Those soldiers held an old man dressed as a scribe in their hands and dragged the man away, very happy.
Apart from anything else, the soldiers are still quite discerning. Anyone who can wear a robe in the military camp must be a valuable big shot. Capturing him alive is a military achievement.
The reward is huge.
The old counselor was naturally the one who had been discouraging Mingwu before. He was arranged by Mingwu to stay at the camp. Unexpectedly, the enemy actually had the idea to sneak attack the camp while they were fighting with their own army.
This is not important. What is important is that the soldier just shouted, look what good things I caught.
You are the good thing, and your whole family is the good thing.
Several soldiers dragged the old counselor and trotted to Yue Dongwen. They threw him to the ground and kicked his knees. The old counselor immediately knelt down.
Yue Dongwen looked confused and asked,
"Who is this?"
"I don't know, but he must be a valuable guy."
The soldier was grinning from ear to ear.
Yue Dongwen was infected by his smile and smiled too, saying,
"Look at how good you are. I'll go to your commander later and ask him to record your military exploits."
"Understood, thank you General!"
Yue Dongwen looked at the old counselor and asked with a smile,
"Tell me, who are you and what is your role in the army?"
The old counselor was still very tough. He stood up, shook his sleeves, turned his head and snorted coldly,
"Shi Ke can't be killed without humiliation. You don't want to get any information from me. If you want to kill him or cut him into pieces, give me a good time!"
"If that doesn't work, how can I give you a pleasure? If you are more honest and prove that you are still valuable, the general may give you a pleasure or spare your life.
But if you don’t cooperate, hehe..."
Yue Dongwen smiled evilly and said to the soldiers,
"Come on, take off his clothes, write the words "rebellious official and traitor" on his body, then tie him to the back of the carriage, and let him run with the carriage throughout the entire Hanzhong County, so that all the people in Hanzhong County can see it. What will happen to the rebellious ministers and traitors who help the emperor!"
"As you command!"
Several soldiers pushed the old man to the ground, and then began to tear his clothes hard.
The old man yelled in horror.
"Let me go! What are you going to do! You bunch of beasts! Shameless people! Let me go quickly, a scholar cannot be killed! I am a nobleman, how can I allow you to insult me!"
Stop it, I said, I’ll say anything, stop it! "
The old man was about to cry. He originally wanted to be tougher and show his pride as a scholar and aristocrat, but he found that these rude big-headed soldiers didn't care at all. They didn't even let men go, and had no intention of stopping. So he quickly begged for mercy.
He is not afraid of death, really, but what do literati care about most? It was fame and face. When he thought that he would really have to take off his clothes, have words written on his body, and be paraded through the streets, he wanted to die immediately.
Seeing that he was willing to speak, the soldiers stopped and stood up to look at Yue Dongwen.
The old man got up from the ground with tears streaming down his face, arranging his clothes that had been torn to pieces. He looked pitifully like a weak woman being fucked by a group of rude men.
"Why are you crying? It's shameless for a man, not a woman, to tear off some clothes and still cry. Tell me quickly, who are you and what do you do?"
Yue Dongwen urged impatiently.
The old man wiped his nose and tears with his tattered sleeves and said,
"I...my name is Han Sui, and I am the emperor...a guest minister under the command of King Zhennan. He is also a noble. He has followed King Zhennan for many years. This time he was appointed as a military advisor to the former army to assist the second prince in the conquest...well, conquest. Lord Beihou."
"Counselor? Visitor? Then you must know a lot, right? I don't know what to ask you. So, just follow me to see our lord. Just answer whatever he wants to ask you."
If you hide anything, I will strip you naked, write big letters on you, and parade you through the streets. "
"Don't you dare, I will tell you everything I know."
"Okay, let's keep an eye on him first, and I'll go see how things are being cleaned up over there."
After speaking, Yue Dongwen walked towards the granary.
Mingwu brought a lot of food and grass during this expedition. After all, he was Mingxuan's biological son. He couldn't treat his son badly no matter what.
These grains and fodder can be used in emergencies to supply the needs of Nie Chen's army.
There are still a lot of baggage trucks in the camp. After all, these things are all pulled here by truck. Yue Dongwen asked people to load all the food, grass and weapons into the trucks as quickly as possible. By this time, half an hour had passed.
After doing this, Yue Dongwen asked the prisoners to pull the cart, and the cavalry escorted him. He walked out of the gate of the camp as quickly as possible, and then walked north.
At this time, it is not a wise choice to go directly east. It is very likely that you will encounter the opponent's main force that has been defeated, and then fight with the opponent and have your things taken away by the opponent.
Moreover, even if he was pulled twenty miles away and had to be pulled back again, Yue Dongwen knew his plan, and his ultimate goal was to surround the opponent.
Since you are going to come back, why go to all the trouble to pull back?
Yue Dongwen made a quick decision and led his team to the north, hiding in a forest three miles away.
Although there are no leaves growing on the trees, the enemy troops will not come so far north.
After everything was arranged, Yue Dongwen sent a scout to notify Nie Chen.
The scouts rushed all the way to Nie Chen's location twenty miles away. At this time, the enemy army fought for another hour, but they were still unable to break through the defense line and kill Nie Chen. Instead, their two wings were severely damaged, causing countless casualties and loss of troops.
At this point in the fight, Mingwu also started to think about retreating. Although Nie Chen was over there, he had no advantage at all. Should he retreat?
Although he is not good at formulating strategies and tactics, he grew up in a military camp and still knows some basic common sense about war.
The army is surrounded, and our own advantage is completely lost. If we continue to fight, we are really in danger of annihilation.
And it's already dusk now. Is it possible to fight at night with torches?
The soldiers had been fighting for a day and were too tired to walk. When they came out, they didn't bring any solid food with them.
Even if I don’t fight at night, I won’t have the energy to fight tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Mingwu ordered the troops to retreat and break out of the encirclement.
At this time, Nie Chen had just finished listening to the scout's report, saying that Yue Dongwen had taken away the opponent's food, grass and weapons and hid them.
Nie Chen, who was in a good mood, suddenly heard the sound of gold ringing from Mingwu's side, and couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Ouyang Ming said,
"The enemy can't hold it anymore. It's getting dark and they're going to retreat. My lord, it's time to pursue them now!"
