Chapter 27 Leading the Way
As soon as Hafez died, no one dared to stop Yihu's footsteps. Dagan Shetuo led the way, and his personal soldiers were in the middle of the group of arrows. Little Berksulder led the bow and broke the back. The group surrounded Yihu, and in a blink of an eye, escaped without a trace.
The people who were previously dispersed by Dagan Shetuo immediately spread the news that Yihu escaped and Hafez was killed. Suddenly, no one in the city was willing to resist. The generals took the lead in going out of the city to escape first, while the rich and powerful families cleaned up the fine and soft ones followed closely. As for those who had no money or power, they didn't want to stay in the city and wait for death. After cleaning up, they took the whole family and young to the only passage out of the city.
There is only one passage to leave the city, and the width is only allowed to two horses in parallel. Tens of thousands of people rush to escape, so how can it be arranged? Soon, all the escapees squeezed into a group.
Some officials and nobles were used to being domineering, and immediately ordered their evil slaves to use a knife to open the way. The people who were usually timid in front of officials and noble men were also aroused by the fierceness at the critical moment of life and death, and immediately raised their swords and sacrificed their lives. As a result, both sides killed blood, and the number of casualties was far greater than that of the soldiers who died on the city walls in the past few days.
Everyone in the city was in a hurry to escape, and naturally no one cared about the fire that had just been suppressed. As a result, the isolation belt soon lost its function, and the fire spread to the city from near the East City Gate. Along the way, all the houses were burned, whether they were thatched huts or carved beams and painted buildings.
Fortunately, at the last moment, Zhang Qian suddenly felt soft-hearted and ordered the Tang army to use gunpowder bullets to blast and attack, blowing up the blockages at the south and north gates of Talas City. Then he led his troops into the city to put out the fire, which gave the people trapped in the city a glimmer of life. Otherwise, most of the people in the city would definitely turn into ashes with the city.
Even so, when the Tang army exploded an isolation belt to isolate the fire, half of the buildings in Talas City had been completely swallowed up by the flames. The rescued local people looked at the raging fire, and they were all in a state of despair. The nobles and officials who had not had time to fight a bloody way out of their own people and escaped decisively chose to surrender.
The latter was fighting with Tang Yan, who was half-familiar with him, and he had been looking forward to the king's army for a long time. It was only because of the tyranny of Yihu and his son and brothers that he had to be in vain and slander with him.
Zhang Qian was inconvenient to continue to kill the local officials and nobles who were "lost and knew how to return". However, he was unwilling to keep them to raise tigers. Therefore, after confiscating most of their property, he assigned a group of brothers to escort them to Kucha and handed them over to the Anxi Grand Capital Protector Niu Shi Award for disposal.
As for whether Niu Shizhao would kill these people on the spot or continue to escort them to Chang'an City to offer victory to Emperor Shenlong? It was beyond the scope of the authority of Zhang Qian, the governor, and of course he was so happy that he no longer asked about it.
Zhang Qian did not collect all the confiscated Fucai into the Saiye Military Officer's Bank. Instead, he decisively took out 40% of them and distributed them to the people whose houses were burned by fire to help them rebuild their houses for the winter. The Yihu stored in the official warehouse of Talas City, and was ready to use it to provide military rations for the soldiers under his command when he was defending the city. He also handled this as well. Sixty percent of them were collected by the Tang army, and four parts were given to the people.
As a result, after the notice was posted, the whole city was filled with joy. Many people whose houses were destroyed calculated according to the figures on the notice and found that their property had increased instead of falling. One by one, they immediately thought of the benefits of the Tang army from their hearts.
However, these relief measures will take several days to implement. After Zhang Qian made the charter, he handed them over to Wei Dao and others to implement them. He himself freed up his hands to start dealing with the biggest gains of this battle, Shi Guo Special Forces Yi Hu.
It's interesting to say that Yi Hu almost slipped away from Zhou Jianliang's nose.
Under Zhang Renyuan's strict control, the military discipline of the Shuofang Army has always been strict. The Saiye Army under Zhang Qian's control did not have the habit of harming the people. Therefore, although Zhou Jianliang led 500 Saiye brothers, ambushed five miles west of Talas City in advance, blocking the big and small roads leading to Baishui City and Ju Zhanti and other places. However, he let go of the ordinary people who fled everywhere and intercepted and killed the well-dressed officials and nobles.
As a result, Yi Hu took advantage of the loophole.
In order to survive, the latter dismissed most of the soldiers and personal soldiers not far from the city, and only brought more than 40 hard-core confidants to continue to flee westward. He also snatched torn clothes from residents' homes along the way and put them on their bodies. His exposed faces and hands were covered with mud.
When they found that a Tang army set up a checkpoint on the main road, the people immediately turned around and rushed to the small road. They found that the small road was not open, and at the suggestion of Dagan She Tuo, these people decisively divided into five or six waves in front of the front and back, pretending that they didn't know each other, trying to get away with each other.
Tang Junzhi, who led the team to set up the checkpoint, saw that it was still early and thought that Yihu would not abandon the city and brothers so soon. So when he saw five "people" dressed in rags and looked embarrassed, he asked for it. Without searching carefully, he raised his hand and let it go.
Yihu was overjoyed. In order to avoid arousing suspicion from the Tang army, he did not dare to jump onto the mount and gallop wildly. Instead, he deliberately pulled the mount and walked more than twenty steps away before climbing onto the horse's back again.
He thought that if he survived this disaster, he would have good fortune. However, unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred. A personal soldier who passed by the second wave of card actually wrapped his carry on his body from the horse's back and fell to the ground. The scimitar hidden in the package collided with the stones on the ground, and immediately made a crisp sound.
The people in the army were most familiar with the sound of the clash of gold and iron. In an instant, the Tang army around them raised their weapons together. The unfortunate guys who were intercepted by the Tang army and several other groups of personal soldiers who were trying to escape the barrier immediately pulled out their weapons to resist, and the two sides fought in a blink of an eye.
Yi Hu's personal soldiers were carefully selected, and their combat effectiveness was far greater than that of ordinary soldiers under his command. More than 40 personal soldiers came forward together and fought desperately, and they were not at all inferior to the 100 Tang soldiers. Unfortunately, some people in the Tang army were quick and quick, and they ignited a firework and shot it into the sky without hesitation!
"Bang!" The fireworks exploded in mid-air. Although they were not bright enough, they were eye-catching enough. When Zhou Jianliang saw this, he immediately brought a hundred brothers to help.
He was very skilled in martial arts and had rich combat experience, and had no enemy under his command. In a blink of an eye, he killed the little Berksulder formation under his horse, and then he led his brothers to divide and surround all the Sogdians and "swallowed" them all one by one.
At the critical moment, Dagan Shetuo used the method of escape from the shell. He and his personal soldiers, Yi Hu were sandwiched with Yi Hu, abandoning the brothers who were fighting and fleeing in panic. Unfortunately, Yi Hu's good luck this time was completely exhausted. After Zhou Jianliang defeated his confidants, he followed and pursued him without waiting for the battle.
One of the two sides escaped and the other chased. According to the principle, Yi Hu's war horse was better, he was more familiar with the road along the way, and he might also get help from his own people, and he had a great chance to escape from a genius. However, he was really not good at it. Before he escaped fifty miles away, his body was crushed by Teller Piao under his crotch and fell directly from the horse's back.
Now, even the gods could not save him. Although his personal soldier Dajian Gri carried him on the back of the horse desperately and rode with him on a horse. Although Dagan She Tuo took the initiative to expose himself and attracted the Tang army to chase him. Half an hour later, Yihu was still with Gri and was captured alive by Zhou Jianliang.
However, although Zhou Jianliang had a vicious face, his heart was not cruel. In the case of Dagan She Tuo and Dajian Geli, he did not kill the two on the spot as Zhang Qian's order. Instead, he tied them with Yi Hu and took them back to Talas on the back.
When the group entered the city, the fire had been put out. Under the command of Tang soldiers and the "local Tang people", the people in the city lined up in a long line to receive relief at the gate of the tall and neat Special Service Mansion. Seeing that the Special Service Mansion Yihu was taken back dejectedly, the people not only did not give him any sympathy, but instead sweared at him one by one.
This move was not to show loyalty to the new master of Talas, but to the people hated Yihu for causing them to lose their homeland. According to everyone's ideas, since Yihu knew that he could not defend Talas, he should take the initiative to return the ransom owed as agreed. He owed Tang Jun money and did not have the ability to pay back the debt, which was the cause of all the disasters.
Of course, if Yi Hu could successfully repel the Tang army, the local people would not be stingy to cheer for him. His behavior of tying back the debt would also be regarded as a good talk. The nine surnames of Zhaowu originally believed in the prey of the weak. If they bowed to the strong, they would never be regarded as a shame. If they had no strength but had to provoke enemies stronger than themselves, they would be despised by the people.
Half a month has passed since his last release. Even if Yi Hu himself can't settle the score, he knows that even if he compensates Zhang Qian with all Talas and Julan City, he will not be able to repay the debt. In his opinion, Zhang Qian is not a generous person. Since he was angry, he burned half of Talas, and after he fell into this person's hands, he might have died and no life.
Therefore, Yihu didn't even want to hide from the saliva of the people. He completely regarded himself as a skinless sheep, and whether to roast or steam it depends on the owner's own will.
However, to his surprise, Zhang Qian neither ordered him to be removed from his body nor humiliated him. Seeing that he was covered in filth, he ordered people to take him down and wash and change his clothes. After he was cleaned from head to toe, he ordered people to take him back to the main hall of the Special Service Mansion.
If Zhang Qian wanted to remove him from a big bag, there would definitely be no need for someone to take a bath and change his clothes. Even if no one reminded him, Yi Hu could figure it out.
Therefore, he cleaned up and got the moon first. After changing into the silk clothes that belonged to him before, but now he didn't know who he belonged to, he immediately did not want to treat himself as a dead person. As soon as he returned to the main hall, he took the initiative to follow the etiquette of the Tang people and bowed to the ground, "The prisoner of sin, Yihu, pay homage to Zhang Zhenshou. The prisoner of sin was overestimated and tried to pay back his debts, which was extremely confused. Now that he has been caught by Zhang Zhenshou, he dare not ask you for forgiveness. I just want you to point out a clear way to repay your debts. Whether it is going to the Knife Mountain or going to the Fire Hell, the prisoner of sin will definitely do the same!"
"Huh?" Unexpectedly, Yi Hu was so "bachelor". Zhang Qian prepared a lot of coercion and inducement methods in advance and all of them were lost. He was stunned and shook his head with laughter and cry, "You are smart, what have you done? You should raise money and send the ransom to Ashibulai Castle earlier, why should I spend so much money?!"
"I used to know that the soldiers of the Celestial Empire were sharp, but I didn't expect that they were so sharp. No matter whether they were big or small, they could not stop Zhang Zhenshou from having a full blow." After all, I had received a good education since I was a child. When there was no wise man around me, Yi Hu's mind immediately became enough. After thinking about it, he saluted respectfully again, "If I had known this before, the prisoners would not only dare not refusal to pay, but they would not even dare to have the idea of offending the soldiers."
"So, if my strength is not as strong as you, you should lead troops to the door?" Zhang Qian asked with a funny hearing and sneered.
Yi Hu was immediately scared and shivered. However, he found that Zhang Qian did not seem to be angry. After hesitating for a moment, he simply chose to tell the truth, "It should be definitely not. But the Jiu surname of Zhaowu is not as good as the Tian Dynasty. The Tian Dynasty is famous for its masters in doing things. In the west of the Pamir Mountains, people pay attention to the prevalence of the weak. If you find that others may be weak, but don't attack, you will be ridiculed by everyone."
As it turned out, this choice was very correct. Zhang Qian heard his words, and although his brows were frowning, the sneer on his face disappeared, "What if you lose, aren't you worried that your people will scold you for being wary?"
"Qi Bi, they won't scold me. They won't scold me. They will only scold me for losing my beating. Or they will still provoke strong people even though they know they can't win!" Found that Zhang Qian likes to listen to the truth, Yi Hu's charlatan quickly grew bigger and continued to tell the truth.
"What you said is true!" Zhang Qianwen sighed and nodded. Then, he shook his head gently, "What they hate is not why you started a war. What they hate is that they have to pay the price after losing."
The last two sentences were originally circulated in another network of time and space. After Zhang Qian said it, he suddenly realized that it was in line with what he saw. Therefore, the moment he finished speaking, he was a little confused.
Yihu immediately found a soulmate. He leaned forward two steps and said gritting his teeth: "So, the guard should not be too good to the locals. If you treat them well, they think that you will offend you, and you will not be punished anyway. The more you deal with them, the more they feel that they are atoneing for their previous mistakes. In the future, they will be loyal to you!"
"Huh?" Unexpectedly, Yi Hu actually gave him an idea to treat his fellow tribes, Zhang Qian was stunned again. Then, the figures of famous traitors in another time and space flashed in front of him.
Traitors have always spared no effort in helping foreign races deal with their compatriots. Before leading the way for foreign races, these traitors often hold high positions or have good food and clothing. They make all kinds of reasons for the tiger, but they are usually incomprehensible to normal people.
For example, Qin Hui, who is the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Wang Jingwei, the number one figure in the National Government, obviously got a hundred times the benefits from his homeland than the foreign races, but they still decisively showed their compatriots for the sake of the stinky bones thrown by the foreign races!
Fortunately, this time, the invaders were themselves, and the traitors came from the enemy country!
Thinking of this, Zhang Qian was too lazy to talk nonsense to Yi Hu anymore. He slapped the table with his hand and ordered in a deep voice: "Yi Hu, you have two ways. First, repay the debt, 20,000 taels of gold, which doubles every day, from the time I let you go to now..."
Before he could finish his words, Yihu had already made a decisive choice: "The second one, I choose the second one. The guards will be kind, I choose the second one, and I will never regret it!" That look ten times more anxious than seeing a wild dog with flesh bones!
Chapter completed!