Chapter 160: Allegiance
The dungeons of the border counties often hold captured Hun spies, like Zhao Ponu, but the cell boss has also seen a lot.
But it is generally the Huns who disguise themselves as Han Chinese, who are absolutely loyal to the Huns, and are not afraid of death and torture, so they will be caught and calm.
Those Han spies who were bought by the Xiongnu with a lot of money were crying and grabbing the ground.
It was strange to hear that the man was a traitor, and that he was still so calm.
Li Guang frowned and said, "Another BOC said? ”
Huo Quzhi also frowned silently.
The name of the Bank of China is unforgettable for most Han people, and everyone can't wait to eat their flesh and sleep their skin!
But after digging deeper, considering that the Bank of China said that what happened in the Han Dynasty, it would follow the Xiongnu with all its heart, and it is indeed not surprising that it hated the Han Dynasty to the core.
If Zhao Ponu is a person who seems to be a Chinese bank, and wants to ask about Zhao Xin's movements from his mouth, the chances are very small.
Tang Qi waved his hand to make the old man stand back, and asked Chen You, "Has this person's background been clarified?" ”
Chen You called a young general.
The young general said: "It's roughly clear, this person is from Yanmen County, served in the army, and later retired because he had an old mother at home who needed to take care of him." ”
After his mother died of illness, Zhao Ponu's temperament became irritable, and he was sentenced to be a city dan for life in an armed fight. Overwhelmed, he fled to the depths of the steppe. Yanmen County has searched for it, but if it can't be found, it's just that. ”
"I thought I was a savage of the grassland and died, but I didn't expect it to be ......"
Huo Quzhi and Li Guang looked at each other.
No matter how you listen to this, it's another template for the Bank of China!
Tang Qi said incredulously: "It's just an armed brawl, and you actually want to be sentenced to life?!" ”
Although the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, there were also a lot of harsh punishments in the local area, and since Liu Bang and the people of the world agreed on the three chapters of the law, there have rarely been such unreasonable sentences!
"The person who was beaten has a backstage?"
The young general replied: "At that time, the county guard of Yanmen was a well-known cool official, and after he took office, he was dissatisfied with the leakage of wind everywhere in the county, and the Hun spies were rampant, so the law enforcement was extremely harsh. ”
"It is said that Zhao Ponu's sentence was the result of a light sentence because no one died. The same punishment was given to those who beat him, and he died in hard labor. ”
Tang Qi was speechless.
It's cool again!
The emperor of the Liu family likes to use cool officials, because they enforce the law strictly, and the Son of Heaven will never back down wherever he bites, and he is a very useful hunting dog.
But the reason why cool officials are cool officials is not because of strict law enforcement.
It's because of the penchant for over-enforcement!
It's okay for them to fight each other with those noble families, if they use it to govern the place......
Cool officials like goshawks who will pity the people, after all, are still a minority!
"In this way, it seems that another Bank of China has said it." Huo Quzhi was depressed, "What is the name of that cool official, he actually forced the people to defect and survive, and when he goes back, he must sue him in front of His Majesty!" ”
Tang Qi was also indignant.
is a fierce general under the command of the champion Hou, and you were forced to be the hunting dog of the Huns?
O iniquity!
The young general wanted to speak and stopped, and finally could only smile bitterly: "It's useless, the county guard died as early as last year because the Huns went south to knock on the border, and they fought to the death and did not retreat." ”
Everyone: "......"
Okay, if you don't let people love and hate, can you still be a cool official?
"Brother Tang, what do you say?" Huo Quzhi asked for advice, "According to my thoughts, no matter what the reason, since you are an eagle dog of the Huns, you should die, but you don't seem to want to kill him?" ”
Everyone's eyes focused on Tang Qi.
Tang Qi thought for a while: "Let's go and meet that Zhao Ponu first, if it is really the person that the Bank of China said, he will die if he dies." ”
In the early days of the Wudi Dynasty, there was really no shortage of generals, and I didn't hear that Zhao Ponu had any achievements worthy of special mention.
The rest of the people have no opinion.
Zhao Ponu is just a Hun ten thousand households, and if he wants to put it in the past, he has no value of being discussed in the military discussion at all.
It is nothing more than cutting it in public to make the people angry, and sending their heads to Chang'an to repay their merits.
It's just that this 10,000 households are actually Han Chinese, which makes everyone think a little more.
Tang Qi, as the highest-ranking official among the people present, is also a central official, one of the nine Qings, and he will not object to anyone else's trial.
As long as this traitor is not forcibly maintained, everything is easy to say.
In the afternoon, Tang Qi and Huo Qubing came to the dungeon.
Without an order, the jailer had not yet tortured Zhao Ponu, but only overwhelmed him in the torture room.
Zhao Ponu** was tied to the shelf on his upper body, and he actually looked in good spirits, and when he saw Tang Qi and the others coming in, he even made a look of great spirits.
Huo Quzhi frowned: "I can't wait to serve the Huns?" ”
"Calm down, it's coming." Tang Qi couldn't figure out Zhao Ponu's thoughts, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's listen to what he has to say first." ”
The two of them sat down behind the table.
Without waiting for the jailer to ask, Zhao Ponu actually took the lead in speaking: "Can you ask, who are the two generals?" ”
"You're a traitor, you're pretty good at putting on a show!" Huo Quzhi smiled, and actually replied, "This will be the Han Captain Yao Huo Quai, this is the Han Dynasty Farmer Order, and the Marquis of Tang is still satisfied?" ”
Zhao Ponu actually nodded: "I don't understand the official position of the imperial court, but you are definitely not a petty official, then I will say it." ”
"What ...... say"
Huo Quzhi was interrupted by Zhao Ponu in the middle of speaking.
"I am Zhao Xin, the second king of the Xiongnu, that is, the one who surrendered and rebelled, led the army of ten thousand households, and was sent to be the vanguard, and the task was to capture Juyong Pass before the arrival of the army."
"Zhao Xin came here to lead an army of 150,000, of which 10,000 were servants of the Western Regions, and they were all given to me. I brought with me 10,000 elites of the headquarters and 30,000 cavalry of vassal tribes, a total of more than 50,000 people, and both of them must know it. ”
"Zhao Xin still has 100,000 troops left in his headquarters, most of which are cavalry of vassal tribes, and the elite of his headquarters does not exceed 30,000, of which 5,000 are his royal tent guards, the most elite warriors. After my defeat, if you can wipe out all of my troops, he should have 100,000 men left. ”
"Zhao Xinbing's soldiers were under the dual influence of the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty, and they were also cautious in their recklessness."
"Receiving the news of my defeat and death, and knowing that the miraculous burst of strong crossbows and ironclad cavalry, I will definitely be temporarily stagnant because of caution. Because only in the vast grasslands, there is no need to confront the ironclad cavalry. ”
At the same time, he will send a small elite army back to prevent the Han army from attacking his lair. Before figuring out the real strength of the army and other specific information at Juyong Pass, we will be as cautious as possible. ”
"What else would you like to ask?"
Zhao Ponu crackled and spoke, and licked his lips after speaking: "I haven't eaten or drunk all day, and I'm a little thirsty to say so many things in one breath, can you see my face with cooperation, can you give me some water?" ”