Chapter 385: Negotiation
Indeed, man is not a machine after all.
People are afraid, they are desperate, they are mentally broken down in the face of unbearable stimuli.
It is true that Yang Xin can't defeat 10,000 people alone, but he can use the mountains of corpses and blood that are constantly piling up under his feet to destroy the will of these 10,000 people.
Is the will of the toast soldier tenacious?
That's just a joke, their loyalty to the toast is not as high as the loyalty to the emperor is higher than that of the nine-sided recruitment, the toasts regard them as their slaves and livestock, life and death are taken away, it is common to be a groom every night, the toast has to offer their women immediately, the toast wants their property, and they have to hand it over honestly.
Even with the discipline of the court officials, they can not stand this.
Xu Xiake's description of them is not an isolated case, and even a governor of our Qing Dynasty described the misery of these natives in the same words.
The subjects were the slaves of the toast.
Tusi adopts a sub-feudal system, Shuixian family's thirteen streams, forty-eight eyes, one hundred and twenty descendants, one thousand two hundred nights, and the last one is the head of the fire, the leader of the village in charge of the fire, the top-level soil emperor of the An family, plus the thirteen clansmen as local rulers to collect taxes, ruling the remaining bunch of large and small slave owners. Even at this time, there were often cases where slaves were poisoned and assassinated slave owners, such as when Hao Yin was later assassinated by his own slaves.
What is the loyalty of such an army to the toast?
"Two and a half percent killed."
Yang Xin, who returned to the city wall, hugged Long Xiaozu and said.
"I killed only two hundred and fifty native soldiers, and then their 10,000 men collapsed, I really don't understand why such an army would force you to not even dare to go out of the city gate?"
He went on to say.
"The governor is invincible, and the natives are naturally frightened."
Wang Sanshan said.
Of course, he can't say that our Ming guards may not be able to withstand even 2.5% of the deaths.
Besides, you're hitting them until they're desperate.
Can't those soldiers bear the death of two hundred and fifty?
Obviously frightened by your murderous killing, completely frightened and crazy.
If the rabble in this city went out, it is estimated that they would be frightened first when they saw the cavalry arrayed on the opposite side.
It is said that these Tusi do treat the people as slaves, but the officers of the Ming Dynasty are not their own brothers to the military households? The treatment of the low-level military households in the guard is no different from that of the Tusi subjects under the Tusi, otherwise there would not be so many military households fleeing, and the highest escape is more than ninety percent.
In short, it's the same in this worse era.
"An Bangyan is out!"
He held up his binoculars to change the subject.
Yang Xin's gaze immediately turned to a hill outside the city.
This hill just overlooks the city, and the rebels have always been the headquarters of the battlefield, and at this moment, many people are gathering on the top of the hill to watch this, and with Yang Xin's eyesight, he suddenly saw An Bangyan.
"It's a bit far, if only it could be closer!"
Yang Xin estimated the distance.
At least a mile away, and there was a barracks down the hill.
At this time, even if he goes out, it will be difficult to kill there before An Bangyan withdraws, and once the latter withdraws, it will be difficult to find, and with An Bangyan's identity, he can completely withdraw to the rear, and he doesn't have to be on the front line at all. But if he misses this opportunity, it will be difficult to catch this guy again, once he retreats to the lofty mountains and mountains of Shuixi, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and Yang Dudu will not have much time to continue to consume these guys like this.
Millions of big business is still waiting for him!
"Xia Guan heard that Yang Dudu has clairvoyance and ears?"
Wang Sanshan put down the binoculars and said with a smile.
"This is an exaggeration, it is true that the ears are more sensitive and can see farther, and the clairvoyance is not a mile, that is, it is similar to you using a telescope."
Yang Xin said.
However, the folk did make his legend miraculous.
There is even a legend that Jinyi Wei is arresting people now, many times Yang Dudu's ears are relatively long, and any official secretly says bad things about him at home, he can hear it directly, as if his ears are listening to the network, and his brain has a filtering function, which can filter the sound of the entire capital at the same time. However, this does make many officials who are not smart enough worry every day, for fear that they will be heard by Yang Dudu's ears when they do bad things.
"What about the night eyes?"
Wang Sanshan said.
"It's true that the night is slightly better than the average person's eyesight."
Yang Xin said modestly.
This is indeed modest, in fact, when he has starlight at night, it is basically like a rainy day in the evening, but the light is a little strong when the sky is clear at noon.
"Then the subordinate has a plan."
Wang Sanshan said with satisfaction.
Half an hour later.
"Negotiations?"
An Bangyan looked at the envoy sent from the city in amazement.
"Duke An, that Yang thief has long been angry and resentful, and the loyal and righteous people in the court all hate it, and the prince has found out that Song Wanhua's death was also done by Yang Xin, this traitor forced you to rebel against extravagant Chongming, and wanted to force you to rebel, so that he could take the opportunity to make a meritorious promotion and make a fortune.
He does this kind of thing a lot.
This traitor is not only your enemy, but also the enemy of the princes of the court.
It's just that he has Wei Zhongxian in the palace and Fang Congzhe in the imperial court, and these two people have a master of ceremonies and a head assistant behind him, even if the loyal ministers in the court want to get rid of him, they can't do anything, they can only sit back and watch him continue to cause trouble in the world. The prince thought that we might as well unite, and that you should continue to besiege Guiyang, but not attack any other places, and that the prince would meet with Duke An outside the city as you saw fit, and discuss together a piece of music for your majesty.
An Gong affirmed his grievances.
The prince attached Yang Xin's various evil deeds.
Of course, what compensation An Gong wants can also be discussed at that time.
For example, the Song family is now gone, and the future division of this Shuidong land can be discussed, in the final analysis, Duke An was also framed by Yang Xin, as long as Duke An is loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the future, some compensation should also be paid. ”
The messenger said.
"You won't arrange for Yang Xin to take the opportunity to assassinate An, right?"
An Bangyan sneered.
This kind of thing is actually often done by these court officials.
An Gong laughed, the prince wished that Yang Xin would die, during today's battle, did the prince send a soldier to rescue Yang Xin? Let's talk about the place of meeting, the time of meeting is determined by Duke An, as long as you don't stay too far from the city, after all, the prince can only meet with you secretly, it is best to be in which military camp at the front, you make an appointment, and then the prince will go out of the city at night, your people are waiting outside, where to meet and meet. Even if the prince has this thought, he can't inform Yang Xin anymore, so you don't have to worry, right? ”
The messenger said with a smile.
An Bangyan immediately confirmed Wang Sanshan's sincerity.
As soon as he heard this, he understood that it was definitely not for Yang Xin to assassinate him, but Wang Sanshan wanted to avoid Yang Xin's eyes and ears.
That's it.
He is also trembling now, not only him, but all these generals who participated in the siege of Guiyang are trembling.
Even many people already want to quit, after all, with Yang Xin here, it seems that this Guiyang can't be defeated, and the final result of this rebellion is difficult to predict.
It would not be bad if this opportunity could be used to end this war in a decent way.
The purpose of their rebellion is actually to cooperate to give the court some color, force the court to stop continuing to change the land and return to the stream, and at the same time grab a wave by the way, they have done this countless times in the past few hundred years, and when they are dissatisfied with the court, they will rise up to besiege the guards, and by the way, loot a wave to get some benefits. When the imperial court agrees to their conditions, or they can't hold on and return to obedience, anyway, they are all in the mountains, and the imperial court has no population on their territory, and it is not cost-effective to mobilize troops to clear them.
These guys have counted.
This time, it should be said that the purpose of giving the court some color has been achieved.
After all, most of Guizhou and southeastern Sichuan were involved in the war, forcing the imperial court to mobilize the forces of the four provinces, which can be said to show their ability.
As for not capturing Guiyang, it is indeed a pity that they can't loot a wave fiercely, but since they can't fight anymore, they can't hold on to it either, not that they are afraid of losing soldiers, those native soldiers are not worth mentioning in their eyes, but Yang Xin always kills senior generals like this, it's too terrible.
The civil officials wish for Yang Xin's death, and they know this very well.
In this way, Wang Sanshan should indeed be sincere, and even if he is not sincere, An Bangyan also knows very well that it is time to negotiate at this time, what he is afraid of is that Yang Xin will take the opportunity to lock his position and kill him with the unstoppable surprise attack before.
That's what he's afraid of.
But this way it should be fine.
After all, Yang Xin didn't know his specific location, so it was impossible to assassinate him, there were countless military camps with 100,000 troops, if it wasn't for knowing which military camp he was in advance, then how could Yang Xin find him out in this 100,000 army. After negotiating with Wang Sanshan, he returned directly to Shuixi and handed over this place to his subordinates, in fact, if it wasn't for the motivation of his subordinates to complete today's siege plan, he would have run to the rear to hide, and not only him, but also the other Tumu Miao Zhong now think so.
I can't beat them anymore.
It is estimated that Yang Xin will kill a few more like this, and the remaining Tumu Miao Zhong will have to disperse in a hurry.
They really don't care about rebellion, but that's because the rebels are all native soldiers, and their leaders don't have time to get entangled with them in the mountains and mountains, and sooner or later they still have to recruit them to continue to be the leader, even if they don't let them be their sons or wives. But Yang Xin's vicious tactics are their own death, and the rebellion that is really sure to die will not be done by these guys, so An Bangyan has no other choice, either to meet with Wang Sanshan and end the siege with dignity, or he will have to take the initiative to withdraw his troops in the end.
"Then tonight, when the prince goes out of the north gate, there will naturally be people waiting for him outside."
Ahn said.
The messenger immediately agreed and returned to Guiyang.