Liang Rui didn't care about the changes in the war on the other side of the gate. He walked straight to the meeting hall.
A personal guard had already walked over with a jug of wine.
Liang Rui looked back at Yin Shou: "Luo Yun, do you plan to have a drink with me?"
Yin Shou looked at the pot of wine and roughly understood something. Liang Rui had obviously been prepared to live or die with the city before, but he and even His Highness the Sui King had wronged and wrongly blamed him for a long time.
With a sigh, Yin Shou solemnly handed over his hands: "I wrongly blamed the old general before. I beg the old general to forgive me for some unintentional actions. Please don't take it to heart."
Liang Rui laughed loudly. His personal guard had already filled him with wine, so he directly picked up the wine glass: "After drinking this glass of wine, won't all the worries and worries be forgotten? Why bother talking about it now?"
Yin Shou also laughed loudly and reached out to pick up the wine glass: "Top it up!"
"Give it to brother Luo Yun!" Liang Rui also waved his hand.
The guard hesitated for a moment and then poured Yin Shou a glass as well.
Yin Shou picked up the wine glass, and Liang Rui made a toast gesture to him.
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Yin Shou drank it all in one gulp and felt the spicy taste of the wine.
It's fine wine.
After Liang Rui also finished, he threw the wine glass on the ground: "This magnificent Zhou Dynasty is already about to collapse. I can't see His Royal Highness Sui Wang making a comeback. This country is falling apart, and someone will eventually die for it.
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"If there aren't even a single person buried, how will future generations view me, the Great Zhou Dynasty, and His Royal Highness the Sui Dynasty?" Yin Shou nodded: "Then let us do it, the old general's legs and feet are not bad.
Remember to wait for someone on the road to hell."
Liang Rui smiled.
But Yin Shou stopped talking.
It is useless to say anything else at this time, since there is no way to change fate anyway.
As the wine went down and the medicine came up, the two of them looked at each other and fell backwards at the same time.
The door of the government office was also banged open.
Liang Rui's personal guards rushed forward, but what awaited them was the musketeers' volleys of fire.
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Han Qinhu soon saw the bodies of Liang Rui and Yin Shou.
He never thought that the war situation had developed to this point, and that there would be people willing to die for Yang Jian.
As Yang Jian's best friend, Yin Shou's choice is reasonable to avoid being humiliated after becoming a prisoner. But Liang Rui is different. After all, this old general still has the qualifications to be here, and Wei Xiaokuan and others have acted
Example, if he really chooses to surrender, then although Li Xinchen may not directly give him any actual power, there is still no problem in maintaining his life.
"I have lived enough." Niu Hong looked at Liang Rui with his eyes closed, the expression on his face was very peaceful. In contrast, Yin Shou was stunned. The two people's moods and thoughts before death were inevitable.
There are some differences, "And Yin Shou seems to be unwilling to do so."
The guards cut off the heads of Liang Rui and Yin Shou, which was the greatest achievement of this battle.
Han Qinhu looked at the two headless corpses: "There isn't that much difference now."
Niu Hong's attention also shifted away: "We have captured Shuofang so smoothly, I wonder what Yang Jian's reaction will be."
"This place is very close to Yinzhou. Yang Jian did not send any reinforcements during the entire battle of Shuofang, so we cannot take it lightly. This means that either the reinforcements are already on the way, but we are moving faster, or
Yang Jian simply has other intentions." Han Qinhu said in a deep voice.
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, a scout walked in quickly: "General Qi, the sentinel in front, Yang Jian's main force is coming out of Wuyuan to attack Lingwu!"
Han Qinhu was startled and strode to the map: "You actually gave up Yinzhou and asked for Lingwu. What does Yang Jian want to do?"
"What he wants is probably not just Lingwu, but the entire Northwest." Li Jing next to him couldn't help but say at this time. Although he had been exposed to bloody battlefields and was no stranger to killing, when he saw
When he saw the bodies of Liang Rui and Yin Shou, his face was still pale. Maybe he had never seen such an important person before and just said goodbye, or maybe he didn't think about what would happen in his heart when he faced death.
What kind of ups and downs?
However, as the news from the northwest came, Li Jing's attention was once again focused on the current situation.
Niu Hong was born in the northwest, and of course he saw the clues: "For Yang Jian, behind Yinzhou is the Hetao and the grassland. Even if he defends Yinzhou, it doesn't make much sense. After all, he can't fight with the Xianbei people.
Same, at least there is a retreat like the grassland, so instead of concentrating his forces and fighting us in Yinzhou for a battle with an almost obvious outcome, he might as well open up the situation to the northwest first. If he can really occupy Lingwu, say
Maybe they can go all the way south along the river and eventually occupy our northwest!"
After a pause, Niu Hong then said: "If nothing unexpected happens, Yang Jian should have colluded with Tuyuhun. When Yang Jian breaks into the northwest, Tuyuhun will definitely take advantage of the opportunity when we concentrate our forces to deal with Yang Jian. By then, Yang Jian will
Even if it is impossible to capture all of the northwest, the rich areas in the northwest, such as Anding, Tianshui and other places, may fall into his hands. If Xiaoguan is controlled again, we will have a headache by then."
Han Qinhu also looked solemn.
Once Yang Jian takes over the northwest, it will be difficult for the Han Dynasty to gain a foothold in Guanzhong. Hanzhong and Bashu will be threatened. Then it will only be a matter of time before Yang Jian enters Guanzhong again.
Han Qinhu had to admit that Yang Jian was indeed very courageous in abandoning Yinzhou and concentrating his efforts to reopen the situation in the northwest. It was also the only way to bring him back to life.
"But Yang Jian has to take a lot of risks," Li Jing said with a smile. "Whether he can capture Lingwu, which even the Turks failed to defeat, is debatable. If the army rushes to fight, can the Hetao alone be used to supply it?"
Sufficient food may also be a problem. More importantly, we have captured Shuofang, and Yinzhou and Hetao are already in sight. This year's autumn harvest is considered to be cheaper for Yang Jian, but does Yang Jian really think that he can still get the food for next summer's harvest?
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Han Qinhu and Niu Hong looked at each other. They still had confidence in the Han army's defense in Lingwu, and what they had to do now was to rely on the power of the firearms in their hands to move forward desperately!
Han Qinhu nodded slightly: "Yes, the turn of winter and spring this year is the anniversary of Yang Jian's death."
Niu Hong then added: "Please ask General Chariot and Cavalry for instructions. We don't have that much time left. We must hurry up."
Han Qinhu and Li Jing, the uncles and nephews who had now become the mainstays of the Han army in the Northern Expedition, looked thoughtfully at the arrogant Northern Zhou army on the map.