Chapter 403: Killing Chickens and Monkeys

The absolute great merit of recovering the old capital of the Great Song Dynasty is not much lower than the destruction of the 100,000 army of the Yuan people, so this time Li Zong did not hesitate to reward him. Lu Wende was promoted from the position of pacification envoy of Jiangnan West Road to the position of Jiangnan East and West Road Envoy, and retained his official position of General Zuo Jin Wuwei. You can almost compete with Shi Bin.

And the rewards for the two brothers Yi Jun, Liu Xiao and the Lu family are almost exactly the same, they are all loose officials who are the governor of a state, the commander and a general, and they are three products.

After the capture of Bianjing, Henan has completely fallen into the hands of Shi Bin, and according to the previous agreement with Li Zong, Henan must be completely in his own hands. Therefore, even if he received three edicts from Li Zong again, plus five gold medals, Shi Bin was not in a hurry to return to Beijing to become his deputy prime minister and deputy minister of defense, but was thinking about further plans in Henan.

Lu Wende is very knowledgeable and understands the truth that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. also knew that the reason why Li Zong was so generously rewarded was to use this imperial technique to balance him and Shi Bin, hoping to make the two enemies. Therefore, the next day after receiving the reward and edict from Li Zong, he set up a banquet and resigned, and on the fifth day, he led his subordinates to leave Bianjing. When Shi Bin saw him off, he also told Shi Bin to be careful of hidden arrows.

I am glad that Lu Wende is so righteous, and promises that if there is any benefit in the future, he will not forget him.

Wandering around Bianjing City, looking at the dilapidated city full of hungry refugees, Shi Bin felt like a knife. A thought came to mind: After arranging things, I will go back to Beijing and let Li Ergou command Henan, or do something else?

Disturbed by the suffering in front of him, he couldn't think normally, Shi Bin shouted at Xu Feng: "Why are there so many refugees in the city, have you opened a warehouse to release grain!" ”

"Let it go." Xu Feng said hesitantly: "But, but not much..."

"What do you mean by 'put, but not much'?" Shi Bin continued to drink: "Isn't there even food for the relief of twenty or thirty thousand refugees in the huge Bianjing City? ”

"Originally..."

Originally, there were? These words made Shi Bin feel a hint of conspiracy. Could it be that those Yuan people also burned the grain and grass in the city after surrendering?

Thinking of this, Shi Bin glared angrily and said, "Is it, is it that those Yuan people burned the grain and grass before leaving!" ”

"Yes. It's just that I didn't burn much, and it was enough for us to use, so I didn't report it to you. You're too tired to bother with such trivial things. Xu Feng said very sincerely.

What a bunch of pigs and dogs are not as good as beasts! Shi Bin said in his heart. He immediately ordered that no matter how much grain and grass there was in the city, at least 2,000 stone should be taken out to relieve the refugees. The porridge boiled out must be inserted with chopsticks and not poured, if it is poured military law!

At this time, Shi Bin also knew what he should do, it was not the class teacher who returned to the dynasty, but the division to continue the crusade against the Yuan people and recover the country. So he no longer wandered around the streets of the depressed imperial city, but rode his horse back to the camp outside the city to beat the drums and gather the generals.

I thought that Shi Bin would return to Beijing to take up his post in accordance with Li Zong's wishes after playing in Bianjing City for two days and arranging everything, but as soon as he entered the tent, he saw Shi Bin with a face like black iron, and Yi Jun and Liu Xiao felt that things had changed. However, this change is mostly what they like, because what can make Shi Bin so angry can only be the suffering of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the only one who makes the people suffer here can only be the Yuan people. Therefore, Shi Bin's plan must be to fight the Yuan people again, not to return to the dynasty. If you fight again, won't the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune come again?

"I'm sure you've guessed what I'm going to do, tell me what you think." Shi Bin said coldly.

Now no fool will persuade Shi Bin's class to return to the dynasty, so Yi Jun and Liu Xiao all scolded the Yuan people for being unreasonable, and Shi Bin should take advantage of the high morale to recover as much as possible in the city, instead of returning to Beijing according to the holy decree.

Shi Bin didn't want to hear this kind of words, so he interrupted the two very rudely and said: "What I want you to say is not this, but where to fight next, to the east or to the west, whether to recover Jingdong Road or Jingxi Road?" Is it to enter the Shandong Peninsula or into Guanzhong? ”

"Dashuai, I think it's better to go to Jingdong Road." Liu Xiao said.

"Why, isn't it good to take the military power of Guanzhong?" Shi Bin asked.

"Dashuai, since ancient times, it was the one who won the Central Plains to win the world, and now we have won most of the Central Plains, if we go to seize the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan again, I am afraid that we will get into trouble." Liu Xiao said worriedly.

Most of the Central Plains plus 800 miles of Qinchuan? Such a large piece of fat falling in his mouth is indeed too eye-catching, and even if he doesn't want to rebel, he will be forced to rebel at that time. Then it is really innocent of the husband.

"Okay, then let's go to Jingdong Road. So what do you think is the best way to fight? ”

Yi Jun and Liu Xiao, like Shi Bin, didn't come up with any valuable plans here, so they could only advance step by step.

didn't think about it, the advance was only a hundred miles, and when there were nearly one hundred and twenty miles away from Heze, Shi Bin received a military report: The Heze guard general has come to war.

This episode made Shi Bin laugh angrily, and when a county guard saw his army coming, he didn't want to shrink or run away, but he actually dared to use his mantis arm as a car to send someone to write a war letter.

When Liu Xiao found out, he immediately said that he wanted to kill the messenger, but was stopped by Shi Bin, and the two armies fought without killing the messenger. It means that the battle should be met, and the defender is given three days to prepare. At the same time, he said that if they were willing to surrender, they would be released back to the north, and if they dared to resist, they would be burned.

Although the guard general was not a military genius, he also had some strategy, first ambushed a thousand light cavalry outside the city, and only fought guerrilla attacks to harass Shi Bin. The rest of the soldiers all cowered in the city to defend the city, and no matter how Shibin's subordinates insulted, they would never go out of the city to fight.

Is it possible to use a giant catapult to attack again? This kind of killer weapon Shi Bin doesn't want to use it often, it feels too bloody. If you are hit by an ordinary firearm, you may still have a way to live, but if you are smashed by this thing, not only will you definitely die, but you will not even be able to leave a whole piece of meat. There were a few living examples of the last time I fought in Bianjing, which still makes Shi Bin sick to his stomach when he thinks about it.

Therefore, he only used ordinary tricks to attack the city, although he attacked the city wall several times, but in the end he was driven down, so the casualties were not small.

This situation was something that Shi Bin had never encountered. Shi Bin knew very well the combat effectiveness of his own soldiers, under normal circumstances, as long as he killed the enemy, it would be difficult for the enemy to fight back. Shi Bin didn't believe that it was his army's combat effectiveness that was weak, this was impossible. The 100,000 elites who had just exterminated Meng Ge, how could Yu Wei, who had won a big victory, still not be able to gnaw at a small county town? There must be something strange in it.

So he no longer stayed in the tent and waited for the military report, but rode a horse to watch the battle.

Seeing Shi Bin coming, Liu Xiao said very ashamedly: "Dashuai, you have been embarrassed by your humble position, it has been five days since such a small county town was defeated, it is really ashamed." ”

"It's a bit of a shame. But I heard Xu Feng say that your men have attacked the city wall several times, why were they driven down again? Shi Bin asked puzzledly, "This shouldn't be." Tell me why. ”

Hearing Shi Bin's willingness to let himself explain, Liu Xiao was very happy, and immediately said: "Marshal, that Yuanren guard is really too shameless. I thought he was still a big husband when I gave you a war, but I didn't expect the strategy he used to be extremely insidious and vicious. As soon as the lowly people attacked the city wall, they pushed my Great Song people in front as shields, so that my men could not attack with all their strength, so the attacks failed repeatedly. ”

"Use my Great Song Zimin as a shield?" Shi Bin asked through gritted teeth after hearing this.

"Yes. The lowly is trying to ask the commander what to do, and now that you are here, this makes the lowly can rest assured. ”

You are comfortable, but I am difficult, Shi Bin sneered. Use people as shields? What to do? As long as there is a little humanity, he will not kill his own people, so how can he attack this projectile city?

Seeing that his warriors were pushed off the city wall by the Yuan people one by one and died tragically, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty were killed by his own people, Shi Bin felt painful.

After he couldn't stand it, Shi Bin ordered: Mingjin withdrew his troops and fought again in the future.

Back in the tent, Shi Bin asked, "Xu Feng, I want to ask you a question." ”

"Boss, please speak."

"How about we use a giant stone thrower?"

Hearing the word 'giant stone thrower', Xu Feng immediately said with a smile on his face: "Dashuai, of course it's good to use this weapon." The humble position had long wanted to persuade the marshal to use this sharp weapon, but he knew that the marshal was merciful and couldn't bear to kill too much, so he didn't say it. ”

Benevolent? This word can make Shi Bin embarrassed. If only I didn't scold myself for being hypocritical.

"Then try it with a stone thrower to see if this small county town can withstand a few shots." Shi Bin sneered.

The next day, the giant stone throwing machine when it captured Bianjing and the two built after the capture of Bianjing, a total of three giant stone throwing machines, were all pushed out and joined the attack sequence.

People in small places have never seen the world, and although they feel that the huge machine in front of them must be difficult to deal with, they don't care too much. It wasn't until after being hit by two or three boulders that the city wall began to collapse that Yuan began to panic.

However, although the Yuan people panicked, under the leadership of the Yuan generals who dared to give Shi Bin a war letter, they still resisted stubbornly, and they began to fight street battles if they couldn't defend the city walls.

After two days of street fighting, Shi Bin lost nearly seven or eight hundred people before he could be regarded as taking Heze. This made Shi Bin's hands tremble with anger.

After calming down, Shi Bin summoned Yi Jun and Liu Xiao over and asked a tricky question: how to deal with these surrendered Yuan people and their families.

According to the rules of war, the family members of the enemy are not killed if they are not killed. But Shi Bin was shaken this time, he really wanted to destroy all the Yuan people in Heze City, as well as all the Yuan people.

"Dashuai, don't you want to play according to the rules this time?" Yi Jun asked.

Shi Bin was silent, just nodded stiffly.

"Dashuai, you shouldn't have talked about the rules of war with the Yuan people a long time ago, you should see one to kill one, and two to kill a pair!" Liu Xiao gritted his teeth and roared.

Yi Jun knew why Liu Xiao was so crazy, but he didn't want to fight against Liu Xiao. The decision is up to Shi Bin, just persuade Shi Bin not to kill innocents indiscriminately.

"Marshal, I don't have any opinions on my humble position, I just ask you not to be rash, and don't be quick and realistic." Yi Jun said slowly.

"Yi Jun! What do you mean? The Yuan people are so brutal, do you still want to let them go? Waste one! Liu Xiao said viciously.

This time, Yi Jun came to the fire, and scolded Liu Xiao for not knowing the severity and harming Shi Bin. And Liu Xiao emphasized that he must kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, otherwise the battle will be very difficult to fight in the future. As long as the Yuan people use this shameless method, they can compete with Shi Bin. This question blocked Liu Xiao, after all, he didn't want to lose too much and make the gains outweigh the losses.

Under Liu Xiao's cynicism, Yi Jun howled angrily: "Enough, isn't it just killing!" I agree with your Liu Xiao's opinion. But if the Confederacy of the Sect is held accountable, you must not shamelessly be a shrunken turtle and only seek self-preservation! ”

Seeing that Yi Jun agreed with his opinion, Liu Xiao immediately said that he would advance and retreat with him, and would never put the responsibility for this matter on Shi Bin, because Shi Bin 'didn't know at all'.

"Enough! I know, and I agree with you. Anyway, I don't want to see a Yuan and Yuan people's lackeys in Heze here, kill me clean! Just as Yi Jun and Liu Xiao were about to leave to carry out the order, Shi Bin said madly: "Send me a notice about this matter, so that all the people on Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road will know!" I'm going to make an example of the monkeys, so that they will be scared before they fight! ”

Two days later, there was no longer a single Yuan person and a person close to the Yuan people in the entire Heze territory.