That afternoon, in Liangzhou City.
In front of the residence of Minister Deng Xin.
Carloads of goods were parked in front of the mansion, and from time to time servants would carry boxes after boxes and bundle them on the car.
Not long after, Deng Xin walked out, accompanied by his wives and concubines.
Before getting into the carriage, his wife could not help but ask: "Master, do you really want to leave?"
"Hey, get in the car quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late!" Deng Xin urged.
After packing up the family property, Deng Xin also took his family and servants with him. The group looked like a small caravan and hurried to the north gate.
When they got here, the city gate guards naturally stopped them: "What are you doing!?"
Hearing the shout, Deng Xin opened the carriage curtain and glanced at the butler.
The latter understood, immediately stepped forward, reached into his arms, took out a token, raised it high in his hand, showed it to the guard, and said arrogantly: "I've blinded your dog eyes! Don't get out of the way!"
"Ah? Master Zhongshu." Upon seeing this, the guard dared to stop him and quickly stepped aside.
This is just a small thing that happened today, but it shows from the side that Liangzhou is in chaos, people are in panic, and even the ministers of Liang State have begun to flee for their lives secretly.
When the morning came the next day, many people were obviously absent from Liang Guo's court.
Prince Liang was sitting on the throne. After waiting for the ministers to greet him, he subconsciously glanced at the main hall and asked aloud:
"Where is Lord Zhongshu Deng?"
"Listen, I heard, I'm sick at home..." someone cautiously replied.
"Where's Mr. Wang?"
"Where is Mr. Li? Are you all sick?"
Prince Liang frowned.
"This..." The ministers looked around, and it was only then that they realized that their usual colleagues were missing.
As the saying goes, the giant tree in Liang Kingdom is about to fall when the tree falls. It is not surprising that some people are afraid of death and run away in advance.
After reacting, King Liang was very angry, but he had no choice. He could not explain this matter clearly. He could only suppress his anger and said in a deep voice: "Today's meeting is related to the survival of our Liang country. What is the decision? All the ministers will do it." You can speak up.”
Hearing this, a minister stood up, first looked at King Liang carefully, and then bravely said:
"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, there are currently no troops stationed in the capital except the royal palace guards, and General Xue Wu is unable to return for reinforcements. It is better to temporarily avoid the Qin army and withdraw to the north."
"Where can we evacuate?" King Liang asked with a sneer.
"But... we can evacuate to Jialing County first."
After hearing what he said, King Liang smiled and said with a sneer: "As Master Wu said, even if I retreat to Jialing, do you think King Qin will not pursue him to Jialing?"
"This..." The minister didn't know what to say.
King Liang was right. If he retreats now, the result will be the same. King Qin will have to chase him to death, and the loss of the capital will have an even greater impact.
After a moment of silence, another minister stood up and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, why not please make peace..."
"What are you asking for peace! At this time, asking for peace is just nicer than surrender!" King Liang said angrily.
"Yes, yes..." The minister was startled and quickly bowed back.
At this time, people had already seen that King Liang had no intention of surrendering at all. They said they were discussing decisions, but in fact they wanted to defend Liangdu.
He is unwilling to surrender, but this does not represent all officials. Officials can survive if they surrender.
But in the current situation, with King Liang's temper, whoever dares to say the word "surrender" may not end well.
Therefore, all the ministers did not dare to speak.
When Cai Yan saw this, he stood up, raised his hands and said, "At this time, the family and the country are in danger. I, I, would like to coexist with the country! Please swear not to surrender until my death!"
This was what King Liang was waiting for. After hearing this, he immediately pointed at Cai Yan: "Okay! Mr. Cai is determined! So is this king! Send an order to transfer all the palace guards to the city defense! Defend Liangzhou to the death!"
After saying that, he glanced around for another week and shouted coldly:
"From today on, among the officials of Liang Kingdom, whoever dares to surrender will be immediately beheaded!"
He shouted loudly, and the jade beads on his crown trembled.
When all the ministers heard this, they secretly swallowed their saliva, and then they all bent down and saluted: "I respectfully obey the king's order——"
During this court meeting, King Liang directly decided to fight to the death.
The imperial army of the Liang Palace is similar to that of the Qin State, about ten thousand, but these people are all elites in the army and have very strong combat power.
But the key problem is that there are only the last few fighting troops left in Liangdu, and there are four gates in the capital with ten thousand troops. If they are divided, each gate can only have more than two thousand troops. .
None of the ministers were optimistic about this. After going to court, they couldn't help but sigh as they walked out in twos and threes.
Someone whispered: "This king would rather die than surrender, what should we do..."
"Yes, when the Qin army [Chen Xi] attacks the capital, everyone will die..."
From the mentality of the ministers of Liang Kingdom, it is not difficult to see that Liang Kingdom is on the verge of destruction.
Another day later, Xiao Yuan led his army to Liangdu.
After arriving here, he was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he summoned the generals in the military tent and held an emergency meeting.
The situation in Liangdu is now roughly understood based on our own intelligence.
Wei Qing was the first to say: "There are only more than 10,000 forbidden troops stationed in Liangdu today. In my opinion, after our army has rested and reorganized, we can launch a strong attack. We will be able to break it within a few days!"
"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded and said: "A strong attack will definitely be carried out, but during the rest period, we may be able to do something incidentally, implement a small plan to make them all soldiers, and when they attack the city, we may be able to Get twice the result with half the effort.”
"The king means..."
Xiao Yuandao: "According to Lin Chu's information, the North Gate guard is named Yan En, and his uncle Yan Fu is a minister of the Liang Kingdom. He is greedy for life and afraid of death."
"We can send a secret letter. It was meant to be sent to Yan Fu, but it was deliberately sent to the wrong one and ended up in the hands of Prince Liang."
"In this case, if King Liang intercepts the secret message, he will definitely think that Yan Fu's uncle and nephew have conspired with us, and he will become angry!"
After hearing what he said, Jia You's eyes lit up, and he immediately handed over his hands and said: "This is a good plan, your Majesty. It is fatal to the current King of Liang. Regardless of whether it is true or false, he will become suspicious and kill in the capital." ."
"That's right. Before the siege, Liangdu would be in chaos, and the morale and morale of the soldiers were unstable. When we attack the city again, it will be much simpler."
Xiao Yuan said with a smile.
Seeing him smile, Xu Hu also giggled.
Xiao Yuan said again: "Send the order, the whole army needs to rest, eat well, sleep well, and be energetic, ready to attack Liangdu in one fell swoop!"
"No!" All the generals clasped their fists together.
Divorce tactics, sometimes you have to use them appropriately and choose the right person.
Just like Cai Yan, if you start with him, you will probably make a mistake.
But Yan Fu is different.
