Li Qitian never imagined that one day he would come to this dilemma. He is not stupid, but now he can't remember how he let things develop to such a point.
"Your Majesty, Pang Xiao and his party have already been sent to the city. If you don't make a decision, it will be too late." The officials headed by Yu Ziqiu, Song Quan and others knelt down one after another, "Please put the safety of the people first!"
Li Qitian looked at the part of the courtiers who were kneeling on the ground, his eyes were blank for a moment, but after he was extremely angry, he burst out laughing.
His smile got deeper and deeper, and the laughter overflowed from his throat, like a broken bellows.
"It's ridiculous, extremely ridiculous." The smile faded, Li Qitian pointed at the official who knelt down and petitioned, "What do you say to make me put the people first, and you are not thinking about the safety of the whole family? I beg for peace, I will be the one who perished Jun, you will continue to rely on Pang Xiao just like you did in Da Zhou at the time?"
Everyone understands these meanings, but it is really hard to hear them on the table.
Because most of the courtiers who knelt down and petitioned were from Northern Hebei. Their minds were indeed floated by the repeated oaths.
After all, it has only been ten years since that accident happened, and the deep-rooted sense of belonging cannot be completely changed overnight. What's more, Jinshang builds the imperial mausoleum for himself, even regardless of whether the people live or die, and even the officials pay IOUs.
To serve such a king, they can strengthen their beliefs, and they are already determined without leaving Da Zhou immediately to avoid disaster.
Seeing that all the ministers were silent, kneeling upright like wooden stakes, Li Qitian became more and more angry, but those abusive words could no longer be uttered.
What's the use of anger now? What's the use of being anxious
Even if he kills all these people in a fit of rage, it won't change the status quo, it will only make him embarrassed like a defeated rooster.
The spy sent to find Ji Zeyu has not yet returned.
To beg for peace? He also did not have a heavier bargaining chip than "unifying the country" to persuade Pang Xiao to give up the world at his fingertips. All he can do now is to wait, besides begging for a miracle to happen.
Waiting for a slaughter, waiting for a release, then the blood will be drained, let someone say, at least he is not a coward who opens the door and surrenders
How sad!
How ridiculous!
"My lord, according to your order, the flanks have completely surrounded the capital. As long as you give an order, you can take it before the sun comes out."
Pang Xiao nodded and commanded with a serious face: "Tell everyone, don't disturb the people, don't burn, kill, rape|prostitution! If there are disobedients, they will be dealt with by military law!"
"Yes!"
The lieutenant conveyed this.
Ji Zeyu said, "When do you plan to attack?"
Pang Xiao raised his eyebrows and smiled, and he was not in a hurry at this moment. Everyone should be given some time to adjust after traveling long distances. "
Ji Zeyu pursed his lips and smiled, folded his arms and said, "I don't know you yet? You just see how pitiful the people in the city are, prepare time for our people, and at the same time give the people some time to sort out. If you can hide at home in the future, try not to Come out and this will save many lives."
Pang Xiao laughed and patted Ji Zeyu's shoulder, "Forget it, what you said is true." His eyes became a little gloomier and helpless, "I didn't think it would be like this at first."
No one has the ability to predict, and two years ago, Pang Xiao never imagined that one day he would surround the capital with 300,000 soldiers and horses. He could not have imagined that there would be so many people willing to follow him and follow him to do this wicked thing.
These people regard him as a leader, and he must be a leader who conforms to everyone's wishes, otherwise he will rise and fall in the future, just like Li Qitian.
Speaking of which, things were really beyond his expectations, and he was really tired in his heart. But when everything is no longer just his personal interests, but involves the interests of many people, he has no choice.
"My lord." Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi approached, and they first saluted Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu, "I don't know if the lord intends to bow before the soldiers or crush them with strength? Do you intend to negotiate with Jin Shang?"
Pang Xiao shook his head, "There's nothing to talk about. But I don't want to attack right away. Let's do it first."
"Yes." Xu Weizhi said with a smile, "Anyway, even if they don't do anything, it's enough for them to panic for a while."
Pang Xiao nodded and looked in the direction of the capital with his hands behind his back.
Da Jing was squeaked by the wind. He crossed the flying flag and crossed a field, and he could see the towering capital standing alone, with the shape of a mountain behind it, but everyone knew that the mountain's The distance is still far.
Pang Xiao's soldiers and horses surrounded the capital like this, neither attacking nor making any representations.
It is because of this silent attitude, coupled with the strong military force comparison, that all the people are panicked.
Qin Yining and Qin Huaiyuan sat side by side in front of the tent, watching the few people talking not far away.
Qin Huai said far: "It's been too long, and the people in the city must have been afraid to a certain extent. This is not a good thing for Yuxi."
"Everyone cares about their own life and death, and no one wants to lose their lives. Now we are isolated outside the city gate. Li Qitian's people don't know what to say about us in the city." Rolling his eyes, Qin Yining had an idea, " In order to manage the reputation of the prince, I have lost a lot of effort. I can't let people destroy it at such a critical moment. Why don't we... let's repeat the old tricks?"
Qin Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows, obviously already understanding what Qin Yining was talking about, "Are you trying to use the method in the evening moon?"
"Yeah. But this time I'll change it."
Qin Yining stood up, patted the skirt, and said with a smile, "Father, I'll go and talk to the prince."
"Go." Qin Huaiyuan leisurely picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea.
Qin Yining's car has quickly walked to Pang Xiao and the others.
Ji Zeyu first saw Qin Yining coming, stopped talking, and nodded hello to Qin Yining.
Qin Yining saluted with a smile, and then said, "I just thought of an idea."
Pang Xiao looked down at Qin Yining, saw her bright almond eyes flickering, her expression sly, like a sly little fox, she couldn't help smiling and squinting her eyes, leaning close to her, "What's your idea? listen?"
Qin Yining smiled and half-covered her mouth, whispering a few words in Pang Xiao's ear.
Pang Xiao's tall body bends to her height, as if to protect her in his arms. Both of them are extremely beautiful. In the eyes of others, this picture is simply too beautiful to be disturbed.
Ji Zeyu looked in the direction of the city wall expressionlessly, and smiled after a while.
Pang Xiao nodded again and again and scratched the tip of Qin Yining's nose: "You clever ghost."
Qin Yining touched his nose and said with a smile, "I'm just a suggestion. I don't understand about the war. You can discuss with Mr. Xie and the others. I'll go back and have tea with my father."
"Okay, let's go."
Pang Xiao looked at Qin Yining's back gently and intently as he walked away, and called Ji Zeyu, Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi to discuss.
Gyeonggi Guard, who was guarding the city, stood on the north gate tower, looking at the snow-white sea camped in the distance with a melancholy face. When he looked up, he suddenly saw a round thing flying in the sky.
That thing was erratic, flying higher and higher, and was coming above the capital. Gyeonggi Guard did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly shouted: "Sir! Look at what that is!"
When everyone heard the sound, they hurried over and looked up at the sky with their necks raised.
"It looks like a paper kite? There's more than one!"
While speaking, several paper kites of different shapes came flying. They looked down along the thin line of the paper kite, and they saw several fast horses galloping under the city gate. The knight on the horse was dressed in the soft black armor of the tiger Ben army, and was holding the spool of the paper kite in his hand.
"What are they doing? To provoke us?"
"We don't open the door to fight, so they come to despise us?"
"The Hu Ben army has always been brave, and now they are led by Prince Zhongshun. They are afraid that they want to fight and panic when they are idle, so they start playing with paper kites?"
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The Gyeonggi Guards guessed that they were growing other people's ambition and destroying their own prestige, but none of Shangguan refuted it, because they felt the same way.
Even if they saw the Tiger Ben army roaming back and forth under the city gate on horseback, and still playing with paper kites, they didn't dare to make trouble or shoot an arrow first, for fear of causing a war.
After two incense sticks, the paper kite flew higher and higher and flew over the city.
Suddenly, a paper kite fell in a circle.
If you look closely, it's broken.
Before the Gyeonggi Guards could be surprised, they suddenly discovered that the paper kites were disconnected one after another, and fell gracefully, directly into the city.
Everyone looked down and found that the line was actually cut off by Gyeonggi Guard himself.
They deliberately used the wind direction to let the paper kite fly into the city, then cut the thin line and let the paper kite fall down at will.
The guards in Gyeonggi felt that something was wrong, and one of them immediately reported to Shangguan. Shangguan hurriedly instructed someone to inform the sage, while other people went into the city to find a way to find Zhiyuan.
Just as the news was reported layer by layer, when the people below were anxious to find Zhiyuan, some people in the city picked up Zhiyuan that fell on the street, and read the words on it clearly.
That is the vernacular of the whole article, so that all the people can understand it.
The meaning is also very simple: Prince Zhongshun will not slaughter the city, nor will he harm any innocent people, the people are innocent, and everyone who does not want to participate in the struggle of the court can just hide at home and close the door. The Hu Ben Army and the Pingnan Army will never disturb the people.
The person who picked up the paper kite happened to be literate, and he had always admired Prince Zhongshun. When he saw what was written above, he immediately read it out under the curious eyes of the people around him.
The people around were surprised.
"Prince Zhongshun is deliberately trying to tell us this?"
"That's right! It's hard for the lord to think of it, and he actually thought of using Zhiyuan to send us a message?"
"I just said that the lord will not kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"Naive! Have you ever seen people who don't kill people in battle?"
The person who was talking was immediately given a blank look by everyone, "If you don't believe it, you can walk back and forth on the street to see if you will be treated as a running dog of the court. No, I will go back and tell my family! Our lives can be saved. !"