Early the next morning, Liu Ling went up to his tent to gather his generals.
"Du Yi, arrange for troops to besiege the city. Don't attack. Get a table of good wine and food. I want to have a drink with General Meng Hu outside the city."
Liu Ling smiled, as evil as a devil.
Everyone knows that Du Yi persuaded Meng Hu to surrender in the middle of the night last night, and Meng Hu, who was seriously injured, vowed to die. Why did the prince say that he would have a drink with Meng Hu today? Could it be that the prince personally came forward to persuade Meng Hu to surrender?
Only Du Yi understood what Liu Ling was thinking. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid our General Menghu won't cooperate. But it's just a show anyway. I'll find a way."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "You don't need to do this. My people can do it better than you."
Only then did Du Yi remember that there was a mysterious team under the prince, but no one had ever seen it. According to legend, this mysterious team under the prince had all kinds of talents. Du Yi himself speculated that this should be a team
A special team that performs special tasks. It should be responsible for gathering intelligence and other tasks, but if the prince doesn't tell him, he naturally doesn't dare to ask directly. Everyone has their own secrets, especially someone like the prince. If he doesn't have any personal information,
The power is amazing.
Take Wang Banjin's capture of Cizhou as an example. If he didn't have the most detailed information to know that Cizhou is now an empty city, how dare Wang Banjin lead a mere five thousand recruits to attack a state capital? This is impossible, so
Du Yi concluded that the rumors that the prince had a secret team under his command were true. But he also knew that if there really was such a team responsible for intelligence information, the southern expedition to the Great Zhou Dynasty would be much easier.
"My subordinates will make arrangements now."
Du Yi saluted and then exited the tent.
Not long after, the trumpet sounded and the army began to gather.
The 10,000-strong army was divided into a square formation and stood neatly outside the north gate of Jinzhou. It was 500 steps away from the city wall, so there was no need to worry about cold arrows on the city wall. The army was separated on both sides, and a piece of paper was placed in the wider place in the middle.
The table was filled with wine and food, and it was still steaming. There was a person sitting on each side of the table, neither wearing armor, talking, laughing and drinking.
There are heavy crossbows on the walls of Jinzhou City, but at this distance, no one can guarantee that a crossbow will hit. Besides, the hundreds of giant shield bearers standing not far away from the wine table are not just looking at it. Although the heavy crossbow is powerful,
But this distance basically cannot penetrate the solid defense of the giant shield.
A graceful and gentle woman, wearing a colorful dress, knelt down next to Meng Hu, gently fed Meng Hu a sip of wine, and smiled. It was the first time for a woman to receive a client outside a brothel.
Although I was afraid of the chilling atmosphere on the battlefield, I still felt a little inexplicable excitement in my heart.
"Pooh!"
Meng Hu spat out the wine from his mouth and glared at Liu Ling fiercely: "Despicable! Do you think you can deceive the defenders on the city with such despicable methods? The right guards are all soldiers trained by me. They
Do you believe this trick of yours? Do you want them to think that I have surrendered? I’m dreaming!”
Liu Ling didn't care about the vicious look Meng Hu cast. He smiled, raised the wine glass to his lips and took a sip. He chuckled and said: "The general is wrong, I didn't
I hope to see you and I drinking together, so I will ask the soldiers on the city wall to surrender with you. I am just telling them that as long as they are willing to surrender, even enemies like you, General Meng, can be given wine and food.
They are being treated well, and they will certainly not be mistreated if they surrender."
He smiled: "What I want them to know is that I treat the prisoners well. Of course, if the soldiers on the right guard on the city wall think that their general has surrendered, I can't stop him."
"You should give up! Even if I really surrender, Yang Ye is still in Jinzhou City! Yang Ye is deeply favored by my Emperor Zhou and is loyal to Dazhou. He will not surrender. Don't say that.
If you tie me here to drink, even if I run to the city gate to persuade Yang Ye to surrender, I'm afraid he will use crossbows to deal with me. With my understanding of Yang Ye, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness to him, he
I will definitely not give Jinzhou to you, this Han dog!"
He scolded harshly to vent his anger.
However, Liu Ling was not angry. Instead, he leaned down slightly and asked with a smile: "There is something that I have always been curious about. What kind of ability does Yang Ye have that he can get the attention of your emperor? Moreover, it seems that General Meng
Do you also admire this person very much?"
Meng Hu snorted but ignored Liu Ling.
Liu Ling put down the wine glass, raised his hand and stretched out a finger and said: "In the first year of Jiafeng of the Han Dynasty, Yang Ye was a member of a small team under the command of General Chu Lihuo. Chu Lihuo died in the battle. This man brought more than twenty people with him.
A soldier guarded the body of Chu Lihuo and refused to retreat. Sun Xuandao led his army to rescue and rescued Yang Ye back. In the second year of Jiafeng of the Han Dynasty, your defeated emperor received Yang Ye in the main hall.
And he was promoted to the rank of general."
Liu Ling held out his second finger: "In March of the second year of Jiafeng in the Han Dynasty, he followed Han Geng, the general of Zuowuwei, to the south to quell the rebellion. He repeatedly made military exploits and won Han Geng's appreciation. At the beginning, Yang Yishan had a hundred thousand rebels, and Han Geng only brought them with him.
Zuo Wuwei's 20,000 troops went into battle. Yang Ye offered his advice and defeated Yang Yishan's main force. Your Emperor Chai Rong of the Great Zhou Dynasty personally issued an order to promote Yang Ye to the fifth rank of Ying Yanglang General."
He stretched out his third finger: "In June of the second year of Jiafeng in the Han Dynasty, Yang Ye followed General Han Geng of Wuwei on the left, and you, General Meng Hu of Weiwei on the right, attacked Xia. An army of 200,000 was defeated by you, a useless general.
At the same time, he also ruined the old life of Zuowuwei General Han Geng. When he came back, the 200,000-strong army was less than 40,000. He was intercepted and killed by our Han Fuyuan Army for a while, and then fled in embarrassment. The only one who did not lose troops and generals was quite powerful.
Those who have made great achievements in battle are the thousands of troops under Yang Ye's command. In August, Chai Rong once again issued an order to promote Yang Ye to the rank of Fourth Rank Ningyuan General."
Liu Ling stretched out his fourth finger: "In September of the second year of Jiafeng in the Han Dynasty, you were reactivated. The first thing you did was to ask Chai Rong to transfer Yang Ye to your account and reorganize the Youwei Guard to guard Jinzhou. On one occasion
During the small-scale battle to suppress the bandits, you idiot once again underestimated the enemy and rushed in and was surrounded by bandits. It was Yang Ye who rescued you with fifty dead men. In order to repay the kindness of saving your life, you asked Chai Rong to be the leader of this life.
General Zhenyuan, who is in the fourth rank, is your right-hand deputy commander."
When the fifth finger was slowly raised, Meng Hu's face was as white as paper. His body was shaking violently. Although the eyes staring at Liu Ling were still filled with anger, there was already a kind of anger in them.
Unconcealable fear and panic.
"In December of the second year of Jiafeng in the Great Han Dynasty, Yang Ye was already your confidant and the person you trusted most. You once again invited Chai Rong to promote Yang Ye to the third rank of Weiyuan General, deputy commander of Youwei Guard, and Chai Rong.
Rongjia granted Yang Ye the title of Viscount. After rescuing you, you believed in Yang Ye deeply and talked to him about everything. When Xiao Pojun invaded, you were even more relieved to hand over Jinzhou to Yang Ye for guarding, and led the troops to fight against Xiao Pojun.
.”
Liu Ling smiled and said, "Am I right?"
"Why are you staring at him!"
Meng Hu wanted to stand up and strangle Liu Ling's neck, but his hands and feet were tied. The delicate brothel woman next to him screamed in fright and suddenly fell to the ground. Liu Ling waved his hand to signal Nie behind him.
The brother did not move, but looked at Meng Hu with a look of pity and said, "Why am I staring at him?"
Liu Ling smiled happily.
He asked back: "What do you think?"
Meng Hu's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth and said: "He is a Han! He is yours!"
Liu Ling clapped and laughed: "That's the right answer. I'll give you a reward. I won't kill you today."
Meng Hu was extremely angry but calmed down. He sat down and said fiercely to the brothel woman: "Get up! Feed me a drink!"
The woman poured a glass of wine with trembling hands and brought it to Meng Hu's mouth. Meng Hu bit the wine glass and raised his neck, drank it all in one gulp. After spitting out the wine glass, his bloodshot eyes stared at Liu Ling's face and asked
: "Since Yang Ye is yours and it's easy for you to take Jinzhou, why do you still have to do this show? I can understand this by luring me back to set up an ambush. I don't understand why you still pretend to drink here.
!”
Liu Ling sighed: "You are not too stupid after all. Didn't I just say that letting you drink with me here is just for show. If you don't surrender, even if Yang Ye can lead his troops to surrender, I'm afraid that his subordinates will
The soldiers of the Zhou army will not be convinced and will not sincerely submit to me. You are already here drinking and chatting with me, why should they continue to defend the city with their lives?"
"mean!"
This is the second time Meng Hu has used this word today.
"mean?"
Liu Ling smiled: "You are just stupid. War is not necessarily just two sides fighting on the battlefield. It is an open and fair decisive battle, and then the winner is judged as a hero."
He leaned back and made himself comfortable: "Don't you think your Great Zhou Dynasty has become chaotic too quickly? Although Chai Rong is seriously ill, his prestige is still there. How dare those adults in your Great Zhou Dynasty court
So blatantly forming cliques? Why do you generals who guard one side of the country dare to so blatantly declare territory as kings? The civil servants in the court only care about fighting for power, and the local generals only care about recruiting troops to expand their territory.
,why is it like this?"
"It was your murderous attack on His Majesty!"
Meng Hu couldn't control himself again and almost jumped up and asked.
Liu Ling waved his hand and said: "So you are still an idiot. Chai Rong is the emperor of Zhou Dynasty and one of the most powerful people in the world. The Forbidden Palace is so tightly guarded that I can't stretch my hand that long. Besides, I can't
I hope Chai Rong dies. If he dies, who will bear the pressure of Daliao and Daxia for me?"
Meng Hu was stunned, vaguely guessing something, and cold sweat suddenly flowed down: "What do you mean? Imperial officials and local generals are surrounded by spies arranged by you!?"
Liu Ling took a sip of wine and said, "You've finally enlightened yourself."
"When Chai Rong was able to serve as director, with his talent and prestige, the people I sent to Zhou Dynasty could only lurk. But Chai Rong was seriously ill and handed over the affairs of the government to three ministers who he believed to be loyal to him.
When I took charge, I knew the opportunity had come. The Great Zhou Dynasty was bound to be in chaos. My people were just adding fuel to the flames, making the chaos a little earlier and making you people more hostile to each other. From now on
Look, my little guys are doing pretty well."
"mean!"
Meng Hu used this word for the third time.
Liu Ling smiled and said: "If you want to win on the frontal battlefield, you have to do as much secretly as you do openly. Over the years, I have been carrying the name of being victorious. Now do you know why?"
At this moment, Hua Ling jumped on his horse and arrived a hundred and fifty steps outside the city wall. He fully drew his bow and shot a loud arrow into the city with a whoosh.
Liu Ling personally filled a glass of wine for Meng Hu and placed it in front of him.
"The arrow that Hua Ling shot into the city was tied with a letter, a letter of persuasion to surrender, a personal letter from you... General Meng Hu of Weiwei."
Liu Ling sat down, the clouds were calm and the wind was gentle. (To be continued)
