Chapter 578 Damn Rumors
Kuaiji, within the territory of Shouchang
A small team of forty or fifty people wearing uniforms of the Conquering South Army shuttled through the jungle.
Half an hour later, the group stopped at a hidden place with a water source.
Everyone started to take out dry food to eat.
Makino looked around and saw the brothers from Baihu Village tugging at their clothes uncomfortably.
Before he received the secret mission, General Qin Zhao gave him two hundred sets of military uniforms for the Southern Army and asked him to take them away.
Speaking of which, these military uniforms still belonged to them. Later, when they transferred to Pingzhou, they took them off, but they did not expect that people from the Pingzhou government office would take them away. Then when they went on an expedition, they brought these old military uniforms among the supplies they brought.
He took over these military uniforms with a surprised look on his face, and then he accidentally glanced at the warehouse. Good guy, he actually discovered that Pingzhou also collected the military uniforms of Xianbei soldiers!
Makino was numb at that time. Just how arrogant are these people in Pingzhou? The skin on the body can be replaced at any time.
His intuition was indeed accurate. This was already the second time they had changed their costumes! When they were within the sphere of influence of the King of Jin, they wore the clothes of the soldiers of the King of Jin. No, they were about to enter the territory of Kuaiji that had been captured by Xie Zhan, so they changed their clothes.
Qin Sheng was on guard from a high place.
Chen Jinlong took the time to emphasize the precautions with his friends again, "Don't say anything when you encounter the officers and soldiers who are questioning you later. Your Pingzhou accent is too strong!"
The people named nodded repeatedly, "I know, I know, I won't say anything."
Next to him, Xiong Feiping, who was carrying a big bow on his back, scratched his head. He asked the deputy village leader next to him in a low voice, "Deputy village leader, do we really want to go rescue people with the fourth master?"
Xiong Feiping is one of the most powerful bandits in Baihu Village, and he is very good with bow and arrow.
"yes."
"Aren't we bandits? Why are we taking risks to save people?" Xiong Feiping has always been puzzled. It's so novel for bandits to save people.
Deputy Village Leader: ...Xiong Feiping is good at martial arts, but he's a tough guy.
These words happened to be heard by Chen Jinlong. When he was tired, he sat down next to Xiong Feiping and said, "Brother Xiong, your thinking is so narrow-minded, right? Who said bandits can only commit murder, arson, robbery and all kinds of evil?"
Xiong Feiping still looked puzzled.
"Brother Xiong, think about it, why do we become bandits and rob the road? Isn't it just to make money and survive? We are not born bad and enjoy killing people and setting fires."
Xiong Feiping: It sounds reasonable?
"Anyway, we live a life of licking blood. As long as we can get money, what does it matter whether we save people or kill people?"
"So, the business scope of our Baihu Village should not be too limited. As long as we can get money and materials, we will do it! Only in this way can our village become bigger and stronger. Deputy Village Leader, are you right? "
The deputy village leader nodded, "You're right, the boss has already agreed to this."
The most important thing is that there is almost no food left in the village.
The job of rescuing people was taken over by Lu Sheng, the fourth master. The master who distributed the work said that they would rescue the people and give them a batch of food, but they had to take the food themselves.
When the boss heard this, he decided to do it. Anyway, if these bandits don't work, they will just stay in the village and eat free food!
At this time, Qin Sheng came over and said, "Hurry up. In another quarter of an hour, you will have to be on your way again."
Chang'an
Song Mo looked at the zhezi in his hand and frowned. This was the second zhezi sent back by Yang Yingqin asking for support after he went north.
How long will it take Yang Yingqin to retreat to Xinxing and Zhongshan with more than 80,000 soldiers? Requesting support so quickly is a waste of snacks!
At this time, Song Mo discovered that Sun Jiajun was still useful. This young man from the military general family was good. Alas, why did he defeat it?
"Is Mrs. Sun still kneeling outside the palace?" Song Mo asked.
Liang An quickly lowered his head and replied, "Back to the Emperor, Mrs. Sun is still kneeling."
After the news came back that the Sun Army had been wiped out in Yanmen and Daijun in Bingzhou, Mrs. Sun led the family members of three hundred Sun Army soldiers to kneel in front of the palace gate every day, begging the emperor to send troops to recapture Yanmen and welcome back one hundred thousand soldiers. The corpses of military officers and soldiers.
After Song Mo's initial anger subsided, he issued an order to seal Sun Ming and his son, and asked the queen to persuade Mrs. Sun, trying to appease her, and promised her that she would welcome back the corpses of one hundred thousand soldiers of the Sun family army. But this will take time, so let her take these Sun family members home and wait, instead of kneeling outside the palace.
But Mrs. Sun just couldn't get enough of it. She even refused the imperial court's offer of a title and insisted on the imperial court sending troops to recapture Yanmen. In her words, Dali cannot let the corpses of one hundred thousand soldiers remain. If the corpse cannot return to its hometown, what is the use of mourning and honoring it after death?
Song Mo was very angry. If he could, would he not send troops?
Liang An glanced at the emperor, hesitated, and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has also moved outside the palace to persuade Mrs. Sun."
Song Mo raised his eyelids and asked, "What's the result? How was it?"
Liang Anxin said, returning in defeat, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Old Mrs. Sun is quite stubborn, and the Empress Dowager can't persuade her."
Song Mo had an expected expression on his face. He knew about his royal grandmother, and with her arrogant and arrogant temperament, she would not be able to persuade others at all.
Song Mo's expectation was good. The Empress Dowager was angry because she had been humiliated. I just feel that Mrs. Sun is indifferent and does not know how to praise.
Moreover, Mrs. Sun's appearance reminded the Queen Mother of Lu Songli, and she felt very uncomfortable.
Lü Songli, the lord of Pingzhou, has become a major concern for Dali. The Empress Dowager now wants to avoid thinking about this person if she can, so as not to make herself uncomfortable.
But the way that Old Lady Sun faced the Empress Dowager was neither humble nor arrogant, just like Lü Songli did at the beginning, and the Empress Dowager hated it deeply.
Outside the palace, Old Lady Sun was kneeling first, and behind her were the families of the soldiers of the Sun family army.
The daughter-in-law Jin has been paying attention to the state of her mother-in-law. She has been kneeling for many days. Fortunately, something was sewn on her knees, otherwise she would really be punished by the boss.
"Mother, why do you continue?" The Empress Dowager left with a wave of her sleeves, and Jin was worried.
Old Lady Sun said firmly, "Kneel!" She thought to herself, anyway, they can't kneel for two days.
She saw the anxiety of her daughter-in-law and the uneasiness of the family members behind her.
But there was no way. In order to fight for a way out, these are what they must go through.
Even if the Queen and the Grand Empress Dowager came to persuade her, what would happen? She didn't give face to anyone, and no one's words would work.
What a joke, all the sons of her Sun family died in Bingzhou, so she didn't want to talk to them!
This was the first step, and they would take the second step next.
When the sun set, the families of the Sun family army supported each other and left.
Because the fact that Old Lady Sun led the families of 300 Sun family soldiers to kneel at the palace gate and beg the emperor to send troops was too shocking, the whole of Chang'an was paying attention to it.
As time went by, a rumor gradually spread in Chang'an.
The court avoided talking about sending troops to Yanmen, intending to negotiate conditions with the Xianbei royal court, give up interests, and exchange for the corpses of 100,000 soldiers of the Sun family army.
When this rumor came out, Chang'an was in an uproar.
Old Lady Sun even said bluntly that if they welcomed back the 100,000 heroes of the Sun family army in such a humiliating way, they would refuse! Otherwise, the 100,000 heroes will never be at peace.
Song Mo also had a hard time saying it. Could he say that he didn't have this idea and that welcoming back the remains of 100,000 soldiers was just a consolation?
This rumor caught Song Mo off guard. Unless the court immediately sent troops to attack the Xianbei and recapture Yanmen, he would really be ready to make the emperor bow his head as the rumor said.
Since the emperor said that he would welcome back the remains of 100,000 soldiers of the Sun family army, why didn't he send troops? This was the confusion of all the people in Chang'an.
Song Mo was facing such great pressure and was in a bad mood, so he began to urge Xie Zhan.
If Xie Zhan hadn't been slow to recover Donghai, why would he be so embarrassed?