

"No, enemy attack!"

"Beware of the arrows!"

"Blow the horn!"

The defenders on the city wall were in a panic, but after the chaos, they found that the Chu army outside the city showed no signs of attacking.

At this moment, someone suddenly said, "Hey, there is a letter on this arrow!"

Everyone picked it up and looked at it, and someone who could read immediately read out what was on it.

The message in his mind was very simple, which was to tell everyone that now all other cities of Yan State had been captured and most people chose to surrender.

At this moment, the Yan army only had the capital city left.

Chu Ning treated the prisoners well and would not harm innocent people. All they had to do was open the city gate to surrender.

After the Chu army entered the city, they treated the prisoners and civilians well and even gave them severance pay.

But if they refuse to change their ways, once the Chu army breaks into the city, they will definitely massacre the soldiers inside!

After reading the letter, the Yan army suddenly panicked.

"What should we do? If they break in, we'll all be finished!"

"Other cities have already fallen. What's the point of us persisting?"

"We can't hold on at all. The Chu army only needs to besiege us for a few months before we run out of ammunition and food."

"Never mind all that, just tell His Majesty about this."

Everyone was shocked, but they also understood that they had no say in the matter and had to pass the message on.

The Imperial Palace of Yan State.

In the emperor's bedroom, the Emperor of Yan was resting.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard outside the hall, followed by an anxious voice:

"Your Majesty, something has happened!"

The Yan Emperor, who was awakened, changed his expression, and quickly got up, put on an outer coat, opened it and walked quickly to the door of the palace.

"What happened? Did the Chu army launch a night attack?"

"Your Majesty, please take a look!" The soldier handed over the letter and said in a deep voice, "The Chu army wants to persuade us to surrender!"

When these words were spoken, the Emperor of Yan was shocked and quickly reached out to take the letter and take a look.

The more I looked, the more frightened I became, and the more terrified I felt.

He knew very well that once the contents of the letter were known to the soldiers in the army and the people in the city, there would be great chaos.

"Damn Chu army, they are so cunning!"

The Emperor of Yan was so angry that he tore the letter into pieces and shouted, "Pass the order to destroy all the letters and not let this matter leak out!"

But the soldier replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, the news has spread among the army, and some sharp arrows have fallen into the city and have been captured by the people."

In other words, some people already know about this!

The Emperor of Yan was furious: "Immediately find the people who know about this and take them under control. If there are any who resist, kill them without mercy!"

"Yes!" the soldier responded and immediately went down to pass the message.

Now the Emperor of Yan has no good way to deal with this matter and can only try his best to silence the people.

At the command, the Yan army in the city began to take action and searched for the person who received the letter overnight.

For a while, screams were heard in the city.

This also alarmed many people, and those who did not know the reason went to find out what had happened.

When they learned that it was the Chu army that persuaded them to surrender and their emperor took the opportunity to kill people, everyone suddenly felt insecure, fearing that they would get into trouble.

At this time, the Jinyiwei took the opportunity to make their thoughts public and spread the news in the city, saying that someone was preparing to open the city gates and surrender.

The news spread quickly and soon reached the Yan army.

This made the Yan army somewhat at a loss. They didn't know who would surrender, nor did they know if they would be killed after the city was broken if they persisted.

After all, they knew the lessons learned from the Zhao State. Once the city was broken, according to the news from the Chu Army, they would have no way out!

That night, many Yan soldiers couldn't sleep.

On the one hand, they were worried that if they did not surrender, they would be killed after the city was captured.

On the other hand, they were worried that if they surrendered, they would be discovered in advance and killed by their emperor instead.

This clever plan of the Chu army made the Yan army panic and they were on guard against each other.

After two days of fermentation, the matter escalated, and even among the Yan army members who were suspicious of each other, some people took action.

The situation became increasingly unfavorable for the State of Yan.

It was not until the third day that Chu Ning outside the city received a message from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Someone wants to surrender and open the city gate to let them in!