Chapter 248: The People's Heart
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The city gate of Peicheng has been opened by the Zhenxi Army, and Shangguan Xiu and a group of subordinates followed the city gate and walked directly into Peicheng City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Peicheng is just a small small city, the people in the city are only 20,000 or 30,000 people, not enough for 100,000 troops to be stationed, at present into the city to encircle and suppress the remnants of the rebels only the first, second, third three corps, the rest of the corps was placed outside the city by Shangguan Xiu, to surround the rebels who tried to abandon the city and flee.
The Zhenxi army has attacked the city from the west of the city, and is engaged in street battles with the rebels, after Shangguanxiu and others entered the city, the streets can be seen everywhere corpses, most of which are left by the rebels.
After walking forward for a while, he saw a teahouse on the side of the road, Shangguanxiu dismounted, walked to the door of the teahouse, pushed the door, and it was locked. Xiao Jue, who dismounted with him, strode forward and kicked the door open.
As Xiao Jue broke through the door, there was also an exclamation in the teahouse. Shangguan Xiu raised his eyes and took a look, well, there were really a lot of people in the teahouse, that is, there were people dressed in different clothes, and there were also rebels wearing khaki military uniforms.
Seeing that there were still rebels hidden in the tavern, Xiao Jue beckoned to the door: "Someone!
With his shout, a large number of soldiers rushed into the tavern, grabbed the rebels in the crowd, and dragged them out without saying a word.
"The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life...... a well-dressed middle-aged man ran out from behind the counter in a panic, waved his hand again and again, and said: "They are all the people of Peicheng, they were forced to join the army by the rebels, they did not participate in the defense of the city, and they have been hiding in the teahouse." "Copy this address to the browser to see the latest chapter%77%77%77%2e%68%65%69%79%61%6e%67%65%2e%63%6f%6d
Shangguan Xiu looked at the rebels, all of them were young people who were not very old, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and their faces were pale with fright, their heads were covered with beads of sweat, and their bodies were trembling suddenly.
He waved his hand to his soldiers, looked at the middle-aged man, and asked, "Are you ......?"
"Returning to the adults, the small one is the shopkeeper of the teahouse. Although Shangguan Xiu did not wear armor and only wore civilian clothes, looking at the respectful attitude of the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army towards him, he could also guess that he was a big man in the Zhenxi Army.
"All of them are the people of Peicheng?"
"Yes...... Yes, my lord!" replied cautiously, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Shangguan Xiu nodded, walked up to several rebels, looked them up and down, and asked, "Were you forced to join the rebels?"
"Yes, yes, yes......" Several young people nodded again and again. Shangguan Xiu didn't ask any more, and said to the soldiers under him, "Let them go." Then he kindly reminded the youths: "Take off your rebel uniforms quickly, if you still want to live." ”
Several young men were stunned for a moment before they came back to their senses, and hurriedly began to take off their clothes. At this moment, someone outside the teahouse said: "If you commit the following crimes, against the imperial court, your crime should be punished, and you should be killed to make an example, so as to set an example, and not implicate the nine clans, it is already extraordinarily gracious, how can you let it go indiscriminately?"
With the words, Tang Wanyun walked in from outside, followed by Chu Lan Chu Xue, Wei Tian and others. She glanced at the young men who were stripping, raised her hand, and said, "Wei Tian, these rebel thieves will be punished on the spot!"
Wei Tian agreed, and while walking towards the young men, he pulled out the saber under his ribs. As soon as he raised the knife in his hand, Shangguan Xiu turned his head to look at him and frowned at the same time. Seeing this, Wei Tianxia subconsciously put down the saber, leaned over and said, "My lord!"
Shangguan Xiu looked at Tang Wanyun and said, "County Lord, they are all the people of Peicheng, they are just rebels who were forced to participate, and their crimes will not lead to death!"
"A rebel is a rebel, there is no such thing as being forced or not, what will happen if you join the rebel, everyone knows that since they chose to join the rebel army in the first place, then they should bear the consequences of today. ”
"But in the past, Peicheng was occupied by rebels, and as the people of Peicheng, if they didn't join, it would be a dead end. ”
Tang Wanyun shrugged her shoulders and said expressionlessly, "That's also their fate." As she spoke, she looked at Wei Tian and said in a deep voice, "What are you waiting for, do it quickly." ”
"No, I can't. Shangguan Xiu said categorically: "These people of Peicheng can't be killed!"
Shangguan Xiu and Tang Wanyun insisted on their own words, and they didn't give in to each other, Wei Tian was caught in the middle, and he didn't do it, and he didn't know what to do.
After a while, Tang Wanyun walked up to Shangguan Xiu and said in a low voice: "Rebel ministers and thieves, you should be beheaded, what's wrong?
"The rebels can't be generalized, I will never be soft on Shi Kaiwen's die-hard subordinates, Ji Kai was beheaded by me outside the city just now, but these people in Peicheng are different, they may not agree with the rebels, but they are forced to join, if they are all executed indiscriminately, it is too chilling. As he spoke, Shangguan Xiu leaned into Tang Wanyun's ear and whispered: "In this matter, I won't let you, if you continue to argue, everyone will not be able to come down, it doesn't matter if I, the battalion lieutenant officially appointed by the imperial court, but if the prestige of the county lord is damaged, it won't be good." ”
When Tang Wanyun heard this, two cold lights shot out of her eyes, and she wanted to strangle Shangguan Xiu to death, she glared at him fiercely, and said, "You are the commander of the Zhenxi Army, you can do it yourself!" After speaking, she waved her robe sleeves and turned around and walked out of the teahouse.
Wei Tian's face was full of helplessness, he carried his saber instead, bowed to Shangguan Xiu, and then followed out quickly.
When Tang Wanyun left, the people and rebels in the teahouse all breathed a sigh of relief, knelt on the ground together, and said in unison: "Thank you, thank you, for your extrajudicial kindness, thank you, for your extrajudicial kindness......"
Although Shangguan Xiu and Tang Wanyun have the same goal, they both want to fight the rebels, but the interest groups they represent are different. Tang Wanyun represents the imperial court, and for the rebels, there is no need to say anything, all of them are executed, the grass is cut and the roots are eradicated, and the most iron-blooded means can have the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger, and Shangguan Xiu represents the interests of Zhenjun, he is not going to conquer Peicheng and everything will be fine, he will rule Peicheng for a long time, govern Peicheng, and win the hearts of the people It becomes very important.
The imperial court can not care about the people's will, the power of the imperial court has long been deep-rooted, and there are millions of central troops in his hands, which can not be shaken by a few waves of artificial rebellion, but Shangguan Xiu is different, his foundation in Zhenjun is far from reaching an unshakable level, so he can't be as ruthless as Tang Wanyun, while wielding a big stick in one hand, he also has to implement benevolent government with one hand, win people's hearts, and consolidate his strength in Zhenjun.
This is the most essential difference between the two of them, there is no right or wrong, only different interests.
Shangguan Xiu waved his hand to the people in the tavern with a smile and said, "Everyone get up, in the future, no one will force you to join the army, and whether you join the army or not is all voluntary." ”
As he spoke, he looked at the shopkeeper of the teahouse and said, "Shopkeeper, bring a pot of tea." ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Wait a minute, I'm going to make tea!
"Shangguan Xiu. ”
Hearing that he was Shangguan Xiu, the people present were also surprised, and the people knelt down again and said, "The villain meets the adult!"
Shangguan Xiu smiled and said, "What are you doing, please hurry up." ”
After a short time, the shopkeeper handed a pot of tea to Shangguan Xiu and poured him a cup of tea. The latter picked up the teacup, sniffed it, felt that the smell was not bad, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Good tea!" As he spoke, he looked out the door again.
The person in charge turned his head to look out, and saw that the domineering girl just now was standing on the street, her face was gloomy, and her eyes flashed with a terrifying light from time to time.
He was so frightened that he shrank his neck, not daring to take a second look. Shangguan Xiu said with a smile: "In charge, go make a pot of tea for the county lord again, the weather is dry, and the county lord's fire is also big, drink some tea, it's better to go to the fire." ”
"My ......, my lord"
"Don't worry, the county lord is not a tigress, nor is he a murderer, if you make tea for the county lord, the county lord will not kill you, but will reward you. Shangguan Xiu said with a smile.
"Oh, when the adults say so, the villains are relieved. According to Shangguan Xiu's meaning, the person in charge made a pot of tea for Tang Wanyun, and then carried the teapot, walked out of the teahouse, and walked towards Tang Wanyun with courage.
Before he could get close to Tang Wanyun, he was stopped by a nearby Tongtianmen disciple. The manager hurriedly said, "Yes...... It was Lord Shangguan who asked the little one to bring tea to the county lord!"
When Tang Wanyun heard this, she subconsciously glanced at the teahouse. I saw Shangguan Xiu sitting on a stool, holding a teacup in his hand, and deliberately shook it to his side, and said loudly at the same time: "County Lord, this pot of tea, I have a treat!"
She glanced at Shangguan Xiu, pursed her lips disapprenously, and muttered in her heart: "The county lord still needs you to invite?" She said to Chu Lan: "Give him two taels of silver and bring the teapot." ”
took the two taels of silver handed by Chu Lan, bowed down again and again to thank him, and then ran back to the teahouse.
Shangguan Xiu drank two cups of tea, stood up, touched his body, didn't find any silver, and asked Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei on the side, "Do you two have any money on you?"
Xiao Jue sighed, took out a piece of broken silver from his belt, and put it on the table. The person in charge hurriedly walked over, waved his hand and excused himself: "Big ...... My lord, there is no need, and the county lord also rewarded a small two taels of silver just now, which is enough......"
"What the county lord gave you is the county lord's reward, I drank your tea, and I should pay the money. Shangguan Xiu pushed back the broken silver handed by the manager, and walked out of the teahouse with Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei.
Regardless of Shangguan Xiu's current behavior or not, his behavior was enough to make everyone present admire, they had never seen such an easy-going general, such a magnanimous adult.
Several young men who had already taken off their rebel uniforms looked at each other, chased them out of the teahouse, and said in unison: "My lord, the villain is willing to join the Zhenxi Army, and please accept me and wait!"
Shangguan Xiu stopped, looked back at them, and said quietly: "If you join the army, you will fight, and if you fight, you will die, aren't you afraid?"
"Our lives are given by adults, as long as we follow our adults, go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, we are all willing!" everyone said in unison.
Shangguan Xiu pondered for a moment and said to Xiao Jue: "Let people prepare military uniforms and weapons and distribute them to them." ”
"Yes!
Tang Wanyun, who was just outside the teahouse, could see it clearly, her eyes narrowed slightly, and her gaze gradually became deeper. Kneel and beg Baidu: The Complete Collection of Mobile Novels
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