Chapter 713: Taiyuan Marquis

I thought that Hanoi would be monolithic under the rule of the shrewd and capable king of Jiaoji, but I didn't expect that it would actually be nothing more than Erer. At such a critical moment, someone actually made a calculation to take advantage of the opportunity to usurp the throne. And that person is still the Taiyuan Marquis who holds a lot of power, although he has no military power, he is also a role that responds to all calls.

Of course, such an important matter should be discussed carefully, and it would be a pity not to be thoughtful, and to fall short. However, before that, Shi Bin still praised Zhou Xunliang's ability and made another credit. Zhou Xunliang is a smart person, saying that he doesn't want to do both, just let himself follow Shi Bin to fight. Of course, Shi Bin agreed to such a simple condition, and there was naturally a lot of harmony in the handsome tent.

"Zhou Xunliang, tell me what kind of person the Taiyuan Marquis who intends to rebel is." Shi Bin said.

"Yes, sir. That Taiyuan Hou gave me the feeling of a smiling tiger. When he spoke, he looked harmless with a smile on his face, but from the fact that he wanted to usurp the throne at this time, it could be seen that his heart was vicious and absolutely unreliable. Zhou Xunliang said with certainty.

"Well, it's a smiling tiger, and people who want to usurp the throne at this time are really unreliable." Shi Bin nodded and said.

"Dashuai, we should be very careful when dealing with this person, otherwise it is easy to be harmed by him." Li Chao reminded.

"I'm not afraid of this, I'm by my side, hehe." Shi Bin smiled, "I'm only worried that the Taiyuan Hou will be capricious and untrustworthy, so I will be busy." ’

"Then we have to find a way to make him not dare to regret it." Xie Qiangbing said, "But it's actually not difficult. We have already arrived in the city, and as long as things do not change dramatically, he will not and dare not go back. Dashuai, it is best for you to meet with the Marquis of Taiyuan in person, discuss a plan, and remind him not to be untrustworthy by the way. ”

Meet? Shi Bin didn't think about it, but he felt that Xie Qiangbing's words were quite reasonable, so he said to Zhou Xunliang: "This time, when you go to the city to negotiate with the king of Jiaoji, find an opportunity to tell the Marquis of Taiyuan that I want to see him." The location is set in the willow forest ten miles outside the West City Gate of Hanoi, and the time is up to you. ”

"Yes, Dashuai, thank you for your trust."

"There is no suspicion in employing people, not to mention that you have proved your loyalty with your actions, so you don't have to be so polite." Shi Bin said with a smile.

Since the agreement with the Marquis of Taiyuan had not yet been reached, the peace talks with the king of Jiaoji naturally could not end, so Zhou Xunliang continued to pick on the terms of the peace talks and add unequal treaties.

After discovering that the king of the address did not have much patience, Zhou Xunliang finally agreed to the draft of the "Hanoi Treaty" very "helplessly", and repeatedly lamented that the heavenly kingdom was too benevolent and only needed such a thing. These words made the king of the address and the others all angry, and they definitely had the urge to tear Zhou Xunliang into meat buns.

When leaving Hanoi City, the fine work sent to connect with the Marquis of Taiyuan returned to Zhou Xunliang's team, saying that everything would be done, and the Marquis of Taiyuan agreed to meet in the willow forest outside the city in two days. After returning to the camp, Zhou Xunliang immediately told Shi Bin the good news, which made Shi Bin, Li Chao, Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian, and Xiang Shibi all overjoyed.

Two days later, in the willow forest, Shi Bin met with the Marquis of Taiyuan.

The person in front of him was wearing a torn hat, a coarse cloth shirt, a pair of pants full of holes, and a pair of cloth shoes with polished soles on his feet. In any case, it is impossible to think that he is the Taiyuan Marquis of the country of handover. If he didn't report himself, no one would think he was a powerful man. In fact, even if he reported his home, I'm afraid few people would believe it.

I secretly sighed in my heart that the Marquis of Taiyuan was so powerful, he was so cautious and careful, and he pretended to be so vivid, no wonder he had the idea of usurping the throne. It's really 'no diamond no porcelain work.' ’

"Hello Taiyuan Hou."

"Qi Guogong, hello."

"You want to replace the current King?"

"Qi Guogong is quick to talk, yes, I want to replace it. I don't know if Qi Guogong is willing to help me? ”

"The current king of the address ordered Chen Guojun to lead an army to invade my Great Song Dynasty, and I will definitely want him and Chen Guojun to die without a place to be buried, and others can not be pursued. As long as you help me break Hanoi, I have no objection to you being the king of the address. Shi Bin smiled.

"Qi Guogong didn't lie to me?"

"Of course I don't lie to you." Shi Bin said with certainty.

Seeing Shi Bin make such a promise, Li Chao and Xu Feng, who went with him, were very anxious, and secretly scolded Shi Bin for how could he make such a ridiculous promise? Li Chao kept coughing and signaled Shi Bin to change his promise. Unexpectedly, Shi Bin turned a deaf ear, which made Li Chao and Xu Feng even more uneasy, but made Taiyuan Hou, who was still worried, happy and relieved.

After talking back and forth for half an hour, Shi Bin and Taiyuan Hou finally agreed that three days later, at midnight, Taiyuan Hou would raise a fire on the city wall of the East City Gate and open the city gate to receive Shi Bin's army into the city. The negotiation ended very smoothly, but Li Chao and Xu Feng were both cold, and Shi Bin still turned a blind eye and rode back to the camp with his men alone.

Seeing Shi Bin return to the camp, Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang naturally came to see him. It's just that they found that Shi Bin's face was happy and Li Chao and Xu Feng were angry, and several people were puzzled, so they didn't dare to speak, so they had to observe secretly.

In the end, it was Xie Qiangbing, who had little patience and Shi Bin's descendant, who asked, "Li Chao, what's wrong?" Why do you and Dashuai look the same? ”

"You ask the big handsome, I can't say." Shi Bin said with a cold face.

understood that this stinky face was not for himself, so Xie Qiangbing didn't care, so he turned his head to Shi Bin and said, "Dashuai, why is there such a big difference in attitude between you and Li Chao and Xu Feng?" ”

After smiling slightly, Shi Bin said, "Li Chao and Xu Feng misunderstood me. ”

"Misunderstanding?"

"Yes, misunderstanding. Because I promised the Marquis of Taiyuan that as long as he helped me break Hanoi, I would not object to him being the king of the address. Shi Bin smiled slyly.

As soon as they heard this, the attitudes of Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang also changed immediately, obviously very surprised and dissatisfied. But looking at Shi Bin's indifferent performance, it didn't take long for him to calm down. Because from his understanding of Shi Bin, if he hadn't relied on it, he would never have reacted like this.

"Well, that's good." Shi Bin looked at the few people in the tent and said with a smile: "I did say that I did not object to the Marquis of Taiyuan as the king of the address, but I didn't seem to say that I supported him as the king of the address." And most importantly, if you want to be the king of the address, you have to have the country of the address, right? If the country of delivery is gone, where is the king? ”

I understand what the word game that Shi Bin plays, and I have to sigh that Shi Bin is cunning enough to play such a marginal ball.

"If it weren't for the fact that the person who handed over the address killed my people and robbed my wealth, Ben Shuai wouldn't want to be this untrustworthy person, but in order to give an explanation to the people of the Great Song Dynasty, I have to do this." Shi Bin suddenly sighed again.

"Adults don't have to sigh like this, if the addressee doesn't have bad intentions, it is up to them to be independent, we don't want this barren land, the key is that they dare to bully my Da Song in turn, is it tolerable or unbearable? If he had the temperament of the last general, he would have killed all the way and left no chickens and dogs. Where is the mercy of adults to let so many addressees survive? Zhou Xunliang gritted his teeth and said.

After listening to Zhou Xunliang's words, Li Chao and several others also thought it was true and praised him for being very correct.

"Well, since we have all agreed, I have a question for everyone. What to do after the destruction of Hanoi City? ”

"Dashuai, then Taiyuan Hou must die, such a capricious villain can't stay. The main battle faction such as the king and Chen Guojun must also die, otherwise it will be a great disaster. Wang Jian was the first to say.

"That's true, but Ben Shuai has a sentence that says ahead, Taiyuan Marquis I won't kill, because I can't be untrustworthy."

The implication was obvious, and everyone didn't break it, and they all said that Shi Bin was right not to kill the Marquis of Taiyuan, and the matter of the Marquis of Taiyuan was handed over to them to deal with.

"Dashuai, it's better not to destroy Hanoi, kill those main battle factions, and clear the opposition in the city." Xiang Shibi proposed.

"Lord Xiang, what about those who were hostile before and surrendered after breaking the city? To kill or not to kill? Shi Bin asked.

"Boss, then it depends on how many bad things they have done. If there are not many evils, it is good to exile them, and there is no need to kill them all. Xiang Shibi said, "Because killing too many people may be counterproductive, and if everyone is in danger, those who don't want to resist will be put together to resist us." ”

"Well, then treat it differently. Do not kill the people who are not hostile. Shi Bin ordered.

The time soon came to the middle of the third day, and Shi Bin and Xie Qiangbing had already led 5,000 soldiers and horses to hide in the grass outside the city in the dark night. Soon someone was seen on the city wall holding a fire as a signal, and the east gate was slowly opened.

When Xie Qiangbing was about to lead the crowd to charge, Shi Bin pulled Xie Qiangbing and stopped him from advancing.

"What's wrong, Sir?" Xie Qiangbing asked puzzled.

"Don't you feel like it's all going too well?" Shi Bin asked with a frown.

"What do you mean? Does the adult mean that the Marquis of Taiyuan led us into the trap, or has Zhou Xunliang's actions already been discovered? ”

"I didn't think so, it just felt like everything was going too well. I don't worry about Taiyuan Hou, so this time I decided to break my trust with him. If your instincts are wrong, apologize then, but for now, retreat! ”

A soldier's duty is to obey orders, whether they are right or wrong. Xie Qiangbing knew that Shi Bin would definitely not enter the city tonight, so he obediently led the army to retreat.

After returning to the camp, Li Chao and the others were confused. I don't understand why no one fights at the head of the city, so there is no one to fight? Whether it is the Song army attacking or the Song army being ambushed, there should be a sound of fighting. Now there is nothing, of course, it is incomprehensible.

"Marshal, why didn't you attack?" Li Chao waited for Shi Bin to enter the account and was the first to ask.

"There was no reason, I didn't feel at ease so I gave up attacking." Shi Bin said very blandly.

"Dashuai, it's not good for you to do this, isn't this playing Taiyuan Hou and putting him in danger?" Wang Jian said very unhappily, "Even if you want to kill him later, you shouldn't be so discredited." What's more, it's hard to find a second chance like this. ”

"Yes." Xiang Shibi also said.

Knowing that this thing was not so glorious, Shi Bin was already very bored in his heart, and after listening to the reproaches of several people, he said impatiently: "Enough, don't make any more noise!" Give me a way, give me a way to make me believe in Taiyuan Hou! ”

This method is not difficult to find, Li Chao frowned and came, saying that he could use 'hostages'. asked the Marquis of Taiyuan to send his son as a hostage to show his sincerity. Otherwise, it will still be an honest attack on Hanoi.