Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 567
The second sixty-ninth chapter is based on the serial attack (two more)

The lights in the cabin suddenly blazed, making Su Dingfang's eyes unable to adapt for a while.However, the moment he saw the cabin clearly, he gave up his resistance. At least thirty strong bows were aimed at him with armor-piercing cones. No matter how skilled he was, he could only accept his fate.

Su Dingfang's face was slightly unwilling and full of helplessness, and he slowly dropped the broken saber in his hand.

Su Dingfang was quite calm, as an assassin, being discovered meant death.He sat down calmly, and said lightly: "Su Dingfang has fallen."

Originally, Chen Ying thought that the dead man was just a small character, but how could he have thought that he would send such a big bull like Su Dingfang.Of course, at this time, Su Dingfang was still just a captain of the Guards Division under Liu Heitai's command. He had no more than a sixth-rank official, and only more than three hundred people under his command, which was equivalent to a battalion-level officer.

Some people refer to Su Dingfang as a late bloomer, but in fact this is not appropriate.First of all, Su Dingfang served Li Tang too late. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, he accompanied Li Jing in the Northern Expedition to the Eastern Turks. In the decisive night attack on Yinshan Mountain, Su Dingfang led two hundred cavalry to the front and broke through the tooth tent of Jieli Khan. , and made great contributions to destroying the Eastern Turks.

In later generations, Su Dingfang also made no statement. There are two main aspects. The famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty are like clouds, and Su Dingfang's qualifications are too shallow. The key is that there is no one behind him.For a big victory like Zhenguan’s Fourth Great Attack on Yinshan, in terms of merit, he was only promoted to Captain Guo, and was promoted to General Zuowuhou Zhonglang. This level is actually the level of Zhechong Prefecture in Zhongfu, with four regiments under his jurisdiction, each regiment has 200 people , a total of eight hundred generals of the government soldiers.

Next, Su Dingfang conquered the Western Turks, Pingcongling, Yibaekje, and Koguryo. It extends eastward to the southern part of the Korean peninsula.Of course, Su Dingfang, a general who defeated foreign enemies and opened up borders, could not publicize it publicly, because it was not necessary politically.Therefore, Su Dingfang has been hidden by the snow.

When Chen Ying met Su Dingfang, Su Dingfang's attitude was very calm, as if he was going to die generously.The ancient times were not as good as the later generations. The Tang Dynasty followed the Han Dynasty and advocated Confucianism.The most obvious example is that Chunqiu can't help but take revenge.Revenge for family members and teachers and friends are praiseworthy acts of righteousness, which will not only be supported by public opinion, but also by the government.A righteous man will not only be appreciated by his colleagues, but also by his enemies.On the contrary, if you do something unrighteous, you will be despised.

Righteousness, appropriateness, only asks whether it should be done, regardless of enemy or friend, regardless of consequences, regardless of interests.It sounds very two, but the Han people at this time are really a little bit, and not just one person or two, but the mainstream of the whole society is a little bit, regardless of elites or ordinary people.Why did the Wagang generals, like Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Xie Yingdeng, and Niu Junda all die well, Wei Zheng, Li Shiji, etc. were extremely prominent, but Shan Xiongxin died tragically.

To put it bluntly, it is because Shan Xiongxin is too righteous. The righteousness in his heart does not care about the country and society, but only recognizes Wang Shichong, because Wang Shichong has sublimated Shan Xiongxin's life.Shan Xiongxin believes that only one death can repay the kindness of the Guanjuzheng three-rank champion general, and Princess Shang became the captain's son-in-law.

At this time, Su Dingfang thought it was the same, regardless of whether Li Tang and Chen Ying's army was righteous or not, he was ordered by Liu Heita to assassinate Chen Ying, and now the mission failed, and he had to die.

Chen Yingdao: "I know Su Lieyi and Bo Yuntian, but I'm afraid that the person you are loyal to is not worth it!"

"Not worth it?" Su Dingfang glared at Chen Ying angrily, and roared, "Don't slander my general!"

Chen Ying said with a faint smile: "If you don't go to your general, including the imperial court you are loyal to, this general is worthless to you!"

For loyal people, Chen Ying naturally knows how to subdue them. As long as their beliefs collapse, they will change their original intentions. After Liu Heita was defeated and killed in the battle, Su Dingfang was unwilling to be loyal to the court, but when he saw the Turkic cavalry. From time to time, Hebei was looted and countless people were slaughtered, which aroused Su Dingfang's anger and shot.

Su Dingfang turned his head away from Chen Ying, expressing his dissatisfaction with Chen Ying in this way.

Chen Ying didn't care about Su Dingfang's attitude, and smiled lightly: "If you don't believe me, let's make a bet?"

"Bet? What bet?" Su Dingfang asked.

Chen Yingdao: "General Su, believe it or not, I will send an ultimatum to the court of Xia Kingdom, and they will immediately send your family to this general's tent?"

Su Dingfang naturally didn't believe it, because in his heart, Liu Heita was a very affectionate and loyal person.

Both the new and the old "Book of Tang" record that Liu Heikai is "a rascal, addicted to alcohol, fond of gambling, does not own property, and is troubled by his father and brother." In real life, it seems that he is a very bad character.When he was young, he had a very good relationship with Dou Jiande. Probably Dou Jiande had seen his potential, so he knew that he was a rascal, and continued to subsidize his expenses.Every time Liu Heitai got money from Dou Jiande, he squandered it quickly. Dou Jiande just laughed it off when he heard about it, and never cared about it with him.However, this is indeed a spring and autumn style of writing. How can a local ruffian respond to everyone, and there are so many followers in the 39 states of Hebei?
In the early morning of the next day, Chen Yingrang sent a letter to Mingzhou.

In the shooting book, Chen Ying told the court of Xia Guo bluntly that although Su Dingfang plotted to assassinate him, although he did not hurt himself, it made him extremely upset.

In order to calm his anger, as long as all the family members of the [-] dead men under Su Dingfang's command are sent to the Tang camp and left to his disposal, he can postpone the attack on Mingzhou City for three days. City, absolutely delayed.

……

Wanchun Palace, Xiaguo Imperial Palace in Mingzhou, only fifteen minutes after the shooting book was cast in Mingzhou City, handed it in layer by layer, and handed it to Nayan Song Zhengben, but when Liu Heita saw the letter, Time, trembling with anger.

"This is a provocation, this is a provocation!" Liu Heitai immediately understood that Chen Ying was not going to deal with the family members of the people, and he was clearly using the family members of these soldiers as a threat to force him to surrender to Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang is one of the best in Liu Heitai's army in terms of martial prowess, but in Liu Heitai's eyes, Su Dingfang is just a brave general, a rushing general, and does not have a high status.But he also knew that this opening could not be opened, otherwise Xia Jun's morale would be lost.

Song Zhengben considered far more issues than Liu Heitai, and he said decisively: "Han Dong Gong, why don't you know, but how long can you resist Chen Ying's army with Mingzhou's military strength?"

"This……"

Liu Heikai really dare not say, after all, the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, who is Chen Ying, now no one in the world does not know, and even a little knowledgeable person can know Chen Ying's past achievements like a treasure. .It can be said that Chen Ying is currently one of the most famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, overshadowing Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng.

Especially breaking through Yanmen Pass in one day and breaking through Hangu Pass in an hour, this kind of record really makes people unable to arouse the will to resist the city and defend it.Liu Heikai thought for a while and said: "Liu is deeply trusted by His Majesty, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness, Liu will fight until the last soldier!"

"Han Donggong is loyal and good, which is the sincerity of the country!" Song Zhengben mused: "As a servant of Zhongshu, I command the army of the king of the world to return to aid Mingzhou and Shenzhou (now Shenzhou, Hebei) Cui Yuanxun, the general manager of the city, Gao Yaxian, the general manager of Baozhou (today’s Baoding), and Zhao Xidao, the general manager of Zhaozhou, can arrive in Mingzhou within three days at the latest, and the personnel of the Handong Public Office will also arrive in Mingzhou within three days. Why not take this opportunity , delayed for three days?"

Liu Heitai is a man who knows soldiers, and he knows that no matter what the reason is, taking Su Dingfang and the family members of his soldiers to the enemy is a very morale-destroying thing.The imperial court can betray Su Dingfang today, and they can betray them tomorrow, once the news spreads.

If Chen Ying doesn't need to fight anymore, Mingzhou's morale will inevitably collapse.

The blue veins on Liu Heitai's forehead were protruding, and he yelled at Song Zhengben with red eyes: "Three days is not three years, even if Liu's life is taken, I will stick to it for three days."

Dong Kangmai was also moved, and he said to Liu Heitai: "Old Liu, if you can't bear it, you will make a big conspiracy. We have less than [-] soldiers at this time. How can we fight? I want to stick to it for three days, but Chen Ying is afraid that he can't even last one day." Won't give it to us!"

Liu Heita still did not agree.At this time, Wang Xiaohu said: "Su Dingfang's family members are not in Mingzhou City, or use my mother-in-law to make up the numbers?"

Liu Heita couldn't stand these words.

If it's his son or wife, Liu Heitai can really be cruel, but the key is that this is a family member of a general. If Liu Heitai takes his family members and saves the lives of the whole city, the people in the city will only be grateful He put aside his small righteousness and cared about the overall situation, but now the nature is completely different.

Li Panmai, the hussar general under Liu Heitai, said: "Grand General Han Dong, you should pity the soldiers and civilians of Mingzhou. Who of them were not raised by their parents? Don't you really have the heart to watch the people in the city because of this?" died tragically?"

Song Zhengben said: "That's right, you can't use your righteousness at this time!"

As he said that, he said to Empress Cao who was listening to the government behind the curtain: "There is no fair judgment on the matter now, please Empress Cao to be the master!"

After all, Mrs. Cao is the heart of a woman, she looked at Song Zhengben and said, "What do Song Qing think?"

"Delaying time!" Song Zhengben, as the head of the remaining ministers, said without hesitation: "If you can take the head of the original and exchange three days for Mingzhou and Great Xia, the original should be handed over!"

After talking about this part, Liu Heitai has no reason to refuse.

That night, one-third of the families of the dead men under Su Dingfang's command were sent to Chen Ying's camp.

Su Dingfang should have vomited blood and passed out.

In fact, once people's beliefs collapse, the blow to people will be fatal.

This is a hurdle, and Chen Ying did not force Su Dingfang to make a decision now.

However, did Song Zhengben think that Chen Ying was just doing this?the answer is negative.

In fact, no matter what decision Song Zhengben makes, it will not affect the implementation of Chen Ying's plan, because this plan itself is a series of plans, one link after another, they will never know, no matter what they do No matter what kind of decision, Chen Ying will maximize the benefits.

At the same time that the family members of these soldiers were sent to the Tang army camp, a rumor began to spread slowly in Mingzhou city.

At the same time, Xia Guo's life has also fallen into a countdown.

(End of this chapter)