Chapter 19: Conquering a Hundred Miles
The officer said to Bai Yu: "General, you have released these two hundred people like this, you are going to violate military discipline, and you are not afraid that they will go and not return?"
Bai Yu said lightly: "Go and not return?" I didn't plan to let these people come back, their purpose was to disturb the enemy's morale. Remember to tell them that whoever spreads the more rumors and makes a lot of noise, I will be rewarded. Before these people go back, let them have a full meal, and each of them will be given a little more money for the journey, so that they will remember the kindness of our army. By the way, I will have a set of casual clothes. Three days later, if these people can't complete the task, I have to go out in person and go to Baili City to meet the general who guards the city. I heard that this kid once killed the city lord in order to save the refugees, and proclaimed himself the city lord, and he has the courage, I admire, what is his name. ”
"Report to the general, that guy's name is Zhuo Ying, are you sure you want to be alone and put yourself in danger?" the officer looked at him in surprise.
Bai Yu waved his hand, and he left quickly, arranged for the two hundred people to eat and distribute the travel expenses, and then ordered the release of the people.
In the afternoon, these 200 or so people were released from Sanchuan City, and each ran faster than the other......
(Inside Hundred Mile City as usual.) )
"Lord of the City, the sergeant guarding the city gate came to report that there were many deserters who fled from the direction of Sanchuan City, and there were about 200 people, how to deal with it?"
"If I kill these people, I may leave a handle on the side of the big leader of the righteous army, and I can't bear it, besides, it is estimated that it will not be long before the royal court will make a move on my Baili City, and it is time to expand the army. Forget it, carefully screen to see if it is our army personnel, whether there are any spies involved, and after finding out the identity, disperse and arrange for the troops defending the city. ”
Zhuo Ying pondered for a long time, made a decision, and immediately arranged it.
Three days passed quickly, and the effect of these deserters should not be underestimated. In the camp, when the commander and the robe asked about the battle of Sanchuan City, some of them talked wildly, their eyebrows fluttered, and some shook their heads again and again, telling how their own troops were scattered and annihilated. All of a sudden, in the barracks, all kinds of versions of how the enemy army in the Battle of Sanchuan was brave, how to fight with one enemy and five, and how to behead countless versions began to go viral, and everyone was in danger, and soon people were panicked. There were no impermeable walls, and soon these words reached the ears of the guards.
He was furious and began to think of killing. So, he sent people to catch a few typical thorns in the army who spread alarmism. On the spot, the head of a small soldier was cut off by a sword, and his shoulders were slashed, and the air seemed to freeze, and blood gushed out from the broken neck. The hearts of the people on the side sank, and they all took a step back, one by one, extremely frightened, and a chill, as if the head was gone in an instant, and they would lose their lives.
"Have you all seen it, if anyone dares to shake the morale of the army, they will end up like him. I'll just remember that these guys are also first-time offenders, let them go, take them down, and beat them with twenty sticks, and beat them hard.
"Yes. ”
"Ah...... Yes...... , the general spares his life, don't fight, we don't dare. ”
Although a small soldier was beheaded and a group of rumor-mongers were punished, the morale of the army in the city was still unstable, because the two armies had not been in contact, and the other party had just won such a big battle, and the psychological pressure on the soldiers in Baili City was not insignificant.
At night, the little soldiers who had been beaten to the point of flowering were lying on their stomachs one by one. They admitted it on the surface, but they were still very unhappy in their hearts, so they discussed it together: We didn't spread rumors, Sanchuan was defeated so badly, even if the white-faced little general didn't send us to disturb Baili, this city would not be able to hold it sooner or later. It is better for us to strike first, and inform our brethren in the camps tonight to set fire to the camps. Stir him upside down, in the dead of night tonight, and then while everyone is fighting the fire, we secretly arrested the guy from the city lord and went to the enemy camp to ask for a reward. Our brothers are also guarding the gates, so don't worry.
So they went their separate ways, and some of them went to mobilize their old brothers, and those who were beaten with sticks were naturally not idle.
The night was dark, and the battalions were in constant turmoil. At this time, the city has begun to be chaotic, shouting one after another, "Fire, put out the fire, the enemy has entered the city," seeing the flames soaring into the sky, the horses also neighed, pulling the reins, and insisted on escaping, which can be described as a person turning on his back. Many barracks, logistical baggage, ordnance, and low-altitude aircraft were destroyed by fire, and the scene was chaotic, and it was not smooth for one's own people to fight the fire.
In the chaos, the beaten soldiers endured the pain in their buttocks and came to the City Lord's Mansion, and the guards stopped them, "Stop, who is it?"
"We are the ones who were scolded by the adults during the day, we have an important military situation, the matter is urgent, we are burning our eyebrows, and we ask to see General Zhuo Ying immediately. ”
"Okay, I'll take you there, remember, the general's anger hasn't disappeared yet, you can talk more leisurely, don't make the general angry at every turn. The guard reproached as he led them in.
"Yes, yes, yes, the adults have taught us. Everyone echoed and felt extremely uncomfortable in their hearts.
"I heard that you have something to ask me for, tell me, what is the matter? And tonight, there is a lot of turmoil in the city, what's going on......"
"Report to the General, we have something important to tell you......" One of the soldiers in the lead said pretendingly, blinking again, and motioning for the people on both sides to rush forward and arrest him. Soon, the city lord Zhuo Ying was tied up and trapped by Wuhuada, his mouth was also blocked, and everyone took him out of the house with a swagger.
When the guards saw that the group had tied up their superiors, they did not dare to stop him, for fear of hurting him.
So all the people in this group, followed by the pursuers, went straight to the city gate.
The city was in chaos, but the defense of the city gate was still meticulous and tight.
Soon, the group of people came to the city gate with their commander hostage, and one of the leaders said to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "This is your top boss, if you don't want him to die, open the city gate to Lao Tzu." ”
Under pressure, the trembling soldiers had no choice but to open the city gates. At this time, seeing that the city gate was wide open, Bai Yu led a group of people and horses, and launched the most fierce charge, and the soldiers defending the city were also stupid when they saw this situation, and they didn't have time to react at all. One by one, they had to retreat quickly into the city.
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It turned out that when Baili City was in flames, Sanchuan City soon received news that a spy came to report. In fact, Bai Yu counted the days here, and that night, he also ordered 10,000 horses, traveled lightly, and lurked in a small forest outside Baili City, observing the movements in the city.
"Report to the general, Baili City is starting to be chaotic, and the flames are soaring, are you ready to act?"
"Tell all the brethren, all ready, follow me to charge into the city of a hundred miles, whether you can take advantage of the chaos to attack this city, it depends on tonight. ”
Baili City was originally under the jurisdiction of the Wuwei Army, these people did not want to confront the royal court, and the two sides would become hostile, the fundamental reason was that they were not used to the atrocities of the original city lord, so they followed the current city lord to kill the dog official, and they were also forced to confront the royal court.
The battle went on quickly, and the group of soldiers who captured the city lord alive also disarmed and surrendered. At the same time, they brought Bai Yu the gift of Zhuo Ying, who was captured alive. So, these soldiers were brought down and rewarded, while Zhuo Ying was retained.
When Bai Yu saw Zhuo Ying who was captured alive, he didn't kill him, but when he saw him for the first time, he immediately untied him and praised him.
Zhuo Ying was confused and said to him: "You don't have to persuade me, I am already a traitor, and if you want to kill me, you can kill it." Killing the city lord and setting himself up as the city lord and gathering people to fight against the royal court are all done by me alone, and have nothing to do with the soldiers and civilians in the city, I hope you can treat them well. ”
Bai Yu smiled at him and said, "General Zhuo Ying killed the city lord in order to save the refugees, and his subordinates killed their superiors, although it was disloyal, but the general sacrificed his loyalty for the sake of great benevolence, I admire." Just for your heart for the people, I will ask the marshal not to kill you, and I want to let you go, and you will continue to be the city lord of this hundred miles in the future. I want to be friends with you, people like you are talented in governing the world, you can be a good official, I don't want you to be buried. ”
After listening to Bai Yu's words, Zhuo Ying knelt down and bowed. Before, he thought that if he killed the emperor's feudal officials, he would not escape the death penalty. I didn't think about it, I didn't die this time, and I could still be pardoned.
In this way, Baili City was easily taken, and after sporadic short soldiers, Zhuo Ying asked his subordinates to come to the barracks with his tiger talisman, and ordered everyone to lay down their weapons and surrender.
That night, in the city lord's mansion, Zhuo Ying held a banquet to entertain Bai Yu, and the two introduced each other as confidants.
Zhuo Ying said: "I don't know something, I hope my brother will advise, our army's defense this time is quite tight, but it was defeated a little unjustly, all of this is your strategy?"
"Yes, it's just that you're too insensitive. I thought that if this plan failed, I would come to persuade him to surrender in person, but I didn't expect that it would be too easy to win. ”
Zhuo Ying said to Bai Yu: "Thank you brother for being honest and honest, thank you and I for being like-minded." Today I have a sword here as a gift, this sword is called the Blue Blood Sword, the origin of this sword is very storyful, listen to me slowly. As he spoke, he ordered the legendary sword to be fetched.
"I think I have nothing to do with this sword, brother, you are also a benevolent and righteous person, I think there will be an outlier under this deep blue sky. Brother, you may be able to show your skills and ambitions in this world of great contention. This sword is said to have come from the first emperor, who used this sword to end the era of iron and blood and give the empire decades of peace. Later, he sighed that the world was peaceful, and the sword had stopped, and the tunnel buried the sword in the sword mound. Later, somehow, because of the changes in the world, this sword was born again. Maybe the sword sensed the location of the dragon vein, which is near the hundred cities, and by chance, it was obtained by me. It's just that at present, this sword has no spiritual power, which is tantamount to scrap metal. If you want to restore the spiritual power of this sword, you still need to find the dragon vein. There's another story about the dragon vein. It is rumored that when the first emperor was young, it coincided with the birth of the dragon, in order to protect the world, the dragon and the black dragon fought, bitten the black dragon to death, the dragon was also seriously injured and died, fell in the wild, the dragon soul was attached to the keel, the keel is also called the dragon vein. The old emperor was still a hairy boy at that time, in order to pay tribute to this creature, he poured the dragon vein with his own blood and the tears of his lover, who knew that the dragon soul left the dragon bone, and actually injected spiritual power into his sword, and followed him to fight in all directions, and returned the world to a peace. It is rumored that the true king will have a dragon head rune on his body, which can guide him to find the dragon vein. Watering the dragon vein with the tears of the virtuous king and the benevolent queen can awaken the dragon soul, and the dragon soul will be infused with the blue blood sword by itself, and the human sword will be one, and the world can be commanded. This blue-blooded sword is tantamount to scrap iron in my place, and I hope you can find the person with the heart of benevolence and the spirit of a king, and pour it with blood and the tears of your beloved, and feed the sword with blood and tears, so that the sword can recover its spiritual power. The unity of man and sword can help the sword bearer to dominate the world and be invincible. ”
After listening to this complete story, Bai Yu sighed with emotion, the father figure that only stayed in my young memories was so magnificent. His biological father Lian Yun had also told him about this, and at this time, what came to his mind was the scene of the year, when his father was young, he successfully injected the dragon soul into the Blue Blood Sword, led the clansmen to subdue the city lords of the twenty-eight cities in the four directions, and opened up the territory of the Deep Blue Empire. Later, the world was leveled, the sword was put into storage, and the horse was put into Nanshan. Without the Virtue Monarch feeding the sword with blood, the dragon soul escaped from the blue blood sword again, and it is said that he fled to Longye Mountain outside the city of this hundred miles, so there is a dragon vein in the land. According to the history of the empire, the dragon fought in the wild, and its blood was yellow. Yin and yang are combined, and the sword is cast with the soul. The blood of the emperor and the tears of the queen must be poured on the dragon vein at the same time to reawaken the dragon soul, which is inspired to inject itself into the sword.
"Brother Bai Yu, the sword has been taken, you can take a look first. Zhuo Ying shouted at him several times.
Bai Yu hadn't recovered from the memories just now, and it took a while before he agreed, "I'm really sorry, I'm still immersed in the story of my brother just now, the dragon head rune that my brother said, but this?" As he spoke, he removed his collar and asked Zhuo Ying to look at the dragon head birthmark on his chest.
Zhuo Ying took a closer look, and there was indeed a dragon head rune on his chest. "Strange, strange, I'll just say, where is this sword related to me, it's obviously related to you. He thought for a moment, "Dragon Head Rune, could it be that he is the future emperor of the empire? how could there be such a coincidence......
"Junior minister Zhuo Ying to meet the emperor, since my life was saved by you, and you are the future of the empire, if you are driven, but by sending!" Zhuo Ying saluted.
"General Zhuo Ying doesn't have to be like this, I won't hide it, I am the son of the old emperor, and my dark blue royal family was harmed by the old thief of Qingtao, but my uncle and I are still alive and fortunately saved. In the future, if you want to revive the empire, there will be more places to use generals, and it will be a long time in the future. The rebirth of this sword shows that it also wants to make contributions with me, so I will find out the whereabouts of the dragon vein as soon as possible. ”
He asked Zhuo Ying to help him keep it a secret for the time being, and then said: "Tomorrow, the army of the dragon camp will enter the city, and in the next few days, they will take over the defense of this city, and the city is safe and secure." ”
Zhuo Ying agreed, and the two continued to drink and gossip.
In Sanchuan City, Lian Yun took in some little girls who lost their parents in the war, and they looked cute, dirty and a little pitiful, so they recognized a few as righteous daughters and handed them over to Shuyun to take care of.
On this day, Shuyun walked on the streets of Sanchuan City, wanting to buy some snacks for the children.
Seeing a few sergeants bullying a few Hanako in the street, he couldn't get used to it, so he went up and repaired them. Shuyun was not bad, and those people were quickly beaten and fled in a panic. "You wait for me, Lao Tzu will call someone to destroy you in minutes......"
As soon as I finished something, I remembered the business and hurried to leave. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by a fortune teller with a dog skin plaster on his face, and this person insisted on giving him a hexagram, "Mrs. is a hero among women, not afraid of power, but also compassionate." Contemptible people are not talented, people call me Wu Liang Xianshi, also called me fortune teller, I know a little about astrology and divination, I want to calculate a hexagram for my wife, I don't know if it is possible?"
Shuyun had a sad face, so she had to say: "You have blocked my way, how can I disagree, forget it, forget it, say it, what kind of algorithm?"
"Madam, I have a blank piece of paper here, please write a word on it, and I will calculate it for Madame. ”
After a while, the word "self" jumped on the paper, and she picked up the piece of paper and showed it to the fortune teller.
The fortune teller gestured his fingers, and was so frightened that he knelt down in front of him and said, "Wu Liang greets Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"Mr. Wu, right? Is your head burned? Although Miss Ben has an interest in someone, she is not married yet? Why did the princess say nonsense, ignore you, I want to leave......" Shuyun immediately shook her head and left.
I only heard the fortune teller say from afar: "You don't believe me? You are standing with this piece of paper, it does not mean that a woman's daughter has a self character, isn't this a concubine?" Maybe not now, but definitely in the future. I have the confidence and ability to make you a princess......"
"Inexplicable, gibberish, princess, it's funny" Shuyun walked away with a suspicious face, she walked down the street, scolding the gentleman's absurdity in her mouth, but there was a sweet smile on her face.