For the gentry and people of Yongqiu City, this day brought about earth-shaking changes.

Gone are the days when the rebels entered the city. Whether it is a big family or a common people, every day we have to worry about whether the rebels will break in, rob things or even rob people. Even if Yongqiu City changed hands and such a group of soldiers and horses known as the Volunteers entered the city, some people couldn't help but worry that these generals who were not serious officials and soldiers of the imperial court would behave like the rebels. However, after the content of the notices posted all over the city gradually spread around the city in the afternoon of the same day, the people in the city temporarily threw away this stubble and ran to tell each other one by one, and finally all gathered in front of the Yongqiu County Party.

Because there are more than 100 rebel soldiers tied up here to show the public! Everyone's body was either wolf bèi, some of them were scarred and bloody, but all the faces were scrubbed clean. According to the notice posted before, as long as the people of Yongqiu identify those rebels who have committed murder and rape, once it is verified, there will be no mercy for killing!

After the initial silence, a short, thin old man came out on crutches, pointed to a monkey-faced one of the rebels, and said with a cry: "It is him, it is he and a few others who killed my son and raped my daughter!" Pity my daughter, who is only fourteen years old, and then committed suicide by throwing herself into the water, you brutes! ”

As the thin old man sat paralyzed on the ground and cried bitterly, the other people who were still hesitating just now were suddenly indignant. Some also hurried to find their enemies among the rebels who had been kidnapped and displayed to the public, and some of them pointed at people and scolded them when they recognized people early. In the evening, after screening, the list submitted to Princess Gu'an was densely packed with more than 50 people, which accounted for half of all the rebels! Xue Song, who had already been brought here, listened to the report, although his face was forced to be calm, but his heart was already beating.

Princess Gu'an really wants to kill the army? She is not afraid that the remaining rebel troops will mutiny, or if these rebels will not be able to do anything, she is not afraid that no one will dare to surrender when there is a war in the future?

"A bunch of traitors in the end, it's despicable and shameless! Come on, take my big man, and I'll go to see Yongqiu in person! After giving the order, Princess Gu'an glanced at Xue Song again, and then said lightly, "Take him with you and listen to what the people of Yongqiu have to say!" ”

Xue Song's hands were firmly tied by cow tendons, and when he heard that Princess Gu'an didn't even let go of himself, he suddenly felt deep regret for the first time that he had chosen to surrender before. But he had injured his thigh before, he hadn't eaten anything, he was tired and hungry, where could he compare to the two old pawns on the left and right who had watched him firmly? So, he was involuntarily picked up and slipped out, and when he faced the thousands of people outside the Yongqiu County Party, his pupils contracted violently unconsciously, and he was in a nervous mood.

That feeling was as if he was in front of An Lushan!

As the sun set, the sky had already darkened, but as Princess Gu'an came out, the accompanying soldiers carried torches, and the front of the county party was illuminated again. The princess of Gu'an, who was surrounded by it, was wearing a fiery red dashi, which was a target in the battlefield, but it was particularly dazzling on such a night, and it gradually suppressed the noise in the crowd.

It wasn't until there was no more noise around her that Princess Gu'an spoke: "The rebels that the Yongqiu fathers and elders just reported have all gathered to me. To tell the truth, after I saw it, I was so angry that I wanted to draw my sword and kill people myself, I really can't believe that there are so many dogs in the world who have lost their conscience! ”

In the twilight of dusk, her voice, which was not too loud, seemed to have an incomparable penetrating power: "Today, someone has always persuaded me that killing and surrendering is an unkind and unjust act. But if anyone has the slightest conscience, how can he burn, kill, loot, and do everything! Summoning the order, there are fifty-four people on this list, and they will be killed! ”

An opposing voice suddenly came from the side: "Your lord, in case someone in the court accuses you of killing ...... in the future."

"If the imperial court can't protect the people under its rule, what right do you have to accuse me? I'm not killing and surrendering, I'm just soothing the hearts of the people, and I'm just doing the military law! If the court blames, I will bear it alone! I, Princess Gu'an of the Tang Dynasty, am just a woman, but I will never tolerate these black sheep continuing to plague the people of Limin! ”

Kill fifty-four people at once! And a captive who surrendered!

Although some of the soldiers couldn't help but hesitate, more of the volunteers didn't hesitate too much, and stepped forward to push those who had been screened before to their knees. The crowd of onlookers was dead silent at first, but gradually there were bitter lords shouting to thank you for upholding justice, and knelt down with a crying voice, such actions infected one person after another, and in the end, except for hundreds of bitter masters, no one else stood up!

Faced with this scene, Princess Gu'an only felt mixed feelings. She didn't say anything else, and raised her hand to make a crisp gesture. Soon, with a terrible scream, the first head hit the ground, followed by the second, and the third...... Although some of the soldiers who executed the execution had never cut off people's heads before, and the prisoners screamed again and again but were not dead, they could make up for this small mistake by making up for the second and third knives, or the people next to them came to help. When the more than fifty rebels with bad deeds were all subdued, the people kneeling on the ground suddenly broke out into a long-suppressed cheer.

I don't know who started it, the shout of your lord's long live resounded in the sky, and Xue Song, who was held there under the firelight, didn't feel that his face was pale. What he is afraid of is not killing, he has killed more than fifty people on the battlefield, what he is afraid of is the attitude of Princess Gu'an, who is never like a woman! He originally thought that Li You outside the city was almost wiped out, and the rebels in the city were almost swept away after the volunteers entered the city, and the more than 100 people who finally surrendered could at least be saved, and he left a team that could make a comeback, but he didn't expect Princess Gu'an to be so ruthless!

"This is Xue Song, the rebel general who guarded Yongqiu City, he told me before, he is Xue Rengui's grandson, Xue Chuyu's son, after being loyal to Liang, now, please tell me that after he guarded Yongqiu City, can he have a bad record of bullying men and women, burning, killing and looting? If there is, my three-foot blue blade is also not soft! ”

Princess Gu'an looked at Xue Song sideways, and when she saw that his face was even paler than just now, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart. Sure enough, Xue Song was temporarily sent from Kaifeng City, few people in Yongqiu City knew his details, and they were intimidated by the name of the Xue family's father and son, and Xue Song himself did not have such a serious crime as murder and rape in addition to being the main general, except for a few old Confucians who bitterly reprimanded him for disgrace to the glory of the Xue family, there was nothing else. But even so, Xue Song's face turned from white to bruised, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to drill down.

Knowing that today's scene had stimulated Xue Song enough, Princess Gu'an waved her hand, and then said lightly: "Since Xue Song has no damn bad deeds, I will spare him for the time being." Clean up in front of the county party, drag all the bodies out and bury them. Although it is a rebel, it was originally a Tang person, so there is no need to show the head to the public. Only these people who have just landed are my warning, if there are any people who violate military orders and harass civilians, they will all be dealt with by military law, and they will not be spared! ”

As the soldiers of the Volunteers gradually began to clear the field, and at the same time promised again that they would gradually begin to return the looted property, and at the same time release food to soothe the people, while the people dispersed, the original little faith suddenly turned into deep respect and trust. No one cares that Princess Gu'an is not surnamed Li, but surnamed Xin, no one cares that she is just the daughter of a county lord, and she has no blood of the clan, this princess's name is only exchanged for marrying two generations of King Xi before and after, what people care about is her emotional words, what they care about is her courage and firmness to take Yongqiu, and what they care about is her decisive means of killing at the moment!

Maybe the Tang Dynasty...... And save!

Returning to the county hall, sitting down in the study that had been occupied by Xue Song for her own use, Princess Gu'an waved her hand and refused to feed now, and ordered Xue Song to be escorted in. When this dejected rebel general was pushed into the room, she said word by word: "I am the princess of the Tang Dynasty, you are just a rebel general who has been defeated and lost, are your knees so hard?" ”

The last time Xue Song saw Princess Gu'an here, he was also standing upright and not kneeling, but just now he saw more than fifty heads on the ground, and at this moment Princess Gu'an asked in a cold voice, he only felt a palpitation in his heart, even if he was unwilling, he could only slowly bend his knees and kneel.

Seeing that although he was not tied with five flowers, but his hands were still tightly tied with cow tendons, Princess Gu'an supported the handrail with one hand, and her eyes glanced at Xue Song for a long time, but she did not speak. After a long while, when she was about to open her mouth, a personal soldier from outside suddenly rushed in directly.

"Your lord, General Tiger, they're back!"

"How many people have returned? What does it look like? Quick, bring someone to me...... No, I'm going to meet them personally! ”

Princess Gu'an said these words like a cannonball, but she couldn't take care of Xue Song anymore, so she rushed out of the door in a hurry, and the two old guards who escorted Xue Song over glanced at each other and chased them out. Faced with such a scene that no one cared about, Xue Song, who had suffered countless blows in the past few days, only felt regret and hatred in his heart, and for the first time gave birth to the idea of not dying in battle so before. Princess Gu'an was not there, he didn't want to continue to maintain such a kneeling posture, moved his body slightly, and sat cross-legged on the ground like this.

Hungry, he didn't know how long he had been waiting, but there was a commotion outside. He pricked up his ears and listened, only to feel as if it was a lot of people laughing and laughing. When he turned his head to look, he saw that the door behind him was pushed open, and the first person to enter the door was not Princess Gu'an, but a veteran with a deep blood mark on his face and blood stains everywhere on his body. When the veteran crossed the threshold, he just glanced at him in surprise, and then said to the person behind him in embarrassment: "Your lord, I can't afford such courtesy. ”

"If you can make Tian Chenghe's 2,000 reinforcements almost all gone, of course you can afford it!"

Princess Gu'an winked at Huya, with the brightest smile on her face in these days, and then pointed at Xue Song and said: "Huya, this time these loyal and righteous old soldiers under your command have suffered heavy casualties, so I will hand over this traitor Xue Song to you and let you use it!" Xue Song, if you can make meritorious service to atone for your sins, I won't ask about your previous sins! ”