Regarding his proposal, most of the generals present expressed their approval, and only a few people held different opinions. Zhang Huaide believed that although the proposal was good, he was afraid that it would not come in time. Not only that, but it would also consume a lot of manpower and material resources.
In his opinion, the top priority should be to step up the recruitment and training of a group of new soldiers
In addition, in order to ensure the supply of grain and grass in the rear and the army, you can try to send people to sneak into those enemy-occupied areas and do some dredging work for the local enlightened people, hoping that they can contribute to the court, in the spirit of 'pay money if you have money'
The principle of "money, power and effort" and the introduction of a large number of reserve resources will completely solve the worries of the soldiers, and they will work harder in the war.
Shao Yan felt that both of their proposals were reasonable, but he preferred the gentle policy mentioned by Zhang Huaide. Although this strategy was a bit risky, once successful, it would not only improve the morale of the soldiers, but also strengthen the long-term
This fortress made it invincible, and at the same time it was convenient to take the initiative to expand its power outside the city. After some thinking, he breathed out quietly and said: "The proposals that the two generals just made are all different.
They have their own reasons, but there is no conflict in the implementation of the two. In this way, Zhang Baihu, you lead the people to be responsible for the defense of the city. Remember, as long as the King of the Golden Gun knows about it, I will change everything."
"The general will obey orders"
"Zhang Huaide"
"The end will be here"
"The recruitment and training of new recruits will be left to you." Shao Yan added with a smile: "This task is more difficult, you have to think clearly. If you feel that you are not competent, I will arrange other people."
Zhang Huaide hurriedly shook his head, patted his chest and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the general will die after exhausting himself."
Seeing his resolute attitude, Shao Yan felt relieved. Then he turned to Chang Yixiao and said, "Yixiao, you will be responsible for raising donations. I heard that there is a wealthy gentry in Changqing City. You can start from here."
"
"Me?" Chang Yixiao was suddenly startled, but he was in a state of confusion in his heart. He thought to himself, if the emperor asks me to charge into the battle, I will be bound to do it, but if you ask me to nod and humiliate those wealthy landlords, this is not right.
Are you obviously using your hot face to touch someone else's cold ass? I can't do it
Shao Yan saw his concerns and immediately pursed his lips and smiled: "What? Are you not happy or what? Of course, if you are not willing, forget it, I will go in person."
Although Chang Yixiao was young, he was not enough to make the older generals look down on him, so he quickly replied: "As the king of a country, your Majesty, how can such a trivial matter dare to alarm your superiors? All I have to do is obey the order."
Shao Yan laughed loudly and said: "Okay, my Chang Yixiao has indeed grown up. Now is the time to test you. After you accomplish this, I will definitely reward you based on your merits."
"Do you really mean what the emperor said?" Chang Yixiao is now a small lieutenant. He has been looking forward to being like Zhang Baihu and others, commanding thousands of troops to fight against the enemy, but he has no chance to tell the emperor.
Open your mouth, how can you miss this opportunity?
"You have no words to joke about," Shao Yan said seriously.
Chang Yixiao was so excited that he puffed up his chest and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, my subordinates will resolutely complete the task."
Everyone burst into laughter. In the middle of the meeting, an emergency report came from a soldier outside the hall, saying that the King of the Golden Gun had led tens of thousands of troops to the city and was calling for formation.
Shao Yan immediately canceled the meeting, and then he led all the generals to the city tower impatiently, only to see that everything under the city tower was completely dark. Tens of thousands of Chu soldiers were lined up in front of the formation, and it was like an overwhelming force. It seemed that the opponent was coming this time.
He is determined to capture Changqing City.
Seeing the King of the Golden Gun riding proudly on horseback, Chang walked to the edge of the city with a smile, pointed at his nose angrily, and yelled: "King of the Golden Gun, you traitor, what are you doing here?"
The Golden Gun King held his head high and said contemptuously: "What a fool, you little kid is so ignorant. I can be your elder in terms of age. You are so rude to your elders. It's in vain that you have been following the emperor all this time."
Around you, look at what you have learned. It’s true that those who are close to pearls are red, and those who are close to ink are black.”
Chang Yixiao was so angry that he immediately grabbed the bow and arrow from a soldier and shot at the King of Golden Guns. However, due to the distance and the fact that his archery skills were not very good, two arrows in a row missed the target.
The King of the Golden Gun said proudly: "You, a stinky brat, dare to plot against me, huh, you'd better go back and feed yourself for a few years before talking about it."
"You——" Chang Yixiao blushed with anger.
"Jin, what do you want?" Zhang Huaide said angrily: "If we can, let's fight alone, otherwise we will take your team back."
The King of Golden Guns glanced at him disdainfully, then turned his gaze to Shao Yan, and said with a half-smile: "Your Majesty, I don't mean to cause trouble this time, I just want to seek justice for my mother."
This guy usually likes to play tricks on himself. Shao Yan has long been used to it, so he asked coldly: "What kind of justice? I don't understand what you mean."
The Golden Gun King's face instantly darkened, he pointed at Mu Ying beside him, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, what has your woman done that you don't need Wei Chen to tell you?"
I'm screwing your mother, don't play tricks with me there, your mother, you thought it was something, but it turns out it's just a trivial matter, this bitch is just looking for a fight, Shao Yan was very annoyed, but he listened to the words beside him
Mu Ying said angrily: "King of the Golden Gun, what do you mean by this?
"What do you mean?" The King of Golden Gun snorted coldly: "You stinky girl, you have already come to this point, do you still want to deny it?"
"King of the Golden Gun, you'd better tell me clearly. I didn't do anything wrong, so why should I deny it?" Mu Ying's eyes lit up, and then he thought that he had kidnapped his mother, so he said: "
If you blame me for being disrespectful to your father, it is all your own fault and no one else can be blamed."
"What a shame, you're just threatening my mother, but why do you want to kill her?" The King of the Golden Gun showed a ferocious expression, which made people's hair stand on end.
As soon as these words came out, Mu Ying was immediately dumbfounded. Shao Yan, Zhang Baihu and others were all shocked.
"You're talking nonsense. When I let go of Mrs. Jin that day, she was clearly still fine. I never hurt her even a hair," Mu Ying retorted resolutely.
Chang Yixiao and Zhang Huaide were also present at the time, and they successively expressed their willingness to testify for Mu Ying. However, the King of the Golden Gun was so angry at this time that he could not hear these things. He only thought that they were deliberately protecting their own people, and both sides talked and talked.
Then they started to quarrel
Seeing that they were arguing, Shao Yan did not make any excuses, because in his opinion, neither the Golden Gun King nor Mu Ying had lied, which meant that Mrs. Jin was indeed no longer alive. As for the
Shao Yan couldn't figure out the cause of his death. According to the King of the Golden Gun, his mother should have been killed that night. So what happened? Will the old lady meet anyone on her way back?
?
Just as he was thinking about it, he accidentally noticed an unfamiliar face on the horse next to the King of Golden Guns. This man was wearing a red armor. Judging from the top of his head, he was obviously not an ordinary soldier. He was even a soldier.
Maybe even bigger than the official in King of the Golden Gun
The man noticed Shao Yan looking at him, and then smiled at Shao Yan, then faced the Golden Gun King again, and whispered something quietly. The Golden Gun King seemed to have received great encouragement, so he raised his head again and said confidently
He said: "Your Majesty, Mu Ying killed Wei Chen's mother, what do you think we should do?"
"Killing for life, regardless of one another, this is the rule set by this dynasty." Shao Yan glanced at the man next to him, and then said: "However, I am afraid that someone is deliberately framed. As the saying goes, if you want to inflict a crime, there is no need to worry about it.
Remarks? If I just listen to your one-sided words and jump to conclusions, wouldn't I be putting human life in danger? So you have to provide evidence that convinces me."
The Golden Gun King smiled coldly: "Well, this is what you said. I hope you won't defend yourself for a while." After that, he pointed to the man next to him and introduced to Shao Yan: "This is the Emperor of Chu.
The Imperial Governor, he can prove that it was Mu Ying who killed my mother."
The chief governor bowed respectfully to Shao Yan and said with a calm smile: "I have met His Majesty Emperor Donglin in Sun Chaozong."
"It turns out to be Governor Sun. I'm disrespectful." Shao Yan was polite to him briefly and asked casually: "Jin Qiang just said that you can prove that Mu Ying committed a murder. So I want to know, it was you who saw Mu Ying commit the murder with your own eyes."
?”
Sun Chaozong hesitated for a moment and then said after a while: "No, I happened to pass by there that night and saw the old lady lying in a pool of blood. I also learned from the old lady's mouth..."
"Oh, that means you didn't see the murderer with your own eyes?" Shao Yan interrupted him unceremoniously: "In this case, I can't just accuse people randomly. Lord Governor, you know the law.
People who judge others guilty without any evidence, I think there should be no such provision even in your country's laws."
Sun Chaozong frowned and thought to himself, this top emperor is indeed well-deserved and his reaction is so fast. No wonder the young prince has repeatedly told me to be wary of his machinations. It seems that this person is really a troublesome master.
Seeing that he couldn't answer, the King of the Golden Gun suddenly felt helpless and hurriedly said: "So what, can't my mother's words be taken seriously? There is an ancient saying that when a person is about to die, his words are also kind. I have pity on my mother.
I didn’t enjoy a few days of happiness, but I was brutally murdered by a traitor. What a darn bitch..." He started to cry when he got to the point where he was sad.
Oh my god, this guy is not only sick, but also seriously ill. Damn it, your mother, you are crying in broad daylight! You really owe me. Shao Yan was upset when he heard this, and he said generously: "Unfortunately, your father was killed.
I am as sad as you. Although you are unkind, I and these brothers around you will not take it out on your family, let alone Miss Mu. If you think about it carefully, if I kill your mother, it will only intensify the situation.
The conflict between us is of no benefit to me at all. In my opinion, this is probably a deliberate deception by those villains with ulterior motives. The purpose is to deal with us through your hands." At this point, his
His eyes were focused on Sun Chaozong's face.
Sun Chaozong felt a little uncomfortable, so he pretended to comfort the Golden Gun King, then changed the gentle expression on his face and said seriously: "Your Majesty, although I have never seen Miss Mu commit any murder with my own eyes, but besides her, who else would
To do this to an old lady?"
When Mu Ying heard what he said, he suddenly became furious: "How can you be so unreasonable? I have already said that I did not kill the old lady, why are you still so aggressive?"
Zhang Huaide became even more angry: "Miss Mu, let's not talk nonsense with him. I think he just came here to find trouble. Damn it, doesn't he just want to start a war? I just want to accompany you."
Sun Chaozong laughed and said: "The customs in your country are really interesting. The emperor didn't speak, and the people here couldn't bear the loneliness. You know, in our country, whoever dares to interrupt in front of the emperor is bullying the emperor."
Sin, since the emperor of your country does not pay attention to the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, it is no wonder that he loses every battle."
Shao Yan heard that there was a hint of provocation in his words, and then he smiled heartily and said: "Thank you, Lord Governor, for reminding me. It's just that our two countries have different national conditions, so naturally we cannot compare them."
"Well, after all, this is an internal matter in your country. If I say too much, it will only make people think that I am meddling in my own business." After a moment of pause, Sun Chaozong then asked: "I just want to know, your Majesty, will you hand over the murderer today?"
murderer?"
"The murderer?" Shao Yan looked around, up and down, and couldn't help but wonder: "Captain Sun, I don't know who the murderer you are referring to is? Is it me? Or is it yourself?"