Qiao Rui was awakened by the shouts of killing in his sleep. His first reaction was that Liu Bei had invaded the city and entered the mansion.
But when I thought about it carefully, I felt something was wrong. If Liu Bei had attacked the city and entered the palace, the soldiers should have come to report it earlier.
At least they will report when the enemy soldiers breach the city gate.
Now there are no soldiers to report, which means that these people who rushed into the house are not enemy soldiers outside the city, but rebels in the city.
Qiao Rui thought about it and quickly got up and dressed.
It was too late to put on the armor now. He held a knife, and soldiers outside the room came to report urgently: "General, Liang Gang has led troops to attack. General, hurry up and leave through the back door."
"General, don't leave me!"
The concubine lying on the bed trembled and begged. She was too frightened to move. She forgot that she should get up and get dressed now before she could follow Qiao Rui and escape.
Qiao Rui just looked back at her and said nothing. He opened the door and went out. There were fifty or sixty soldiers standing outside the room.
"How many of them are there?"
"Hundreds of people have already invaded the middle courtyard. General, leave quickly!"
"Let's go?! Humph, it's just Liang Gang, what's there to be afraid of? I'm a great general, so I can't suppress him! Follow me out, just delay for a moment, and General Liu Xiang will definitely lead his troops to rescue him."
Qiao Rui did not know that Liu Xiang had been killed, nor did he know that Qin Yi had led troops to attack the east city gate. At the same time, he sent people to open the north city gate guarded by them and let Liu Bei's troops into the city.
Based on his understanding of Liu Xiang and others, he believed that if the army rebelled, it would be possible for Liang Gang and Qin Yi, but absolutely impossible for Liu Xiang.
Liu Xiang is a member of a large family. He must think about the people in his family and will not ruin the whole family just because of himself.
Qiao Rui's hundreds of guards guarded the passage leading to the backyard, temporarily blocking Liang Gang and keeping him in the middle courtyard.
Liang Gang had more soldiers and came well prepared. Although the guards like Qiao Rui tried their best to resist, they were suddenly attacked and their fighting spirit was already weak. They were destined not to be able to resist for long.
"Everyone stop."
Everyone was fighting hard when they suddenly heard a loud roar. They couldn't help but look at it at the same time, only to see Qiao Rui appearing in front of everyone with dozens of people.
Among Yuan Shu's troops, besides Yuan Shu, Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun were the most authoritative.
His appearance made Liang Gang's soldiers panic for a moment. Even Liang Gang, who had been prepared for a long time, was temporarily restrained. He stopped and took a few steps back.
Qiao Rui's guards retreated behind him, and there were only thirty or forty guards left in the middle courtyard.
"General Liang, are you planning to rebel? Do you want to kill me too?"
Qiao Rui held the knife on his waist, took a step forward, and stared at Liang Gang.
Liang Gang and all the soldiers took a step back, General Qiao Rui's majesty still had an effect in their hearts.
"General Qiao, Shouchun is already a dead city. If you don't want to leave and don't let us go, you are putting us to death. In this case, we can only find our own way to survive."
In order to show his fearlessness, Liang Gang held the knife in his hand, took another step forward, and stared at Qiao Rui.
"If you want to leave the city, you can leave at any time. Why did you bring troops here to attack and kill?"
"It's easy for us to leave, but will General Yuan spare us? No matter what, we will die. Now the only way to survive is to surrender to Liu Bei. General Qiao, if you wake up now and follow me out of the city to meet General Liu, you can still be safe."
If you insist on refusing to surrender, don't blame us for being unreasonable."
Liang Gang still hopes that Qiao Rui can surrender to Liu Bei with them. If this is the case, if Yuan Shu wants to blame him, Qiao Rui will be the first to blame.
If he decides to surrender to Liu Bei and bear the blame, Liang Gang and Qin Yi's reputation as traitors will be alleviated.
"Liu Bei is a very brave general. I can understand that you are afraid of him. I am also afraid and dare not fight Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. Since you want to abandon the city and leave, I can take you away. General Liang, you go back first
The camp has gathered troops and horses, and we are just waiting for daybreak, and I will take you out of the city together."
Qiao Rui wanted to stabilize Liang Gang first, and then lead his troops to destroy him.
But Liang Gang is not that stupid. He has come to this point and can no longer look back.
"General Qiao, so to speak,
Are you unwilling to leave the city and surrender to Liu Bei?"
"You can abandon the city and leave, but there is no need to talk about surrendering the enemy."
Qiao Rui waited for a long time but saw no movement outside the house. It is said that Liu Xiang should have known about Liang Gang's rebellion at this time and brought troops to help. He couldn't help but feel anxious. He slowly pulled out his sword and prepared to fight Liang Gang to the death.
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At this time, Liang Gang also understood that it was impossible for Qiao Rui to surrender to Liu Bei. After telling him so much, he probably just wanted to wait for reinforcements. He couldn't help but sneered: "General Qiao, are you waiting for General Liu Xiang to come to rescue you? I might as well tell you.
, General Liu Xiang has been killed by us, and General Qin Yi has gone to greet General Liu Xuande. Since you are unwilling to surrender, you will have no choice but to die."
After he finished speaking, he shouted: "Kill!"
He raised his knife and struck at the bridge.
Of the five hundred soldiers he brought, only twenty or thirty of them died in the battle. Now that he had received the order, he rushed over, surrounded Qiao Rui and his soldiers, and killed them.
Qiao Rui's military strength is actually not as good as Liang Gang's. His ability to become Yuan Shu's general mainly depends on his family background.
And now it was not just Liang Gang who was fighting him alone, but also many soldiers besieging him. Soon, Qiao Rui was slashed several times and fell to the ground.
His soldiers were almost all killed, and a dozen of them threw away their weapons and knelt down begging to surrender.
Liang Gang walked up to Qiao Rui, looked at Qiao Rui who was still breathing on the ground, laughed cruelly, raised his knife to chop off his head, pointed at the soldiers who were kneeling to beg for surrender, and shouted: "Kill them all."
Kill, kill everyone in the mansion, leave no one behind."
After receiving the order, all the soldiers immediately poured into the backyard and rushed into various rooms. Regardless of men, women, old or young, they killed everyone they saw. When they saw gold and silver, they also stuffed them into their arms.
The concubine who slept with Qiao Rui is still lying on the bed shaking, but she couldn't escape being hacked to death by the soldiers who rushed in.
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Li Jia was sleeping peacefully when suddenly a soldier came and called, saying that it was General Zhang Fei who asked him to go urgently to discuss matters.
It was now midnight, so Zhang Fei called him over, there must be something important.
He quickly got up, put on his armor, took his weapons and went to Zhang Fei's tent.
"Gongliang, the city sent people to tell them that they are willing to surrender. The city gate has been opened at this time, so we can quickly lead the troops into the city. Do you think this is an empty city trick they used?"
Zhang Fei was already standing in the tent wearing armor. When he saw Li Jia, he didn't say much and asked directly.
Li Jia thought for a moment and replied: "No, the empty city tactic can be used when the enemy does not know the reality of the city. The purpose is to prevent enemy troops from entering the city. Now that we have been approaching the city for nearly two months, they cannot use the empty city tactic at this time.
It seems that the plan set by the military strategist, General Zhonglang, has worked. When the city is about to be surrounded from all sides, the defenders in the city will be faced with a life-and-death decision, and they must be frightened."
"Some of them want to defend Shouchun, and naturally some want to escape for survival, or even go out of the city to surrender. Since they are coming to surrender at night, it must be that the garrison in the city has a disagreement. Some are willing to surrender while others are not. Qiao Ruishen
As the commander-in-chief of the city, he must be unwilling to surrender, so the other guards opened the city gate at night and invited us to enter the city."
Zhang Fei asked urgently: "Then tell me, should we go into the city?"
"Of course we have to enter, we must not miss the opportunity. If we let Qiao Rui stabilize the city, we don't know how long it will take to break the city. But we cannot all enter the city. General Zhang, the situation in the city is unknown now. I will take five thousand people first.
When the soldiers enter the city, you lead five thousand soldiers to guard outside the city gate. They can block the way out and help me at the same time."
"No, you stay outside the city while I lead the troops into the city."
Zhang Fei knows that it is more dangerous to enter the city now, but he is not afraid of danger.
Li Jia hurriedly said: "General Zhang, it is more important to stay outside the city than to enter the city. We must prevent the enemy soldiers in the city from escaping in the chaos. After I enter the city, I will kill the east gate and let the lord's troops enter the city."
Zhang Fei thought about it and felt that it was the case. The enemy soldiers in the city might take advantage of the chaos to escape from the city, so it was just right for him to stay outside the city.
He immediately agreed to Li Jia's suggestion, quickly gathered troops and horses, and asked Li Jia to lead 5,000 soldiers into the city. He himself led 5,000 soldiers outside the city gate, and sent fast horses to report to Liu Bei.
The men and horses from Qiao Rui were responsible for guarding the east city gate. When Qin Yi arrived with his troops, the city guards saw them coming at night from a distance. There were so many people, and they were all carrying weapons. They knew something was wrong, so they lined up.
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Qin Yi knew that it was useless to say anything now. It was impossible to persuade the general guarding the city gate to open the city gate, because the general responsible for guarding the city gate was Qiao Rui's confidant.
He didn't say much, he just led the people and rushed over, shouting to kill.
But he only brought a thousand soldiers, and there were also a thousand soldiers guarding the city gate, and they were waiting in formation.
But Qin Yi attacked at night, without forming a formation, and just rushed in random directions.
There is a difference in combat effectiveness between forming an formation and not forming an formation, especially in such a dim night.
Qin Yi's troops charged for a long time and failed to break through the opponent's formation, but he had already sent people to the north to mobilize his troops and horses who were defending the city.
As soon as his troops arrive, the east city gate can be opened.
There was a charge inside the city gate. Liu Bei sent a secret sentry to guard outside the city. Hearing the movement, he hurried back to the camp to report.
Liu Bei quickly called Zhou Ping, Guan Yu, Cao Cheng, Xu Chu and others.
"Sir, the soldiers and horses in the city are attacking each other. Do they want to open the city gate to welcome us to seize the city?" Liu Bei asked Zhou Ping.
Zhou Ping replied: "The soldiers and horses in the city are attacking each other at night. Someone must have rebelled. At this time, the rebellion must have wanted to open the city gate and surrender. Qiao Rui is the main general in the city, and Liu Xiang, Liang Gang and Qin Yi are both.
Lieutenant General, it can be seen that Qiao Rui will definitely not rebel, and the rebels must be the other three."
"Could it be that the soldiers and horses in the city pretended to be attacking each other and pretended to surrender to meet us, hoping to lure us into the city and then attack our camp at night?" Cao Cheng said.
After Cao Bao's death, Liu Bei reused him and kept him with him at all times, but he just didn't let him command too many troops.
Zhou Ping said: "Whether it is a false attack or a real surrender, my lord, we should gather our troops and horses now to prepare for battle. We can order General Guan to lead five thousand soldiers outside the city gate to cheer and support those in the city who want to surrender. We just wait.
As soon as the city gate opens, we immediately rush into the city. Even if he is pretending to surrender, we have nothing to fear if we are prepared. And in my opinion, they must be sincere in their surrender."
Guan Yu immediately said: "Brother, I agree with what you said."
Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and now he only knew that soldiers and horses in the city were attacking, but he didn't know who was attacking whom. It was also night, and he didn't know if there was some conspiracy in the city.
However, no matter what the conspiracy was, if Guan Yu led five thousand soldiers to guard outside the city gate, even if the soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out of the city, Guan Yu and others would still be able to block it.
Moreover, it is very possible that as the gentleman said, they really wanted to surrender, but they would lead troops to attack because the city gate was guarded by others.
"Okay, Yun Chang, lead your troops and go quickly. If the city gate is opened, you must be careful after entering the city!"
Guan Yu cupped his hands and accepted the order: "Promise."
The entire battalion of soldiers and horses were on standby with weapons in hand. Zhou Ping asked Xu Chu to lead the Hu Shiying and Chen Dao to protect Liu Bei.
At this time, Zhang Fei sent someone to report that the northern city gate had been opened, Li Jia had led five thousand soldiers into the city, and Zhang Fei had led five thousand soldiers to guard outside the city.
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In this way, Liu Bei and Zhou Ping were more sure that the people in the city were sincere in coming to surrender, and they also believed that the city gate would be opened soon.
Guan Yu led five thousand soldiers out of the camp and rushed a hundred steps away from the city gate. They shouted in unison and launched an attack on the city, thereby frightening the enemy defenders at the city gate and helping those who wanted to leave the city to surrender.
Sure enough, with Guan Yu's help outside the city gate, the guards from the north of the city arrived again, but the guards at the east gate could not resist, and the formation was breached.
A defeat is like a mountain falling, and a broken formation is like a defeat. Qin Yi led his men to chase and kill, and at the same time he had people open the city gates.
When Guan Yu saw the city gate open, he sent his troops into the city. At this time, Qin Yi inside the city gate had already wiped out the soldiers and horses in Pingqiao Rui.
After Liang Gang bloodbathed the general's mansion, he took Qiao Rui's head and led his troops to Qiao Rui's barracks, where he revealed the head.
He said that Qiao Rui had been killed by him, and he did not want his brothers to wait for death in the city, so he wanted to lead everyone to find a way to survive, which was to surrender to General Liu Bei.
Qiao Rui's soldiers rarely receive rewards from Qiao Rui, and they have no obligation to die for him. Now that he is dead and can live with Liang Gang, almost all of them expressed their willingness to surrender to Liu Bei.
As the sky gets brighter and the sun rises slowly, the city gradually becomes calmer.
Liu Bei, who was guarding the commander's tent, reported one after another that the city had been stabilized and there was no one to resist, which surprised him again and again.
The only thing that made him angry was that Li Jia sent someone to report that hundreds of people were killed in a general's palace in the city, including the elderly, women and children.
At this time, Zhang Fei and Zang Ba Taishi Ci had led their troops into the city and guarded the gates on all sides. The city was completely stable.
Guan Yu took Liang Gang and Qin Yi out of the city to meet Liu Bei.
"General Liang, General Qin, please get up quickly."
Liu Bei stepped forward and helped Liang Gang and Qin Yi who were kneeling to salute.
"The success of Shouchun this time is all due to the two of you. General Qin, I heard that you led the troops to attack the city gate?"
Liu Bei asked Qin Yi.
"Exactly, but this time Qin Yi was able to surrender the general, and it was because of one person?" Qin Yi answered with cupped hands.
"Oh, who?"
Liu Bei was quite confused. There were only four of them guarding the city. Now that Qiao Rui and Liu Xiang were dead, could there be another general?
"Liu Fu and Liu Yuanying were the ones who persuaded Yi Lai to surrender to the general. He said that a general is a benevolent and righteous king. He not only has his officers and soldiers to use their lives, but also has his advisers to work hard. In the future, the person who will bring peace to the world must be a general. He persuaded Yi to surrender to the general."
Liu Bei was overjoyed: "Can this person be in the city?"
Only now did Zhou Ping think of the character Liu Fu.
This person is not very famous in history, but he is very capable, especially in governing the people.
He hurriedly asked: "But Liu Fu is from Pei Guoxiang County?"
Qin Yi replied: "Yes, it is Liu Fu, a native of Xiang County, Pei State. He is in the city at the moment."
"Sir, do you also know this person?" Liu Bei turned to Zhou Ping and asked.
Zhou Ping smiled slightly: "He and I are from Pei. Although we have never met, we know it. I heard that he came to Yangzhou to take refuge a few years ago. I didn't expect that he was also in Shouchun City. My lord, this man is talented.
It will definitely be of great use in the future.”
"Hahaha... He was able to persuade General Qin to surrender, which is already a great achievement. I should reward him. General Liang, in this case, it was you who killed Qiao Rui?"
Liu Bei turned to Liang Gang with a smile and asked.
Liang Gang had the merit of beheading Qiao Rui. When Liu Bei asked this question, he thought he was going to reward himself heavily, so he quickly replied: "That's right. I beheaded him myself."
"How did General Liang behead him? You might as well tell me in detail." Liu Bei asked again.
Liang Gang told in detail how he led his troops to lure Qiao Rui open the gate of the mansion, then stormed in and killed Qiao Rui, but he did not say that he ordered to kill all the people in the mansion.
"General Liang has done a great job this time! Let's go into the city."
Liu Bei probably understood what was going on, but said nothing and led everyone into the city.
After entering the city, he led everyone directly to the gate of Qiaorui Mansion.
Li Jia sent someone to report the time, and Liu Bei ordered him to send troops to guard it and not allow anyone to enter or move anything inside.
At this moment, Li Jiazheng was leading his troops to guard the gate of the mansion.
Liu Bei then sent people to bring all the soldiers and horses in the city, as well as all the military personnel above the rank of military prince.
Zhou Ping had already guessed Liu Bei's intention. When Liu Bei looked at him, he nodded slightly, indicating that he understood his intention and agreed with his behavior.
Qin Yi didn't quite understand. He didn't know that all the people in Qiaorui Mansion were killed.
Liang Gang only thought that Liu Bei wanted to lecture the soldiers and horses in the city, but he did not expect that it would be because of his massacre of people in the mansion.
"General Qin, please take a few people to the mansion to have a look."
Liu Bei said to Qin Yi.
Qin Yi was puzzled and after accepting the promise, he followed Li Jia into the mansion with several military princes.
But all you could see were dead bodies. In addition to the soldiers who died in the battle, there were also many servants and maids and people from the Qiao family.
At that moment, Qin Yi thought that Liu Bei had done this, so he brought him in to see, perhaps to intimidate himself so that he would not dare to betray him again in the future.
But why did he only let himself in to see it, but not let Liang Gang come in with him?
Qin Yi couldn't understand it for a moment.
After coming out, Qin Yi asked angrily: "General Liu, I have heard that you have a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, so I will surrender to you. General Qiao occupied the city and refused to surrender. Of course, he can be killed, but what's the crime for his family, and what's the crime for his servants?"
, why do you want to kill all the people in the mansion? How can you be benevolent and righteous? "
Zhang Fei heard this and shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can my eldest brother be a person who kills indiscriminately?"
After listening to Qin Yi's words, Liu Bei not only was not angry, but also showed joy on his face.uuReading www.uukanshu.com
"General Qin, then you have to ask General Liang if you have agreed to kill everyone in General Qiao's mansion?"
"General Liang, did you kill this person?"
Qin Yi now finally understood Liu Bei's intention of only letting him in for a look.
"Yes, I killed the people, Qiao Rui also killed them, can't they be killed as well?"
Only then did Liang Gang realize that Liu Bei seemed dissatisfied with his massacre of the people in Qiaorui Mansion.
"Oh, if you can kill General Qiao alone, why kill his family?"
"I……"
Liang Gang wanted to argue, but he found that the military princes were glaring at him.
You can fight in any way on the battlefield, but killing your wife, children, and slaves is unpopular.
"Liang Gang, you have done great service by killing Qiao Rui and surrendering the city to me. However, you killed innocent people indiscriminately, which I cannot tolerate. I would rather not surrender like you. If someone comes, kill him on the spot."
Already."
Liu Bei said and pointed to Liang Gang.
Liang Gang was shocked and quickly drew his sword, intending to strike at Liu Bei.
But immediately a person jumped out from beside Liu Bei, this person was Xu Chu.
Xu Chu was faster than him. Before he could draw his sword, he had already knocked him down with one blow.
In fact, Zhou Ping understood that no one would dare to take in someone like Liang Gang who betrayed and killed his whole family.
Liu Bei was also afraid. He was afraid that what if Liang Gang betrayed him again one day and killed his family?
Therefore, such people cannot be retained, regardless of whether they will have any impact on the enemy's future surrender.
After Xu Chu killed Liang Gang, Qin Yi and the military princes all knelt down to salute Liu Bei and shouted in unison: "I am willing to serve General Liu!"
Liu Bei was overjoyed, helped Qin Yi up, and said to everyone: "Since you are willing to obey my military orders, you must remember that you are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately at any time, and any offenders will be killed!"