"When barbarians invade my territory, aren't they burning, killing, and looting? I'm treating them the same way they do!"
"You beast, don't you know you're wrong?"
Wu Wei picked up his brother-in-law Wu Dong, slapped him twice, and cursed angrily: "Burning, killing, looting, raping and plundering are what animals do, and barbarians are animals. Are you the same!"
"Then...then Commander Bai...he is still marrying Princess Hu!"
"you you you!"
"choke!"
Wu Wei pulled out his sword and kicked Wu Dong to the ground, "Sex is a knife on your head. You won't listen no matter what I tell you. Today...today I will personally chop you down to enforce military discipline!"
"ah?"
Seeing that Wu Dong was getting serious, Wu Dong quickly hugged Wu Wei's thigh, "Brother-in-law, I... I really just had a whim, and it was boring in the military camp, so I got lustful. Brother-in-law... Brother-in-law, please don't, I know I was wrong!"
"Go away!" Wu Wei kicked Wu Dong away and pointed his sword at his throat: "Just because you blasphemed the military advisor, I can kill you eight times. Xiaodong, if you are a man, hold your head high. If you are wrong, I will kill you." I admit it!"
"Old Wu, it doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this..." Liu Kuang hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him, "My nephew is just a young man and made a mistake for a while. He, the military advisor, will definitely decide the punishment as appropriate."
In fact, if Wu Wei really had the heart to kill his brother-in-law, he would have raised his sword and dropped it long ago. He staged this painful ruse just to wait for Song Che to relent.
"That's right, Military Advisor. No one in the Tongchuan Army knows how brave Captain Wu is. In the previous battles, he killed eighty if not a hundred enemies. Can you please spare his life and let him perform meritorious service?"
"Yes, yes, as long as you are young and not frivolous, you can correct your mistakes if you know them!"
All the generals stepped forward to offer help.
Of course Song Che would not kill a strong general for a few Hu women, but what happened today was so bad that it would be difficult to set an example without severe punishment.
He said: "You have violated military discipline and should be executed. However, considering that it is time for war, I will exempt you from the death penalty. However, the death penalty can be avoided, and you cannot escape the living crime. Each of you will be given thirty military sticks, stripped of his military rank, and reduced to You are a pawn, and after you have achieved military exploits in the future, you can resume your military duties as appropriate!"
"General, I would like to thank the military advisor for not killing him!"
"You don't need to thank me. If you want to, thank your brother-in-law and the generals. They begged for mercy for you to avoid death." Song Che pointed at the Hu women in the courtyard and said: "They have been persecuted physically and mentally. You can find ways to compensate for it yourself." ...Anyway, don’t let me know about this happening again, otherwise I will definitely kill you without mercy!”
…
Marching and fighting, bloody battles, will infinitely arouse men's desires. If a woman suddenly appears at this time, nine out of ten soldiers will make a mistake.
Perhaps a man who is full does not know that a man is hungry. Song Che is always surrounded by a group of women, and he never has to worry about satisfying his physical desires.
In order to avoid being criticized, Song Che asked the female swordsman to stay in the city while he moved to the camp outside the city.
At the end of February, good news came from the road.
Shi Tao led the Rangers and used air-to-ground hot-air balloon tactics to assist the upper road to defeat the enemy and advance the battlefield for more than seventy miles. At this point, the middle and upper roads returned to the united front fighting side by side.
As for the Hexi Corridor on the lower road, due to the dangerous passes and lack of elite artillery, the enemy is still in a stalemate, but this is also expected.
As long as two of the middle and lower three roads bloom.
On the second day of March, Shi Tao led the rangers back. After two days of repairs, on the fourth day of March, the army marched westward again, heading towards the second Hu city, "Lucheng".
The further you go west, the higher the terrain becomes. The grassland is still green, but it is no longer flat and stretches with ups and downs.
night.
The two armies were encamped on the grassland and were in a stalemate, less than thirty miles apart.
Since Hu Jun was defeated in the first encounter, he has never taken the initiative to attack again. He defends the city whenever he can, and confronts whenever he can.
With the bloody nature of the Hu people, they will never be afraid of fighting, but they must have reasons not to fight. One possibility is "fire in the backyard."
When Timur, the Great Khan of the Hu State, dies suddenly, the three princes will surely compete for power. No matter who wins in the end, it will cause turmoil in the Hu State's regime.
The Hu State is a country with many tribes. Once irreparable rifts appear, it will be easy to defeat them.
"Advisor, General, there is a Hu man in the military camp who claims to be the envoy of the Hu State, and he comes to ask for an audience." A soldier came into the tent to report.
"Oh?" Song Che was a little surprised, "How is that person's height, age, and appearance? Did he reveal his name?"
The soldier thought for a while and then said: "Mo is about seven and a half feet tall, thirty-five or sixty years old, with a mustache. He has not revealed his name. He is a man and a horse, and he does not carry any weapons."
That was probably not Arhan, an old acquaintance. Arhan was less than seven feet tall, over forty years old, and had a big beard.
"Invite him in."
"yes!"
"Haha, we haven't fought for just a few days, and you're here to sue for peace?" Jiang Yuntian called to the people around him again, "Go and invite General Wu and General Liu here. Brother Song, we have to do a good job this time." We must not humiliate the envoy of Hu State."
Song Che shook his head, "Based on my understanding of the Hu people, they will never surrender easily. In my opinion, the envoys sent this time are mostly a delaying strategy."
"No matter what he is here for, as long as he enters my military camp, he will be humiliated by me. If he falls behind, he will be beaten. Weak countries have no diplomacy!"
"With his bad words and inflexible mind, he is indeed incapable of diplomacy."
"Hey, Brother Song, in the past, these foreign envoys liked to come up with difficult problems to challenge others. How about you also think of a difficult problem to test them?"
"Not a problem."
Song Che called the pawns on the left and right, whispered a few words in his ears, and the pawns nodded and went down to prepare.
At this time, the envoys of Hu State had also been brought into the big tent, looking arrogant and arrogant.
"Daniel, I've paid my respects!" He handed over his hand in a symbolic gesture and signed himself up.
"Arhan, why don't you come?" Song Che lowered his head and wrote without looking at him.
Daniel said proudly: "It's not like I'm meeting the emperor of your country, so why do I need my mentor to help? I can do it alone!"
"It turns out he is Arhan's student," Song continued writing and asked softly, "What's the reason for your late night visit to our camp?"
Daniel cleared his throat, paced in the tent, and said loudly:
"The year before last, my mentor went to Daliang as an envoy to promote the good relations between Liang and Hu, open a business forum, trade with each other, and coexist peacefully. However, your country went back on your words, broke the peace treaty, and raised troops to invade our territory. What is your intention? I, the Hu Kingdom, rule The entire grassland has strong military strength and prosperous national power, but it is not a warlike tribe..."
He talked a lot, and finally said:
"As long as you withdraw your troops and stop fighting, our country is willing to let bygones be bygones, rebuild old friendships with your country, and create peace. If not, we will die!"
He stared at Song Che and the generals, feeling very good about himself.
Song Che then paused his writing, slowly raised his head to look at him, and softly uttered two words:
"No retreat."
