Chapter 691: What Price?
PS: Chapter 2, ask for recommendation votes! I've been busy with my dissertation lately, and I'll have it tomorrow or at night
After all, the Handan clan is the family of doctors, as the seventh strongest family in the Jin Kingdom, they also have the power of five tripods and four clans, so in the hundred years of Handan, they built palace pavilions on a large scale, and the magnificence is even more gorgeous than some small princes in Sishang.
After Zhao Wuxian entered the Handan palace, he first removed the Xuanniao flag inlaid with golden claws of the Handan clan and replaced it with the original banner of the Zhao clan. Then he drove out all the concubines and concubines inside, and replaced them with cronies, and the main couch of the main hall of the Handan clan in the past has now become his seat.
The young master of Handan, whom Zhongxingyin hastily supported, was named Handan Xin, who was being held in the hall by Tian Ben and others at the moment, watching him be occupied by others before he sat in the hot seat.
Tian Benle pointed to Handan and said: "Lord, this son is dressed up as a small vertical person, delusionally thinking that he can escape Sona, but fortunately, my eyes are sharp, and I can see his different ......."
Looking at it without shirts, as Tian Ben said, Handan Xin is indeed dressed as an upright person, but this modification is extremely sloppy: a small gray hat is put on the hairpin with gold and jade, and the soap-colored kudzu cloth is inside, and the cicada clothes with gold silk trim have not yet been taken off, and even the pair of pointed shoes, at a glance, you can know that it is not something that ordinary little girls can afford to wear.
Handan Xin was stared at and hung his head, he was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but because of the cross-disguise absconding attempt, the hair on his forehead was stuck with sweat, and his lips seemed to tremble a little, and he was a little timid and shy as a teenager.
He was originally a handan concubine who was unwelcome, but because of the continuous death of his father and brother, he was promoted to the position of the head of the family by Zhong Xingyin. With the heart of a teenager at this age. I guess I'm a little nervous.
Zhao Wuxian waved his hand and stopped Tian Ben's push to the young man: "Don't be rude." Bestow the seat. ”
The cronies came up with a pamperton, and let the Handan letter sit in the middle. Surprisingly, the boy did not thank him, but sat down as if it were a matter of course.
Zhao Wuxian felt a little interesting: "Your name is Zhao Xin?" I met the son of the Zhao family today, what do you want to say? ”
Handan Xin's throat moved, and finally raised his head, and said in a small voice: "I...... My name is Handan Xin, not Zhao Xin, and there is. Son, you have taken my seat ......"
Everyone in the hall was furious, Tian Ben almost lit the knife, and Xiang Lu sweated for this young man of the same age as himself, secretly thinking that you are really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers!
Zhao Wuxian was not angry, but smiled: "I heard your brother say something similar many years ago in Xintian...... You look like him. ”
"My brother ...... he" Handan Xin's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, his fists clenched and gurgled of course he knew that the person in front of him. It's your own enemy.
Wuxian said slowly: "In front of me, he said that his name was Handan Ji, not Zhao Ji, I thought that the lesson would make him repent." But I thought too much. Not long ago, I heard from the officials in Handan that he was still announcing in this palace. Handan wants to completely break away from the Zhao family, and the two families will break off. Since then, there have been no major or small sects. Only Qiu Ju...... Is that so? ”
Handan Xin lowered his eyes and raised them again, although his legs were trembling, he still nodded and said: "Yes, my brother said so, and he taught me the same way, because the Zhao family killed his father and oppressed Handan ......"
"It was the Bank of China and the Fan family who killed Dr. Zhao Wu!" Zhao Wuxian emphasized loudly again.
"In fact, if you only say it from a personal point of view, Zhao Ji is not wrong, and I will even respect him for his courage."
He pointed to the young man again and said, "Of course, you are just as bold and reckless...... If it weren't for Ji Shi, who was born in this family of the Qing doctor, who was also precarious, he might still be able to become a British lord in Handan. ”
Handan Xin was a little stunned, but unexpectedly, Zhao Wuxian's voice turned cold in vain: "It's a pity that Zhao Ji's grasshopper shaking the tree caused countless Handan people to die in Muye, including himself, the head was cut off, and the body was fed to the crows!" You think that Handan can talk to the Zhao family on an equal footing, but you are very wrong! And I have come this time to tell you what price you will pay for this mistake! ”
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"There are about 8,000 households in Handan City, 40,000 mouths, although there is a loss when the city is broken, but there are no more than 3,000 people, Handan City can save its vitality in all its tails, thanks to the power of the general!"
On the fifth day after the destruction of Handan City, the casualty data during the siege, as well as the population and treasury accepted by the Zhao army, were basically counted, and they were presented to Zhao Wuxian by the bureaucrats.
"The reason why the acquisition of this city is so smooth is that the technique of attacking the heart has a miraculous effect, and it is also to blame that the Handan clan has continuously lost its master, and the people are centrifuged, as long as they promise not to kill indiscriminately, compared to the Zhongxing clan stationed in the city, the Handan people may be more willing to be ruled by the Zhao clan."
After reading through it, it was time to think about the next step.
His mid-line strategy was a great success, Zhongmu, Ye, and Handan were all taken relatively easily, and the territory of the Handan clan was all taken, and the road to the Bai people was opened.
But now it is late September, and it is about to enter winter, and the loss is very great when fighting in winter, which is something that soldiers should try to avoid, especially in such a cruel war that is destined to be fought for a year or two or even years, and it is necessary to pay more attention to preserving strength.
What's more, west of Taihang, there has been no news for a long time, and the Lu State in the east is also disturbed by the attack of Qi people, and the Zheng State in the south does not know if Zigong has arrived there. The deeper he went north, the more anxious he became, and it would be difficult to win a complete victory in the war without the cooperation of the outer front......
But before he could worry about that, there was one thing left over for him to decide.
Xiang Lu cautiously leaned over and said, "General, what should be done with the letter of the head of the Handan family?" ”
Wuxian glanced at the kind-hearted little Xiang Lu, but asked rhetorically, "What do you think should be done?" ”
Xiang Lu thought for a while: "Why don't you let him go and send him to Wen County to be detained?" ”
Wuxian smiled: "This is to raise enemies for yourself." The soldiers and people of the lower classes of Handan had no intention of fighting, and there were countless people who surrendered after the city was broken, and most of them had already accepted the rule of the Zhao family, so I treated them leniently. However, there are many recalcitrant doctors and retainers in the upper echelons of the Handan clan, most of them have been eliminated, but some are still resisting, such as the family head and the guest who have not been searched so far. This group of people has already made a deep enmity with the Zhao family, and they may be planning to revive Handan......"
He pointed to the city of Handan under the sky and said: "After all, this land has been ruled by Handan for more than a hundred years, although I have surrendered by force, as long as the Handan clan still exists for a day, this city will easily not be able to erase the mark left by them......"
"What does the general mean ......"
Zhao Wuxian said lightly: "The Zhao family has its own family law, those who rebel against the clan and the enemy will be killed, and those who rebel against the big sect will be the clan!" ”
Of the clan! The lord who has always been charitable to the surrenderers actually wants to destroy the Handan clan!
Xiang Lu was a little cold, Zhao Wuxian was also present when he met Handan Xin that day, although the young man was afraid, he was still neither humble nor arrogant.
He said sneeringly: "The so-called young master of Handan, he was temporarily supported by the Zhongxing clan, there is no one in Handan, and he is not a wicked person, he is a little innocent......"
"There are no innocents in the game of power competition."
Zhao Wuxian stood up and said, "I have shown my tolerance to the people of Handan. ”
"But this is not enough to make them afraid, and it is fearful for the other small sects and slaughterers of the Zhao clan."
To a certain extent, he also regarded the intelligent Xiang Lu as his student, and taught him at this moment: "As a politician, this king is also domineering, so now, I want to show the world the ruthlessness of the Zhao family's law, and treat traitors as cruel as the coming winter!" ”
Unconsciously, Xiang Lu found that he had bent his knees to the ground, his body trembling slightly from fear, and he didn't dare to look up at Zhao Wuxian.
"The Lord is becoming more and more like a Lord Monarch......
"This may be a good thing for you and other ministers, and for the thousands of soldiers of the Zhao family."
Zhao Wuxian looked down at Xiang Lu, and then looked out the window, the place where he imprisoned Handan was a narrow small courtyard, which could also be seen from here, it was in the shadow of the inner wall, Handan Xin may be tossing and turning on the bed, his eyes were tearful, and he couldn't sleep, what a poor down-and-out young master.
There was a hint of helplessness in the corners of his eyes, but then he became relieved again.
In Game of Thrones, you have to give something, don't you? Clear ripples but not demons? Then don't get involved in politics and war, there are no fairy tales here, and you don't believe in tears, only success and defeat!
"The great sect is also respected. The small clan is the end of the clan, and the big clan is to the small clan, just like the relationship between the father and the son...... But now, Handan not only wants to split up, but also wants to hold a dagger and kill his father with outsiders. ”
Returning to the side of the case, he stroked the jade seal that represented the power of the head of the Zhao family, and pressed it heavily on an order that had been drafted a long time ago, "Didn't the Zhongxing clan frame the Zhao family for poisoning Handan Wu and triggering this war?" ”
He smiled and said, "Okay, then now, I will openly poison a Handan family master again, and destroy all the members of the Handan clan for the world to see!" Let them know what it means that the Father wants the Son to die, and the Son has to die! (To be continued.) )