Outside the Cijian camp of the Tang Army, Li Shimin led all the civil servants and generals to gather at the entrance, looking excitedly into the distance.
Suddenly, iron hooves vibrated in the south, smoke and dust were like dragons, and it appeared that a large group of cavalry was coming.
"Your Highness, the military advisor and the others are back." Chai Shao said with a smile.
"The military advisor sent a text message at night, saying that he had won a great victory and that he had captured Zhu Can and Guo Shancai. Hearing this, I almost had no sleep all night."
Li Shimin smiled from ear to ear.
"Haha, Your Highness is so happy." Everyone burst into laughter.
Li Yuanji, on the other hand, had an unlucky look on his face. Among the others, he was the only one who stood out.
His Highness, Prince Qi, had always disliked Xia Yu's arrogance as if he had everything under control, and he wished that he would suffer a defeat.
It would be even better if he was killed or captured by Wang Shichong.
But the ideal is very full, the reality is very skinny, Xia Yu won, and it was a big win, His Highness King Qi's mood was naturally very unhappy.
But the official position is worse than bullshit, and the civil and military officials pretended not to see this guy's unhappy face.
Not long after, Xia Yu led his army to the front of the camp. When he saw Li Shimin leading his troops to greet him in person, they quickly dismounted and came forward to see him.
"Your Highness has to go out to greet you. I am ashamed to accept it."
"Thank you for your hard work, military advisor!"
"Good job, generals!"
Li Shimin smiled from ear to ear, raised his head and glanced at the victorious army, but was a little surprised: "How can you not see the prisoners?"
Didn’t you say that we won a great victory?
Poor Li Er, he only received a simple text message reporting victory from Xia Yu, but no detailed battle report. He still doesn't know what happened.
Qin Qiong's generals all looked at Xia Yu: Boss, please explain, you ordered the man to be chopped!
Xia Yu was shameless, pointing at Guo Shancai and Zhu Can who were tied up immediately, and said seriously: "Prisoners? Yes. Aren't these two?"
"General Guo Shancai of the Zheng Army."
"Zhu Can, the devil on earth."
Li Shimin glanced at the two of them and said, dumbfounded: "Commander, are you trying to say that these two are the only prisoners of Zheng's army?"
"Your Highness is wise." Xia Yu looked admiring, but her performance was exaggerated.
"..." Li Shimin looked helpless: "Military advisor, don't fool me! A big battle can't make these two prisoners?"
"It's really just these two."
"What about the other Zheng troops? They all ran away?"
Li Shimin was surprised and said: "They were all chopped into pieces? Military advisor, you, did you kill the prisoners?" Since ancient times, it was unlucky to kill prisoners, and that was no small matter.
"Who killed the prisoners?" Xia Yu said confidently: "If I don't accept the surrender of Zheng Jun, where will the prisoners come from?"
Everyone said again: "..." Very good, very strong reason!
Li Shimin had a look of collapse on his face: "Military advisor, I can't understand why Zhu Can's men died innocently, but why did no other Zheng troops survive?"
"There is no way for a raccoon dog to be innocent!" Xia Yu was categorical.
"Your Highness," Cheng Yaojin coughed lightly at this time: "The military advisor also ordered that the heads of all Zheng army oligarchs be cast into Jingguan!"
Damn it! Li Shimin and all the civil and military officials were shocked.
Jingguan, this is a very scary thing. Although it can scare the enemy, it is also extremely controversial. It has not happened many times since ancient times.
The military advisor looks so elegant and kind, but is he so murderous?
"Military advisor, this, this -" Li Shimin was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.
I want you to talk too much! Xia Yu glared at Cheng Yaojin fiercely.
Lao Cheng shrank his neck in fright, quickly looked at the sky, pretending to be in a daze, secretly regretting that he was so obsessed with what he said.
"Your Highness, don't blame me for being cruel!"
"It will never happen again if you lead a beast to eat people! I will teach future generations to stop this!"
"Even if you let me choose ten more times, I will still do it!"
Xia Yu's expression was fierce and murderous, which made all the warriors wallowing in the mountains of swords horrified: A scholar is actually more ruthless than our generals, awesome!
Li Shimin felt a headache and said with a wry smile: "That's all, just kill him, he deserves it. Let's go, the soldiers have worked hard. Let's go back to the camp first. I will reward the three armies today!"
For a moment, there was thunderous cheers outside the camp gate.
As they entered the camp, Li Shimin whispered on his horse: "Military advisor, you can't do this killing of prisoners and building temples in the capital anymore. Since ancient times, people have said that they are to be feared, and the Confucian scholars in the court who are suffering from the plague are not easy to mess with."
"Your Highness, if there is an impeachment, I will shoulder the responsibility." Since Xia Yu dares to do it, she has no regrets.
"Why did the military advisor say this!?" Li Shimin seemed a little angry: "Obviously he ordered the killing without mercy, so what does it have to do with the military advisor?"
Xia Yu: "..." Boss, do you want to impress me to death by taking care of things like this?
"Your Highness——"
"There is no need to say more, military advisor. You risk life and death for me, how can I not take responsibility for you?" Li Shimin looked resolute and could not refuse.
He must protect Xia Yushi's genius.
There are some things that he, Li Shimin, can afford, but Xia Yu cannot.
"Your Highness is so righteous!" Xia Yu said no more, just cupped his fists on his horse and sighed in his heart: Such a wise master deserves to rule the world!
Noon.
In the commander's tent, people were drinking and drinking, and Li Shimin was celebrating Xia Yu's victory.
Xia Yu and Qin Qiong waited for you to say a word, and I said a word to basically explain yesterday's war clearly, and everyone listened with joy.
This battle was fought so neatly and beautifully!
Annihilating thousands of Zheng troops is actually nothing.
But it was very remarkable to kill Zhang Tongren and Xue Shi'an, capture Guo Shancai and Zhu Can, and kill Yang Gongqing so that he could escape on horseback.
These are all great generals of the Zheng Army, and everyone in the world knows them!
With just this one battle, Xia Yu will become famous all over the world!
As for Zheng Jun, his prestige was completely ruined!
"It is really wonderful for a military advisor to use troops! They are both unexpected and interlocking, and they are experienced and ruthless. The disciples of Guigu really live up to their reputation!"
King Xiao Qin was very happy that Xia Yu showed his ability to stand alone, and his importance became more and more important in his heart.
Li Shiji also suddenly spoke up and said with a smile: "The military advisor's use of troops reminds me of a famous general from the Northern and Southern Dynasties."
Everyone asked: "Who is it?"
"Famous teachers and generals should not keep themselves in prison, and thousands of troops should avoid white robes!" Li Shiji smiled leisurely and uttered a nursery rhyme that was popular and auspicious to everyone.
Chen Qingzhi!
Everyone suddenly realized: This was a famous war-god general from the Southern and Northern Dynasties!
"It is indeed very similar." Feng Deyi said with a smile: "The same spirit of scholarly business, the same skill of using soldiers like a god. Everyone, please congratulate me as a military advisor."
"Respect the military commander." Everyone echoed, and the atmosphere was warm.
Li Yuanji felt very unhappy when the crowd was in such a mood, so he could only hold his nose and raise a glass.
Xia Yu quickly responded modestly to everyone.
After drinking, Xia Yu remembered something: "By the way, Your Highness, I would like to ask Zhu Can for instructions on how to deal with the captive Guo Shancai."
Li Shimin smiled. He was a smart man and naturally understood what Xia Yu meant.
"What do you mean, military advisor?"
"Guo Shancai, kill him! This man is a guerrilla general of the pseudo-Zheng You. He only has high authority. Killing him can frighten the enemy and weaken his spirit."
"As for Zhu Can, he is full of evil, and even death is not enough to atone for his sins."
"I would like to take him to Xin'an, set up a torture platform in the city, and cut him into pieces with a thousand swords to express his gratitude to the world. In this way, he can also serve as a warning to the latter."
As soon as Xia Yu opened her mouth, she kept saying kill, kill, kill!
It was such a hot day that everyone was covered in cold sweat.
"Military advisor," Yu Wenshiji couldn't help but said, "Zhu Can deserved his punishment, so that's all. Then Guo Shancai is quite famous among Zheng's army, why not persuade him to surrender?"
"Yes, maybe it can divide Zheng's army." All the civil servants also said one after another.
The generals curled their lips and did not say a word. Obviously, everyone did not think highly of Guo Shancai, his colleague.
But Li Shimin smiled: "I will follow the advice of the military advisor. Guo Shancai will behead him immediately and send his head to the military advisor. As for Zhu Can, how about having the military advisor personally supervise the beheading?"
When Xia Yu heard this, she was overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, Your Highness."
I really need to praise such a considerate boss.
"Your Highness——" When they heard that Guo Shancai was still going to be killed, all the civil servants became anxious and waited for further persuasion.
But Li Shimin waved his hand and said arrogantly: "Needless to say, this Guo Shancai has great ambition but little talent. I don't like him, so I might as well kill him."
Although he, Li Er, suffers from severe talent hunger syndrome, he doesn't accept just any junk.
He really didn't like many of Wang Shichong's subordinates. Even Shan Xiongxin, in his eyes, was nothing more than a domestic slave with three surnames.
All civil servants knew Li Shimin's temper. Once he made a decision, he would not change it and had no choice but to give up.
"I tell you guys, don't just talk. This wine is too much for you." Cheng Yaojin, a rough guy, the wine bug came up again, howling loudly to fight for the wine.
