Lao Debiao was overjoyed and was about to agree.
Song Huaian stopped him and asked, "Where is the imperial edict?"
Liao Yongzhong said, "It's with General Ma."
Song Huaian said: "We will not leave until we see the imperial edict and the imperial envoy who announces it."
Lao Debiao reacted and said, "Yes! An imperial envoy must come here to announce the decree."
Liao Yongzhong's face turned grim as he said, "Who is that imperial envoy? How could he come here? My Lords, please follow me to the camp."
Song Huaian sneered, "Could it be that without an imperial envoy or an imperial decree, you just want to trick us out so you can kill us?"
Liao Yongzhong laughed and said, "Sir, you're joking. Even if General Ma wanted to kill you, we wouldn't agree."
Song Huaian waved his hand and said, "We won't leave until we see the imperial envoy and the imperial edict."
Liao Yongzhong sighed and said, "Okay. I'll go ask the Imperial Envoy. I hope he'll agree to come."
Liao Yongzhong left in a hurry again.
Song Huaian sneered: "Master Zhao's guess is indeed correct. If you want to deceive us, you are still far from it."
Lao Debiao was surprised and asked, "Did the little official give you advice?"
Song Huaian smiled and didn't answer, saying: "They are not sincere. Leaders must be careful and don't let their camp be robbed."
Lao Debiao said proudly: "As long as it's not a large army, let them die as many as they come."
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"What a bunch of bastards!"
When Ma Dada received Liao Yongzhong's report, he was so angry that he slapped the table.
Liao Yongzhong said, "Lao Debiao and his gang are a bunch of idiots who are easy to fool. The main thing is that the military advisor is too cunning. It's not easy to deceive them."
Ma Dada asked, "Is there any chance of a surprise attack?"
"No."
Liao Yongzhong shook his head: "I checked, they are very cautious, there are sentries inside and outside, it is difficult to escape without alerting them."
"Damn it!"
The more Liao Yongzhong thought about it, the angrier he became.
The army under his command could defeat this rebel group dozens of times.
But the other party had Zhao Chenhan under control and made him afraid to make any move.
"It's better to ask the emperor for instructions." Liao Yongzhong said.
"No." Ma Dada refused immediately.
For Liao Yongzhong, as long as Zhao Chenhan is safe, everything is fine.
As for Ma Changda, he personally led the army but not only failed to quell the rebellion, but was captured by the other side and Zhao Chenhan. He also alarmed the emperor for Zhao Chenhan, which made it easy for people to think that he was incompetent.
"Then we can only let the imperial envoy go with me." Liao Yongzhong said.
They certainly had two plans.
It would be best if we could trick the rebels out.
If they can't trick them, they use fake imperial envoys and fake imperial edicts to fool them.
Can they tell it's fake?
Liao Yongzhong brought the fake imperial envoy into Kulong Mountain again.
"My lords, please accept my order." Liao Yongzhong said.
Lao Debiao and the other leaders were overjoyed and knelt down one after another.
Only Song Huaian stood there with his hands clasped.
Liao Yongzhong didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he asked the fake imperial envoy to announce the decree.
The fake imperial envoy read in a shrill voice, "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Lao Debiao, a commoner in Wu County, Qingzhou, was forced into rebellion. Now that the circumstances have been investigated, he is pardoned and appointed prefect of Qingzhou and commander-in-chief. This is my decree."
"My king, how is it? I didn't lie to you, did I?"
Liao Yongzhong looked at a group of people scrambling to read the imperial edict with great contempt.
Lao Debiao said repeatedly: "You didn't lie to me, you didn't lie to me."
Liao Yongzhong asked, "Where is my prince?"
Lao Debiao hurriedly said, "Quickly bring Young Master Zhao here."
"slow."
Song Huaian looked at the fake imperial envoy and said, "Are you a eunuch?"
The fake imperial envoy shrilled, "That's right, our family."
"From the palace?"
"Of course."
"Do you know Eunuch Duan Yongfeng from the palace?"
"That's our good brother."
"Oh, this name belongs to my friend."
Liao Yongzhong and the fake imperial envoy's expressions changed immediately.
Lao Debiao and the others didn't know what was going on.
"King, don't look at it, it's fake." Song Huaian said.
Lao Debiao was stunned for a moment and said, "Impossible? They dare to forge an imperial edict?"
"Why is this impossible? If we kill all of us then no one will know about it," Song Huaian said casually.
Lao Debiao suddenly became angry.
He threw the fake imperial edict to the ground and glared at Liao Yongzhong fiercely: "How dare you lie to me? Go, chop that guy up for me."
"Your Majesty, calm down. I wasn't lying to you. This is truly an imperial decree issued by His Majesty himself."
Liao Yongzhong still didn't give up.
Song Huaian said, "Cut off one of that guy's ears. I don't believe they won't tell the truth."
Someone brought Zhao Chenhan over, and Song Huaian personally took the knife and started fighting.
"Sir, please have mercy. We admit our mistake. We admit our mistake."
Liao Yongzhong shouted hurriedly.
Song Huaian didn't care about this. He cut off Zhao Chenhan's left ear with a knife and threw it to Liao Yongzhong: "Give it to Ma Changda. Tell him not to play tricks with us. Either let the emperor make our king a high official as we ask, or we kill your prince and fight to the death."
"ah……"
Zhao Chenhan howled in pain and shouted, "Mr. Liao, quickly tell my brother-in-law to find His Majesty. His Majesty will definitely save me."
Liao Yongzhong sighed and said, "We will definitely ask for the imperial edict to confer the title. Please take good care of my prince."
"I'll give you five more days. If you don't get the imperial edict within five days, you'll have to collect his body." Song Huaian said coldly.
Liao Yongzhong carefully wrapped Zhao Chenhan's left ear and took him away.
"Military Advisor, thank you so much, otherwise we would have been deceived." Lao Debiao said gratefully.
Song Huaian said: "You are welcome, my Lord. This is my duty. But I am afraid they may not give up yet, so I must be careful and on guard."
Liao Yongzhong took Zhao Chenhan's ear back, and Ma Dada was shocked and angry.
"How dare they? How dare they?"
Ma Dada looked at the ear and felt his vision go dark and his head buzzing.
Given how much Zhao Jingzhou and Han Yuehua dote on Zhao Chenhan, they would probably be furious if they found out that Zhao Chenhan was missing an ear.
And my brother-in-law will also be in trouble.
"Kill these traitors!" Ma Changda said angrily.
"General, the most urgent task is to rescue the prince as soon as possible. I think we should go and ask His Majesty for help." Liao Yongzhong urged.
"Need not."
Ma Dada flatly refused: "The scouts have already surveyed the surrounding terrain and cut off the rebels' retreat. We'll keep them enticed for the next two days, and when they lose their vigilance, we'll send troops to rescue them."
Zhao Chenhan is the eldest son of a marquisate, not a prince. How could he have the qualifications to ask the emperor to issue an edict of amnesty?
Unless Zhao Jingzhou goes to ask for it in person.
Anyway, Ma Dada doesn't dare.
Liao Yongzhong also knew this truth, so he sighed and said, "I hope everything goes well."
At this time, the personal guard came to report: "General, the Qingzhou prefecture came to comfort the troops."
"To comfort the troops? Humph, I think you are just here to watch the fun. Get him out!" Ma Changda said angrily.
Liao Yongzhong's eyes lit up and he said, "General, since Zhao Lin knows about this, why not invite him in to discuss how to solve this problem?"
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