"Kill them all?"
Wang Wu was shocked and lost his voice: "Sir, these people are all old brothers under Liu Shuai. Since they don't want to return to the Qing Dynasty, why not let them go?"
"Let them go?"
Tian Shouyi sneered, his nose twitched, and he snorted slightly: "These people are all Liu Erhu's old supporters. They are all very clever. If we let them go, they will bite us to death when they come back!"
As he spoke, he stared at the old soldiers on the dam with a dark look, his eyes full of murderous intent.
He is no longer called "Liu Shuai" but "Liu Erhu", which shows that he is very determined to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
It was impossible to go back.
Wang Wu didn't say anything, he understood what Tian Shouyi meant.
The so-called kindness to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself.
The group of besieged veterans on the dam were all veterans of the Shun Army who had followed Liu Tichun for many years. This group of people had been fighting the Qing army for twenty years, and it was impossible to surrender to the Qing. So letting them go would be like letting the tiger return to the mountain.
Because everyone knows that the Ming army that surrenders will definitely be asked by the Qing side to act as a vanguard. This is also the principle of the Qing army's historical campaigns.
Use Manchuria to supervise Mongolia, use Mongolia to supervise the Han army, use the Han army to supervise the Green Camp, and use the Green Camp to supervise the surrendering army.
In this way, letting these hundreds of elite soldiers go would mean that Suo Yanlong and Tian Shouyi, the generals, would cause trouble for themselves.
Instead of having to kill many people to wipe out these old soldiers in the future, it is better to kill them all today and finish them all at once.
But Wang Wu was unwilling to take action against these veterans of the army. If he really had a ruthless heart, he would not let Guo Kui and the others leave.
Everyone has their own ambitions, don’t force them.
Yes, he is ready to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and become a traitor, but he has his own moral bottom line!
In other words, his conscience did not allow him to swing the butcher knife at those old soldiers who would rather die than surrender.
Therefore, after hesitating, he still persuaded Tian Shou in a low voice: "Sir, these people were brought by Suo Zhen to fight Lao Mukong. They have nothing to do with us. If we really want to suppress them, Suo Zhen should suppress them himself... We'd better not If you wade into such troubled waters, it will not be good for your reputation if word spreads."
This is a reminder to Tian Shouyi not to take the reputation of killing his own people on his head and be used as a swordsman by Suo Yanlong.
Whose troubles they have will be solved by themselves, as long as they remain neutral.
This is also the best result Wang Wu can think of.
Never touch the blood of the righteous.
Unexpectedly, Tian Shouyi did not listen to the advice at all. Instead, he said that they had to do this and there was no room for negotiation.
The reason is that if the Qing side knew that they had let go of hundreds of Liu Tichun, they would definitely doubt whether their surrender was reliable.
Once they are suspected by the Qing Dynasty, Suo Yanlong and Tian Shouyi may end up not good.
Therefore, it is impossible for Tian Shouyi to remain neutral.
Moreover, Suo Yanlong alone could not suppress these hundreds of veterans. After all, those soldiers who were willing to follow Suo Yanlong to surrender to the Qing Dynasty were fellow comrades with these veterans, so how could they possibly succeed.
Naturally, Tabe, who has nothing to do with these veterans, has to do the dirty work.
If Tian Shou dares not to do it, he will be responsible for turning around.
"grown ups,"
Although he knew that Tian Shouyi had to do something because of the situation, Wang Wu still tried to make a last-ditch effort. Tian Shouyi did not give him a chance to speak, and directly interrupted him with a wave of his hand, saying in a low voice: "Don't think so much, when you do it, Be smart and don't let Suo Zhen underestimate us."
After saying that, he walked straight to the dam platform.
Tian's trusted lieutenants Ma Dasheng and Li Zhibing have already passed the test, and now they are waiting for Suo Yanlong to make up his mind.
There are more than 2,000 people in Tianbe. Excluding the more than 100 soldiers who were released by Wang Wu, their strength is four to five times that of these old soldiers who refused to surrender, which is more than enough to start a fight.
What's more, Suo Yanlong won't just watch. He still has two to three hundred soldiers in his hands who are willing to use the knife on his own people.
Suo Yanlong was on the platform at this time, discussing something with his trusted lieutenants Wang Zhili, Lu Congyun and others.
As soon as Tian Shou walked about seven or eight steps, he suddenly stopped and turned around and said to Wang Wu who looked unwilling: "Old Wu, don't be stupid. Taking these hundreds of heads is also our military merit, and you will be counted as one." I won’t treat you badly.”
Wang Wu opened his mouth, but finally swallowed what he wanted to say, and watched Tian Shouyi go to the dam.
The mute Zhu San quietly walked up behind the captain, gently tugged on the captain's sleeve, and gestured "Abba, Abba" to persuade the captain not to listen to the commander-in-chief.
The blind man Wansi looked at the group of old soldiers who were surrounded, then glanced at the teams that were being transferred to the dam site one after another, and whispered: "Captain, if you do this kind of thing, you will be struck to death by lightning from God."
Wang Wu was confused and didn't know what to choose, so he asked Wan Si to call Tian Wen and Zhao Jinzhong and tell them what Tian Shouyi meant.
Tian Wen frowned and cursed: "Damn you, he is so cruel to Yanlong!"
Zhao Jinzhong continued to remain silent.
This Baihu, who was born as an Orion hunter, has this temper and doesn't like to talk.
Gou Sheng came out, probably because he heard what the blind man Wan Si said about this, and said angrily: "Fifth brother, you can't do this, you will exterminate your descendants if you do it!"
Everyone actually disagreed with doing this shameless thing of giving birth to a son.
"Captain, we can surrender, but we must not kill our own people!"
The blind man Wansi was afraid that the captain would not be able to withstand the pressure from the commander-in-chief and do something that would outrage both humans and gods, so he knelt down.
"Captain, we have been fighting with the Tatars for so many years. Who doesn't have a deep hatred against the Tatars... The captain said that the court is gone and the emperor is gone. We can't fight anymore and we have to surrender so that our brothers can have a way to survive. In this regard, I, Tian Wen, have nothing to say. The worst I can do is go home and farm. But I will never attack one of my own people. If the captain really wants to do it, then I’ll leave now!"
Tian Wen has a firm attitude. Killing one's own people has always been a shameless thing.
After all, Tian Wen is a scholar and knows what can and cannot be done.
It's okay to be forced to surrender under desperate circumstances, but if the prerequisite for surrender is to get rid of his own people who are still bloody and willing to sacrifice, then he will do nothing.
Several other general banners and some small banners heard the commotion and came over. Although these people did not express their position clearly, they probably did whatever the captain said, but Wang Wu knew that these people still rejected this kind of thing in their hearts.
It is true that he can force these people to obey orders, and he believes that most of the remaining people will obey his orders, but can he really take action against those old soldiers who are unwilling to surrender?
Wang Wu, who was extremely troubled in his heart, looked at everyone. He grabbed a ball of snow from the ground and shaped it into a round shape in his hand. He turned it around like a walnut. His face looked expressionless, but in fact, he was feeling like an ant on a hot pot.
After a while, the snowball in his palm was crushed by him and turned into ice water.
"Jin Zhong, follow me!"
Wang Wu asked Zhao Jinzhong to go aside with him and whispered a few words to him.
Zhao Jinzhong looked surprised at first, looking at the young captain in front of him with some confusion, and then nodded slightly.
As before, he didn't want to say a word.
The representative guerrilla Ma Sizhong recommended by the old soldiers in the dam field, and General Manager Xu Deyi are negotiating with Suo Yanlong. The second general hopes that Suo Yanlong will let them go back to Laomukong for the sake of their past friendship. Even if Liu Shuai has been killed, they will I don’t want to surrender to Suo Yanlong.
They also requested that the body of Deputy General Yu Guohua be handed over to them for taking away.
The negotiation was obviously fruitless, because Suo Yanlong did not agree with Ma and Xu to lead their troops to leave, and even had Ma and Xu tied up under the persuasion of deputy general Lu Congyun.
This made the group of veterans who were unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty riot.
The atmosphere became tense, and Wang Wu led his own barracks into the dam site according to Tian Shouyi's wishes.
A fight between the two sides seems inevitable.
The veterans realized that this might be their last battle. Although the number was far lower than the team surrounding them, these veterans, most of whom had gray hair, did not have any fear or flinch. They just silently picked up their weapons and formed a circular formation, vigilant. They looked at the soldiers surrounding them.
Yesterday, they were still in the same camp.
Today, we have become our own enemy.
The veterans didn't curse, they just maintained their complete formation mechanically, and their breathing was a little rapid.
As time went by, the strength of the hands of the veterans in holding the weapons also continued to increase.
They have to make a last ditch effort for the faith in their hearts.
This belief may be obsession.
Twenty or even thirty years of obsession.
"There is an order to lock down the town. As long as you put down your weapons, lock down the town will not harm your lives!"
"The Ming Dynasty is already dead, and Liu Shuai is also dead, why should brothers persist!"
"As long as you are willing to surrender, Suo Town will definitely treat you well and find you a wife and children, so you can live in peace and stability for the rest of your life!"
"..."
Suo Yanlong's confidant Lu Congyun kept persuading the soldiers not to resist pointlessly, but the only answers he received were silence and looks of contempt and hatred.
The suppressive teams were already in place one after another, with crossbows and muskets aimed at the old soldiers.
Although many soldiers were unwilling to suppress the old soldiers, they had no choice but to obey the officers' orders and coercion.
"grown ups!"
Wang Wu walked to Tian Shouyi and nodded.
Tian Shouyi also nodded, and then looked towards Suo Yanlong on the platform.
Suo Yanlong, who had failed to persuade him to surrender, had a dark and ugly face at this time. He did not want to kill these old soldiers, but the consequences of not doing so would be too great. He had no choice but to wink at the deputy general Wang Zhili, who immediately raised a triangular red flag in his hand. Swing down below.
"kill!"
The moment the red flag was waved, the officers of Suobu and Tianbe, who had already received the order, shouted in unison.
"kill!"
Wang Wu also shouted loudly, his veins popped out and at the same time he pulled out the long knife from the sheath. A cold light flashed past, and he saw a human head "Gulu" falling to the ground, rolling in the snow for three or four feet before stopping. .
There was a red blood band on the white snow that looked like a snake crawling.
Extremely bright and extremely dazzling.
A headless body fell heavily to the ground, splashing countless snowflakes when it hit the ground, and then quickly dyed the white snow on the ground red.
The deceased was none other than Tian Shouyi, the commander-in-chief of the seal!
At the same time, a sharp arrow came out of the string and shot straight towards the throat of Suo Yanlong on the dam platform.
With a "Pfft" sound, the arrow pierced the unsuspecting Suoyanlong's throat skin, penetrated hard, broke through the flesh on the back of his neck, and then got stuck heavily in it.
The end of the sharp arrow vibrates continuously like a rattlesnake, emitting inaudible sound waves.
The arrow hilt is engraved with the character Zhao.
"Good man, don't surrender!"
Wang Wu, who struggled to cut off Tian Shouyi's neck, pointed the bloody sword in his hand toward the sky and roared like a wild beast: "I am Wang Wu with a big sword. If you don't want to be a dog for the Tatars, charge with me!"
