Chapter Seventy-Four: The Conquest of the Su Clan

The army of Yin Shang is approaching the city of Jizhou, the yellow sand is flying, and the soldiers are approaching the city. Di Xin stood on the chariot and shouted, the war drums rumbled, the black clouds were lowered, and the soldiers stood on the city wall and looked at the army outside the city wall. Di Xin, who was standing on top of the chariot, looked left and right, and said, "Who went out to call for battle?" A military general rode out on a tall horse and said, "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to go and call for battle." Then he rode a tall horse and stood outside the city, looking at the city wall, and exclaimed, "Who dares to go out of the city to meet the battle?" Don't be a shrunken turtle in it. "No matter what kind of insults the generals had, they didn't see anyone leave the city. Di Xin faced the left and right and said, "Take my Divine Arm Bow." "Di Xin's arm strength is superhuman, and it is not a problem for one person to pull the Wanshi bow. Di Xin looked at the pennant on the city wall, drew his bow and aimed his arrow at the city wall. The arrows shot were like a gust of wind, fluttering through the red tassels on the helmet of a general, shooting down the pennant above the head, the pennant fluttered down, and the sergeant standing under the city wall took the pennant and trampled it under the horse's hooves. Standing on the city wall, he first stretched out his hands to protect his head, and was suddenly surprised, his life was also hanging by a thread. Immediately entered the council hall and said, "Lord, the army of Yin Shang is coming to the city, will we go out of the city to fight." ”

"Now the morale of the enemy army is high, and they must not go out of the city to meet the battle." The civil officials on both sides heard that the Yin Shang army was coming to invade Jizhou, and they were a little restless. A civil official stood up and said, "Lord, why don't we transfer the elite in the border city back and defend Jizhou together." ”

"The border city is thousands of miles away from here, and it will not be possible to reach it in three or four days, and when the morale of the enemy army is reduced, a surprise army will attack it."

The Jizhou soldiers did not go out of the house, which was also a kind of consumption for Di Xin. I had to go up the river. Here is condescending, and the whole city of Jizhou can be seen. If you camp here, set up a post at the bottom of the mountain, and if the enemy forces make any changes, they will immediately send a signal. Dixin stands on the high mountain to observe this terrain, which is more than the plain, high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with water running through it. They marched up this river, stood in the upper reaches of the water, and had a plan in mind to return to the base camp. This mountain stretches to the Taihang Mountain. Di Xin faced the generals and said, "What does it mean that the Su clan refuses to fight?" Ladies and gentlemen, take note. ”

The military general stood up and said: "Your Majesty, at the end of tomorrow, you will lead a main force to attack the city, and one day later, you will capture Jizhou and capture the Su clan to meet the king." ”

"Jizhou City Jian can't be attacked for a day, the loss of troops is broken, there is Xiqi in the west, there is Su Shi who refuses to go out of the city to meet the battle is to drag me down again, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, he only uses my troops to seek a quick battle, and then merge to attack it when the grain and grass are exhausted and morale is low." Then Di Xin looked at General Fei Lian who was sitting next to him and said, "General Fei Lian, what is your plan for this?" ”

"Your Majesty, with the last general's plan, call for battle in front of the city tomorrow to lure him out of the city, and then send his grain blowing officials to blow grain like a song for three days, and then send explorers west out of Taihang Mountain to observe the movement of the border city."

"I don't agree with the general's words, the war is the most protracted, we can make food on the fifth watch, pretend to retreat to the other side to create the illusion of lack of food and grass, and retreat to the Taihang Mountain to make plans."

The army of Yin Shang made five more rice, and its cooking smoke curled. The soldiers above the tower looked away. Entering the dormitory, he woke up the Su clan and said, "Lord, there is smoke in the enemy barracks. ”

"Revisit."

This soldier just withdrew, and Su couldn't guess what Di Xin's intention was to use troops this time? , so he entered the council hall and summoned the civil and military officials, and said: "What is the intention of the enemy military camp to raise smoke and make rice on the fifth watch?" ”

"Could it be that Di Xin is retreating," the civil and military officials were wondering about this matter, and they didn't know what Di Xin's intention was to use troops this time? Then the wizard Gongsun Leopard walked in and said, "Lord, as far as I know, Di Xin retired from the army to reorganize the grain and grass because of the lack of food and grass, and when will he not send troops this time?" If you lose the fighter plane, when the food and grass are ready, you will come to attack again, and it will be too late for the lord to regret it. ”

"Lord, don't rush to send troops, the art of war pays attention to the real and the false, the truth is difficult to distinguish, if you are ambushed by Di Xin this time, Jizhou will be lost, please think twice."

"Okay, let's talk about it when the reinforcements from the border city arrive."

Di Xin led his troops to retreat to the area of Taihang Mountain, but did not see the pursuers behind him, and only camped near Taihang Mountain. General Fei Lian was very puzzled, so he went into the camp and said, "Your Majesty, you have lured the enemy out of the city by using your troops like this, but there are no pursuers behind you. ”

"Lone even has the Su clan to be cautious in using troops, but the elite of Jizhou are all in the border city, and this path is the only way to Jizhou. We can set up an ambush here and wait for the arrival of the elite of the border city. If the elite in the border city loses Jizhou City, it will become an isolated city, and it will be easy to capture Jizhou. ”

After General Fei Lian listened to Di Xin's analysis, the clouds suddenly cleared and the fog dispersed. Three days later, Dong Guo Yong led the elite of the border city to gallop to Jizhou, stopped moving forward in the area of Taihang Mountain, and the military advisor rode forward on horseback and said: "General, I don't know why I stopped?" ”

"There are two roads in front of the general, one can lead directly to Jizhou, which is a shortcut, but there are many mountain roads here that are narrow; A road is very flat, you need to bypass the Taihang Mountain, it takes three days to reach Jizhou. ”

"General, we can choose a flat road, the road leading to Jizhou is high and dense, and there are many ambushes."

"The soldiers are very fast, and the general expects that Di Xin will not set up an ambush here. The enemy army is fighting fiercely with our army under the city of Jizhou, and chose this shortcut to annihilate it with a surprise army. ”

They walked along this narrow road, and into the dense forests of the mountains, where birds flew in fright. The military advisor looked at the surrounding mountains, which were like a big pocket, and the road was very narrow, so the army could not be deployed at all, and said, "General, there may be ambushes here." ”

Dong Guo Yong looked around and said in a panic: "The plan of the enemy army in our group is also, quickly withdraw, quickly withdraw." ”

The pennant on the mountain together, the banner of Yin Shang was erected on the high mountain, the arrows were fired together, the military division was shot under the horse, the army suffered countless casualties, and attacked the mountain. Many of the sergeants were crushed or killed by the rolling stones, and all the soldiers were gathered in front of the general's horse to cover the escape. Evil Lai and Fei Lian led their troops to swoop down and surround them in the middle. Evil came to raise a big knife in one hand and rode on the war horse, rushed straight to the enemy's position, slashed on both sides, and slashed Dongguo Yong under the horse with a knife, and the elite of the border city was wiped out here.

The Yin Shang army returned to the city of Jizhou again, and saw the soldiers approaching the city. There is Su standing on top of the tower, ready with wood and stones, to prevent the enemy from attacking the city. Under the city of Jizhou, the army of Yin Shang was opened in a square array, the crossbowmen stepped forward, and ten thousand arrows were fired at the city tower, falling on the city wall, the arrow shaft was tied with a cloth towel, and there were words written on it, and a soldier picked up the feather arrow and presented it. Su Shi took the feather arrow and opened the cloth towel tied to the feather arrow, which read: "The elite of the army has been lost, and the surrender of Kaesong can forgive its sins, and those who resist stubbornly will be a time of catastrophe after the city is broken." Yousu looked at this cloth towel, pulled it tightly in his hand, and was stunned. After that, Yin Shang sent back the messenger and entered the city. The messenger entered the city, knelt in front of Yousu, and said, "My lord, our army was ambushed by the enemy in the area of Taihang Mountain, and the whole army was annihilated, and General Dongguo was also killed. ”

After hearing this, Su Shi said helplessly: "The general trend has gone, what can I do?" ”

The civil and military officials knelt down and said, "My lord." ”

"As long as there is no harm to the people in my city, Kaecheng surrenders."

"Lord, the last general is willing to go out of the city to welcome" "Battle, even if the battle is fought to the end of a soldier and a pawn, the general will never surrender to Yin Shang," a military general stood up and made his debut.

"This will only cause greater casualties, all the Qing families, all the generals, you should each plan for your own future."

"My lord."

"Kaesong surrendered."

The city gate was wide open, and the Su clan led the ministers to stand on both sides and hand over the Jizhou seal. The army of Yin Shang entered the city and entered the council hall. Di Xin sits in the Great Treasure. The Su clan led the ministers to kneel outside the main hall and wait for the summons. Di Xin sat on top of the main hall and looked out of the main hall with his eyes. General Fei Lian stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, what about the traitors who kneel outside the main hall?" ”

"Pass them into the temple."

Then he preached: "It is rumored that the rebel has the Su clan into the temple. ”

The Su clan led the ministers into the palace and bowed down and said, "The guilty ministers have the Su clan leading the ministers to kneel and worship the king. ”

Di Xin walked down, helped up the Su family, faced the ministers who knelt down, and said: "Zhong Qing is flat," and then said to everyone: "There is a Su family for our Yin Shang is meritorious, this rebellion is over, the lonely first remember, for me to guard the northern gate, resist the North Di, so that it does not dare to invade the Central Plains, has ensured the peace of the Middle Earth, the merits and demerits are offset, the lonely Jizhou has the Su family as the Marquis of Jizhou, training the sergeant, continue to guard the northern gate, Fang Yu is the deputy general, auxiliary Jizhou Marquis. ”

"The minister hereby thanked the king for not killing, so what about my subordinate courtiers, please ask the king to bypass them."

"You can continue to be officials, and be under its jurisdiction as officials in Chaoge, and forgive them without sin."

"The minister hereby thanks the king."

The next day, Di Xin went out hunting, accompanied by Su. Di Xin rode his horse through the mountains and forests. Di Xin faced Su Shi next to him and said: "I heard that Su Qing's archery skills are outstanding, and he has a hundred shots, but he wants to see and understand." ”

"The king's arm strength is outstanding, and the bow of ten thousand stones can only be pulled away by the king alone, and the ministers dare not get an axe in front of the king."

"This is an edict, if you are told to shoot, you will shoot."

Only then did Su pull his bow and arrow, shoot it and deliberately miss. Di Xin was very proud to face the guards around him, and said, "Take the lonely bow." Di Xin took the bow of the divine arm, drew the bow to the fullest, and the arrow on the bow swished out, like a gust of wind, and the arrow passed through the weeds and hit the throat of the wild deer, and the guard rode forward to pick up the wild deer and pulled out the sharp arrow that was stuck in the throat, and said, "The king has shot." "Di Xin slaughtered the wild deer that came and invited Su and other ministers. At this time, a woman walked out of the account, her long hair shawled down, her hair was held high like a peacock flying low, a silver hairpin was inserted horizontally, there were eyes under the willow eyebrows that hooked people's souls, her vermilion lips were slightly open like a wonderful pen Danqing, and the walking fairy fluttered to pour wine for it, standing next to Di Xin. Di Xin's eyes kept on this woman's body, forgetting about the ministers present, and then said, "I don't know whose daughter this woman is?" ”

The woman saluted first, and then said: "The little girl Su Daji has the daughter of the Su family." ”