Chapter 544, The War is Winning Numbly
As Wanwan expected, in the ten days after Jiashu returned to Daxia, Xia Siheng and Shen Chuanlian had successfully conquered dozens of cities in Donglin.
The soldiers were a little numb from winning.
This was their first time to experience such a battle. They were charging on the front line, like logistics personnel, following the demon god to pick up heads.
They had no room to display their martial arts and passion.
So they were so angry that they picked up ten more kilograms of heads!
Xia Siheng dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops from Daxia this time. Every time he attacked a city, he only brought 10,000 soldiers to show off, and then let them pick up heads like crazy.
Over the past few months, hundreds of thousands of troops have been rotated one by one.
The soldiers were not tired and were not in any danger. When they heard the news of our army's victory, they were expressionless.
The only ones who were tired were Xia Siheng and several battalion commanders.
"Your Highness, take a rest for a while. The next city is near the Donglin Imperial City." Several battalion commanders were exhausted.
They were not so tired even when killing people. Picking up heads made them exhausted.
How can you fight a war like this?
Xia Siheng sighed deeply. He was extremely anxious these days. He just wanted to take Donglin as soon as possible and give it to his daughter to be the monarch. Then, he would hand over the achievements to his men and go to see his deceased wife.
He had already replaced the soldiers in turn, but he didn't expect that the battalion commanders were still the same ones, and they were tired.
Anyway, take a day off today.
Anyway, no one dared to stop the demon god in the city to be attacked later.
King Donglin was
so anxious that he was running around in the court when he heard the news that cities were captured one after another. It's not that he didn't want to trade the queen mother, but Xia Siheng was fighting one battle after another and he didn't even
have time to breathe. Even if he wanted to send an envoy to negotiate, he couldn't wait until the other party was free.
At this moment, the troops were stationed outside the imperial city, and he felt endless panic.
His Donglin might really be destroyed!
"King, now the demon is rampant and has slaughtered more than a hundred leaders of our country. We have no generals in Donglin!"
Even those who are good at kung fu dare not go to command the battle.
The demon is flying in the sky and can easily take off their heads! He
specifically chooses the leaders to be beheaded!
The country is about to be destroyed, who is willing to sacrifice their lives in vain!
Every time the king makes a decision, every decision is useless.
The court officials even doubt whether the king in front of them is an incompetent person.
He was in great glory during the prosperous and peaceful times, but when something big happened, he just waited for others to give him advice, and failed every time.
Didn't this lead to the enemy reaching his doorstep?
Fortunately, the imperial city now relies on the courageous resistance of the people, but the king still has no idea.
"King, the people are working hard to defend the city, and now their complaints against you are getting stronger. They are even blaming you for assassinating the King of Daxia, causing the innocent deaths of Donglin soldiers and people. If the decision made at this moment cannot win back the hearts of the people, I'm afraid it will be dangerous!" Master Peng advised with a cold face.
Seeing that Grand Tutor Peng came out to speak, Eunuch Mo could no longer sit still. He came out and suggested: "The Xia army did not attack the city today. We can take the opportunity to send the Queen Mother to negotiate peace." "
What Eunuch Mo said is very true. It is better to negotiate peace as soon as possible than for him to attack all the way. Whatever conditions they put forward, just agree to them. The land of Donglin cannot change hands!" The ministers echoed one after another.
Eunuch Mo looked at Grand Tutor Peng with a provocative look.
Grand Tutor Peng remained silent with an ugly face.
Seeing that he no longer objected, the King of Donglin knew that Grand Tutor Peng understood the seriousness of the matter, so he immediately ordered:
"Then the Queen Mother will go to the Xia army camp and negotiate peace with Xia Siheng."
The Queen Mother has been controlled by him. If she does not want to die and wants to spend her old age in peace, she will definitely negotiate well.
Besides, the country was left by my father. The Queen Mother definitely loves these people and will not watch the country fall into the hands of outsiders.
"Lord, who will escort the Queen Mother this time?" someone asked immediately.
With the brutality and brutality of Xia Siheng and the Demon God, no one would be willing to go.
Seeing that the king was in trouble again, Eunuch Mo had a good suggestion: "To negotiate peace with Daxia, we must be sincere and send the traitors of Daxia over."
After his reminder, the King of Donglin immediately understood: "That makes sense!"
Ever since Duke Yan rescued him and returned to Donglin, he pretended to be grateful and casually conferred him an empty title of Duke, and never even summoned him to discuss state affairs. Although
there is no danger for this person to stay in Donglin, if he is sent to Xia Siheng as a gesture of sincerity, then the peace talks will surely be twice as effective with half the effort.
After all, Duke Yan's daughter is still in his hands, and he dare not not go.
"Grand Tutor Peng, I see that you have been in a bad mood. Are you questioning the king's decision?" Eunuch Mo raised his head and challenged Grand Tutor Peng.
He had long disliked Grand Tutor Peng. He was very aloof and always lectured the king. Last time, he even scolded him for being a concubine.
Oh, he is a concubine, but he is favored by the king.
Grand Tutor Peng still had a stinky face at this time. The king would definitely not let him go easily!
"Hmm?" The King of Donglin looked at Grand Tutor Peng in confusion, and saw that his face was gloomy.
"Your Majesty, I am not questioning your decision. I am just thinking about how to win back the hearts of the people now that Your Majesty is criticized by the people."
Grand Tutor Peng said with his head down, but in fact, his hands were secretly clenched under his sleeves.
"Grand Tutor is right. The King does need to win back the hearts of the people. Otherwise, even if peace is negotiated, it will be difficult for the King to be loved by the people as before."
The minister thought about it and felt that it made sense.
Everyone knew the importance of the people's hearts to the king.
"Then according to what you said, how should I win back the hearts of the people?" King of Donglin asked.
The ministers looked at each other, and finally could not discuss a conclusion.
King of Donglin pointed at Grand Tutor Peng: "You tell me."
The corner of Grand Tutor Peng's mouth twitched, and he stepped forward and said, "In my opinion, the most suitable person is the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother once saved the people from danger, and the people are grateful to her and believe her words without a doubt."
"How do you believe without a doubt?" The King of Donglin became interested.
"The Queen Mother went to the enemy's camp to negotiate and return. After the success, Daxia withdrew its troops. Then the King can let the Queen Mother go to the city gate and announce to the people that Daxia deliberately framed you to assassinate the Emperor of Daxia in order to send troops to seize profits. In this way, the King will no longer be a person who harms the country, but a person who has suffered a lot of grievances for Donglin, and the people will sympathize and love you more."
Grand Tutor Peng replied according to the words he had organized before.
Eunuch Mo asked, "If the people are suspicious, how can the Queen Mother know the truth?"
Grand Tutor Peng had already thought about this problem. He said,
"When the Queen Mother was negotiating peace in the enemy camp, Da Xia showed its greedy face and opened its mouth like a lion, thus exposing the fact that it deliberately framed the king for assassination in order to make huge profits."
"Anyway, by then Da Xia would have withdrawn its troops, and the people of Da Xia would not have heard what the Queen Mother said, and no one would deliberately question Da Xia's troops."
"Hahaha!" King Donglin laughed out loud. This perfect plan was absolutely feasible. He slammed the table and said,
"Just do as you say!"
-
ps: Sisters, let's play a big game. There will be five updates tomorrow. If you agree, please comment and if no one comments, it means you disagree! (Can you give me a good review in the book review section? Oh!)