710,Battle of the Daimyofu (26)
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And so it was! The Seed Master Dao has indeed surrendered! Yao Gu heard this, even a character like him couldn't help but be shocked! However, while he was shocked, his heart moved again, and he said secretly, "What I hear now is just this Zhong Lin's one-sided words, who knows if this is a trick of thieves?" Seed Master Dao himself knows too well, he is loyal to the country, and it is more difficult for him to commit treason than to kill him! ”
Thinking of this, Yao Gu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhong Lin, his eyes exuding a little chill, and asked in a deep voice, "Zhong Lin!" That's what you say...... What kind of credentials do I have? If not, it is slandering the court officials, and on this basis, this official can execute you now! ”
Zhong Lin immediately replied with a normal expression, "My lord asked me to ask you a word, after the farewell on March 15 of the first year of Zhenghe, did you listen to his persuasion and burn the impeachment of Tong Guanke's military salary?" ”
Yao Gu was taken aback and immediately believed Zhong Lin's words, because that was something that only the Seed Master Dao and him knew! Seemingly...... The Planter Dao is really treasonous! Then why did he send Zhong Lin to find him? Don't......?!
Yao Gu thought of this, his complexion changed and shouted, "Come on, take down this traitor and thief for me!" ”
The guards on the left and right immediately stepped forward and grabbed Zhong Lin, but Zhong Lin looked at Yao Gu as usual, looking like he had already expected it,
Yao Gu shouted coldly at Zhong Lin, "Since the Seed Master Dao has already committed treason, then he sent you to find the old man, didn't he want the old man to also commit treason to the enemy like him?" Tell you, you're looking for the wrong person, old man, ......".
Zhong Lin shook his head and interrupted him, "My lord, you are wrong, my lord knows that you are loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, so he never asked me to persuade him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”
"And what are you here for?" Yao Gu couldn't help but be stunned, and as soon as he heard the words "abandon the dark and turn to the light", Yao Gu knew that he was afraid that the Dao of the Seed Master had made up his mind and did not want to return to the Great Song Dynasty, which made him even more confused.
I saw Zhong Lin Zhengse said, "Our commander wants me to inform your lordship, we have already learned all the plans of Zhao Huan from the mouths of Zheng Xiunian and Zhang Shuye, and we have also grasped enough evidence from the two of them, and now we have told the Liao and Xia armies about that incident, and they all believe it." ”
Yao Gu was so shocked when he heard this that he almost fell off his chair!
Zheng Xiunian always thought that only he knew about Zhao Huan's top-secret plan in the entire Daimyo's Mansion and the entire army on the front line, but the fact is that in fact, Yao Gu also knew!
It turned out that even though the twelve northwestern states that Zhao Huan promised to cede to Western Xia did not include the Yao family's territory, the Yao family, as one of the main Jiangmen families in the northwest, and other Jiangmen families can be said to be cold-hearted, public and private, they are also extremely opposed to this, and they also formed a secret alliance with other families, intending to fight with the imperial court on this matter to the end.
So out of helplessness, Zhao Huan secretly told Yao Gu his true plan, and after realizing Zhao Huan's good intentions, Yao Gu agreed to come to Zhao Huan on this errand, for this reason, he also endured huge pressure from other families in the Northwest, including the Yao family, and the soldiers and civilians in the Northwest even scolded Yao Gu behind his back for betraying his ancestors for glory and being a traitor in the Great Northwest! Yao Gu's reputation plummeted! However, Yao Gu couldn't tell the truth, so he could only often use the words "endure humiliation and burden" to support himself, hoping to realize the plan as soon as possible and get rid of the infamy.
And when Zhao Huan told Yao Gu that plan to prepare for the expedition earlier, Zheng Xiunian had not yet been selected as the commander of the army, and Zhao Huan specially instructed Yao Gu not to leak half a sentence about that matter, so even if he met with Zheng Xiunian later, out of caution, he never told Zheng Xiunian about the plan, and Zheng Xiunian did not show the slightest abnormality in front of Yao Gu out of the same caution, so in this kind of erroneous situation, both of them thought that the entire army only knew the final plan by themselves, They have always been pretending to be confused with each other, and it is precisely because of this that when Zheng Xiunian was captured, Yao Gu was worried that Zheng Xiunian would leak some military secrets, but he never worried that the matter would also be leaked.
But now, Yao Gu suddenly realized after listening to Zhong Lin's words, and understood that Zheng Xiunian was also an insider, and what surprised him even more was that Zhang Shuye was also an insider, and he immediately believed everything Zhong Lin said, because he couldn't help but believe it, except for them to tell the thief about such a confidential matter, how could the thief know?
Yao Gu looked at Zhong Lin dumbfounded, and an endless chill instantly enveloped his whole body, he knew very well that since the Liao and Xia armies already knew, the alliance of the Three Kingdoms could be said to have collapsed in an instant!
However, this is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that the Liao and Xia armies will inevitably be furious, and they will turn their guns towards themselves!
In this way, the situation of the entire battlefield will change dramatically in an instant, and the Great Song Dynasty will be attacked by the Liao, Xia and the army of thieves with at least one million people! But there are only 300,000 people in his hands, and there are less than 200,000 people who can fight, can he resist it?! Could it be that the heavens are really going to die?!
Well...... Wrong......!
Yao Gu deserved to be a general, and immediately reacted from extreme shock and fear, he looked at Zhong Lin's calm and somewhat strange expression, and a big question mark instantly rose in his heart...... As far as the thieves are concerned, since they have already told the Liao and Xia armies, why did they come to tell themselves again? Now the only one who is still in the dark is his own side! As far as the thieves were concerned, wouldn't it be better for them to secretly make an agreement with the Liao and Xia armies that the three armies should cooperate with each other and then launch a surprise attack on them? You can beat yourself in one fell swoop! Da Song will never have the possibility of resurrection! But why don't they do it?
Yao Gu tried hard to suppress the turbulent waves in his heart, stared at Zhong Lin, and asked in a deep voice, "You guys...... What do you want to do?! ”
I saw Zhong Lin say slowly, word by word, "Lord Qiyu, let's ...... I want to negotiate peace! ”
Discuss...... Peace?!
Yao Gu was dumbfounded, as if he had heard some kind of talk!
How is this possible? Now it is the thieves who have an absolute advantage, and the thieves do not take advantage of the help of more than 500,000 troops from Liao and Xia to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, but they want to take the initiative to propose peace? !
But the word "negotiate peace" did come out of Zhong Lin's mouth, and Yao Gu had to believe it, but he also understood that the thieves were not stupid, and the reason why they were willing to do this must be because they could get a greater benefit than defeating themselves by doing so!
Yao Gu tried to suppress the extreme shock in his heart again, and waved his hand at several of the guards, and a few of them immediately let go of Zhong Lin,
Zhong Lin tidied up his clothes a little, and looked up at Yao Gu again, still looking calm, as if nothing had happened, and as if he was ...... looks like Yao Gu has been eaten!
Yao Gu said slowly, "Zhong Lin, don't take the old man as a fool, even if the Liaoxia army believes you, the old man still has 200,000 Northwest Army in his hands, these 200,000 people are all iron-clad men, and when the old man tells them all the truth, they will definitely stand firmly with the old man, and the old man will also have the determination to live and die with the Daimyo's Mansion and the Great Song Dynasty!" You want to attack the Great Song Dynasty, unless you step on the corpses of the old man and the Northwest Army! Now you tell the old man, what conditions do you want the old man to promise you? ”
Zhong Lin nodded, and said with a solemn face, "My lord, I am also a member of the Northwest Army, I believe that every word you say, my lord, there is no bad seed in the Northwest Army!" ”
Yao Gu snorted coldly, "Hmph! It's good that you know! ”
Zhong Lin continued, "Your Excellency, there is no need to doubt it, our commander sent me here to tell your Excellency that we really have the intention to make peace!" Because ......,"
Yao Gu's heart moved, and he couldn't help but hold his breath and listen carefully,
I only listened to Zhong Lin say word by word, "Because...... We are all Han Chinese! ”
Yao Gu didn't expect to hear this sentence, he looked at Zhong Lin in a daze and forgot to react for a while,
Zhong Lin said in a deep voice, "Our commander told us that the Heavenly Dao Army is a Han person, and the Song Army is also a Han person, and no matter how the Han people fight, it is the family's own business, no matter whether the Song Army defeats us in the end, or we defeat the Song Army, the winner will always be Han Chinese!" No matter how fierce the Han people are, they will not think of killing all the Han people. Just like us, our Heavenly Dao Army rebelled against the Great Song Dynasty for the sake of the people of the world, and we never took pleasure in slaughtering the Song soldiers, because they were also our compatriots! Every time we conquer a place, we will not do the slightest act of enslaving and oppressing the people, because they are our people! ”
"But the Khitans are different from the Dangxiang people, they are foreigners, they always covet our land, want to enslave our people, and plunder our wealth!"
"It is true that if we join forces with them, we can indeed defeat the Great Song in one fell swoop, but in that case, I don't know how many lands will fall into the hands of the Liao and Xia armies, we will not slaughter the Song soldiers, but they will! We won't slaughter people, but they will! ”
"At the same time, the Liao and Xia countries that get the news next are also bound to attack your Hebei and Northwest, your troops are here, what do you do to stop them? Therefore you will be defeated! And once that happens, I don't know how many Song soldiers will be slaughtered, and more land and people will fall into their hands and suffer their inhuman enslavement! ”
"Our commander can't bear to do this, he said, even if such a victory is obtained, we will be sorry for our ancestors and future generations, and we will become sinners for the ages!"
"So, our commander sent me to ask you, sir, is it worth it for a family to go to war and invite a foreign tribe to slaughter their own compatriots?"
Yao Gu looked at Zhong Lin blankly, not only him, but even those pro-soldiers were all moved!
Without waiting for them to answer, Zhong Lin continued, "Our request is very simple, from now on, the Song army and the Heavenly Dao army will stop all fighting, and then the two armies will cooperate to wipe out all the 500,000 troops of Liao and Xia on this battlefield!" Let them have no return! ”
Yao Gu was shocked, looking at Zhong Lin as if he was looking at a monster!
Zhong Lin continued, "After the matter is completed, we can guarantee that we will not attack you for a year, so that you can have enough time and strength to block the retaliation from Liao and Xia!" ”
Yao Gu was just about to speak,
Zhong Lin continued, "Of course, you can refuse, my lord, our commander also said that for the sake of the people, he is willing to give the Great Song such a chance, but if you refuse, then he has no choice but to destroy you with the Liao and Xia armies." It is up to you whether you want to leave and be destroyed, or whether you can get another precious year! ”
Yao Gu couldn't help but be excited! He knew very well that this was the only way to keep Da Song at present, but such a big matter was not something he could decide, and he immediately said, "This is ...... The old man wants to ask the court. ”
Zhong Lin shook his head, "Our commander said that it is too late, and the Liao and Xia armies will retaliate against you at any time." The fate of the Great Song Dynasty is now in your hands, and you can only decide for yourself. And my companions are outside, and if I can't get out within an hour, they will think that you have refused, and they will then report to our commander, and in less than two days, you will be ready to be attacked by a million troops! ”
Yao Gu was shocked, looked at Zhong Lin in a daze, and ...... with cold sweat on his head!