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After arriving in Wancheng, Yuan Qi immediately called Zhao Hu and asked him to take 5,000 cavalry around the south gate of Wancheng ten miles away. Then let Ma Yue and Xu Ban each lead 10,000 troops to the east and west gates of Wancheng to station, and he led the rest of the 7,000 soldiers to camp outside the north gate. This is the usual tactics of the Yuan Qi to encircle the three ques, vacate the south gate to let the red turban army in the city flee, to avoid the situation of trapped beasts. He also arranged in advance for Zhao Hu to set up an ambush ten miles away from the south gate to intercept and kill the fleeing Red Turban Army, so as to expand the results of the battle.

With the arrival of the Yuan Qi army, the morale of the Red Turban Army in Wancheng has plummeted. They could see clearly that the black Xuanbian general flag in the military camp outside the north gate was embroidered with the words General Huwei and Zhongyi Hou-Yuan. The people who fled back to the city yesterday once said that the little overlord Yuanqi only led 6,000 enemy troops, and he killed the 150,000 troops of the little heavenly master Zhang Shao, and he lost his armor and lost a big defeat. Only 6,000 people have been invincible under the leadership of Yuan Qi, and now this little overlord has come to conquer with more than 30,000 troops, can he and others defend Wancheng?

Under the city wall, in the camp of the official army, Yuan Qi did not give the order to attack the city, but wrote a letter, and then ordered someone to copy a thousand copies, tied them to the arrows, and then removed the arrows and shot into Wancheng. After doing this, Yuan Qi just ordered "hurry up and rest", and without even asking the person who arranged the vigil, he went directly back to the Chinese army's tent to rest.

In Wancheng, an ordinary red turban army picked up the headless arrow that Yuan Qi let people shoot in, saw a letter tied to it, and quickly opened the letter, opened it to watch, and after looking at it for a while, he remembered that he didn't know a single big word, and he couldn't understand a word of the content of the letter, so he hurriedly folded the letter and put it in his arms, and then turned around and ran towards the barracks.

When he ran outside the barracks, he happened to bump into another Red Turban soldier who came out of the barracks, and the two of them fell to the ground.

"Second dog, what are you running blindly, the old man who hurt me fell. ”

"No, that, I have an urgent matter, I picked up a letter shot into the city by the official army, but I can't read, so I want to bring it back and let Lao Yan read it. ”

So saying, he stood up and ran towards the barracks again. The man who was hit was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly got up and followed into the barracks.

In the barracks, Lao Yan took the letter handed over by Ergouzi and read it: "General Han Huwei, Zhongyi Hou Yuanqi, according to the edict of the Son of Heaven, crusade against Wancheng Zhang Shao and other red scarf remnants, now Zhang Shao has been ambushed, Ben Hou adheres to the virtue of a good life in God, **** The rest of the people are not guilty, all the past is not to blame, Pan'er and others abandon the city and surrender, if there are those who do not surrender, those who resist stubbornly, after dawn, burn with the city!"

After reading the letter, the dozen or so people in the barracks were silent.

After a long time, Ergouzi said in a low voice: "I think we will definitely not be able to defeat that little overlord, even a person with great powers like Xiao Tianshi has been killed by Xiao Overlord, let alone us, if you want me to say, it will still fall." ”

Another person retorted loudly: "Even if we surrender, it will be the end of being killed, everyone must not be confused by this little overlord, we have fought with the official army for so long, when have we ever seen a prisoner treated preferentially?"

Someone else said: "I heard that this little overlord is a good man with affection and righteousness, Lao Jin ran back after the defeat in Funiu Mountain yesterday and said that he was released by the little overlord, and the rest of the people were also put back to their hometowns, and everyone received half a day's rations." ”

"And this?"

"Really, I can't lie to you, Lao Jin is a local, so he went back to Wancheng. By the way, Lao Tian and Xiaohe are also from Wancheng, if you don't believe it, you can ask them!"

"Don't make any noise," Lao Yan was obviously the small leader of this group of people, and suppressed the noise in the barracks with one sentence: "Ergouzi, you go and find Lao Jin and them, let's ask carefully." ”

Ergouzi scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "Lao Jin left the barracks when he came back yesterday, he said that he promised Xiaobawang that he would live his own life in the future, and he would not return to the army, Lao Tian and Xiaohe were the same." ”

Lao Yan pondered for a while and said: "Can let Lao Jin leave the barracks convincingly, it seems that this little overlord is a person who believes in his word, otherwise Lao Jin and they will not obey him." ”

"Then what shall we do?" the second dog asked in a low voice.

Lao Yan sighed and said: "Alas, what else can I do, we will definitely not be able to defeat Xiaobawang, it is better to surrender as soon as possible, and I can still save my life to go back to my hometown." Speaking of which, I really miss my baby a little. ”

"I miss my mother, it's been almost three years since I left my hometown, and I don't know if my mother is doing well now. ”

"Me too, I threw down the old child and ran out, my mother-in-law cried to death, and now she may have remarried. ”

More than a dozen people in the barracks said with a glance at me, and their tones were full of deep longing for their hometown.

This scene is playing out in all corners of Wancheng. So, a large number of red turban troops opened the city gate, then ripped off the red scarf wrapped around their heads, dropped their weapons, walked out empty-handed, and walked to the camp of Yuan Qi to surrender.

By the time dawn, the Red Turban Army in Wancheng had already gone to ten or nine, and there were only about 1,000 Red Turban Army trapped in Wancheng.

Yuan Qi rode his horse to the city wall and shouted loudly towards the city: "A certain person is waiting for a stick of incense to think about it, and those who refuse to surrender at that time will be killed!"

A bandit-turned-red turban soldier shouted angrily: "The lackey of the court, I swear not to surrender!" As he spoke, he took out his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at Yuan Qi.

Seeing the arrows that came from the burst, Yuan Qi did not panic, stretched his arms lightly, and grabbed the feather at the end of the arrow.

Sitting back on the horse, Yuan Qi shouted: "Shoot!" After that, he took out the carved bow, put on the arrow in his hand, drew the bowstring, and shot away at the big banner on the city wall.

The carved bow is a royal treasure, it is the emperor Yuanhong carefully selected in the royal treasury, the treasure given to Yuanqi, the strength of the bow can be called the first in the world, coupled with the innate divine power of Yuanqi, the arrow is almost indistinguishable speed on the city wall, an arrow broke the flagpole of the big flag on the city wall, and half of the flagpole fell from the city head with the yellow flag of the red turban army.

The power of one arrow is so powerful!

After glancing at the half-section of the flagpole that had fallen under his feet, Yuan Qi raised his head and shouted to the city wall: "After the time of a pillar of incense, those who do not surrender will be so flagped!"

The defenders on the city wall were shocked and inexplicably looked at the prancing horse under the city, and their hearts were a little frightened. An arrow can break the flagpole, which is too strong.

After a dead silence, at last someone could not bear it anymore and ran down the city wall with a howl: "I surrender! I can't stand it anymore!"

Seeing that some people surrendered, the Red Turban Army on the city wall defected one after another, and when the time for a stick of incense was up, there were only a few hundred people left on the city wall.

Yuan Qi knew that most of the remaining people were outlaws and could not be instructed. So he raised the halberd in his hand, pointed to the city, and shouted, "Not one will be left." ”

With Yuan Qi's actions and orders, the enemy troops under the city gates on the north, east and west gates launched attacks at the same time. A group of officers and soldiers carried ladders to the wall, and the axemen on either side raised their shields to shield them from the bows and arrows that fell from the wall. There are also assault fighters who follow the team with short knives in their hands, waiting to climb the ladder to attack the city as soon as it is built on the wall. At the same time, a team of sturdy men carried rams and launched an impact towards the gate of Wancheng.

Just three quarters of an hour later, Wancheng was breached. The hundreds of Red Turban troops who resisted stubbornly were slaughtered by the soldiers besieging the city.

Walking into the Wancheng Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Yuan Qi lowered his head and thought as he walked, until he walked to the middle hall of the Taishou Mansion, Yuan Qi sorted out his thoughts, sat on the main seat and began to give orders.

"Zhao Hu, I order you to lead five hundred soldiers to post notices in the city, settle the people, so that the people do not panic, and at the same time search the remnants of the Red Turban Party that may be hiding in the city, the first evil will be killed, and the rest will not be killed, but those who resist will be killed!"

"No!" Zhao Hu stood up and saluted with his fists, then turned to leave.

"Xu Fang, I order you to lead 4,000 soldiers to seal the four gates of the east, west, north and south, and temporarily prohibit anyone from going out and entering. ”

"No!"

"Song Xi, I order you to lead 5,000 sergeants to rectify nearly 10,000 surrendered troops, and those who are willing to submit will be incorporated into the army, and those who are unwilling will be sent half a day's rations and returned to their hometowns. ”

"No!"

"Song Qiong, I order you to immediately write a song to bring the news of our army's complete victory and pacification of Wancheng to the Son of Heaven. And ask the Holy Lord to send a new Nanyang Taishou as soon as possible. In addition, he repaired another letter and presented it to Mu Yuanbiao in Jingzhou, telling him the news of our army's great victory, and asking him to recommend the candidate for Nanyang Taishou and submit it to the Holy Lord for decision. ”

"No!"

Because Nanyang is under the rule of Jingzhou, in addition to the appointment of the imperial court, the position of Taishou must also be recommended by Jingzhou Mu Yuanbiao. After the assignment of the task, Yuan Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and fought with the Red Turban Army for several days, which consumed a lot of Yuan Qi's mind, and at this moment, it was time to relax.

However, just as Yuan Qi was about to empty himself, Ma Yue's voice rang out: "Second brother, junior brother has something I want to tell you." ”

"Hmm, the third brother has nothing to say, when did he learn to beat around the bush? This is not like you. Yuan Qi said teasingly.

Ma Yue turned around and looked at Pang De Ma Dai behind him, and then the three of them knelt down in front of Yuan Qi, Ma Yue said: "A certain three people want to serve under the lord, please take it in." ”

Yuan Qi listened to Ma Yue's words, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, this, happiness came too fast? After this battle, he not only created the myth of 6,000 troops breaking 150,000 red scarves, but also accepted the return of three fierce generals by the way?

Seeing Yuan Qi's eyes widen in a daze, Ma Yue's impatience flared up again, and he shouted: "Second brother, don't you look down on a certain three?!"

Yuan Qi was yelled at by Ma Yue, and suddenly came back to his senses, quickly stood up, walked quickly to Ma Yue, reached out and grabbed Ma Yue's arms, helped Ma Yue up, and then pulled up Pang De and Ma Dai one by one, and said with a solemn expression: "Third brother, you and I are brothers, brothers who live and die together, in the future, remember not to call a certain lord, or to call a certain second brother to listen to the ear, otherwise, military law will be engaged!"

Yuan Qi's sentence is equivalent to agreeing to Ma Yue and the three of them to join his command. Ma Yue said happily: "It's still the second brother who is happy!" Pang De and Ma Dai bowed to the ground again: "Pang De, Ma Dai see the lord!"