After walking out of the dark and stuffy room, Xiao Han stood in the corridor for a long time. Finally, he sighed and slowly returned to the county government study.
The battle is over.
Order is slowly being restored.
He needed to report all this to Xiao Lizi in Chang'an as soon as possible. He didn't want to get involved in what was going to happen next.
The tragic situation in Weizhou City has completely disturbed Xiao Han's heartstrings! This also made him feel an inexplicable resentment towards Jing Yuan and Ruan Nanzhu.
Although Xiao Han also knew that this kind of resentment was totally unreasonable!
After all, from the standpoint of Jing Yuan and Ruan Nanzhu, they knew that they could not withstand the rebels' 100,000-strong army with just the people of one city! That's why the soldiers made dangerous moves, pretending to surrender to the enemy, and then waiting for opportunities to assassinate them to relieve the danger of the acropolis.
Although this method is a bit more dangerous, no matter where it is used, it cannot be said to be wrong!
Moreover, the reason why this move did not succeed was not because they did not plan enough, but simply because they were a little unlucky!
But even if they didn't kill the bandit leader as they wished, they still made great contributions intermittently to the subsequent Fire Company and cut off the enemy's retreat!
It can be said that the reason why Ningcheng can win so easily now is because the sacrifice of Weizhou City definitely accounts for more than 70%!
If it hadn't been for that fire that destroyed all the rebels' baggage and food, it is estimated that even if Ningcheng could win in the end, it would be a miserable victory, and it would definitely not be the complete victory it is now!
But even if Xiao Han knows all this clearly! He understood everything the two of them did, but the feeling of depression that was holding in his heart could not be dissipated.
After sitting blankly at the desk for a long time, Xiao Han finally slowly raised his pen.
The brush soaked in ink hung on the top of the letter paper for a long time, until a drop of thick ink fell from the tip of the pen, staining a huge ink ball on the letter paper. He still had not figured out how to explain Weizhou City to Xiao Lizi.
"Xiao Han!"
Time seems to have stopped! Finally, I don’t know how long it took, suddenly, with a shout, the door of the study was pushed open, and immediately after, Liu Hongji strode in from the door!
"Xiao Han!" Seeing Xiao Han sitting behind the desk, Liu Hongji's expression changed as he entered the door, and he whispered to him: "Ruan Nanzhu is dead!"
"oh!"
Hearing Liu Hongji's words, Xiao Han didn't feel any surprise in his heart for some reason. He just said lightly. This abnormal behavior made Liu Hongji feel puzzled.
"Aren't you surprised?" Liu Hongji asked suspiciously, looking at Xiao Han who looked as usual.
"Huh? Surprised! Why aren't you surprised!" Xiao Han noticed Liu Hongji's strangeness, and then he looked shocked and asked: "By the way, how did he die? Didn't I go see him just now?
"Did you just go see him? When?"
"When? It only takes a cup of tea!"
"A cup of tea?"
Liu Hongji frowned and looked Xiao Han up and down. He always felt that something was wrong with Xiao Han in the past two days, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He could only roll his eyes and continued:
"That should be about the same! I just passed by his room and took a look inside. I saw him hanging himself from the beam with his belt. When he was put down, he had just died. Doctor Hua arrived. Later, on-site first aid was used, but the person could not be saved."
"Hanged himself?" Xiao Han also frowned slowly. Strangely, he didn't ask Ruan Nanzhu why he died like most people. Instead, he touched his chin and said, "Who saw him hang himself? "
"There is Xiaodong, Doctor Hua..." Liu Hongji didn't know why Xiao Han asked this, but he still thought about it seriously, and then hesitantly said: "It seems that there are also Jiayi and the others!"
"My master, Jiayi?" Xiao Han, who was behind the desk, nodded slowly when he heard these names. After a while, he suddenly said: "Master Ruan did not hang himself to death. He did it together with Master Jing Yuanjing, because He risked his life to report the news, but was killed by bandits! He died on the battlefield!"
"Ah?" Liu Hongji was stunned when he heard this.
What does it mean? I just personally picked him off the rafters, why in the blink of an eye did you say he died on the battlefield?
Then who did I get just now? ghost?
And just when Liu Hongji couldn't close his jaw in shock, he just wanted to ask Xiao Han if he had a brain disease and was hallucinating.
Xiao Han had already reached out and crumpled the letter paper in front of him into a ball, threw it aside, then laid out a new piece of paper, and respectfully wrote three big words on the top: "Appreciation Letter!"
"Jingyuan, the governor of Weizhou, and Ruan Nanzhu, the Sima, set up a trap and launched it when the thieves entered the city. Although they failed, and were tortured after being captured, they still refused to give in, let alone collude with the thieves! For Baiqisi burned down the bandits' baggage and gained valuable time...
...Because there was no food and supplies, the thieves became angry and took him hostage, trying to open the gate of Ningcheng by fraud! The two secretly chewed up the rope, and when they were approaching Ningcheng, they suddenly rushed out and warned Ningcheng at the cost of their lives..."
Xiao Han wrote very quickly this time, and soon a petition for merit was completed.
When Liu Hongji saw this, he rolled his eyes, walked behind Xiao Han, widened his eyes, and looked at the content of the letter.
When he finally finished reading the content of the letter, he immediately took a breath of cold air:
"Hey? Xiao Han! Why do you praise them two so much? Have you forgotten? Their warning has no effect on us at all! We originally wanted to invite you to enter the urn, catch turtles in the urn, turtles... turtles... kill those turtles' grandsons! They The warning was not only useless, it almost ruined our plan!"
However, when Xiao Han heard Liu Hongji's question, he was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, he gently dried the ink on the paper, then rolled his eyes and said: "You know nothing! I am not writing this. Praising them doesn’t really mean taking credit for them, what’s the use of taking credit if the people are gone?”
"Then what are you talking about?" Liu Hongji became more and more puzzled when he heard this. He scratched his bare head and asked, "Since it's useless, why do you still write it?"
"Nonsense! I am writing this for Weizhou City, for the people of Weizhou City, and for Your Majesty!"
Xiao Han looked at the letter on the table, and his expression suddenly became complicated. He shook his head and said: "There must be an explanation for the fall of Weizhou City! If it has no merit, then it will only be guilty!"
"Oh!" After hearing this, Liu Hongji suddenly realized, slapped his thigh hard and said: "You want to give Weizhou City some respect! In this way, the court will look good and Weizhou City can be rebuilt as soon as possible! Don’t think of it as an abandoned city!”
"Almost, it looks like this." Xiao Han smiled, but the smile was a little forced: "Old Liu, let's talk about it. No matter how excited you are in the future, just pat yourself on the thigh, okay?"
