Chapter 324 - 264. Prevent problems before they arise
The sound of horse hooves faded away, the Jing Dynasty’s Divine Archer struck with one shot and left immediately, resolute, ruthless, and decisive.
Chen Ji turned his head to look at the arrow slit above the city gate. The arrow was so powerful and heavy that it split a crack in the wooden beam above the gate. And on the same entrance gate structure, there were two more new arrow holes.
The Jing Dynasty’s surrender appeal was not the first.
He turned to see Hu Junxian holding the surrender plea scroll, silently staring into the distance at the Jing Dynasty’s main camp.
The next moment.
Hu Junxian threw the scroll into the night, fluttering towards the distance: "If you were me, would you open the gate and surrender the city?"
Chen Ji did not answer; it was not a question he could answer, nor should he.
Seeing him not answering, Hu Junxian asked again: "Not surrendering, I, as Hu, would die for my country and certainly be renowned through the ages. Historians would say that I, Hu, maintained both loyalty and righteousness. By surrendering, I, Hu, would be despised by historians for thousands of years, but the people of Guyuan behind me might be saved. If you were in my place, what would you do?"
Chen Ji was silent for a long time, still unwilling to answer that question: "General Hu, I am just a bastard son of the Chen family, of little significance and influence; isn’t it better to call Deputy General Zhou to discuss together?"
Hu Junxian, leaning against the crenel, said indifferently: "Wang Daosheng wasn’t wrong about you, indeed you’ve grown to be extremely cautious, always hiding and concealing things. People like you should be in the Imperial Capital, where even stone lions have watchful eyes, not staying in the borderlands."
Chen Ji did not rebut.