At this time, the room was silent, only Wu Sheng's roar echoed.
"Since you join our heavenly army, you must abide by military discipline."
"One of the four taboos in our army is that anyone who disobeys the superior's orders will be killed!"
"How dare you disobey the orders of General Tiangong, or you are pretending to surrender instead of sincerely surrendering..."
Wu Sheng drew his sword out of its sheath: "Either you have violated our military's prohibitions and will be punished according to law!"
The last word was so murderous and cold as ice that all three of them immediately became paralyzed and their limbs trembled.
Seeing Wu Sheng approaching slowly with a ferocious look on his face, all three of them felt a chill in their hearts.
When he finally came in front of him, the other two uncles couldn't hold on anymore.
After hearing two plops, they both knelt down at the same time and shouted:
"General, please forgive me."
"General God, please spare my life."
But Uncle Dub, who had spoken before, was still standing by himself at this time, but his face was pale and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, obviously he was trying to hold on.
Although he was afraid loudly in his heart, Uncle Dub still gritted his teeth, looked at Wang Zheng, cupped his hands and said, "General, I'll see you soon."
"Since the three of us surrendered, we did have the desire to survive and the fear of death. Now that we have joined the Heavenly Army, we should have followed the general's orders."
"It's just that as a Kaiyang person, I feel deeply ashamed that I didn't protect the country and the people. Now..."
"How are you now?" Wang Zheng asked, looking sideways and staring at him with burning eyes.
Facing the opponent's lofty gaze, Uncle Dub was trembling all over, but he still mustered up the courage to continue: "Now you want us to deceive Pao Ze and open the city gate wide, but we are actually obeying your orders!"
"Oh?" When Wang Zheng heard this, he suddenly smiled and clapped his hands: "Okay, great, great."
Although he said this, everyone looked at him with sharp eyes and no smile at all, but they all instantly understood that this was an irony.
"Not only that."
Nadu Bo knew that his fate was about to end soon, so he simply let go: "We are willing to serve under the general's command and be driven by the general, but if we attack Kaiyang... or even any county in Xuzhou, we will never contribute to obey the order!"
"No matter how miserable I am as a Xuzhou man, I will never use a sword against my fellow villagers!"
The bold words should have been said decisively, but Uncle Du said it in a stumbling manner, without any momentum at all.
But the determination shown in his few words was heard by Wang Zheng.
So brave!
After hearing these words, Wu Sheng's face became more ferocious, his eyes glowed fiercely, and he raised his right arm, intending to kill this man.
"Wait a minute!"
Seeing that this person was going to be covered in blood in the next moment, Wang Zheng suddenly spoke up and stopped Wu Sheng.
"General?"
Seeing the surprise in Wu Sheng's eyes, Wang Zheng did not respond immediately, but just paced towards the three of them.
Amidst the rhythmic footsteps, the mountain-like momentum became more and more awe-inspiring, and invisible pressure slowly enveloped them.
When he finally walked in front of the three uncles, the last one standing couldn't hold on any longer and also bowed his head to the ground.
It seemed like a long time passed.
Just as the three people's hearts were filled with despair, a clear voice floated down from their heads:
"Although you are not brave and fearless men, you can still care about the villagers and have perseverance, which is rare."
"Especially you." Pointing to the person in the middle, Wang Zheng suddenly smiled: "That sentence about protecting the country and the people is very good."
"As a soldier, you should never forget this intention."
"In this case, I won't force you. You can just retreat first."
Hearing this, the three of them felt as if they had been granted amnesty. They took a deep breath in their hearts and said with gratitude on their faces:
"Thank you, General!"
Looking at the three people leaving, Wu Sheng shouted reluctantly: "Azheng, if the three of them don't want to, then they will attack Kaiyang next..."
"Isn't there another one?" Wang Zheng smiled, sat down and said loudly: "Let him do it."
"What if he doesn't want to?" Wu Sheng knew that Wang Zheng was talking about Jing Yi, so he asked again.
"He wills it."
Wang Zheng's voice was full of affirmation.
...
Kaiyang.
As the prefecture and county of Langya Kingdom, it was built next to the Yi River. The original city was a rammed earth city. In the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu State, in order to resist the Jin State, Ji Sunsi and Shusun Zhou Qiu were sent to build a city and garrison here, which became the main defense center of the Lu State.
The most famous military event that has ever occurred in this land should be the Battle of Maling during the Warring States Period.
Sun Bin, the military commander of Qi State, defeated his fellow disciple Wei General Pang Juan on the Maling Ancient Road in the south of the city, and finally avenged Bin's punishment and tattooing.
(Another saying is that the Maling Ancient Road is located in Daming County, Hebei Province)
From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, this city has been at peace for more than two hundred years.
If Wang Zheng had not traveled through time, in its original history, this city and its people would have enjoyed such peaceful conditions for many years.
...
On the seventh day after Wang Ling led his army out of the city, there was once again a surge of military energy slowly approaching Kaiyang.
Linyi's city wall is eight meters high, and the watchtower on top of the city is nearly two meters high. At such a height, it's enough to climb up and see far away.
Naturally, the patrol soldiers immediately noticed the movement when a large number of black spots appeared within five miles.
He quickly cheered up and looked into the distance.
Although there was still a certain distance, he could only barely tell that the number of people was about four to five hundred, but the momentum of the battlefield and the faint cold light under the midday sun still made him make an immediate judgment.
Not a caravan, not a refugee...
It's the army!
Could it be that the county lieutenant had already defeated the Yellow Turban bandits and returned now?
The city defense soldiers, who had never thought about the possibility of the failure of their five thousand officers and soldiers, although they had speculations in their minds, still sounded the alarm according to the system.
A buzzing sound suddenly sounded, echoing even faster over the whole city.
Over the past many years, such warning bells have sounded more than once.
Even before Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, there were occasional rebellions by small groups of Yellow Turban bandits in the territory, but Langya County and Kaiyang City seemed to be favored by heaven. Every time they faced a formidable enemy, they all proved to be false alarms.
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Therefore, those soldiers who were not on duty today and were working at home did not take it seriously when they heard it and did not immediately gather at the military camp according to the rules.
Most of the city defense troops on duty had relaxed expressions and slowly and slowly put on their armor and held knives, gathering towards various city gates and city heads.
"The first bell this year rang much earlier than in previous years? I remember last year it rang in April."
"It's right to be careful. After all, Linyi, which is not far away, is currently suffering from thieves!"
"Hey, the county lieutenant is taking action. The death of those bandits is approaching. Counting the time, they are probably all in hell by now."
These officers and soldiers were talking in small groups and looking down at the scene in the distance.
The approaching army was not slow. After almost half an hour, it was not far from the Kaiyang city wall.
Finally, some sharp-eyed soldiers saw clearly the flying flag with the word "king" on the other side.
"The captain has returned with a great victory?" A soldier shouted excitedly at first, and then confusion appeared on his face: "How come the number of people is so small?"
No matter what, the news that it was definitely his own army spread, and the already loose soldiers became even more excited.
Some officers and soldiers have even walked down, preparing to lower the suspension bridge in advance and open the city.
"This isn't right!"
I don't know who screamed, and the panic in the sharp voice surprised the defenders, and they instinctively looked outside the city again.
As the distance gets closer, more and more people can see it clearly.
Those in charge were indeed four to five hundred people, and they were indeed the flags, clothes and armor of the Kaiyang Army...
But these soldiers all looked extremely miserable. Not only were most of them covered in blood and filth, but many of them were injured and wrapped in bandages!
There was almost no formation, everyone was scattered, dejected, and mixed together casually, and the flags were held up and down.
At this time, countless teams of varying numbers of people appeared not far away, sparsely forming a long, thin and messy line.
Add them all up, and the total is nearly a thousand.
This scene...
Doesn’t it look like a victory?
How could such a brave man as the county captain be defeated by a group of yellow turban bandits?
Everyone looked in disbelief, but they vaguely felt that maybe this was the truth.
But, they are just yellow turban bandits...
What's more, wasn't it said before that there were only more than a thousand people?
Even if we include those refugees, even if there is an ambush, even if the intelligence is inaccurate...