Chapter 499: The Fall of the Loyal Minister

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Qin Ziwen said to Wu Han: "General Wu can kill the concubine, but don't humiliate the concubine, if General Wu wants to use force, the concubine will die." ”

Wu Han was happy when he heard this, and his eyes brightened when he looked at Qin Ziwen.

Don't look at Qin Ziwen is just a woman, but she has the style to be not inferior to a man. At this time, the stubbornness on Qin Ziwen's little face, and the determination revealed in her eyes, in Wu Han's eyes, were all pleasing to the eye.

He raised his hand and pointed at Qin Ziwen, and said with a smile: "You woman, I want to decide, but you can rest assured that Han will not use force on women." ”

Liu Xiu sent Wu Han to subdue Yecheng with lightning speed, and he gave Xie Gong a salary.

At this time, Xie Gong didn't know that Chen Kang, the Taishou of Wei County, had already switched to Liu Xiu, and his wife fell into the hands of Wu Han, and his own general, Liu Qing, was slashed and killed by Chen Kang.

Now Xie Gong is leading his subordinates and marching towards Lin Ji. The You Lai army fled north, and now has run to Lin Shu for refuge, what Xie Gong has to do now is to lead the army to Lin Shu and annihilate the You Lai army in one fell swoop.

In his opinion, although the You Lai Army was outnumbered, it was frightened by Liu Xiujun's 3,000 people and fled, it was really a rabble, shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and he led the army to Lin Shu to exterminate the You Lai Army, which was also a matter of being captured.

But he ignored one point, the reason why You Laijun fled without a fight in Shanyang was not only the three thousand Youzhou assault cavalry commanded by Geng Yi and Jing Dan, but also the main force of Liu Xiujun behind these three thousand cavalry.

Liu Xiu's prestige is too strong, and You Laijun is unwilling to fight to the death with Liu Xiujun's main force, especially when they still have a way to retreat.

And the You Lai army, who fled to Lin Wei, had no way to retreat, they had fled to the northernmost part of Hanoi, and there was no way to escape. At this time, Xie Gong led his subordinates to attack, and You Laijun had no choice but to fight to the death.

The confrontation between Xie Gongjun and You Laijun in Lin Xi was launched under this circumstance. The more than 100,000 Youlai troops had no way to retreat, and they fought desperately with one heart, and showed extraordinary combat effectiveness in the decisive battle with the Xie Bow Army.

In this battle, Xie Gong's army was defeated by Youlai's army. Corpses littered the field, with countless casualties. Of the more than 40,000 soldiers, only a few thousand escaped with Xie Gong in the end.

In this battle, Xie Gong's army can be described as a complete defeat, and was almost wiped out by Youlai's army. Xie Gong did not lead the remnants to the south to rout and join Liu Xiujun, but chose to go north, enter Wei County, and go to Yecheng.

The defeat in this battle made Xie Gong suspect that he was calculated by Liu Xiu, Liu Xiuming knew that he only had 40,000 soldiers and horses, but let his side deal with the You Lai army of more than 100,000 people, didn't he deliberately let his side hit the stone with an egg?

But Xie Gong forgot that Liu Xiu only asked him to lead the army to block the You Lai army from going north, but did not let them chase the enemy to Lin Shu to fight.

Xie Gong planned to take the remnants back to Yecheng, regroup, and then fight back to Lin Ji and fight to the death with the You Lai army. But Xie Bow never dreamed that the current Yecheng is no longer the Yecheng of the first imperial court, but the Yecheng of Liu Xiu.

After arriving in Yecheng, Xie Gong did not doubt him at all, and led the remnants of his army to defeat the generals and entered the city directly.

As soon as they came in, the city gate behind them was closed, and Xie Gong, who was walking in front, heard the sound of the city gate closing, and couldn't help frowning secretly.

Before he could react, he saw a dense crowd of soldiers with crossbow machines standing on the city wall, and at the same time, groups of cavalry appeared on the streets around them.

Xie bowed and looked around, his brows were furrowed, and at this moment, two people came on the street in front of him, one was Chen Kang, the Taishou of Wei County, and the other was Wu Han.

I didn't expect to see Wu Han in Yecheng, I was stunned, urged the horse forward, and said on the horse: "General Wu, how can you be in Yecheng?" ”

Wu Han smiled at Xie Bow, but he changed his face like turning a book, and shouted in a deep voice: "Take it!" ”

With his order, the guards around Xie Gong did not react, and a figure jumped out from the streets on the left and right sides of Xie Gong, came to Xie Gong's war horse, and dragged him directly from the war horse.

"Ahh

Poof! Xie bowed and screamed, and his body fell heavily to the ground. Seeing this, the guards and many soldiers behind Xie Bow were all shocked, and people were about to step forward, Wu Han shouted: "Which one dare to move?" ”

At the same time as he shouted, even on the rooftops on both sides of the street, a large number of soldiers appeared, and in the same way, people were holding crossbow machines, aiming at the soldiers of the Xie Bow Army on the street.

The two people who jumped in front of Xie Bow pulled Xie Bow on his shoulders, pulled his back together, tied a strong knot, and then pressed him to his knees. Xie raised his head, glared at Wu Han angrily, and shouted, "Wu Han, what are you doing? ”

Wu Han smiled and asked rhetorically, "Thank you, are you guilty?" ”

"What is the crime of this officer?"

"What is the sin? You disobeyed the king's order and led the army to fight in Lin Jian privately, resulting in tens of thousands of soldiers dying in vain, what kind of crime do you dare to say? ”

Xie Gong was stunned at first, and then roared angrily: "It was King Xiao who harmed me......"

"Did the king ask you to go to Lin Shu to fight?"

"This ......"

"The king ordered you to stop the thief army, but you, not only failed to do it, but also led the army to Lin Shu to fight privately, resulting in the crushing defeat of our army, and now you still have to put the blame on the king?" Wu Hanzhen asked.

The soldiers of the Xie Bow Army, who had originally picked up their weapons, heard these words and put down their weapons one after another. If it is really as Wu Han said, then the responsibility for his own fiasco this time is indeed on Xie Shangshu!

Xie Gong's face changed uncertainly, and he didn't say anything for a long time. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Wu Han, you are just a partial general, I am a Shangshu Ling, and a pastor of Jizhou, you have no right to arrest me!" ”

Wu Han nodded with a smile, reached into his arms unhurriedly, took out a copper token from his arms, stretched it out in front of Xie Gong, and said: "I, Wu Han, have no right to arrest you Xie Shangshu, but the king has the right to arrest you for questioning!" ”

Seeing Liu Xiu's Xiao Wang token, Xie Bow understood that Wu Han did not appear in Yecheng for no reason, but was ordered by Liu Xiu to make a special trip back to Yecheng and ambush himself.

He turned his gaze to Chen Kang behind Wu Han, and roared sharply: "Chen Taishou! Chen Kang! ”

Chen Kang was like a quail, his head lowered, his neck shrunk, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

Wu Han walked up to Xie Bow, bent down, close to his ear, and said: "Although, I don't want to ask, but the king has already explained, I still have to ask Xie Shangshu again, Xie Shangshu is willing to assist the king and create a great cause together?" ”

"Hehehe, hahaha-" Xie bowed and looked at Wu Han who was close at hand, first chuckled, laughed and laughed, and then turned into a laugh on his back.

After laughing for a long time, he restrained his smile and said word by word to Wu Han: "Bow, born as a more minister, and die as a more first ghost!" To bow down to assist the rebellious ministers and thieves, wishful thinking! ”

"Hmmm! Good! Well said, that's what I'm waiting for! ”

The smile on Wu Han's face deepened a little, raised his hand to pat his cheek, and said, "Thank you, although you can go on the road with peace of mind, Liu Qing is waiting for you on Huangquan Road, as for your wife, I will naturally take care of Wu Han in the future!" ”

Xie Bow's face immediately showed a look of horror, he opened his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, Wu Han had already drawn his sword like lightning, and without even hesitating, he cut off Xie Bow's neck with a sword, and cut off his head directly. Burst! Xie bowed's head fell to the ground, and he rolled to the side of the street, looking at the expression of the severed head, and with the horror that he had not had time to disappear. Wu Han stepped on the headless corpse with one foot, rubbed the blood stains on the corpse's clothes on the sword, and then spat and laughed: "Self-righteousness! I really think of myself as a character! If you don't die, how can I marry my son-in-law? At this point, he looked up at his subordinates, pointed his sword around the people, and said, "Bow down and disobey the king."

Order, privately led the army to Lin Xi to fight, resulting in our soldiers, the loss of tens of thousands of people, the crime is unforgivable, and now it has been ambushed, you wait, but you want to go on the road with Xie Gong? ”

These bowing subordinates looked at each other, and finally they didn't know who started first, laid down their weapons, and knelt down to surrender. Immediately afterwards, the people laid down their weapons one by one, all knelt on the ground, and surrendered to Wu Han.

Wu Han has always been decisive in doing things, decisive in killing, and never dragging mud and water. This was the case when he killed Miao Zeng in Youzhou, and it was still the same when he killed Xie Gong and Liu Qing in Yecheng.

Facing Wu Han, who was murderous, domineering, and aggressive, and had a bamboo in his chest, Xie Gong's subordinates couldn't even have the desire to avenge him, and without exception, they all surrendered.

Liu Xiu's evaluation of Wu Han is that one person is against one country, although there are exaggerations, but it also shows the ability of Wu Han.

The sword slashed and bowed, Wu Han still felt puzzled, and shouted to the left and right: "Drag the body of this thief out of the city and abandon it in a mass grave, so that he will die without a place to be buried!" ”

Chen Kang walked quickly to Wu Han's side, shrunk his neck, and said cautiously: "General Wu, Mrs. Xie, she ......."

"Huh?"

Hearing Wu Han's questioning voice, and seeing his squinting eyes, Chen Kang's legs were weak, and he almost didn't sit on the ground.

He hurriedly changed his words and said, "Qin...... Miss Qin, she and ...... and Xie Bow has always been affectionate, if you let Qin ...... Miss Qin knew that the general would abandon Xie Gong's body in a mass grave, and she would ...... I will have a grudge against the general! ”

Although Chen Kang is a grass on the wall and is good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, he is not a heinous and vicious person to the core.

For Xie Bow, and even Qin Ziwen, he felt guilty, now that Xie Bow is dead, he really doesn't want Xie Bow to be in the wilderness of violent corpses, and there is no place to be buried.

After listening to her words, Wu Han pondered for a moment and said to the left and right: "Pull down the mass grave and bury it, you don't need to leave a grave, and you don't need to mark it!" ”

"Yes! Checkmate! The soldiers agreed, loaded the body of Xie Gong into a wagon, covered it with straw mats, and pulled it out of the city.

Wu Han casually patted Chen Kang's shoulder, startling the latter and looking at him in horror. Wu Han grinned and said, "Just now, Chen Taishou reminded me well!" ”

Chen Kang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Wu Han repeatedly.

Liu Xuan's henchman, the Shangshu order of the first imperial court, and the Jizhou Mu Xie bowed, died in Yecheng City, under the sword of Wu Han.

Xie bowed to his people, and there was no evil deeds, even Liu Xiu admired Xie Gong a lot, and praised him as a 'true official', a good official who is dedicated to the country and the people, and can do practical things.

But in troubled times, it is not that you can get good rewards by being a good official, the most critical point is to be able to choose a good camp and stand in a good team. And Xie Bow is precisely in the wrong place, on the wrong team.

Since Wang Lang's death, Liu Xiu's power in Hebei has expanded rapidly, like the sky, at this time, Xie Gong is still loyal to Liu Xuan, and Liu Xiu is against Liu Xiu everywhere, how can Liu Xiu tolerate him?

What's even worse is that Liu Xuan, who was in Chang'an, did not give Xie Gong any substantive support, but completely threw Xie Gong alone in Hebei, letting him contain Liu Xiu and leave him to fend for himself.

Liu Xiu also gave a chance to bow, and not once or twice. He repeatedly hinted at Xie Bow, hoping that he would switch to his command, but Xie Bow was indeed a hard bone, and he would rather die than turn his back on Liu Xuan. In the end, Xie Gong inevitably fell victim to the power struggle between Liu Xiu and Liu Xuan.