Chapter 149: To Kill or Not to Kill?

"Hey~ ...... on the other side of the river There are no gasps, come out and make a sound. ”

"It won't all be raised by the stepmother, I don't even dare to make a sound!"

"Hahaha......"

"A group of bigwigs, they can't even get together a handful of eggs, and they are embarrassed to throw them at your ancestors' homes."

"If you don't speak, we can treat you as a group of stepgirls......

"The ...... raised by the stepmother"

Daji and the Chu army have been facing off at the Qingshui River for more than a decade.

In ten years, Chen Chao ordered his soldiers to set up a posture on the north bank of the Qingshui River and scolded from morning to night, what was unpleasant to hear and scolded, trying to provoke the other party to come out to fight.

But the other side is like a turtle with a shrunken head, no matter how Chen Chao scolds.

The other party just didn't say anything, and he didn't even let out a fart.

Under the dawning sky, in the drowsy morning mist.

Chen Chao led the generals to climb a watchtower, holding binoculars in their hands, and looked at the military camp on the opposite bank.

In the other side's military camp, curling smoke rose and dissipated between the canopies.

In the past few days, Chen Chao has been climbing high and watching day by day.

found a lot of clues, such as the number of Chu Jun buried pots to cook, less than half of what was ten years ago.

This also means that the Chu army began to save food and was ready to resist to the end.

That's not going to work.

The scouts came to report that the Chu army in the Three Thousand Gorges would arrive in a few days.

As soon as the large army of the Chu army arrived, it would launch a general attack on Pingyi City.

With the current military strength of Pingyi City, it is difficult to hold it.

So it must be done in these days, and the other party must be dealt with.

But if the other party doesn't come out to fight, how can this be good?

Chen Chao gently patted the railing of the watchtower with his palm, frowned, and thought for a while.

Immediately ordered:

"Go and bring Liang Chuan and those Chu soldiers prisoners, hang them on poles, and shout to the Chu army."

When Liang Chuan and some Chu soldiers were brought out, there was a lot of commotion in the Chu army camp on the other side, and several Chu army generals instantly burst out of the Chu army camp tent.

"It's Liang Chuan, it's really Liang Chuan, he's not dead."

A general of the Chu army said excitedly.

They thought that Liang Chuan had died a long time ago, and the day they learned of Liang Chuan's death, they were still sad for a long time.

I saw Liang Chuan again, although he was in the enemy's barracks, and the butcher's knife hung around his neck.

But when a person lives, there is hope of salvation.

The Chu army camp was boiling in an instant, and Qi Qi came to the shore and called "General Liangchuan" one by one.

Liang Chuan injured one leg, his hands were tied behind his back, hanging on a pole and exposed to the sun, and he couldn't help but smile when he heard the local voice on the other side.

"Pass on my military order, the whole army prepares, build a wooden bridge, and cross the river to attack!"

Chu Yan, who was at the door of the tent, leaned out when he heard the sound and immediately ordered.

After not seeing him for many days, Chu Yan, who was wearing gold armor and a golden sword, became more and more violent.

I thought that if I broke away from Chu Kang and came to Qingshuihe, I would be able to grasp the command of the Qingshuihe garrison and make a difference.

Unexpectedly, Chu Kang, a shameless thing, actually sent four generals to monitor him.

Chu Yan couldn't move now, and he couldn't use his strength.

"No!"

As soon as Chu Yan's order was delivered, before the Chu army could carry it out, four Chu generals came to him to "persuade him with good words".

Chu Yan's eyes breathed fire, and he wanted to kill these four people.

"Are you all blind? Didn't see that General Liang Chuan was still alive? ”

Chu Yan frowned and puffed out his eyes, "All the generals are General Liang Chuan's comrades, can you bear to watch General Liang Chuan's army suffer in the enemy camp and not save him when he sees death?" ”

"Your Highness, how can I not know that General Liang Chuan is suffering in the enemy camp?" Chu Jiang spit out a sentence with difficulty.

"Then don't send troops to rescue quickly!"

Chu Yan said eagerly.

At this moment, Chu Yan seemed to see hope, and saw the hope that the four Chu generals would agree to send troops to fight. After all, General Liang Chuan is on the other side, and these four people have a good relationship with Liang Chuan in private, and they will not die without help.

"Your Highness, no!"

"Never."

"Your Highness, this is clearly the enemy's tactic, and our army must not be fooled!"

The four Chu generals strictly implemented the orders given by Chu Kang, and they couldn't take the initiative to attack no matter what, even if they knew that Liang Chuan was alive.

"You are so ruthless?" Chu Yan was shocked, "If you don't save yourself when you die, what kind of face do you have to be a Chu general?" ”

"Your Highness is angry!"

General Chu's tone remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Your Highness doesn't know, if it were ordinary, we would definitely send troops to rescue, but now the situation is extraordinary, the battle of Pingyi City will start today, and there must not be any problems in Qingshui River at this time." ”

"Besides, the two armies are fighting, and they have never beheaded envoys and prisoners!"

"If Daji is violated, he will definitely be criticized by the people of the world, and they dare not do anything to General Liang Chuan!"

This is where the four Chu generals have the confidence to be fearless.

General Liang Chuan is still alive, so he can be exchanged as a prisoner after the war, and his life will not be in danger.

Chu Yan collapsed.

Why is it so hard to want to fight?

Chu Yan saw that he couldn't convince General Chu no matter what, so he gritted his teeth and scolded again, and returned to the camp to rest.

....

"General, this won't work, the Chu army didn't react."

On Daji's side, the generals stood behind Chen Chao, and when they saw that pulling out Liang Chuan didn't work, they couldn't help but be disappointed.

"The Chu army doesn't care about these Chu army prisoners at all, and let them live or die."

"Why don't we kill a Chu soldier first......"

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the watchtower looked at You Zhong who made the suggestion in amazement.

The prison army sent by the old marshal of Zhou, who was usually inconspicuous in the barracks, how could he now make such an unacceptable suggestion?

Kill the captives!

spread it, but it will be criticized by the world and ruined!

The generals looked at Chen Chao, hoping that he would have an idea.

Chen Chao squinted slightly, thinking about You Zhong's suggestion.

If it weren't for the necessity, You Zhong would not have made such a suggestion.

He was well-intentioned.

"No! Do not kill prisoners indiscriminately! We still have time, and we can think of other ways. Meng Changge shouted softly, interrupting Chen Chao's reverie.

Other generals also spoke: "That's right, no, we must not kill the Chu army prisoners in front of tens of thousands of people on both sides of the strait, otherwise our army will be pushed into the abyss of no return, please think twice." ”

"What do you know!" You Zhong suddenly took a step forward, looked back at the generals and said fiercely: "Do extraordinary things at extraordinary times, as soon as the reinforcements of the Chu army in the Three Thousand Gorges arrive, Pingyi City will not be able to hold it, and then the land of Yunzhou will be handed over to others, you and I are all sinners of Daji!" ”

"What is it to kill a few Chu army prisoners?"

Meng Changge was so stunned that he looked at You Zhong, took a step forward, grabbed him by the collar, frowned, and shouted:

"Do you want to drive our army to a dead end and provoke the world's criticism!"

"It's a small matter to kill the prisoners of the Chu army, but our army will be infamous on their backs!"

"You...... Can you afford it? ”

Chen Chao stopped the furious Meng Changge and separated her from You Zhong.

Meng Changge wanted to say something, but was pulled down by Chen Chao.

The two wandered around the barracks aimlessly, Meng Changge saw what was on his mind, and once again spoke kindly and persuaded him, "Chen Chao, you must not order to kill the prisoners of the Chu army and force the other party to fight, even if it is effective afterwards, do you know how much infamy you have to bear?" ”

Chen Chao let out a deep breath, put his hands behind his back, did not stop, and asked, "But now, is there any other way?" ”

"There's no way and can't do this! Chen Chao, can you bear it? ”

The two countries are at war and have never taken prisoners, and there have never been exceptions.

If an exception is made, it will be infamous for thousands of years, and Chen Chao can't afford it.

He should have a bright and broad future, not to go down a dead end in order to understand the danger of Pingyi City.

Even if he returned to China after the great victory, the Chen Dynasty not only did not take credit, but also had to face endless impeachment by the officials.

Meng Changge didn't want to see Chen Chao like this.

The truth is understood by Chen Chao.

But now he has to do this, Pingyi City is lost, and Yunzhou is lost......

Chen Chao narrowed his eyes, and there was a dark tide surging in his eyes.

Unconsciously, Meng Changge had fallen far behind, Chen Chao stopped, stopped and twisted his body, looked at her, pursed his lips and smiled, "No matter what I do, you will support me, right?" ”

Meng Changge's lips squirmed, his heart was bitter, and he didn't know how to answer.

In the end, he just closed his eyes and nodded silently.

Late at night, in the tent of the Chen Dynasty.

Murong Chong was temporarily summoned and saluted with his fists clenched, "General." ”

Chen Chao waved his hand, telling him that he didn't have to be so polite, they were all family, "General Murong is still used to it?" ”

"Habit, thanks to the general's love!"

Today, Murong Chong commanded all the cavalry under the name of the army on the northern front, almost six or seven thousand horsemen.

In the first battle of Hukou Gorge, he was ordered to lead 5,000 cavalry to clear out the 3,000 Chu troops left outside Hukou Gorge.

It's been a long time since he's fought such a battle for wealth.

The result was obvious, the 3,000 Chu army was completely annihilated.

He believed that after the end of the trip to Yunzhou, the number of enemy soldiers under his account would accumulate to two or three hundred, which was more than enough to be a general.

What's more, now that someone reuses him and trusts him, it all feels like a dream for him.

"I don't know why the general called his subordinates late at night?"

"Have you heard about today's events?"

Murong Chong nodded heavily, of course he heard about it, but he didn't want to express his opinion.

"Tomorrow, in front of tens of thousands of people on both sides of the strait, General Ben will kill a few Chu army prisoners and force the Chu army to go out of the camp to engage our army...... And you, Murong Chong, this general needs you to take the cavalry under your command to run sixty miles overnight, bypass the Qingshui River, and arrive at the back of the Chu army at noon tomorrow, at that time, our army will attack from both sides, eat the Chu army on the Qingshui River, and capture Chu Yan alive. ”

Murong Chong did not receive the order immediately, but hesitated.

"Murong Chong!"

Chen Chao suddenly shouted.

Murong Chong couldn't help but step forward: "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Order! The success or failure of this move is up to you! ”

"Subordinate...... Yes, sir! ”

Mo Rongchong gritted his back molars and took the order hard, but before going out, he turned around and asked:

"If the general does this, he will be infamous through the ages, is it worth it?"

Chen Chao got up slowly, smiled dumbly, and did not reply.

After Murong rushed away, Hou Ji walked into the tent, and Chen Chao looked at Hou Ji and whispered a few words in his ear.

Hou Ji's eyes lit up and he gave a thumbs up: "General, be smart!" ”