Chapter 866 Overbearing
Before Lee Yunchong comes back.
Li Jinzhu and the important officials present had talked about what to do. But everyone was at a loss. Now Li Yunchong's incisive analysis made them feel as if they were clearing the sky.
"The Empress Dowager. I think we should wait for General Zhao Mancheng to return to Seoul. How long can we defend? Maybe the State of Chu and the Mongols will be able to capture Liaodong?"
"Or. Some people in the southern prefectures and counties have led their troops to serve the king? They are still there, so they cannot give up this wonderful country."
An old minister politely advises the truth.
"But if you do this, it will be ugly if the city is broken. I think the important thing now is to ensure the safety of the king and the queen mother. I think that you should be in the city and guard the garrison, and if you have the conditions, please surrender."
Some old ministers also said.
"Are you going to give in to the mountains and rivers?" The old minister who spoke first glared at him.
"The mountains and rivers have fallen, and we have done everything we can do. What's the point of giving up? Now we should first continue the deposit."
The old minister who spoke later also glared at him.
Others also ended one after another, split into two factions and quarreled constantly.
Hold on to wait for the turn.
The guards requested surrender.
No one wants to go to Fusang barbarians, and no one wants to go to the deep mountains and forests to fight guerrilla warfare. Li Jinzhu's beautiful face was pale, and I felt pity for him.
After thinking for a long time, she had no decision. She could only let the important officials go down and return to the bedroom.
She sat in front of the dressing table, looking at her pale face, regretting that she was biting her heart and heart like countless ants.
If there is any regret medicine, she will definitely take it without hesitation.
It's okay, why bother to provoke the Liaodong tiger?
It’s not that I don’t report, but the time is not right.
When the 50,000 army crossed the Yalu River, how energetic and ambitious? Who would have thought that it would be today?
The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed.
Life is worrying.
At this time, if you die, you can still leave a heroic image in the history books.
But she is not a heroic woman, she is afraid of death.
Very scared.
Li Jinzhu's delicate and smooth little hands were pressed against her lower abdomen, and her delicate face was filled with fear.
In the end, it is waiting for the opportunity according to the city.
Or ask for surrender according to the city.
Li Jinzhu quickly made a decision. But it was not made by her, but by Wu Nian.
Zhao Mancheng was blocked and Lanxi camp was unable to move. When Wu Nian led Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng to camp in the north of the city.
Li Jinzhu had no other choice.
Inside the palace hall.
Li Jinzhu sat on the imperial throne and looked at the important officials below. The number of people was getting smaller and smaller. Now the one who stayed is the loyal ministers among the loyal ministers.
Her makeup can be described as simple than usual, but even with a little makeup, she is still superb.
"The Ai family doesn't want to die. Who can represent the Ai family? Go out of the city to negotiate with Wu Nian? The Ai family's requirements are not high, and they only ask that the general of the Han Dynasty can give the Ai family a thousand acres of fertile land and guard his son for his old age."
Li Jinzhu's tone was sad, as if she was a weak, pitiful and helpless ordinary woman. She formed a strong contrast with her former dignity of governing the country from behind the curtain.
Everyone present was inevitably sad.
Immediately, everyone looked at each other. Li Yunchong stood up and bowed to Li Jinzhu and said, "Go to me."
"Yunpeng. The lives of the mother and son of the Ai family are all on you." Li Jinzhu was worried, with a sad look on her face and a serious voice.
"Don't worry, the Queen Mother. I will do my best." Li Yunchong responded solemnly and turned around and left.
The rest of the people, together with Li Jinzhu, were waiting for news in the hall.
Outside the city, Wunian Camp is still under construction.
In the central army tent, Wu Nian untied his armor, wore a purple golden python robe, sat upright on the commander's seat, and watched the military book. After hearing the news, he put down the military book, raised his hand and said, "Please come in."
"Yes." The personal soldiers who came to report responded and turned around.
Not long after, Zhang Zhen and Lu Yanxun led a team of personal soldiers to escort Li Yunchong into the tent with fear.
"Foreign minister Li Yunchong, pay homage to the general of the auxiliary Han." Li Yunchong was quite calm and did not dare to look at Wu Nian, so he bent down and saluted.
Wu Nian looked at Li Yunchong unscrupulously and did not answer immediately. Instead, he said casually: "General. You are so good. I was almost surrounded by you in Guangyang Mansion. How should I repay you now?
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Li Yunchong's heart trembled, but he was still calm. He bent down and said, "The foreign minister led his troops to siege the general, and he was extremely guilty. He wanted to kill and cut him, and obey the general's instructions. He just asked the general to pity the foreign ministers and not kill them."
"My family still has 500 acres of Poland in Seoul. Please ask the general to let them guard Poland and make a living."
Wu Nian looked at him and couldn't help but smile and nodded.
The general of Goguryeo is just Zhao Mancheng, and Li Yunchong. People say that Li Yunchong is not as good as Zhao Mancheng, which is right.
People say that Li Yunchong can only occupy a high position by relying on the Empress Dowager's relatives.
This is too much.
There are more people in the Li family. Li Yunchong’s blood relationship with the Queen Mother is not very close. There are more people with more blood relationships.
However, Li Yunchong was able to cross so many close tribe members and jump to a high position.
He maintained half of Goguryeo with Zhao Mancheng, but he was actually very capable.
In short, he only knows Zhao Mancheng and Li Yunchong. Of course, there are also those Goguryeo generals who died in battle or committed suicide.
It's just a dead person, but it doesn't make much sense.
Now that Wu Nian saw Li Yunchong with his own eyes, he was quite calm and composed. He was a hero for a while.
"Okay. No matter what happens next, I will promise you that your family will not be killed, and they will not be reduced to the bottom."
Wu Nian nodded and agreed.
"Thank you for your kindness, General." Li Yunchong took a breath, showed gratitude on his face, and bowed down.
First, he wants to live.
If it cannot be done.
He wanted his family to survive. But he didn't want to see his wife and daughter, become slaves to others, or even become monks.
Now is the best result.
Li Yunchong calmed down and felt a little ashamed. He was clearly helping the empress dowager fight for treatment, but he started talking about his own affairs.
"General, the foreign minister, this time, was on the order of the Empress Dowager and negotiated terms with the general." Li Yunchong said in a deep voice.
"There is no conditions. Let her open the city gate and surrender immediately. Otherwise, when I break the city, I will behead them and my son."
Wu Nian sneered and said incredibly domineeringly.
Li Yunchong was stunned for a moment. This was completely different from his attitude towards him just now. He looked up at Wu Nian, unable to guess whether Wu Nian was really serious or intimidating.
He took a deep breath, showed his strength, and argued: "Please think twice."
"There are still 30,000 soldiers in the city who are willing to die for the Queen Mother. If the general attacks Seoul, I am afraid that the general's soldiers will suffer heavy losses. The general's soldiers are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles. It is a pity to lose one person."
"What's more, there are the Mongol Yuan, and the Chu soldiers were on the border of Liaodong and were eyeing Liaodong."
"If the general is under Seoul, it will be detrimental to the general."
Wu Nian looked at him again and said with an unpredictable expression: "Are you not afraid that I will take back the conditions just now?"
Li Yunchong raised his head and said, "I am incompetent as a minister. I am unable to help the Jin family defend the country. It is a crime that deserves death. Now I am ordered to go on a mission and dare not abolish the public for personal gain."
Wu Nian looked at him for three seconds, then laughed again and said, "Okay, it's a man."
But then, he said, "But I still don't."
"She opens the city immediately and surrenders. Otherwise, I will force the city to attack. After the city is broken, I will not only demand the lives of their mother and son. The Jin family members and heroes and titles in the city will be killed. No chickens and dogs will be left behind."
Wu Nian's tone was cold and murderous.
Conditional surrender?
Chapter completed!