Although Xue Wanche was a fool, he was not a fool. When he noticed the situation, the troops immediately dismounted from their horses, removed the horizontal knife from his waist, threw it to the ground with a clang, and then ordered everyone around him: "Why are you standing there? Follow Lu Guogong's order. lay down your weapon!"
"Here!"
The soldiers behind him took off their swords one after another, threw them on the ground, and then stood obediently behind Xue Wanche, feeling shocked and uncertain in their hearts.
Qiu Xiaozhong's hand holding the handle of the knife was very hard, and the veins on the back of his hand popped out. He stared at Cheng Yaojin with his eyes. He didn't understand why Cheng Yaojin could appear at this time, but he was keenly aware that the huge danger had already put him. shrouded.
what to do?
Do you want to surrender?
If you abandon your weapons and surrender, it is very likely that you will be detained, and even tortured to force you to confess everyone involved in the matter, and then follow the map to arrest them one by one; but if you persist to the end, maybe Cheng Yaojin will be able to issue the order next moment The fatal order is to chop yourself into meat paste!
Cheng Yaojin was sitting on the horseback. When he saw Qiu Xiaozhong's face was gloomy and his eyes were wandering, he raised a hand and said in a deep voice: "Qiu Xiaozhong, you are also a veteran on the battlefield and a distinguished minister of the empire. Don't ask for lard." You are deceived and stubborn! You have committed a serious crime and your body and head are missing. Do you think you will be buried with so many soldiers? If you count to three, if you are still stubborn, we will kill you!"
"one!"
Many of the soldiers around Qiu Xiaozhong looked at each other. They all understood Cheng Yaojin's words, but they didn't understand what they meant at all. But everyone knew that Cheng Yaojin couldn't be joking. If Qiu Xiaozhong persisted, thousands of arrows would be fired in the next moment. , add swords and axes!
"two!"
Qiu Xiaozhong's heart was about to clench, and he was full of dissatisfaction, but he did not dare to make any move. He knew that the plan of his people had been leaked, and the end of being captured at this moment would definitely not be better. But looking around, these people who had followed him for many years and fought for life and death together would never be better. All the soldiers and generals looked at him with fear in their eyes. Since the secret has been leaked, why drag these unsuspecting people to be buried with them?
"Clang!"
Qiu Xiaozhong gritted his back teeth, threw the horizontal knife to the ground angrily, and said loudly: "General, please put down your weapons!"
"Wow!" All the soldiers around him dropped their weapons.
Cheng Yaojin waved his big hand, and his soldiers swarmed forward, captured Qiu Xiaozhong and his men on the spot, and tied them up.
Xue Wanche saw the Zuowu guards advancing like wolves and tigers, arresting all his soldiers indiscriminately, and immediately shouted: "Luke Guogong clearly knows that the troublemaker is Qiu Xiaozhong, and has nothing to do with the general!"
Cheng Yaojin had a gloomy face and scolded: "You will be able to identify yourself later. If you are really innocent, who can frame you? Don't make any noise, and be captured quickly, otherwise you will be responsible for your own life and death!"
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was completely merciless, Xue Wanche was stunned for a moment. He was knocked to the ground by the wolf-like soldiers. Five or six strong soldiers held him down and tied him up...
Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered on the north bank of the Yellow River, waiting to cross the Yellow River. A sudden riot broke out on the Huayuandu side. Afterwards, the news that Qiu Xiaozhong was captured on the spot quickly spread throughout the army. While all the armies were shocked and incomprehensible, several armies complained. From all sides, the morale of the army is unstable, and there is a hint of unrest.
However, immediately, Zuo Wuwei quickly dispatched, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses dispersed and arrived at various ferries. The soldiers wore helmets and were fully armed. They closely monitored the armies and would kill them as soon as there was the slightest movement! At the same time, they had already taken the lead. The Zuo Houwei who crossed the river also imposed martial law on the south bank of the Yellow River, supervising the troops who had crossed the river in batches to suppress the riots in the army.
One south and one north, on both sides of the Yellow River, the situation was immediately tense and murderous. Everyone knew that something terrible had happened.
But under the intimidation of Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Houwei's elite soldiers, no one dared to act as the leader and was frantically suppressed. Everyone acted in silence and cooperated with the military orders, while at the same time secretly peeping and looking for opportunities...
It's a pity that Li Ji, who is strategizing, will not give these people the slightest chance.
Qiu Xiaozhong was escorted all the way across the river to the temporary Chinese army tent set up on the south bank of the Yellow River. He saw Li Ji, who was fully armed and standing in the tent looking at the map.
Although tens of thousands of soldiers outside the tent were fiercely armed with swords and spears, Qiu Xiaozhong still struggled hard for a few times, with an angry look on his face, and loudly said: "Please comment on the British Duke, why did Lu Guogong treat the junior general like this? Of course, he should not be so ruthless as General Xue
It is not a violation of military discipline, but now he is captured on the spot and his face is completely lost. How can he lead troops to fight in the future?"
The ultimate honor in the military, for Qiu Xiaozhong to be captured and disarmed by Cheng Yaojin like today, is indeed a loss of face and a serious loss of prestige.
Li Jing stood with his hands behind his hands, his long beard slender under his chin, staring at Qiu Xiaozhong with a pair of eyes, and said slowly: "Don't you really know why Lu Guogong captured him and brought him here?"
Qiu Xiaozhong felt guilty, but he couldn't admit it. He frowned and said: "Catch the traitor and the couple, catch the thief and take the stolen goods, but I don't know what crime the general committed and what evidence is there?"
"Why are you so quibbling?"
Li Ji took two steps forward, with a calm expression on his face, and said casually: "I have been ordered to command the entire army, so I have the power of life and death for the entire army. Don't say that there is conclusive evidence that you intend to rebel. Even if there is no evidence, I will kill you."
Who can stop you?"
"Ah!"
Qiu Xiaozhong almost laughed angrily and said angrily: "Putting him to death without committing a crime, is this how the British Lord controls the entire army? I'm afraid it's easy to kill someone from Qiu, but it's not easy to appease the morale of the army!"
Li Ji said lightly: "So what? I just kill anyone who jumps out. Kill until no one dares to jump out. Naturally, the morale of the army will be stable. Since you are so stubborn, I don't want to tell you more.
Someone came, Qiu Xiaozhong, to deceive the troops and intend to rebel. He took him out of the tent and showed his head to the public, and then sent a message to the whole army to serve as a warning!"
"Here!"
Soldiers outside the tent swarmed in and dragged Qiu Xiaozhong outside.
Qiu Xiaozhong was really dumbfounded this time. He knew that Li Ji had already understood that General Guan Long wanted to start a rebellion, but he didn't expect that he would push him out without saying a word and show his head to the public. Isn't he afraid that killing him would actually make him angry?
General Guan Long became more and more sympathetic to the enemy, and got the leverage to resolutely launch a rebellion?
But as he watched the soldiers drag him out of the tent, Li Ji had no intention of changing his mind. He even turned around with his hands behind his hands. The luck in his heart was finally shattered, and endless fear suddenly hit his heart.
There is a great horror between life and death, and few people can take it lightly...
His face was pale, he twisted and struggled, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "British Lord, please spare my life. A certain general realizes his mistake, please forgive me for once!"
There was no sound inside the tent. The soldiers dragged him outside to a snowfield about ten feet outside the tent. The two men pressed his shoulders and tried to force him to kneel down. Qiu Xiaozhong used all his strength and refused to kneel down.
He yelled crazily: "The general will realize his mistake and is willing to testify against those who participated in this premeditated uprising. Please spare your life, sir!"
At the critical moment of life and death, all the usual unruliness and pride are gone, only the fear of death completely takes over my heart.
"Kneel down!"
A soldier hit him hard on both legs with a scabbard from behind. There were two muffled "Puff" sounds, and Qiu Xiaozhong howled miserably. "Plop", he knelt on the ground. The muscles and bones in his legs had been smashed, and he was sweating coldly from the pain.
Although he didn't care much about it, when he was about to continue begging for mercy, the soldiers behind him had already raised their swords and dropped them with their hands.
The sword flashed, blood spattered, and Dou Da's head fell to the ground and rolled a few times in the snow. His eyes were wide open, and he could not rest in peace.
At the same time, Li Ji's personal soldiers and supervising troops attacked in all directions, separating the armies that had crossed the river, and then continued to arrest people throughout the army. Many generals had just crossed the river and before they could get a firm foothold, they were killed like wolves.
Tiger's soldiers captured him alive.
Occasionally, there were those who rose up to resist, but they were all ready to suppress them quickly. Even the troops directly under their jurisdiction just stood aside and watched in stunned silence, and did not take the opportunity to raise troops to initiate turmoil as they thought.
The Tang Dynasty has been at peace for a long time. The armies at the time of the founding of the country have already been replaced. Most of the generals and soldiers who worshiped the commander as a god and shared life and death have returned home. Even if the newly recruited soldiers still support the commander, they no longer have that feeling.
In the friendship of sharing life and death and fighting in bloody battles, who is willing to risk the lives of the entire family with their head in hand to accompany the boss in rebellion?
Times have changed, times have changed...
Countless generals were quickly captured and escorted outside the Chinese army's tent. Li Ji was then promoted to the tent and interrogated one by one. All the masterminds immediately exited the tent and were beheaded. The vassals, depending on the seriousness of the case, either beheaded, raped or imprisoned, and then had them imprisoned.
The crime was made public, and anyone who acted contrary from now on would be forgiven.
With a sword in one hand and comfort in the other, the restless mood in the army was quickly suppressed.
Li Ji also understood that even if the high-ranking generals from Guan Long in the army were almost wiped out and Guan Long's influence in the army was unprecedentedly reduced, as it got closer and closer to Chang'an, after entering Guanzhong, the rest of the generals
Long's soldiers will become more and more restless, and the hidden crisis will not only be difficult to eliminate, but will erupt again at any time.
However, he is not afraid. Getting closer to Chang'an certainly means that Guanlong's power is getting stronger, but for him, this difficult journey is about to reach its end, and the responsibilities he shoulders will also be relieved.
The situation is changing, the rain is blowing and the wind is blowing, and the more intense situation has not yet begun.
At that time, the world will truly fall apart and the world will change...