That metallic cold sound made the entire lobby buzz.
The angry questioning caused the expressions of the tiger and bear swordsmen on the left and right to change, and they showed a bit of horror.
Samoko's figure was shaken, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but then, his livid face showed a look of reluctance again.
With a cold snort, Shamoko squinted and said, "You are secretly plotting. How can I be convinced unless we fight openly and openly?"
As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers in the hall were furious.
Hu Cheer became even more furious and said sternly: "You barbarian, you dare to be so arrogant after being captured by my lord, believe it or not, I will chop you into meat paste and feed it to the dogs!"
Samoko laughed wildly and said disdainfully: "We from Wuxi are born warriors. How can we be greedy for life and afraid of death? If you want to kill, you will kill. It is delusional to want me to win over."
Shamoko was very stubborn and seemed to regard death as his own.
Hu Che'er became more and more irritated and immediately raised his hands to Yan Liang and said: "My lord, this barbarian is even arrogant. I will ask him to be quartered on five horses and order his body to the cities of Wuling to see if those barbarians dare to rebel again."
Yan Liang's face was as sharp as a knife, and he stared at Shamoko coldly, but he was not angered by Shamoko's dissatisfaction.
At this time, Ma Di coughed a few times, raised his hands and said: "If my lord kills Samoko just like that, although it is simple, it will not be able to demonstrate my lord's reputation and means to the barbarians."
As he spoke, Ma Di was still winking secretly, reminding Yan Liang.
Of course Yan Liang understood that Ma Su was reminding him of his strategy of "attacking the heart first".
Yan Liang pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed loudly, with such wild and disdainful laughter.
The disdainful laughter stung Samoko, and he shouted with a stern face: "Kill if you want, what's so funny about it?"
Yan Liang gradually stopped laughing and said coldly: "I will kill you as easily as squeezing an ant to death. If you are dissatisfied, I will let you go back and assemble the army to fight again. Do you dare?"
When Hu Cheer heard this, his expression perked up.
Nashamoko was also shaken, as if he thought he heard wrongly.
He originally thought that if he fell into the hands of Yan Liang, he would definitely die, and he had already made up his mind to die generously. However, he never expected that Yan Liang would be so arrogant that he dared to let him go and fight again.
Looking at Yan Liang's indifferent expression and listening to his disapproving tone, it was as if Samoko was just a local chicken and a dog. Capture and release were just a matter of a flip of the palm.
Yan Liang's extraordinary self-confidence deeply stimulated Shamoko's dignity and made him feel humiliated.
Samoko then suppressed his anger and said boldly: "If you dare to let me go back, I will assemble my army again and fight with you. If you can capture me again, I, Samoko, will submit to your tactics."
Samoko has fallen into the trap.
An imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Yan Liang's lips, and he waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, let our Junior Brother Sha loosen his bonds."
Junior Brother Sha...
Hu Che'er and others were all at a loss, but they couldn't figure out why their lord called this barbarian Junior Brother Sha, but they didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they could only follow the order and loosen Shamoke's bonds.
"Junior brother Sha, who is his junior brother? What is Yan Liang saying..."
Shamoko also looked suspicious, and his hands were freed from the restraints. Shamoko flicked his wrist, as if he couldn't believe that Yan Liang would really let him go.
"Yan Liang, if you really want to let me go, aren't you playing some trick?" Shamoko rubbed his hands and asked dubiously.
Yan Liang clasped his hands on his chest, looked down at him and said, "Do you think I, the general, are like barbarians like you, always prone to dishonesty?"
Shamoko was ridiculed, but it was not easy to get angry, so he handed over his hands and said: "Yan Liang, I didn't expect you to be a real man. Okay, just wait. I, Shamoko, will definitely wash away the shame of being captured today."
After saying that, Samoko snorted coldly, turned around and walked away.
Seeing the barbarian leader walking away with his head held high, Hu Che'er became anxious and said hurriedly: "Master, we managed to capture this thief alive with great difficulty, so if we just let him go back like this, wouldn't it be like letting the tiger return to the mountain and let him continue to cause trouble?"
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Hu Che'er's words are not unreasonable, but it is a pity that he is not resourceful after all. He can only see what is in front of him, but his vision is not as far-reaching as Yan Liang's.
Yan Liang just sneered, "He's just a barbarian. It's not easy to deal with him. Don't worry, he will soon fall into a trap."
Yan Liang's self-confidence made Hu Che'er's mood calm down a lot. He thought that since his lord had done this, it must be justified, and he did not dare to say anything more at that moment.
At this time, Ma Su, who had been silent, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hands and praised: "My lord's magnanimity and confidence are really something I admire."
Yan Liang had heard this kind of praise many times, but it was still very useful to hear it coming from a young prodigy like Ma Su.
Yan Liang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's leave the admiration and other things for later. What we have to do now is to deal with the enemy troops surrounding Linyuan first."
So Yan Liang sent an order to feed the captured Wuxi barbarians with meat to comfort them, and after doing some ideological work, he let them all go.
Not all of these Wuxi barbarians wanted to fight. It was just because Nashamoko accepted heavy bribes from the Wu people and rebelled for his own selfish reasons. As a tribe, the barbarians had no choice but to follow suit.
Now that they were defeated and captured, the barbarian soldiers thought that Yan Liang would kill them all to vent their anger, but they did not expect that Yan Liang was so magnanimous. Not only did he not kill them, but he also gave them food and wine to calm the panic. Naturally, these barbarian soldiers were all grateful to Yan Liang.
After sending away the barbarians, Yan Liang left more than a thousand soldiers and horses to guard Yuannan City, and led his army eastward along the Yuanshui River to deal with the 5,000 Linyuan barbarians led by Xing Daorong.
At this time, the three thousand soldiers and horses led by Zhou Cang also began to attack Longyang's front line according to the prior plan, cooperating with Yan Liang to carry out a flanking attack.
Xing Daorong, who originally planned to flood Linyuan with water, was instead surrounded by Yan Liang's army from all sides.
One day later, when Yan Liang's army arrived ten miles upstream of Linyuan and was studying how to defeat the enemy, Xing Daorong's envoy came and stated that he was willing to surrender all the barbarians he led to Yan Liang.
Xing Daorong was trapped in a tight siege. When the five thousand barbarian troops heard that Samoko was defeated, half of them fled in all directions. Even if he resisted stubbornly, he would surely die.
Xing Daorong understood the situation clearly and knew how to surrender without a fight. Yan Liang did not have to waste any more troops and immediately prepared for Xing Daorong's surrender.
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In the afternoon of the same day, after the camp was set up, Xing Daorong led more than ten horsemen to the camp to surrender and plead guilty.
Yan Liang stationed at Maying Gate, waiting for Xing Daorong's return.
From afar, more than ten horses came galloping towards him. Xing Daorong, without any armor or sword, rode straight up to Yan Liang.
Xing Daorong dismounted from his horse and said, "It is my fault that General Xing Daorong failed to surrender to my lord in time. Please forgive me for my sin."
Yan Liang looked down at Xing Daorong, pointed his riding whip at him, and asked: "Xing Daorong, when I was pacifying Wuling, you didn't surrender early, but now you dare to help the barbarian army to rebel, and you only surrendered after being surrounded. You are really
Know the current affairs."
There was obvious sarcasm in Yan Liang's tone.
Xing Daorong cried and said: "In the past few years, I have been hiding in the mountains. I have long been convinced by the lord's reputation. I originally planned to surrender, but I didn't want to be coerced by Nasamoko and had to help the tyrants. I have no choice but to ask my lord."
Forgive me."
As he said this, Xing Daorong squeezed out a few tears from the corners of his eyes, as if he was very remorseful.
What kind of coercion, what kind of force, how could such tricks be able to deceive Yan Liang.
Yan Liang was familiar with the Three Kingdoms, and he knew that in the novel, Xing Daorong was a repeatedly dishonest person. Now how could Yan Liang be credulous of his sensational performance?
However, most of the troops led by Xing Daorong were barbarians. If Xing Daorong's surrender was not accepted, it would have an impact on Yan Liang's strategy of "attacking the heart."
Yan Liang's eyes lit up, and an idea flashed through his mind.
His sullen and angry expression soon turned cloudy and clear, his anger faded away, and he burst into laughter.
Yan Liang laughed and jumped off the horse, leaned over to help Xing Daorong up, caressed his shoulders and said: "I have known for a long time that Wuling Xing Daorong is a loyal person. The question I just asked was just a test. Now that I have such a good general,
It's too late for me to be happy, so how can I blame you?"
Xing Daorong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with all his gratitude: "My lord is really the hero of this world. I only regret not being able to come back earlier. From now on, my lord is willing to go through fire for my lord, no matter what."
"Good, good, very good."
Yan Liang was in a good mood and comforted Xing Daorong a lot, and happily accepted his surrender.
Xing Daorong also brought more than two thousand barbarians under his command. Yan Liang dealt with these barbarians in the same way, giving them food and wine, showing kindness, and then letting them go on their own.
After surrendering Xing Daorong, Yan Liang led his army directly to Linyuan.
At this time, Linyuan City had been besieged for nearly half a month. Now that the siege was finally lifted, the whole city was naturally jubilant.
When Yan Liang arrived with his army, Liao Li had already led a city of officials and had been waiting at the west gate of Linyuan for a long time.
Seeing Yan Liang's arrival, Liao Li hurriedly led the crowd to greet him, and everyone greeted him respectfully at the roadside.
"Gongyuan, Linyuan City is well defended. I really did not misjudge you." Yan Liang got off his horse, helped Liao Li up, and praised him greatly.
Liao Li looked a little proud, but he said: "As the governor of Wuling, I did not notice the rebellion intention of the Wuxi barbarians in advance and failed to take precautions. This is my dereliction of duty."
Yan Liang waved his hand, "The Wuxi barbarians were bewitched by the Wu people and suddenly rebelled. Even if I were to guard here, it would be difficult to prevent it. Gongyuan, you can hold on to Linyuan until I lead the army to help. It is already commendable. There is no need.
I blame myself."
Liao Li's expression became relaxed. Suddenly he saw Xing Daorong following Yan Liang. He couldn't help but frown secretly. When he was about to speak, he stopped and only asked Yan Liang to enter the city first.
Yan Liang led his army into Linyuan City, accepted the welcome of the people in the city, and marched all the way to the county government.
Liao Lize held a small banquet in his mansion to welcome Yan Liang's arrival.
The danger in Linyuan had been resolved, and Yan Liang was in a good mood, so he had a big drink with Liao Li, the officials in Wuling, and comforted these local officials.
By the time the banquet was over, it was already getting late.
All the officials dispersed, but Liao Li did not leave.
"Gong Yuan, do you have anything to say to me?" Yan Liang had already seen that Liao Li was worried.
When Liao Li saw that there was no one else around, he moved his seat closer and said in a low voice: "My lord, Xing Daorong is a repeat and dishonest person. I just want to remind my lord that you must beware of this person." (To be continued.