Chapter 23 of the "Tao Te Ching" says: "The wind will not last forever, and the rain will last all day."
This means that strong winds will not blow all day, and heavy rain will not last all day. No matter how loud and powerful they are, they will eventually stop.
It is also said in Chapter 30 of the "Tao Te Ching": "When things grow strong, they grow old", which means that if a thing grows to the extreme, it will flourish and decline. The sooner it reaches its peak, the sooner it will reach its peak. perish.
Li Qiong read the scriptures many times in front of the statue of Laojun, so he understood a lot of truths.
At least that's what he thought.
The people of Jin were very strong. They were so strong that Wanyan Agu launched an army to rebel against Liao. It only took ten years until they captured Emperor Tianzuo and cut off his kingdom in 218. They were so strong that they broke the alliance and went south, and then captured the two emperors and went north. , it only took a total of two years... to be precise, one year and four months.
But now, the period of prosperity for the Jin people has passed. No matter which direction they work hard, they will inevitably decline. This is what is bound to happen.
In Li Qiong's short life, he did not do much for the Song Dynasty and the Han people. From a scholar to where he is today, he is ashamed of both heaven and earth. It is said that a gentleman does not care about his deeds. , the same applies in reverse. No matter how loyal he is in his heart, what he did is indeed the behavior of a person who has forgotten his ancestors.
He was a little distracted by the emperor's curse words, but he quickly realized what the emperor cared about.
It's reputation.
It also has a reputation among countless Han people in the north.
But the Zhao Guan family ignored one thing...the value of these people lies in the fact that they are Han people. After breaking away from this identity, they are nothing, not compatriots, nor relatives, but one after another, with the sponsor in their hearts. Those who identify themselves as Jin people are enemies.
Such people should die. Living will not help, but will only become a burden.
"Your Majesty's concerns are known to all the guilty officials, but Your Majesty also needs to know that Li Qiong is now the Cavalry General of the Kingdom of Jin!"
"This matter has nothing to do with the official family. The person who massacred Bozhou was Li Qiong, the minister of the Jin Kingdom, not Li Qiong, a student of Xiangzhou!"
"These people are hopeless... They are all because of the guilty ministers, so they are grateful to the Northern Barbarians for their unkindness. They are caused by the guilty ministers, and they should be dealt with by the guilty ministers. If they cannot be eliminated, Li Qiong will die with his eyes open!"
Some of these people had been killed before, but only a few. Liu Bang appeared too quickly, so Li Qiong could not do too much.
There are still a large number of these people. Even if the Imperial Guards deliberately let them hide behind them, the openings in the human wall are opening wider and wider, and it will be difficult to protect them all for a while.
There are still many people squeezing and pushing forward. The more they take a step forward, the more hope they have of surviving.
After Li Qiong said this, he ordered Ma Li and Pan Yi next to him:
"Let the brothers on the city wall stop...change the direction and attack these unruly people."
Attack... Although both of them had made preparations in advance, when they heard their marshal using these two words on the people of Bozhou, they still couldn't adapt for a while. However, both of them were not slow in their actions. After the general's order was passed, except for the north city gate where the Imperial Guards had their backs turned, the other three walls of the east, west and south all turned their weapons and pointed them at the city.
Naturally, there were many people who didn't know what was going on. Their attention had previously been focused on the Song army outside the city gate. After receiving the order, they discovered what was happening inside the city.
Although some people were puzzled, looking at the heavily armed Song Imperial Guards in the city, and the Bozhou people who kept running towards them... Such a scene quickly led to an inference:
These people whom they guarded with their lives are now falling into the arms of the Southern Dynasty.
If this were not the case, how could Marshal Li issue such an order? Could it be possible that his own marshal would trick him?
Therefore, what Marshal Li means is...
The stench of Song Jun's golden soup style made everyone feel sick. Now seeing such a scene again, they felt as uncomfortable as eating flies.
We have suffered so much for you, even risking our lives, and this is how you treat us?
Li Qiong's military orders were issued very smoothly. Except for Jin Sai who knew everything but remained silent at the south city gate, the rest of the people looked at Li Qiong who was holding the command flag.
As long as he waved the flag, then these rolling rocks and fallen trees, hot water bows and arrows, and countless flying hooks and forks...these weapons that were not used by the Song army would all be used against the people in the city.
For the people of Bozhou, the person who was originally regarded as a protective god has now become a life-threatening ghost.
For these soldiers, the people they used to protect with all their heart have now become the targets of their attacks.
All this is just a change in one day, in just one hour.
"I am the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Why are you so stubborn in the Zuohu Army? Hurry up and put down your weapons and surrender. With tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians as witnesses, I forgive you for your innocence!"
Liu Bang had given up talking to Li Qiong. In his eyes, this stinky scholar was now a single-minded lunatic. Indeed, what he said made some sense. Li Qiong came to massacre the city as a minister of the Kingdom of Jin, and he could do it to a certain extent. to avoid getting some odor on yourself.
But he is on the first level. If he rescues these people and lets their mouths spread what happened today, then...
Li Qiong's performance today was able to exert its greatest effect.
But what he didn't expect was that these people dared to rebel back then, whether it was spontaneous or coerced, it was an unchangeable fact.
In order to prove that his choice was correct, he had been constantly brainwashing himself over the past few years, brainwashing him into thinking that Zhao Guan's family was stupid, incompetent, cruel and unfair. They had no choice but to become traitors. After washing, they almost convinced themselves. .
As soon as he said these words, the crossbow arrows that were originally aimed at the fleeing people turned around and were all aimed at him... Even though he wore three layers of armor and was surrounded by countless forbidden troops, this Even though he was doing this, he was startled.
So Liu Bang quickly changed his words: "These are Zhao Guanjia's original words, I am expressing his meaning!"
After everyone heard this, they focused their attention on the people again, but they showed a little more contempt for the person who preached the imperial edict.
Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Wang Yaksha's twitching look, he ordered very seriously:
"Since you blocked it once, let's block it again."
"Listen up, you guys, Bozhou has been destroyed. Now our goal is to let more people survive."
"Everyone, come on, whoever takes Li Qiong's head and the money woman, I will give you a lot, a lot of things."
There was no need for the emperor to give orders, but everyone knew what was going on. At this moment, Yang Yizhong remembered what Zhang Taiwei looked like that day in front of Sibei Tower when he wanted to save him.
Then he followed the example of the gourd and asked the person in front of the palace to pull out his sword and go straight forward.
Talking too much and shouting too much are not as effective as that bright knife, so he was the first to open a way... everyone avoided them.
When the few people nearby saw it, they were not to be outdone. Except for Zhong Lei who was guarding the emperor, the rest of them followed Yang Yizhong's example, and started to march backwards in a somewhat difficult and crowded way.
At the same time, Captain Zhang had just received news from the city and took off the cloth strip on the tip of his nose:
"Just let others do these things. Officials always join in the fun!"
"We agreed on a feint attack, but we don't have a siege vehicle or a battering ram. Could it be possible to set up a ladder to go up? How many lives would be lost! In this case, how to transport troops..."
The soldier who had been waiting for Taiwei Zhang to flatter him after he finished speaking saw the changes visible to the naked eye on Taiwei Zhang's face. He didn't know what was going on, so he had to look along.
But they saw that the crowd of people at the city gate, who were originally densely packed, all turned around and went back, and even moved away the crossbows mounted on the city wall.
I don’t know how Zhao Guan’s family did it, but Zhang Jun didn’t hesitate anymore and quickly ordered:
"Put up a ladder!"
(End of chapter)
