As soon as Yang Mingyue's words fell, Ao Yuntian yelled: "Old fellow, do you know what you're talking about? What is appeasement? ”

"The meaning of appeasement is to surrender and allow the thieves to surrender to the empire!"

Yang Mingyue said without showing weakness: "There are powerful thief armies in the south, north and west, Wang Xu, Hu Ling, and Zhu Huan have millions of anti-king troops, and it is not easy to exterminate them in a short period of time, so we must first stabilize our own strength, and surrender all the anti-thieves in Wu County, Dong County, Bao'an County, and the imperial capital. ”

For this kind of remarks, the emperor would never agree with it in the past, but at this moment, he was persuaded by Yang Mingyue, and regretted it very much, he shouldn't have been so stubborn at the beginning, if he agreed to Lu Yang's surrender, I'm afraid it would be a different situation now.

At this moment, there was a loud discussion in the Golden Palace, some opposed, some supported, and almost quarreled.

"If it doesn't work, these thieves will corrupt the Gangchang **, and bring disaster to the country and the people..."

"That is, if you are a thief for one day, you will be a thief for life, and you will die innocently, and the court will not be able to suppress it, how can you still appease it! To appease is to admit defeat to the thieves! ”

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Yang Mingyue's face was slightly gloomy, and he said loudly: "It is precisely because I can't suppress it that I want to be appeased. ”

Aoyun Tian said: "No, placation is equivalent to raising a tiger, if it goes on like this, my empire will be ruined!" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister asks for battle, leads the troops to attack, and the minister promises to eliminate the three kings within two years! In addition to this major trouble. At the end, the Emperor of the Aoyun Heavenly Dynasty knelt down.

The emperor smiled lightly: "Old general, get up, although you are full of confidence." I am afraid that my heart is more than enough but my strength is insufficient, how can the three kings be so easy to destroy; In the past, the old general Yu Yuan led 500,000 elite soldiers to the west, didn't he also lose his troops and return back, and the thief army was not strong at that time. But now... ”

The emperor didn't say any more, but everyone in the hall knew.

Hu Ling can be said to be the most powerful among the three kings, with millions of soldiers and thousands of generals. Food is even more inexhaustible, and at any time, they are trying to capture Wu County in the east.

Next is Wang Xu, although the strength is not as good as Hu Ling, but he has recruited the people of the snow region, there are countless cavalry, and the overall strength is about 500,000, all of which are elite soldiers who have been fighting all year round, and they should not be underestimated.

The last Zhu Huan, originally a marquis of Languan. Now occupies Beijun, with more than 300,000 mercenaries, and Wang Xu and Hu Ling; If you want to really fight, the battle between the imperial court and the three kings may not necessarily have the upper hand.

Yang Mingyue came out and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has decided that now we must not only appease the thieves from all over the country, but also send troops to garrison Wu County, otherwise within a few months, Hu Ling will definitely advance eastward." At that time, Wu County will be in danger. ”

As soon as Yang Mingyue said this, the emperor also reacted, and immediately broke off and said, "There is no need to discuss this matter anymore." According to what the prime minister said, change the thief to appease! Declare a decree to all the anti-kings of the world, that they should submit to the court. ”

"Wu County, Bao'an County, Dong County, and the imperial capital dare to disobey the order, and exterminate them on the spot. Spread the edict to Yu Yuan, and the whole army of 200,000 was stationed at the border of Wu County to prevent Hu Ling from attacking! ”

After the emperor finished speaking, all the ministers bowed down, and Ao Yuntian hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and accepted this reality.

Today's imperial court can no longer be the same as before, the national prestige and army are mourning, and it is not easy to keep the remaining one-third of land, and it is difficult to completely eliminate the anti-king. That's what many people in the DPRK and China think; However, Ao Yuntian still has a small number of generals who strongly advocate going on the expedition, including Yu Yuan, he also wants to be ashamed, but now, the emperor does not agree, so he can't help it.

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Half a month later, the Western Capital.

After receiving the imperial court's decree to appease him, Wang Xu laughed happily, and he immediately convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the affairs of the Chengqian Palace.

When everyone arrived, Wang Xu took the holy decree of the imperial court from Xiangyue's hand, opened it and said: "This is the holy decree of the imperial court this morning, let me tell you what he means." ”

"Emperor Lao'er said, title me as, King Pingxi, still retain the title of King Wen, hereditary replacement, and guard the three counties in the west. Moreover, I still have reliable information, and the imperial court also issued a holy decree to Hu Ling and Zhu Huan, respectively, to make them the king of Zhennan and the king of sweeping the north. ”

Wang Xu laughed and said, "Do you know what this means? ”

Han Shushu said: "This means that the imperial court is beginning to be afraid, and finally bows to us, I expect that in a few years, or even ten years, it will not be easy to use troops like us, we can develop internal affairs with peace of mind, and when the time is ripe, we will fight to the death with the imperial court!" ”

Wang Xu laughed and said: "Yes, the court began to squeeze our eyebrows and appease us, and the king promised him, but he would not go to the court, see the fight, be not subject to any dispatch, and not hand over any money and food." ”

Jia Hui said: "My lord, you still have one less word, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are not allowed to come to the Western Capital to station, otherwise it will be a declaration of war and will fight to the end." ”

"Yes, that's exactly what it means." Wang Xu said with a smile.

In fact, it is to accept the reward of the imperial court in exchange for a short period of peace, which is a great joy for the imperial court and Wang Xu and even the three kings, and they can develop with peace of mind without worrying about being attacked by the other party.

Of course, it's okay to fight at any time, Wang Xu is originally a thief, and he won't take this decree of appeasement seriously at all.

And the emperor of the imperial capital is the same, if he is to crusade against the three kings, it is the same, just give an order to let the three kings enter Beijing, if the three kings do not obey the order, it is a rebellion, you can send troops, right, right!

"One more thing to tell you." Wang Xu looked at the people in the hall with a smile and said, "This king has decided to give you a boost." ”

When Wang Xu's words fell, everyone was happy, and they couldn't close their mouths with laughter; They have been waiting for this sentence for a long time, just like Zhang Meng, who has outstanding achievements and a high position, but what is left except for the set of mansions assigned by the work department? If you want money, you don't have money, you don't have a home, in short, there's nothing.

Other generals are the same, they have fought the battlefield for so long, and they can't even marry a daughter-in-law, just like Min Ling, who is poor and has nothing, and usually even eats in the barracks, and does not go back to his own house to eat, where is this like a legitimate general who leads an army alone.

Wang Xu also heard about this, so he made up his mind, anyway, he has a lot of silver, so it is better to send it out, good brother, be angry, people help you fight the world, you deserve to be rewarded, only with money, officials can marry wives, have children, live a good life, and concentrate on doing things.

However, what Wang Xu thought was that he couldn't give too much, otherwise, if the world was really pacified in the future, who could resist the annual consumption of money and food, and it would not be able to come down again at that time. (To be continued.) )