After Jiangnan Tongguan resisted the decree and disrespected, he was also afraid that Zhao Ji would issue an order again, so he immediately ordered the Song army to encircle Muzhou, wanting to defeat Muzhou before Zhao Ji became angry. But as soon as they entered Muzhou, the Song army was stubbornly resisted by the rebels who came to protect the Holy Prince, and in order to make the soldiers work harder, Tong Guan issued a military order of "killing one person and rewarding seven silks".

Sure enough, after this military order was issued, the speed of the Western Army's advance was much faster, and it soon captured Muzhou, and the fly in the ointment was that Fang La fled back to Bangyuandong with some remnants.

Tong Guan had no choice but to lead the army to besiege Bangyuandong again.

The night was deep, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

There are only two people in the huge Chinese army's big tent, Tong Guan and his henchman Dong Yun, Tong Guan has many staff, just as his own soldiers are 20,000 people, but tonight he only recruited Dong Yun alone.

Tong Guan handed a letter to Dong Yun and said, "This is a letter sent to me by the governor of Shouzhou, take a look." ”

Dong Yun took the letter curiously, and after reading a few lines, his face changed greatly, suppressed the turbulent waves in his heart and read it, and then said, "Is this thing true?" ”

Tong Guan nodded and said, "This is the second such letter I have received, and I can't be wrong to think about it." ”

Dong Yun took a big breath for a while before he calmed down and asked, "What does the cardinal mean?" ”

Although Tong Guan looked calm and calm on his face, he also shook his head and said, "I don't know what to do, so I invited you to discuss." Tell me what to do now, it's just you and me, you just have to rest assured. ”

Dong Yun couldn't help but ponder when he heard Tong Guan say this.

The big tent suddenly fell silent, Tong Guan could even hear his heartbeat, when he received the first letter today, he was almost frightened and fell off his horse, but fortunately the soldiers next to him helped him.

Tong Guan was still holding some luck at first, but in the evening, after receiving the second letter, Tong Guan knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly invited Dong Yun to discuss.

After a while, Dong Yuncai said: "This may be an opportunity for the prime minister." ”

Tong Guan's eyes lit up and said, "What do you say?" ”

Dong Yun said: "According to their letters, Tokyo did not send out the holy decree of King Qin, nor did it break the army and flee the people, so it was captured by the Liangshan bandits, and the emperor gave them the holy decree of submission to the Great Liang." It is likely that the royal family of Tokyo City was wiped out by the Liangshan thieves, and the emperor gave the Tianxia Prefecture a holy decree to return to the Great Liang, otherwise the royal family has a chance, and the emperor may not make such a holy decree. ”

Tong Guan was puzzled: "There are many people who can write the emperor's holy decree, won't this holy decree be fake?" ”

Dong Yun shook his head and said: "If there is a royal family escaping from Tokyo, they will inevitably appear in the state capital controlled by our dynasty, and then call on the king of the world." ”

Tong Guan stared at Dong Yun and said, "Could it be that the opportunity you said means that the royal family has all fallen into the hands of thieves?" ”

Dong Yun nodded and said: "If the royal family escapes, the prime minister will have to be ordered to be the king of Qin and go north to attack Tokyo." Not to mention that the city of Tokyo is strong and difficult to attack, even if Tokyo is conquered, I am afraid that many people will jump out and accuse the cardinal minister of disrespecting the will, causing Tokyo to fall into the hands of thieves, and I am afraid that the prime minister will not be able to atone for his sins. ”

Tong Guan has actually been worried about this problem, although he was ordered to be a teacher, and he may not be able to go back before the Liangshan thieves attack the city, but he resisted, and Tokyo was captured by the thieves, which was enough for the emperor to cut off his head, and I am afraid that it is not enough to cut off his head, I am afraid that he will have to be punished by the nine clans. Although he was a eunuch, he only entered the palace in his twenties, and the Nine Clans still knew that after he became a high-ranking official, many people also became rich and noble.

Tong Guan said thoughtfully: "You mean I won't send troops to save Tokyo?" ”

Dong Yun smiled bitterly: "If the news of the loss of Tokyo reaches the ears of the soldiers of the Western Army, I am afraid that the prime minister will not be able to command them." If they ask the cardinal to honor the bounty for killing the thief, I am afraid it will not be easy to calm down. ”

Tong Guan thought that after the first two Western Army captured Muzhou, because the bounty for the siege could not be cashed in at once, it burned Muzhou, and he also shuddered. In order to capture Muzhou as soon as possible, he promised that after breaking the city, each person would be rewarded with five guan, and they only had more than 70,000 soldiers and horses along the way, and the total was only more than 300,000 guan, but he didn't expect that the money in Muzhou City had already been swept away by Fang La and others, and there was not so much cash in the army, so he wanted to postpone it for some time. Unexpectedly, the Western Army, which had already killed the red eye, immediately made a riot and burned Muzhou City to the ground.

In order to continue to arrest Fang La, Tong Guan did not dare to blame the soldiers of the Western Army who made trouble, so he could only say good words to appease.

However, the bounty for killing the thief is also a headache for Tong Guan, in order to motivate the soldiers to kill the thief, he promised to kill a person and reward seven silks, but he didn't expect to fight until now, the heads of each army have exceeded one million, most of them are Manichaeans, but there are also many ordinary people, but Tong Guan can't deny the merits of the Western Army, because many Manichaeans are hiding in ordinary villages, attacking the army, if it is not slaughtered one by one, the army can not attack the source of the cave so quickly. But after acknowledging the merits of the Western Army, he will give these rewards down, and one million heads is seven million pieces of silk, and when converted into money, it is also seven million yuan, and I am afraid that the treasury will not be able to take out such a large amount for a while.

Tong Guan said: "You mean to hide from the Western Army and continue to attack Fang La?" ”

Dong Yun nodded and said: "Tokyo was captured, the first two attacks on Liangshan, and the soldiers and horses of Gyeonggi, Jingdong, and Hebei were all transferred, plus the state capitals were leaderless and no one rescued, I am afraid that it will not take long for the state capitals of the Central Plains to fall into the hands of the Liangshan bandits." Only Jiangnan is still facing the world, and the Liangshan thieves are not able to go south for a while. After the cardinal minister led the troops to Jiangnan, he replaced many state officials in Jiangnan. Only this Fang La is good at demagoguery, and there are many Manichaean sects, if he can't kill Fang La this time and let him breathe, I'm afraid he will become a strong rival. As long as he is exterminated, the remaining Manichaeans will not have to worry, and then the entire Jiangnan will be the prime minister. ”

After Tong Guan went down to Jiangnan, he removed a group of officials appointed by Zhu Mian, originally wanting to win back the hearts of the people, lest the people become thieves and give Manichaeism a salary, but he didn't expect that now it gave him a surprise.

Tong Guan heard Dong Yun say this, and his heart was also agitated, his eyebrows fluttered for a while, and suddenly his brows were furrowed, and he said: "I have no queen, I'm afraid everyone will not accept it as an emperor." ”

Dong Yun heard Tong Guan say this, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but he didn't dare to show it, and hurriedly said: "The cardinal wants to order the states in the south of the Yangtze River, and he also needs to rely on the righteousness of the imperial court, it is best to find a Song Dynasty clan to come out and be the emperor, and the new emperor has to rely on the cardinal minister if he wants to sit on the throne." ”

(To be continued)