In the city of Weisheng and in the main hall of Jin, all civil and military officials are still gathering. // Visit and download txt novels//Literature Museum.
They were all waiting for Fang Xuedu to come back. If they still had a trace of confidence when Xiangyuan City was broken, then after Bian Xiang was defeated by 10,000 Daliang, their last trace of confidence was gone.
Bian Xiang's former army was defeated, and Daliang's troops did not kill and hurt too many people, but only a thousand soldiers fled back to the city. He came to report that there were defeated soldiers everywhere outside the city, but few were willing to return to the city. The soldiers knew that the victory was no longer guaranteed, so why didn't they know?
Tian Hu didn't want these officials to disperse, because he was afraid that these officials would go out and planned to rebel. He stayed in the hall, so he felt more at ease.
At noon, Tian Hu generously gave a banquet in the palace, allowing all officials to enjoy the state banquet of Jin. I don’t know how many people complained that this was the last state banquet of Jin.
After the state banquet ended, everyone returned to the main hall.
In name, it was a discussion of military affairs, but everyone was waiting for news about Fang Xuedu.
Finally, the guards outside the hall informed Fang Xuedu that he had returned, and Tian Hu on the throne immediately said impatiently: "Xuan him into the hall."
All civil and military officials also looked at the entrance of the hall, wanting to see from Fang Xuedu’s face whether the news was good or bad.
Fang Xuedu entered the hall with a hint of indignation on his face, which made everyone's hearts sink.
"Meet the king."
Tian Hu was not in the mood to say more, and said directly: "What should Prince Daliang say?"
Fang Xuedu said indignantly: "Prince Daliang didn't take us seriously at all and had no intention of talking to us."
Although everyone in the hall had seen that there was no good news from Fang Xuedu's face, he couldn't help but turn black when he heard Fang Xuedu say this.
The entire hall seemed to be full of despair.
Tian Hu frowned and said, "He didn't say anything?"
Fang Xuedu said: "He said it, but we can never agree to his conditions. He said that the king and the two kings harm one side and were killed without mercy. As long as the rest surrender before Daliang broke the city, those with talents will continue to be appointed. The evil death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped. All the soldiers and horses in Hedong will be relieved and returned to the fields."
After Fang Xuedu finished speaking, he could feel that many civil and military officials behind him breathed a sigh of relief, and the depressed atmosphere in the hall eased a little.
Tian Hu on the throne gritted his teeth and said, "Chao Yong's yellow mouth is too bullying."
He originally thought that Daliang would leave him a small town to settle them, and no matter how bad he was, he would give him a title to spend the rest of his life secretly, just like Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty. He didn't have to think about it, but he didn't expect that Chao Yong would not leave him a way out at all.
Not to mention that he still has many soldiers and horses in his hands now, even if he becomes a lonely man, he will not be tied up.
The second king Tian Bao also jumped out and said, "I said before that I could not negotiate peace with them, but Fang Xuedu urged his brother to humiliate himself."
As he said that, he looked at Fang Xuedu with a fierce light and said, "King, the most urgent task is to let the soldiers in the city fight the enemy with all their hearts. There are still 70,000 soldiers and horses in our city, Wuxiang County in the east, Mian Shang on the west, and Qinyuan County in the total number of 60,000 soldiers and horses. If they are all transferred, they will definitely be surrounded and killed by Chao Yong's son. Fang Xuedu is instigating the request for peace, which has made the king humiliated. Please behead this guy and show it to the public. It will also eliminate the desire of the soldiers in the city to seek peace."
Tian Hu raised many soldiers and horses in Weisheng. He was afraid that Daliang would defeat other counties, so he did not gather all the soldiers and horses.
Fang Xuedu heard this and knelt down and said, "The King is Mingjian. The villain just wants to protect the fortune of Jin. He never thought of seeking to surrender to Liang. If the Liang army came to attack the city, the villain was willing to lead his troops to guard the city. If he took a step back, the king would kill me."
Tian Hu looked at Fang Xuedu, then looked at the people in the hall. After pondering for a while, he said, "You have heard just now that Chao Yong's yellow-mouthed child is not only unwilling to forgive us brothers. He is not forgiven for being unwilling to forgive the evil ones. I was injured and covered with blood. Your hands are not clean. You go to attack him, just to put your neck under his butcher knife."
Many people in the hall are tyrants of the three mountains and five mountains, and there are many people who kill innocent people indiscriminately. After hearing what Tian Hu said, a fierce look flashed in his eyes. They are all desperate people, so naturally they will not be willing to tie them up and let others slaughter them.
However, most people were unmoved. In their opinion, although they had many mistakes, they were less than unforgivable. Moreover, the Prince of Daliang had promised to be exempted from the death penalty, and the most was the only one left was the assassination, which was better than losing his life in the Weisheng Army.
Tian Hu saw that familiar light flashed in many people's eyes, and was very satisfied. He smiled and said, "I will transfer the soldiers and horses of Wuxiang, Mianshang, Qinyuan. Wuxiang soldiers can arrive in one day. Mianshang, Qinyuan will only take two days. As long as we hold on for two days, we can attack inside and outside and defeat the soldiers and horses of Liang. At that time, we will catch Chao Yong's son and talk to old man Chao Gai."
Fang Xuedu, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately agreed: "The king used his troops like a god. He discussed peace earlier. Could it be to show the enemy that he was weak and paralyzed Chao Yong?"
Tian Hu naturally didn't want to admit that he was timid before. He saw Fang Xuedu giving a step, so he nodded and said, "That's right, thank you for your hard work, you'll get up with a hundred taels of reward."
Fang Xuedu hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Thank you for the reward of the king."
Tian Hu said to everyone again: "We must hold on to the Victory Army for two days. What suggestions do you have?"
Fang Xuedu had just escaped and dared not say much. He retreated to his position, observed the people in the hall, and considered who to win over.
Tian Biao said: "Since the king decided to stand firm and wait for assistance, we must divide the troops into two groups and guard day and night to prevent the Liang State's troops from attacking."
Shangshu Li Tianxi said: "At least three groups of troops should be left as a reserve force to prevent emergencies."
The Tian Hu brothers were both born into bandits and were more brave, but they were not well versed in military tactics. The Minister of Shang Li Tianxi was born into an official army and had read some military books.
After hearing this, Tian Hu nodded and said, "What the Secretary said is reasonable. There are 70,000 people in the city, so we will divide it into three groups. Each group of 20,000 people, and 5,000 people at one gate can also prevent the troops of Liang State."
The people in the hall wanted to tell Tian Hu that every 20,000 people were 60,000 people in three groups. But no one dared to remind Tian Hu, because Tian Hu, who didn't study much, became the queen, the most taboo thing was that others would say he was ignorant.
Everyone discussed for a while, and Tian Hu said, "Everyone will go and accumulate energy. After killing the troops of Liang, I will be rewarded. Tian Biao and Fan Quan will come with me."
After saying that, he got up and walked backwards.
A group of civil and military officials hurriedly bent down and shouted, "Greatly send me off to the king."
The second king Tian Biao and father-in-law Fan Quan, who were clicked, trotted out of the hall to chase Tian Hu.
Tian Hu stopped and waited for the two to catch up with him.
"How many people do you think we can trust?"
Tian Biao thought for a while and said, "Many people in the city were scared by the Liang army. Those who could trust were probably the ones who first started to raise an army with us. They killed the most people. After going to Daliang, they would probably have to lose their skin even if they were not dead. They should not think about surrendering."
Fan Quan said: "What the two kings said is that there are not many people who can trust them."
Tian Hu sighed and nodded, "I think so too. Please keep a close eye on the next two days. Tian Biao, you are responsible for the South Gate and the West Gate, and the North Gate and the East Gate. We will hold on for two days. When the reinforcements arrive, they will be at peace."
When the two heard Tian Hu handing over the important task to them, they hurriedly said something thankful.
Tian Hu reminded the two of them again, and then let them go out.
Tian Hu came to the harem. Although the country was founded for only half a year, his harem collected hundreds of beauties, and many of them were not available to enjoy.
However, Tian Hu was not in the mood to work hard to reclaim the land, but came to the harem to find Fan Quan's daughter.
Concubine Fan is only 28 years old and looks beautiful, and can be said to be the only favorite in the harem.
When Concubine Fan saw Tian Hu coming, she immediately served her diligently. When the beauty was present, Tian Hu forgot about the state affairs and soon started a war in the harem.
While Tian Hu was enjoying himself in the harem, undercurrents surged in the city.
Daliang's soldiers shot bows and arrows with documents into the city. Everyone knew that Daliang was just unpardoned by his brother Tian Hu, and that the soldiers in the city could be forgiven as long as they surrendered.
Although Tian Hu's confidant immediately sent someone to search for the documents after seeing the first document, Daliang kept shooting into the city. Hedong soldiers who had no desire to fight opened the documents and read them. Even those who were illiterate would hide the documents and wanted to go back to the camp to find someone who could read them.
The civil and military officials who were qualified to go to the hall had already learned the news from the hall, so naturally they didn't have to read these documents. However, the vast majority of soldiers and the few people in the city did not know the news, but before dark, everyone in the city knew the news.
However, there were many soldiers in the Weisheng army. The Weisheng army was not big in the city. Tian Hu built a palace, and the yamen all occupied half of the city. Then he raised 100,000 troops to guard Weisheng. The few people in the city were moved to Wuxiang, Mianshang and Qinyuan counties by them. It can be said that Weisheng was completely a large army camp. All the only ones left in the city were merchants and large households. Merchants wanted the soldiers in the city to buy food and drink, while Tian Hu was afraid that they would escape.
When Tian Hu was in a rebellion, he encountered big investors and all of them were plundered. However, after raising the flag to rebel, he changed his previous behavior. In the past, he focused on plundering big investors, but after rebelling, he focused on protecting big investors. Of course, big investors had to pay taxes to support them.
The large households detained in Hedong are suffering. As long as Tian Hu is short of money, he will send someone to collect taxes. There is no fixed time or fixed tax amount. He will completely raise them as hens who can lay golden eggs. If they want to survive, they can only make money all the time and try not to let Tian Hu empty their family, otherwise they will not be able to pay the tax. No one knows how Tian Hu will deal with them.