Chapter 1262: Ultimatum
The prefect didn't have that kung fu and Cao Lian nonsense, but pushed the terms in front of him forward, and Lao Tzu didn't say more to you here, since you said you didn't know, then you can just look at it now, there are only those two pieces of paper, and it won't take long to read it now.
Cao Lian frowned while watching, he also knew the situation in the country, His Highness was already on his way to come, and when His Highness arrived at the southern border, then our army would cross the border in three ways.
Cao Lian's side has also gathered 800 armed men, most of whom are troops in the border area, currently hiding in the city as merchants, as long as it is a border area, they will also create chaos in the city and cut off the logistics supply line of the border army, so as to help the Tang army occupy Wacheng as quickly as possible.
"These changes are too big, I can't do it personally, I can only report to General Changsun first, and let General Changsun report to the country, which involves the relationship between the two countries, so please give me some time."
Cao Lian's answer was decent, this prefect had already thought that if I gave you time, according to your way of operation, I would definitely not be able to get down in a month or two.
"We can't give the court the time, the order has been issued for half a month, brother, you are hiding from me everywhere, this half a month has been dodged by you, so I came here today to give you a notice, give you at most two hours, and we will start to register after getting ready, as for your extra armed personnel, you must go out of the city before the sun sets today."
Hearing the prefect's words, the faces of the people in the room all changed, but the prefect has nothing to worry about, the four hundred soldiers outside are ready, if you dare to turn your face, it's a big deal that we will push you.
The officials of the Bi State Court are waiting at the prefect's house, if the people here cooperate, it means that the Tang Dynasty has no intention of attacking them, and those were just rumors before.
But if they resist, it means that the Tang Dynasty has already begun to prepare for an attack, then we have nothing to say, just arrest this group of people first, and wait until the Tang Dynasty's army comes, maybe they will still be useful.
"Of course I don't think this is too much, I'm doing things in the Tang Heavenly Empire, do you just give us these few hours? I, a merchant of the Tang Dynasty, support the prosperity of the entire tile city, if there are no merchants to come over to do business in the future, can the adults afford this responsibility? ”
Cao Lian still wanted to work hard, but if the other party was really ready to launch a war to resist to the end, then Cao Lian's diplomatic efforts would have little effect.
"You merchants in the Tang Dynasty have come a lot less this month, can't you really see it? In the past, there were not many merchants, but the number of goods was large, but now the merchants who come here only carry a few horses, are they really merchants? ”
The prefect sneered and said, he didn't give it for nothing, he had already mastered the changes that had happened in the city during this period of time through his subordinates.
After hearing this, Cao Lian and his subordinates also secretly screamed badly, thinking that these people would not be so vigilant when they took the money, but they didn't expect to really underestimate them, they never relaxed their vigilance.
"Have you heard some other rumors, if this is the case, I can assure you on behalf of the Tang Dynasty that we do not have any intention of starting a war, if your Excellency listens to the rumors of those people, then there may be a great misunderstanding between us, this misunderstanding is enough to put the two countries into a state of war, and you may not be able to bear it at that time."
Diplomatic work is like this, black can be said to be white, white can also be said to be black, as long as the war does not start for a minute, then we can say the same, this is also a way to paralyze the other side.
"We really don't have the strength to fight with the Tang Dynasty, but our court will not give up its own interests, so Lord Cao still don't say too many useless words, we don't want to enter the war, and now the chess pieces are in the hands of Lord Cao, it depends on how you fall."
The prefect also knew that there was no need to talk about it, and after saying this, he retreated with his subordinates, and all the soldiers around the Datang Hall seemed to understand what was going on, and everyone who should go home went home.
"Remember it all, if you don't do what we say before sunset, attack me immediately, and arrest them all."
The prefect threw down a sentence when he left, he couldn't put himself in danger, in addition to the fact that in many small border towns, the Tang Hall was surrounded at the same time.
Through the contact of carrier pigeons, Cao Lian also knew that it was impossible for the surrounding people to come to support them, after all, they were also surrounded.
"My lord, what should we do? If we want to kill out of the city, it will not be difficult for us, don't look at the hundreds of people around them, but we have the new weapons left by His Highness, plus the soldiers we just arrived will have no problem to kill them. ”
The generals under his command are ready, they have practiced this kind of thing many times, put this kind of thing on their hands, and kill it out of the city without much effort, but is it what we want?
"Send news to the border immediately, no matter how big the cost, you must send the news out."
Cao Lian took a few deep breaths at this time, he had to calm himself down, he also knew that it was okay to kill it, but it was useless to kill it.
It is no longer possible to use people to deliver letters, it can only be to use carrier pigeons, although it is possible to be shot by the enemy, but more than 20 carrier pigeons are released at once, I really don't believe it, can't one run out?
At the same time, the dragon flag on the top of the Datang Hall was also tied to a horn.
They had a few other men in the city, and when they saw the horn, they quickly armed themselves and waited for the next order.
As for the interior of the Tang Guild Hall, many letters and some other written records have also been taken out, and they have to be burned immediately in the courtyard.
The soldiers of the Bi Kingdom outside also saw that the people in the Tang Hall were burning things, but they didn't take this seriously, and they didn't know much about espionage warfare in this era......