Chapter 57: Oath?
It has been three days since the royal decree was issued, and the city lords and generals of the original Fenglin Dynasty are also about to enter the royal city.
It's just that these twenty-four lords will not be very friendly when they come, and they will come with 600,000 soldiers of the city defense camp.
When they arrived late at night, they carried tens of thousands of torches and shone outside the royal city.
Roaring wantonly, staring directly at the royal city, the main generals of the twenty-four cities looked at them calmly one by one, but their uneasy emotions kept hanging on their faces.
They knew how powerful the Wu Zhou Dynasty, which was able to directly occupy the royal city, was far beyond what they could compare to these miscellaneous armies. The reason why he chose to come to Wangcheng was that he hoped that Zhou Chuan would not kill them all, so he came with 600,000 soldiers of the city defense battalion.
The sentry on the royal city has long been replaced by the new army of the Wuzhou Dynasty, at this moment they see the city wall, continuous fire clouds, there is no fear on their faces, now they have long faded away from the immaturity when they joined the army, after the two wars, each of them has experienced the experience of iron and blood, and now they are not shocked.
Zhou Chuan walked all the way to the top of the city wall of the royal city, stood in front of the bonfire, and said majestically: "Are you here to surrender or to attack the city? If it is the former, lay down your arms, and I will not pursue it!"
"Your Majesty......" The new troops next to them exclaimed, now they have an absolute advantage, even if they start a war, they are sure that they can annihilate this group of miscellaneous troops, that is an innumerable military feat.
"Huh?" Zhou Chuan looked coldly at the soldiers next to him, Zhou Chuan was very clear about the pros and cons of the military merit equalization system, so he had to absolutely obey Zhou Chuan's orders at any time.
"My command is your mission. Zhou Chuan scolded coldly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the new soldiers quickly lowered their heads, not daring to say more.
The main generals below looked at each other, they all heard Zhou Chuan's words, and they would not pursue it. A trace of joy rose in their hearts, and they had prepared for the worst in the past three days, and even planned a plan to force them down.
Using an army of 600,000 to attack the city and force Zhou Chuan to accept their surrender was also one of their strategies.
But now that they heard Zhou Chuan's determination not to pursue it anymore, they were overjoyed, but they were afraid that Zhou Chuan would settle accounts after the autumn, so he said: "Your Majesty, it's not that we don't want to surrender, but we hope that Your Majesty will swear by heaven, as long as Your Majesty swears that you will not hold us accountable in the future and will not harm our lives." We will be loyal to Your Majesty, and we will have no complaints whether Your Majesty will use us or demote us to civilians, but we will not harm our lives. ”
Almost all the generals knew that the emperor regarded himself as the son of heaven, so if he swore to the sky, any emperor would be cautious. Whether it is a fraud or not, it depends on whether Zhou Chuan will swear!
"System, if you swear by the sky, will there be trouble breaking the oath?" Zhou Chuan asked in his heart.
"There is no Heavenly Dao in this world, so the host doesn't have to worry. The system replied quickly.
"I, the king of the Wuzhou Dynasty, swear by heaven that as long as the lords of the twenty-four cities of the Fenglin Dynasty surrender and surrender to me, I am willing to forgive all of them, no matter what they have done before, I will not ask questions, nor will I use them to appease the resentment of the common people brought about by the war. Zhou Chuan stretched out the middle finger of his right hand, raised it high, and swore to the sky.
Judging from their series of actions, it is impossible for Zhou Chuan to let them go, Zhou Chuan needs a population, but twenty-four people obviously can't affect anything, and Zhou Chuan does have a group of people to appease the grievances of the civilians of the Fenglin Dynasty after the war.
The number of these people must not be too small, otherwise it will not be effective. Zhou Chuan had checked it before, and almost all of these twenty-four city lords had been corrupted, and all of them had evidence of oppressing the people, so it can be said that none of these twenty-four people were good officials.
For Zhou Chuan, this group of people is undoubtedly the best substitute for the dead, they must die, and they must die on the execution ground, so that the people of the Fenglin Dynasty can see the real 'criminals'.
"Your Majesty, since you are so sincere, then we are all willing to surrender!" The twenty-four main generals all relaxed their hearts, all knelt down on one knee, pointed to the bonfire and swore an oath, and 600,000 miscellaneous soldiers also knelt down together, they are all low-level soldiers, and they are farmers in their spare time, even if they are not soldiers at all, it is enough for them to survive, and the rest are fake.
"Open the city gates, unload their weapons, and allow them to go home to farm, but they are not allowed to join the army!" Zhou Chuan said majestically.
"Thorn!" the metal gate slashed across the ground with a sharp sound, and the twenty-four lords marched forward with their hands in their hands, and all the soldiers did the same, throwing all their weapons on the ground and entering the city with their hands in their hands.
Zhou Chuan summoned a filial piety guard and said in a low voice: "Take these twenty-four people to the heavenly prison, remember, they are not allowed to talk to anyone." ”
The new soldiers were like wolves, staring viciously at every ragtag army that entered the city, as if any one of the ragtags would immediately behead him. Xiao Lingwei was in charge of surveillance, and no new sergeant was allowed to kill innocents indiscriminately.
For Xiaolingwei, Zhou Chuan's orders are higher than everything else, and their existence is to serve Zhou Chuan, as for military merits or not, they don't care.
The twenty-four lords followed the lead of Xiaolingwei, separated from the other soldiers, and were taken to the city wall to meet Zhou Chuan.
"I'll wait for the twenty-four city lords to meet the new king!" the twenty-four people knelt down in unison and flattered. As if that were not enough to show their loyalty.
"Take them all!" Zhou Chuan rushed in front of them with lightning speed, and slapped them wildly on the neck.
The true qi of the grandmaster level could directly seal the true qi of all of them, so that all of their cultivation could not be used.
Grandmaster-level martial artists, it can be said that the wonderful use of true qi has reached an extremely deep point, and the true qi is imprisoned, unless the grandmaster martial artist of the same level unseals it for them, it will be sealed for life.
Xiaolingwei on the side immediately stepped forward to knock all these people unconscious, and then resisted on his shoulders and rushed towards the heavenly prison quickly.
"I, declare you innocent, and now you return to your respective homes and bring my will with you. Zhou Chuan was full of luck, stood on the city wall, and said in a loud voice: "This war was not brought by me, but by the officials of your dynasty, who launched this terrible war because of their own selfish desires, but I assure you that there will never be such corrupt officials under my rule, and in a few days, a minister will go to your hometown with my will to proclaim it." ”
"I am the people. I will promise you that the agricultural tax will be exempted from tax for one year and will never be increased!" Zhou Chuan paused and said, "Within three days, when you return to your hometown, my will will also arrive." ”
It's very strange that no one can really rebel against a new ruler from the bottom of their hearts, especially if they are also Terrans. At first, there will be a revolt, but as one sincere blessing after another is delivered, everyone will forget about the previous ruler and turn their allegiance to the new one.