In less than half a day, Shouyang County was laid.

After An Chong and the others landed in the city, they didn't do anything, they all looked for Shishou first. But in the city tower on the east side, An Chong found him first. An Chong was overjoyed, rushed to kill, killed the personal soldiers around Shi Shou, captured him, tied him up immediately, and sent him to see Xiner.

This is the first time Shi Shou has seen Xin Er.

When he arrived at the position of the Chinese army commanding the operation, Shi Shou saw that under the tall general banner with black letters on a red background, surrounded by hundreds of strong men with bright armor and bright armor, there were seven or eight military generals and civil officials from Dingxi.

These civil and military figures, in different shapes, or short, or fat, or black-faced, or dignified, or holding fans, or braids, most of them blood-stained armor, it is obvious that they have just arrived from the battlefields in various places, and one of them, less than thirty years old, wears a flying tiger scarf, wears simple armor, and wears a red coat, standing heroically and erect, with a sword on his waist, but among all the people, he stands out like a chicken.

Needless to say, Shi Shou also knows that this person must be a famous and powerful general of the Tang Dynasty and a powerful minister of Dingxi who shook Xianyang.

The stone head is scattered, but there is the dignity of Admiral Pu Qin, stiff knees, refusing to kneel, although his body is tied with five flowers, his hands are tied behind his back, he still stalks his neck, and a pair of eyes shoot a light of contempt. He is not as tall as Xin Er, and he needs to look up to see Xin Er, but although he looks up and is tied up, only from his expression and posture, he looks like he is a victor and Xin Er is a prisoner.

Xin Er looked at him and asked, "You are the head of the stone?" ”

Shi Shou said arrogantly: "You are Xin Er? ”

The short Cao Fei, the fat Zhang Shao, the black-faced Guo Daoqing, the majestic Tian Ju, the suave Tang Ai, and the bearded Zhao brothers, all of them were angry when they heard his disrespectful words. Before Cao Fei and the others could get angry, An Chong raised his leg and kicked Shi Shou's buttocks, kicked him to the ground, pulled out a knife, crossed his neck, and scolded: "Thief! In the face of the captives, they dare not be inferior! ”

Xin Er didn't get angry, but when he heard what he said, he put away his carelessness, looked at Shi Shou carefully, looked at Tang Ai and the others, and said, "This is a backbone." He instructed An Chong and ordered, "Don't humiliate him, give him dignity!" ”

An Chongying said: "No." Then he took the stone head down and went down.

Speaking of An Chong, is a big fate, that day to attack Lu Ming array, Lu Wu with a hundred crossbowmen, ambushed him, but although An Chong was hit by many arrows, fell off the horse, but because of its thick armor, actually not much injury, so today to attack Shouyang City, he can still take the lead, and the time to run, luck came, he captured the stone head, and won the first merit of capturing the enemy's main general.

But he said that the stone head had enough energy and spirit, thought of the words, and wanted to have a good life with Xin Er for three or five rounds, which was also regarded as his loss without losing people, and not falling into the prestige of Daqin, who knew that Xin Er only said a word to him, asked his name, and then wanted to give him a "decent", which was really beyond his expectations.

After being taken down by An Chong and walking a few steps, Shi Shou came back to his senses.

Although it is said that Shishou definitely has no intention of surrendering, he is inevitably aggrieved to die like this.

Shi Shouyin was struggling, trying to get out of the control of An Chong and others, looking back and shouting: "Xin Er! It's not my fault that I lost to you today, it's Lu Ming's uselessness! He won the appreciation and credit of Meng Gong in vain, but he couldn't even defend the county seat of Xiangwu, so that it was difficult for me to defend the lonely city, so I lost. You have to have the courage to let me go back, and you and I will fight again in the future, compared to the length of the other! ”

Guo Daoqing sighed and said, "Ming Gong, although this stone head is a backbone and helpless, he is also a brainless person. Ming Gong is better than him today, and he is longer than him, so why should he compare it again in the future? ”

Zhang Shao had a little doubt, asked Xin Er, and said: "Ming Gong, yesterday's pre-war military discussion, didn't Ming Gong say that after the city was broken, he would not kill prisoners?" But why didn't you persuade Shishou to surrender and directly call him killed? ”

Xin Er said: "Guanshi Shou is just right, and it must be impossible to persuade him to come, since this is the case, I don't bother to talk to him." ”

Zhang Shao suddenly said, "I see. Xin Dao, "How do you feel that Ming Gong seems to have changed from before?" If it was placed in the Western Regions, even if he knew that the captured enemy generals would not surrender, Ming Gong might still persuade him to surrender; But now he doesn't say a word more, and it's better than decisive than ever! ......, isn't it, this is related to the death of General Long Xiang? ”

Zhang Shao's speculation is quite reasonable.

Grief, like intense feelings such as ecstasy, can have a greater impact on a person, at least in the short term.

Or, it will make this person discouraged, unable to do anything, not wanting to do anything, and even seeing through the red dust.

Or, even if you don't become discouraged, and some useless things, some useless words, you may not have done them before, and when you are grieving, you may not do them.

An Chong escorted Shishou to the moat, forced him to face the breached Shouyang County, and knelt down according to him. The head of the stone is a man with his hair in braids. An Chong sent a soldier, grabbed his braid forward, stretched his neck, raised his hand, and cut off his head. Then, An Chong personally held the head of the stone head and went to restore Xin Er's life. But Xin Er had already left the place where he was supervising the battle and went to the city.

Changing the praise to mention, An Chongti slipped the head of the stone head, thought about it, threw it to the servant, and said: "It's a Qin general, and he can also declare the power of the captivity, so it's a pity to throw it away, you hang it at the gate of the city, and show it to the soldiers and prisoners!" ”

Why is Shi Shou "a Qin general"? It is true that he is a member of Pu Qin's famous generals.

Thinking that when he was alive, when Pu Qin was a master, honored and wealthy, a look, a snort in his nose, he could frighten thousands of soldiers in his department, those Tang, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Rong slaves and maids in his family, but whenever he was slightly dissatisfied, he said to kill him, and he had to kill with a rod or hands every month, and he didn't know how many people's lives were between his joy and anger, but after he died, not to mention the burial of his identity, it was his head, and in An Chong's mouth, it was like a waste utilization.

But then again, it was said by the Xiangwu squire who was compatible with Buddhism and Taoism, and Shouyang City became the place where the stone head hangs.

The stone head can be killed, and the rest of the captives, according to Xin Er's orders, did not kill any of them.

Among the captives, there were Rong people, Huns, and Tang people. Regardless of which race they are, Xin Er treated them equally, and they were given two choices, one choice was to surrender to the Dingxi army, and the other choice was to become a tunhu in Dingxi.

In fact, Xin Er also thought about giving them a third option.

If you want to return home, you will be given the travel fee, and if you send it home,—— it seems to show the benevolence and righteousness of Dingxi, just like Tang Ai said, for Dingxi's future attack on Puqin, come to a "benevolent voice".

But after much consideration, Xin Er retracted this idea.

This is because, first, the people in Dingxi are much less than Puqin, and these captives are all strong, rather than returning to their hometowns with them, it is better to keep them in Dingxi to enrich the people and troops; The two, if they return to their hometowns, even if they can use their mouths to promote some "benevolence" in Guanzhong for Dingxi, but these captives are the low-level soldiers, when Dingxi and Pu Qin fight again, they will still follow Pu Qin's generals and become the enemies of Dingxi.

On the other hand, if Dingxi is strong and Pu Qin is weak, this third option can be given to the captive. is already strong, and then showing the public with benevolence and righteousness is enough to play a good role in disintegrating the hostility.

The task of cleaning up the battlefield was handed over to Guo Daoqing and others.

He and Cao Fei waited until they entered the city, first inspected the alleys, inspected the damage caused by the siege to the people in the county, and ordered that part of the captured materials be taken out and distributed to the people as compensation; Then, invite the squires and elders in the county to give them wine and meat, on behalf of Linghule, and comfort them. Before sunset, he went out of the city again, and most of the troops who had returned to the camp were cared for one by one, wrapped up wounds for the wounded, and mourned the dead.

I was busy for half a day and most of the night, and it wasn't until dawn that Xin Er went back to his account to rest.

I didn't sleep for long, as if I had just fallen asleep, I was woken up by Tang Ai.

Xin Er woke up, touched the corners of his eyes, and felt that the corners of his eyes were moist.

When he slept, he had a dream, but when he woke up, he only remembered that he had dreamed of koji balls, and he didn't remember what he had dreamed about.

The tent was lifted, Xin Er sat up with half of his body, his eyes swept over the handsome Tang Ai, and looked out of the tent, the spring was bright outside, the military flag was swaying, and he was in the murderous military camp, but he clearly heard the crisp sound of birds chirping.

The spring light is incomprehensible, and the party wakes up like in a dream. Thinking back to the vague dream, and then recalling his experience in his past life and present life, Xin Er, who had just woken up, for a while, Ruozhuang Zhou dreamed of butterflies, I don't know whether it was a dream at this time, or whether it was a dream in his dream.

Xin Er settled his mind and thought: "Mingzong, the restoration of the Central Plains is the common desire of you and me, now you abandon me, my ability is limited, and I don't know if I can achieve this ambition independently, but since I have come here, it doesn't matter if he is a dream or not, he is worthy of himself, and he is worthy of his heart is the most important thing." Don't worry, I will do my best to accomplish your ambition, this is for you and for me. ”

Tang Ai saw that he didn't belong to his mind, and knew that he had just woken up, and he was probably not in a normal sense, so he called him again: "Ming Gong? ”

Xin Er rubbed his eyes, cheered up, and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Tang Ai replied, "It's not the time yet." ”

Xin Er got out of bed, washed his face with cold water, and immediately disappeared from his sleepiness, without telling Tang Ai that he dreamed of koji balls when he was asleep, and asked him directly: "Do you have any military affairs?" ”

Tang Ai presented a military report and said: "Zhang Daochong, Beigong Yue, Yan Xi, Wang Shuwang, Li Liang and others defeated Qiu Tai and Ran Seng Nu, and killed Ran Seng Nu from his younger brother Ran Damu, and Wudu County has been recovered. This is their good news. ”

Xin Er took the good news, opened it and looked at it, and saw that the good news read: "After the lower officials and other divisions are met, they will attack inside and outside, and fight again with Qiu Tai and Ran Seng Nu." Pu Badger Sun and Tonghuliang were defeated by the general, and the rats scurried, and the morale of Qin Yu was lost. Li Liang offered advice, and Wang Shuwang each led fifty soldiers, cut off his camp at night, and beheaded Ran's big eyes, and the Qin camp was in chaos. The lower officials and others waved their troops to take advantage of the advance, and then defeated the Qin captives. ”

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Li Liang slashed the Qin camp three times, failed three times, persevered, and finally succeeded in this fourth camp.

After reading the good news, the grief of the past few days was slightly diluted.

Xin Er was slightly happy, clenched his fists, and said: "If Wudu is recovered, the three counties of Qinzhou have been recovered!" Thousands of miles, our army has no worries, and after resting in Shouyang for two days, he will attack Nan'an in the north, and he must capture Lu Ming and Yao Tao alive to avenge Mingzong! ”

Tang Ai looked hesitant.

Xin Er asked, "What's wrong?" Qianli, looking at your appearance, seems to have objections? ”

Tang Ai held a feather fan in his hand and said, "Duke Ming, this Nan'an, in Ai's foolish opinion, is not the time for our army to attack. ”