Chapter 655: Don't Take Prisoners
Xiahoulan chose to leave secretly in order to save her life, but the defenders of Song County were completely unaware of the situation.
When Lu Bu successfully reached the city wall, he did not find Xiahou Lan.
"Where did the kid go?" Lu Bu looked around a little puzzled.
Not only Lu Bu was looking for Xiahou Lan, but the Cao soldiers in Song County were also looking for their main general. Xiahoulan's lieutenant general was extremely anxious, and now that Liu's army had rushed into the city, the defenders had no way to continue to resist. At this time, it is up to the Lord to make a decision in the future, whether it is to continue to fight or to retreat, let the Lord decide in the future. The best thing to do now is to retreat, but the lieutenant doesn't dare to call the shots. Cao Cao's order was to defend to the death, and to retreat without his order was to kill the head. No matter how good the reason is, it is wrong to disobey the military order, the deputy general has not lived enough, the last time he was in Yanzhou, he took advantage of Cao Cao's destruction of Yanzhou's order to collect a lot of property, and a good day was waiting for him, and he didn't want to be killed.
And if Xiahou Lan made a decision, it would be different, if Cao Cao wanted to be held responsible, he would first find the big one, as long as his deputy said that he was obeying the command, then the guilt would be much smaller, and Cao Cao wanted to kill him, and the reason was not so sufficient.
Besides, Xiahou Lan is a member of the Xiahou family, and what is the relationship between the Xiahou family and the Cao family, the vice general is very clear.
Now that Xia Houlan is nowhere to be found, the deputy general is in a hurry.
"General, I just saw General Xiahou leaving from the south gate with his own personal army!" A small soldier came out and said.
The deputy general almost fainted, and the main general actually ran away, so now Song County is his biggest. Xiahou Lan is a member of the Xiahou family, as long as she keeps her useful body, she will not be killed after all. Anyway, Xia Houlan will have plenty of reasons to shirk, such as being unwell, being seriously injured, and moving rescuers.
Well, now Song County can't hold it, all the blame is borne by him, the vice president, and his life is almost unsaved.
"Xiahoulan, you are ruthless enough, you are forcing me to death." The adjutant general was heartbroken, this is over, Xia Houlan has not left him a way to live at all.
The adjutant general also has pro-soldiers, and when they saw that their master was so sad, they immediately thought about it, and the captain of the pro-soldiers said: "General, since General Xiahou is unkind and unjust, why should we give our lives to them?" I heard that Emperor Shenwu was benevolent, so let's abandon the darkness and turn to the light. ”
The deputy general thought: Yes, don't we still have this path to choose. Maybe there will be some glory and wealth waiting for you.
But such a thing cannot be said explicitly.
"Bastard thing. Ben will be loyal to the lord, how can he betray the lord! The lieutenant general scolded at the captain of his own army.
The captain of the pro-soldier was immediately ashamed, and he really miscalculated his thoughts.
The adjutant general said: "It's a pity that the situation of the enemy and us has reached a critical moment now, and for the sake of many brothers, there is no way to watch them die. Tell the whole army to lay down their arms. ”
The captain of the pro-soldier felt admiration for the face of his general, this is the person who does great things.
As the adjutant general's order was conveyed, the soldiers of the Cao army all knew that Xiahoulan had retreated privately, causing them to ignore the situation. The soldiers of the Cao army all know that the general trend has gone, and there is no need to resist indifferently now, after all, the main generals have all run away, and they still have to fart. One by one, they obediently threw their weapons to the ground, and then squatted on the ground.
When the soldiers of Liu Jun saw this, they knew that the Cao army was about to surrender, so they did not embarrass the Cao army who laid down their arms, but only deterred those Cao troops who did not lay down their arms. Of course, there were some soldiers who were very loyal to Cao Cao, but their fate was only the result of being slaughtered by Liu Jun.
It didn't take long for all the Cao soldiers to give up their resistance.
And the deputy general of Song County knelt in front of Ma Chao and said, "Young General Fan Er, lead all the defenders of Song County to surrender to the general!" ”
Ma Chao looked at the deputy general in front of him and smiled: "Surrender now?" Will it be a little late. ”
The adjutant general said without changing his face: "If you return to the general's words, it was all Xiahou Lan's stubbornness before, and he wanted us to resist Wang Shi, and his small position was low, so there was no way to disobey his orders." Now that Xiahou Lan has abandoned me, I will surrender to the king. ”
Ma Chao felt that what the deputy general said was very reasonable, but he had no way to make the decision now, so he had to ask Lu Bu's opinion.
It just so happened that Lu Bu came to Ma Chao's side covered in blood, followed by Pang Tong and Jia Xu.
"General Lu, two gentlemen, you have come just in time, this deputy general of Song County is ready to surrender to us!" Ma Chao said with a smile.
Lu Bu nodded, he had killed all his strength just now, and the killing intent was not very strong now, so there was no need to embarrass these Cao Jun.
When the deputy general saw this posture, he was happy in his heart, and it seemed that his life had been saved.
When Ma Chao was about to accept the other party's surrender, several Liu soldiers rushed to the side of the deputy general, punched and kicked him, and cried while beating: "You son of a bitch, Lao Tzu finally found you!" I'll beat you to death! ”
The adjutant general was stunned by several soldiers, and thought it was Ma Chao's meaning, and immediately said: "General, the villain really surrendered." ”
"Stop!" Lu Bu was interested and asked, "Why do you want to beat the enemy generals who surrender to our army?" ”
These Liu soldiers stopped moving, and then knelt in front of Lu Bu. One of them cried and said, "General, the villain is from Yanzhou. When this person retreated, he led the soldiers to burn and loot, and the villain's family was killed by him. The villain was hit in the head by this guy and fainted. When he woke up, his family was killed. Including my two-year-old child. There are a few others who have suffered the same as the villain, and we joined the army together to take revenge. It's pitiful, a few of us found this guy! Please let the general call the shots for us! ”
"Please also ask the general to call the shots for us!" Several of the other soldiers knelt on the ground, kowtowing incessantly.
Lu Bu stared straight at the deputy general, which made the deputy general very nervous in his heart, he really didn't expect that he would meet the enemy, and he wouldn't have the current situation if he made up a few more knives at that time.
After a long time, Lu Bu asked, "Have you led troops to plunder?" ”
"It was ordered by our general, and the villain is really helpless." The deputy general didn't have any psychological burden, he put all the blame on Xia Houlan, and Xia Houlan was not there anyway.
"In other words, Cao Jun here has a share?" Lu Bu said.
"We're just following orders." The deputy general felt that the law was not responsible, and he would definitely be fine if he pulled all the Cao troops into the water together.
"Ben gets it!" Lu Bu said to the soldiers of Liu Jun who were kneeling in front of him: "The general will hand him over to you to deal with!" ”
"Thank you, General! The general is wise! After several Liu soldiers kowtowed, they immediately rushed to the adjutant general.
The adjutant general was shocked and said, "This general, everyone has done it, why do you want to target me." We're all here to surrender! ”
"Well, you reminded the general! Come! Kill all the Cao soldiers! Lu Bu gave an order that shocked everyone.
The soldiers of Cao Jun immediately made a commotion, but under the threat of Liu Jun's fierce eyes and weapons, they retreated again.
"General, this is not very good. It's ominous. Jia Xu came out and said that he didn't feel the need to kill all these Cao soldiers.
The lieutenant seemed to have hope for life, and the old man was right.
Lu Bu said lightly: "What the general said before the war was to avenge the people of Yanzhou!" Now these Cao Jun are those scourges, and they can't break their promises! ”
"But Your Majesty ......," Jia Xu wanted to continue, he was very worried
But Lu Bu stopped and shouted, "Someone! Ben will have only one request today! That is, do not take prisoners! ”
Ma Chao felt that Lu Bu was too right, and killed these Cao soldiers to avenge the people of Yanzhou. Your Majesty will not be embarrassed.
"Yes!" All the Liu soldiers let out a loud shout.
"Especially this guy! You're greeting! Don't let him die too soon! Lu Bu specifically pointed to the deputy general of Cao Jun and commanded.
"Obey the general's orders!" Several soldiers who had a grudge against the deputy general of the Cao army happily agreed.
The lieutenant general of the Cao army was dragged down by several Liu soldiers with a dirty face, and he now regretted his death.
Lu Bu said to Pang Tong, Jia Xu and Ma Chao: "This matter will be borne by the general!" ”