Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 131: Attacking the city is the most important thing, but attacking the heart is the best thing!
"General, general," a soldier rolled up to Jiang Fangshun, with a hint of unnoticeable joy in his tone, "the officers and soldiers have withdrawn!"

"Retreating?!"

When Jiang Fangshun, who was resting against the parapet, heard this, his tired body suddenly burst out with strength again. He supported the parapet and stood up, looking towards the bottom of the city.

If it was true as the personal guards said, the officers and soldiers attacking the city retreated like a tide, even taking the bodies of their companions back with them.

The huge battlefield instantly became empty.

Could it be that Guo Pengyi succeeded?
Jiang Fangshun's heart suddenly moved and he thought of this possibility. Otherwise, how could the officers and soldiers who had the upper hand retreat so easily.

"The man named Jiang in Suilin City must be thinking why we withdrew so easily despite having the upper hand."

In the army camp, Zhao Yu looked at the generals and chuckled.

"I think everyone here thinks so too."

"Yes, Your Majesty, why do you want to withdraw?"

Li Huan, who was the first to ascend, said in a muffled voice.

In just a short time, they would be able to completely capture the city wall they were attacking and hammer a nail into the wall for the officers and soldiers.

As long as the progress goes smoothly, Suilin City can be captured tonight.

"Don't forget, Mr. Du's antidote can only last for two hours." Seeing Zhao Yu smiling and silent, Yin Shou had no choice but to explain to the generals, "When the medicine wears off, the soldiers who attack the city wall , in addition to facing the rebels, we also have to deal with the Gu insects flying in the sky. In this way, even if Suilin is really captured in the end, how many casualties will it cause? "

However, if the casualties in a siege are not high, is it still called a siege?

Li Huan and other generals blinked with doubts on their faces.

You can't stop attacking the city just because the casualties are too great, right?

"Ahem," seeing that Yin Shou didn't know how to explain it for a while, Zhao Yu coughed a few times and turned the attention of the generals to himself, "Although we are here to suppress the rebellion, most of these rebel soldiers were originally They are all Miao people and people of Da Chu. They were only temporarily bewitched and coerced by Qu Li and others, and they had to embark on the road of rebellion. If they can change their minds and open the city to surrender, it would be far better than attacking it by force. Again. Those who kill too much will harm the harmony of heaven and earth."

There is one more thing he didn't say. He still needs to save his strength to deal with the Burmese country that is about to make a move!

This time, although countering the rebellion is important, the fundamental purpose of his personal expedition is to teach the Namyan country a lesson. Otherwise, to deal with this kind of rebellion, he only needs to send a good general and about [-] troops. , why bother to lead an army of [-] to conquer personally?

However, his thoughts could only be explained to the generals after the rebellion was put down.

Kaesong surrendered?
Doubts appeared in the eyes of the generals.

After all, would these rebels do this?
meeting!
Zhao Yu gave a definite answer.

"These rebels don't know that Jiang Fangshun is a Qi businessman on the surface, but secretly a Qi spy. He came to Miao Territory just to cause trouble in Miao Territory, so that the court was overwhelmed and had to be deeply involved in the war in Miao Territory. This is why he one."

"Secondly, they don't know that the holy envoy of the Five Immortals Sect they respect is actually a traitor of the Five Immortals Sect, and even practices inhumane sorcery. Of course, on this point, Mr. Du is also asked to come forward and help the city. The rebels and the people will explain."

Seeing Du Yanqi nodding in agreement, Zhao Yu continued:

"As long as we inform the rebels and people in the city of these situations, and explain that as long as Kaicheng surrenders, their past crimes will be pardoned. If we go one step further and capture Jiang Fangshun, we can even get rewards. In my opinion, I want to come to them You will know how to choose.”

At the end, Zhao Yu's words were cold and stern.

"Qu Li and others cooperate with traitors like Guo Pengyi and spies like Jiang Fangshun. It can be said that they are willing to die! Now that all the thieves have been killed, only Jiang Fangshun is the last one left. Naturally, he must be kept. Let the Hmong people who have been deceived get their bad breath out."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasped.

His Majesty's move was too heartbreaking for Jiang Fangshun!
An hour later, Suilincheng County Government came.

"General, general!" The soldier came to Jiang Fangshun holding an arrow and said urgently, "This was shot by the officers and soldiers outside, and there is a note tied to it!"

"what?"

A bad premonition suddenly arose in Jiang Fangshun's heart. He took the arrow from the guard's hand, took off the note tied to the arrow and unfolded it.

After just browsing through it briefly, Jiang Fangshun felt that his hair stood on end and the blood all over his body rushed to his forehead.

What insidious officers and soldiers!What a vicious strategy!
On this note, it was written:
As traitors to the people, you dare to resist the heavenly army of the imperial court. You should all be killed to show the power of heaven and suppress disobedience. However, God has the virtue of good life and I do not want to commit any more murderous crimes. All you need to do is open the city and surrender. If you hand over Jiang Fangshun, you will be exempted from all charges. You only need to serve one month of hard labor, and the rest of the crimes will be forgotten!Whoever kills Jiang Fangshun will be rewarded with ten gold coins; whoever captures Jiang Fangshun will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!
On this piece of paper, there is the big seal of the little emperor!
This thing must not be seen by anyone in the city!

Jiang Fangshun made a decision instantly and asked sharply:
"Where did you pick up this arrow?"

"Back to the general, the villain picked it up on the city wall. The officers and soldiers outside the city just shot a lot of them in."

"Let someone collect all these arrows. Anyone who dares to hide them secretly is tampering with the Chu army. I will not spare him!" Jiang Fangshun said urgently, "Hurry up and go!"

"But, general," the soldier bravely said, "the number of arrows shot into the city must have been at least nearly a thousand..."

There were nearly a thousand arrows scattered in the city. How could they search for them?
When Jiang Fangshun heard this, his vision went dark and his body shook involuntarily.

Holding on to the handrail, Jiang Fangshun was about to speak when he suddenly heard a faint sound coming from outside the city.He was deeply afraid that the officers and soldiers would resort to ruthless tactics if they did not respect martial ethics, so he hurriedly asked his soldiers to check.

However, when the soldiers came back, Jiang Fangshun suddenly felt that the eyes of these soldiers looked at him differently.

"General, the officers and soldiers outside the city are shouting into the city, and they seem to be talking about the contents of the note in the general's hand. Next to the shouter, there is an adult who claims to be the Jade Toad Envoy of the Five Immortals Sect, who is vouching for the soldiers and civilians in the city. .”

"hateful!"

Jiang Fangshun cursed angrily, but had to admit helplessly that they had completely lost this battle...

He decided to wait until late at night, take a few soldiers with him, and escape from Suilin City overnight.

You can't stay in this place!

After instructing his soldiers to guard the gate of the county government office, Jiang Fangshun fell into a deep sleep in the county government office.

Defending the city had consumed most of his physical strength and energy. Now, he needed to save up some energy for his subsequent escape.

However, when he woke up from his sleep, he found that he had been tied up.

"Come on, come on!"

However, those who heard his voice coming in were several soldiers with sneers on their faces.

"Hey, Master Jiang, are you awake?"

The leading soldier sneered and bowed his hand to Jiang Fangshun, "The people in the city opened the city gate overnight, but we were helpless. In order to survive, we had to tie you up and offer it to the court. I hope you can understand us."

When Jiang Fangshun heard this, his face turned from white to red, and when he was about to speak, a mouthful of blood spurted out as soon as he opened his mouth, and he fainted.

Before he fell into coma, his last thought was that if he had known this, he should have escaped from Suilin City without anyone else before it got dark.

"Tsk, tsk, this must be the first time I've fainted in the past few days."

Several soldiers shook their heads and said playfully:
"I wonder if our lord will faint again when we go to the execution ground in the future?"

Soon, as Suilin City was defeated without attack, Jiang Fangshun, who was tied up with five flowers, was also sent to Zhao Yu by the rebel soldiers.

Zhao Yu also fulfilled his promise and rewarded one hundred taels of gold to the rebel soldiers who captured Jiang Fangshun.

Since then, all the land in the city that was captured by the rebels a few months ago has been recovered by the court, except for the southernmost Denglong Pass.

After taking Suilin City, all the rebels can control now is Denglong Pass without supplies.

As the most important pass entering Jiaxing Prefecture from south to north, Denglong Pass is well-defended and is far more difficult to defeat than Suilin City.

However, Zhao Yu already had a clue about how to capture Denglong Pass.

"Go and call Shen Liang."

Not long after, Shen Liang, led by his personal guards, came to Zhao Yu.

"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"

Shen Liang's round face showed a habitual flattering smile.

"No need to be restrained, sit down!" Zhao Yu pointed to the chair next to him with a smile. Seeing this, Shen Liang hurriedly sat on it, but he only sat on half of his buttocks, leaning his upper body slightly, looking extremely respectful.

When Zhao Yu saw this, he didn't criticize him. He smiled and chatted with him for a few words, and then asked calmly:

"I heard that you have a good relationship with Gao Bin, the current guard of Denglong Pass?"

Shen Guangming nodded.

"To answer your Majesty's question, Gao Bin and I both came from Yinshanliao, so we are almost fellow villagers."

As he spoke, Shen Liang's heart gradually lifted.

Your Majesty, doesn't he want to surrender again?

If Zhao Yu knew Shen Liang's thoughts, he might shake his head and laugh. This guy was bitten by a snake once and has been afraid of ropes for ten years.

"Now, only Denglong Pass is still in the hands of the rebels. I want you to go to Denglong Pass with Mr. Du and tell Gao Bin that I want to Denglong Pass."

Zhao Yu said lightly.

"Then the little emperor wants to climb Longguan?"

Inside Denglong Pass, Gao Bin sat in the middle of the hall, staring at Shen Liang with squinted eyes.

"Your Majesty indeed said so."

Facing Gao Bin's unkind gaze, Shen Liang nodded vigorously, "It's Denglong Pass."

Gao Bin twitched the corner of his mouth, and his eyes did not conceal his sarcasm.

"If you have the ability, let the little emperor attack Denglong Pass. Do you want me to give up this pass just by words? Huh, that's ridiculous!"

Du Yanqi on the side smiled lightly and said: "It is for the general's consideration that your majesty asked me to come with General Shen to persuade the general."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter broke out in the hall, and several generals headed by Gao Bin all laughed loudly.

"Consider this for me? Mr. Du, I am a member of the Five Immortals Sect. I have no intention of embarrassing you, but I still ask you to tell the little emperor. If you have the ability, let him come and take the Denglong Pass in person!"

"Old Gao!"

When Shen Liang heard this, he no longer cared about anything and said loudly:

"Do you think His Majesty really can't defeat Denglong Pass? He just doesn't want to fight! As long as His Majesty lets the soldiers trap Denglong Pass to death, how long can he survive based on the food stored in the pass? Or do you think you are better than the Qu family? Brother, are you more powerful than Guo Pengyi? All these guys together can't even last a month in His Majesty's hands. How long can you last, Lao Gao?"

The hall burst into laughter.

Shen Liang struck while the iron was hot and continued:

"His Majesty did not attack Denglong Pass just because he did not want to cause any more unnecessary casualties. If he were willing, it would not take him a month to completely reorganize the nearly 3 people from the Qu family, plus the 5 from the imperial court. People and horses. How can you, Gao Bin, resist this 3000-strong army? With less than 8 men under your command? Or is this Denglong Pass? [-] people can flood this Denglong Pass with just a spit of saliva. !”

"Okay, even if you, Gao Bin, are more powerful than the Qu family brothers, you were lucky enough to repel the imperial army. But at that time, the relationship between you, Lao Gao, and the imperial court of Chu State was forged. If the imperial court sends out another army, will you, Lao Gao, still be able to defeat it? Can you block it? It's a fluke to block an army of [-] people once. Could it be that you, Gao, think that you are the reincarnation of a military immortal and a god of weapons, and you want to be able to block it a second time? By that time, even if Lao Gao It’s too late for you to regret it!”

Following Shen Liang's words, there was a sudden silence in the hall.

"If that time had come, we would have gone back long ago." A deputy general snorted unconvinced.

"On the other side of Denglong Pass is the garrison of Qu Zhenqu Zhennan Army. Where can you run to? Besides, if you can leave, the army can't chase after you? How naive!"

Shen Liang stared, his voice suddenly rising an octave.

"If it really comes to that point and you abandon the border and run away, we, the Five Immortals Sect, will not sit idly by and ignore it. The leader will send people to capture you in front of the imperial army to quell the anger of the Emperor of Chu."

Du Yanqi made a faint stabbing blow.

"Mr. Du, you!"

Gao Bin was choked by Du Yanqi's words and rolled his eyes.

"The foundation of the Five Immortals Sect is the Miao Territory and the Miao people. For the stability of the Miao Territory and to prevent the Miao Territory from falling into war again, we have to do this. I hope General Gao can understand."

As soon as Du Yanqi said this, Gao Bin became even more depressed.

There is a reason for killing you, I hope you can understand...

I understand you idiot!
"How many times have officers and soldiers come here in the southwest?"

A general broke the silence.

"In the past hundreds of years, since Daxia, when has Miao territory not belonged to Dachu?" Shen Liang asked without giving in, "I came here to save your lives. Otherwise, according to the military If the generals wish, you rebels should be wiped out and no chickens or dogs left! Besides, you were left behind by Quli and others at Denglong Pass, isn’t it because they are afraid that you will get more benefits?”

Old man, it's so frustrating!

As soon as these words came out, all the rebels looked at each other.

Shen Liang's last words made them feel pain in their hearts.

It was precisely because they were not Qu Li's direct descendants and were not taken seriously that they were sent to Denglong Pass.

Seeing the different expressions on everyone's face, Shen Liang secretly thought that he had a way out, looked around at everyone, and said:
"Before leaving, Your Majesty asked me, Shen Laosi, to give you a message. We are also dogs. Do you want to be a wild dog that is chased and run around and eventually become desperate? Or do you want to be a housekeeper for the imperial court? dog?"

There was deathly silence in the hall, and Shen Liang expressed their deepest fears.

To the giant Da Chu, they were just mice.As long as Da Chu spends a little energy, he can trample them to death with one kick.As for the Five Immortals Sect and the Miao people, for their own sake, they would not help them at all.

"Lao Gao, give me a happy word to my brother. Will you let me climb Long Pass? If you have made a decision and are determined to be a wild dog that can be beaten by others, then let Lao Shen and I Go back and tell your majesty that in three days, the army will attack the city. But after all, you and I are brothers, and I will implore your majesty to leave a whole body for you, Lao Gao."

Shen Liang didn't want to delay it any longer, so he simply revealed his trump card.

To drop, or not to drop?

Every pair of eyes in the hall looked at Gao Bin who was sitting in the main seat.

Gao Bin pondered for a long time and then said:

"Old Shen, it's not that I don't believe you. It's that you followed the Qu family brothers before, but now you are speaking for the officers and soldiers. How can I believe you? How can I dare to believe you? No matter what you say, you have to show your strength. A credential that people find credible, right?”

Seeing that Gao Bin finally relaxed, Shen Liang and Du Yanqi finally felt relieved.

Although what the two of them said was discussed with Zhao Yu before departure, one was a good person and the other was a bad person, but entering the tiger's den alone still made their nervous palms full of sweat.

"Want a voucher?" Shen Liang and Du Yan took a step to the left and right, letting out a follower behind them, "How about this?"

Everyone subconsciously looked over and saw the follower raising his head and straightening his back. The original submissive and cautious appearance of the follower disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a majestic aura rising from his body.

"My surname is Wang, my name is Xiongdan, and I am the commander of His Majesty's personal army. Now, according to His Majesty's orders, I will protect General Shen and Mr. Du, and secondly, persuade everyone here to surrender to the imperial court."

As he spoke, Wang Xiongdan raised his right hand high, with a large jade-colored seal in his palm.

"Your Majesty's jade seal is here. Is it enough to serve as a voucher for General Shen and Mr. Du?"

Seeing the jade seal in Wang Xiongdan's hand, Gao Bin and others' expressions changed, and finally they all knelt down on the ground.

"We, the guilty ministers, are here to see Your Majesty!"

So far, the imperial court has shown the greatest sincerity to itself. If these desperate rebels are still ignorant, what awaits them next will be a large army pressing down on the border and closing the gates.

Seeing that Gao Bin and others were so aware of current affairs, Wang Xiongdan and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.

To be able to capture Denglong Pass without wasting a single soldier and without a single blow was undoubtedly the best result for the imperial court.

Next, let’s see what your Majesty’s plans are after they reunite with Zhennan General Qu Zhen.

(End of this chapter)