Chapter 1383: Hand over people first, then negotiate
The sun has set, and night has come late. Although the stars and sparks can illuminate the road for the people of Cochin, the future---just like the distance, is pitch black.
At this time, it can be said that there is silence in Thang Long City. The people are huddled in their houses, praying to heaven, begging God to drive away the group of bandits outside. At this time, Buddha, Taoist saints, they seem to be very valuable in existence.
, at least they can give the people of Jiaozhi some spiritual sustenance.
This is not superstition, but human nature.
Thang Long Palace Office.
"How can this be true? How can it be true? The Song thieves really went too far to deceive others."
After Li Quansheng read the letter Liu Qingtan brought, he threw his hands on the table and shouted loudly, blowing his beard and staring in anger.
Then I heard a strange and sinister voice next to me saying: "The Duke Bao Guo has made the greatest contribution here."
Li Quansheng was startled when he heard the sound. He frowned and looked at the man next to him and said, "Master Yang, just say it directly. There are no outsiders here. Do you have the right to be sarcastic here?"
The person who spoke just now was Taifu Yang Ying'er.
Yang Ying'er laughed and said: "In that case, I will tell you directly. If there is any offense to Duke Bao, please forgive me."
Even so, there was no trace of respect on his face.
Li Quansheng hummed: "I am all ears."
Yang Ying'er said: "As we all know, Kuang Lei and Wang Jun are two beloved generals under the Baoguo public account, but now they have surrendered to the enemy, and the other commander specially ordered people to ask for their families.
It can be seen that Duke Baoguo is really wise in recognizing heroes, and the love of his subordinates will be appreciated wherever he goes."
It seemed like a compliment, but it was actually an insinuation that Li Quansheng was blind and was not the right person to use.
This point is really irrefutable to Li Quansheng, and he said angrily: "I am indeed blind and mistrusted these two people. If they fall into my hands in the future, I will definitely kill them out of justice."
As soon as he said these words, he thought again, it was me who fled back to the city regardless of them, causing them to fall into the hands of the enemy. How could I have the nerve to blame them now?
Yang Ying'er chuckled: "I'm afraid, old general, you won't have this chance."
Li Quansheng was ridiculed by Yang Ying'er one after another, which made him angry. He stood up and said: "Well, since you don't believe me, I would rather die to make my determination clear. I will lead my troops to sneak attack the enemy now. I don't want anything else, I just want to be able to do it."
Kill more Song thieves."
The man sitting in the upper seat suddenly said: "Okay, okay, now that the enemy is in front of us, you still have the intention to quarrel among yourself here. Don't make people laugh when you say it. Old General, please calm down for the time being."
Li Quansheng saw that this man had spoken, but he didn't say anything anymore. He sat back again.
Yang Ying'er said no more.
This person is Zhang Boyu, Grand Master of Jiaozhi, who can be said to be one person below ten thousand people. Zhang Boyu, Li Quansheng, Yang Ying'er and Liu Qingtan, the four of them represent the highest power in Jiaozhi, especially after Li Qiande's death.
Zhang Boyu sighed and asked, "What do you think?"
Liu Qingtan said: "Kuang Lei, Wang Jun and others have surrendered to the Song Dynasty. This is like water thrown out. It is difficult to take it back. Even if we kill their family members, it will only be a quick show and will have no effect at all. Give it to
At best, the Song army has no reputation. It does not affect the overall situation, but this Xian Ping---."
Zhang Boyu said: "Now the other party insists that Xian Ping and his people are from the Song Dynasty and must be returned."
Li Quansheng said sullenly: "Well, Kuang Lei, aren't Wang Jun also from my Jiaozhi people? Why don't they return them? Why should we send people to them?"
Zhang Boyu glanced at Li Quansheng and said: "Old general, there are only a few of us here. Since you want to say so, I will say it bluntly, because now it is the Song army that is surrounding Shenglong Mansion, not us who are surrounding Bianliang City."
This sentence made Li Quansheng's face turn red. If he hadn't returned from the Furiang River with a disastrous defeat, how could they be in this predicament now. But he really couldn't swallow this breath in his heart, and said again: "But Xian Ping also has a few
Thousands of men and horses, and he must be loyal to us to the death, because he has no other choice. We are now in the midst of employing people. If we lose more than a thousand men and horses for no reason, wouldn't this be self-destructive?"
Yang Ying'er couldn't help but sarcastically said: "If you can't win with more than 100,000 people, how can you change the world with more than 1,000 people?"
"you---."
Li Quanshenghu's eyes widened, but he was speechless, because no matter what he said, he could not erase Furiangjiang's defeat.
"Although Tai Tu's words are inappropriate, they are also true." Zhang Boyu was obviously on Yang Ying'er's side on this matter, saying: "If we don't agree to the other party, the other party won't even give us a chance to negotiate. It's very likely that
There will be an attack the next day."
"If you attack, attack." Li Quansheng said: "There are still more than 100,000 or 200,000 people in our city. With this city wall, they may not necessarily win, and there is enough food in the city to keep them going."
Liu Qingtan said: "Old General, our Jiaozhi population was originally sparse, and now we have lost a lot, while Song State has a large population. Even if all his 100,000 troops were lost here, it would not shake its foundation. But if we say otherwise,
We are talking about 100,000 people, even if it is 50,000, we cannot afford to die. Even if we block the enemy's attack, we will not be able to defeat the country."
"What Liu Xueshi said is what worries me." Zhang Boyu nodded and said: "No more people can be killed, otherwise even if we win, it will be meaningless. Besides, we may not be able to block it. First of all, the opponent's crossbow
The enemy can be killed a thousand steps away, but we are unable to compete with him. Secondly, don’t forget that the emperor has just passed away. How can we win this battle amid internal and external troubles?"
Li Quansheng felt that Liu Qingtan's words made sense and said, "What do you two mean?"
Zhang Boyu pondered for a while and said: "Kuang Lei, I'm afraid Wang Jun's family members have turned away and are useless. As for the Xianping clan, they were originally from the Song Dynasty. Now they came to us for refuge only because of the impending disaster. If the Song Dynasty
When the army retreats, it's hard to guarantee that he won't have any objections, so why not be a favor and if we can persuade the Song army to retreat, maybe they will return those prisoners to us."
To be honest, if this was the previous Song Dynasty, Zhang Boyu's words would really be possible. But the other party is Li Qi, an out-and-out businessman, a businessman who does all kinds of business in the world, but does not do loss-making business. Zhang Boyu is here
There is no doubt that this is just a dream.
Even Li Quansheng didn't believe that the Song army would return those prisoners. He frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Everyone, I have a plan that may turn defeat into victory."
Zhang Boyu hurriedly asked: "What's the plan?"
"Why don't we take the opportunity to surrender?" Li Quansheng said: "To be honest with you three, I still don't believe that Kuang and Wang will surrender to the enemy and treason. I think they have something to hide. They chose to surrender out of desperation. I can secretly kill them."
I wrote a secret letter and gave it to these two people, ordering them to stand by at the Song camp. When we lead Xian Ping to the Song camp tomorrow, we will launch a sudden attack. We should cooperate here and seize the opponent's Chinese army's tent directly. As long as we can capture it,
The leader of the thieves. The thieves’ army will retreat.”
"No, no."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Qingtan immediately shook his head and said: "This is too risky. If it doesn't work, we will have no chance, and then there will be another loss of lives."
He thought to himself, of course you can stand and talk without hurting your back. It is me who is going to negotiate, not you. If I fail, then I will be miserable. I will definitely die.
Li Quansheng said: "Now that the enemy is stronger than us, we must make dangerous moves to win."
Yang Ying'er said: "But this is too risky. The Song army is not a fool. How could they let Xian Ping and others enter the Chinese army's tent? Moreover, Kuang Lei and the Wang army had just surrendered. How could they fully believe it? Even if
Kuang Lei and Wang Jun were forced to have no choice but to protect themselves, so why should they talk about cooperating with each other inside and outside."
Liu Qingtan also nodded repeatedly and said: "Taifu Yang is absolutely right, and the other party only gave us half a day to work, so we didn't have time to prepare for all this."
Although Li Quansheng was unwilling to do so, he did not have any confidence. His move could be described as a desperate attempt, so he could only turn his attention to Zhang Boyu.
Zhang Boyu pondered for a while, glanced left and right, and sighed: "Old General, I know you are dedicated to the country, but we really can't afford to lose now. Please forgive us. We must seize this negotiation.
When the late emperor was still alive, he also chose this method, which allowed me to live peacefully in Jiaozhi for fifty years."
When Li Quansheng saw that Zhang Boyu had moved Li Qiande out, he naturally did not dare to say anything more and asked, "What do you mean by the Grand Master?"
Seeing that Li Quansheng relented, Zhang Boyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Well, let me go to the harem first and then make the final decision. But I believe that the harem must also mean this, so I'd like to trouble the old general to send someone now."
Control Xian Ping and others."
Li Quansheng knew that the matter had reached this point and could not be changed. He sighed and said: "Okay." Then he said to Zhang Boyu and others: "Then it all depends on a few adults."
As soon as these words came out, it was announced that the civil servants would take full control.
In fact, let alone Jiaozhi, this is the case in any country. At this moment of life and death, civilian officials are generally in charge.
Now that Li Qiande is dead, the harem is full of women. What opinions can they have? Moreover, they are most afraid of war, so they naturally raise their hands to support peace. They don't take it seriously at all, even if Li Qi asks them to
If the head is sent to them, they will do it.
And that night, Li Quansheng quietly sent troops to control all the Xianping clan.
...
The next day, in the morning.
Liu Qingtan went to the Song camp for the second time, but this time he brought a lot of people, because they had to escort more than a thousand people. Therefore, in addition to Xian Ping and his tribe, they also brought more than 3,000 soldiers with them.
Head to the Song Army camp in a mighty manner.
However, they met Yang Zaixing again at the same location as yesterday. However, this time Yang Zaixing was not alone. He also brought about five thousand soldiers.
What's going on? Did they lure me out on purpose? But---.
When Liu Qingtan saw this, his face turned pale with fright, and he quickly sent someone to ask.
The guard came back and reported: "Sir, that person said that they were here under the orders of the Privy Council to receive the traitor Xian Ping."
After hearing this, Liu Qingtan breathed a sigh of relief and asked the soldiers to hand him over to the other party. He originally thought that this would be enough, but he didn't know that the other party seemed unwilling to give up and was lingering there, so he sent someone to ask again.
After some understanding, I learned that Song Jun was checking whether these people were really from the Xianping clan, because almost everyone in the Langdong clan had wolf head-shaped sashimi on their bodies.
Where there is Li Qi, there is never a lack of caution, which is also the magic weapon for his survival.
After Liu Qingtan learned about it, he was secretly glad that he did not listen to Li Quansheng and make any false surrender. Otherwise, his little life would have to be handed down here.
After the handover was completed, Yang Zaixing came to Liu Qingqin's carriage, clasped his fists and said, "We are also acting under orders. Please forgive me if we have disturbed a few adults."
Liu Qingtan and Yang Zaixing were so powerful that they didn't even dare to complain. He said with a smile: "It should, it should. I wonder if we can go see your Privy Council now."
"Of course, adults, please come here."
At this time, in the Song army's tent, Li Qi, Yue Fei and other soldiers were already waiting for their seats. (To be continued...)