Busy all day, coordinating armaments, deploying troops, arranging flag bearers, Xu Deng Fang's department brought half a month's worth of grain and grass.

After entering the city, except for the things reported, he didn't cause trouble to Yang Kai at all. Yang Kai was also relieved, and relaxed the scale to let him show his strength.

Early the next morning, Deng Fangbu went out of the city first.

Yang Kai first sent people into the Huangzhou Mansion to watch the location of Zuo Jinwang's southward marching army, and then finally had time to deal with the general sentence captured alive in the city, and ordered his own soldiers to take it to the public court and call the "hostages" to watch.

But I saw that the man was in his forties, escorted by two teams of personal soldiers under Cai Qian, and when he arrived in the hall, his hair was scattered, and the blood stains on his body and forehead had dried up and condensed into black blood scabs. There was a lot of blood on his face and clothes.

The five flowers were tied up and brought to the hall, and only then did he untie the ropes on his feet, still holding his head high, and he looked unruly.

Standing up, the tiger soldier pressed his shoulder, kicked him hard behind his knees, made him kneel, did not eat for several days, gave himself water to drink, he still had brute strength, struggled to stand up, and scolded:

"Grandpa, kneel down to the emperor of heaven and earth, kneel down to your father, how can you kneel as a thief......"

Before he finished speaking, one of the tigers was furious.

Thinking about them, Cai Qianhu, they have just been given the title of Red Tiger, and they have just brought the name of Tiger Ben, and they feel beautiful when they say their names in the army on the street, in their eyes, Yang Kai's status is needless to say, what is the matter with being scolded.

One step up, it was two heavy slaps, fanning all the meat and eight vegetables, and the mouth was full of blood, Yao Cunxiao still didn't stop, snorted at Yang Kai with a mouthful of blood, and laughed angrily:

"The thieves who only dare to snake and mouse, when my prime minister goes south, he will be told to wait for death and have no place to be buried, but dare to kill your grandfather quickly!"

Sitting in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou is the governor of the three provinces, traveling north and south, and Lu Xiangsheng is the prime minister.

Seeing that he was going to die, the tiger was about to die, a long knife was pulled out in half, Yang Kai gently raised his hand, stopped him, laughed instead of anger, and said:

"Thinking about my army, breaking Runing, trapping the vassal king, going out of Yu and entering the lake, talking about barrier-free, marching from so far away, winning battles, what do you rely on? This is said to be a soldier who does not tire of deceit. It's not bad for the judge to scold, but it's just ......"

"There's no need to talk nonsense here, if you dirty Grandpa's ear piercing, you can't kill people on the ground, and you will walk on the palace of Hades, and Grandpa will still be a good man in the next life."

He didn't want to listen to Yang Kai talk nonsense, he wanted to ask for death, but Yang Kai didn't let him get his wish, just waited for him to finish speaking, kept a smile and continued:

"It's been a few days since the judgment was locked up, so I don't know what the environment is outside, right?"

Hearing this, Yao Cunxiao immediately closed his mouth, Yang Kai looked at his face, knowing that he was still thinking about the situation outside, and then said:

"The general only sent two battalions of troops, and then took De'an with the power of victory, and it took only a few days to pacify the people of the city, and the city of De'an Mansion was broken, and Huguang opened the door for our army from then on, and the lord was loy......al."

sighed, "It's a pity, Yunmeng, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, I'm afraid there is no such a big man who repays the country with death, wins or loses the battle, but do you want this general to speak for you?" ”

Of course, Yao Cunxiao can think of the result.

As soon as De'an is broken, there are small cities to the south, the nearest reinforcements to them are in Chengtian, and they were besieged before the battle, and the news can't be spread, and when they receive the news, I'm afraid that the entire De'an Mansion will fall, even if the army is overwhelmed at that time, I'm afraid that the group of thieves in front of them has already run away.

It's just that from Yang Kai's words, what he didn't expect even more was that the person who was trapped in the domain turned out to be this milky kid in front of him, how could he be virtuous?

His face gradually showed a look of grief and indignation, and he only hated himself for failing to persuade for help earlier, sticking to the city-state, and taking the life of this big thief, Yang Kai saw all this in his eyes.

No one is perfect, after Yang Kai tried it, he knew that interrogation was just a strategy for attacking the enemy and me, and those who were officials in the world were nothing more than wealth, fame, and government.

Scholars pay attention to integrity, whether it is discussed or Yao Cunxiao in front of him, but the former values politics over fame, and the latter values fame over politics, just like the county order that captured Shangnan at that time.

The tiger warrior seemed to be afraid that Yang Kai would tell the dog official in front of him about his future strategy, and leaked the heavenly secret, breaking the subtle atmosphere formed between the two, and said:

"Since the official dog entered the court, he has been talking nonsense, and even more insulting the general, what is the use of keeping him?

Even without him, the general manager of the military merchant can also manage everything in the city in an orderly manner, it is better to cut off his head with a knife and give wine to the brothers below! ”

Yang Kai waved his hand and drank back from the tiger, leaving only a team of "hostages" of personal soldiers, and said patiently: "Throughout the ages, victory and defeat have been a common thing in soldiers.

Although the trilateral prime minister Lu Xiangsheng is strong, how can the general know that this general must not be the enemy? Do you know that it is your famous Liaodong Cheyou Battalion Zuo Liangyu, who was also defeated by me? ”

"Yellow-haired child, also learn the art of war? Hugh is going to talk nonsense, give your grandfather a good time! ”

Yao Cunxiao is not afraid of death, but he has left a name and a goose, but he is unwilling to pass on the news he heard here.

"If you want to be a loyal minister, you should go with the heroic sacrifice when the city is broken, your own family is not talented, and you are the best at defeating people's festivals, since your lord wants to ask for death...... Yang Kai paused, quite emotional, and waved to his own soldiers, "It's okay, select five hundred families in the city, drag them out of the city gate with the adults, and kill them together, it should be a funeral for the adults." ”

"Funeral?"

Yao Cunxiao was taken aback and was stunned on the spot.

"The adults can't defend the city, and they want to give up the people of the city and leave, it can be seen that in your heart, the emperor is above, the people are the same as ants, kill a hundred families, and give the adults a funeral?"

I had heard that Yang Kai had cared for the people of the city, and I learned from the mouth of Hu Ben's own soldiers that there were good stewards among the thieves, and in addition to being unwilling, he could only ask for death to correct his name.

But after Yang Kai said this, five hundred families would die with him, how could he stand this kind of result, "You, you ......" A mouthful of blood spurted out again.

That's it, he screamed again, tied his hands, his eyes were about to crack, and he struggled violently, trying to find Yang Kai desperately, but the latter's face still did not change, and the soldiers around him stood up and kicked him to the ground.

After a burst of punches and kicks, Yao Cunxiao lay on the ground and couldn't get up again, so Yang Kai stopped them.

stood up, walked up to Yao Cunxiao, helped him tie up, and said sincerely:

"Don't worry, what I just said, it's just a joke. I want to know, we are all born as thieves, how can we know how to govern the city like this?

Adults care about the people, this is the great fortune of De'an, so we should cherish our lives and save the lives of more people, right? Entering my camp, these can be easily done. ”

"None...... Shame on the traitor...... Don't be ashamed to say ......" Yao Cunxiao scolded intermittently.

"General Ben gives you some time to think about it." Yang Kai no longer pressed questions, and stretched out his hand to summon his own soldiers.

"The general judgment is that the adult fell too much and was injured, so he sent it to the governor's mansion, and asked Feng Niangzi to find someone to take care of him, and then report it to me when he understands it."

Yao Cunxiao whined in his mouth and didn't know what he was still scolding, but he could only let the soldiers grab their hands and feet, lift them up, and leave the hall.

After dealing with the matters of the general judgment in the city, the next day, Yang Kai also led people out of the city. Yin Zuochan agreed to Yang Kai to go in person, and Cao Mang also wanted to replace him, but he didn't get Yang Kai's consent.

This time to Yunmeng, in addition to checking Yunmeng's own governance, there is also a more important thing - to arrange the strategy after the capture of Xiaogan. If he didn't arrange it himself, he couldn't feel at ease.

Xiaogan to the south is only more than 100 miles, is Hanyang Fucheng, there is the Yangtze River in the middle, the west is the Hanchuan River, because the Hanjiang River traverses the whole territory, after the flood flow washing, the formation of the Hanjiang River along the coast is slightly high, the middle is low and flat, and there are undulating hills in the southeast.

Hanyang Mansion crosses Xiaobie Mountain, Yangtze River, the west side is Tianmen Jingling, Mingjing Mausoleum is the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji and the Empress Sun's joint burial, Xiaoyi Empress Dowager (Wu Xianfei) attached to the burial mausoleum.

This position is another variable, if the Ming official army is coming, the east of Jingling must be the top priority of their defense, Hanyang moves, the direction of the city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, will the official army take advantage of this to attack?

In the territory of De'an, a group of tenants and civilian troops were set to retreat in a hurry to the Hanyang realm. Similarly, as soon as Hanyang moves, if the defenders can't resist it, the fleeing soldiers and civilians will definitely go west, and it is only a matter of time before the news reaches Chengtianfu.

Therefore, Hanyang is also the top priority, to the east they also want to plot Wuchang, Wuchang has the king of Chu in the town, similar to Runing, it is not easy to capture, he brought Hu Shahu this time, he and Liang Daya Yang Kai pro-army marched, is to set up another line of defense on the west side.

This arrangement is also in response to Deng Fang's promise, if the city is in danger, a military force will be given to help first.

According to the military exploits of the two of them, one is now a thousand households, and the other is now a deputy thousand households.

Yang Kai replenished hundreds of people to the team that had been damaged by more than half of them as soon as they pulled it up, and formed a reinforced army, led by the two of them.

When the two of them joined the army, they only brought one or two hundred people, which were broken by one-third after this battle, and there were still more than 100 people left, and after being reorganized, they were transferred to the army as captains and captains.

As for the 100 households, half of them were selected from the remaining senior veterans, and half of them were served by Hu Shahu's relatives.

Counting the days, from the eve of their battle of Runing to Cheng, to the time when they went to Yunmeng in just a month, he went from an irrelevant person to the backbone of this army, which is something they can't think of in the camp.

Yang Kai promised to be rewarded only for merit and honor, and he really believed in his words.

The direction of Yingcheng has probably been arranged, in order to prevent mistakes in the direction of Xiaogan, or when the Hanyang side will take advantage of their unstable foothold in Xiaogan, they will organize officials and troops to attack.

Yang Kai passed through Yunmeng and did not stop, sent rangers, wandered into the city to investigate, the process of the army did not enter, went directly to Xiaogan, camped ten miles outside the city, and watched the changes in the city.

The sky was getting darker.

Attacking Xiaogan, Su Fu'an lined up to see the thickness. The bow and crossbow are the front, the spear is secondary, and the short soldier is behind. Stepping on the drums, the soldiers drank step by step.

In the past half a month, they have practiced most in archery and gun formation.

Because they lacked firearms for long-distance strikes at a distance, Yang Kai ordered to practice more archery, because everyone spared their lives, and practiced archery without hand-to-hand combat with people, so they were courteous, so the soldiers were sophisticated.

Bows and crossbows were fired first, spears were lined up, and swords and axes struck armor and shields, and the sound of killing was endless.

The rear rushed up to summon the soldiers, raised the flag and shouted: "Commander Su order, go all out to attack the city, break the city and celebrate!" ”

"Breaking the City and Celebrating ......"

"Break the city!"

At this time, the red sun is in the western lower half of the body, and the days in the past October are much shorter, and the western sky is full of red glow.

Yang Kai, Hu Shahu, and Liang Daya formed their own soldiers, standing on the mountain outside the camp, looking high and far away, and the changes in the formation of the enemy and us were all visible.

A few firecrackers rang out in the formation of our own army, and the majestic and passionate drums struck the three links.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the face of every soldier was greedy, nervous, excited, and crazy. Guns, knives and axes reflected a fiery light, smearing this cold early winter with a trace of invisible cold.

The guards at the head of the city first covered a few cannons, and seeing that the enemy suffered few casualties, they turned to shoot a dense rain of arrows, and the arrows on both sides fired several rounds vigorously, and the distance was further narrowed.

At this moment, seeing that the situation was critical, the rogues covered it with shields, and the muffled sound of the city was continuous, making the arrows useless.

When the defenders of the city were in chaos, their hearts were restless, but when they heard a bang, more than a dozen cloud ladders slammed onto the city.

In the midst of the stacked formation, the archers had quietly dragged behind, and the foot soldiers who followed them quickly climbed up the ladders, and the shields at the foot of the city raised their shields to protect the warriors who followed the city below. There was a muffled pop, and in the blink of an eye, the shield was full of arrows.

The attack was divided into two roads, one way to climb the city, and the other road also carried hay and vegetable oil up, wanting to burn the city gate. The guards at the head of the city were overwhelmed, and the golden soup and the big stone were used together, but after all, they were only a few hundred.

The soldiers in official clothes and the militia in cloth clothes were mixed together, the formation was chaotic, and they blocked each other, and there were more and more ladders on the head of the city, and finally a warrior with a knife and axe jumped on the head of the city.

The horizontal shield blocked a few spears and stabs, and cut off the heads of the guards with an axe, and the blood spurted out of the miserable image, and the power of thousands of people from far and near the city shouted chaotically, so that the timid people suddenly felt soft when they heard it.

The first sword and axe hand from the upper city head cut down a few people, and then was picked up by the city head guards and fell down the city, but in the time of attacking and returning, more and more rogues have rushed to the city.

I saw the chaotic army and the warriors colliding, spears and axes dancing together, stumps and blood galloping, screaming and shouting, piling up corpses full of blood, and in just half an hour, the morale of the guards was robbed.

At the right time, the gate of the city was exploded, and then the siege soldiers cheered for it. Whether it was the army or the people, they could no longer hold on, and ran towards the city.

The city was broken.

Yang Kai retracted his gaze, looked at Hu Shahu who was staring ahead, and said, "Hu Qianhu, how about this city for you to attack?" ”

Under the city of De'an, Hu Shahu, who had beheaded more than a dozen cowardly soldiers, was silent, and Liang Daya helped him answer, saying:

"The general strategizes, wins battles and successes, General Zhao is brave, and the city is so frustrated, if it is our army, it will be difficult to go down the city so smoothly!"

With that, he tugged at Hu Shahu's sleeve.

"Liang Qianhu doesn't have to be like this, get along for many days, who General Ben is, you should be able to see it." Yang Kai smiled and looked ahead.

"Although you were born as a thief, you also have a bit of celebrity and gentleman's temperament, you don't set up a flag before the war, and you don't invite merit after the war, only the heroes should have their true colors, so that the generals are really happy."

He understood Hu Shahu's behavior as wanting to prove himself, in the sacrifice camp, he also fought bloody battles during the war, but because he was not a descendant and had an upright temperament, he was not reused, and he also folded many brothers, and his arrogance as the head of the group of thieves was supported to this point.

Hu Shahu looked sideways when he heard this, and said: "The general praises falsely, as long as the general dares to use it in the future, the villain will not dare to go without a fight." ”

"Very good, what General Ben is waiting for is your words, Xiaogan this city, there must be a police in Hanyang, if the government wants all parties to dispatch troops and horses to fight, it will take at least ten days and half a month.

Tomorrow our army will be fully stationed in the city, replenish the food, grass and horses, and you can train the new soldiers under you in these days, and then the general will have important orders entrusted to you. ”

"The villain will live up to the general's trust." Liang Daya showed a bright smile, and wanted to bow to the ground, but was helped up by Yang Kai.