Everyone let out a burst of admiration, and even Xie Hun nodded convincingly and said: "High, it is really high. As long as the people of Jiankang see that Liu Cheqi has come back and that the army is coming to help, then they will You will have confidence. But where will the people who moved back from Liyang be placed?"
Liu Yu said calmly: "The people of Liyang are staying in Guangling, Jiangbei. There is no shortage of people in Jiankang City. What is missing is the army. Too many people come and it is difficult to place them. After all, there are tens of thousands of officials who moved back with the army." There are so many people, Guangling City is a vast area with few people, and there are only a few thousand households in the city. Moving Liyang officials and people there just enriches the manpower.
Having said this, Liu Yu paused and continued: "As for the returning reinforcements, they will first hold a grand military parade outside the North Gate, and then return to the Shogunate Mountain Camp in the north of the city. Then, three thousand people will be rotated and put on different clothes every day. A, quietly move the camp to the East City at night, and the camp outside the South City, enter Jinu Hall, Stone City and other places, and come out during the day for a military parade, telling the people in the city that this is from Wudi, Jiangzhou, Donghai, etc. I want an army of 10,000 to come back from the ground to help, so that I can have the effect of an army of 50,000 coming to help from all directions, and strengthen the confidence of the people in the city!"
Xie Daoyun laughed: "Liu Cheqi, you are following Dong Zhuo's approach during the Three Kingdoms. Thousands of Liangzhou soldiers came in and out at night and in the day, creating the feeling of a constant flow of troops and horses, which shocked Luoyang's soldiers and civilians as well as all the princes. , finally obeyed Dong Zhuo's orders, but if you use this method at this time, the effect will only be better."
Liu Yu sighed and said: "Soldiers use deception. We don't have enough strength at hand, so we can only do this first. However, each camp needs to prepare more flags. The empty camp must be filled with scarecrows or ordinary civilians wearing armor." Stomach, go to the post and be on duty. This will give our people confidence. Secondly, it will also confuse the enemy's spies. After all the civilians are assigned to each camp, they will never be allowed to go home or leave the camp. Violators will be punished with Escape from battle and engage in military law."
Wang Zhongde said loudly: "Follow the order."
Liu Yu turned around, looked at the dozen generals following behind him, and said: "We have assigned your tasks before crossing the river. Next, everyone will perform their duties. We can win the war with these tricks." For a moment, you can't deceive the whole life. The demon thieves will soon kill us. We need to form more troops as quickly as possible to win this defense battle."
Meng Chang frowned slightly and said: "Slave slave, I just received a piece of news here. It was originally going to be discussed at the court meeting, but now that you are back, it's up to you to make the decision."
Liu Yu was a little surprised: "Is there any other important news that you can't even decide on your own?"
Meng Chang nodded and said: "Last night, the great poet Tao Yuanming came to visit. He said that he was entrusted by Kumarajiva, the master of the Later Qin Dynasty, and brought a letter of credence."
When he said this, he took out a beautiful parchment drawing from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Yu. The parchment was exquisitely made. It was obvious at a glance that it was definitely not a product of China. It must have been made by Hulu from Fanbang.
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Liu Yu took the letter of credence and read it carefully. Wang Zhene behind him said in a deep voice: "Meng Pushe, since it is the letter of credence, why wasn't it presented in person in the court by the envoy of the Later Qin Dynasty? And this Tao Yuanming, how could he be related to the imperial advisor of Later Qin? After this man refused to serve in the shogunate of the general a few years ago, his whereabouts are unknown. Could it be that he defected to Later Qin?"
Meng Chang shook his head and said: "Wang Shenjun, you may have forgotten one thing. When the general had just defeated Huanxuan and regained Jiankang, in order to show the power of the Jin Dynasty to the world, he sent Tao Yuanming as an envoy to the Later Qin Dynasty. , Yao Xing, the leader of the Later Qin State, requested the return of the twelve counties of Nanyang. During this process, Tao Yuanming publicly debated with Kumarajiva, the advisor of the Later Qin State, and convinced Kumarajiva with his words, and then Kumarajiva asked him to Yao Xing came forward and handed over the twelve counties of Nanyang, and the friendship between them began from that time."
"As for Tao Yuanming's whereabouts in the past few years, I asked him yesterday. He said that he was a Chu native and had served in Huanxuan's shogunate. A relative in his family died in the war to pacify Huanchu, so he was named His position makes it difficult to become an official in the court, especially when the commander-in-chief is so powerful that when he is in the limelight, there is no shortage of literati. His consistent philosophy is that there is a world like the one he wrote in Peach Blossom Spring. There is no such thing as There is war and no rule, which is not very suitable for the commander-in-chief’s concept of central strength and respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians, which he had already expressed at the celebration banquet for his mission to Later Qin.”
After Liu Yu finished reading the roll of sheepskin, he handed it to Xie Daoyun, but he looked at Meng Chang and said, "Then why is he willing to contribute to the country and speak for Hou Qin this time?"
Meng Chang sighed and said: "Tao Yuanming himself said that his closest relative in the world, his cousin Cheng who had grown up with him since childhood, died in the chaos of the war. This incident shocked him. He saw that the war was causing trouble and the people were suffering, but the imperial court was now unable to quickly put down the demon thieves and restore peace to the people. Therefore, when Kumarajiva sent someone to find him and put forward this suggestion, he was very willing to act as this Messenger, delivering the letter of the State of Later Qin."
Xie Hun said dissatisfied: "That's nonsense. Can't this letter of credence be delivered publicly? Who are you trying to hide from an idle scholar who is not even an official? What does this letter of credence say? I'm afraid it's right. Let’s take advantage of our situation, which is extremely disadvantageous for us, Da Jin.”
Xie Daoyun had also finished reading the credential at this time, and handed it to Xu Xianzhi. She said solemnly: "The credential says that because Liu Yu, the powerful official who controlled the power of the Jin Dynasty, was extremely arrogant, he refused when he was in Nanyan. Later Qin tried to mediate and persuade peace, and even threatened Kumarajiva with war to destroy Qin, which was tantamount to a declaration of war. Therefore, when Liu Yu was in power, he could not submit his credentials to the Jin Dynasty in the form of a public letter of credence, but could only Through Tao Yuanming, it was handed over to Jiankang in the form of a private letter, and it was decided by the emperor and civil servants."
Xi Sengshi sneered and said: "It sounds reasonable, but what did they say this time? Last time, they wanted us to give up the siege of Guanggu and give us the Shannan land of Nanyan. Could it be that this time they wanted us to give up the siege of Guanggu and give us the Shannan land of Nanyan? Should we cede territory to the monster thieves for peace?"
Meng Chang sighed: "Although it is not so exaggerated and arrogant, it is almost the same. The book of state says that the Qin State has sent an army of 200,000. It is the victorious army that just defeated Hu Xia Liu Bobo. They are elites from hundreds of battles and are stationed in The Changshe area was originally intended to rescue Nanyan. Now that Nanyan is dead, this army has no use. It is just that Kumarajiva, as a national advisor, could not bear to see the people of the Jin Dynasty suffering from the war, so he was willing to send troops to help. I, the Great Jin Dynasty, will pacify the demon thieves and save the common people!"
