The emperor closed his eyes and said leisurely,
"After all, our strength is too weak and our troops are too few. If there were a hundred thousand troops in the capital, how could we be so embarrassed?
Moreover, our move will only make the king, who has no objection at all, become resentful.
If we don't let them go, we will only force them to rebel.
The four kings came to my birthday banquet, but I detained them and refused to let them go. How does this make the people of the world view us?
Even if they don't cooperate with the army outside the city, what if they attack the palace directly? There are only five thousand guards in the palace, how can they stop those guards who are good at fighting?
On the contrary, if we let them go out and return to the camp, they will have no reason to rebel. Even if they want to rebel, we can still defend the city and let the strong men in the capital help defend the city.
It would be nice for our army to have time to prepare and avoid being attacked from both inside and outside.
The four kings should not rebel at the same time, and we should be able to hold on.
At the same time, we can also tell the world and publicly reprimand the kings for their crimes. Then he called on the wise people in the world to form a rebel army and come to King Qin to protect him.
Now it seems that if we don't let the four kings out, we will die tonight. If we let them go, if they rebel, we will be able to occupy the commanding heights morally, which will be more beneficial to us. "
"Oh, Your Majesty, you can't be confused at this time!"
Tong Yuan was so angry that he wanted to jump up and down.
The general also said anxiously,
"Yes, Your Majesty, you must not be merciful at this time. When the kings leave the capital, they are letting the tiger return to the mountain.
If you are not talented, even if you have servants, you must keep the enemy at bay!
There are only a few hundred thousand enemy troops. We only need to coax the kings first, and then recruit strong men to help defend the city. As long as they dare to fight, the charge of rebels will be confirmed. At that time, we can call on the whole country to mobilize troops to serve the king.
The main reason is that they are characterized as rebels. I think even their soldiers, few of them are willing to follow them and become rebels.
The armies of the kings are leaderless and will collapse without a fight!
As an emperor, His Majesty is a righteous man, and he will definitely be able to respond to a hundred calls. When the time comes, gather the rebels from all over the country, and won't these soldiers and horses come? "
The emperor sighed and secretly thought that empty talk would harm the country.
He said,
"Okay, don't say any more. I can't do such an unjust thing first. Let's let the four kings out of the city and fight slowly."
"Oh, Your Majesty, you are pushing us into the abyss of eternal destruction!"
Tong Yuan sat down on the ground, as if all his strength had been exhausted.
"Come here, send an order to the guards of the four cities to open the city gates, let the kings leave the city, and send the right minister back home to rest."
"My dear friends, please go home."
The emperor waved his hand helplessly.
The guards came in and helped the Prime Minister and others out.
The right prime minister could no longer stand still. The general sighed repeatedly, as if he had lost his soul. The left prime minister Zheng Sanlang's eyes flickered and he lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
Nie Chen, Heping Xiwang and others were still waiting inside the west gate. It was not far away for half an hour. If the other party did not open the door, they would have to send a message to the troops outside to attack the city.
After all, no one wants to be held hostage by the emperor. With their pride, it is better to die and be content with it.
Finally, half an hour was up. A red-armored guard under King Pingxi prepared the sounding arrow, pointed it at the sky, and was about to give orders to the army outside the city.
At this moment, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the east, and a palace guard shouted while running wildly,
"Pass your Majesty's order to open the city gate and let the kings out of the city!"
As soon as these words came out, the city gate guards and soldiers immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as you don’t fight, that’s fine. Just don’t fight.
"Open the city gate!"
The guard shouted loudly, and the soldiers below immediately opened the city gate with force.
The carriage inside started running and soon arrived outside the city.
After joining the army, the army outside the city shouted in unison,
"Meet the prince!"
Seeing this shocking scene, the defenders of the capital on the top of the city were all frightened. Fortunately, there was no fight. If they really wanted to fight, they had no confidence that they could withstand these tiger and wolf troops.
"All troops return to camp!"
King Pingxi ordered calmly.
They all led the army back to their respective camps. This scene happened outside various gates of the capital.
After the group returned to the camp, they all went to rest and did not discuss anything further.
It is worth mentioning that that night, King Anton ordered the entire army to break camp and leave east as fast as possible overnight, for fear that they would be eaten if they were a second late.
The armies of King Pingxi and King Jingshan only left the next morning.
In the morning, Lin Guang and Li Ze came over to ask what happened, and Nie Chen told them all in detail.
Lin Guang and Li Ze were shocked when they heard this. Li Ze said,
"My lord, you were right to come out last night. Before the emperor and the others reacted, if it were later, the emperor would definitely have some arrangements. By then, it would be difficult to come up with it."
"This is why I let you come out first. As long as you come out first, our army will be led by someone who can help us come out.
This emperor wants military power, just wait and see, no one is a fool, no one will hand over military power to him. "
In the next few days, they kept walking westward, trying to leave the capital, a place of right and wrong, as soon as possible.
Among the four kings, the fastest one is King Anton. This guy is the most scheming, but also the most timid, and he runs the fastest.
King Jingshan walked to the southwest and King Pingxi walked to the west. What is strange is that King Zhennan never left the capital.
And strangely, the news that the emperor wanted to cut down the vassals and seize power and detain the four kings spread to the capital at an extremely fast speed.
The common people didn't know what happened at the palace's longevity banquet. It was unlikely that the officials were talking nonsense. In addition, the siege of the city by the armies of the four kings was carried out in the middle of the night. Who among the common people would know.
If there is no conscientious person to add fuel to the flames, no one will believe this matter.
It was not until five days later that King Pingxi led his army into Jinshui County.
It was evening that day, and the army set up camp and prepared to rest.
Nie Chen was in his big tent, baking steamed buns and lighting a fire to keep warm.
At this moment, a red-armored guard came in from outside the door, holding his hands and saying,
"Master Nie, my prince has something urgent to ask you to come over. He also said that everyone in your handsome tent should be asked to come over!"
"Emergency? What's the emergency?"
Nie Chen asked curiously.
"I don't know, you will know when you go there."
"Okay, let's go and take a look together."
Nie Chen stood up and led Weng Qiuchan, Ouyang Ming, Lin Guang, Zhou An, Li Ze and others over.
