The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 597 Sending troops to fight
Why is this emissary so sure that the Song Dynasty will definitely go to war, and why they want Yang Shifan to stick to it for ten days? There is no secret in it.

They didn't say anything, and Yang Shifan didn't ask either. There will definitely be a clear answer to all this in the future, but it's still unknown.

The next day, all the streets and alleys of Wuping were circulating the notice with the head portrait written in the tone of Wuping's nominal master Zhou Baoquan.

The people in Wuping have all seen it. Zhou Xingfeng has been in Wuping for so many years. To be honest, the people still prefer him.

Back then, after the great famine in Hunan, the common people ate the fruits of plants and trees, and Zhou Xingfeng couldn't bear to look at it.

However, he was only the envoy of Wuqing Jiedu and knew the affairs of Tanzhou, but Zhou Xingfeng resolutely opened the granary to relieve the victims and saved many people.

Zhou Xingfeng was born in a poor and humble family, knew the sufferings of the people, worked hard to govern, enforced the law strictly, was impartial and selfless, recruited and arranged officials, and selected honest and upright people. The regulations were simple and clear, and the support for himself was very meager.

Some people ridiculed him for being too frugal. Zhou Xingfeng said: "Father Ma and his sons are extravagant and do not care about the people. Now his descendants are begging for food from others. Is it worth following suit?"

He is also very harsh on his officials, so Zhou Xingfeng's situation is different from Nanping's. He has a very high prestige in Wuping.

Otherwise, Zhou Baoquan would not be able to sit firmly on his Wuping throne for such a long time. This is all due to his father's prestige.

Last night, Yang Shifan discussed with the envoy for a long time, but he didn't pay attention to this. He didn't expect that it would really spread among the people.

"Why did our lord go to the Song army, and it seems that this is what the lord said. You see, this print cannot be faked!"

"That's the big seal that our old lord used to issue orders. I still remember it. I'm a good person."

"Actually, it's fine to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Haven't you heard that the rich people in the Song Dynasty are richer and richer? In addition, if the Lord voluntarily surrenders to the Song Dynasty, he will not treat him badly."

"That's right, the lord is still a child after all, and he can't bear such a big burden on him."

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When the common people saw the surrender form stamped with Wuping's seal, they all overwhelmingly supported the surrender to the Song Dynasty. At this time, everyone in Wuping was different.

"Master Yang, why did the lord end up in the Song army, and how did they leave? Didn't you send guards to strictly protect the lord? What's going on here?"

Li Guanxiang also knew about Zhou Baoquan, but at this time he still wanted to question Yang Shifan.

Didn't you send your confidants to guard Zhou Baoquan, so why is he in the camp of the Song Army now?
Some other people who don't like Yang Shifan's recent actions also agree, Zhou Baoquan went to Song Dynasty, you, Yang Shifan, are responsible.

"And Mr. Yang, the lord has issued an order for us to directly submit to the Song army. What do you think, after all, all the military power is in your hands?"

Li Guanxiang didn't have any scruples about why he went against Yang Shifan today, and the others didn't dare to speak.

"Master Li, why do you feel that you seem to be questioning Lord Hou? The lord is among the Song army. This must have been stolen by the Song army without knowing it. Is there any need to ask?"

"As for the lord's letter of surrender, it's easy to explain. If you think about where the lord is, you're not at the mercy of Song Jun. This is easy to explain."

Zhang Chongfu jumped out and explained "very well", so that other people don't know how to say it.

"Master Zhang, I want to know what we should do now? Is it according to the master's wishes?"

Li Guanxiang's question is very learned, what should we do, is it according to the master's will?
According to what you said, if the lord was taken away by them and we don't submit to the Song Dynasty, the lord will be in danger!

"Absolutely not, because at this moment, there can be no mistakes. You must know that Wu Ping is not Wu Ping of the lord alone, but Wu Ping of the common people. Don't you see that the common people are unwilling?"

Zhang Chongfu is also an eloquent person, he can say black things into white things, if he is given more power, this kid can turn a deer into a horse.

"Then according to the wishes of the adults, we don't care about the life and death of the lord, right? Is this what our courtiers should do?"

Li Guanxiang said sadly.

"What's the matter? Didn't Da Song want us to Nanping? They won't hurt the lord. As long as we can hold on here, everything will be fine."

"Yes, General Zhang is right, and this Marquis thinks so too. As long as we stick to our Wuping territory, the lord will be fine, so Ben Marquis decided to use the name of Wuping to ask for someone from the Song Army."

Yang Shifan thought that this Marquis called himself, it seems that he wanted to be a Marquis and was crazy, which can be experienced from what he said just now.

"Report, the letter of war sent by the front line of the Song Army said that we will directly attack Wuping if we don't surrender."

A messenger ran in and handed him a letter of war, which was sent by the Song army, and they were limited to surrender the city for one day, otherwise they would directly attack the city.

"It's too much deception, it's simply too much deception. They actually ordered us to surrender. This is absolutely impossible. When Zhang Chongfu comes, you go to Sanjiangkou to deploy defenses. As long as the Song army fights directly there, don't ask about the rest."

"I will go to Lishui in person. I don't believe what the Song army said was an iron fight. Let me see if they have three heads and six arms or something."

Yang Shifan knew that this battle was inevitable, but he didn't expect it to come so soon, but he was also confident that he could persist until ten days later.

The other people didn't dare to say anything anymore, Yang Shifan had a dark face, the others knew that he was angry and would kill someone if he was angry.

At this time, Li Guanxiang lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly. In fact, he was snickering. He knew that compared with Song Jun, this Wuping was not ranked at all.

Immediately after he came back, he wrote a letter and sent it to Song Jun's camp, directly telling Song Jun about Yang Shifan's deployment.

Murong Yanzhao here had long since hoped that Wu Ping could lay down his arms. Zhao Xu had told him that Wu Ping could only be conquered by force.

So when he issued the letter of war, he had already started dispatching troops, and all the troops were in full action, and no one remained.

"I have asked Song Yanwo to send [-] elite soldiers to assist in the battle. This time we are advancing from both land and water routes. We must take Wuping directly. The lonely king promised his father to settle down Wuping in January and set out!"

(End of this chapter)