Gong Song pondered for a moment, then looked around, took two steps forward, came to the soft cave, squatted down, and whispered: "General Gu, even if you want the king to give way to the prince, you should not lead the six-nation coalition to attack. In the capital city, we can unite all the civil and military ministers and palaces, or..."
Before he could finish speaking, 'Gu Anmin' had shaken his head and laughed, and said in a low voice: "It's useless! Don't Lord Gong know the personality of the king? The palace will only lead to one result, and that is the royal court of our Zhen Kingdom. If the blood flows like a river, I don’t know how many loyal and loyal pillars will die. In addition... the king will even anger the prince because of this, and even the prince’s situation will be in danger. This is not saving Zhenguo, but harming Zhenguo and the prince. . ”
Although he didn't want to admit it, Gong Song still took a breath and nodded secretly involuntarily.
'Gu Anmin' saw him frowning and was speechless, and continued: "Only by ourselves, we can't save Zhenguo, nor can we change the king's determination to become emperor. In the end, Zhenguo can only survive in the Six Kingdoms They were wiped out under the iron hooves of the coalition forces."
"Can we save Zhen Kingdom by bringing the six-nation coalition forces into the capital now?"
"That's right! This is what the six kings personally assured me! Who in the world doesn't know that our Zhen army is brave and adept at fighting and is invincible. In fact, the six countries don't want to go to war with our Zhen country. The reason why they formed an alliance and sent troops is because the king proclaimed himself emperor. It was a helpless move. The intention of the Six Kingdoms is very simple, that is, to ask the king to give up the throne and step down, go to the emperor to apologize to the people of the world, and give an explanation to the people of the world. As for our Zhen Kingdom, after the prince succeeds to the throne, the allied forces will not commit any crimes. Withdraw all countries." 'Gu Anmin' said it with certainty and vowed to do so.
If that's the case, it wouldn't be a bad thing to lure the six-nation coalition into the capital! Gong Song rolled his eyes and looked at Gu Anmin while thinking, trying to see whether what he said was true or false by observing his words and expressions.
Gu Anmin's face was sincere, his eyes were firm, and there was no ambiguity in his words.
In fact, Gong Song was also very puzzled by Gu Anmin's sudden surrender. Now through his words, he understood it somewhat. After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "I heard that the Six Nations Allied Forces were in Canglin County. They killed many people in our country!"
At that time, there was little information, and a lot of information was learned through the oral accounts of the refugees. When Fengyu's coalition forces arrested the people of Zhenguo on a large scale, many people in Canglin County fled westward. When they fled to Xiangshan County, the people were dissatisfied with Fengyu. The description of the coalition forces is naturally exaggerated, simply portraying the coalition forces as murderous demons who do not blink an eye.
'Gu Anmin' said sternly: "I don't know whether the Six Nations Allied Forces killed innocent people indiscriminately in Canglin County, but since I changed sides, the Allied Forces have always treated our people with courtesy and have never acted deviantly. "
"Oh!" Gong Song responded noncommittally, but he was already convinced. At least according to the rumors he heard, the coalition forces only committed atrocities in Canglin County. As for other counties, there was no such thing. rumor.
It can be seen from this that the Six-Nation Alliance is not untrustworthy.
Thinking of this, Gong Song made a decision. He smiled at Gu Anmin, raised his hands and said, "General Gu, I may disappoint you. Your Majesty and the soldiers in Nanyue City will never surrender to the coalition forces."
One sentence made Gu Anmin feel cold. All the good words he had tried to persuade were in vain? This Gong Song was really hateful.
His heart was so cruel that his teeth itched, but he didn't show anything on the surface. 'Gu Anmin' said with infinite regret: "The Zhen Kingdom has reached a critical moment of life and death. As a pillar of the country, Lord Gong, can he be indifferent?"
"General Gu, I haven't finished speaking to you yet." Gong Song said quietly: "In fact, with Nanyue's current city defense, not to mention the millions of troops from the Six Nations, even if it were doubled, I am confident that I can defend Nanyue.
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After a pause, he added with a smile: "However, although the official does not intend to surrender to the Six Nations Allied Forces, he can allow the Six Nations Allied Forces to pass."
"Oh?" 'Gu Anmin' was startled and looked at Gong Song incomprehensibly, not quite understanding what he meant.
Seeing his doubts, Gong Song explained: "Xiaguan means that the Nanyue garrison will not obey the command of the Six Nations Allied Forces, but will open the city gate and let the Six Nations Allied Forces pass through the city safely. Of course, wait
In the future, when the logistics supplies of the Six Nations Allied Forces arrive at Nanyue, the official will not be embarrassed and will let them pass. General Gu please go back and convey the official's intention to the princes. If the princes can accept it, he can do it at any time.
If you can't accept it after crossing the city, then there is nothing more to say. I and the officers and men under my command swear to live and die together in Nanyue!"
Not surrendering, but being able to open the city and let them go, it's a credit to Gong Song that he figured it out. 'Gu Anmin' secretly smiled bitterly, Gong Song was clearly testing the Allied Forces of the Six Nations, and he was also making a huge bet on the success of the Allied Forces of the Six Nations.
When in the city, they did not dare to make a sudden attack on the defenders.
Seeing that his face was changing and he was speechless for a long time, Gong Song said: "General Gu, there is no need to think about it anymore, and the decision of the subordinate will never be changed again. General, please go back and ask the princes for instructions as soon as possible!"
"No need!" 'Gu Anmin' replied absentmindedly: "I... what I mean by general can completely represent the princes!" He almost said the word 'my king' smoothly, but fortunately he reacted quickly and changed it to
This general.
His words made Gong Song a little dumbfounded. It stands to reason that no matter how noble Gu Anmin's status is in Zhen Kingdom, he is still a reduced general in the Six Nations Alliance. It is incredible that he can make decisions on behalf of the kings.
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'Gu Anmin' also felt that there was something wrong with his words, and then added: "All the gentlemen trust me very much and value me very much. As long as I make a decision, none of the gentlemen will object."
"That's it!" Gong Song nodded doubtfully, said no more, and stood silently aside, waiting for Gu Anmin to make a decision.
Of course he couldn't decide such an important matter on his own. On the other side, Tang Yin, who was connected with his mind and body, pulled Lingshuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin aside, sent away the guards and generals around him, and then presented the conditions proposed by Gong Song.
He told it to the three kings.
Regardless of how Tang Yin knew it, Gong Song's conditions alone were too shocking.
The three kings were stunned for a moment, then Li Xin laughed and said: "If this is true, then Gong Song is really an idiot! He refused to surrender, but he wanted to let us cross the city. We could have just passed the city.
Let's attack the defenders suddenly from inside the city. The reason why Nanyue is difficult to attack is that its city defense is steep and strong. But when we attack inside the city, we don't need to consider the factors of city defense. In a battle on a narrow road, our millions of troops can always win easily.
It only has over 100,000 people?!"
Tang Yin rolled his eyes. Li Xin looks majestic and majestic, but he is an empty stomach. You can think of this, but Gong Song can't think of it?
"Yes, when passing through the city, we can suddenly attack the defenders, but in this case, we have lost our morality. In the future, when we march westward, the defenders of the cities and towns will fight for their lives at the checkpoints we pass.
If we fight to the end, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky to recruit the Zhen army. Furthermore, Gong Song is not a fool. How can he let our millions of troops swarm into the city? He will arrange it in all likelihood
Our troops are passing through the city in batches. If we can only pass ten thousand people each time, how can we attack others?"
Li Xin was speechless by what he said. After thinking about it carefully, Tang Yin was right. His mind changed rapidly, and then he shook his head repeatedly and said, "Then we can never cross the city."
Yue Ze and Ling Shuang looked at him puzzled.
Li Xin explained: "If Gong Song doesn't surrender, if we cross Nanyue, it will be dangerous. He said nicely that he will let our army's logistics supplies arrive at Nanyue, but what if he doesn't let us go?
?We go over there. If the gate of Nanyue is closed, we will have no way out. We will be locked up and beaten by others, and we will be trapped in Zhendi!"
This is the real issue that Tang Yin is worried about. He thinks that this is also Gong Song's test for himself.
Rejecting his conditions would mean that we are cowardly, but he has done everything he can to be benevolent and righteous. If we accept his conditions, we will be in danger of being cut off from supplies and retreat, and may even be annihilated in the hinterland of Zhenguo.
It was unexpected that Gong Song actually posed such a problem for him. Tang Yin looked at Lingshuang and asked, "Sister Wang, what do you mean?"
The matter was so important that Lingshuang did not dare to make a hasty statement. She shook her head and said: "I am used to being pampered in the palace and have no understanding of military tactics. Therefore, it is better for me to have less interference in matters on the battlefield.
"
Tang Yin almost laughed out loud, but Lingshuang was able to shirk responsibility and leave difficult problems to others. He didn't force himself, nodded, looked at Yue Ze, and asked, "What do you mean, Brother Yue Wang?"
Yue Ze was famous for his timidity. He was opposed to such a dangerous and unpredictable thing from the bottom of his heart. He said: "Brother Tang Wang, I think it is better to completely conquer or annihilate it than to be controlled by others. Nanyue is certainly not easy to fight.
, but it is not impossible for us to defeat it, but once we fall into Gong Song’s trick, our army... is afraid that the entire army will be annihilated!"
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded his head and responded, then asked Li Xin: "Brother Li Wang, is this the same opinion?"
Li Xin said: "I want to hear what Brother Tang Wang means first!"
Tang Yin clenched his fists, his eyes gradually became deeper, and he said word by word: "War always involves risks. In my opinion, as long as there is more than 50% certainty, it is worth taking the risk to attack Nanyue.
, I don’t know how long it will take to fight. Even if we win in the end, our army will suffer huge losses. We still have to wait for the rear to replenish our troops. Adding the time before and after, it will take at least more than a month. Such a long time,
We don’t know how much the situation in Xitang will change. This goes against our army’s idea of a quick victory. So, what I mean is, take the risk, trust Gong Song, and accept his conditions!”