"Your Highness rest assured, someone has been sent to cut off the road for the Horned people to flee to the Northlands. In addition, when the tribes such as Wujiao and Wuhu who depended on the Qiangjiao withdrew into Henan with the Bitatu army, they also brought many old people, women, and children into the city......

On the morning of 30 August, in the southern suburbs of Henan City, Sima An reported in detail to Zhao Hongrun a plan he had prepared these days.

Zhao Hongrun listened stunned, although he was stunned several times during the period because of Sima An's ruthless color, but he also roughly understood the general's plan: lure the Qiangjiao tribe and the tribes attached to the Qiangjiao tribe into the city, and then use the catapult of the merchant army to throw oil barrels into the city, killing all the Qiangjiao people in the city in one fell swoop.

Extermination!

Literal extermination!

Although Zhao Hongrun had said categorically in front of Ordmer, the leader of the Yi tribe, a few days ago, that he wanted to "step on the corner", he was also shocked by Sima An's plan.

After all, Zhao Hongrun never thought of killing those Horn Women and Horn Horn children who were not yet adults.

And listening to Sima An's meaning, it seems that he has caught all of them, leaving no one behind.

Probably noticing the hesitation in Zhao Hongrun's eyes, Sima An lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, only this move can deter the people of the Qian tribe and make them dare not invade my Great Wei again." ”

"But it's not inevitable ......."

Zhao Hongrun peeked at Sima An, the general, several times.

I remember that a few days ago, when he heard that when the general led the army to attack the tribes of the Karma Horn Force, he had let go of those tribal camps that did not participate in this battle and were not enemies of the Wei State, he thought that the general's murderous intent had been reduced, but he did not expect that the general was just restraining his killing intent.

At the same time, Wu Ji of the Shang Shui Army had ordered his soldiers to move all 300 catapults and 250 catapults loaded with two crossbows to the front of the battle.

It is undeniable that this young general has some considerable experience in making full use of the power of catapults and repeaters, and he has already begun to prepare without Zhao Hongrun's orders.

And looking at those catapults and repeater chariots, Zhao Hongrun could even vaguely see that the eyes of General Sima An beside him were shining with an inexplicable essence.

In all fairness, if it was just Bitatu and his 30,000 or 40,000 Qiang cavalry hiding in Henan City, Zhao Hongrun would not hesitate to order a catapult to fire barrel bullets and completely burn the Qiang people in the city.

But now, when he learned from Sima An that in order to force the Qiangjiao people to flee, the general deliberately left the women and children of the tribes not to kill, and used them to drag down those Qiangjiao cavalry, Zhao Hongrun hesitated.

After all, no matter how you say it, those Horn women and Horn children have nothing to do with this battle and should not be implicated.

Especially when their Wei army is currently in control.

This is not about benevolence or righteousness, but rather a principle, a virtue, or in other words, humanity.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Hongrun called the leader of the Yi tribe, Erdemo, and said to him in the Yi language: "Erdemo, as far as this king knows, there are many women and children of the Qianjiao tribe in Henan City, which my Wei army is about to attack, I wonder if the Yi tribe is willing to take over?" ”

"Take over?" Erdemer apparently didn't understand.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun pointed to the catapult being installed by the Shang Shui Army, and said in a deep voice: "Once this king orders the siege of the city, the city in front of him will become a sea of fire. …… This king will not let go of a man from the horns, but the women and children of the horns, this king feels that they have nothing to do with this battle, and does not want them to be implicated, you go and tell Bitatu to let him send the women and children in the city out of the city, and my Wei army will not hurt them. ”

Hearing this, the general Sima An frowned beside him and said, "Your Highness, if you don't have a burden, the people of the Qiangjiao may be able to flee ......."

Zhao Hongrun shook his head, and Zhengse said: "The horns are destined to perish today, even if they can't be eradicated, it will be difficult for them to stir up any storms." After that, he paused and added: "General, this king still hopes that my Great Wei's soldiers can regain their previous 'Renwu' military style, and they should be soldiers who defend the country, not butchers." ”

"Renwu ......" Sima An's expression looked a little awkward, after all, at present, several generals of Wei still adhere to the idea of benevolence and martial arts, and only General Zhuhai of Chenggao Pass is incompatible.

Pouting, he said with a little dissatisfaction: "I hope those Qiangjiao people appreciate the 'benevolence' of our army......"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Even if you don't appreciate it, isn't there still a general?" After this battle, the king believed that the name of the general and the name of the Dangshan Army alone were enough to deter this land of three rivers. ”

"Hey." It may be that the relationship with Zhao Hongrun has improved a lot compared to before, and Sima An actually chuckled a rare light when he heard this.

From the side, Erdemer looked at them in a daze.

Not to mention, he was stunned for a while, only then did he understand what Zhao Hongrun meant, and a strange feeling rose in his heart: he would not spare a man from the Qianjiao tribe, but he was open to women and children, this King Su of Wei State, his personality was really awkward.

After thinking about it, Erdmer nodded and responded to the matter.

At this moment, there was a slight commotion among the nearby Shangshui soldiers, and it seemed that there was some kind of hostile situation.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun and the others looked up, only to find that the gate of the south of the city in the distance was opened, and a team of cavalry rode out.

However, to Zhao Hongrun and the Shang Shui soldiers, what puzzled them was that when the group of carangular cavalry was about to approach the range of the Wei army's crossbow carts, they suddenly stopped.

Subsequently, three of the Horned men dismounted, threw all their scimitars, longbows and other weapons on the ground in front of the merchant and naval armies and the Dangshan army, and took off their sheepskin jackets.

After that, the three of them slowly walked to Wei Jun's side with their hands raised.

"What does that mean?"

Zhao Hongrun was stunned.

At this time, Erdemer explained beside him: "Dear King Su, they want to negotiate with you. …… You see, they have already thrown away their weapons, showing sincerity. ”

"Negotiate with the king?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and then laughed and said: "I only think of surrendering now, and this king will not accept it." ”

On the side, Sima An also sneered cooperatively, and looked contemptuously at the three people who were slowly approaching in the distance with his arms folded.

Think about it, at the beginning, these Jiaojiao people were arrogant and regarded Wei as nothing, but now they want to surrender when they see that the situation is not good, trying to escape in vain, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

"Your Highness, do you want to see them?" Wu Ji asked on the side, and as soon as Zhao Hongrun said 'no', he immediately ordered the three people to be shot.

Seeing this, Erdemer hurriedly said: "Respected King Su, I thought it wouldn't hurt you to meet those three people and listen to what the three of them had to say. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Erdmo, thought slightly, nodded and said, "Wu Ji, let them come." ”

Wu Ji nodded, and ordered the merchants and sailors to get out of the way and let the three Horn people come over.

Seeing this, the three Jiaojiao people did not hesitate and walked straight towards Zhao Hongrun.

However, it could be seen that the faces of the three of them were full of uneasiness, especially after seeing the crossbows, catapults, oil barrels, etc.

After a while, the three of them came not far in front of Zhao Hongrun.

Although the three had thrown away their weapons in public, Su Wangwei still stopped them, searched him, and only after finding that the other party really did not carry weapons on his body, did he let them approach Zhao Hongrun.

Of course, in order to prevent the other party from suddenly attacking, it seems that Shen Yu, the sect guard, intentionally or unintentionally, stepped forward half a step forward to protect his Royal Highness.

"(Zong language) Respected King Su, I have admired your prestige for a long time, and today I will see ......"

The three of them also seemed to be interested, and they didn't get too close to Zhao Hongrun so as not to arouse the vigilance of the Wei army, so they stopped about a zhang away, and saluted Zhao Hongrun respectfully, caressing their hearts with their right hands, bowing their heads and bending over, which was quite a solemn etiquette in the land of Sanchuan.

"This person is the patriarch of the Greyhorn tribe, Gu Yigu." Erdemer reminded Zhao Hongrun on the side.

Hearing Erdmer's words, the Qiang tribe who was called Gu Yigu by the former raised his head in surprise, only to find that there were actually their Qiang people in this Wei army, and it was also the leader of the Shan tribe they had seen a while ago.

"Ordmer Chieftain......"

"(Zong language) ancient patriarch ......"

The two greeted each other.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun looked Gu Yigu up and down a few times, and asked coldly in the Qi language: "Gu Yigu Patriarch, right?" What do you do? ”

Seeing that Zhao Hongrun was able to speak the language of the Shan tribe so proficiently, Gu Yigu was stunned, then restrained the surprise on his face, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Gu Yigu represents the Gray Horn tribe and is willing to surrender to the respected King Su in exchange for your mercy." ”

"I guessed it right......

Zhao Hongrun exchanged a look with Sima An, who snorted coldly in disdain.

"I'm sorry, but this king will not accept your surrender." In Gu Yigu's stunned gaze, Zhao Hongrun said lightly: "You can go back, in a while, our army will start attacking the city!" …… By the way, the women and children in the city, if you don't want them to be implicated, you can entrust them to Erdmer, and the king will guarantee that my army of Great Wei will not harm them. As he spoke, he pointed to Ordmer.

Gu Yigu didn't seem to expect Zhao Hongrun to refuse his surrender, his face was full of surprise, and he exclaimed: "Respected King Su, we have already admitted defeat, why are you still unwilling to accept our surrender?" ”

Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly when he heard this, and said lightly: "If you gain profit, you will plunder arbitrarily, coerce my Great Wei, and if you lose, you will beg to survive...... If this king allows you to surrender, it will help Kou Zhi. How can you be allowed to surrender? ”

On the side, Sima An nodded thoughtfully.

It may be that seeing Gu Yigu's stunned face, Erdmo briefly explained Zhao Hongrun's words.

And after listening to Erdmer's explanation, Gu Yigu's face was full of shame and speechless.

Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Respected King Su, you just said it directly, right?" How can I spare the Greyhorn Tribe, I am ancient...... Listen to them! ”

"Are you all willing to listen?" Zhao Hongrun, who was about to chase away the guest, was stunned when he heard this, and asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, they are all willing to listen!" (To be continued.) )