Chapter 1703 It's a Bargain at First Glance
The Battle of Songzhou started suddenly.
I heard that the tribe was a border herders. A total of 80,000 troops suddenly appeared on the border of Songzhou. No one knew how or when they came. They were armed with weapons and they were all tall and brave.
The leaderless pseudo-senior officials of Songzhou were truly shocked by these people.
After an urgent discussion, they discovered that the total number of rebels in Songzhou was only 10,000. If the other side wanted to break through the city gate, not only would the people of Songzhou suffer, but they, the rebels, would also be dismembered.
After a short one-hour meeting, a Han puppet official said: "We need assistance from the Songzhou Army."
I heard that 80,000 people from that clan have already arrived at the city. They must resist, but now they have no one in their hands, so why resist?
Don't forget, Songzhou's local garrison is still on the outskirts of the city. Now, if these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses can be wielded, and the tens of thousands of soldiers who listen to them, it is not impossible to fight.
But as soon as this proposal was issued, it was rejected by another barbarian pseudo-official: "Do you know how difficult it was for us to trap the garrison on the outskirts of the city? They are tigers, locked in a cage by us, you plan to put them Release it, how do you know that we are not the first ones they eat?"
The Han pseudo-officials retorted: "Songzhou City is full of common people. Listening to that clan attacking the city, they will not treat the people of the Central Plains well. The Songzhou Army is an army of the imperial court. The training they received and the belief they adhere to is to protect their homeland and the country. So Let them out, and they will definitely ask about the soldier first."
"Even if they really ask about the soldier, what about us after the defeat?" The barbarian pseudo-officials sneered: "Don't forget, we were able to easily attack Songzhou before because of the surprise attack and because we trapped the soldiers on the outskirts of the city. Horses, separate the inside and outside of the city so that their reinforcements cannot arrive. Now let them enter the city. If that tribe dies first, we will die later. "
"That's not necessarily true!" the Han pseudo-official mused: "We are nominally called rebels, but my allegiance is to the Han people. Even if the uprising succeeds, the empress will not ascend the throne in the end. She will assist a puppet emperor and serve as regent behind the scenes. So as long as the Qingyun Kingdom still has the surname Rong and is still Han, then our soldiers will still be loyal to the country. In the final analysis, what the Queen and the Seven Kings are doing now is a struggle for imperial power. Apart from imperial power, as long as the country does not fall and the people do not die, everything will be fine. will not change."
"So you insist on releasing the Songzhou Army?" asked the barbarian pseudo-official.
The Han pseudo-official nodded: "This is the only way."
The barbarian pseudo-officials fell silent and turned their attention to another eunuch at the meeting. This eunuch was a supervisor sent by the queen from the palace.
"What do you think, father-in-law?"
The old eunuch seemed mature and prudent, but in fact he was afraid in his heart. He looked at the barbarians and then at the Han people. He was silent for a moment and said: "In short, Songzhou City cannot be destroyed, and the good deeds of the empress cannot be defeated." On our hands.”
Then this means agreeing to release the Songzhou Army. The barbarian was a little unhappy, but in the end he didn't say anything. Their current situation was a bit delicate. General Hu'er just sent away all the Songzhou rebels, and he heard that people from that tribe came. Well, General Hu'er didn't just listen to that tribe, and after thinking about it, they are somewhat embarrassed now.
Seeing that no one else had any objections, the Han official took the initiative and said: "I am a Han and I will talk to the Songzhou Army in person. I believe they will understand."
"Then you give it a try." The old eunuch said in a sharp voice, and before leaving, he warned: "Don't lose Songzhou. If you lose it, your, me, and our heads will also be lost."
This threat caused a brief silence in the hall. Everyone looked at each other for a moment. The Han official got up first and led the people out of the city gate.
They avoided listening to the army. When they arrived at the garrison camp, they saw soldiers still training in the playground. The man standing at the head was wearing a military uniform. He was about forty years old and had a strong iron frame.
When Han Guan walked over, everyone on the playground looked at him. Thousands of pairs of eyes were stared at, and Han Guan's back was sweating.
The marshal of the Songzhou garrison, whose surname was Li, was Li Yin. He was nearly six feet tall and very tall.
The Han official came forward, saluted Li Yin first, and then told him about the Ting tribe outside the city.
When Li Yin heard this, he showed no surprise on his face and his reaction was flat: "So?"
The Han official wiped his sweat and said: "Foreign troubles have not been eliminated, and the people's hearts are uncertain. Marshal Li has been a soldier all his life, and he must have served the country and the people. Now Songzhou is facing a disaster. It is time for us to join forces to attack the enemy. Just wait for Songzhou to be in chaos." Once the elephant passed, Marshal Li was indispensable."
Li Jin sneered: "I have no military power."
The Han official quickly ordered the guards behind him to deliver a token.
Li Yin looked at the familiar token with a calm expression on his face: "After following the Queen's order, will we also become soldiers of the rebels?"
The official of the Han Dynasty said: "The emperor is seriously ill and the court is bloated. The queen has great talents in governing the world and is a hundred times better than the seven kings. The world will eventually have to be led by a capable person. The seven kings are eager to work hard. In the early years, there were rumors of forming cliques for personal gain, embezzling taxes, and plundering the people's wealth. There is no wind without fire. The Seven Kings themselves are not good enough. If the world is in the hands of such a person, how can the people still live a good life? "
"Leave it in the hands of the queen, and the people can live a good life?" Li Ying asked.
The Han official ignored Li Xing's disrespectful address to the queen and said in a deep voice: "Songzhou has been in ruins for many months, but Marshal Li is still safe and sound. Isn't this enough to show the sincerity of the empress? The empress does not distinguish between friends and foes, but only looks at talents. Li The marshal is the first person in the empress's talent list. If the empress can succeed, it will not be difficult for Marshal Li to be crowned king or marquis according to the empress' appreciation of you. "
This is a set of coercion and inducement.
When Li Kong's mind flashed, he laughed: "Okay, but you must remember this today. If you stand in the same row as the queen, I must see the obvious benefits."
"Of course." The Han official said.
When Li Kong asked someone to take the Han official to rest, he was about to take the order to inspect the soldiers, and a deputy general came up and asked mysteriously: "Is it the same?"
"It's all the same." Li Kong scratched his hair and said rudely: "First he said he served the country and the people, and then he said he was crowned king and appointed prime minister. Tsk, after so many years, how come Liu Wei's brain is still so good? He can guess what others say. I think he should stop being a coroner and set up a stall to tell fortunes."
The deputy general chuckled and said: "Liu the coroner is smart. In the past, Lord Fu always listened to him. You always said that Lord Fu was useless and was fooled by a little coroner. Suppressed, and then..."
"Shh, stop talking, I remember."
The deputy general continued, "Later, the coroner Liu gave you a laxative, which kept you out of bed for half a month. Since then, you dared not say bad things about him to his face."
"I remember what I said, what nonsense are you talking about!" Li Kong angrily hit the deputy general on the back of his head, and then said, "Okay, now that you have the token, you go and write back to Liu Wei, using our own pigeons in the military camp. I don't know where he bought his pigeons from, but they are cheap at first glance. They flew to the lake. If the soldiers hadn't seen them while taking a bath, such important information would have been lost."