Chapter 5: The Law of Troubled Times
"General, the thieves have surrendered. Why do you want to kill them all? Maybe this world has nothing to do with Jingwei, but watching these more than 10,000 living people being killed for no reason really makes him a little unbearable.
Qin Jie secretly laughed in his heart and said that he didn't know what Confucius knew, but he still returned with some respectful tone: "Don't be kind to women when marching and fighting, if you allow it to surrender now, it will make all the people in the world think that it is advantageous to be a thief, and there is no profit to beg, and the world will be in chaos." And now our army is no more than 10,000 people, and when the enemy army counterattacks with more than 10,000 captives, these more than 10,000 thieves and prisoners are beaten back. At this time, our army is in danger! ”
Jing Wei really didn't expect that a little-known county guard would have such an opinion. But looking at these more than 10,000 people who were originally farming, they were going to die like this. Still a little choked, this is the law and sorrow of troubled times!
Even if Jing Wei can argue, but because of his identity, and if what Qin Jie said comes true, what should he do? So Jing Wei could only choose to remain silent and leave silently so as not to see this meeting.
It's just that for a while, I forgot that my brother was still with Pound. When Jingwei came back to look for Jingzhi, Jingzhi had already seen this scene and sobbed and said, "I must not be a weakling!" Be strong! Jing Wei comforted his younger brother, but he felt a deep uneasiness from his words.
Most of the Yellow Turban captives were forced down the cliff to avoid the plague, and only a small number of them who went to Europe to resist were beheaded by the official army and left off the cliff. Then Qin Jie continued to lead the army as if nothing happened.
And on the Wancheng side, when he heard that Zhang Mancheng was beheaded and 20,000 people were slaughtered, it was clear that the number of people far exceeded the other party and there was a high wall to protect him, but he was afraid of surrendering, but after thinking about it, since Qin Jie slaughtered everyone in Zhang Mancheng's department, how could he let himself go? So they all plan to fight to the death. Qin Jie's behavior only strengthened the Yellow Turban Army's belief in resistance.
Due to Zhang Mancheng's death, Zhao Hong temporarily commanded the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army. With Zhang Mancheng's lesson, Zhao Hong was not so hasty, but chose to stick to it and consume the official army! Attack it five times, surround it tenfold. The problem is that the situation is now that the opponent's forces are ten times larger than ours. Even if the strong attack can be won, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it can only be outwitted.
"Report! Xu Xuan, the assassin of Jingzhou, led troops to support. When he heard this, Jing Wei suddenly remembered his previous yellow cloth, and when he saw a thief, he wore it, and when he saw an official, he hid it. With a plan, he stepped forward and said, "Xiaosheng has a plan, is the general willing to listen to it?" Qin Jie didn't have much expectation for this "royal family" whose identity was difficult to identify, and when he found out that this person was actually a "monk", his attitude was not as respectful as before.
Jing Wei had always been wearing a military hat to cover his hair, so that Qin Jie had not been able to find out before. Qin Jie drooped his head, rubbed his temples, and said impatiently, "Let's talk about it." Jing Wei was naturally dissatisfied with his attitude, but he couldn't say anything more, so he could only finish the plan with a hard head.
"The general can go and pick up some yellow turbans, coarse cloth and rotten clothes, and send them to Xu Tingshi to order him to pretend to be yellow turban reinforcements to lure thieves out of the city and then take advantage of the situation to surround them." After Jing Wei finished speaking, he stepped aside and left it to his own decision. And Qin Jie's plan to think about it a little is feasible, but he doesn't say anything to Jingwei, and it seems that everything has nothing to do with Jingwei.
Although Pound is quite calm, he is also holding back the fire in his belly, and he was stopped by Jingwei several times when he wanted to have a seizure. These actions were more or less noticed by Qin Jie, and he was afraid of Pound's bravery, so he praised him with a smile. However, he felt sorry for Jingwei and his party.
A few days later, Xu Xuan's troops came dressed in yellow scarves as planned, and the two parties agreed to act out a scene where the rear of the officers and soldiers was attacked. Seeing this, Zhao Hong in the city laughed and said: "This must be the Heavenly Soldiers of General Tiangong to rescue us in the future, come here!" Follow me out of the city and attack all the traitorous officers and soldiers on both sides! Zhao Hong led the army to rush and kill for a while, but found that the officers and troops were not panicked, but retreated in an orderly manner.
This made Zhao Hong a little confused, wasn't the rear being raided by reinforcements? When he saw the reinforcements, Fang wanted to converge but was slashed by a general from the reinforcements. This person is Pang De, Pang Lingming!
Pang Dexiao's head shouted: "The thief Zhao Hong is dead, don't hurry up and arrest him, and those who surrender will not die!" If it was before, the yellow turbans might have surrendered, but when they heard about the previous killing of prisoners, they had to resist at this time, of course, the so-called resistance was just an escape.
There are still more than 100,000 Yellow Turban Army, although only 40,000 people came out to participate in the battle, and the combined army of Qin Jie and Xu Xuan is only 20,000, so there are still a large number of Yellow Turban thieves who take advantage of the chaos to hide in the mountains and forests. In the end, after the battle, there were only about 8,000 surrenderers of the Yellow Turban Army, who had no way to retreat. This made the rear-facing admiration frown.
This time the Yellow Turban captives may have been due to the presence of Xu Xuan, or for other reasons, in short, Qin Jie did not slaughter again.
"Qin Taishou, it's hard work. This time the enemy is a great feat. There is also the subtlety of this strategy to lure the snake out of the hole, and it will definitely be smooth in the future! Xu Xuan praised with a smile, "Where, where, carving insects, how to worry about teeth." Qin Jie shamelessly agreed, which made Pang De on the side angry, but he was still stopped by the respect.
"That's right! That's right! And this strong man, your performance can be described as the champion of the three armies, I don't know what position the official worships now? Because Pound was wearing a military uniform in the past, Xu Xuan believed that he had an official position, and even had the idea of digging into a corner.
"A certain body wears sin, and the merit is worth the sinful ear. However, after Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, the great Confucian Zheng Xuan's disciple Liu Han's plan to lure the snake out of the hole should be called meritorious! Pang De raised his voice again, pointing to Jingwei's prestige of intending to kill Qin Jie.
This couldn't help but make Qin Jie's face pale, he didn't expect that the petty official Buyi would dare to be boring. "Oh, this is ......" Before Xu Xuan finished speaking, Qin Jie hurriedly said: "This little master is just a cloth cloth." Xu Tingshi, please go to the city to wash the dust. Hearing that this person was actually a monk, Xu Xuan couldn't help but look at Jing Wei's temples, and when he saw that he really had no hair, he didn't care much about what Pang De said before, and went to the city with Qin Jie.
"I'm! What is this Qin Jie? Be brave and brave, and be unplanned! Why is all the credit we have done to him! "The more Pound thought about it, the more angry he became, and he lost his temper in the camp." Ling Ming whispered so as not to provoke him. Jing Wei hurriedly stepped forward to stop.
"The two Qin Taishou set up a banquet in the mansion to entertain the heroes." Suddenly, someone reported outside the camp tent that although Pang De was a little reckless, he was definitely not stupid, and immediately understood Qin Jie's intentions. whispered to Jing Wei: "Lord, I think this Qin Jie wants to harm us through the wine banquet!" How? ”
Jing Wei can naturally guess it, this has nothing to do with the identity of the traverser, as long as he is not stupid, he can see it. At this time, Jing Wei thought about how good it would be to have a think tank. He really didn't know what Qin Jie could do? As long as you shirk an excuse and don't go, Xu Xuan can't kill me for no reason if he's still there, right?
"Report, Qin Jie is expelling the Yellow Turban captives, as if he wants to force them to jump off the cliff." The scout report among the three hundred county soldiers who followed Jingwei instantly understood Qin Jie's general intentions, this is to take advantage of my sympathy!
1. If I go to the rescue, kill me on the spot for collaborating with the enemy. 2. Lead Xu Xuan to the mansion for a banquet, if you go to find him for help, you have to go to his mansion and kill him.
As soon as Jingwei told Pang De about the situation, Pang De couldn't help but be angry and wanted to go to the county guard's mansion. Jing Wei said again: "Ling Ming, you went to the county guard's mansion, who will save those thousands of living beings?" Pound thought about it for a moment, and did say, "Then what to do?" Can't let you take the risk, right? ”
In fact, there are still some things that Jingwei hasn't figured out, how can this Qin Jie have such a smart plan? And why do you want to send invitations, because this world is so real - there are always many people in this world who are unknown but are not incompetent, but have no opportunity to express them. Could it be that Qin Jie belongs to such a person? But I didn't feel this way when I dealt with him before. Why is that?
"Third, the invitation was sent to let Xu Tingshi know that you had invited Liu Han to a banquet. Even if he wasn't as kind as Taishou said, he chose to run away. Taishou can also secretly release hundreds of moth thieves, framing them as moth thieves who want to break into our army, I am afraid that the matter has leaked and dare not go to the meeting, so I hurriedly rescued hundreds of enemy prisoners and wanted to escape. Then the general will be able to lead the army to kill him! Xu You twisted his three strands of beard and said slyly, ruthlessly step by step. Qin Jie, who listened directly, stroked his palms and laughed, wanting to worship as a military advisor.
However, Xu You obviously doesn't look down on him, Xu You's purpose is nothing more than to use him as a pawn to provide more protection for the next abolition of the emperor. He politely declined.
"It's hateful, I can't save the captive, take the captive and kill it back to the Taishou Mansion...... Otherwise, you will be charged with rebellion. It's not to go, it's not to go. Can you only escape? At this time, the admiration was already exhausted, and it seemed that everything was wrong.
"Brother! Where are you? Jingzhi shouted, although he was still young, he somewhat understood the grievances his brother had suffered. Brother...... No, even if you run away, you will die! No matter what, I have to let my brother live! Jing Wei muttered alone.
"Pound! Protect the young master to break through! Jing Wei suddenly commanded loudly. What about you, my lord? Pound seemed to understand something. Jing Wei didn't answer, and directly gathered more than 300 people and ordered: "Leave fifty people to take the opportunity to set fire, and the rest will follow me to rescue the prisoners!" The order was given resolutely.
In these troubled times, it is almost impossible to save everything. Kindness should also stop in moderation.