Chapter 595 Imperial Decree and Announcement
The reply with Song Mo's corrections was delivered to Xie Zhan on the fourth day.
Xie Zhan looked at the four words "read and approved" written in red ink under the memorial, took a deep breath, and sent someone to tell Qin Zhao and others that the emperor agreed to their conditions. The city gates will be opened in three days for a period of seven days.
After the agreement was reached, Song Mo's imperial edict was issued to the whole country.
The Battle of the East China Sea is over, and the King of Jin and the Pingzhou expeditionary force will withdraw from the East China Sea.
To celebrate the court's suppression of all rebellions in the south, the emperor issued a general amnesty and even exempted the suffering south from taxes for three years.
At the same time, the emperor, in order to celebrate with the people, issued an order to open all the major city gates for seven days. During this period, the common people could go out of the city for sightseeing without a pass.
At the same time, Pingzhou also issued an official announcement.
The general meaning of the entire notice is that the Battle of the East China Sea is over, and the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force achieved brilliant results in the Battle of the East China Sea with minimal losses.
Since many of their Pingzhou talents were detained by the Dali Dynasty, the governor decided to use the two counties obtained by the Pingzhou expeditionary force in Donghai to exchange with the Dali court for these people who were loyal to Pingzhou.
The Emperor of Dali has already agreed to this condition and will open the major city gates in the area under his jurisdiction on March 20th for a period of seven days.
Taking into account the short opening period of major cities and the difficulty for people to travel, Pingzhou decided to establish three routes to Pingzhou starting from March 20th, from Dongtai County in Guangling, Jimo in Beihai, and Yi'an in the south.
Those in need can board the ship according to the route.
Unlike the imperial edict issued by the Dali court that celebrated the whole country, the announcement from Pingzhou left countless wise men speechless.
What a big deal, Pingzhou is really generous!
Two counties occupy half a state.
Pingzhou is actually willing to exchange two counties for these people trapped in Dali!
Pingzhou, Pingzhou, I’m convinced, really convinced.
When Fan Yang learned of Pingzhou's announcement, he stood up suddenly!
The Dali court used an imperial edict of amnesty to whitewash the situation and confuse the public, and did not dare to mention the fact that Pingzhou was willing to sacrifice two counties for talents.
Such tactics used by the imperial court can only deceive most of the common people who have little knowledge.
Fan Yang saw something deeper in it.
As the lord of Pingzhou, Lu Songli was able to maintain restraint despite having the upper hand.
If you think about it, it's nothing more than wanting to preserve their own strength and not wanting to consume the power of the imperial court. All of this, in the final analysis, is because of the Xianbei.
He saw the righteousness of Pingzhou and the broad mind of Lu Songli.
In addition, Pingzhou spent so much manpower, material resources, time and brainpower to conquer the territory, but Lu Songli gave it up for the sake of talents.
He always believed that those who could rationally give up the readily available benefits to friendly forces (the imperial court and Pingzhou were both in the Han camp) would have the ability to take them back later. People with such a broad mind have the potential to achieve great things.
Strong rival!
In time, Lu Songli will become a serious threat to the Dali Dynasty.
Xianbei Royal Court
Not only the imperial court and Pingzhou were paying close attention to the East China Sea Campaign, but the Xianbei were also watching closely.
Lu Songli kept his promise and returned all the Fuyu captives to Qin Heng after he returned to Pingzhou.
Then they noticed that the battle in the East China Sea had entered its full swing.
Fight, fight!
To prevent them from fighting among themselves, the Xianbei had deliberately slowed down their march southwards towards Dali. Furthermore, since it was spring plowing season, they also planned to have their people learn to do so. Therefore, during this period, they had become quiet and had not even bothered the people of Dali.
But what kind of reward did the Dali court finally give them?
When the results of the negotiations between Pingzhou and the Dali court in the East China Sea were announced, the members of the Xianbei royal court could not help but spat in the direction of Chang'an, "Waste!"
It's really like helping a hopeless case, and I'm wasting their good intentions.
Jizhou
(Time goes back two days)
When the Sun family army's new troops arrived at the execution platform, it was just past noon and everyone took a short rest.
At this time, a woman came to find Wang Dong, "Director Wang, the child has a fever."
"Have a fever? Go to the logistics department to get some medicine later."
"Everyone, hold on a little longer. Youzhou is just ahead." Wang Dong and others continued to encourage everyone.
As soon as they left Chang'an, Wang Dong consciously asked everyone to hurry on their journey. He even left behind some worthless and space-consuming items in the team.
It’s not that I’ve left it behind, but rather that I’ve found a place to put it and will come back to get it when I have the chance.
Of course, if these things are gone when they come to pick them up, there is nothing that can be done.
At this time, human life is definitely more important.
Wang Dong had just sat down and wanted to eat something hot when he saw Han Jinchen coming over with a few leading young generals.
Han Jinchen was the grandson of Old Lady Sun, now twenty-two years old. He had previously returned to Chang'an to recuperate due to an injury and had not joined the army heading north to fight against the Hu. As a veteran with experience in leading troops, he became one of the key generals of the new Sun family army.
Wang Dong saw that he looked unhappy and immediately stepped forward. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Han Jinchen said, "Director Wang, according to our scouts, a large number of troops are heading in our direction."
Hearing this, everyone's heart sank.
Are these troops coming for them? Are they friends or enemies?
Could it be that the imperial court discovered the truth? Impossible.
Is it the Xianbei army? During this period, the Xianbei army frequently harassed Zhongshan, Xinxing, and other places...
For a moment, Wang Dong was overwhelmed with thoughts.
"Director Wang, what should we do?"
"Is there any place nearby suitable for hiding or defense?" Their weak army could not face the newcomers head-on.
"There's a place ahead that's suitable for defense..."
"Then let's go!"
They acted immediately and went forward to explain the situation to the main force, and then prepared to move to the place Han Jinchen had just mentioned.
The members of the new army are all descendants of Sun's army soldiers, and they still have some combat awareness. Even the female family members obey military orders.
At this moment, more than a dozen riders came galloping from a distance. The man in the lead was tall and strong. He was leading the way, followed by more than a dozen riders.
When the other party saw them, they started to cheer.
The wind was strong in the wild, and at first Wang Dong and the others didn't hear clearly what he was shouting, so they were all on high alert.
"Jinchen——"
"Sun Qi——"
As they got closer, they could hear and see who was coming.
"It's my uncle!"
"It's Grandfather!"
We are one of us!
Wang Dong realized that it was Sun Ming who came in person with a large army to pick them up!
When Sun Ming's army arrived, most of the family members were stunned. Who could explain how their deceased loved ones had returned to life? They were overjoyed. The Sun army hadn't been completely wiped out, and their loved ones, relatives, and family were still alive. It was truly wonderful.
Everyone was very happy to see each other again after a long separation.
Sun Ming talked with his family for a while and then prepared to go find Wang Dong.
At this moment, Sun Qi's face changed drastically, "Grandfather, Great-grandmother and the others are still in Chang'an!"
One stone caused a thousand waves, and the others gathered around after hearing the words.
Sun Ming signaled them to be patient, "Don't worry, our governor has already made arrangements."
With General Sun's words, everyone else quieted down.
Sun Ming found Wang Dong and told him about Donghai entering the negotiations. "The governor asked you to be prepared."
Wang Dong said as soon as he heard it, "General Sun, I entrust these people to you."
He was going to prepare for what was to come. He was determined to make the reputation of Pingzhou's benevolence and righteousness spread throughout the world!
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