In the end, the Jin army won a complete victory and forcibly took down the Yanbei Gate City with overwhelming forces. More than 6,000 Yan soldiers were captured, and more than half of them were carried with various light and heavy items.

Near noon, General Cao Shang of the Jin Kingdom was already standing leisurely on the tower of Yanbei Gate City to watch the scenery.

Yanbei Gate City, but half a time, directly took it.

General Cao Shang was very proud. One of his generals ran up to him and asked:

"General Cao, what should we do with the more than 6,000 captives of the Yan army?"

Well, that's a problem and it has to be solved as soon as possible.

General Cao Shang smiled and asked:

"General Li, if it's up to you to decide, how do you plan to solve it?"

General Li said solemnly:

"Our army will continue to advance, if it is up to me to decide, I will kill them all and solve this problem once and for all. ”

Yes, they still have to attack the next city, and with these 6,000 captives, it will be a trouble after all.

Cao Shang shook his head with a smile and said:

"General Li, have you forgotten the story of our 100,000-strong army?"

General Li thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said:

"General Cao, are you, we want to treat others the way they do?"

Cao Shang nodded and said:

"That's right, General Ben also wants Yan Guo to take money to ransom people, and then let's have a lion mouth? Let Yan Guo return what he ate before to me. ”

General Li was immediately overjoyed and said:

"Are you, let Yan Guo return Zhongzhou City to us, and then pay us an additional 10 million taels of silver?"

Oh my God, if this is done, the credit will be great. In the future, in the Jin Kingdom, apart from the emperor, who else would dare to provoke our General Cao?

You must know that the current Zhongzhou City, the annual tax revenue, can top half of their gold country. This data is estimated to be ranked first in the world!

Who wouldn't want a city like this? It would be nice to be able to come back.

In the future, Lao Tzu, as General Cao's subordinate, will naturally rise to the top, so ...... That's so cool! The future is promising!

General Li was crooked there, but Cao Shang shook his head and said:

"No, no, I would like to think of this idea, but with a little captivity, I will never be able to take such conditions. ”

"Well, that's not it!"

General Li was disappointed for a moment and asked:

"What do you mean, General Cao?"

Cao Shangdao:

"General Li, you, can we hold the city we have won in this battle?"

General Li hurriedly said:

"Of course you can, we have an army of 100,000, can we still hold a few cities?"

Cao Shang shook his head and sighed:

"It is difficult to defend the city, but we are the opposite, our 100,000 army, it is not a problem to take three or four cities with the advantage of crushing the troops. But don't forget, there are firecrackers in Yan Kingdom, as well as those powerful bombs brought back by Prince Jin Ge. If they attack the city with this kind of thing, will we be able to hold it?"

Forehead?

General Li was stunned.

The generals who stood behind General Cao to watch the scenery were also stunned.

General Li was immediately anxious and asked:

"General, according to you, what is the use of us taking these cities?"

Cao Shang smiled:

"Therefore, we must not kill these prisoners, and besides, when we attack the next city, we must take as many prisoners as possible. When the time comes, General Ben will use these captives to talk to Yan Guo about cattle

Compel them to admit that the cities we have conquered belong to our kingdom. and that they should promise not to attack us again. In this way, I will return these captives in my hands to them. ”

As long as they catch more prisoners in the future, although the price of exchanging them for Zhongzhou City is not enough, it will definitely be no problem to exchange them for a few cities that have already been taken.

The main thing is that if they succeed, it will save face for the 100,000 troops under his command. It will make the 100,000 army under his command more loyal to their new commanders.

Didn't we ask people to redeem them with money? Now, let's let them take money to redeem people from us.

Then, all the face lost in the past because of this incident has been earned. No one will dare to make fun of them about it again.

What is the most fearful thing about these 100,000 troops? They are afraid that others will make fun of them. This is too terrible for a soldier to come!

"Hahahaha......"

When General Li heard this, he immediately burst out laughing, and decisively bowed and patted his ass:

"My General Cao! Not only are you unsurpassed in martial arts, but your intelligence is also admirable, and your subordinates are really admired!"

Ouch!

The guys who followed behind General Cao Shang, regardless of the officials, also reflected at this time, and hurriedly joined the ranks of sycophants, with all kinds of compliments and admiration.

made General Cao Shang so happy that he almost couldn't see his face when he smiled.

After listening to the sycophants, General Cao Shang, who was refreshed, suddenly put away his smile and ordered with a serious face:

"The whole general ordered that 6,000 captives be temporarily imprisoned in this Yanbei Gate City, leaving 20,000 troops to deal with the follow-up matters. The rest of the army immediately set out and took Stone City as fast as possible. ”

That's right, the closest stone city to here is their next target.

The longer they stay here, the more likely Shicheng is to receive news that their Jin Kingdom has undeclared war.

If people are ready, then they will have to pay much more if they want to take Stone City.

All of General Cao Shang's men understood this, so they marched very fast.

After that, Cao Shang's 80,000 troops were already under the stone city.

Although Shicheng had received the news that Yanbeimen City was captured by the Jin State in advance, because Shicheng was not a border city, the officers and soldiers defending the city were much worse than those of Yanbeimen City in terms of ability and concept.

The most important thing is that there are far fewer soldiers defending the city in Shicheng than in Yanbeimen City. Counting the official servants and catchers, all of them together are less than 5,000 people.

General Cao Shang didn't have to make any effort, he swung the carts and horses and cannons outward, surrounded the city with 80,000 troops, and then sent people out to shout and threaten.

The prefect of Shicheng saw that he couldn't do anything, and as soon as he discussed it with everyone, he directly opened the city and surrendered.

The most important thing is that General Cao's threat is too terrible, if you surrender, everyone will be fine, if you dare to resist, when the city is broken, it will be the day of the slaughter.

There's no way, the disparity in strength is too great, and I know that I can't beat it. For the safety of the people in the city, the prefect of Shicheng had no choice but to open the city gate and become a prisoner.

Of course, the above is the law of all officials in Stone City.