Chapter 15: Surrender
Ma Chao saw this change from a distance at the bottom of the mountain, and was quite surprised, not knowing what happened.
The rebel soldiers behind the kingdom were all shocked, and immediately some people dismounted to see the situation in the kingdom. The kingdom was struck by several arrows and fell face to the ground. The soldier turned him over, and when he snorted, there was no snort, only blood pouring out of a few wounds. The kingdom is dead, dead under Duan Xuan's arrows.
As soon as the kingdom died, the remaining 4,000 horsemen were in disarray. Someone immediately questioned Duan Xuan and said, "Captain Duan, what do you want to shoot the kingdom to death?!" ”
Duan Xuan said, "The kingdom is not the opponent of the Divine Power Heavenly General. The kingdom is dead, and I want to lead my troops to surrender to General Shenweitian, and those who do not obey are like the kingdom! ”
At this time, the rebels who followed the kingdom out of the camp were stunned. They were blocked out of the camp gate, in the camp was Duan Xuan, who was bent on surrendering, and outside the camp was Ma Chao, who was like a wolf and a tiger, but they were caught in the middle.
Soon the spirit man knew that he could not do anything, and immediately shouted: "Captain, I am willing to obey your orders!" ”
Some people set an example, and some people blindly follow it. As soon as the soldier said this, the others also clamored for the surrender. Duan Xuan immediately ordered the camp gate to be opened, not to let these rebel soldiers in, but to lead the rest of the five thousand horsemen out of the camp, join this one, and go down the mountain together.
Ma Chao was surprised when he looked at Nanshan and the kingdom was suddenly shot by his generals. I vaguely heard the anti-water general say that he surrendered to him, and he was quite surprised. Ma Chao roughly counted the number of rebels killed in the battle, and the number of rebel soldiers who died in the deep ditch and under the rain of arrows did not exceed 1,000 horsemen. This means that if the anti-water general surrenders, he will have another army.
However, at this time, Ma Chao's suspicious energy came up again. Ma Chao found that since he crossed over, he was always suspicious, nervous, and always afraid of being careless, and this crossing journey ended with his being killed. Ma Chao knew that in the final analysis, he was still too scared.
Ma Chao began to suspect that if this rebel general surrendered by shooting the kingdom, it would be too dangerous. Because the rebel will shoot the kingdom, he will naturally win his trust, and he Ma Chao will not have any precautions against the surrender of this rebel general. The rebel general, however, took advantage of the situation to swoop down from the mountain, and easily crushed his troops.
So Ma Chao decided to make two preparations: on the one hand, he ordered his subordinates to continue to maintain combat readiness, and on the other hand, he was also prepared to accept the situation in case the rebel generals surrendered sincerely.
But looking at Duan Xuan's side, he was sorting out the rebels so that he could go down the mountain to surrender. But on the mountain, I saw that the formation of Ma Chao's trilogy remained the same, still tight, with swords and guns in hand, and bows and arrows wound. Duan Xuan knew that Ma Chao was probably guarding against his fraudulent surrender. Duan Xuan gritted his teeth and ordered all his subordinates to throw the weapons in their hands down the mountain.
The weapon was thrown down the mountain, stirring up the sound of "ping-pong". Ma Chao was relieved.
Ma Chao shouted: "Who shoots the kingdom? Why don't you get through the name quickly and come to meet the general? ”
Duan Xuan was overjoyed in his heart, he knew that there was no turning back after killing the kingdom, and he could only go to the dark on the road to Ma Chao. Ma Chao was willing to accept him, and Duan Xuan was naturally happy.
Duan Xuan first bowed deeply on horseback and replied: "Duan Xuan, the general of the defeated army, Duan Zhongming, meet the general!" ”
When Ma Chao heard it, he felt that this name was a little familiar, and suddenly remembered that there was a general under Dong Zhuo, that is, Duan Xuan. Ma Chao finally remembered Duan Xuan at this time. Duan Xuan is a native of Wuwei Guzang, who has killed Li Dao in history, which shows that there are generals; Moreover, he governed the army strictly, never harassed the people, and also cultivated the fields and mulberries diligently, and rested with the people. This is very rare in the troubled times when life is like a mustard.
Ma Chao also bowed shallowly and said, "Since you shot the kingdom, what is the reason?" ”
Duan Xuan thought to himself, don't you know everything? But he still said respectfully: "The kingdom is stupid, if you take the last plan and build a camp on the flat land, you can rely on the danger of the south mountain and the fortification of the north water to resist the general." But the kingdom could not use the last plan. The last general knew that the kingdom would be defeated at the hands of the general, and it would not be reliable, so he wanted to surrender the general. ”
Ma Chao was even happier when he heard it, this simmer could see the flaws of the kingdom's camp, and it seemed to be very resourceful. At that moment, Ma Chao wanted to agree to Duan Xuan's request for surrender.
However, at this time, Pang De, who had been with Ma Chao, took Ma Chao's hand. Ma Chao looked back at Pound and didn't know why Pound stopped him. Pound came over and whispered: "Young master, and Rong Mo will talk to him." ”
Pound has always been quiet and quiet. Ma Chao didn't know what was wrong with Pound at this time, but he instinctively chose to believe Pound and nodded to him. Pang De shouted: "Duan Xuan, you can easily betray Han Sui and kill the kingdom today because of your own selfishness. Who knows if you will revert to your old ways and repeat your old tricks after you take refuge in my lord? ”
Duan Xuan was immediately anxious, sweating all over. Ma Chao also understood Pound's intentions, and stopped talking.
Duan Xuan saw that Ma Chao was silent, and it seemed that he was suspicious of him. Killing the kingdom is blocking the way out, and he can only choose to defect to Ma Chao. Duan Xuan immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "General, the last general will sincerely take refuge, and I hope the general will take it in!" ”
Ma Chao saw that Duan Xuan's shouting was full of crying, and he was about to cry in a hurry, and he couldn't bear it. He was silent, turned his head to look at Pound, and signaled that he was almost done. However, Pang De didn't care, and shouted again: "Duan Xuan, you are capricious and kill Shangguan without permission, but how can my lord trust you?" ”
Duan Xuan was so nervous that he couldn't say a whole sentence, and his eyes were so anxious that he wanted to cry.
Pang De looked at Duan Xuan like that, and said in a low voice: "Young master, it's okay now." The last general then ordered him to recognize the young master as the master, and if he did, the young master would agree to him. This can make him completely cut off from Han Sui, and let him die for the young master. ”
Ma Chao understood Pound's good intentions, patted Pound's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Ling Ming, thank you." ”
Pound smiled and said: "The young master is serious, and the last general should share the worries of the young master." ”
Ma Chao nodded, and Pang De shouted: "Duan Xuan, if you want to prove yourself, why don't you recognize my lord as the master?" ”
Ma Chaoyixi; Duan Xuan was even more overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down on the ground, shouting in his mouth: "The last general, Duan Xuan, Duan Zhongming, is willing to serve the general as the main and beg to accept it!" ”
Ma Chao pretended to hesitate for a moment, and said half-pushing, half-pushing: "Okay, Ben will reluctantly agree." ”
Duan Xuan was overjoyed, bowed and worshiped on the ground, and shouted in front of tens of thousands of people: "Duan Xuan greets the lord, and in the future, Duan Xuan's life will be the lord's!" Duan Xuan will definitely go to the soup for the lord, and he will not hesitate! ”
Ma Chao also said happily: "General Duan, please get up quickly." ”