The whole world is an NPC

Chapter 368 Northern Rebellion
Li Zhifu opened his mouth, wanting to refute but couldn't find a good reason for a while.Because Commander Yao said the truth.It takes five days at the fastest to get out of the battlefield, and another month to rush back to the capital.Traveling day and night, without extra food and grass, they may be able to reach the capital within 20 days.However, will the Ye family give 20 days?When they received this letter, three days had passed, and Jeju was only 20 days away from the capital.

This has to rule out another situation, the Ye family will not send cavalry to attack the capital first.It only took ten days for the cavalry to reach the capital.If the Ye family had dispatched cavalry on the day they issued the call, they would never be able to rush back.

"Perhaps, we can send the cavalry back first?" Li Zhifu hesitated and said.

"We only have a few thousand cavalry left, what's the use of them rushing to the capital?" Commander Yao Du sneered.

Li Zhifu was annoyed: "Then what do you say?"

"Even if we are in the capital now, how long can we hold on? How can there be a teacher of King Qin now?" Commander Yao Du asked rhetorically.

Admiral Liu nodded and said, "We can withstand it for one year, but not for two years. It is impossible for a single army to withstand the attack of the Ye family's concentrated power from the entire world."

"Will those people in the capital help us wholeheartedly? I'm afraid not necessarily, maybe, before we rush back, the capital will be dedicated to the Ye family." Commander Yao Du said.

Li Zhifu took a breath and said, "No way?"

"Why not? Now that the situation is clear and the Ye family is unstoppable, who doesn't want to be on the side of the winner?" Commander Dai said suddenly.

"This matter must be guarded against." Admiral Liu thought deeply.

Commander Wang said: "What if we make peace with King Liao and go south with him?"

Commander Yaodu looked at Commander Wang like a fool and said, "Are you stupid? Which of us doesn't have the blood of King Liao's men? We have blocked King Liao from going south to Beijing for so long, and we have deep grievances. Now we go, The first thing the King of Liao did was to hold a grand feast and kill us all. Either you hand over all the military power to the Liao King, or they can’t trust us. Do you want to kill or want the military power? If you let go of the military power, we’ll be nothing ah!"

Commander Wang sighed and nodded.He didn't want the Xia Dynasty to perish, so he expressed the most likely strategy to save the Xia Dynasty with a glimmer of hope.If Emperor Xia abdicates and King Liao returns to Beijing with all the northern frontier troops, there is still a glimmer of hope for the Xia Dynasty to continue.It's just that this is just a concept, which is almost impossible to realize in reality.

Admiral Liu waved his hand and said, "Don't mention the matter of cooperating with King Liao. King Liao can't trust us, and we can't trust him either."

"Then what should we do?" Li Dusi said in a dilemma.

Commander Yao Du asked coldly: "Who among you can guarantee that Emperor Xia did not kill Emperor Xia? I have read the facts listed at the back of the document, and it is very likely that Emperor Xia killed Emperor Xia. If the facts are true as stated in the document, Even if we die fighting for Emperor Xia, after thousands of years, others will say that we are stupid, and they will not praise us as loyal ministers."

The generals looked at each other in blank dismay, who would dare to guarantee this?Some people who originally wanted to be loyal ministers flinched after hearing this.Putting the whole family's life on the line to fight to the death, and getting a bad name, who would do it?
Commander Ji said: "If you are thinking about your own future, it is the best policy to join the Ye family immediately and respond to the call. It's just that we were entrusted by Emperor Mengxian to garrison northern Xinjiang, and we were trusted by Emperor Xia to attack King Liao. Now we have abandoned Emperor Xia. , will inevitably be blamed for future generations.”

Commander Yao Du's eyes lit up and said: "Emperor Xia killed the first emperor, we are just being humiliated. Isn't that the case with the Ye family?"

Commander Zhu nodded and said, "As soon as we lean over, the world will be settled. If you think about the common people in the world, I think it's okay."

Commander Ji felt a big mess in his heart. He felt that he had spoken tactfully enough, but he didn't expect that this man surnamed Zhu could talk about surrender in such a dignified way.As soon as he saw the call to action, he wanted to surrender to the Ye family.In his opinion, only by surrendering to the Ye family can he keep his future and official position.And it's sooner rather than later.If you are late, you will have nothing. At most, you can keep your current job, and it is very likely that you will be demoted and transferred elsewhere.

But if you surrender now, you can help the Ye family fight the king of Liao.Anyway, they beat Liao Wang smoothly.After the Ye family has dealt with Emperor Xia in the capital and sent people to the Northland, the two families will work together to easily deal with the King of Liao.At that time, they will be the meritorious ministers of the new dynasty, not only can they secure their current official positions, but they may also be promoted.This is the best way to protect yourself.

Admiral Liu was moved, what he lacked was the support of the generals and a suitable excuse.Now the generals are mostly moved by Commander Zhu's words, and he has the bottom line in his heart.

"Well! Lao Zhu is right, so this is the case. Lao Zhu, you come to write a letter, saying that we responded to Wu'anhou's call, and decided anyway, to help Wu'anhou crusade against the treacherous king immediately. In addition, you write a letter letter, asking Marquis Wu'an how to deal with the matter of King Liao."

Commander Zhu said with a smile on his face, "Yes! Admiral!"

Commander Yao Du stroked his beard and laughed.

Commander Ji smiled and said: "Old Zhu has a good pen, so it's definitely right to entrust this matter to him."

Several other commanders nodded with smiles.

Commander Wang sighed secretly, his colleagues actually agreed to join the Ye family, this is really the trend of the times.At this point, the situation is dangerous for him.If he doesn't make a statement, he will be in danger of being poisoned.He laughed and said, "Why don't you write it now, Lao Zhu, and let's appreciate Lao Zhu's literary talents together."

The person who had already shown malice towards Commander Wang immediately put away the malice and said with a smile: "That's right, Lao Zhu, hurry up."

Li Zhifu was very disappointed, and said: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the loyal ministers see the tough. I didn't expect that all of you are so self-centered. I will bring my own troops to the capital."

With that said, he turned and walked out.

Admiral Liu chuckled, and yelled, "Kill the traitor Li Dusi!"

Commander Ji Du and Commander Yao pulled out their knives, and both slashed at Li Zhifu.Li Zhifu was stabbed twice in the back, he turned his head while screaming, but saw that all his colleagues were looking at him indifferently.

Several commanders drew their swords and surrounded them.

Li Zhifu hurriedly drew his sword to resist, but was surrounded and killed by all the generals.

Commander Wang didn't dare to show a trace of sadness, instead he laughed and said, "The traitor is dead! Lao Zhu, don't delay any longer. Are you unable to write it?"

All the generals laughed loudly, and put away their knives to tease Commander Zhu.

Lao Zhu smiled, fetched a pen and paper, and began to write a call to arms and a letter from Marquis Wu'an.

Commander Wang glanced at Li Zhifu's body, and said to himself: Fortunately, I changed my words quickly, otherwise I would have been lying on the ground.

After reading the call to action, Commander Wang praised it again.

Admiral Liu sent someone to announce the call to action, and at the same time sent someone to deliver a letter to Marquis Wu'an.

At the same time, King Liao was also undecided, he couldn't believe that the Ye family was a loyal minister and would support him to the throne.He also felt that the Ye family would rather choose a little prince at random than him.

(End of this chapter)