Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 427: Admit Defeat

Xiahou Shan brought the Shan Camp to Wukou City again. At this moment, the soldiers of the Shan Camp were all dejected, like a group of defeated roosters, and their morale was extremely low.

Xiahou Shan looked up at the city wall. The flags of Yong State fluttering in the wind were like sharp blades, stinging his eyes.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly, and a trace of regret and unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

He carefully observed the city wall, but found that there was no one on it. He thought to himself: The envoy of Yong State is really cautious. In order to prevent us from finding out their troop deployment, they have let their men hide like this without leaving any trace.

Xiahou Shan took a deep breath, trying to calm his inner anger, and tried his best to put on a polite look, and shouted to Wukou City: "I am Xiahou Shan, the commander of the Shanzi Camp. May I ask if the envoy of Yongguo is here?"

Li Zhi had discovered it as early as when he left and returned from Shanziying.

However, he was unsure of the other party's thoughts at the moment, so he deliberately hid in the dark and closely observed every move of Xiahou Shan and his group.

At this moment, Li Zhi saw the dejected look on Xiahou Shan's face, and he immediately knew what was going on. He secretly guessed that Xiahou Shan must have suffered a great loss at the hands of the Qiongqi Camp, otherwise he would never show such an attitude.

With a judgment in his mind, Li Zhi felt more confident.

He slowly poked his head out and responded, "I have long heard of General Xiahou's reputation. I wonder why I came here today?"

Xiahou Shan had just managed to suppress his hot temper with great difficulty, but when he heard Li Zhi's question, the anger in his heart suddenly rose up again and he almost went berserk on the spot.

He cursed in his heart: What do you mean by not knowing what is going on? Don't you know what is going on? It's so infuriating!

Fortunately, the adjutant beside him was quick to pat Xiahou Shan on the back and said repeatedly, "General, the overall situation is more important, the overall situation is more important."

Under the adjutant's consolation, Xiahou Shan took several deep breaths and finally adjusted his mentality. He suppressed his unhappiness and said to Li Zhi: "Brother from Yongguo, we are all straightforward people, so let's not beat around the bush. I came here just to take back Wukou City, so why not put forward your conditions!"

Seeing Xiahou Shan act so decisively, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he was more eager than Xiahou Shan to resolve the matter as soon as possible, because the longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

Just now, Jia Zhen hurried back to report to him that the city gates had been closed for too long, and the people in the city had been complaining, and many people expressed dissatisfaction.

Li Zhi knew that once the emotions of the people in the city exploded and the situation got out of control, the lack of military strength on his side would be exposed, and he would then be faced with the desperate situation of being attacked from both sides.

Li Zhi calmed down and replied loudly: "General Xiahou is really generous! Then I will not pretend anymore. Let's put it this way. You write a letter of surrender in your own handwriting, and make it clear in the letter that this matter is over. From now on, you and everyone in Wei are not allowed to trouble us again because of this matter... By the way, you must also compensate our brothers who were injured or killed because of your actions. If you can agree to this, I will immediately open the city gate and return Wukou City to you intact."

Xiahou Shan couldn't help but frowned when he heard Li Zhi's request.

He didn't really care about the compensation that Li Zhi mentioned. It was just some money, which was nothing considering his financial resources.

However, he was somewhat embarrassed to write a letter of acknowledgment of defeat. He knew that once he wrote this letter of acknowledgment of defeat, his political enemies would definitely make a fuss about it in the future, which would undoubtedly become a big stain on his career.

Li Zhi saw that Xiahou Shan looked hesitant. After thinking it over, he still didn't give any response, and he became more and more anxious.

At this time, Jia Zhen hurried back. Li Zhi saw the anxious look on Jia Zhen's face and knew that the situation in the city was about to get out of control.

But the conditions he proposed could not be compromised, because only by getting a letter of surrender written by Xiahou Shan himself, could their victory be legitimate and they could completely avoid Xiahou Shan's revenge in the future.

"General, why don't you agree to him? After all, we were the ones who lost Wukou City, and we should take it back with our own hands. If we let other people interfere in this matter, Wukou City will probably fall into the hands of others." The adjutant persuaded anxiously.

Xiahou Shan knew in his heart that many people in the court were eyeing Wukou City.

His family had put a lot of thought into the opportunity to garrison Wukou City, and it was extremely difficult. If someone else was allowed to recapture Wukou City, he would definitely lose his position as the garrison general of Wukou City.

"Hey! That's all!"

Xiahou Shan sighed heavily, feeling helpless. He looked in the direction of Li Zhi and said loudly, "Okay, I promise you!"

“Huh—”

Li Zhi let out a long breath, but pretended to be calm on the surface and said, "I almost fell asleep waiting for your reply. Well, since you agreed, I will ask someone to get paper and pen."

As he spoke, Li Zhi turned to look at Jia Zhen who was standing beside him and ordered, "Go to the tower and get some paper and pen."

Jia Zhen took the order and quickly walked to the city wall.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw that it was packed with people, who were the original guards of Wukou City. These guards had their hands and feet tied tightly, and their mouths were tightly blocked. When they saw someone coming in, they immediately shouted excitedly, their eyes full of desire for help.

While Jia Zhen was searching for paper and pen in the house, he whispered to them, "Don't worry, we will let you go soon..."

Soon, Jia Zhen brought out writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.

Li Zhi took the things, wrapped them carefully, and then threw them hard towards Xiahou Shan.

Xiahou Shan looked at Jia Zhen's figure with his eyes flickering, and thought to himself: As expected, all their people are hiding in this city tower, I really thought he was alone.

Thinking of this, Xiahou Shan couldn't help but shook his head, and laughed at himself in his heart: How could one person take down Wukou City so easily? I am really confused.

Xiahou Shan bent down to pick up the package on the ground, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from it, and then began to write on the paper.

Li Zhi also reminded loudly on the city wall: "Don't forget to stamp your seal."

After Xiahou Shan finished writing and stamped it, he said to Li Zhi, "It's done."

"Then throw it up!"

Li Zhi would naturally not be so foolish as to go down and gain trust. After all, the two sides were still in a state of confrontation at the moment, and going down would undoubtedly be walking into a trap.

Seeing that Li Zhi was so cautious, Xiahou Shan didn't say anything more.

He asked someone to bring a bow and arrow, and carefully tied the written letter to the arrow.

Then, he drew his bow and put an arrow on it, pretending to shoot the letter at it. Just as he was about to release the arrow, Xiahou Shan suddenly had an idea and wanted to scare Li Zhi.

So he deliberately aimed the arrow at Li Zhi, and then suddenly let go.

The arrow was like a black lightning, flying straight towards Li Zhi with a whistling sound.

However, facing this sudden arrow, Li Zhi remained calm and composed, his face did not change, and he did not even move.

The arrow shot by Xiahou Shan brushed against Li Zhi's hair, flew over his head, and finally embedded deeply in the city wall behind Li Zhi.