Chapter 611: Prisoner Exchange (Part I)
"You mean, Ying Mei and General Haha were defeated by the enemy general Qin Yu and were escorted back to the enemy camp, right......" After Nangong Jun and Murong Fei returned to the main camp of the vanguard army, they reported the situation as soon as possible, and Tang Zhan asked step by step in order to understand the whole story.
"Let me lead the army to attack the city!" Murong Fei volunteered, "Now that our army has captured the enemy's main general, Luo Mu, taking advantage of the collapse of the defenders of Yizhou, we will attack with elite troops, and we will definitely be able to lead our troops into the city!"
But everyone can see that Murong Fei is obviously eager to save his sister, and now that Murong Ying is in the hands of the enemy, it is impossible for him not to worry as an elder brother.
"You calm down first, Brother Murong ......" Tang Zhan still dissuaded him, "If you are rash, it will backfire, General Chang's order to us at the beginning is to persuade the enemy army to surrender, if we blindly attack the city and disrupt the plan, I am afraid that it will be our ...... who will lose our position."
"What's wrong with attacking the city?" Murong Fei said with some emotion, "That Qin Yu, I just underestimated him, if I really fight seriously, I won't lose!"
"You're obviously losing your mind now, and you can't calm down at all-" Tang Zhan's expression changed, "In short, no matter what the next strategy is, I can't let you lead the action......"
"But......" Murong Fei was unwilling, Qin Yu was undefeated, and Tang Zhan here did not allow it, Murong Fei's heart was anxious and restless.
"Since that descendant of the Qin family can defeat Yingmei and Haha and the entire light cavalry of our army alone, his strength must not be underestimated, if he can't formulate detailed countermeasures in advance, our army will suffer a big loss - if dealing with Yan Ji Tai Baza is mostly an obstacle in strategy and calculation, then dealing with Qin Yu is an obstacle in force......" Lu Jing thought for a while. Turned to Nangong Jun and asked, "Brother Nangong." You fought with Brother Murong and Qin Yu, do you know why you lost?"
Nangong Jun recalled the situation on the battlefield. Then he said: "Although the descendants of the Qin family are not famous in martial arts, he has inherited the strength of the Qin family's ancestor 'Divine General' Qin Shouyue, and his martial arts arm strength is amazing, which can be described as another 'Divine General' in later generations...... If you despise him and use your blade on the battlefield, even those of us who are skilled in the martial arts are very likely to suffer, so I suggest that we must target strategies to deal with Qin Yu......"
"Listen to what Brother Nangong said. It's really good......" Lu Jing listened to Nangong Jun's analysis and nodded.
"These are all later words...... Tang Zhan was concerned about the safety of Murong Ying and Haha, and said instead, "What we should think about now is how to save Sakura and General Haha." It is not easy to fight hard in force, but we can't always stand idly by......"
"Sakura-sama...... Sakura Mei ...... "Murong Fei was anxious below, Tang Zhan ordered not to let him go out of the army, it was difficult for him to come up with a way to rescue his sister safely.
"If that's the case, we can only take a step back......" Lu Jing closed her eyes and meditated for a while. sighed and said, "Qin Yu is a descendant of the Qin family, and he knows the art of martial arts and war well, and it is impossible for him not to understand military common sense—although Ying Mei and General Haha fell into their hands. But Luo Mu, the chief general of Yizhou, is in our hands, and he still understands which is better or worse in the current situation...... Take a step back, if we are willing to release and return them to the Lord General. Maybe there's a way to get back Sakura and General Haha......"
"Sister Jing, what do you mean...... Exchange of prisoners?" Murong Fei couldn't help but ask.
"At present, there is only this way...... Lu Jing nodded, "Although let go of the enemy commander who was finally captured." But in order to save Sakura, I'm afraid there is no way. To persuade the enemy to surrender, we can only think of another strategy......"
"Thank you, Sister Jing...... Thank you......" Murong Fei saw that Lu Jing valued his sister's life as more important than the victory of the army, and couldn't help but thank and respect Lu Jing from the bottom of his heart.
Tang Zhan and Murong Fei had the same idea, and after hearing Lu Jing's decision to exchange prisoners to "save people", Tang Zhan smiled at Lu Jing.
However, the plan for the exchange of prisoners was decided, and it became a question of who would carry it out......
On the Yizhou side, Qin Yu captured Murong Ying and Haha, two enemy generals, and imprisoned them in the army's dungeon. However, because the main general Luo Mu was still in the hands of the vanguard army, as Lu Jing measured, Qin Yu understood that the Yizhou front army was now disheartened and was still in danger, so he did not dare to take it lightly......
In the barracks prison......
The dungeon was cold and damp, and although there were not many military prisoners imprisoned, the prison inside could not bear to look at it directly, and from time to time you would hear terrible screams, which made people feel creepy...... Murong Ying and Haha, who had just been imprisoned, were locked in a cell, tightly tied to the pillar by ropes, and could not move......
"Damn, you dog thieves, you have the ability to untie grandpa, grandpa, I will beat you to pulp one by one!" haha The remaining strength has not disappeared, even if you are imprisoned, you keep scolding. The people are tall and the voices are quite loud, and the whole dungeon is filled with haha scolding.
Murong Ying was different, she didn't say a word, and she didn't even look at the jailer in the dungeon. Maybe there will be a battle with Qin Yu, Murong Ying has exhausted her strength, and now she is in prison, and she can't say a word......
Shouting and shouting, haha I couldn't shout anymore, and I was panting the side. Murong Ying watched the momentum of the haha, and inadvertently interjected: "Shouting so loudly, and no one responds to you, the enemy soldiers are not being argued, but I am so noisy by you that I am ......"
Haha saw that Murong Ying was in trouble now and couldn't get out of it with herself, so she bowed her head and apologized: "I'm sorry, Miss Murong, because of my recklessness...... If I hadn't taken the initiative to attack when I had made the plan, but had asked my eldest brother (Xiao Tian) to accompany Miss Murong to you, maybe ...... Maybe it won't be like that......"
"Okay, you make trouble for me, I'm used to it...... Murong Ying said boredly, obviously emphasizing the things that made her haha mess that night.
Haha shouted a little tired, seeing that he and Murong Ying couldn't escape for a short time, so he asked again: "We are like this, whether we can go out is still a question, that guy named Qin Yu will not be unhappy, send someone to send us back to the west, right?"
"Probably not, look at that General Qin's style of doing things...... Murong Ying didn't know why she had an inexplicable feeling for Qin Yu, and muttered in her mouth. "I'd like to see him again, to see what kind of person he is......"
"What about the military division?" haha thought about the troops. He raised his head and asked, "We have betrayed the trust of General Tang and the military advisors." I'm afraid my eldest brother won't forgive me......"
Hearing this, Murong Ying was also silently worried: "None of this matters yet, what I'm worried about now is whether my brother will do anything impulsive because I was captured." Just now, my brother and Qin Yu were at a disadvantage in the battle outside the gate, and with my brother's temper, I was really afraid that he would do something out of the ordinary......"
As he was talking, there was a movement in the door of the cell-the two Mengyuan soldiers had lost their temper somewhere, and they had nothing to do. As if he wanted to enter the cell to vent the prisoners in the prison, he walked in front of Murong Ying and Haha with an unbearable expression.
Haha saw the enemy soldiers, and began to scold again: "Hmph, you guys, let go of your grandfather, look at grandpa, I won't teach you a lesson!"
"Drink, the dead fat man is dying, and he still breathes so much?" The soldier on the side couldn't get used to hearing it, and kicked it in the stomach.
Haha screamed in pain. If it weren't for the high strength of the people, the Mengyuan soldiers would be able to kick ordinary people to vomit blood. But Haha is hard-boned, and he still says unyieldingly: "Damn." How dare you do this to your grandfather...... When your grandfather can move, I'm going to beat you all over the ground looking for teeth—"
But waiting for another kick, the soldier continued to threaten: "Everyone is tied up." I see that you fat man doesn't know how to write dead words...... After speaking, it seemed that he was going to punch and kick Haha more ferociously.
"I advise you to stop—" at the critical moment. Murong Ying spoke on the side again, "Your General Luo Mu is still in the hands of our army—the victory or defeat has been decided. Yizhou will surrender sooner or later, and your attitude towards us is good or bad, which means that the treatment of the troops after surrendering ......"
As soon as Murong Ying spoke, the soldiers really stopped fighting against Haha, and the two soldiers set their eyes on Murong Ying at the same time.
"Yo, I didn't expect the general of the enemy army to be a woman like a flower......" Seeing Murong Ying and a woman tied up unarmed, the two soldiers laughed evilly, "Drink, I really didn't expect that there would be such a blessing after capturing the enemy general...... Tsk, such a beautiful woman is in prison, if we don't serve well, it will be a waste......" After speaking, the two soldiers gave Murong Ying a treacherous smile.
Murong Ying realized the evil intentions of the anti-enemy, how could she be stubborn, but she was tied up powerlessly, and she would even be insulted by the prison soldiers...... Thinking of this, Murong Ying felt angry in her heart.
Haha also noticed it, afraid that Murong Ying would be defiled by these two villains, regardless of the pain on her body, she continued to scold: "You beasts, you have the ability to loosen the bonds for grandpa, grandpa has made you suffer enough!"
But the two soldiers completely ignored the scolding on the side, attracted by Murong Ying's appearance, and the two of them smiled wickedly and stretched out their hands to Murong Ying's collar.
Murong Ying was at a loss, and couldn't scold, so she closed her eyes in despair......
"You two—" At the last moment, a serious and loud voice suddenly came from behind the two soldiers.
The two soldiers seemed to be stunned, and their outstretched hands stopped coldly, as if they had guessed who was coming, their expressions changed from sunny to cloudy, and even a little trembling......
Murong Ying also suddenly realized that the situation was not right, and slowly opened her eyes......
The person who suddenly appeared was actually Qin Yu, who had captured the two of them with his own hands. Qin Yu didn't know why, maybe he came down to inspect the situation in the cell, and walked around Murong Ying and Haha's cell coldly, and happened to encounter the scene where his soldiers were about to "commit crimes".
"Will ...... The general ......" The two soldiers were so frightened that they didn't dare to talk nonsense, and at the same time turned around and bowed their heads humbly in front of Qin Yu.
Qin Yu had a serious and even angry look on his face, dressed in a battle armor that had not yet been removed, and slowly walked to the two of them...... "Bang-" "Bang-" suddenly, two extremely loud slaps broke the long-standing silence in the dungeon, Qin Yu was obviously ashamed of the behavior of his subordinates, and slapped the two of them in the face angrily.
"I'm sorry General...... To ......" The two soldiers were so frightened that their souls flew away, and they didn't even dare to look at Qin Yu directly, and knelt on the ground with trembling feet.
"Get out-" Qin Yu didn't say much, just reprimanded him sharply. The two soldiers did not dare to stay longer, and ran out of the cell like rats with their heads in their arms.
Murong Ying saw it in her eyes, and there was suddenly a more complicated look in her eyes......
After Qin Yu finished teaching his subordinates, he looked up again at Murong Ying and Haha. Especially Murong Ying, Qin Yu looked at Murong Ying's eyes, and there seemed to be a sense of confusion.
"You are a girl, you can actually go to war, and you are against the imperial court......" Qin Yu changed his serious tone and asked Murong Ying calmly.
Murong Ying didn't say anything, and the people on the side thought that Qin Yu was also the same as the Mengyuan soldiers just now, and wanted to have bad intentions towards Murong Ying, so he scolded loudly: "You are Qin Yu, the guard general of Yizhou, right...... Hurry up and let me and Miss Murong go, it's a man with the ability to do one-on-one-"
However, Qin Yu didn't pay attention to it, and finally his gaze stopped on Murong Ying.
Murong Ying didn't know why, she believed very much that Qin Yu was a righteous gentleman, but out of the relationship between her enemies and me, she still chuckled and said: "Why, General Qin is not in the General's Mansion to discuss the military, and he is considering the countermeasures to save your General Luo Mu, why did he come to this dark and wet prison?"
"I've already thought of countermeasures, that's why I came down ......" Qin Yu said lightly, and the next action was unexpected by Murong Ying and Haha-
I saw Qin Yu pull out the short sword on his body, and untied Murong Ying without hesitation, without saying any reason in advance, and even Qin Yu was not afraid that Murong Ying would resist desperately after he untied.
Murong Ying was a little dumbfounded, and after being untied, Murong Ying did not make any acts of excessive resistance, and was stunned for a long time......
"What do you mean...... Finally, Murong Ying asked softly towards Qin Yu with caution in her doubts.
Qin Yu said calmly: "Your surname is Murong, right...... I've decided, let Miss Murong go back, report the news to your generals, and exchange prisoners of war—we'll exchange the rest of your people tied up here for General Luo Mu, the commander of our army—"
"Swap prisoners?" Murong Ying was stunned for a moment and continued to ask, "Why did you let me go back?"
However, then, Qin Yu said unpredictable words: "I can't bear to see you as a girl being tied up here to suffer...... Hurry up and go back, don't wait for me to change my mind, it's too late to regret it......"
Haha was also stunned for a long time, and now if he wants to scold, he can't seem to find a reason.
Qin Yu looked at the damp dungeon around him, and continued to say to Murong Ying: "It's not convenient to talk here, let's talk outside the city gate......"
Murong Ying hesitated for a moment, but looking at Qin Yu's firm eyes, and thinking that his army still had Luo Mu, an important chess piece, he didn't dare to mess around, so he still agreed......
"I'm your enemy, why don't you let me go back so relieved?" There weren't many guards outside the city gate, coming out of the dungeon, if Murong Ying wanted to leave, it seemed that no one could stop him, so Murong Ying couldn't help but smile and asked back.
"General Luo Mu is very important to us, please Miss Murong go back and inform your generals and negotiate the conditions for the exchange of prisoners, I am here to wait for a reply......" Qin Yu's tone was very firm, and it seemed that he would not deceive Murong Ying at all.
"You believe in me like that, aren't you afraid to let the tiger go back to the mountain, I will take insidious revenge on you?" don't forget, we are enemies ......" Murong Ying asked with a smile again.
"Actually, Miss Murong, you are so beautiful, I don't want to be an enemy with you, I injured you on the battlefield before, and I hit you hard......" Qin Yu closed his eyes softly and said.
Murong Ying was simply stunned, she didn't expect Qin Yu to have pity for her enemy. Unlike the enemy generals Murong Ying had seen before, Qin Yu didn't seem to be reckless, insidious and cunning, for her, Qin Yu was more like a good person, tolerant......
"I hope that Miss Murong can lead the conversation smoothly, tomorrow, our army will meet the exchange of prisoners at the gate of the city, and wait for the reply of the army-" At the critical moment, Qin Yu brought back the main words and pulled Murong Ying's thoughts back.
After Murong Ying calmed down, she smiled and asked, "You are my enemy, why should I believe you?"
Qin Yu was suddenly stunned, silent for a while, and actually made an unexpected move...... (To be continued.) )