Chapter 33: The Dust Settles
Sang Kun finally took the remnants of the defeated army and fled back to Wang Han's big tent.
Hurriedly ordered people to check the soldiers and horses, and went out more than 70,000 troops, but less than 5,000 people returned, not even a tenth.
Wang Han looked at his son Sang Kun's dejected appearance, and knew that the general trend had gone, but Lao Khan calmed down, and there was no trace of loss or despair on his face.
"Father Khan, our ambush of Temujin has failed," Sang Kun bent his legs and knelt in front of Wang Han, "It's all over, it's all over... Zhamuhe led the troops away, and Du Shi doesn't know life and death now, and even the people of the Jin Kingdom can't be trusted, we, should we escape quickly? ”
"Hehe, escape? Where to flee? Sang Kun, my good son! Whether it's ability or open-mindedness, you can't catch up with Temujin and Zamuhe when you're young, but only you are my Wang Han's biological son, and they are just my righteous sons. Lao Wang Han's tone was low, and he couldn't say anything lost.
"I thought that accepting the two of them as righteous sons could be your right-hand men, and I could help you ascend to the throne of Khan and dominate the grassland after a hundred years. It's a pity, Temujin's heart is bigger than the Mongolian steppe, and you and I are not his opponents after all. ”
"This ambush of Temujin is already our last chance, either succeed or fail. And if you fail, there is only one way left, and that is 'death'! 'Escape'? I, Wang Han, am old, and I can't escape, so where can I escape? Let me stay in this grassland. ”
The troops of Tuo Lei and Jebe hung unhurriedly in the back, and when they saw that there were stragglers on Sangkun's side, they gathered them up, and they did not desperately chase after them.
Wulipo, only five miles away from Wang Han's big tent, Tulei and Jebe, the two divided the people into three, and surrounded Wang Han's big tent from the east, south, and north. "Surrounded by three and missing one", leaving the west unfortified, waiting for the arrival of Temujin.
Time was short, and Temujin Khan also led most of his men to Wulipo.
"Father Khan, Sang Kun has returned to the royal tent of Wang Han Khan, and there are at most 5,000 men and horses left in the department, most of whom are die-hards, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to surrender." "We have now sealed the royal tent of King Han Khan from the east, south, and north. ”
"Well done, five thousand men and horses, plus the guards in the king's tent, are less than ten thousand. The generals listened to the order, and the whole army slowly pressed up, not necessarily to wipe out the rebels of Sangkun in one fell swoop! "From the very beginning, Temujin defined the nature of the Sangkun army, and it was necessary to pay attention to the fact that a division should be famous.
Temujin's army gradually approached Wang Han's royal tent, and Wang Han's father and son, who were in the royal tent, had already received the news. Not only his father and son, but also Wang Han and Sang Kun's respective women, and even a few women from all walks of life, all made a mess, like mourning.
"What a howl, whoever howls again, Lao Tzu cut her first." Wang Han doesn't look old, he is in his sixties, he is seventy years younger, his back is a little rickety, but he still has a decisive style.
"Father Khan... Sang Kun opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
"Useless stuff!" Old Wang Han glared at Sang Kun fiercely, "Temujin is here, it's good, I want to see what my righteous son can do to me." Sangkun, come with me. ”
This old Wang Han still wants to use his residual power to suppress Temujin, at least he also wants to save the lives of his family.
There is a saying: The tiger will not fall, Lao Wang Han is neatly dressed, drove his horse to the front of the two armies, and shouted, "Let my son Temujin, come out and answer." ”
Temujin was actually quite entangled in his heart, no matter what, he was picked up by Wang Han, and he was accepted by Wang Han as a righteous son when he was a child. It can be said that without Wang Han, there may not be Temujin today.
Even this time Wang Han also participated in the design of his own conspiracy, Temujin kept telling himself that Wang Han should have been held hostage by Sang Kun, and he did not want to believe that Wang Han's father-in-law would really kill him.
Although Temujin had imagined from the day he set up his own gate that there might be a day when Wang Han's position would be threatened, and the two sides would come to the point of fighting each other, he did not expect that this day would come so early.
Seeing his father-in-law Wang Han driving his horse into battle, Temujin wanted to step forward. Suddenly, Guo Mo secretly pulled him, shook his head slightly, and signaled Temujin to be restless.
Temujin didn't understand what he meant, but out of trust in Guo Mo, he didn't make any moves. Guo Mo immediately gave his eldest brother Guo Jing a look and motioned for Guo Jing to shoot Wang Han with an arrow.
Guo Jing hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, took off the bow and arrow from the side of the horse, and aimed it at Wang Han is arrow.
This can be separated by a distance of fifty zhang, which cannot be shot by others, so Wang Han did not make any preparations. In this way, Guo Jing was pierced through the heart with an arrow, and Wang Han was immediately planted and fell off the horse.
Guo Mo took the opportunity to shout: "Sangkun child, you are mad, you kill your father and seize power, all Mongolian heroes, ask for it, kill it!" "Tuo Lei, Jebe and other generals took the opportunity to wave their troops and kill them.
All these things happened, and it was only half a cup of tea before and after. Guo Jing shot Wang Han, except for a very few people who saw it, the vast majority of people didn't know what happened at all.
Just when he saw Wang Han Khan, he fell off the horse, and then he heard Guo Mo shouting.
Sang Kun killed his father? What a perverse way this is! All the soldiers under Temujin's command, one by one, were filled with righteous indignation, waved the scimitar in his hand, and killed him.
Temujin was stunned on the spot, and he thought about stepping forward to defend himself, after all, he was conspired by someone. The hatred in my heart is mainly for Sang Kun, as an opponent, Sang Kun's life will definitely not be spared.
But Wang Han, who has always respected his father-in-law, who would have thought that he would just watch being shot to death by Guo Jing with an arrow in front of him.
"You ......" Temujin looked at Guo Jing angrily, but he didn't know what to say.
"Father Khan, if the Great Khan of Wang Han is here, how will you deal with it? What are you going to do with it? Is it released, imprisoned, or killed? What's more, Father Khan, you have to believe that Wang Han Khan was 'killed at the hands of Sangkun'! As soon as Tuo Lei saw that Temujin was showing signs of anger, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, and at the same time, without a trace, blocked Anda Guojing behind him.
Temujin looked at Tuolei, looked at Guo Jing, and then glanced at the corpse of Wang Han's father, who was already in the chaos of the battle in the distance.
That's it, what kind of character Temujin is, how can he not understand, whether it is Guo Mo, Guo Jing, or Tuolei, everyone is thinking about him. I didn't want him to face these two dilemmas, so I made the decision "should" be made for him.
"Drag the mine, spread the word, if there is a resistant, kill him. Those who are willing to surrender, just... Let's open the net. Temujin ordered.
The big hand patted Guo Jing's shoulder, as if he glanced at Guo Mo with "grateful" eyes, then turned the horse's head and left.