Chapter Ninety-Six: Running is the Best Strategy
Na Mo Yu returned with a feather and returned to Yangzhou City listlessly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Emperor Chen Ping was anxiously waiting for Mo Yu's reply in the court, worried, and when he saw him coming back with his head drooping like a frosted eggplant, he guessed that something was wrong, so he asked urgently: "Mo Aiqing, what is the result of the peace discussion?" Did Kim Jong-lei agree? ”
Mo Yu glanced at Emperor Chen Ping, and saw that he was pale and restless, and he really couldn't bear to tell the truth, but at this moment, what could he do except tell the truth? I had to kneel on the ground and tremble and replied: "Your Majesty, that Kim Jong-lei relied on his military might and bullied my weak soldiers, no matter how earnestly we are and how we give in, his tone is strong and he will never allow peace." And said... As he spoke, he glanced upwards and stopped.
When Emperor Chen Ping heard this, he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and paced up and down the golden steps like ants on a hot pot, and asked in a trembling voice, "What else do you say?" ”
Mo Yu lay on the ground and kowtowed, so he had to reply: "Jin Zhenglei also said that His Majesty must be bound to surrender, otherwise the city will be attacked tomorrow, and there will be no chickens and dogs left at that time, and the jade will be burned." ”
This sentence was like a thunderclap, which exploded the entire court. The ministers also didn't care about the court, and they all exchanged their heads and whispered.
"Alas, it's over, it seems that my Northern Chen Kingdom is finished!"
"This Kim Jong-lei is too domineering, he doesn't even give us a chance to surrender! How unreasonable! ”
"I shouldn't have cut the land to be the emperor in the first place, how should this mess end now?"
Mo Yu's words had already frightened Emperor Chen Ping's three souls into losing his seven souls, his face turned pale, and the discussion of the ministers made him even more panicked and had no idea. He could only look at his savior Shangguan Ze stupidly, and asked with a crying voice, "Master Shangguan, what should I do now?" ”
Shangguan Ze trembled forward a few steps, prostrated on the ground, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the minister has exhausted his plans now, and he has no idea. The art of war has clouds, thirty-six strategies, and running is the best. For the sake of today's plan, we can only abandon the city and move. ”
When Emperor Chen Ping heard this, his face turned red, he lowered his head and hesitated for a while, and then asked, "Transfer?" Where can it be transferred? ”
"Two hundred and fifty miles southwest of the city is the border of Chen Wei. Let's move to the Patriotic Nation! During the reign of the former emperor, he was friendly with the country, and besides, the current emperor is Kim Jong-lei's enemy. The Patriotic State will definitely be able to accommodate us! Shangguan Ze seemed to have a plan in his chest, his face did not change when he said this, his heart did not beat, and his tone was firm and unquestionable.
Emperor Chen Ping listened to Shangguan Ze's unplanned plan, and was so anxious that tears rolled in his eyes, he turned around and returned to the dragon chair where he had been sitting for half a year, rubbed the armrests of the dragon chair with both hands, and after a long time, he turned his eyes to Guo Qi, and asked as if asking for help: "Marshal Guan, what is your good plan?" ”
When he saw this, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Back to the emperor, there are still 80,000 elite soldiers in Yangzhou, and the minister is willing to lead the troops to fight to the death with Jin Zhenglei." Swear to the death to keep the emperor safe. ”
There were already ministers next to him who scoffed at his words: "Fight to the death? What a shame! If you could fight to the death, there would be no siege of the city today! ”
What kind of place is this, it is Yangzhou, but it is its territory; Besides, who is it, it is the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Northern Chen State, if it is on weekdays, who dares to be respectful when he sees him? Who would dare to have a word for him? But today, in this situation, neither the person who said it nor the person who was said had a special reaction to this sentence. Besides, when he heard this, like a deflated ball, his pride turned into a sigh, he kowtowed a few times at Emperor Chen Ping, and said in a low voice, "The minister is incompetent, so that the emperor is frightened", and then hung his head, and the atmosphere did not dare to make another sound.
Emperor Chen Ping thought that the situation was irreversible, and suddenly sat down on the dragon chair, tears raining down. At this time, he had no other way but to agree to Shangguan Ze's escape strategy, otherwise, he could only stay here and wait to be captured and punished.
That night, Emperor Chen Ping couldn't bear to take off the dragon robe that he had worn for nearly half a year, changed into a eunuch costume, packed up the gold and silver, took the queen's concubine, led Shangguan Ze and Guan Qi and 500 cronies and soldiers, took advantage of the night, secretly opened the west gate, fled from the city in a hurry, and ran towards the direction of defending the country.
The next morning, when the civil and military ministers of the Northern Chen State went to court, they found that the emperor had run away, and they panicked, and as soon as everyone discussed, they elected Mo Yu, who had dealt with Jin Zhenglei, as the envoy of surrender, and went to Chen Ying to contact Jin Zhenglei about entering the city; He also elected the minister with the highest rank among the existing officials, Laurou, as the minister of surrender, and led hundreds of civil and military officials to open the city gates and kneel on both sides of the road to welcome Kim Jong-lei's army into the city.
Song Qi was surprised to find that Mo Yu was talking and laughing at this time, his mouth was like a river, and his tongue was full of lotus flowers. It seems that this Mo Yu is suitable to be a surrender envoy, not a lobbyist for the Confucianism of the tongue war, and even more unsuitable for the envoy of the tongue war generals. After all, it is much easier to betray the interests of a state than to fight for the interests of a state.
After Kim Jong-lei led the army into the city, he sat proudly on the dragon chair of the emperor of Bei Chen, and his deep eyes were as awe-inspiring as arrows, shooting at those subordinates who were greedy for life and afraid of death and crawling down to the dust.
It's really a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Song Qi glanced at the audience with disdain, and then glanced at Kim Jong-lei, who was high above like a god. He didn't know how Kim Jong-lei would send down this group of subordinates.
I saw Jin Zhenglei squinting his eyes and scanning the audience, and suddenly snorted in his nose and asked contemptuously: "What about Chen Qushan?" Why don't you arrest him and sacrifice him to Ben Shuai? ”
"Generalissimo! We went to court in the morning, only to find out that the emperor, no, it was Chen who had already run away! We don't know where he went! Laurous, the Minister of Surrender Chief, replied tremblingly.
When Kim Zhenglei heard this, he stroked his beard and muttered, his eyes stared at Laolu, and his face was sweating, like a thorn in his back, and he hung his head silently.
At this time, the strategist Cen Ying stepped forward slowly, arched his hand to Jin Zhenglei and said: "Three hundred miles west of Yangzhou City is the Chen-Chu border, and two hundred and fifty miles to the southwest is the Chen-Wei border. After Chen went out of the city in the mountains, he either fled to the state of Chu or fled to the kingdom of Wei! ”
Hearing this, Kim Zhenglei nodded silently, sat up straight again, and motioned for Cen Ying to continue.
Cen Ying continued: "If Chen goes to the mountains and flees to the state of Chu, it will be a trouble for us; If he flees to defend the country, which is just right, we will take advantage of the situation to attack the country. ”
Hearing "take advantage of the situation to attack the country", Kim Jong-lei laughed and nodded approvingly to Cen Ying. Immediately picked up an arrow and said loudly: "General Qiu Gang, I order you to take 10,000 soldiers and horses, go out of the West Gate, travel day and night, gallop to the border of Chen and Chu, and strictly prevent Chen from escaping into the Chu State!" Qiu Gang agreed, received the arrow, and strode out of the main hall.
Jin Zhenglei picked up another arrow and said: "General Kim Jae-dao, I order you to take 10,000 soldiers and horses out of the south gate to chase Chen to the mountain, once you find him into the defense of the country, you will serve as the vanguard officer of the defense of the country, and attack the defense of the country by the way!" ”
Kim Jae-do-rang answered the arrow. Now he is angry, he participated in the ambush battle to defeat Guo Qi outside Yangzhou City, killed Bohu with his own hands, and won the great battle exploits, and washed away the previous shame, and now the marshal wants him to be the vanguard, and he is so reused so much, the beauty in his heart is even light and fluttering.
Kim Jae-do led his troops out of the south gate, day and night, and chased after him quickly, chasing out for nearly 150 miles. Suddenly, a spy came to report: "General Jin, I found a group of men and horses thirty miles ahead, about five or six hundred people, Chen Qushan should be hiding inside!" They are moving southwest. ”
Jin smiled slightly after hearing this, and ordered the spies to explore again.
At this time, Kim Jae-do only wanted to find out Chen Qushan's movements, and was not in a hurry to arrest Chen Qushan. From Marshal Kim's order, Kim Jae-do could hear that Marshal Kim did not want to arrest Chen Qushan in the territory of Chen State, and if Chen Qushan was caught in Chen State, there would be no reason to fight against Wei Guo. Kim Jae-do has followed Kim Jong-lei for more than ten years, how can he not understand his heart, and his ultimate goal is to attack the country and take revenge. Now Chen Qushan is fleeing to defend the country step by step.
Jin Zaidao was overjoyed in his heart, and he said in his heart: "It seems that the marshal's revenge is about to begin, and I will make contributions again... ”