Chapter Seventy-Two: Windfall
It's a pity that what Meng Kai never knew was that if theory is not linked to practice, then it is scum.
After talking in the afternoon, Meng Kai seemed to have made a "breakthrough" progress, the cunning Duan Ye was constantly forced to give in, and sometimes he was speechless by his own refutation, this sense of accomplishment really made Meng Kai excited, and Duan Ye seemed to want to break the negotiation many times, but he always had to continue at the last moment with a little subtle concession from himself, which made Meng Kai more confident in himself.
It's just that what he didn't know was that when he was talking about happiness with Duan Ye, tens of thousands of troops in Jiuquan City left the city at the same time......
At the same time, LΓΌ Guang's scouts began to post notices in the major cities of Liangzhou with the determination to post small advertisements, the content of which was of course very simple: the army is coming, listen to the officials from all over the country, if you don't surrender, you will become benevolent, if you surrender, you and all the residents will be guaranteed the safety of life and property and exempted from certain taxes, if you don't surrender and resist, you will fight, the defeat of Liang Yin's army is a lesson from the past, and will liquidate those who dare to resist, and impose huge taxes on the cities that dare to resist.
In short, a thousand words are one sentence: those who know each other should surrender quickly.
In fact, this is another version of the spread of the word all over the country, but there was no envoy sent to persuade him to surrender directly, but it was Duan Ye's idea, because the person who was sent to Jiuquan last time actually had a good relationship with Duan Ye, and later Song Hao cut off his head in order to show his determination to resist to the end, Duan Ye has always felt very guilty, so in order to avoid innocent sacrifices, Duan Ye had this proposal, and Lu Guang saw that Duan Ye's proposed method of posting notices was also feasible, so he agreed, but this caused many scribes in the Lu Guang shogunate to be very grateful to Duan Ye, Originally, it was a rule for the two countries not to fight each other, and they would have nothing to fear if they sent an envoy or something, but Song Hao broke this rule, which made these people furious, and since Duan Ye helped them speak, he naturally let them be useful.
Of course, even if Hexi is rich now, the literacy rate is very low, and Duan Yeben didn't expect the ordinary people in the city to be able to understand it, this document is for officials and literate gentry, in fact, they are the ones who really speak and count.
But there are always surprises.
Zhangye County's Rile County is the Silk Road Ancient Road must pass through, for the local an extremely important military fortress, because it is located in the Hexi Corridor narrow bee waist area, as long as the city is built here, you can strangle the Hexi Corridor, so the past dynasties have been stationed here, Liang Xi at that time in order to enhance the defense also set up the military lieutenant here, by his own cronies Li Xin as the lieutenant of the army, Rile County has 2,000 soldiers, more than 24,000 people, most of the people are for the military service and do business in this main road.
Originally, Li Xin was loyal to Liang Xi because of Liang Xi's great kindness, so he was still loyal to Liang Xi, but this person had a problem, that is, he was acute, he naturally did not participate in the previous attempt to attach to the four counties, but he was also very vigilant, and he had long wanted to kill the soldiers and horses of the headquarters in the past, and killed all the bastards at both ends of the first rat, and then carefully considered his own strength, plus Zhang Ye Taishou wrote a personal letter to let himself guard the county, Li Xin barely pressed it.
However, because Li Xin was a military captain personally appointed by Lord Assassin Shi, he was not subject to local control, and he looked down on the county order Niu Tai at all, and he never shouted at this Niu Tai, and that Niu Tai was also an honest man, so he didn't dare to say anything, but things were bad for this Niu Tai.
It is said that Niu Tai has a son named Niu Busy, probably because he has been reading stupidly since he was a child. Although the knowledge is good, but do not understand the world, officialdom is sinister, that time on the street to see the Duan Ye faction posted the "reactionary leaflet", for a while I don't know whether there is a problem in the brain or what, actually read the content of the leaflet aloud in public, and the audience is mostly illiterate civilians, but they all know this honest child, listen to him so much, immediately discussed, and the common people originally like to chew their tongues, so that the spread of ten to hundred, Many people in the city knew that Lord Lu Guang wanted to surrender, and many officials were afraid that Lord Lu Guang would be held accountable because they were corrupt criminals, so they coaxed everyone to resist.
But this matter can be a big basket, maybe Niu is busy studying for a long time and it is rare to go to the street to be poor, or maybe everyone thinks that this person is harmless to humans and animals, and no one actually told him that in the morning, Lord Li Xin just ordered that there are leaflets to quickly tell the government, no reading aloud, no spreading, no taking the opportunity to make trouble, but it didn't take long for Niu to be busy and you came to such a show, are you slapping Li Xin in the face?
Li Xin was very angry, so the consequences were extremely serious.
The so-called consequence is that Li Xin personally rushed into the mansion of Lord Niu Tai with his soldiers, beat the family, and then arrested the young master Niu Xian, who was shaking his head and endorsing the book, and tied him up and paraded it on the street.
Niu Tai was angry, really angry, he had never been so angry since he was born.
You Li Xin has the support of Lord Liang Xi, I admit it, you Li Xin is flying and domineering, I recognize no one in your eyes, you Li Xin has soldiers in his hands who can act recklessly, and I can endure the humiliation of Lao Tzu without anything, but what you did today is too much! I didn't know anything before I grabbed my son and beat my family and rushed into my mansion, what are you going to do?
As a result of Niu Tai's anger, Niu Tai resolutely made an extremely awesome move, personally took his subordinate officials and servants, and under the curious eyes of the neighbors, he went to Li Xin's mansion and pleaded for mercy.
He can't help it, anger is anger, but there are no soldiers in his hands, he speaks lightly, Niu Tai only thinks that so many people come together, you Li Xin should always give some face! Is it wrong for my son to read the anti-book, you have also been arrested, and Wei has also been established, and it is almost enough, I don't have to pay for him or admit his mistake.
But I didn't expect that Li Xin was obviously at home, but he didn't see them, and said that no one could see Niu Xing if the interrogation was not completed, as for you, what should you do, why should you go, why don't you go to work and run here.
Niu Tai immediately felt insulted, but what can he do, being insulted is not this time, I bear it, because Li Xin still talks about some rules in the end, and says that when it gets dark, if it is not a big deal, he will put it back.
As a result, it was dark, and Niu Tai waited in the house, and had to comfort his crying wife, and finally saw his son in the middle of the night.
The difference is that the son, who was still alive and kicking up in the morning, is now being carried back lying on a door panel.
is very trusting, his son Niu was beaten, Li Xin played hooligans and repaired his son very much.
When the wife was angry, she began to get angry, she began to sprinkle, she began to cry, and when she was almost crying, she began to scold her husband for being incompetent, and she couldn't even protect her son, she was really not a man.
Niu Tai's wife, Niu Tai was busy with his mother, and Niu Tai followed him a long time before he was an official, Niu Tai was also a little afraid of guilt, and the relationship between the two was very good, so Niu Tai's wife scolded without care, but when she scolded and scolded, she found that something was wrong, and her husband's hand was trembling all the time.
"Xianggong, I ......" Although the cow's wife still has tears in her eyes, her momentum has weakened, although her husband is a little cowardly, he treats her and her son very well, and what she just said is really a bit excessive, not the way of a wife.
"Ah~~~~~~~" Niu Tai finally broke out, he looked back at his son who had passed out and his tearful wife, and roared angrily: "I can't help it, Li Xin's dog day is too deceitful, so he simply rebels, anti-fucking!" β
"Xianggong!" The cow's wife was shocked, she didn't expect that she would make such an ending when she made a fuss, rebellion, was that a joke.
"You don't have to say it, I've made up my mind!" Niu Tai's eyes flashed with a fanatical gaze: "I've been holding back for a long time, someone has long persuaded me to kill him, but I haven't let go, and now Li Xin is arrogant and urgent, and it is also the time when the guard is low, you can rest assured!" β
"But Xianggong, we ...... No matter what you said, no matter what, it won't be long before whoever wins or loses, and we can't make plans when the new official takes office, or when the sky changes! "After all, the cow wife is a woman, and she is still afraid of change in her bones.
"I've been putting up with it for five years!" Niu Tai used this sentence to make his wife speechless: "You take good care of your son, I took a look, it was all skin injuries." It was heavy, but it didn't hurt my muscles or bones, and I went! Niu Tai took the knife from the old servant who had been encouraging him, and strode to the door, at the door, dozens of officials had already prepared, these people were Niu Tai's henchmen, absolutely credible.
Niu Tai walked to the door, only then turned back and said: "Tonight's big event, if it is done, it is a person, and if it is not done, it is a ghost!" β
The cow's wife didn't say much, just nodded heavily, and began to pray to the gods and Buddhas in her heart to bless her husband.
Niu Tai has to do very simply, with the official directly holding a torch towards Li Xin's house, along the way there are many torches, shouting "kill Li Xin, save the people", speaking of Li Xin's public grievances are indeed not small, because this person is too serious, nothing is accommodating, and these merchants are also very harsh, so everyone has long been unhappy with him, many people have said to kill him, but unfortunately no one has dared to do it.
But now that someone has finally jumped out, what are you waiting for? There are grievances and complaints, and there are revenge and revenge, especially the bureaucrats in the county government, who usually suffer the most bird spirit, and can't even raise their heads when they walk, and now they are taking the whole family to the street, vowing to fight Li Xin to the end.
Things in the world are so coincidental, Li Xin decided to make a speech to the army tomorrow, so the army is now in the barracks outside the city after the assembly, and probably tonight I beat the comrades who are busy with the cow, and I also took it personally, and as soon as I was in a good mood, I drank a few glasses, and now I am still sleeping happily?
And what is even more coincidental is that several people who are guarding the door of Li Xin's mansion at night have been whipped by Li Xin......
That night, Li Xin dreamed of a million soldiers.