XXXIX. The Wind of the General

Yu Xianggong Ji Yan missed the best opportunity to escape, and gave Baili Shi and Fang Li an edict respectively, ordering the two of them to teach the king of Qin.

Until the 50,000 vanguard troops led by Wei Chou approached Pinglu, Yu Xianggong climbed the city wall and looked into the distance, but when he saw the Jin army waving its flags, swords and guns reflecting the sun, the mountains and fields swept in, and the billowing smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun, and he was frightened when he landed.

"Oops...... There are so many soldiers in the Jin army? Even if Baili Shi and Fang leave the class to save the car, I'm afraid it will be a drop in the bucket, how should this be? ”

Ji Yan's hands trembled with fright, his face was pale, and he was like ants on a hot pot on the city wall.

The scout knelt on the ground and reported: "This is only the forward force of the Jin army, the main army led by the general of the Jin State is still behind, and there are only twenty miles away from Pinglu!" ”

"Run, run!"

This time, Ji Yan made a decision immediately, and he didn't even return to the palace, and the concubines didn't want it, so he went down the city wall and grabbed a horse, and was about to escape from the west gate.

"The lord walks slowly, Rong Weichen and others escort!"

The civil and military officials made a mess, some cried and shouted to chase after Ji Yan, and some went home to look for their families, and the whole Pinglu City was in a mess, like a boiling pot of porridge.

The white-bearded Xiangbang Baili Xi stood on the city wall and looked at the chaotic crowd, and let out a helpless wry smile: "Alas...... I had already asked you to abandon the city and go west to temporarily avoid the edge of the Jin army, and I had to summon Meng Ming and Fang Li back to rescue the driver, but now that the Jin army is in the city, it is chaotic......"

The monarch abandoned the city and fled for his life, the officials fled in panic, and the soldiers who defended the city were leaderless, and they all followed as birds and beasts.

A kind-hearted soldier reminded Baili Xi: "Xiangbang, the prince and the ministers have run away, why don't you leave quickly?" I'm afraid it's too late! ”

Baili Xi stretched out his hand to help the soldier lift off the crooked helmet, and said kindly: "You are still young, you can go, you can go, I am already a handful of years, let me bury this old bone for the royal city of our Yu country!" ”

Half an hour later, the five thousand cavalry of the Jin Kingdom were the first to kill, and they swarmed into the city from the four gates, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth like thunder.

Years of hatred made the Jin army a little red-eyed, and they ran into the fleeing people of Yu State head-on, and raised their butcher knives without hesitation and slaughtered them on a large scale.

In a moment, the beacon fire in Pinglu City was everywhere, the screams came and went, the heads of people flew wildly, the blood flowed like a river, the voices of calling children and daughters, begging their fathers and mothers came and went, and many soldiers and ruffians took the opportunity to loot, making the Yu King City, which was still prosperous and lively a few days ago, become a purgatory on earth.

"You can't kill, you can't kill, what are the people's crimes?"

Baili Xi wore an official robe, and Eguanbo walked down the city wall, trying to stop the atrocities of the Jin army by himself, and his voice was almost hoarse, "The two countries are at war, how innocent are the people, and you want to raise a butcher's knife to them?" Put down the knives and guns in your hands, and kill me if you want to kill me! ”

A captain with a tiger's back and a beard led the horse and glanced at Baili Xi: "Who are you?" ”

"The old man is the prime minister of Yu Guobang Baili Xi, I want to see your ancestor general!"

Baili Xi stood in front of the captain's horse, trying to block the atrocities of the Jin army with his own flesh and blood, "If you refuse to put down the butcher knife, then step on my Baili Xi!" ”

"Oh, I caught a big fish, and my brothers tied it up for me!"

The captain was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered Baili Xi to be arrested, and personally escorted him out of the city to see the general Xianzhen. If you catch a big fish like this, are you still afraid that there will be no reward?

An hour later, the army led by Xian Zhen approached Pinglu, and when he learned that Ji Yan had abandoned the city and fled for his life, he frowned and asked, "I gave Wei Chou 8,000 cavalry, and I actually let Ji Yan escape?" ”

A herald came out and replied: "Report to the general, General Wei Chou has led 3,000 light cavalry to the west to pursue Ji Yan, and our army has entered Pinglu and completely controlled this city. ”

He looked at the sky-high fire in the city, listened to the heart-rending cry, and his face was ugly like the sky before the storm: "How did I explain?" After the city is broken, the people of Yu are not allowed to be harmed at all, and someone actually set fire to it and loot it? I simply took Ben General's words as a deaf ear! ”

"Hi hi...... The people of Yu and our Jin Kingdom have been fighting for decades, and many of the relatives of the soldiers have died under the swords and arrows of the people of Yu Guo. A partial general smiled and persuaded the first to turn a blind eye, so as to stimulate the murderous spirit of the soldiers.

Xianzhen glared at this partial general and shouted: "Nonsense, if the princes rise up together today, they will fight endlessly." The goal of our Jin Kingdom is to conquer the world, so we should convince people with virtue, attack the heart first, and attack the city below. Just took a small capital of Yuguo, is it going to be brutally burned, killed and looted? If I don't strictly restrain myself, how can I talk about dominating the world? ”

At this moment, the bearded captain escorted Baili Xi to the front of the horse, and saw that the general was furious, so he hurriedly dodged away from afar, so as not to ask for trouble.

Xianzhen turned his head to look at his son and nephew: "Pioneer, where is the first?" Immediately bring 3,000 people into the city to inspect, but if there are violators of the people, military law will deal with it! Whoever rapes a woman or burns a house will be punished with 80 rods, and whoever plunders property will be punished with 50 rods, and whoever kills innocent people will be punished with no mercy. ”

"Whoa!"

Two young generals with lofty weapons came out of the crowd, whistled, and led 3,000 elite soldiers, carrying big swords into the city to suppress the robbing soldiers.

"Only by doing this can we be worthy of the reputation of the famous generals of the Jin Kingdom!" Baili Xi applauded, and the hanging heart finally fell slightly.

Xian Zhen turned his head to look and saw that although the old man was tied up with five flowers, he had no fear, and his words and deeds were extraordinary, and he was surprised: "Could it be that the old man is a ...... of Yu Guo."

Baili Xi said loudly: "Yes, the old man is Yu Guoxiang Bang Baili Xi!" ”

"Bastard, Mr. Baili is famous all over the world, and he is very old, how dare you be so rude?"

The first lieutenant whipped the horse whip in his hand and stepped forward to ask for merit and reward, and personally dismounted to untie Baili Xi, "Mr. Baili should not be surprised, it is me who has no way to train the soldiers first!" ”

Baili Xi sighed: "I am now a prisoner under the stairs, how dare I be a gentleman again?" I only ask the general to be kind to the innocent people, and the old man is old, if he wants to kill or chop, he will listen to him. ”

Xian Zhen waved his hand and ordered: "Come on, take Mr. Baili down, so that you can serve for a good life, and don't be embarrassed." After arresting Duke Yu and other civil and military ministers of the Jin Kingdom, send someone to escort them back to Quwo and hand them over to the Duke of Jin for disposal! ”

Ji Xian rode out of the city, followed by hundreds of guards and civil and military officials, and fled in a panic for seventeen or eighteen miles, and one by one he was out of breath, and was chased closer and closer by the Jin army's iron cavalry.

"The people in front of them dismount and be bound, Rao Er can't die, otherwise don't blame the arrows for being ruthless!"

Wei Chou chased after the horse, clasped the war horse with his legs, picked up the iron-tired bow with his backhand, pulled out a carved arrow from the quiver, pulled the bowstring like a full moon, and ordered the cavalry behind him to prepare for galloping.

With a "whoosh", Wei Chouyu's arrow was off the string, impartially leaning on the shoulder of Taizong Kuaipeng, and he fell off the horse and died.

"Soldiers, give me bows and arrows, and the people in front of me will give me arrows if they don't stop getting off their horses!" Wei Chou once again drew his bow and aimed at a civil official of the Yu State in front of him.

"Don't forget to run away and kill again!"

Hearing the majestic shouts of the Jin army behind him, Ji Yan was so frightened that he suddenly stopped his horse: "Don't let go of the arrow, don't let go of the arrow, the widow surrenders, the widow surrenders, I am willing to return the Tianzun Bi and the galloping horse, and return to the Jin Dynasty!" ”