Chapter 590: Sima's Thoughts
Ning Ze's exaggerated combat power, coupled with the success of the trap tactic, caused Sima Fa's main force to be defeated.
Although Sima Fa was not captured, he took down Li Tie, Zhang Kang, You Xian, Zhao Fu, and dozens of middle and low-level generals of the pseudo-Liang.
The Chu Meiren also succeeded in the ambush, and Lu Yuan's soldiers and horses suffered a surprise attack, and suffered huge losses in the trap, so they decisively chose to retreat.
The main forces on both sides were repulsed, and the virtual troops attacking Xu Jun and Zhou Kang got the news and chose to evacuate after losing a small part of their troops.
Sima Fa led the defeated soldiers over the mountains and forests to return to the camp, waited until the other two lines of soldiers and horses withdrew, and after careful counting, he found that dozens of generals and nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses had not returned. It's hard to accept that this is so tragic.
Lu Yuan found that Sima Fa's team had suffered so much loss, several times worse than his own way, and he was a little incredulous. At the moment, he said: "The last general was ambushed by enemy troops along the way and strayed into a trap. The enemy uses hex (bombs) and cannot resist it. It seems that the enemy's main forces are all in the south, why did the army and division suffer such a heavy defeat?"
Lu Yuan's words were not good, but Sima Fa knew that he didn't mean anything else, but he just spoke too straight, so he didn't get angry, but replied seriously: "There are also a large number of enemy troops in the middle of the road who ambush first, Ning Ze personally led the army, cast spells, and our army was defeated! If it weren't for the occasional palpitations, he changed his clothes in advance and pretended to be someone else, and he was afraid that he would die on the spot." It's just a pity for the generals......"
"Didn't Ning Ze go to Star Fruit Mountain?" Lu Yuan was shocked when he heard this, "Why did you appear here?"
"I'm afraid that the matter of Carambola Mountain has been resolved, and I will secretly return to the city!" Sima Fa said, "Except for him, who can easily peek through my strategy?"
"It seems that he is so elusive, how can he be the enemy?" Lu Yuan was a little worried, "Does the military advisor have a strategy?"
Sima Fa pondered for a long time, and shook his head helplessly: "Our army has suffered a heavy defeat so far, and the losses are huge. At present, the morale of the enemy army is booming, and with Ning Ze in charge, the morale difference is too much, and he is unable to fight. can only avoid its edge and withdraw to Wuqing for the time being. ”
"The captured generals, just give up?" Lu Yuan said urgently.
"In the current situation, no matter how unwilling you are, you can't do anything!" Sima Fa said, "The rebellion of Lu Wei and Mrs. Tian has weakened my Great Liang by half. Our army suffered repeated heavy defeats, the morale of the army fell to the bottom, and the strength could not be replenished. Tang Niu and Ma Jian couldn't protect themselves and couldn't help, and even the monsters that they had managed to get were all folded into Ning Ze's hands. At the moment, Ning Ze is unstoppable, after retiring from the army, I will personally write to persuade Your Majesty, for the time being, send an envoy to sue for peace, delay for a while, and get a chance to breathe before making plans!"
"Seeking peace, at this time, how can Ning Ze withdraw his troops?" Lu Yuan said worriedly, "Once we see our weakness, the army will inevitably advance and approach Miliang!"
Sima Fa said to him: "General, don't worry! Since Ning Ze has returned, it means that the matter of Carambola Mountain has been successfully resolved. No matter how he completes this matter in such a short period of time, he will inevitably come into contact with the monsters in the cave. As long as he touches monsters, he will definitely be infected with the plague. Outsiders don't know about this matter, and when the epidemic spreads, how can Ning Ze be killed? Not to mention Ning Ze, no one in the entire Xigu County has been spared. At that time, there will be a panic in China, so how can we have the heart to continue the attack? We only need to wait for the opportunity, do a good job of epidemic prevention work in the whole territory, and wait until China is defeated by the plague, and then slowly retreat, so that we can recover the lost territory, and second, we can save the people and win the hearts and minds of the people.
Lu Yuan thought of the plague and admired it at the moment: "It's still the military division that strategizes, and the last general is not as good as it!" It's just that in this way, those captured generals will not escape death......
"Although I'm sorry for them, for the sake of the beam, in order to get rid of Ning Ze, I can only harden my heart. If they can survive the plague, they will regain the lost land and save them, and if they die of the plague, they can also be buried and given a wife!"
"What if Ning Ze is not infected?" Lu Yuan thought of another possibility.
"Ning Ze went to Carambola Mountain, and if he wanted to solve the problem, he must go to the cave, and he couldn't avoid meeting the monster head-on. Sima Fa said, "What's more, in the battle tonight, many soldiers witnessed Ning Ze summoning monsters, and described one of them, which was completely consistent with the one in the cave. I have instructed the military doctors to prepare for epidemic prevention work to ensure that no one is infected. Later, the general will take people to receive medical treatment, hoping that the plague will not spread to our army. ”
Lu Yuan was startled, if the plague spread to his own army, would it be okay? At that moment, he said nervously: "In this case, the last general will not dare to delay, and immediately go to the military doctor!"
After that, he prepared to retreat to Wuqing, during which the whole army was masked, and the military doctor would distribute drugs that were tested to be effective against the plague. ”
"The last general understands!"
Sima Fa's whole army was nervous about epidemic prevention for fear of being infected. Fortunately, in order to capture the leader of the blood bat, a large number of soldiers were infected. Through the efforts of the best doctors in the country, the best doctors in the country have found effective drugs against this "plague" and formulated effective measures to combat the "plague", and a crisis has been successfully resolved. Now that I have experience, I am naturally familiar with the road and am more calm and confident than before.
Sima Fa thought that Ning Ze must have been infected with the "plague" when he captured the "monster", and this trip back would inevitably infect the whole of Xigu County. Ning Ze didn't know what the other party thought, because of the big victory in the ambush and the big gains, he took the prisoners back to the county town.
This time a large number of pseudo-Liang generals were captured, although Sima Fa escaped, and Lu Yuan was not captured, it was also a good harvest.
For China, which is short of talent, capturing enemy generals and persuading them to surrender is the main source of talent, and it is also the best way to quickly fill the talent gap in a short time.
Basically, most of the captured generals, with the exception of a few die-hard people who were extremely convinced and absolutely loyal to the force, were persuaded to surrender voluntarily or forcedly.
After all, there are many hard-mouthed people, but only a few can really treat death as home.
Those who were stubborn and loyal to their own forces, but Ning Ze directly ordered to be beheaded at the beginning. Now the pressure of talent makes him reluctant to do this, and once this kind of person is persuaded to surrender, most of them still retain their essence, and do not have to worry about betrayal in the future.
Send them all to Huajun County, Jinzhou, Liu Yuanxiang's super human virtue stunts, plus persuasion skills, are the strongest weapons against them.
Return to the county town to set up a celebration banquet to congratulate the victory.
After the banquet, Xu Jun and Zhou Kang returned to their posts to guard the city.
Ning Ze asked several female generals to rest first, and personally came to the prisoner camp, first to the place where Li Tie, Zhang Kang, You Xian, and Zhao Fu were held.
Compared with other soldiers, this is the highest-ranking pseudo-Liang general, and the cell environment is the best and the most tightly guarded.
The four generals are all disgraced, they were extremely embarrassed in the previous battle, and unfortunately fell into the pit during the escape, how can they have the previous majestic image?
They were all dejected, silent, and aware of their situation. I just don't know what's next.
Seeing Ning Ze coming, Zhang Kang, You Xian, and Zhao Fu looked up at him, a little panicked.
As for Li Tie, he had no reaction to Ning Ze's arrival.
Ning Ze glanced at it and saw the difference in the attitudes of Li Tie and the other three generals.
Obviously, Li Tie is not afraid of death. He dared to pretend to be Sima Fa and put himself in the most dangerous situation, so he didn't think about life and death. Now that he is captured, he will not be afraid of beheading or other torture, and he belongs to the type that is extremely difficult to persuade to surrender.
As for the other three generals, they are all very loyal to the pseudo-Liang, but it can be seen that there is obvious fear and desire to survive in their eyes.
The chances of convincing them to surrender are greater, and the difficulty is definitely lower than Li Tie's, but they have to use the right method.
Ning Ze came to the prison door and looked at them with his hands behind his back: "What do you have to say if you dare to fight against my Huaguo Heavenly Army, and now you are captured by Lonely?"
"If you want to kill, you need to kill, no need to say more!" Li Tie did not hesitate, raised his head and glared at Ning Ze.
"Okay! what a hero!" Ning Ze squinted slightly, "Come on, pull Li Tie out." ”
"Whew!!" The cell door opened, and several soldiers entered it viciously, dragging Li Tie, whose hands and feet were chained, out.
Zhang Kang, You Xian, and Zhao Fu wanted to stop it, but they couldn't exert their strength because they were entangled in chains, so they could only watch their companions being dragged out.
Ning Ze ordered the cell door to be locked, and under the panicked gaze of the three of them, he led his subordinates to escort Li Tie outside.
Li Tie seemed to accept his fate, thinking that he was about to be beheaded, and raised his head very stiffly.
Unexpectedly, Ning Ze took him to an empty mansion, surrounded by guards, impermeable. After locking people in the bedroom, he ordered his subordinates to eat and drink well, but did not remove the handcuffs and foot cuffs, and someone was closely guarded to prevent Li Tie from escaping or using everything in the house to harm himself to achieve suicide.
After that, under Li Tie's confused eyes, he left and returned to the prison.
Because Li Tie was taken away, I don't know what life and death are, Zhang Kang, You Xian, and Zhao Fu are even more afraid, and they keep guessing what they will face next. How will the other party kill themselves, hanging, beheading, or some other way of death?
When Ning Ze returned and reappeared in front of them, the three of them were even more panicked.
Ning Ze ordered the cage to be opened, his eyes kept looking at the three of them, and he didn't say anything.
This creates an atmosphere of oppression and terror, which further crushes their psychological capacity.
After looking at it for a while, as if remembering something, Ning Ze turned around and asked the guard soldiers, "Who has dice?"
The march and battle are very stressful, and many soldiers will do various pastimes when they are resting, and betting on the size of the dice is one of them.
Hearing Ning Ze's question, someone immediately replied: "Lord Wang, the little one has a pair of dice!"
"Borrow and use!"
"Whew!" the soldier hurriedly delivered the dice to Ning Ze.
There are three in total, which seem to be handmade and relatively simple.
Ning Ze flipped the dice in his hand, turned to the three captured enemy generals who were extremely uneasy and smiled: "The night is long, and you have no intention of sleeping, why don't you play a game?" If the points are smaller than Lone, then I'm sorry! You can choose a way to die by yourself, and Lone will personally send you on your way!"
Hearing this, Zhang Kang, You Xian, and Zhao Fu's faces turned pale.