Chapter 701 Even His Majesty Has to Accompany You to Defend the City

An ugly daughter-in-law always has to see her parents-in-law. It is impossible to hide this matter, but it is still necessary to speak out.

It's just that the consequences of saying this are scary to everyone present.

Shang Jianxiong's eyes widened, Shang Yongzhong was stunned, and Tian Yu was stunned.

Gao Jiancheng was expressionless, and his heart skipped a beat, but he was a little psychologically prepared. After all, Niu Youdao had already raised the question of whether to kill or not before. He knew that Niu Youdao had considered killing prisoners, but now he still couldn't help it. Sigh, it seems that Niu Youdao is still determined to kill those captives, what kind of trouble is this!

He didn't know that killing the captives was purely Meng Shanming's personal decision, and he thought it was Niu Youdao's intention.

Tong Mo was obviously dumbfounded, and immediately exclaimed: "Master Meng, what do you mean by that?"

Meng Xuandao: "There were some twists and turns in this matter, and Meng Shanming insisted on killing the prisoners."

Tong Mo said angrily: "Why don't the three major sects stop it? Could it be that they can't stop it?"

He couldn't accept this reality, this negotiation cost him a lot of painstaking efforts, the lion on the Song side opened his mouth, and one of the conditions for withdrawing troops was to hand over Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming to Song State, or kill them.

He, Tong Mo, is naturally eager to get rid of these two scourges, but at this time, there is nothing he can do if he wants to. Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming cannot be manipulated by the court, not to mention that he can't offend those two at this time, so he is naturally sternly refusing. Paul two.

For the first time in his life, he spent so much effort and tongue in order to protect Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming, but in the end, he got the other party to put them to death!

But how did Meng Xuan answer these words? It's not that it can't be stopped, if the three major factions want to stop it forcefully, there is no reason why it can't be stopped, but after listening to Meng Shanming's analysis, they feel that they can't be stopped, but this reason can't be told to these people.

The Song army has already besieged the city, let these people make sacrifices for the sake of the overall situation? Is it possible for these people to make sacrifices with their wealth?

They have always drawn up grand strategies to sacrifice others, and this time they are made victims of Meng Shanming's grand strategy, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept this reality.

The crux of the problem is that these people were afraid of uncontrollable chaos before, so they pretended to set an example in order to stabilize people's hearts, and their family and the like did not evacuate the capital.

The reason they didn't evacuate before was because these people knew that if they retreated in the end, anyone's family might not be able to leave. Only their family could not be abandoned by the court, because they represented the court.

When I persisted until the end, I was supposed to evacuate, but I didn't evacuate because the situation had reversed, and there was no need to evacuate for things that were sure enough.

Who would have thought that Meng Shanming would come here, now it's all right, they could leave before, but now that the Song army has surrounded Yanjing, their family can't leave even if they want to.

The army besieged the city, and a group of monks at most protected the high-level officials of the court to fight out. There was no way to bring all the family members of the high-level court with them. , if every monk in the capital brings a burden, how can he get out? If you really want to do that, I'm afraid even the monk himself won't be able to escape.

Once the city is broken, the consequences can be imagined.

Meng Xuan didn't want to quarrel with them either. He knew that these people who had practiced their words in the court for a long time were not easy to deal with with their mouths. He didn't mention Meng Shanming's grand strategy. The three major factions also sacrificed the interests of these people for their own interests. He was really embarrassed to say it out, so he simply said: "Meng Shanming has a lot of morale in the army, he insists on his own opinion, and it is not easy to force it under the current situation."

Tong Mo said: "Sect Leader Meng, it is about the cessation of troops between the two countries. It is not only for the good of Dayan, but also for the good of the three major sects. The three major sects must not sit back and watch Meng Shan act recklessly!"

Meng Xuan: "Sit and watch? Once the front-line troops are turned against each other and they can no longer threaten the Song State, the Song army who besieged the city will have no scruples and will definitely attack the city. The danger of the capital will still not be solved. Firmly controlling the military power, if this is the case, how can the three major factions persecute it?"

Shang Jianxiong was trembling with anger and said: "This must be the idea of ​​the traitor Shang Chaozong, intending to murder the widow!"

He insisted on thinking so, Meng Xuan didn't bother to explain, and Shang Jianxiong was sure that it was Shang Chaozong who wanted to harm him.

Tong Mo persuaded again: "Master Meng, you might as well warn them that the peace talks are for their own good, and it won't do them any good if they bring down the country of Yan. For meritorious service, I think His Majesty will reward you generously."

After finishing speaking, Chao Shang Jianxiong cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Shang Dynasty Zong commanded the army to fight, and indeed he has made great achievements. I ask Your Majesty to reward you for your merits. You can also designate Dingzhou as a place under the rule of Prince Yong!"

Shang Yongzhong immediately clasped his hands and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

Gao Jiancheng took a look at the situation, saw Tong Mo winking at him, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "I second my proposal!"

After being reserved for a while, Shang Jianxiong nodded heavily and said, "Okay! I'm sure!"

Seeing that this group of people suddenly became so generous, Meng Xuan sneered in his heart, but remained indifferent.

The country is fine without Meng Shanming's guidance, and Meng Shanming has already pointed out the pros and cons in detail, and already knows the great harm of compromising with the Song Dynasty, and the interests of the three major factions are not as important as the interests of the three factions.

It is useless for these people to agree, and the three major factions will not agree now!

But he would not reveal that the three factions were sacrificing the interests of these people. The scapegoat is naturally someone else's responsibility. He shook his head and said, "Since your majesty knows the thoughts of the Shang Dynasty, why should you do this? Let's defend the city with all our strength! Don't worry, once The situation is irreversible, the three major factions will definitely not sit back and watch a few people in distress, and will definitely do their best to escort them out of danger."

After finishing speaking, he turned around, ignored the thoughts of the few people, and left calmly, unwilling and needless to say any more.

The faces of the remaining people in the imperial study became uglier than the last.

The discussion among several people has to continue, but the topic of discussion has changed from implementing the negotiation results to how to desperately defend the city...

After the imperial study room was empty, Shang Jianxiong sat slumped on a chair, the grief and sorrow in his eyes was indescribable.

He didn't understand why Dayan came to this point, why the court didn't even have a general who could fight, and even if there was one, how could he be forced into such a situation by Shang Chaozong and others?

In fact, the reason is clear to him. The generals who can fight are not the result of intrigue in the court, they are all tempered by actual combat on the battlefield, and those people were either cleaned up by him, or forced to the opposite side by him, but he didn't want it in his heart. Just face the fact.

Tian Yu lowered his head and remained silent. As the head of the palace, he was thinking about the affairs of the harem. If he had evacuated before, the remaining people would be able to evacuate safely. Now that the Song army has surrounded Yanjing, it is necessary It seems that there are still too many people taken away, is it necessary to kill again?

If they were to be killed again, the impact would be even greater. Either they were relatives of powerful ministers, or they had given birth to children for the emperor. Would it be necessary to kill the biological mothers of the children?

"My lord, your wish has finally come true."

After the three important ministers left the imperial study and walked a little further, Tong Mo glanced at Shang Yongzhong and said something.

Shang Yongzhong was stunned and said: "What is the meaning of Da Sikong's words? How can this king be willing to see things come to this point?"

Tong Mo sneered: "If the prince hadn't tried his best to drag the court back, how could the court end up being trapped by the enemy army? Now even His Majesty has to accompany you to defend the city, wouldn't it be as you wished?"

Shang Yongzhong said sternly: "Da Sikong, I don't agree with what you said. Now that my family members are also trapped in the city, isn't this what I would like to see? Besides, who told His Majesty to leave the original statement?" King, do you really think this king doesn’t know about it?”

Tong Mo: "You are the Grand Sima of the Yan Kingdom, the capital is in trouble, the enemy army is attacking, and the Grand Sima in charge of the military and horse affairs does not sit in charge, so why don't you let the civilian officials control the soldiers and horses to kill the enemy? Who will stay if you don't?"

Gao Jiancheng lamented: "Don't quarrel with the two of you, what time is it, is there any point in shifting responsibility now? Let's think about how to defend the city!"

It was the old thief Tong Mo who mentioned it first, can you blame me? Shang Yongzhong was full of slander, and he didn't dare to offend Tong Mo too much until the end. He was afraid that he would be killed by Tong Mo in the future, so he quickly said yes: "Yes, yes, Da Situ is right. Master Xiang, it's not arguing about this now. At that time, everyone’s family members were in the city. Once the city was destroyed, everyone would be in bad luck. The lies of the three major factions were unbelievable. Leading so many people to break through, at that point, the three major factions will not care about the life and death of our family members, it is reasonable to find a way to defend the city. Let alone us..."

He pointed back, "If we really want to reach that point, there are still too many people in the harem, and I'm afraid we have to kill another group. Don't our families have to reach this point?"

The two bigwigs who said this sighed and shook their heads.

It is good that Tian Yu has issued a ban not to discuss this matter indiscriminately, but it also depends on who makes the arbitrariness. Naturally, these few people’s comments are not considered arbitrariness. Tian Yu has to turn a blind eye when he knows One eye!

Gao Jiancheng cupped his hands while walking and asked Tong Mo, "Master Xiang, how should we deal with the matter now?"

Tong Mo sighed: "How else can I deal with it? Tell the courtiers to go back to their homes!"

"Ah!" Shang Yongzhong was surprised and said: "Master Xiang, do you mean that each family sweeps the snow in front of the door? This... then give up?"

Tong Mo rolled his eyes at him, "Where is the lord thinking? It is to let each family go back and pull out all the servants and neat housekeepers from each family, and send them to the top of the city to help defend the city. And Eunuchs in the palace, don’t be idle if you can use them, I will notify Tian Yu later. Also, let everyone use all the connections they can use, and call all the connections in the practice world to come to help!"

"In addition, let each family and its relationship take out all the hoarded food. The first is to ensure the supply of military food, and the second is to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city. At this time, the enemy is present, and there will be no chaos inside the capital. Tell everyone, the city is broken and the hoarding No amount of food is useless, it’s all other people’s. Tell them, whoever has how much stuff, I have the account in my heart, and if anyone dares to hide their private words now, don’t blame me for not saying the ugly things before, and then don’t blame Ben I don't recognize my relatives!"

Gao Jiancheng nodded in agreement, and Shang Yongzhong also nodded in agreement.

Being forced to this point by Meng Shanming, being forced to have no way out by Meng Shanming at once, just like Meng Shanming wanted to kill prisoners to boost morale, the selfishness of all the people in the court was forced to have nowhere to hide , were forced to make concerted efforts and put all their eggs in one basket to defend the city.

After these people unify their opinions, the defensive power of Yanjing cannot be underestimated. After all, this is one of the seven capitals in the world, and there are still some foundations!