Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 337 The Redeemer
"Since this is the case, please consider my suggestion just now. Hanzhong is willing to take 35 gold in exchange for the family members of all civil and military personnel. He dare not ask the Song army to withdraw. He only asks to redeem people for us. Let us continue to fight. If your lord does not agree, we will immediately add another 15 gold and ask Xiao Tarase to send reinforcements to fight against lord Liu together!"

"Oh!" Zhao Dezhao exclaimed, he really didn't expect this move.

Yan Fu's trick is very good.

Didn't you say that as long as you continue to fight, the possession of Shangyong's wealth and assets will be yours?

Now I spend it first, and spend it on Xiao Tarase, buying them to send troops to fight side by side with us.

Although it's just talking now, once Xiao Tarase agrees, the unlucky one might be Da Song.

Not to mention that dealing with the Great Song Dynasty in Hanzhong would cost strength, the strength of a single-round warlord is still the only one for Xiao Tarase.

Great Song is definitely no match for the mighty Xiao Tarase and the Hanzhong Allied Forces who are desperately fighting for their families.

"Prime Minister Yan's move is absolutely amazing! Why don't you stay here for two days and let me think about it."

Yan Fu stood up in a hurry and said, "Master Liu, if you want to use a delaying tactic to keep me here and secretly send troops to attack Shangyong, that would be too despicable. I would rather die in front of you."

Zhao Dezhao was taken aback again, this reply was really not in vain, as soon as he uttered his plan to delay the attack, he saw through it.

"Okay then! For the sake of Prime Minister Yan's loyalty, I agreed. However, I want to remind Prime Minister Yan that the strength of the two armies is very different. If I let him go today, I can catch him back tomorrow. I don't know Hanzhong How much gold, silver and jewels are there to exchange people! Therefore, it is the right way for Hanzhong to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Prime Minister Yan has to go back, this must be said."

Yan Fu's expression darkened, but he didn't answer.

The two sides quickly agreed that Yan Fu would stay here and send people back to prepare gold, silver and jewels. Three days later, Hanzhong brought gold and silver to exchange people.

This is a happy scene.

Yan Fu not only successfully redeemed the captured family members and hostages, but most importantly, he also won a respite for Hanzhong.

In the past few days, Hanzhong has been mobilizing troops continuously.Swear to keep Anyang and Shangyong, keep these two points, Hanzhong will be as stable as Mount Tai.

As long as the big city of Shangyong is not lost, Hanzhong will always have hope.

Huang Zhong and other generals did not understand Zhao Dezhao's release of the family members of the captive Hanzhong leaders.

"Your Majesty! These family members are in our hands, and the Hanzhong army will be extremely helpful for us to continue to conquer Hanzhong. I don't think it's worthwhile for the money. To defeat Shangyong, isn't the money still ours?"

Wei Yan directly expressed his dissatisfaction.

The others also nodded in agreement.Even Xu Jing didn't understand.

Zhao Dezhao said with a wry smile, "I thought so before, but although Yan Fu is annoying, he still has some brains, and he actually said that if we don't agree to redeem him, he will increase the price by 15 to hire Xiao Ta Lai Come and fight with us, don’t talk about money at that time, you may not win the fight, it’s better to exchange for some cash.”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, thinking that this person's idea was really cruel, and it seemed that they could only change people.

Xu Jing also laughed and said, "He's undoubtedly luring wolves into the house by asking Thief Cao to help him with his punches, but a person who is impatient can do anything, if he really does that, it's really not easy."

Zhao Dezhao said, "If you redeem someone, you will redeem him. I told him face to face. If I promise to release him today, I will be able to arrest him tomorrow. It all depends on how much money you have in Hanzhong to redeem someone."

Everyone laughed.

Three days later, Tong Qinghui sent people to bring in ten carts of gold and silver to redeem the families of various leading figures in the Hanzhong Army, and Yan Fu also returned to Shangyong.

Looking at Yan Fu's back, Zhao Dezhao cried out in his heart what a pity.It's a pity that such a resourceful and loyal person is loyal to Tong Qinghui and not his subordinates.

Tong Qinghui still has personal charisma. According to the people on the intelligence line, the military generals of the Chinese Han Dynasty are 100% loyal to him, and even such a wretched and greedy character like Yang Song is also loyal to him with all his heart.

This time Nanzheng and Dingjunshan pass were both captured, but Tong Qinghui still magnanimously forgave Yang Song and others who made a heinous mistake.

Of course, some people say that Tong Qinghui chose to let Yang Song and Yang An go because he didn't want to punish his brothers and Yan Fu. However, according to people in the intelligence line, Tong Qinghui's handling this time was basically in line with his previous personality.

Therefore, after this time, Yang Song and others became even more loyal.

It seems that if you want to take down Hanzhong, it is hopeless to attack Tong Qinghui from within, so you can only see the truth on the battlefield.

Zhao Dezhao discussed with everyone, and everyone felt that now that Nanzheng and Xicheng were in their hands, as long as Shangyong was defeated in one go, then the two largest and most valuable cities in Hanzhong would change hands, and Tong Qinghui would most likely surrender.

So Zhao Dezhao ordered Wang Zixing to continue to guard Nanzheng with 5000 troops, and Zhao De to guard Xicheng with 1000 troops.

The other 3000 troops came to Shangyong City, ready to attack the city at any time.

It would take some time for Da Song's artillery to be transported, but Zhao Dezhao was still hesitating, because the terrain here was very bad, and it might not be necessary to transport it.

Hanzhong County originally belonged to Yizhou, and Yizhou was the land of Shu. The road to Shu was difficult, and it was difficult to reach the sky. Li Bai's poem shows that until the Tang Dynasty, the terrain was still a flaw that troubled the people, not to mention that it was still the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Although Zhao Dezhao's soldiers approached the city, he did not move for a long time. Shangyong's Tong Qinghui and his subordinate Wenwu were already ready to wait.

There are 4 troops in Hanzhong, but now there are only about [-] left. Tong Qinghui sent Yanfu, Tong Qu, and Zhang Su to lead an army of [-] guards, while he himself guarded Shangyong.

Although there is a difference in numbers between them and the Great Song Army, there are inherent advantages in defending the city, which is still enough.

At this time, the envoy of Li Chengsi from Yuzhou arrived.

Li Chengsi sent Han Feng to Dingjun Mountain to meet Zhao Dezhao without hesitation.

Zhao Dezhao never expected that Han Feng came here to intercede with Tong Qinghui on behalf of Li Chengsi.

It turned out that after Zhao Dezhao beat Li Chengsi last time, Li Chengsi had also trained his troops and was ready to attack Dali.

But soon came the news that Zhao Dezhao had captured Hanzhong County and Nanzheng County.

Li Chengsi and Kong Ming glanced at each other, both of them were shocked.

The two feel the same, the current Zhao Dezhao, no matter his strength or courage, is no longer what it used to be.

Seeing Tong Qinghui was like seeing himself.

Once the princes who are not much stronger than themselves fall, will they be the next one?

Even if Zhao Dezhao didn't come to plot, facing the mighty Xiao Tarase, bad luck would be unavoidable.

So Li Cheng thought of an idea. He seemed to intercede with Tong Qinghui, but in fact he wanted to figure out his position in Zhao Dezhao's eyes. If it really worked and he could save Tong Qinghui, then he would have a person like Tong Qinghui who shared the danger by his side. If you can get him in return, why not do it.

If Zhao Dezhao talked about him, or simply ignored him, then Li Chengsi would definitely have a new plan.

(End of this chapter)