In the Great Wei Palace of Literature, Chen Zhengru’s voice was full of coldness.
He was the prime minister of the dynasty, plus he was also a great scholar of the Palace of Literature.
No one in the Great Wei Palace dared to be stubborn about his angry rebuke.
The reason for their angry rebuke of Xu Qingnian was purely because of his age and the fact that he had only been around for less than a year.
Naturally, the crowd was somewhat unconvinced.
But Chen Zhengru was different, and the crowd remained in awe of Chen Zhengru, both because of his age and his status.
This cry of old but not dead.
This cry of rolling out.
It could be said to have taken the face of Peng Ru and trampled it underfoot, without any hint of politeness at all.
No one dared to say anything, not even the great Confucian, for Chen Zhengru had already spoken to this extent.
I was afraid that he would be looking for death.
“Heh!”
“What a good line about being old and not dying!”
“What a good line about rolling out.”
“Lord Chen, you have not read a lot of sage books over the years.”
At this moment, Zhang Ning’s voice rang out, since he had already torn his face, Zhang Ning did not care about Chen Zhengru at all as he sneered, his words carrying an inexplicable sarcasm in them.
It was nothing more than saying that Chen Zhengru was full of official authority.
“Zhang Ning.”
“Don’t be so shady here.”
“Great Wei’s rivers and mountains have now suffered a great disgrace, and we are doing our utmost to guard the rivers and mountains and protect our country, while you and others are here to create civil unrest.”
“Do you know that you have committed a heinous crime?”
Chen Zhengru pointed angrily at Zhang Ning and said in a cold and unmistakable voice.
“A heinous crime? What a heinous crime.”
“Is it right for Xu Qingnian to kill the surrender? A sage does not say kill, let alone a surrendered army?”
“I think you have already been compelled by Xu Qingnian, Chen Zhengru, if you have the guts, come to the Great Wei Palace of Literature and kill us all, I don’t believe that you really dare to kill Ru today.”
Zhang Ning’s attitude was extremely strong, he did not believe that Chen Zhengru would dare to kill Confucius.
“Jing soldiers, listen to the order!”
“Enter the Palace of Literature and kill Zhang Ning!”
But before Zhang Ning could continue to be arrogant, Chen Zhengru’s voice rang out.
Enter the Palace of Literature and kill Zhang Ning.
In an instant, hundreds of capital soldiers, swords in hand, stepped directly into the Palace of Literature.
They didn’t have to talk so much. When Chen Zhengru said kill, they killed.
“Chen Zhengru, do you really want the Palace to be stained with blood? This is a treacherous thing to do.”
“Chen Ru, you must not stain the Palace of Literature with blood, otherwise there will be heaven’s wrath.”
“If a great scholar dies with injustice, it will bring about the punishment of the Holy Spirit.”
“No! No!”
Many great scholars spoke up, dissuading Chen Zhengru from letting the Palace of Literature stain with blood, for this would lead to great trouble.
Since ancient times, killing Confucian scholars had been a great calamity, and a true misfortune for a dynasty.
There have been dynasties that killed Confucians and ended up collapsing in less than a century.
This is not a joke, nor is it an esoteric statement, but something that actually happened.
“What I killed was not Confucianism!”
“But a traitor to the nation!”
Chen Zhengru was incomparably domineering, he was going to kill Confucius today, so that the people of the Palace of Literature would remember a little bit, it had come to this point and still want to cause trouble, this was a big mistake.
This is a big mistake, a big mistake.
No matter how much trouble they caused during the day, it was their own business and Chen Zhengru did not want to deal with it because he was also a great Confucian and he was also a member of the Palace of Literature.
In fact, Chen Zhengru was already helping Xu Qingnian, when Xu Qingnian disliked the Great Wei Palace of Literature so angrily, Chen Zhengru did not choose to help the Great Wei Palace of Literature, but chose to remain silent, which was already standing in line.
This is already taking sides against Xu Qingnian.
Because he also felt that something was indeed wrong with the Great Wei Palace.
But whatever had gone wrong, he could tolerate it, after all, we all had different philosophies, and he had nothing to say.
But today, what was different was that Chen Zhengru was truly furious.
These guys, taking advantage of the country’s crisis, presumed to provoke civil unrest?
Wasn’t this an attempt to destroy the country?
Once Great Wei is destroyed, who will be unlucky? It was the people of Great Wei, the people of the world. In front of the people and the Palace of Literature, he unconditionally stood on the side of the people.
That is why he wants to kill Confucius today, to warn everyone in blood that at this juncture, he will kill whoever dares to make trouble.
It was a big deal that he would be spurned by the world’s scholars.
He wanted a clear conscience.
The eight gates of capital soldiers killed in, each with cold faces as they drew their long swords.
Towards Zhang Ning.
This was no joke, nor was it a scare, it was a real killing.
“Chen Zhengru, do you really dare to kill Ru?”
Zhang Ning’s fingers trembled with anger, but this also proved that he was scared, truly scared, otherwise he would not have been so.
“Kill!”
Chen Zhengru didn’t say anything, a word that proved his attitude.
It was also at that moment.
A voice rang out.
“That’s enough.”
The voice rang out, and it was the voice of Peng Ru.
He pinned his walking stick and slowly appeared in front of the crowd.
The capital soldiers stopped in their tracks.
After all, a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, they still had to respect.
“We have met Peng Ru.”
The great Confucians looked at Peng Ru and bowed in unison to show their respect.
While Chen Zhengru looked at Peng Ru, there was only indifference in his eyes, and the rest had no emotion.
He did not need to respect such a person, who was a traitor to the country and the people.
However, when everyone thought that Peng Ru was coming out to call on Chen Zhengru, his voice, however, surprised the crowd.
“Old man, I will go with you to the Heavenly Prison.”
He spoke indifferently, and with just one sentence, he left the crowd stunned.
“Pengru! This must not be done.”
“Peng Ru, you are a great scholar of heaven and earth, you must not do this.”
“Peng Ru!”
The crowd of great scholars spoke up, a great scholar of heaven and earth being held in prison was no joke.
This was not only an insult to the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, but also an insult to the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
If this really went ahead, it would be a great disgrace to the Great Wei Literary Palace, and all the scholars would have to grieve.
How is it not a great shame for a great scholar of heaven and earth to be detained in a heavenly prison.
“It is well.”
“Justice is in the hearts of the people.”
“Stop arguing.”
Peng Ru spoke up, he did not want to argue anymore and willingly went to the heavenly prison.
It was just that this line about justice being in the hearts of the people inexplicably seemed sickening.
“Lord Chen, may I accompany you to the Heavenly Prison?”
Peng Ru spoke out, as he asked Chen Zhengru.
And the latter’s face was cold and silent for a moment, he did not know what kind of trick Peng Ru was playing again, but what he could know was that there was absolutely no way Peng Ru would willingly go to the Heavenly Prison.
For such an existence, asking him to go to the Heavenly Prison would be worse than killing him.
So he must have had other thoughts and purposes in mind.
It was just that Chen Zhengru could not imagine that he had any other purpose.
“As long as Pengru cooperates, everything is fine.”
However, Chen Zhengru still acted in accordance with the law, Xu Qingnian ordered the imprisonment of the Heavenly Prison, and did not directly say that he wanted to kill Peng Ru.
He dared to kill a great Confucian, but he did not dare to kill a great Confucian of heaven and earth.
So no matter what tricks the other side wanted to play, they could only do it in a fair manner.
“Pengru, I’ll go with you.”
“You are too deceitful, Pengru, I will go with you.”
“Let’s go, I’ll go with you too.”
The great scholars spoke up one after another, wanting to follow Peng Ru inside the Heavenly Prison.
Zhang Ning was the first to come forward and show his loyalty.
“No need, just old me and Zhang Ning will go together, Xu Qingnian is also clearing us, so you should not go.”
“The Great Wei Palace of Literature is in your hands.”
Peng Ru slowly spoke, he did not need others to come along with him, he only needed Zhang Ning alone.
As Peng Ru’s words rang out, the great Confucians said nothing more, their gazes filled with hatred as they looked at Chen Zhengru.
The Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, almost the leader of the living, was caught in a heavenly prison.
Could there be anything more humiliating than this?
Peng Ru got up, he was hunched over with a cane, his body was hunched over, and he was inexplicably a little heartbroken.
The heartache was that of a great Confucian in the Zhu Sheng lineage.
Chen Zhengru did not care.
However, his heart was filled with many doubts.
He really did not understand why Peng Ru took the initiative to go to the Heavenly Prison, was he bowing down in the face of the great power?
He did not believe it. How could a man like Peng Ru, who could become a great scholar of heaven and earth, bow down because of the great power?
To put it bluntly, if he really wanted to kill Peng Ru, it would be impossible for him to rely on the Eight Gates of King’s Soldiers alone, and the moment the knife fell, many forces would inevitably appear.
The moment the sword falls, many forces will inevitably appear to stop oneself.
To kill a great scholar of heaven and earth is undoubtedly a fool’s dream, or at least he, Chen Zhengru, is not qualified.
But what exactly was Peng Ru thinking? What was he plotting to do?
Chen Zhengru was curious.
If he dared to go to the Heavenly Prison so openly, he must have his own plans, but what other plans did he have right now that could turn the tide?
Was he trying to make a statement for himself through the world’s scholars?
This is obviously not possible. It is not as if he is to be put in the prison to die.
And the main purpose of detaining Peng Ru was not to suppress him, but to stop him from creating civil unrest.
That was all.
Chen Zhengru was trying to kill Confucius and have Zhang Ning killed, but the appearance of Peng Ru stopped the killing, and by cooperating with himself in this way, he had in turn put himself in an awkward position.
Only, Chen Zhengru did not care.
Great Wei had reached this point, this was the battle to defend the country, not to mention being expelled from the Great Wei Palace of Literature, even if he was no longer a great scholar, Chen Zhengru did not care.
“Escort the prisoner into the Heavenly Prison.”
The people had already followed him, and Chen Zhengru waved his hand, allowing the Eight Gates Jing soldiers to escort Peng Ru and Zhang Ning into the Heavenly Prison.
At that moment, the Eight Gate Capital Soldiers took the two directly and headed to the middle of the Heavenly Prison. Peng Ru did not walk too fast, and the Eight Gate Capital Soldiers did not dare to say anything, as long as they cooperated, they were not willing to kill Ru.
Outside the Palace of Literature.
Feeling the gaze of the crowd, Chen Zhengru did not have any weakness in his heart, but on the contrary, he coldly warned.
“At the time of the Great Wei’s conquest, I hope that all of you will be honest, and also warn the world’s scholars not to create civil unrest at this juncture, once found, they will be severely punished.”
Chen Zhengru left these words behind, and then turned to leave.
The matter had come to this point, so there was nothing more to say.
However, Chen Zhengru did not go to the Heavenly Prison, nor did he go to the Imperial Palace. Instead, he went to the Ministry of Officials and drew up a notice to announce to the world.
The people of the world must be vigilant against external enemies causing civil unrest and must not listen to rumours.
Anyone who creates rumours or slanders during this period, no matter what their intentions are, will be severely punished. If the people hear about it, they can report it to the local authorities and if it is true, they will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver.
This notice was aimed at two factors.
The first was the Zhu Sheng line of scholars and the other was the va*sal kings.
Now that the public opinion has coalesced like a fire, and everyone is united, this notice will definitely be able to suppress the va*sal kings and some people who have evil intentions.
After the notice was written, Chen Zhengru also came to the Wenhua Hall as soon as possible.
He handed the notice to Xu Qingnian.
“Lord Xu, Pengru has taken the initiative to ambush the law and has taken Zhang Ning to the heavenly prison.”
Chen Zhengru handed the notice to Xu Qingnian to read, while mentioning a sentence.
“En.”
“Lord Chen, how do you feel about this matter?”
Xu Qingnian glanced at the notice and did not have any criticism, there was hardly any need to question Chen Zhengru in terms of internal affairs, his ability and talent to become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty was beyond doubt.
“It’s hard to say.”
“There is no way that Pengru would agree so willingly.”
“It’s just that for a moment, I couldn’t think of what Pengru wanted to do.”
Chen Zhengru said calmly.
As he said this, Xu Qingnian nodded along.
Yes, he really felt that there was something wrong when Peng Ru was so willing.
“Let’s ignore him for now.”
“Since he has gone to the Heavenly Prison, everything is fine, Lord Chen, continue to suppress the matter of civil unrest in Great Wei, and make sure to demand that there is only one voice within the dynasty, and that is the voice of the imperial court.”
“If we want to win this battle in a big way, we must not make the slightest mistake.”
Xu Qingnian couldn’t figure out, at least not right now, what Peng Ru wanted to do.
Willingly go to the Heavenly Prison?
Fear of power? That was not possible.
Then why was it? Xu Qingnian didn’t have time to think about it, so he could only put it aside and deal with the war first.
“Good! I will deal with the internal affairs together with Shang Shu Zhang and Shang Shu Wang, Lord Xu, thank you for your hard work.”
Chen Zhengru nodded, he didn’t need to worry about the military matters, with the Minister of War and so many military generals around, especially Xu Qingnian sitting at the helm.
Now instead, he had to guard more against internal conflict issues, if the enemy were to take advantage of the situation, it would be a gutter.
“Lord Chen has also worked hard.”
Xu Qingnian bowed towards Chen Zhengru, while the latter shook his head.
“Lord Xu, the matter of the va*sal kings still needs more consideration, there is no way they won’t come out, this is a once-in-a-lifetime moment for them.”
“I will go and send someone to investigate first, and if there are any results, I will come back to you.”
Chen Zhengru left, but before he left, he reminded Xu Qingnian a bit to keep an eye on the clan king.
The matter of the Readers had been suppressed, the Pengru were in the Heavenly Prison, the instability was under control, and the next thing was the matter of the va*sal kings everywhere.
If the matter is not suppressed, then it will be a problem.
What Chen Zhengru said, Xu Qingnian understood in his heart.
Today, the civil unrest in Wei is not yet over, as the va*sal kings are still on the move.
Don’t look at them now, but they are waiting for a chance, a chance to make trouble.
And that chance is when the Great Wei army is stalled, or when the Great Wei army suffers a defeat.
Once the time is ripe, it is guaranteed that everywhere will rise up.
However, Xu Qingnian already had a good plan to deal with the va*sal kings.
It was enough to make va*sal kings everywhere suffer a big loss.
This time, Xu Qingnian will make the clan kings, the Wen Palace, the foreign countries, including the Tusi Dynasty, the Chu Yuan Dynasty and the Northern Barbarians suffer a big loss.
A big loss.
Of course it was still a little early to say this, all that needed to be done now was around the second battle.
With Chen Zhengru leaving.
Zhou Yan, the Minister of War, walked in, carrying some information with him.
“Lord Xu, the Marquis of Sheyang, the Marquis of Guangyang and the Marquis of Lingyang, have made their first charge.”
“Amuta, Tuliang did not send troops to the battle, but held the country’s gates to death, and the battle was scorched and failed to achieve good results.”
Zhou Yan walked in, bringing not good news but bad news.
If one does not have the advantage in one breath, then it is extremely easy to be held back by the enemy.
At this moment, the Duke of An and the others gathered around, came to the sand table and began to study the terrain, simulating the battlefield in their minds.
“Amuta’s mountainous terrain is treacherous, and their capital is built on a treacherous place. Moreover, I know that the Amuta gate is high, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Duke of An said, pointing to the Amuta Gate in the sandbox.
“More than that, Amuta is adjacent to Tullian, there are four or five tribal countries behind them, the land is flat and excellent for transporting weapons and provisions, if we can’t capture the city in five days.”
“It will be a protracted battle.”
Duke Lu’s voice rang out as he spoke of the two countries’ advantages.
This would indeed be a problem for Great Wei.
Siege warfare was the easiest, break the city gates and all was well.
But siege warfare is also the most troublesome, defending the city gates to the death is a huge advantage in itself.
They are in the middle of the gates.
If you retreat, they will be replaced by others.
If you really open the gates, you won’t be afraid, the warriors inside are waiting for you with sharpened swords.
Especially since Xu Qingnian killed the surrender, everyone’s mindset has been completely put at ease.
Surrendering is death anyway, not surrendering is also death.
We might as well fight you to the death.
Looking at the sandbox, Xu Qingnian frowned slightly.
After a while, Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and said.
“Pa*s on the military order! Burn the heavenly decree and tell the Marquis of Sheyang to call off his troops, adjust his state, and charge the next day.”
Xu Qingnian conveyed the military order.
Sound the gold and call off the troops.
Once this was said, the crowd didn’t say anything else. Sounding the gold to close the army was not a good thing, at least for the second battle, it was a bad start.
The Second Army was too far away from the Great Wei.
Important information had to be conveyed by burning the heavenly decree.
Heavenly decrees were extremely troublesome to create, and the Great Wei Palace did not have too many of them; the First Army brought a hundred, the Second Army three hundred, and the Third Army also three hundred.
Messages that were not very important were generally still left to messengers to deliver.
Not long afterwards, Zhou Yan, the Minister of War, drew up the heavenly decree, which was then burnt.
And tens of thousands of miles away.
The Qilin army, which was killing each other, suddenly heard the sound of sounding gold.
“Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!”
“Sound the gold and retreat! Sound the gold and retreat!”
“Go back! All go back!”
As various shouts rang out, the generals fled towards the camp.
The Amuta country gate city was still accompanied by a rain of arrows of all kinds, and for the Amuta army, they would not miss this opportunity to beat up the falling dogs.
But after waiting for the 300,000-strong army to largely withdraw, the Amuta soldiers then put down their bows and arrows and let out an ear-piercing and incomparable laugh.
“Hahahahaha! This is the army above the upper kingdom? What a joke!”
“They’re all running faster than rabbits, and they’re still the Qilin army? What a disgrace.”
“I thought they were so brave? They are nothing more than that.”
“This is ridiculous, what a joke.”
“The Qilin army? Is this how incompetent the soldiers of Great Wei are?”
They stood at the entrance of the city and laughed loudly, their voices penetrating ten miles and reaching the ears of the Kirin Army.
For a moment, the Qilin army was all sorts of stifled and uncomfortable.
It was not because of the insults, but because of the villainy of these people.
In a siege, the attacker is at a disadvantage, but if they sprinted head-on, what would they fear?
They think they are brave because they have the advantage of defending the city? They were just a bunch of shrinking violets.
However, despite their anger, the first charge did not give them any advantage, and many were killed and wounded.
On the other side, the Marquis of Lingyang returned with 300,000 troops from the left flank, as it was not their time to strike.
The remaining 200,000 troops had gone to attack the country of Tuliang, and now all of them returned to prepare for the second charge.
This time, at the gates of the Amuta country, the main charge was their army of 300,000.
The fact that 300,000 troops did not break through the gates of the country could not be said to be the failure of the Qilin army, but only that the other side was too well prepared.
They had been preparing for seven days when the war was declared, and then because of Xu Qingnian’s killing and surrender and the night attack, so that the Amuta and Tullian kingdoms, were too well prepared.
In siege warfare, one either relies on the number of people fighting for their lives or on wisdom, otherwise, it is normal to win with less.
It was no miracle that 30,000 won against 300,000.
Most veteran soldiers understood this.
The first charge was only tentative.
An hour later, inside the Great Wei Second Army camp.
Most of the generals were setting up camp, while a few were cooking, or fending for the wounded.
And inside the main camp.
More than thirty generals were gathered, and everyone’s face did not look too good.
The Marquis of Sheyang sat on the main seat, while the Marquis of Guangyang and the Marquis of Lingyang sat to the left and right. The three marquises were fine, and were steady in their minds.
“Report!”
“General, this time the Amuta charge has left our army with seven thousand dead, twelve thousand seriously wounded and thirty-five thousand lightly wounded.”
As a reported order rang out.
The faces of Marquis Guangyang and Marquis Lingyang then changed.
Seven thousand dead.
Twelve thousand seriously wounded?
Light wounds don’t count, just a little medicine and they’ll be fine tomorrow.
The point is this issue of death and injury.
With 12,000 seriously wounded, at least 30% of them would not survive for seven days if there were no accidents.
In other words, 10,000 people died in the first charge.
That’s quite a cost.
“This bunch of foreigners, D*mn them.”
Marquis Guangyang got up and cursed loudly and angrily.
How could it not make him furious when the death toll was so heavy and the city gates had not yet been breached or even progressed a little?
“The Marquis of Xinwu’s 20,000 men captured the capital of the Fan Kingdom, we have 10,000 dead and have not even opened the city gates, according to this process, without 100,000 dead warriors, I’m afraid we won’t be able to open the gates of Amuta.”
The Marquis of Linyang did not get furious, but stated his prediction.
One hundred thousand to open the gates of the country.
Even if they won, it would be a miserable victory.
And there were still quite a few countries waiting to be fought behind them.
There were only so many soldiers in Great Wei, and this time almost half of them were drawn out.
a*suming that it cost all the lives of the generals to defeat the nations, it would also be a blood loss.
“Marquis of Sheyang, according to my idea, nine hundred thousand troops, direct general attack, suppressing in numbers, nine hundred thousand troops fighting to kill, I don’t believe we can’t break into their country gates.”
“As long as we can enter the country gate, everything is fine, it is better than this, charging like this will only increase casualties in vain.”
Marquis Guangyang spoke up, he hoped to open the enemy’s gates by crushing them with numbers.
At the very least, it was ten thousand times better than this.
Only his proposal was instantly rejected by Marquis Guangyang.
“With an army of 900,000, a general attack on Amuta’s gates will cost us at least 100,000 generals!”
“What can we do after we break the gates of the country? The Tuliang Kingdom will certainly give support, and the countries will also aid their troops, and by then we will not be able to retreat even if we want to.”
“It is very likely that we will be consumed alive within Amuta.”
“If this happens, and all 900,000 troops die in battle, it will be great bad news for Great Wei.”
“The Great Wei kingdom will surely pay a heavenly price for this, are you confused?”
The Marquis of Sheyang directly vetoed.
A general attack of nine hundred thousand men?
What kind of scenario is this? It was densely packed with people, and people were directly using stone throwers and all sorts of large battle weapons, and with a casual smash, hundreds of people would be killed in battle.
In an hour, that’s tens of thousands of casualties.
As long as you hold on for three or four hours, what can you do if you open the gates?
Once inside, are you familiar with the environment? I am only afraid that you will just be waiting for others to kill you.
Of course with 900,000 troops, it’s true that they could have bloodied all of Amuta’s generals, but remember, Great Wei is now declaring war on a hundred nations, not on one Amuta.
If war is declared against one Amuta.
With the arrival of 900,000 troops, Amuta would have to surrender.
So such an irrational proposal, he rejected it on the spot.
“Marquis of Sheyang, Marquis of Guangyang is only momentarily angry.”
“Right now, a general attack is definitely not an option, but if we fight a protracted war like this, it will not be good for Great Wei either.”
“Brother Shouren said that it is only a little difficult to take Amuta in five days.”
The Marquis of Linyang made a haphazard comment, the Marquis of Guangyang was obviously just a little P*ssed off and confused for a moment, surely that was not what he meant.
“No matter first, pa*s the order to the three armies, rest and recuperate, tomorrow gather again to charge, but add another 100,000 people to enter, fierce battle for three hours, three hours if the country’s gate is not broken, sound the gold to retreat.”
The Marquis of Sheyang gave his military orders.
In any case, without clear instructions from above, he would have to follow what he had meant before.
Sacrifice was inevitable.
What kind of war doesn’t kill people?
All that could be said was to reduce casualties as much as possible.
“We obey the order!”
The generals rose and replied, since the Marquis of Sheyang had given an order, they had to obey it, even if they knew it was pointless, but the natural duty of a soldier was to obey.
However, just at that moment, a voice rang out.
“Report!”
“An emissary from the Tang Kingdom has come for an audience.”
As this voice rang out, a look of surprise appeared in the eyes of the crowd.
But soon the crowd collected their astonishment and replaced it with indifference as they sat back and a*sumed a full posture.
This time, the Second Army’s target was Tang, Amuta and Tuliang.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with declaring war on three countries in one breath.
But this is not a head-to-head battle, but a battle of siege, which is why the Great Wei army is at a disadvantage, if not a battle of siege, who is afraid of whom?
Right now, the military intelligence conveyed by Xu Qingnian was simple: allow Tang to surrender.
This is because the Tang Kingdom is still a branch of the Great Wei in the end, not a foreign tribe, and belongs to the same clan and tribe.
If Tang is willing to surrender and support Great Wei unconditionally, then Great Wei can also spare Tang.
The premise is that Tang must cooperate with Great Wei and attack Amuta and Tuliang.
Now, the crowd had to posture themselves to face the Tang emissaries.
“Declare.”
The Marquis of Sheyang said in a calm tone.
The next moment, four or five amba*sadors walked in.
Their faces were full of arrogance, even though they were facing the princes and marquises of Great Wei, they did not have the slightest posture of a va*sal state, but instead looked somewhat haughty.
Obviously, they knew that Wei was now in need of them, so they put up a full front.
“My humble servant Xu Mao, Minister of Rites of Tang, has met the Marquis of Sheyang and the generals.”
Xu Mao walked in and faced the Marquis of Sheyang, or a bow, after all, he was only the Minister of Rites, while the Marquis of Sheyang was a Great Wei prince, and furthermore, when he entered someone’s territory, he could be arrogant, but not too arrogant.
What if he was cut down?
It’s true that two countries don’t cut down their amba*sadors, but who are these people? They are soldiers, all of them are reckless, if they are really angry, they will chop down with a sword, what can you do?
“Lord Xu, how have you considered coming here?”
The Marquis of Sheyang did not look particularly arrogant, but asked Xu Mao straight away.
Asking him how he had considered it?
Hearing this, Xu Mao smiled faintly and said.
“Marquis.”
“Tang is a branch of the Great Wei, we are all of the same clan and the blood that flows in our bodies is the original source, so the ruler of Tang is willing to surrender.”
Xu Mao spoke, and when the words were spoken, the generals were somewhat surprised, if they had the support of Tang, then they could really fight a protracted war.
After all, Tang could keep giving food and gra*s, and save Great Wei from having to keep transporting it.
This aspect alone would have cost the Qilin Army half a year.
The only thing left for the Kirin army to do is to cut off your food routes.
If we cut it off, what are we afraid of?
Can your rations last for a year or three years? If you don’t have anything to hara*s you, who will die if you don’t?
But the generals are not stupid, the Tang state is so kind-hearted.
“That’s good!”
“The ruler of Tang is still mindful of Wei’s kindness.”
The Marquis of Sheyang spoke up, but he did not look overjoyed, but merely made a spectacle of himself, for he knew that the other side must have conditions.
“The Marquis is right, the State of Tang has always remembered the favours of Great Wei.”
“However, the king of the country is willing to surrender, but there are three conditions, if Great Wei agrees, Tang will do its best to support Great Wei and suppress the foreigners.”
Xu Mao, the messenger of Tang, said so.
“Three?”
“Tell me.”
Marquis Sheyang asked calmly.
“One, the Tang Kingdom has always been indebted to Great Wei, and knows that Great Wei’s treasury is now insufficient, and feels guilty, so it does not wish to be overly a*sisted by Great Wei anymore, and intends to break away from Great Wei and stand on its own feet in the future, but the Tang Kingdom will remain a loyal ally of Great Wei.”
“Secondly, if this is the case, it will be difficult for Tang to survive at once. In order to survive, I hope that Great Wei will return the Linqiu Mountain Range, the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and the Tianze Mountain Range to Tang, as these three places have been part of Tang since ancient times.
“Thirdly, if we a*sist Great Wei this time, Tang will certainly do its utmost to pay the price in blood, and also to let the two countries of Amuta and Tuliang know the might of Great Wei, but the morale of Tang’s soldiers is low, and the treasury is empty due to natural and man-made disasters, so I hope that Great Wei will first lend 100,000,000 taels of silver to reward the three armies and raise their morale.”
“Marquis, I implore Great Wei to help, we, the Tang Kingdom, are willing to do our best to help Great Wei.”
Xu Mao opened his mouth, three conditions, one more ruthless than the other.
Detachment from Great Wei! What a nice thing to say, what with all the self-reliance, it was just a case of having a full feather and not wanting to be governed by Great Wei.
The Linqiu Mountain Range, the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and the Tianze Mountain Range are rich in ironstone, something that means so much to the Great Wei Dynasty that war swords and armour are all made from this ironstone.
It was for these three mountain ranges that the Tang Kingdom was conquered in the first place, but to give them back?
What a fool’s dream, right?
This is more precious and valuable than a million million taels of silver.
The last one is even more ruthless, promising the first two, and then offering 100,000,000 taels of silver?
Why don’t you go and rob them?
If I have 100,000,000 taels of silver, can’t I just reward the three armies myself?
With 1,000 taels of silver per person, will this army of 900,000 attack the city? Will they fight for their lives?
What a F**king joke.
After Xu Mao finished his speech, the three demands made all the generals turn their faces three times.
“Dream on!”
“Lin Qiu Mountain Range, it has belonged to my Wei since ancient times, when did it become your Tang’s? Do you want a face?”
“If you break away from Great Wei, you break away from Great Wei, what self-reliance? Self-reliance, you son of a B*tch.”
“100,000,000 taels of silver? Is your Tang country worthy of it?”
The generals couldn’t help but curse, they just couldn’t help it.
And Xu Mao was not the least bit angry, on the contrary, he kept smiling, he had expected the crowd’s attitude.
Because of these three conditions, Wei might agree to any of them.
If Great Wei agreed, it would be even better, blood money.
“It seems that Tang is clearly trying to make an enemy of Great Wei.”
The Marquis of Sheyang sat on the tai shi chair, he was not moved to anger, but spoke up blandly and asked.
“Marquis is joking, how could Tang be an enemy of Great Wei? It’s just that Tang is indeed in shambles and this is all it can do, and if the Marquis does not agree, there is nothing we can do.”
The latter did not care, his coming here this time was not a negotiation at all, it was just to gag Great Wei.
Don’t say I won’t surrender, it’s just that you won’t agree to my terms.
This was done to appease the people of Tang, after all, they were all of the same clan, and if they really fought, it would be their own family fighting their own family, and the people were not happy to see it.
So in order to appease the people’s anger, it was necessary to come over and meet with them.
When the Great Wei is sure that they will not agree, then they will take their time.
Of course this is just a way for everyone to look good on the surface, in reality the people of Tang are more than happy about this secession.
As long as they are free from Wei, then Tang will be comfortable and can do whatever they want, there is no need to be restricted by anyone. Go away.
And who doesn’t want their country to become stronger?
The same goes for Tang.
Who doesn’t want the next great Wei to be their own country?
It’s a simple fact.
“Send the guests away!”
The Marquis of Sheyang didn’t talk nonsense, two simple words representing his attitude.
And Xu Mao did not get angry, still smiling, hearing the word send off, he even bowed towards Marquis Sheyang.
“Marquis, there is no rush in this matter, if Marquis has figured it out, feel free to send someone to find me.”
Xu Mao laughed.
The next moment he turned to leave.
Just as he turned to leave, a booming sound rang out.
It was the Marquis of Shuyang slapping the table, directly shattering the main table.
Xu Mao did not turn back, nor was he afraid, but walked out of the barracks in a big way. After he walked out of the barracks, several voices also reached his ears.
“Bullying too much!”
“Bullying too much!”
“King of Tang! You will regret this!”
It was the angry voice of the Marquis of Sheyang, a suppressed and incomparable rage.
When he heard this angry voice, Xu Mao was calm, all this was expected of him.
Anyone else would have been angry.
However, Xu Mao understood one thing even more, Tang had completely and utterly offended Great Wei, so Tang had to be armed in a hurry, in case Great Wei could not attack Amuta and Tuliang.
It would be troublesome to a*semble 900,000 troops and attack Tang.
So the Tang must be thoroughly armed, and so support from all countries must arrive as soon as possible.
He could predict that the Great Wei Kirin Army, sooner or later, would have to meet the Tang Empire head-on.
But as long as the countries’ aid came in time, then Tang was invincible.
The reason was that there were two gates to the Tang state.
The one outside is the defensive city, while the one inside is the main city. It is impossible for the Great Wei Qilin Army to spare the defensive city.
And there was no point in sending part of the army to the front and part to the rear, because inside the main city, there was a huge army guarding it.
It would be difficult to break through with an army of 300,000.
Such is the confidence of the Tang!
Consume?
Then we’ll spend with you!
He would like to see how the Great Wei would crush the Tang.
Not long afterwards.
Xu Mao left.
And in the middle of the military camp.
The furious Marquis of Sheyang also calmed down instantly.
All the generals in the camp left.
Only he was left alone.
The Marquis of Sheyang also slowly took out the three letters sent by Xu Qingnian.
He opened the second letter and read it carefully.
These three letters were sent by Xu Qingnian, and the first letter said.
Open the second letter after the Tang messenger arrives.
After opening the second letter.
About half a quarter of an hour.
The voice of the Marquis of Sheyang rang out.
“Three armies listen to the order, 300,000 troops, charge the Amuta country gate again tomorrow.”
“Three hundred thousand large armies, proceed beyond the gates of the Tang Kingdom and declare war without moving.”
“The rest of the 300,000 strong army, leave 100,000 men to guard the camp, and the rest of the 200,000 strong army, make a tentative charge to the gates of the country of Tuliang.”
This was the military order from the Marquis of Sheyang!
It was also Xu Qingnian’s order.
At this moment, it wasn’t just the rest of the generals who were curious.
The Marquis of Sheyang was also curious.
What exactly was Xu Qingnian going to do to take down …… within five days Tang Kingdom!
Yes, it was clearly written in the content of the second letter.
To take down the Tang Kingdom!
Not the country of Amuta and Tuliang.
The goal of the Second Army, is the Kingdom of Tang!
A country that is stronger than both Tullian and Amuta.
To take it in five days.
Only the third letter had to be opened on the fifth day.
He was curious.
Very curious.
If Amuta and Tullian could not be taken, how could they attack the Tang Empire?
Wouldn’t the Tang Dynasty surrender itself?
That was even more unlikely.
But no matter how curious he was.
He had to do as he was told.
And so it was.
The next day.
The army marched again.
Eight hundred thousand troops, covering the sky, headed towards each of the three countries to kill them.
But beyond the Tang Kingdom, the 300,000-strong army did not move rashly, but instead moved ten miles away from each other, giving the Tang Kingdom a sense of oppression and tension.
But the two armies did not clash.
And at the same time.
The messengers from the Tang Kingdom, at this time, also rushed to the Si Long Kingdom.
A request for a*sistance!
