"Get on your knees!"

On the main street of Gongxian County, Cai Baohu and Zou Xin threw Sun Shuke, the guard of Gongxian County, who was tied up with five flowers, in front of Zhao Hongrun. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It can be seen that although Sun Shuke's use of troops tends to be conservative, he is a very backbone general, even if he falls into the hands of the enemy as a prisoner, he is still indifferent, as if he looks down on life and death.

I saw him squint at Zou Xin, and scolded coldly: "Shameless villain, betraying the country and joining the enemy, how dare you show off your power in front of this general?" Is it to please your new master? ”

"You ......" Zou Xin's face turned sullen when he heard this, and he raised his leg and kicked Sun Shuke's left knee socket, but the latter seemed to have been on guard, even if he was kicked, causing his left leg to bend uncontrollably, but still relying on the strength of his right leg, he stood arrogantly in front of Zhao Hongrun, scanning the surroundings with slanted eyes.

Seeing this, Zou Xin frowned, and was about to force Sun Shuke to kneel again, but saw Zhao Hongrun, who was sitting on the horse, waved his hand and said gently: "Okay, General Zou (Xin), kneeling or not kneeling is just a formality." …… Even if you force him to kneel down to the king, he will surely curse the king in his heart. It is no good for this king to kneel down from him, and he will be scolded by him in vain, which is not worth it. ”

Listening to Zhao Hongrun's open-minded and humorous words, the nearby generals laughed heartily, while Sun Shuke looked at Zhao Hongrun with a strange gaze, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

After a while, Sun Shuke asked Zhao Hongrun suspiciously: "You are the commander of the Wei army, Ji Run, the king of Wei?" ”

"Exactly." Zhao Hongrun nodded, then he looked left and right, and said to Sun Shuke: "This is not a place to talk, let's find a place to settle down and rest first." …… Does General Sun have any recommendations? ”

Ask me?

Uncle Sun had a strange expression on his face.

You must know that he is already a prisoner of the Wei army at this moment, but this strange King of Wei Guosu seems to regard him as a friend when he speaks.

However, although he felt strange, Sun Shuke still replied to Zhao Hongrun's words: "According to Your Excellency's identity, I am afraid that the only person in this city who can be worthy of the identity of the honorable driver is the mansion of the county prince Wan Xi......"

"Wan Clan...... Is it? Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly, and after a little groaning, he said, "That place is not suitable, let's change it." …… As long as you can shelter from the wind and rain, this king will not dislike it. ”

"......" Sun Shuke's eyes became more and more strange when he looked at Zhao Hongrun, and then said casually: "Then there is nothing that can be done." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment and said, "Then go to the sentry." ”

The sentry post, also known as the sentry post and the city camp, is the place where the garrison soldiers stationed in a certain city and county live, and it is a military building, but it occasionally interferes with the security of the city and the detection of thieves.

Generally speaking, the scale of this kind of city and county garrison post is not very large, and a city of the size of Gong County, if it is in the Wei State, its city post can only accommodate about 800 to 1,000 people at best.

However, it is difficult to say in the state of Chu, after all, the population of the state of Chu is too large, resulting in a large number of troops, and Zhao Hongrun will not be surprised if there are nearly 10,000 garrisons in a city of the size of Hao County.

As soon as the words were spoken, the nearby soldiers naturally had to obey, even Sun Shuke, who was confused, followed Zhao Hongrun's mount honestly at this moment, and went to the outpost in the city with everyone.

He wondered what His Royal Highness King Su, a young man from the Wei Kingdom, wanted to do.

On the way, the group passed by the mansion of the Wan clan, and Sun Shuke could vaguely hear the mourning cries and the crying of women in the mansion, which made his heart sink, and then he couldn't help but snort secretly.

You can't live if you do your own evil!

Of course, he understood what was going on in the county mansion of the Wan clan at the moment, but he didn't have any sympathy for the clan. Even, I don't know what kind of psychology it is, at this moment, Sun Shuke actually faintly feels happy.

The reason is very simple, because he had already warned Wan Xi, the county magistrate of Haoxian, to let him take a sum of money to motivate the soldiers, however, the greedy and stingy fool of the latter finally refused to come up with a sum of money to motivate the soldiers, so that Haoxian was broken by the Wei army, and the wealth of the Wan clan also fell into the hands of the Wei army.

If Wan Xi, the county magistrate, was by his side at this moment, maybe Sun Shuke would have to sneer at him: Look! This is the result of your greed for small things and the loss of big ones!

Suddenly, Sun Shuke's heart moved slightly, because he remembered that Zhao Hongrun's sentence was not appropriate, and he faintly understood a little in his heart.

After all, along the way, the Chu army of Yuanxiangcheng, which had been named Yanling Army, did not dare to offend the people in the city under the constraints of the military discipline of the Wei army.

Although this showed the discipline of the Wei army, it also made the soldiers feel dissatisfied.

After all, attacking the enemy city can wantonly loot the wealth in the city, although this is the ugliness of the wars of the past dynasties, but it is also the fundamental reason why the interests of the low-level soldiers and generals are the same - ordinary soldiers, but not so high ideological consciousness, they risk their lives to attack the enemy city, in addition to the constraints of military regulations, the temptation to plunder wealth after breaking the city is also a major reason to maintain morale.

Obviously, the young Wei Guosu Wang Ji Run in front of him, while strictly prohibiting his troops from infringing on the civilians in the city, also made corresponding concessions and compromises.

This made Sun Shuke think a little more about the character of this King Su.

After all, some nobles in the county, even if it is Sun Shuke, sometimes can't see it, so the former doesn't care about the life and death of the other party.

After estimating the work of a stick of incense, Zhao Hongrun and his party came to the outpost in Gongxian County, which was already controlled by the Wei army.

The outpost is naturally not as well-equipped as an ordinary mansion, and when you look at it roughly, it looks like a small fortress, with high stone walls and watchtowers at the four corners.

It's just that, although this kind of sentry looks good, in fact, it is not so much of strategic significance as it is used for deterrence—in the case of the fall of the city, a small outpost is simply not able to save the situation.

At this time, the Wei army in the outpost had taken over everything here, and those Yan Ling troops who did not participate in the looting of the rich mansions, or the Chu soldiers of the original Xiangcheng, were collecting the troops in this vicinity.

In the distance, there were several men who looked like generals when they saw Zhao Hongrun, and after seeing Zou Xin beside him, they all looked at him and saluted, probably the generals under Zou Xin.

Zou Xin nodded at those people, and then invited Zhao Hongrun and the others to the outpost and came to the hall inside.

The Su Wang guards quickly took over the hall, after all, this would be the residence of their Royal Highness, and this loyal guard naturally had to do a good job of defense.

When these people began to be busy searching for potential safety hazards in the outpost, Zhao Hongrun launched a persuasion of Sun Shuke in the hall.

"Serve this king, General Sun."

may have been in the barracks for a long time, Zhao Hongrun gradually became accustomed to the barracks, and spoke straightforwardly, unlike the nobles who beat around the bush in order to show their status.

However, when Leng Buding heard Zhao Hongrun's straightforward persuasion, Sun Shuke was really stunned for a moment.

Although he vaguely guessed a few points from Zhao Hongrun's attitude towards him, when the latter said that sentence himself, Sun Shuke was still surprised.

"So-and-so, a Chu people......" Uncle Sun said suspiciously.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun laughed and said: "This king now has an army of nearly 80,000 Chu people, and in the south of Yingshui County in my Great Wei, there are still hundreds of thousands of people from Chu people...... What is General Sun trying to express? ”

Sun Shuke was suddenly dumbfounded, because he remembered that almost eighty percent of the Wei army that attacked his Xuan County this time were generals from the Chu State.

This kind of thing is an extremely rare thing in ancient and modern times: he is obviously the prince of the Wei people, but he actually trusts the army composed of the Chu people so much, but those troops composed of the Chu people are still willing to be driven by His Royal Highness the King Su of the Wei State, and do not hesitate to go to war with their compatriots for this.

After thinking about it, Sun Shuke shook his head and said, "Your Excellency's good intentions, Sun Shuke understands it." …… A certain swore that the Lord Juyang Jun would serve and not break his promise. Now that the army is defeated, there is only one death. ”

The implication is that he hopes that Zhao Hongrun will execute him.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun pursed his lips and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Stupid! …… At first, this king was optimistic about you, but I didn't expect you to be a fool! ”

Uncle Sun's face was slightly angry when he heard this, and he said unhappily: "What does Your Excellency mean by this? …… Even if a soldier is defeated and captured, you must not humiliate me like this! ”

"Humiliation?" Zhao Hongrun laughed and said, "This king is just telling the truth!" …… Before the king attacked the county, he had moved the residents of the nearby villages to Xiangcheng, and at that time, the king had already heard what kind of goods the giant yang king was. And you would rather die for such a fellow than save a useful life for the benefit of your fellow man, isn't that stupid, what is it? ”

Sun Shuke opened his mouth when he heard this, but he was speechless.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand, signaling Zongwei Lu Mu to loosen the tie for Sun Shuke, and then said lightly to the latter: "Right now, Haoxian County has fallen into the hands of this king, whether you are killed or not has nothing to do with the overall situation." …… It's just that this king cherishes your talents, and can't bear to let your generals die on the battlefield without a vigorous battle, but they succumb to death under the sword of this king. …… Let's go. ”

"Let's go?"

Sun Shuke glanced at Zongwei Lu Mu, who was untying him, and then looked at Zhao Hongrun with incredible eyes, and was shocked in his heart: What does the other party mean is to let himself go?

As if he had seen through Sun Shuke's thoughts, Zhao Hongrun said lightly: "Yes, this king cherishes your talent, so he will let you go." …… You can defect to the Juyang Jun who was scolded and hated by the Chu people and civilians in this vicinity, and continue to be the enemy of our Wei army; or find a place where no one is left after leaving the city, and kill yourself because you can't withstand the shame of defeat; Or you can save your life and really do something for your fellow man. After a pause, he looked directly at Sun Shuke, shook his head and said, "Actually, this king is very puzzled, what are you protecting?" With all due respect, it is not this country that you are protecting, nor are you the people of this country, but only a handful of people...... It's not about sacrificing one's life for the country! Therefore, do not put on this pride in front of this king as if it were a sacrifice for the nation. ”

"......" Sun Shuke was shocked.

Especially the last sentence, it seemed to tear his heart apart.

On the side, Zou Xin, the newly surrendered general, also showed a contemplative look. (To be continued.) )