After thinking for a long time, the right minister bitterly discovered that he knew the answer, but didn't know how to ask. And his identity and status did not allow him to ask nothing, so he could only ask this sentence in the end.
"Surrender, or destroy the country." Li Xiaogong said expressionlessly, "There may be a third possibility, but that hope is extremely small."
"What's possible?" A glimmer of hope appeared on the right minister's face.
"His Royal Highness King Qin gave the order." Li Xiaogong said calmly.
The hope on the right minister's face dimmed quickly. He knew that the order to destroy the Queen's Kingdom was given by His Highness King Qin. How could he take back his order now? This matter was accomplished without even passing through His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
It's a pity that they are too far away from the Tang Dynasty. If they were closer to the Tang Dynasty and closer to Chang'an, they might still have a chance to intercede with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
"If there is nothing else, you can tell your Majesty the Queen my answer to my answer. How to choose is up to you to consider. After all, there are still a few days before we march to your Queen's city." Li Xiaogong said calmly. road.
The right minister said goodbye, but it was impossible for his thousand guards to follow him back. Only he, his deputy and a dozen personal followers followed him back, but those guards Li Xiaogong did not leave them behind, but just like before Like the soldiers.
After disarming them all, they were released directly. Where they went was their own business.
Moreover, the guards Li Xiaogong released them directly in front of the right minister and others and let them go home.
On the way back to the Queen's City, the Prime Minister's face looked ugly all the time. After walking hundreds of miles away from the Tang Dynasty's army, watching the sky getting dark, they stopped and prepared to set up camp directly.
Although it wasn't cold, they lit fires to avoid wild animals.
"Right Prime Minister, how should we report to the Queen?" The two deputy ministers who came with the Right Prime Minister asked with a wry smile.
"To be honest, as for how to decide, that is Her Majesty's business." The right minister sighed, how else can they tell? You can only tell the truth.
"Does the right minister think we still have a chance?" The two deputy ministers were silent for a while, and then said.
The right prime minister gave a bitter smile, then shook his head, "Didn't you notice?"
The two deputy ministers looked at the right minister, not quite understanding what he said.
"Li Xiaogong deliberately released those soldiers in front of us today. Although we were riding horses, we set off for at least half an hour. At that time, the Tang army did not continue to advance, but came out. In the state of encampment, that is to say, the thousand soldiers were released, although the Tang army disarmed all their weapons and equipment."
"But if they want to come back, they can wait for us on the road ahead after leaving the Tang army."
"And along the way, have you seen any soldiers?" the right minister looked at them and asked.
The two deputy ministers were silent for a moment, and then smiled bitterly. Indeed, none of the thousand soldiers came back! what does that mean? This means that these soldiers simply do not want to fight.
This means that they really followed the instructions of the Tang army and returned directly to their homes.
And these thousand soldiers are still relatively elite soldiers in the Queen City. Even their mainstay elite soldiers have such thoughts in their hearts. It is self-evident to describe what ordinary soldiers think.
And even if there was a real war between them and Datang... the result would be self-evident.
"Get some rest. We'll start our journey early tomorrow. We'll rush back as quickly as possible. No matter what, the Queen needs to make the decision." The right minister sighed.
"yes."
It took the Right Minister two days to return to the Queen's City. When he met Benli Shetai, the other party asked anxiously: "Right Minister, what was the result of the negotiation? I heard that the Tang Dynasty's army captured another Two cities? And the Right Chancellor, where are your thousand guards?"
"After my guards were captured by the Tang army, they were sent away directly. I don't know where they went. When we rushed back, we were anxious to send the news to Her Majesty the Queen. I didn't send anyone to look for them." The Right Prime Minister looked calm. He said, he didn't say anything wrong about those soldiers.
At this time, these things are all side effects.
"What did the Tang Dynasty say?" Benli Shetai asked directly. As expected, the queen didn't care about the thousand soldiers at all.
"Surrender or destroy the country." The Right Prime Minister said six words calmly.
When these six words were spoken, Benli Shetai slumped down in his seat.
The ministers in the court made a loud noise. The expressions of these ministers were different, but overall, they all looked ugly. Most of the reasons for their ugly faces were probably because, if they were defeated, The Queen's Kingdom surrendered, and their status could no longer be guaranteed.
It's easy for these nobles to rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. The main reason is that they don't know how the Tang Dynasty will treat them.
As for whether the Queen Kingdom still exists, they don't think much about it at all, or in their opinion, even if it doesn't exist, it has nothing to do with them. As long as their interests can be guaranteed, so what if it means surrender?
"Right Prime Minister, please tell me in detail what the Tang Dynasty said." After Benli Shetai fell silent, he sat up straight again.
The right minister did not hide anything, but directly said what Li Xiaogong said exactly.
After hearing these words, Benli Shetai sat in his seat with dull eyes, while many other ministers also had pale faces.
At this moment, thousands of miles away in Chang'an, there was also a person sitting slumped in his seat with eyes as dull as theirs.
"Third brother, where did I get so many things from?" Li Tai felt bad all over. He couldn't help but sit up straight and said, "I just came back from an inspection trip to Yangzhou and other places. Although I was playing It was really fun, but as soon as I came back, I was sent a lot of tasks, and Li Tai was numb.
What does he have to do with the imperial examination in the next year? Although it is true that he is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, isn't this a matter of the Ministry of Etiquette? Oh, the Ministry of Etiquette is gone, that’s okay.
"You have done enough things." Li Ke looked at him calmly and said.
"Why is there less? I feel like I won't be able to finish even if I take a break during the Spring Festival." Li Tairen was dumbfounded. There are so many things about the imperial examination. He will be fully responsible for it. It will be open after the new year. Moreover, the current imperial examination is better than the previous imperial examination. The number of people increased by an unknown amount.
Does he still have time to go to Datang's Evernight City? Yangzhou Shou Ma is good, but nowhere in the country is as fun as Datang Evernight City.
"Work overtime when you are busy. Young people always have to endure hardship." Li Ke waved his hand.
"Then what are you doing, Third Brother?" Li Tai refused to give up.
"I have nothing to do." Li Ke said matter-of-factly.
"Third brother, there is no one like you." Li Tai couldn't help but protest.
"Why not? This is called selflessness." Li Ke took a sip of tea.
