"Gather the civil servants in the army and those who can write. In my name, write a letter to Qin Zhen. I swear in the name of Yan Han that if he is willing to give up the city, I will not kill him. He only reduced him to a commoner."
Wu Nian turned around and said to a soldier on his right.
"yes."
The soldier was surprised, but quickly reacted, responded loudly, and left.
The soldiers are all confidants, not outsiders. One of the soldiers had the courage to say to Wu Nian: "General, you used to capture the county magistrates, county magistrates, and Han commanders who served as officials for the Mongolian people, all with the same word: kill."
"Why let Qin Zhen go?"
"This time is different. If I can get Anding County, then it will be equivalent to getting Huanglong Prefecture. And if I get Huanglong Prefecture, the 30,000 households in Guangyang Prefecture will be unable to support themselves. Expelling the Tartars and regaining Liaodong. We Han people may One hundred thousand fewer people will die."
"For the sake of the lives of these 100,000 Han people, I can be lenient."
"If he dares to offer the city, I will spare him."
"But I don't think he will. My credibility has always been good. But shady people often use a shady perspective to figure out a person. Qin Zhen won't believe what I say."
Wu Nian shook his head and patiently explained to the soldiers.
The soldiers were even more surprised and looked at each other. The brave soldier said subconsciously: "Since Qin Zhen will not surrender, then didn't the general do a useless job?"
There was a "pop" sound. The soldier gave himself a slap in the face, lowered his head and said, "General. The villain is talking too much."
Although Wu Nian's troops were friendly to the soldiers, they were personal soldiers. But there is a difference between up and down. The soldier regretted what he had just said.
"It doesn't matter." Wu Nian said pleasantly. Then he explained patiently: "I am not writing this letter to Qin Zhen. I am writing it to the Meng Yuan people."
"In the past, many Han people either opened the city gates or helped me attack the city. Zhao Yanting is the biggest example. So Chunyuan dissolved ten thousand Han households and only trusted the Meng Yuan people."
"Now that I have written this letter. What will the Meng Yuan people in the city think of Qin Town?"
"If you are lucky, maybe the Meng Yuan people will act in advance and tie up Qin Zhen. That would be great. They have weakened their own strength."
Speaking of this, Wu Nian couldn't help but show a little smile in his eyes.
Mongolian and Han people.
Can be temporarily united. But like oil and water, they don't mix together. There are too many weaknesses.
The Fuhan General's Mansion is different.
Even for Zhao Yanting, he still had basic trust.
"That's it." The soldiers suddenly realized, with admiration on their faces. As expected of a general, he could think of this level.
The letter written to Qin Zhen was actually meant for the Meng Yuan people to read.
What is this.
correct. Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was intended for Pei Gong.
It is not difficult to build a large camp with five thousand households of soldiers. Among the five thousand households of soldiers, the bureaucracy is extremely large.
There are people who can write.
Writing letters is not difficult.
soon. Wu Nian's military camp was built. Wu Nian also rode his horse into the military camp, came to the Chinese army's tent, took off his armor, drank water, ate something, and lay down to rest.
On such a hot day, it is uncomfortable to ride on a horse wearing armor.
After Wu Nian rested for a while, a soldier came in from outside, clasped his fists and saluted: "General. We have prepared a thousand arrows."
"Let Feng Chong lead people to shoot into the city. I want to take a nap. Don't disturb me if you have nothing to do." Wu young man waved his hand lightly and closed his eyes.
"Yes." The soldier responded respectfully, then glanced at Wu Nian and walked out quietly.
"Da da da!!!!"
After a while, Feng Chong led five hundred light cavalry and fought out from the gate of the camp. Each man took two arrows and sent his horse to the bottom of the city.
"Brothers. Although it is not difficult, you still have to be careful. Try your best to ensure that the letter is delivered." After Feng Chong gave the order, he personally drew his bow and shot an arrow, and shot an arrow to the top of the city.
"Whoosh whoosh!!!" Five hundred light cavalrymen bent their bows and set arrows, and also sent up the arrow message. Suddenly arrows rained down.
But the Mongolian Yuan veterans in the city were shocked by this. At such a long distance, arrows shot up have no lethality.
What are these people doing?
Feng Chong didn't care about the astonishment of the Mongolian veteran. After shooting the arrow message, he put away his bow, led his light cavalry and returned to the military camp.
He said loudly to his brothers: "Brothers, you have been working hard on this march. Go back and have a good rest."
On the city. Soon some Mongolian veterans noticed that the arrows on the ground were different.
"Is it a letter?" A Mongolian veteran bent down and picked up the arrow. He took out a letter from the arrow and opened it to read, but it recognized him and he did not recognize it.
In Mongolia, 99% of people do not know Chinese characters.
A centurion was literate. When he opened the letter, his expression suddenly changed, and he reported it.
Not long after, there was a living room in the military building in the south of the city. There were more than a dozen Mongolian and Yuan officials sitting there, some were captains and some were civil servants.
They don’t have ten thousand households either. A military commander with a Chinese name of "Cheng Lian" sat on the main seat and led the way.
Cheng Lian is forty years old this year. He has just retired from active service. He is blind in one eye. He is not in good health and often falls ill. But he has a majestic face, a tall body, and is still very explosive.
"What do you think?" Cheng Lian touched the armrests of the Grand Master's chair with both hands and asked in a deep voice.
"Although it's unlikely. But we have to guard against it. After all, Wu Nian is very powerful. He hates the officials who surrendered to Meng Yuan. What's more, Qin Zhen? I heard that Qin Zhen is like a man on his back, and he is always afraid. Wu Nian is in power. Now that Wu Nian has taken the initiative to propose such conditions, there is no guarantee that he will not be tempted."
"The Qin family has a strong power in Anding County. If he suddenly attacks, he might be able to overthrow Anding County. I heard that in Haitian City, there are people who cooperate with the inside and outside. That's why Wei Ru was able to break through the city so easily. No one in the Han people can be trusted .”
A Mongolian official said in a deep voice.
"You are right. It is better to believe in the loyalty of the Han people than to believe in the sword in our hands."
"Yes. We should take a preemptive strike and take Qin Zhen into custody."
Meng Yuan officials all agreed. But there are also objections.
"But everyone, Qin Zhen is the prince's confidant. When the prince left Anding County, he entrusted him with guarding the city. Will the prince get any trouble if we do this?"
"That happened before. The prince didn't know that Wu Nian wrote such a letter to Qin Zhen. We'll talk about it later. Preserving the city is the first priority."
Although there were different opinions, they were quickly refuted.
This leaves one final opinion.
Let’s put Qin Zhen away first.
"Okay. Let's take Qin Zhen into custody. We will be responsible for defending the city ourselves." After pondering for a long time, Cheng Lian raised his head and said in a deep voice.
