"We will respect the teachings of the marquis."

The generals shouted in unison, looking at Cai Cong's eyes were hot, their boss not only did not retreat at the critical moment, but also turned the tide of the battle with his own strength, which made them extremely admired, looking at Cai Cong's eyes was more respectful than looking at his father.

"Master Hou, do we want to pursue, if they continue to fight like this, the last dead are all soldiers, and those culprits are afraid that they have all fled."

"They can't escape the pursuit of the bulls at sea, so they don't have to worry about them. You go and tell these poor worms that Datang will not kill the surrendered soldiers, as long as they put down their weapons, they will not die. ”

Cai Cong said lightly, and at that moment, a general stood up with red eyes and objected: "Master Hou, these animals have slaughtered the defenders of Wuling City, if they are spared not to die, the last general will have no face to face the fathers and villagers of Wuling, and would rather die!" ”

Other generals also stood up against it, and most of the officers in Yangzhou had a blood feud with the pirates, especially Songwen's men, who were eager to cut them with a thousand knives.

"Ben Hou said that he would not kill them, but he did not say that he would let them go, why are you in a hurry? After they surrendered, they formed a capital crime camp and let them go to Fusang to open up territory for the Tang Dynasty, as for whether anyone can survive, it depends on the will of God. ”

Cai Cong sat on the chariot and said with a pale face, and the generals hurriedly bowed their heads and said yes, how could they come out alive after entering the capital crime camp, either they died on the battlefield, or they died of injuries and illness without treatment.

"A few of you followed Benhou into the Wu Mausoleum to summon the souls of the martyrs. What is the Wuling City garrison called? ”

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the rancid smell in Wuling City penetrated Cai Cong's nose, and Cai Cong was silent for a while before speaking.

It will be an extremely tragic battle, and the scene in the city is also something that Cai Cong is unwilling to face, but has to face.

The clerk flipped through the book in his hand, and said to Cai Cong respectfully: "Back to the Hou Ye, the garrison of Wuling City, called Chen Shoujiang, a person from Xiangcheng in Suzhou, is promoted by military merit, and he is a strong and upright person. The city of Wuling has been broken, and he will be martyred. ”

There is a hint of respect in the tone of the document, and this kind of true heroism is desirable. Cai Cong was silent for a while, and walked towards the city with heavy steps.

Immediately, some soldiers rushed towards the city to collect the ropes, fearing that someone would ambush them to assassinate Cai Cong.

Cai Cong quickly went up to the city, and at first glance he saw the soldier who was nailed to the ground, and there were corpses everywhere, but there was no one around him, which was too conspicuous.

Half of his head rolled to his side, and the blood on his neck was dark red and clumpy. Cai Cong hurriedly walked over, squatted down, picked up his head and put it beside him.

"Loyal and righteous people, sew up their heads and bury them thickly."

Everyone said yes heavily, and they could see that this was the last person to die in the battle to defend the city, and he would rather die than give in, and the enemy had nothing to do before nailing his knees to the ground, expecting to humiliate him, but who can humiliate him?

Cai Cong walked along the city wall, he saw the hand holding half a pig-killing knife, the owner of the hand was nowhere to be found, Cai Cong stared at the city wall for a long time and continued to move forward, there were scholars who died together, and the old fishmonger who died of exhaustion.

All the soldiers defending the city died facing the enemy, not a single one had their backs to the enemy, and not a single deserter was absent.

Cai Cong choked up and made a big salute: "The city is full of heroes, you should be worshiped by Cai Cong." ”

The others also knelt on the ground with red eyes and bowed, who said that rough men have no tears? It's just that they don't flick, they are all thinking about the delay in the arrival of reinforcements, if they are the soldiers who defend Wu Ling, how desperate should they be?

"Order someone to separate the corpses, you take people to cut down wood to make coffins, and place the corpses of all the heroes, as for the corpses of thieves and robbers after they are burned, they will be burned into the sea."

Cai Cong said calmly, at this time, no matter in his eyes, the wave of thieves is no longer a climate, what he wants to do is to bury the soul of a city.

When Cai Cong buried the soul of the hero, we set aside a little time to talk about the Lingnan side, Li Chengqian came to Lingnan and read out Li Shimin's will, and in the case of the people of Lingnan who couldn't believe it, he went to sea with 60,000 troops, and it didn't take long for him to go to Ryukyu Island with Yan Tong's sailors 80,000 people, hoping to annihilate Songwen's flea in one fell swoop when the wind had not leaked.

Li Chengqian is full of pride blowing the sea breeze, such a boundless sea, even his father may not have seen it, and he is here, he wants to start his own layout of ruling the world by martial arts, I believe that with his own skills, it will not be long before he can impress a group of generals.

"Yan Tong, if this palace is not mistaken, a few years ago, because you were framed, you killed the official and hid in the mountains and forests, it was the Marquis of Chang'an who avenged your grievances for you, and also promoted you to join the navy, and since then you have been rising steadily, and your previous status is not the same."

Li Chengqian looked at Yan Tong and said lightly, his tone was moderate, neither too majestic, but also not too polite, which made people feel flattered when they heard it.

"His Royal Highness said that it is very true, minister, it is the Hou Ye who has been wronged in vain to clear the grievances of the minister, and let the minister slash the enemy, and the minister is grateful to the Hou Ye in his heart."

Yan Tong said lightly, his tone was humble and respectful, but the sense of strangeness between them made this conversation seem formatted, and the atmosphere created by Li Chengqian was completely wiped out.

"Only grateful to Chang'an Hou? Do you know who sent Marquis An? ”

Li Chengqian said with a smile, and he didn't care about it, if a person who wants to be a dead soldier for Cai Cong is so easy to say, it is not worth his mouth.

"The minister only knew that the Hou Ye was carrying his coffin when he left Chang'an, and from that day on, the minister owed the Hou Ye a life."

Yan Tong became more and more respectful, his waist was almost bowed, and he could only see Li Chengqian's legs, but his tone was extremely firm.

"I prepared his coffin for him, and the palace personally sent him out of Chang'an with a knife. This palace has great ambitions with your marquis, I wonder if you are willing to assist this palace? ”

Li Chengqian said calmly, he did carry a knife to send Cai Cong out of Chang'an at that time, and now he is telling the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling on the city wall that whoever moves Cai Cong, he will kill whom.

Unexpectedly, hearing this, Yan Tong straightened his waist instead, and said with a slight arch: "The minister is His Majesty's courtier, if His Highness has great ambitions, he can bring him to inherit the unification in the future, and then talk to the minister." Now the ministers only protect the safety of the marquis and stabilize the sea frontier for His Majesty, and the rest are not calculated. ”

Yan Tong's political acumen is not good, but it doesn't mean that Cai Cong has a bad brain, let a person who is full of gratitude to him be in charge of tens of thousands of troops, and this person's first priority is loyalty to the emperor at all times.

If the emperor wants him to kill Cai Cong, he can cut himself to protect his loyalty, but he must not be involved in the struggle for imperial power, especially when the prince is alone, anyone with military power to take refuge in the prince will make the emperor mutter.

(End of chapter)