Chapter 285: Subduing the Tiger
The remnant sun slanted westward, and the earth-shattering killing sound finally faded away, leaving only wisps of gunsmoke, permeating the sky over Xiakou.
On that blood-stained field, Huang Zhong was covered in blood, and immediately stood proudly with his sword, panting heavily, and his old face was covered with beads of sweat.
At his feet were layers of corpses, piled up like hills.
Around the corpse mountain, there are dense Soviet soldiers, with three layers inside and three layers outside, like iron buckets.
Huang Zhong was alone, surrounded by ten thousand troops.
There was no way back for him.
"Huang Hansheng, you have no way back, if you don't get off the horse and surrender, when will you wait." Xu Huang, under the mountain of corpses, shouted loudly.
Huang Zhong's eyebrows froze, his knife pointed at Xu Huang, and shouted in a deep voice: "Xiao'er surnamed Xu, I, Huang Zhong, can only live by standing, and die on my knees, if you have the courage, you can let the horse come, and the old man will fight with you for another three hundred rounds." ”
Xu Huang was enraged, the big axe in his hand was clenched, and he was about to ride his horse to kill the corpse mountain.
"Komeito!"
Right here, Su Zhe's shouts sounded outside the surrounding formation.
Xu Huang's body was shocked, he stopped, turned around, but saw that the encirclement was like a wave, and Su Zhe rode through and stepped forward.
Xu Huang hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord, Huang Zhong, this old thief is stubborn, and the last general is preparing to take his life in person." ”
"You step aside, Huang Zhong will leave it to me." Su Zhe patted him on the shoulder as a sign of condolence.
Xu Huang turned his horse and retreated to the side.
Su Zhe stepped forward slowly, stood under the corpse mountain, looked up, but saw that under the reflection of the bloody remnant sun, Huang Zhong's old figure was extremely tragic.
At this moment, in this situation, Su Zhe couldn't help but feel a little awe for Huang Zhong.
The battle has come to this point, even Liu Biao has been captured, Liu Biao's old troops are dead, surrendered, and captured, only Huang Zhong is still resisting.
A tragic hero who fought to the last moment, worthy of Su Zhe's awe-inspiring respect for him.
After taking a light breath, Su Zhe said in a loud voice: "Huang Hansheng, everything is over, Liu Biao has been destroyed, Jingzhou is also in my hands, you resisted to the last moment, you are already loyal to Liu Biao, it is time to surrender to me." ”
He wants to recruit Huang Zhong.
That is Huang Zhong, the five tiger generals of Shu Han, a peerless tiger general with excellent martial arts and comparable to Guan Zhang.
In Su Zhe's camp, although there are fierce generals like Xu Huang, they are three points inferior to peerless fierce generals like Huang Zhong at the level of five tigers.
Such a fierce general, how could Su Zhe not want to use it.
Huang Zhong heard the sound of surrender, his old figure was shocked, he stared down, and saw Su Zhe's figure at a glance.
This was the first time he saw Su Zhe up close, but he didn't expect that it would be when Liu Biao was wiped out and cornered.
"He is the head of the Nine Wonders, the Wolong of the world, this poor boy, who turned Jingzhou upside down and forced the lord to a dead end......
Huang Zhong's heart was shocked, the sword in his hand was clenched, and his old eyes were burning with a complicated look, both sad and indignant, but also respectful.
Liu Biao was his lord, but he was destroyed by Su Zhe, and as Liu Biao's subordinate, he was naturally angry.
But he also has a heroic spirit, seeing that Su Zhe was able to miraculously rise with a humble family, hold the Son of Heaven hostage, swallow Jingzhou, destroy Liu Biao, and trample all the Jingxiang clan under his feet.
Respect is respect, but Huang Zhong also has the self-confidence of a hero.
Facing Su Zhe's surrender, Huang Zhong took a deep breath and said proudly: "Su Zhe, you have created today's miracle with a humble family, you are indeed amazing, I Huang Zhong admires it in my heart!" It's a pity that although I, Huang Zhong, am old, my bones are still strong, and I would rather die in battle than surrender on my knees! ”
After that, Huang Zhong fought with a knife and put on a posture of fighting to the death.
Xu Huang's brows sank, and he stepped forward and said, "Lord, this old guy is stubborn, let me capture him alive, and it won't be too late for the lord to surrender him again." ”
"Such a veteran values face more than anyone else, and if you capture him alive, he will rather die than surrender." Su Zhe said in a low voice.
"That'...... So what to do? ”
"Don't worry, I have my own way." Su Zhe smiled faintly, his face full of confidence.
Xu Huang didn't want to say anything, so he had to retreat to see what Su Zhe had to do to persuade this old stubborn.
Su Zhe took another half step forward and said in a loud voice: "Huang Hansheng, I admire you for being unyielding, but I remember that you still have a son Huang Xu under your knees, if you die in battle, who will take care of him?" ”
At the mention of Huang Xu, Huang Zhong's figure was immediately shocked, and a trace of shaking flashed in his eyes.
Su Zhe saw it in his eyes, and immediately knew that his words hit his weakness.
In fact, he had already had the intention to recruit Huang Zhong, and had previously sent someone to investigate Huang Zhong in detail, and learned that Huang Zhong had only one son, who was frail and sickly in his life, and was even favored by Huang Zhong.
The love between father and son is Huang Zhong's weakness.
The wavering in Huang Zhong's eyes flashed, and he smiled bitterly: "My son Huang Xu has been frail and sick since he was a child, and now he is terminally ill, and time is running out, even if I surrender, I can't take care of him for a few days, Su Zhe, you want to use my son to persuade me to surrender, it's really wrong." ”
"It's true that you are terminally ill, but time is running out." Su Zhe's words had another deep meaning, but he asked rhetorically: "I know that there is a peerless doctor in Jingxiang named Zhang Zhongjing, why don't you ask this person to treat your son's illness?" ”
At the mention of Zhang Zhongjing, Huang Zhong's expression was shocked again, a trace of dark clouds swept in his eyes, and he suddenly became silent, as if there was something unspeakable.
Su Zhe said again: "If my inquiry is correct, when Zhang Zhongjing was the Taishou of Changsha, General Huang happened to be the lieutenant of Changsha County, and the two of you had a big quarrel with each other because of a political disagreement, and since then they have formed a grudge, and there is no contact, General Huang, you should not be able to save this face, so you didn't ask Zhang Zhongjing to treat your son." ”
As soon as these words came out, Huang Zhong's figure suddenly shook, and his surprised eyes looked at Su Zhe again, with an expression of disbelief.
"My grievance with Zhang Zhongjing was many years ago, and even Liu Jingsheng didn't know about it, but I didn't expect him to inquire so clearly......
Huang Zhong's heart flipped and his eyes changed.
Su Zhe said solemnly: "When Jiangling fell, that Zhang Zhongjing had already been submissive to me, if I came forward and ordered Zhang Zhongjing to treat Ling Gongzi's illness, he would not dare to disobey, in this way, it is not considered that you Huang Hansheng has asked for him, and you will not lose face, what do you think?" ”
Huang Zhong's body and mind were shocked, and he looked at Su Zhe in surprise, and there was no longer any stubborn opponent in his eyes, only deep wavering.
Even, there is a little touching.
You must know that he, Huang Zhong, fought for Liu Biao until the last moment with his old body, and protected Liu Biao several times to fight the bloody road until he was defeated today, how loyal he is.
As for Liu Biao, he has never cared about him, a general, what difficulties he has, and he has not asked for warmth at all.
On the contrary, it was Su Zhe, the enemy, who inquired about his difficulties clearly, and poked at his weakness in a few words, willing to save his son and save his face.
"That's it, Liu Biao, you were defeated by a master like Su Ziming, you are not wronged, I, Huang Zhong, have been loyal to you to the last moment, now, I want to live for myself and my family!"
Taking a deep breath, Huang Zhong had made up his mind, took his horse and knife, and went straight down the corpse mountain.
When Xu Huang and the other generals on the left and right saw it, they immediately became vigilant and wanted to step forward to protect Su Zhe.
Su Zhe waved his hand and signaled that they should not move lightly.
He just sat on the horse like that, his face was fearless, and he calmly watched Huang Zhong step forward, not daring to worry that Huang Zhong would be unfavorable to him.
Such a calm and fearless bearing in the face of danger made Huang Zhong even more admired.
Three steps before Su Zhe, Huang Zhong glanced at Su Zhe solemnly, then hung the long knife in his hand, turned over and dismounted, and walked in front of Su Zhe's horse in a few steps.
The old body, without half a moment's hesitation, knelt on his knees, and said angrily: "Huang Zhong, the sinner, is willing to return to the lord, saddle the horse for the lord, go to the soup and the fire, and never give up!" ”