Zhao Hongrun asked Nanmen Huai, the newly surrendered general who stayed in the army.
I remember that after the discussion, Nanmen Chi hurriedly went to the Chu army in Longji Mountain to the north, that is, his brother Nanmen Yangchu, while Nanmen Jue went to "Qi County" with light equipment to persuade their Nanmen clan to defect to Wei.
, only Nanmen Huai remained in the Wei army. Probably Nanmen Chi and Nanmen Jue took into account Zhao Hongrun's trust in them, so they took the initiative to keep Nanmen Huai as a hostage. "Note: The last chapter is preceded by
There’s a typo, it should be Qi County.』
In fact, to be honest, even if Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue, and Nanmen Huai brothers go out together, Zhao Hongrun doesn't care. After all, he has gained more than 40,000 new Chu troops. As long as Qu Cheng and Wu Ji can convince those
Taking prisoners and arousing the resentment buried in the hearts of these prisoners towards the Xiong clan was equivalent to the Wei army adding 40,000 reinforcements.
This is the most important thing.
In comparison, Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue and Nanmen Huai seem insignificant.
Of course, even if Zhao Hongrun did not value the three brothers too much, he still showed great enthusiasm for their surrender. After all, it is "a thousand gold buys horse bones". If he treats the surrenderers favorably, how can he attract the whole world?
What about the people who defected to Wei?
In this matter, one person's name played a vital role, causing the three Nanmen brothers who had hesitated before to immediately change their minds.
And this name is Tian Dan, the chief general of the Eastern Route Army, a famous and fierce general in Qi State.
Hearing Zhao Hongrun's inquiry, Nan Menhuai's face showed some fear. He licked his lips and said inexplicably: "That's a butcher."
"Butcher, it seems that we in the Wei Dynasty also have a "butcher" named Sima An..."
Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but think of Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army. After all, the latter was scolded as a butcher by Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao Army. The reason was that Sima An's attitude towards foreigners was always to kill.
The phrase "slaughter it" is more than just a slogan among the Dangshan Army.
However, after the Battle of Sanchuan, General Sima An's attitude towards the people of Sanchuan has slightly improved, but it is still at the level of "wariness". He still does not trust the surrender of the Sanchuan tribe, but compared with before, it is really
Much better.
"Could it be that Tian Dan is like Sima An?"
Zhao Hongrun tilted his head, a little puzzled, because when his brother Liu Huang returned to Wei State with his newlywed wife Kui Ji last year, he had met with Tian Dan. Although Tian Dan's appearance during that time scared the Chu State envoy Huang Er and Yang Cheng
Jun Xiongtuo's face was earth-colored, and he dared not speak out when he was angry, but Zhao Hongrun did not see any clues from Tian Dan's words and deeds.
In Zhao Hongrun's view at the time, Tian Dan was a very orthodox and ordinary general. Although this man's glorious achievements were not even matched by Zhao Hongrun.
So thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but muttered: "Speaking of which, I met Na Tian Dan last year, but I didn't recognize him... Well, he is a butcher."
After hearing this, Nanmen Huai summoned up the courage to ask Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, King Su, if when you attack Xiangcheng, I, Xiangcheng, resist fiercely, and despite your repeated attempts to persuade me to surrender, you still refuse to surrender the city. When the day comes for Pocheng, you will
Will the enemy generals defending the city be executed?"
Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this. He wanted to say something nice, but after taking a look at Nanmen Huai, he changed his mind, nodded and said frankly: "Yes!... If the soldiers under my command are in Xiangcheng
The sacrifice is huge, and I will definitely kill the enemy generals guarding the city to pay homage to the fallen soldiers, unless the enemy generals are willing to surrender."
A somewhat relieved smile appeared on Nanmen Huai's face, and he complimented: "His Royal Highness King Su is really a candid gentleman, and I am convinced." After saying that, his tone changed, and he lowered his voice and asked: "Your Highness, King Su, are you
, will they slaughter the nobles in the city?"
"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly, and then asked: "Did those nobles participate in the defense of the city? Did their appearance cause additional casualties to our army?"
"Does this matter?" Nanmen Huaisha smiled.
"Of course it has something to do with it." Zhao Hongrun frowned and said seriously: "If he is a person who keeps to himself and does not participate in the war, I will naturally not incriminate him."
Hearing this, Nanmen Huai nodded with understanding and said: "General, I understand. The 'execution' you mentioned earlier, Your Highness, Prince Su, is a punishment, and it is to vent your anger for the soldiers who died in the siege."
, to pay homage to his spirit in heaven...But Tian Dan is not the same. On the day when the city is destroyed, he will order people to hang the nobles in the city, regardless of age or gender."
"Hang?" Zhao Hongrun frowned and deliberately prolonged his voice to express his inner surprise.
"Yes." As if he had guessed the thoughts of King Su in front of him, Nanmen Huai said angrily: "Your Highness, you are right, you are going to hang yourself on the city gate tower to let people who pass by the city gate.
You can see it if you look up, and this is a demonstration... No matter men, women, old or young, they will not let it go."
"..." Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly. It was not that he had never heard of this type of demonstration method, but he did not expect that Qi State was still using these cruel punishments.
After all, in his impression, Qi is a country where the idea of "benevolence" is very prevalent, so it is only right that such a thing would not happen.
At this time, as if he had guessed the doubts in Zhao Hongrun's heart again, Nanmenhuai said bitterly: "This is revenge... Tian Dan's revenge on my Chu people."
Zhao Hongrun immediately understood: Presumably, the Chu State must have done similar cruel things to the Qi State, or possibly Tian Dan's hometown, so Qi's general Tian Dan treated the Chu people extremely cruelly.
You know, when Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, led his army to invade Wei, the peasant soldiers under his command burned, killed and looted in Zhaoling and other counties. They committed a lot of evil. However, Zhao Hongrun later incorporated the army that has now evolved into the Yanling Army and Shang Dynasty.
The navy army, so Wei gave up pursuing the matter.
But in Zhaoling, the local Wei people were still extremely repulsive to the Chu people, including the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army, which have now become the Wei army.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the army of Chu State also did similar things in Qi State.
However, wouldn't the revenge of Qi General Tian Dan make the Chu army resist even more fiercely?
When Zhao Hongrun couldn't help asking about the doubts in his heart, Nanmenhuai smiled bitterly and said: "This is why we are afraid of Tian Dan... It seems that no matter how hard we, the Chu people, resist, we cannot withstand Tian Dan's army.
"After a pause, he added:
"His Royal Highness King Su does not know that the army of Qi State possesses terrible war weapons made by the craftsmen of Lu State, so that every time it fights with Qi State, Chu State's military strength is several times or even more than ten times that of Qi State.
Army, but can't get any advantage..."
"The craftsmen of Lu State...?"
Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed with gleams, thinking about whether it was possible to "abduct" a group of Lu craftsmen this time.
"...Perhaps there will be this opportunity?"
Zhao Hongrun touched his chin.
After chatting with Nanmen Huai for a while, Nanmen Huai left. After all, he was now a member of the Yanling Army and should fulfill his responsibilities and assist the Yanling Army in recruiting the nearly 20,000 troops in Xiangcheng.
After all, Zhao Hongrun had told him that as soon as the recruitment was completed, the Wei army would immediately send his troops south to Zhang County. Therefore, he was worried day and night that Qi General Tian Dan would attack Zhang County and massacre Nanmen Huai of his Nanmen clan. Regarding the Yanling Army's recruitment of Chu County,
Naturally, I am more concerned about military affairs.
Shortly after Nanmen Huai left, Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army, came to visit Zhao Hongrun.
Xu Yin and his Fenxing Army had been assisting the Shang Shui Army's deputy general Zhai Huang in reorganizing the more than 20,000 defeated Chu troops outside the city.
It was said to be assistance, but in fact it was just to guard against the betrayal of these Chu soldiers who had been recruited by the Shang Shui Army.
However, it turns out that the Shang Shui Army's absorption and brainwashing of those Chu soldiers was quite effective, and the recruitment process has basically been completed.
As long as Zhao Hongrun has a way to conquer the hometowns of these soldiers' families and transport their families to the State of Wei, then these Chu soldiers will most likely become soldiers of the State of Wei like the Shang Shui Army in the future.
After all, the national policy of the Chu State is completely a tool for the nobles headed by the Xiong family to suppress the common people. Under the premise of having better choices, those Chu soldiers will naturally choose the Wei State with better treatment and living environment.
There is no doubt about it.
"Congratulations to His Highness Prince Su for taking Xiangcheng without any blood!"
The first thing Xu Yin said when he saw Zhao Hongrun was congratulations on conquering Xiangcheng.
Zhao Hongrun smiled and waved his hand. After all, in the final analysis, he did have a plot against Xiangcheng, but it was Yan Mo's credit for taking Xiangcheng without any blood. Zhao Hongrun naturally would not take all the credit of his subordinates on himself.
"I heard that our army has increased to 90,000 people?" During the conversation, Xu Yin mentioned this matter, presumably to remind Zhao Hongrun that the proportion of Chu people in their Wei army was somewhat high.
Think about it, if there are 90,000 Wei troops, of which only less than 15,000 Fenxing troops are Wei people, and the remaining 75,000 people are all Chu people, this will certainly make Xu Yin feel uneasy.
Especially this war is a war against the Chu State. God knows whether those Chu people will rebel and switch sides in the face of battle?
"It won't happen."
As if he had seen through Xu Yin's concerns, Zhao Hongrun blinked and said: "This time our army is 'obeying morality and liberating the civilians of the Chu State who are marginalized by the Xiong nobles'. It is a righteous war that everyone hopes for. The Chu State Army comes from ordinary civilians.
You will not be our enemy..."
Hearing this, Xu Yin couldn't help laughing.
Indeed, sometimes a slogan that occupies the highest moral point can even be better than thousands of troops.
He shook his head and said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that in the first battle, more than 40,000 Chu troops would defect and surrender to our army..."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun snorted and said lightly: "This shows that this country has been corrupted. I hope that my country, Wei, will not become like this country in the future..."
Xu Yin's face trembled slightly and he said cautiously: "Isn't it possible?"
"No? Humph!"
Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly and said nothing, but he knew in his heart that there were some nobles in his country of Wei who were not much less than the nobles of Chu country. It was just that those people used their power to suppress the influence of their evil deeds and let them
The victim has nowhere to complain.
But if this continues, it will inevitably lead to catastrophe.
"Forget it, let's not mention this for now, General Xu, I hope the Fenxing Army can leave a battalion to garrison Xiangcheng..."
Xu Yin, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, naturally understands Zhao Hongrun's concerns. He nodded and said: "Chu Xuan of the East Guards Camp of Xu's army has both civil and military skills and is enough to take on this important task."
"Okay." Zhao Hongrun nodded, then turned to look in the direction of Fu Lisai.