Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏreadx;? The next day, Shangguan Xiu left Shenchi and returned to the Zhenjun military camp, and at the same time he sent a message to Xijing, asking Meng Tian to select two reliable and strong girls from the Tang army, preferably orphan girls, naturalized to the Meng family, and then sent to the temple of Shenchi to protect the holy woman.

The Divine Pool is not Shangguan Xiu's territory, and it is impossible for him to choose a safe and reliable woman in the Divine Pond for a while, and it is the best way to pick out the right person from the army of the Shura Hall.

Meng Tian is an authentic Shenchi person, and naturalization of the Meng family is equivalent to naturalization of Shenchi, so that the two women he wants are also equivalent to being from Shenchi.

The reason why he emphasized the background of the orphan girl is that she has no worries, her family will not be used or coerced, and the two of them can work in the temple with peace of mind and protect the saint.

When Shangguan Xiu returned to the Zhenjun Army, tens of thousands of rebels were still besieged by the Zhenjun Army.

And at this time, Zhao Chen suddenly received a flying pigeon from the secret flag spies, and the rebel Second Army Corps in Shangjing and the rebel Fifth and Sixth Army Corps in Anjun are now marching at full speed in the direction of Shenchi.

The 300,000 rebels are menacing, and once they arrive at the Shenchi battlefield, it is too difficult to defeat the 300,000 enemy troops with the strength of the First Army of the Zhenjun Army alone.

Shangguan Xiu immediately made a decision and sent a message to An Yifu's Fourth Army, ordering him to drag down the Fifth and Sixth Army Corps that rushed over from An County no matter what.

As for the Second Army of the rebels who rushed from Shangjing, Shangguan Xiu could only lead the army to defeat the enemy, but before facing the enemy, he needed to clear the tens of thousands of remnants of the rebels who were besieged by his own side.

In the tent of the Chinese army,

Luo Ren said: "Brother Xiu, there are still 60,000 or 70,000 remnants of the enemy's army, and they have been trapped in the place, and the fortifications have been done, our army will fight with all its strength, although it can completely annihilate the enemy, but its own casualties will also be very large, and then we will turn around to meet the enemy's second legion, and our army's combat strength, I am afraid that there will be a shortage,"

Shangguan Xiu rubbed his chin and asked, "Ah Ren, in your opinion,"

"The enemy army has been trapped for two days, people are sleepy and horses are tired, hungry, ammunition and food are exhausted, it has already become the end of a strong crossbow, our army is not to fight, it is better to send people to surrender, as long as Brother Xiu pardons their capital crimes, I think, the vast majority of the enemy army will still surrender," Luo Ren Zhengse said,

Shangguan Xiu asked with a smile: "Will the rebels surrender, will I do what the rebels wish?"

"Brother Xiu......"

"Needless to say, I will never say anything to the rebels, and the order will be passed on, and the artillery battalions of each corps will be ready for battle, and when the order to attack is issued, all the shells in their respective battalions will be fired into the rebel positions,"

Shangguan Xiu said categorically, Luo Ren stood in place, did not move, and did not say a word, after this battle, how many soldiers will be killed and injured on his side, he can't be sure now, but the sixty or seventy thousand rebels who are trapped are afraid that none of them will survive,

Luo Ren has never hated the rebels as much as Shangguan Xiu, but his sympathy accounts for the majority, and he really can't bear to kill them all like this.

Seeing him standing in place like a wooden stake, not moving, Shangguan Xiu frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "Luo Ren, didn't you hear my order?"

"Brother Xiu, the rebels are also popular people, and they don't all deserve to ......" Before the last word was spoken, Shangguan Xiu slapped the table suddenly, making a crisp sound,

Luo Ren's unfinished words also came to an abrupt end, Shangguan Xiu stared at him for a moment, and said to the generals and strategists who were dumbfounded: "General Luo is tired, in today's battle, he is not suitable to be a commander anymore, and the generals will directly listen to my orders,"

"......" Everyone present looked at each other, and no one spoke, >

Shangguan Xiu's eyes were like lightning, he glanced at everyone, and asked, "Didn't you hear me clearly?"

"Yes, Your Highness," the people woke up like a dream, and the officers intervened to give salutes, and the counsellors bowed their hands.

"You," Shangguan Xiu looked at Luo Ren and said, "Just leave me in the camp tent, have a good rest, and reflect on it by the way," After speaking, he strode out, and the generals followed closely behind, following Shangguan Xiu out of the Zhongjun tent,

When Cao Lei and Hao Chu passed by Luo Ren's side, they didn't forget to pat him on the shoulder to express comfort, now Cao Lei and Hao Chu are already the deputy commanders of the First Legion of the Zhenjun Army, and in the legion, the status of the two is second only to Luo Ren.

Out of the camp, Cao Lei and Hao Shu quickly caught up with Shangguan Xiu, Cao Lei walked beside Shangguan Xiu, shook his head, and said angrily: "Brother Xiu, don't blame Ah Ren for this incident, in the battlefield of the national war, Ah Ren has never been soft on the enemy, and the reason why he is soft on the rebels is mainly because they are all wind people,"

"Internal mourning and instability, what to talk about the grand plan, the harm of the rebels, far better than the enemy country, throughout the ages, the empire has mostly perished due to internal troubles, and there are a few people who perished because of external enemies," Shangguan Xiu said meaningfully: "In extraordinary times, it is even more necessary to be cautious in words and deeds, once the words of sympathy for the rebels are spread, how can the soldiers go to war with the rebels, and how many ministers in the DPRK and China will impeach them, it is simply asking for trouble,"

Cao Lei and Hao Shu glanced at each other, and no one said anything more,

The order for the whole army to attack was quickly conveyed, and ten corps of the Zhenjun Army, with thousands of artillery pieces, launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the rebel positions.

The artillery bombardment of the Zhenjun army did not end after a while, but seemed to be endless, round after round, blowing up the fortifications arranged by the rebels to a thousand holes.

When the Zhenjun army was shelling, some people in the rebel position held high white flags, and tens of thousands of rebels ran towards the Zhenjun army camp, and at the same time people shouted repeatedly: "Don't fight, don't fight, we surrender, we surrender......"

The news that a rebel brigade had surrendered to his own side soon spread to Shangguan Xiu, who was surrounded by Cao Lei, Hao Shu and many other generals, who looked around at everyone and asked, "Do you think we should accept this surrendered rebel army or not?"

Cao Lei and Hao Zhu generals did not answer, Luo Ren only sympathized with the rebels, and now he has been temporarily deprived of the command of the legion, if he said at this time that he should accept the surrendered rebels, then he really took the initiative to hit the muzzle,

Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "You generals don't know how to answer such a simple question,"

"The villain thinks that we should accept the surrendered rebels," the voice did not come from among the generals, but from the soldiers on the side, everyone turned their heads to look over, and between the words, it was Cai Huang, who had just made a great contribution,

People grinned secretly, there are really people who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they rush up against the wind,

Just when people thought that Cai Huang was going to be unlucky, he added: "After the surrender, His Highness can behead all the rebels who surrendered, so that they will never suffer in the future, and they will not be able to fight the trapped beasts, which will only increase the casualties of our soldiers,"

When Shangguan Xiu heard this, he laughed on his back and said, "This is a good policy," as he spoke, he took out a token, handed it to Cai Huang, and said: "Cai Huang, you take my token, go to the First Corps, and let General Di accept the surrender, and after that, do it according to your wishes, you are responsible for supervising the beheading,"

"Yes, Your Highness," Cai Huang agreed, took the token, and was just about to take the order, Shangguan Xiu stretched out his hand to stop him again, and said: "If I remember correctly, there is still a vacancy of a deputy commander in the First Corps, so you can fill it,"

"Villain...... The last general, thank Your Highness, "Cai Huang respectfully intervened to receive the order, on his face, there was not much fluctuation, but his heart had already jumped to his throat, his blood was surging, and his hair was about to stand on end,

Deputy corps commander, in a corps, under one person, above 10,000 people, and also the deputy corps commander of the Zhenjun Army, his identity is even more extraordinary.

Everyone present looked at Cai Huang's back and sighed in their hearts, Cai Huang just came up with a despicable plan, and was promoted to deputy commander by His Royal Highness, how much His Highness hates the rebels,

Of course, Shangguan Xiu did not promote him to deputy commander because of Cai Huang's strategy at this time, in the battle to kill the rebel commander Wu Fang, Cai Huang made great contributions, and Shangguan Xiu promoted him on the basis of this merit,

The reason why Cai Huang was promoted in public at this time was mainly for the generals present, and through Cai Huang to warn them that those who sympathized with the rebels would be punished, and those who were ruthless to the rebels would be rewarded.

The Zhenjun army did not kill all the rebels who surrendered, but opened the net and released them out of the encirclement.

In the next shelling, the trapped rebels surrendered to the Zhenjun army one after another, for the surrendered rebels, the Zhenjun army took all the orders, but the next thing to greet the surrendered rebels was not a full meal, but a bloody ghost head knife,

The artillery bombardment of the Zhenjun army continued until the evening, and the rebels trapped at this time, excluding those who were killed and wounded and surrendered, were left with less than 10,000 soldiers.

Next, the ten corps of the Zhenjun Army launched a comprehensive advance to the rebel positions from all directions.

The rebels, who have less than 10,000 men and have run out of ammunition and food, how can they withstand the all-out onslaught of the Zhenjun army?

The battle didn't last half an hour before it ended, and by the time it got dark, the soldiers of the Zhenjun Army had already cleaned up the battlefield in the rebels' positions and cleaned up the mess.

Tens of thousands of rebels who surrendered, none of them were spared, under Cai Huang's supervision, they were slaughtered, and the remaining craters on the battlefield became a place for the rebels to bury their bones.

The description of this battle in later generations is: Ten thousand bones are exposed in the wilderness, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, the wailing is like a ghost crying, and it has not been stopped for a hundred years.

In the two incidents of suppressing the rebels, Shangguan Xiu played the role of the executioner, and his hands were covered with blood, which was also the place where he was most criticized by later generations.

The 200,000 troops besieging Shenchi, led by Wu Fang, were almost wiped out by the Zhenjun army commanded by Shangguan Xiu, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to the Tang Yu court.

This battle also opened the prelude to the decline of the Tang Yu court.

The Second Army of the rebels, which rushed from Shangjing to Shenchi for reinforcements, immediately gave up the reinforcement operation after hearing the news of the annihilation of their 200,000 troops, and the whole army retreated in a hurry and returned to Shangjing by the same route.

The rebels' escape without a fight undoubtedly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Zhenjun Army.

At the same time, the Fourth Army Corps, led by An Yifu, had launched a full-scale confrontation with the rebels' Fifth and Sixth Army Corps.

The Fifth and Sixth Legions of the Tang Yu Imperial Court, among the many legions under his command, can be regarded as the two legions with the strongest combat power and the most rigorous governance.

The soldiers of these two legions, all from Sichuan County, are the direct legions of the German king Tang Cheng, at this time, the rebel commander who commands these two legions is the lord of Qingyun County, Tang Wanyun,