The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 136 Deciding to Siege the City
"I am the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and I will become the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty in the future. The country I control is more than a thousand times greater than the original Qi State."

"I will care about a little Fang Weimin. I cherish talents, but I don't cherish talents unlimitedly. For talents like Mr., even if it is ten Yangzhou cities, I will change a hundred Yangzhou cities."

"But he is not, and he once led people to kill many of my soldiers. It is true that I love it, but I love and cherish talents who have a sense of belonging to my Song Dynasty. This is what I need."

"I can't take those who were my enemies, especially those who slaughtered soldiers. Do you know how many people we killed and wounded this time?"

"These people are all citizens of my Great Song Dynasty. Their parents and family members sent them into the army, not to send them to death, but to defend their home and country."

"Their wives and children are waiting for them to go home, but they are lying here forever."

"How many orphans and widows will be added to our Song Dynasty, and how many people will become unhealthy families because of this."

"As the heir of Song Dynasty, I don't allow such things to happen again and again. I can tell sir."

"Even if Li Chongjin surrenders, I will not bypass him. They must die, not just to deter those who are about to move."

"The more important thing is that I have to be fair to those soldiers who died, and not let their blood flow in vain, otherwise those brothers who died will not rest in peace."

"So no matter what, the high-ranking generals who participated in the Yangzhou rebellion will die this time, no one, except for the court, otherwise, hmph..."

A powerful aura surged out from Zhao Xu's body, and Miao Xun was so crushed that he could hardly breathe.

It seemed that the prince already had the conditions to become a hero. Just based on what he said just now, he was no longer the usual Zhao Xu.

Since ancient times, that hero was not a cruel and ruthless generation, but now Zhao Xu already had such a heart, and he wanted to kill people to establish his prestige.

These people just surrendered, and he probably would have to find an excuse to kill them, even if everyone knew they were murdering people, who would have anything to say.

He is just telling you clearly that going against the court will not end well, you should weigh it up, anyway, where is your strength?

Is there any conspiracy being used at this time? No, this is an orthodox conspiracy. I just want to kill you. If you have an idea, you are Li Chongjin and the others.

I don't care about your rebellion, but you have to think about whether you have the ability to resist my court's army.

Miao Xun believed that after this battle, none of the old and young of the Zhou Dynasty would dare to rebel.

"My lord, in this way, you won't be afraid that future history books will say about you... This will be passed down to future generations."

Unknowingly, Miao Xun has changed his address from "you" to "you". He doesn't know it, but it may be because of the awe in his heart.

"Hahaha, sir, have you ever heard a saying that history is written by the victors, sir, do you know why most of the stories handed down are about the winners, and there are very few stories about the losers?"

Zhao Xu asked back.Miao Xun didn't know what he meant by asking this question, but he answered honestly:
"Those success stories can inspire people to move forward, so there are many."

His answer was indeed in line with everyone's general thinking.The stories of the successful ones encourage us to strive to achieve our own success, and those who fail are rarely mentioned.

There are very few stories of failures recorded and circulated for thousands of years. It is because of his personal charm that Xiang Yu's story has been passed down to this day.

"Hehe, what Mr. said is also very reasonable, but I understand it this way. I don't know what Mr. thinks after hearing it?"

Doesn't Zhao Xu have any unique insights: "Then please enlighten me, my lord."

Zhao Xu stood up and said slowly:

"Those successful people throughout the ages, their stories have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have become inspirational stories one after another, which are praised by people.

It also makes a lot of people fight for it, but not because of how great the stories are.

Most important are the protagonists in these success stories, without whose success these stories would be worthless.

It is precisely because of their success that his experience has become very meaningful, isn't it the truth?

We all know that Liu Bang is a rascal. Are there few people who are more rascal than him? Why is only his rascal behavior recorded.

Others didn't, that's because Liu Bang became the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the founder of the Han Empire.

That's why I say that history is written by the winners. As long as we win, no one will remember what we did today.The historiography of later generations will only remember our great achievements today, and will not make irresponsible remarks. "

Zhao Xu's words left Miao Xun at a loss as to what to say. History is like this. Although what he said was a bit inhumane, it was also in line with history.

So Miao Xun wanted to open his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. Just now he discovered that Zhao Xu already had the potential to be a hero, but he didn't expect him to say such words now.

"Sir, do you think that I have changed? In fact, everyone will change, but I have become more in line with my current identity. What I do now seems to be unhuman, but it is actually for the benefit of more people."

Why do you say that you are ruthless and considerate of most people, but I don't know what you think, Miao Xun has a strange expression.

"I can probably guess what Mr. Haha is thinking. What I want to say is that in order to bring peace to the world as soon as possible and end the troubled times, there are some things that must be done. This is my current wish."

"So I hope sir can help me." Zhao Xu stretched out his hand as he spoke, and he said this sincerely.

In fact, he really didn't know why he was able to say those words, all of this was due to the influence of Huangji's inner strength.

No one knew that when Huang Ji's inner strength was running, everyone didn't pay attention, a purple qi came from somewhere and penetrated into his body.

It was that purple air that was constantly affecting his mind. Although there was no major loss, it still slowly affected Zhao Xu.

This effect only enables him to truly become a hero, which is generally good.

Miao Xun had originally come to assist him, but now that Zhao Xu had said something, he had no reason to disagree.

Without any hesitation, Miao Xun put his hand on Zhao Xu's:
"I, Zhuge Xun, am willing to devote my whole life to assisting the lord, to bring peace to the world, and to bring peace to the world. I will never regret it for the rest of my life."

None of them noticed, or they couldn't see at all that when their hands were connected, a little white light appeared at the joint of their hands.

"What else is the prince discussing, can't we just attack directly, what else are we discussing?" Dong Xuanye yelled.

It turned out that Zhao Xu and Miao Xun had already returned from the outside, and they were discussing how to capture Yangzhou city.

Since Li Chongjin and the others did not surrender, they had no choice but to attack hard. Although Zhao Xu had already made up his mind, he still had to discuss it with the generals.

His words immediately won the approval of many people, Gao Huailiang also agreed: "Yes, the prince, won't it be over if we attack directly?"

Although Gao Huailiang's official position is not very high, he has a close relationship with the royal family of the Song Dynasty. His niece is the crown princess, who will be the queen in the future.

As soon as he said this, everyone agreed very much. Zhao Xu still didn't speak and turned to look at Miao Xun. Miao Xun was also sitting there at this moment, not knowing what to think.

"What's your opinion, sir?"

At this time, everyone's eyes were on Miao Xun, to see what clever strategies he could come up with.

Miao Xun vigorously shook the feather fan in his hand again, looking like an old magic stick, and said:
"My lord and all the generals have thought about how much food and grass there is in Yangzhou City, they can last for a few days, as long as we surround Yangzhou City tightly, they will definitely surrender without standing."

After thinking about it, everyone was right, what would they eat without food, the water was completely sealed up by Song Yanwo.

The land was besieged by them again, what else would they use to transport food and grass, so what else would we hunt, and the siege also trapped them to death.

"Mr. Miao is right. This is a good idea. How about everyone?" Cao Bin came out to support Miao Xun from time to time.

Everyone is a person who leads soldiers to fight, and not a person with a low IQ. Everyone understands such a simple truth.

"No, we can't wait that long. Gu decided to forcibly attack the city and get rid of the Li brothers as soon as possible. We still have a lot of things to do. So..."

At this time, the guards outside reported that the imperial court sent General Han Lingkun here to rescue, and now the reinforcements have arrived outside the gate of the camp.

As soon as Zhao Xu heard this, he hurried out of the big tent. Han Lingkun was outside the camp gate, with tens of thousands of troops behind him.

"Participate in His Royal Highness, the last general is ordered to come to support, please give orders to the crown prince."

"Hahaha, please hurry up, General Han. You came just in time. We are discussing how to attack the city. Follow me into the big tent and leave, please, General."

As Zhao Xu said, he pulled Han Lingkun and walked into the big tent. All the generals greeted Han Likun and saluted.

After all, Han Lingkun's official position is the highest among them, and he is not at the same level as them at all.

"Since you are here, General Han, there is no need for us to discuss any more. I have decided to attack Yangzhou City tomorrow."

Now that he has made a decision, no one has any intention of objecting. Anyway, their army is far more than the army in Yangzhou.

It can be said that he has an absolute advantage, so there is nothing to be afraid of, so there is nothing to discuss, so when Zhao Xu said he decided to attack the city, no one objected.

(End of this chapter)