Dali
Murong Shame glanced at the few arrogant Ross people below, and his anger was not in one place. The military newspaper on the desk in front of him was delivered early in the morning. Three of the four cities in the north have been lost. The most shocking and infuriating thing is that Peicheng and Fengping were breached almost at the same time. The progress of the Black Banner Army is so fast!
Only three days after the news of the battle report was sent, three cities were lost!
One must know that Fengping City is guarded by the veteran Zhu Chengtian, and Murong shame knows that old man. He has been in the military for fifty years. In terms of qualifications, there is no one in Nanyan who can compare. Although Zhu Bingtian was not expected to go out of the city to defeat the Black Banner Army, but defending the city for a long time will inevitably consume part of the Black Banner Army's strength.
As a result, Zhu Chengtian failed to defend, the battle report was unknown, and the enemy broke the city in an instant for some unknown reason. The old man who was revered as the first person in the Nanyan Army seems to be too misleading.
As for Peicheng... Bai Kaishan, who stayed behind in Peicheng, once boasted in front of him, saying that Peicheng is one of the four most unlikely cities in the world to be breached, and the other three are Chang'an, Yongzhou and Dali. At that time, although Murong Hui knew that Bai Kaishan was boasting, he had never even seen what Chang'an looked like. As for Yongzhou, it was breached decades ago. But after all, Peicheng is the ancestral land of the Shang Kingdom, with tall and strong walls and tens of thousands of horses, but it was also taken down by the Black Banner Army without any effort.
He was furious, and the people at Yushitai below were still chattering about the numerous crimes committed by those Ross people in Dali City. And those Ross people looked completely indifferent, and their expressions were even more disgusting.
These foreign barbarians have only been here for a few days, and the evil things they have done in the city are too numerous to record. Randomly snatching things from vendors on the street, and desecrating good women in broad daylight, these things happen almost every day, but the officials of the Dali government don't dare to do anything with these foreigners!
Listening to the interpreter repeating the accusations made by the old man on the censor platform, Boskov, the leader of the Ross people, curled his lips and said: "I don't know what this old guy is talking about. It seems that people in the country of Ross are all It’s like a devil, but you know it, Your Majesty. We came this time with the goodwill of the Ross Kingdom and the friendship of the Opru Empire. Your Majesty also said that we are friends of the Yan people. Do I have to eat some fruits at a friend’s house? Give money?"
"As for those under my command who are disrespectful to ladies, I'm sorry Your Majesty. This may be due to some differences in customs between our two countries. In our country of Ross, if a man loves a lady, he can express his thoughts to her on any occasion. I I don’t know that in your country, women are not free to accept the love of other men, even women who don’t have a family.”
"enough!"
After the translator finished speaking, Murong's shameful face darkened: "You are guests, so you should know how to respect your host."
Boskov paused and then shrugged his shoulders: "Okay, I apologize to you on behalf of my subordinates."
"Apologize?!"
The elder at Yushitai said angrily: "You barbarians, do you think that an apology is enough?"
"What else do you want? Old guy, if you were so rude to me in the country of Ross, I would have shot your head off. It is because we are in the country of Yan that we are so special." Respect you. If you are so rough again, even if we are here to express friendship, I will not forget how to maintain a man's dignity."
"Shut up!"
Murong shame waved his hand: "That's the end of this matter, Boskov, if you don't restrain your subordinates, I will punish you according to Dayan's laws! After all, this is the country of Yan, not your country of Ross!"
"All right."
Boskov spread his hands: "I accept your Majesty's suggestion, and I will restrain my subordinates."
"His Majesty!"
The sixty-year-old imperial envoy knelt down in mourning: "These foreigners have committed numerous crimes, and every one of them should be punished! If we let them go like this, wouldn't the laws of Dayan be in vain? Ning, the people cannot be uneasy. If there is a law that is not obeyed and the law is not enforced, will it not be a discredit to the people? Think twice, Your Majesty, these people must not be easily forgiven. It is the blood of the people of the Great Yan Kingdom, Your Majesty!"
"this… "
Murong shame changed his sitting position: "You also said that they came from a wild and rough place, so it's understandable if they don't know the rules. After all, they are not familiar with Dayan's customs. Give them a period of time to adapt. Yang In a big country, we must not lose the way of hospitality, and besides... I have already warned them, and I will never let you go lightly next time!"
The imperial envoy stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty! If there are laws and if they are not followed, the country will not be a country!"
"Bold!"
Murong shamelessly said angrily: "I only spoke softly to comfort you because you were old. Don't forget your identity! Open your mouth and shut up, the country will not be the country, and you are the one who said about my country? Or can you say it? ? Come on, fork him out, and if you dare to talk nonsense, you will take off this official uniform!"
"His Majesty!"
The imperial envoy wailed and said: "This is your country, and the people in this country are your people! They are all your people, and now your people have been wronged. Instead of helping them, you are helping a group of villains! This matter If the matter is publicized, what will the people think of you!"
"Fork out, fork out!"
Murong shame waved his hands impatiently, and immediately a few warriors in front of the palace came up and dragged the imperial envoy out. The old man was being dragged away, still shouting loudly.
"Retire!"
Murong shame stood up, glanced at those people below, and then walked away.
Prime Minister Zhu Chijian waved his hand to signal the officials to retreat, and then called Dali City Garrison General Deshan over and confessed in a low voice. Deshan nodded, took a look at those in Boskov, and then left. Zhu Chijian ignored those Ross people, hesitated for a while, and followed Murong Shame into the palace.
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"Your Majesty calm down. The Imperial Envoy is also dedicated to his duties. He has always been so upright. Didn't Your Majesty praise him for this before? Those people in Yushitai hate that mouth the most, but it is also the mouth that is most useful. They are lucky to have encountered a sage and magnanimous monarch like Your Majesty, otherwise the people in Yushitai would not dare to be so presumptuous."
"Why don't I know he's right?"
Murong shame sighed, stopped by the gazebo in the imperial garden, pointed inside: "Sit with me for a while."
Zhu Chijian bowed and asked Murong to advance.
Murong Hui sat down in the gazebo, rubbed the corners of his brows and said, "Three copies of the frontier battle report came in three days, and none of them was good news! Those city lords are usually so arrogant that I won't let them go." In my eyes, it's good now, being swallowed by the Black Banner Army one by one, but the other party didn't even burp!"
"I'm bothered by this matter, so I don't have the heart to deal with those Ross people. I know they are really outrageous, but after all, they are only five or six hundred people. Although my Yan is not a powerful country in the world, can I even Hundreds of people from foreign friendly countries can't tolerate it?"
"Compared to the Black Banner Army, those people from Ross Country don't care at all!"
He patted the stone table angrily: "The combined strength of the three big cities is 60,000 to 70,000, which is similar to the strength of the Black Banner Army! In less than ten days, all three cities were lost. Now there is only one left in the north of Dali City." Jin'an, if Jin'an can't hold on anymore, the enemy from four hundred miles across the plain will be able to come over in less than three days!"
"Your Majesty bothers me, it's the ministers who are incompetent!"
Zhu Chijian quickly bowed his head and said.
"Nothing to do with you."
Murong shame shook his head: "I said a long time ago that all the cities should hand over their military power, and the troops in each city should be dispatched in a unified manner. There should be 200,000 troops! If these 200,000 troops are gathered in one place, even if that side Can Xie use soldiers like a god to win easily? Now that the troops in each city are scattered, they are defeated one by one, and the cities do not trust each other and are unable to rescue them. These disadvantages are incomprehensible, how can we drive out foreign enemies?"
Zhu Chijian froze for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At this moment, His Majesty is not thinking about how to defeat the enemy, but how to regain the rights of the cities. Jin'an was the smallest of the four northern cities, with a force of less than 10,000 troops and simple equipment, so it was no wonder that it could stop the Black Banner Army. If Jin'an is lost, Dali is also in danger.
At the beginning, the Nanyan families acquiesced in Murong Shame's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, precisely because he was not a man of great talent. But who would have thought that Murong Shame would still be acting stupid at this moment!
"I thought... If it really doesn't work, why not..."
Murong shame stopped complaining, hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't you send someone capable of negotiating with the Black Banner Army? I see that the Ross people are unreliable. With hundreds of people and a dozen cannons, they can really stop the Black Banner Army." A 100,000-strong Banner Army? If it can be stopped, that’s fine, but if the Russ can’t be stopped and run away, I have to worry about my country!”
"negotiation?"
Zhu Chijian was silent for a while and said: "If it is a negotiation, you must give up something, and it is enough to satisfy the appetite of the Black Banner Army. What does your Majesty think can satisfy Fang Jie's appetite?"
The irony in his words is already obvious, but the preoccupied Murong shame didn't hear it at all: "The big deal is that I don't want the three lost cities. Anyway, the three cities have never been restrained by the court before. If that way It would be best for Xie to retreat at this point, if not, it's a big deal... I will send back all the things Murong Yongduo robbed, and then... just pay him more."
Zhu Chijian sneered twice in his heart, bowed his head and said: "If it is a negotiation, it will definitely affect the morale of the army... Why don't your majesty invite the lords of the cities in the south to come to Dali to discuss it? With people and horses, plus we have the advantage of the land, it may not be impossible to win. As far as I know, Fang Xie maintained his rule in Yongzhou by slaughtering all the families, but this rule is not stable."
"Once Fang Jie's army is defeated, there will be riots in the rear. Not only will we be able to take back the three lost cities, but we will also be able to advance troops to level the business road..."
"Into the army?"
Murong shame shook his head again and again: "If there is no attack last time, and there is no Fang Jie to attack this time, let's forget it... In my opinion, why don't you preside over the peace negotiation?"
Zhu Chijian was stunned for a while, then bowed and said: "I will do as I please."
"Go."
Murong Hui ordered: "You can make up your own mind, you can't be too bad. It's good if you can delay it. I estimate that civil strife in the Sui Dynasty will soon spread to the southwest. As long as Fang Xie is delayed and he can get some benefits, then let it go. His own territory is stable and he will not be too persistent. After all, the southwest of the Sui Dynasty is his foundation, and once other forces in the Sui Dynasty fight over, he will lose more than he gains."
Zhu Chijian's heart brightened, and he said that this was the calculation. Can you pin your own safety on the enemy of the enemy, and it is also the enemy of the unfounded enemy, is it reliable
He suddenly felt a little sad, and couldn't help but think of his family. He couldn't help sighing, and said to himself that if Fang Jie hadn't been too hostile and murderous towards the big family, in fact, the existence of the Nanyan title would not mean much.