Chapter 337

"It should be a letter of persuasion to surrender." The squad leader said.

"A letter of persuasion to surrender? Then what does it say? Read it to us!" someone asked.

The squad leader's face turned red, because although he was literate, he only recognized a few characters.

The words on the kite were dense, and he only knew they were words, but he didn't know what was written on them.

The reason he thought it was a letter of persuasion to surrender was because the wind was blowing from the enemy's side...

That kite was naturally flown by the enemy.

The enemy flying a kite full of words had only one reason, which was to persuade them to surrender.

"You wait here, pay attention to vigilance!" After saying this, the squad leader took the kite and left in a hurry.

He found the centurion and handed the kite over.

The centurion was literate, and after reading it, his face became solemn.

"My lord, is it a letter of persuasion to surrender?" The squad leader asked curiously.

"You could say that, but not entirely." The centurion glanced at the squad leader: "Don't tell anyone about this matter. After you go back, tell everyone to keep it a secret."

"Yes!" The squad leader responded and went back.

The centurion took the kite and found the chiliarch, and then the kite was transferred to the hands of a general.

Similar situations were happening in other places.

Kites were constantly being picked up by soldiers and handed over to the higher-ups.

These kites were of two types: one was a letter of persuasion to surrender aimed at ordinary soldiers.

It said that ordinary soldiers would be rewarded as long as they surrendered, and those without land would be arranged land to farm!

The other type of kite was a letter of persuasion to surrender aimed directly at the rebel high-level officials, and it was also accompanied by a list.

The list wrote the handling methods for the main leaders of the rebel army; one was that the surrender of a few people led by Wei Pao would not be accepted.

The other was that Meng Tian, Feng Feng Qiji, and others would be allowed to surrender.

Additionally, the letter also emphasized that low- and middle-level generals would not only not be punished after surrendering, but would also retain their original official positions.

Because the number of kites was very large, although Wei Pao and others wanted to suppress this matter, they did not succeed.

In just one day, the entire rebel army from top to bottom knew about the letter of persuasion to surrender.

In Meng Tian's tent, Feng Feng Qiji walked in hurriedly.

He had just seen that his name and Meng Tian's name were on the list of those who could be pardoned, so he rushed over immediately.

"General Meng, have you read the letter of persuasion to surrender?" Feng Feng Qiji asked as soon as he entered.

"I have, there are two letters." Meng Tian frowned: "Ying Su's move is too poisonous; he is sowing discord! You came just in time; what should we do now?"

"What does the General mean by what should we do?" Feng Feng Qiji asked.

"Of course, how to stabilize the morale of the army! If we do nothing, the morale of the army will inevitably be unstable, and then more and more soldiers will desert, and we will be finished!" Meng Tian said.

189. Do You Want to Surrender?

"Has the General thought about surrendering?" Feng Feng Qiji asked tentatively.

"I would rather die standing than kneel and surrender!" Meng Tian said.

"The General speaks well, and I think the same!" Feng Feng Qiji paused here: "But others may not be of the same mind as us."

"Yes, especially those low- and middle-level generals and ordinary soldiers; the conditions Ying Su offered them are too good." Meng Tian sighed.

"And high-level generals, as well as Wei Pao and several Imperial Princes!" Feng Feng Qiji said.

"Wei Pao won't surrender, right? The list clearly states that their surrender will not be accepted!" Meng Tian said.

"But the problem is that we are on the list of those who can surrender, so will Wei Pao not trust us?" Feng Feng Qiji asked.

Meng Tian was stunned for a moment.

Reminded by Feng Feng Qiji, he also felt that things were not good.

Wei Pao was insidious and suspicious.

The matter of the counterattack last time had already offended Wei Pao.

Now that he was on the list of those who could be pardoned.

Then Wei Pao would inevitably think that he and Feng Feng Qiji were preparing to surrender.

Even if he went to tell Wei Pao that he would not surrender, the problem was, would the other party believe him?

If he were to swap places with Wei Pao, and Ying Su allowed Wei Pao to surrender but did not accept his surrender, then he would also be wary of Wei Pao.

In that case, he might strike first and strip Wei Pao of his military power!

Thinking of this, Meng Tian broke out in a cold sweat.

"Ying Su is too vicious. With him doing this, Wei Pao and the others will certainly not believe us, and we will not believe Wei Pao."

"No matter for whom, the side that strikes first will have the advantage, so we will very likely end up fighting each other first!"

Meng Tian sighed.

"I guess this open plot was created by Zhuge Liang; at least he is a main participant! I knew this Zhuge Liang was not easy to deal with when he first appeared; he is too cunning!"

Feng Feng Qiji said.

"Fortunately, our army and Wei Pao's army are not in the same place. Let's send someone to see Wei Pao's reaction first." Meng Tian said.

"General, we will not actively harm Wei Pao, but we must be prepared for Wei Pao to harm us!" Feng Feng Qiji said.

"You are right, arrange for them to keep an eye on Wei Pao's army immediately!" Meng Tian nodded.

On the other side, at the station of Wei Pao's army.

In the main tent, there were two kites on the table in front of Wei Pao.

These two kites were full of words, all letters of persuasion to surrender.

In one of the letters of persuasion to surrender, it was clearly stated that his, Wei Pao's, surrender would not be accepted!

"Pass on my order: all personnel who pick up kites must hand them over immediately and are not allowed to pass them around to read. If anyone violates this, they will be dealt with according to military law!"

Wei Pao said hatefully.

"My lord, there are still several kites outside. I confiscated them as soon as I found out about this matter."

"However, I heard that there are many such kites, and I estimate that the content on them has already spread throughout the army!"

Peng Xiang said from the side.

"What? There are still many such kites? Quickly, collect them all!" Wei Pao ordered.

"I'll go do it immediately!" Peng Xiang said and was about to walk outside.

"Wait..." Wei Pao thought for a moment and then said: "Leave the matter of confiscating the kites to others, and then return here immediately." Wei Pao said.

"The lord means..."

"We need to discuss what to do next." Wei Pao said.

"I understand!"

Peng Xiang nodded and walked quickly out of the main tent.

Once Peng Xiang left, Wei Pao immediately ordered his men to invite the others over.

Before long, Wang Wan, Imperial Prince Jiang Lu, Imperial Prince Gao, and several important figures all arrived.

And Peng Xiang also returned to the main tent.

"My lord, I have already instructed my trusted aides to confiscate the kites." Peng Xiang said.

"Good, sit down." Wei Pao nodded.

Peng Xiang was flattered and found a stool on the side to sit down.

You have to know that his status among these nobles was not high.

He was not qualified to attend this kind of meeting originally.

But now that Wei Pao let him attend, this was enough to show the degree of importance Wei Pao placed on him.

"There are two kites here, on which are written Ying Su's letters of persuasion to surrender to us."

"There are two letters in total; one is to bewitch the low-level soldiers to run away, and the other is aimed at us leaders."

"This Ying Su is extremely insidious; he intentionally divides us into two types of people, winning over one type and suppressing the other, with the goal of creating chaos among us!"

"In fact, he won't let any of us go at all; as long as you go to surrender, you will be executed by him immediately!"

Wei Pao swept his gaze over everyone and then sat down.

There were eleven people attending this meeting, all of whom were very important figures.

It could be said that most of the important figures in the rebel army were here.

Except for Meng Tian and Feng Feng Qiji.