Fortunately, they were all comrades who got along day and night. No matter how hungry they were, the friendship was still there. Some people who knew the centurion cut the rope with a knife and released the thirty-two of them.
The other hanging soldiers were also lowered, but those were hoisted yesterday and in the morning.
With no food in their stomachs, the cold wind blowing all day and night, and excessive blood loss, they had already died.
There was no time to bury those corpses. The dead were already dead, and the living were still alive. They all ran towards the opposite camp, hoping to have a hot meal.
"Line up! Line up! Don't mess up, you almost tipped the pot!"
"There is plenty of food, so wait in line to get it. If anyone doesn't line up, they will not be given food and will starve to death!"
"Come on, come on, take care of yourself. Speaking of which, you are also unlucky. Why did you run so fast the day before yesterday? You ran back, but you suffered two extra days of suffering in vain."
"Yes, we are running slowly, but we are not dead. We have eaten good food and meat in the past two days, and I feel like I have become stronger."
"After all, it's our Feng people who treat us well. I really regret following the old thief Mingxuan in rebellion. I don't have enough to eat, and I have to bear the reputation of being a rebel. I can't hold my head up when I go back to my hometown. It’s time to poke me in the spine.”
"I also feel sorry for the villagers. We are all wind people, but we became traitors and helped the traitors bully them. Thinking about it, I feel like we deserve to die."
"Hello, Mr. Nie. Hello, Mr. Nie. You can eat well if you follow Mr. Nie."
After seeing the tragic situation of their comrades on the opposite side, the former soldiers who surrendered admired Nie Chen to the extreme, and they were all secretly glad that they had followed Mr. Nie.
At this time, facing his former comrades, he did not hesitate to praise Master Nie.
When the soldiers who surrendered saw that they were not killed and actually got good food, they believed Nie Chen's propaganda and regarded Nie Chen as a good person.
On the other side, at the military tent in the camp, the soldiers put Mingwu's head in a small box, walked into the tent, and presented it to Nie Chen.
Nie Chen looked at the head in the box, sneered, and said leisurely,
"Haha, Mingwu, Mingwu, he probably didn't expect that just a few days ago he led an army of 200,000 to hunt me down. In just a few days, he lost his troops, betrayed his relatives, and not even one of his 200,000 troops There were no people left, and I was personally killed by my own subordinates and had my head chopped off.”
Ouyang Ming shook his fan and said with a smile,
“Mingwu is brave and reckless, but he also cannot see the situation clearly, so he always makes the most wrong judgments.
Especially at the last moment, there were only more than 40,000 troops left in his hands. At this time, he could only rely on these people to survive.
But instead of sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers and offering good words to comfort them, he even intensified his bullying of them. How could the soldiers not rebel?
As long as he treats those soldiers better and the soldiers fight with their backs and stick to the camp, unable to get out, even if we want to capture it, it will take us several days and we will have to pay a heavy price. "
Nie Chen smiled and said,
"This is the truth of having too much help, but not having too much help. We were ordered by Emperor Feng to attack the rebels. Psychologically, we have won a big victory over those rebellious people. Both Ming Xuan and Ming Wu are cruel and unkind people, and they treat their subordinates Soldiers are like pigs and dogs, it’s strange that the soldiers can return home.”
"Okay, let's give the order and ask the auxiliary soldiers from the baggage camp to go to the main camp opposite, pack up and take away the usable things, and also carry the corpses to the prisoner of war camp.
I keep it useful. "
"As you command!"
The guard immediately went to deliver the order.
Nie Chen asked again,
"Wang Hao left yesterday morning. He will probably arrive in Nanhe County tonight, right?"
Qi Huan nodded and said,
"Yes."
"When will Ren's 200,000-strong army arrive in Nanhe County?"
"Reporting to my lord, Ren's army is marching in a hurry. It seems that they want to take the lead in seizing Nanhe County as a frontline stronghold and use it as a basis to fight against our army.
They can reach Nanhe County at noon tomorrow at the earliest. "
Hearing this, Nie Chen sighed and said,
"Send a message to Wang Hao Feige, telling him to secure the county seat tonight, enter the defense, and welcome the enemy's arrival."
"As you command!"
"Everyone, there are only 50,000 tired and tired troops on Wang Hao's side. We can't keep them waiting any longer. Early tomorrow morning, our army will set off and immediately head to Nanhe County to support Wang Hao.
As long as Nanhe County is captured, we will completely control Hanzhong County and open the door to Gyeonggi County. Next, our goal is the capital. "
Nie Chen looked at the map on the table and set his sights in the direction of the capital.
"Let the Tiantai Army come back and rest before setting off tomorrow."
"By the way, where have King Pingxi's troops gone?"
Nie Chen asked Qi Huan.
Qi Huan said,
"Sir, of King Pingxi's 700,000 troops, 200,000 were left behind to guard against King Jingshan. The remaining 500,000 troops have all set off. However, King Pingxi is far away from the capital. He has just entered Jinshui County and has to go to the capital. County, it will probably take half a month.”
"Well, it's okay. Don't worry. We have to attack the city in Gyeonggi Province next. Let's take it step by step. When the time comes, we can just meet King Pingxi outside the capital city."
Yue Dongwen counted on his fingers.
"We now have 400,000 horses on our side, King Pingxi has 500,000 horses on his side, a total of 900,000 people, and Mingxuan's side, assuming Ren Jun leads the troops to retreat, is 200,000 people, and the capital has 80,000 people. , there are another 100,000 people behind them, totaling 380,000 people.
We have 900,000 people versus 380,000 people. We are sure to win this battle! "
Nie Chen chuckled, gave Yue Dongwen a thumbs up, and said,
"The calculation is really accurate."
Yue Dongwen blushed and realized that Nie Chen was mocking him, so he quickly said,
"I didn't think about this. I just thought that I haven't seen the prince for almost a year and I miss him quite a lot. When we get to the capital, I can see him..."
Yue Dongwen's voice became softer and softer because he saw Nie Chen looking at him and became increasingly resentful, like a jealous husband who heard his wife say that other men are good.
Just that look.
Yue Dongwen shrank his neck guiltily and did not dare to speak anymore.
After they chatted for a while, Nie Chen went out to inspect the camp. He asked people to rush to the capital and deliver Mingwu's head to Mingxuan.
Even if you can't make this old man angry to death, you still have to make him crazy. It's best to make him make mistakes and make him angry. Mingxuan personally leads troops to attack Nie Chen.
Nie Chen is not afraid of field battles, but is afraid of siege battles, especially the capital's city defense. It is hellishly difficult to attack, and the casualties will inevitably be huge.
