The Jingguan at the entrance of Majiazhai is still there, which shows the ferocity of the opponent's army.
There are really many people in the powerful alliance who want to fight to the end. Even if they die in battle, it is better than surrendering and having their heads chopped off in vain.
But the situation is stronger than the people.
There were strong bows and crossbows above their heads, cavalry arrayed behind them to attack, and five hundred infantry arrayed to press. On the other hand, it was a mess. Not only was there no formation at all, but many soldiers ran away when they saw something was not going well. , hiding in the bamboo house and not showing up at all.
They didn't even think about it. No matter how well they hid, after all the large troops here were annihilated, they would still have to be searched from house to house. At that time, how could one person defeat the large army?
But this is also human nature. Some people always feel that when faced with danger, they can delay for a while. What if the other party doesn't find them?
Risking one's life and risking one's death are two different things. Even if there is a chance, Qi Ming and others are not willing to put their life and death in anyone's hands, but now there is no chance to risk one's life.
If you continue to fight, you will definitely die. If you kneel down and surrender, you may be able to save your life.
Qi Ming looked back and forth several times in the chaotic ranks of the powerful coalition forces. He finally sighed and threw the long knife in his hand to the ground. He knelt on the ground with his head on the ground and begged. :
"General, Mr. Qi deserves death for his crime. He is willing to be cut into pieces by a thousand knives. I just ask the general to let these young people live."
"Dad--" Qi Ming's son Qi Qiang couldn't help shouting.
In his opinion, his father was the second-largest person in the Qi family. He usually bowed to others, but now he knelt down and begged for mercy for them. As a son, he would rather be killed than Dad is doing this to himself.
Qi Ming turned his head sharply and glared at his son.
Dog!
Is it for others that I knock my head to the ground like this? Not for you!
One of us must go back alive, otherwise what will happen to our family?
Not to mention that the Qi family is a big family, the bigger the family, the more fierce the fight for power among the families.
Qi Ming's second son was useless. If his eldest son died here with him, they would be eaten alive by his fellow clan members.
Qingzhu sneered. She was a little touched by this person's responsibility just now, but now it seems like nothing more than that.
When she was a little maid, she only thought that the masters were full of majesty and they were really made to be masters.
After following Lu Wu, especially when Lu Wu went out to rob houses and asked them to help carry bags and pull carts, I realized that the so-called gentlemen were actually nothing more than that - these people even rushed to bring their wives and daughters in order to survive.
When he arrived at the Five Southern Prefectures and entered the Zhechong Division to work under Sister Qiutong, Qingzhu's opinion of the gentlemen further declined. It was not incomprehensible that he did things beyond the bottom line just to beg for work.
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What those local wealthy families and even nobles did was extremely disgusting - extorting the poor was cruel, but it was no longer acceptable.
The son let me sleep with his newlywed wife, and then continued to treat her openly and respectfully in front of others; the second son, in order to seize the position of the head of the family, secretly bribed a killer to assassinate his father in the name of the eldest son; the eldest son exploited the other brothers of the same clan.
Anyway, in less than three months, Qingzhu's respect for the local wealthy families and nobles has long been wiped out. On the contrary, merchants like the Lu family with a small population (all separated) have a slightly cleaner foundation.
Of course, it's not pure and flawless, but it looks relatively better with such 'gold and jade in front'.
"Haha, since you have such a great wish, I, the general, will do as you wish - come and chop him up with me." Qingzhu ordered expressionlessly.
A commander emerged from the queue of infantry behind him, bowed his hands and responded:
"General, my subordinate, Wei Shang, once had a nickname in the world called Wuyingdao. There are no fishing nets here. If you want to cut him alive, I'm afraid it won't be possible with three thousand cuts, but there is no problem with one thousand three hundred cuts."
"Yes!" Qingzhu nodded, turned back to Qi Ming and said:
"Don't say that I lied to you. The rest of the people will cut off the heads of the corpses on the ground and cast them into Jingguan. Then they can leave safely. Anyone with more than five people must personally kill the heads of the direct lineage of each clan. Cut them off and decorate the capital, otherwise they will be put to death together."
Qingzhu's voice vibrated in Majiazhai. She has not yet reached the fourth level of releasing her true energy, but she can practice the gold bone, jade marrow and iron cloth shirt to the point where it is close to perfection. You can imagine how strong her body is. , just relying on a loud voice is enough.
This method was learned from Lu Wu.
When Lu Wu fell out with the Chu State, he worked alone at the beginning. It was by this method of forcing people to pay the "voucher of name" in the water village of the Chu State that he pulled up the first team - the more harsh the other party's subordinates became, the more this method The more effective it is.
If these wealthy soldiers follow Qingzhu's words and kill all the direct descendants of the wealthy clan, have their heads molded into Jingguan, and then go back to work for the wealthy clan, they will definitely be dissatisfied with their own longevity.
Can't even keep it a secret.
If three people knew something, it would probably be impossible to keep it a secret. What's more, there were more than 2,000 wealthy soldiers who were forced to surrender here?
So as soon as Qingzhu said these words, there was a sudden chaos among the powerful coalition forces. However, under the rain of arrows flying overhead, the chaos quickly subsided - just now I had to surrender with the sword, but now I abandoned the sword and knelt down, and then How is it possible to make a comeback?
Qi Ming's eyes were filled with tears after hearing this, and he struggled to stand up, but Qingzhu swung his broken horse and slapped him to the ground with his face.
"My general is true to his word. Not only will I not kill these people, but when they follow me and wipe out the bandits in the future, they may be able to make a fortune."
"Bring out this man's son too - father and son are of one mind and beheaded together." Qingzhu looked at Qi Ming's son in the crowd and ordered.
"yes!"
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The north bank of Xiaolongjiang River.
When a large group of people marches, all kinds of affairs are a hundred times more troublesome than when a small force marches.
Therefore, Qingzhu and other troops had already passed through the Xiaolong River for several days, and the subsequent large group of troops had just arrived at the Xiaolong River. They were still recruiting ships from all directions, until the auxiliary soldiers who fled back to the north bank by boat from Xishui City took the News of the fall of Xishui City came.
At this time, the commander of the army, Feng Yunchangke, became furious.
Feng Yunzhang was a native of the Chu State and the first general of the Chu State to join Lu Wu. This man was incompetent in leading troops in battle, but he was very good at organizational logistics. His bones were a bit soft, but he was extremely aware of current affairs.
If Lu Wu was in charge of the five southern mansions, Feng Yunchang would still feel at ease, but if it were handed over to Wu State, Feng Yunchang would feel that his life was in danger.
Lu Wu wanted to replace the five southern prefectures with the five Jiangnan counties, and this man firmly followed Lu Wu - it was he who had the idea in the first place, and he wrote a small imperial edict for the royal family of the Chu Kingdom as a certificate of surrender, and he had already been on the must-kill list of the Chu Kingdom.
For Feng Yunchang, those thousand men and horses all died in Xishui City, Feng Yunchang didn't even blink an eye, but if Qingzhu died in Xishui City, it would be a big trouble.
No matter how Feng Yunchang denounces Lu Wu's aesthetics in private, Qingzhu is definitely Lu Wu's confidant. If Lu Wu blames him for failing to rescue him, where can Feng Yunchang complain?
So Feng Yunzhang gathered the collected fishing boats, ferries and warships, and regardless of whether they disrupted the military establishment, he piled all the elite soldiers onto the boats and set off to forcefully cross the Xiaolong River - but there was no serious battle on the other side. Ship, it is not a brainless risk for him to mobilize troops like this.
The first ferry had just set sail when they saw a puff of smoke approaching from far away on the official road behind the ferry, rushing as fast as lightning.
