After glanced at the dark prisoners of war, General Zhendong asked:
"Where is the thief?"
No one answered.
Zhao Guang, who was standing behind General Zhendong on a war horse with excitement, saw that no one stood up and blinked, feeling that the scene in front of him seemed a little familiar.
General Zhendong said coldly:
"Why? If you don't stand up, you think I can't find it?"
Zhao Guang swallowed and quietly took a step back, trying to weaken his presence.
A man walked out with a little trembling and saluted General Zhendong:
"The villain is, the army's sage. Please tell the general..."
"June Sima?" General Zhendong frowned, "Where is your chief general?"
"Die, die."
Zhao Guang shrank his neck.
This scene feels more familiar.
General Zhendong seemed to notice something, turned his head slightly, and his eyes seemed to sweep over Zhao Guang.
Fortunately, she didn't say much.
After reorganizing these surrendered soldiers and having someone interrogate the surrendered generals, it was already dark.
——
In Ji County, a hundred miles away, Wang Xiong did not know that the five thousand reinforcements he sent had been wiped out and no one could return it.
But this did not prevent him from being upset.
As the governor of Youzhou and the governor of Youzhou who has been in office for more than ten years, Wang Xiongyuan knows the situation in Youzhou better than Zhao Kai, the prefect of Yuyang.
In his early years, he was able to easily exclude Tian Yu. In addition to his own background, another important reason was that he saw the direction of the court's strategic adjustment and the emperor's thoughts.
But his advocacy of being gentle to the Hu people does not mean that he is giving in to the Hu people without any bottom line or indulging them.
In fact, compared with Tian Yu's reckless approach to the Hu people who advocated toughness, Wang Xiong only hoped to maintain the stability of the frontier while at a smaller price, and to weaken and differentiate the Hu people without causing a rebound.
From this perspective, although Wang Xiong and Tian Yu's approach seems to be completely opposite, their purpose is to achieve the same goal.
Why is the Xianbei Buyao tribe so obedient?
In addition to getting a lot of benefits from the transaction with Youzhou every year, Wang Xiong also agreed that their tribe could enter the Liaoxi County to spend the winter in winter.
Hua Yao is grateful for this.
But they didn't know that it was not that they were allowed to operate in western Liaoning, but that Wang Xiong was willing to use their tribe to block the Gongsun clan from Liaodong from harassing Youzhou.
Just as Sima Yi promised that the Tuoba tribe could live in Liaodong in the future, even if they could not conquer Liaodong in the future, they could temporarily live in western Liaoning.
At that time, based on the habits of the Hu people in the grassland, there will be a dispute between the Tuoba tribe and the Bu Yao tribe. The Great Wei will be in the middle of mediation and can balance the two major tribes.
It is precisely because of this kind of thought and purpose that Wang Xiong has arranged detailed works outside the border over the years.
Mo Huba, the leader of the Buyao tribe, had a different intention, so Wang Xiong had a way to cut off his head while he was sleeping.
Therefore, when Wang Xiong received the news from the Yuyang Ancient Pass, he felt something was wrong immediately after receiving the news from the Yuyang cavalry.
He is 90% sure that Langyan has nothing to do with the Hu people.
The remaining floor was because the Bu Yao Department, who was responsible for the warning outside the frontier, did not send any news in advance.
Even if you take ten thousand steps back, Bu Yao’s army really betrayed the Great Wei, what about those detailed works?
Why didn’t even send secret reports for meticulous works?
So, who else besides the Hu people?
Wang Xiong was no longer afraid to imagine it anymore, he felt confused.
This mood almost reached its peak two days after the reinforcements set off.
"Why haven't the chasing in Yuyang sent a letter yet?"
After waiting for three days, Wang Xiong couldn't help but get angry, "What the hell is Zhao Kai doing!"
Logically speaking, after sending a cavalry for the first time, you should immediately verify the situation of the checkpoint and immediately send the news to Jixian.
No matter how late it is, the second batch of riders should not be later than today.
But he waited for a whole day, and as the sun was setting and the twilight began to fall, the cavalry in Yuyang still had no shadow at all, which made Wang Xiong's uneasy widen.
He called Zhao Kai's name directly, which showed that he was already a little angry.
"No, I can't wait any longer. I must send a quick horse to question it tomorrow."
In recent years, the Great Wei army lacked horses, and many of the horses used by the cavalry were considered slow horses.
But even so, when the war in Hebei was fought, the cavalry in Jixian must first ensure the smooth flow of news in the west.
Therefore, it cannot be used easily.
Because of Yuyang's slowness, Wang Xiong had to decide to go there early to send a cavalry.
This made him, who was already restless and irritable, become more angry.
"After the war comes, let's see how I sue you for your dereliction of duty to the Taifu!"
Just as Wang Xiong was restless, a subordinate suddenly came to report:
"Empress, it's not good. A group of defeated soldiers came from outside the city, clamoring to enter the city!"
When Wang Xiong heard this, he immediately felt an ominous feeling in his heart: "The defeated soldiers? What kind of defeated soldiers?"
The subordinates looked panicked: "It seems that they were the reinforcements sent to Yuyang the day before yesterday. I heard that they were ambushed. Now the defeated troops are gathered at the city, clamoring to enter the city."
Wang Xiong was shocked and suddenly felt: "What? Let's go and see!"
The twilight was as chaotic as the ink ink, hundreds of defeated soldiers dragged more than a dozen broken flags across the suspension bridge of the moat, came to the city, and shouted at the top of the city in a mess:
"Open the door, open the door quickly!"
"Open the city gate! The Shu captives are chasing you!"
"We're going in!"
...
The guards on the top of the city were alarmed. Someone poked out half of his face and looked down, but saw chaos under the city, and there were even more ants at the gate of the city.
Five or six of the dozen broken flags dragged back were inserted, and many people still had semi-coagulated blood on their faces.
More than ten "defeated soldiers" running in the front pushed and cried, throwing the horse manure mixed with broken bones towards the defenders on the city:
"Open the door, are you deaf? Open the door!"
Some people even raised the flag that had been smeared with filth and was unrecognizable. There was a hole as big as a bowl in the middle and shouted at the torch of the city tower:
"Are you blind? Can't see what this is? Open the door quickly and let's go in!"
Seeing the movement below, the lieutenant guarding the city became more and more afraid to open the door easily, and could only ask someone to invite the King of Envoy as quickly as possible.
Seeing that the city gate was not open for a long time, a soldier with broken arms suddenly rushes to the mud in the mud, and the raised broken limbs reveal white bones - the sharpened lamb leg bones are wrapped in blood.
linen.
He kowtowed wildly to the city tower, and his forehead hit the gravel and bloody flowers burst out:
"Master Cui! I am Wang Aniu of the third song! Have you forgotten? I went to your village to work last year..."
The captain at the top of the city could not see what the guy who called himself Wang Aniu looked like under the city.
Even if he saw it clearly, he didn't know who the other party was, because there were more people working for him every year.
But among the reinforcements sent out two days ago, there were indeed people from his village.
Of course, he didn't care about the lives and death of these untouchables under the city.
But he cared about his life and death:
In less than three days, the reinforcements sent out became like this. What did they encounter?
The most important thing is, where are the Shu captives?!
"Where are the Shu captives?!"
It seemed that I heard his heart and someone shouted this sentence in his ear.
Wang Xiong lay on the city wall, stretched his neck hard and looked down, as if he wanted to see everything at the city gate.
But at this time the sky began to darken, and the torches on the top of the city were not enough to dispel the darkness under the city.
There was chaos under the city, no one answered his questions, or maybe no one heard his questions.
Wang Xiong asked several times, and the responses he received were chaotic insults and begging.
He turned his head so angry that he ordered:
"Take a few torches!"
Then someone shot several arrows down, which slightly stopped the chaos at the city gate.
"Where is your general? Who is your leader?"
There was another clamor, and after a while, a embarrassed armored schoolmate was pushed to the front.
"The King, it's me. We were ambushed by the Sichuan captives halfway. General, he was already killed, and only we escaped. This is the general's body..."
Military Sima held the torch in front of him so that Wang Xiong could see his face clearly, and then instructed the people behind to carry out a body.
But I saw that the corpse was split by some armor, and the chest and abdomen were injured. It was covered with bloody red meat, and the head was missing.
Except for the armor that was indeed owned by middle and senior generals of the Great Wei Dynasty, the rest of the body was so blurred that it was impossible to tell who this body originally belonged to.
The fire under the city flickered and dark, and although it was not very clear, it almost made Wang Xiong vomit.
"The King's Envoy, the Sichuan Captains will come after you at any time. Our lives are at stake. I beg the King's Envoy to have mercy on you and open the city gate and let us enter the city..."
The army Sima burst into tears and begged hard.
The defeated soldiers behind him also cried.
There was a wailing under the city.
Some people even crawled on the ground and kept kowtowing.
"Why are you ambushed? What about Yuyang? How is Yuyang?"
"We don't know the king's envoy! Before we arrived in Yuyang City, we were ambushed by the Shu captives when we crossed the Baoqiu River. We didn't even know where the Shu captives came out..."
When Wang Xiong heard this, he was almost so angry that he cursed the "trash".
Wang Xiong turned around and ordered: "Open the door and let them in."
When Captain Cui heard this, he hurried forward and whispered:
"I think the situation under the city is unclear and it's too late. Will it be inappropriate to open the door rashly at this time?"
When it comes to governing the local area, Wang Xiong is still somewhat confident.
But when it comes to governing the military, leading troops, there are many shortcomings.
Hearing Master Cui say this, he hesitated:
"In your opinion, what should I do?"
"You can hang some food and let them stay under the city wall for a night. After confirming it tomorrow dawn, you can let them into the city."
Wang Xiong hesitated for a while, then nodded and said:
"Then it's your opinion."
Then he signaled to the city and asked Captain Cui to shout.
Captain Cui was stunned for a while, then hesitated and said silently: "I?"
Wang Xiong nodded.
Captain Cui wished he could slap himself.
What do I do?
He stretched out his head and shouted:
"It's late, the city gate is closed, and the door is not allowed to open at night. Please feel wronged and stay under the city for a night, just wait for tomorrow..."
"I'll treat your mother!"
Before the officer Cui finished speaking, the expected scolding came to his face.
Some of the defeated soldiers under the city cursed in Youzhou dialect:
"Cui Laoliu! The outer room you raised is in the house in Hulu Lane! Others don't know, do you think I don't know?"
"Can you open the door? If you dare not open the door now, you'd better ask your ancestors to bless your Ah Weng to die under the sword of the Shu Lu tonight!"
"Otherwise, when your Ahon enters the city tomorrow, I will ask your brothers to take care of the outdoor room every day! Cao!"
"You don't know others, don't you know me yet? According to your mother's rules, what are you pretending?"
...
The dirty words made Captain Cui scold his face so swollen.
Although Master Cui is not from the direct lineage of the Cui family in Qinghe, he is still related to it and usually claims to be a child of aristocratic family.
Where have you encountered this scene?
It was a mess in the city, and I don’t know who was calling me a name.
Captain Cui was so angry that he trembled all over.
ordinary man!
Dead soldiers!
Vulgar and disgusting!
...
Seeing that Captain Cui was scolded so much that he was blocked, Wang Xiong stepped forward and asked softly:
"Person Cui, do you really have an outdoor room in Hulu Lane?"
When Captain Cui heard this, he wanted to hold Wang Xiong and jump off the city wall, which would be a complete failure.
"Walk down, there is indeed an outdoor room, there is, in..."
Seeing that the other party did not deny, Wang Xiong looked down at the city and sighed slightly:
"I know you and I, the army Sima, and at this time someone can even know your private affairs. It seems that the city was indeed sent out three days ago."
"It's better to let them in, so as not to cause trouble."
Nowadays, Jixian City has severely insufficient guards, and hundreds of people under the city can at least replenish the guards in the city.
Moreover, this time the Han Dynasty launched a large-scale invasion. Youzhou, which was already empty in power, had to temporarily recruit people to form an army, which was mixed with many green-skinned hooligans and even prisoners.
It's okay on weekdays, but now it's defeated by the Shu captives and the lord is killed again, so it's not easy to escape back.
It would be a big deal to expect them to obey military orders and stay under the city for one night.
I'm afraid it will scatter in the middle of the night.
The most important thing is that the current situation in Yuyang is unclear, where the Sichuan captives came from, who the chief general was, and how many people there were, no one knows.
Those who have seen the Shu captives are the only people under the city. If they are not allowed to enter the city, they will run away in the middle of the night. Who will he ask for to ask about the enemy situation?
Wang Xiong seemed to be asking Captain Cui for his opinion on the surface, but Captain Cui had no other choice at this time?
"What the envoy said is that he was not considering it carefully before leaving."
Wang Xiong nodded, then poked his head out of the female wall and said to the bottom:
"I am what Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, and I have known everything I have asked. Since I am a general of the Great Wei and a citizen of the Great Wei, how can I keep it from the city?"
"Come on, open the city gate!"
After shouting several times, the defeated soldiers at the city heard this and cheered like thunder.
"The king envoy is very kind!"
"I will be kind and righteous!"
"Thank you, the envoy!"
...
Listening to the gratitude under the city, it was in sharp contrast with the previous shouts and scolding.
Captain Cui pressed the handle of the knife with force, looking at Wang Envoy, who could easily gather the hearts of defeating the army, always feeling something was wrong.
He felt that he had been used as a stepping stone for a while, but there was no evidence.