Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three Entering the City
It was already after dark when Xiangyang was captured.
Before Lu Yan and Cao Cao entered the city, countless torches had been lit in the city.
Enter the city and walk on the streets of Xiangyang.
Cao Cao, Lu Yan and others saw the devastation in the city by the light of the fire.
Many houses on both sides of the street were destroyed by artillery fire, and in some places there were corpses of defenders and civilians. The entire Xiangyang City was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.
When passing by a place, there were masses of Xiangyang defenders lying there, and none of them had weapons around them; there were also some common people who either died in the house or by the door.
Lu Yan's face suddenly became serious when he saw this. He could tell that the deaths of some defenders and people were a little unusual.
"Are these guys massacring the city?" Lu Yan's heart sank. If this is really the case, then he has violated Cao Jun's military law. If he is investigated, he will be beheaded!
Thinking of this, Lu Yan felt angry at the stupid things those recruits had committed, and couldn't help but cursed softly: "Fuck!"
"?" Cao Cao suddenly heard the word cao, so he turned to Lu Yan and asked: "Mr. Lu, you called me?"
Lu Yan was stunned by Cao Cao's question, and then he replied: "Well, actually, I want to ask, Mr. Cao, what are you going to do next after taking Xiangyang?"
After taking Xiangyang, the capital of Jingzhou, Cao Cao was in a particularly good mood.
After hearing Lu Yan's question, he thought for a while and then said: "If Xiangyang is captured and Liu Qi surrenders, the whole Jingzhou can be declared.
As for the next step, of course we need to reward according to merit, and then give our invincible Han navy a good reward!"
"Oh." Lu Yan said perfunctorily, and then fell into his own thoughts.
Lu Yan didn't know if Cao Cao and others had seen the corpses. He was worried that if someone saw them and noticed something unusual, then the achievements of the navy soldiers who had worked so hard and sacrificed their lives would probably be lost.
Not long after leaving, just when Lu Yan was thinking about what to do, Cao Cao and others saw Gan Ning and others waiting in front.
Gan Ning stood at the front with his head held high. Next to him was Xu Sheng, who was wrapped like a rice dumpling in bandages, and then Su Fei, who was responsible for guarding Pang Tong who was tied up.
Cao Cao saw them and laughed loudly and said: "General Gan, General Su, General Xu, after this battle, our Han Dynasty will have another invincible division!"
How mighty I am, the great Han navy!
Come here, slaughter the pigs and sheep, and tonight we will celebrate our navy brothers!"
Although Gan Ning and others were praised by Cao Cao, they were really worried.
He didn't know if the massacre of the city had been discovered. If he had been discovered, tonight's celebration banquet might turn into a confession banquet.
When Cao Cao came to Pang Tong, Pang Tong had no expression on his face and looked straight ahead, not taking Lao Cao seriously at all.
Cao Cao looked at the ugly guy in front of him, thinking that this guy almost stabbed him in the waist, and he was still a little scared in his heart.
Fortunately, Jiangdong Navy's land battle was really tight, otherwise the stabbing would have been serious, and his old Cao would have been seriously injured even if he didn't die.
After taking a deep breath, Cao Cao said to Su Fei: "Untie him."
After hearing what Cao Cao said, Su Fei did not hesitate and immediately untied Pang Tong from the tight ropes on his body.
"Hmph!" Pang Tong moved his somewhat numb arms, and then snorted coldly: "If you want to kill or cut into pieces, I'll leave it to you. Don't be so pretentious."
Pang Tong had great talent.
According to Cao Cao's character of loving talents as much as his life and thirsting for talents, he should persuade Pang Tong to surrender.
But looking at Pang Tong's appearance, Cao Cao suddenly lost some interest, so he turned to Lu Yan and asked: "Mr. Lu, what do you think should be done with him?"
Lu Yan has been looking at Pang Tong since just now, thinking that he is actually not too ugly, he just looks very distinctive.
After hearing Cao Cao's question, Lu Yan thought for a moment and replied: "Pang Shiyuan has the talent to stabilize the country and stabilize the country. Killing him just like this will really bury all his talents."
Pang Tong wanted to make another sarcastic comment, but Lu Yan raised his hand to stop him and continued: "We will not kill you. As long as you no longer turn to other princes to oppose us, you can come and go freely."
Pang Tong seemed to think that he heard wrongly and couldn't help but ask: "You said you were going to let me go???"
Perhaps feeling that Lu Yan's words did not count, Pang Tong couldn't help but look at Cao Cao again.
Cao Cao originally thought that Pang Tong was a great talent, and even if he couldn't use him, he should at least stay in his own territory.
But after hearing what Lu Yan said, he suddenly felt that his situation was indeed a little bit worse than Lu Yan's.
Seeing Pang Tong looking at him, Cao Cao nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Since it is Mr. Lu, I can do anything."
Pang Tong took a deep look at Lu Yan. He really didn't expect that this man would let him go so easily.
"Why?" Pang Tong hesitated again and again, but finally asked the question in his heart.
"Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, you should understand this simple truth.
Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is prosperous and the people's lives are getting better and better. Moreover, we serve the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. This world will eventually return to the Han Dynasty."
"Are you sure it will really still be the Han Dynasty in the future?" Pang Tong showed a trace of sarcasm on his lips.
"They are all Han people, so why are they not Han Dynasties? As long as the Han Dynasty can continue to inherit, what is the difference between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty?"
Lu Yan's words made Pang Tong a little stunned, "What is the difference between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty?"
According to rumors, Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was distantly related to the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty; but some people say that in fact they had nothing to do with each other.
But regardless of whether it was the Eastern Han Dynasty or the Western Han Dynasty, the Han people sincerely recognized them.
"So, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty. So can Liu Han and Cao Han also be called Han Dynasties?" Pang Tong felt that he seemed to have thought of something key.
He frowned and looked at Cao Cao and Lu Yan, asking, "Can I have any heirs today?"
"none."
Pang Tong nodded, indicating that he understood.
He bowed his hands to Cao Cao and Lu Yan and said, "In that case, Pang bids farewell."
Cao Cao made a gesture of invitation, which made him look graceful and majestic.
The soldiers behind Cao Cao uniformly took a step back to both sides, revealing a deep and dark passage.
Seeing that no one was stopping him, Pang Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the passage.
However, after taking two steps, Pang Tong suddenly turned around and looked at Lu Yan and asked, "I have one more thing I want to ask Lu Qiaoqi."
Lu Yan nodded and said, "You say."
"Pang heard that his former classmate Xu Yuanzhi, Xu Shu, is now serving the imperial court. I dare to ask Lu Qiaoqi, where is he now?"
In fact, given Pang Tong's status and strength in Jingzhou, he must have found out that Ma Teng of Xiliang was resisting Han Sui's offensive with the help of Xu Shu.
The reason why he asked this was just to secretly reveal his future whereabouts to Lu Yan, Cao Cao and others.
They had brought so much trouble to Cao Cao, but they were so magnanimous in letting Pang Tong survive the disaster. Only then did they feel that Xu Shu and Shi Tao's evaluation of Cao Cao and Lu Yan was very pertinent, "A hero in troubled times, a