"Click, click, click", the shock of the infantry's boots stepping on the ground as they advanced, combined with the breathtaking sound of drums and trumpets played by the horsemen, merged into a huge wave and surged towards the valley.

The central array of the rebels in the open area of the valley mouth was no longer there, most of them had been killed by the indiscriminate arrows, and the few sergeants who were not mortally wounded were frightened by the earth-shattering sound of drums and trumpets and the uniform footsteps of the army as they marched forward.

Taniguchi still had thousands of rebels with shields and lances, but everyone's eyes were full of fear, and even the hands holding their weapons were trembling slightly.

A sharp-eyed squad was walking in front of the front of the approaching infantry queue, his name was Liu Erhu, and he had been watching Zhao Zikai's movements in the battle just now.

From the moment Zhao Zikai rushed out of the valley, Liu Erhu had his eyes on the commander of the enemy army, and he had been thinking that when the two armies were in battle, he must find an opportunity to kill the enemy's commander and make a great contribution.

It's a pity that in the first round of arrow rain just now, Liu Erhu clearly saw Zhao Zikai being killed by an arrow, and he was so angry that he stomped his feet on the spot, scolding in his heart which damn archer had taken his own great merit.

However, Yang Su's order made Liu Erhu's eyes shine again, he clearly remembered the location where Zhao Zikai died in battle, and took off the head of Zhao Zikai when he was advancing, even if he couldn't get the great merit of killing the enemy commander, but it was not a problem to make a small contribution.

Liu Erhu's thoughts were quickly put into action by him, and he took advantage of his advantage of standing at the forefront of the team to wait until the infantry phalanx approached Zhao Zikai's body. I couldn't wait to jump out. His eyes were still wide open at the one. The head of a long-handled wolf-tooth arrow was stuck in his mouth, and he slashed it with a fierce knife.

There was a small commotion in the military formation, which had just advanced in unison, and many soldiers looked at each other suspiciously, wondering why this team was going to suddenly cut off a head on this battlefield full of corpses at such a critical moment.

And there are a few team members and brigade commanders who have the same idea as Liu Erhu at this time, and they have killed Liu Erhu more than 10,000 times in their hearts.

Yang Su stood on the handsome platform, coldly watching the farce that happened in front of him, and looked at Liu Erhu as if he really killed Zhao Zikai by himself. It's a lot of fun to dance there.

Yang Su turned his head and gave an order to the herald: "No more private beheadings are allowed on the battlefield, and all rewards and punishments will be determined after they are finished, and the whole army still sets up a formation to coerce the enemy to surrender." ”

Liu Erhu returned to his team in a hurry, grabbed the head of Zhao Zikai in his hands like holding the sun, and ignored the puzzled and envious eyes of the soldiers in the front row standing behind him, and shouted with full anger: "The whole team obeys the order, is not allowed to behead without permission, maintains the formation, and coerces the enemy to surrender!" ”

The infantry phalanx, which had been stagnant just now because of Liu Erhu's behavior, resumed moving forward again. The soldiers shouted the marching horn of "Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi" as they moved the formation of large shields and lances to the mouth of the valley. The platoons of soldiers at the forefront of the rebels were only fifty paces away, and as soon as Yang Su gave the order, they would rush straight into the valley and go on a killing spree.

The Xiaoguo knights stood on the side of the infantry phalanx, and the six teams of cavalry from the first group of iron cavalry just now stood at the front.

These Grim Reapers, who had slaughtered the enemy army like a storm just now, were wearing fierce ghost masks, covered in enemy blood, holding sabers and heavy swords and other weapons in their right hands, and holding rewound triple crossbows in their left hands, pointing directly at the rebels at Taniguchi, and the eyes exposed outside the masks were murderous and full of bloodthirsty desire, just waiting for an order to transform them into battlefield Shura again.

Liu Erhu turned his head to look at the infantry and cavalry teams on the left and right, no one spoke, but this silent military formation revealed an awe-inspiring killing intent, which made the enemy troops on the opposite side shudder, he saw despair and fear in the eyes of these poor rebel soldiers on the opposite side, and the last trace of fear of military law and the commander was the only reason why they did not dare to lay down their arms now.

Liu Erhu laughed, took two steps forward, raised Zhao Zikai's head high, and shouted: "The rebel soldiers have seen clearly, your commander has died in battle!" If there is a disobedient person who does not surrender, he will end up with him! ”

At this moment, everyone on both sides understood the purpose of Liu Erhu's actions just now, and the camp of the Sui army suddenly cast thousands of complicated glances at him, disdain, disdain, envy, admiration, and resentment, while the camp of the rebels fell into a deathly silence.

Liu Erhu's voice was fierce, his left hand pulled out the saber at his waist, and his right hand continued to shake Zhao Zikai's head in front of the enemy army as if demonstrating, and roared sharply: "Those who let the battle go will not die!" ”

The Sui army rode together and shouted rhythmically: "Let go of the battle!" Let it go! Let it go! ”

Among the rebels, a Hu man with deep eyes and a high nose walked out of the appearance of an adjutant general, walked to the mouth of the valley, stood between the two armies, and asked loudly in a strange Chinese dialect: "Dare to ask Marshal Yang, can we lay down our arms and avoid death?" ”

Yang Su stepped off the platform since he gave the order just now, rode to the front, and was only a stone's throw away from the enemy's front line, more than a hundred steps, and after hearing the question of the Hu Ren adjutant general, he said directly and loudly: "I am the imperial court Shangshu Ling, the ambassador of Hebei Province to pacify, the commander of the rebel army, and Yang Su, the prince of Yueguo." The emperor ordered that only the culprit should be punished, and if the co-ordinators were willing to surrender, they would all be spared death. If you dare to resist to the end, you will be dead! ”

Before the lieutenant could speak, the rebels behind him suddenly fell to their knees, and they all cried and shouted: "I will surrender, I will surrender!" ”

Yang Xuangan let out a long breath and turned his head back, the battle in the canyon was over, and even if the enemy's reinforcements arrived at this time, it would be impossible to affect the overall situation.

According to a rough calculation of this battle, the rebels from the general Zhao Zikai down were killed 60,000 or 70,000, and more than 20,000 were wounded, and the remaining 30,000 or 40,000 were all taken prisoner. As soon as this battle ended, Yang Liang basically lost his last hope, trapped in a lonely city of Jinyang and waited for the end to come.

The jingling of the mouth of the valley was heard as the rebel soldiers took off their armor and lowered their weapons. The disarmed rebel soldiers were tied together with ropes in groups of dozens of people. It was led by some officers and soldiers to the woods where Yang Su had camped last night.

The overall situation has been decided. The fire in the valley also gradually subsided, and the sound of boiling people sounded in the valley, presumably Zhou Luohu and the others on the other side also ended the battle and began to cross the valley to join Yang Su.

Yang Xuangan looked at the sun above his head that had begun to tilt to the west, and suddenly realized that it was now the end of the day, this battle had been fought from Chenshi to the present, and the hundreds of thousands of troops opened by Zhao Zikai within three hours, together with Yang Liangjun's ambition to dominate the world, were all wiped out. The ups and downs of life are thrilling and exciting.

Yang Su temporarily set up a handsome tent at the original Shuaitai, Zhou Luohu, Yang Yichen, Zhang Xutuo, Yujuluo and other generals who stayed in front of the front took the lead in crossing the Huoshan Gorge and directly entered the Shuai tent, and Wang Shichong, who stayed in the camp, also entered, while Mai Tiezhu and Feng Xiaoci were ordered by Yang Su to come over to replace Yang Xuangan to guard against possible enemy attacks in the north, and let Yang Xuangan and the generals enter the Shuai tent together.

Wang Shichong glanced at the canyon before entering the tent. I saw that the roaring fire in the valley was completely gone, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt grass and trees. A long dragon-like army with no head in sight was coming out of the valley, it was the 80,000-strong army that had been deployed across the Fen River.

Zhao Zikai has been completely annihilated, there is no rebel army in the valley, and the Sui army, which was originally stationed in the south of the canyon, also raised camp and crossed the canyon to meet Yang Su.

At this time, out of the valley is the vanguard of the cavalry troops, the leader of the armor, the general of the instrument is Yang Yichen's deputy general Wang Rengong, and he is also the Shuozhou iron cavalry with all men and horses.

Wang Rengong followed Yang Yichen, and Wang Shichong and Yang Xuangan had already been familiar with it all the way, and he bowed to Yang Xuangan who was standing outside from a distance, and shouted loudly: "General Yang is mighty, Huoshan must have made another miraculous victory!" ”

Yang Xuangan's heart was filled with a sourness, he didn't even get a chance to play in such a brilliant battle, and even Liu Erhu, the team leader who cut off Zhao Zikai's head and forced the rebels to surrender, was better than himself, which was really the saddest thing as a general.

Yang Xuangan barely squeezed out a smile, saluted Wang Rengong, and then bowed his head and walked into the handsome tent, the generals in the tent were already standing on both sides with smiles on their faces, and when they saw Yang Xuangan coming in, they stepped forward to salute and say hello.

Yang Xuangan greeted the generals one by one and stood back in his position, but Yang Su couldn't see any expression on his face, sitting on the position of the commander of the Chinese army like a clay carving and wood sculpture, and shouted in a deep voice: "Bring the rebel general Ruru Tianbao!" ”

Outside the tent was soon brought in a Hu man in only a medium shirt and bottoms, in his forties, with curly hair and beard, and a face full of scars, but his expression was full of frustration, his eyes were lowered, and he did not have the fierce and domineering attitude that he should have been as a Hu man.

Yang Xuangan recognized that this person was the enemy general who finally surrendered to Yang Su at the mouth of the canyon, but he didn't expect that he was really a Hu man, and when Yang Yichen saw this person, he snorted disdainfully, turned his head to the side, and didn't look at him anymore.

Ru Ru Tianbao glanced around at the generals who were glaring at him angrily, like wolves and tigers, and finally his eyes stayed on Yang Su's body, took the initiative to kneel, kowtowed to the ground, and said: "Ru Ru Tianbao, the criminal general, has seen Marshal Yang." ”

Yang Su's voice revealed a majesty in the coldness: "Ruru Tianbao, you were originally a Rouran Hu person, in order to protect you Rouran remnants, I did not hesitate to go to war with the Turks, but you helped Yang Liang rebel, do you still have a little morality to be a man?" ”

Ru Ru Tianbao didn't dare to raise his head, bowed his head to the ground, and replied: "Back to Marshal Yang, we didn't really follow Yang Liang to raise troops, but it was really in his hands that his wife and children were in his hands, and they were forced by him, so they had to do it as a last resort." ”

Yang Su snorted heavily, and said: "The merits of this, the court will send someone to investigate in the future, since Ben Shuai promised Rao Er and other lives before the battle, he should be like a mountain." At least for now, here in Ben Shuai, you and your men's lives can be guaranteed, provided that you cooperate with us and make good atonements. ”

Ru Ru Tianbao's face was overjoyed, and he immediately raised his head and said: "Marshal Yang has sent even if he orders, the sin will definitely go to the soup and die." ”

Yang Su waved his hand, although there was still no expression on his face, Yang Xuangan knew that his father was also extremely disgusted with this person in his heart now. I only heard Yang Su speak: "The soldiers under this commander's account are brave and brave." You've seen it. There is nothing you need to do, as long as you answer a few questions from Ben Shuai, if there is a little false concealment, you will not be spared! ”

Ruru Tianbao's face turned pale with fright all of a sudden, and he said in a loud voice: "The sin general must know everything." ”

"The first question, how many people does Yang Liang have under him now, and what is the morale of the army?"

Ruru Tianbao thought about it carefully and said, "Yang Liang is before sending our troops out of Huozhou. There are still nearly 300,000 troops in hand, all of which are the defeated soldiers who fled back after the failure of the four-way attack in the past month or so, all of which are 30,000 or 40,000 people stationed in Huozhou, Jiezhou, Jinzhou, and Jiangzhou, Zhao Zikai took 140,000 people away, and now Yang Liang still has about 100,000 people in Jinyang. ”

"As for the morale of the army, in fact, before our army set off, everyone knew that Yang Liang's four-way attack army had all been defeated, and it no longer had the ability to attack strategically, but Bingzhou had been under Yang Liang's rule for many years. Our generals have more or less received his favor, and now their wives and children are also in Jinyang City. can only bite the bullet and sell his life to him, in fact, even General Zhao Zikai and Zhao have little hope for the future of this war. ”

Yang Su nodded and continued to ask, "The imperial court didn't slaughter your soldiers after the great victory elsewhere, why do you still resist to the end?" ”

Ru Ru Tianbao said miserably: "Because I have followed Yang Liang to return to Jinyang after raising troops to suppress the city capture of the eldest grandson Wunai and Dou Luyu, and the three of Huangfu, Yang Liang said that we have the blood of these people in our hands, and we can't turn back, so we can only fight to the death." Now, the sin general no longer dares to hope that he is safe and sound, and only asks Marshal Yang to say good words to the emperor and let my wife and children have a way to live. ”

Yang Yichen suddenly interjected: "Dashuai, the last general has been with this person's colleagues for many years, and knows that his heart is not a cruel and tyrannical person, and he has come to this point because of Yang Liang's coercion and temptation, and please spare his life for the sake of this person's meritorious service." ”

Yang Su's eyes turned from Ruru Tianbao on the ground to Yang Yichen, full of surprise and consternation, he shook his head and asked: "As far as this marshal knows, General Yang, you and this Ruru Tianbao have always been at odds, and when they were both serving under Shi Wansui's account, they also used to draw their swords in front of Shi Wansui, why do you want to intercede for this person at this time?" ”

Yang Yichen's face did not change, and he said loudly: "At the end of the year, when the general was still listening to the order under Marshal Shi's account, he did have a conflict with this Ruru Tianbao in order to fight for the vanguard, that is all in the past, you also know, we are waiting for the army to serve the country, what we are fighting for is the honor of killing the enemy on the battlefield, and this kind of thing of fighting for merit is really nothing." ”

Yang Su nodded and continued to ask, "But when this person entered the account just now, you were very disdainful, so why?" ”

Yang Yichen glanced at Ru Ru Tianbao, whose eyes were bright, and said: "Just now, the general looked down on this person because he felt that he didn't have the temperament of a man, not like Zhao Zi who died on the battlefield, but endured humiliation and secretly lived." ”

"But just now this Ru Ru Tianbao said that he followed Yang Liang to the black because his family was accused by Yang Liang, and he also followed Yang Liang back to attack Jinyang, in this case, no one can have any other choice, since he is willing to use his life to protect the safety of his family, he is also a man, so please spare his life."

Wang Shichong suddenly remembered Yang Yichen's grief-stricken appearance when Yang Sien died in battle, it was definitely not a fake, he knew that Yang Yichen was extremely affectionate, Ru Ru Tianbao was forced by Yang Liang to rebel, which did not win Yang Yichen's sympathy, and what really made Yang Yichen intercede was because Ru Ru Tianbao was willing to give up his life in exchange for the safety of his wife and children.

Yang Su also seemed to see this, smiled slightly, nodded, turned to Ru Ru Tianbao, and said: "Ru Ru Tianbao, since there is a hero General Yang who broke Yang Liang's dragoon guard under the city of that Daizhou to help you speak, Ben Shuai will promise you that after the rebellion is quelled, he will intercede with the emperor and spare your life, but the premise is that you must answer my question honestly, and you can't have half a lie." Stand up and speak first. ”

Ru Ru Tianbao was overjoyed all of a sudden, stood up, first thanked Yang Yichen, and then turned to Yang Su and said: "Thank you, Marshal Yang, the sin general has already said just now, and he will definitely atone for his sins, and he knows everything." ”

Yang Su continued to ask in a deep voice: "What other strategists and good generals are there around Yang Liang now, and what is the combat effectiveness of his troops guarding Jinyang?" ”

Ru Ru Tianbao thought about it carefully, and said respectfully: "Strategist, that is, Wang Fei, but now Yang Liang can't listen to his words, after Pei Wen'an died in the battle of Daizhou, Wang Fei always put on a look of schadenfreude and unpredictable prophet, and even the criminal general can't stand it, Yang Liang is probably because of this reason and rarely summons him now, let alone listen to him." ”

"Originally, according to the meaning of Wang Fei, I wanted the King of Han to give up Jinyang, and the whole army went south, taking advantage of the fact that Marshal Yang and your army had not yet assembled to kill directly to the south of the Yangtze River, and strive to rely on Wang Yang and Xiao Maha in Jiangnan to make a comeback."

"But Yang Liang never made up his mind, in the eyes of the criminal general, he was afraid that he would become a puppet if he went to the land of others in the south of the Yangtze River, so he later listened to Zhao Zikai's opinion and sent troops to defend this Huozhou Bird Mouse Valley."

Yang Su asked, "This valley is called the Valley of the Sparrow?" ”

Ru Ru Tianbao replied: "The terrain of this valley is dangerous, and according to legend, only birds and rats can pass guò, so it is called the Valley of Birds and Rats." (To be continued......)