Ma Chao retreated, but Gao Fei did not pursue him. Worried about an ambush, he turned his horse around and led Wenpin, Lu Heng, Wu Lideng, Tadun and others to start clearing up the Xiliang soldiers who were blocked in the camp.
In the Yan army's camp, tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers were divided into two parts. One part was surrounded by cavalry led by Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others outside the camp, and the other part was facing fire from strong bows and hard soldiers in the camp.
kill.
From the moment the Xiliang soldiers fell into the trap to Ma Chao's escape, the originally high-spirited Xiliang soldiers suddenly lost their fighting spirit. Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng were left behind by Ma Chao and were firmly blocked by the Yan army.
In the camp, they tried to rush out several times, but were defeated due to the Yan army's tough offensive. In the end, the two chose to surrender in order to protect themselves.
The battle only lasted less than half an hour. There were nearly 8,000 corpses inside and outside the entire Yan Army camp, 7,500 of which belonged to the Xiliang soldiers, and the other 500 belonged to the Yan Army.
After the battle, the Xiliang soldiers, under the supervision of the Yan army, all laid down their weapons, handed over their horses, and were taken to the rear camp for custody, while some Yan army soldiers began to clean up the battlefield.
The lights were brightly lit in the Yan army's tent. Gao Fei was sitting there. Civil and military officials gathered inside the tent. With a gloomy look on his face, he rushed outside the tent and shouted loudly: "Bring Cheng Yi, Zhang Heng!"
Not long after, several soldiers came in with Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng who were tied up, and said, "Cheng Yi, bring Zhang Heng here!"
"Kneel down!" The soldiers kicked Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng in the legs.
With a "plop", Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng knelt on the ground. The two were held down by the soldiers, their cheeks pressed tightly to the ground, their eyes rolled up, and they looked at Gao Fei and struggled and said: "I don't accept it! I don't accept it!"
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Gao Fei sneered and said, "What are you dissatisfied with?"
Cheng Yi said: "We surrendered voluntarily, why should we be treated like prisoners? I don't accept it!"
"It is precisely because you surrendered voluntarily that I have to treat you like this. If you insist on fighting our army, with your remaining 9,000 cavalry, you will definitely be able to break out of the siege. However, you two are mentally ill.
Jian, seeing that the situation is not good, you have become a wallflower. If you treat your old master like this, how will you treat me in the future? Come on, push him out and behead him, and then hang his head outside the camp gate." Gao Fei
He said with determination.
"Wait a minute... Mr. Hou... we surrendered sincerely, not because we saw that the situation was not good. We have always hated Ma Chao and Ma Teng. We have no choice but to stay under their hands. We actually really want to surrender to Mr. Hou.
Yes, it was just that due to Ma Chao’s presence at that time,
Ma Chao was so brave that we were worried that we were no match, so we didn't make any moves. Mr. Hou, you saw it just now. As soon as Ma Chao left, we surrendered on our own initiative. We really weren't just following the wind." Zhang Hengji said.
As soon as he heard that he was going to be beheaded, he immediately shouted out.
After Cheng Yi heard this, he also echoed: "Yes, yes, we are indeed sincerely surrendering. Please tell me, Mr. Marquis. If we make any lies, we will... be struck by five thunderbolts from the sky, and we will not die easily!"
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"My lord, I think General Zhang and General Zhang are sincerely surrendering with their fists. Why don't we give them a chance to perform meritorious service? If a good person is killed by mistake, I'm afraid it will arouse the dissatisfaction of other surrendered soldiers. Then who will do it in the future?"
How dare you surrender to your lord?" Xun You stood up, bowed and said.
After hearing this, Guo Jia also hurriedly stood up and advised: "My lord, what Military Advisor Xun said is absolutely true. I have a plan that can instantly disintegrate the Xiliang soldiers. However, this plan still needs to be completed properly and Zhang Heng and Zhang Heng will be ready."
The generals cooperated, and since they sincerely surrendered, our victory over Ma Chao will be just around the corner."
"Master Hou, we are willing to work hard for you! We only ask Master Hou to spare our lives." Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng kowtowed hurriedly.
Gao Fei said "hmm" and waved his hand. The soldiers let go of Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng, and untied them. Then they said to Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng: "Since you are so favored by my two military advisors,
I highly recommend you, then let us spare your lives and follow the arrangements of the military advisor. It would be great if we could cut off the heads of Ma Teng, Ma Chao and his son. As a filial piety, inform the two generals of your plan.
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"promise!"
Guo Jia walked straight to Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng and whispered: "Two generals, all you need to do is..."
Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng were extremely excited after hearing this, and then they clasped their fists at the same time and said: "We promise to complete the mission. When the time comes, just ask the Marquis to lead the army to attack. If we act internally, we will definitely be able to kill Ma Chao.
Teng and others, eradicate the national traitors."
"Very good. Then..." Gao Fei glanced at Zhao Yun and said, "Prepare horses for the two generals and send them back to camp."
After receiving the order, Zhao Yun took Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng out of the tent.
When Gao Fei saw them walking away, he turned his face and asked, "Gongda, Fengxiao, you two are truly my brains. It's great that you can come up with such a plan."
Xun You and Guo Jia looked at each other and said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment, my lord."
After Zhao Yun sent Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng away, he went directly to the back of the camp to see the captured Xiliang soldiers. Before they reached there, he saw Tai Shici waiting there anxiously.
As soon as Taishi Ci saw Zhao Yun coming, he immediately came to greet him. He didn't even have time to clasp his fists, so he shouted: "Zilong, why did you come here? I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "Haha, I just sent Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng away. How about it? Are you ready?"
"Don't worry! It's already been prepared."
"Then, let's follow the military advisor's instructions!"
Taishi Ci nodded, turned around and left. After taking only two steps, he stopped, turned his head, and asked with a smile: "Zilong... How about we change roles? Killing prisoners is a great job."
It's something, but I haven't killed anyone for a long time, I'm afraid the performance will be ruined!"
After hearing this, Zhao Yun had a look of embarrassment on his face, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no, no... you are more professional in this matter, so it is best for you to come, and your bad habit of killing prisoners has been spread to other princes. If suddenly
If you become better, those Xiliang soldiers will definitely doubt you."
"What do you mean I'm more professional? It makes it seem like I'm killing prisoners every day. Forget it, look at your pretty face, who's the one who does this kind of thing? You'd better leave this rough job to me.
Well, I have become notorious anyway, so if I don’t kill him, it would be abnormal.” After Taishi Ci finished speaking, he walked straight towards the place where the prisoners were held.
Zhao Yun followed Taishi Ci closely, but after seeing Taishi Ci enter the prisoner-of-war camp, he stopped moving forward and waited there, waiting for Taishi Ci to give him a signal.
Taishi Ci walked straight into the prisoner-of-war camp. More than 9,000 Xiliang soldiers gathered in an open space in the camp. They were all dejected. However, anyone with a discerning eye could still see that the more than 9,000 people were divided into several small groups.
Most of the groups were Qiang and Zahu. A few Han people gathered at the side. Qiang and Zahu gathered at different positions. Not all Xiliang soldiers who were also Qiang gathered together.
together, but divided into several groups.
As soon as they entered the prisoner-of-war camp, Hou Cheng came over and whispered to Tai Shici: "General, everything is ready."
"Well, let him come out." Tai Shici glanced at the dense crowd, but did not see those familiar faces, and said.
Hou Cheng said "promise", waved his hand, and shouted loudly: "Archers, prepare!"
At this time, many archers who had already been deployed around the prisoner-of-war camp had drawn their bows and arrows and pointed their arrows at all the captured Xiliang soldiers.
When the Xiliang soldiers saw this, they were immediately shocked. There was a panic on their faces, and some of them were stunned.
At this time, a man stood up from the captured Han Xiliang soldiers. The man hurriedly shouted: "Wait... we have surrendered, why do you want to kill us?"
Taishi Ci glanced at the man behind his hands, and saw that the man's dress was undoubtedly that of the Xiliang soldiers, and his hair and face were unkempt. If he didn't look carefully, he really couldn't recognize that the man was Song Xian.
He put his hands on his waist, took two steps forward, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "You all must understand clearly, this general is Taishi Ci, the tiger-winged general of the Yan Kingdom..."
Before he could finish his words, all the faces of the captives turned pale with shock, and there was an uproar below. Everyone showed an expression of being unable to protect themselves, because they knew that Taishi Ci was famous for killing prisoners.
If it fell into his hands now, where would it be left alive?
Song Xian was afraid that others would not know who Taishi Ci was, so he expressed an exaggerated expression, opened his mouth wide, pointed at Taishi Ci and said: "You... you are the Taishi... Ci who has a habit of killing prisoners?"
"If you don't change your name in office, and if you don't change your surname in office, I will be Taishi Ci. Therefore, if you fall into my hands, there is no chance of survival." Taishi Ci shouted loudly.
As soon as the voice fell, the crowd of prisoners suddenly burst into curses, including curses and everything. In short, it was very unpleasant to hear and not harmonious at all.
Taishi Ci was also prepared. After hearing the abuse, he took a deep breath and shouted: "Whoever dares to say another word will be the first to kill him!"
When everyone saw Taishi Ci looking at each other angrily, they didn't dare to say anything, because they were really afraid of being the first to be killed. At this moment, no one was trying to be a hero, and they all wanted to live a little longer.
"Listen to me, I am not going to kill you today. If I really want to kill you, there is no need to come in person. But, I want you to know how you died, so that you can die in peace.
." Taishi Ci said sharply, "Your generals Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng
, in order to survive, I betrayed you all. Originally, my lord wanted to kill these two people, but they said it was you who bewitched them. They had no intention of being an enemy of my lord. If they said they wanted to kill, they would kill them.
You, say that you are all the confidants of that traitor Ma Teng..."
"What the hell! Damn it! Damn it, I will never let those two bastards go!" Song Xian saw the right moment and yelled out in a hurry, "We are all subordinates of Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng, they are
Our general, thanks to our usual trust in him
They, they betrayed us like this. Niang Xipi, I quit. I really want to surrender this time. I sincerely surrender to the Marquis of Yan. I am not afraid of death, but even if I die, I will win over Yihe.
Zhang Heng gives me support!"
At this time, several people around Song Xian stood up at the same time and echoed loudly: "Yes, kill Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng to support me!"
However, these words did not cause any sensation. Except for Song Xian and a few others who had already lurked and stood up, the others did not even move. They looked at Song Xian and others as if they were watching monkeys.
Taishi Ci couldn't help but frowned, thinking, now that things have happened, is it still necessary to continue the play?
He hesitated for a moment, then decided to continue with the play and said: "Okay, the reason why I, Taishi Ci, like to kill prisoners is because they don't really surrender. Since you guys have sincerely surrendered, then I will spare you."
One death. Now, please come out and go over there. I will give you a chance to avenge and kill Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng. Maybe you will become generals because of this."
Song Xian and others saw no reaction, but things had already shown themselves, and Taishi Ci did not stop. Although he knew he had failed, he still walked out of the crowd and stood at the position designated by Taishi Ci.
At this moment, the prisoner-of-war camp suddenly felt like a pot exploding, and the noise was extremely noisy. Everyone rushed to express their sincere surrender to Tai Shici.
After seeing it, Taishi Ci couldn't help but get a little excited and thought: "These bastards are so late-minded. Fortunately, I just decided to finish the trick. Otherwise, they would really be killed by me..."
He raised his hand, signaling the archers to put down their weapons, and at the same time asked Hou Cheng to see Zhao Yun.
Seeing that he had succeeded, Zhao Yun strode over and appeared in front of everyone. He glanced at the Xiliang soldiers of different races who were yelling at Cheng Yi, Zhang Heng and swearing. He smiled and said to Taishi Ci: "It can be done.
Next item.”
Taishi Ci nodded, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to bring food and drink, and sent them to the prisoner-of-war camp to entertain the Xiliang soldiers.
After all the soldiers in Xiliang calmed down, Zhao Yun said loudly: "I, Zhao Yun, the mighty general of Yan State, have met all brothers from Liangzhou. From today on, you will officially join our big family of Yan Army, and I will serve as
Your general, I hope you will take good care of me!"
Everyone was surprised when they heard that a pretty boy called himself Zhao Yun, and they were all a little excited that Zhao Yun would be their general.
Zhao Yun's reputation has a great influence in the minds of many Qiang and Hu people, because many of them had participated in the rebellion launched by Beigong Boyu, Han Sui and others a few years ago. The one who had the deepest impression of the counter-rebellion army was
It was Gao Fei's Feiyu Army, and Zhao Yun was one of the main generals of the Feiyu Army at that time, so they all felt a sense of honor.
"I'll be waiting to see General Zhao!" A large number of Qiang and Hu people bowed to Zhao Yun, and this infected other people, who all bowed to Zhao Yun together.
Zhao Yun spoke very politely and immediately said with a smile: "I know that many of you hate Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng, so I applied to my lord for such an opportunity. Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng have been taken over by our lord.
Let it go, now, I also want to
I have released you to carry out a very important mission. If it succeeds, you will be the great heroes of the Yan army. The positions of captain and general are no less than those of Ma Teng... But, I don't know.
Can I trust you enough?"
Suddenly, a Qiang man stood up, opened his mouth and bit off the little finger of his left hand. Blood immediately flowed out, but there was no sign of pain on his face. He said loudly: "I swear on my broken finger, I am sincere.
I will seek refuge with the Marquis of Yan, and I will not kill Cheng Yi, and Zhang Heng, I swear that I will not be a human being!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone present stood up at the same time, biting off the little finger of their left hand with their teeth unceremoniously, and all swore in unison: "We cut off our fingers and swore not to kill Cheng Yi, Zhang Heng, swore not to be a human being."
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Everyone showed the masculinity of the Qiang and Hu people, including the Xiliang soldiers with Han nationality. No one cried out for pain, no one frowned, and blood continued to flow from the fingers, drop by drop.
dripped to the ground.
Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others were all shocked. More than 9,000 people had their fingers cut off at the same time. What a spectacular scene it was.
"I believe you! But please don't hurt yourself again in the future." Zhao Yun was moved by their actions and affirmed. He turned to Hou Cheng and said, "Hurry and send the military doctor over."
Not long after, Hou Cheng called for military doctors, and one to two hundred military doctors rushed to bandage the injured. These military doctors were all trained by Gao Fei over a long period of time. In the past, there were very few military doctors, and there would be casualties in battles.
A military doctor is simply too busy. In order to ensure his own logistics, Gao Fei established a military medical school and appointed a senior military doctor as the principal to specialize in teaching.