The sky finally dawned, and people who had been waiting all night began to receive the sun's rays and felt warmer. As time passed, Yao Duan began to let the deployment report outside the city, and one important stronghold after another had been taken by the Song army, and the wounded and sick could walk around on their own, so they walked outside the city by themselves and returned to the barracks for treatment.

After waiting for noon, the spring cold of last night was gone, the hot sun shone on people, and the generals with armor and stomachs began to feel hot and dry, and drops of sweat came out of their vests.

The shouting and killing in the city has long stopped, and the sergeants who report the victory are one after another, but they are always unable to completely eliminate the remnants of the enemy, and everyone is waiting anxiously, but they see a knight in a red robe and armor galloping over, and when they see Guo Hao, they rolled off their horses, clasped their fists with both hands and said: "On the orders of General Yao, report to General Guo and the generals, the enemy troops in the city have all been cleared, and the enemy will be given the head of Wanyan and Jiujin, and hundreds of Han troops have surrendered." ”

"Good!"

Guo Hao's face was overjoyed, and he asked the officer: "How many Jin soldiers have surrendered, and where is General Yao now?" ”

"This last general doesn't know, General Yao is now in the city in the prefect's yamen to cut off military affairs, because I am afraid that there will be a recurrence in the city, please General Guo and the generals into the city to meet."

Guo Hao saw that he didn't know what to do, so he didn't ask anymore, but smiled at the rest of the people: "In this way, let's go into the city to find him." ”

Everyone has been waiting for a long time, Yao Duan came to invite at this time, presumably the city has been decided, and now one by one promised, Guo Hao took the lead, more than 100 relatives scattered to guard, the rest of Zhang Xian followed, Lu Yong followed closely behind, and everyone followed the messenger officer and went to the city together.

Taiyuan City suffered a catastrophe four years ago, the city was burned by a fire, after the Jin soldiers occupied Taiyuan, they knew that this place was important, and the people were rebuilt, but the financial difficulties of the Jin State, used to raise soldiers were still insufficient, and it cost a lot to worship the upper nobles, where there was how much money was used in Taiyuan City, a group of Song generals led troops into the city, many of them also had to be here before the two years of Jingkang, at this time, the process looked at it, the streets were dilapidated and the houses were simple. Except for the smoke and fire during the siege last night, the damage was not very great, but it was already miserable, which was sad to see.

The people also knew that the fighting in the city had stopped, and began to stand on the side of the road, and when they saw Guo Hao and others in fresh clothes and angry horses, they bowed down one by one.

Zhang Xian looked at many people, only to see that they were in tattered clothes and looked haggard, thinking of Zhang Xiaochun's words last night, his heart was sour. beckoned to his own soldiers and ordered: "You go back to the camp first, and order the quartermaster to make more steamed buns." Then boil some rice porridge and give alms to all parts of the city. ”

"Howler!"

His own soldier was born in poverty, and he had long been unable to see the situation in front of him, so he immediately agreed, turned his horse's head, and galloped to the military camp outside the city.

Zhang Xiaochun was riding a horse beside Zhang Xian, listening to it sincerely, he couldn't help but close his palms, and only said: "The general loves the people like a son, and with this kind thought, God will bless him." ”

"Adults also believe in gods and Buddhas?" Zhang Xian shook his head and smiled, and replied: "We are military generals who do this, licking blood with knives every day, and what we do is to make a living by hurting the heavens and harming people, killing people and overselling goods, it is better to become famous and die immediately, than to die of old age and sickness!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Xiaochun was stunned, Zhang Xian laughed and said, "How can a husband die in bed?" ”

The two of them talked lively, although most of the others were military generals, they only felt that Zhang Xian's topic was ominous, and they only shook their heads with a smile, and did not want to answer his words. Only Guo Hao turned around and smiled at Zhang Xian: "Old death in bed is exactly what I want." ”

At this time, Taiyuan City is under everyone's feet, a hard-headed nail is removed, everyone is in a relaxed and happy mood, and there is no mustard to talk and laugh.

Not a moment to the city of the government, the situation in Hedong is different from other places, Taiyuan is the government, the pattern is larger, and the Hedong Road Xuanfu envoy is also with the prefect, the scale of this government is huge, except for the main gate seems to have been burned, black a piece, the rest of the place is intact, Guo Hao led everyone to the front of the Ya, the corpse blood stains seem to have just been cleaned, the water traces on the blue brick ground still exist, a wisp of blood is still clearly audible.

Yao Duanjia's stomach has been removed, Zhengda Ma Jindao sat in front of the door of the instrument and asked the soldiers to bandage the wounds, seeing that the chief manager was coming, he asked people to hastily tie up the cloth head, and then did not wear clothes, strode to the door, and saluted: "The last general has seen the general Guo, and he did not ask for instructions to act rashly last night, all of them are advocated by Yao, if the general is to blame, the last general will be all." ”

He fought very easily, when everything was cleaned up, his mind was more detailed than Zhang Xian, he knew that this matter could be big or small, and Guo Hao's most important thing was just a face, so when he saw the face of the manager, he folded and pleaded guilty, and took all the blame on himself.

"There is no need to say this, the two generals made a big mistake first and then made a great contribution, how to deal with it is a matter for Your Majesty and the Privy Government, I will only report it according to the truth."

Guo Hao was in a good mood at this time, and he didn't want to distinguish with Yao Duan, so he immediately waved his hand and smiled, revealing this.

It's just that when I saw Yao wearing a white cloth diagonally on his upper body, a smell of medicine and sweat came to his nose, and he couldn't help asking: "As a general of the army, don't you still change your frizzy temper back then?" How did it get hurt? ”

Yao Duan didn't care, first bowed his hand to Zhang Jun, then nodded and smiled at Zhang Xiaochun and others, and then replied while putting on his clothes: "Last night, the golden dog was like crazy, and when he saw my cavalry rushing forward, he didn't dodge or dodge, and turned back to fight. The cavalry can't be used in the streets, the streets of Taiyuan are like ghosts and chaotic, I see that it is going to be a fighting situation, and I rush to go up in a hurry, and after killing a few, the morale of the brothers comes up, and they slash and kill together, which can be painfully tight. Before you came, I ordered the streets to be swept and the dead bodies collected, otherwise it would be too ugly to see the blood and heads all over the ground. ”

Guo Hao waited for him to finish speaking, although he was still dissatisfied, he couldn't teach him a lesson. As a general of the army, he often rushes into the enemy formation with hundreds of people, and sometimes the army fights with a momentum, and the main generals are shirtless, what else do the soldiers have to say?

immediately shook his head and smiled, and only said: "It is better to take Taiyuan later, than if you are in danger." ”

Seeing that Yao Duanhun was not taking things seriously, and he looked like a spring breeze, he didn't care, but said:

"Wanyan Jiujin is also a general, and now that he is dead, the head will naturally be presented to Chang'an, and the body will be buried. The rest of the soldiers who died in battle dug a big pit and buried them all, and now the weather is getting hotter day by day, and there must be no plague. As for the war dead of our Wang Division, record the names, and the coffins prepared by the army are buried on the spot, and the family members will be reburied in the future. ”

He is all a top priority after the victory, everyone is respectful, and he is awe-inspiring at the moment, and his own generals are ordered to go to handle it.

Guo Hao muttered again: "There are less than 10,000 people in the city, it is not difficult to pay for it, first the military camp will allocate food and relief, clothes and medicine can be allocated from the army, first settle people's hearts, as for the next step, we have our own political hall to take care of it, we don't have to pay attention to it." ”

Zhang Xian took a step forward and said with a smile: "The last general has already ordered someone to handle this matter." ”

"Okay."

Guo Hao glanced at Zhang Xian with satisfied eyes, then turned his head and asked Yao Duan: "I'm afraid that there are still seven or eight thousand Jin soldiers in the city, and the rest of the doors will report, behead more than 1,000 people, and capture more than 2,000 people. ”

"Behead five thousand."

"Huh?"

Guo Hao was surprised at first, then nodded slightly, and only said: "The wild man who leads the beast to eat people, kill it." Street fighting is dangerous, and it is not necessary to contain prisoners. ”

Several generals behind him heard this, but they were eager to try, Gao Feng, the former commander of the Holy Army, arrived a little early last night, and most of the prisoners were in his hands, so he stepped forward and asked: "Chief, it is better to dispose of the prisoners together, how can there be a reason to keep them to consume our military rations." ”

Zhang Xiaochun has been imprisoned and captured by the Jin people in recent years, and he understands in his heart that the other party is not completely an uncivilized savage, in fact, the political and military economic system is already moving closer to the Song Dynasty, but the two countries have fought extremely fiercely, and if the Song army does not surrender in the hands of the Jin soldiers, it will naturally be killed. And the Song soldiers did not have a precedent of using Jin soldiers as an army, so the prisoners were naturally killed. He had the heart to speak, but he knew that his identity was embarrassing, so he just sighed secretly and held back.

Lu Yongzhong didn't have so many taboos for him, after all, he was born as a literati jinshi, and when he thought of thousands of people tied up like chickens over there, and he was sharpening his knife to kill here, his heart suddenly tightened, and his forehead sweated, and he immediately stopped categorically: "Killing prisoners is ominous and not to mention, now Han Shumi is being ordered to go to the envoy, our army's attack on Taiyuan is a given trend, and the Jin people have nothing to say, if all the prisoners are killed and passed to Shangjing, how can Han Shumi welcome back the emperor?" ”

The book business he said was full of spirit, and everyone was dumbfounded. The Song and Jin countries are fighting strength, and it makes sense who is harder in the fist in their hands, and the more painful the Jin people who fight here, the harder the waist of the envoy in front. As soon as Lu Yongzhong spoke, even Zhang Jun showed disdain, and everyone only said in their hearts: "This person is really a straw bag." ”

If he didn't say this, it would be okay, but as soon as this remark came out, Guo Hao smiled and only said: "Peace talks between the two countries are politics, and we soldiers don't care, since the prisoners are in the way, it is better to kill them with a knife." The two countries are at war like this, what is there to say. Besides, there are all ordinary soldiers here, and there are no relatives of the Wanyan tribe, so what if you kill them. There are very few Jurchens, kill one less one, haha. ”

When the lord said this, everyone laughed in agreement, and for a time sent his own soldiers, and sent the general to kill all the captured Jin soldiers.

After the matter was dealt with, some people went separately to bury the Song soldiers, dug a big pit, buried the corpses of the Jin soldiers, and then pacified the people, extinguished the embers in the city, cleaned the streets, and rebuilt the destroyed city walls. And Guo Hao himself immediately called his senator, he said while thinking about it, and the civilian senator wrote down the situation of the war clearly, and then immediately rushed to Chang'an to report the victory.