Chapter 493: A Trick to Attack the Heart

Hua An was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and walked outside the big tent, and all the generals in the tent showed surprised expressions, and walked out of the big tent behind Hua An.

Outside the Chinese army's big tent, nearly 100 Wudang Feijun carried the corpses of dozens of rebel generals and gently placed them on the ground.

Zhuge Xiong pointed to the two rebel generals wearing golden armor and said loudly: "General, these two are the rebel generals Deng Ding and Kui Wen, and the rest of them are all subordinate generals under their command, and they are all served by our army." After speaking, he showed a proud expression.

"Okay, well done, you deserve to be a flying army, you have made a great contribution." Hua An praised Zhuge Xiong loudly.

"The rebel generals are dead and wounded, presumably the main force of the rebel army must have collapsed, and now our army will have no worries about attacking Chengdu." A general of the Northern Expeditionary Army said happily.

"The rebels in Chengdu have lost foreign aid, like a turtle in an urn, and the end is not far away." Another general of the Northern Expeditionary Army said affirmatively.

Hua An smiled indifferently, looked at Zhuge Xiong, and asked about the process of killing the rebel general, and Zhuge Xiong carefully recounted the detailed process from discovering the main force of the rebels to the beginning of killing the rebels.

When the generals listened, they all applauded and praised Zhuge Xiong for his courage and knowledge, Hua An couldn't stop nodding, Zhuge Xiong and the table of the Wudang Fei Army under his command were all in his expectation, and the magic stroke of launching a fire attack exceeded Hua An's expectations, and achieved better results.

Looking at the somewhat miserable corpses of the rebels on the ground, Hua An thought for a while and said softly: "Come on, dispose of these corpses and remove the blood stains from their bodies." and wrapped them in a white cloth, so that they might die peacefully. After speaking, he looked at the soldiers behind him.

"Yes, General." The soldiers loudly accepted Hua'an's orders and began to tidy up the clothes and grooming of the rebel generals.

Although the rebel generals were enemies of themselves, Hua'an did not have much hatred for them, after all, they were not the generals of the Great Jin Dynasty in the first place, nor were they favored by the Great Jin court, but after defecting to the Great Jin, they were suppressed in terms of status. Thus a rebellious heart is born.

As a general who commands a thousand armies. Hua'an felt that it was necessary for them to die with dignity, at least not unkempt and still in mass graves.

Seeing that Hua'an treated his opponent so leniently, the generals under his command all sighed, and no one raised objections to this matter.

"Wang San. Siege equipment built by the baggage battalion. How's the preparation? Hua An looked at Wang San. Asked softly.

Wang San replied truthfully: "Big brother, it's only been two days, and the baggage camp is understaffed. Even with the help of the soldiers of the main army, only a small number of siege equipment were built, which was not enough to launch an attack on Chengdu at present. ”

Hua An nodded and said softly: "Let the soldiers work hard, speed up some progress, and in three days, our army must attack the city." ”

"Yes, big brother, I will supervise the baggage camp." Wang San hurriedly replied.

Hua An waved his hand, motioning for the generals to return to their respective teams and help the baggage battalion build siege equipment.

Hua An took one last look at the corpse of the rebel on the ground, turned around and walked into the Chinese army's tent, Zhang Yu and Xie Siming glanced at each other and followed in.

Seeing Zhang Yu and Xie Siming following up on the big tent, Hua An knew that they must have something to say, so he turned around and looked at the two of them and said softly, "Is there something wrong with the two adults?" ”

Xie Siming smiled first and said softly: "The so-called siege is the bottom and the heart is the top, why should the general be obsessed with attacking the city and forget the plan to attack the heart?" ”

"Yes! General, now that the rebel generals Deng Ding and Kui Wen are dead, this is the best time for our army to attack the heart, and the general must not miss it. Zhang Yu echoed.

Hearing this, Hua An frowned lightly and asked: "The plan to attack the heart, forgive me will be dull, you two might as well be more specific." ”

Xie Siming pointed to the outside of the tent, hugged his fists and said: "The general asked his soldiers to tidy up the clothes and appearance of the rebel generals, I don't know what to do with them next?" ”

When Hua An heard this, he was slightly surprised, and hurriedly said: "Naturally, let them be buried in the ground, and it will be difficult to whip them at the cost." ”

Xie Siming smiled and said softly: "The task of letting the rebel generals settle in the ground, it is better to hand it over to the rebels in the city, and the general can send all the corpses of the rebel generals to Chengdu and hand them over to the rebels." ”

"Sending the corpse of the rebel to Chengdu, this is your plan to attack the heart, but it is a bit interesting." Hua An said softly.

Zhang Yu hugged his fists and said: "General, the main force of the rebels has been dispersed, but the rebel soldiers in the city may not be able to know, as long as the rebel generals block this unfavorable news, it will make many rebel soldiers have a fluke mentality, so as to resist our army to the death, and send the bodies of Deng Ding and Kui Wen and other rebel generals to Chengdu, you can really tell the rebel soldiers that their main force has been completely annihilated by our army, which is extraordinary to the rebels, and it is incomparable to any rumors." ”

When Hua An heard this, he felt that it made sense, the corpses of the rebel generals such as Deng Ding and Kui Wen would make the rebel soldiers in the city believe that their main force had been completely annihilated, so that they would lose confidence in continuing to hold on, and even completely lose confidence in the new imperial court.

"Okay, it's a plan to attack the heart, the general has decided, as long as the soldiers sort out the corpses of the rebels, they will be sent to Chengdu immediately, and the two adults can write a letter of persuasion to surrender, so that the rebels in the city can go out of the city and surrender, so that the rebels can be more able to disintegrate the rebels." Huaan said loudly.

"Yes, General, leave this matter to us." Zhang Yu and Xie Siming clenched their fists and took the order, and then left the big tent.

Hua An closed his eyes and began to think about the expressions of the rebel soldiers when they saw the corpses of Deng Ding and Kui Wen and other generals, shock, anger, fear, and despair, these expressions surrounded Hua An's eyes from time to time.

Soon, Hua An's personal soldiers disposed of the corpses of the rebel generals, and at the same time, Zhang Yu and Xie Siming also wrote documents to persuade them to surrender.

Zhang Yu and Xie Siming discussed it, and finally decided that Zhang Yu would lead fifty soldiers to transport the corpses of the rebel generals to Chengdu, because the young Zhang Yu was just a little-known person, and Xie Siming was a celebrity in Shu.

Zhang Yu led 50 soldiers and 20 baggage carts to carry the corpses of the rebel generals and slowly drove towards the north gate of Chengdu.

Since the Jin army camp was only more than ten miles away from the north gate of Chengdu, Zhang Yu and his entourage quickly arrived at the north gate of Chengdu and stopped at the edge of the moat.

The rebel colonel, who was standing guard on the tower of the city gate, saw that a small army of the Jin army had arrived under the city, and there were twenty baggage carts, and felt that he was not here to attack the city, so he looked at the small soldiers beside him and said hurriedly: "Go and call the military master." ”

After giving orders to the soldiers, the colonel turned to the city and shouted: "Whoever is outside the city, report your name." ”

Zhang Yu arched his hand towards the city, and said loudly: "This general, below is Sima Zhang Yu, a marching soldier under General Hua's account, who has come today to have something important, please open the city gate." After speaking, he looked in the direction of the city gate tower.

"Zhang Yu? I haven't heard of it, you wait first, our military master will be here soon. The little colonel yelled angrily.

It didn't take long for the rebel army leader who was on duty to ascend the city gate tower, and after listening to the preliminary report of the colonel, he looked at Zhang Yu and his party and asked, "Are you here, is there anything wrong?" ”

Zhang Yu arched his hand and said: "This general, on the order of General Hua, has sent the corpses of more than 20 generals including General Deng and General Kui of your department, please open the city gate and let me wait to enter." ”

When the rebel army lord heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and the rebels on the city wall were also a little moved when they heard it, Deng and Kui, the two generals, were the mainstays of their new imperial court, if they had been killed in battle, then it would mean that Chengdu had lost foreign aid, and the consequences would be quite severe.

"Lord, there were rumors in the army yesterday that the main force of our army was ambushed in the Sheep Intestine Valley, is this all true, General Deng and General Kui have been killed in battle." Xiao Xiao looked at the baggage cart under the city and said in a panic.

The rebel army leader was furious when he heard this, and reprimanded: "Shame nonsense, the distance is so far, how can you see clearly who is lying on it, the Jin army is good at deception, what if it is the elite soldiers of the Jin army, we have to guard against it." After speaking, he looked behind Zhang Yu and his party, and carefully checked the movement outside the city gate, in case the Jin army had a conspiracy to attack the city.

"General, we've been waiting for a long time, please open the city gate and let me wait in." Zhang Yu shouted loudly again.

When the rebel commander heard this, he shouted loudly: "The prime minister has ordered that the city gate shall not be opened at will, since you are sending the corpse, put down the car, and you can go back." After speaking, he closely watched Zhang Yu's every move.

Seeing that the rebel generals insisted on refusing to open the city gate, Zhang Yu knew that no matter how much he forced, it would be useless, so he hugged his fists and said: "In this case, the bodies of more than 20 generals of your department are placed here, and I will take my leave." With a wave of his hand, he motioned for the fifty soldiers behind him to return to the camp.

Seeing this, the fifty soldiers put down their baggage carts and, under the leadership of Zhang Yu, returned to the Jin army camp along the same road.

The rebel army lord on the tower of the city gate has been paying close attention to the every move of Zhang Yu and his party, and only then did he relax when he saw the figures of Zhang Yu and the others disappearing into the distance.

"Lord, they have gone far, should we open the city gate and go out to have a look." The Colonel said softly.

The rebel army leader frowned and shook his head, and said: "The prime minister has an order, you must not open the city gate at will, we, as generals, must obey the prime minister's orders, you take a few soldiers and go down from here to check the situation." As he spoke, he looked at the hanging basket in front of him.

"Yes, General." The colonel answered, led the two soldiers, rode down to the bottom of the city wall in a hanging basket, and immediately walked to the edge of the moat.

The rebel colonel carefully observed the corpses on the baggage cart on the other side of the moat, and after a while, turned to look at the city gate tower and shouted: "General, the corpses are all covered with white cloths, and you can't see clearly!" (To be continued......)