125. The morale of the army is in turmoil
125. The morale of the army is in turmoil
The military situation was urgent, and they rushed to work overnight. At dawn the next day, 100 large kites, 200,000 letters of surrender, and 100 wheels fixed to thick wooden stakes were all ready.
The location of the launch is located in the north and west of Luoyang, which can just take advantage of the north wind.
200,000 copies of the letter of surrender, divided into 1,000 copies, wrapped in crispy straw paper, tied to the big kite in groups of 10 packs. The knots were specially ordered by Li Mi to be handed over, and the ends were connected to a lead, and the lead was transmitted back to the ground along the main line of the kite, and when the kite rose to the target height and pulled the lead, the paper bags would fall and break.
At night, Li Mi personally led the delivery hand to the northwest of Luoyang City in a total of ten directions, and a hundred kites quickly rose to the sky above Luoyang City under the blowing of the north wind, each confirmed the established delivery range, pulled the lead, and 200,000 letters of persuasion were like a blizzard, attacking Luoyang City.
The north wind was strong, the night was cold, and the falling pieces of paper, like snowflakes, fell in the streets of Fangxiang, in the courtyards, in front of the windows of the sleepers, and at the feet of the patrolling soldiers.
That night, the clouds were thick and the night was thick, and the whistling of the north wind drowned out the fluttering sound of the huge kite as it lifted into the air.
The soldiers patrolling the city walked through the streets and alleys as usual, vigilantly inspecting everything around them, but unexpectedly, a frenzied blow had already fallen on the top of their heads.
With a snap, a piece of paper slapped a soldier's face, making his cheeks ache hot.
He subconsciously wiped it on his face, grabbed the thin piece of stuff, and glanced close to the torch.
This is a veteran, before the rebellion with An Lushan, I saw a lot of such paper, this is the Tang Ying's thing, and it is also full of words, although it is a quick glance, the word "surrender" in the pile of words, but it is like a sharp knife into the heart.
He wasn't sure what it was, but he was moved, and he crumpled the piece of paper into a ball and threw it away, but secretly stuffed it into the tight cuff.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing, a leaf hit the face. β
A few conversations ebbed and fell, and then silence returned, and the people continued on their familiar path.
However, the matter soon could not be concealed.
More pieces of paper snapped down, hit the people, landed at the feet of the people, and even the captain who led the team was glued to one.
He realized that it was a letterhead for transcribing official documents, grabbed it and looked at it, and immediately looked at it - this was a letter of surrender sent by Tang Ying.
He looked up at the top of his head, and saw a huge black shadow swaying, and countless snow flakes were falling whirring. It was the surrender letter delivered by Tang Ying, and as for what those huge black shadows swaying in the air were, I couldn't think much about it, and my heart turned over for a while, and my brain buzzed, and it was blank.
Of course, his level is not qualified for An Lushan to put his parents, wife and children under house arrest, but he has heard about this matter, and the key is that this surrender book not only clearly states the matter of rescuing the family members who are under house arrest, but also lists attractive conditions for everyone to surrender.
It is said that An Lushan placed those family members in an extremely dangerous and hidden place, and it was personally guarded by the powerful high priest, and many generals secretly investigated, but they did not find that place. If what this book says is true, it means that ** has found that place and defeated the powerful high priest.
This - **besieged Luoyang for a long time, have the other states and counties occupied by An Lushan been conquered?
Now even Luoyang is in danger, and it will be captured at any time, right?
A noise in his ears interrupted the rebel captain's thoughts.
The soldiers who picked up the pieces of paper exchanged their heads one after another, and even a few people stopped and gathered together, some of whom did not know how to read, and were pestering others to ask what was written on the paper.
The lieutenant suddenly realized that even he had stopped. He angrily scolded his soldiers a few words, but he didn't know what to do in his heart.
Taking advantage of the insults, he realized that no matter what, he would get the notes away first, fuck it.
He ordered the soldiers to hand over all the papers, and that no one should hide them, even those that fell from the ground, and put them away in one place.
As for who understands and who doesn't, and whether there is anyone who hides one of them, he has no heart to care.
Who's the one who said there was a leaf in the face? Is it a fallen leaf, or something like that? Forget it, fuck it.
Don't worry about not being able to pay the errand on the boss's side, it seems that not only you have encountered this situation on your side, but no one can run.
What he expected was not bad at all, the nearly 20,000 soldiers who patrolled that night, each of them shook violently in their hearts, and a huge whirlpool lurked in the depths of the crowd, with a strong desire to survive, devouring everyone's mind and fighting spirit.
That night, tens of thousands of letters of persuasion were sent to An Qingxu.
Now he is the emperor, the son of heaven, the respect of the Ninety-Five, but the military situation is urgent, and he has to get up from the warm jade and fragrant dragon bed under the urging of the little eunuchs.
It was Cui Qianyou and Yan Zhuang who came to perform. After An Qingxu was proclaimed emperor, Cui Qianyou was awarded the title of General of the Right Yulin, and Yan Zhuang was awarded the title of Imperial Doctor Shi, and Tian Qianzhen, Sun Xiaozhe, Gao Shang and others became the new core figures of the rebel group.
Yan Zhuang was sincerely afraid, and carefully explained what had happened. An Qingxu's face was gloomy, and he scratched a few times in a pile of notes, picked up one and looked at it again. He pondered every word on it.
"Have you collected it?" An Qingxu asked coldly.
"More than 43,000 sheets were collected, and they were everywhere in the middle of the night, and if you want to collect them all, I'm afraid you will have to do it early tomorrow morning. Yan Zhuang lowered his head and replied in a low voice.
"How did they throw these things into the city?"
"The guards of the West City and the North City said that they saw ** flying a big kite, and it floated in the sky above the city, which should be the ghost of those kites. Cui Qianyou said indignantly.
An Qingxu put a piece of paper to his lips, sniffed it a few times, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before he said, "In your opinion, how true or false can this matter be?"
"Is the emperor talking about those family members being rescued?" asked Cui Qianyou.
"Yes. β
"It's not easy to say-" Cui Qianyou hesitated.
"Sayβ"
"The place where the family members were placed was very secret, don't say** Even Wei Chen - even Wei Chen doesn't know where that place is, ** how to know? If ** really knows that place, there must be someone who is extremely close to the high priest and the emperor - someone betrayed the news to Tang Ying. β
"......" An Qingxu was silent, and his face became even more gloomy.
"Could it be Mrs. Begonia and the Zhang family?" Yan Zhuang speculated.
An Qingxu shook his head slightly, and said disdainfully: "Although my father favored that slut, he didn't tell them about it, and some secrets still excluded them, and it wouldn't be them." β
"During that banquet, the Emperor Taishang mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally, saying that someone had stumbled into that place by mistake, but he couldn't enter the mountains-"
"There is such a thing, and Weichen also remembers. Cui Qianyou added.
"I remember, too, but my father didn't seem to say who that person was at that time. β
"Well, yes, the Emperor Taishang just mentioned it at that time, and there were many people present at the time, and I don't know which one I was talking about. β
"Hey, now Li Zhu'er has become like that, otherwise, maybe he can guess who the Emperor Taishang is talking about. β
β......β
"Maybe, maybe it's Tang Ying's trick?" Cui Qianyou said with a clenched fist.
"There is this possibility, it is very likely, that place is guarded by the high priest, even if someone finds out, how can it be easy to rescue people, eighty percent of it is fraud. Yan Zhuang said.
"It doesn't matter if the current situation ** makes fraud or not, even if what they say is false, someone will believe it. β
β......β
β......β
"However, since we want to formulate a countermeasure, we still have to start from both ends, first find out the truth of Tang Ying, if they cheat, it will naturally be easy to deal with, if they really have those family members in their hands - this - is the most headache. β
An Qingxu squinted and glanced at the two of them tentatively. In there, there are Cui Qianyou, Yan Zhuang's parents, wives and children.
Cui Qianyou and Yan Zhuang looked at each other, Yan Zhuang's face was ugly, and his heart was like a knife.
Cui Qianyou suddenly burst into muscles, punched his chest, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if they really have those women and children in their hands, a certain family has its own way to abolish his tricks." β
"Okay, I believe in the general," An Qingxu said expectantly, "Now, there are not many people I can trust. β
When Yan Zhuang heard this, his face suddenly turned like ashes, although Cui Qianyou didn't say it, he knew that it must not be a good way.
An Qingxu glanced at Yan Zhuang and continued: "Now that they have already made a move, our plan should also speed up the progress, and release the bait tomorrow." β
The next morning, when the sky was slightly bright, Cui Qianyou organized people to search for the scattered surrender letters, confiscated them all, and burned them all in one place.
However, after such a toss, more people knew about Tang Ying's surrender.
In order to deal with Tang Ying's surrender plan, An Qingxu once again invited the Peacock King and Sanada Jinggang to his palace.
"Your Majesty, do you want to find out the truth of the Tang Camp's surrender plan?" Sanada Jinggang asked bluntly after listening to Yan Zhuang's introduction.
"Yes, do you have a good plan for your husband and the king?"
"Wait and see. β
"Wait and see what happens?" An Qingxu was puzzled.
Sanada Keixuna was not in a hurry to explain, but nodded silently.
"The top priority is to find out if Guo Ziyi has those family members in his hands, and he can't delay, can he ask the Dharma King to enter the Tang camp at night to find out the truth?" Yan Zhuang asked with some urgency, he didn't sleep well last night, and he couldn't let go of his wife, children and mother.
"Hmph-" The Peacock Dharma King snorted coldly and said coldly: "You are a poor monk and a thief of chickens and dogs?"
"No, no, I don't mean thatβ" Yan Zhuang hurriedly defended.
"Don't blame the Venerable King," An Qingxu waved his hand, glanced at Yan Zhuang with a smile, and said slowly: "He's just worried about his parents, wife and children." β
"Hmph-" The Peacock King didn't buy it, and was still arrogant.