Chapter 1181 Opening the city gate to welcome the Emperor of Han
In Jinan City, when the troublesome Prince Rui was about to approach the North City Gate, Zhou Yuanlang and Tu Yuan arrived silently.
Tu Yuan stood behind Zhou Yuanlang and said nothing.
Zhou Yuanlang silently stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty."
At this moment, Prince Rui's body was covered in blood.
Of course, it won't be his own blood.
Although he was acting nonsense, his status in Northern Qi was indeed very noble, and no one really dared to do anything to him.
After seeing Zhou Yuanlang, Prince Rui's eyes flickered for a moment, but he quickly raised his head and said loudly: "What are you doing? You want to stop me from leaving the city too?"
"Don't dare."
Zhou Yuanlang bowed slightly and said quietly: "I just came to remind the prince that outside the city..."
"The city has been besieged by the southerners."
"It's very dangerous for you to go out of the city at this time. Those southerners are all vicious. If they catch you, they'll catch you."
"The official and others are afraid that they will not be saved in time."
The fat on Zhao Lianghu's face was throbbing, but he still held on and said loudly: "Then you won't send an army to escort me north?"
Tu Yuan stepped forward silently, lowered his eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty, the army in the city is not enough to begin with. At this time, we must not leave the city."
"If you want to leave the city, I will not dare to stop you. I can only send a hundred-household camp to escort the prince back to the capital."
Seeing Zhou Yuanlang and Tu Yuan react like this, the fat-bellied Zhao Lianghu stood there, his lips trembling slightly, and he was speechless for a long time.
After a while, he looked at the Han in front of him with pleading eyes, whom he had always looked down on.
"Mr. Zhou..."
Prince Rui lowered his voice and begged: "It's really useless for me to stay in Jinan. Please show me your noble hand and let me go back to Yandu..."
Obviously, this clan prince is not a fool. He has realized that if he continues to stay in Jinan, he may have to take the blame.
He is only about fifty years old this year, and he doesn't want to end up in Jinan City. If he can go back to Yandu, he can live happily for more than ten or twenty years.
Zhou Yuanlang bowed his head deeply and saluted: "Your Majesty, I still have things to do, so I won't disturb you anymore."
After that, he turned around and left silently.
Tu Yuan also looked at Zhao Lianghu, hugged his fists, and turned around to leave.
Zhao Lianghu watched the two of them leave, his eyes a little desperate.
Zhou Yuanlang and Tu Yuan went into a restaurant beside the road and sat down. After they sat down, Tu Yuan reached out to pour wine for Zhou Yuanlang and asked: "Sir, Chen Jun outside the city has been attacking for several days. According to the intelligence report, Huai'an
The right army of our army has also been stationed in the west of our city."
"Now, the city is truly besieged on three sides."
"Sir, how do you think we should respond?"
Zhou Yuanlang looked calm and said: "General, we have fifty or sixty thousand troops in the city. Under such circumstances, with Jinan Xiongcheng here, even if Shen Qi's army is doubled, as long as we are willing to defend, they will not be able to attack.
Come in."
"The general knows this better than I do."
"So the meaning of the general's words is not to ask me how Jinan should be defended, but whether Jinan should be defended, right?"
Shen Yi originally defended Xuzhou with 30,000 to 40,000 men, but he easily blocked Zhou Shizhong's attack of 100,000 men, and was even able to open the city gates in four directions to ridicule him.
Today, the situation in Jinan City is actually very similar to that in Xuzhou.
If the Qi army defends Jinan, Shen Yi has little hope of attacking.
Tu Yuan was shocked. He scratched his head in embarrassment and whispered: "Sir, although the Huai'an army is unable to break the city, it is capable of besieging the city. Now they only besiege three sides of the city. It is clear that Shen Qi is greedy for Shandong. If you want to save time and effort, let us out."
"If the Huai'an army besieges the city, it will be very difficult for us to break through."
"after all…"
He sighed in a low voice: "There is not much food in the city."
Zhou Yuanlang shook his head slightly: "General, what you said is wrong. Even if Shen Qi surrounded Jinan today, we still have troops from Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture outside the city. The total strength of the troops is not much different from Shen Qi's. Even if the front is We can't defeat him on the battlefield, but it's not difficult to help us break through."
"Furthermore, Jinan is not too far away from the capital of Yan. Today's news in Jinan city will be put on the emperor's desk the next day. The imperial court will not know that Jinan is under siege, and it is too late to save him if he wants to. of."
Having said this, Zhou Yuanlang paused, frowned and said, "Comparatively speaking, what I'm worried about is not the siege, nor the food..."
"It's the human heart."
Tu Yuan was stunned: "People's hearts?"
Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and took a sip of wine, sighing helplessly: "The general hasn't discovered it yet. Since the autumn harvest in Yanzhou, the people's hearts, which were once floating, are now even more turbulent."
He put down his wine glass, looked around, and said helplessly: "Even in this wine shop, there are often criticisms of the imperial court."
Tu Yuan raised his brows, looked around, and said coldly: "Whoever dares to criticize the imperial court will be arrested and executed at the mouth of Ashishi. Naturally, the world will be at peace!"
"This method was feasible in the past, but it is no longer feasible."
Zhou Yuanlang said silently: "Now, if you are not careful, there will be chaos in the city."
Having said this, Zhou Yuanlang felt helpless in his heart.
To be honest, although Shen Yi's method of dividing land is clever, it is not novel.
Because in every dynasty, as long as it is a long-lasting dynasty, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, a "land reform" will be carried out to redistribute the land.
After all, a large part of the reason for the collapse of dynasties in history was the intensification of conflicts caused by excessive land annexation.
Therefore, the division of land in the new dynasty is not a new thing.
Today, the Northern Qi Dynasty has ruled the north for seventy years, and there are naturally problems with land annexation. Especially in the early years, Zhu Li Zhenren went to great lengths to enclose land and occupied a large number of fields.
Whoever can redistribute land to the people in Shandong will naturally have people's hearts attached to it, and they will be so determined to return!
For thousands of years, fields have been the lifeblood of the people!
But the problem is, the current situation...
Even if Zhou Yuanlang was given full responsibility for Shandong affairs, he would have no land to distribute to the people.
Should he be asked to distribute Master Zhu Lizhen's fields to the subordinates?
I'm afraid that as soon as the notice was posted, he, Zhou Yuanlang, was found dead on the street the next day, having "committed suicide".
This is a conspiracy with no solution.
Unless the Qi army marches south of the Huaihe River to divide Nanchen's fields, there is no way to break the situation.
He let out a long sigh, shook his head and said: "General, our report to the Emperor has been sent up for several days. You just have to guard the city with peace of mind. How to decide on Jinan's affairs will ultimately be decided by the imperial court."
Tu Yuan nodded first, and then said: "Sir, we are grasshoppers on the same rope, we have to talk it over."
"If Shandong is lost, return to Yandu..."
Zhou Yuanlang smiled hoarsely and said, "Don't worry, it's all the fault of Prince Rui's urging."
Tu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and cupped his hands towards Zhou Yuanlang, turned around and left to arrange defense.
Zhou Yuanlang also got up and left the restaurant and walked on the street.
While passing by a small alley, he vaguely heard the singing of a group of children.
Out of curiosity, he turned around and asked his entourage to stop. He took two steps into the alley alone, and then he faintly heard a nursery rhyme.
"The morning seeks survival, the evening seeks harmony."
"It's hard for poor people to survive these days..."
Hearing this, there was nothing wrong. Zhou Yuanlang frowned and was about to leave when he heard the next sentence.
"Open the door early to welcome the Emperor of Han, and discipline everyone to live a long life..."
"Kill the cattle and sheep, prepare wine and liquor, and open the city gate to welcome the Emperor of Han, but the Emperor of Han will not pay for the food when he comes!"
"Eat his mother, drink his mother, eat and drink without having the Emperor of Han..."
"Don't be on the job, don't pay for food, and live a happy life!"
After hearing this, Zhou Yuanlang almost froze on the spot, his hands and feet were cold.
He stretched his head and looked into the alley. Four or five children in ragged clothes, aged seven or eight, were singing this nursery rhyme.
In an instant, majestic killing intent surged out of Zhou Yuanlang's heart uncontrollably!
When he was almost about to jump out and grab someone, his reason stopped him.
Because he knew that if he killed these Han children today, tomorrow, the already floating hearts in the city would probably be detonated in an instant!
At that time, it is really possible for the people in the city to "open the city gates to welcome the Emperor of Han"!
He tried to calm down, walked up to a few little guys, took out a few coins from his sleeves, and showed a kind smile on his face: "You sing so well, who taught you this song?"
"That's what I heard."
A brave child quickly collected the coins and replied: "There were many people singing on the roadside, so we learned a few lines from it."
"Many people sang..."
Zhou Yuanlang got up silently, stood up, turned around and left with his hands behind his back, murmuring and repeating something.
"Many people sang..."
"Shen Qi..."
He looked up at the sky and seemed to see a young man who looked like a scholar.
Zhou Yuanlang took a deep breath and murmured: "It's really amazing."
"I really want to meet you..."
At this moment, Mr. Shen, accompanied by Ling Su, was watching Jinan City.
Mr. Shen pointed to Jinan City in front of him and said with a smile: "Look, it's such a big city."
"If we can capture this city, our Huai'an army in the north will have a foothold."
"From now on, you can move forward or retreat according to your heart, and there will be no restrictions."
Ling Su looked in the direction of Shen Yi's finger and couldn't help but feel a little lost.
"Mr. Shen..."
He called out.
Mr. Shen turned around and said with a smile: "What's the matter?"
"I heard someone say that the distance between Jinan City and Yandu..."
Ling Su looked at Jinan City and murmured: "There are only 800 miles left..."