Chapter 40 Bloodless Soldiers
Luo Shixin waited for a long time, and was a little impatient, and was about to urge, but saw that the suspension bridge was slowly falling.
Shuo Fang's heavy red door slowly opened.
"This ......" Luo Shixin was a little dumbfounded, and thought: "Wouldn't this Liang Shi be a big brain, and want to go out of the city to meet me face-to-face?" If he really has the guts, will I pierce this shot, or not? ”
At this moment, a pair of hands walked out holding a tray with a black object stored on the tray, and with Luo Shixin's eyesight, it was not difficult to see that it was a human head.
Don't???
A thought came to Roth's faith and he looked up. Sure enough, the Liang Guojing flag on the city wall has been unloaded, and a white flag has been hung from the city tower.
The white flag of this era does not mean surrender, nor does it exist to say that the flag is hung up. But back in ancient times, there was an unwritten custom of regulation. In order to show the sincerity of the negotiations to the other side, the two sides of the battle usually use white as a symbol, so a habit has gradually formed: the white flag indicates a request for a truce negotiation. When one of the belligerents draws a white flag, the other side knows what it means and orders are given to stop any offensive action. The side holding the white flag should send an envoy, trumpeter, flag bearer and interpreter to the other side's barracks to explain the negotiations and express their intentions. No harm shall be done to the Emissary from the time the White Flag is displayed until the time necessary to return to his side. This is also the agreement that "when the two armies are at war, they will not be killed".
Of course, whether to kill or not depends on the will of the other party, and in history, it pretended to send envoys to negotiate. However, there are not a few who attack suddenly from behind, or promise to negotiate with the envoys, and then break the treaty and launch an attack. But the party that took the lead in raising the flag. But there is no doubt that it has the meaning of showing goodwill.
Luo Shixin put the whole army on guard, not slackening in the current situation, but he did not refuse the other party's action, wanting to confirm what kind of medicine the other party was selling in this gourd.
The general who came up was a sturdy northland man, who looked majestic and mighty, and had the demeanor of a steppe man, and came to the front step by step. When he was still fifty meters away from Luo Shixin, he stopped, knelt down on one knee and bowed: "The last general, Xin Fang'er." was persuaded by Governor Xia Shi Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan to change their past mistakes and secretly vote for my Tang Dynasty. Today coincides with the great general Shenwei breaking the army and luring Liang Shidu out of the palace. We'll get our chance. Capture and kill the leader of the rebels, Liang Shidu. Liang Luoren, the general of Liang Guo, was unwilling to be in the same stream as Liang Shidu, and was willing to offer Shuo Fang, hoping that the general would be able to be dismissed lightly. ”
The so-called Xiazhou is also Shuofang, Li Tang changed the two-level system of counties and counties to the two-level system of prefectures and counties, abolished the title of Shuofang County in the Sui Dynasty, and changed it to Xiazhou. Changshi Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan are the two talents that Li Shimin and Ted dispatched to pay Liang Shidu. One of them was responsible for dividing the Liang Kingdom, and the other was responsible for using force and destroying the fields. Cut off the prospect of Shuofang.
This is all a confidential matter, and Luo Shixin is the governor of Gyeongju. Know a little about it.
This Xin Fang'er was able to hand over the names of Liu Min and Liu Lan without saying a word, and said that their identities should be true.
Luo Shixin asked Xin Fang'er to get up and stepped forward to speak.
Xin Fang'er came closer, Luo Shixin looked at the head with blood still hot, and couldn't be sure if it was Liang Shidu. After all, he hadn't even seen Master Liang. glanced at Xi Jun behind him, and asked him to step forward to confirm the identity of the head.
Xi Junmai's eyes were already staring at the head that had appeared thousands of times in his dreams, swallowed nervously, and slowly walked forward with complicated feelings.
Seeing that the head of the enemy who dreamed of tearing him to pieces was in front of him, the tears in Xi Junmai's eyes couldn't help but roll down, "It's this old thief, even if he turns to ashes, I won't mistake him." ”
"What the hell is going on here?" Luo Shixin finally determined that what happened in front of him was real, and it was not a conspiracy. But he called Liang Shidu to come out, purely to disgust him, when this crowd ridiculed him and counted him, he told him that Xiazhou Shuofang was the back garden of their Tang Dynasty, and he could come and go as soon as he wanted, so that he would be more obedient and interesting in the future. Seeing that the troops who came back from his hunting should honestly give way and honestly retreat. Of course, behind this purely behind the scenes, there is still some strategic significance. He could see that the Shuo soldiers had no fighting spirit and were pitifully demoralized. The only explanation is that Datang's conspiracy has achieved good results. His ridicule can make the Liang division lose face, and make the Shuofang army realize that their so-called Emperor Liang is nothing, just a waste material that everyone can bully.
In this way, the military spirit that was already unstable was even worse, and the Liang division, who was already unpopular, was even more unhappy.
The life of this enemy is not good, and his life is better.
For the enemy, Luo Shixin has always been a choice, falling into the well and beating the water dogs.
is such a simple reason, why did it inexplicably appear that Liang Shi was killed, and Liang Luoren surrendered the city?
Listening to Xin Fang'er's details, Luo Shixin understood.
It turned out that Li Shimin had always had the idea of fighting without blood, but because Liang Shidu was too obsessed with power, he was reluctant to let go of the "status above ten million people" of the Great Liang Emperor in his hand, and refused Li Shimin's proposal many times. Li Shimin also let Changshi Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan open a series of conspiracies. Because Li Tang's moves were too sharp, there was no way for Shuo Fang to deal with them. can only be passively attacked, passively resisted. After more than a year of breathing, I can't hold on anymore. The grain and grass economy has all appeared in the problem, and there are still suspicions and mutual speculation internally.
Even short-sighted people realize that they can't breathe anymore if they continue like this, and almost no one is optimistic about Liang Shidu's future.
The so-called departure and choice of wood and rest refers to this time.
Li Zhengbao, Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong, and several generals under Liang Shidu changed their minds and planned to seek a way out for themselves.
Changshi Liu Min was also keenly aware of the intention of the four at this time, and hooked up with them.
Not long ago, Liu Min saw that the time, place, and people were all there, and decided to attack hard, directly using the convenience of Li Zhengbao, the No. 3 person in the Shuo military, to capture the Liang division, and use the method of internal defeat to take Shuo Fang without bloodshed.
But when the plan was implemented, there was an immeasurable accident, so that Li Zhengbao's identity was exposed, but it was in danger.
Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong quietly used their power to hide Li Zhengbao, and cooperated with Liu Min's underground forces in Shuofang to send him out of Shuofang.
Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong didn't know what they were doing, and they didn't know what they were doing, but in fact, Liang Luoren had already noticed their existence, but he didn't say anything. At that time, when he was already persuading Liang Shidu to kill Li Zhengbao's nine clans, he was ostracized by Liang Shidu, and his power was reduced, and even used dishonorable means behind his back to encroach on his power.
has reached the point of internal and external troubles, and Liang Shidu is still playing this hand, which completely makes Liang Luoren's heart die. decided not to continue to go crazy with Liang Shidu, and planned to keep the bloodline of the Liang family, and keep his wife, children and mother, so that they would not be affected by him.
Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong have been waiting for an opportunity......
Liang Luoren has also been waiting for an opportunity, and his situation is even more difficult than the previous three. He has to deal with Liang Shidu again, and he also has to gain the trust of Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong, and cooperate to make meritorious contributions and share the credit.
Luo Shixin's unexpected blow, the unexpected soldiers came to the city, and they unexpectedly wanted to see Liang Shidu, and they gave Liang Luoren this opportunity. He found Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong, and together they completed the ambush of Liang Shidu, captured him, and offered the city to Luo Shixin.
Luo Shixin listened to the cause and effect of being responsible, and the whole person was dizzy, and finally figured out the clue and figured out the reason: to sum it up in one sentence: he picked up the cheap.
Liu Min and Liu Lan paid a lot of money for their intrigues and tricks, and they couldn't compare to him coming to the city alone.
As soon as his army arrived, Shuofang surrendered for various reasons, and the credit was taken away from him.
But at this point, he can't turn around and leave. If Li Shimin knew that Shuo Fang would let him give up like this, and still not pull his skin off?
There was no hesitation here, and Luo Shixin shouted: "Enter the city!" ”
This came to the city, Liang Luoren wore a white coat, knelt on the ground, and carried the jade seal of the Great Liang Kingdom and the talisman token together.
Luo Shixin dismounted to receive it and led the crowd into Shuofang City.
This majestic military ancient city is majestic on the outside, but it is depressed on the inside, and the long streets are full of people with visible skin, one by one, like zombies on TV, squirming in the same direction. This Shuofang is located in the Northland, and the people of the Northland are known for their burly and tall ears, but the people in front of them are as thin as skin and bones, their eyes are blank, and their limbs are weak. For their arrival, they were indifferent, and their spirits were extremely poor, which was really shocking.
Luo Shixin couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Datang's plan to cut off grain and destroy the fields was clever, but it was too ruthless. However, if this is not the case, it is unlikely that you want to lighten those Shuofang troops. It's just that it's these innocent people who are suffering, after all. If Liang Luoren, Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong, these characters with a certain identity, how can they be a little hungry?
After walking for a while, Luo Shixin really couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Where are these people going?" ”
Liang Luoren said bitterly: "Go to the city to get today's food...... Because...... When there was a shortage of food, the Liang division collected all the grain and gave the people a certain amount of food at regular intervals every day to make a living. ”
Luo Shixin said unceremoniously: "What is the livelihood, just to ensure that they don't die!" ”
Liang Luoren was speechless, what he said was the truth.
Luo Shixin continued: "How much grain do you still have in Shuofang? (To be continued......)
PS: The third update is also 3,000 words!