Xu Hong and the others were clearly taken aback when they heard Li Qin's words.
You rebelled to eliminate treacherous officials?
Who are you kidding?
Do you even believe that yourself?
After hearing the conditions proposed by Li Qin, Xu Hong immediately continued:
"General, your raising of troops and eliminating treacherous officials is a great achievement. How can Your Majesty not reward you?"
Wouldn't that mean rewards and punishments are not clearly distinguished?
General, please feel free to make any requests.
His Majesty will surely be pleased with such a meritorious general as the general.
Upon hearing Xu Hong's words, Li Qin's expression changed, and after making a gesture of respect with his hands in the air, he said:
"Very well, then I will make some requests to Your Majesty."
First, Wang Zhen must die. Second, it's about my father and my son. My father struggled his whole life but never received a title.
If Your Majesty could bestow a title upon me, it would be a consolation for the hardships our Li family has endured guarding the frontier for generations.
As for the harsh and cold land of Liaodong, the imperial court invests a lot of money there every year. As long as the imperial court gives it to me, I will absolutely not take a single tael of silver from the imperial court.
"As long as Your Majesty agrees, I will naturally return to Liaodong."
After hearing Li Qin's words, Xu Hong understood Li Qin's conditions.
His first goal was to kill Wang Zhen, which was his objective in purging the court of corrupt officials.
Killing Wang Zhen symbolizes the successful removal of corrupt officials from the court.
It was like giving him a way out.
He alone wanted His Majesty to bestow upon him the titles of Duke and King, and to allow him to govern Liaodong hereditarily. This was tantamount to ceding Liaodong to him as a vassal state.
After hearing Li Qin's answer.
Xu Hong immediately bowed and said:
"I will certainly report Governor Li's request to His Majesty."
"Does the Governor have any further conditions?"
Li Qin then made some other demands and sent Xu Hong and the others away.
Watching Xu Hong and the others leave.
Li Qin's advisor and strategist, Gu Deyuan, immediately stepped forward to advise Li Qin:
"We've taken the lead, and now we've won a great victory, with them all under our control."
This is a golden opportunity!
If we let them go, all our efforts will be in vain.
As Li Qin watched Xu Hong and the others leave, he said:
"I never intended to let them go."
"So, what brings you here, sir?"
Gu Deyuan looked at Li Qin in front of him and asked in confusion.
"They're holed up inside; it'll be hard to take them down in the end."
"The only way I can wipe them out is by luring them out."
Li Qin looked at the camp at Tushubao in the distance.
"Why bother climbing the ladder?"
According to intelligence, they are running out of food, and their supplies will definitely not last until reinforcements arrive.
Gu Deyuan asked Li Qin, who was standing in front of him.
Li Qin shook his head and said to Gu Deyuan beside him:
"No, I'm betting on how ruthless the opposing general is. You know, besides the main army, there are also more than ten thousand laborers on board."
Upon hearing Li Qin's words, Gu Deyuan was startled, and then said to Li Qin:
"The general means that they will."
Li Qin nodded and said:
"It's possible, but not likely. No one would do that unless they were in dire straits."
But don't forget that there was an emperor among them.
What if they stubbornly hold their ground and wait for reinforcements?
I want to give them hope so that they will leave the camp on their own initiative.
After all, if there were even the slightest hope, none of them would do that.
He turned to look at the generals behind him and said:
"As long as they agree to our conditions, we will pretend to retreat with our army."
Pretend to let them leave, allowing them to escape the heavily guarded camp.
Then Li Qin looked at Qi Duchen and Peng Jiahu and said:
"Qi Duchen, you and General Peng, lead my 8,000 personal guards and 20,000 cavalry to ambush the western imperial army on their return route."
As soon as they are seen returning to the capital, launch an ambush.
I will then lead a large army to provide immediate support.
After receiving Li Qin's orders, Qi Duchen and Peng Jiahu...
He immediately took Li Qin's orders and led nearly 30,000 cavalrymen to the west to ambush them.
The imperial army awaited their retreat, lying in ambush.
Xu Hong and the others, after returning to the main camp, described Li Qin's conditions.
The first to speak up was Wang Zhen.
After all, Li Qin's first request was to kill him.
"Your Majesty, this servant is utterly loyal to you."
Zhu Qizhen looked at Wang Zhen in front of him and felt a pang of pity, after all, Wang Zhen had watched him grow up since he was a child.
"My esteemed subjects, is there any other way?"
Zhu Qizhen looked at the ministers before him, wanting them to come up with a solution.
But all the ministers remained silent.
They had wanted Wang Zhen dead for a long time.
After all, their current predicament is entirely his fault.
This is a perfect opportunity to get rid of him through Li Qin.
Seeing the silent ministers, Wang Zhen's heart grew colder and colder.
He knew he had to save himself.
Then he suddenly came up with a plan and said to Zhu Qizhen:
"Your Majesty, I have a solution."
"you say."
Upon hearing Wang Zhen's words, Zhu Qizhen immediately asked.
"Your Majesty, we can find someone in the army who resembles me, kill him, and send him to Li Qin."
Upon hearing Wang Zhen's words, Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up as he said:
"Okay, let's do it that way."
Upon hearing Zhu Qizhen's decision, the ministers all objected, saying that it was not feasible.
However, they were all suppressed by Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen then brought up Li Qin's second condition.
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