In Weisheng City, in the Great Hall of the Jin Kingdom, hundreds of civil and military officials are still gathered.

They are all waiting for Fang Xuedu to come back, if they still have a trace of confidence when Xiangyuan City is broken, then after Bian Xiang's 30,000 soldiers and horses were defeated by Daliang's 10,000 soldiers and horses, their last trace of confidence is gone.

Bian Xiang's former army was defeated, and the soldiers and horses of Daliang did not kill or injure too many people, but there were only 1,000 soldiers who fled back to the city. Visiting the Malay newspaper, the mountains outside the city are full of routs, but there are very few who are willing to return to the city. The soldiers all knew that Weisheng was not guaranteed, and how could these generals not know.

Tian Hu didn't want these officials to disperse, because he was afraid that these officials would plan a rebellion when they went out, and he was more at ease to stay in the main hall.

At noon, Tian Hu generously gave a banquet in the palace, so that hundreds of officials could enjoy the state banquet of the Jin Kingdom, and I don't know how many people slandered that this was the last state banquet of the Jin Kingdom.

After the state banquet was over, everyone returned to the main hall.

Nominally, it was to discuss military affairs, but everyone was waiting for news from Fang Xuedu.

Finally, the guards outside the hall reported that Fang Xuedu was back, and Tian Hu on the throne immediately couldn't wait: "Announce him to enter the palace." ”

The civil and military officials also looked at the door of the main hall, trying to see whether the news was good or bad from Fang Xuedu's face.

Fang Xuedu entered the main hall with a trace of indignation on his face, which made everyone's hearts sink in.

"Meet the King."

Tian Hu was not in the mood to say more, and said directly: "What did Prince Liang say?" ”

Fang Xuedu said indignantly: "Prince Daliang didn't take us seriously at all, and he had no intention of making peace with us at all. ”

Although everyone in the hall had seen from Fang Xuedu's face that it was not good news, they couldn't help but feel a little black in front of them when they heard Fang Xuedu say this.

The entire hall seemed to be filled with an air of despair.

Tian Hu frowned and said, "He didn't say anything?" ”

Fang Xuedu said: "He said it, but we absolutely can't agree to his conditions." He said that the great king and the second king endangered one side and killed without mercy. As long as the rest of the people surrender before the city is broken, and those who have the talent continue to be appointed, the heinous capital crimes can be avoided, and the living crimes cannot be escaped. All the soldiers and horses in Hedong were disarmed and returned to the field. ”

Fang Xuedu finished speaking. It can be felt that many of the civil and military officials behind him are relieved, and the depressing atmosphere in the hall has eased a little.

Tian Hu on the throne gritted his teeth and said: "Chao Yong is a yellow-mouthed child, and he deceives people too much. ”

He originally thought that Da Liang would leave him a small city to house them, and no matter how bad it was, he would give him a knighthood to let him spend the rest of his life in secret, just like Zhao Ji in the Song Dynasty. It's not that he can't think about it, but he didn't expect Chao Yong to leave him a way to live at all.

Don't say that he still has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands now, even if he is a loner, he will not be tied.

The second king, Tian Leopard, also jumped out and said, "I said before that I couldn't negotiate peace with them, but Fang Xuedu took his own humiliation with his brother. ”

said. He looked at Fang Xuedu with a fierce light and said: "King, the top priority is to let the soldiers in the city fight the enemy wholeheartedly, we still have 70,000 soldiers and horses in the city, Wuxiang County in the east, and 60,000 soldiers and horses in Mianshang and Qinyuan County in the west. If you transfer them all, you will definitely be able to besiege Chao Yong'er under the city. Fang Xuedu's family tried their best to sue for peace, so that the king was humiliated, and the ministers asked to behead this guy to show the public. It also puts an end to the desire of the soldiers in the city to seek peace. ”

Tian Hu raised a lot of soldiers and horses in Weisheng, and he was afraid that Daliang would win other counties, so he didn't gather all the soldiers and horses.

When Fang Xuedu heard this, he knelt down and said, "King Mingjian." The villain just wants to protect my Jin Guozuo, and he never thought of taking refuge in Liang Guo. If the soldiers of the Liang State come to attack the city, the villain is willing to lead the troops to defend the city, if it is a step back. And the king slew me. ”

Tian Hu glanced at Fang Xuedu, then looked at the people in the hall, and pondered for a while. Cai said: "You also heard it just now, Chao Yong's yellow-mouthed child not only does not spare our brother. He will not spare the most heinous people, and this king will be wounded and stained with blood, and your hands will not be clean. When you go to attack him, you stick your neck under his butcher's knife. ”

Many people in the hall are reckless in the three mountains and five mountains, and there are not a few who kill innocents indiscriminately. They are all outlaws, and naturally they are not willing to be tied up and slaughtered.

However, most people are unmoved, and in their opinion, although they have many mistakes, they are not to the point of heinousness. Moreover, the prince of Daliang has promised to be exempted from the death penalty, and the most left is assassination, which is better than losing his life in the Weisheng army.

Tian Hu saw that a familiar light flashed in the eyes of many people, and he was also very satisfied, and said with a smile: "I will transfer the soldiers and horses of Wuxiang, Mianshang, and Qinyuan, and the soldiers and horses of Wuxiang can arrive in one day, and Mianshang and Qinyuan will only take two days." As long as we hold on for two days, we can attack inside and outside and break the soldiers and horses of the Liang country. When Chao Yong is caught, we will talk to Chao Gai Lao'er. ”

Fang Xuedu, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately echoed: "The king uses soldiers like a god, and he negotiated peace before, is it to show the enemy weakness and paralyze Chao Yong?" ”

Tian Hu naturally didn't want to admit that he was timid before, and when he looked at the house and gave him a degree of study, he also nodded and said: "Exactly, it's hard work, the bounty is one hundred taels, get up." ”

Fang Xuedu hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Thank you for the reward." ”

Tian Hu said to everyone again: "We want to hold on to the Weisheng Army for two days, what do you suggest?" ”

Fang Xuedu had just escaped with his life, and he didn't dare to say much, so he retreated to his position, observing the people in the hall, and also thinking about who to woo.

Tian Biao said: "Since the king has decided to hold on to help, we will divide the soldiers and horses into two groups and guard them day and night to prevent the soldiers and horses of the Liang State from sneaking up." ”

Shangshu Li Tianxi said: "At least three times, we must leave a team of soldiers and horses as a reserve army in case of emergencies." ”

The Tian Hu brothers are all from grass and are brave, but they don't know the art of war, and Li Tianxi, who is still a scholar, was born in the official army and has also read some military books.

Tian Hu listened, nodded and said: "What Shangshu said is reasonable, there are 70,000 people in the city, so it will be divided into three groups." For every 20,000 people, 5,000 people at one side of the city gate, they can also prevent the soldiers and horses of the Liang State. ”

The people in the main hall really wanted to tell Tian Hu that every 20,000 people were allocated, and the third batch was 60,000 people. But no one dared to remind Tian Hu, because Tian Hu, who didn't read much, became the king, and the most taboo thing was for others to say that he was ignorant.

Everyone discussed for a while, and Tian Hu said: "Everyone go and recuperate, kill the soldiers and horses of the Liang State, and the widows will be rewarded." Tian Biao and Fan Quan came with the widow. ”

After saying that, he got up and walked to the back.

A group of civil and military officials hurriedly bent down and shouted: "Congratulations to the king." ”

The two kings Tian Biao and Fan Quan, the national ruler, who were called, trotted out from the main hall to chase Tian Hu.

Out of the main hall, Tian Hu also stopped, waiting for the two to catch up.

"How many people do you think we can trust?"

Tian Biao thought for a while and said, "Many people in the city were frightened by the soldiers and horses of the Liang State, and I am afraid that the one who can be trusted is the one who started the army with us in the first place." They killed the most people, and when they went to Daliang, it is estimated that they will shed their skin if they don't die. They probably won't think about surrendering. ”

Fan Quan said: "What the two kings said is that there are not many people who can be trusted. ”

Tian Hu sighed, nodded and said, "The widow also thinks the same, you should keep an eye on it in the past two days." Tian Biao, you are in charge of the south gate and the west gate, and Guozhang is in charge of the north gate and the east gate, hold on for two days, and when the reinforcements arrive, they will settle down. ”

The two of them heard that Tian Hu handed over the heavy responsibility to them, and hurriedly said words of gratitude.

Tian Hu told the two of them again, and then let the two go out.

And Tian Hu came to the harem, although the founding of the country has only been half a year, but his harem has collected hundreds of beauties, and many have not had time to enjoy them.

However, Tian Hu was not in the mood to bother to reclaim the wasteland, but came to the harem to find Fan Quan's daughter.

Fan Guifei is twenty-eight years old, and she looks like a country, so she can be said to be the only favorite harem.

When Concubine Fan saw Tian Hu coming, she immediately served diligently, and at the moment of beauty, Tian Hu forgot about state affairs, and soon set off a war in the harem.

While Tian Hu was enjoying himself in the harem, there was an undercurrent surging in the city.

The soldiers and horses of Daliang shot bows and arrows with documents into the city, and everyone knew that Daliang just did not pardon the Tian Hu brothers, and the soldiers in the city could be pardoned as long as they surrendered.

Although Tian Hu's henchmen immediately sent people to search for the documents after seeing the first document, but the Chinese books that Daliang continued to shoot into the city, and the Hedong soldiers who had lost much of their fighting spirit opened the documents one after another, and even those who were illiterate hid the documents, wanting to find literate people to read after returning to the camp.

The civil and military officials who are qualified to go to the temple have already learned the news from the main hall, so naturally they don't need to read these documents. But the vast majority of the soldiers and the few people in the city did not know the news, but before dark, the whole city knew the news.

In the Weisheng army, there were many soldiers and few people, and the Weisheng army was originally not a big city, Tian Hu built a palace, and the large and small yamen occupied half of the city. Then they raised 100,000 soldiers and horses to guard Weisheng, and the people in the city, who were already small, were all moved to Wuxiang, Mianshang, and Qinyuan counties. It can be said that Wasion is completely a large barracks, and there are only merchants and big households left in the city, and the merchants want to let the soldiers in the city buy food and drink, and the big ones are Tian Hu who is afraid that they will escape.

In the past, when Tianhu was in rebellion, he encountered large households, and all of them were looted, but after raising the flag and rebelling, he changed his previous style. In the past, it was a focus on looting, but after the rebellion, it was a focus on protecting the big households, and of course the big households had to pay taxes to feed them.

As long as Tian Hu is short of money, he will send people to collect taxes, there is no fixed time, there is no fixed tax amount, and they are completely raised as hens that can lay golden eggs. If they want to survive, they can only keep making money, and try not to let Tian Hu empty their family funds, otherwise they will not be able to pay taxes, and no one knows how Tian Hu will deal with them. (To be continued......)