Chapter 224 Entering the city (seeking a monthly ticket)
Zhengyang Fucheng.
The mighty and majestic Beijing camp entered the city, which immediately calmed down the somewhat turbulent people.
"Your Majesty...Sun Xingyun, the magistrate of Zhengyang, has met His Highness the King of Jin."
The King of Jin rode into the city, met the Zhengyang magistrate, and greeted him with hundreds of officials.
He frowned and shouted softly: "Take it down!"
The tigers and wolves waiting on both sides immediately rushed forward, knocked off the black gauze hat of the Zhengyang magistrate, and tied him up.
When the other kneeling officials saw this scene, they didn't even have the courage to say a word for their superiors. Instead, they all sweated profusely and trembled with fear.
This is the authority of a unified feudal dynasty, where life and death can be taken at the whim of the superior.
Sun Xingyun's face turned pale, but he remained silent.
Seeing this scene, King Jin was quite satisfied: "No matter what...there are rebels under your rule, and they have been unable to exterminate them. You cannot escape the crime of dereliction of duty, so you must be detained first!"
Then he asked: "Where is the common knowledge?"
"Your Majesty, Chunyu Qin, pays homage to His Highness the King of Jin!"
A middle-aged civil servant knelt out. Although his face turned pale, he still maintained his official appearance.
"Well, you are the deputy of the prefect, and you are directly acting on behalf of the prefect at this time... I rely on you for the crusade and logistics supply of my army. Can you do it? If you can't do it, the lonely king will not hide it from you. Your fate will definitely be worse than that of Sun.
The prefect is still miserable!"
Sun Xingyun was actually wronged, but who allowed anything to happen under his rule?
Chunyu Qin understood this and knew that this was an opportunity but also a risk.
Once it is done well, the position of the prefect will be confirmed, and it will be in the eyes of the King of Jin, and the future will be unlimited.
But if it fails, there is no need to say more about the consequences.
At this moment, without even thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how hard I work, I will still be able to handle the prince's errands well..."
"Very good!"
King Jin nodded and said to a general next to him: "General Huang, the solitary king is just the military governor. I will leave the war to you."
"Your Highness, please rest assured."
The bronze-faced General Huang Ba responded, knowing his identity and mission very well.
This time, if the battle is successful, the King of Jin will naturally be written up in a big way, but if something goes wrong unfortunately, he will be blamed. This is also the emperor's love for his son.
Although I know it, I have nothing to say. Instead, I must try my best to get the job done.
"Well……"
King Jin smiled and entered the city with General Huang Ba, and entered the house that had been prepared. King Jin couldn't wait to ask: "What can the general teach me?"
"In this battle, we cannot seek speed, but stability."
Huang Ba stroked his beard and ordered someone to send a map: "We have 30,000 state soldiers and 20,000 soldiers in the capital. The people will eat horses and chew them. It will cost a lot... If you go into the mountain, Bailiang Mountain is wide and deep, and I am afraid that the rebels will drag them with you."
We are dead... The general thought that we should attack steadily and deploy heavy troops in the counties around Bailiang Mountain, blockade the mountain roads, and kill all the merchants. We must not let a grain of rice, a grain of salt, a foot of cloth, or a pound of iron enter the mountainous area...
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The mountainous areas are short of supplies, especially salt, so this is indeed a desperate plan.
"It is indeed a good plan." King Jin looked at the map and nodded: "The lonely king read the history books and found that there was chaos in the country in the past. General Long used this method to quell the rebellion. The same was true for the previous dynasties...
It's just that my father is worried about the country, and as a son of man, I have to share his worries."
This means that the emperor is somewhat eager to pacify the situation.
"I would like to send a small team into the mountains to fight a war of attrition with the mountain people during the blockade... Soldiers are expensive but not expensive. The main purpose is to gain experience in mountain warfare. Once they are proficient, they can be assembled into a mountain warfare battalion, or
It can make a difference."
King Jin took a few steps and suddenly said.
"It's a good strategy. With this two-pronged approach, there is absolutely no chance for the mountain people to make a comeback."
Huang Ba praised greatly.
He had actually thought of this strategy a long time ago, but he just deliberately didn't say it. With some lingering thoughts, King Jin really brought it up.
It is the duty of a minister to take advantage of the situation and record a meritorious service for the King of Jin.
"The general trend is mine. If I fight with hard power, no one in the court will be afraid."
The King of Jin sneered and said: "The lonely king will offer a reward again. The team that goes into the mountains to fight will be rewarded with five taels of silver for every mountain man's head cut off!"
When a war reaches the point of competing to see who is more worthy of death, it is no longer an endgame, but a dead end.
The mountain people died one by one, but the imperial army continued to flow.
"Prince Jin's plan is brilliant... Now there is only one thing to worry about, and that is the monster." Huang Ba said, this is a variable.
"The lonely king has also gathered some Taoists, which may be useful this time... Besides, what if the mountain people jump over the wall and go out to fight?"
King Jin asked.
"Haha... How many mountain people are there? If they dare to come out to invite a fight, then we will decide in a battle. Let them be wiped out, which is the best result. Even if there are monsters and tens of thousands of troops surrounding them, they will die.
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Huang Ba laughed.
At this time, the newly appointed acting magistrate Chunyu Qin asked for an audience.
"Let him in."
King Jin's eyebrows moved, and he had some premonitions.
I saw Chunyu Qin running all the way, not even caring about his official manners, holding a piece of information in his hand: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin... The latest information, the bandit leader Wang Shun seems to be planning to come out!"
King Jin and Huang Ba looked at each other with a sense of unreal dream.
Then Wang Shun, is he a fool?
Or is it inflated due to successive victories?
Thousands of mountain people dared to go out to fight against the imperial army of 50,000. Even the King of Jin had to write "submit" to him.
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At this time, outside the city.
When the army entered the city, martial law naturally began, but a man suddenly appeared outside the city gate.
"Who is coming?"
The soldiers guarding the city immediately bent their bows and set arrows, shouting questions.
"Advisor of the King of Jin, Zhou Zhu! This is the token!"
Zhou Zhu held a gold medal high and handed it to the team for inspection, and then he was able to pass through the city gate and arrive at the temporary residence of King Jin.
As soon as he entered, he felt that the atmosphere was tense and very strange.
"Guanshi Sun, what happened? I want to see the prince!"
Zhou Zhu stopped a familiar steward and asked.
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhou Da, is everything going well?" Steward Sun replied with a smile, and at the same time said: "The prince is very busy today... I just entered the city and got the news that Wang Ni came out of the mountain. I am talking to you all."
The generals are discussing military affairs. If it is not important, Mr. Zhou Da, it is best not to disturb him."
This was Zhou Zhu. If it had been anyone else, he wouldn't have bothered to remind him.
"Thank you, manager, I'll take care of it..."
Zhou Zhu's face was as dark as water.
The information he obtained about monsters cannot be said to be useless, but it was too late.
How come the traitor Wang Shun dares to go out and fight? Who gave him the courage?
It's just such a good opportunity that the prince will not let it go.
Even if the monsters come out in full force, this is the best time to catch them all!
'only……'
Zhou Zhu secretly touched the magic bead and found that the bead became more active.
'This bead... I'm afraid it can turn disasters into spiritual energy... It's so active now that it's very ominous, but I can't use it to make excuses...'
A large haze suddenly appeared in Zhou Zhu's mind.