Of course, the court did not give up the last glimmer of hope. Since the three major factions were unable to do anything, they directly contacted Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming.
At this time, the imperial court was almost responsive to all requests, and the implication was that Shang Chaozong was allowed to make any conditions and negotiate anything.
The reason is very simple. No matter what accounts need to be settled, this level must be passed first, and the Shang Chaozong must be stabilized first. If we can't get through now, there is no need to talk about settling accounts in the future.
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The army finally walked out of the muddy area. Zhang Hu's mount's limbs were completely turned into mud legs. He reined in his horse and looked back, waiting for the carriage carrying Meng Shanming to come ashore from the mud.
The soldiers who came ashore one after another were also covered in mud. Most of them had their trouser legs rolled up and their smelly shoes hanging on their shoulders. They were all very tired.
Those prisoners with baggage were even more unbearable. At least the Yan army had enough to eat. They only drank some soup and water, and their ears were cut off and injured. Now they are exhausted from carrying heavy objects.
, some people collapsed on the ground and did not want to move as soon as they landed.
This is the reason why Meng Shanming temporarily stopped killing them. It is inconvenient to march in flooded areas, so these prisoners are used as labor force!
Seeing some prisoners lying down, the escorting Yan army immediately punched and kicked them to force them to get up.
Zhang Hu turned a blind eye to this scene and only waited for the carriage to come up and then went over to greet him.
Accompanying the carriage to the side to watch the following people disembark, Zhang Hu asked Meng Shanming in the carriage window, "Are these prisoners really going to be handed over to the imperial court as bargaining chips?"
Meng Shanming said expressionlessly: "Inform all the ministries to kill them on the spot after they come ashore!"
"Kill?" Zhang Hu was surprised.
Meng Shanming slowly closed his eyes and said nothing. Zhang Hu understood that he heard correctly and went to execute it.
What does entrapment mean? It means burial alive!
For Zhang Hu, it would be better to slaughter Zi Zi directly. I don’t understand why Meng Shanming had to use such horrific methods, but Meng Shanming’s words are military orders!
After receiving Meng Shanming's military order, the various ministries from Qunluo Mountain immediately gathered the prisoners captured by each ministry, forced these prisoners to dig pits, dug countless large pits, and then forced these prisoners into the pits.
The final scene was horrific. In countless pits, countless prisoners were wailing and begging for mercy.
But everything was under Meng Shanming's control. They were injured, not given enough to eat, and the weight in the mud was worn out. If they were forced to dig holes by themselves, their physical strength was already exhausted. Although there were 600,000 people, these 600,000 elites
They had already been defeated by Meng Shanming, and even if they gathered together, they had no power to resist.
The Yan army sergeant could easily send them into the pit with a kick or a slight push. Once they were down, it would be difficult for them to have the strength to climb up.
A group of Yan troops gathered around the pit and shoveled dirt. The screams and cries in the pit were horrific. Anyone who had the strength to climb up was shot down by the surrounding archers.
The clear sky and the bright sun look down upon all living beings like ants, indifferent to the tragedies on the earth.
When all the big pits were filled up, the world was quiet, and the people buried underground could not make a sound. Yan Jun on the ground did not seem to want to speak after witnessing this scene.
For these murderers, this scene will be unforgettable forever!
Of course, not all of them were killed. Meng Shanming left some alive, gave them a good meal, and asked them to take what they saw and heard back to report, and asked them to bring back the news!
These prisoners who survived the catastrophe almost rolled and crawled away, and the shock they received will never be forgotten!
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There was a quarrel in the imperial court in Song Dynasty. Some were neutral and some were quarrelsome and blushed. Because of Meng Shanming's request for a large amount of food and fodder, the situation was as expected by Gao Jicheng.
Faced with the threat of Yan's army invading the country, the Song Dynasty was about to propose peace talks, but saw that Yanjing took the initiative to propose negotiations. Knowing that Luo Zhao's army threatened Yanjing had an effect, he immediately raised the price and withdrew his troops, adding that he would deal with Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming.
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The Song State knew that the Yan State would not agree, because it knew that the current Yan State court would find it difficult to deal with Shang Chaozong and Mengshan, but it was precisely because of this that it increased the pressure.
Negotiations are like this. The lion opens his mouth and waits for a counteroffer to gain favorable conditions for the two parties to stop later.
After all, who evacuates first and how, how far to evacuate first, how to release the prisoners first, and how many to release first are all issues. No one can trust the other.
Unexpectedly, after the additional conditions were proposed here, Meng Shanming also attached harsh conditions, exchanging prisoners for a large amount of food and grass.
The troops led by Meng Shanming were already a threat to the Song Dynasty. If they were given enough food and grass, once Meng Shanming tore through the false veil of peace talks, the consequences would be disastrous.
I want to ask how the Song Dynasty court could agree easily, but if it didn't agree, it would be worried that Meng Shanming would take the opportunity to do something random.
Faced with a dilemma, how could Song Jing avoid quarreling in the court hall? The public said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. The quarrel was endless, and they continued to argue about this matter for two days in a row.
Just then a voice came from outside: "Report!"
A eunuch came in a hurry like a mourner, and the palace became quiet. The eunuch knelt down in front of everyone, holding the report in both hands, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the front. Mengshan calls the old thief.
We are ruthless, we have 600,000 sons of the Song Dynasty, except for releasing a hundred messengers, the rest are all trapped and killed by the old thieves!"
As soon as this report came out, the expressions of everyone in the hall changed, and they all showed extremely horrified expressions. Are you trapping them to kill? Meng Shanming actually traps and kills 600,000 elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty?
Song Emperor Mu Zhuozhen, who was sitting high up, turned pale instantly, stood up tremblingly, and asked with difficulty: "What did you say?"
The eunuch in charge, Mo Gao, hurriedly came down, took the report from the eunuch, and returned.
The eunuch who was kneeling on the ground raised his head and said with tears: "Your Majesty, I, the six hundred thousand son of the Song Dynasty, was tricked and killed by the old thief Meng Shanming! The old thief Meng Shanming said that he had received news that we were arguing about food and grass in the court.
He had no intention of giving it to him at all. The old thief also said that the Song army was still approaching Yanjing and had no sincerity in negotiating at all. He said that he was fooling him, saying that since he wanted to fight, he would accompany him, and that since the Song Dynasty did not care about the lives of his own children,
There was no need for him to be polite, so he ordered that 600,000 of my sons be buried alive in a pit!"
Naturally, these were all Meng Shanming's excuses. Meng Shanming followed Niu Youdao's reminder, but the excuse for the Song army approaching Yanjing was added by Meng Shanming himself.
After Meng Shanming received the news that the Song Army was still approaching Yanjing, how could he be a vegetarian? He immediately thought of adding this article, clearly accusing the Song Army of being dishonest and accusing the Song State of not having sincerity in negotiations.
Luo Zhao put a shit basin on his head.
Meng Shanming believed that the Song Dynasty court and the Song Dynasty emperor would not bear this responsibility, and only Luo Zhaolai could bear it!
Luo Zhao had a good plan and wanted to use Yanjing as a bargaining chip. How could Meng Shanming fight with him and make things easier for him.
They are all generals who lead the army in battle. Naturally they know what is most harmful, and they are afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable!
As the commander-in-chief of the Song Army, Luo Zhao was labeled as having no regard for the life and death of the 600,000 Song Army children. The consequences can be imagined!
When the two countries are at war, no matter what the means, Meng Shanming will not be polite. He is also trying to kill Luo Zhao!
"Your Majesty, Luo Zhao is harming the country! He was asked to withdraw his troops and return reinforcements a long time ago. He resisted the decree and disrespected the decree. He relied on his military power and went his own way. Now, 600,000 elite soldiers of our Song Dynasty have been killed. Luo Zhao is a thief who harmed the country.
Ah!" Someone shouted sadly. This person was the first to suggest that Luo Zhao withdraw his troops and return reinforcements, and now he finally found the opportunity to prove himself right.
A military attache at the scene immediately denounced, "That's nonsense! This is clearly Meng Shanming's excuse, how can you be fooled!"
There was immediately a quarrel in the court hall.
Mu Zhuozhen, who was standing in front of the throne, was looking at the report with both hands. His face was ugly and his hands were trembling. He suddenly raised his eyes and shouted angrily: "Shut up, everyone!"
The court fell silent instantly. After a moment of silence, Prime Minister Zi Pingxiu raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, whether it is an excuse or something, Meng Shanming's move undoubtedly ignored the negotiations between the two countries. It is obvious what he wants to do.
Luo Zhao should be summoned immediately to withdraw his troops and return reinforcements!"
Mu Zhuozhen's cheek twitched for a while, and he said sternly: "Break Yanjing and massacre the city! Avenge me, Song Erlang!"
As soon as he said it, he made the final decision to massacre Yanjing first and then withdraw his troops!
At this point, the war started by the Song State suffered a huge loss. 600,000 elites were trapped and killed, which was appalling. If the Song State did not bring back some results, how would the entire Song State regard him as the emperor?
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A Yan State convoy consisting of a dozen carriages, pulling more than a hundred large boxes, marched on the official road, with flags demanding talks hung on the vehicles.
When we were traveling through the mountains, several Song monks on patrol appeared in the forest.
Although this place is far away from the main force of the Song army attacking Yan, it is impossible for the Song army not to deploy spies in the rear to guard against surprise attacks by the enemy.
After seeing the interview flag, the Song Dynasty patrolling monk showed up and stopped the carriage.
After confirming the identities of both parties, the leader of the Yan army who was in charge of escorting took out a letter and gave it to the other party, "The former Governor Luo gave us a gift to Commander Meng, and we are following the order of Commander Meng to repay the heavy gift to Governor Luo! Meng
This is a letter written by Shuai himself, and I hope it can be conveyed to the Grand Governor."
After the handover between the two sides, the monks did not embarrass the people who were escorting the gifts, and there was no need. They let these people go without killing the envoys during the battle between the two armies.
However, this gift packed with more than a dozen cartons of boxes made several monks curious. They didn't know what the hell it was. They could smell the foul smell and immediately opened the box to check.
After untying the rope on the carriage and just loosening a box buckle, there was a "bang" sound and the box lid popped open by itself, startling several monks and alerting them.
I saw a bunch of stuff gushing out of the box, splashing all over the floor, and there was a suffocating stench.
What came out of the box was something like a fungus. What was it? After a few people looked at it carefully and saw what it was, they said, "Ouch!" Some people couldn't help but cover their mouths and retched.
Ears! They are all human ears!
The ears that filled the box had swollen and rotted during transportation, so they popped out as soon as the box was opened.
Those densely packed ears were terrifying to look at. Even if they were monks, this was the first time they had seen such a disgusting scene.
There was no way to put all the ear clothes that were dripping all over the floor back into the box.
After finally allowing themselves to adapt for a while, the monks looked at the more than a hundred boxes on the carriage and then looked at each other, with doubts in their eyes. Could it be that all the more than a hundred boxes contained human ears?
Thinking about it carefully, several people were covered in goosebumps and their hairs stood on end.