It only took less than a quarter of an hour for the Boling Jingqi to crush the hastily organized resistance of Tomoshiro and Wang Bo. Under the rapid offensive of the Boling Army, the green forest heroes who came to plunder Sui Chang had no power to fight back. Chishiro
Under the desperate cover of his generals, Wang Bo escaped with only a few thousand men, leaving behind him corpses all over the ground and more than 16,000 prisoners.
Wang Xupao was left with three hundred cavalry to assist Suichang County Magistrate Wang Jiude in guarding the bandits. Li Xu followed the broken troops and pursued them westward. Old General Yang Yichen and his troops were blocking the bank of the Hutuo River, where the invasion was about to begin.
the final resting place.
After the sun set, Guo Xuan and Zhao Ziming led the Zhuojun soldiers and the Boling Army infantry to the outside of Suichang City respectively. After learning that the champion general had led the cavalry to pursue the enemy, several generals refused to enter the city for a break.
Invited, he decided to lead his brothers there overnight so that he could act as the main force in the battle against Wulu.
"We can't give all the military exploits to the cavalry. We always follow the horse's butt and eat dirt!" Guo Xuan, the governor of Zhuojun County, couldn't wait to suggest, "After meeting with Old General Yang, not counting the wasted effort of Sun*tzu.
It will take at least a whole day for the general to cross the Hutuo River. Let's catch up overnight and just be able to use the pontoon bridge left by the brothers!"
"Yes, the general is loyal to us, and we can't embarrass him. Chase across the Hutuo River and let Yang Yichen see what kind of army can be called an elite!" Liu Yi, who had just been promoted to General of Guide.
He echoed loudly. He, Lu Qin and several other officers who had transferred from the Xiongwu Camp had been highly used in the Boling Army. While feeling grateful, they always wanted to do something to repay Li Xu for his kindness.
"Since there are not many bandits fleeing nearby, there is no need to leave too many brothers to restore local order!" Zhao Ziming, the sullen military commander, thought for a while and tended to rush to the next battlefield overnight. "Order the cooks to prepare for the brothers at night."
Add an all-meat meal and tell everyone to hurry up and hurry up after eating. If Gao Shida and Liu Badao can be blocked between Raoyang and Wulu, within two years, no more bandits will dare to enter.
Our six counties are one step ahead!"
"Yes, let them know what they are afraid of!" Other generals also agreed. With the power of a hundred battles, they did not think that there were other soldiers and horses in the world who were the opponents of the Boling Army. "This group of bandits is quite powerful. In fact, they are
A bunch of shoddy people who cannot be put on the table, they have finished cleaning up and gone home early to take care of their children, so as not to save everyone from running around outside when winter comes!"
"But, there are only a thousand Xiangyong left in this county, and there are more than 16,000 prisoners held in the school grounds outside the city!" Suichang County Magistrate Wang Jiude, who had no chance to interrupt for a long time, heard that everyone was about to make a decision overnight.
The decision to break camp was reminded with a pale face. As soon as the Boling cavalry left in the afternoon, some daring prisoners tried to instigate trouble! Fortunately, Wang Xuba made an immediate decision and led three hundred cavalry to hack the leader to death.
Another disaster was avoided.
"Are they still unwilling to leave if we let them go?" Zhao Ziming frowned, and his eyes suddenly shone with a cold light. After the Boling Army always treated the rogue bandits as prisoners, they gave them a short lesson and ordered them to go home to work in the fields.
. And most of the bandits in the six counties around Boling did indeed return to a peaceful life after the incident and stopped making mischief. Very few of the defeated were like what Wang Jiude said. After being forgiven, they were not grateful.
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"You generals may not know something. They are all a group of habitual bandits. They are different from the local refugees who were recruited in the summer!" County Magistrate Wang Jiude glanced at Wang Xuba secretly and reported with a grimace. "Our local refugees are all
I was forced to go up the mountain by the situation. The folks in the village always think about their feelings no matter what!" He tried his best to choose words so as not to touch Wang Xuba's heartache. "But this group of people came all the way to rob.
, they were naturally unwilling to let them go home without getting any benefits. Look at how much they have ruined Sui Chang these days. Except for the stones for the foundation, they couldn’t move away any other things that could be moved.
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"That's what happened. All the farming sites outside the city were destroyed by them. In the spring, the thatched houses that the General ordered the people from the county to build were all burned down by these unscrupulous people.
"!" County Lieutenant Du Da'an is an old brigade leader who retired due to injury. He has not read many books, so he speaks directly. "If we let people go without any further investigation, they will definitely come to rob them next time. Anyway, we will make a profit."
It’s a vote, if you surrender after being caught, you can go home safely!”
"Let them go like this, and the people in the county won't agree!" Several bookkeepers were all talking. Their village was outside the city. Although most of the supplies were withdrawn to the city in time, the family's losses were still considerable.
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Listening to the discussions around him, Wang Xuba's face looked a little green. He sympathized with the prisoners, but he could not deny that the accusations made by the county magistrate and county lieutenant were true. The Yan army under his command also plundered the people very much.
Cruel, but far from the point where even door panels and window frames had to be dismantled. Among the materials collected from the bandit camp after the war, pots, bowls, ladles, and basins actually accounted for more than half. The greed of the bandits made him
This man who had been a bandit felt ashamed.
"They tried to cause trouble again in the afternoon! Thanks to General Wang's presence, nothing happened. If the generals insist on leaving, please take these bandits away too!" County Magistrate Wang Jiude raised his hands and bowed to the generals.
"Otherwise if they start making trouble again, everyone in the county, young and old, will be in danger of being wiped out!"
"That's not easy to handle. Let's take the prisoners to the river after dinner! Knife them one by one and send them directly back to their hometown!" Lu Qin was furious when he heard this. He pressed the handle of the knife and said loudly.
"Yes, if you don't give them some color, maybe they will come back next time!" Guo Xuan responded loudly. He originally did not advocate blindly being gentle. Today, when he saw someone before him putting forward the suggestion of killing people to establish power, he was eager to immediately
Just make it a reality.
"If you succeed, you will get rich. If you lose, you can still get dry food for the journey home. How can anything in the world be so cheap? If we really let them go, I don't know how many accomplices these white-eyed wolves will attract next time!" Zhang Fengcheng
, Zhou Kang and other officials who came from the imperial examination and joined the army also suggested that the Six Counties of Boling are their hometown, and in order to avoid another disaster in their homeland, they do not mind taking some extraordinary measures against the enemy.
"But the general has never killed prisoners!" Wang Xuba saw that most people began to respond to the suggestion of killing all the prisoners, and anxiously asked for help from Army Sima Zhao Ziming. The other party had a very high status in the Boling Army. He said
One sentence is worth a dozen words spoken by Lu Qin and others.
"The Master said, repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness with kindness?" What made Wang Xuba very disappointed was that Zhao Ziming, who had always never disobeyed the general's orders, also changed his mind today. He actually said a sentence with a cold face that made him seem to understand.
I don’t understand, but my heart feels extremely cold.
"The general will probably be furious when he finds out!" Chief Shi Fang Yannian understood the meaning of Zhao Ziming's words, hesitated for a moment, and reminded him in a low voice.
"The general doesn't know the news from Luoyang yet!" Zhao Ziming sighed and said quietly. Before crossing the river, he had not returned to Boling for nearly a month and received an urgent report from the county governor Zhang Gongyi.
After opening the emergency report, all the generals present gasped in shock.
This is also one of the primary reasons why the generals are so murderous tonight. General Zhang Xutuo, who was always kind to the bandits, was killed in battle more than a month ago. His head was hung on the flagpole of the mountain stronghold by the Wagang Army.
Haven't been able to get it back yet.
If the general knew that General Zhang died at the hands of rogue bandits, would he show mercy to the enemy? Zhao Ziming could not guarantee what Li Xu would do, but what he had to guarantee was that even if the general sent the elites of the six counties south to seek revenge, he would not be able to do so in a short time.
Inside, no one dared to pry into his lair.
This is our common home, and no matter who infringes upon it, they must pay the price.
With nearly 40,000 fully armed officers and soldiers to deal with 16,000 prisoners with their hands tied, it was simply overqualified. In less than half an hour, the soldiers completed the task. Except for a few bandits who sensed the impending disaster and tried to escape by jumping into the river,
However, he was shot dead by a well-prepared crossbowman outside the river bank lit with torches. The whole killing process was uneventful.
After finishing all this, Army Sima Zhao Ziming ordered the soldiers to break camp overnight, leaving the blood-stained water far behind.
The surging water reflected the fading torches, and in the dark night, it seemed as if countless souls were beating on the top of the waves. God seemed unable to bear this kind of atrocity, and soon it started to rain heavily. The rain diluted the blood in the river, but
The bright red color in people's eyes cannot be washed away.
"How can I explain this to the general?" Wang Xuba, who was unable to stop the atrocities of killing prisoners, said to himself very annoyed while rushing in the rain. He once argued with reason, but he could not defeat most of the Boling Army generals.
It was decided unanimously with the local officials. The officials hated the bandits for ruining their year's work, while the officers were like red-eyed gamblers, and it was difficult to say that they still had reason in their hearts.
"The general will not blame you!" Shi Fangyannian, the commander of the army who is familiar with military disciplines, comforted in a low voice. "The official position of Army Sima is much higher than yours. He has no right to disobey his orders."
"But the general asked me to stay at that time..." Wang Xuba shook his head angrily. After taking off his heavy armor, he looked very lonely. He understood that the reason why Li Xu left him to deal with the aftermath was to avoid seeing Sun Xuanya and others.
The remnants of human beings were hunted down and harmed themselves. On the other hand, it was also because they were from a rough background and would not abuse those prisoners because they looked down upon them. But he failed the mission and failed until there was nothing more he could do.
"When you meet the general, just tell the truth!" Fang Yannian wiped the water from his face hard, "The result won't be too bad. The army commander is also for the general!"
"I don't see what he has in mind for the general!" Wang Xuba muttered angrily. When the matter reached this point, he could only follow the advice of his family history. When he caught up with the large group at noon on the third day,
Meet Li Xu as quickly as possible and report truthfully what happened the night before.
"Zhao Sima said that General Zhang Xutuo was killed by the Wagang Army, and he wanted to prevent the same thing from happening!" After telling what happened, Wang Xuba added uneasily. He thought the commander would be furious, or General Sima Zhao Ziming shouted
He came to scold him, or ordered someone to take him down and severely punish him with a military stick. However, he was surprised to find that Li Xu had no reaction at all, as if he did not hear what he said clearly, and it seemed that just like him on the battlefield the day before yesterday, his soul left instantly.
body.
He turned his head sideways, trying to find some reminders from the eyes of several guards. An even more surprising thing happened. He actually found that the guards who were usually very familiar with everyone were standing in the tent with expressions on their faces.
The general is very similar.
"General Wang, you go down first. I'll call you in later when the general needs me!" Zhou Daniu, the commander of the guards, was the most generous and pulled Wang Xupu's hand at the critical moment. With full of suspicion, General Wang followed.
Zhou Daniu came out of the Chinese military tent behind him. He was about to ask the other party for some information when suddenly, he heard a heartbreaking scream coming from the military tent.
"Stay far away, and don't come close unless summoned!" Zhou Daniu's eyes were red and he pushed Wang Xuba more than twenty steps away. Then he walked a few steps quickly and blocked the opening of the tent with his body.
Several guards went out backwards and surrounded the central military tent with their bodies. None of them spoke, but anyone who wanted to approach the military tent was stopped by their gestures.
"The general seems to be crying!" Wang Xuba stood blankly dozens of steps away from the Chinese army's tent, unable to react for a moment. In the eyes of him and many low-level officers, the image of champion general Li Xu was the same.
For a black-armored god, in addition to being worshiped, he has almost ceased to live in the world. But at this moment, he found that the god fell into the world. "The general cried, he was crying in the army. How could he cry?
Well, he is only in his early twenties after all..."
Wang Xuba suddenly noticed a detail that he had never paid attention to. As the coach of the Boling Army, Li Xu was not yet 21 years old. It can be said that he was young and achieved success, or that he had taken on too much that he should not have.
What this age has to bear. For a moment, Wang Xuba actually felt a little sad in his heart. He did not return to his military tent immediately, but took the initiative to assist Zhou Daniu in taking on the task of preventing others from approaching the Chinese army.
"The general is busy. If there is nothing urgent, please come back as late as possible!"
"The general is dealing with something urgent. Please wait a moment!" He used clumsy words and a stiff expression to take on the responsibility that he was not qualified for. After a while, he was exhausted and sweating profusely.
Fortunately, this tiring work did not require him to do it for too long. After about half a stick of incense, Zhou Daniu came over and patted his shoulder again, "Don't mention this to others, go back and prepare.
The people in the city are in trouble!"
"Yes!" Wang Xuba nodded vigorously. Of course he didn't want to damage the majestic image of his coach, but what happened today was so strange that he couldn't help but be curious. It wasn't just Li Xu, he vaguely felt that since yesterday evening,
Most of the generals of the Boling Army behaved a little abnormally. Wang Xuba had been dating everyone for a while, and he knew each other's tempers and temperaments to a certain extent. He had never seen such a cruel Zhao Ziming, nor had he seen Bo
The other generals of the Ling Army were so bloodthirsty.
"Old General Zhang Xutuo is the adoptive father of our general's wife. Many of the general's behavior were taught by the old general!" As if seeing the confusion in Wang Xuba's eyes, Zhou Daniu sighed and explained in a low voice.
"There are many generals in our Boling Army who were led by General Zhang. Alas! The Wagang Army has done a lot of evil this time..."
Undying hatred. Wang Xuba finally understood the reason for everyone's abnormal behavior. He knew that hatred is like fire. Once it is lit, no one knows how much blood it will take to extinguish it. He endured it.
I couldn't help but shiver with excitement, feeling deeply sad for the bandits trapped in Wulu and Raoyang.
Those people will be the second wave of sacrifices under the flames of hatred. Old General Yang Yichen never forgives prisoners, and General Li, who has always been kind to the defeated, is in a rage. The rogues will pay the price for their recklessness, although the price is far more than
