Liu Xiangxiang was moved after what she said. She originally thought that Luo Tong was greedy for life and was afraid of death, so he refused to fight because of his injuries. Now it seems that Luo Tong has his own considerations and does not approve of the current fighting method. On the contrary, he has too many Heartbroken.
"Okay, okay, General Luo is indeed the pillar of the Jin Dynasty. Please accept the incense and pay homage." After Liu Xiangxiang finished speaking, she was about to bend down and salute.
"I can't do it. Princess Jin absolutely can't do it. As a general, this is my duty. If Princess Jin agrees, I will go there overnight." Luo Tong avoided the bow and said loudly.
"So anxious?" Liu Xiangxiang looked surprised when she heard that Luo Tong was about to take action now.
"Yes, soldiers need to be quick. And if we move during the day, we will inevitably be noticed by the Qian army, and there is a possibility of being intercepted by separate troops. And who knows if there is any detailed operation of Qian people in the army, so we can go to war before the news is exposed. The timing is just right. Just to make the Qian army retreat, the number of people attacking this time cannot be too small, at least 50,000 troops." Luo Tong said as if he was confident.
Liu Xiangxiang didn't think too much about taking away only 50,000 troops. After all, there are still more than 100,000 Jin troops. In addition to the wounded soldiers, there are also 100,000 troops. It is only half of them. But it can gain a lot of strength. Victory, no matter how you look at it, it is worth it. "Okay, I agree."
"The princess is wise. In this case, please don't leave here now. You can watch with your own eyes how the troops are dispatched, so you can ask the princess to cheer up the soldiers." Luo Tong was happy and continued to speak.
"Okay." Liu Xiangxiang thought about it and nodded. She knew that this was Wang Tong showing his loyalty to her, and she was a little worried. After all, the two of them rarely had contact with each other, but if he could issue military orders in front of her, , it is a bit more believable.
Liu Xiangxiang agreed, and Luo Tong immediately called his own soldiers in front of him, and loudly ordered them to invite a certain general to come. In less than half an hour, the generals whose names were called appeared. In the big tent.
"Brothers, after this general's plan and the princess's approval, let's..." In front of all the generals, Luo Tong said that he would go deep into Dingzhou City and then attack Daliang City. According to him, I am a strange army, and what I need is speed. For this reason, I don’t even bring extra rations, I just have to do this well with the heart of breaking the ax and sinking the boat.
Liu Xiangxiang was even more reassured when she heard that Luo Tong would not even bring much military rations. In this case, this army would be like a rootless army and would ultimately have to rely on her. With complete trust, she also took out The military talisman taken from King Jin early in the morning was delivered to Luo Tong in public.
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Dingzhou City Tower.
Not far from the city, the Jin army camp suddenly mobilized, attracting the attention of the soldiers guarding the city.
Soon, nearly half of the Jin army's troops came out of the camp, and flew around a trail in the south of Dingzhou City under the watchful eyes of the guards. This scene frightened the young general who was guarding the city. Regardless of anything else, he quickly rushed towards the emperor's resting place in the city.
Emperor Qianwen, who had fallen asleep, was woken up by someone. After seeing Dai Mubai, Shi Hongyun and others all looking nervous, he knew something big had happened.
"Your Majesty, something bad happened. The Jin army suddenly divided its troops and bypassed Dingzhou by a small road overnight, heading straight towards our hinterland." Shi Hongyun stepped forward and told the news he had just received.
"Hinterland? Are you saying they are going straight to Daliang City?" Emperor Qianwen looked surprised. He took a few steps to reach the hanging map, and within a short time his eyebrows knitted together.
According to the plan, the 50,000 Qi army will arrive in two days. At that time, they will cooperate with the Qian army inside and outside to defeat the Jin army. Reinforcements from Su and Qing states will also arrive. When swallowing the entire land of King Jin.
But just when the big plan was about to be completed, the Jin army suddenly divided its troops, which completely broke his military plan. If he failed to do it correctly, the war would have burned to the front of Daliang City, even though there were 20,000 new recruits there and many more. The city may not be able to be captured if the government officials arrest the enemy, but if reinforcements are not sent, no one knows what will happen. Once Daliang City is really captured, it will be really dangerous for the army.
"Your Majesty, I would like to send 50,000 elite troops to attack the Jin soldiers in a flanking attack with the soldiers in Daliang City." It was Shi Hongyun who stepped forward and volunteered.
"Your Majesty, I am also willing to go." Other generals such as Huo Yang also stood up, expressing their intention to share the emperor's worries for Daqian.
As a general and an ambitious general, their strength cannot be used in the battle to defend the city, so they all want to use this opportunity to perform well. After all, the emperor is right in front of them. As long as they perform well, there is no need to worry about it. Can't you get ahead and be promoted to an official position?
The general below wanted to fight, which naturally made Emperor Qianwen very happy, but if 50,000 troops were to be divided at once, there would be less than 10,000 people left in Dingzhou City. How could the city be defended? If the Jin army began to attack fiercely early tomorrow morning, would it be possible to defend the city? It's okay. But if too few troops are deployed, will they be swallowed up one by one by the Jin army entering the hinterland?
There were many questions, and Emperor Qianwen could not make any conclusion for a while. Just when he was still considering how many troops to send back to defend, suddenly a report from a young scout came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, There will be something to report in the end."
"Come in." Emperor Qianwen didn't know what was going on, so he looked out of the hall with the generals. Soon a young general wearing armor entered and knelt down on the ground only ten steps away. "Reporting to your majesty, there are a number of riders riding in front of the city at the north gate to call the gate. They claim to be the King of Jin."
"What? Are you saying it again?" Emperor Qianwen asked in surprise, fearing that he could not hear clearly.
About half an hour later, the sound of Emperor Qianwen laughing came from the Dingzhou City Yamen. This was the first time in two months since the beginning of the war that he had laughed like this.
Emperor Qianwen was in a very good mood, which was closely related to the person kneeling in front of him to plead guilty. Who would have thought that King Jin would enter the city to plead guilty when the two parties were fighting?
I originally thought that the Jin army divided its troops to force Qian's army to divide its troops, and then look for opportunities to divide and eat them. However, I did not know that the reason why the Jin army divided its troops was to find opportunities to surrender to Qian's army. Just like now, the Jin army The king entered Dingzhou City with just a few horses. When he saw Emperor Qianwen, he burst into tears and blamed Princess Jin for all the blame for the war. He described himself as a complete victim. He knelt down to admit his mistake. At the same time, he said that he would find a way to persuade the Jin army under the city to surrender, and was willing to give the entire Yuzhou and Shaanxi Province to Emperor Daqian. He only wanted Jinzhou to be used for the retirement of the Li clan.
The surrender of King Jin naturally made Emperor Qianwen very happy. This means that there is no suspense in the next battle, and it means that Daqian will eventually win a great victory, and at least he will gain two territories in Henan and Shaanxi. It's like all the states and lands under his control are connected and they will form a whole, and their own strength will be invisibly expanded several times.
Compared with what he got, just giving the King of Jin a Jinzhou to survive was really nothing.
Of course, the important thing is that King Jin's act of surrender was so good that Emperor Qianwen could not kill him. Otherwise, if the other vassal kings knew about this, Emperor Qianwen would still surrender to you. Even if they are killed, do they have any other options besides confrontation in the future? Doesn't this mean forcing those feudal kings to rebel?
From this point of view, if anyone said that King Jin was a puppet or a mallet, Emperor Qianwen would not believe him even if he was beaten to death.
"Oh, nephew of the King of Jin, get up quickly. I agree to your conditions. And I can also promise you that if you can persuade the Jin army under the city to surrender, I will give you half of the troops and horses. Take it away." In order to let King Jin serve, and to reduce losses in the future, Emperor Qianwen drew a big cake for King Jin Li Sheng.
In other words, if he could persuade 10,000 Jin troops to surrender, he could take away 5,000 people. With such a huge benefit, he would not be afraid that the King of Jin would not use his heart and strength.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." King Jin thanked him immediately. He also decided to perform well after dawn and persuade as many Jin troops as possible to lay down their weapons and surrender.
Just when the King of Jin led General Luo Tong and others into Dingzhou City to plead guilty to Emperor Qianwen, the Jin army camp under the city was already in flames.
After Liu Xiangxiang watched Luo Tong lead the troops out of the camp, she impromptuly prepared to go to her master, Princess Di, to claim credit. She thought that this might be the turning point of the war, and that defeat might be turned into victory. But before she could When he was about to take action, he first received news like a bolt from the blue: King Jin had disappeared.
After getting the news, Liu Xiangxiang still didn't believe it, so she went to King Jin's tent in person. What she saw was a man with a figure similar to King Jin taking his place. After questioning, he found out that this was King Jin. Let him stay here to replace him. As for where King Jin went, he doesn't know.
King Jin disappeared unexpectedly. While Liu Xiangxiang ordered some of his confidants to search around, he hurriedly went to Princess Di's tent.
"Hey, there's no need to look for it. I think he must have gone with Luo Tong." The former Princess Di was much more careful. After relating what happened, she said as if making an assertion.
"This...can't be true." Liu Xiangxiang said with some disbelief.
"There's nothing I can't do. Don't you think about it, why Luo Tong didn't want to see you before, but this time you were so proactive?" Princess Di asked with an instructive look towards Liu Xiangxiang, There was no trace of blame in it. Maybe she had already prepared for the Jin army to be defeated, so she didn't care. Or maybe she still needed Liu Xiangxiang to help her, so she didn't blame.