Seeing that Sun Ning's face had changed, the heartbeat of the officials in the hall also jumped suddenly, and he was faintly uneasy. It's just that because of their respective identities, it's not good to ask questions directly.

Fortunately, Sun Ning quickly asked his doubts: "Guo Yan, why are there only 15,000 troops in the city?" What about the other centaurs? Have they all been taken away by Guo Han and Song Qiyun? ”

Chen Qingyun also stared at Guo Han at the same time, and his eyes were also full of vigilance and suspicion. He really didn't expect that after he entered the city, he wanted to collect the whole city's soldiers and horses, but as a result, only 15,000 people gathered in front of him. This number is too far away from the number of soldiers and horses of the Liangzhou defenders they have mastered......

The stakes were so high that he naturally didn't dare to delay, so he immediately came to explain everything to the emperor and let Sun Ning make a decision.

Facing the sharp and suspicious gazes of the two, Guo Yan didn't see the slightest nervousness, and still sat there with the old god on the ground, looked back at Sun Ning, and said calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, these days, the criminal ministers have already ordered the disbandment of the soldiers and horses in the city, leaving only a few soldiers to maintain stability. That is, the group that is guarding the head of the city today and surrendering to the court in accordance with the decree. ”

Sun Ning raised his eyebrows suddenly when he heard this: "Why do you want to do this?" ”

"Because the minister has no intention of confronting the court. In this case, why not disband the soldiers and horses in the city sooner rather than later, in case there is an unnecessary incident? ”

Guo Yan answered as a matter of course, but Sun Ning frowned again, he didn't expect that there would be such a fact.

From this point of view, in fact, Liangzhou has long been empty in defense and vulnerable.

If you don't have the intention of surrendering, you will definitely be able to quickly take it down at a very small cost. And it's ridiculous, I always thought that this Liangzhou would be more difficult to break through than Nanyang, so I thought about surrendering, and agreed to many conditions from the other party.

Is this Guo Yan already calculated his mind and completely tricked himself?

Sun Ning's mind turned quickly, and then he turned his face again: "Then I ask you, what about the soldiers and horses that were disbanded by you?" Where have they all been placed by you? ”

"Naturally, they are all in the city, and if Your Majesty does not believe it, you can send someone to investigate. In order to appease them, the minister also paid them an extra year's military salary, which was enough for them to live a good life in their own homes again. ”

Guo Yan smiled: "By the way, didn't Your Majesty promise to return the military and civilians of the city before, and will not investigate their previous mistakes, and allow them to disarm and return to the field and be ordinary people?" But I don't know if I can still count these words? ”

Before, Sun Ning wondered why the other party had to emphasize this point, but now he understands that he was waiting here.

Sun Ning wanted to take Liangzhou at all costs, in addition to the key location of the city itself, and Guo Yan's threat to the imperial court, hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou elite soldiers were also a very important reason. If he can really hold the Liangzhou army in his hands, it will naturally be a big help to him and the imperial court.

He really didn't expect that Guo Yan would use this trick to draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle, so that he could not be further strengthened while taking Liangzhou.

It's really a deep heart, it's really a heart!

Sun Ning's face was gloomy and he stared at him: "Okay, it's very good!" ”

Because of the oath in front of him, no matter how dissatisfied Sun Ning was at this time, he could not forcibly requisition the original soldiers and horses in the city back - at least in the past year or two, it was impossible for him to do so.

And because they received more military salaries and were able to protect their own freedom and safety, these Liangzhou soldiers were naturally more grateful to Guo Yan. In this way, even if he has become a prisoner, the impact on the local area of Liangzhou will be far above the imperial court.

Moreover, if he thought about it a little deeper, he could even make arrangements to let these soldiers leave Liangzhou and go to the north to join Guo Han's subordinates, who had already escaped, after the limelight passed.

In this way, it is nothing more than a change of place, let the Guo family, let the Liangzhou army re-establish!

Guo Yan's move to retreat is indeed wonderful, and it also makes Sun Ning a little out of temper.

And this time, Guo Yan no longer justified himself, just sat there calmly, looking like he was going to be killed by the neck, and he was at your disposal.

Sun Ning really wanted to dispose of him, but he had an agreement before, and he had just won Liangzhou, so it was not good to break his promise. At least in recent days, Sun Ning is not really good at making the move of "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge".

After a long time, Sun Ning let out a breath of turbidity, waved his hand and ordered: "Take him down for me, take care of him, don't be rude!" ”

He knew that this was Guo Yan's countermeasure after he knew that he couldn't keep Liangzhou, but now he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

Fortunately, even so, if he can successfully win Liangzhou, he will still make money after all. Moreover, it is much better to have fewer casualties than to storm and kill and wound thousands of people.

So for Guo Yan, although he had fire in his heart, he still chose to be patient and spare his life.

Of course, if Sun Ning knew that in fact, Nanyang had fallen, and all kinds of rumors had spread all over Liangzhou, not only had other small cities had no fighting spirit, but even the Liangzhou army was full of awe of the emperor and did not dare to defend the fact, then his mood might be worse than now.

After someone took Guo Yan down, Sun Ning sank his face and looked at the other people in the hall: "What about you?" But I also want to return to the countryside from now on and be a submissive citizen of the court? ”

Listening to His Majesty the Emperor's tone, how could these Liangzhou officials dare to say that they were also leaving, and immediately expressed their attitudes: "The ministers have already had the intention to serve the imperial court, and if they are used by His Majesty, it will be a great blessing for the ministers." ”

"As long as Your Majesty nods, the ministers will do their best to govern all parts of Liangzhou, and never let the imperial court bother with it."

Listening to them show their loyalty one by one, Sun Ning showed a satisfied smile: "I hope you can do what you say, don't disobey the yin!" I can also give you an explanation, as long as you are loyal to the court and capable, I will not care about their origins, and will reuse them. On the contrary, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

"The ministers must be loyal, and please ask Your Majesty to see the performance of the ministers." The ministers bowed down again and said.

Sun Ning nodded with satisfaction, and asked them to go back for the time being, finish the errand at hand, and then write the relevant notes.

He thought that this was the end of the matter, but after a while, a logistics official who was ordered to do the errand hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, the minister counted all the warehouses and materials in Liangzhou City, and found that the granaries were full of grain, but the two silver warehouses were empty. Not to mention supplementing our army's use, rewarding the soldiers below, and even the silver issued to the army for dismissal can't be taken out......"

"What?" Sun Ning's color changed suddenly, and then he remembered Guo Yan's words just now, he gave out the tens of thousands of disbanded soldiers and horses for a year's salary!

This guy is really damned!

Some people died, but not completely......