Chapter 2: Betrayal (6b)
Nearly 40,000 heavily armed officers and soldiers were of little use against 16,000 prisoners with their hands tied. In less than half an hour, the soldiers completed the task. Except for a few bandits who tried to jump into the river to escape, but were shot by the crossbowmen who had prepared for it on the bank of the river full of torches, the whole slaughter was uneventful.
After doing all this, the military Sima Zhao Ziming ordered the soldiers to pull out the camp overnight, leaving the blood-stained water far behind.
The water was surging, reflecting the fading torches, and in the dark night, it seemed that countless souls were beating on the tips of the waves. It seemed that God could not bear this kind of atrocity either, and soon it began to rain heavily. The rain diluted the blood in the river, but it could not wash away the red in people's eyes.
"How can I explain this to the general!" Unable to stop the atrocities of the captives, Wang Suba was hurrying in the rain while talking to himself in great frustration. He had argued with reason, but he could not resist the unanimous decision of most of the Boling army and local officials. The officials hated the bandits for ruining the fruits of their labor for a year, and the officers were like red-eyed gamblers, and it was difficult to say that there was still reason in their hearts.
"The general won't blame you!" Shi Fang Yannian, the commander of the army, who was familiar with military discipline, whispered comfort, "Jun Sima's official position is much higher than yours, and he is not qualified to disobey his orders." ”
"But the general asked me to stay ......at that time," Wang Xu shook his head angrily, and his figure after taking off his heavy armor looked very lonely. He understood that the reason why Li Xu left himself to clean up the aftermath was on the one hand to avoid himself from hurting himself when he saw the remnants of Sun Xuanya and others being hunted down and killed, and on the other hand, because he was from a reckless background, he would not abuse those captives because he looked down on them. But he smashed the task until he couldn't smash it anymore.
"You met the general, even though you told the truth!" Fang Yannian wiped the water on his face very hard, "The result won't be too bad." Jun Sima is also for the general! ”
"I don't see what he's thinking about the general!" The king snorted and muttered. When things came to this point, he could only follow the advice of his own patriarchal history, and when he caught up with the team at noon on the third day, he met Li Xu as quickly as possible, and truthfully reported what happened the night before.
"Zhao Sima said that General Zhang Xutuo was killed by the Wagang army, and he wanted to avoid the same thing from happening!" After telling what had happened, Wang Suba added anxiously. He thought that the commander would be furious, or the general Sima Zhao Ziming would call to reprimand him, or order someone to take him down and take him down with a military stick. However, he was surprised to find that Li Xu did not react at all, as if he didn't hear what he said, and as if he was on the battlefield the day before yesterday, his soul was instantly detached from the shell.
He turned his head sideways, trying to find some reminder in the eyes of several guards. What was even more surprising happened, he actually found that the guards who were very familiar with Ping Su and the others were all standing in the tent, and the expressions on their faces were extremely similar to those of the general.
"General Wang, you go down first. I'll send you in when you need it! "It was still Zhou Daniu, the commander of the guards, who was the most righteous, and pulled Wang Xu out at the critical moment. With a belly full of suspicion, General Wang Bei followed Zhou Daniu out of the Chinese military tent, and just wanted to open his mouth to get some news from the other party, when suddenly, he heard a heart-rending cry from the military tent.
"Go farther, don't come near unless you're summoned!" Zhou Daniu's eyes were red, and he pushed Wang Xuba more than twenty steps away. Then he took a few quick steps and blocked the tent with his body.
Several guards went out backwards and used their bodies to trap the tent of the Chinese army. None of them spoke, but anyone who wanted to get close to the tent was stopped by them with gestures.
"The general seems to be crying!" Wang Xuba stood dozens of steps away from the Chinese army's tent in a daze, and he couldn't react for a while. In the eyes of him and many low-level officers, the image of the champion general Li Xu is tantamount to a black-armored god, in addition to being worshipped, he is almost no longer a fireworks in the world. But at this moment, he found that the gods had fallen into the earthly world. "The general cried, he wept bitterly in the army. How could he cry, he was only in his early twenties after all......"
Wang Xuba suddenly noticed a detail that he didn't pay attention to, as the commander of the Boling Army, Li Xu was not yet twenty-one years old, it can be said that he was a young man, and it can also be said that he took on too many things that should not be borne at his age. For a moment, Wang Xuba actually felt a little sour in his heart, he did not return to his military tent immediately, but took the initiative to assist Zhou Daniu in the task of blocking others from approaching the Chinese army.
"The general is busy, if there is nothing important, try to come back later!"
"The general has an urgent matter to deal with, please wait a little longer!" He took on duties that he was not capable of doing with his clumsy words and stiff expressions, and in a few moments he was tired and sweaty.
Fortunately, this tiring work didn't take him too long, and after about half a pillar of incense, Zhou Daniu walked over and patted him on the shoulder again, "Don't mention this matter to others, go back and prepare, it is estimated that the people in Wupu City will be unlucky!" ”
"Hmm!" Wang Suba nodded vigorously. Of course, he didn't want to destroy the great image of his own coach, but today's events were too strange for him not to be curious. It's not just Li Xu, he vaguely feels that since yesterday evening, most of the generals of the Boling Army have behaved a little abnormally. Wang Xuba has been dating everyone for a while, and he knows a little bit about each other's temperament. He had never seen such a murderous Zhao Ziming, nor had he seen other generals of the Boling Army so bloodthirsty.
"General Zhang Xutuo is the father-in-law of the general's wife of our family. Many of the generals' behaviors are taught by the old generals! As if seeing the confusion in Wang Xuba's eyes, Zhou Daniu sighed and explained in a low voice. In our Boling army, there are more than a dozen generals who were brought out by General Zhang. Alas! The Wagang Army has created a lot of evil this time......"
An undying vengeance. Wang Xuba finally understood the reason for everyone's abnormal behavior. Born in the rivers and lakes, he knows that hatred is like fire, and once it is lit, he doesn't know how much blood it will take to extinguish it. He couldn't help but shiver, feeling deep sorrow for the rogues trapped in Wupu and Raoyang.
Those people will be the second wave of sacrifice in the flames of hatred. The old general Yang Yichen never forgave the prisoners, and General Li, who had always been kind to the defeated, was in a rage again. The rogues will pay the price for their recklessness, though it far outweighs the wrongs they have made.
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