Chapter 192 Means
In order to speed up the progress of dispersing the royal army, Chen Xun did not rest after returning to Kaifeng, but went out of the city to find Li Gang.
In order to reduce the time spent on the road between Kaifeng, Li Gang chose to settle in an inn in the south of the city.
Most of the fields on both sides of the official road that went to the inn were occupied by the camps of the King's Army, and soldiers who didn't know which general belonged to were wandering around everywhere.
On this official road, only the tavern can barely open, and other stores have been closed down.
Seeing that Chen Xun and his group of hundreds of people were all tall and big, with armor in full, there were no blind people coming up to find fault.
When he arrived at the inn, Chen Xun saw Li Gang coming out of a carriage, exhausted and solemn, which should be because the "diplomacy" action did not achieve the expected goal.
"Why did the Governor come today?" Hundreds of horses were moving at the same time and Li Gang looked up and saw Chen Xun.
"Come here to see you." Chen Xun replied.
There were so many people that they didn't talk outside. The two of them made simple and polite words and soon entered the inn.
This inn has three floors in total, and the third floor was all confined by Li Gang for him and his entourage to live in.
The two entered a bedroom, and the rooms on the left, right and bottom were occupied by the Chen family army to prevent the partition wall from being in danger.
"Tell me a good news. Our army attacked the Fengqiu Jin army at night. By dawn today, it had defeated the Jin army and captured more than 60,000 Jin soldiers." Chen Xun said first.
"I heard that when the Jin soldiers captured the city in the afternoon, the news was already spread by fast horses." Li Gang replied.
Chen Xun did not inform Li Gang in advance for this operation, but he was not unhappy with Li Gang's current expression.
"There is another news that King Kang Zhao Gou has become emperor in Daming Mansion in Beijing." Chen Xun continued.
"This..." Li Gang was speechless for a moment.
The news was absolutely explosive. Chen Xun carefully observed his expression to see if he had any emotions such as regret.
In the end, I don’t know if it’s because Li Gang is so envious or because he really surrenders, Chen Xun didn’t see anything.
"In this way, we must solve the problem of the King's Army outside the city as soon as possible." Li Gang quickly figured out the most important thing at the moment.
This conclusion is exactly the same as Chen Xun's, and does not make any suggestions such as "establishing Zhao Chen and holding the emperor in charge".
"Is there any way?" Chen Xun asked.
"The progress has been very slow these days. Those soldiers who support the king have too much appetite. However, after the news of the Chen family's victory over the Jin army came back today, the attitudes of the several generals I met have changed." Li Gang replied: "I guess it will be much easier to talk about tomorrow."
"It's just that time is too tight." Chen Xun sighed.
Li Gang nodded: "Yes, at most four days, and at least two days, the news that King Kang would be the emperor will reach Kaifeng. If the King's Army gathers here, it will be difficult."
"So it's best to let them all go home tomorrow." Chen Xun asked.
"You have to add more money!" Li Gang did not say that it was impossible.
"Then add more money!" Chen Xun responded.
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The next day, May 2nd, Si hour.
More than 20 generals of the royal army who were invited gathered on the first floor of the inn where Li Gang was resting. All the personal guards and escorts were intercepted outside the inn, and only the military generals who spoke were allowed to enter inside.
Chen Xun looked at these generals and wanted to cut them all with one knife. However, considering that as soon as these people died, more than 300,000 troops would be generated, and his reputation would be very bad, he finally resisted this impulse.
"Half came, and it was divided into nine forces in total." Li Gang introduced that he had visited all the soldiers above the scale of the kings in the past few days, and he almost knew all the soldiers present.
"He is really the eighteen princes!" Chen Xun said happily.
"I'm going." Li Gang said.
"You go!" Chen Xun replied.
Li Gang walked to the small table of the storyteller in the middle of the inn lobby and started his own speech.
"All the Jin army in Kaifeng has been destroyed. You are still in Kaifeng and it is a great disrespect to the prince,..."
"You are also kindly requested to go back early and let the master come to Kaifeng to discuss the prince's ascension to the throne..."
"Considering that you are loyal and righteous when you can come to Kaifeng, the Chen family army will give three million taels of silver as travel expenses to all the soldiers."
Hearing this huge number, the people below immediately became noisy.
On average, one person has ten taels of silver, which is almost equivalent to the salary of an ordinary soldier for half a year.
However, many of the people here have heard that the Chen family army has gained a lot in Kaifeng City this time. They all want more, but they have not come out to respond.
"In order to encourage everyone to go home as soon as possible to reunite with their families, General Chen is willing to give out another one million taels of silver to the troops leaving Kaifeng first. No matter how many troops are, the first place who completely withdraws the battalion will be rewarded with 200,000 taels. The second place to fifth place will be rewarded with 100,000 taels, and the sixth place to fifteenth place will be rewarded with 40,000 taels."
"Get money early and get it early. I hope everyone will think carefully about whether to stay here and fight for nothing, or to go home safely with the money."
The reward of at least 40,000 taels does not need to be distributed to the soldiers under his command. This is a super huge temptation. Chen Xun could clearly feel that the many generals present were breathing a little heavy.
Currently, there are 18 large-scale royal soldiers outside Kaifeng City. If fifteen of them are tempted by huge rewards, even if three of them are left in the end, it will be fine.
"Everyone think about it carefully. None of the 200,000 Jin troops are the opponents of our Chen family."
"Last night, our 10,000 elite troops defeated the 100,000 Jin army." Li Gang continued to bewitch him: "I wonder who is here who thinks he is stronger than the Jin army, and who can compare with the 200,000 Jin army?"
This is a question with only one answer, and the answer is: No.
Chen Xun stood on the second floor and looked at the military generals who were ready to move and forced to resist being the leader. He felt that it was time to come forward and make a big furious.
Then he got up and walked downstairs, walked to Li Gang, who stepped back and gave the small platform to Chen Xun.
Chen Xun, wearing a full body of armor and without a helmet, looked very majestic and handsome. His face was a little immature, but the solemn aura on his face surpassed everyone present.
The armor on his body was densely filled with marks cut by swords, and many blood stains that had not been cleaned were left on it, and a faint smell of blood came to his face.
"You can come here to the meeting with appreciation because you are worthy of me, Mr. Chen. I would like to thank you generals here." Chen Xun bowed a little.
"Chen's army is polite." A general of the army couldn't help but give in and quickly.
Chapter completed!