The shouts of killing outside the city have spread all over the city of Bozhou, and the people in the whole city know that it is the Song people who have invaded.
Although everyone believed in Li Qiong and saw soldiers running everywhere on the street, they couldn't calm down... After all, Bozhou is the only place to pass from Lianghuai to Lin'an. Since the war between Song and Jin Dynasty, I don’t know how many times I’ve fought here, but never once has the sound outside been so loud, as if there were hundreds of thousands or millions of people coming.
These people shouted together, causing everyone's souls to tremble.
There were children who were crying, but the adults at home held them in their arms and kept comforting them:
"It's okay, it's okay. Marshal Li is here. You can continue to study in the school in a few days."
Those who had been approached by Li Qiong's soldiers before, saying that their relatives in Suzhou had defected to the wealthy families of the Southern Dynasties, were even more worried now, fearing that if their heads were exposed, they would be caught as spies. After going to chop, they all hid in the house, and their voices became much softer.
With things like this in the city, how could the people in Laojun Temple be spared? Not to mention that everyone heard the shouts of killing, but the smelly soldiers who came one after another to report the news killed one after another. A person's military intelligence is brought here, even if he is deaf or blind, he should know what is happening outside.
Li Qiong's words did not wait for the comments of the two old men. They were very surprised now. Although they had lived for most of their lives, at this time, like Li Qiong's lieutenants, they had no idea who this person was. What are you thinking about? It seems like you want to surrender but don't. You might say you are defending the city, but there is no sign of defending the city!
Many people still couldn't wait for the answer he gave. The soldiers outside came one after another to report the news. Many people left with sighs. Li Qiong just looked at the tea spilled by Wang Yaksha on the table in a daze. I touched the pot with my fingers and found that the tea was still warm. I didn't need a cup anymore, so I lifted it up and put it in my mouth.
Wang Shizhong couldn't bear it any longer, so he jumped up the steps and grabbed Li Qiong's wrist:
"Marshal, what on earth do you want to do!"
It's just that his marshal didn't seem to be prepared for this. He couldn't hold it steady for a moment, and a good pot fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Li Qiong was a little absent-minded. He still couldn't take the sip of tea after all. He smiled a little self-deprecatingly, as if he was talking to Wang Shizhong, or to the big and small yakshas. Liu Zhan and Xin Ciying heard it, I also felt that he was saying to me:
"Guan Zhao's family came really quickly."
Everyone had a different taste when they heard this. Wang De glanced at Wang Qi. At present, the Bozhou soldiers' attention was focused on several city gates. If they led people to capture Li Qiong at this time... and this All the generals in the city really saved a lot of effort.
Xiao Yaksha was not an idiot. He nodded towards his own father, put his hands behind his back, and waved to Wang Shun and a few soldiers. Knowing that the time had come, they quietly passed on the signal. For a moment, the soldiers Wang De brought in the yard all put their hands on their own guys.
As long as Wang Yaksha gives an order, they will take action immediately.
Li Qiong turned around, looked at Wang De and said:
"Yaksha, don't be impatient and want to kill me. The time has not yet come."
After all, he was used to fighting with real swords and guns. It did make him a little embarrassed to shoot from behind like this. But embarrassment was embarrassing, and he could still tell the severity, so he bit the bullet and persuaded:
"Scholar, things are different now. The Kingdom of Jin is no longer the Kingdom of Jin, and the Kingdom of Song is no longer the Kingdom of Song... How are you better than Han Chang? What he can understand, don't you understand?"
"The Zhao Guan family has also changed a long time ago. Everyone in the world is changing. If you stick to Bozhou, aren't you wasting the lives of your Zuo Hujun brothers in vain? Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for the Guan family? This approach will not only make your relatives happy but your enemies will be happy." What else can you get?"
"Scholars always talk about Grandpa Zong. If Grandpa Zong in heaven knows what you did today, you should know what kind of reaction he will have! If you still believe in me, Yaksha I would like to offer Bozhou with both hands to prevent the disasters caused by wars here... I pat my chest and promise you that the officials will never investigate what happened back then. Who knows, they can also grant you a title. I will reward you for your dedication to the city."
Wang De has already stated his position at this time. From the time he entered the city to now, many people have always doubted the purpose of their father and son's coming, which is Li Qiong's insistence on trust. Otherwise, big and small How could Yasha live such a good life?
Wang Yaksha's words came from the bottom of his heart, and Li Qiong was also very moved:
"You didn't give up the opportunity to kill, but instead came to persuade me to surrender...Yaksha, Yaksha, I never thought that I would be so important to you, so important that you don't even want human blood."
"I'm not a good man, please restrain yourself!"
Li Qiong didn't pay attention to Wang Yaksha's words, clapped his hands and said:
"Since Zhao Guan's family is here, you might as well guess which general is coming from the troop transportation road."
As soon as these words came out, Jin Sai and Wang Shizhong just thought about the Troop Transport Road. Mainly because they knew about it, but they rarely went in to see it. In addition, Li Qiong rarely talked about it with them, so the two of them just thought it was... A secret, and since it is a secret, it should naturally be hidden in the bottom of my heart.
The most horrified person was Xin Zan himself. When he saw Li Qiong looking like he had known about it for a long time, he was surprised and worried at the same time... Since he had known about it for a long time, it must be Already prepared.
Since he had already prepared, would this troop movement method become something he could use to harm the King of the Song Dynasty? Then instead of helping him, he would harm others!
Thinking of this, he glanced at Liu Zhan beside him with some confusion. The old Taoist priest also thought of this. The two old men opened their mouths, but they didn't know where to start.
Li Qiong saw everyone's expressions in his eyes. Except for the Wang family's father and son and their soldiers, who looked confused, the rest of the people had different expressions. He smiled and said:
"I thought Yasha had already spread the news, but I didn't expect that Mr. Xin acted faster."
"Since it is Mr. Xin..." Li Qiong said thoughtfully, "then he is not following the Han way, but the Tang way."
Hearing this, Xin Zan's hope that Li Qiong didn't know about Tang Dao was completely shattered. He could no longer calm down and shouted a little lost his temper:
"You, what do you want to do!"
"do what?"
Li Qiong was a little puzzled: "Shouldn't the student ask the teacher? Why did the teacher ask the student first?"
"Students do have some things to do, though."
With that said, he ignored Wang De's soldiers who were watching eagerly in the yard, but turned directly and entered the main hall.
"Everyone might as well come and see what move our Zhao Guan family will make."
This sound came from inside the palace. Before everyone could react, they heard a roar and all looked inside...
I saw that the statue of Laojun, who had been standing on the altar for who knows how many years, had fallen to the ground. The stone-carved arms and carved head boots were all separated from Laojun's body. It was scattered all over the ground, and the dust stirred up had not dispersed yet. It was floating everywhere in the palace, making it look a bit foggy.
As for Li Qiong, he was standing on the altar at this time, looking at the place where Mr. Li was standing... At this time, it had turned into a big hole, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
(End of chapter)
