The situation was stalemate in silence. Half an hour passed by, and the entire inner city of Xindu was still silent like death, and no one dared to stand up first.

The Left Army Captain Zhao Hai said to Yang Hu: "General Yang, these people are stubborn and unscrupulous, so there is no need to wait. The last general is willing to lead a team to take the lead and win Xindu in one fell swoop!"

Yang Hu said in a deep voice: "I said that I would give them an hour, so that I could wait for them an hour, so how could I be untrustful? Moreover, I will not be able to see the enemy's movements, especially those ordinary people, how could they have the idea of ​​swearing to live and die together in the city? I was just afraid of Lu Zhao's power and dare not act rashly. Captain Zhao, you should lead a hundred battle rafts first, enter the waters between the inner and outer cities, and put on a stance to prepare for attack, and intimidate them. I guess some people will not be able to bear it, but remember that without the orders of this general, you should not start attacking the city."

Yang Hu had long seen the situation in front of him. If some people were vowed to fight to the death and never surrender, he would definitely believe it, but if hundreds of thousands of Jizhou soldiers and people were united in their hearts, shared the same hatred for the enemy, and were willing to work hard for the Sima family, that would be pure nonsense.

The main reason why no one dares to surrender is that no one dares to be the first bird. The wood is in the forest and the wind will destroy it. At this time, whoever stands out first and says I want to surrender is purely a behavior of seeking death. With Lu Zhao here, no one dares to take the initiative to stand up and take this risk.

What's more, if people who want to surrender do not need to express their opinions, they just need to escape to the Bingzhou military camp, but now, wherever they run, there is a vast ocean in front and behind. If they jump into the flood, they will die!

So these people are in a dilemma. If you want to escape, you will be dead. Those who are the first to surrender will inevitably have a chance to survive. They are in a dilemma, so they can only choose to wait and see.

The main purpose of Yang Hu sent Zhao Hai to lead a raft forward was to intimidate the military and civilians of Jizhou. Isn’t it difficult for you to make a decision? Then help them make a decision. It is really difficult for people to make a decision when they are not at risk of life and death, but when they are on the verge of death, they will make a decision quickly.

Pressure is motivation. If they do not put pressure on them, they will not surrender actively.

When the Bingzhou Army approached the inner city wall, the rafts quickly caused an uproar among the crowd. Could it be that after no one surrendered, the Bingzhou Army was not ready to give them an hour and was the first to launch an attack?

This made the military and civilians in the city panic. It seemed that the juncture of their life and death had arrived early. If they did not make a choice, the bows and arrows of the Bingzhou Army would definitely be ruthless.

In desperation, a man shouted first, "I want to surrender!" Then he jumped into the water. Obviously, the man could swim. He had to know that after he shouted this, someone would definitely come to deal with him, so he simply jumped into the water and swam desperately towards the Bingzhou Army's raft. As long as he could escape there, he would definitely be able to save his life.

The man's movements were done in one go. He had already planned it. As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped into the water.

Sure enough, the Jizhou soldiers beside them were half a beat slower. When they came to their senses, the man was the first to jump into the water and could not catch up with him.

"Shoot the arrow and shoot him to death!" A goalkeeper shouted loudly. He was a loyal subordinate of Lu Zhao, and of course he could not tolerate such betrayal. He immediately ordered the archers to shoot and shoot the betrayer to death in the water.

Several archers immediately picked up their bows and shot into the water, but their accuracy did not hit the man. The man continued to swim hard towards the raft of the Bingzhou Army.

When Zhao Hai saw that he finally had a brave man who stood up to surrender. If he was shot and killed by the Jizhou army, the remaining people would definitely be even more afraid. If he got the help of the Bingzhou army and could escape his life, he would also encourage more people who had the desire to survive to stand up and surrender.

So Zhao Hai ordered the raft to paddle the man, and ordered the crossbowmen on the raft to counterattack and reflect on the archers to prevent them from further chasing the man.

The arrows were eyeless, and the people on the city wall were too dense, so the Bingzhou army's counterattack naturally could not shoot all these archers, but instead injured a lot of innocent people. Many unarmed civilians fell down.

This was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and the crowd was infuriated. Of course, this anger was not directed at the Bingzhou Army, but at the archers. If it weren't for the arrows they shot first, the Bingzhou Army would not be able to reflect, so these archers must be responsible for the civilians who died.

After the civilians climbed the city, most of them gathered together according to their relatives. The people who had just shot to death had relatives around them. The angry crowd pushed the archers. Although they had weapons, they could not resist the large number of civilians. Before they could resist, they were pushed into the water by the people.

The man who jumped to the water and fled this time was also rescued by the Bingzhou army and pulled onto a raft. His successful escape inspired countless civilians, who shouted the slogans of surrender, hoping that the Bingzhou army's raft would come to rescue them.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves. In a blink of an eye, most of the civilians on the city responded one after another. After such a successful bird, the rest was natural. No more fear, no more fear. Everyone was shouting surrender in unison. The scene was so spectacular.

At first, it was just a civilian surname shouting, but later, many soldiers joined the ranks of shouting. In order to express their determination to surrender, these soldiers threw their weapons into the water, raised their hands, and surrendered to the Bingzhou army.

The entire defense line was in a state of collapse. The goalkeeper loyal to Lu Zhao originally wanted to suppress the surrendered civilians, but he soon discovered that the surrounding civilians and the army were all in the craze of surrender. At this time, not only was no one obeyed his orders, but even if he dared to express his opposition, he would definitely be thrown into the water by these violent people.

When the city was hit by floods before, Lu Zhao was moved and let these civilians go to the city to avoid floods. However, he did not expect that these people were white wolves. Seeing the Bingzhou army attacked, he took the initiative to surrender to the enemy.

Although these civilians had no weapons, their number was too large. The Jizhou army had no choice but to deal with it. The goalkeeper Ya could only turn his attention to Lu Zhao for help.
Chapter completed!