Chapter Seventy-Three: Dead or Alive
"Where's Liu Yaoben?" After Xiao Tianjian set up camp outside the city, he immediately asked Luo Yingjie, who came to greet him.
"General Qiyu, General Liu Xiao is leading his troops to cross the river to pursue Wang Shaoyu's department, Wang Shaoyu yesterday after hearing the news of the defeat of Zu Kuan's department, he pulled out the camp overnight and fled in the direction of Yiyang, General Liu Xiao then led his troops to cross the Luo River, launched a pursuit, this time there should be another gain! He sent someone back to report the news, please rest assured! Luo Yingjie replied to Xiao Tianjian with a smile on his face.
After Xiao Tianjian glanced at the south of the county, a smile appeared on his face, and he smiled at Luo Li and the others: "This guy doesn't dare to give him a chance, as long as he sees the opportunity, he will take the opportunity to fight!" But this guy and the camp are doing well this time! stabilized the back road for us, and didn't let us worry about it! ”
Luo Li and the others also nodded with a smile and said yes, originally their group of veterans were not very optimistic about Liu Yaoben's group of young boys, and felt that Xiao Tianjian's formation of this teaching camp was simply redundant, and fighting was a matter for them to fight a strong man, how could they succeed with these stinky boys, so although they were on an equal footing with the teaching camp on the surface, they still looked down on them a little bit in their hearts, but after this incident, they found that these little guys could not be underestimated at all. The fierceness of the battle is not worse than that of the generals of the war battalion, and it is even more desperate!
On the way back, they also heard about what happened in Yongning County, if they let them stay in the county this time, they asked themselves not necessarily to do better than Liu Yaoben's little guys, hundreds of people even defeated two enemy troops that were far more than several times their number, and also killed the enemy army and escaped and captured many people, but also when they were not here, they caught Zhu Cai, the king of Wan'an, who was hiding in the city, don't look at them This time they defeated Zu Kuan's department, but when it comes to credit, The teaching camp was no smaller than their two camps.
What's more, the training battalion is smaller than their two combat battalions, and they are not equipped with battalion artillery teams, so they still fight so beautifully, so these guys have put away their contempt for the training battalion in their hearts, and began to regard the training battalion as a force of equal status with them.
"Send someone to catch up with Liu Yaoben and tell him that poor Kou Mo is chasing, Wang Shaoyu has been frightened, and it doesn't make much sense to chase him any longer! What's more, Zu Kuan's remnants are also in Yiyang now, don't be greedy and chew too much, but they will turn over and bite again! After receiving my order, he asked him to come back immediately, there are still many things to do on our side, and we have to be busy! Let's go! Let's go into the city and meet that Wan'an King Zhu Cai! Let's also see the difference between these royal relatives and ordinary people! Xiao Tianjian smiled and shook his head before ordering.
After a short time, Tietou immediately sent a cavalry to set off in the direction of Liu Yaoben's pursuit of the enemy, while Xiao Tianjian entered the city with the generals, and directly came to the county government where Zhu Cai, the king of Wan'an, was imprisoned.
King Wan'an sat in a trance in the black and smelly dungeon, how could he have thought that he would enter such a place once in a photo, these days to hide in Tibet and worry about the days, so that his spirit almost collapsed, at this time there are no thoughts in his mind, a look of resignation.
And his two teenage sons were crying and crying in the cell next door, and there were also soldiers of the Heavenly Army who closely guarded them in the dungeon.
Xiao Tianjian strode into the dungeon with his subordinates, and when he came to the door of Zhu Cai's cell, someone immediately opened the iron lock with a bang, and picked a lantern into the cell.
When King Wan'an heard someone coming in, his body trembled violently involuntarily, and suddenly his mind seemed to return to his body, and he immediately began to cry, and sat desperately on the damp and cold ground and rubbed against the corner of the wall, shouting: "Don't kill me!" Don't kill me! Help! I'm the king, you can't kill me! Please, I don't want anything, I give you everything in the palace, please let me live! ”
Xiao Tianjian and the generals couldn't help but show a mocking smile when they saw Zhu Cai who was so embarrassed, thinking that his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang was also a hero of the world, but when it came to their generation, his children and grandchildren were so unsuccessful, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
"What's the difference between me being a relative of the emperor! It's just a fat man, and he still has a nose and two eyes, and he doesn't have anything more than others! Hum! It's really nothing to look at! Pull it out and cut it, what's the use of keeping such a rice bucket? Luo Li curiously looked down at Zhu Cai, who was crowded in the corner of the wall, and said with a sneer.
After Zhu Cai heard this, he cried even more, and shouted with his hands: "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" I've let you take everything, and I beg you, just let me go! ……”
Xiao Tianjian looked at Zhu Cai's bear appearance and shook his head secretly, he took his men to see this captured prince this time, just to satisfy the curiosity of his generals, as for himself, in fact, there is nothing curious about looking at this embarrassed prince, after all, he, a traverser, has never had a sense of respect for the emperor's relatives and relatives, and he will never feel the pleasure of trampling such a person under his feet like others.
Luo Li and the others surrounded this Zhu Cai as if they were watching a monkey, and they all quarreled and simply pulled him out and cut him down, saving this guy and wasting food.
But Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "Okay! Look and see, you too should satisfy your vanity! Let's all get out! I have my own consideration as to what to do with this guy, and you should all go back immediately, arrange for the army to rest for a while, choose a compound in the city, use it as a medical camp, and move the wounded brothers into the city, so that they can recuperate and return to the team as soon as possible! In addition, Situ Liang, I'm afraid you have to work hard, this thief in Yidougu is not dead, this time taking advantage of the emptiness of our troops, he actually led his troops to steal the city, and he must not spare this guy, immediately dispatch the scouts of each battalion, plus the cavalry of your headquarters, to explore the whereabouts of this guy, since he did this, then simply give him a cut this time, and save him to fill in the trouble for us again! ”
The generals' curiosity was also satisfied at this time, whether to kill this Zhu Cai or not, there was nothing too noteworthy for them, and they had nothing to say about how Xiao Tianjian would deal with this Zhu Cai father and son, so they all took the order to turn around and leave the cell, and went down one after another to start busy.
And only Xiao Tianjian, Tietou and Luo Yingjie were left in the cell, Luo Yingjie hurriedly brought a stool for Xiao Tianjian and asked Xiao Tianjian to sit down.
Zhu Cai trembled and looked at the thief sitting in front of him through the hair scattered on his face, and suddenly struggled to pounce on Xiao Tianjian from the corner of the house, and the iron head was startled, and he stepped forward and kicked Zhu Cai back to the corner of the house, scolding: "Kneel!" If you dare to move again, Lao Tzu will cut you with a knife! ”
Zhu Cai cried so much that he had a handful of snot and tears, curled up in the corner of the house, struggled and quickly knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Xiao Tianjian again and again: "This general, please this general, just spare me!" I haven't done anything, I've done my duty, I haven't done anything bad, please let the general spare my life! ”
Xiao Tianjian sneered and said, "Haven't done anything bad? Hum! Let me ask you, haven't you ever forced the tenants of your imperial estate to pay for grain? Haven't you watched your tenants starve to death? Didn't you condone your subordinates to rob the people's daughters? This is a huge Yongning county, you alone occupy nearly half of the fertile land, how many people have been forced to death by you, do you dare to say that you have not done anything bad? ”
Zhu Cai felt wronged after hearing this, in his opinion, he was born high, these fields were left to him by his ancestors, and it was a matter of course for the people to work and pay food for him, as for even if his subordinates robbed the people's daughters, this is nothing, in his opinion, these women should be blessed when they come to his palace, it is better than marrying a poor ghost and suffering poverty!
But he didn't dare to talk back, he repeatedly claimed to be guilty, or begged Xiao Tianjian to spare his life, Xiao Tianjian looked at his expression, and knew that this guy was not convinced, but he didn't bother to reason with this guy, now what to talk to these people about everyone is equal, that's, China has always been the end, there is no equality of everyone, and now to say this to him is equivalent to playing the piano to the cow.
So he lowered his head, stared at Zhu Cai and asked him: "Don't talk about this, since Lao Tzu rebelled, then your Zhu family is our enemy, and you should have been killed and pulled down with a knife, but I see that you don't seem to want to die, so if you don't want to die, there is a way to not want to die, let me ask you, do you want to die?" ”
Zhu Cai was already desperate, when he heard Xiao Tianjian say that he didn't want to die, there was still a chance, so he quickly wiped the snot and tears on his face, nodded again and again, and said urgently: "General, general, I don't want to die, you can do whatever you want me to do, as long as you don't kill me, let me do anything!" ”
Xiao Tianjian looked at Zhu Cai lying on his stomach in front of him, begging for mercy like a pug, so he laughed......