Chapter 243: Beheading the Princes
Less than 6,000 coalition troops were blocked in the valley, Yuan Shao and the others were already at the end of their rope, and even the last struggle was useless, Meng Ge blocked the valley to death, Ma Chao and Lian Chengbi continued to wander around the periphery, and the coalition army no longer had the ability to resist.
The sky gradually darkened, the coalition army was still resisting, but their soldiers were getting fewer and fewer, not only the number was slowly decreasing, but what was more terrible was exhaustion, Ma Chao did not give the enemy any respite, and when the whole day of fierce fighting, the coalition soldiers did not enter the rice, and they were already hungry and had no strength.
However, as the dominant side, Ma Chao's side is also uncomfortable, the battle always has to spend strength, and after fighting for so long, of course it will not be easy, the only easy thing may be the Poison Dragon Battalion, their task has been completed, and the coalition forces dare not attack the mountain, of course, the battle is not so fierce.
Seeing that the sky was gradually getting dark, Meng Ge frowned and said, "Fengxiao, I think it's time to collect the troops, it seems that I can't take it today!" ”
Although the coalition forces were surrounded, they were never able to complete the final blow, and the confrontation of the coalition forces exceeded expectations.
Guo Jia looked at the sky, and immediately agreed with the defender's proposal: "Indeed, I didn't expect the coalition army to be so tenacious, and after being besieged for so long, it still has strength!" But they can't run away anymore, so we don't have to rush for a while! ”
Meng Ge nodded, and suddenly smiled again: "Of course you don't need to be in a hurry, but you can change a wave of people, and you still have to use the strategy of exhausting the army, right?" Tired soldiers tonight, close the net tomorrow, what do the military advisors think? ”
"That's fine, but if you give them a chance to breathe, maybe it's another trouble!" Guo Jia was slightly helpless, this battle was fought to this extent, in fact, the winner should have been decided a long time ago.
But it's a pity that the coalition forces are still struggling to the death, good cavalry has made them use infantry, and good war horses have become a wall, and there is no way to rush through it easily, and the coalition forces really persevered, no one expected such a situation.
The coalition army has no other way but to hold on, but it will be lost if it is held for a long time, not to mention that the coalition army has no provisions, and defeat is only a matter of time, perhaps with a will, the coalition army actually held out until the next day.
But after a night's attrition, the coalition army had completely lost its strength, and at noon the next day, Meng Ge ordered the final wave of battles to be launched, and the exhausted coalition army finally couldn't withstand the attack, and was broken by Ma Chao and Lianchengbi, although there was a lot of good news, but there was also a lot of bad news.
There was a report from the front, the Kwantung princes were missing two people, Yuan Shao, Tao Qian and other cadres were captured, but there were fewer people, Cao Ying and Liu Biao abandoned the large army and disappeared under Meng Ge's eyes, at this time even no one can be found, two important guys are missing, and this battle is greatly discounted.
After the news came, Mongo kept a gloomy face, who was not good at firing the cannon, he would let these two guys run away, even if the battle was won, it was not perfect, or even fell short.
The generals were silent, no one dared to speak, and two people ran away, Meng Ge's mood was not happy, everyone could see it, because these two people ran away, and they were not much worse than the grand strategy, and it was very likely that they would make a comeback, which was the most worrying.
It was not easy to win the battle, but in this way, maybe it will fall short, and no one will be happy at the moment.
After a long while, Mungo said slowly: "Okay, don't keep a straight face!" ”
After speaking, Meng Ge glanced at Xiahou Lan, Xia Houlan almost rolled her eyes, and stood up unwillingly: "General, do you send someone to chase it closely, the enemy may not have run away!" ”
Xia Houlan is very good, bringing up this kind of topic at this time is nothing more than enlivening the atmosphere, and it is not very useful in essence, because everyone knows that they must chase, and if they chase it, they may be able to chase it back, but if they don't chase it, they will definitely not be able to come back.
"Of course, give the order, block all the way out, they can't run far!" Mongo pretended to say a few words, and to be honest, he himself muttered, and it was strange that he was chasing back.
Not only can't they chase it back, but those who escaped are afraid that they will also die, because the weather is not very good, and the heavy snow covering the mountains is not a joke, and it is very difficult to pass through the mountains and forests at this time.
What to do with the people who ran away, there is only one way now, try to catch them back, but it is the captured Kwantung princes, this is what should be dealt with immediately.
Just when everyone was discussing, Guo Jia suddenly said: "Those who ran away, there is no way for the time being, but to arrest them as soon as possible, and if they are not in a hurry, what should the Kwantung princes do?" It also needs to be decided by the general! ”
Meng Ge suddenly raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Kill, kill them all, I don't want to see them!" ”
"Huh!" Everyone looked at Mongo in surprise, no one expected Mongo to suddenly make such a decision, this is not a little person, but a group of people, at this time Mongo actually said to kill them all, before Mongo never opened the killing ring, now Mongo seems to have completely changed a person.
This sudden change, the generals were confused for a while, they couldn't figure it out, what did Mongo want to do, so many people were suddenly killed, it would definitely arouse dissatisfaction, and if the Kanto region was to be recovered in the future, there would inevitably be huge resistance, could it be that Mongo wanted to offend all the Kanto clans? The crowd was full of doubts.
Even Guo Jia was stunned, and he was speechless for a while, Menggo's decision was really unexpected by him.
Just when everyone was stunned, Mungo said calmly, "Is there anything wrong?" ”
Guo Jia immediately stood up and calmly arched his hand: "General, of course it's not appropriate, the Kwantung princes represent the Kwantung clan, if I wait for all of them to be killed, then how can I recover the Kwantung clan?" Moreover, if the victor does not know how to appease people's hearts, it will inevitably arouse rebellion, and those who do not do it will take it! ”
"Yes, General, it's really not appropriate to kill them all!" Xu Rong also stood up.
Meng Ge smiled and said disapprerovingly: "But don't forget, everyone has already offended the world, and there is no room for recovery!" ”
"But at this time and that time, the general is now saying that the Kwantung Coalition Army will be wiped out, and there is no one in the world to stop the general, if you show kindness, at least some of the families will be obedient!" Guo Jia dissuaded again, it is indeed inappropriate to kill them all, at least some people can't be killed.
But Mongo had Mongo's considerations, he didn't want to keep these guys, because their existence made Mongo feel extremely disgusted, and besides, it was useless to keep them, it was better to use them to establish power.
No matter how Guo Jia persuaded him, Meng Ge still insisted: "Military Division, next, our army will wipe out the Kanto region in one fell swoop, their use is not great, of course I am talking about the first evil, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Dai, Tao Qian, not one of them will be left, all of them will be killed, and the rest of those who will not surrender, let them go together!" ”
Just kill these people, Guo Jia suddenly rolled his eyes, he thought that Meng Ge said that he would kill them all, he really wanted to kill all the coalition forces, but he didn't expect that in the end, he killed these people, of course those who don't want to surrender must be killed, and the Kwantung princes can't stay, this is of course.
Xu Rong wiped his sweat and said helplessly: "Of course these people have to be executed, why doesn't the general explain it!" ”
The feelings were all wrong, and Meng Ge said a little incredulously: "I said that all the princes of the Kwantung region were killed, that is, all the people who were the leaders were killed, is there any problem?" ”
The matter was finally clear, and the generals had no objections, and Mongo immediately said: "Very good, of course no problem!" Bring them in now! ”
If you solve the problem as soon as possible, it is inevitable that something will happen if it drags on, and Mongo doesn't want to let go of any problems.
Some time ago, the Kwantung princes who were still majestic and domineering, now all of them have become prisoners, and their identities have changed so quickly that they are beyond imagination, I am afraid that before this, no one would have imagined that it would be like this.
The Kwantung princes were pushed up by the soldiers, and each of these people was like a rice dumpling, tied in a sturdy knot, and looked very funny.
Yuan Shao lowered his head, his loose hair covering his face, and Meng Ge could barely see him.
Meng Ge smiled slightly: "You are Yuan Shao!" I don't want to say anything else! I'll just ask you, do you regret it? ”
Yuan Shao suddenly raised his head and said calmly: "You have already won, if you want to kill, you have to scrape and listen to the respect, why bother to act here!" Why do you bother to ask this question, do you think I will regret it? ”
"No, of course not, you are already a hero, of course you will not regret it, but today I want to kill you, do you have any last words?" Mongo was very sure that the person in front of him would not regret it.
"Hahaha! Last words, is that kind of thing needed? Yuan Shao laughed uncontrollably, but he was full of unpaid ambition, he couldn't do anything now, since he failed, he had to bear the price of failure, which Yuan Shao knew very well.
The conversation between the two was word-for-word, Yuan Shu and the others next to him could hear it clearly, when Meng Ge said that he wanted to kill Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu's face suddenly changed greatly, and the persuasion to surrender was saved, it seems that Meng Ge is determined to kill, what should I do, even the only hope is shattered, and Yuan Shu can barely stand on his feet.
The rest of the people were no better, crying and mourning one by one, as if they were sending themselves to the end.
Now that Yuan Shao has understood, Meng Ge has nothing to say, and said directly: "Since there is none, then forget it, I originally wanted to pass a message to your son, it seems that there is no need now, but I believe that soon your son will also accompany you, and it will be the same when the time comes, Yuan Benchu, please!" ”
"Thank you! I'm waiting for you underground, and I'm sure we'll see you again! As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, he strode towards the outside of the tent, and it was not until this moment that Meng Ge could truly recognize this person.
Regarding Yuan Shao's curse, Meng Ge didn't pay attention to it at all, but smiled and said: "It's not too far, a hundred years later, I will accompany you to drink tea!" Let's go, don't send it! ”
The cold wind kept blowing, Yuan Shao, who walked out of the big tent, suddenly sobered up, what should have been said was finished, he was also a lot more relaxed in his heart, and he was relieved, he never regretted it, if he wanted to fight for the world, he must have the consciousness of death, otherwise he would not be a qualified commander, although he faced death, but Yuan Shao walked extremely resolutely, and he had to have the posture of a hero to die.
"Slash!" With an order, Yuan Shao closed his eyes, and in an instant, a ghost head knife was cut down, and a good head fell to the ground in an instant, this light knife ended the hero, and Yuan Shao's life also came to an end.
Inside the big tent, the atmosphere was particularly weird, the knots that were tied up below were sturdy, looking at everyone not moving, Meng Ge said with a smile: "What, everyone, please also please, since Yuan Benchu went, what are you still standing here?" ”
"Poof!" Liu Dai softened, and immediately knelt on the ground and cried: "General Meng, please let me go, I am just an accomplice, Yuan Benchu is the culprit!" I hope the general will see clearly! ”
Finally, there was a person who was afraid of death, Meng Ge shook his head boringly, and said with disdain: "Well, it makes sense, you are indeed an accomplice, but as the assassin of Yanzhou, why do you want to openly confront the imperial court, as the lord of one party, but he brought troops into Beijing privately, not thinking about protecting the land and the people, but following the anti-thieves to attack the Beijing division, causing Si Li's life to be ruined, do you say that the imperial court should spare you!" ”
In the end, Liu Dai's face turned pale instantly, since Meng Ge said so, there was no room anymore, Liu Dai, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately collapsed and was no longer silent.
Ignoring Liu Dai anymore, Meng Ge turned to look at Yuan Shu and the others: "And you are the same, but I will give you a chance, let's talk about it, what reason does the imperial court have to let you go!" ”
The good old man Tao Qian was angry, he really couldn't help such a mockery, and before Meng Ge finished speaking, Tao Qian immediately shouted angrily: "Enough, Meng Ge, why do you have to act like this, if you want to kill me, just say it, why do you say it so high-sounding, although we are dead, but someone will stand up in the future, as Ben said at the beginning, your death will not be far away!" ”
After saying that, Tao Qian also left the big tent, he knew that Meng Ge had already killed him, and it was meaningless to say those superfluous words, it was better to die generously, so that he could go more happily.
"It's boring! Let's pull it all down! "Mongo doesn't want to delay any longer, it's important that these guys get rid of it as soon as possible.
As the executioner cut off with a knife, one after another's heads fell to the ground, blood stained Xingtai red, and all white snowflakes flew away, as if they were screaming.
This day will always be remembered by future generations, in a flash, Meng Ge killed forty generals of the Kwantung Coalition Army, Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao, later general Yuan Shu, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai, all were killed in this day, followed by Liu Bei.
For their burial, as well as their subordinates, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Ji Ling and others were beheaded, in addition to the trial and other Wenchen were beheaded one by one, in addition to Yuan Shao's generals, there were also Cao Ying and Liu Biao's generals.
There were a total of forty-two people, all of whom died on this day, and with the bloody butcher's knife, everything turned into dust, and there was only one number left in the memory, that is, on this day, Mungo killed a total of forty-two generals, which became an eternal legend.
(To be continued)