Lu Zheng looked at Meng Shanming in a daze, and his heart was shocked again, how could he not make revenge by slaughtering 600,000 captives of the Song State at one time?

is not only a feud, but also a great enmity, it will become an unforgettable shame for the Song Kingdom, if the Song Kingdom has the opportunity, how can it not be hated!

This turned out to be intentional, in addition to the grand strategy that Gong Lince said before, it was also necessary to cut off the back road to attack the soldiers of the Song State and force the soldiers to fight to the death!

It turns out that killing prisoners can also be a way to boost morale!

He understood that there were so many reasons behind it, no wonder Meng Shuai insisted on doing so at the expense of infamy and the pressure of the three major factions......

The army left Qunluo Mountain, carrying a group of captives out of Qunluo Mountain, and the baggage carried by the army forced the captives to bear the burden, liberating the burden of the Yan people.

Although the ground in this water-soaked place has dried up a lot, the road is still muddy and the trek is a little difficult.

The captives who bear the burden, Meng Shanming is unwilling to waste food on them, and only gives them some soup to eat and drink.

Almost all of these captives were wounded, all of them were missing an ear, and each of them had blood on their cheeks.

The ground was muddy, and the army marched slowly.

......

"Daoye, Gongsun Bu's letter, and the red-faced monkey's, the letters from both sides arrived almost at the same time. ”

In the mountains, Guan Fangyi took out two letters.

Niu Youdao looked at Gongsun Bu's first, and there was nothing else, just to remind him that the army of Yan in Qunluo Mountain had already set off again.

After that, looking at the handwriting passed by Yuan Gang, it was only the handwriting that the two of them were familiar with, and Niu Youdao knew that it was top-secret news.

At a glance, it was Gao Jiancheng on Yanjing's side who replied to the message.

It is understandable that Gao Jiancheng's news came late, out of the need for confidentiality, he did not let Guan Fangyi and the others around him know that he had a connection with Gao Jiancheng, and then transferred it to him when he got to Yuan Gang, and it was normal for the news to come late.

Niu Youdao cheered up and looked at Gao Jiancheng's opinion, which was very pertinent.

Gao Jiancheng first mentioned that Yanjing was going to use 600,000 prisoners as bargaining chips, and let Niu Youdao have a number in his heart.

After that, Gao Jiancheng didn't say whether the 600,000 captives could be killed, and only put forward opinions for Niu Youdao's reference.

After all, it was 600,000 captives, and killing these 600,000 people, not to mention anything else, would have an impact on Meng Shanming's reputation that could be imagined, and at least the reputation of a 'murderer' would not be able to escape.

If you don't kill it, it is obviously unnecessary to raise and consume grain and grass, so it is better to make a bargaining chip for the imperial court.

If you want to kill, it's also a bit particular, it's better not to kill too directly, or as a bargaining chip before killing.

This bargaining chip refers not to the bargaining chips of the imperial court, but to the bargaining chips of Shang Chaozong or Meng Shanming.

Gao Jiancheng meant that let Meng Shanming ask the Song army for grain and grass in this way, and the news was transmitted back to Song Jing, and there must be two groups of people in the Song Jing court, one side was willing to give for 600,000 elites, and the other party must be unwilling to give.

The premise of this theory is that Yanjing is taking 600,000 prisoners as a condition for the withdrawal of the Song army, and has attached requirements for grain and grass, and Song Jing will definitely think that the conditions here are too harsh, and he is also worried that Meng Shanming will be like a tiger after getting the grain and grass, and once he repents, it will endanger the Song State, so it is inevitable that there will be more than two factions of disputes in the Song Jing court.

The benefits of this are several points.

Once the prisoner is killed, the court will pursue it, and Meng Shanming can complain about the lack of food and grass and resist the court's accountability.

On the other hand, Meng Shanming can say that Song Guo did not have the sincerity to kill him in anger, which can somewhat offset the negative impact of killing some prisoners, and can blame Song Guo for not wanting to save these prisoners, which can weaken the morale and morale of the Song army.

The last advantage is that once the captives are killed, those who advocate giving grain in the Song Jing court will inevitably blame those who do not agree to give food, and it is those people who have caused the killing of 600,000 elites, which can make the Song Jing court fight against each other.

In the final analysis, Gao Jiancheng means that if you do a bad thing, you must have a reason to argue that you are not a bad person, and you have to try to take the opportunity to create some trouble for your opponent.

After reading Gao Jiancheng's opinion, Niu Youdao crooked his mouth and found that the person who has been immersed in the court for a long time is the person who has been immersed in the court for a long time, and he has a bad stomach, and he is really playing very slippery in this regard.

Niu Youdao still has that attitude, if it is not necessary, he doesn't want to interfere too much in the affairs of the battlefield, and the special things are handed over to professionals to do freely, so he sent a message to Meng Shanming about Gao Jiancheng's opinion.

Of course, there will be no trace of Gao Jiancheng, and it will all be transformed into his own meaning.

The two sides were not too far apart, and Gongsun Bu quickly received his letter, and after translating the secret letter, he handed it over to Meng Shanming as soon as possible.

The road was muddy, and Meng Shanming was sitting in a slow-moving carriage when he saw the letter, which was handed in by Gongsun Bu from the window and handed over by Luo Da'an, and Lu Zheng was acting as a coachman to drive the carriage.

After reading the letter, Meng Shanming shook his head and sighed softly, "The Taoist is the Taoist master, and even the temple has a good wishful thinking." ”

He sincerely admires that although he is good at fighting, he has always been not very good at things in the court, such as the evaluation of outsiders.

To be exact, it's not that he's stupid, but that he doesn't pay much attention to it and doesn't want to put energy into thinking about it. When King Ning was alive, he could devote himself to studying and fighting, and he didn't think anything wrong about the affairs of the court, all of which were blocked by King Ning, and now he didn't have to care about what the court thought.

And Niu Youdao did not restrain him from beginning to end in the war, only provided useful help, which also made him feel very comfortable in his heart, unlike the three major factions who like to intervene.

There is a capable person who has been hiding behind the scenes, paying attention to the crisis and helping to resolve it in time, and he feels that it is a blessing.

For example, before the rebellion, the crisis was approaching, no one in Nanzhou noticed it, only Niu Youdao noticed that the imperial court was going to take action against Shang Chaozong, Niu Youdao immediately transferred the 100,000 iron cavalry in Nanzhou, which was about to fall into a catastrophe, and let him Meng Shanming lead 100,000 iron cavalry out of danger in time.

Let Shang Chaozong be in danger alone, it was unacceptable to the feelings of Meng Shanming and others at that time, Meng Shanming wanted to lead someone to first aid, but Niu Youdao sent someone to stop him.

Looking back now, to a certain extent, as long as the strength of Meng Shanming and Nanzhou is still there, the imperial court will not dare to do anything to the Shang Dynasty.

From another point of view, Shang Chaozong stayed and suffered the consequences, but the killing of Shi Sheng can be regarded as gradually fading.

Looking back at the situation again, Niu Youdao is the most rational and calm person, combined with the situation of Shang Chaozong at that time, it can even be said that he is terrifyingly rational.

If it weren't for Niu Youdao, the consequences of the matter could be imagined, they were the people who shouted that they wanted to send troops to save Yan State, but it was Niu Youdao who cleared the obstacles for them to send troops and prevent risks, if there was no Niu Youdao hidden behind the scenes, it would be unimaginable to imagine the consequences of killing Shi Sheng in the Shang Dynasty alone, and how could there be the current situation.

A bird appeared in the air in the distance, and Zhang Hu's voice soon came from outside the car window, "Dashuai, Song Jing is here, and I want to verify the number of prisoners." ”

Meng Shanming closed the secret letter in his hand and said indifferently: "Inform all ministries to take precautions and let them verify." In addition, inform the people of the Song State that they want to take the captives and bring food to ......"

......

The negotiations between Song and Yan have already yielded results, but they have not stopped the pace of the Song army, and the 500,000 vanguard men of the Song army finally came to the city and surrounded Yanjing!

The gate of Yanjing City is closed, the guards are like a great enemy on the head of the city, all kinds of defensive facilities have been prepared, and the millions of people organized in the city are busy cooperating with the army to defend the city. It can be seen that as long as there is a determination to take precautions, the resistance force in Yanjing City is by no means more than the 200,000 defenders.

Despite this, the people of the city were still terrified.

Outside the city, a monk sent the Song envoy Qian Liansheng out and let him meet with the Song generals.

Under the persuasion of Qian Liansheng, coupled with Luo Zhao's military order, the Song army only besieged for the time being, waiting for the implementation of the negotiation results, once the implementation was unfavorable, the Song army would immediately attack the city!

The Song army shouted and intimidated outside the city, beating drums and trumpets from time to time to create coercion on the people in the city!

Somewhere in the palace, no one dared to approach it anymore, because some of the corpses in the palace were gathered here and incinerated.

No one dared to mention the cause of death of the palace concubines, although they knew that they couldn't hide it at all, but the chief steward Tian Yu still issued a ban, and those who discussed it died in vain!

Shang Jianxiong didn't dare to go back to the harem to live for the time being, and even the place where he lived was temporarily put together in a small room in the imperial study, and he was afraid of what the people around him knew, but no one dared to say it.

The enemy army outside the city shouted, and in the palace inside the city, Tong Mo took the negotiation results to discuss the implementation steps with Shang Jianxiong and others.

There is no way to negotiate this, not only to implement the results of the negotiations, but also to take care of the emotions of Shang Chaozong, the current situation has been changed by Shang Jianxiong to Shang Chaozong regardless of the strong command, Shang Chaozong has the military power in his hands!

Military power is also the thing that civilian officials hate the most about military attachés, and it is also what civilian officials fear the most, so as long as there is an opportunity, civilian officials are eager to add layers of restrictions to the military power in the hands of military attachés.

At this time, he dared to provoke Shang Chaozong, and it was useless to negotiate any result.

Before, Shang Jianxiong was looking forward to Shang Chaozong's 100,000 iron cavalry attacking the Song army, but now, he was really afraid that Shang Chaozong would impulsively harm him.

From Shang Jianxiong's point of view, Shang Chaozong had every reason to do so.

Meng Xuan came, and ignored the guards outside and broke in directly.

Shang Jianxiong stood up from behind the case and asked, "Master Meng, have the three major factions on the front line been arranged?"

Meng Xuan hesitated, he was also embarrassed about this matter, and it was a little difficult to speak, after all, he had promised it before.

But there is no way, the news sent back by Gong Lince does make sense. The most important thing is that Meng Shanming and others support their own troops, relying on their ability to influence the situation, and do not listen to the three major factions at all, at this time, as long as the three major factions still care about their own interests, they dare not do anything to Meng Shanming, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!

Seeing his reaction, Shang Jianxiong and the others were nervous, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Meng Xuan finally said slowly: "Your Majesty, it is estimated that the Song army will launch an attack in a short time, let the army be ready to defend to the death and be ready to live and die with Yanjing!"

PS: Another person on the slope of the hero immediately slashed his hand, and Xie Xinmeng's leader "chenrh1974" supported him!