Chapter 78 Strike

Everyone was a little distracted after listening to this question. What else can they do? Of course, they have sent troops to fight against it. However, from Duan Siming's expression, they saw some other ideas. Obviously, he was not an attacker like Mu Jerry.

"The Song army is powerful and has occupied the Black Mountain Cliff, and the initiative is completely in their hands. If we force ourselves to use our own soldiers, the loss will be too great, but at the same time, the situation of the Song army will not be much better than ours, especially if we destroyed half of their grain and fodder before, presumably they should be able to support it now. Duan Siming slowly expressed his views and looked more far-reaching about the situation of the enemy and us than Mujeri at the beginning.

"In this case, I thought we could attack and continue to defend the immortals!" Someone put forward their own opinions. But immediately, it was opposed again: "Although we can see this, the soldiers below do not have such a accurate vision. I'm afraid that the loss of the Black Mountain Cliff has greatly damaged their spirit. When the Song army comes to attack, they may not be able to really exert enough strength."

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm worried about." Duan Siming nodded and said, "So our situation is also very bad now. It is impossible to succeed in attacking at all, and there are also shortcomings in defense. Originally, we had no choice but to retreat from such an unfavorable situation, but I also came up with another countermeasure after learning about Song Jun's situation.

"What is it?" Everyone obviously lost confidence in this almost no good battle. Since the new king has proposed a new strategy, everyone is naturally full of curiosity.

"That is peace, that is, to show our sincerity to the Song army and surrender to Song Ting!" Duan Siming quickly gave his own opinion. But many people can't accept such a way to destroy their prestige: "Isn't this... too weak for our reputation?"

"Is it important for our temporary face, or is it important for the survival of so many people in the clan?" Duan Siming asked coldly, "In the past few days, although we have stolen a lot of benefits from the Song people, we have lost more. In addition, five or six thousand people have been killed by Song people. Isn't that enough? If we have to continue to fight, I'm afraid that the time for our clans to perish is not far away!"

"But... even if we are willing, I'm afraid Song Jun may not be able to accept it!" Obviously, they are also moved. After all, the death of males in the clan is also a great threat to the survival of their ethnic group, but everyone still has concerns.

"It's not difficult at all." Since Duan Siming proposed this method, he is naturally fully prepared: "As I said just now, in fact, the Song army has also encountered a big problem. Their food and fodder are insufficient, so they are unable to succeed. In addition, the pass here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so I'm afraid they are not sure of winning. Moreover, we can also give them an explanation and hand over the culprit of this war to them, so that the Song people should believe in our sincerity!"

"The king means... send Mujeli to the Song people..." The leaders of the clan soon woke up and asked in surprise, and many people's faces showed even more intolerance. They are very clear that Mu Jerry will end up in this way, and they are afraid of being tortured and executed by the Song people.

"Yes, all this was caused by him. If he hadn't insisted on taking us to fight with the Song people, how could this battle happen? He should be responsible for the people who died in the battle!" Duan Siming was extremely firm this time.

Under his strong pressure, these leaders also resented Mu Jerry, so soon everyone agreed to this solution. After all, this is the best ending for everyone. From now on, it will be impossible for the Mu family to rise again, the chaotic situation will be controlled, and they can return to the past.

But Duan Siming hasn't finished his words yet. He smiled and said, "In addition, although we are nominally weak, in fact we will definitely get more benefits. In the past, it was because we never refused to be a minister, and Song people did not have any trade with us, but once we were a minister, the result would be different. We can buy enough food from the Song people, so that we can spend the winter and spring better every year! Isn't this more affordable than a little fame?"

The barbarians didn't pay much attention to these virtual things. Now when they think about it carefully, they feel that it is really reasonable, and the little resistance in their hearts dissipated in an instant. This also stabilized the position of Duan Siming, the new king of the clan. Once he can really fight with the Song people this time, the life of the barbarians will be better, and he who contributed to this point will be regarded by all the barbarians as benefactors, thus mastering the power that others could not hold before.

Everyone discussed some details, and then left one after another and went back to their respective families. The Duan Siming brothers have distributed people and horses to various important locations of the Tianmen, and they have completely replaced the wooden family and occupied here.

After handling everything, the two brothers met again. Duan Siming sighed and said, "This time, you have to take risks and adapt to changes, which makes our wishes for many years come true! Second brother, I really should thank you well!"

"Brother, where did you say this? All this is for our Bai clan and for the future of our Duan family! Today, we can unify the three barbarians, so in the future, we can definitely return to the Central Plains and seize everything we have lost!" Duan Sigui's eyes flashed with inexplicable light, saying the ambition that had been hidden in his heart.

"Yes, for more than 200 years, we have not forgotten the former Wu. One day, we will win the Central Plains again!" Duan Siming also said with a lot of emotion. Then he looked at Nai Di with a smile: "This time the Song people set up this alienation plan. Must have never been used by us like this?"

"At that time, I was indeed fooled by them, thinking that Mu Jerry had collusion with Song people." Speaking of the previous incident, Duan Sigui's face was also burning: "But after getting out of safety, I noticed the problem. I have heard of Wang Chong for a long time. I really can't believe that his strict military governance will make military discipline so chaotic after a small victory. In addition, it seems that he also left the silver medal for me.

"Since there are so many signs of eagles, it is not difficult to understand that this is a strategy. However, I think this is indeed a good excuse, which can make us get what we wish for, so we can use it.

"It is also because of this understanding that I dared to propose peace from Song Jun. They did this in order to cause chaos within us, so as to end the battle as soon as possible, right? Duan Siming also nodded.

"Bright, I still don't understand a little bit. Didn't you say before that you would leave Mu Jerry to suppress those people close to the Mu family? Why did you finally decide to send him to Song? In this way, won't you completely offend the Mu family?"

"The Mu family is not afraid, but Mu Jerry is a trouble. If I kill him, it will inevitably cause some disputes, and it is not appropriate to keep him. If he escapes, it will be a disaster for us. In this case, why not give him to Song Ren? In this way, you can make friends with the State of Song, and you can eliminate hidden dangers. Why not kill two birds with one stone?

"Moreover, we have subdued many people's hearts in this seizure of power, even if it is a little unconvinced and has nothing to do with the overall situation, which is much better than a sudden threat in the future. So after weighing it, I still decided to give him to Song people.

After listening to this, Duan Sigui also nodded repeatedly, feeling that his brother's consideration was more appropriate and more conducive to his own control.

On the fourth day of April, the barbarians who had calmed down the civil strife immediately sent envoys to the Song army to seek a strike from both sides. At this time, Song Jun had crossed the Black Mountain Cliff, and the soldiers pointed to the immortals. At least on the surface, they already had the intention to use soldiers for the immortals!

But in fact, Wang Chong was completely unprepared for this battle, and he was also waiting for the news of the wild land. He believes that once there is a real civil strife, there will inevitably be a big war between the two sides. At that time, in order to consolidate their own power, the two people will inevitably compete to form an alliance with the Song army, so that the Song army can get more benefits under this situation.

In addition, more than ten days ago, the shocking changes in the Yunzhou army also made the Song army shrouded in suspicion, and several people had no idea of continuing to attack for a moment.

It is surprising that a dignified military general died in his own military tent, and what's more puzzling is that all the prima facie evidence shows that he still committed suicide! So why did Ye Hao committed suicide? Is there any reason to force him to suicide silently?

This kind of suspicion made a lot of soldiers worried. Although they were still attacking a small number of barbarians around them, their morale was obviously much weaker. In this regard, Wang Chong was also full of doubts. Although what Ye Hao did was indeed deserved to die, it was not a reason for him to kill himself. However, due to the conditions in the army, even if the body had been carefully inspected, it was still not satisfactory.

In the past few days, Xu Jinghong also asked Wang Chong for orders and rushed to the Yunzhou army to investigate the scene of the crime. Although he has been in this era for many years, the criminal investigation knowledge he learned in his previous life has not been completely abandoned. It has been reflected since he chased the barbarians before, so he feels that he may be able to see some clues from it.

A few days later, after Xu Jinghong came back, he immediately rushed to Wang Chong's account and reported to him and Yun Lan: "Marshal, although all the superficial signs show that he committed suicide before he died, I still found some flaws from it!"

"Really? Tell me about it!" Wang Chong was not surprised by such a conclusion. In fact, he had always had doubts about it, especially after discussing with Yun Lan, and found that there were many abnormalities in it.

"Ye Hao knelt on the ground and killed himself with a knife in his right hand. But after looking at his body, I found a question. The callus at the tiger's mouth of his left hand was thicker than his right hand, that is to say, his left hand was more flexible than his right hand. May I ask, how can a person who is used to using his left hand to suicide with his right hand? This is the first question.

"Second, it was strange to splash blood on the ground of the military tent when he died. Normally, there should be a lot of blood splashed out of the heart after being stabbed into the heart, all over the ground. But there is a clean one in front of him, and there are some splashing blood stains on his left and right. I thought it was caused by someone standing in that position to block the splash of blood.

"In addition, I also asked the first soldier who found his death. As far as he knew, Ye Hao's eyes widened and his face was unwilling to die. This is not at all the expression that a self-detained person should have, so I thought... This is simply a murder! Someone killed him at night and then put on such a suicidal illusion to confuse us!"

After listening to Xu Jinghong's analysis, Wang Chong and the two laughed: "Actually, you don't need to say so much, we can also guess that this is a murder, because with our understanding of Ye Hao, even if the matter is exposed, he can't escape at most, or even lead troops to commit chaos, and commit suicide. What's more, we haven't attacked him yet.

Xu Jinghong was stunned and immediately knew the meaning of their words: "What the commander means is that his death was killed by the Ye family?" Because Sun Zaiyuan has said everything, they naturally know that Ye Hao has received the Ye family's instructions.

"Yes, it must be the Ye family in the capital who found that he was incompetent and caught by us, so they killed people first! In this way, it is impossible for us to succeed in our plan to involve the Ye family through Ye Hao. With that, Wang Chong sighed softly: "In fact, I have long thought of this. With the power of the Ye family and Ye Mingyang's calculation, they will never leave us such a handle to attack them! But I didn't expect that his Ye family had the courage to kill me in the barracks!"

"At this point, we can no longer fight back against the Ye family. After all, without Ye Hao, the most powerful witness, Sun Zaiyuan alone can't hurt them! So this matter can only end with Ye Hao's self-initiation, otherwise it will cause more trouble!" Yun Lan also smiled bitterly and said, "The power of the Ye family is not what you and I can deal with now, and his death is also guilty, and it is not wrong."

Xu Jinghong nodded. He had no good impression on Ye Hao, but he was still unhappy. This was the first time he felt the strength of the family. He could actually kill people in the military camp, even if he found evidence, which made him feel a little powerless.

"Once Ye Hao dies, the pattern in the Yunzhou army will change, which is actually a good thing. Jinghong, you may have to prepare. You are at the top of this good news, and the court will have a reward. Maybe you can really enter the ranks of intermediate generals!" Leaving aside those unpleasant topics, Wang Chong said with a smile, "Speaking of which, you are only 17 years old. It is extremely rare for you to become a battalion at such a young age and hold real military power in the Song Dynasty."

"All this is too much for the cultivation and promotion of the general and General Wang, and the humble position is frightened!" After a few modest words, Xu Jinghong withdrew from the handsome account. But his heart was not excited about this. Ye Hao's incident made him feel that he was not the safest in the army. He must have his own strong strength to save himself in this complicated situation.

After he left, Wang Chong smiled bitterly and said, "The Ye family is indeed decisive enough. We just caught a little flaw, and they made up for this omission."

"In fact, Brother Wang, you don't have to be so frustrated. We still have a certain advantage in this matter." Yun Lan comforted: "At least, the power of the Ye family in the southwest army stopped with the fall of Ye Hao. Isn't this what you have always wanted to see? Moreover, after this war, your position in the DPRK has been consolidated, and the combat capability of the Southwest Army has also been improved, all of which is extremely beneficial to us. I believe that these families will not cover the sky for too long!"

"I hope so!" After Wang Chong put this matter down, he began to focus on the situation of the barbarians: "I don't know if the barbarians will split into two forces as you and I think. If anything goes wrong, I'm afraid the battle will continue."

"We have sent a lot of scouts to steal the news, and I think the news will be brought back soon. As long as they have differences, we will stay still and wait for them to win the benefit of the fishermen!"

A few days later, when Song Jun was still hesitating whether to launch a tentative attack on immortals, a group of more than 20 barbarian messengers came to Song Jun's camp, bringing news that shocked everyone.

"Do you mean that you are willing to submit to the Song Dynasty and hand over the culprit Mu Jerry who provoked the war between the two sides to us?" After listening to the barbarian's explanation, Wang Chong couldn't believe it.

It was Duan Sigui, but he did not mean to be embarrassed by the previous prisoners. He smiled and said, "Yes, this is the attitude of our new king on this war. Neither the Song army nor we want any more casualties, so we are willing to surrender to the Song army and surrender to Song Ting. In order to show our sincerity, we are also willing to hand over Mujeli, the initiator, to the Song army!"

After a long silence, Wang Chong nodded: "This is a good ending for both you and me, and I am willing to accept it! However, all this is not up to me, so I have to ask the court.

"We can wait, but before that, I hope the two sides will not fight again." Duan Sigui gave his own will. Of course, Wang Chong has no reason to disallow it. In this way, Song Man temporarily stopped the military affairs on April 11 of the 36th year of Song Zhiping. At this time, the imperial court's reward and order urging them to continue to make contributions has just entered the southwest boundary...