Chapter 1809 The shackles of monarchs and ministers, I will break free for you
"I know that Brother Huyan and the sons and sons do not want to be the enemy of Xiao Tang. They are greedy for life and fear of death and refuse to be loyal to the official family. The current situation is like this, and the imperial court cannot protect the people of Li who have been harmed by the Jin captives. They are unwilling to do it.
The slaves of the subjugated country, as long as there is a way to survive, Xiao Tang has made all the people look back, but in the end everyone is his own master, and any of you can go to Xiao Tang, but I, Ma Kuo, will never succeed.
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Ma Kuo sighed leisurely, and then said: "After all, the imperial court condemned me and accused me of being a criminal who humiliated the country and surrendered as a captive. These injustices have not been cleared up. If I surrender just because Xiao Tang is now powerful
Wouldn't surrendering confirm my reputation for succumbing to the imperial court's great troubles? The world is so big, there is no place I can't go to. At worst, I will leave alone and go to find places that have been invaded by Jin bandits and barbarians to recruit volunteers and horses.
If the land is peaceful and the people are at peace, then they may have the opportunity to express their feelings to the imperial court and get the chance to be appointed."
Hu Yanqing, who has been on many missions to the Jin Dynasty, is also an eloquent figure who has quarreled with those Jurchen officials, and he is by no means such a fool with simple thoughts. He heard the helplessness revealed in Ma Kuo's words,
He immediately said: "Brother, what you said is easy! You have been framed by the imperial court. If we are allowed to lead our men to defect to Xiao Renxia, if the imperial court knows about it, there is no guarantee that they will not slander you as an enemy again."
The crime of collaborating with the enemy!
You originally escaped when you were imprisoned for the serious crime of unjust murder, such as offering land to a captive. The imperial court wanted to take your brother to task for severe punishment. If it were found out that you recruited tens of thousands of volunteers in Wuma Mountain and other places,
I have surrendered to Xiao Renxia, so how can I explain it clearly? How can I try to find a way out for myself, but it has harmed my brother and even caused him to surrender during the national crisis?"
But other than that, is there any other way I can go?
Just when Ma Kuo was sighing helplessly, suddenly another heroic leader under his command hurriedly rushed in and reported quickly: "Mao leader, Huyan leader, Xiao Renxia personally led many troops and horses to the city. He said that he has admired Ma leader for a long time and won't win."
I am even more admirable for Zhi Xuan who endured the humiliation and shouldered the heavy burden, and devoted all his energy to resisting the foreign humiliation of the Jin Dynasty and recruiting a rebel army. I am even more admirable. The purpose of coming here now is to enter the city and make close friends with me and other comrades, and I hope you will not hesitate to meet me!"
After hearing the report from the leader, Ma Kuang raised his eyebrows and immediately said in his mind: Bear the humiliation and bear the burden? Comrade with lofty ideals? Ha... That Xiao Tang knew my difficulties. In the past, although Xiao Tang and I were not strangers, we didn't know each other.
What kind of friendship is there? It’s rare that he comes to see me in person now. He must be trying to persuade me to surrender to him... I think so. Xiao Tang recruits brave men and nets heroes. He can’t be used by officials in anything in the world.
Most of the wise and courageous people are going to join him, but now they are more than capable of resisting the imperial court? If the country of the Song Dynasty was not in line with the ethics of monarchs and ministers, then the Xiaotang complied with the people's will but refused to comply with the emperor. After all, there was a thief and rebellion.
Retrograde, if not... Judging from the deeds he has done before and after, he is worthy of being a wise master with great talent and great strategy in the troubled times...
Seeing Hu Yanqing immediately looking towards him, his eyes seemed to be full of ardent expectation. Ma Kuo hesitated for a moment, and finally raised his head and said loudly: "No matter what plan I make, I will be upright and magnanimous.
If you fail to the heaven, you will not fail to the earth. Except for Xiao Tang who violated the imperial edict and was disloyal and disrespectful to the officials, I am really impressed by the great feats he did... If Xiao Tang came here with sincerity
Pay a visit, no matter what happens after the funeral, how can I not dare to go and meet him?"
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At the south gate of Pingji City, the Zhaozhou Government Office, although military flags were fluttering in the distance, and a large number of rebel soldiers below were gathering like ants, forming a black and dense formation, the assembled soldiers and horses only appeared vaguely.
In the sight of the city guards, there was still a long way to go from the city walls. Only about a thousand strong and well-dressed men marched to the foot of Pingji City. Moreover, these soldiers did not carry bows and arrows, except for those around their waists.
He didn't have any weapons other than the steel sword he was carrying, so it was obvious that he wasn't here to storm the state capital here.
Even so, when these nearly a thousand volunteers gathered in one place, their formation surged, and the killing and majestic aura they exuded not only caught the eyes of the volunteers guarding the city, but also seemed to shake their hearts.
My heart can't help but feel moved.
This is Xiao Renxia, who has repeatedly won great victories in the wars to expel Jin Lu foreign invaders and puppet Qi traitors, and regained large areas of the Song Dynasty such as Hedong, Jingdong, Hebei and even Shaanxi Province. His fierce generals and troops forced the Jin Kingdom to conquer
The emperor retreated and defended, and also taught us to take advantage of the situation to take Zhaozhou and Xinde Mansion and lose two lands... This is the spirit of our men who are unwilling to be harmed by foreign invaders. No matter how bad we are, how can we be ourselves?
An act of cruelty? Of course we are unwilling in every possible way!
When Ma Kuo and Hu Yanqing rode out of the city to meet them, they all saw the fierceness of the rebel army who followed Xiao Tang to Pingji City. They originally followed him to drive away and kill the two scattered soldiers.
Most of the people of the Jin army and the Tatars in Chuzhou had clear expressions on their faces. Never mind that Ma Kuo had never planned to take the opportunity to ambush Xiao Tang, but in order to get rid of this serious trouble for the imperial court, he thought that even if he had done something evil
I am afraid that these men under my command will not obey...
After all, it is still what the people want... The imperial court has become so unpopular after losing a large area of land. These sons and daughters were suppressed and persecuted by the golden captives and had to become slaves of the subjugated country. When the sky was not responding and the land was not working, the court was...
What are you doing again?
Of course, it was difficult to express these thoughts directly in Ma Kuo's mind. He braced himself and saw a group of soldiers holding flags on the opposite side, driving a row of strong horses to neigh and run away, surrounded by a tall man and running straight towards him.
Not far from the open city gate, they reined in their horses with one hand. The man in the middle immediately turned over and dismounted, and raised his hands towards himself and said: "Your Excellency must be Mr. Ma Kuoma, I am Xiao Tang
, I have heard for a long time that he is brave and brave enough to surpass others, and he has been running around for the country. Although he has been admiring his name for a long time, he only lamented that his fate was shallow and he never met his face in the past. Now I heard that it was Ma Xianggong who took over the two state capitals.
The loss of land and the saving of the people from the invaders made Xiao even more heartbroken. It is precisely because half of the prefectures in Heshuo were regained that I can meet Ma Xianggong today, and I feel very lucky."
Xiao Tang had given himself enough face, and Ma Kuo also turned over and dismounted. Together with Hu Yanqing and other brave leaders behind him, they rolled their saddles and stood firm, and then immediately saluted Xiao Tang more respectfully. And Ma Kuo immediately saluted Xiao Tang more respectfully.
Kuo smiled bitterly and said: "It is a great honor to have the honor to meet Xiao Renxia, so as to comfort me in my desire to meet a great man in my life! What virtue and ability do I have to teach Xiao Tang to be so worried about wrong love? When the national crisis is approaching, a good man must be his own man.
Try your best to serve the country, fight to the death, and gain two lost territories by attacking us. It will never be able to match the heroic achievements of Xiao Renxia and Xun Juyiqun, but..."
Ma Kuozheng paused slightly when he was talking, and then quickly made up his mind and said loudly: "It's just that although Xiao Renxia condescended to come, the imperial court has sent troops to make Xun an enemy, and the officials have issued a criminal edict to depose Commander Xun."
I am afraid that I am not just condescending to get acquainted with you when I come here this time. Why don’t you also want to bring Zhaozhou and Xinde Prefecture into the territory under your rule? I have already done so.
Even if you eat the salary of the imperial court, you must be loyal to the emperor. Xiao Renxia and the volunteers under his command are brave and brave. Although they have done important things to resist the Jin Dynasty, they are already a rogue party that cannot be tolerated by the imperial court. If I dare to be bold, I will definitely refuse to deliver, but I don’t know
Does Xiao Renxia intend to be polite before fighting?"
Listening to Ma Kuo's polite words, Xiao Tang smiled faintly and replied: "Since Ma Xianggong said that he only received a salary from the imperial court, I also know that Xie was impeached and falsely accused of offering money to people to sacrifice to the city, and he was punished.
The Secretary was ordered to set up inspection equipment to arrest him, but he escaped when the verdict was reported. In this case, Ma Xianggong was just like me. In the eyes of the court, they were all guilty of unpardonable crimes, and each of them still gathered their own rebel armies. Not only did they resist the Jin captives, but they
The imperial concubine who is also suspected by the court rebels against the party and insists on being loyal to the emperor. But have the officials ever sympathized with and clearly understood your loyalty? The emperor is the guide for his ministers. If the emperor is not upright, the minister will surrender to another country. The country is the guide for the people. If the country is not upright, then
The people have risen to attack, and given the current situation, Ma Xianggong must be very clear about it. If I am foolishly loyal to the king, will it be considered that I have failed the people of the world?"
While Xiao Tang was talking eloquently, he glanced at the past with stern eyes. At the same time, he was paying attention to the change in the expression on Ma Kuo's face. At this time, he was basically able to say with certainty in his heart: It seems that Ma Kuo's worries and worries are no longer the same.
Roughly as I expected, he was just influenced by the concept of monarch and minister, and he couldn't help but still try his best to put on airs. In fact, Ma Kuo had already made a move in his heart, and the only way to persuade him to join Juyi was
Just give him a push and help him get over the hurdle in his heart...
