How did Yue Geng get caught by Shao Wu? This main general was really able to run, and after the first battle was broken, he withdrew to the defensive line under the desperate protection of his personal guards; after the defense line was broken, he saw that he could not do anything, and in time he led the Gaocheng garrison around him to run back to the city outline. Yue Geng also knew that Gaocheng could not hold it, and ordered the city lord Ziqian to lead the army to hold on, but he took his relatives and family property, and left the city under the escort of the guards, trying to retreat to the rear to avoid trouble.

Maybe it's because the Shaowu army marches fast, maybe it's because Yue Geng brought too many things and people, and he walked a little slower, and he was caught up halfway, and the guards were defeated to the death, and Yue Geng was captured alive.

Yue Geng is the patriarch of the Gaocheng clan, and the current lord of Gaocheng City, Ziqian, is also from the Gaocheng clan. Yue Geng ran fast and brought back a few army formations, Ziqian called on the people to go to the city to fight, although the responders, but also held on for two days, but after all, the enemy was defeated and captured. Most of the soldiers who followed Ziqian were from the Gaocheng clan, and most of them became prisoners of war.

In contrast, the city lord of Nine Camphor City was much wiser. The garrisons in the city were all transferred to the front line of the water, and after the defeat, he could not hold the city at all, and as soon as the army of young affairs arrived, he was tied up and opened the city gate and surrendered. This scene is very familiar, this is what Hongyuan, the city lord of Feihong City, did this, of course the city lord of Jiuzhang City heard about it, he is like this, and even the person who tied him up is also a soldier.

After Shaowu entered the city, he also appeased the city lord of Jiuzhang City, but did not give this person a knight. The first Hongyuan to do this is a talent, and for those who imitate Hongyuan, of course, Shaowu cannot be punished. However, the city lord of Jiuzhang City once led the army to the front line to fight against the army, and the young man could not praise him too much, and it was a gift if he did not reward or punish.

Gao Cheng did not have this kind of good luck, and fought another battle with the Shaowu army. Yue Geng ran away first, but he ordered the city lord Ziqian to guard, which can be regarded as pitting the city lord and the Gaocheng clan.

After Shao Wu seized Yue Geng, he first publicized among the people that he sent his guards to kill Hina Bao to vent his anger, and at the same time sympathized with the relatives and families of the soldiers who died in the battle. Yue Geng wants to kill the relatives of the people in the occupied areas. And after the young man came, he rescued him in time, and compensated the families of the soldiers who died in the war, which is also a move to win the hearts of the people.

Shaowu has long said that those who do not sympathize with the people and take the initiative to gather the people to fight against the Shaowu army are not exempt from crime. Then Yue Geng must not be exempted from the crime, he was escorted to the city lord's mansion and beheaded in public, and the relatives and family members who escaped from the city with him were all reduced to slavery.

However, in the future, for the Gaocheng clan, which has the largest power and the largest tribal population in the Gaocheng area, Shaowu is mainly to appease, stating that Yuegeng's crime has nothing to do with the majority of his clansmen, and it is only his own relatives who are convicted.

As for the rest, do what they do. Even if a soldier from the Gaocheng clan died in battle, he would be ordered to be compensated by the city, and as for those prisoners of war, they could be exempted from the punishment of being slaves, as long as they continued to serve in the army for three years. But there is one special prisoner of war who is not easy to deal with, and that is Ziqian, the current city lord of Gaocheng.

Ziqian is a cultivator of the Five Realms, the highest cultivator in the entire Gaocheng clan, and he was born in Bujin Mountain, another major sect in the western realm of the Xiangshu Kingdom. According to his identity, Ziqian was a prisoner of war, and he was said to be a prisoner of war who was incorporated into the military formation. The more elite the soldiers, the more useful they will be when they fight against Zheng Muguo in the future, but they can't do it if their ability is too great.

Who would dare to put such a Five Realms monk into the prisoner of war army formation, if he suddenly attacked during his daily exercises. Even the main general Lingbao can't prevent it.

Accompanied by the tiger baby, Shaowu met Ziqian alone. Ziqian said that he was defeated and captured, and let the young man deal with it. Considering his influence on the Takashiro clan, Shaowu did not kill him. Huwa sealed his cultivation and kept him under house arrest in Gaocheng.

It is more difficult to seal the cultivation of a Five Realms cultivator than to kill him directly in the middle of the fight. But Ziqian did not resist. took the initiative to let go of the shape god and let the tiger baby take action, and the seal was very thorough. Ziqian also knew that it was impossible for Shaowu to let him go, but he wanted to keep him so that he could subdue the Gaocheng clan.

The city lord said calmly to Shaowu: "When I became the lord of the city, I swore allegiance to the lord of the country, so even if I was captured, it would be difficult to obey the orders of Ba Jun. There may not be many people like me in the Xiangmuro Kingdom, but it is not too few, even if you capture the city, they will no longer fight against the army, but they will not take the initiative to serve Ba Jun. ”

Now that he has said this, there must be something to follow. Shao Wu said gently: "Then may I ask Mr. Ziqian, how can someone like you serve me?...... Do you think that I might as well be poor?"

Ziqian shook his head and said: "It's not that you are not as poor as you, I swore to serve the lord of the country, and being poor may not be the lord of the country forever." This is originally a clan dispute, if the lord of the prime minister surrenders to Ba Jun, then people like me, even if they are not used by Ba Jun, will still be used by the cities of Ba Yuan. ”

Ziqian uses a very particular title, which is "lord of the country" rather than "lord of the country" or "monarch", which sounds similar to the meaning, and people usually do not pay attention to the difference when they speak, but at the moment it has a very subtle meaning. Shao Wu understood, got up and said, "Thank you, Mr. for reminding me!"

People like Ziqian once vowed to serve the country, and in this era, people are very committed that although he was defeated and captured, he was unwilling to take the initiative to return to Shaowu, otherwise he would either be uneasy in his heart or he would not be able to let go of his face. Even the Hongyuan City Lord, who is very able to see the opportunity and save his life, has to order Murabao to tie himself out of the city when he surrenders, which is not only to leave a way back, but also to find a step for himself, so the young man will praise him for being a talent.

Therefore, the Young Affairs Association praised Hongyuan as a talent, which was indeed a pioneering feat at that time, and could inspire many later generations. Ziqian won't do what Hongyuan does, just because others won't. When the city lord of Jiuzhang City surrendered, he followed Hongyuan's approach, and when Shaowu heard the news, he didn't think of how to reward the city lord of Jiuzhang City, but planned to find an opportunity to reward Hongyuan again.

Although Shaomu has now captured many castles, the Xiangmuro Kingdom is still there, and the lord that many people are loyal to is still there. However, in the future, if the monarch of the Bamuro Kingdom surrenders to Shaowu and is willing to abdicate and serve Shaowu as the lord of the country, then Shaowu will become the object of Ziqian's oath of service, because he has obtained the status of etiquette.

It is impossible for Xiang Poor to take the initiative to surrender and abdicate and serve Shaowu as the lord of the country, and it will not be possible to kill him. But if the poor are dead, and the poor sons are still there, Shaowu can appoint a person as his successor, and then the successor will surrender to him and take the initiative to abdicate and serve Shaowu as the lord of the country, which will solve the problem of Shaowu annexing the Xiangmuro country in the general righteousness.

This question doesn't seem to be important, as long as the army of Shaowu is strong enough to directly capture all the castles and destroy the Xiangmuro country. But on the other hand, it is very important, and it involves the annexation of the Somuro country not only in form, but also in substance.

While defeating the defense line laid by Yuegeng's army, capturing Gaocheng and Jiuzhangcheng, pacifying the people in the territory and beheading Yuegeng in public, Shaowu marched at great speed, re-replenished the source of troops and reorganized the front-line army, marched to the southwest and attacked Taihe City, and at the same time transferred the reserve army to Gaocheng and Jiuzhangcheng.

As Shaowu had expected, the warehouses in Gaocheng and Jiuzhangcheng were not empty, although they were not full, they had also hoarded a lot of autumn grain that had just been collected this year, and they had not yet been transferred to the front line for Shaowu.

And the army in front of the Taihe City, Huwa once been, its jurisdiction is the most fertile plain in the Xiangmuro country, although its area is only about half of Feihong City, but the annual grain products are in the first of the cities in the Xiangmuro country, and it is also the most important granary of the Gongwei country. When the army marched into the army, the military rations were transported from Taihe City and the national capital to the front line, and then replenished by the cities in the whole territory.

Although Taihe City is rich and prosperous, but the terrain determines that it has no danger to defend, under ordinary circumstances, it can only fight in a formation on the plain, but now this city outline does not have the strength to fight with Shaowu. Because Yue Geng did not hold the Lushui defense line and collapsed too quickly, the reinforcements transferred from Taihe City were captured halfway before they reached the front line, and even the soldiers of the Xiangmuro State were too late to send troops to Taihe City to deploy defenses.

Shao Wu grabbed this fighter plane, and ordered a full-speed march to the city of Taihe, and the city was empty. The city lord of Taihe City did not have time to evacuate the people under his jurisdiction to the city outline, although the grain in the warehouse was full, but there were not enough soldiers to defend the city, he just sent people to the national capital to ask for help, and the Shaowu army had already arrived.

The city lord of Taihe City had heard about the actions of the two colleagues of Feihong City and Jiuzhang City, not because they had received official military reports, but because the people who had fled to the national capital had spread them around. So he reluctantly gave the order to the soldier - tie himself out of the city.

The first Hongyuan to do this is a talent, and the second city lord of Jiuzhang City to do this is just following suit, if the third city lord still does this, it will be a little embarrassing. And this city lord's brain is a little dead, you should change your tricks, why do you give orders to the soldiers who are responsible for defending the city? You can't every city outline the soldiers and divisions be the village treasures of Feihong City!

Although his position is not as high as the city lord, the clan power he was born in is much greater than that of the city lord, and he is usually not very willing to listen to the city lord, but at this moment he said with a straight face: "For the sake of fame, the city lord does not want to destroy the promise of defending the city, so he has to be tied up and let me and others sacrifice the city." But I also want to have peace of mind, and I don't want people to talk about it, and if the king wins in the future, I don't want to be blamed for it. Simply, the lord of the castle will tie me up and surrender. ”

The soldier was unwilling to tie up the city lord, but wanted the city lord to tie him up. The city lord had no choice but to order the engineer to tie him up and the soldier to sacrifice the city. The engineer stopped doing it, and Zhengse said: "I am a monk of the Four Realms, leading the common work in the territory to benefit the people as a master, but what I seek is to cultivate to the transcendent realm of refinement." Now that there are few things to do, I also know that it is impossible to defend the city, but I can't take the initiative to tie up the city lord and soldiers to sacrifice the city. In that case, what has Mr. Ben become?"

The engineer was also unwilling, so the city lord had to order Master Cangshi to tie him up with the soldiers and engineers and sacrifice the city. The cangshi resolutely refused to agree to this posture at a glance, and said secretly in his heart: The three of you all want to leave a way back for yourself, and at the same time want to save your reputation, do you want to push this kind of thing to me alone?

**(To be continued......)