Chapter five hundred and seventy-fifth emperor scheming
The person in front of them was both strange and familiar to Sun Ji and Li Gong.
The reason why they are called strangers is that they have only met Liu Xiu once, and they have never spoken to each other at all. With their level, it is difficult for them to get close to Liu Xiu and exchange a word.
The reason why they are familiar with each other is that they have a deep impression of Liu Xiu. He is young and started from scratch, but he can call himself the emperor. He is not arrogant or domineering, but treats others with humility and courtesy. The two of them want to talk about Liu Xiu.
It’s hard not to have a deep impression on Liu Xiu.
At this time, they could clearly see the appearance of the young man in front of them. Isn't this Liu Xiu or who it was? Sun Ji and Li Gong's eyes widened in disbelief, their mouths opened wide, and they were stunned and frightened for a moment.
Liu Xiu smiled slightly and asked: "County Magistrate Sun and County Lieutenant Li don't recognize me anymore?"
Sun Ji and Li Gong suddenly came back to their senses. They were shaken and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. They said in a trembling voice: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
They never dreamed that the Emperor was actually in the city and helped them capture Wei Heng, one of the leaders of the Five Schools Army.
Liu Xiu waved his hands to the two of them and said, "No need to be so polite, just stand up!"
When Sun Ji and Li Gong straightened up, Liu Xiu said: "This time I happened to pass through the city and happened to be attacked by the bandit army. My identity is not easy to be exposed for the time being."
Now, both Sun Ji and Li Gong's minds were blank. They looked at Liu Xiu dumbfounded and nodded instinctively. Liu Xiu said, "You two can call me Mr. Jin."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Sun Ji and Li Gong both responded.
Liu Xiu sighed secretly and said again: "Just call me Mr. Jin."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Sun Ji and Li Gong said in unison.
Liu Xiu stopped talking and just looked at the two of them with deep eyes, feeling helpless. Sun Ji and Li Gong looked at each other and suddenly came to their senses. They hurriedly changed their words and said: "Your Majesty... uh, Jin
Young Master!"
"Yes!" Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Do you know the current casualty situation in the city?"
Sun Ji hurriedly kowtowed forward and said, "Report to Your Majesty..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Gong coughed dryly, and Sun Jixian said hurriedly: "Back to Mr. Jin, the casualties of the people in the city have not been counted yet. There are 2,000 county soldiers. Now counting the wounded,
It’s less than nine hundred.”
Liu Xiu asked again: "Has anyone sent someone to ask for help from the county government?"
"When the bandits attacked the city yesterday, I sent a letter to Feige, the county government, requesting the county government to send troops for assistance." Sun Jizhengse said.
"Very good." Liu Xiu was quite satisfied with Sun Ji's response. He said with a smile: "County Magistrate Sun and Lieutenant Li fought tenaciously in the face of a powerful enemy and would rather die than surrender. They deserve commendation!"
After hearing this, Sun Ji and Li Gong's eyes turned red. It was worth dying to be so praised by the emperor.
The two of them kowtowed forward again and said with choked sobs: "To be loyal to the country and to your Majesty is the duty of a humble minister. I dare not take credit for it!"
Liu Xiu stood up, walked to the two of them, helped them up, and said: "County Magistrate Sun, Lieutenant Li does not need to be so polite. I have already said that I am not the emperor now, but a businessman."
Mr. Jin."
"Yes, yes, Wei Chen understands! Wei Chen understands!" Sun Ji and Li Gong nodded.
Liu Xiu glanced at the two of them and asked, "What are your plans next?"
Sun Ji and Li Gong looked at each other, and the former said: "Master Jin, I think I should kill Wei Heng first to avenge the soldiers who died in the battle and the people who died in vain!" wavv
Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said: "I promised Wei Heng that as long as the rebel army is willing to withdraw from the county, I will let him go back."
Sun Ji and Li Gong took a breath and said quickly: "Your Majesty, you must not do this! Wei Heng is one of the thieves in the army of the five schools. Letting Wei Heng go is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain! I hope your Majesty will think twice!"
Liu Xiu nodded and said: "Magistrate Sun and Lieutenant Li are right, but if I follow your wishes, wouldn't I become a villain who goes back on my words and doesn't believe in my words?"
Sun Ji and Li Gong both trembled, lowered their heads in a hurry, and whispered: "Wei Chen doesn't dare, Wei Chen has no such intention..."
Liu Xiu continued: "If Wei Heng is killed, the rebel army that has just withdrawn will immediately fight back. With the current strength of the city, can the rebel army be kept out of the city?"
Sun Ji and Li Gong lowered their heads. When the county soldiers numbered two thousand, they could not stop the rebel army from attacking the city. Now the county soldiers do not even have 900 people, let alone resist the rebel army.
If the bandit army really fights back, everyone in the city will have no choice but to die.
After a moment of silence, Liu Xiu said slowly: "I don't know how important Wei Heng is, but now, we must not kill him."
After a pause, he changed the subject and said: "What you two should do now is to immediately appease the people in the city. In addition, use the people's hatred for the rebels to recruit as many strong men as possible, strengthen the city defense, and prepare to face the rebels."
Attack the city again!"
Li Gong subconsciously asked: "Your Majesty... Mr. Jin, do you think the bandit army will attack the city again?"
"Wei Heng is in our hands now. We have successfully forced the rebel army back. They should...should not attack the city again, right?!" Sun Ji also said with a surprised look on his face.
Liu Xiu sighed lightly and said: "When doing things, don't always think about the best outcome, but also prepare for the worst. On the battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly, who can predict what will happen next moment? Do it in advance
It’s always good to be prepared for the unexpected!”
Sun Ji and Li Gong both bowed and saluted, saying, "I will remember the young master's teachings!"
Liu Xiu lowered his eyes and said meaningfully: "There are many casualties among the people in the city, and their property and food have been looted by the bandits. Now that the bandits have withdrawn, the people's resentment has nowhere to vent, and it is inevitable that they will be sent to the county."
At the head of the house, we recruit strong men to strengthen the city defense and prepare for the second attack by the bandit army. This is not a means of diverting the resentment of the people."
Using a common enemy to transfer people's grievances can not only make the whole city unanimous in dealing with the outside world, but also resolve internal conflicts within one's own side. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Liu Xiu's level of thinking about things was much higher than that of Sun Ji and Li Gong.
After hearing his words, both Sun Ji and Li Gong felt that they had benefited a lot. They bowed and saluted again and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I have learned from you."
Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "Okay, let's do things!"
"Does Your Majesty want to move to the county capital?"
Seeing Liu Xiu looking at him with deep eyes again, Sun Ji coughed and changed his words and asked: "Young master, it is better to go to the county government, it is safer there!"
Liu Xiu said: "It's fine for me to be here. I don't have to go anywhere, and I don't want to attract too much attention. Also, you two must not expose my identity. Once the rebels know that I am in the city,
Don’t say it’s useless for us to capture Wei Heng, even if we capture the King of Heaven, they will attack the city with all their might.”
Sun Ji and Li Gong nodded as if they were pounding garlic, and responded repeatedly: "Wei Chen understands! Wei Chen understands!"
"Go for it!"
"Wei Chen, please leave!" Watching Sun Ji and Li Gong carefully exit the box, Liu Xiu shook his head again. The attitude of the two of them towards him was so respectful that if anyone saw it, they would be suspicious. They would not see each other much in the future.
good.
Sun Ji and Li Gong regarded Liu Xiu's order as an imperial edict, and in fact, it was indeed an imperial edict.
The two of them took county officials and county soldiers to inspect various parts of the city.
During the inspection, they constantly called on the young people in the city and encouraged them to take up arms, climb the city walls, and work with the county government and county soldiers to defend their homes from powerful enemies.
Liu Xiu's trick was very effective. Some people's families were killed by the bandits, and some women's families were humiliated by the bandits. Even the least damaged people had their property and food destroyed.
Most of the people were robbed, and all the people were full of resentment and anger. Now when they heard the county government's call, all the young and strong people responded one after another. They reported their names to the county officials, received weapons, and boarded the
Wall to defend the city.
When the city's military strength was at its highest, there were only two thousand county soldiers. But now, with the participation of a large number of young and strong people, the number of people defending the city suddenly increased to three or four thousand.
Almost all the young men in the city joined the defense team.
Seeing this situation, Sun Ji and Li Gong both secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, His Majesty reminded him in time and directed the anger of the people in the city to the rebels. Otherwise, there would be no idea how much chaos would happen in the city!
The accident that Liu Xiu was wary of did not happen. After the rebel army withdrew from the county, they stationed themselves at the border of the county. When Liu Xiu learned that the county army was about to arrive in the city, he asked Fu An to release Wei Heng.
Until now, Wei Heng still regarded Fu An as the person in charge. Being escorted by Fu An and dozens of county soldiers to the city gate, he first looked at the open city gate in front of him, then turned back and looked around, and finally his eyes fell on
Fu An raised his hands and said, "You are still an honest person. Can I know your name?"
Fu An said: "I'm Fu An!"
"Fu An..." Wei Heng murmured his name, nodded, and said, "I've written it down! I'm willing to let me go today as a gift of my life. I will repay this kindness in the future.
, but I will definitely repay the humiliation of being captured in the future!"
Fu An shrugged disapprovingly and said: "If I were you, I would never say such nonsense now and would run away for my life immediately." While speaking, he also pursed his lips towards the city gate.
Wei Heng laughed loudly, took a deep look at Fu An, and said, "What a pity!" After saying that, he strode out without looking back.
As soon as he stepped out of the city gate, with a creaking sound, the city gate was closed again. Wei Heng looked back, then quickened his pace and walked forward.
The battle for the city has come to an end, and there is no telling who will win or lose in this battle.
The Fifth Academy Army and the Tanxiang Army have been coveting the city for a long time. This attack was planned for a long time in advance, with the purpose of capturing the city in one fell swoop. However, in the end, their goal was not achieved, so it was naturally not considered a victory.
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As for the city, although the city was secured, it suffered heavy losses. Most of the county soldiers were killed and wounded. Thousands of people in the city were killed and injured. Almost all the property and food in the city were robbed. Such a tragic situation is certainly not considered a disaster.
victory.
However, after this battle, it sounded the alarm for the counties of Qinghe County and Wei County, making each county and county government realize that the Five Schools Army and Tanxiang Army wandering within the two counties were not defeated soldiers, but a ragtag group.
, but with a large number of troops, they are fully capable of capturing any county.
It is said that after Wei Heng was released, it didn't take long for the Qinghe County Army to arrive in the city. The county army's entry into the city was welcomed by the people in the city. The person leading the county army was Xian Yuji, the prefect of Qinghe.
Xianyu Ji is not an ethnic minority. The Xianyu surname has two origins. One is from the Jizi lineage, and the other is from an ethnic minority. Those who had the compound surname Xianyu in the Han Dynasty were basically descendants of Jizi.
This Jizi was the famous Yin Shang royal family, who was later granted a title and went to the Korean Peninsula to establish Jizi Korea.