Chapter 80: Departure Again
Although Zhang Min subdued the soldiers in the front, in fact they were just ordinary people, who had already been afraid of fighting, and their weapons were broken.
Although he and the common people were in one place, there were a large number of people, but the overall combat effectiveness was very unsatisfactory, just to kill the Chinese army, as soon as the two sides came into contact, the common people army collapsed, rushed to flee into the city.
Seeing that hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers surrounded Zhang Min and dozens of soldiers, Mi Zhu hurriedly stomped his feet on the city: Zhang Min took out, but there were only a few "elites" in the city, and only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people remained.
If the city gate is closed at this time, even if Zhang Min kills a bloody road, he will have to be caught up by the pursuers and dismembered by the knife; But if it is left open, who can stop the Yellow Turban Army under the city?
Han Song's hands and feet were already cold, and he couldn't stop muttering: "It's over, it's over, it's all over now!" ”
"Report!"
The herald's urgent voice came.
"Express!"
Mi Zhu has been mentally prepared for a long time, and there will be nothing worse than breaking the city.
"Farewell, the Yellow Turban Thief has surrendered!"
"What?!"
Mi Zhu almost couldn't believe his ears, at the moment the enemy and our forces were ten to one, I was afraid that this ratio was still a conservative estimate, and the enemy actually surrendered? It is the first time that the strong bend their knees to the weak, and this is the first time in history that they have heard of it.
"Really? If the information is wrong, you will be taken as an example! ”
Mi Zhu's tone was a little stern.
"The little one doesn't dare to deceive the don't drive adults, the Yellow Turban Thief has really surrendered, and now General Zhang is counting the prisoners outside the city!"
Mi Zhu waved his hand and motioned for the herald to retreat, feeling uncertain in his heart.
Han Song asked tremblingly on the side:
"Could this be a trick by the Yellow Turban thieves, intending to sneak into the city in order to launch a surprise attack?"
"I don't think so, there is no need to do this at this time, even if they attack, we are definitely not an opponent"
Han Song barely managed to squeeze out a smile, because Mi Zhu's words made him even more worried.
Bao Xin's army rushed into Xuchang City in the evening, and the war had already subsided, Han Song smiled and pulled Bao Xin and Mi Zhu to sit on both sides of the main seat, looking very intimate, not as if he was scared in the city in the morning.
Han Song raised the wine cup with a smile:
"General Bao has worked hard from afar, although it is not easy to pacify the Yellow Turban Thieves this time, but God bless the Han, and Xuchang City is intact!"
The victory of this battle has nothing to do with God, it is completely due to Mi Zhu's proper command and Zhang Min's sacrifice of his life, of course, the most important thing is that the unknown righteous man has made great contributions.
And Han Song actually took the credit on himself lightly, and did not mention the merits of Mi Zhu and Zhang Min at all.
Mi Zhu didn't like it, frowned slightly, but still drank the wine cup.
Zhang Min was not so good-tempered, he slammed the wine cup on the table, shaking the wine and splashing everywhere:
"Humph! God bless the man? If we didn't fight to the death, how could God bless Xuchang City? ”
Han Song smiled:
"General Zhang's words are wrong, the two armies pay attention to the right time and place in the battle, the Yellow Turban thieves are far away, and we will wait for the work, it will naturally be better, not to mention that if it is not for God's protection, how can this group of thieves fall into internal strife before the battle?"
"You hum! I'm full! ”
Zhang Min left the table hatefully, in the final analysis, this time he was able to get away with his life, it was all up to Zhang Wei, but at the same time, it was also a piece of his heart:
"I worked hard to defend the city for several days, and finally the thief surrendered to that little white face? How can it be? The little white face and the yellow turban thief have already been connected, well, it must be so! ”
Mi Zhu hindered his face, and perfunctory for a while, so he pretended to be too strong to drink, and "staggered" away from the table with the support of the attendants.
Han Song naturally pretended to say something caring, and then he and Bao Xin had a good time, chatted for a long time, and called out a few singers to dance to cheer up.
After three rounds of drinking, Han Song saw that Bao Xin was very interested in the dancing girl off the field, and hurriedly said:
"Why don't you give General Bao a salute? You don't have to jump, go and have a few drinks with General Bao, and you must serve well tonight! ”
The dancing girl snorted softly, and then obediently sat down beside Bao Xin.
Bao Xin was overjoyed, and took the dancing girl into his arms, and before he could thank him, he drank the wine that the dancing girl brought to his mouth.
Han Song hurriedly took the opportunity to say:
"There's another thing to ask for next, I wonder if the general can help?"
"If you defend the city, as long as you can do it, you will definitely do it!"
"Although the current Yellow Turban thieves are afraid of the general's power to disarm and surrender, but in the next and the thieves for many years, I know that these thieves are difficult to move, I am afraid that after the general leaves, he will rebel against me Although I am the city guard, I should do my duty as a guard, but the thieves are powerful, I am afraid it will be difficult to last, alas, if the general can take the opportunity to exterminate the thieves, he will definitely be supported by the people, and I will also write to the court to commend the general's courage and righteousness!"
Bao Xin came all the way without defeat, naturally full of confidence, coupled with the spirits in the stomach, the beauty is on the side, and the pride arises spontaneously:
"What a difficult thing should I do, just a trivial matter, I will lead troops to get rid of Brother Han's troubles tomorrow!"
Han Song smiled from the bottom of his heart.
When he saw that Mi Zhu's troops were small and the Yellow Turban had been newly defeated, he despised it in his heart, and deliberately curryed favor with Bao Xin at this banquet so that he could invite credit.
Bao Xin slept until noon the next day before he barely woke up, remembering what he had promised last night, he hurriedly gathered troops to attack the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, but at this time the village had already been empty, and Bao Xin had to return in vain.
Bao Xin felt ashamed of Han Song, and led troops back to Jibei for several days.
Han Song saw that the news had leaked and that the Yellow Turban Thieves had already fled, so he intended to turn to Mi Zhu for help, but Mi Zhu returned to Xuzhou with Zhang Min under the pretext of insufficient troops.
A few months later, Liang Yu reunited with the Yellow Turban Army to occupy Xuchang, killed Han Song, and proclaimed himself Xuchang Taishou, and there has been no looting since then.
Zhang Wei and his two daughters escorted Situ Qing all the way to Puyang.
Through this battle, Xiao Ming admired Zhang Wei, the eldest brother, even more, because when Zhang Wei came back to explain the battle situation to Xiao Ming, he said, "Go to the army and strategize!" Attack the heart! ”
These two sentences are from "The Art of War", which is a truth summarized through hundreds of battle examples, and is naturally a wise saying.
Xiao Ming carefully played with this sentence, but felt that the more he tasted, the more profound it became, he almost wanted to treat Zhang Wei as an immortal, so he almost put him on the table and offered him, pestering him every day to learn strategy and the art of war.
Zhang Wei knows his catties very well, although he used to read some "Thirty-six Strategies" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" or something when he was in school, but they were all read as stories, and he had never studied them in depth.
Anything that can be answered is naturally what he will, and anything that can't, all let Xiao Ming understand it himself, so it seems that he is extremely unfathomable.
Situ Qing didn't feel good all the way, the original black and white clothes were replaced by ordinary people's linen clothes, in order to prevent the True Heavenly Sect from recognizing his face, he smeared his face with muddy water again, and for more than ten days in a row, sweat and tears mixed with mud were like a strange mask, smearing his originally handsome face in a mess.
Although Situ Qing's martial arts are limited, he has a lot of backbone, and he refuses to confess Zhang Sheng's whereabouts, but this is not difficult for Zhang Wei, because five thousand years of culture have accumulated countless knowledge, which of course includes punishment.
Zhang Wei is not a ruthless person, so naturally he will not choose any cruel methods such as the ten major tortures of the Manchu Dynasty, not to mention that there are cars full of female dependents and children, so he can only adopt a more "elegant" interrogation method: laughing punishment.
In fact, this is a kind of punishment invented by Europeans in the 17th century, and it is not like the TV show that just a feather is constantly wriggling on the soles of the feet.
Although this is a method, it is not very effective for some people who are not very sensitive, in fact, the method of laughing is to take off the prisoner's shoes and socks, smear the soles of his feet with honey and sugar, and then bring a sheep and let him lick the honey on the soles of his feet.
Because the thorns on the goat's tongue make the soles of people's feet itch unbearably after being licked by them, even the most insensitive people can't help but laugh wildly at the itch of their hearts.
According to the analysis of scientists, continuous laughter will cause less and less air in the lungs, lose the ability to breathe, and even cause extreme hypoxia suffocation.
Situ Qing had imagined hundreds of cruel punishments in his mind, but probably he never imagined that there would be such a strange punishment in his life, and it was a punishment that he had no resistance at all, so before he reached the kung fu of a stick of incense, he told everything he knew, and he remembered his life experience and remembered the past.
Yun'er once asked Zhang Wei:
"Since he's recruited everything, why don't we let him go, but keep him with us? Are you afraid that he will go back and tell the truth? ”
Zhang Wei shook his head:
"Actually, that's just one of the reasons, what I'm thinking about is to take him as a hostage in exchange, so that we won't be too passive, no matter how generous the True Heaven Sect is, it won't even be in a hurry to lose the Dharma Protector!"
He said it very funny and amused everyone.
In the evening of this day, the carriage traveled to the territory of Chenliu, and came to an unknown small village, there were no street lamps in ancient times, so it seemed that it was very dark very quickly, one moment the sun was still nostalgic on the horizon, and the next moment the darkness flooded the whole world.
It's not bedtime yet, and the village, which should have some voices, is surprisingly quiet, and there is not even the sound of chickens and dogs barking.
The carriage drove slowly on the path into the village, and only a small dirt road reflected by the torches could be seen, and the sound of the horses' hooves was particularly loud and lonely at this time.
This turned out to be an abandoned village, and somehow there was not even a single person.
Xiao Ming pulled Zhang Wei's sleeve and asked in a low voice:
"Big brother, where did you say everyone here has gone? Could it be that this place is haunted? ”
Lan Xiang had the sharpest ears, and when she heard the word ghost, she screamed in fright, triggering a chain reaction among the women.