Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Against the Outsiders
"General Zhong." The old man with a long bearded skeleton beside him frowned.
"Mr. Cheng, look at it too." Zhong Yan shook his face and pushed the letter aside. The old man looked at it: "General Zhong Yan personally opened it, Qin Xian Ao Jing."
"I heard recently that the general had set up his troops and left the important border area, intending to attack..."
"Qin secretly thinks that the general is inappropriate..."
"Since ancient times, killing one person is a crime, and killing ten thousand people is a hero. After slaughtering nine million, only then can it be a hero. Looking at all dynasties, few people who step on the dragon throne do not step on the sea of blood..."
"The Chenqiao mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin put on his yellow robe. Don't think that the truth is really like this? Zhao Song's path is not right, and it has never been like this in all dynasties. Such an emperor is really better than the sky? The sages and saints educate people, and they really make the world loyal to the thief father..."
"I know that the general has great ambitions, and his body can be dead, his head can be broken, and his reputation cannot be settled. He must keep his reputation in the history of the alchemy. General Zhong is also famous, and he cannot let his ancestors be shamed. The family is contaminated with dust. Therefore, the general does not want to serve the two masters, and regards Qin as a rebel, so he raises troops. But the general really thinks this is a glorious family to his ancestors?"
"Mencius said that the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the king is the least. The Analects of Confucius also said that I am guilty of my own crimes, but there is no way to go. The crime is with me. Even the emperor of the ages, Li Shimin, said that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn the boat. True wisdom, wise and moral people put all the people before the monarch. Their loyalty to the king is because of this way, the world can be peaceful and the people will not be affected by the fire of war..."
"Who is loyal to the emperor because of all people or loyal to the emperor because of loyalty to the emperor, which is higher or lower..."
"The greatest hero is to serve the country and the people. Even the people's chivalrous heroes are like this. If the generals and heroes do not know that one loyal surname is also loyal to all surnames..."
"Qin is not talented, and he is determined to promote the learning of the gods and the country of immortals and inspire the wisdom of the people. However, he secretly gained support from all the people and felt a great responsibility..."
"The emperor, the son of heaven, Qin Xiang did not believe these. General Zhong is a hero who drinks blood from the knife, and he will not believe this. General Zhong must have seen Qin's articles, and should know that in Qin's "Travels of the Kingdom of Gods", the position of the emperor is not particularly respected..."
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The old man frowned. He was Zhong Yan's aide. He did not support Zhong Yan against the public opinion of the world and insisted on attacking Qin Xianao. But Zhong Yan was just so determined. Faced with Zhong Yan, who could kill people while chatting and drinking, he did not dare to say much. In Qin Xianao's letter, he initially analyzed that Zhong and Zhong Wan surnames were still Zhong Wan surnames. Although the reason was simple, in this era, when Confucianism's idea of loyalty to the emperor unified the world, even if someone understood it in his heart, he would not dare to say it.
The old man himself dared not tell him about it. At this moment, Qin Xianao's letter was so blunt, and the old man still agreed very much.
The letter was reasonable and the words were extremely sharp. The letter began with dozens of questions, and every question was beyond answer. Of course, these could not convince Zhong Yan. However, the letter then promised that if Zhong Yan could afford to protect the entire Song Dynasty, the court was formed according to the political system described in "On the Federal Government". Qin Xianao was willing to give up his position as the father of the nation.
"Give up the position of the founding father?"
The old man's heart is thrilling, a gentleman's word is as good as he can, but
Can Zhong Yan?
The old man shook his head in his heart and understood why Zhong Yan looked ugly when he read this letter.
Although Zhong Yan is talented, he is just a talented general and a general who protects the whole world. The old man does not think that Zhong Yan is in action. People in the world may not buy it even if they rebel against the kings.
Qin Xianaokai had such a condition. Zhong Yan would never agree.
After making this promise in the letter, the information was then sent out.
"Xixia attacked in large numbers?"
The old man also sweated slightly on his forehead and even looked at Zhong Yan: "General, if the people of Xixia knew that the Song Dynasty had changed, the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom were all wolves and ambitions. My Song Dynasty was well-defended and kept invading borders. This time, the Song Dynasty collapsed. This time, the Song Dynasty had a great opportunity. There was no reason why they didn't come to take advantage of the situation to rob."
"I know." Zhong Yan said in a deep voice, "Tokyo's sky changes, I have not moved, and I have not sent troops to help the king. I have been worried about this. I have planned to wait for the rabbit to fight the Xixia people first and fight back, so that they have no strength to conduct a second invasion for the time being, and then I will fight the king, but..."
"This group of Xixia thieves were so calm this time that they kept suppressing their troops, but Qin Xian's apocalypse made a surprise move."
"The thieves revived, which was a sign of great chaos. I originally expected that the thieves would compete for hegemony and the world would be in chaos, but Qin Xianao reported the article, which defeated millions of soldiers, and the world would not be in chaos."
"Qin Xianao wants to be the emperor and form the imperial court. I originally thought that even if he could succeed, it would take several years to force the team to form, but..."
Zhong Yan's eyes were shining sharply, which was because of the lack of estimates of the Qin Dynasty's successive success, which led to his current passiveness.
"Qin Xianao was formed in the court with such a lightning speed and speed, and it would be successful in an instant. Zhao Song was in danger. I would not send troops, and I would not have the chance to get rid of the chaos. So I took a risk, but who knew... "
"General." The old man said in a deep voice, "I have a sentence under my subordinates who don't know whether to say it or not."
"Mr. Cheng, what's your relationship with me? Tell me directly. If you don't tell me directly, who can tell the truth to me?" Zhong Yan said warmly.
"General Zhong, Qin Xianao's letter, let alone the information, the previous words are not wrong, and..." the old man said in a deep voice, "I agree with it too. It is better to go with the flow..."
"Hmph" Zhong Yan hummed, "Qin Xianao means someone breaks into your house, kills your father, steals your mother, and then raises you. Do you want to be loyal and filial to him? The king is the one who breaks into your house. Do you think I am just an idiot and can't understand this? I am not a wise person, and I am against Qin Xianao, but I am against Qin Xianao, just because he is not a good lord. He may not be good at sitting on the dragon throne. I am for the sake of thousands of families, not one family."
The old man smiled bitterly: "I have lost my words."
"Okay, who won't say the wrong thing? We don't need to talk about this matter anymore. This letter says that the Xixia people are invading me. I wonder if Mr. Cheng thinks it is true or false?"
"Qin Xianao wants to sit on the dragon throne. The emperor has a golden word and a jade word. One word is nine tripods. Qin Xianao is likely to be faked, and this is not the point." The old man analyzed, "The key is his intelligence system."
"His intelligence system is very fast." Zhong Yan said this and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.
"It's useless for us to envy Qin Xianao's intelligence network. I believe that once the Xixia people take action, he may know it as soon as possible, but... what if this news is false?" Zhong Yan said in a deep voice.
"No matter whether it is true or not, it may be true." The old man said.
"What does this mean?"
"Because Qin Xianao can tell the Xixia people the news of our military attack as quickly as possible." The old man's eyes flashed. "His intelligence transmission speed is extremely fast. If he did this seriously, I'm afraid everything described in this letter will be true."
Zhong Yan was shocked, and his eyes immediately widened: "That's right. Qin Xianao is not a good person and may not be considering the people. To stop me, he might actually inform Xixia."
The old man lowered his head, and a sneer flashed through his eyes.
"Qin Xianao is not a good person? If he is not a good person, he would not promise you in this letter. As long as you Zhong Yan can suppress the world, he is willing to withdraw." Unlike Zhong Yan, the old man has a little bit of affection for Qin Xianao.
"General." The old man's voice was hoarse, "The world can fall into Qin Xianao's hands, but it must not fall into the hands of the thief of Xixia."
Zhong Yan's face turned dark.
The old man seemed not to see it: "Besides, our soldiers are all from this Fuyan Road. The "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that in all the methods of using troops, they can use thousands of horses to get food for thousands of miles. Although we marched in the territory of the Song Dynasty, you have also seen the recent marches. The larger cities have been controlled by the people, and it is quite difficult to just eat in small cities. We have fought three siege battles, with many casualties. These siege battles are all the people defending the city."
Zhong Yan's face looked even more ugly. Qianli Shiwang even had to transport food by himself. If it didn't take long, it could support it. But once the war lasted a little longer, it would be very troublesome and even had to retreat.
It is also difficult to obtain grain from the official warehouses and warehouses in the past cities.
These granaries hidden in the city are not willing to plant a family army for them, so they have had a fight with the people who defend the city and only then have to steal the food after entering the city.
In this way, one's own casualties will be severe and the killing will be even more severe.
Although he was cruel and easy to kill, he always killed the common people in the Song Dynasty like this... He was a descendant of a famous sect, not a murderous demon.
"You can still give the enemy food to the enemy." The old man chattered, "But in his own territory, it becomes like this. Do we also want to rob it like Sun Chong? The general committed the title of loyal to the Song Dynasty... it is not wise."
"And the soldiers left their hometowns, not to mention the two major issues of fighting spirit and disagreement in the land, just say that once the Fuyan Road is invaded by the Xixia thief, the relatives and relatives in their hometown will even lose their relatives, or even have no idea of life and death. They are still willing to fight in other places? Besides..." the old man persuaded.
"Enough" a low voice sounded.
"Do you think I don't understand these common sense? The Song Dynasty is already in danger, so how can we not save it? No matter how terrible the people of Xixia are, they only occupy a few prefectures and counties. Dozens of cities are enough for them to be busy. Qin Xianao is the entire Song Dynasty, and how much territory will it cost? If you fight against foreign countries, you must first settle the internal situation, stabilize the internal situation, and use all the power of the Song Dynasty. Those cities that have been lost to Xixia cannot be taken back?"
"General, Qin Xianao can write "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and can also seize it with such a newspaper trick..."
"You don't have to say anything more. I have decided that even if the Xixia people invade, they will fight against the rebels and welcome back to the official family..."
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Soon the Zhong family army continued to set off eastward.
Zhengzhou Telegraph Room.
"Zong Yan did not retreat? Still intending to attack the east?" Qin Chao raised his eyebrows slightly, and then issued an order, "As long as the original plan."
"Our boss, I didn't expect that this kind of swear would even ignore anything."
"This is normal." Qin Dynasty smiled indifferently. In the hearts of real heroes, foreign aggression will always be ranked after the peace of the country. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty would rather give land to the foreign countries than to the family slaves. During the Republic of China, it was necessary to rebel against foreign countries first, and would not resist Japan's invasion in the early days.
"The Battle of Yongle City was so important back then, and Zhong Yan never saved him. Zhong Yan has never taken care of the overall situation. He did not retreat and fell into expectations." Qin Chao narrowed his eyes.
Three days later, the entire Song Dynasty newspaper published an article reporting that the Western Xia army invaded the Song Dynasty and occupied more than a dozen cities in a row with a force of unstoppable force. All the strategic areas in the Mizhi City area of Fuyan Road fell into the hands of Xixia, and Xixia was advancing southeast at a faster speed.
"In the night, who could have expected a large army to come here, when the first scream sounded..."
"The fires surged into the sky, blood flowed into rivers, and broken limbs and broken arms piled into mountains. That night, countless families were destroyed, and the blood of my Song people..."
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In contrast, every war, the court official newspaper and official list are just boring numbers and general descriptions.
This issue of the New Youth Daily uses a realistic, detailed and vivid description of the bloody and cruelty of the Xixia siege and the burning, killing, and looting after capturing the city.
Modern research has proved that numbers alone are not enough to touch people's hearts.
If it is just a number on paper and no detailed story description, even if tens of thousands of people die, although people are touched, this kind of sympathy, anger, anxiety, etc. is not as good as the touch and emotions of such sympathy, anger, anxiety, and other touches and emotions are not as serious as that of a few people. The disaster is actually not serious at all, but it is reported through detailed descriptions of news images.
This issue of newspapers used news to describe the disasters caused by the war and the sufferings of the lost people. The impact of this was naturally great. To be continued.
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Chapter completed!