The more Wenpin chased, the more frightened he became, until he saw a narrow valley road connecting two mountains ahead. Wenpin finally realized that he had fallen into the Sichuan army's trap, and was about to order the withdrawal of troops, but it was already too late.
After suppressing despair and fear for a long time, the Jingzhou soldiers finally saw hope and were no longer under control. They attacked the city regardless of life and death for several days. Their courage came from this. But now this courage has turned into hysterical madness, making
They couldn't hear any orders.
As soon as Yang Huai rushed into the canyon, the long line of Jingzhou soldiers also rushed in. No matter how much Ren Wenpin shouted, it was to no avail. The dark noise isolated his voice from the excited nerves of the Jingzhou soldiers.
Wenpin had no choice but to follow him into the canyon road.
Wenpin's intuition was right. When the army entered the canyon, there was already a group of soldiers and horses waiting for them in front. It was an infantry phalanx and a cavalry team preparing to go out in the darkness.
With the breath of human beings, countless torches appeared on both sides of the mountain, and the flames shone brightly in the sky. General Yan Yan of the Sichuan Army stood on the top of the mountain and laughed loudly, saying loudly: "My son Wenpin, you have fallen into the trap of my master. Quickly dismount and be bound."
"shoot."
The entrance to the valley was sealed, arrows rained like locusts, and rockets hit the cloth armor of the Jingzhou soldiers. Firemen were everywhere, and the Jingzhou soldiers were in chaos, trampling on each other and causing numerous casualties.
The Jingzhou soldiers welcomed hope after a long period of despair, but at the moment when hope arrived, they took another step toward death. Their nerves had collapsed. Some Jingzhou soldiers even laughed in the face of the arrow rain, as if they were crazy, and stood in the canyon.
Staggering inside.
Seeing that the Jingzhou soldiers were out of control, Wenpin finally despaired. He worked hard for a long time and fought to the death, but in the end his entire army was annihilated.
"The army of one hundred thousand in Jingzhou is over, Jingnan is over, Jingbei is over, how can I, Wenpin, face the sky?"
Wenpin threw away his spear, drew his sword, and held it across his neck.
"God, why do you always look towards the butcher of Yizhou, but refuse to open your eyes and take a look at the benevolent and righteous king of Jingxiang? There is no way in the sky. I, Wenpin, will die with my eyes closed, ah!"
Wenpin screamed unwillingly, dragged his long sword, drew it and killed himself. In his hazy eyes, he saw the Sichuan cavalry approaching on horseback. The Jingzhou soldiers were trampled under the hoofs of the horses and fell to the ground.
Wenpin committed suicide and the Jingzhou soldiers became even more confused. The hoofbeats of the cavalry sounded. The Jingzhou soldiers no longer had the will to resist and abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Only some madmen were left running in circles on the road and were swallowed up in the torrent of cavalry.
Liu Zhang silently watched everything in the valley from the high mountain. The overall situation was decided. He turned around quietly and said to Yan Yan: "I'll leave the rest to you."
"Yes." Yan Yan responded loudly.
Liu Zhang left with his soldiers. He heard Wenpin's last scream, but Liu Zhang no longer felt the complaints.
He slaughtered countless innocent people along the way, but Liu Biao, the commander-in-chief of Jing Xiang, was merciful and merciful, and single-handedly laid the foundation for the prosperity of Jingzhou. There were many high-ranking scholars, and there were also many benevolent ministers and righteous generals in the civil and military. Liu Pan, Chen Qin, Wen
Pin, Wang Wei, Liu Qi, etc. emerge one after another.
The tyrant butcher has trampled on the benevolent and righteous king, so it is natural that there is no justice in the world.
Liu Zhang smiled lonely. Whenever this happened, Liu Zhang would remember the five words he wrote on Yunmengze Island, let out a long breath into the night sky, and return to Jiangling City with no expression on his face.
Early in the morning, soldiers came to report that Jingzhou general Wang Wei led 10,000 horses to surrender.
Liu Zhang and Fazheng looked at each other with expressions of disbelief. The first thing that came to their mind was to pretend to surrender.
But when Liu Zhang arrived in front of the city tower and saw the Jingzhou soldiers, he instantly dispelled this doubt. The Jingzhou soldiers under the city tower were all deserted and collapsed in the open space in front of Jiangling City.
There are no weapons on the hands, no armor on the body, just a wooden stick, and those who can stand are supporting each other.
No one believed it was an army, it was clearly a group of refugees fleeing.
Two teams of Sichuan soldiers poured out from the city and divided the Jingzhou soldiers into several pieces. Liu Zhang led his soldiers out of the city and walked calmly while looking at the Jingzhou soldiers on both sides. Their skin was all gray and black, and their lips were white.
, the eyes were bloodshot, the pupils were shrunken, and the whites of the eyes took up most of the eye sockets. He stared at Liu Zhang with a longing look, but he looked extremely terrifying.
Liu Zhang could almost imagine what kind of life these Jingzhou soldiers were living these days, and how they marched to Jiangling City.
"Wang Wei, the defeated general, met Uncle Liu, the pastor of Yizhou."
A man staggered out of the defeated army and bowed to Liu Zhang.
He can only be called a man, and judging from his body, Wang Wei has no armor, no long weapons, no sword, and only wears a close-fitting white clothes. Perhaps he has not replenished his physical strength for a long time, and even a sword is not enough.
A burden.
"Get up." Liu Zhang said calmly, "Can you tell me what's going on?"
Liu Zhang looked at the dismal Jingzhou soldiers. Wang Wei smiled bitterly and thought to himself, don't you even know what you have done? But he swallowed the bitterness in his heart, stood up with difficulty, and bowed.
Yili said:
"Reporting to Uncle Liu Huang, our army has been out of food since seven days ago. Until four days ago, we had eaten up all the food in the camp. As a last resort, Wang Wei took these people to join Uncle Liu, hunting and gathering wild animals along the way, and mutually
I came here for support and hope that the emperor will take him into his care."
After Wang Wei finished speaking, he knelt down and knelt down to Liu Zhang again.
"Where are the others? There is also Mr. Liu Qi."
Seeing the desolate situation of those Jingzhou soldiers and seeing Wang Wei's sincere greeting, all the other Sichuan soldiers were moved, but Liu Zhang still had no change in his expression and only asked in a calm voice.
"Some of them died, the eldest son also starved to death with them, and the rest became beasts." Wang Wei gritted his teeth and said the last two words.
Liu Zhang knew what beasts meant. Those Jingzhou soldiers should have gone to rob the people. In other words, Wang Wei and his nearly 10,000 soldiers were all soldiers who persisted in surviving but never crossed their own bottom line. When a person faces death,
Being able to maintain one's moral bottom line at all times is the most valuable character.
When the soldiers of the Sichuan Army saw the dying Jingzhou soldiers again, their initial pity and sympathy slowly turned into respect. They stepped forward and said: "Lord, you see these people have surrendered, so hurry up and give them some food."
Yes, it looks quite miserable."
"Yes, yes, let's quickly arrange a banquet for them."
"By the way, I still had a piece of braised pork left over from lunch."
The Jingzhou soldiers leaning against each other looked at Liu Zhang blankly. Liu Zhang turned a blind eye and turned his head slightly to Yan Yan and said: "Organize the generals of the Sichuan Army to recruit these 10,000 soldiers. After the recruitment is completed, they will be given meals."
"Ah, this..." Yan Yan glanced at the Jingzhou soldiers and felt a little embarrassed. If after the recruitment was completed, he didn't know how many people would starve to death. Even if they didn't starve to death, Yan Yan couldn't bear it.
"Execute the order." Liu Zhang said coldly.
Being able to maintain the belief in living under the threat of death and the torment of hunger without taking a step beyond the moral boundaries is not something that everyone has, but these 10,000 soldiers in front of them have it.
Then they are the strongest army in the world.
For such an army, Liu Zhang did not dare to underestimate them, even when they were dying.