Chapter 1072 Xiao Ai's confusion, Envoy Yin Taichang

April is the rainy season in the south.

In the south, where there are rivers and streams everywhere, the humidity is very high, which easily breeds mosquitoes and bacteria.

The Han army was basically composed of people from the north, and it was difficult for them to adapt to this climate. If they stayed there for a long time, they would easily get skin diseases.

In order to avoid causing unconventional casualties, Su Mingzhe had to ask people to prepare a lot of herbs and personally made a lot of ointments and potions for treating skin diseases and preventing mosquitoes.

Mid April.

Su Mingzhe led the army to Jingzhou, the capital of Nanping State.

It was also at this time that Su Mingzhe received the news.

Wu Yue, which controlled more than a dozen states, was conquered by the Tang Emperor Li Sheng in just half a month.

For a time, Li Sheng was touted as the God of War of Southern Tang.

The name of "Tang Emperor" gradually became more and more popular, and even overshadowed the mighty power of Han Emperor Su Mingzhe.

Mrs. Xiao Ai, who had been serving him all the way, couldn't help but express her worry when she heard the news:
"Your Majesty, why don't you take advantage of the fight between Emperor Tang and Wu Yue to launch a surprise attack on Jinling?"

"Now that the Tang Emperor has destroyed Wuyue, he has no more worries. If the Han Dynasty wants to deal with the Tang Kingdom again, it will have to spend more effort and cost a greater price?"

"My beauty, you think too much. In my opinion, it would be best if Li Sheng destroyed all the states of Ma Chu, Min, Wu (Southern Vietnam), etc. This would save me the trouble and I could win the country in one battle!"

Su Mingzhe's arrogant tone made Xiao Ai worried.

She has been following the man in front of her for more than a month since King Pei surrendered.

During more than a month of service, she discovered that the man in front of her did not seem to be as wise and brave as the legend said. Instead, he was no different from the lustful and tyrant emperors in history. All he thought about all day was sleeping with prostitutes, drinking, eating, singing and dancing.

Xiao Ai couldn't even imagine how such a shameless man could have established such a prosperous Han Empire.

On the second day.

The Han army prepared siege equipment.

Su Mingzhe, wearing golden armor and a purple gold crown, was preparing to lead his army to attack the capital of Nanping State - Jingzhou.

Suddenly the front army reported:

"Your Majesty, the King of Nanping has sent an envoy to request an audience!"

"Xuan!"

Although Su Mingzhe didn't want to waste time, since ancient times, when two countries were at war, they would not kill envoys.

As a great country, Su Mingzhe would not lose his composure.

Not long after, the envoy from Nanping arrived. He was an old man in his fifties or sixties.

The old man was brought under the dragon flag and immediately prostrated himself on the ground, bowing respectfully and saying:

"Nanping Taichang Qing Yin Wujiu pays respects to His Majesty the Han Emperor, and wishes His Majesty a long life!"

"Yin Wujiu? Are you Nanping Taichang Qing Yin Wujiu?"

Su Mingzhe raised his eyebrows, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes:
"I heard that there is a young general named Yin Xuan in Nanping, who is very brave and martial. His surname is also Yin, the same as yours. What is your relationship?"

"Reporting to His Majesty the Han Emperor, Yin Xuan is my son!"

Yin Wujiu didn't expect that the Han Emperor had actually heard of his son's name. He was happy at first, but then felt bitter.

You know, his son was just a guard commander in the Nanping Kingdom’s palace.

The Han Emperor even knew about it from his own son, and it was obvious that he had a very thorough understanding of the Nanping Kingdom.

At this time, if you still want to tell lies and deceive the Han Emperor in front of you, you will only bring humiliation upon yourself.

"So Yin Qing is the father of General Yin Xuan. Please stand up and take a seat!"

Su Mingzhe acted as if he was being courteous to Yin Wujiu because of Yin Xuan.

Yin Wujiu responded cautiously.

The deputy envoy following behind him buried his head in his chest, not daring to raise it even a little.

We chatted a little.

Yin Wujiu then explained his intention.

Li Xi wanted to surrender and wanted Su Mingzhe to give him the same treatment as Peiliang.

What kind of treatment does Peiliang receive?

He was demoted to a duke, granted Peizhou as his fief, and given eight seats to live in, and a government office was built.

The most important point is that he was awarded a red-lettered iron certificate (a gold medal of immunity from death). It can be said that after Peiliang surrendered, his title was only lowered a little, and the territory he managed was reduced from three states to one state.

In addition, Peiliang also lived in the former temple of King Pei, where he could worship his ancestors and protect the ancestral temple.

Li Xi wants such treatment now.

Su Mingzhe laughed after hearing this:
"Yin Qingjia, go back and tell Li Xi that if the King of Nanping was the Crown Prince Wuluan, I would have agreed to this condition. Unfortunately, he usurped the throne, and I am the orthodox one. I cannot encourage this kind of rebellious spirit. Therefore, I cannot agree to his request."

Su Mingzhe first rejected Yin Wujiu's surrender terms with great righteousness, but then he changed the subject and said with a smile:

"However, God is merciful, and I do not want to cause more killings. When you go back, tell Li Xi that if he really wants to surrender, I can make him a duke and a marquis according to the old examples of the Emperors of Shu and Liang, and reward him with a mansion and good farmland near Chang'an and Luoyang, so that his descendants can all become wealthy men."

"I will definitely convey your Majesty's wishes."

Yin Wujiu bowed respectfully, but his face looked a little disappointed.

This battle is inevitable.

Because he knew that Li Xi sent him to surrender just as a hopeless case.

In fact, Li Xi had already sent people to form an alliance with Ma Chu and Southern Tang, and was only waiting for the armies of the three kingdoms to gather before officially engaging in a decisive battle with the Han army.

Su Mingzhe didn't know what Yin Wujiu was thinking, he just smiled and said:
"There is one more thing. The Yin family can help me tell the ministers in Jingzhou City that if there are people in Jingzhou City who are willing to restore order, my Han Dynasty also has a position of duke, waiting for them."

Yin Wujiu and the deputy envoy's faces twitched involuntarily.

What a great way to "restore order from chaos"! Isn't this clearly asking everyone to open the city gates to the Han army?
We chatted for a while longer.

It is nothing more than Su Mingzhe promoting the idea that it is inevitable for the Han Kingdom to unify the world.

The small country of Nanping could not withstand the attack of the Han army.

Yin Wujiu and the deputy envoy also knew about these circumstances.

However, they seem to have a struggle in their conscience about letting them betray Nanping like this.

Half an hour later.

Yin Wujiu and the deputy envoy returned to Jingzhou City with heavy hearts and told Li Xi the conditions that Su Mingzhe had offered.

As expected, Li Xi became furious after hearing this and asked Nanping General Pei Hong to lead his troops to resist the Han army.

Although Pei Hong was angry about Li Xi's usurpation of the throne, he did not want Nanping to be destroyed, so he held his anger and went to the city wall to defend.

It was past noon.

Fifty thousand Han troops gathered at the east gate of Jingzhou City.

At the sound of a drum, all the horses became silent.

When the second drum sounded, Su Mingzhe was the first to enter the camp, pushing the siege vehicle and attacking Jingzhou City.

“Cum for me, cum for me!”

Pei Hong had never expected that Su Mingzhe, the Han Emperor, would actually be just like the legend, striving to be the first in every battle, and he immediately jumped for joy.

As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

The son of a rich man cannot sit down in the hall.

The dignified Emperor of Han actually disregarded his own safety. As an enemy, Pei Hong would never let go of this rare opportunity.

Whoosh whoosh—

Dozens of three-bow crossbows instantly changed direction and shot towards Su Mingzhe.

Faced with such care, Su Mingzhe was a little amused and couldn't help but smile at the guards around him:

"I'm afraid the people of Nanping have never heard of our Han army's siege story?"

The guards also laughed.

The siege vehicle baffles they were pushing were assembled using special alloy materials. Not to mention crossbows, even huge rocks weighing hundreds of pounds falling from the sky could not break them.

bang bang bang-

Dozens of crossbow arrows landed on the hard shield of the siege vehicle and were directly bounced off.

Su Mingzhe was not polite either. He picked up the crossbow arrow on the ground and threw it at the city wall.

All everyone could hear was the loud sounds of “whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!”

Soon, bursts of wailing were heard from the city wall.

The guards with sharp eyes and ears noticed that there was chaos on the city wall, as if the Nanping general who had just directed the crossbow shooting had "died".

(End of this chapter)