Chapter 118: Release people
"General, although this flood was discovered early and did not cause too many casualties, a large amount of snow has blocked the river, and a large amount of stagnant water has flooded into the city."
"Quick, tell the soldiers to sail out of the warship!"
"The general's flash flood is still impacting, if you rush down, it won't take half a moment to kill people!"
"Bang!" The huge ice and snow slammed into the wall door, making a loud noise, but it made people's hearts tremble, like spring thunder exploding in their ears.
In addition to ice and snow, stagnant water is also like a beast that quietly devours everything.
Jiang asked the barracks.
Lu Meng sighed on the side: "Sure enough, you are suitable to stay in the army, rather than staying in a happy place to enjoy the rest of your life, such a thunderous method, this time Huang Zhong may not be able to escape." ”
Jiang Wen smiled, "I have already said that the old general Huang Zhong is extraordinary, and we will let him go this time." ”
"Let him go, what is this for? This old man almost killed me, and I was thinking about it day and night after that injury! Lu Meng asked in disbelief.
"I don't ask you to be magnanimous, so that if he surrenders in a while, it will be up to you to live or die." Jiang Wen said,
The whole army looked at the city, and now it was just waiting for the snow to stop, and it was time to send troops.
"Save ......"
Snow floods are like mudslides, the difference is that one is a lot of mud and the other is snow and ice, but there is no doubt that if it is submerged, there is almost no chance of survival.
Countless soldiers climbed to the heights, and if they were not in a hurry, they were swallowed up by the snow flood.
The water in the city is also increasing, and the houses are almost submerged to the roofs.
"All the troops are attacking!"
"Kill!"
The wooden boat drove on the icy water, and went straight into Baling, and the soldiers drew their bows and strings, and whenever they saw the living soldiers and horses, they fired a volley, and a corpse fell into the icy water.
Several of the soldiers jumped out of the wooden boat, killed all the roof soldiers, and then returned to the wooden boat.
"Whoosh!"
"General be careful!"
Jiang Wen subconsciously turned his head, a few strands of hair fell and a scratch left on his right cheek, and the arrow fell directly into the water.
Looking at the top of the city tower, he saw an old general, dressed in a battle robe, with eyes as sharp as an eagle, and the arrow just now came from him.
"Old thing, Lao Tzu thought about it, I finally saw you, damn it, I'm going to kill you!"
Jiang Wen stopped Lu Meng, his face was piercing pain, blood continued to flow down his cheeks, and he roared loudly: "It's General Huang on the city tower!" ”
"It's the old man, rat, who called me to do something!"
"I admire the old general's martial arts, as long as the general surrenders, I promise not to hurt a single soldier!" Jiang Wen picked up his sleeve and wiped it, and couldn't help but gasp, fortunately, this is a little far away from Huang Zhong, if it is closer, I am afraid that he will be hit by an arrow in his head now.
"How can the old man believe you?"
"Now that the city has been flooded, the old general and his soldiers have no way to escape, if he is really a ruthless and murderous person, he will not mention this matter to the old general, only need to send soldiers and horses to kill them all."
On the city tower, in addition to Huang Zhong, there were several personal soldiers.
"General, now we can't retreat at all, even if we escape, we will never be able to escape Baling, if we don't surrender at this moment, if he orders to fight, I'm afraid the soldiers will be wiped out!"
"Yes, please surrender the general! It can be regarded as a way to live for his subordinates! ”
"Please surrender the general!"
Huang Zhong looked at the city, there was standing water everywhere, there were a lot of wood chips floating, and not far away the enemy army was with soldiers and horses, constantly fighting with the soldiers and horses on the roof, leaving behind corpses.
"I will surrender!"
Jiang Wen nodded, and then said to Lu Meng beside him: "Pass the order and tell the army to stop." ”
Outside Baling City, Jiang asked the big camp.
Huang Zhong was pressed forward by the five flowers, and all the generals looked at the veteran, and Jiang Wen walked in from outside the tent.
"Meet the General!" Gan Ning and other generals saluted Jiang Wen, Jiang Wen sat down in the commander's seat, and looked at Huang Zhong, who was tied tightly, "Untie up." ”
"General, no!" Zhou Tai saluted and said, "Although this veteran is old, he is strong and strong, and his strength is not inferior to ordinary people, if there is a sudden sneak attack, we can't afford to take the risk!" ”
"Just tie it up as he said," Huang Zhong said without joy or anger, his face was flat, "Although I surrender, I also have conditions, the first release of all my soldiers and horses, their wives and children are still in Changsha!" ”
"The second is to leave me a whole corpse."
"Nearly 20,000 captives, but you want us to let them go?" Lu Meng said sarcastically, "Did you burn your old head these days?" I'll leave you a whole corpse, and I'm going to split your five horses now!" ”
Gan Ning also smiled hideously, "An enemy prisoner still dares to make conditions to us, if you hadn't surrendered quickly, Lao Tzu would have been killed a long time ago!" ”
"The last general also thinks that the general should not listen to his nonsense, now that Han Xuan has lost his troops, we can lead the army to enter Changsha directly!"
"Yes, Han Xuan has lost so many soldiers and horses, now is a good time to send troops to Changsha, and he will definitely not be able to resist this time!"
Huang Zhong closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate, although he had surrendered, he was just looking for a way to live for his soldiers.
And he himself was absolutely unwilling to surrender, so he had to ask for a death to be freed, after all, after death, he didn't know anything, and his request was so unreasonable naturally to provoke Jiang Wen.
"It's impossible to release them all, I only allow you to take five thousand soldiers and horses!"
Jiang Wen said abruptly, making the cold air around him a little colder again.
The surrounding generals glanced at each other, and their expressions were a little puzzled, did we hear it wrong, how did we hear the killing into a release?
"Put General Huang Zhong together."
Hearing this, Huang Zhong was suddenly startled, but his body was tied too strongly, and he soon knelt down again.
And Huang Zhong's flat expression was full of horror for the first time, and his eyes were extremely flustered, no, it should be unbelievable, he originally just casually mentioned it to provoke Jiang Wen, but he never thought that he would really release five thousand soldiers and horses?
"The general said that the old man was released with five thousand captives?"
"Since the promise has been made, it is natural that such a gentleman will say that it is difficult to chase the horse, and Zhou Tai will loosen General Huang."
"General!"
"Untie."
"The last general obeys!"
Zhou Tai saluted Jiang Wen, then walked behind Huang Zhong and cut the rope with a knife.
Huang Zhong moved his wrist, "Why, the old man never remembers meeting the general." But why doesn't the general want the old man's old life, and even the five thousand captives and generals have to be released together?! ”
"My prime minister is young and ambitious, and he needs useful talents in the world, this time not only do I respect the general, but I also want to keep people for the prime minister." Jiang Wen's naked solicitation did not want to hide it at all.
Huang Zhong said with a serious face: "General, the old man has been in Han Xuan for several years, the old man will never take refuge in others, thank the general for his appreciation of the old man, if the general still wants to kill the old man now, the old man will never fight back, let it be disposed of!" ”
"But if the general really lets me go, I will never show mercy to my subordinates on the battlefield in the future!"
Lu Meng walked out of the queue and said with an eager face: "General, Han Xuan lost 20,000 soldiers and horses, this is a great opportunity for us to take Han Xuan in one fell swoop, this is a full 20,000 prisoners. Even if they only let go of 5,000, they are still living people, not 20,000 steamed buns, the general is merciful to them this time, but they will not be so merciful to the general on the battlefield, and we soldiers! ”
"The last general and the others also ask the general to think twice, this time you must not let the tiger return to the mountain!"
Jiang Wen stepped down from the main seat and came to Huang Zhong's face, although this person was old, his skin was covered with strong muscles, and the calluses on his palms were extremely thick.
Jiang asked: "I made a bet with the general, is the general willing?" ”
"The old man listened."
"This time I let the general go, and the next time is the Battle of Changsha, if the general is defeated by me again, he will surrender to our prime minister, does the general dare?"
"Are you really going to let me go, not a joke?" Huang Zhong looked at Jiang Wen's resolute eyes, and couldn't help but laugh, "It's the first time I've met such a general in decades of being in the army, hahaha!" Okay, I'll promise you, but on the battlefield we are enemies of life and death, and the old man will never show mercy because of today's kindness! ”
Jiang Wen watched Huang Zhong lead the soldiers and horses away, and before leaving, Huang Zhong saluted solemnly again. But his own generals were still puzzled, and after returning to the camp, some of them didn't even look at Jiang Wen, and Lu Meng closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
This time, what Jiang Wen did really made the generals unconvinced, and not only that, but it may also shake the morale of the army, after all, this is the result that the soldiers spent a full month in exchange, but because of Jiang Wen's words, all turned into bubbles.
Jiang Wen sat on the throne, "It seems that you have a lot of grievances against me today. ”
The generals refused to talk, Jiang Wen looked at it and nodded, and then said, "Then what do the generals think, Han Xuan?" ”
"Fragile mediocre husbands." Gan Ning said mockingly, "It's just a pity that this mediocre man now has five thousand more soldiers and horses." ”
"That's five thousand more soldiers and horses, mediocre or mediocre?" Jiang Wen asked, but the rest of the generals refused to talk, and only then did he say, "As General Gan Ning said, Han Xuan is nothing, but Cao Cao and Lu Bu are considered to be one of the characters. Cao Cao is located in Hebei, and he will send troops to Xinye Shouchun and other places at any time, and Lu Bu, the pseudo-king of Yuan Shufeng, will always lead troops to attack Wancheng. ”
"Prime ministers need talents."
Gan Ning smiled disdainfully, "General, you can't help but look up to the other party too much, in my opinion, it's just an old man, if you really fight, I'm afraid your body can't withstand half of my moves!" ”
"The general will retire today, and we still need to rectify the morale of the soldiers."
"I'll retire."
Lu Meng walked around in the camp tent for a long time, and then sat down directly, "What do you say, are you looking for trouble, you just said that the five thousand soldiers and horses were put back, didn't it add some combat power to Han Xuan?!" ”
"In the past, King Qi Wei and King Wei compared treasures, King Wei used Mingzhu to ridicule King Qi Wei, and then King Qi Wei raised the four treasures to make King Wei go away in shame." Jiang Wen looked at Lu Meng and said flatly, "These four treasures are not treasures, but people, and they are unparalleled talents in the world. ”
"Is there a shortage of talents for the prime minister, besides, what means can't we use after we capture Han Xuan?" Lu Meng said, "Is it worth it to be just an old man?" ”
"There are many talents in the world, and no king has ever disliked many talents, thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and one will be hard to find!"
"Okay, okay, you are the commander, now that you have the final say in this army, I am going to rest." After Lu Meng saluted Jiang Wen, he directly retired, "I really don't understand your thoughts!" ”
Jiang Wen sighed, there was nothing he could do if he didn't understand, and Jiang Wen's thoughts weren't all on Huang Zhong, but more on Wei Yan, the general behind him.
That is the peak combat power of the late Three Kingdoms, Wei Yan is a tiger general, he can fight and defend, and there is also Qice, although the Qice of Meridian Valley has not been implemented.
As for what will happen if it is implemented, it will also be left to future generations to discuss.
Xiangyang, Prime Minister's Mansion.
Wu Jingzuo saluted and said: "Prime Minister, this time Jiang Wen broke through Baling, but without the permission of the Prime Minister, he secretly released a full 5,000 enemy troops, and even more enemy generals, the minister thought that Jiang Wen already had a heart of disobedience, and this time he wanted to show favor to Han Xuan!" ”
"What General Wu said is reasonable, and the minister also thinks that it should be so, Prime Minister, now that Jiang Wen has ill intentions, he should be sent back to the dynasty immediately, deprived of his official position and property, and sent to the land of hard labor!"
Sun Ce looked at the bamboo slips and was silent, put the bamboo slips aside, took out a scroll again, and said: "I already know what you said, this is the letter I wrote, and I will send someone to bring it to him later." ”
"In order to be just in case, the prime minister doesn't need to send another general to follow, so that he can take down Jiang Wen directly!"
"I don't have to make up my own mind about this matter, I'm impatient with you to bother, let's all go down!"
"The ministers are leaving."
"I never thought that this imperial history Zhongcheng made such a mistake at a critical time, and I don't know what to think, this time he will definitely be able to expel him from the court."
"Don't you wonder what is written in the Prime Minister's letter?"
"What else can it be, naturally it is to summon Jiang Wen back to Xiangyang and deprive him of his military power."
"Shouldn't that be a decree?"
"Tsk, the Son of Heaven is far away in Jianye, and the jade seal was also taken by him, how can he use the holy decree and not use his brain."
"Also, when I think that the new deal can't be implemented, I feel very open-minded, like a spring breeze in summer!"
"I feel the same way, go, go to my house for a drink today!"
Prime Minister's Mansion, guest rooms. Sun Ce took the bamboo slip and said with a wry smile: "Tell me about Changsu, what kind of ghost is this?" ”
Zhou Yu drank tea and said, "The prime minister doesn't need to be suspicious? ”
"Changsu, will he take a fancy to Han Xuan? is a Taishou who has no ability to guard Changsha, and Changsu is blind and cannot have an affair with him. Sun Ce said lightly.
Zhou Yu smiled lightly, it seemed that he didn't need to say anything to help Chang Su, "Then what is the bamboo slip you gave?" ”
"Condolences, Xuzhou is newly defeated, but the grain and grass have not been robbed, I want to know how much Changsu grain and grass is left, I am ready to send him grain." Sun Ce said, "Where has Han Dang arrived? ”
"I'm afraid I've arrived in Lujiang at this moment, this is a letter written by Han Dang, in which all the blame is put on Kuai Shenjun."
Sun Ce smiled disdainfully, "He thought that he could push it off, more than 30,000 people could not be pushed off casually, if he didn't hand over the military power, he could lay down a layer of skin just by virtue of the military order." ”