Admonisher Chen Guan Is Promoted to Pacification Commissioner; The Maiden Qiong Ying Becomes Vanguard

Now to tell the story: At that time Wu Yong said to Song Jiang, “The troops in the city were few to begin with, and before this they relied entirely on Qiao Daoqing’s sorcery to hold them up. Now that they know Qiao Daoqing has been defeated and is surrounded, and there are no relief troops outside, how could their hearts not be afraid? This morning I climbed the cloud ladder to look, and I saw that every soldier on the wall was panicky. We should take advantage of their fear, give them a way to reform, and make the advantages and disadvantages clear to them. The people in the city will surely bind their defending generals and come out to surrender, and we can take this city easily without bloody fighting.” Song Jiang was very pleased and said, “The Military Adviser’s plan is excellent.” The two consulted and had several dozen surrender notices written. The notices read: “Song Jiang, Principal Vanguard for the Northern Expedition of Great Song, makes known to the officers and soldiers, troops, and people of Zhaode Prefecture: Tian Hu has raised rebellion, and by the......