Chapter 424: Let's see if he's cowardly or brave?
Uncle Zhang quickly came to the Vertical Arch Hall and told Zhao Ji and the ministers directly about Lin Chong's handwritten letter and the words he wanted him to bring, and a ridiculous and indescribable atmosphere suddenly filled the hall.
Everyone was a little stunned, at this time, Lin Chong actually wanted to make peace with the imperial court, and promised that as long as the emperor issued an edict to admit his mistake, he would send the prince and prime minister as hostages.
The Liangshan army can still act as if this incident has not happened, and can still go on an expedition to the western thieves as originally planned, set foot on Helan Mountain, and capture Li Qianshun alive!
Moreover, the tone is still quite large, and now he has promised to speak that the court is still decent enough, and the damage to the central authority is not serious; But if you insist on going your own way, and then seek peace after breaking the city, the central authority will be gone! The face is disgraced.
What's the joke?
It has been less than a year since the Liangshan army was formed, even if it had easily defeated the imperial court and the two-way conquest army; After that, they defeated the Song army all the way and intercepted them along the way, and killed them from Weisheng Army and Liangshanbo to Bianjing City.
But even so, it is impossible for the Liangshan army to easily break through Bianjing.
You must know that in Bianjing City, even now there are still more than 200,000 access control troops; Moreover, the walls are high and wide, and they can be said to be the most difficult city in the world to attack;
Moreover, not far from the city, there was an army of more than 80,000 under the command of Gao Yu; Fengqiu City also has 30,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Liang Fangping; He Guan's soldiers and horses, as well as Wang Wende, the envoy of the Hongnong Festival in Jingbei, Zhang Kai the envoy of the Anping Festival in Zhongshan, Yang Wen the envoy of the Lingling Festival in Jiangxia, Han Cunbao the envoy of the Yanmen Festival in Yunzhong, Li Congji the envoy of the Hanyang Festival in Longxi, and Jing Zhong in the Qinghe Tianshui Jie Du are still rushing over.
And in addition to these soldiers and horses, the soldiers and horses of other military states in the Great Song Dynasty can also rush to King Qin.
It can be said that as long as Bianliang City can hold on for ten days and a half days, the Liangshan rebels will definitely fall into the heavy encirclement of the army of Qinwang from all walks of life!
Now Lin Chong actually asked people to send a message, saying why I will give face to the court now, I don't want the center of the court to lose face, I don't want the world to be turbulent, let's make peace quickly, otherwise the court will lose face at home at that time, don't blame me!
Isn't this a fool's saying what a dream is?
Could it be that such a strong city defense, so many capital gate forbidden troops, can't defend Bianliang City for ten days?
Isn't this the story that Lin Chong told before-Arabian Nights?
The absurd atmosphere spread, and the hall fell into a brief silence, but it was the "little minister" Cai You who broke the silence first.
"Official! Lin Chong is deceiving people and scaring us! You can't fall for this! ”
Wang Hao also immediately said: "Official, Yichen sees that Lin Chong is still selling his reputation and inviting people to buy people's hearts, if the court agrees to the edict to admit his mistakes and exchange hostages, this game will be completely lost!" This is the loss of central authority and the loss of face!
Imagine that such a group of rebellious courts that bewitched the public and bought people's hearts could not only not be exterminated, but were also frightened to admit their mistakes and make peace, and also treated them as equals and exchanged hostages, what would the people of the world think? Don't follow suit!
No matter how difficult it is to suppress the name of the imperial court, I am afraid that the western army will be the first to jump out and coerce the imperial court by force and establish itself as the king! I'm afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will fall apart in an instant, and reproduce the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty when the princes rose together and the late Tang Dynasty was divided! ”
Although Wang Hao has no knowledge, and in the eyes of Zhang Shuye and other Qingliu figures, he has always been the image of a flattering minister, but his words are righteous and convincing, so as soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers in the palace nodded in approval.
At this time, Cai Jing finally spoke, but it was Zhang Shuye who looked at him: "Zhang Shilang has the most contact with the Liangshan rebels, and he understands the most, according to Zhang Shilang, does the Liangshan rebels really have the ability to break through Bianliang City in half a month?" ”
Uncle Zhang had long known that Cai Jing held a grudge and regarded himself as a thorn in the flesh, and he also knew that even if he said a positive answer, the ministers and officials would not listen to him.
Therefore, Zhang Shuye shook his head and said: "There are too many subordinates in the Liangshan rebels who don't know the inside story, and there are too many unexpected places, so the subordinates are not sure whether the Liangshan rebels are really capable of breaking through Bianliang City in half a month." Just ......"
He paused, turned to look at Zhao Ji on the dragon chair, a little embarrassed, and a little consciously absurd to say the following words, which stunned all the people in the hall at once.
It's like hearing the sun come out of the west, it's incredible!
"It's just...... The official, Lin Chong said to the minister, not long ago, in the Zhongjing Road of the Liao State, he broke through the seven state capitals of the Liao State in a row, defeated the 100,000 people of the Liao army, and used a plan to frame the Liao State Sect General Yelu Yujian, so that it was not the Jurchens who were forced to flee south, but the Liangshan army! ”
Chenqiao Town, where Zhao Kuangyin mutinied and then seized the world.
Therefore, it is located on the main transportation route, and over the past 100 years, it has long since changed from a simple post station to a thriving commercial town.
And because Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny with revenge here, and then seized the world, so more than ten years ago, Zhao Ji would also change the Chenqiao Station in Chenqiao Town to Xianlieguan to commemorate the glorious deeds of the ancestors.
However, at this time, Chenqiao Town had been occupied by more than 40,000 troops of the Liangshan Army, and the warehouse set up by the imperial court to store grain, grass and baggage here was also unceremoniously taken over by the Liangshan Army.
Along with the major shops, Lin Chong ordered to knock on the door panel, and forcibly bought all the useful materials in the shops.
Later, Lin Chong ordered people to bring money to collect grain, grass and all kinds of timber everywhere, and cut down trees.
The materials collected so far have been enough to ensure that more than 40,000 Liangshan troops have no worries about food and grass for twenty days, but Lin Chong is still ordering people to collect them, and he has made a posture of besieging Bianjing City for a long time.
It's also ironic to say, I don't know what Zhao Ji and Cai Jing and other court centers think, the "Liangshan rebels" have all been killed in Bianjing City, and they don't know that they burned all these materials, closed all the shops, and moved to the city, willing to leave them to the enemy in vain!
Perhaps it was the vigorous blood of the Han family inherited from the pre-Qin and Han and Tang dynasties that came to Zhao Song, and they were destroyed and suppressed by Zhao Song himself.
Just as in the original history, Song Qinzong, civil officials, scholars, and soldiers, as well as the Dumen Forbidden Army, who were also men of the Han family, were cowardly, miscreet, and cowardly when Jingkang was ashamed, and was willing to kneel and beg to surrender, and was tortured and killed by Hu Lu, and it was not enough to resist in the slightest!
How can such a court that coerces and abuses such a stubborn army do such a fierce thing to fight to the end against Hu Lu (rebellion) and fight to the death?
Thinking about this, the behavior of the Zhao and Song courts can be understood.
I think that in the original historical time and space, when the Jin soldiers first attacked outside Bianjing City, they didn't capture more than 20,000 military horses and a large amount of forage at the Mutuogang Military Horse Farm outside Tokyo; When besieging Bianjing City for the second time, didn't you also get a lot of supplies outside the city?
What can't be done in this strange, weak, and cowardly court?
It's just that I don't know, this time I asked Uncle Zhang to go to the night to spread the word, and another such exciting news broke out to them, how would the court react, soft or hard? Is it cowardice or courage?