Chapter 117: A wise man everywhere (Part 1)
In just three days, the news Qian Wenheng received was changing almost at any time.
The 50,000 army at the beginning made him feel heavy. The next news was that when the King of Chu had mobilized 200,000 troops to attack Wu, he no longer wanted to listen to the information coming.
At dusk, just as Qian Wenheng had just processed a piece of information, a man and a man rushed towards the small city checkpoint on the official road in the west of the city.
Because only one person and one horse came, the soldiers on the city found him and were not nervous.
The man rode down to the bottom of the city, tied the reins and shouted upwards: "Is anyone here?"
"Who is under the city?" A soldier in the city was reporting to the team. A team was poking their heads out and looking down. Seeing that they were just riding one by one, they were not nervous, but were very alert and asked.
"I am General Qian Feng, the nephew of General Qian. If there is an urgent matter in the family, I will come here to ask for a meeting!" said Lai ***.
"General Qian's nephew? What should I do?" The team was embarrassed when they heard this. Although only one person and one horse came, the general had already issued strict orders at this time, so it was better to be careful.
"You go and send someone to send a letter to the general, and say that a man named Qian Feng wants to come to the city to see the general and ask if there is this person."
"No!" The soldier immediately ran down the city and went to report the news.
The team was shouting at the bottom again: "I have sent someone to send a letter to General Qian. You are waiting under the city. If the situation is true, you will be allowed to enter the city."
After hearing this, the man responded and really waited outside the city.
After a while, the soldier rushed back and said in Guzheng's ear: "Guzheng, he has reported to the general. The general has heard a message and asked the person to come into the city to see him."
When the team heard this, their attitude immediately improved and shouted to the bottom: "Mr. Qian, please wait a moment and open the city gate for you immediately!"
He ordered people to put down the suspension bridge, open the city gate, Qian Feng rode his horse, threw down a piece of silver, and quickly entered the city.
The suspension bridge was quickly hung up again, and the city gate was closed again. The team was taking out the silver and smiling.
After Qian Feng entered, he quickly arrived in front of the general's mansion under the guidance of a soldier.
Someone went in to report, and a moment later, a personal soldier came out to take him in.
Outside the small flower hall, the personal soldiers went in again to report.
After a moment, Qian Feng heard a familiar voice coming from inside: "Let him come in!"
In the small flower hall, Qian Wenheng had already heard the conversation outside and knew that the person was here, so after receiving the report, he directly told the instructions.
But for a moment, someone walked into the small hall from outside. Qian Wenheng saw that the result was his nephew Qian Feng.
Qian Feng is twenty years old, handsome, dark eyes, thin eyebrows and eyebrows. He looks like an elegant scholar, but he is not weak at all. This child is from a martial arts school, practices martial arts since he was a child, and has studied in a private school. During the last imperial examination in the Yan Dynasty a few years ago, he also passed the scholar and was a junior of all-round civil and military talents in the family.
Qian Wenheng watched him grow up and admired him very much. Qian Wenheng was very happy to see him.
"My nephew has seen his uncle!" Qian Feng lifted up his clothes and gave Qian Wenheng a big gift. Qian Wenheng hurriedly stood up and helped him up, but stared at him for a moment and asked, "You, why are you here?"
Although he was very happy to see his relatives, Qian Wenheng was furious. In his mind, this child was the Qilin son of the Qian family, and he attached more importance to it than his son. What should I do when I came to this city that was destined to be captured?
It's simply nonsense!
"Uncle, my nephew is here this time to save his uncle's life!" Qian Feng asked the people around him to retreat and said directly.
After hearing this, Qian Wenheng was shocked and suddenly woke up from the surprise of meeting his relatives. He frowned and thought for a while, smiled coldly, and said, "You kid, who is the one who comes from your family, and you have come to say it? This is not something you can say, why don't you go back quickly?"
Qian Feng took a few steps closer and said softly: "Uncle, don't get angry. It's my nephew who got the news myself and ran over overnight. Uncle, please listen to me."
"Twenty-hundred thousand Chu troops gathered across the river and attacked them. A mere small city will turn into ashes in a blink of an eye. At that time, not only will the life of your uncle be lost, but the lives of your soldiers under your command will be unsafe, and even the people in this city will suffer. If you have the matter, can you consider it for the people in the city?"
After hearing what Qian Feng said, Qian Wenheng's face suddenly became gloomy. He has followed Wei Yue for twenty years and has never seen any world before?
As soon as I heard this, I knew that my nephew was not just out of family concerns, but was even a lobbyist from a certain party.
He said angrily: "Who are you talking for?"
Qian Wenheng was a general of the Wu Dynasty. When he was stationed in the city, he was told to be surrendered by his relatives who came from afar. What was his mood?
"Uncle, my nephew is on the order of the King of Chu to persuade you to surrender to the Chu army..." Qian Feng was not afraid, and bowed and answered directly.
"Bastard!" Qian Wenheng was furious: "What are you saying?! I don't know yet, you are still a greedy person who is greedy for wealth and fears of death!"
He pointed at the other party with his hand. Qian Wenheng was so angry that his beard was trembling, and his fingers were trembling, so angry that he could hardly even speak out the words of scolding.
"Please calm down!" Qian Feng saw this and thumped and fell to the ground: "My nephew is not greedy for wealth and honor, afraid of death!"
He paused and said, "First of all, my nephew is not an official of the Wu Dynasty. He has never served as an official in Wu. He is also the emperor of Dayan and the country of Dayan!"
"The general is ambition to force the emperor to death and kill the loyal ministers of the royal family to usurp the throne and ascend the throne to the rear! The land of Wu is still unfair, and he also slaughtered the palace and recruited beautiful girls. He is lustful and cruel!"
"A minister, who commits a crime of treason and forces the emperor to death, is the greatest crime! A minister, who does not care about people's livelihood and only knows how to enjoy himself, is the greatest crime! Even if the general has a huge power, his nephew will not be willing to do things for him!"
Seeing that Qian Wenheng's face had turned pale, he was about to be truly angry. Although Qian Feng was not afraid, he refused to continue to increase his temper. Suddenly, he said in a dark voice: "Uncle, do you know that several of your subordinates are going to rebel?"
Qian Wenheng was already furious and was about to burst out, but when he heard this sinister voice, he immediately stopped and his face changed color: "What are you talking about?"
"Uncle, don't you know?" Qian Feng sneered: "Their home is ready, and now they may have escaped."
"If I hadn't met a friend and contacted him online, I would have been kept in the dark and let my uncle die in vain."
"Uncle, if you don't believe it, go down and check it now. If these people want to rebel, there will be rebellion. You didn't expect it before, but now you can see the traces just by looking at it!"
Qian Wenheng gritted his teeth and grinned: "You are unbelievable, I don't believe it. They are all old people who have been with me for ten years!"
"Uncle, have you heard that the money fell from the tree and scattered?"
"The foundation of the King of Chu has been stable, and he gathered 200,000 elite troops, and the two armies of the water and land were launched together. There were also a group of people from Jiaozhou to come from the heart. This attack was just three knives. How could the general resist?"
"Now the army is forcing forward, and the whole Wu area is already in full swing. Not to mention your battalion commanders, even the old man who followed the general is thinking about his thoughts."
"You know the general's methods. He has secret spies under his command, and he is everywhere. If it were in the past, who could have concealed him? But now people's hearts have disbanded, and everyone is planning to disband, so I can get the news and come overnight."
Speaking of this, he raised his voice: "Uncle, this is already publicly lost, just hide it from the general!"
This was like five thunders thunder. Qian Wenheng staggered back a few steps and said with hissing: "Nothing!"
"Uncle, this is all true. The army has dispersed and the hearts of the people have dispersed. It will be useless if you fight to the death in front of you. Moreover, if you die in the resistance of the Chu army, what should you do if the King of Chu enters Jinling in the future?"
"What should I do if I get the identity of a remnant of the traitor, and the Qian family has a thousand old men? Even if the King of Chu is kind and will not be resigned, if he has such an identity, he will be desperate."
"At that time, the clan's elders and young people, men and women, and academic careers, who will have a chance to make a fortune? Uncle, the old ministers waiting for the general have found a way out. Do you still want to pounce on the shipwreck? Please think twice!" At this point, Qian Feng knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying loudly. These words were really bloody and sincere!
When Qian Wenheng heard this, he felt that he could not stand it. He staggered back and fell on the chair and sat there.
For a moment, the hall calmed down.
After a moment, Qian Wenheng shook his head, his old voice was dull: "Even if I surrender to the King of Chu, if the news comes back, the Qian family will suffer!"
Hearing this, Qian Feng felt relieved and immediately said, "Uncle, I have already said before. A lot of people are finding a way out. Now there are countless people running away from the limelight. The general and secret spies are looking for a way out. There is one thing that my nephew has not told my uncle yet. Yesterday, the young and old people in the Qian family moved out of Jinling. Here is a letter from my father, with details. Please read it."
As he said that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it over respectfully.
Qian Wenheng was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have been ten years old. He had difficulty taking the letter and opening it to watch.
After seeing it, Qian Wenheng stared blankly at the outside of the yard, his eyes seemed to be about to penetrate the Chonglou City. After a long time of hunch, he murmured: "General, God is so will!"
However, Qian Wenheng was the one who crawled out of the dead body. Suddenly he woke up from his trance and asked again with a god, "Is the person you contacted, reliable?"
"Reliable. I have already seen a large number of people. If it were a trap, there would be no such reason for this."
"Okay!" This was confirmed. Qian Wenheng sat upright with his eyes narrowed and asked again: "What do you say about the person you are in contact with?"
"Uncle, I will go back and write a letter to the State of Chu. As soon as the army arrives, you will surrender. According to the rules of the King of Chu, not only will it not be a remnant, but it will also have a contribution and can protect the official's body."
There was a faint sound of patrol in the distance, and Qian Wenheng sighed: "I don't want to be an official, as long as I can avoid implicating the family, I will be satisfied, hey!"
He looked at Qian Feng with a little blame, "Why didn't you take out the letter early?"
Qian Feng said with a smile: "It was already presented to my uncle. If my uncle couldn't make up his mind, it would be useless."
Qian Wenheng nodded, this is indeed the case.
After the two discussed, Qian Feng rushed back and brought back a letter from Qian Wenheng, which stated that after the Chu army crossed the river, they would hand over the city.
This letter was naturally quickly passed to relevant parties through secret channels, and finally passed to Wang Hongyi.
Wang Hongyi gathered 200,000 troops, but he did not cause any trouble, which made his policy of civil strife achieve miraculous results.
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Chapter completed!