Chapter 674: Playing in the Palm of Your Hand!
"The foreign minister believes that His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor can make the Jin people live a good life, and can also let millions of Yan people live a good life, His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor, please accept the surrender of the foreign minister for the sake of the virtue of a good life in heaven, the foreign minister is willing to be a pawn under His Majesty and fight for the prosperous world!"
Zheng Long said as he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, and his expression also showed a look of pain, seeing this, the four soldiers of Shizong, Qian Guangxiao, Xiao Xiong, and Shao Junguang showed sympathy on their faces, obviously convinced of Zheng Long's words.
Du Changjing and Bai Qi fell into deep thought, as if they were analyzing whether Zheng Long's words were true or false.
Ying Chang got up from his handsome position, walked in front of Zheng Long, and grabbed Zheng Long's hands with a very moved expression, "King Zheng is really benevolent and righteous, I am full of admiration!" β
"So, Your Majesty has accepted the surrender of the foreign minister?" Zheng Long said with a smile on his face.
Ying Chang smiled and nodded, "If I don't accept your surrender, it's really unreasonable, and I will even be angry and resentful, and with your great talent, I won't let you be a pawn, you are still King Zheng, your million-strong hero, I don't want a single soldier!" β
"When Great Qin overthrows the Yan Imperial Court, I will also make you the hereditary King of Zheng, and give Jinchang County, Changfu County, and Huaibei County as your King Zheng's fiefdoms, as long as Great Qin is not destroyed for a day, you are still King Zheng of Great Qin, and the three counties will always be your King Zheng's fiefdom!"
Zheng Long's face was red with excitement, he 'plopped', knelt on his knees, and raised his hand with tears in his eyes: "Foreign minister.. No, thank you Your Majesty Longen, long live my emperor, long live long live! β
Ying Chang hurriedly helped Zheng Long up, grabbed Zheng Long's hands again, and said with a pleased smile: "I should thank you, King Zheng, if it weren't for King Zheng's benevolence and righteousness, you and my two armies would have suffered heavy losses, adding countless widows and orphans!" β
"Your Majesty!" Zheng Long was moved to cry bitterly, and almost buried his head in Yingchang's arms and cried.
After Zheng Long cried for a while, he took off Yingchang's hands, took two steps back, and bowed with a respectful expression: "Your Majesty, in order to help Your Majesty destroy the faint court as soon as possible, the minister decided to give Niu Ba and Wu Neng to Your Majesty, and let the two of them wish Your Majesty a helping hand!" β
"The last general is willing to go to the soup for His Majesty and die forever!" Wu Neng and Niu Ba also bowed down one after another to show their loyalty!
"What Aiqing has done, I don't know what words to use to express my admiration, so what do you want? As long as I can give, I will give everything! Yingchang almost moved to tears.
"Your Majesty can accept the surrender of the minister, it is already the biggest and best reward for the minister, but the minister does not beat around the bush, the minister is now most short of military salary, ordnance and food and grass, if Your Majesty has a surplus, can you give some? If not, then forget it, the minister tightened his belt, and served His Majesty and Daqin! Zheng Long said with an extremely respectful expression.
Ying Chang pondered for a moment, "On this expedition, I am marching in a hurry, and I did not carry a large amount of ordnance and grain and grass, let alone military salaries, and the amount of grain and grass in the large camp is limited, which is only enough for the Qin army to consume, but I can make up a little bit of military salary!" β
"General Du, you send an order to the three armies on my behalf, and tell the soldiers to let them take out the military salary they received before March, and it will be regarded as my borrowing, and when this battle is over, I will pay it back twice!"
"The last general obeys!" Du Changjing bowed down respectfully in response, and then turned to leave.
"Your Majesty is very gracious, and the minister is unforgettable!"
Zheng Long was moved to tears again, looking like a soldier who died for his confidant.
"Later, I will have a big banquet, Aiqing must have a few more drinks with me!" Ying Chang smiled gently.
When Zheng Long heard this, he hurriedly spoke: "Thank you, Your Majesty, but Your Majesty still don't waste time and wine on your ministers, the ministers will return later, and lead the army to attack those rebellious ministers and thieves for Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will allow it!" β
"Leaving so soon? I promised you the military salary, but I haven't paid it yet, if Aiqing leaves, how can I hand over the military salary to Aiqing? Yingchang frowned and said, a little unhappy.
"It's not a secret, the Ming King of Mingguang County and the Huaibei Hou of Huaibei County have been committing fiefdoms of ministers, and they are eyeing the ministers, and the ministers must return in time and sit in the Xinyang royal capital, otherwise there will be a fear of changes, as for the military salary, then bother Your Majesty to send someone to send it!" Zheng Long said.
"That's it!" Ying Chang looked embarrassed, and after a little hesitation, he said with a regretful face: "In this way, it's really a pity, so let's do it, when Great Qin overthrows the Yan Imperial Court, Aiqing must accompany me to drink a few more glasses!" β
"Definitely! Certain! Zheng Long nodded repeatedly.
"If Your Majesty is fine, the minister will leave!" Zheng Long then made a salute.
"Come on, send King Zheng!"
"Yes!"
Soon, Ying Chang ordered Shizong to send Zheng Long away, and also ordered two soldiers to take Niu Ba and Wu Neng to arrange a residence.
After about a stick of incense, Du Changjing returned to the Shuai tent, walked to the center of the big tent, and bent down to Ying Chang with a respectful expression: "Your Majesty, many soldiers have sent them back to their hometown after receiving their military salaries, and they only got two million taels of silver!" β
Ying Chang, who was sitting in the handsome seat, nodded expressionlessly and said nothing.
Trample... Trample...
There was a sound of footsteps, and I saw Sejong open the curtain and walk into the tent, and when he saw Sejong coming, Yingchang asked, "Zheng Long sent it away?" β
"Back to Your Majesty, you're gone!" Sejong respectfully raised his hand and saluted back.
"Did you find any visions?" Ying Chang asked nonchalantly.
"Vision?" Sejong frowned, pondered for a moment, and then shook his head and said, "The last general has not discovered the vision for the time being, doesn't Your Majesty trust Zheng Long?" β
"If he believes, he won't be your emperor!" Bai Qi said coldly.
Hearing this, the generals were also stunned for a moment, thinking, those who dare to say this sentence will dare to say it in vain in the world, but why did Bai Qi say such a thing? Could it be that Zheng Long is a fraud? It's impossible, Zheng Long is quite sincere, not like he is acting at all.
"Zheng Long's acting skills are good, but he plays too much!" Du Changjing also spoke, obviously he also saw the clue.
"On the way I led the army to come, I have been collecting the process of making a fortune from the princes in various places, and I know a little about those princes, as the most powerful Zheng Long in the Great Yan Empire, I am even more familiar with everything he does, after he destroyed the original Jinchang County guard, he forced the Yan court to crown him king, the Yan court refused, and then Zheng Long sent troops to attack Changfu County, and once again forced the Yan court to make him king!"
"The Yan court still refused, and increased the encirclement and suppression of Zheng Long, but with the rise of heroes in various places, the Yan Empire had to crown Zheng Long as the king, it can be seen that Zheng Long is a person with a great desire for power, how can this kind of person surrender unconditionally!"
"I don't know if you have a feeling just now, feeling that Zheng Long is begging me to accept his surrender, this is very strange, although my Qin army is famous, but it is not enough to let a person with a great desire for power take the initiative to surrender, and still surrender unconditionally!"
"Based on the above points, Zheng Long is deceiving and surrendering, wanting to borrow the hands of my Qin army to sweep away the princes of the Yan Empire, and then he is sending troops to cut off the back road of my Qin army and force my Qin army to retreat, this is a very ployable, I don't know if Zheng Long came up with it himself!"
"It's a pity, it was played too early, if he surrendered to me after suffering a defeat, I really wouldn't wonder if he was cheating on surrender!" The corners of Ying Chang's mouth were slightly raised, revealing a sneer.
I'm afraid that Zheng Long never thought that his self-proclaimed clever acting skills and deceptive tactics had long been seen through by Yingchang, but Yingchang's emperor-level acting skills made Zheng Long unaware of it, this is the gap between a generation of heroes and a generation of heroes.
Hearing these words, Sejong and the other four generals showed a sudden realization on their faces, and at the same time they felt ashamed in their hearts, the feelings were that the four of them did not see through Zheng Long's little tricks, it was really embarrassing, it seems that the people who can be crowned kings and marquis are really not ordinary people.
"Will you pay back the salary?" Du Changjing asked.
"Give, why don't you give it, doesn't he want to surrender and take the opportunity to sneak attack my Qin army? We will plan the plan, and later we will send someone to send a message to the general of Zhenbei, so that he can wave his army to break through the Qingkou Pass and attack Mingguang County, and our army will pull out the camp tomorrow and go to the Ningta camp, and the Bailan camp will stay with 10,000 cavalry! Yingchang ordered decisively.
Since Zheng Long surrendered by fraud, then before the Qin army exterminated the other princes, he would definitely not make a move against the Qin army, so that the Qin army could let go of his hands and feet and destroy the major princes of the Yan Empire in the shortest possible time.
Ying often has to let Zheng Long taste it, what is smart but being mistaken by smart!
"The last general obeys!!"
All the generals bent down in unison in response.
"Zheng Long's fraudulent surrender, you must not tell anyone, even your closest people, if there is a rumor of Zheng Long's fraudulent surrender outside, I will ask you, and also, pay more attention to Niu Ba and Wu Neng, these two are sent by Zheng Long to monitor the movements of my Qin army, and the possibility of assassinating me and even you is not ruled out!"
"But don't pay too much attention to the two of them, you know?" Ying Chang said with a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, the last general understands!"
"The last general will never dare to say more!"
All the generals expressed their attitudes, and they all said that they would not talk much, Yingchang nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand lightly, and said: "If there is nothing to do, retreat, prepare to pull out the camp!" β
"Yes!"
Soon, Bai Qi, Du Changjing and other generals quickly left the tent and prepared to pull out the camp tomorrow!
Noon!
In a certain camp tent in the Bailan camp, Wu Neng and Niu Ba were lying on the quilt, feeling the softness of the quilt, Niu Ba reached out to pound the quilt, and couldn't help sighing: "The Qin Empire is really rich, the quilts are all filled with cotton, let's compare with the Qin army, it's just a turtle!" β
Although they are the four King Kongs under Zheng Long, their treatment is not as good as that of ordinary Qin army soldiers, before they set out on the expedition, they lived in mansions, but when they went out on the expedition, they slept on the ground, or let their men go down to collect weeds and use them as bedding, and there was no pure cotton quilt to pave them at all.
They are not bad, the ordinary soldiers under Zheng Long do not have a decent camp tent to sleep, and if it rains when they go out, at least eighty percent of them will be drenched in the rain.
Alas!
This is the difference between the regular army and the rabble!
"Someday, we'll have it too!" Wu Neng's face was calm, and his tone was full of affirmation.
"Hopefully, I don't know if Emperor Qin suspects the prince, it's really worrying!" Niu Ba showed a hint of worry on his face, don't look at the horizontal meat on his face, like a reckless man, but in fact, he is thick and fine, and his heart is careful.
"Doubt? Ha ha! Wu Neng couldn't help but smile, and then said with a smile: "The prince acted so well, how could Emperor Qin suspect it, and estimated that Emperor Qin was hiding in the handsome tent now and secretly having fun!" β
"Also, if Emperor Qin was suspicious, he wouldn't let people raise money to pay the prince as a military salary, I really didn't expect that Emperor Qin was wise and wise, but he was planted on the prince's head, it's really funny!"
"The prince acted so well, I almost believed it!"
"Yes, yes!"
Wu Neng and Niu Ba you and I say a word, the voice of the voice is very small, only the two of them can hear it, but unfortunately, no matter how small the voice of their voice is, the strategy of deception has been seen through by Yingchang, and they are also convinced that Yingchang was deceived.
Being toyed with between applause and still stealing fun, this is the jumping clown!
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The next day, Ying Chang led 230,000 troops to camp, accompanied by Du Changjing, Bai Qi, Qian Guangxiao, and Xiao Xiong; Sejong and Shao Junguang were kept in the Bailan camp by Yingchang, and Sejong and Shao Junguang were both defensive commanders, so it was best for them to be stationed in the camp.
And Ying Chang led a large army to open the Ningta camp, once again convinced Wu Neng and Niu Ba that the incomparably wise Emperor Qin had lost his vigilance against their prince, and the worries in his heart were also put down.
At the same time, the Great Qi Empire, the Chengcheng, the Imperial Palace, and the Anhua Palace!
Anhua Hall is the largest palace of the Great Qi Palace, it is the palace of the civil and military officials, at this time, the civil and military officials of the Great Qi are all in place, each standing on the left and right sides, and the dragon chair on the high platform is empty.
"Why hasn't Your Majesty come yet?"
"yes, I've been waiting for a stick of incense!"
"It is rumored that His Majesty's dragon is in good health, it seems to be true!"
After about a stick of incense, the civil and military officials were a little impatient, for a while, the solemn Anhua Hall became more noisy, standing in the first place of the military attachΓ©, the eldest prince, oh no, the current prince Jiang Haizhen heard the discussion of the hundred officials, and immediately snorted coldly: "Above the court, you and other ministers are noisy, depending on the law and discipline of the court, if you are not willing to wait, then take off the court clothes and hat, get out!" β
"Humph!"
Jiang Haizhen's voice fell, and many ministers snorted coldly in their hearts, with a look of disdain, but disdain, the hall still quieted down, and resumed its previous solemnity, some people may ask, why did the hundred officials show disdain?
Because after Jiang Haizhen became the prince, he became stronger and stronger, and it was just a matter of being strong, after all, he was the prince, and he was dignified, but he had been the prince for four years, and in the four years, he had not done a good thing, and even messed things up several times.
What are you doing, lose your temper number one!
Who can be trained by such a waste? Don't say that he is the crown prince, even if the emperor is so abolished, the courtiers below will not accept it.
Trample... Trample...
A burst of light footsteps came, and Baiguan saw an old eunuch holding Buddha dust walking out of the apse, this old eunuch was Li Min, Li Min had lived long enough, almost ninety years old, not dead, and his body was quite tough.
Li Min walked up to the high platform step by step under the gaze of the hundred officials, and when Li Min walked to the side of the imperial case, he shouted to the hundred officials: "Your Majesty has arrived, and the hundred officials are welcome!" β
The words fell, and the civil and military officials knelt on the ground with a brush, and then out of the apse came an old man with white hair and twilight, the old man was wearing a red dragon robe and a nine-dragon crown, and he was resolutely the eighty-three-year-old Emperor of Qi Jiang Huadong.
Eighty-three-year-old Jiang Huadong, his body has begun to curl up, his waist is not straight, with the support of two palace maids, Jiang Huadong carefully walked up to the high platform through the steps, and then sat down on the dragon chair with the support of Li Min.
"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
The moment Jiang Huadong sat in the dragon chair, the civil and military officials shouted loudly, hearing the shouts of the hundred officials, Jiang Huadong couldn't help but show a wry smile, everyone shouted Long live the emperor, but the right saw that the emperor can live to live long live, let alone long live, there is no emperor who lives a hundred years old!
What an irony!
"Get up!" Jiang Huadong said weakly to Baiguan.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The civil and military officials thanked them in unison, and got up from the ground one after another, and after all the officials got up, Jiang Huadong said unhurriedly: "If you Aiqing don't have anything important to do, then today's morning dynasty will end here!" β
When the words fell, Zhu Wen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked out of the queue and bent down respectfully to make a report: "Your Majesty, Envoy Zhao is already waiting outside the palace for His Majesty to summon you, do you summon Envoy Zhao to meet you?" β
"You don't need to summon it, you don't need to guess, you know that Zhao Envoy is here for the Qin Empire's Yan Attack!" Jiang Huadong said expressionlessly.
Although he is old, his brain is still bright, otherwise he would not have dealt with political affairs for many years in his old age, and after he gets old, the more shrewd his brain is, the small abacus played by the Zhao Empire is clearly seen by Jiang Huadong.
"Your Majesty, are you really gone? The minister is very anxious to see that Zhao Envoy! Zhu Wen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said with a frown.
"Of course Zhao Envoy is anxious, Zhao and Qin both have the heart to fight for hegemony, there will be a battle between the two, and now the Qin Empire is getting stronger and stronger, and it won't be long before the Yan Empire will follow in the footsteps of the Jin Empire, and by that time, the Qin Empire will be even stronger, and the stronger the Qin Empire, the greater the pressure on the Zhao Empire!"
"With the current national strength and strength of the Zhao Empire, it is undoubtedly self-defeating to the Qin Empire, but it is not good if it is not right, after the Qin Empire destroys the Yan Empire, the next one is the Zhao Empire, so the Zhao Empire urgently needs the support of several allies to break the oppression of the Qin Empire on the Zhao Empire!"
PS: "Today's two chapters are 5,000 words in large chapters, compared with the previous five changes, the author admits that the number of updates in the previous days is less, and the number of updates is unstable, but the author is making updates and adjustments according to his own situation, I hope readers can understand!" β