Chapter 231: Windfall
After the group came to the county office, Xing Jiamu did not make a post-war summary, but sent everyone out, leaving He Yue alone here.
Looking at Xing Jiamu, who was a little wooden, He Yue said, "Are you starting to doubt what we have done?" ”
Xing Jiamu sighed and said, "Yes, I do begin to doubt what we have done, whether it is right or wrong, whether it is worth it or not." ”
"For Zhu Changming's dream alone, is the price of this sacrifice too great, those soldiers who died today, they should not have died, these people also have parents and relatives."
He Yue said: "The matter has come to this, is it still meaningful to talk about this?" ”
Xing Jiamu said: "I'm just a little uncomfortable and complaining, so you have the right to say it as if I didn't say it." ”
He Yue said: "Actually, this incident was not caused by Zhu Changming alone, we are also responsible, we are all accomplices, when we came, everyone had their own selfish purposes." ”
Xing Jiamu said: "If I had known that my personal experience would kill so many people, I would rather face those cold words. ”
He Yue said: "Actually, this is not necessarily a bad thing, if we can control the good situation, there will be fewer deaths, don't forget, the chaos in the Ming Dynasty has just begun." ”
Xing Jiamu said: "I have thought about what you said, although many people will die in the chaos of the Ming Dynasty, but those people will not die because of us, not to mention that if we continue, the number of people who will die may not be less than that." ”
He Yue said: "I haven't tried how do you know, according to our current forces and the information in our hands, I believe that it should not be a problem to control the situation in a short period of time." ”
Xing Jiamu said: "Now it can only be like this, we have no way out." ”
He Yue said: "Okay, don't worry about people here anymore, since you have come to this world, let's go with the flow!" ”
After adjusting his mood, Xing Jiamu called Bai Heng and the others in, first praised Bai Heng, then encouraged the other generals, and finally ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and began to reward the three armies.
After Gao Biying led the troops out of Zichang County, they began to retreat in the direction of Tunliu, and they were not very hurried along the way, because she knew that Xing Jiamu would not send troops to chase after them in a short time, because judging from their appearance after entering the city, they just wanted to recapture Zichang, and they did not attach great importance to the number of killed and injured rebels.
After walking in the direction of Tunliu for more than half an hour, the soldiers at the front of the team who opened the way suddenly heard a commotion, and after ordering someone to come forward and take a closer look, it turned out that a horse had fallen into the trap.
Knowing that these were set up by Bai Heng in order to block Xiang Luyang's reinforcements, Gao Biying was surprised, and while ordering people to carefully explore the way, she scattered the team and went around looking for the troops who had planted the traps.
At this time, the deputy general who was responsible for laying the trap was about to regret his intestines, and he thought that he had taken a beauty difference and could make great achievements without fighting, but now it seems that what kind of beauty difference is this, this is simply a drudgery that costs people's lives.
Blocking the enemy's reinforcements, and encountering retreating troops, those are completely two different concepts, one is in a hurry and does not want to entangle, so that the other is plenty of time, and there are reinforcements arriving at any time, as soon as he thinks that it will not be long before he will be exposed to the enemy, this deputy general began to think in his heart.
He only brought 10,000 people on his side, and Gao Biying's troops now withdrew at least 50,000 people, this kind of encounter, this kind of number ratio, he has almost no chance of winning, this is not far from Tunliu, Gao Biying's reinforcements may arrive at any time.
It's not easy for me to have today's worth, if I give my life because of this battle, it will be a great loss, thinking of this, this deputy general made a decision, that is, the hero will not suffer the loss in front of him, surrender first to save his life, as for whether to sneak away with Gao Biying in the future, that is all a later story.
Without waiting for Gao Biying's troops to find themselves, the adjutant general ordered all the hidden people to stand up, and then took his head and raised his weapons above his head, and came out to surrender.
The good thing came too suddenly, Gao Biying was afraid that there was fraud in it, so she ordered Hu Jinquan to come forward and ask what happened, and then called the deputy general over.
Looking at the deputy general who was brought over by Hu Jinquan, Gao Biying said, "What is your name and what official position is it?" ”
The lieutenant general spoke: "The last general, Wei Hu, is the deputy general of the Changzhi military camp. ”
Gao Biying said: "Why don't you surrender without a fight?" ”
Wei Hu said: "I know that it is death, why do I still fight, although I am not afraid of death, but there is a high hall and a young son below, I can't die now, so I chose to surrender." ”
Gao Biying said: "So, you surrendered not in exchange for an official position, but just to leave a life?" ”
Wei Hu said: "Exactly." ”
Gao Biying said: "In that case, then you can leave now, leave the weapon, I'll give you a war horse, and you can leave." ”
Wei Hu said: "The grace of not killing, Wei Hu wrote it down." ”
With that, he took a war horse from the soldier next to him and left.
Looking at Wei Hu who was far away, Hu Jinquan said: "Why don't you leave him behind, you can't use him, kill him, and you can have one less enemy!" ”
Gao Biying said: "I can't look down on this kind of courageless person." ”
"As for why I didn't kill him, there are two reasons, first, I want everyone to know that as long as they surrender, I won't embarrass them."
"Second, the reason is simpler, he surrendered without even moving his hand this time, do you think he can go back? Since he can't go back, it doesn't matter to us whether he lives or dies. ”
Hu Jinquan is right to think about it, killing one less person who is not a threat to his side, and he can still buy people's hearts, no matter how this deal is calculated, he will not lose money.
Glancing at Hu Jinquan, Gao Biying said, "How many people surrendered this time?" ”
Hu Jinquan said: "10,000 people, all of them are fully equipped. ”
Gao Biying said: "First collect their weapons and bring them back to Tunliu." ”
Hu Jinquan said: "Don't worry, I've finished arranging, and after a while, they will clean up the traps on the road, and we can continue to hurry." ”
After a stick of incense, the traps on the road were finally cleaned up, and Gao Biying's mood was much better after the second time she went on the road.
When he came to the gate of Zichang County with Hu Jinquan with a smile, he happened to meet Xiang Luyang, who was about to lead troops out of the city, and saw that Gao Biying and Hu Jinquan did not have any losses, and their expressions did not look like they had lost a battle, so Xiang Luyang was relieved.