Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 577

"Han Xizai, Xu Xuan? See you! If you want my commander to suspend his troops, unless Li Yu himself goes out of the city and surrenders to this commander, do these two think that they can persuade my army to suspend their troops with words alone. Boom them back." Shuai In the tent, Pan Mei sneered when she learned that Cao Wei and Yang Yanping had made great achievements with [-] yuan and [-] yuan. On the surface, she was happy, but in fact she was very depressed.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhao Zan stepped forward and said: "Marshal, Li Yu didn't surrender, but sent envoys to see him. The name is to seek peace, which is really a delay. The imperial army has already approached the city, so it is naturally impossible to promise him any conditions. However, Jinling City has a high wall and thick walls. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If he is trapped for a few more days, it will be beneficial to us to eliminate the morale of the defenders in the city. In addition, our army has attacked all the way to Jinling, and many cities in the south of the Yangtze River are still under Li Yu's control. If one by one Going to fight will inevitably be a laborious effort. If the siege of Jinling forces all the Tang soldiers and kings to be cut off one by one, we can just wait for the labor to cut them off one by one. Moreover, our army’s food, grass and supplies are now somewhat insufficient. It will take some time to transport them. The most important thing is that our soldiers are already exhausted after running all the way, and they need to rest for a while, why didn't the commander see Han Xizai and Xu Xuan?"

General Feng Xin of the Forbidden Army also stepped forward and said: "Marshal, the general thinks what General Zhao said is reasonable. If he can surrender without fighting and force Li Yu to surrender voluntarily, it will naturally be better than a strong attack that will cause casualties and injuries to our army." The people in Jinling City are good. Jinling is prosperous and not inferior to Kaifeng. If Li Yu is forced to rush, it would be a pity to burn the wealth of the country with a fire. What's more, such a strong city can never be attacked by manpower alone. It is necessary to make all kinds of Siege equipment also takes time. Now they need time to mobilize troops and generals. We also need time to prepare. Why don't we just follow the plan? As for whether to fight or not, it depends on whether Li Yu surrenders or not; whether this battle is won or lost , depends on the strength of the two sides. As the commander-in-chief said just now, although Han Xizai and Xu Xuan are famous for their talents and literary names, they have nothing to do with their mouths. How can they turn the situation around? Why are they afraid of him?"

Pan Mei raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "What the two generals said is reasonable, okay, come, come, beat the drums and gather the generals, and call Tang envoy Han Xizai and Xu Xuanjin to meet!"

In the big tent, the generals are like clouds, everyone wears armor and stands tall like a mountain. Seeing the aura of slaying and killing, it makes people tremble with fear.Han Xizai and Xu Xuanbo wore high crowns and entered the account proudly. Seeing this situation, they did not look sideways and were calm and composed. This demeanor alone was similar to their status and fame in the Southern Tang Dynasty.When they arrived in front of Pan Mei, Han Xizai and Xu Xuan gave a slight salute and declared their names.

Pan Meiyi smiled and asked: "I was ordered by the emperor to crusade against the rebellious country. Now Jinling is trapped in the army. Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, did not come out of the city to plead guilty, but let the two adults come here. What do you want to talk about?"

Han Xizai said solemnly: "The commander-in-chief's words are wrong. I have restored the title of the Tang Kingdom, and now I am called the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom. Now my Lord is the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom. He is the same as your monarch. They are all supreme. How can you say that you betrayed the subordinate country? This prime minister is enshrining the state letter and holding a festival axe, and he wants to see His Majesty the emperor of your country make a speech in person, how can the commander-in-chief joke about this important state event as a gossip?"

Pan Mei laughed and said: "It turns out that Mr. Han is going out of the city this time to our country of Song as an envoy. Is your country's territory now limited to the city of Jinling? Haha, disrespect, disrespect, really disrespectful, I don't know what the emperor of Jinling has to say ?”

All the generals in front of the tent laughed loudly, Han Xizai kept his composure, and after the laughter stopped for a while, he said lightly: "The truth is by my emperor's order. If I want to see His Majesty the Emperor of Song, I will suspend my troops and negotiate a peace. If the commander-in-chief can do this , then the prime minister will present the letter of credence to the commander-in-chief, and negotiate with the commander-in-chief, but it doesn't matter."

Saying that, Han Xizai smiled slightly, arched his hands slightly, held a scroll of yellow satin in his hand, tied with bright yellow silk thread, and took a step forward.

Pan Mei looked at the Chinese book in Xu Xuan's hand, her thick eyebrows twitched, her face was a little ugly, she suppressed her anger, and couldn't get angry.There was no sound in the tent, all the generals watched with bated breath, Zhao Zan and several generals of the Forbidden Army looked at Pan Mei with a hint of sarcasm and coldness in their eyes.

Pan Mei was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed, and left her seat with a smile on her face, said: "Han Xianggong is joking, the important affairs of our Song Dynasty should all depend on the holy will. As a subject of His Majesty, how dare I be the master. Han Xianggong has come here for the country If you want to see our emperor, how dare I stop him? Now there are rebels everywhere, and the road to the north is not quiet. It is getting late today, so I ask Mr. Han to stay temporarily in my army camp. In the morning tomorrow, I will personally send someone Send you to Beijing."

Han Xizai smiled slightly, took back his credentials, and cupped his hands in thanks: "Thank you, Commander."

After Han Xizai and Xu Xuan were sent out, the generals withdrew from the commander's tent, Pan Mei punched the commander's case, the veins on his forehead throbbed, he was angry for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Li Ming, come closer!"

A soldier in front of the tent immediately stepped forward and crossed his hands to salute.This person is Pan Mei's confidant, he is shrewd and capable in doing things, and Pan Mei entrusts some private matters to this person.

Pan Mei ordered: "Li Ming, go quickly and choose a commander of the navy who is accustomed to using ships, choose a fast boat, and prepare a fast horse and carriage, and escort them all the way, day and night. Kaifeng, if Han Xizai and Xu Xuan intend to procrastinate, treat them like dead dogs, and procrastinate to Kaifeng as well, and don't let them delay for a day on the road."

Li Ming understood and immediately took orders.

Pan Mei snorted coldly, and said contemptuously: "Han Xizai and Xu Xuan have tried their best to gain time for Li Yu, what can they change? From today on, the commander-in-chief is recuperating his soldiers and horses while building siege equipment, only waiting for you to return home , and took Jinling City immediately, but with your sharp mouth, it’s useless! What’s more, it’s good to let these two people go to Kaifeng, with Zhao Pu’s temperament and His Royal Highness Jin’s means, it’s just enough to use Han Xizai and Xu Xuan to make things happen. "

"General Zhao, I heard that General Zhao is a famous general of the Song Dynasty, and seeing him today really deserves his reputation."

When Zhao Zan stepped out of the tent, he saw that the envoys of the Southern Tang Kingdom were huge, dozens of them were envoys, and the generals who came out of the tent felt very strange seeing such a large envoy, and stood there to point out Pointing, cited as a joke.Zhao Zan also stood still, watching curiously, when Xu Xuan suddenly came out to salute him, and said such an inexplicably flattering nonsense.

Zhao Zan was taken aback for a moment, and said casually: "Bachelor Xu is too modest, my Song Guohu generals are like a cloud, and there are many people who are worse than me."

There was a flash of light in Xu Xuan's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Of course there are people who are stronger than General Zhao, such as His Royal Highness Xiangfu County King of your country."

Zhao Zan's heart skipped a beat, and he looked deeply at Xu Xuan, and from the latter's expression, he could see that the other party meant something.He guessed the deep meaning of Xu Xuan's words, Xu Xuan approached with a smile, touched him with his left hand, a ball of paper was stuffed into his hand from under his big sleeve, Zhao Zan was startled, and squeezed the ball of paper as if nothing had happened, his heart moved, but Thinking of a possibility, he said: "Hehe, Xueshi Xu is right. Although Zhao is a warrior, he has always admired Xueshi Xu's literary name as the number one talented scholar in the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is rare to see him in my army camp today. Someone caught a fat fish in the Qinhuai River, and it happened to be with wine, would Bachelor Xu go with Zhao for a few drinks?"

Xu Xuan said with a smile on his face: "The general loves you so much, how dare Xu Xuan refuse to obey?"

Following Zhao Zan happily, the officials in the envoy saw that Xu Xuan, as the deputy envoy of the envoy, was making friends with Song officials like them, and the speed was so fast and he was the second most important person in the Song army. Looking at Xu Xuan, he couldn't help showing a look of envy, and of course, a look of disdain.

When he arrived at Zhao Zan's tent, Zhao Zan retreated to the left and right, and only guarded the tent with his heart. He unfolded the ball of paper and saw that it said, "The east wall, the tower can be broken from a hundred to two hundred feet to the south." 'This sentence.Zhao Zan's heart skipped a beat, and Su Rong asked, "What does Xueshi Xu mean?"

As soon as Xu Xuan entered the tent, the flattering smile disappeared. He first calmly looked at Zhao Zan's soldiers guarding the tent, and asked, "Is this person reliable?"

Zhao Zan replied: "We are as close as brothers and sisters to this general, so you don't need to worry about Xueshi Xu."

Xu Xuan nodded, cupped his hands and said: "Xu Xuan was inspired by His Royal Highness Xiangfu King as early as last year when he was sent to the Song Dynasty to become His Highness Xiangfu King's secret son in the Southern Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Zan took a deep breath, and was horrified. Ye Chen and Huaxia Weifu were really unfathomable, and people like Xu Xuan were just the dark sons of Huaxia Weifu.But in a blink of an eye, he understood the meaning of the words on the note Xu Xuan gave, and couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

Sure enough, Xu Xuan immediately said: "The meaning of this sentence is that Xu Xuan's people are within the range of [-] to [-] feet south of the tower on the east wall. As long as General Zhao's people attack this section of the city wall and guard The officers and soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty in this section of the city wall will let General Zhao's men go up, and use this as a gap to break through the city."

When Xu Xuan said this, he thought that Ye Chen's order was to give this great achievement to Yang Yanping or Cao Wei. Unexpectedly, Pan Mei left these two in Caishiji, and they just received a new order yesterday. , changed to Zhao Zan.

Zhao Zan was overjoyed for a long time. He was not much worse than Pan Mei in attacking the city ahead. It was just that Pan Mei was the commander in chief. Tang, the great achievements he has made can at least be as good as Pan Meiping.This big gift from Ye Chen is not insignificant.With this great achievement, when he returned to Kaifeng, he could compete with Pan Mei for the position of deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

But the next thing Xu Xuan said made his face change drastically, he stood up abruptly, and his heart was shaken.

After Xu Xuan told Zhao Zan what was mentioned in the secret letter Ye Chen sent to him last night, he stood up with a smile, cupped his hands and said: "If Xu Xuan stays longer, it may be bad for the general, so I will leave. "

(End of this chapter)