When the thieves saw that the commander was captured alive, the city gate was already wide open. And he was facing the fierce and vicious Ningxiang Army, even the most loyal guards, when they thought of the situation of these killing gods on the battlefield, they lost the last trace of courage.

Some screamed and turned around and ran towards the city, while others threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground.

One of the thieves panicked and jumped directly into the half-buried moat. Unfortunately, the moat was full of rotting corpses, and when he jumped into it, he was now sunk in the swamp and immediately had no roof.

The foul smell came so that the man could not open his eyes, and the man stretched out his hands into the air in panic and shouted for help. Fortunately, a waist knife was thrown over, ending his struggle.

Sun Yuan ordered loudly: "Tang Wenxing, immediately rush in with soldiers and horses, occupy the treasury of the city, and seize the four gates." ”

"Leng Ying."

"The last general, give the troops behind me a flag, pass my general's order, and enter the city!"

"Yes!"

……

One after another, orders were conveyed like flowing water, and the two standard-bearers stood in the open space, holding large flags and waving them.

Five hundred soldiers let out an earth-shattering cry and entered the city, behind Sun Yuan, the roaring sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and more than 2,000 cavalry rushed towards without dying.

After more than two months of fierce fighting, today Yongcheng was finally taken, and the morale of the army was at its peak.

Although this victory came to people's hearts.

Looking at the prisoner who knelt on the ground, looking at Liu Chao, who was still struggling and sweating all over his head, Sun Yuan thought of this lion-like figure on the battlefield, and suddenly felt some sympathy in his heart

。

"Liu Chao, the matter has come to this, what else do you have to say?" Ma Shiying walked up to Liu Chao with both hands behind his back and asked with a smile.

Liu Chao's jaw had been dislocated, and he only let out a roar in his throat, his eyes were full of hatred, like a beast lurking, and he wanted to jump out and bite Ma Shiying's neck.

Ma Shiying smiled and said to Liu Chao gracefully: "Liu Chao, you and I have known each other for many years, and we can be regarded as old friends." Actually, you still don't know about a certain character. You probably blame me for not talking, but you don't have to keep your word when dealing with a rebellious minister and thief like you. And your temperament, the old man is the most clear. You are a bad wolf, even if you surrender, as long as you are by my side for a day, I always feel uneasy, for fear that one night when I fall asleep with you, you suddenly take the soldiers and horses into the old man's tent. Haha, I still captured you directly, if you want to blame it, you are unlucky, and it fell into the hands of the old man. ”

Liu Chao was still struggling violently, probably touching the dislocation, and the pain was so painful that the green tendons on his forehead were protruding and straight, and the sweat was flowing more.

Sun Yuan couldn't help but shake his head, and was about to ask the soldiers around him to step forward and pick up his dislocation. Anyway, Liu Chao has already fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and there is no need to torture this prisoner.

It was at this time that a thrilling scene appeared. A coachman suddenly came over with a big axe, and chopped off Liu Chao's two hands and wrists in an instant.

Liu Chao's severed hand was still snow-white at the beginning, but it was only a second, and with a "poof", the arterial blood was marked out, and it was marked three feet away.

Liu Chao's face, which was flushed red and covered with sweat, turned pale in an instant.

"Liu Chao, don't blame the old man, you are a fierce tiger, and you will never give you a chance to turn over." Ma Shiying said lightly: "Tomorrow, the old man will send soldiers to escort you back to Nanjing for trial, but at that time, you will inevitably be killed on the execution ground." Chief Officer Liu, there will be no time in the future. ”

At the same time, the five coachmen took out ropes from their arms to tie Liu Chao's limbs, and tied the blood vessels, and the bleeding stopped, so they put their hands on the car and pushed them back to the old camp.

Ma Shiying's decisiveness made Sun Yuan feel a chill in his heart: This Ma Da traitor is so ruthless!

As he spoke, the main force of the Ningxiang Cavalry Army had already arrived, and at the same time let out a shout and rushed into the city

。

Today's surrender ceremony has changed, but at this moment, it has become what it is now, which makes Sun Yuan's mind a mess, and he can't accept it.

Ma Shiying walked to Sun Yuan's side with a spring breeze on his face, and said with a smile: "Taichu, I said earlier that the woman of Yongcheng will take it by herself, and today the old man will hand over this city to you, and the two armies of Lufeng and Nanjing will never enter the city." How is the old man a believer? ”

Sun Yuan smiled bitterly and took the reins of the war horse from one of the guards: "I finally understand what the governor meant when he said this, it turns out that Ma Shilang handed over Yongcheng to Sun Yuan in this way. The squire really kept his word, Sun Yuan admired it, but you are not trustworthy to Liu Chao! ”

"In this way, at the beginning, you were only afraid that you were scolding the old man for being a villain?"

Sun Yuan: "How dare I." There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

If it were someone else, he would have been angry a long time ago, but Ma Shiying still smiled: "Taichu, you are naïve." I still know your thoughts, but since the imperial court was able to recruit the thief army in the past, why can't we? However, there is a saying that this time and that time. At that time, the imperial court was based on the fact that the country still had the financial resources to place the thieves and generals, and the troops were enough to deter them. But what is the current situation, the world is already in chaos, and the imperial court decree cannot go out of Beijing. After Liu Chao was recruited, this Henan is already a piece of erosion, how to settle it, and who will pay this money? Also, don't forget. Now that Henan is full of thieves, the reason why Liu Chao rebelled was not because he was afraid of Li Zicheng. He was recruited today, and when I leave tomorrow with my troops, Li Zicheng will come over the day after tomorrow, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not surrender and rebel. Liu Chao is insidious and cunning, and the old man knows best, he is not trustworthy at all, so he was directly arrested. Even Xiong Wencan's refuge back then was a complete failure in the end. The old man doesn't think that this Liu Chao is reliable. ”

"This Liu Chao is indeed a good hand in battle, and only you can control him at the beginning. It's a pity that the country is employing people, maybe one day the imperial court will use you Sun Taichu and transfer you to other places to quell the rebellion. If you leave, who will be his opponent? ”

"Take this battle as an example, if there is no Ningxiang army, Fengyang is afraid that it will be unsafe, maybe the thief army has already fought under the city of Nanjing at this moment. This is possible, and the old man can't help but guard against it. ”

Hearing him say this, the anger in Sun Yuan's heart gradually calmed down. moved in his mind, yes, Zhang Xianzhong didn't fake surrender once back then. If the Ming Dynasty didn't let him go and directly sent a large army to suppress him, where would there be a later incident where Huguang was eroded, the entire territory of Sichuan fell, and Yang Sichang died of grief? Liu Chao is really unreliable. I will soon lead the troops to untie the siege of Feng, and when the battle is lively, if this Liu Chao gives me a slap in the back, who can stand it

。 Ma Shiying's move to nip all possibilities in the bud is indeed the safest.

However, it is indeed a little disgraceful for Lao Ma to do this, and this fight is really addictive.

Sun Yuan shook his head: "Anyway, it's not right for you to do this, squire." ”

Ma Shiying: "Taichu is a famous general, but he doesn't want to have a pure heart, but he is a humble gentleman, which is rare." ”

There was inevitably ridicule in his words, Sun Yuan was slightly unhappy in his heart, and said sarcastically: "Ma Shilang, don't forget, Liu Chao is your fast son-in-law, aren't you afraid of the world's shame in today's matter?" ”

Ma Shiying flicked his sleeves and said: "Compared with the country and the nation, compared to the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, what is the old man's name?" Those who know me, their only "Spring and Autumn"! Those who sin against me are the only ones in "Spring and Autumn"! General Sun Yuan, don't say any more, enter the city as soon as possible to sweep away the remnants of the thief army in the city. The old man took the other two armies to bury the corpses outside the city and pacify the people. ”

After saying that, he put on his mask.

Ma Shiying's words were all right, but Sun Yuan always felt that it was not a taste.

At the moment, the business was important, and he didn't bother to say anything more, so he also pulled on his mask, and took Leng Ying and others to lead the horse and slowly walked into the city.

After fighting with Liu Chao for so long, the two sides paid tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and today is the first time that Sun Yuan has set foot on the streets of Yongcheng.

The scene before me was like hell on earth, full of rotting corpses, and a large mass of red-headed and green-headed flies roaring and flying all over the city.

The weather was so hot that the bluestone floor was full of flowing thick water, leaving people with little room to stand.

After walking a few steps, there was a sticky feeling coming out of my feet, and there was a fine "crackling" sound. Sun Yuan looked down and suddenly had thousands of goosebumps on his body, but he saw that the white flowers in front of him were full of maggots with big tails. White and fat, surging like a tide, it is boundless.

Rao Sun Yuan saw that there were many dead people, and his throat and eyes seemed to be stuffed into a mess, unable to swallow or spit out.

The guards behind him all made a vomiting sound in their throats, but Leng Ying still had a cold face, this kid was hard and bold.

Walking along the road, I saw a lot of thieves kneeling on the side of the road, and these people were Liu Chao's remaining 8,000 men

。 The first evil has been captured, and they have no fighting spirit, they were chased by the Ningxiang army, and they really couldn't run, so they all threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Yongcheng is quite large, and along the way, except for the 8,000 young men who surrendered, there was not a single old man, woman and child, who must have died of illness in this plague.

Liu Chao requisitioned all the people in the city in the battle to defend the city, even the women and the elderly. And these untrained and ineffective civilians are basically a dead word when they go to the battlefield.

This is the first time that the Ningxiang army marched into the enemy's city in the war, and the military discipline of the cavalry soldiers was worse than that of the Yuanzi battalion and the Weizi battalion.

One by one, they organized themselves into small teams of three and ran around the city, kicked open the doors of the people's houses, rolled up the gold and silver in them, and then found a clean street and piled them together, put signs on them, and waited for the officers to come and count them.

The Ningxiang army has been infected with Sun Yuan's temperament, and he loves money the most, and he is extremely brave when he cleans up the battlefield after every battle, even the rotting corpses on the ground.

Sun Yuan saw that a soldier was carrying a knife and playing with a corpse, making it stink. He really couldn't help it, "Soldier, live carefully and get sick." ”

The soldier was probably used to the stench, and said with a smile: "General, don't worry, I have already drunk the medicine boiled by Mr. Qingzhu." Father Jia had already prepared the spirits, and after washing his hands with the wine, he would take two sips. ”

On the other side, a few more soldiers tore down the door panels of the people's houses, lifted the furniture out, put it on the street, and began to burn the dead.

Sun Yuan was a little unhappy in his heart: "Our Ningxiang Army is an officer and soldier, how can we rob the people?" ”

The soldier replied, "Don't worry, general, the people of this city are dead, and all the goods in the city are ownerless." If there are people in the house, we won't bother...... Not to mention, this Liu Chao is really generous, these dead people still have money on them. Before he could finish speaking, he picked out a string of copper coins from the carrion and threw it aside.

Sun Yuan: "Wait a minute, these belongings will have to be disinfected with fire." ”

Soldier: "Don't worry, general, I can save land." ”

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