It was called persuading surrender, and Qiu Youxian's real purpose was to delay the Yong army's attack.
As long as Zhao Yanxun talks to him, no matter how outrageous the other party's request is, Qiu Youxian will have a good talk.
With such a mood, Qiu You first took two officers from the military department and rushed to the other side in a small boat.
He was not afraid of death, but the two principals who crossed the river with him felt very uneasy at this moment.
They didn't want to go, but unfortunately they had no choice. If they didn't go, they would be disloyal to the court, and it was possible that they would be thrown into jail.
Of course, in order to get his two subordinates to follow him, Qiu Youxian also went through some emotional and rational persuasion.
Standing on the bow of the ship, the officer in charge, Zhang Yuanying, said: "Sir, the sky is high and the sky is high...it's all white!"
He is acting free and uninhibited now, obviously he has relaxed his mind, and is heading to the Yongjun camp with the determination to die.
Sitting at the door of the cabin, Qiu Youxian said with a smile: "I have had two jars in my house for a long time. This time when I return to Beijing... you and I will drink together!"
The two of them were chatting and laughing happily, and Zhao He, who looked solemn on the side, said: "Sir... I'm afraid we won't be able to go back!"
Zhang Yuanying said angrily: "Can't you say something nice?"
"Sounds good? Do you want to deceive yourself?"
"Don't you know that since ancient times, there has been a rule that when two armies are fighting, the envoy will not be killed?"
"How can the rebels care about these rules!"
Seeing the two of them quarreling, Qiu Youxian immediately yelled: "That's enough... We haven't reached the den of thieves yet, what's the point of us quarreling first?"
In fact, they were only fifty or sixty meters away from Xi'an at this moment, which was already very close.
There were many pairs of simple wooden boats placed on the shore. Soldiers were constantly coming and going at this moment, and someone had noticed them.
"alert!"
With a loud roar from Baihu, more than a dozen bows were fully drawn, all aiming at the approaching ships.
Seeing this situation, Mr. Qiu You was afraid that he would be shot into a hedgehog by these people before he even reached the shore, so he immediately shouted: "We are envoys from the imperial court and want to see King Yong!"
"Messenger from the imperial court? This is quite new!" Baihu said, rubbing his chin.
The "leaflet" distributed by the court the day before yesterday was passed down as a joke by the entire army. No one would doubt the power of Yong's army, let alone the justice of Zhao Yanxun.
Baihu immediately ordered: "Let them come over and listen to what they say!"
The distance of fifty meters was quickly closed, Qiu Youxian's boat docked at the shore, and all seven people, including the boatman, were arrested.
Staring at Qiu Youxian, who was wearing a bright red official uniform, Baihu asked, "Who are you?"
"Qiu Youxian, the Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, is here to meet His Highness King Yong!" Qiu Youxian spoke righteously.
He was so calm and composed that the hundred households looked at him and replied: "Not everyone can see our prince!"
Qiu Youxian said in a deep voice: "I am here to see King Yong on behalf of the imperial court to discuss the matter of stopping the army. I believe you will not be far away to see me. We will experience a bloody battle next!"
According to normal thinking, the soldiers at the bottom think not to fight, after all, fighting means killing people.
Unexpectedly, the hundred households said: "A bloody battle? What kind of bloody battle is there? After our army crosses the river, we will defeat you all!"
"My lord, in accordance with the destiny, will kill you traitors. If you don't want to die...just surrender honestly and still save your own life!"
Good guy, I haven’t even met King Yong yet, but I’ve been taught a lesson by just a hundred households.
This made Qiu Youxian very angry, but he still suppressed his anger and said slowly: "I am here to see King Yong on behalf of the court. Can you speak to the court on behalf of King Yong?"
Without authorization, of course these hundreds of households did not dare to answer and froze in place not knowing how to answer.
Qiu Youxian then said: "I want to discuss a major matter with King Yong. If you are really loyal to King Yong, you should report it to him immediately!"
Good guy, one sentence set up hundreds of households.
If he doesn't understand his talents, he is overstepping his bounds and being disloyal to King Yong.
Turning around, the Baihu said coldly: "Watch them... Erkui, go and report to Lord Qianhu!"
"yes!"
Next, Qiu Youxian and others were watched, and out of boredom, they could only watch the soldiers of the Yong Army coming and going.
As a professional from the Ministry of War, after only watching it for about ten minutes, Qiu Youxian's understanding of Yong's army reached a new level.
Military discipline is strict, and orders and prohibitions are presented to him like a textbook.
Despite the busy appearance, upon closer inspection, everything is orderly.
Just when Qiu Youxian was greatly shocked, the rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance attracted his attention.
Seeing the other party coming towards him, Qiu Youxian secretly said: "It seems that King Yong is willing to see me!"
They have been waiting here for half an hour, and it is now almost noon.
Sure enough, this group of cavalry came to them.
The leader was Hu Dabiao. He was sitting on horseback and looking at Qiu Youxian with extremely contemptuous eyes.
Looking at Hu Dabiao and his men, Qiu Youxian was shocked again.
The soldiers in front of them were strong and burly, with fine iron armor all over their bodies. They all exuded a strong evil spirit. They had obviously crawled out of the sea of blood from the mountain of corpses.
Qiu Youxian originally thought that the Yong army just now was very strong, but the group of people who appeared in front of him were much stronger than those people just now.
Qiu Youxian was filled with bitterness. In his opinion, King Yong's ability to mobilize 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the northwest was outrageous enough.
But the other party could build such a powerful army, which he couldn't even wrap his head around.
Can such a powerful Yong army be able to stop the western front army once it crosses the river? Qiu Youxian fell into doubt.
"Are you the Minister of War?"
Although he was shocked, but now being questioned by the "rebels", Qiu Youxian felt that he could not lose his momentum.
Then he straightened his back and said, "Qiu Youxian, the Minister of the Military Department, would like to ask for an interview with His Highness King Yong!"
Hu Dabiao gathered the reins, bent down and looked down at Qiu Youxian and said: "Just now you said that Ding Baihu cannot represent the prince, then I have to ask you...can you represent the court?"
This sentence really stopped Qiu You from asking.
Their imperial mission was ordered by the emperor to investigate the situation, but there was no explicit authorization to allow them to negotiate with Yong's army.
But at this time, Qiu Youxian replied in a deep voice: "Of course I can represent the court!"
He said that this statement was tantamount to "falsely passing on an imperial edict," causing the expressions of the two principals behind him to change greatly.
Even if this trip is successful, Qiu Youxian will most likely be severely punished after returning to Beijing, and he may even lose his head.
Zhang Yuanying and Zhang Yuanying were shocked at this moment, but they also really admired Qiu Youxian. This man was truly loyal to the country and had no regard for life or death.
After hearing the reply, Hu Dabiao immediately said: "Okay... you come with me!"
After that, Hu Dabiao didn't say much, but turned his horse's head and left.
Qiu Youxian immediately followed him. About three miles away in the direction he followed was the majestic Hanbei City.
On the road, Qiu Youxian felt at ease as the expected zombies everywhere did not appear.
But the piles of bones on both sides of the road prove that those zombies existed.
When approaching Hanbei City, Qiu Youxian saw more troops and witnessed the Yong army's suppression of zombies.
Completely different from the imperial army's fighting method, Yong's army's fighting method is extremely simple, which is to push forward and crush them all the way.
Just as Qiu Youxian was sighing at the strength of Yong's army, Hu Dabiao from the front said slowly: "It's really annoying to kill one group of these monsters and then another one appears!"
A commander-in-chief on the side replied: "It just takes a lot of trouble, it just prolongs the time to cross the river!"
Listening to the conversation between the two of them, it turned out that they didn't take zombies seriously at all. Killing zombies is as easy as eating and pulling weeds.
Qiu Youxian was shocked, but he also had to admit in his heart that the unparalleled Yong Army did have something to be proud of.