During the march, Wen Youzong stepped forward and came to Luo Zhao's side to mention something.
Luo Zhao looked back at him and saw a letter in his hand. Wen You nodded slightly to him.
Luo Zhao turned his mount and followed him. Su Yuanbai and others looked at each other and followed him, and the army continued to move forward.
After leaving the official road more than ten feet away, seeing Wen You holding the letter but hesitating to speak, Luo Zhao said: "The situation is already like this. I am mentally prepared for any bad news. Wen You doesn't have to worry."
Su Yuanbai and others who followed him frowned and stared at the letter in Wen You's hand. From the look on Wen You's face, they knew the news was not good.
Wen You finally handed the letter to Luo Zhao and sighed, "The last time the Governor gave me a gift, Meng Shanming couldn't forget it and acted cruelly. He returned a gift to the Governor, and he cut off the ears of each of the 600,000 captives.
One, containing more than a hundred large boxes, has been given to the inspectors at the rear. The scene is too indecent to send over. This is Meng Shanming's letter to the Governor!"
The ears of 600,000 prisoners were cut off? Su Yuanbai and others were shocked and moved.
Luo Zhao's expression twitched, and an angry look appeared on his face. Meng Shanming's move, even if the 600,000 elites were returned to the Song Dynasty, these people with missing ears would be an unforgettable shame to the Song Dynasty no matter where they go.
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He snatched the letter, took it out of the envelope and shook it open, only to see a few lines of words on it: I gave you a white horse as a gift before, but I didn't thank you in time. Now I have 600,000 cut off ears as a gift. Are you still satisfied?
If you are dissatisfied, the subjects of the Song Dynasty are all in front of you, life and death are in my hands, you can take whatever you want, and you will not let the governor down - Meng Shan Ming!
The meaning of the letter seemed to say that there would be a killing spree later. Luo Zhao's eyes were about to burst, and he couldn't help but look around, wanting to kill the Yan people to show their evil aura.
However, the Yan State had been harassed by war for a long time, and the people were like frightened birds. The people on the way of the Song army had already fled.
And it is not appropriate for him to create more affairs now. He can no longer spend time fighting endlessly in the territory of Yan State. Once Yanjing is broken, he must rush back as soon as possible. He cannot let Meng Shanming continue to wreak havoc in the territory of Song State without limit.
The content of this letter made him realize that they also wanted to anger him and keep him in the Yan Kingdom for a long time. Once he was dragged out of food and grass, the consequences would be disastrous.
Even though he knew it was a way to provoke the generals, Luo Zhao was still very angry. This was nothing but the ears of his 600,000 soldiers. He couldn't help but said bitterly: "Old thief Meng Shanming, don't fall into my hands, otherwise you will be killed."
Make your life worse than death!"
After Su Yuanbai and others took the letter in their hands and took turns to read it, their faces were gloomy.
At this moment, a general came galloping over on horseback, "Report, Your Majesty's decree has arrived!"
Could it be that they are urging the troops to withdraw again? Luo Zhao thought in his mind. After receiving the order, he was shocked and turned pale. He roared sadly, "Old thief, you and I are not at odds with each other!"
What happened? Su Yuanbai and others asked for the order again and were shocked after reading it. Not only did Meng Shanming cut off the ears of 600,000 prisoners, he actually brutally killed those 600,000 prisoners!
According to the decree, Emperor Mu Zhuozhen of the Song Dynasty was furious and told Luo Zhao openly that after Yanjing was conquered, no chickens or dogs would be left behind, and the city would be massacred to avenge him!
However, in the end, the decree took the overall situation into consideration and gave Luo Zhao a certain period of time. If he still could not conquer Yanjing after the period, he would immediately return for reinforcements. During this period, the imperial court would make every effort to organize troops to stop Meng Shanming and delay as much time as possible.
, buy time for him to lead his army back to support!
Dong Yinglai shook his head and said: "Is this old dog Meng Shanming crazy? Aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"
Chang Fei said in a deep voice: "How dare you bury 600,000 people alive! This thief is so ruthless, he will definitely lose his life and his life will not be long!"
At this moment, another Lingxiao Pavilion disciple came over on horseback and handed a secret letter to Su Yuanbai.
After Su Yuanbai read it, he silently passed the letter to others to read, and everyone frowned after reading it.
The news from Song Jing, which was not mentioned in the imperial edict, was about Meng Shanming's reasons for killing the prisoners and then rake them up, saying that the Song army was still marching into Yanjing and had no sincerity in negotiating a withdrawal, and that the imperial court was unwilling to take advantage of the situation.
The exchange of food for prisoners was because the Song State did not care about the lives of the 600,000 sons. It was the Song State and the Song army that forced Meng Shanming to kill the 600,000 prisoners.
"What a sharp mouth!" Luo looked at him and sneered, his face turning red and white with anger.
Wen You looked away from the content of the secret message and reminded in a deep voice: "Grand Governor, this is Meng Shanming's plan to alienate each other. This basin of dirty water is coming towards the Grand Governor, and at the same time it is intended to shake the hearts of our Song army! Meng Shan
I'm afraid Ming is going to spread rumors in our territory of the Song Dynasty! Alas, there are also people in the court who are trying to make trouble for the Governor, and I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the Governor!"
His judgment was correct. Meng Shanming had already asked the three major sects to arrange their personnel to spread these rumors in the Song Dynasty in order to shake the morale of the Song Dynasty's military and people.
Luo Zhao gritted his teeth and said: "Ignore this for now, give me the military order, the vanguard troops will attack the city immediately, and the city will be destroyed and slaughtered!"
Following his order, the marching troops also accelerated their marching speed, and the army was only half a day away from Yanjing!
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"Alas!" Guan Fangyi sighed.
At first, she was really frightened by Meng Shanming's generosity, and now she could only sigh.
Niu Youdao slowly sat down under a big tree, holding the news from Gongsun Bu in his hand and saying nothing for a long time.
The prisoners were killed and 600,000 people were buried alive! This news shocked him greatly. He could not imagine the horrific scene of being buried alive.
He had heard similar historical allusions in his previous life, but he never dreamed that something similar would happen around him, and that he would be involved, or even indirectly related to him.
What he held in his hand was another reply from Gongsun Bu. He sent a message asking Meng Shanming why he did this. This was actually Meng Shanming's reply.
Meng Shanming didn't mention any big strategies, but only gave him some heartfelt words.
To say that the state of Yan was in such a state, with countless people of Yan having their families destroyed, the country weak, powerful enemies on all sides eying them, and the soldiers of Yan having nothing but blood to die, they were unable to save themselves? The reason is not that foreign enemies invaded, but that it was rotten at the root within the state of Yan.
, if you want to avoid such a tragedy, you must uproot the rotten roots!
He will not disrupt the rhythm of the battle to save the Yan Kingdom from danger because of Yanjing, and force Yanjing to death. If the people in the court can hold it, they will defend it. If they cannot hold it, let the Song army come to help clean it up. Let the Song army help
If Dayan's rotten roots are uprooted, maybe the three major factions will consider the prince.
Niu Youdao looked at the message in his hand repeatedly, and in the end he could only sigh. He didn't know whether it was Meng Shanming's intention or the instruction of the Shang Chaozong. At this time, Meng Shanming, who had heavy troops, could not even do anything to the three major sects.
, Meng Shanming insists on this, and he currently has nothing to do with Meng Shanming.
If it is the Nanzhou people, he is awesome and influential. What Meng Shanming has in his hands at this time is not the Nanzhou people, but an army of more than two million people headed by Mengshan Ming's old troops, who will follow Mengshan Ming's lead!
Now he has realized the fear that those civilian officials have for these military attachés. Once these people with military power lose control, they will instantly become mountains of bones and rivers of blood!
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On the hillside, Huang Lie was holding the battle report from the front line, his expression twitching, and he thought of Meng Shanming in his heart - the God of Death!
Shang Chaozong on the side stood silently in the wind for a long time. He did not expect that Meng Shanming would adopt such cruel methods!
Although he had long known that Meng Shanming was always cold-blooded and ruthless on the battlefield, this was the first time he had seen such a cruel thing.
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"Your Majesty, I am reporting from the front that Meng Shanming will trap and kill all the 600,000 prisoners of the Song Army!"
In the imperial study, Shang Jianxiong was listening to Tong Mo's statement on the mobilization situation for the city defense, and was extremely concerned for fear of making mistakes.
After Tian Yu went out for a while, he received the report from the eunuch outside. After opening it and reading it, his expression changed drastically, and he walked back to the map and reported it.
Shang Jianxiong, Tong Mo, Gao Jiancheng, and Shang Yongzhong all slowly looked back and turned around.
"All 600,000 people were trapped and killed?" Tong Mo asked.
Tian Yu nodded with a solemn expression.
Tong Mo took a breath. No matter how vicious he thought, he would not dare to bear such a reputation. This would bury 600,000 people alive!
Shang Yongzhong was a little dumbfounded. He thought that Meng Shanming would kill the 600,000 prisoners, but he never expected that they would be buried alive!
Gao Jiancheng's face was also ugly. What is the concept of burying 600,000 people alive?
Shang Jianxiong had already taken the report submitted by Tian Yu, and after checking it, he slowly closed it and murmured to himself: "This is offending the Song Army to death. I wish I could let the Song Army massacre the city, just for myself."
They have personal grudges, and they don’t care about the life and death of the people in this capital! They really wish that I would die early, they really wish that I would die early! They are trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and they are killing me!"
"Your Majesty, Song Envoy Qian Liansheng wants to see you!" a eunuch at the door announced.
Shang Jianxiong came to his senses and decisively typed out two words: "Missing!"
Yan Jun had done such a heinous and cruel thing that even he didn't dare to see Qian Liansheng, otherwise he would be scolded.
He turned back to Tian Yu and said, "Are all the skilled eunuchs in the palace ready?"
Tian Yu leaned over and said, "Five hundred men have been carefully selected, and they are all experts who are as good as ten! The Intelligence Department has also deployed five hundred experts, a total of one thousand people, led by Gamiaoshui himself."
Shang Jianxiong nodded: "Do as Grand Situ said. Everyone goes to the city and cooperates with the army to defend the city. The city is still alive, but the city is dead. We must defend it at any cost!"
"Yes!" Tian Yu took the order and left. He left the royal study and came to the square outside the main hall of the palace. He saw thousands of eunuchs lined up neatly with swords on their waists.
Walking to Ga Miaoshui, Tian Yu pulled his cloak with his own hands, "Xiao Gazi, His Majesty said, when the city is alive, people will be alive, but when the city dies, people will die! The time to be loyal has come, go!"
Ga Miaoshui took three steps back, bowed, stood up, turned around, waved his hand, and led a thousand eunuchs out of the palace.
Outside the main gate of the palace, Song Dynasty envoy Qian Liansheng was blocked and could not get in.
Finally, in a hurry, Qian Liansheng took off his hairpin, pulled off his bun, took off his shoes and socks, and tore off his upper body clothes.
With his hair disheveled, he stood barefoot and bare-chested, looking like he had died generously. He pointed at the palace gate and angrily shouted: "Shang Jianxiong is an unkind, unjust, ungrateful villain..."