The sincerity of the Mongols was to put an inconsequential scholar.

The scholar was let go of the river in a daze, and then as if in a dream, he arrived at the city and was hung on the city wall by the Ming army.

That's when he came to his senses and was saved.

But he also remembered his mission.

"General, let their people go."

This scholar didn't know Yang Chao, so he casually called the general, not at Yang Chao, but at all the soldiers.

Yang Chao came over and asked, "Who to put it?" ”

The scholar said: "What kind of shellfish of theirs said that they were arrested by you." If you let people go, they will let go of the tall man! ”

Yang Chao said noncommittally: "What else? ”

The scholar said: "Also, if you release people, they won't attack the city." ”

Yang Chao was a little regretful: "I'm sorry, the person is not in our hands, and he has been sent back to Huai'an." ”

The scholar looked at Yang Chao suspiciously, and suddenly became a little annoyed: "Piff, you can't save you when you see death!" ”

As soon as he finished scolding, he suddenly saw Zhang Dian and Li Liang and several other personal soldiers surrounding him, and his eyes were not good.

The scholar suddenly restrained his arrogance and hummed in a low voice: "I want to see the history of the Song Dynasty, I want to see the history of the Song Dynasty." ”

As he spoke, he slipped away from the soldier and walked briskly down the wall.

A quarter of an hour later, Song Lian walked up to the city and hurriedly found Yang Chao.

Song Lian asked, "General Yang, did you really capture the Tartar Beizi?" ”

Yang Chao sighed: "It seems to have been caught, but the person sent it to Huai'an." ”

Song Lian was also suspicious, and then he lay on the battlement with concern and looked at his past colleagues by the river.

Guard, master, master, he saw familiar faces, and finally his eyes fell on the figure in the middle with a sad face and a lost soul kneeling by the river. That is Gao Liangming, the governor of Haizhou.

Seeing Gao Liangming's appearance, Song Lian was angry and angry, and at the same time full of unbearable.

Take a deep breath. Turning to Yang Chao, he said, "General Yang, if you really catch their people in your hands, let them go." Just because I owe you a favor! ”

Song Lian lowered his head. It's already a pleading.

Yang Chao was very depressed, Song Lian, like the scholar just now, believed that Yang Chao had captured the captive soldier's Beizi.

Of course, he had a reason to believe it, because the scholar came back from the captive army, and the captive soldier had no reason to frame Yang Chao, and Yang Chao had been talking to the captive soldier for so long, if there was no one in his hand, why should he talk about it.

Yang Chao knew that he couldn't convince Song Lian if he said that he was delaying time. In order to save Zhizhou, he selectively believed that Yang Chao had a hostage in his hands.

So Yang Chao said in another way: "Lord Song, if the imperial court knows about the news that we have exchanged hostages and negotiated peace with the captives, I don't know what will happen to the emperor?" ”

Song Lian was suddenly stunned.

Yes, Chen Xinjia made peace, I heard that he was still under the secret order of Emperor Chongzhen, and in the end, after the matter was exposed, he was still killed by the emperor, if they exchanged hostages with the captives here. The results weren't much better.

But he really couldn't bear to see Gao Liangming killed by the captives because of this.

Song Lian said: "The Tartars also said that as long as they let their shells go." I won't attack Haizhou City. ”

Yang Chao said again: "I heard that they also asked for a huge amount of silver taels!" ”

Song Lian said: "Haizhou is rich and there are many salt merchants, but the money is still scraped together, and it is not worth mentioning." ”

Yang Chao's heart has a little less favorable impression of Song Lian that he has built up in the past two days, because Song Lian's tone is obviously planning to take the salt merchants in the city, whether it is blackmail, or raiding the house, he must use illegal means, and the purpose is to save the Zhizhou who abandoned the city and fled.

In Song Lian's eyes. Zhizhou is the one who goes all the way with him, as for Yang Chao and those salt merchants. It's just an inferior person.

Yang Chao sneered: "Lord Song, negotiate peace before the battle." Do you think the law of the country can tolerate it, and the emperor can tolerate it? ”

The law of the country and the emperor were still very important in the hearts of these literati.

Song Lian was stunned, and finally insisted: "Just for the sake of the 100,000 people in Haizhou, I will bear this responsibility!" ”

Song Lian found a reason for himself, for the sake of the people, well, this weight is theoretically heavier than the emperor, the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light.

But only when they find a reason, they will think of Mencius's words, usually in their eyes, I am afraid that only the emperor, because the emperor can give them power.

It's just ironic that Song Lian kept saying that he was for the people, but in the end he wanted to loot the people's wealth and hand it over to the enemy.

It's not Song Lian alone, it's the entire Ming civil official group, which is already institutionalized and theorized hypocrisy.

While the two were talking, the captive cut off another person's head, and Song Lian suddenly felt heartache.

I was already impatient with Yang Chao: "Are you going to let people go?" ”

Yang Chao continued to ask: "What if I release the prisoners and refuse to retreat?" ”

Song Lian snorted: "At that time, your own official will be responsible!" ”

Yang Chao said: "I'm afraid you can't afford to pay this responsibility." ”

Song Lian suddenly pointed at Yang Chao angrily, he didn't expect Yang Chao to give him so face, although Yang Chao has never been as respectful to them as the military attache of the Haizhou Guard, but he has not been so disrespectful.

But Song Lian really couldn't do anything about Yang Chao, so he withdrew his fingers, gritted his teeth and said, "How can you be willing to release people?" ”

Yang Chao was also depressed in his heart, knowing that discord with Song Lian at this time would not be beneficial to defending the city.

So he said with a reason: "The captives can really retreat, if Lord Song is really willing to be responsible, it doesn't matter if I release them." But the Tartars are cunning and not to be gullible! I have to see the Tartars retreat before they are released. ”

Song Lian snorted: "How is this possible?" ”

Yang Chao said: "I didn't let them all retreat, I just withdrew the siege first, to show integrity!" ”

Song Lian pondered for a moment, and said hatefully: "Since Lord Yang needs integrity, then I will let the captives give you integrity." ”

After speaking, he suddenly said to the scholar just now: "Brother Jiwen, I bother you to go back and tell the Tartars to let them withdraw their troops." ”

The scholar's face suddenly changed: "Lord Song, you must not, if we don't release people first, the Tartars will not withdraw their troops." ”

Song Lian said: "Brother Jiwen, don't worry, you go back and tell the Tartars, we can give them 100,000 taels of silver first, and then they are withdrawing their troops." ”

The scholar said: "We can shout, give them 100,000 taels of silver, they will definitely be willing to withdraw the troops first, I don't have to go back." ”

Song Lian said: "Where do you have to go back, we have to show integrity first, otherwise the captives won't believe it." ”

The scholar's face was already pale, and he begged: "I can't go back, they will kill me, they will kill me." ”

The scholar finally escaped, like a person who was about to die, and suddenly survived, but let him die again, he would be more afraid than the first time.

Song Lian said coldly: "You have to go back, otherwise the captives won't believe it, and you can go back to keep Master Gao." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the scholar's reaction, he immediately ordered: "Come on, send him down!" ”

The scholar immediately knelt down and hugged Song Lian's legs: "Please, Lord Song, I can't go back." Lord Song, you forgot that I gave you a painting of Dong Qichang a few days ago, as well as the 1,000 taels of silver from years ago! ”

Song Lian's face was already dark, but Yang Chao's soldiers did not move, he immediately looked for the people next to him: "Don't do it yet!" ”

Yang Chao's soldiers didn't take Song Lian's orders seriously, but those people didn't dare not listen to the words of the classics, so they immediately took action, stuffed the crying scholar who was humanoid and couldn't stand up with weak legs into a hanging basket and pushed down the city wall.

Then Song Lian was about to go down to the city, but Yang Chao smiled and said: "Lord Song, in fact, you can show your integrity even more!" ”

Song Lian snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves and left.

The scholar who was sent off the city wall collapsed on the ground, lying on the city wall and crying, and was finally captured by a captive on horseback.

I don't know if it worked, the captives stopped killing.

"My lord, does Lord Song really want to give the Tartars 100,000 taels of silver?"

Li Wuliu couldn't understand Song Lian's approach.

Yang Chao smiled bitterly: "Then what else, he went down to raise money." ”

Li Wuliu sighed: "If you give me 100,000 taels of silver, I will go down to help them snatch Nazhizhou back." ”

The other soldiers coaxed: "Then you go!" ”

Turge's face was cold, he didn't expect the Ming army to offer a sum of money to give them a sum of money and let them withdraw first.

This made Turg have to reluctantly agree.

Because of the hook of 100,000 taels of silver, not to mention the Mongols, even his cronies with white flags are also inclined to withdraw with money.

The promise of 100,000 taels of silver made Turg unable to mobilize his morale for a while.

In front of Turg was a scholar who was limp on the ground.

Turg said coldly to the scholar: "Give you an hour, if you don't send the money down after an hour, I will kill you first." ”

Seeing Turge's eyes, the scholar shuddered, but he didn't even dare to say a word.

It didn't take an hour, half an hour later, Yang Chao saw Song Lian with the officials, carrying boxes and stepping onto the city wall.

It seems that Haizhou is really rich, 100,000 taels of silver, and Song Lian raised it in less than half an hour.

But do you really want to give this money to the captives?

Yang Chao was very unwilling.

Try your best to persuade: "Lord Song, I really don't have anyone in my hands, even if you send the money down, the captives will not return if they don't get anyone." And even if there were people, I was sure that the captives would not retreat. ”

Song Lian snorted coldly, ignored Yang Chao, and just asked people to put the silver into the hanging basket.

Yang Chao shook his head, ignored Song Lian, and directly ordered Li Wuliu: "Open fire!" ”

In fact, the artillery in the city has long been aimed, but the captives do not attack the city, and Yang Chao can't provoke them, and time is in his favor.

As soon as the cannon was fired, it was equivalent to sending a signal to the captives: Lao Tzu didn't want to talk at all, Lao Tzu just wanted to fight.

As soon as the cannon was fired, the negotiations broke down, and if a few people could not be killed, it would allow the captives to attack the city again.

Song Lian also understood this truth, and was stunned: "You, you dare!" ”

But as soon as his words fell, Li Wuliu's cannon had already sounded, and it was in the middle of the barracks!

This cannon means that this farce of negotiations is over. (To be continued).