As the figure moved forward, there was a clanging sound of the iron chains. Tuoba Zongjue's armor had been removed, his arms were tied several times with thick iron chains against his body, and his mouth was stuffed with socks. The expression is distorted.
On the way to the government office, the bodies of Tuoba soldiers, Fushan cavalry, and trekking cavalry could be seen everywhere being thrown into carts and taken away by Xia soldiers.
Groups of prisoners knelt on both sides of the bluestone road outside the government office. When they saw Tuoba Zong approaching, they all raised their faces and watched with numbness and pain as the other party walked past them.
Someone shouted in Tuoba language: "General, we can't surrender!"
"We would rather die than surrender!"
"I don't want to die...General...my child is about to be born."
Crying words and high-pitched voices that would rather die than surrender rang in Tuoba Zongjue's ears. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at these captured tribesmen.
It should be said that as a general, he had no face to see them.
He was pushed into the government office by several muscular soldiers. A Xia general in silver armor and white robes looked over and waved, "Your Majesty is free at this time, take him in."
Tuoba Zongjue recognized him. After the Xia army broke through the city, he and his soldiers broke out from the city wall. He led the Fushan and Kewa armies to continue fighting in the streets with the Xia army for two days. In the end, he was defeated and captured. This is General Zhao in white robes and silver armor.
At first, I didn't think that the opponent's martial arts skills were very high, but when he knocked down the war horse of a female general, the general, who was called General Zhao by the soldiers, suddenly had a sharp improvement in martial arts skills. A silver spear made it look like peach blossoms were flying, and after a few rounds, he He was beaten into a panic, and the Fushan soldiers who rushed over were knocked to the ground almost one by one.
In the end, he was shot down by the opponent, and his soldiers rushed over, tied him up, and sent him here.
The Emperor of Xia is here...
Tuoba Zong recovered his thoughts and walked into the government office along the blood stains on the ground. Only after entering here did he realize how many generals the Emperor of Xia had.
A burly man wearing a big cloak and silver armor; a mighty general wearing a golden crown and long feathers, and a beast-swallowing chain armor; a fat man with a ferocious stature, holding a serrated knife; a man wearing a lion helmet, white armor, and white robes. General, the female general who was knocked down by him before was also here, and there were two people beside him, who should also be senior generals in the army.
The Xia general who had fought with him on the city wall was sitting not far away, taking off his robe and letting his soldiers bandage his wounds.
On the other side, there were two veterans, sitting majestically at the top on the left, looking like military commanders.
'This is still the Eastern Route Army of Emperor Xia...'
Tuoba Zongjue felt that Tuoba Kui had many tribal warriors around him who were well-equipped with weapons. Compared with the Xia Emperor, they were simply insignificant.
He was brought to the court, and Zhao Yun ignored him and walked to Ma Chao. He sat next to his wife Ma Yunlu. Ma Chao glared at him, probably because he didn't take good care of his sister.
Xiang Yu and Lu Bu only glanced at the prisoner standing in the middle, then sat on the big chair and closed their eyes to rest.
In the court, Li Jue's voice was the one cursing. He asked the soldiers to bandage his wounds and came over with his bare upper body, "Aren't you quite good at fighting? Do you think that if you defeat me, the Xiliang army on the city wall will fade away?"
Zong Jue understood what he said, but his mouth was stuffed with something and he was too lazy to speak.
"Let's talk!"
Li Jue suddenly kicked out Tuoba Zongjue's knees, knocking him down to his knees. He shouted to Ma Yunlu, who was on Ma Chao and Zhao Yun's side: "I've avenged you, sister Yunlu!" "
Ma Chao and Zhao Yun both looked over. Ma Yunlu was also tough. He pulled out a dagger and threw it at him: "It's better to kill him directly."
"How dare I? His Majesty hasn't asked any questions yet!"
Li Jue threw the dagger back, and Zhao Yun caught it casually. When he put it back into his wife's hand, a voice sounded from the front door of the court, "What dare you?"
The soldiers on duty outside straightened their backs and banged their halberds on the ground.
Tuoba Zongjue was kneeling on the ground. When he turned around, he saw four figures striding in. The man in the middle was tall, much taller than Emperor Tuoba Kui of Liang Dynasty. He was wearing a dark-colored chain armor with double-shouldered beasts. Dragging a white cloak, Long Tinghu walked past him.
Also passing by was a smiling scribe and two guards, one fat and one burly.
"Tuoba Zongjue?"
Su Chen walked to the front desk and sat down. After Xu Chu and Dian Wei stood still, he raised his hands and asked the two soldiers guarding him to take out the socks from each other's mouths and untie the chains.
Seeing Su Chen's face, Tuoba Zongjue knew that the other person was much younger than Tuoba Kui, but he didn't expect him to be so young.
However, as a clan member of the Liang Kingdom, he did not want to be humbled. After standing up, he raised his chin and said casually: "It's me." He turned his face to one side.
Then, Li Jue corrected him and went back: "Watch my emperor speak!"
Tuoba Zongjue glared at him, then looked at Su Chen: "You can ask whatever you want to ask. Whether you answer or not is my business. Anyway, I have been captured by you and I just want to die."
"I have conquered the Three Kingdoms, and only your Liang clan makes me admire you. I like talented and virtuous people the most." Su Chen was quite satisfied with Tuoba Zongjue's performance on the city wall, but unfortunately he also understood this It is impossible for a person to surrender to him.
"I understand that I can't convince you. After all, you are a general of the Liang clan. I will definitely not betray your ancestors..."
Su Chen looked at him, was silent for a moment, and raised his hand: "General Tuoba!"
Two soldiers came over. Tuoba Zongjue's face was as usual, and he did not show a timid look when he was about to die. Instead, he used the etiquette of the Central Plains to bow to the young emperor at the head of the throne: "Thank you, Emperor Xia, for your success!"
After saying that, he turned around and was escorted out of the court by two soldiers.
"It's such a pity. This kind of person really makes people love and hate him. But I don't like him if he died generously. I might as well compromise and find another chance to escape."
"However, in that case, His Majesty will not let him surrender." Jia Xu bluntly pointed out the loopholes in Su Chen's words.
"Well, I just felt it, so there is no need for Taiwei to expose it. By the way, Tuoba Zongjue's body will be sent back to the Western Capital of Liang Kingdom and returned to Tuoba Kui."
Su Chen stood up with a smile and ordered the generals in the court to rest for a day in Taikang City before continuing their march. The Xiliang Army stayed behind to rest, the Youyan Army was the main force, and Tieya's 37,000 cavalry were the vanguard. The raid leading to the Western Capital of Daliang.
After waiting for explanation, Su Chen left with Dian Wei and Xu Chu. Ma Chao turned around and saw Pang De sitting silently on his seat with no intention of getting up, "Ling Ming, what's wrong?"
"Thinking of what His Majesty said just now."
When Ma Dai heard this, he burst into laughter: "Seeing Tuoba Zongjue, does it remind you of the scene when you were captured by Guan Junhou?"
"Can you not mention this?"
Pang De's face turned slightly red and he turned to one side: "Cao Cao can't let us look down on me and wait for the Xiliang people to defeat and rebel."
"Ling Ming." There was no one else in the courtroom. Ma Chao stood at the door and turned his head slightly, his eyes resting on Pang De. "Do you still hate me now?"
Pang De was silent for a long time, nodded, and then shook his head.
…
At the same time, in the back hall of the government office, Su Chen walked into the backyard, where the ancestral coffin was parked. After being frustrated in the military camp for a long time, Taoist Li was finally able to leisurely practice health-building boxing in the courtyard.
Wu Zixun was also beside him, following suit.
After Su Chen came over, he raised his hands without letting the two of them greet him, turned around and walked straight into the carriage. Dian Wei and Xu Chu no longer had to guard them, so they watched Taoist Li doing this set of fists with wide eyes.
"Can you hit someone?" Xu Chu asked angrily.
Li Daoshi shook his head as he moved.
"Then practice a lot."
Xu Chu immediately lost interest and pulled Dian and Wei to sit under the eaves, arm in arm. He also found two jars of strong wine from the house and started drinking freely. However, Dian and Wei drank little, and Xu Chu drank most of it.
On one side of the car, the fragrance drifted out of the window.
The incense sticks were placed in the incense burner. Su Chen knelt down on the futon and bowed devoutly. After the ceremony, he looked at the spiritual statue gradually coming to life on the altar table and told everyone about his plan to lay down Taikang and point his sword at the Western Capital of Daliang. An emperor.
As soon as the words came out, the altar table shook like a mountain. All the spirits laughed, greeted each other, and then spoke to Su Chen.
"The fight was too slow." A majestic voice sounded from Zhao Kuangyin's spiritual tablet: "It took so long for two groups of troops to get here. If it were me back then, I would have almost defeated the entire territory!"
"I was there back then, supporting my brother, proving that my brother was not lying!" Zhao Kuangyi spoke up and flattered him at the right time.
"How can the words of a man who was beaten by the Liao Kingdom be even faster than the cavalry can be trusted?" Ming Taizu's spiritual throne jumped out of grooves: "Let's talk about the Liang Kingdom. We have seen the map before. , Liang Guo's Western Capital is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Taikang City has been fighting for so long, and Western Capital may be even harder to defeat."
Green smoke floated out of Tang Taizong's spiritual throne, and Li Shimin floated in mid-air, stroking his chin and beard, "Zhu Laoba, do you think such a small place is as easy to defend and difficult to attack as the Kingdom of Abundance?"
"What is Taizong's advice?" When talking about fighting, Liu Yu was more enthusiastic than anyone else, "But a false defeat will lead the snake out of its hole!"
"No, the food in the western capital of Liang Kingdom must be more abundant than that in the army. If I were the Emperor of Liang, I would only be able to defend and wait for the food to be exhausted." Li Shimin crossed his arms and looked at the small map hanging on the wall of the compartment.
This was specially drawn by Su Chen, and was used to put it here for the emperors to take a look at and make military deductions with each other.
Suddenly laughter came from Genghis Khan's memorial tablet: "Haha, why bother to fake defeat, kill thousands of herdsmen, leave them for two days, and then throw their corpses into the city with catapults."
On the side, Zhu Di said: "As expected, the Mongolian Tatars are still ruthless."
"You men have more experience in fighting, so I won't get involved." Wu Zetian's spirit shrank back.
As for Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie, they had nothing to say, but they still looked like they were thinking hard, making people think that they were also thinking.
Cao Cao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly floated out of his spiritual position and clicked his finger on the map.
"At this time of year, there is plenty of rain, so the river in the western capital of Liang Kingdom can be used."
After Cao Cao reminded him, Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "The people of Liang thought that relying on mountains and rivers was a barrier, but they didn't expect that relying on big rivers was the way to break the situation."
"Broken rivers, stored floods, and flooded most of the Liang Kingdom!" They were all emperors. Many of them had been fighting for their whole lives. Maybe they didn't think of it at first, but after being reminded by the words of Cao Cao and Li Shimin, their words suddenly rang out.
"Haha, King Wei still has experience. Is this how the water flooded Xiapi back then?"
"Why didn't you think of this river just now?"
"If you succeed in this river, you will fail in this river!"
"There is a lot of rain in May. What's more, this river is a big river with an endless flow. Once the water accumulates, the downstream will be covered!" At this time, Zhu Wen also came to join in the fun. He had more vicious thoughts than ordinary emperors. "But Changsheng must prevent floods from hitting our army." , or the flood went directly downstream, but Liangdu only suffered at all."
Su Chen frowned: "Then how to solve it?"
"Stupid, a dam has been built downstream to store water. If the water level in the middle section does not drop, the flood will naturally fill up the middle section of the river embankment and go towards the beam."
The hearse was swaying, and each of the mourners excitedly expressed their opinions. Su Chen continued to absorb them, and then sorted them out. In order to feel reassured, he also went to seek advice from Jia Xu, who was writing with his pen. The word 'water' was written on the paper. ,
Obviously it also reminded Su Chen to attack with water.
"Immediately send an order to the West Route Army to build a dike on the north side of the Guyou River to seal off the water!"
Soon after, Su Chen sent out his commanding cavalry and galloped north.
(End of chapter)
