"Tian Tan, you seem to be afraid of him?"

Zhao Hongrun asked Nanmen Huai, the new general of Toucheng who remained in the army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I remember that after the discussion, Nanmen Chi quickly went to the Chu army of Longji Mountain in the north, that is, his younger brother Nanmen Yang, while Nanmen Jue went to Qi County lightly to persuade their Nanmen clan to defect to Wei, only Nanmen Huai remained in the Wei army, probably Nanmen Chi and Nanmen Jue took the initiative to leave Nanmen Huai as a hostage because they took the initiative to leave Nanmen Huai as a hostage because they considered Zhao Hongrun's trust in them. Note: There was a typo in the previous chapter, it should be Qi (qi) county.

In fact, to tell the truth, even if the three brothers of Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue, and Nanmen Huai go out together, Zhao Hongrun doesn't care, after all, he has newly obtained more than 40,000 Chu State troops, as long as Qu Cheng and Wu Ji can persuade those captives and arouse the resentment of these captives against the Xiong clan buried in their hearts, it is equivalent to the Wei army adding 40,000 reinforcements.

That's the most important thing.

In comparison, Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue, and Nanmen Huai are insignificant.

Of course, even if Zhao Hongrun did not attach too much importance to the three brothers of this clan, but for their surrender, Zhao Hongrun still showed great enthusiasm, after all, it is a daughter to buy horse bones, if it is a person who treats the surrender of sincerity, how to attract people from all over the world to defect to Wei?

And in this matter, there is a name that plays a crucial role, which makes the three Nanmen brothers who were still hesitant before immediately change their minds.

And this name is Tian Tan, the chief general of the Eastern Route Army, a famous warlike general of the Qi State.

Hearing Zhao Hongrun's inquiry, Nanmen Huai's face didn't show a little horror, but he licked his lips and said in an inexplicable tone: "That's a butcher." ”

Butcher, it seems that my Great Wei also has a "butcher" named Sima An......

Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but think of Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, after all, the latter was scolded as a butcher by Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao Army, the reason is that Sima An's attitude towards foreign tribes is always only to kill, and the sentence of slaughtering non-my race is not just a slogan in the Dangshan Army.

However, after the Battle of Sanchuan, General Sima An's attitude towards the people of Sanchuan has improved a little, but he still stays at the level of vigilance, and still does not trust the submission of the Sanchuan tribe very much, but it is really much better than before.

Could it be that Tian Tan is also like Sima An?

Zhao Hongrun tilted his head, really a little puzzled, because when his sixth emperor brother returned to Wei with his new wife Ji Ji last year, he had met with Tian Tan, although the appearance of Tian Tan during the period frightened the envoy Huang Arsenic of Chu and Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, whose faces were like earth, and they dared not speak out, but Zhao Hongrun did not see any clues from Tian Tan's words and deeds.

In Zhao Hongrun's opinion at that time, Tian Tan was a very orthodox and ordinary general, although this person made brilliant achievements, even he Zhao Hongrun could only look at him.

So thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help muttering: "Speaking of which, this king saw that Tian Tan last year, but he didn't see this person...... Well, it's a butcher. ”

Hearing this, Nanmen plucked up the courage to ask Zhao Hongrun: "His Royal Highness King Su, if when you attack Xiangcheng, my Xiangcheng resists fiercely, and even if you are persuaded to surrender several times and still do not surrender the city, will you execute the enemy generals who defend the city on the day of Pocheng?" ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, he wanted to say something nice, but after glancing at Nanmen Huai, he changed his mind, nodded and said frankly: "Yes!" …… If the soldiers under the command of this king sacrifice greatly in Xiangcheng, this king will definitely kill the enemy general who defends the city to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in battle, unless the enemy general is willing to submit. ”

Nanmen Huai showed a slightly relieved smile on his face, and complimented: "His Royal Highness King Su is really an honest gentleman, and the last general is convinced. After saying that, his tone changed, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Your Royal Highness King Kesu, will you slaughter the nobles in the city?" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly, and then asked, "Did those nobles participate in the defense of the city?" Have they ever inflicted additional casualties on our army because of their presence? ”

"Does it matter?" Nanmen Huai said with a smile.

"Of course it matters." Zhao Hongrun frowned, and said with a straight face: "If it is a person who keeps to himself and does not participate in the war, this king will naturally not blame him." ”

Hearing this, Nanmen nodded with a clear understanding and said, "The last general understands, Your Royal Highness King Su, the execution you mentioned earlier is a crime and punishment, and it is to vent the anger of the soldiers who died in the siege battle and sacrifice their souls in the sky. …… But Tian Tan is not, on the day the city is broken, he will order people to hang the nobles in the city, whether old or young, whether male or female. ”

"Hanging?" Zhao Hongrun frowned and deliberately lengthened his voice to express his inner surprise.

"Yes." As if he had guessed the thoughts of the King Su in front of him, Nanmen said indignantly: "Your Highness, you are right, that is, hang yourself, hang yourself on the tower of the city gate, so that people who pass by the city gate can see it when they look up, and take advantage of this act to demonstrate." …… Men and women, young and old, will not let it go. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun's brows furrowed slightly, it was not that he had never heard of this kind of demonstration, but he didn't expect that Qi Guo was still using these cruel punishments.

After all, in his impression, Qi is a country where benevolence is very prevalent, so it would not happen like this.

At this time, as if he had guessed the doubts in Zhao Hongrun's heart again, Nanmen said bitterly: "This is revenge." …… Tian Tan's revenge on my Chu people. ”

Zhao Hongrun suddenly understood: I think it must be that the Chu State once did something similar to the tyrannical thing against the Qi State, or it may be Tian Tan's hometown, so the Qi General Tian Tan's treatment of the Chu people was extremely cruel.

You must know that when Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, led the army to invade the Wei State, the peasant soldiers under his command burned and looted in Zhaoling and other counties, and did a lot of evil, but later Zhao Hongrun incorporated the army that has now evolved into the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army, so the Wei State gave up pursuing the matter.

However, in Zhaoling, the local Wei people were still extremely repulsive to the Chu people, including the Yan Ling Army and the Shang Water Army, which have now become the Wei army.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the army of the Chu State had done similar things in the Qi State.

It's just that it seems that Qi general Tian Tan's revenge will not make the army of Chu more fiercely resist?

When Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart, Nanmen said with a wry smile: "This is why we are afraid of Tian Tan." …… It seems that no matter how much my Chu people resist, they can't resist Tian Tan's army. After a pause, he added: "His Royal Highness King Su doesn't know that the army of the State of Qi has terrible weapons of war built by the craftsmen of the State of Lu, so that every time it clashes with the State of Qi, the strength of the State of Chu is obviously several times or even more than ten times that of the Army of Qi, but it can't get the slightest bargain......

Artisans of the country of Lu...... Is it?

Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed with a few hints of essence, thinking about whether it was possible to "kidnap" a group of craftsmen from the Lu State this time.

…… Perhaps, there will be this opportunity?

Zhao Hongrun touched his chin.

After chatting with Nanmen Huai for a while, Nanmen Huai took his leave, after all, he was now a member of the Yanling army, and he should fulfill his responsibility and assist the Yanling army in collecting the nearly 20,000 troops in Xiangcheng.

After all, Zhao Hongrun had already told him that as long as the integration was completed, the Wei army would immediately move south and go to Hu County, so Nanmen Huai, who was worried day and night that the Qi general Tian Tan would break through Hu County and torture and kill his Nanmen clan, was naturally more concerned about Yan Ling's incorporation of the Chu army.

Soon after Nanmen Huai left, Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng army, came to visit Zhao Hongrun.

Xu Yin and his Fencheng army had previously assisted Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Water Army, in collecting the more than 20,000 defeated Chu troops outside the city.

said that it was assistance, but in fact, it was just to be wary of these Chu soldiers who were incorporated by the Shang Shui Army.

However, facts have proved that the absorption and brainwashing of those Chu soldiers by the Shang Shui Army has been quite good, and the matter of integration has been basically completed at present.

As long as Zhao Hongrun has the means to conquer the hometown where the families of these soldiers are located and transport their families to the Wei State, then these Chu soldiers will become the soldiers of the Wei State in the future, just like the Shang Water Army.

After all, the national policy of the Chu State is completely a tool for the nobles led by the Xiong clan to dump the commoners, and on the premise of having a better choice, those Chu soldiers will naturally choose the Wei State with better treatment and living environment, there is no doubt about it.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Su for taking Xiangcheng without blood!"

Xu Yin's first words when he saw Zhao Hongrun were congratulations on conquering Xiangcheng.

Zhao Hongrun smiled and waved his hand, after all, in the final analysis, he did have a calculation of Xiangcheng, but it was Yan Mo's credit to take Xiangcheng without blood, and Zhao Hongrun naturally would not take the credit of his subordinates on himself.

"I heard that our army has increased to 90,000?" During the conversation and laughter, Xu Yin mentioned this matter, presumably to remind Zhao Hongrun that the proportion of Chu people in their Wei army was somewhat high.

Thinking about it, if the 90,000 Wei army, of which less than 15,000 people are Wei people, and the remaining 75,000 people are Chu people, this will of course make Xu Yin feel uneasy.

Especially this war, or the war against the Chu State, God knows if those Chu people will turn against the water and turn against each other?

"Not really."

As if seeing through Xu Yin's concerns, Zhao Hongrun blinked and said: "This time, our army is to obey morality and liberate the civilians of Chu who have been oppressed by the Xiong nobles, and it is a righteous war that everyone expects, and the soldiers of Chu who are ordinary civilians will not be our enemies......"

Hearing this, Xu Yin couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, sometimes a slogan that occupies the highest moral ground is even better than a thousand armies.

He shook his head and said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that in the first battle, more than 40,000 Chu troops would defect and surrender to our ......army."

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun snorted lightly and said lightly: "This shows that this country has been eroded, and I hope that my Great Wei will not become as ...... as the country in front of me in the future."

Xu Yin's face trembled slightly, and he said cautiously: "Probably not, right?" ”

"Won't? Hum! ”

Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly and didn't speak, but he knew in his heart that there were some nobles in his Wei State, but they were not much less than the nobles in Chu State, but those people used the power in their hands to forcibly suppress the influence of evil deeds, so that the bitter lord had nowhere to complain.

But in the long run, it will inevitably lead to catastrophe.

"Forget it, let's not mention this for now, General Xu, this king hopes that the Fencheng army can leave a battalion to garrison Xiangcheng......"

Xu Yin has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he naturally understands Zhao Hongrun's concerns, and nodded when he heard the words and said: "Chu Xuan of Xu's army in the Middle East Guard Camp is both civil and military, and he is enough to take on this great task. ”

"Okay." Zhao Hongrun nodded, and then turned his head to look in the direction of Fu Lisai.

"It's time for that King of Qi to move too......" (To be continued.) )