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    Jiangnan

    After Tong Guan resisted and disrespected the edict, he was also afraid that Zhao Ji would issue another edict, so he immediately ordered the Song army to encircle Muzhou, hoping to capture Muzhou before Zhao Ji became angry.  But as soon as they entered Muzhou, the Song army encountered strong resistance from the rebels who came to protect Shenggong from nearby state capitals. In order to make the soldiers work harder, Tong Guan issued the military order "If you kill one person, you will be rewarded with seven pieces of silk."

    Sure enough, after this military order was issued, the Western Army advanced much faster and quickly captured Muzhou. The fly in the ointment was that Fang La fled back to Bangyuan Cave with some remnants of the army.

    Tong Guan had no choice but to lead the army to besiege Bangyuan Cave again.

    The night was dark, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

    In the huge Chinese army tent, there were only two people, Tong Guan and his close aide Dong Yun. Tong Guan had many aides, just like he had 20,000 personal soldiers, but tonight he only recruited Dong Yun.  .

    Tong Guan handed a letter to Dong Yun and said, "This is the letter sent to me by the governor of Shouzhou. Please read it."

    Dong Yun curiously took the letter, and after reading a few lines, his expression changed drastically. He suppressed the turmoil in his heart and after reading it, he calmed down and said, "Is this true?"

    Tong Guan nodded and said: "This is the second letter like this that I have received. I guess it is correct."

    Dong Yun took a deep breath for a while before calming down and asked: "What does the Prime Minister mean?"

    Although Tong Guan looked calm on the surface, he was still worried in his heart. He shook his head and said: "I don't know what to do, so I invited you to discuss it. You tell me what is best for me now. It's just you and me here.  Just say it safely.¡±

    Dong Yun couldn't help but think deeply when he heard what Tong Guan said.

    The tent suddenly fell into silence, and Tong Guan could even hear his heartbeat. When he received the first letter today, he almost fell off his horse in fright. Fortunately, the soldiers next to him supported him.

    Tong Guan was still taking chances at first, but in the evening, when he received the second letter, Tong Guan knew something was wrong and hurriedly called Dong Yun for discussion.

    After a while, Dong Yun said: "This may be an opportunity for the Prime Minister."

    Tong Guan¡¯s eyes lit up and he said, ¡°How do you say that?¡±

    Dong Yun said: "According to their letters, there was no imperial edict from King Qin in Tokyo, and there were no retreats or people fleeing. It was captured by the Liangshan bandits, and the emperor gave them the imperial edict to surrender to Daliang. Very soon.  It may be that the royal family in Tokyo City was wiped out by the Liangshan bandits, so the emperor issued an imperial edict to all the prefectures to submit to Daliang. Otherwise, the emperor would not have issued such an edict if the imperial family had a chance. "

    Tong Guan asked doubtfully: "There are many people who can write the emperor's edict, so won't this edict be fake?"

    Dong Yun shook his head and said: "If any royal family escapes from Tokyo, they will definitely show up in the state capital controlled by our government, and then call on the soldiers and horses from all over the world."

    Tong Guan stared at Dong Yun and said, "Is it possible that the opportunity you are talking about means that the entire royal family falls into the hands of thieves?"

    Dong Yun nodded and said: "If any royal family escapes, the Prime Minister will have to order King Qin to go north to attack Tokyo. Not to mention that the city of Tokyo is solid and difficult to attack. Even if Tokyo is captured, many people will jump out and accuse the Prime Minister of resisting the decree.  If you are disrespectful, Tokyo will fall into the hands of thieves, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Prime Minister to atone for his sins. "

    In fact, Tong Guan had been worried about this problem. Although he was ordered to lead the army, he might not be able to return before the Liangshan bandits attacked the city, but he resisted the order and Tokyo was captured by the bandits. This was enough for the emperor to chop off his head.  , and I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s not enough to chop off one of his heads, I¡¯m afraid he¡¯ll have to kill all nine of his clans.  Although he was an eunuch, he only entered the palace when he was in his twenties, so the nine clans still knew about it. After he became a high-ranking official, many people became rich and famous.

    Tong Guan said thoughtfully: "You mean I won't send troops to save Tokyo?"

    Dong Yun smiled bitterly and said: "If the news of the loss of Tokyo reaches the ears of the Western Army officers, I am afraid that the Prime Minister will not be able to command them. If they ask the Prime Minister to honor the reward for killing the rebels, I am afraid it will not be easy to calm down."

    Tong Guan also shuddered when he thought about how the Western Army burned Muzhou two days ago because the bounty for the siege could not be cashed in immediately after they captured Muzhou.  In order to capture Muzhou as soon as possible, he promised to give each person a reward of five guan after breaking the city. They only had more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, and the total was only more than 300,000 guan. However, he did not expect that the money in Muzhou City had already been lost.  After being swept away by Fang La and others, and the army did not have that much cash, they wanted to postpone it for some time.  Unexpectedly, the Western Army, which had already killed them, immediately started making trouble and burned Muzhou City to the ground.

    In order to continue to arrest Fang La, Tong Guan did not dare to blame the Western Army soldiers who made trouble, and could only comfort him with kind words.

    "However, the bounty for killing the rebels is also a headache for Tong Guan. In order to motivate the soldiers,The thief promised to reward seven pieces of silk for killing one person. Unexpectedly, until now, each army has captured more than one million heads. Most of them are Manichaeans, but there are also many ordinary people, but Tong  Guan could not deny the achievements of the Western Army, because many Manichaeans were hiding in ordinary villages and launched attacks on the army. If they had not massacred them one by one, the army would not have been able to attack Bangyuan Cave so quickly.  But after recognizing the merits of the Western Army, he will distribute these rewards. One million heads is equivalent to seven million bolts of silk, which can be converted into money and is also seven million strings. With such a large amount, the national treasury may not be able to come up with it for a while.

    Tong Guandao: "You mean to hide it from the Western Army and continue to attack Fang La?"

    Dong Yun nodded and said: "Tokyo has been captured. The first two attacks on Liangshan have depleted all the troops and horses in Gyeonggi, Jingdong, and Hebei. In addition, all the state capitals are leaderless and have no one to rescue them. I'm afraid it won't take long for all the state capitals in the Central Plains to fall."  It fell into the hands of the Liangshan bandits. Only Jiangnan still ruled the world. The Liangshan bandits were unable to go south for a while. After the prime minister led his troops to Jiangnan, he replaced many state officials in Jiangnan. Now that the emperor is in trouble, these officials must be the prime minister.  Only Fang La is good at deceiving people, and there are many Manichaeans. If Fang La can't be killed this time to give him a break, I'm afraid he will become a powerful enemy of the Prime Minister. As long as he is wiped out, the remaining Manichaeans will also be killed.  There is no need to worry, the whole Jiangnan will belong to the Prime Minister."

    After Tong Guan went to the south of the Yangtze River, he replaced a group of officials appointed by Zhu Meng. He originally wanted to restore the people's support and prevent the people from becoming thieves and draining the Manichaeism. Unexpectedly, it gave him an unexpected surprise.

    Hearing what Dong Yun said, Tong Guan felt agitated in his heart, and his eyebrows danced for a while. Suddenly he frowned and said, "I have no heir. I am afraid that everyone will not accept me as emperor."

    When Dong Yun heard what Tong Guan said, there was a flash of fear in his eyes, but he did not dare to show it, and said hurriedly: "If the prime minister wants to order the states in the south of the Yangtze River, he needs the help of the imperial court's justice. It is best to find a clan member of the Song Dynasty.  To be an emperor, the new emperor must rely on the prime minister to secure his throne." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
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