Text Chapter 285 The will of the people
The Ghost King's refusal to negotiate peace was not strange in the eyes of the Ruifeng Monarch and most of the ministers, and it could even be said that it was expected by them, but the Ghost King's threat to kill the Duanmu royal family on the day the city was broken, but it was unexpected by everyone, especially the emperor's relatives and relatives were beating drums in their hearts. Many people began to complain about the dead Duanmu Tiancheng, who fought a war, why did he provoke the ghost king's family, this practice was despicable, and it also caused them to suffer.
The civil and military officials in the city are now also playing their own small calculations, to be honest, they think that there are not many people who can defend this auspicious city, and the city is only a matter of time before the city is broken, and the original 600,000 troops are still suffering countless casualties and returning defeated? Now there are less than 300,000 people left, and there are no good generals who can compete with the ghost king, how to fight, so do you want to find a way out for the future?
To be honest, the monarch of Ruifeng has been in power for many years, and he has always been known for his brutality and unpopular, especially for a long time, pirates have been rampant, robbing money and killing people, and making the people miserable, but he only cares about his own poverty and luxury, but he doesn't care about the life or death of others. In his eyes, the pirates couldn't go ashore, they couldn't rob his country, and all they lost was a few cheap lives of the people and some property, which had no effect on him, so he would rather fight with Moyun than send troops to clear the pirates. Especially this time, he actually agreed to make peace with the pirates, which was even more unpopular with the people, and the dignified Ruifeng Country actually went along with the pirates, which really made the people ashamed. So if you want to say how many loyal ministers and how many people have the heart of swearing to coexist with Ruifeng in this auspicious city, there are really few.
Yun Yuhong gave Ruifeng Guojun three days to reply to whether to surrender or not, and Ruifeng Guojun didn't need to say it, he scolded Song Haoqi on the spot, saying that he was lying to confuse the public. Then he immediately invited all the royal family members to the palace, and ordered that no one should leave, for he was afraid, afraid that these people would betray him for their lives. But he didn't have the courage to directly reject the ghost king, and ordered the army to fight with the Moyun army, just angry and cursed every day, and then collected his wealth.
Yun Yuhong is not in a hurry to attack the city, to be honest, although he led the troops to besiege Xiangcheng, but he also knows that the army needs time to recuperate now, the soldiers of the previous war are too much to lose their physical strength, and they can't be raised back for a while, so they say that the three clever ghosts, although they walk in front of people like nothing every day, but Yun Yuhong knows that they are just relying on the elixir of Baizhu to support it. Of course, now that she herself is being watched by Bai Ziyu, she can't use force with others at all. Therefore, it is better to say that it is to give Ruifeng three days, but it is better to give Moyun soldiers three days to recover their combat strength.
Bai Ziyu was not idle, looking at the auspicious city behind the high city wall, Bai Ziyu also used his brain. Now that Yun Yuhong can't fight anymore, then let the resistance of the military and civilians in this Xiangcheng be reduced by one point, and Yu Moyun will have one more chance of winning, and the most dissatisfied thing about this Ruifeng monarch at present is that he has been conniving at pirates and joining forces with pirates, so he can just start from here.
Yun Yuhong was recuperating, but Bai Ziyu was busy for three days, he sent people to make more than a dozen of them according to the pattern of the hot air balloon that Yun Yuhong had built in Beijing, of course, it was not as exquisite as Zhang Sangongzi's doing, and it would not fly so high and far, and it would not even take long to break it, but he didn't care. Then he wrote some articles, which were copied by the clerical officers in the army.
Finally, on a night when the wind direction was good and the moon was covered by clouds, Bai Ziyu pulled Yun Yuhong and released these hot air balloons, letting them rise into the air one by one and float towards Xiangcheng.
Looking at the hot air balloon in the distance, Yun Yuhong looked at the paper in his hand again, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, are these things useful, in modern China, there is also this matter of using airplanes to scatter leaflets, but those are aimed at hot-blooded youth, and the Chinese people are being bullied by foreign countries, it is when the crowd is angry, now they are encroaching on other countries, these people are afraid that they are not so bloody, see you write an article and listen to you, however, Yulang is kind, and hard work to get these, say it so as not to make him uncomfortable, this matter has an effect and is good, If it doesn't work, don't mention it again.
Seeing Yun Yuhong's expression, Bai Ziyu also guessed what she was thinking, took Yun Yuhong's hand and said, "I don't know if this method is effective, but as long as I can share a little worry for you, as long as I can do it, I will give it a try." And it won't work at all. ”
Yun Yuhong raised her eyebrows curiously, and Bai Ziyu smiled: "For the way of the king, the people's will." In fact, for the people, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, what matters is whether the emperor can let them live a stable life, whether they can live a happy life, and have no worries about food and clothing. I don't expect them to rebel against the Lord of the Wind, at least, I want them not to reject us and not to be our enemies, and that's enough. ”
Yun Yuhong nodded and said: "I understand your intentions, don't worry too much, my body is fine, and I can take down Ruifeng if I don't make a move." This battalion of soldiers is not vegetarian. ”
The next morning, when the people of Xiangcheng got up, they picked up a lot of papers outside the house, and wrote a lot of things they knew or didn't know. For example: In his early years, the ghost king saw that pirates were rampant and killed many people along the coast, so he led a few of his subordinates to fight pirates, beat the pirates for a long time and did not dare to go ashore, and also rescued many people who were captured by pirates and came back. Moreover, there is the collusion between the pirates and the coastal government, and the government does not care about the pirates killing people and robbing ships, and also accepts a lot of gift money from the pirates, which is the hard-earned money of the people. There are also words that Ruifeng Kingdom simply hooked up with pirates and attacked Moyun together, and then Ruifeng also instructed the pirates to kill the two-year-old child of the Ghost King, and his behavior was very despicable.
Of course, in addition to writing about some things that Ruifeng Country has not done well, or how many good things the Ghost King has done, the focus is on one point, now the Moyun army is besieging the city but not directly attacking the city, but I just hope that the soldiers will not be bloody, so that the Ruifeng Kingdom will surrender, the Ghost King is invincible, and it is not a problem to capture Xiaoxiao Xiangcheng, but when attacking the city, it is inevitable that there will be deaths and injuries on both sides, and the people will also be injured by mistake, which is what the Ghost King does not want, so please do not resist, and please also persuade the soldiers in the army to surrender and welcome the Ghost King into the city.
Such things are usually very funny, and it is not very useful to incite some unarmed people. However, in the country of Ruifeng, it is very different in such an environment. I have to say that Yun Yuhong's name as the ghost king is very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and she has accumulated a good reputation in her early years walking the rivers and lakes, and she is very prestigious among the people.
Comparing the ghost king with the monarch of Ruifeng Kingdom, the people are undoubtedly biased towards the ghost king. One will protect them, the other will not care if they live or die, the people are not stupid, they know who to choose. And judging from all the things after Yuxue returned to Moyun, the people's lives will only be better. Therefore, after getting these articles, the people rushed to tell each other, and many people even rushed into the yamen, directly asking for a letter to the monarch of Ruifeng and asking the monarch to order surrender.
At this time, many ministers in the Ruifeng court were already panicking, and their little abacus was beaten again and again, and they also felt that it was better to surrender. If they are lowered, they are just changing the monarch, or the official position has become smaller, but they will not die, but if they don't descend to the ghost king, they may not be able to live. Moreover, the monarch of Ruifeng has trapped many royal relatives in the palace, which is somewhat unsettling. Therefore, when the monarch of Ruifeng asked over and over again, "What is the best plan for the adults", everyone was silent.
Ruifeng Guojun was so angry that he slapped the table and scolded: "On the contrary, you are all reversed, the ghost king has not yet attacked, you don't take me in your eyes, what do I want you to do, come to people, put them all in prison for me." ”
The guards below were all stunned, and they didn't know how to move. Really put all the stewards in prison, the emperor is joking, no, this is definitely angry talk. How could it be possible to arrest all the important ministers in the court, then this is not a mess, the emperor is talking angrily, they can't take it seriously.
Ruifeng Guojun watched the ministers kneel down and didn't speak, and the guards didn't arrest anyone, so he almost didn't come up in one breath. At this time, a waiting guard ran in and said: "Your Majesty, there are a lot of such articles scattered all over the city this morning, and many people have said that they want to welcome the ghost king into the city." ”
Ruifeng Guojun was startled, took the article and read it a few times, and was so angry that he rolled his eyes, and the person fainted.
In the palace, the relatives of the emperor who were under house arrest by the monarch of Ruifeng were also panicked, and one of them asked the gray-haired old imperial uncle: "Uncle, why did the emperor lock us up, and when can he let us leave!" ”
The old imperial uncle snorted coldly and said, "He is afraid that we will collude with the ghost king to betray him in order to survive, so we may not be able to get out." ”
Many people trembled with fright, and the timid woman began to cry. Someone complained: "It's all those three princes, who provoked the ghost king like this, what do we have to do with him doing bad things, but we want us to die like him, it's not fair." ”
The old imperial uncle glanced at him and said, "Whoever let you be born in the royal family, this is your life, there is nothing unfair about justice." ”
A half-year-old child asked, "Uncle, do you say that we will defeat the Ghost King, so that we don't have to die." ”
This time, there was no need for the old emperor uncle to speak, and a young man on the side said: "Don't daydream, do you still need to say that the ghost king is powerful, at the beginning, she was less than 300,000 people who defeated Yuxue, the first military power at that time, what do we do to win against her." Originally, before the army was dispatched, we dared to do it only when we heard the death letter of the ghost king, but now that the ghost king is not dead, it will be our turn to be unlucky. ”
There was silence in the room, and after a while someone asked, "What will happen if we surrender to the Ghost King?" ”
The old uncle thought for a moment, "The ghost king has always been a good talker, maybe there is a chance to let us live!" It's just that the emperor won't give us this opportunity, as long as we have any changes, he will kill us as soon as possible. ”