Chapter Seventy-Nine: Showing Arrogance
Facing Wen Ba's question, Wen Chou thought for a while, and said slowly: "Gongji said it well, this thief is just a nameless rat, it is worth killing, untie him." And all the people present were fierce generals, a little Dong Qi couldn't make any waves, Wen Ba immediately obeyed the order, untied the rope tied to that Dong Qi, grabbed his neck, made him stand up, and lifted his knee again, forcing him to kneel.
Wen Chou stood with his hands in his hands, condescending, looked at him with contempt, and said to him: "I won't kill you, let you go back, and you will bring a message to your captain for me, and say to him, not only you, but also your captain is just a nameless rat in my eyes, what is your captain?" Dare to block my way today? If I had surrendered earlier, I might have been able to avoid his death, but if I refused to surrender, I would have waited for him to be regarded as a merit by the tigers under my account, just like the thousand Dong Qi a few days ago. "Cut off his nose, cut off his ears, strip off his armor, and let him go." ”
Cutting off the nose and ears is a common way to humiliate the enemy, and stripping off the clothes is a great insult. In later generations, it was widely rumored that during the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao cut off Chun Yuqiong's ears and nose, and was released by Cao Cao into Yuan Shao's camp to humiliate Yuan Jun.
The soldiers on the left and right were ordered, held down this Dong cavalry, first stripped off all his armor, and then cut off his nose and ears with his hands and feet, and did not bandage him, so they dragged him out of the battle and drove him away.
Wen Chou has experienced a lot of battles, in the previous battles, he rarely used such humiliating methods, Yan Liang asked him: "The eldest brother cut off his nose, cut off his ears, and stripped his armor, returned to the camp, and ordered to pass the word to Yang Ding, the captain of the Dong Military Academy,...... Is the eldest brother trying to use a radical strategy? "Since being the commander of one side. Under the influence of Wen Chou, Yan Liang also paid more and more attention to thinking and strategy.
Wen Chou said with a smile: "The reason why I sent thousands of cavalry to test me before was just to deceive us and other rumored new soldiers, thinking that our army's combat strength was not high, and now that his thousand cavalry have been wiped out by me, he must have lost his courage." Thou shalt only bring seven or eight men to challenge, and he did not dare to send too many men and horses, but only sent a hundred and ten horsemen, and I will provoke him again, and it will be useless to be afraid. I expect that he must be waiting for Hu Zhen's reinforcements in Yique and Guangcheng Pass, and I hope that after the reinforcements arrive, he will attack inside and outside to fight me. ”
"He has lost heart. Don't dare to fight with the lord, why does the lord show more insults? Wouldn't that make him even more afraid to come out? Liu Qing wondered.
"Wait until tonight, and you will know." Wen Chou said with an appetite.
Wen Chou, Sun Jian and others set off early in the morning, walked on the road for more than half a day, and arranged troops again, and asked Yan Liang to challenge, it was already evening at this time, Wen Chou knew that Yang Ding would definitely not come out to fight. Then he gave orders to go and call all the tribes to camp on the spot. He also called the captains and soldiers of each department and said: "The camp we have set up this time does not need to be strong, the more grassy the better." ”
Everyone was puzzled, and Liu Qing asked: "The lord has always had a strict order, and whoever builds a camp against the enemy must act according to the discipline. We must not be in a hurry and be simple, but why did you tell me to wait as sloppy as possible this time? ”
"I have my own intentions, and you will do what you are told."
Everyone went out of the tent and talked about it.
remembered what Wen Chou said not long ago, Yang Ding was already frightened, and remembered what Wen Chou said, "Stay tonight." Qing will know the difference", Yan Liang thought in his heart: "The eldest brother asked all the departments to camp hastily, but was it to lure Yang Ding to attack at night?" …… Yes, it must be. From this point of view, it turned out that the eldest brother first cut off the nose and ears of Dong Qi, stripped his clothes and armor, and asked him to send a message to Yang Ding, scolding Yang Ding for being a rat, which was very insulting, but it was not a show of strength, but a show of pride! ”
The Dong cavalry, who had his nose cut off and his ears cut, fled back to the Dong camp, begged for clothes to put on at the gate, and ran to the handsome tent in embarrassment.
The soldiers of Dong Battalion along the way saw it, and some went up to inquire, and learned that his tragic situation was because of Wen Chou, and then it was reported from the soldiers of Yuanmen that he was also stripped of his clothes and armor by Wen Chou, thinking that the soldiers of Dong Jun fought in the north from Dong Zhuonan, although they had defeats, they could win more battles, even if they occasionally lost, they had never suffered such humiliation, and they were all ashamed and angry in the army, and the camp was in an uproar.
Some of the subordinates of Sima, Qu Junhou and the tun chief got the news, and rushed to the Shuai tent to see Yang Ding.
When I arrived in the tent, I saw this Dong riding on the ground, telling Yang Ding about the process of his family's humiliation.
Until this time, the wounds of this Dong Cavalry have not been bandaged, and the whole body is covered with blood, it is really miserable for those who see it, and those who hear it sigh bitterly, and then listen to him say that the process of cutting off his nose, cutting his ears, and stripping his clothes and armor, and hearing that at that time, the generals around Wen Chou were actually laughing, and the officers who came to the tent couldn't hold it back, and scolded one by one.
This Dong Qi said: "Wenwu Meng asked me to pass the message to the school captain. ”
Yang Ding was also very annoyed, his face flushed, suppressed his anger, and asked, "What did Wenwu tell you to send to me?" ”
"Wen Wu Meng said, Wen Wu Meng said ......."
"Speak up!"
"Wen Wumeng said: The captain is just a rat's ear in his eyes, and the captain and the captain ......."
"How am I?"
"Wen Wumeng said that the captain is a thing? But now they dare to block his way. If the lieutenant knows each other, he will surrender as soon as possible, and he may be able to avoid the captain's death, if he refuses to surrender ....... ”
"What if you don't descend?"
"If you refuse to surrender, I am afraid that you will be like the thousand cavalry of our department sent by the captain a few days ago, and the tiger soldiers under his account will be taken the head and replaced for military merits."
Yang Ding was furious, slapped the case in front of him suddenly, and said angrily: "Although the two sides are enemies today, we have never been rude, and we must call him 'civil and military fierce', but I didn't expect him to insult me like this!" Someone's coming....... ”
All the officers in the tent lay on the ground and said loudly: "Please give the order of the captain, I will wait for this to order the troops out of the camp and kill him on his back!" ”
“…… Go and ask me, has the envoy I sent to Yique Pass to report for help come back? ”
The officers looked at each other: "Captain? ”
Yang Ding turned his anger into laughter, laughed, and said: "Wenwu is fierce and resourceful, he is a method of agitation, don't you see it?" If I am provoked by him, I will fall into his scheme. At the beginning, I thought that the civil and military forces came to attack this time, and the troops were many new soldiers, and the combat strength would be weak, so I sent a thousand horsemen to explore his reality earlier, but I didn't expect that he was more old than new, and he won a small victory, which was really worthy of the name of 'heroic and good fighting', he won both victories, and the morale of the army was set high at this time, it was reported that he only brought thousands of men and horses to challenge our department, it is conceivable that these thousands of men and horses must be the elite of his department, and I waited for the camp to fight with him, and the chances of winning were really small. Don't be impatient, you all know: I heard that the civil and military forces were approaching in the morning, so I had sent an envoy to Yique Pass to ask for help, and calculated the distance, and at the latest tonight, the envoy who went to report for help could arrive at the pass, and General Hu ordered the troops to be able to leave the pass tomorrow, and at most the reinforcements could arrive in the morning after tomorrow. And when the reinforcements come, the reinforcements will attack it in the north, and our troops will rush out of the camp and attack on both sides, why is it difficult to win? (To be continued......)