Chapter 221: If you say massacre, massacre the city
Su Jiakang frowned when he saw that the envoy of the Puppet Tang Thief Army looked down on life and death, and at the same time said arrogantly that his family was about to be destroyed!
When Su Jiakang said that he would pull out the pseudo-Tang envoys and kill them, it was just a threat to see if he could scare these pseudo-Tang envoys and gain an advantage in subsequent negotiations.
However, he was not surprised when the intimidation failed. As a scholar, Su Jiakang had naturally seen countless missions recorded in history books, but there were only a few people who could send missions when the two armies were at war.
They are simple people, and most of them have the characteristic of not being afraid of death.
Therefore, he was not surprised that the pseudo-Tang envoy in front of him had an unchanged expression and even shouted that he was determined to die.
But this man actually said that he was already facing the loss of his family and his family, which was somewhat interesting.
Was it the arrogant words he uttered before his death? Or was he telling the truth?
After Su Jiakang thought quickly in his mind for two seconds, he pressed his hand slightly and signaled the soldiers to stop dragging the pseudo-Tang envoy out.
Then he looked at Zhou Yibao and said, "I would like to hear how my family was ruined."
To be honest, Su Jiakang is now a little curious as to why the pseudo-Tang Dynasty envoy in front of him would say such words. He wants to ruin his family and make others busy. It's a joke.
He was now confident of victory. The puppet Tang rebels were completely surrounded by him in Zhengtai County. During the night, he repelled a breakthrough by the puppet Tang rebels and drove the puppet Tang rebels back into the city.
According to his own prediction, he will launch another larger-scale attack tomorrow, and he plans to launch attacks from multiple city gates at the same time to make full use of his own strength advantage.
In this case, it is almost impossible for the Puppet Tang Dynasty rebel army to defend. After all, the Puppet Tang Dynasty rebel army has too few troops. It has an absolute military advantage and has a natural initiative in tactical choices.
To put it ten thousand steps back, even if we cannot attack the city tomorrow, we will be able to attack it the day after tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow. The worst we can do is to delay it for a few days.
However, no matter what, the puppet Tang bandits trapped in the city cannot escape, and neither can the puppet emperor Li Xuan.
As long as he regains Zhengtai County, even if Zhengtai County fell for a short few days, he can still cover it up. When he finally reports back to his superiors, he can even say that he invites you to enter the urn and actively designs a trap for the fake Tang thief.
The army entered the city in order to completely surround and annihilate them.
As long as I can regain Zhengtai County, as long as I can kill or capture the puppet emperor Li Xuan, then the follow-up matters will be easier to handle. I can write a wonderful pen in the memorial that I reported, and make it clear that Zhengtai County was once invaded by the puppet Tang thief army.
Things faded.
In addition, I have already written many letters to my teachers and asked them to help me deal with it. I am afraid that not only will I not be held accountable, but I might even get a promotion and make a fortune as a blessing in disguise.
Under such a good situation, the pseudo-Tang envoy in front of him actually said that his family was about to be destroyed? What a joke!
Zhou Yibao was still being held by Su Jiakang's soldiers at this time, but he did not struggle, but let them catch him. At the same time, he said: "The trapped beasts are still fighting, how can the emperor! If our soldiers cannot leave the city, then don't blame me and others.
I will die with you, my lord!"
Su Jiakang snorted coldly: "It's just a trapped beast, what qualifications do you have to die with me!"
Zhou Yibao took a deep breath at this time, and then said in a stern tone: "If our army cannot leave the city tonight, then our army will massacre the city before the sun rises tomorrow. No one of the 8,000 people in the city will be left alive!"
"Massacre the city?" Hearing this, it not only frightened Su Jiakang, but also frightened the two soldiers who were guarding Zhou Yibao, causing them to take a step back involuntarily, as if they were not holding an untied man. A scholar with the power of a chicken, but like a devil.
These damned puppet rebels of the Tang Dynasty were so courageous that they lost their conscience and wanted to massacre eight thousand unarmed people in the city.
How dare they?
How could they?
Don’t their consciences hurt?
At this moment, these two ordinary soldiers were stunned.
But although Su Jiakang's expression changed slightly across from Zhou Yibao, his eyes were always fixed on Zhou Yibao: "Did you say this yourself or did Li Xuan say this?"
Zhou Yibao said: "Of course these words were spoken by my emperor!" Then, as if to increase the persuasiveness of his words, he immediately added: "Although our Tang Dynasty is small and its people are few, the emperor's golden words will surely become a constitution! "
After saying that, Zhou Yibao just closed his mouth and did not say the next sentence: Massacre the city!
Then he looked at Su Jiakang quietly.
At this time, Su Jiakang withdrew his gaze from Zhou Yibao, lowered his head slightly and began to ponder. He heard Zhou Yibao's words very clearly, because they were very simple, and they were nothing more than threatening him with massacre of the city.
Massacre of the city? Although Su Jiakang was heartbroken by the incident, there were no casualties in the battle between the two armies. During the attack on the city, more than a hundred of his soldiers were killed or wounded. Although the eight thousand people in the city were a little more, it was only Just a little too much.
To Su Jiakang, the life and death of a few thousand people was not worth mentioning. The Zhengtai County under his rule had nearly 100,000 people, so it was nothing if 18,000 died.
There are droughts, floods, etc. every year in Zhengtai County, and a lot of people starve to death, but Su Jiakang is too lazy to report this kind of thing, and even if he reports it to his superiors, he doesn't take it seriously. At most, he is told to take strict precautions.
What to prevent? Naturally, it is to prevent hungry people from gathering together and becoming large-scale refugees, which will then evolve into a large-scale rebellion.
But now, what the pseudo-emperor Li Xuan wants to kill is not the villagers in the countryside who have not even registered their household registration, but the people in Zhengtai County. Among the people in the city, there are many gentry families, and most of these gentry families are influential. Yes, very few of them still have children working as officials outside.
Once all the people in the city are massacred by the rebels, this matter may be covered up by the enlightenment. At that time, not only will it be reported to the governor of the provincial capital, but the capital will be shocked.
The country has been in power for many years, and has suppressed countless rebellions. The enemy has conquered the city not once or twice, but even massacres have happened.
But to be honest, a bandit gang of only a few hundred people broke into the city and massacred everyone in the city. This kind of thing has never happened before.
Su Jiakang could almost imagine how miserable his fate would be once this happened. It was certain that he would lose his official position and be beheaded, and it was very likely that his family would not be spared either, and other men in the family would be exiled. Three thousand miles away, the female family members will be transferred to the Jiaofang Division and become other people's playthings.
Su Jiakang couldn't help but be afraid when he thought of this kind of scene!
Looking at Zhou Yibao in front of him, Su Jiakang felt that this pseudo-Tang envoy was as hateful as he wanted.
Inside Su Jiakang's camp, there was silence for a while. After a long time, Su Jiakang opened his hand and asked the soldiers guarding Zhou Yibao to exit the camp.
This man was a bachelor, and he was not afraid of Zhou Yibao suddenly attacking him or killing him, so he started talking to Zhou Yibao in a low voice directly in the tent.
The two soldiers guarding outside didn't know what they were talking about. They only knew that the pseudo-Tang envoy left and returned to Zhengtai County about a quarter of an hour later, and it was they who personally escorted Zhou Yibao back.
After these two soldiers sent Zhou Yibao back to Zhengtai County, they returned and reported to Su Jiakang: "Sir, that man has gone back!"
Su Jiakang asked: "Did anyone else ask questions along the way? Also, when this person came here before, did anyone else ask?"
The soldier said: "When he came, there were people outside who saw him, but they were just two peripheral sentinels. Later, after we took over, no one asked about it, and no one noticed it when we went back!"
Su Jiakang nodded slightly and said: "Well, that's good. You have all worked hard tonight. Later, go to the accountant's office to receive the reward of five taels of silver. Come on down!"
After the two soldiers retreated with smiles, Su Jiakang waved slightly, and a middle-aged man with an unremarkable appearance floated out of the corner of the tent. Su Jiakang did not look at him and said directly: "Listen clearly.
Come on!"
The middle-aged man said: "Listen carefully, sir. Don't worry, I will deal with those two sentries and these two people!"
After Su Jiakang heard this, he did not speak again, but waved his hand to let him out.
After the middle-aged man went out, Su Jiakang stood up and walked out of the tent, looking at Zhengtai County several hundred meters away.
After a long time, I heard him sigh suddenly!
At the same time, Zhou Yibao, who had just returned to the city, also met Li Xuan. After listening to Zhou Yibao's detailed report on the negotiation process with Su Jiakang, Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, Zhou Aiqing has made a great contribution to this mission.
, Such great achievements must be greatly rewarded! From today on, you are the right minister of the Ministry of War!"
Li Xuan, who was in a good mood, was very generous. He promoted Zhou Yibao to the fourth rank in one fell swoop, directly rising from the fifth rank to the right minister of the third rank. This speed of promotion could not be found anywhere else in the world except the Tang Dynasty.
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After hearing this, Zhou Yibao had a satisfied smile on his face. This promotion was certainly a good thing. Although officials in the Tang Dynasty did not receive salaries, and he had to do what he had to do before, there was not much change overall.
But even if there seems to be no benefit, this promotion means gradually entering the core power class of the Tang Dynasty. As a person who dares to send envoys or even persuade Su Jiakang, it is impossible for you to say that he has no ambition.
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Zhou Yibao, who was ambitious, looked forward to the development and growth of the Tang Dynasty so that his minister could act like a real official.
Li Xuan discussed the agreement with Su Jiakang in detail with Qian Mengjiu and Zhou Yibao. They called together Zeng Ziwen, Fang Dongquan, Wang Shanxu, Chen Tufu and other civil and military generals. When they arrived, Li Xuan immediately ordered the entire army to do a good job.
Prepare to officially break out before dawn.
After issuing the formal order, he also specifically asked: "Let the soldiers take as much snacks, grain, gold and silver as they can, but don't take up space with those messy and worthless things."
, no one else can blame him for being unable to run and falling into the hands of the Ming army.
As for General Huang, please take some people there personally and be sure to take them all with you!
Su Jiakang wants them dead, but I won’t kill them, I’ll take them all with me. Maybe we can make another deal with Su Jiakang later!”