Yuan Wuben slowly straightened up, and everything was over. As the opposing general said, he lost, and he lost cleanly. This so-called act of "conforming to the mandate of heaven and relieving the people from hanging" was a farce from the beginning. He led an army of 30,000 men, but in less than an hour he was defeated by an unknown young man of unknown origin with a position of no more than five ranks, and 4,000 disheveled cavalry. According to this ratio, the Duke of Chu is known as 300,000 people, can he be the opponent's army of tens of thousands?

After extreme despair, people often show a certain unusual calmness. Now Yuan Wu is like this, he no longer tries to commit suicide, and no longer thinks about how to avenge his nephew, but politely arches his hand to Xuzi, and asks politely like a friend for the first time: "Where did the general come from, can you tell me?" ”

Li Xu was stunned by Yuan Wuben's strange performance, and before he could answer, Li Mengwei had already rushed over, pointed at Yuan Wuben's face with the tip of his knife, and scolded loudly: "The master rushed back from Liaodong thousands of miles away, if it weren't for a few of you clowns making trouble, the master would have leveled Goguryeo by now!"

"Liaodong?" Yuan Wuben asked in surprise. Today, he only dared to lead the army to meet the battle, because he thought that the people who came were just temporary patchwork from nearby states and counties, and tried to take advantage of the main force of the army to besiege Luoyang. According to a detailed report this morning, the soldiers and horses who hurried back from Liaodong were still 700 miles away, and it was impossible for them to rush to the foot of Liyang City so quickly.

"Yuan has already admitted defeat, why should the general lie to me about the person who is about to die?" Yuan Wuben didn't want to believe Li Mengwei's words, sneered, and protested.

"We are indeed from Liaodong!" Seeing that Yuan Wuben no longer tried to resist, Li Xu put away his bow and replied politely. Liyang City is still in the hands of the rebels, and Yuan Wu is the key person in capturing Liyang, so Xuzi does not dare to treat him slowly. After answering, he called Zhao Ziming, the chief historian, and Cui Qian, the school captain, and ordered the two to restrain the soldiers and prevent them from harming the soldiers who put down their weapons. For the routed army that has fled far away, do not continue to chase and kill, let them fend for themselves.

Yuan Wuben quietly watched Li Xu finish arranging everything. This is exactly what he wants to negotiate with the other party. If you rebel yourself, you will only be guilty of death. But the peasants and boatmen who were brought in were not guilty, and the officials and soldiers of the court should not have exterminated them. Seeing that the other party didn't have to make his own words and requests, he was in a good mood, smiled sadly, and asked: "Since the general does not allow Yuan to commit suicide to thank the world, how are you going to deal with Yuan?" ”

"Liyang City is still in your hands, I don't want more dead people!" Li Xu was stunned again and replied hastily. In his vision, most of the traitors should be a picture of the most vicious, worthy of the atrocities he saw along the way. And Yuan Wuben's wisdom and honesty were somewhat beyond his expectations, and even when he had just ordered that no prisoners should be mutilated, the other party seemed to have guessed all his thoughts.

Dealing with people who are too smart is a headache, and Asahiko knows that her eloquence may not be able to convince Moto. Just as he was searching his stomach and thinking about the next sentence, Yuan Wuben opened his mouth first, "Lord Lang wants to make Yuan sacrifice the city, dare to ask your lordship, what is the benefit of doing this for Yuan?" ”

"Benefits?" Li Xu's eyes instantly widened. He didn't want to storm Liyang City, the number of brothers in the Xiongwu Battalion was limited, and Liyang City had always existed as the granary of the Great Sui, and the city walls must not be too thin. But the argument of avoiding the continued misery of living beings obviously did not impress Yuan Wuben. According to the law of the Great Sui, Yuan Wuben, as the backbone of the anti-thief, will definitely be exterminated. When a man knows that his whole family is going to be killed, and someone exhorts him to show kindness to the people, is this not a plot against the tiger?

"The son of a bitch raised you and made you angry!" Li Mengwei roared and jumped off the horse, and went up to get a few old punches. I've seen a place of captivity, but I've never seen such a bullish captive. If you don't beat him all over the ground to find his teeth, he will write his Li character upside down. But after three or five blows, his fist couldn't go down again. Yuan Wuben put on a calm appearance, not hiding, not dodging, not begging for mercy, not moaning, as if it was not himself who was being beaten at all.

"Stop! Don't hurt Lord Yuan!" Li Xu hurriedly spoke. The strength of the school captain Li Mengwei's fist is not small, once Yuan Wuben is killed, it will take more time for everyone to attack the city.

Li Meng snorted and stood aside, his eyes constantly roaming over Yuan Wu himself. This man is so strange that he doesn't look like a captive. Since being defeated, the rest of the rebel soldiers have fallen to their knees. And this "county guard", who has only been in office for less than two months, can be described as calm and calm.

"This captain has a lot of strength!" Yuan Wuben straightened up again, wiped the blood on his face, and said proudly. After a pause, he arched his hand to Li Xu again, "Thank you for the mercy of the general's subordinates, Yuan is unforgettable!"

"How offended!" Li Xu had to return the favor with courtesy. The other party's bearing and courage have won his respect, if people are not even afraid of death, there is indeed no one who can do anything about him.

Yu Wenshi ended the pursuit of the rebels and hurried over. Far away, he saw this strange scene. With intuition, he guessed that Li Xu captured Yuan Wu alive in order to take Liyang without blood. But Xu Zi obviously didn't understand the trick played between the scholars and doctors, and the Yuan Wu in front of him was arrogant, in contrast, Li Xu, Li Mengwei and others were stupid, as if they had just lost a battle.

Yu Wenshi and jumped off the war horse, smiled and walked towards Yuan Wuben, stood five feet in front of the other party, hugged his fists, attached his heart, and bowed down with the courtesy of his peers, "Yu Wenshi and the name of Lord Yuan have long been heard, and it is an honor to see them one day." ”

"I have heard the name of the son for a long time, fortunately, fortunately!" Yuan Wuben opened half of his body on the side and returned to each other. He had heard of the name of the Yuwen Shi, and he also knew the weight of the Yuwen family. Thinking about it today, he was planted in the hands of the Great Sui Horse Governor, and he felt more and more calm.

If someone happened to pass by at this moment, they would not believe that Yuan Wuben and Yu Wenshi were still life and death opponents before Half Pillar Incense. The two politely greeted each other, politely greeted the cold and asked for warmth, and politely sighed that creation made people, and they actually met on the battlefield. politely treated Li Xu and the others in the Xiongwu camp as clay puppets.

The soldiers who had gone to chase the enemy army rushed back and gave orders to the commander in turn. The soldier who was responsible for collecting the wounded and counting the number of casualties also completed the task, holding a stack of lists of people, waiting for the chief general and the overseer to check it. The soldiers who were in charge of containing the prisoners and collecting the spoils of war had almost completed their tasks, and stepped forward to ask for advice on how to deal with the aftermath. Seeing Lord Yuwen chatting with the enemy general, he stood beside Li Xu in a daze.

"At this time, the outcome is already clear, why bother to bring the people of the whole city to the funeral?" Yu Wenshi and Yuan Wuben sighed that their fate was enough, and slowly turned the conversation to the main topic.

"Yuan has already admitted defeat, Yuan is just asking, if Yuan sacrifices the city, how will the generals be rewarded!" Yuan Wuben put away his smile, showed an indifferent look again, and replied.

This attitude angered many generals, and everyone gathered around them, wanting to teach this person another lesson. Yu Wenshi waved his hand and stopped the group's further action. "After taking Liyang, I will behead you for public display. As for your family, young and old, they will all become the private slaves of the Yuwen family!" He thought for a moment and said solemnly. It seems that he has just reached a deal with Yuan Wuben.

Everyone including Li Xu was stunned again, telling the other party before using a person that he was about to kill him, and he would turn his family into slaves, this kind of "reward" condition was only Yu Wenshi and could think of! But Yuan Wu ate this set, closed his eyes and thought about it, and actually walked to Yu Wenshi and the horse, knelt down, and kowtowed to the prime minister.

"Yuan, thank you General Yuwen!" Yuan Wuben stroked his hand and forehead, and lowered his head deeply. One bow, another bow, three baits!

In the astonished eyes of everyone, Yu Wenshi and received three bows from Yuan Wuben. Then he helped the other person up with both hands. "The general's name is too obvious, and I can only do that!" He explained politely, his tone full of helplessness.

Yuan Wuben shook his head lightly and took a few steps back. The general of the Yuwen family led another horse and climbed up with Yuan Wuben.

"Dare to ask the two generals, what do these two soldiers plan to do?" Yuan Wuben, who climbed on the back of the horse, resumed his lofty posture and asked proudly.

"This?" Li Xu looked at Yu Wenshiji, hoping that the other party could say and find a suitable plan. Just now, Zhao Ziming and He Cui Qian had already conveyed his general order, except for a few soldiers who ran too far, most of the soldiers had already ridden their horses back. At present, there are only more than 4,000 soldiers in the Xiongwu Battalion, and there are more than 20,000 prisoners kneeling on the ground waiting to be processed! With the overall situation uncertain, it is definitely a burden to have so many prisoners around. In the event of a sudden bombing of the camp by a prisoner in a battle with an enemy army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Please give me advice!" Yu Wenshi and the opportunity to give advice without hesitation were handed over to Yuan Wuben.

"Liyang's grain storage is at least enough for an army of 100,000 to consume for five years! They," Motomoto sneered and pointed at the trembling captives on their knees, "Do you think they know what they're doing?" ”

"They know they just don't have a choice!" Without waiting for Yu Wenshi to answer, Li Xu interjected coldly. He suddenly felt very regretful, regretting that he didn't personally give the surname Yuan just now. With his right hand on the hilt, he heard his knuckles rattle.

Alcohol's note: Good news, after the relevant editing and revision, the guide book has finally been published, and the major Xinhua bookstores will arrive one after another in the near future. Readers who liked this book are invited to tell each other. That is: according to the requirements of the relevant departments, the Han army in the book was changed to the Song army. As a result, historical errors and confusion of names have resulted in drunkards who have no choice but to apologize for the accident.

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