Chapter 578 Damn Rumors
Kuaiji, Shouchang
A small team of forty or fifty people wearing the uniforms of the Southern Expedition Army shuttled through the jungle.
Half an hour later, the group stopped at a secluded place with a water source.
Everyone started taking out their dry food to eat.
Muye looked around and saw the brothers from the White Tiger Camp tugging at their clothes uncomfortably.
Before he received the secret mission, General Qin Zhao gave him two hundred sets of military uniforms of the Southern Expedition Army and asked him to take them away.
Actually, these uniforms were theirs, but they were taken off after they fled to Pingzhou. Unexpectedly, they were taken away by the people in Pingzhou government office. Then, when they went to the battle, they found these old uniforms among the supplies they brought with them.
He took the uniforms with a look of surprise, and then he accidentally glanced at the warehouse. Wow, he actually discovered that Pingzhou also had a collection of Xianbei soldiers' uniforms!
At that time, Muye was numb. How many people in Pingzhou really had such a heart? Their skins could be replaced at any time.
His intuition was indeed accurate. This was already the second time they had changed their attire! When they were in the Jin Prince's territory, they wore the uniforms of the Jin Prince's soldiers. Now, as they were about to enter the Kuaiji territory, which had already been captured by Xie Zhan, they changed their attire.
Qin Sheng was on guard at a high place.
Chen Jinlong quickly emphasized the importance of caution to his friends, "When you encounter officers and soldiers questioning you, don't say a word. Your Pingzhou accent is too strong!"
The people who were named nodded repeatedly, "I know, I know, I won't say anything."
Nearby, Xiong Feiping, who was carrying a large bow on his back, scratched his head. He whispered to the deputy village chief beside him, "Deputy village chief, do we really have to follow the fourth leader to rescue them?"
Xiong Feiping is one of the most powerful bandits in Baihu Village and is very good at using bows and arrows.
"yes."
"Aren't we bandits? Why are we risking our lives to save people?" Xiong Feiping was always puzzled. It was so strange to see bandits saving people.
Deputy Village Chief: ...Xiong Feiping is good at fighting, but he is quite stubborn.
Chen Jinlong happened to hear this. Tired, he sat down next to Xiong Feiping and said, "Brother Xiong, your thinking is so narrow, isn't it? Who says bandits can only commit murder, arson, robbery and other evil deeds?"
Xiong Feiping still looked puzzled.
"Brother Xiong, think about it, what are we doing as bandits? Isn't it just to make money and survive? We are not born bad and enjoy killing and burning people."
Xiong Feiping: Doesn’t it sound reasonable?
"We live on the edge anyway. As long as we can make money, it doesn't matter whether we save people or kill them."
"So, let's not be too rigid about the scope of our White Tiger Village's business. As long as we can get money and supplies, we'll do it! Only in this way can we make our village bigger and stronger. Deputy Village Chief, am I right?"
The deputy village chief nodded and said, "That's right, the boss has agreed to this."
The most important thing is that there is almost no food left in the mountain village.
The rescue job was taken on by the fourth in command, Lü Sheng. The person who assigned the job said that if they rescued the person, they would be given some food, but they had to take the food themselves.
When the boss heard this, he decided to do it. After all, these bandits would just stay in the stronghold and eat for free if they didn't work!
At this time, Qin Sheng came over and said, "Hurry up, in another quarter of an hour we will have to hurry on our way again."
Chang'an
Song Mo looked at the memorial in his hand with a frown. This was the second memorial requesting support sent back by Yang Yingqin after he went north.
How long has Yang Yingqin been retreating to Xinxing and Zhongshan with over 80,000 soldiers? Requesting reinforcements so soon, what a waste!
Song Mo then discovered that the Sun family army was still useful. The military family was a good seedling. Alas, why were they wiped out?
"Is Old Madam Sun still kneeling outside the palace?" Song Mo asked.
Liang An quickly lowered his head and replied, "Your Majesty, Old Lady Sun is still kneeling."
After the news of the annihilation of the Sun family army in Yanmen and Daijun in Bingzhou came back, Old Lady Sun led the families of 300 Sun family army soldiers to kneel in front of the palace gate every day, begging the emperor to send troops to recapture Yanmen and bring back the remains of 100,000 Sun family army soldiers.
After Song Mo's initial anger subsided, he issued an edict to confer titles on Sun Ming and his son. He also sent the Queen to persuade Old Lady Sun, trying to appease her and promising her that he would bring back the remains of the 100,000 Sun family soldiers. However, this would take time, so he asked her to take the families of the Sun family soldiers home and wait, and not kneel outside the palace.
But Old Lady Sun refused to budge. She even refused the imperial offer, insisting on sending troops to retake Yanmen. In her words, Dali couldn't let the remains of 100,000 soldiers be lost. If those remains couldn't even be returned to their homeland, what was the point of posthumous honors?
Song Mo was very annoyed. If he could, would he not send troops?
Liang An glanced at the emperor, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has also left the palace to persuade Old Lady Sun."
Song Mo raised his eyelids and asked, "What's the result?"
Liang Anxin said that he had returned empty-handed, but on the surface, he smiled and said, "Old Lady Sun is quite stubborn, and even the Empress Dowager can't persuade her."
Song Mo had an expression of expectation. He knew his royal grandmother. With her arrogant personality, she would never persuade others.
Song Mo's prediction was correct. The Empress Dowager was furious at being insulted. She felt that Old Lady Sun was being stubborn and ungrateful.
Moreover, the appearance of Old Lady Sun reminded the Empress Dowager of Lu Songli, and she felt very uncomfortable.
Lu Songli, the lord of Pingzhou, has become a major concern for Dali. The Empress Dowager now tries not to think about this person to avoid making herself feel uncomfortable.
But the way Old Lady Sun treated the Empress Dowager with neither servility nor arrogance was exactly the same as how Lu Songli had behaved in the past, and the Empress Dowager hated it deeply.
Outside the palace, Old Lady Sun was kneeling at the head, followed by the families of the Sun family soldiers.
Daughter-in-law Jin has been paying attention to her mother-in-law's condition. She has been kneeling for many days. Fortunately, her knees were sewn, otherwise she would have suffered a lot.
"Mother, why are you continuing?" The Empress Dowager turned away, and Jin was worried.
Old Lady Sun said in a decisive tone, "Kneel!" She thought to herself, they wouldn't be able to kneel for two days anyway.
She saw her daughter-in-law's anxiety and the uneasiness of her family members behind her.
But there is no way, in order to fight for a way out, these are what they have to go through.
Even if the Empress and the Grand Empress Dowager came to persuade her, what would happen? She would not give face to anyone, and nothing they said would work.
What a joke! All the sons of her Sun family were 'killed in battle' in Bingzhou, so she doesn't want to be polite!
This is the first step, and they will take the second step next.
As the sun sets, the families of the Sun family support each other and leave.
Because the fact that Old Lady Sun led the families of 300 Sun family soldiers to kneel at the palace gate and beg the emperor to send troops was so shocking, the whole Chang'an was paying attention to it.
As time went by, a rumor gradually spread in Chang'an.
The imperial court avoided talking about sending troops to Yanmen, intending to negotiate terms with the Xianbei royal court, giving up interests in exchange for the corpses of 100,000 soldiers of the Sun family army.
When this rumor came out, Chang'an was in an uproar.
Old Lady Sun even said bluntly that if they were to welcome back the Sun Family Army's 100,000 heroic souls in such a humiliating way, they would refuse! Otherwise, the 100,000 heroic souls would never be at peace.
Song Mo also had a lot of grievances that he couldn't express. Could he say that he didn't have such an idea and that welcoming back the corpses of 100,000 soldiers was just a word of comfort?
This rumor caught Song Mo off guard. Unless the imperial court immediately sent troops to attack the Xianbei and recapture Yanmen, it would mean that he really intended to make Korea bow down as the rumor said.
Since the emperor had said he would take back the remains of Sun's 100,000 soldiers, why didn't he send troops? This was the confusion of all the people in Chang'an.
Song Mo was facing such great pressure and was in a bad mood, so he started to urge Xie Zhan.
If Xie Zhan hadn't been slow to retake the East China Sea, why would he be so torn?
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