Fan Zizhen stood up and looked at Yongyuan's officials. Finally his eyes rested on Fan Xingfan and he denied his proposition.
Before others could react, Fan Zizhen moved again and looked at Ling Yun sincerely, "General Ling is kind to us, we must not do this, otherwise what will become of us?"
Fan Zizhen deliberately emphasized his tone, which contained a bit of anger.
"But uncle..." Fan Xingfan wanted to explain, but midway through his words, Fan Zizhen yelled at him again.
"Fan Xingfan, let me tell you seriously again, there is no uncle of yours here. If you dare to have a relationship again, hum!"
Fan Zizhen glared at him sternly and ended with two cold snorts, which was thought-provoking!
Fan Xingfan twitched the corner of his mouth, pursed his lips, and did not refute.
After a moment of silence, he began to lose his temper again, and spoke righteously, purely for the sake of border defense, saying, "I would like to report to the governor, the reason why I did this is for the sake of Yongyuan's border defense."
Fan Zizhen looked at him without getting angry or interrupting.
Fan Xingfan immediately understood and continued, "General Ling is about to return his troops to the court, but as soon as General Ling leaves, he will take away a hundred thousand troops, and Yongyuan Province will no longer have an army to restrain Xixia."
Having said this, Fan Xingfan raised his brows lightly and said complainingly, "If we only regain the lost territory such as Jingzhao Mansion, we will sign an armistice covenant with Xixia, and the two countries will be reconciled. Xixia will definitely not treat Xixia because of the new covenant.
Yongyuan Border Gate launched an attack..."
"Now, in order to build more military exploits, General Ling... actually captured the two old places of Fengxiang and Qinzhou. Of course, I don't think this is a bad thing, but General Ling's move will definitely completely anger the civil and military forces of the Xixia Manchu Dynasty, and
During the peace treaty negotiation, General Ling also threatened to use force to force Xixia to surrender to our Dagan..."
"Each of the above behaviors is enough to make Xixia feel ashamed and hate me so much..."
"General Ling is here, and there are 100,000 troops guarding him. This is undoubtedly a deterrent. Even if Xixia has hatred in his heart, he will not dare to retaliate against Da Gan. But once General Ling leaves, the consequences will be disastrous..."
"So the reason your Lord Governor and your subordinates want General Ling to keep the cannons, crossbows and other weapons is for the sake of the great cause, to guard against the Xixia cavalry, and to protect the people at the border..."
Fan Zizhen finished his analysis in a relaxed manner, then walked up to Ling Yun with his head held high, raised his hand to him, and finally said in a tone of serving the country and the people, "I also ask General Ling for permission!"
"Ha!" Ling Yun almost couldn't help laughing when he heard these words, especially Fan Xingfan's last action, which seemed to be a respectful salute to him, but in fact it was for provocation. There was no trace of respect or pleading in his eyes.
On the contrary, it is full of aggressive momentum.
"What Fan Yizheng said is reasonable. I am here to beg General Ling to approve Lord Yizheng's proposal!" Before Fan Xingfan could take back his hand, someone hurriedly stood up to agree.
"Please General Ling, for the sake of Daqian, for the sake of Yongyuan Border Pass, and for the sake of the people at the border pass... please agree to the proposal of Lord Councilor!"
In a moment, a group of officials in the yamen began to press hard against Ling Yun, including border guards and ordinary people. They all showed expressions that they would not give up until they achieved their goals. It was really eye-opening!
All the eyes of the audience were focused on Ling Yun. Ling Yun still had a calm face and looked at everyone motionlessly, as if he didn't pay attention to everything in front of him, turning a blind eye or turning a deaf ear.
Seeing Ling Yun's calm demeanor, Fan Xingfan had long been dissatisfied, especially after he made a long phone call, Ling Yun's face still didn't change at all, which made him very dissatisfied.
So he looked straight at Ling Yun with a cold face and asked, "With this look on his face, General Ling is trying to pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
"Um?"
"Are you talking to me?" Suddenly, Ling Yun's eyelashes twitched, and he turned to look at Fan Xingfan with a puzzled look on his face.
With that innocent expression, it was as if he really didn't hear what Fan Xingfan just said. When the others saw it, some couldn't help but chuckle. Fan Xingfan only felt a burning pain on his face.
Fan Xingfan's face was gloomy and he was about to get angry, but at this moment Ling Yun suddenly stood up and he immediately stopped talking.
Under everyone's gaze, Ling Yun walked up to Fan Zizhen unhurriedly, pointed at the people around him and bowed his hands to him, with a slight smile on his lips, blinking his eyes and said, "Master Governor, should they be in this situation?"
Will it be done by you alone?"
"No, no, absolutely not!" Fan Zizhen was shocked when he heard this and quickly shook his head in denial.
"What are you all doing?"
"What are you still doing? Why don't you get up? You are a bunch of disgraceful people..." In order to prove his innocence, Fan Zizhen could only scold and curse everyone loudly.
Amidst Fan Zizhen's scolding, everyone stopped holding their hands.
"General Ling, don't be angry. In fact, they are doing this for the sake of great success. Otherwise, even if I give them ten thousand courages, they would not dare to be disrespectful to the general." Cai Hongyuan came out with a smile to smooth things over.
"Yes, yes, Mr. Cai is right. This is indeed the case. If it were not for Daqian and for the people at the border, how could they do this?" Fan Zizhen followed Cai Hongyuan's words and agreed with him, with an apologetic smile on his face.
looked at Ling Yun.
"General, don't be angry..." Fan Zizhen was still apologizing to Ling Yun, but another discordant voice sounded from the other side.
"Huh, for the sake of personal military exploits, you don't care about the safety of the people at the border. You return to the court with your class, and you have all the fame and fortune, but the people at the border are in trouble..."
"I can't tell, so you are this kind of person..." This person kept chattering, making strange noises in the air, and he was always criticizing Ling Yun, and his voice could be heard by everyone.
This perfect control of the sound makes one have to doubt his true intentions.
"Wang Zhihe, shut up!" Fan Zizhen roared loudly.
"Why should I stop? What I said is the truth..." Wang Zhihe did not give in, but looked at Ling Yun and continued.
"My lords, there is actually something that I wanted to inform you of when I came in, but I never had the chance."
"Since my lord is so worried about the Xixia cavalry, I won't listen to what I have to say. I won't be in a hurry to express other opinions until I finish speaking. What do you think?" Ling Yun still said calmly, which made Fan Xingfan very worried.
I was unhappy, but I couldn't express my anger directly, so I could only lower my head and remain silent.
"General Ling has something to say, but there's no harm in saying it!" Fan Zizhen agreed immediately and motioned for Ling Yun to continue speaking.
Ling Yun nodded, and then told him about leaving behind an army of 50,000 people, and also revealed his layout.
This unexpected result shocked everyone present and left them speechless.
