Chapter 303: Negotiation
Gu Bi squatted down outside the wooden cage, and said to Zhao Junsheng in a calm tone: "Zhao Dutong, thousands of men and horses in the baggage battalion have rebelled against you, and they want the marshal to let you go!" β
Zhao Junsheng's tone changed, things were beyond his expectations, he didn't expect Gao Xiu, Gao Xu, Xue Andu and others to be so extreme, and rebelled directly.
Gu Bi continued: "Now the fifth princess has stopped the marshal with her men and horses, and Hua Jian will take her hundreds of cavalry to block between the two armies! I just brought you over from An Dashuai, and now you are under my care! I can let you go, you can be with your baggage camp, but do you think that's the end of it? Of course, you can take your men to kill us all and destroy the Jinling camp, but from now on you will have no place to stay, and the court will soon send a large army to exterminate you, you are a smart man, you should know better than me what the consequences of rebellion will be! β
"Zhao Dutong, your baggage battalion has been reversed, but it has not yet caused the established facts, there is still room for maneuver, if you don't want you and your baggage battalion to be wiped out by the imperial court as a rebellion in the future, I think we can talk to each other and find a feasible way to solve this matter!"
Zhao Junsheng knew very well that the infantry of less than 3,000 people in his hands was not enough to fight against the entire Northern Wei Dynasty, even if the Northern Wei Dynasty was embattled at this time, it was very easy for Tuoba Tao to mobilize a group of soldiers and horses to destroy him.
It's not time to start troops at this time, it's too early, and the strength is too weak! If you rush to raise troops without a foundation, the final outcome can only be a bleak end.
Zhao Junsheng was silent for a while, stood up from the cage, and the chain rattled, "Okay, I'll go with you!" β
When they arrived at Gu Bi's tent, the two sat facing each other.
Gu Bi said: "Zhao Dutong, you know what I want, I also know what you want, you want to live, you want the baggage camp to be safe and sound, right?" β
"That's right! So what do you want? Yasuhara wants to kill me, but this matter seems to have nothing to do with you, why are you so enthusiastic about trying to put this matter to rest? Even if the situation goes in the worst direction, it will only be Yasuhara who will be held accountable in the end, right? Zhao Junsheng stared at Gu Bi and asked.
Gu Bi looked at Zhao Junsheng, "Zhao Dutong, don't you pretend to be confused with me, who am I?" I am the supervisor of the Jinling battalion, what did the emperor send me for? My duty is to maintain the stability of the Jinling camp, to make all the troops loyal to the emperor and the court, to prevent rebellion, once a rebellion occurs, it is my dereliction of duty, when the court is held accountable, I will not be the first to escape! β
Zhao Junsheng really forgot about this stubble, all along, this Gu Bi seems to be a marginal figure in the Jinling camp, and he can only be seen during military meetings.
Zhao Junsheng looked at Gu Bi calmly, "Gu Jian Jun, how do you think about how to calm this matter?" Can you tell me what you can do? β
"I have an immature idea that I haven't thought through yet, and it will take time! However, we must first find a way to resolve the confrontation between the two armies, now the situation outside is tense, and the slightest carelessness will cause a big fight, once the war starts, I am afraid that even you will not be able to control the situation! β
Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a moment and said, "Then trouble the Gu Jian Army to go out and meet my subordinates, there is a man named Pei Jin, who is my lord Bo, you bring him to see me!" β
"Okay, please Zhao Dutong wait for a while!" Gu Bi walked out after speaking.
Gu Bi didn't actually think of any good solution, and the solution could be thought of slowly, but it was urgent to relieve the tense situation outside the line.
An Yuan saw Gu Bi coming over, and greeted him and asked, "Gu Jian Jun, the person has been handed over to you, what are you going to do?" β
Gu Bi said with a serious face: "An Dashuai, now I almost rebelled, and it's all because of you!" I tell you, I am the overseer of the army, because there is a rebellion, I must act with emergency privileges, and from now on, the supreme decision-making power of the Jinling camp will be taken over by me until the situation calms down! You don't have any command until this matter is resolved! β
An Yuan wanted to have a seizure when he heard this, but as soon as he thought about it, Gu Bi did not exceed his authority, and the overseer of the army did have the power to take over the supreme command when someone rebelled.
βΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· Good! Yasuhara chose to compromise.
The gate of the marshal's camp was opened, and Gu Bi rode to Tuoba Yuling with two of his own soldiers.
"Five princesses!"
Tuoba Yuling hugged his fists and saluted back: "Gu Jian Jun, when you come out?" β
Gu Bi said: "Now that there has been a mutiny, the last general, the supervising army, wants to act as the supreme commander, the fifth princess has no opinion, right?" β
Tuoba Yuling was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that Gu Bi did have this power, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Yuling obeys the orders of the prison army!" β
"Good! Without the order of this supervising army, the five princesses must not take the lead in attacking, otherwise military law will be engaged! β
Tuoba Yuling looked at Gu Bi more than An Yuan, and she was secretly relieved in her heart, at least Gu Bi's mind was much more sober than An Yuan's.
"Yes!"
Gu Bi was much relieved now, and after getting Tuoba Yuling, he hit his horse and ran in front of the two armies.
Hua Mulan saw Gu Bi running over with two people on horseback, and immediately stepped forward and hugged her fists and asked anxiously: "Prison Army, how does Marshal An plan to solve this matter?" You can't keep them facing each other like this, right? The longer the time passes, the more difficult it is to control the situation, and the emotions of both sides will become more and more irritable, and the slightest carelessness will Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· Is it to release Zhao Dutong first, and let the baggage battalion withdraw before making a calculation? β
Gu Bi shook his head and said: "You can't put it for the time being, once you release it, the consequences will be even more serious!" β
Hua Mulan immediately thought of the key to it, even if Zhao Junsheng was released at this time, but the mutiny of the baggage battalion had already happened, and the generals from top to bottom would definitely be worried about being liquidated by the imperial court, even if Zhao Junsheng did not take the lead in rebellion, the soldiers below would force Zhao Junsheng to rebel with them for their own lives, but can these people escape the conquest of the imperial court's army? Won't her handsome brother be going to die at that time?
Thinking of this, Mulan felt a heart-wrenching pain, Brother Junsheng came here for her, she couldn't let him die!
She immediately asked Gu Bi: "Prison Army, there must be a solution at this time, right?" Is it really going to force the baggage camp back? The last general told the truth, none of the three major captains of the baggage battalion was easy to mess with, and each of them was not under me, and several fierce generals plus wolf-like soldiers and horses, the last general rode more than 200 horses against them, and they were just hitting stones with eggs! As for the Fifth Princess, what do you think she is capable of holding off the attack of the baggage battalion with the five thousand infantry who are just in contact with the army? If they come instead, we all have to die, even if they are all exterminated by the imperial court in the end, we will die a long time ago, is it still meaningful to us? β
Gu Bi nodded in agreement with Mulan's statement, "You're right, now it's up to us, we say they didn't rebel, they didn't rebel, let's suppress this matter and minimize its impact!" This prison army now has the highest decision-making power of the Jinling battalion, General Hua, you have to listen to this prison army! β
Hua Mulan immediately clenched her fists and said: "As long as Zhao Dutong is released and the situation is calmed down, the last general will be obeyed in the name of supervising the army!" β
"Okay, you take your men and horses here to standby!"
"Yes!"
Gu Bi beat his horse and walked towards the military formation of the baggage battalion, shouting loudly as he walked: "Listen to the people of the baggage battalion, my name is Gu Bi, I am the emperor appointed by the emperor to supervise the army of Jinling, and now the supreme command of the Jinling battalion belongs to me, you can talk to this supervisor army if you have any requirements!" β
Xue Andu shouted: "Let's let my family go before we talk!" β
"Release people, release people, release peopleΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·" All the baggage battalions shouted loudly with their weapons in hand.
Gu Bi's ears were almost deafening, and after this roar, he plucked out his ears and shouted loudly: "People will definitely let it go, but you have to talk about the conditions first, you all want to see the Lord Bo Peijin, and you have something to say to him!" Who is Bae Jin? β
Pei Jin heard Gu Bi's words, and ran out of the military formation from the rear and ran towards the front of the formation.
When he came to Xue Andu and stopped, Pei Jin asked loudly: "Gu Jian Jun, I am Pei Jin, where is my family now?" β
"He is very safe, the prison army has already asked him to come from An Dashuai and put him in the camp tent of the prison army, Zhao Dutong has something to explain to you, and his order will be conveyed to the soldiers of the baggage battalion through you, please go with this prison army to see Zhao Dutong!"
Xue Andu asked in a low voice: "Master Pei, will there be fraud?" β
Pei Jin thought for a while and shook his head: "Probably not, they have no effect on catching me, and I have no command, I think it is based on this consideration that I am asked to see him, not any of you." In this way, Gu Bi and I went to see Dutong, if I didn't come back within half an hour, it means that I have been controlled by them, and it means that they have no intention of releasing Dutong at all! β
Xue Andu said in a deep voice: "Okay! Go ahead, and if you don't come back in half an hour, I'll give the order to attack!" I want to see how these crooked melons and cracked dates in front of me can block the attack of our army! β
Pei Jin immediately hit his horse and ran to Gu Bi, and after the two converged, they beat their horses and ran to the marshal's line together.
In Gu Bi's tent, Pei Jin met Zhao Junsheng, who was only shackled and not abused, which made Pei Jin breathe a sigh of relief.
"The subordinates visited Dutong and saw that Dutong was safe and sound, and his subordinates were relieved!"
Zhao Junsheng looked at Gu Bi, "I want to say a few words to Pei Jin alone!" β
"Yes, but you'd better hurry, the atmosphere outside is getting tense and could get out of control at any moment!" After Gu Bi finished speaking, he retreated.
As soon as Gu Bi left, Zhao Junsheng asked Pei Jin: "Didn't I ask Li Bao to go back and tell you that you should close the camp gate and not allow outsiders to enter?" How did it get to this point? How is it now, and how is it ending? β
Pei Jin arched his hand and said: "All of them are angry, this is a common decision of several of us!" We all know that the generals are thinking about the soldiers, but have you ever thought that the soldiers are worried about the safety of the soldiers? We can't pin our hopes on the kindness of Yasuhara and others, they don't have mercy at all, only by using force to coerce, they don't dare to act rashly, so they don't dare to harm the capital! β