Chapter 520 - Indemnity for land cession

"Attack directly? Marshal, didn't you say that the best time to attack after the third watch? Some soldiers questioned it, but the marshal of Izumo Province immediately denied what he said.

"It's too late to say that now, you listen to my orders, pack up everything within half an hour, launch an attack directly on the Mingyue Kingdom, and rush into their camp tents while they are unprepared, first of all, control their food, grass and weapons, and don't let them have any chance to resist."

"Yes." After the soldiers had finished answering in unison, there was a sound of weapons in the tent, and everyone ran to their respective positions.

"Action." The marshal gave an order, and several teams of men and horses rushed out at the same time.

The group of soldiers led by him quickly approached the camp tent of the Bright Moon Kingdom, and the soldiers of the other two teams were hidden in the darkness according to the previous arrangement.

When they arrived near the camp tent, the marshal signaled the soldiers behind to stop, they hid next to a river, on the other side of the river is the Mingyue Kingdom, now the camp tent of the Mingyue Country is still brightly lit, and the soldiers guarding it have not increased at all.

"Marshal, it seems that this news has not been known to the people of Mingyue Country for the time being, otherwise arrangements would have been made earlier."

"That's right, this time we were lucky, a few of you secretly swam through the river and controlled the few soldiers guarding outside the tent."

After listening to his orders, several soldiers with better water skills swam over the river and directly knocked out the guards with their own hands.

Then the three groups of men and horses also quietly crossed the river, and when they rushed to the barracks, they found that although the place was brightly lit, there was not even a single figure, and even the armory, food and grass were all empty.

"It's not good, we're fooled, let's get out of here!"

At this time, everyone realized that they had fallen into a trap, and just as they were about to evacuate, the soldiers of the Mingyue Kingdom suddenly surrounded them and tightly surrounded them.

"Marshal, what now?" The soldiers were a little flustered back to back.

Some of them had just climbed up from the water, and their physical strength had been exhausted, so they were not suitable for a fierce battle with the soldiers of the Bright Moon Country.

"What else can I do? Of course, I found a way to get out. The marshal gritted his teeth and said.

Things have come to this point where they have nothing to do but fight.

Then both teams fell into a fierce melee, in which both the Bright Moon Kingdom and the Izumo Kingdom suffered casualties, but in the end, the Bright Moon Country had the upper hand.

They captured a large part of the three groups of men and horses who rushed over, and only a few took advantage of the chaos to swim through the river.

"Those Izumo country soldiers who escaped, do we still want to chase them?"

The marshal of Mingyue Kingdom shook his head: "Don't chase it, we always have to put some news to Yunguo."

After he finished speaking, he took these prisoners to the prison of the Meiyue National Barracks, and the news of the defeat of Izumo Province immediately spread throughout the capital.

The people did not expect that the Izumo Kingdom, which had always been strong, would lose to the Bright Moon Kingdom at this juncture, and everyone began to panic, and even began to condemn the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, what now? The battle of Izumo Province has been completely lost, and the people outside are crazy, and if they don't control it, there is even a possibility of rebellion. The father-in-law said boldly to Tuoba Lie.

Tuoba Lie was also very busy, he didn't expect that a good calculation would be beaten to pieces by himself, now that the hostages of Mingyue Kingdom were in hand, he didn't dare to move, but he didn't dare to put Li Luobing and the others back, this dilemma was the first time he had encountered it.

"First spend some silver from the treasury to appease the families of the sacrificed soldiers and stabilize their emotions, otherwise this Izumo Kingdom will be even more chaotic."

After Tuoba Lie finished speaking, his father-in-law went to arrange this matter, and he stood up and walked around the house, and it was at this time that Liu Manping found him.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if it's true that Izumo Province lost to Mingyue Kingdom?"

"Nature is true." Tuoba Lie sighed after seeing Liu Manping, "Izumo Country is already in a worse situation now, so I don't know how many people will have a grudge against the imperial court. ”

"Actually, this is also something that can't be helped, why doesn't the emperor explain it carefully to the people, if Izumo Country doesn't fight, it is likely that the iron cavalry of Mingyue Country will set foot in the capital." Liu Manping comforted softly.

What is the use of explanation? The people never cared about that. Tuoba Lie sighed and shook his head.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The father-in-law, who had just run to deliver the message, hurriedly ran back again, and after entering the palace, he saw that Liu Manping was also in the house, and hurriedly saluted her.

"The minion has seen the queen's mother." Liu Manping nodded at him and motioned for him to get up.

"Tell me, what's the matter this time, have you done everything I asked you to do?"

"If you go back to the emperor, when the slave hasn't gone yet, I learned another news, saying that it is the emperor of Mingyue Country who has repaired a book, and asked you to watch it for yourself."

Want to see it yourself? When did Chu Zhuangyan become like this, now that the Izumo Kingdom and the Mingyue Kingdom have completely broken up, how could he still be in the mood to write a letter at this time?

Suspicious, Tuoba Lie opened the letter, and after just a few glances, he threw it on the ground.

"Bastard! This emperor of the Bright Moon Kingdom is really too deceitful! ”

He was still angry when he threw the letter on the floor, and then reached out and lifted the table in the room upside down, and the teacups and bowls on it fell to the ground and shattered.

This crisp sound also attracted the palace people outside.

"Get out, get out of here, don't be here!" Tuoba Lie yelled at them.

People didn't dare to make too many moves, and hurriedly retreated. Anyway, now that the queen is in the palace, if it is her, she may be able to comfort the emperor.

"The emperor is angry," Liu Manping stepped forward and patted Tuoba Lie's back gently, "What is written in the letter?" You're not so angry, are you? ”

In fact, Liu Manping is also very curious about the content of the letter, but she is very smart, she knows that there are some things that Tuoba Lie will never tell herself, and what she has to do is to pretend to be deaf and dumb and play the role of a queen.

"It's on the ground, you can pick it up and see it yourself!" Tuoba Lie pointed to the ground, a little tired in his voice.

Liu Manping paused for a moment, picked up the letter on the ground, and when she saw the contents inside, she completely knew why Tuoba Lie was so angry.

In this letter, Chu Zhuangyan ridiculed the strength of Izumo Province to the fullest, and belittled Tuoba Lie's ability to govern the country as worthless, and finally attached a covenant stating which cities and people he wanted in Izumo Province.

Such an arrogant attitude finally angered Tuobalie.

"Your Majesty, how do you reply to the letter?" Liu Manping picked up the letter on the ground, flattened it and put it on the table.

There is also a covenant between Izumo and Bright Moon on it, and if it is crumpled, Bright Moon Country may find fault again.

"What else can I do? This war has already been lost, and I can only endure the pain and give those six cities to the Mingyue Kingdom, otherwise the Mingyue Kingdom will invade further. ”

"Directly to Mingyue Country? Wouldn't the people be more complaining? ”

"What about complaining? The people don't understand at all, and I'm just for the good of Izumo Province. Tuoba Lie sighed, took out his jade seal, and stamped the covenant.

After stamping the seal, I found that there was a line of small words under the letter, and Chu Zhuangyan shamelessly demanded a huge amount of compensation for Izumo Kingdom.

And he also threatened in the letter that if he didn't pay compensation, the entire city of Izumo Province would be under the command of Mingyue Country.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this! The city has already been lost, so why do we have to pay it again? And now that the treasury is empty, it will definitely not be able to pay compensation. ”

At this time, Liu Manping couldn't help the words in her heart.

"How could I not have known this? But now there is really no way, rather than destroying the country, I would rather choose to bear the infamy and pay reparations for the land, only in this way can I give Yunguo some respite. ”

Tuoba Lie's face was full of pain, this Chu Zhuang Yan clearly caught his weakness.

"If you think so, Your Majesty, then the concubines will always support you." In the end, Liu Manping also had to compromise.

Although she didn't want to see Izumo Province accompany a huge amount of silver, she didn't want to see Izumo Province directly occupied by Mingyue Province.

I managed to escape from that country, and I didn't want to go back to the nightmare I had before.

After Liu Manping left, Tuoba Lie summoned all the officials of the six ministries to the imperial study, and only after asking about the deposit of silver in the treasury did Tuoba Lie realize that this matter was so arduous.

He thought that the treasury was still quite full, and even if he paid some indemnities, it would not have much impact.

However, he did not expect that the current amount of silver in the treasury would not even reach half of what he had imagined, not to mention the indemnity, and even the normal expenses of Izumo Province would be very difficult.

"Your Majesty, there is not much silver in the treasury now. If you really want to do that, you're going to have to raise taxes. ”

"Decree that all the people shall pay twenty percent more from this day forward, and that you shall be responsible for explaining it to them."

"But what if you encounter those stubborn people who refuse?"

"Refusal? For the sake of our Izumo country, they even refused? If they don't, they'll be imprisoned! Tuoba roared.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone couldn't stand Tuobari's anger and left.

"What do you think happened to the emperor lately? Why are you so angry? Is it because Izumo Province was defeated by Meiyue Province? ”

"Otherwise, what else could it be? The emperor has always been calm, and he should not make such an impulsive decision, only this matter can stimulate the emperor. ”

Everyone felt that this could not be what Tuoba Lie said, but the facts were in front of them, even if they were unwilling in their hearts, they could only do what Tuoba Lie said.