kvmb Chapter 150 Focus on the heart
Chapter 150 Focus on the heart
After capturing Sun Hu alive, Prince Qing's army rushed all the way and drove the 70,000 defeated troops all the way to the bank of Zhujiang River.
The sounds of those surrendering, fleeing, and being killed mixed together, making it difficult to distinguish.
After the first battle, 30,000 enemies surrendered and 13,000 were killed. The remaining soldiers fled in all directions and no one knew where they went.
Now, the capital city that Xiao Changyun defended with his life has completely become an "isolated city"!
Seeing this situation, Xiao Changyun collapsed to the ground.
He knew that his fate was over.
But he was the "instigator", even if he surrendered... the mastermind of the rebellion would be sentenced to death!
"Everyone prepare the city defense!"
“We still have hope.”
As Xiao Changyun said this, he immediately calmed down and thought about countermeasures.
However, this countermeasure was no longer aimed at giving his soldiers a good life, but at thinking about how to escape.
The current situation is not optimistic, but if I run away, I will definitely be wanted by the Great Yong court until my death...
Therefore, in order to stabilize these soldiers and his subordinates, Xiao Changyun kept claiming that reinforcements would come and they just had to hold on.
Then he came to the Prime Minister's residence, hid in the study and began to study countermeasures.
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On the other side, after the battle, Prince Qing ordered his soldiers to surround the capital again.
This time with the surrendered troops and the food and supplies they brought, besieging the city will be no problem!
Prince Qing just felt that Sun Hu was here to deliver food.
A true food delivery service.
On the one hand, Sun Hu was a weakling who was beaten by himself, and on the other hand, the food and grass he sent were also "weak".
After cleaning up the battlefield, Prince Qing brought the tied-up Sun Hu to Lianjingdu to report the results of the battle.
"Your Majesty, in this battle, we captured Sun Hu alive, killed and wounded about 10,000 of his troops, and captured 30,000 prisoners!"
"The remaining enemies are scattered!"
Prince Qing pressed Sun Hu into the hall.
"Ah You……"
"Aren't you dead?"
Sun Hu saw Huangfu Qingling's surprised face and muttered softly.
"Are you unhappy that I'm not dead?"
Huangfu Qingling spoke seriously. If Lin Yi didn't want to use Sun Hu to create an effect, she would have Prince Qing kill Sun Hu immediately!
"Lin Yi, come here."
She was unhappy and asked Lin Yi to make the arrangements.
"Sun Hu, do you want to live?"
Lin Yi smiled, looking like a ghost who was taking his life.
"Do I still have a way to survive?"
“They’ve all rebelled!”
Sun Hu sneered. Since he had responded to Xiao Changyun, he knew that if he failed, he would die!
"I can let you live, what do you say?"
Lin Yi spoke slowly, conquering the heart is the best way, so naturally he had to conquer Sun Hu's heart first!
"impossible."
"Dayong Law: treason is punishable by death!"
Even a military general like Sun Hu knew the consequences of treason.
"You're just a delivery boy, how could you be plotting a rebellion?"
"If you abandon darkness and join the light, there is still a way to survive."
Lin Yi looked at Sun Hu with both sarcasm and advice, still smiling.
"Abandon the dark and turn to the light?"
"Is there any way for me to turn from darkness to light?"
Sun Hu snorted coldly and lowered his head in silence.
"You're not the mastermind. In theory, you were bewitched by Xiao Changyun and voluntarily turned from evil to good. There's still a glimmer of hope."
Lin Yi explained slowly, and then gave a plan: let Sun Hu persuade the soldiers in the city to surrender.
"Although I can't keep your official position, as long as you can persuade them to surrender, you can still live."
"In addition, I will personally provide you with one thousand taels so that you can live out the rest of your life in Liangzhou City."
The conditions he offered were already very generous.
Although I can't continue to be a general, what can't I do with a thousand taels?
Can you even go to the Liangzhou City in the north, which has been praised to the sky?
In fact, Lin Yi arranged him to Liangzhou City so that he could be monitored by Prince Qing.
If there are any improper thoughts, Prince Qing can control them directly.
Moreover, if Yan Nan died and the next emperor still wanted to go to war, he could be sent into exile to gain military merit or something.
After hearing Lin Yi's conditions, Sun Hu fell silent.
"You don't have to answer right away. When you've made up your mind, tell His Royal Highness Prince Qing."
Lin Yi waved his hand slightly and asked Prince Qing to arrange for someone to send him back to the military camp for custody.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, this is the plan I made. Everyone, come and take a look."
After seeing Sun Hu off, Lin Yi took out a few pieces of paper he had on him.
Put it on the table and everyone will see it.
This is a strategy to persuade surrender.
Divide according to priority.
Lin Yi separated the mastermind from these ordinary soldiers.
Xiao Changyun was able to hold the capital because he still had soldiers at his disposal.
"If we can separate those soldiers, Xiao Changyun's army will fall without a fight."
Lin Yi explained while watching them read the strategy.
After all, Xiao Changyun had "reinforcements" before, and there must be some "confident" people among those soldiers.
But now we can see that those reinforcements are collapsing at the first touch.
Even if they did not insist on rebelling against Xiao Changyun, they had to do so.
So Lin Yi’s solution was to prevent Xiao Changyun from binding these ordinary soldiers.
According to Linyi's strategy, Xiao Changyun and the Shangshu who participated in the rebellion would all be tried, which was actually a death sentence.
If the remaining participants surrendered, their entire families would be subjected to forced labor.
As long as they complete two years of corvee labor, low-ranking officials can take the imperial examination again and soldiers can return to the barracks.
"Compared to the death penalty for treason, two years of hard labor should be a light punishment, right?"
Lin Yi thought that after they had read the plan, they would come to a conclusion.
"But I won't use those people anymore."
Huangfu Qingling frowned. They were all Xiao Changyun's people, and she didn't want to move.
Instead, he executed all the Shangshu, which just made room for the elites under his command.
"In theory, we should always give them a chance!"
Lin Yi smiled.
"How about this: Soldiers will serve two years of corvée labor, starting with the commanders, and one month will be added for each level up. If we can capture Xiao Changyun and his followers, we can reduce that by one year!"
Huangfu Qingling added some other conditions based on Lin Yi's proposal to make this surrender plan look more attractive.
"Lin Yi, the product is ready!"
At this time, several assistant ministers who had been dismissed from the Ministry of Works and had cooperated with Lin Yi brought over some strange things.
"what is this?"
Yu Jin and Bao Bu Tong looked confused.
"This is a trumpet."
"You can amplify the sound."
Lin Yi shouted into the loudspeaker, his voice becoming much louder.
Although it was not the kind of speaker with a microphone like in his previous life, this more "primitive" speaker already had quite a few effects.
"Use this to shout!"
Putting down the loudspeaker, Lin Yi said, "If Sun Hu has made up his mind, let him go and persuade him to surrender. You all should shout as well. I have something else to do."
"Okay, let's take turns calling him for several days and nights!"
Prince Qing smiled.
Now, the situation in the entire capital is under control!
That night, Prince Qing brought a dozen loudspeakers that Lin Yi had hastily made to the military camp and began shouting surrender strategies to the capital.