Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

"Your Highness, the Jurchens have finally come to die. Why don't you open the city gate and let me go down and kill them for a few rounds."

Chen Yuanqing rubbed the spear in his hand, looking impatient.

Ning Fan shook his head slightly: "Don't have such stupid ideas."

A burst of painful crying attracted Ning Fan's attention. Ning Fan, who was overlooking the city wall from a high position, saw a large group of people being driven away by the Jurchens where he could see clearly.

Chen Yuanqing obviously noticed this scene. He clenched his fists and looked very angry.

"These beasts are using ordinary people as a shield again. Didn't they already clear the country before? Why are there still so many ordinary people?"

Chen Yuanqing's voice was extremely angry.

Ning Fan was caught off guard when he saw this scene. Obviously, he did not expect that there were so many innocent people outside the city.

Just three days ago, when he arrived at Jiangguan Pass, Ning Fan ordered his troops to move outside the city and move all the surrounding villagers into the pass. However, he never thought that so many people were still hiding and now they were the Jurchens'. captive.

These people were driven towards the city by the Jurchens like animals, crying for their fathers and mothers. There were women, old people, and children. They were barefooted and had been tortured to the point where they were no longer human. These people cried bitterly. His voice was filled with despair.

"Your Highness, what should we do now? These Jurchens are really worse than pigs and dogs."

Seeing this scene, even Chen Yuanqing stopped moving.

War is not a child's play. If the city gate is opened and these people are allowed in, then a large number of Jurchens will take the opportunity to rush into the city.

Once the city gate is opened, the consequences will be disastrous.

But if you turn a blind eye to these people and allow them to be killed by the Jurchens, then you will lose your moral support and you will be criticized for a long time in the future.

Ning Fan is also in a dilemma now, in an embarrassing situation where it is difficult to make a choice.

"Go get a rope, and tie a basket to the rope."

After Ning Fan thought for a while, he came up with a compromise.

Of course, these people who were trapped outside the city were hopeless, but if the Jurchens were not crazy enough, using these ropes and baskets, they might be able to save some babies and children.

If the Jurchens do not attack these people, then Ning Fan can naturally use ropes and baskets to pull these people back to the city. If the Jurchens take the opportunity to kill these people, then Ning Fan has no moral responsibility.

There is no doubt that this is a smart approach that is morally defensible and will not lead to losing the war because of kindness.

"Your Highness, it seems that there is nothing difficult about you in this world."

Luo Yong on the side was so excited that his face turned red.

None of them together could have thought of a useful solution, and they never expected that Ning Fan would come up with such a good solution after just a little thought. This solution was truly brilliant.

"There is no other way. If possible, I certainly hope to protect all these well-off people. After all, our duty as soldiers is to protect the people, but now is not the time for women to be kind..."

Ning Fan's face was pale. Out of the thousands of civilians, only one out of ten might survive, but it was the civilians who suffered in the war. This had been the truth since ancient times. No one could change anything.

Luo Yong's execution ability is still very strong. Before the Jurchens could drive these people to the city, Luo Yong had already sent people to find hundreds of baskets and long ropes.

"Don't put down the rope in a hurry. Let's wait until these people enter the city before we put down the rope. Otherwise, if the Jurchens notice it too early, things may change."

The Jurchens only used these people as shields, so their mission was completed by driving these people into the city.

If Ning Fan is too merciful and opens the gate of Jianghaiguan, then these Jurchen cavalry will rush into the gate as fast as possible. If Ningfan is determined not to open the door, then he has lost his morality.

But no matter what, they didn't expect Ning Fan to think of another way, which was to use ropes and baskets to connect these people into the city.

When these people stood crying under the city wall, Ning Fan was caught off guard and ordered the ropes to be thrown under the city. In an instant, hundreds of baskets and long ropes quickly landed under the city.

"Don't panic, everyone, put the children and babies in the baskets first, and we will bring these children into the city."

While Ning Fan shouted towards the city wall, he paid close attention to the movements of the Jurchens. The Jurchens in the distance naturally discovered the ropes hanging from the city, and their outpost troops had already begun to sprint towards the city.

It took a lot of effort to gather these people under the city. Naturally, the Jurchens would not watch obediently as Ning Fan brought these people into the city with ropes.

"The crossbowmen are ready. Once these Jurchens get close, shoot them immediately."

Ning Fan methodically directed the crossbowmen to string the bow, while more than a hundred strong soldiers on the other side began to frantically pull up the rope.

Time was too tight, and batches of babies were pulled up from the city. However, the Jurchens were very fast, and their cavalry quickly came to a place outside the shooting range, and began to set up their bows and shoot arrows towards the city. The people shot a hail of arrows.

After a round of volleys, hundreds of people screamed and fell in a pool of blood. Ning Fan saw these old and weak women and children turned into hedgehogs by arrows, and his heart felt like a knife, but there was nothing he could do.

The gate of a city is completely different from an ordinary portal. The gate of a city is completely blocked, and even if you want to open it, it will take time.

"Drop your shield."

Ning Fan ordered the soldiers on the city wall to throw the rattan shields in their hands down the city wall. Some people were clever and saw shields thrown down from the city, picked them up one after another, and then blocked the shields in front of them.

This strategy indeed had a very good effect. When the Jurchens shot arrows again, it would be difficult to hurt the people under the city.

Because they were too close to the city wall, these Jurchens did not dare to approach the city gate. They could only watch helplessly as Ning Fan stood on the city wall and transported these people into the city one by one.

Except for the hundreds of people who were completely dead, the rest, whether injured or frightened, young or old, all sat in baskets and returned to the city safely.

The Jurchens, on the other hand, watched all this helplessly and had no choice at all.

Because once they get close to them, they will immediately be shot into hedgehogs by the rain of arrows on the city wall.

"Your Highness, this method is great. It has successfully broken the situation."

The generals on the city were extremely excited. Originally, this was a deadlock that could not be solved, but Ning Fan found another way to forcefully pull these people back from the gate of hell.