"Milord, Guan Yu is heroic. Although we have not interacted with each other, we appreciate each other. Previously, Liao Liao wrote a letter to Guan Yu, detailing Liao Liao's generosity, with the intention of persuading Guan Yu to submit to him. However, Guan Yu is a righteous man; although he replied, he only mentioned the righteousness of Liu, Guan and Zhang brothers, and nothing else. "
When Yang Rui approached, Zhang Liao reported to Yang Rui in a low voice.
Sure enough, as Yang Rui guessed, Zhang Liao's persuasion did not work.
"In that case, we can only attack."
Yang Rui nodded and said.
In fact, Yang Rui had been thinking about how to deal with Guan Yu. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu was already in a desperate situation. When he was about to commit suicide, he accepted Zhang Liao's persuasion and proposed three or four conditions.
Thinking about the current situation, if he wanted to persuade Guan Yu, only when the conditions were similar can it be done.
Perhaps in the one-on-one mode, he could also meet the conditions. Yang Rui brought Zhao Yun with this plan.
However, even if Zhao Yun went forward, he would not have much confidence in defeating Guan Yu.
First of all, Guan Yu had almost reached his peak state at this point in time. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not long after this point in time, it was the plot where Guan Yu defeated five obstacles and six generals.
Secondly, Yang Rui always felt that Zhao Yun's strength had not reached the peak. At least, he had not activated his exclusive special unit. It was likely that his other attributes were similar.
Therefore, at this time, the best way to subdue Guan Yu was to attack. Yang Rui immediately ordered the soldiers to move the heaven-shaking crossbows and heavy trebuchets forward and quickly gave the order to attack.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh … "
"Creak! Creak! Creak … "
"Hu! Hu! Hu … "
"…"
With the sound of the siege weapons, a rain of boulders and crossbow bolts fell in the direction of the city gate where Guan Yu was.
"Boom! Boom! Boom … "
"Puff! Puff! Puff … "
"…"
After a wave of boulders and arrows, the city gate tower where Guan Yu was standing, as well as the city walls in front and on both sides, were already full of holes.
Even though Yang Rui only ordered his soldiers to choose the front of the city gate tower as their target, and did not directly attack Guan Yu and his soldiers who were defending Xiaopei City, the power of the siege weapons was still shocking.
Looking at the heavily damaged city gate tower and the bumpy city walls, there were even a few gaps that had been blasted open, causing the soldiers on the city walls to sink in, the soldiers defending Little Pei City were stunned.
"Now that this king's army is here, taking down this small city is as easy as flipping my hand. Cloud Leader, why do you have to struggle bitterly and endanger the lives of your subordinates and commoners? I hope that Cloud Leader will consider carefully and quickly surrender. Don't continue to resist stubbornly and betray the name of benevolence."
After a round of warning attacks, Yang Rui ordered his troops to stop attacking and started to advise Guan Yu about the current situation.
Originally, Guan Yu was also shocked by the power of Yang Rui's siege weapons. Hearing Yang Rui's advice, Guan Yu could not help but frown deeply.
Guan Yu was very clear about the current situation and predicted that they would definitely lose. However, when Zhang Liao advised him to surrender, Guan Yu was still thinking about how to break out of the encirclement. However, the enemy cavalry outside the city was too large and there were only thirty thousand soldiers defending Xiaopei City. Rashly breaking out of the encirclement would only result in a crushing defeat.
In two days, Guan Yu was unable to think of an effective way to break out of the encirclement. One of the reasons was because he did not understand the situation outside. He thought that Liu Bei would send reinforcements or at the very least, he could not easily lose Xiaopei City.
Now that Yang Rui had personally led his troops over, Guan Yu did not expect his attack to be so sharp. Coupled with the large number of Yang Rui's troops outside the city, Guan Yu immediately felt that he had fallen into a desperate situation.
If he were to break out of the encirclement now, it would not only be a matter of heavy losses but also a complete wipeout.
At the same time, Guan Yu also thought about the possible outcome of Xiapi and did not know whether Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were dead or alive.
"Retreat ten miles and regroup!"
Just as Guan Yu was in shock, Yang Rui suddenly gave the order.
The soldiers on the city walls were stunned. Even though Guan Yu had given the order to retreat, many of the soldiers on the city walls were stunned. Seeing Yang Rui's army retreat like the tide, many of the soldiers on the city walls felt relieved. At the same time, they were even more confused.
"Yunchang, we hit it off at first sight. Are you willing to go down and talk?"
After Yang Rui's troops retreated, only Zhang Liao, who had been whispered to by Yang Rui, remained. When Yang Rui's troops were far away, Zhang Liao invited Guan Yu.
At this time, the two armies were facing each other. Originally, both sides were enemies. However, Guan Yu only hesitated for a moment before giving an affirmative answer.
"Why not? Open the city gates! "
Guan Yu said sternly. Then, he ordered the soldiers to open the half-broken gate. He rushed out on a horse. He didn't even have a saber with him. He only had a sword on his waist.
Zhang Liao nodded. He naturally admired Guan Yu's courage. At the same time, he also admired his Lord's words.
In fact, Yang Rui had already predicted that Zhang Liao would be able to invite Guan Yu to the city. Zhang Liao had never thought that Zhang Liao would do such a thing before the battle.
Yang Rui's idea of inviting Guan Yu to the meeting worked. At the same time, Zhang Liao mentioned four conditions to Zhang Liao. Following that, Zhang Liao did as he was told and talked with Guan Yu for an entire meal.
During this time, Yang Rui's instructions to Zhang Liao actually came true, making Zhang Liao even more impressed and amazed.
Although Zhang Liao had already been exchanged for by Yang Rui to the real world, it had only been three days. There was not enough time for him to understand the background of the Three Kingdoms. If he had known about Guan Yu's surrender in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he might not have been so surprised.
After the meal, Guan Yu rode his horse back to Xiaopei City. Zhang Liao also hurried back to Yang Rui to report the situation of the meeting with Guan Yu.
Two hours later, the four gates of Xiaopei City opened. Guan Yu's thirty thousand troops all took off their armor and weapons and scattered in all directions. At the same time, Guan Yu also came out of the city and came to Yang Rui, Zhang Liao, and the others who were already waiting outside the city.
"Guan Yu greets the King of the Eastern Sea."
After seeing Yang Rui, Guan Yu bowed from a distance without much sincerity.
However, it was a miracle that Guan Yu could leave the city without fighting. This was because Zhang Liao had met him before the battle and gave him four conditions. Guan Yu actually accepted them. At this time, Guan Yu was leaving the city to surrender!
Different from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Liao's four conditions were:
Guan Yu was willing to surrender to the Han but not the Cao. He was willing to take care of Liu Bei's family on his own. He was willing to let his soldiers return to their hometowns. Furthermore, once he received news of Liu Bei, Yang Rui would allow him to go over to Liu Bei's side no matter what!
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