Chapter 1261 Ultimatum

The magistrate didn't have the time to talk nonsense with Cao Lian, but pushed forward the terms in front of him. I won't say more to you here. Since you said you don't know, you can just take a look now. There are only two It wouldn't take long to read a piece of paper now.

Cao Lian frowned as he watched. He also knew the situation in the country. His Highness was already on his way. When His Highness arrived at the southern border, our army would divide into three groups and cross the border.

Cao Lian has already assembled 800 armed personnel, most of whom are troops from the border areas. They are currently hiding in the city as merchants. As long as it is a border area, attacking them will also cause chaos in the city and disrupt the city. Remove the logistics supply line of the border army to help the Tang army occupy Wacheng as quickly as possible.

"These changes are too big and I can't do them personally. I can only report them to General Changsun first, and let General Changsun report to the country. This involves the relationship between the two countries, so I ask you to give me some time."

Cao Lian's answer was quite satisfactory. The prefect had already thought of it. If you were given time, according to your way of operation, it would definitely not be possible within a month or two.

"It's been half a month since the court ordered us not to give time. Brother, you've been avoiding me everywhere. You've already spent the past half month hiding from me, so I came here today to inform you that I'll give you two at most. Hours and hours, we will start registration after we are ready. As for your extra armed personnel, they must leave the city before the sun sets today."

Hearing the words of the prefect, everyone in the room changed their expressions. However, the prefect has nothing to worry about. The four hundred soldiers outside are ready. If you dare to fall out, it will be a big deal for us. Just push you.

The officials of the Piao Kingdom are waiting at the magistrate's house. If the people here cooperate, it means that the Tang Dynasty court has no intention of attacking them. Those before were just rumors.

But if they resist, it means that the Tang Dynasty court has begun to prepare for an attack. Then we have nothing to say. We will just arrest this group of people first. After the Tang army comes, they may still be useful. of.

"Of course I don't think this is too much. Do we, the Tang Dynasty, only give us these few hours to do things? We, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, support the prosperity of the entire Wa City. If no merchants come to do business in the future, sir, Can you afford this responsibility?"

Cao Lian still wants to make an effort, but if the other party is really planning to launch a war and resist to the end, then Cao Lian's diplomatic efforts will have little effect.

"There have been far fewer merchants from the Tang Dynasty this month. Do you really think I can't tell? In the past, there were not many merchants, but the quantity of goods was large. Now the merchants who come here only bring a few horses. , are they really businessmen?”

The Lord Magistrate sneered and said that it was not for nothing. He had already mastered the changes that had happened in the city during this period through his subordinates.

After hearing this, Cao Lian and his men also complained secretly. They thought that these people would not be so vigilant after taking the money, but they did not expect that they really underestimated them. They never relaxed their vigilance.

"Have you heard some other rumors? If so, I can assure you on behalf of the Tang Dynasty that we have no intention of starting a war. If you listen to the rumors of those people, then there will be a conflict between us. There may be a huge misunderstanding, which is enough to put the two countries into a state of war, and you may not be able to bear it by then."

Diplomacy is like this. Dark things can be said to be white, and white things can also be said to be black. As long as the war does not start for a minute, then we can say this. This is also a way to paralyze the other party.

"We do not have the strength to fight with the Tang Dynasty, but our court will not give up its own interests, so Mr. Cao should not say too many useless words. We also do not want to enter a war. The chess pieces are now in Mr. Cao's hands. , it depends on how you fall."

The magistrate also knew that there was no need to continue the conversation. After saying this, he led his men to retreat. The Tang Guild Hall was surrounded by soldiers. The people in the city seemed to understand what was going on and it was time to go home. All went home.

"Remember everything. If you don't do what we say before sunset, I will attack them immediately and arrest them all."

The prefect said before leaving that he could not put himself in danger. In addition, in many small border towns, the Tang Guild Hall was surrounded at the same time.

Through the contact with the carrier pigeon, Cao Lian also knew that it was impossible for the people around him to come to support them. After all, they were also surrounded.

"Sir, what should we do? If we want to get out of the city, it will not be difficult for us. Even though there are hundreds of people around them, we have the new weapons left by His Highness, plus our newly arrived soldiers. It’s no problem to fight out.”

The generals under them are ready. They have practiced serial crossbows many times. They can put this kind of thing on their hands and fight out of the city effortlessly. But is fighting out what we want? ?

"Send the news to the border immediately. No matter how high the cost, the news must be sent out."

Cao Lian took a few deep breaths at this time. He had to calm down. He also knew that it was okay to kill him, but there was no use in killing him.

It is no longer possible to use people to deliver messages. The only option is to use carrier pigeons. Although they may be shot by the enemy, if more than 20 carrier pigeons are released at once, I really don’t believe it. Couldn’t even one of them escape? Going out?

At the same time, the dragon flag on top of the Tang Guild Hall was also tied at one corner.

They also have some other personnel in the city. When those people see this corner, they will quickly arm themselves and wait for the next order.

As for the interior of the Tang Guild Hall, many letters and other written records were also taken out and had to be burned immediately in the yard. If it fell into the hands of the Piao court, it would be difficult to say many things. .

Pyo soldiers outside also saw people in the Tang Guild Hall burning things, but they didn't take it seriously. In this era, espionage warfare was still unclear... (End of Chapter)