Mao An's knees were kicked hard and he fell to his knees involuntarily. He struggled to stand up, but the guards on the left and right swarmed him and pushed him to the ground.
"Tang Yin, as a minister, you have committed a crime and raised an army to rebel. You don't have to be proud now. You will die in the end!" Although Mao An was pinned to the ground, his mouth was not idle and he cursed loudly.
"Haha!" Tang Yin laughed and said: "Yes, I am a minister, but I am a minister of wind, not a minister of power. I have never recognized the king Zhong Tian. What does it mean to rebel against someone above and raise an army to rebel? I
We are crusading against the traitors who have usurped the country! But you, Mao An, helped the tyrants to commit evil, and died without mercy. You still don’t know how to repent, and you are so arrogant. Why should I keep you?" As he spoke, he waved his hand and asked: "Sword and Ax Hand.
Where is it?"
"Here!" Following the words of agreement, two men holding ghost-headed machetes came closer from outside and bowed to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin said: "Push Mao An out and kill him!"
"Yes!" The two swordsmen agreed simply, dragging Mao An out. Mao An had long expected that his life would be difficult to save, and at this time he did not seek to survive, and roared at Tang Yin: "Tang Yin
, I will take the first step, and I will wait for you on the Huangquan Road, haha... I hate that Geng Qiang didn't listen to my idea, otherwise how could you have captured Jicheng..."
Seeing Mao An being dragged to the entrance of the tent by two sword and axemen, one of them was pulling his hair while the other was about to chop him down with a ghost-headed knife. Qiu Zhen hurriedly chased him to the entrance of the tent and said, "Wait a minute!"
After speaking, he quickly returned to his tent and said to Tang Yin: "Sir, this Mao An is good at strategy and military management. Why not stay here and use it for your own use..."
Before he could finish his words, Tang Yin slapped Shuai An fiercely, his eyes widened, and interrupted: "This man is extremely hateful, let alone his loyalty to Zhong Tian, even if he intends to surrender to me, I will not stay!
"
"Sir..." Qiu Zhen frowned and wanted to persuade him to meet, but Tang Yin tilted his head and stopped looking at him. He shouted to the swordsman and axeman outside the tent: "Kill! What are you waiting for?"
"Yes!" The axe-wielding swordsman looked at Qiu Zhen and then at Tang Yin. He didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly raised the ghost-headed sword, aimed it at Mao An's neck, and slashed viciously.
Phew!
As the light of the sword flashed, Mao An's head fell to the ground with a sound. The windlass came out far away, and blood spurted out from his mouth like a red fountain.
Seeing Mao An's head fall to the ground, Tang Yin's anger was still unquenched, and he asked Guyue again: "Can Mao An's family be in the city?"
"Yes! Sir!" Guyue nodded.
"Execute them all, no one will be spared!" Tang Yin's tone was as cold as ice.
"Understood!" Gu Yue raised his hand and accepted the order.
Then, Tang Yin turned to look at Lu Qingfeng, who had an earthy face.
As a military general, Lu Qingfeng was not afraid of death, but at this moment his heart was shaking and his face was ugly. Mao An's decapitated body was at the door of the tent. To say that he was not afraid at all would be a lie.
Human. He met Tang Yin's eyes, took a deep breath, and said proactively: "Master Tang, please execute me as well!"
Tang Yin chuckled, tilted his head and asked, "I heard that your spiritual martial arts are pretty good?"
"Not as good as Mr. Tang!"
"Oh? How do you know?"
"Master Tang and I have already fought in the city!"
"Oh! So it's you!" Only then did Tang Yin figure out that the Lu Qingfeng in front of him was the general who fought against him in the city.
As the brothers under his command said, this man's spiritual martial arts are indeed good. He said quietly: "Zhong Tian is a traitor and traitor, who killed the king and usurped the throne. His heart is abominable and his person can be killed. I cherish your spiritual martial arts cultivation.
If you are willing to surrender to my command, not only will you not be punished, but you will also be given an official position. If you are stubborn, you have also seen that Mao An is a lesson learned from the past. You can decide for yourself where to go!"
Lu Qingfeng and Mao An were both Zhong Tian's confidants, but Tang Yin's attitude towards them was very different. He did not hesitate at all to execute Mao An, and did not even listen to Qiu Zhenren's advice, while for Lu Qingfeng, even if no one came
He also wanted to recruit people. From this, it can be seen that Tang Yin valued martial arts over literature from the bottom of his heart.
After listening to Tang Yin's words, Lu Qingfeng felt something in his heart, but he couldn't do it if he were asked to abandon Zhong Tian and join Tang Yin. He handed over his hands and said, "I would like to thank Mr. Tang for your kindness, but one general will not serve two masters.
I also hope that Mr. Tang can give me a happy life, and I just hope that Mr. Tang will not implicate my family, so I can't thank you enough!"
"What if I'm willing to let you go?" Tang Yin looked directly at him.
"Then I will go back to Yancheng and apologize to you." The implication is that even if Tang Yin lets him go, he will still go back and work for Zhong Tian.
Alas! Tang Yin sighed secretly. This man could really be called a loyal man, but it was a pity that he was different from his own. He was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at the other people in the tent. Qiu Zhen, Gu Yue and others were also there.
Zai stared at him with big eyes and small eyes. Tang Yin had such a talented Mao An executed immediately. Everyone wanted to see how he would deal with this Lu Qingfeng.
After thinking over and over again, Tang Yin raised his hand, paused in the air for a moment, then swung his hand downwards and said: "Kill!"
Since people like Lu Qingfeng cannot be used for their own purposes, they must be executed.
Following Tang Yin's order, the swordsman entered the tent, dragged Lu Qingfeng outside the tent, raised his knife and chopped off Lu Qingfeng's head.
Tang Yin said to Guyue expressionlessly again: "Lu Qingfeng's family members cannot be kept, they will all be killed!"
Guyue was stunned. Although Tang Yin had not promised Lu Qingfeng to keep his family just now, he had already shown his intention to cherish his talents. Why did he still need to execute his family?
Seeing the confusion on his face, Tang Yin said quietly: "To cut the grass, you have to get rid of the roots!" Since the killing has been started, he must kill to the end to eliminate potential threats that may be detrimental to him in the future. Tang Yin is not a good person, just the opposite.
His methods have always been vicious and vicious, leaving no room for error.
"I understand!" Gu Yue bowed and saluted.
After the direct army captured Jicheng, Tang Yin did not massacre the city, but he carried out a large-scale killing of the soldiers and generals in the city, especially the generals and officials. Not only were they all executed, but their clans were also exterminated. There were piles of corpses on the execution ground.
Rivers of blood flowed, and human heads piled up into hills.
Tang Yin's iron-blooded and ferocious methods played the role of killing chickens and respecting monkeys to a certain extent.
The villages and towns around Jicheng did not need Tang Yin to raise troops to attack. Their officials had already come forward one after another, surrendered to Tang Yin, and made promises that they were willing to abandon Zhong Tian and continue to be loyal to Dafeng. However, the people below were not affected by Feng's army.
harassment and killing, the attitude towards Feng Jun has also changed greatly. Even if it cannot be called support, there is no such deep sense of prevention as before.
The direct army rested for a whole day in Jicheng, and then Tang Yin ordered to continue southward, enter Baoqing County, and directly take the county seat of Lehu County, Xibaicheng.
When the Directly Affiliated Army under the command of Tang Yin approached Xibai City, the other two armies, Pingyuan Army and Chifeng Army, also made good progress. They inserted themselves into Xibaicheng from the east and west sides, forming a double-team with the Directly Affiliated Army led by Tang Yin.
, launched a siege on the Western Hundred Cities.
The main force of the Tianyuan Army entered Lehu County to fight with overwhelming momentum. It moved all the way south and was about to launch a siege on Xibaicheng. On the other side, the 100,000 Three Navy Army led by Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuanrang did not go so smoothly. It was not that they encountered the enemy.
There was no military resistance, but the road within Duki was too difficult to walk.
The vast desert is difficult to navigate even with horses and camels, let alone a march of 100,000 people. The journey is arduous and all the soldiers at the top and bottom are exhausted.
On the second day after entering the desert, soldiers suffering from heatstroke began to appear one after another. At first, only a dozen or two dozen fell ill, but within a few days, the number of sick soldiers began to increase in large numbers. The supplies in the army were already exhausted.
It's burdensome enough, but now we have to carry so many sick people, doubling the burden.
What's more terrible is that no one expected this situation when they came. There was a shortage of medicines in the army, and the soldiers who fell ill could not get treatment. Many people's minor illnesses turned into serious illnesses, and finally died of illness in the army.
Because of the heat of the desert, corpses could not be preserved for a long time and had to be buried on the spot in the desert. At first, the corpses could be buried neatly and marked. However, as more and more soldiers died of illness, it became impossible to
Can't bury it.
In addition, the quicksand hidden in the desert is also one of the biggest threats to the army. On the surface, the ground is covered with sand, but as soon as a person walks on it, he will immediately sink in. If others do not pull him, it will
That's all, if he steps forward to rescue him, he will also fall into it and die.
The hardship of marching in the desert was beyond imagination. Liang Qi, who was born in a noble family and was aloof, showed his military side at this time. He gave up his carriage for the sick soldiers to ride on, and even gave up his war horse.
, for the purpose of hauling baggage, he marched on foot like the ordinary soldiers below.
How could a general who could share joys and sorrows with his soldiers not be loved by his soldiers? Liang Qi's actions moved the soldiers deeply, and at the same time created a strong cohesion that enabled the Sanshui Army to survive in such a difficult and dangerous situation.
Despite the environment, they still remain united and their morale is high.
After ten days of hard work in the desert, one hundred thousand soldiers of the Sanshui Army finally left the desert and approached the junction of the three countries of Duji, Feng and Ning. At this time, counting the number of people, the number of the Sanshui Army had been reduced to more than 3,000.
, can almost be called a corpse thrown away along the way.
The junction of the Three Kingdoms is a barren mountain. If you want to go to Tongmen from here, the distance is not far, but you have to cross the continuous mountains in front of you. There is no way to go, you can only make your own way. At this time, Shangguan Yuan asked Xiang Liang
Qi suggested that the entire army should be stationed to rest and adjust well before marching. After all, the soldiers below were too tired.
But Liang Qi shook his head to express his objection. Soldiers are very fast and cannot delay. Moreover, what soldiers fear most during the march is to rest in the middle, which will lead to a loss of momentum. They must work hard to reach the destination.
After listening to Liang Qi's words, Shangguan Yuanrang smiled bitterly. Our army had just walked out of the desert and was about to enter the barren mountains and rivers. Even if it finally reached Tongmen successfully, it would be a tired army. How could it still attack the city?