The General’s Benevolence

Outside Jinling City, there are forests of flags, neighing war horses, siege chariots, ladders, and Haoqiao everywhere. The Song Dynasty army has completely surrounded the entire Jinling.

Emperor Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty and a group of ministers stood on the city tower, looking at the strict and orderly military formations outside the city and the Song army with high morale, like wolves and tigers, their faces turned pale, and some people looked at the people outside the city.

Even the calves of the army are trembling. Since ancient times, when the country has been destroyed and families are in ruins, and people are dying, how can anyone not be afraid?

Compared with the Song army outside the city, which was gearing up for war, people in Jinling City were panicking at the moment. Even the Southern Tang soldiers standing on the top of the city had tense expressions. If the entire territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty was lost, this

How could Jinling City be defended?

"The Song Army...isn't it ready? Why hasn't there been any movement in the Song Army camp these two days?" Li Yu turned his head and asked a general beside him with a trembling voice.

As the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu had fair skin, slender eyebrows, handsome eyes, and a thin figure. He looked gentle, sensitive, delicate, and somewhat bookish. The dragon robe on him looked indescribably good-looking, but in this situation

In troubled times, such a gentle and elegant emperor is destined to be a tragedy.

The general who heard Li Yu's question looked at the Song Dynasty's military camp and said in a low voice, "This... I don't know what the Song Army is doing. The general heard the day before yesterday that the Song Army's commander Cao Bin was ill.

, Perhaps it is for this reason that the Song Army has not made any movement in the past two days, but it is also possible that the Song Army is playing some conspiracy!"

This seems to be an answer, but it means saying nothing.

"Everyone... if I give Zhao Kuangyin another apology form at this moment, ask for surrender, and only keep Jinling, I wonder if the Song Dynasty army outside the city may retreat?" Li Yu glanced at the ministers around him with expectant eyes.

No one among the ministers could meet Li Yu's eyes. Everyone automatically avoided Li Yu's eyes, and no one spoke.

Li Yu, the emperor, really lived a humble life. When Li Yu ascended the throne, he held a "Golden Phoenix Edict" ceremony, which made Zhao Kuangyin furious when he heard the news. He was furious and accused him of violating the emperor's etiquette. As a result, Li Yu was frightened and drafted a peace treaty himself.

He wrote a letter to Zhao Kuangyin to plead guilty, begging for forgiveness humbly, saying that "if I change my original intention and have different ambitions, I will not only disobey my ancestors, but also be punished by the gods."

From the time Li Yu ascended the throne to the present, he has been submissive and living under the shadow of Zhao Kuangyin. Now that the Song Dynasty's army has reached Jinling and surrounded Jinling, how could Zhao Kuangyin stop? Once the Song army breaks the city one day,

I don’t know how many people there are in this city.

All the ministers on the city tower were thinking about whether they could survive after the city was destroyed. No one could answer Li Yu's question.

Seeing the silence of all the ministers, Li Yu could only sigh and ordered the generals guarding the city to pay close attention to the condition of the Song army commander and the movements of the army. Then he walked down the tower worriedly and returned to the palace.

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In the main tent of the Song Army, Xia Pingan was lying on the bed, holding a book of war in his hand, watching calmly. Outside the main tent, a group of generals of the Song Army were like ants on a hot pot, gathering around the main tent.

Surrounded, everyone was waiting to come in and pay their respects.

Xia Pingan's current identity is Cao Bin, the commander-in-chief of the Song army that destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty.

After advancing to the Nine Yang Realm, there were still a few boundary beads that had not been fully integrated. This "Cao Bin" boundary bead was the last one. As soon as Xia Ping'an entered the boundary bead, he found that Cao Bin had already led an army.

Approaching Jinling, Xia Pingan immediately knew what he should do - Xia Pingan did not give any orders, but became "sick".

Jinling was already in front of us, but the commander suddenly claimed to be ill and the army stood still. This made many generals in the army anxious. They came to visit one after another, but they were all blocked by the commander's soldiers.

"Commander, all the generals in the army have been outside the tent many times in the past two days, and they all want to come in to visit. Just now, General Pan and the generals came again, waiting outside the tent..." A soldier came in again to report.

"Okay, let the generals come in..." Xia Pingan put down the military book and lay down on the bed. Less than half a minute after the soldier left, he heard a sound of armor scraping against the ground as his boots hit the ground. In the blink of an eye,

Soon, a large group of vigorous and high-spirited Song Army generals had all poured into the camp. After saluting, they all looked at Cao Bin who was lying on the bed with concern and greeted him one after another.

Many of these generals are Cao Bin's old subordinates and have followed Cao Bin in battles for many years.

"Commander..."

"Sir, are you okay..."

"I heard that the commander-in-chief is not feeling well. I have ordered the arrest of all the famous doctors and sorcerers called by Southern Tang Dynasty. At the moment, those famous doctors and sorcerers are in the army. Would you like the commander-in-chief to let those people come and take a look...

..." A general with a rough face asked with concern.

Seeing that it was almost time, Xia Pingan glanced at the generals around him and then said slowly, "My illness is not a physical illness, but a mental illness. This mental illness cannot be cured by those famous doctors and sorcerers. It can cure me."

The only ones who can heal me are you!"

"Ah..." A group of Song Army generals looked at each other in shock, not knowing what the commander meant by this.

Only a rude guy with a thick beard patted his chest and said carelessly, "Ah, I know, I heard that human blood and human flesh can also be used as medicine. Could it be that the handsome man's disease needs my flesh and blood? Well, it's on his body."

It’s just a scar. With all the blood in my body, I can give the commander three to five kilograms of it, no problem!”

After the guy finished speaking, he noticed that everyone was staring at him, so he shrank his head and stopped talking.

"As long as it can make the commander's illness better, we will do anything, even if it means a mountain of blood and a sea of ​​blood, we will all go for him if he gives the commander's order!"

"that is!"

"With the commander's order, I will bring Li Yu's head tomorrow..." a group of people said one after another.

Xia Pingan nodded, with a smile on his face, "If you want my illness to be cured, then you will sincerely swear here today that when the day comes when Jinling breaks the city, you will restrain your soldiers and never kill anyone in the city rashly.

, my illness will be cured. If one of the people in the city is killed indiscriminately, they don’t want me to recover!"

This request was very strange. The generals looked at each other and then agreed.

In ancient times, swearing an oath was not something casually said, but a very serious matter. Seeing that the generals agreed, Xia Pingan had people put up an incense table outside the account, burn incense and offer sacrifices to heaven. After sincere worship, he knelt down and swore that he would not break the city until

Kill one person in the city arbitrarily.

"We hereby swear that in order to allow the commander to recover, until the day when Jinling breaks the city, we will restrain our sergeants and never kill anyone in the city. If we violate this oath, we will be punished by heaven and earth!" The generals knelt down and swore to the sky!

, after swearing, the generals stood up, all of them with serious expressions, without even the slightest hint of joking.

"Okay, you all can swear that my illness will probably be cured soon. You can go down and prepare for the siege. In two days, we will be ready to siege the city!" Xia Pingan said.

"As you command!"

The generals then left the tent.

Xia Ping'an stayed in the big tent for a day. On the second day, he walked out of the big tent and inspected the military camp in high spirits. The generals in the Song Army's military camp saw that the coach's health was really good, and they were all in high spirits.

, preparations for the siege of the city were in full swing. Of course, yesterday, all the generals had repeatedly issued death orders. On the day the city was breached, all sergeants were not allowed to kill anyone in the city. Anyone who dared to kill a person in the city would be punished by military law.

Direct superiors will also be implicated.

This is an oath sworn by all generals, and no one dares to neglect it.

After a round of inspection, Xia Pingan was very satisfied and nodded secretly. War in ancient times was extremely cruel, especially this kind of siege battle. In many siege battles, after the city was broken, the attacking party would often kill innocent people indiscriminately. In fact, this

It is a very unavoidable thing, because one side has become red-blooded. Seeing the sacrifice of their comrades in Paoze around them, they are full of hatred and want revenge. There are many soldiers and civilians guarding the city. After the city is broken, they scatter in the city. Once they are hunted down,

If the war expands, it can easily turn into a tragedy of massacre.

In the last battle of the Song army to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, Cao Bin pretended to be ill before the battle and made the generals swear not to kill anyone when the city was broken. In the end, he saved the lives of countless people in Jinling City. This is the benevolence of the general.

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After inspecting the military camp, Xia Ping'an sent someone to send a letter to Li Yu to persuade him to surrender. He also shot the letter of surrender into the city so that the officers and soldiers in the city could see it.

On the third day, the Song army launched a large-scale attack on Jinling City. In just one day, it was overwhelming and captured Jinling City.

The Song army that captured Jinling City was tight-knit from top to bottom and did not dare to kill anyone in the city. The entire Jinling City changed its master with minimal damage and cost.

When the generals of the Song Army escorted Li Yu and a group of Southern Tang ministers in the city to Xia Pingan, Xia Pingan looked at Li Yu's pale and frightened face and was about to say something to the tragic poet emperor. The world of Jie Zhu was in front of him.

It was already shattered.

In the cave, Xia Pingan, whose light cocoon disappeared, opened his eyes, "Just in time, the fusion is finally completed. It's a pity that I didn't discuss the poems with Li Yu. I also wanted to see the ancestor Chen Tuan, but I didn't see it either...

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Xia Pingan is still interested in the story of Cao Bin in the Boundary Pearl, because Xia Pingan knows that on the way back to the court after Cao Bin captured Jinling City, he would meet Patriarch Chen Tuan. Many years ago, Patriarch Chen Tuan was

After seeing Cao Bin's face, Patriarch Chen Tuan said that Cao Bin had "a raised bone in the border city, a wide hall, and long and bright eyes, so he enjoyed glory and wealth in his early years; but Cao Binyi had a thin mouth and a droopy mouth, and lacked moral integrity."

, destined to be unhappy in his old age."

After Cao Bin saved countless lives in Jinling by pretending to be ill, on his way back to the court, he met Patriarch Chen Tuan to read his fortune again, only to find that Cao Bin's face had changed. Patriarch Chen Tuan said

After several years, Cao Bin's appearance has changed. "The words and expressions are very prosperous, and the golden light gathers in the facial features and eyebrows. This appearance can not only increase his salary but also increase his longevity, and will bring immeasurable blessings to his descendants..." This is how Cao Bin saved countless lives in Jinling.

His yin and virtue changed his appearance and the fate of his family.

Queen Cao, who later rescued Su Dongpo, was Cao Bin's granddaughter.

Cao Bin's world bead is the last one that Xia Ping'an got from the world bead secret treasury.

Before, when Xia Pingan stepped into the Nine Yang Realm, some of the world beads he got were still unfused. Only now did he complete the fusion of all the world beads, and the upper limit of his secret mandala's divine power was

, and more than 170 points were added. At this moment, the upper limit of the divine power of his secret mandala has reached 13412 points.

"It's time to go see those zombies and magic rats..." Xia Ping'an said, and as he waved his hand, he had already put away the array plate protecting the cave, and his figure disappeared instantly.

Back on the surface, it was noon, and the streets in the capital area were still noisy and lively, with people coming and going.

This retreat took less than three days to complete the integration of those world beads.

The atmosphere in the capital area seems to have become much more relaxed, and there are far fewer military vehicles and soldiers patrolling the streets.

After Xia Pingan sat down in a restaurant and ordered food, he directly used his special service watch to contact Wang Xihe and was connected instantly.

"I have returned to the capital area and can go to Mozhou at any time..."

Hearing Xia Pingan's voice, the old man over there seemed to let out a breath, and his hanging heart suddenly relaxed. Then, the old man told Xia Pingan a piece of news, "The Dragon Team is also facing the zombie virus and...

The threat of those zombie armies, and Dayan has fought with those zombies more times and accumulated a certain amount of experience, so the Dragon Group just sent a team to Dayan to communicate with us and deal with those infected with the zombie virus
To be continued...