Chapter 1518: Last resort
Bian Wenzhong strode to his father's study. The two guards in front of the door bowed and looked at the closed door. Bian Wenzhong frowned, "Have you never come out?"
The two guards shook their heads with bitter expressions, "We are not allowed to take a step except to send us food and drinks in."
"I've been drinking?" Bian Wenzhong swallowed.
"Yes, when you wake up, you will ask for wine and food. General, he..." The two guards stopped talking.
Bian Wenzhong stopped talking and pushed open the closed door. As soon as the door opened, a strong smell of alcohol came to his nose, and there was an indescribable sour smell. His brows frowned a little deeper.
Bian Wushuang hasn't left the study room for several days.
Is that still my father, who held the wine glass and had no eyes after the big case? The wise general who was confident in everything and had everything in his control disappeared, and was replaced by a depressed, ungrateful old man.
Seeing Bian Wenzhong come in, Bian Wushuang, who was about to be angry, was stunned for a moment, and then raised his wine glass again.
"Father!" Bian Wenzhong quickly stepped forward and snatched the wine glass from his father's hand. "You can't drink any more. There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Kunling County who are watching you, waiting for you to take them out of the predicament! They are waiting for you to give orders and wait for you to regain your momentum."
Bian Wushuang took a vain hand in the air. Seeing Bian Wenzhong angrily slapped the wine glass on the ground, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "Wenzhong, what if the heaven wants to destroy me?"
"Father, you told me before that my destiny is up to me, but man will conquer heaven. We still have capital, but we have not lost everything." Bian Wenzhong shouted: "But if you continue like this, the morale of the army will be completely dispersed."
"It's already dispersed." Bian Wushuang shook his head, "Bian Wenhao's betrayal was the most deadly knife for us. We are powerless to make the world come back to Qinghe County for so many things. Do you think the Ming people spent so much money and so many things to move all these military families back to Qinghe County to be resettled. So let it go? Now, I'm afraid many people already know about this? Tell me, how much fighting spirit does our army have?"
Bian Wenzhong lowered his hand weakly, and in one of his hands was a stack of letters shot in from outside the city. These days, the Ming army did not attack, but there were feather arrows shooting these letters into the city every day.
These are letters from home, letters from the soldiers who returned to Qinghe County to the soldiers.
Even though Bian Wenzhong tried his best to confiscate these letters everywhere, God knows whether they have all handed over them. Once the news spreads, it will spread around the city like a spark, trying to extinguish them, but I don’t know where to start.
He silently placed the letters on his father's desk.
"This is just one of their methods. If I expected it to be right, someone should have sneaked into the city to start to instigate our generals. This is one of the usual methods used by Eagle Nest. You can use one thing to cover up another. What you see is nothing but floating things. Their real methods are still under their hands."
"After my son goes down, he will investigate thoroughly." Bian Wenzhong said.
Bian Wushuang laughed and reached out to take a letter from home.
"Ergouzi, your parents have returned to their original village. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty built a new house for us, divided the land, and plowing oxen. Now we are living a good life. You should come back soon. My parents are old and are about to grow land. Come back and work hard for two years, marry a wife, and be able to pass on the family line." Bian Wushuang read loudly and smiled. "Who is this Ergouzi?"
"I don't know!" Bian Wenzhong shook his head, "This is just one of the letters that were shot in."
"Yes, I don't know how many others have been hidden. What should you do? Go and search? Today I heard the guards discussing outside, and they sing big shows every day outside the city, right?"
"Yes, it started from the Ximen side, and then gradually spread to the four gates. Many soldiers burst into tears when they heard the authentic Qin opera. The son had already issued strict orders. If you sing such a play outside the city, you would greet them with a strong crossbow. Huang Gang and Huang Qiang from the Ximen side, before I came in, I would also go over and give them a military stick." Bian Wenzhong said.
"If your heart is dispersed, it will be difficult to lead the team. Look, Huang Gang and Huang Qiang are a brave general in the army. When they attacked Xiaoshi City, they attacked the city several times. But even such a person is still indifferent now, aren't Bian Wushuang said.
"Father, this is not possible. You also know that not only are the soldiers we brought from Qin, but also the soldiers we summoned from the five eastern counties. If even our direct troops are not stable, then these troops will naturally be unreliable. The longer the delay is, the more unfavorable it will be for us. We must come up with a solution as soon as possible. My son believes that breaking through is the best way."
"Where to break through?" Bian Wushuang asked back.
Bian Wenzhong was speechless.
Going to the capital? The five eastern counties are their nightmare, and the five eastern counties have crisscrossing waterways. Now, the waterways are completely in the hands of the Ming people. Moreover, the Chu people will soon face the full-scale attack of the Ming people. What can they do if they go?
Going towards Qi State? Not to mention whether they can break the siege under the city, even if they rush out of Kunling County, they will still face Xiaoshi City and Zhou Jiyun's blockage. These layers of blockage basically eliminated their way to Qi State
"It would be great if the wealthy families of Qi could win the battle with Emperor Qi." Bian Wenzhong said: "If this is true, Zhou Jiyun can use it, and he will definitely return to Qi."
"I finally thought of this. This is our last little hope, but I don't think this hope is great." Bian Wushuang sighed, "What's more, we can think of it, and Mingren will also think of it."
"Can we just sit and wait for death?" Bian Wenzhong was excited. "If this is the case, I would rather take the army out to fight the Ming people immediately. Even if it is death, death on the battlefield will be more dignified than the last cowardly death." Bian Wenzhong shouted: "Father, since there is no way out, let's fight."
Bian Wushuang glanced at the wine table, and there was no longer a glass of wine. He simply lifted the wine pot and sipped it into his mouth: "You are still so impatient."
"Father, you are so calm. Did you just lock yourself in the study and drink and wait for the last moment?" Bian Wenzhong said with a angrily smile.
He took a few more mouthfuls, "Son, I'm waiting."
"What are you waiting for?" Bian Wenzhong asked back, "You don't see any hope now."
"There is no hope anymore." Bian Wushuang sighed: "Since we returned in Xiaoshi City, there was no hope. That was originally our last life-saving straw. It's a pity. Until now, I still haven't figured out how the Ming people broke through the Eagle-billed Cliff. How was our army, which was ready for battle, broken by them. Are the Ming people really invincible? Do they really belong to the destiny?"
"Father, you haven't told me yet, what are you waiting for?"
Bian Wushuang smiled and said, "I'm waiting for Mingren to come to find me. Have you done everything I asked you to do earlier?"
"It has been done, and the entire Kunling County City has been arranged now. With your order, the entire city will turn into a sea of fire. These places are guarded by people we absolutely trust. Father, I don't understand what you are doing? Shouldn't these trustworthy troops be transferred to the city wall? What I am most worried about now is that the troops defending the city suddenly reversed."
"It doesn't matter, it's no big deal to rebel. We have done this, and I think that through detailed work, the Ming people have already reached the ears of the Ming people. The Ming people will not help but keep the Kunling County City turning into ashes. In the future, they will build a system to attack Qi with Kunling County City as the center. What's more, there are still tens of thousands of people in Kunling County City. Haha, Qin Feng claims to be a benevolent monarch, and he will let these people bury us, which will hurt his name as a wise monarch."
"Use this to threaten them to let us go?"
"It's not that I let us go. My request is very simple. It's just that you can take a small part of the Bian family's direct descendants. As for me, I'm sure I can't go anywhere. Qin Feng will not let me go."
"Father!" Bian Wenzhong stood up, "Since that's the case, why don't we ask them to let us go together?"
"You are so naive!" Bian Wushuang laughed: "These methods are only powerful when they are useless. Qin Feng will not let me go because he will think I am a threat, but he will not care about you. If I are added to this condition, there is nothing to talk about."
"If they don't want to, we will burn together?"
"What is the benefit for us? When the jade and stone are burned, the Bian family will be completely destroyed. But it cannot hurt the Ming people at all. Perhaps the people of Kunling County will hate him for a while, but in the next time, Qin Fengda can use various means to comfort and comfort the place. At most, only one generation will be the one who can be here. People here will forget these pains and praise him as the Ming king. Historical books are written by the winners, and we will inevitably be stinkable at that time." Bian Wushuang said with a smile.
"I won't leave, the army in the city will not leave, and the more than 100,000 people will be enough to make Qin Feng moved and let you leave."
Bian Wenzhong shed tears: "But, father, where can we go?"
"Go to Qi State! Chu State is going to be over, but in the future, no matter which side wins, they will regard the Ming people as their biggest enemy. If I die at the hands of the Ming people, you will have an irreconcilable grudge with the Ming people. Although you are young, you have rich experience in commanding the army. In time, you will definitely become a general who will stand alone. Qi people will accept you. If Cao Yun takes over the power, it would be even better. This person has a good job of employing people."
Bian Wushuang stood up and patted Bian Wenzhong on the shoulder, "You know why I am drunk every day, right? Because your old father is about to die and can't drink a few more meals."
He laughed.
Chapter completed!