Chapter 121: Death or Capture
"Will it fall?" Xu Ping raised his head, looked at the generals around him, and couldn't help laughing. "Cover the thief during the day and send the thief away, and at night he is willing to surrender, this Yeli Yu beggar is a loyal minister of the party! However, if he is willing to surrender, I may not be willing to ask for it! ”
Sang Yi said: "After the strategy, we can't live in Zhuocheng for a long time, otherwise the thieves will concentrate their troops and horses to attack Huichuan, and it will not be beautiful to copy the back road." If the thief is willing to surrender, if it is not a sky-high asking price, it can also be considered. ”
Xu Ping shook his head again and again: "Xiucai, we haven't attacked the city yet, Yeli went out of the city when he met a beggar and said that he was willing to surrender, do you think it's possible if he doesn't ask for a price?" It's a pity that I didn't leave the thief this time, and I don't want to let go of the rest! - Alright, it's useless for us to speculate here, so you can discuss the siege, and I'll go out and meet him. ”
Zhang Kang on the side said: "In my opinion, there is no need to talk nonsense with the thief, Ye Li Yu begged to go out of the city by himself, and just brought the sacrificial flag." Cut it down in front of the city early tomorrow morning, and then attack the city! ”
"We can't slash and kill like thieves, the king must have the bearing of the king. Ye Li Yu begged to come, I dared to put him back, it was nothing more than to catch him again. At this time, Zhuoluo City is already in our pocket, and we will not fight for a day or two. ”
After speaking, Xu Ping asked Li Zhang to take the person to the side and go to the tent for a while.
When he was about to leave the account, Xu Ping turned around and said to several generals: "Work harder tonight, all the armies will arrange to rest in turn, and there will be enough firewood and grass early tomorrow morning." Even if the thieves in the city really intend to surrender, they must still have luck in their hearts, and they will not be willing to go out of the city and kill them if they do not completely cut off their way of life. ”
Ye Li Yu beggar saw a young official in a purple robe come in, he recognized the big Song Zhangfu, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "Ye Li Yu Qi, the head of the Xia State, has seen the envoy of the Song State and Qinzhou. ”
The left and right wings of the party item are about equal to the economic envoys of the Great Song Dynasty along the border, and in actual history, they did develop into the left and right two roads and economic envoys, but they were initially set up at this time and were not often placed. Ye Li Yu begged himself to be a strategic envoy, because he wanted to be on an equal footing with Xu Ping, and he didn't want to surrender his identity, and he didn't dare to embarrass Xu Ping at this time.
Xu Ping looked up and down at Yeli and begging, and then said: "Party Xiang Fanguo, the rules of my Great Song Dynasty, Fan officials are not allowed to sit with Han officials. I am handsome all the way, so there is no reason to deign to sit and talk with you. Wronged king, stand and speak, the rules of the court cannot be abolished. - To make a long story short, I'm going to attack the city, you're going to defend the city, and everyone is busy. ”
After speaking, Xu Ping sat down in the main seat and quietly watched Yeli beggar.
Ye Li Yu held back the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The two countries exchange troops, and they do not dishonor the envoys!" It seems that there is something wrong with being so lazy! ”
Xu Ping smiled: "I think it's inappropriate, go back to the city and sulk." I'm so busy here that I don't have time to listen to you. ”
Ye Li Yu never expected to receive this kind of treatment, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Looking at the appearance of Jing Luo, I have already taken Zhuoluo City in my chest, and I think it is easy to get it." There are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in my city, how can I be humiliated! ”
Xu Ping Zhengse shook his head: "You are wrong, I have no interest in Zhuoluo City. Not to mention your small city, the old city of Lanzhou in the south is much bigger than here, and I am not interested in sending people to occupy it. I besieged the city, and what I wanted was the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in your city! This time, the Qinzhou army came north, and the people ate and chewed, and it cost a lot, and it was not very cost-effective to have one or twenty thousand heads without you! ”
Yeli Yuqi looked at Xu Ping, and his heart gradually sank. He suddenly felt that he had not realized the purpose of the Song army's raid on Zhuoluo City until this time. Yes, Lanzhou is not occupied, what does Xu Ping want this small city for?
After pondering for a long time, Ye Li Yu begged and said: "Jing Luo wants the heads of the soldiers and horses in my city, and I should also exchange the heads for them!" ”
"Of course! Otherwise, what are we going to do? Marching and fighting, attacking cities and plundering land, how can there be immortals! ”
Yeli Yuqi, who was originally calm, only felt a choking in his chest, and suddenly found it difficult to talk about it anymore. Originally, he wanted to negotiate the conditions with the city, but Xu Ping told him that the Song army didn't want the city, what he wanted was a head, how could he talk about it?
After pondering for a long time, Ye Li Yu begged and said: "After a long time, God has the virtue of a good life, if you can have a choice, why bother to kill more?" ”
"Blame me? Since the founding of this dynasty, you have done your best to the leaders of the party, but what do you do? Successive generations of leaders regarded the gifts of the imperial court as if they were a shoe, rebelled and impermanent, and did not live in the Song Dynasty to kill and plunder. You are going to die by yourself, and now the court has fulfilled you, you tell me not to kill more, why don't you tell Yuan Hao, a traitor! ”
"For the major affairs of the court, how can I be the master as a courtier? Now we're just talking about the city of Zoro. ”
"Okay, let's talk about Zhuoluo City. Now my army has surrounded this little city, and it will be attacked at dawn tomorrow. When the city is broken, it will inevitably burn this small city to the ground, what does the king think? ”
Ye Li Yu sneered: "Listening to the scriptures, it seems like this city is made of paper, and you will fall when you blow it." I'm not afraid of offending Jing Liu, there are nearly 10,000 elite soldiers in my city, and if we want to break the city, the Song army will also have to shed blood all over the city! ”
Xu Ping smiled slightly: "Don't be ruthless, how many lives Song Jun has paid is something I worry about, you just take care of yourself." ”
"Heaven is good-Jingluo, why do you have to fight to the death? Yes, Jingluo must break the city, as long as he is willing to let the Song army pay for his life, Zhuoluo City will definitely not be able to be saved. But why not choose the best of both worlds? ”
"It's the best of both worlds! You go back and let all the soldiers in the city surrender, and everyone won't have to die! The teachers of benevolence and righteousness in this dynasty will not be killed as long as they abandon their staffs. The soldiers I led have always been very well-behaved, and military law says that if you don't let you kill, you must not kill! ”
Yeli Yuqi finally let out a secret breath, and said busily: "If you want us to surrender, there are only a few conditions, and please fulfill it slightly." If we want to abandon the rod, we must always show some sincerity. ”
Xu Ping said: "What are the conditions, I have never been difficult to force others, and I am also very generous to people." ”
"I have already discussed with Zhuo Luo in the city and Duo Baoqing, the military envoy of the Southern Supervision Military Division, as long as Jing Luo agrees to let me take two or three hundred people from the headquarters to leave, he can surrender to the Song Dynasty and is willing to accept the quality and surrender. Since then, from Xiliang to the Yellow River, it has been under the management of Jingluo. Why not get a large piece of land without spending a single soldier? ”
Hearing this, Xu Ping couldn't help laughing: "I don't even want Lanzhou City, and I don't want this small city, what do you want people to do!" He wants to accept the quality, but I still don't accept it, do you think that the Qinzhou Naqin Institute can enter any kind of dog or cat? Go to the neighborhood to inquire, now how many people in the surrounding area are begging to send protons into the Naqin Hospital, and there are people who kneel outside the Qinzhou Yamen for three days and three nights! Accept the quality and attach, that is the reward of the imperial court, how can there be many people and how can they stretch out their hands to ask for it! I asked you to put forward conditions, saying that after surrendering, I will not abuse you here, I will not kill you casually, and I will ensure that you have food and drink. What do you want? Do you still want to leave with your headquarters? My army of tens of thousands is here in vain! This dynasty governs the country with benevolence, abandoning the rod and not killing it is enough to see the grace and righteousness, and to return to Longwang Shu, if you want to go further, there is only one dead word! Either die or be captured, now the soldiers in Zhuoluo City only have these two paths. The conditions that I can accept, including you, the Lord of Yeli, can only choose between these two paths! ”