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Chapter 245: If you are not called Qingping, you can’t be happy (14)

The leader's eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and he questioned Lu Changqing angrily, "Deputy Envoy, didn't you say that you would let us enter the village as long as we handed in our weapons?"

Lu Changqing asked back, "Aren't you in the village now?"

It is true that people are in the village, but what does it mean that so many arrows are pointed at them?

The leader angrily shouted, "You! You are treacherous and untrustworthy!"

Lu Changqing didn't want to waste any more time talking to this man, so he waved the flag in his hand and gave orders to the archers.

"Fire arrows!"

"You liar! You cheated me! You will be punished for your betrayal—"

Following Lu Changqing's order, the leader's curses were drowned out by the miserable wails of the people around him.

Li Shibin stood beside Lu Changqing with a worried look on his face.

"Deputy Envoy, we have killed so many surrendered generals today. If this matter is reported to the court, will we be punished?"

Lu Changqing glanced at him. He had already been killed, so why was he asking now?

"Surrendered generals? They said they were, are they really? I said they were bandits pretending to surrender!"

"I did not mean that."

"I know what the chief eunuch is worried about. Let's keep a few of them alive for interrogation until they admit that they are the bandits sent by Li Yuanhao to pretend to surrender. Do you understand what I say, Chief Eunuch Li?"

Lu Changqing directly told Li Shibin the standard answers. If Li Shibin still didn't understand, he must be mentally ill.

"I understand."

Lu Changqing patted Li Shibin on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, Commander. I am the actual commander-in-chief of Jinming Village now. If the court really holds me accountable, I will be the first one to suffer, and then you will be the next. So for the sake of both of us, we must interrogate you thoroughly."

Li Shibin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I will personally go to the trial and complete the task assigned by the deputy envoy."

"After the trial, spread the news to the public, saying that we are "winning over distant people with virtue" and not only accepting these surrendered generals, but also rewarding them generously and incorporating them into the village. Then send some people wearing their clothes to walk around the outskirts of the village, so that the Xia soldiers can have a look from afar."

Li Shibin was puzzled, "Why do you do this?"

"Of course we did it for Li Yuanhao to see. Doesn't he think we are stupid? Then let's be stupid in front of him."

Lu Changqing left everything that happened afterwards to Li Shibin. She called Li Shibin's son Li Huaibao into the room, wrote a letter to Fan Yong in front of him, then stamped it and handed it to Li Huaibao.

"You should be familiar with the officials who stayed in Yanzhou. After entering Yanzhou City, give this letter to Fan Yong, the governor of Zhenwu Army, and tell him that Li Yuanhao will send troops to Yanzhou in the near future. Ask him to send Liu Ping, the deputy commander of Huanqing, to lead 3,000 cavalry into Yanzhou in advance, and secretly notify Shi Yuansun, the deputy commander of Fuyan, to lead troops into the city as well.

You must tell them to hold on to Yanzhou. Even if Tumen is lost and Jinmingzhai is breached, no one is allowed to leave Yanzhou without my order."

The troops of Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun, plus the more than 700 soldiers already in Yanzhou City, and the troops of the inspectors Wanqi Zheng and Guo Zun outside the city, total more than 10,000 people. Even if Jinmingzhai is lost this time, the old man Fan Yong should not be scared to the point of making a fool of himself and wanting to leave the city to negotiate peace with Western Xia.

Li Huaibao's heart skipped a beat, and he asked with some concern: "Deputy Envoy, will Li Yuanhao really march into Yanzhou?"

"Of course he will. He has repeatedly tricked your father into submission, which shows that he can no longer wait."

Seeing that Li Huaibao was still in a state of panic, Lu Changqing frowned and said, "What are you afraid of? Jinming Village has nearly 100,000 guards. Are you afraid that you can't defend it?"

"That was not what I meant."

"If that's not what you mean, send the letter immediately."

Lu Changqing rolled his eyes at Li Huaibao, and then gave him another instruction, "Remember! You must tell Fan Yong that Li Yuanhao's only target is Yanzhou. Even if the sky falls, Liu Shi and his men are not allowed to leave the city without my order.

If you say this, and Fan Yong scolds me for having 'womanly views' or 'worrying about nothing' or something like that, as long as he scolds me or complains, you should tell him that if there is a problem in Yanzhou because of him, as the governor, the government will definitely take action against him first, and he will surely lose his reputation in his later years.

Also, if there is a eunuch named Lu Shouqin who dares to take advantage of the situation to stir up trouble, you should tell him to hold his head tight. If I can beat him once, I can beat him a second time!"

The letter that Lu Changqing asked Li Huaibao to take over recorded all of Li Yuanhao's actions towards Jinmingzhai in recent days, including the fact that he sent more than a thousand soldiers to pretend to surrender.

Lu Changqing asked Fan Yong to keep her mouth shut before Li Yuanhao announced the attack on Jinming Village, and not to tell anyone that she already knew that Li Yuanhao had sent troops to pretend to surrender, because she was still waiting for Li Yuanhao's subsequent actions.

Li Yuanhao did not disappoint Lu Changqing. Within two days, he sent more than 2,000 people over.

In addition to the heads and weapons, more than fifty horses, more than twenty cattle and eight camels were seized.

Seeing that this plan was effective, Li Yuanhao ordered his soldiers to retreat without fighting whenever they encountered the troops of Jinming Village, and spread the word: "We are so scared when we hear the name of 'Iron Arm Sir' that we dare not fight him."

Li Shibin was very proud when he heard what the soldiers reported, but Lu Changqing poured a bucket of cold water on him.

Lu Changqing called Li Qiao over, told her about the incident, and then asked her, "What do you think Li Yuanhao is planning?"

Li Qiao glanced at his father and said, "The deputy envoy told us not long ago about the 'strategy of making the enemy proud', which means deliberately showing weakness to the enemy to encourage their pride and make them underestimate the enemy. So I think Li Yuanhao is using this stratagem of making the enemy proud now."

The smile on Li Shibin's face disappeared, and it reappeared on Lu Changqing's face.

"The chief eunuch has been dealing with Li Yuanhao for so many years, he must have a certain understanding of what kind of person he is. If he was really afraid of you, why would he have invaded Jinming Village again and again?"

"Does the deputy envoy mean that Li Yuanhao did it on purpose?"

Lu Changqing nodded, "It's just to make you and me let down our guard."

Lu Changqing sighed and said, "I often tell you that you can read more books if you have nothing to do, but you don't listen. You insist that you are too old to learn. You see, these strategies are all written in books. If you read enough books, you won't be fooled so easily."

Li Shibin scratched his head and smiled foolishly, "I was not born to be a scholar. Besides, isn't there a deputy envoy here? No matter how cunning Li Yuanhao is, he can't escape your sharp eyes."

He also knows how to flatter and say nice things, so he doesn't seem too stupid.

Lu Changqing pointed at Li Qiao and said, "Your daughter is no worse than your son. Don't be partial to one over the other in the future. The lost land that the government wants to recover the most, apart from the Helan Mountains, is the Yanyun area. Isn't my example right in front of you? As long as you have the ability, you will definitely recruit talents regardless of their background."

Li Shibin looked at Li Qiao, not quite understanding what Lu Changqing said.

Lu Changqing: …

"Tell your father."

Lu Changqing couldn't stand Li Shibin's fluctuating IQ, so he left the room and left the space to the two of them.