Jiang Ban's confidant revealed his identity to the soldiers at the Sima Jun checkpoint. At this moment, the general responsible for patrolling the checkpoint was Hu Lie. After asking, he thought the matter was of great importance, so he immediately took people to see Sima Lun.

When ordinary soldiers surrender, at most they can reduce the power of the Huainan Army to defend the city, but if a general like Jiang Ban can surrender, the benefits to the Sima Army will be real.

The defense of Shouchun City has always been a headache for Sima Lun. Although Sima's army has many soldiers and the Huainan army has suffered heavy losses, if these remaining soldiers can fight to the death under the leadership of Zhuge Dan, the Sima army will inevitably pay a considerable price to take down Shouchun City.

This is obviously a result that Sima Lun does not want to see. Killing one thousand enemies and losing 800 themselves. With such a way of playing, even if Shouchun is captured, the Sima army will suffer heavy casualties. These troops are the last trump card of the Sima family. Sima's army will rely on them to defend the Yellow River defense line and block the Bingzhou army's southward advance. If the enemy's rebellion in Huainan is suppressed, even if Zhuge Dan is taken down, Sima Lun will not be able to say that he will succeed.

Therefore, after Sima Lun surrounded Shouchun, he did not rush to attack the city, but adopted a strategy of attacking the heart first to dismantle the fighting spirit of the Huainan Army and lure more people out of the city to surrender. This would have the effect of twice the result with half the effort. As long as there are enough people surrendered, Shouchun City's defense will be useless, and it will be easy to take Shouchun at that time.

However, this kind of attack strategy still has one weakness, that is, its timeliness is poor and the delay is relatively long. So far, about tens of thousands of people have gone out of the city to surrender to the Sima army, but for Zhuge Dan, who has an army of 50,000, the loss is not particularly great. If Sima Lun forcibly attacked the city at this time, he would still be subject to considerable resistance.

Therefore, Sima Lun still needs to continue to wait, so that more people will be surrendered and fled, and his morale will be dispersed. In this way, the Sima army will face much less resistance when siege the city.

At this time, Hu Lie suddenly came to report that Jiang Ban of the Huainan Army sent his confidants to discuss the surrender of Xiancheng. When Sima Lun heard this, he had been waiting for a long time and immediately ordered the person to be brought up.

Jiang Ban's confidant submitted Jiang Ban's letter and said, "My master and General Jiao Yi followed Zhuge Dan for many years, but they were punished because of a corner of the city wall and almost lost their lives. So they were ready to surrender to the city gate. I hope the Sima Governor will accept it."

Sima Lun smiled slightly and said, "General Jiang and General Jiao are willing to abandon the secret and turn to the light. I am very pleased. Go back and tell the two generals Jiang Jiao that as long as they are willing to surrender sincerely, I will not pursue all the past. If the two generals can help me take Shouchun, I will submit a report to the court and grant the two generals the marquis. All those involved in this matter will be rewarded."

The messenger was overjoyed and agreed with Sima Lun that at the third update of the night, a fire would be raised at the north gate of Shouchun City as a call. At that time, Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi would open the city gate to welcome Sima's army into the city.

After sending off the messenger, Simalun said to the generals present: "What do you think about this?"

Fu Yu said with some concern: "Jiang Ban Jiao Yi is Zhuge Dan's confidant general, and Zhuge Dan brought it up. He was worried that this was Zhuge Dan's bitter plan, so the governor must guard against it."

Sima Lun smiled and said, "The situation in Shouchun City is difficult now, and there are many rebels. Although Jiang Banjiao Yi is Zhuge Dan's confidant, they may have to consider their future when the disaster is coming. Therefore, I think the possibility of Jiang Banjiao Yi surrendering this time is relatively high. Taking a step back, even if Zhuge Dan's bitter plan wants to lure our army into the city and gather and annihilate it, it is just Zhuge Dan's mistaken plan. As long as our army can take a city gate, Shouchun's defense will be useless. No matter how cunning he is, it will be useless."

Now Shouchun's defense line is only one city left. If Sima Lun does not care about the cost of casualties, he has already launched a large-scale attack. In the face of absolute strength, Sima Lun is not afraid of Zhuge Dan's conspiracy and tricks, and wants to lure Sima's army into the city and annihilate it. I'm afraid that Zhuge Dan does not have the capital yet. Once Sima's army enters the city, Zhuge Dan will have no reliance and will only be left to surrender.

Therefore, Sima Lun still recognized Jiang Ban Jiao Yi's surrender, but he did not take it lightly. Instead, he ordered Wang Chang to lead his troops there. As long as Jiang Ban Jiao Yi opened the city gate, Wang Chang would not enter the city easily. Instead, he first took over and controlled the city gate. Then, various armies entered from the north gate, plowed the ground to sweep the caves, and attacked the targets controlled by the Huainan army in the city one by one, and it was necessary to capture Zhuge Dan alive.

Wang Chang and the generals of the camps took the orders generously, went down to prepare and waited for the night to take action.

When the night fell, the messenger quietly sneaked back to Shouchun City. Because of the people sent by Jiang Ban to help him, he easily avoided the patrol team and returned to Shouchun City.

Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi were already waiting anxiously for a day. During the day, they had to organize people to repair the city wall as if nothing had happened. Zhuge Dan did not show up, but sent Zhuge Liang to inspect the progress of the repair.

Compared to Zhuge Dan's harsh words and thunderous anger, Zhuge Liang was kind and asked about his well-being. He also brought the best Jinchuang medicine and asked about the injuries of the two people with concern. He also said that Zhuge Dan was in a bad mood during this period, which made the two generals wronged. Please do not hold grudges, and put the overall situation first. As long as he can defend the city, Zhuge Dan will be rewarded in the future.

Of course, Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi were very polite on the surface, saying that they were not afraid to behave, but they had already scolded Zhuge and his son a thousand times and ten thousand times in their hearts. The father and son, one sings the black face and the other sings the black face, isn't this playing tricks on them like monkeys? The old man is no longer with him, and the people sent out have contacted Sima Lun. If an agreement can be reached, Shouchun will really change tonight. Let Zhuge and his son be proud now. When the time comes, they will cry!

Zhuge Liang was very satisfied when he saw Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi's humble attitude. He thought that his comfort was more effective. He had previously worried that Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi would feel resentful after being punished. Now it seems that there is no problem, so they still went to repair the city wall steadily, obviously because they were afraid of being punished by Zhuge Dan again.

As long as they are kind and powerful, they are not afraid of these subordinates being disobedient. After inspecting, Zhuge Liang left with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!