Chapter 708: Falsehood, Truth, Truth, Falsehood, Falsehood

After the two battles of Lianzhou and Qinzhou, nearly 120,000 troops were defeated and only 15,000 men remained, and a full 100,000 people were lost. Such a huge defeat made Chen Guojun no longer have the heart to fight, and the only thing he thought about at the moment was how to bring the remaining remnants of the defeated soldiers back to the delivery site safely.

On one side is the extremely frightened Chen Guojun, and on the other side is the extremely fearless Shi Bin. If he hadn't retained some sanity, he would probably have swept the entire address with dozens of return cannons.

Such excitement made his subordinates Li Chao, Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang feel a little uneasy. Although Shi Bin can be said to be invincible, if he loses his mind and rashly advances the enemy, he will be defeated.

After some discussion in private, the five decided to talk to Shi Bin together to ensure that he would not make a wrong decision because he would get carried away by the big victory.

Seeing Li Chao and the five of them coming together, Xu Feng immediately entered the Shuai's Mansion to report. This marshal's mansion is actually the Qinzhou Mansion, which is temporarily used as Shi Bin's marshal mansion. Knowing that the five people were coming, Shi Bin immediately calmed down and ordered Xu Feng to bring them to see him.

"Why are you all here today?" Shi Bin asked with a smile.

You definitely can't just say stupid things like 'I'm afraid that the big boss will underestimate the enemy because of a big victory, and eventually lead to defeat', you still need some cutting skills. This was naturally said by Li Chao, who was the most talkative among them: "It is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, and the last five generals are here to share the happiness of victory with the big handsome." ”

Such words are too unusual, as a hardcore brother, Li Chao would never say such a crepe thing, let alone say anything 'sharing happiness', so it still caused Shi Bin's doubts.

"It turns out that you are here to share happiness with me, it's good, Ben Shuai really can't be happy alone, it's better to be happy." Shi Bin smiled, "Thank you for being so kind." ”

"The handsome is polite, you led us to a big victory, and everyone can be promoted and rich, it is very appropriate to accompany the handsome. As the saying goes, 'high places are not cold', and the handsome also need to be accompanied. Wang Jian said.

Since he couldn't directly say 'you can't take the enemy lightly', Li Chao changed his starting point and chatted with Shi Bin about the prisoners.

"Marshal, you see that we have struck the Jiaoji army this time, beating them to 15,000 with only 15,000 people left, and capturing countless trophies, which is a rare victory."

"It's really rare, but I don't care how many troops and how much loot are captured, what I care about is that they will have no heart to fight. Now it seems that this goal has almost been achieved. To achieve this goal, those insatiable white-eyed wolves should not dare to invade my Great Song Territory again. ”

"What the big marshal said is very true, but this time we have won too much, and it has also caused some drag." Li Chao said with a frown.

"What do you mean by 'taking too much and causing drag'?" Shi Bin didn't understand what Li Chao meant, so he asked.

"That is to say, we have captured too many supplies to be cleared up in ten days and half a month. More than 10,000 soldiers were captured, and what to do with these people needs to be decided by the commander. ”

Originally, I thought that I would only capture 3,500 of the handover soldiers, but I didn't expect that there were more than 10,000 prisoners, which was indeed a big drag. If these captives are not dealt with properly, it will be a big hidden danger.

"Ben Shuai plans to press them back to Yongzhou and let them go there to work as coolies. But there are too many people, I'm afraid Yongzhou can't bear it and can't suppress it. ”

"Marshal, why do you want to do so much, wouldn't it be good to let those handover soldiers who have head debts pay them back?" Xie Qiangbing said impatiently.

This is very clear, that is, to kill and surrender,

Kill those soldiers who have the blood of the civilians of the Great Song Dynasty to avenge the people of the Great Song Dynasty. However, the killing and surrender was criticized, and it can be said that it would become a stain on the soldiers for a lifetime, so Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi resolutely disagreed with this suggestion and scolded Xie Qiangbing for being brutal. But this is actually not new to Shi Bin, because he has already killed and surrendered when he fought against the Yuan people. The reason why I was a little hesitant was that I just didn't want to bear this notoriety anymore.

However, with a cup of tea, Shi Bin's face changed from joy to melancholy. The person in front of him said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, which made Shi Bin feel that it was not good. Knowing that Shi Bin had calmed down, he must not let him be really depressed, so Li Chao immediately said: "If the commander can trust the last general, the last general is willing to help the adult deal with this matter." ”

Seeing that Li Chao was willing to help him deal with this matter, Shi Bin was of course very happy, and he didn't ask what to do, just urged him to do it quickly, and then continue to talk when he came back.

Within a quarter of an hour, Li Chao returned to the handsome account and said with a smile: "Dashuai, the last general has already done the matter." ”

It was very surprising that Li Chao had done things so quickly, Shi Bin and Xie Qiangbing were very happy, while Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi were very uneasy.

"Lord Li, may I ask what you did with those captives?" Wang Jian asked.

"Lord Wang, it's very simple. Behead all the soldiers who have the blood of the people of the Great Song Dynasty on their hands, and those who do not have the blood of the people will be directly put back, and each person will be given five scones. Wang San said with a smile.

As soon as they heard this, Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi immediately became furious and angrily accused Li Chao of being cruel and unkind. Xiang Shibi even said: "Master Li, the people who handed over the address killed the people because they were not educated. You and I have been educated, how can we solve the problem in such a murderous way? Aren't you putting us on the same level as these aliens? ”

"That's it, Lord Li, it's really an insult to the dignity of my Heavenly Empire by doing this." Wang Jian also said indignantly. As for Zhou Xunliang, he stood aside silently, uneasy in his heart, he, a Confucian general, actually agreed with Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi's attitude in his heart. It's just that he knows that Li Chao is Shi Bin's descendant, so he doesn't dare to say it.

I thought that Li Chao would strongly refute it, but he didn't think about it, but he smiled and said: "Two adults, the addressee has always deceived the good and feared the evil, and it will not work to talk to them about the righteousness of the master. What's more, I didn't kill them all, I just killed those soldiers who killed the people of my Great Song Dynasty. It shouldn't be too much to avenge the people of my Great Song Dynasty, right? And all this is borne by me, Li Chao, you don't have to worry about those poor literati scolding you. ”

The wood has been completed, and Li Chao's words also have some truth, and in the end, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang had to admit this fact. However, due to unhappiness, they all left the marshal's mansion on the grounds that they were busy with military affairs.

"Li Chao, why did you think of killing and surrendering like this?" Shi Bin asked.

"In my opinion, this is the best way to do it." Li Chao said.

"Why is it the best fit?" Xie Qiangbing asked, "I just looked at you and thought you didn't support me." ”

"Marshal, strong soldiers, I plan to use this to convey a message to the addresser, that is, to fight a war, I will accompany the Great Song Dynasty, but don't kill the people. If they dare to kill civilians, the soldiers will be killed regardless of whether they surrender or not. ”

Shi Bin was very happy after listening to Li Chao's words, because he wanted to convey such a message, so that the handover army would not dare to act recklessly and be afraid.

"Chen Guojun has now retreated to Luzhou, the border between us and the address, how do you two think we should attack?" Shi Bin [app download address xbzs] asked.

"It depends on how the marshal plans to view Luzhou. The positioning of Luzhou is different, and the style of play is naturally different. Xie Qiangbing said, "Otherwise, you won't be able to get the maximum combat benefits." ”

"I want to use it as a bridgehead to conquer the junction, how do you say you want to fight?"

"Dashuai, if you want

If Luzhou is used as a bridgehead to conquer the address, then we can't destroy the city of Luzhou too much, we can't beat it into ruins, and we must leave a barrier for us to resist the counterattack of the addresser. Li Chao said very seriously.

understood that Li Chao wanted to use some means to capture Luzhou by himself, instead of using return artillery to bombard indiscriminately, and finally turned Luzhou City into a ruin. In the end, they didn't even have a place to sleep peacefully.

"Okay, then find a way to capture Luzhou. Now the people in Luzhou City must be panicked, and the army stationed in the city must also be unstable. If you can make good use of these, it should be much easier to seize Luzhou. ”

"What the marshal said is extremely true, why don't we persuade us to surrender?" Xie Qiangbing said with a smile.

Persuasion is not a new trick, but it is useful against enemies with a sense of fear, so Shi Bin decides to give it a try. The next day, he drove to Luzhou with an army of 60,000. Shi Bin and the others did not expect badly, there were indeed people in Luzhou City who were panicked and unstable, but they underestimated the fierceness and martial arts of the people who handed over the address, and their fighting spirit still existed and was not completely lost.

Therefore, although the Song army besieged the city of Luzhou, making the handover army feel that there was no way into the earth, they still refused to surrender. Instead, he wounded those who were persuaded to surrender with arrows.

When the news came, Shi Bin, Li Chao, and Xie Qiangbing were furious, and they all thought that those prisoners should not be released, and those white-eyed wolves should be killed cleanly, so as to give the handover army enough deterrence. Although Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi were also angry, their attitudes were diametrically opposed, believing that they should not be killed, causing the addressee to plan to fight to the death against the Song army. As for Zhou Xunliang, he was vague and ambiguous.

Such an argument is naturally meaningless, and after Shi Bin shouted, 'Enough', there was silence in the handsome tent.

"Don't talk about all that nonsense, what I want is to break through Luzhou City as soon as possible. The handover army that was broken up in the battle before and the handover army we put back were all collected by Chen Guojun, and now he has nearly 30,000 men in his hands. Shi Bin said with a cold face.

"Marshal, there are 30,000 troops in the city, and we only have 60,000, this is a siege battle, and our advantage is not great. If we don't use some strategy, our casualties will be very large. If you want to reduce casualties, you may have to use the return cannon. Firing dozens of shells and then persuading you to surrender may be the best way. Wang Jian said.

"If you use the return cannon, the damage to the city wall will be too great, and this method is not good." Li Chao said, "We have to think of other ways." Returning the cannon can only be a way out of the question. ”

Li Chao's words are the consensus of everyone, not to mention that it is not easy to build a city, and no one wants to destroy it easily, so I have to think of a way. It didn't take long for Xiang Shibi to speak: "The Jiao Ji army in the city must be very afraid of our Great Song army, if we can increase the pressure on them, I believe they will surrender without a fight." ”

"Increase the pressure on the Address Army?" Shi Bin didn't quite understand the meaning of Xiang Shibi's words, but he felt that he had a way, so he asked, "Lord Xiang, how do you think you can increase the pressure?" ”

"Dashuai, let's maybe have a 'false, false, true, false, false'." Xiang Shibi said with a smile.

Falsehood, truth, truth, falsehood? Shi Bin knew the meaning of Xiang Shibi's words as soon as he heard it. Nodding and smiling, "Lord Xiang's idea is good, I will order 60,000 people to build a large camp of 200,000 people, so that those soldiers don't even have the heart to resist." ”

In the next ten days, there was a lot of construction outside the city of Luzhou, and there were camp tents of the Song army everywhere, and there was no edge in sight. Because he didn't want to destroy Luzhou City excessively, Shi Bin only sent firearms to attack, and did not use return artillery.

But even so, the four city gates were still beaten to the point that only a pile of broken wood remained, and the people of the city immediately panicked when they saw more than a dozen return guns pushed to the front of the position. Although Shi Bin only ordered someone to shoot a few shots in a fake way, the soldiers who handed over the address soon lost their will to fight, and abandoned the city and fled on a dark and windy night.