Although some people with strange ideas jumped out, they could not stop the army. A month later, Hu Hai arrived at Shangqiu with an army of 100,000 and surrounded the entire city.
It was not until this time that everyone in Shangqiu, including the county guard, knew that Shang Jun Wei Yang was suspected of treason. The whole city was in chaos and panic. People in the city wanted to escape from the city, but they were afraid of the army outside the city.
Not good for them.
The siege of the city was Lin Ze's suggestion. Hu Hai and Chen Ping had different opinions at the beginning and believed that this move was wrong. It was Wei Yang and the Wei family who were suspected of treason, not the owners of Shangqiu City.
If the army does this, it will cause a backlash from the residents in the city and turn to support the Wei family, which is not conducive to suppressing the rebellion.
But Lin Ze insisted on this and told them that Shangqiu City was a major bargaining chip for him to negotiate with Wei Yang. With a city as a bargaining chip, Wei Yang might be wary.
As for the rebellion, Lin Ze guessed that there was a high probability that Wei Yang would not actually rebel, because there was no chance of winning. Instead of fighting hard, it would be better to plead innocent to the Emperor of Qin.
Lin Ze's guess was further confirmed when he arrived at the gate of Shangqiu City.
If Wei Yang really wanted to rebel, given his ability, he would probably have swept through several provinces. After all, a strong master can only fight one person against one army without the restraint of another master.
But now, the Wei family does not even control Shangqiu City, so naturally it cannot be a rebellion.
Lin Ze also considered that the opponent would deliberately paralyze him, so he considered a certain distance when sieging the city, and had already warned all the armies.
As for the attitude of the residents that Chen Ping took into consideration, Lin Ze also made arrangements. After the army besieged the city, Lin Ze sent hundreds of people to take turns shouting outside the city:
"Wei Yang and the Wei family are suspected of treason. Mr. Hu Hai has been ordered by His Majesty to arrest them and bring them to justice. No one else in Shangqiu will be implicated."
"But in order to prevent any fish that slipped through the net from escaping, the army laid siege to the city. Every day, a thousand people are limited to go out of the city to be inspected by the army. If they are not comrades, they will be let go first. My young master promised that he will not attack the city until the inspection is clear. Please everyone
rest assured."
This was repeated for a whole day, and the commotion in the city slowly calmed down.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Shangqiu governor led his people to maintain order in the city, and that the Qin Dynasty has been trustworthy for hundreds of years and still has the support of the people.
It's just that the Wei Mansion in the city seems to be sleeping, without any movement. Even if there is a commotion outside, the house is quiet. However, if anyone observes carefully, they will find that the number of servants in the Wei Mansion has been reduced by more than half.
According to Lin Ze's suggestion, the city was surrounded on all sides, and a hundred thousand troops were divided into four groups and set up camp facing the city gate.
When the army was setting up a stronghold, someone reported outside that the Shangqiu County Governor had sent someone over to ask for an audience with Hu Hai.
Hu Hai immediately turned his eyes to Lin Ze: "Lin Ze, why did the Shangqiu County Sheriff send people here? Have you seen me?"
Lin Ze replied calmly: "What else can I do? I came here to test the young master's attitude. I must have been thinking about how not to be implicated. I had to come over quickly to see if I could curry favor with the young master."
"We must meet. I also need the Shangqiu County Sheriff to cooperate with us."
Hu Hai nodded, and then a middle-aged man came in and paid homage to Hu Hai: "I am going to be the Prime Minister of Shangqiu County, Jiangshan, to pay my respects to Mr. Hu Hai."
Hu Hai received a courtesy and replied: "Get up. I wonder what Mr. Jiang wants to do when he comes to see me?"
Jiang Shan immediately replied: "The official was assigned by the county governor to come here specifically to tell the young master that Shangqiu City is still under our control. If the young master wants to suppress the rebellion, he does not need to wait outside the city and can enter the city immediately."
Lin Ze said fiercely on the side: "Are you a spy sent by Wei Yang, who wants to trick the young master into entering the city and ambush us?"
Jiang Shan immediately said repeatedly: "I don't dare to do this, please tell me."
Lin Ze continued to say in a cold voice: "Then what are you advising? My young master has already said that not all people in the city are innocent. There may be accomplices of rebels. They need to do their best to eliminate evil, so they besieged the city. You guys
If you are truly a loyal minister, you should cooperate with this matter instead of making random suggestions."
Jiang Shan nodded repeatedly when he was told, but added at the end: "Master Mingjian, most of the residents in the city are innocent, especially some martial arts families and wealthy families. I kindly ask you to arrange for someone to verify as soon as possible to ensure their safety."
Lin Ze snorted coldly: "Master Jiang is not very qualified as an official. Are you a loyal minister of the empire or a lobbyist of a group of local aristocratic families?"
Jiang Shan realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly prostrated himself on the ground and cried to Hu Hai: "Young Master Mingjian, this official is devoted to the Qin Dynasty and has no selfish motives."
Hu Hai then said: "Okay, time will tell whether people are loyal or not. You will know in a few days. I already know what you said. Go back and appease the people in the city and wait for me to check."
Jiang Shan was full of promises and expressed his loyalty: "As long as I, Jiang Shan, am alive, I will never let Shangqiu City fall into the hands of the rebels."
At this time, Lin Ze interjected and said: "By the way, Lord Jiang, please bring a message to Wei Yang for my young master, saying that my young master will send an envoy to interview him and ask him to set a time for the envoy to visit Wei Yang.
"
When Jiang Shan heard this, he looked at Hu Hai with a puzzled expression. When Hu Hai said, "Well, do as he said and reply to me as soon as possible. You can go back first."
Jiang Shan retreated as instructed.
Hu Hai said to Lin Ze with some uncertainty: "Are you really going to see Wei Yang, persuade him not to resist, and go to Chang'an City to meet the father?"
Lin Ze said with certainty: "Of course, sir, otherwise you think we can capture him alive with an army of 100,000 men? Sir, you all know that Wei Yang is not an ordinary grandmaster, but a powerful person in the eighth level of the divine soul realm. Where are we?
I can beat it."
Hu Hai nodded when he heard this: "That's right, Lin Ze, are you sure?"
Lin Ze shook his head: "I'm not too sure, but I still need the young master's cooperation. I plan to set out a series of conditions to convince him. Some of the conditions may require the young master to ask for your majesty's promise."
Hu Hai nodded seriously and said: "Lin Ze, just go and convince him. As for the other young masters, whether this can be done or not, at least we have already achieved the benefits we expected before. I, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard,
I also had a lot of fun chatting with them.”
"Oh, by the way, the elite of the five frontier military mansions will arrive today. Lin Ze, would you like to go and see them?"
Lin Ze shook his head and said: "According to what was said before, it will be divided into two units and handed over to Zhang Han and Li Xin. I won't go and see them now. One day they will bring the troops out and compete with the Sirius Army.
, let’s see who is stronger.”
As soon as Lin Ze finished speaking, Zhang Han and Li Xin came over dejectedly and said to Hu Hai and Lin Ze with aggrieved expressions: "Young Master Qi and the military advisor, the elite of the five frontier military offices did not obey orders at all.
The noisy people are about to rebel. Sir, military counselor, please send someone to suppress it."
Lin Ze's face turned dark immediately. On the first day, something like this happened.
Hu Hai said angrily: "Lin Ze, take the law enforcement team with me and punish them. You are rebelling against me and dare to cause trouble under my command."
Lin Ze stopped Hu Hai and said, "Master, wait a minute. Let me ask clearly first."
Hu Hai stopped when he heard this and looked at Lin Ze quietly.
I saw Lin Ze asking Zhang Han and Li Xin: "Why did they disobey your orders?"
Li Xin said bitterly: "It's not because our martial arts cultivation is low and we are too young."
Lin Ze continued to ask: "Then how did you do it?"
Zhang Han replied: "They keep obeying orders. What can we do? It's not the Sirius Army. We can't follow orders. Military advisor, tell me, why is it so difficult to find an elite like the Sirius Army in this world?"
Lin Ze's face turned completely gloomy: "So, you didn't even think of a way to convince them, so you came here to complain?"
Li Xin defended: "We thought of a way. We yelled a lot, but no one paid any attention to us."
Lin Ze angrily scolded: "Shut up, if people don't obey you, you just run over and try to use the law enforcement team to convince them? Do you think this can convince them?"
Li Xin muttered: "Isn't that how you convince the Sirius Army? We all learned from you."
Lin Ze said coldly: "They are a group of new recruits who need to be intimidated. I eliminated thousands of them on the first day. Have you forgotten? But this is a group of elites who have fought hard and cannot be suppressed."
"Can't you think of other ways to convince them because your martial arts skills are low and you are young?"
"You two must remember that the Master will give you an opportunity to lead an independent army only if you have been with him for many years. If you can't seize it yourself, then just feel free to be a disciple."
"Since you want to be a general, you have to use the strength of a general to subdue a group of arrogant generals on your own. If you can't do it, forget it."
The two of them immediately looked at Hu Hai eagerly. Hu Hai couldn't bear it and tried to persuade him: "Lin Ze, let's see if we can help them this time."
The two of them immediately looked happy.
Lin Ze shook his head and said: "Young Master, Ci is not in charge of the army. If they are really useless, if you force them to lead the army, it will only kill them. It is better to let the two of them accompany you to fulfill the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers."
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The two of them immediately looked sad.
Seeing that Hu Hai wanted to say more, Lin Ze continued: "Sir, you are not helping them, you are harming them. Do you really want them to die on the battlefield one day?"
Then he said fiercely to the two of them: "If you two don't get out of here, I will not be polite."
When the two heard this, they ran away with their heads in their hands.