Hearing this man's answer again, some people in the main hall laughed unkindly, especially the eldest prince, who laughed without giving the woodcutter any face.
"Are you stupid? My father asked you what your name is?"
The woodcutter looked at the eldest prince with a confused and innocent face, and then said: "The grassman's name is the woodcutter, and everyone calls the grassman that."
Forehead! At this moment, everyone couldn't stop laughing. The emotional man's name was Woodcutter. The eldest prince coughed twice in embarrassment and decided at this moment.
I hate this woodcutter. Find an opportunity to kill him next time. The second prince looked indifferent, as if he didn't see anyone else bullying the woodcutter, but the emperor glared at the eldest prince.
After telling the eldest prince to shut up, he looked at the woodcutter and said, "Is that what you call the woodcutter? Why would someone call you that name?"
The woodcutter quickly answered: "The grassroots people don't know anything. They are just tall and strong, and they can cut firewood and carry firewood to sell. That's why the grassroots people are called woodcutter."
So that's it. It seems that the woodcutter in front of me is a poor man. His voice became kinder, and he looked at the woodcutter: "In that case, that's the case."
"You saved the second prince, what do you want? I can satisfy you."
The woodcutter still looked confused, as if he didn't believe that he had such good luck. This performance was so lifelike that even the cunning emperor hid it.
"But before that, you have to tell me how you saved the second prince."
The woodcutter was stunned for a moment, and then he spoke: "The common people were cutting firewood on the mountain. When they saw the second prince lying on the ground, they originally wanted to send him back to Baicheng."
"But seeing many people being arrested and killed, and corpses everywhere, the grassroots took the second prince and ran towards Qin City. The second prince only woke up halfway."
When the woodcutter said this, Emperor Qian became less suspicious. It turned out to be because the second prince was in a coma at that time. In this way, the woodcutter was really lucky.
The second prince also took action at this time: "Father, please allow me to lead troops to Qin City again. Don't worry, I will definitely be able to protect Qin City this time."
Emperor Qian shook his head: "Forget it, our country of Qian is already sparsely populated and has even fewer soldiers. Last time, the 100,000-strong army you brought was completely destroyed. We cannot afford to lose."
"In addition, there are capitals that need to be protected. As for Qincheng and Sucheng, if they are still a little loyal to the Qian Kingdom, they can help stop the progress of the Zhou army."
But this is unlikely. No matter how much loyalty you have, it's not worth living. So in fact, Emperor Qian didn't have much hope of retribution. So after some time, Emperor Qian knew that both Qiancheng and Su Cheng had surrendered.
When the Zhou army successfully captured two cities in a row, they finally couldn't help but feel angry, and directly called for the eldest prince and the second prince, and the two quickly entered the palace.
However, this time when he entered the palace, the second prince did not have the woodcutter with him. The emperor originally wanted to reward the woodcutter, but the second prince stopped him.
It is said that the woodcutter is a person without relatives and friends. Since he saved himself, he can just keep him in his house and be a slave who sets fire in the kitchen.
When the emperor heard this, he didn't care so much, and directly approved the second prince's idea, so that the woodcutter could be considered as staying in the second prince's house.
Entering the palace this time, the eldest prince saw the second prince alone and was a little amused: "Hey, why did the second brother bring your lucky star with you this time?"
Last time, he was targeting Misu so much, and he also wanted to let the second prince die together. Unfortunately, the second prince was lucky, and he was accidentally brought out by the woodcutter.
When I left the palace last time, I originally wanted to find an opportunity to kill the woodcutter. Who knew that the woodcutter was so honest? He never came out after going to the Second Prince's Mansion.
The informant in the second prince's house also reported that the woodcutter had not been out of the kitchen for such a long time, and he was so pitiful! So now the eldest prince can only target the second prince directly.
But what the eldest prince often gets is the ignorance of the second prince. The second prince goes directly to the main hall, and the emperor is still sitting on the high dragon chair.
The second prince walked in first and looked at Emperor Qian as he saluted: "My son, please pay your respects to your father!"
The eldest prince just walked in at this time and saluted the emperor: "My son has met my father."
Qianhuang hummed: "Okay, everyone, get up. By the way, you have all received the news. Qincheng and Sucheng surrendered directly. Now we only have Licheng as our guardian city."
"What do you think? Tell me?"
The second prince and the eldest prince both frowned. After a while, the eldest prince raised his head and looked at Emperor Qian with some surprise: "Father, you didn't say that."
"We have few troops in the Qian Kingdom. As long as we protect the capital well, we may still be able to fight. If we want to control Licheng, I'm afraid we won't be able to take care of it."
Emperor Qian sighed: "I have thought about this issue, but if we can't even save Licheng and only have one capital left, it will only be a desperate struggle."
"So is there any way to use Licheng to trap the Zhou army?"
The second prince's eyes flashed, and he thought of a way. He looked at the emperor and said, "Father, if you really decide to trick the Zhou army, there is nothing you can do."
"We can do this, evacuate all the people from Licheng, and then use our soldiers from the Qian Kingdom to disguise themselves as the people of Licheng, and then pretend to surrender."
"Waiting for the Zhou army to accept our surrender and lower their guard, then directly attack and kill those Zhou army."
When Emperor Qian heard this idea, he immediately clapped his hands and applauded, but the eldest prince raised a question: "Father, I think this method is inappropriate."
Emperor Qian and the second prince looked at the eldest prince together: "How is it different?"
The eldest prince was not afraid when he heard Emperor Qian's question. Instead, he spoke directly: "What I mean is that King Xiao and Princess Xiao are very cunning."
"Even if they surrender, they will send someone to the city to hand over the situation in advance. If they send people to the city and see that the whole city is full of men, I'm afraid they won't believe it."
The Emperor Qian and the Second Prince were stunned for a moment, it seemed like this. The Emperor Qian did not speak. He looked at the eldest prince and motioned for the eldest prince to continue. Of course, the eldest prince did not disappoint the Emperor Qian.
He continued: "So what I want to do is to let the young men in Licheng retreat and replace them with soldiers. As for the women and children, there is no need to evacuate."
The second prince frowned: "In this case, if there is a fight, won't these women and children all die?"
When the eldest prince heard this, he laughed loudly: "What's wrong? My second brother, at this time, you have indeed shown great mercy to the hundreds of thousands of people in Baicheng."
"Are there not many people who have been tricked to death by you?"
The look on the second prince's face changed. He was not surprised at all that the eldest prince knew about this matter. People who knew his character believed that he would make this decision.
Therefore, the announcement of the brutality of the Zhou army had no effect at all. The second prince was very angry, glanced at the eldest prince, and sneered: "Since the eldest brother said it is so powerful."
"Then I'll leave this matter to my eldest brother. My second brother is timid, so I'll be waiting for your good news in the capital."
The eldest prince was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he just gave a suggestion and took the matter on himself. He frowned. This time, things were not going to be easy.
The greatest hatred in the world is to destroy a person's whole family and separate his wife and children, and his suggestion is to separate tens of thousands of families.
How many people here hate him? Maybe his second brother thought of this from the beginning, so he started digging a hole for him? Thinking of this, the eldest prince was very angry.
However, Qianhuang also had some changes in his opinion of the eldest prince at this time. Unexpectedly, the eldest prince still had some brains: "Okay, boss, you can handle this matter."
"I will still give you an army of 100,000, and I hope you will not destroy the entire army."
The eldest prince could only kneel on the ground: "My son has accepted the order. Father, don't worry. I will live up to my father's trust and will definitely stop the progress of the Zhou army."
Qianhuang hummed, nodded, and let the eldest prince go. If the eldest prince performed well this time, he could be considered and recommended for the next emperor's position.
Although most emperors of the Qian Kingdom are appointed by sect elders, if they are recommended by the previous emperor, the possibility of success is very high.
As for Misu, who had been instigating the second prince to rebel, he didn't know that there was a sect involved in Qian Kingdom.
After the eldest prince returned, he asked his subordinates to start planning how to get the young people among the people in Licheng to leave voluntarily.
The eldest prince still has a lot of staff, many of whom are really talented, and they quickly gave the eldest prince a good idea.
"First Prince, how about we do this, use the name of conscription to recruit all those young men as soldiers, and then let the veterans mix in and become common people."
When the eldest prince heard this, his eyes instantly lit up: "That's a good idea, let's do it."
So the eldest prince happily set out with a group of counselors and guards and his 100,000-strong army. After traveling for several days, he finally arrived at Licheng.
The city lord of Licheng seems to be a little uneasy these days, always feeling that something is going to happen. All the cities in front of him have been occupied by Dazhou.
Originally, the Lord of Li City was still thinking that if there was no news from the capital when the Great Zhou army came to the city, he would just surrender, but he didn't know if others would agree
The Lord of Licheng always thought that he was upset because of this incident, but he did not expect that news would come from the capital so quickly that troops would be recruited in Licheng.
There are only about 200,000 people in Licheng. Calculating this, even if all men are recruited into the army, the number will only be 100,000 at most, including some old, weak, sick and disabled men.
Lord Li City looked at the conscription order in front of him, his mind filled with distress.