Chapter 69: Unsympathetic
"Don't retreat, don't retreat! We are not defeated yet! Pang Xi stood on the city tower, carrying a sword, and beheaded three deserters in a row.
But the general trend has gone, and the morale of the Shu army, which is not high, has become more sluggish as Dian Wei led the army to the city tower, even if Pang Xi ordered his personal guards to kill the fleeing army, it could not stop the collapse of the Shu army.
Pang Xi grabbed a general and roared: "You, why do you want to retreat!" ”
"General, I'll ......" the general wanted to say something, but Pang Xi's sword had already pierced into his chest and abdomen.
"Why retreat! Why retreat! Pang Xi's crazy sword pierced into the general's chest and abdomen, and the blood accompanied by the minced flesh of the internal organs had already stained him, but he didn't realize it, and the blood and flesh of the general's chest and abdomen were blurred like crazy.
Seeing this, the surrounding generals hid even farther away.
"Pang Yilang, it's too ugly, isn't it?" When Ye Zhao went up the city wall under the escort of Ji Ling, he saw Pang Xi chasing several generals and chopping, waving his sword to block Pang Xi's sword, helping those Shu generals to block it, and frowned: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, how can it be blamed on the soldiers?" ”
"Ye Zhao!!" Pang Xi looked at Ye Zhao, gritted his teeth and said, "You are just a good family, how can you be qualified to be dominant in Shu!?" ”
"Facts speak louder than words, I forgot to tell you that General Ben has just received a letter from Chengdu/Du, Chengdu has been broken, and Uncle Huang has admitted defeat!" Ye Zhao smiled and looked at the surrounding Shu army soldiers, and said warmly: "At this point in the war, you have no reason to be the enemy of this general, if you are willing to surrender, you can unload your weapons, if you don't want to, you can also disarm and return to the field, this general will never leave difficulties." ”
"Ye Hou Renyi, I am willing to surrender!" The surrounding generals were chased and cut by Pang Xi, and they had already had resentment in their hearts, but now they heard that they had been broken, no matter whether it was true or not, they knelt down and asked to surrender at the moment.
"Wait...... A thief who betrays his master, he has the face to live in the world!? Seeing this scene, Pang Xi trembled with anger, roared angrily, and raised his sword to cut again.
"Presumptuous!" Ye Zhao snorted coldly, and Long Yuan's sword came out, but when he saw a white light flashing, the sword in Pang Xi's hand was broken in response, Ye Zhao put the sword against Pang Xi's throat, and said coldly: "At this moment, these people are already soldiers under my command, how can you kill them at will?" The general trend is gone, and when will it be if you don't surrender? ”
"I am a famous person, and I can serve you!?" Pang Xi sneered, and in Ye Zhao's stunned gaze, he threw himself forward, and actually directly hit his throat on Ye Zhao's sword, allowing the sword to pierce his neck, and a hideous smile hung on his face, and he died of anger.
"Eat the ancients!" Ye Zhao withdrew his sword, brushed the blade of the sword on the placket of his clothes, and snorted coldly, such a person who would rather die with the glory of the past than refuse to accept the reality is not worthy of his admiration.
"My lord, the city has been controlled! Most of the soldiers of the Shu army in the city surrendered, and only the Qingqiang warriors went out of the city and escaped into the mountains and forests, and it was difficult for us to catch up. Ji Ling came to Ye Zhao's side and bowed.
"Immediately lead the people of the headquarters to support Cheng/Du, no matter whether Zhao Wei and Ren Qi have begun to attack the city, don't be merciful, attack and kill directly! Take advantage of the situation to capture Qianwei, remember ......" Ye Zhao returned his sword to the sheath, looked at Ji Ling, and said: "All the gentry involved here, no matter who it is, will be killed!" ”
Cheng/Du, on behalf of the Shuzhong Plain, he has taken most of it, Liu Yan did not distribute the fields seized from the family to his subordinates but to the people, this is a clever trick, but it is not perfect, Ye Zhao is ready to make up for this, but to do this, it is far from enough for Liu Yan to seize the fields in the Chengdu/Capital area.
"Whoa!" Ji Ling bowed.
"I'll spend some time here to reassure the army, I don't want these people to be alive until I arrive in Chengdu!"
When the last sentence was spoken, Ye Zhao's expression was a little gloomy, Ye Zhao of these gentry families believed that most of them were innocent, but he needed land, if he arrived in Chengdu/Capital, Ye Zhao believed that those people would be very knowledgeable about the current affairs, and when the time came, Ye Zhao wanted to get land from them again, which was easy to provoke public anger, so this matter must be completed before he arrived in Chengdu/Du, he wanted to govern Shu, and he also needed some benevolence and righteousness, this matter could not be done by him, Zhang Liao was not enough, and Guan Hai could not understand his intentions, Only Ji Ling has the ability and mind, and after this battle, Ji Ling has to be transferred to Hanzhong to guard, and he can't come back in a short time, otherwise it will cause a backlash, Shuzhong is initially determined, and he needs to be stable, but Ye Zhao can't kill the general who obeys orders because of this, that will only chill people's hearts, so Ye Zhao has decided in his heart that after this battle, Ji Ling will be transferred to Hanzhong to guard, and Xu Rong and Zhao Yun will be transferred to Chengdu.
Ji Ling's heart froze, he bowed down and agreed, turned around and left.
Ye Zhao took Dian Wei and Guan Hai to begin to appease the soldiers and civilians of Luo County, in addition to the war dead and fleeing, among the Luo County, there were 7,000 Shu troops who surrendered, and the emotions of these people needed to be appeased.
After stabilizing the city, Zhang Liao left 500 soldiers to maintain law and order in the city, and brought his own soldiers to the city wall to assist in the defense.
Zhao Wei and Ren Qi waved their troops to attack Cheng/Du for one day, losing a lot of people and horses, seeing that Cheng/will be broken, only one step away from being able to seize the city before Ye Zhao and stand on his own, who knew that Zhang Liao suddenly killed, taking advantage of the emptiness of Chengdu, he broke through the city one step ahead of them, where would he let go?
Seeing that Zhang Liao's troops were not many, Zhao Wei had a plan, asked Ren Qi to withdraw his troops for the time being, and shouted under the city gate, asking the main general in the city to come out and speak.
"I'm joining the army under the lord's account, I don't know which general is leading the army, can I come out for a while?" Zhao Wei came to the city and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall.
Wu Da stepped forward under the protection of the two shield hands, looked down at Zhao Wei and Ren Qi not far behind him, frowned, Zhao Wei had listened to the tune under Ye Zhao before, he had seen it, and immediately arched his hand and said: "The last general Wu Da, I have seen Zhao join the army!" ”
"It turned out to be General Wu, I don't know who the lord of this city is?" Zhao Wei didn't recognize Wuda, but he knew several important generals under Ye Zhao's command, and it was impossible for Ye Zhao to find a young general to lead the army in a raid.
"The main general is General Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan!" Wu Da hesitated for a moment, frowned, and said: "Cheng/Du has been taken over by our army, why did you join the army to attack each other?" ”
"Misunderstanding!" Zhao Wei hurriedly smiled and said: "I was ordered by the lord to go to Qianwei to persuade Qianwei Taishou to lead the army to attack Liu Yan, I didn't know that the lord's soldiers and horses had already arrived, so I saw the lord's general flag, and hurriedly collected the soldiers and horses, and came to inquire." ”
Zhang Liao is a junior general under Ye Zhao, not famous, but he is very tough, Zhao Wei has seen it a few times, but he didn't expect such an important war, Ye Zhao actually sent a small general to lead the army, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, and smiled: "Can you ask General Zhang Wenyuan to come out for a while?" ”
Wu Da nodded and said: "Join the army for a while, the last general has sent someone to pass it on." ”
"Brother Jun Nian, what does this mean?" Ren Qi saw that Na Wuda was leaving, and the soldiers in the city had no intention of attacking, so he hurriedly approached Zhao Wei and asked in a low voice.
"Chengdu is high, the thief army is breaking the city, the morale is flourishing, and the soldiers and horses under Ye Zhao's command are extremely strong, and the losses of the attack will be heavy, it is better to deceive him to open the city, let me wait to enter the city, and it is not too late to make trouble after I enter the city." Zhao Wei said in a low voice.
"Wonderful." Ren Qi nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's just who is that Zhang Liao?" Will he open the city? ”
"However, Ye Zhao has a young general, his martial arts are good, but he is young and shallow, he must be a good man, so don't worry!" Zhao Wei said confidently.
Soon, Zhang Liao followed Wuda over, saw Zhao Wei under the city, and said indifferently: "Zhang Liao, I have seen Zhao join the army." ”
"I haven't seen you for a few days, I don't want Wen Yuan to have led an army alone, and with such feats, Wen Yuan will definitely have a bright future in the future!" Zhao Wei didn't mention the opening of the city gate first, but just greeted with a smile on his face.
"Zhao joined the army and praised falsely, the last general just acted on orders, and did not dare to be greedy." Zhang Liao said indifferently: "Now that Cheng/Du has been broken, you can lead your troops to return to Qianwei, and after the lord arrives in Chengdu/Du, he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and the last general will explain to the lord the merits of joining the army, if he does not join the army this time, we will not break the city so easily." ”
Zhao Wei nodded with a smile and said: "Thank you General Wenyuan, it's just that the generals and soldiers of this army have been attacking the city for days, and they are already tired, I don't know if I can let the soldiers enter the city to rest first, and I can also help Wenyuan stabilize the people's hearts." ”
"The lord has an order, after the city is broken, no one is allowed to trespass, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Zhang Liao said categorically.
"Don't you hear that the generals are outside, and the military orders are not subject to them!" Zhao Wei said with a smile: "The lord would never have thought that Cheng/Du would take it so easily, these are the people and horses that the gentry of Shu heard the name of the lord and generously sent to help, and now the lord has broken the city, but he was turned away, doesn't it make this Shu sergeant clan chill?" I know that the lord has no such intention, but this Shu gentry will only think that the lord and the male bird are all hidden, isn't it beautiful? Why don't you be accommodating and let the soldiers go into the city to rest? ”
"The last general is a soldier, he only knows how to act according to orders, if he is blamed by the lord in the future, the last general will bear it, but today, before the lord comes to Cheng/Du, no one is allowed to trespass!" Zhang Liao said coldly: "Don't worry about joining the army, I have sent someone Pegasus to inform the lord, at this moment the lord should have gotten the news, when the lord comes, the last general will join the army on behalf of the item!" ”
"Wen Yuan really doesn't want to be accommodating?" When Zhao Wei heard this, he was shocked, he didn't expect Zhang Liao's movements to be so fast, this time to go to Ruoxian, if he rode a fast horse, he could go back and forth in one day, if Ye Zhao used this as a reason to break through Ruoxian, even if the army did not hurry, it would be possible to arrive in Chengdu/Capital in five days, and at that time, everything they had done before would really make a wedding dress for Ye Zhao.
"No one is allowed to trespass without the order of the Lord Army!" Zhang Liao said coldly.
Seeing that Zhang Liao's oil and salt did not enter, Zhao Wei snorted coldly: "I only hope that in the future, the lord will blame him, and the general can bear the anger of the heroes in Shuzhong!" ”
After speaking, he ignored Zhang Liao's reaction and left straight with Ren Qi.