Han Shizu

Chapter 457

Hearing Wang Yansheng's answer, and seeing his expressionless face, Murong Yanzhao's words were immediately excited: "We were ordered to march south in order to collect all of Huainan as Han land, and the people of Huainan as Han people. The first is to fight with the soldiers, and the second is to attack the heart. Fighting on the battlefield , It is still in military affairs. After this battle, the Huai bandits are so intimidating to our kingly power that their soldiers are completely dispirited, so they can go down with one blow."

"You are brazenly carrying out such atrocious actions. If you spread the word and ruin the name of our army, you will definitely arouse the will of the Huai army to resist and lose the hearts of the people in Huainan! At that time, how many more soldiers will we let our dynasty lose? Can we capture Huainan?"

Murong Yanzhao had always shown himself calm and modest, and it was rare for him to be furious. Faced with his power, Li Chongjin and Wang Yansheng couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.Li Chongjin said: "Marquis Duyu, the last general waited for so much consideration, but he was too red-eyed and couldn't stop it! Besides, last night, my brothers and sisters in the Holy Army were killed and injured, and the soldiers were full of hatred. I also need to vent my anger and avenge Pao Ze!"

"It's just nonsense!" Murong Yanzhao scolded angrily: "Where is the military discipline? If you two hadn't instructed and condoned, why did you do such a big harm to the peace of heaven?"

Wang Yansheng has a violent temper, and when Murong Yanzhao pointed his nose at him and reprimanded him, he felt angry, and stiffened his neck and said: "The man has already been killed, and it is useless for Du Yuhou to talk more, we two are here, let them be dealt with!"

Staring coldly at Wang Yansheng and then at Li Chongjin, he swung his horsewhip and lashed both of them fiercely: "I'm a humble and low-ranking officer, and I don't have the power to deal with the two commanders!"

He took two whips forcibly, endured the pain, Li Chongjin still accompanied him carefully, and said to Murong Yanzhao: "Du Yuhou, the matter has come to an end, what do you say to deal with the aftermath, we will follow orders!"

Murong Yanzhao didn't say anything, just stared at Wang Yansheng with a straight face.Under Murong Yanzhao's gaze, the rebellious Wang Yansheng still averted his eyes a little guilty.Murong Yanzhao is no one else, he is the emperor's confidant and favorite general. There have been rumors in the army that within a few years, he will be the commander of the two divisions.

Taking a deep breath, Murong Yanzhao went up to thousands, and looked at the thick layer of detached corpses piled up on the edge of Feishui. Hundreds of Han soldiers had become executioners, horrifying.

The surviving prisoners of the Tang army were already in despair, but seeing the movement of the Han army, Murong Yanzhao scolded Li and Wang, gave them a little hope, and cast a fearful and hopeful look on Murong Yan Zhao is here.

Glancing at those people, there was a hint of impatience in his expression. Murong Yanzhao raised his hand, turned around, and ordered without emotion: "Let's deal with you here, and you must deal with it properly. Harmful people are judged by beheading on the battlefield. Remember, today’s matter, the people present are tight-lipped, and those who dare to spread words will be punished by confusing the army!"

"Yes!" Li Chongjin and Wang Yansheng agreed subconsciously.

Murong Yanzhao didn't say anything more, he led his subordinates as soon as he got on his horse, went north to Cai, and returned to the camp.

"Han Lingkun, did you go to recruit Murong Du Yuhou?" After Murong Yanzhao walked away, he saw Han Lingkun hiding aside, and Wang Yansheng asked him.

Seeing Wang Yansheng's anger, Han Lingkun stepped forward and responded in a low voice: "You two generals, the last general is also thinking about you two!"

"Is it easy to bully someone?" Listening to what he said, Wang Yansheng said angrily. After being scolded and beaten, he felt angry and raised his whip directly.

Seeing this, Han Lingkun hurriedly said: "General, calm down. The killing of prisoners is inauspicious. If the two generals report to the military later, there may be hidden worries in the commander's tent. Now the capital Yuhou will come first, and the influence of this hidden worry will be minimized. Just now Didn’t Marquis Du Yu say, let’s deal with the aftermath and use the battlefield as a strategy.”

Hearing what he said, Li Chongjin touched his shoulder, although it still hurts through the shoulder armor.Li Chongjin stopped Wang Yansheng: "What Commander Han said makes sense. The key is, how to deal with the aftermath?"

Wang Yansheng finally calmed down, looked at the remaining captives, his face flashed fiercely: "It's all come to this point, what else can we do, kill them all."

"What about Marquis Yu in the capital?" Li Chongjin pointed to the north.

At this time, Han Lingkun cupped his fists and said: "These people will not be grateful if they are alive, they will only hate our army even more. But from the point of view of the general, this is also the meaning!"

"Han Lingkun, you kid, you just have a lot of thoughts!" Hearing what he said, Wang Yansheng immediately took a second look at Han Lingkun, randomly described it as serious, and stared at him: "In that case, the remaining people will be left to you to deal with." ! Du Yuhou's order, take care of the aftermath properly!"

Hearing the order, Han Lingkun was slightly dumbfounded, but he didn't evade, and answered with cupped hands: "Yes!"

Walking to the front with a solemn expression, Han Lingkun glanced at those poor people, sighed heavily, waved his hand, and said to the guarding soldier who was executing the sentence: "Listen to the order! Let all these Huai thieves who have ulterior motives and stubbornly resist Tianwei, Chopped!"

The three words "all beheaded" were spit out from Han Lingkun's mouth, which was a little light, but after this order, there was another killing on the edge of Feishui.

Han Lingkun led people, cleaned up the aftermath, and burned the corpses. However, the crimes caused by the war on the edge of this ancient water are like a fire, which cannot be completely incinerated.
The matter of killing prisoners, how can it be completely concealed, but the Han generals, as the victors, have the opportunity to rewrite the historical records
On Li Chongjin and Wang Yansheng's side, they greeted their subordinates, escorted the captured soldiers, escorted the wounded, and returned to Cai Daying calmly.

After working together last night, fighting bloody battles, beheading generals and breaking the formation, and the friendship of killing prisoners this morning, the relationship between Li Chongjin and Wang Yansheng is much closer.Li Chongjin admired his bravery, and Wang Yansheng praised his ability as a general.

"Brother Wang, looking at the performance of Marquis Yu, I'm afraid that this matter will not be so easy to settle!" Riding on the horse, Li Chongjin couldn't help but said, seeming a little guilty.

Wang Yansheng waved his hand and said: "We are all meritorious persons, how can the commander-in-chief blame the general of a hundred battles because of this? Otherwise, how can the army's heart be at ease? Even if it is heard by His Majesty, how can we bear to blame us?" ?”

"Shouldn't we just kill some people! On the battlefield, there is no one who is immortal. There are fifty or sixty thousand Huai thieves. After being chased and killed like last night, how many people survived? This is less than 3000 people, what is it!" Sweeping Li Chongjin's eyes, Wang Yansheng shrugged his shoulders: "Brother Li, if I am not afraid, why do you worry? No matter how bad it is, you still have Guo Shu to support you in the court."

Hearing Wang Yansheng's words, Li Chongjin echoed him, but he was a little worried in his heart. Murong Yanzhao's attitude made him hesitate.And it was because of Guo Wei's existence that he felt uneasy. For his uncle, Li Chongjin respected and feared him, and if he committed a crime, he would never cover him up, at least on the surface.

At this moment, Li Chongjin inevitably felt a little regretful, why was he so hotheaded that he accompanied Wang Yansheng to kill the prisoners.
Xiacai Daying, the army of the Northern Han Dynasty, was full of jubilation, rumbling, and even a little chaotic.But under the commander-in-chief, the generals at all levels, the rectification meeting, the scribes of each battalion, and several years of military discipline training have made the Han army well-trained enough to prevent chaos.

In the commander's tent, the commanders of the various armies reported their victories one after another, singing and chanting their gains. Wang Jun was always as stable as Mount Tai, and took it indifferently.

"Du Shuai, according to rough statistics, in the battle of Xiacai, our army beheaded at least [-] heads of Huai thieves, and captured less than [-] prisoners. The rest died of freezing and drowning. The whole covenant army fled quickly, gathered a group of defeated soldiers and retreated to Shouchun, and the Tang army was almost wiped out. Even if there were fish that slipped through the net, there were not many, and there was no combat strength!" Master Shen congratulated Wang Jun with a smile on his thick-mouthed face.

"That's right!" Wang Jun nodded, that's all.

Not long after, Shi Yanchao, the commander of the Hujie horse army, returned to the camp with a group of cavalry, and the Han cavalry almost broke up in the end, and each chased and made meritorious deeds.

He went directly to the commander's account to ask for an interview, and excitedly presented a head to Wang Jun: "Commander, this is Liu Yanzhen, the commander of the Huai bandits. After driving him for hundreds of miles, he and his own soldiers were finally beheaded under the horse! His head is specially held to offer!"

Hearing this, Wang Jun really became interested and stood up directly.This time there was no need for Wang Jun to hint, several generals in the camp quickly got up to accompany him.After a great victory in the First World War, Wang Jun became even more powerful, and ordinary generals hardly dared to look up at him.

Leaving Liu Yanzhen's head still on the ground, Wang Jun poked his feet casually a few times at the bloody head. Wang Jun laughed: "This is Liu Yanzhen? It's very ordinary! I think he is so majestic and heroic, can make Li The old man Jing put such a large army into his hands!"

Hearing what Wang Jun said, a commander in the battalion immediately flattered him: "When the Huai bandits went north, this Liu Yanzhen was so insolent, and old Li Jing was also blind. If you don’t plan, you will make it disappear, who in this world has the ability to be handsome?"

Even though he knew these compliments were compliments, Wang Jun still felt comfortable listening to them. He stroked his beard, smiled, pointed at Liu Yanzhen's head, and ordered to the small school in front of the camp: "Go, pass Liu thief's head on to you!" Look at the troops!"

When Wang Jun was immersed in the sound of praise, Murong Yanzhao walked in, and then he calmed down.After all the generals had retreated, Murong Yanzhao told Wang Jun about the killing of prisoners by Wang Yansheng and Li Chongjin.

Hearing this, Wang Jun's attitude made Murong Yanzhao's heart cold for a while. Wang Jun waved his hand and said indifferently: "I know about this. It is nothing more than some captives. The original intention is to cause more damage to the Huai thieves and weaken their national strength. Although the two of them acted aggressively, they did not hide their faults. Yesterday's attack and killing was the result of the Holy Guard. Moreover, it is now winter, and the weather will only get colder. The army is in the south, and food, fodder and clothing are already It’s inconvenient to transport, too many captives will increase my food consumption.”

"In this way, it will arouse Huai Min's resistance!"

"If you don't let the others know how powerful our army is, and don't let the Huai people be afraid, how can they easily surrender?"

Seeing Wang Jun's reaction, Murong Yanzhao sighed and cupped his hands: "Since the commander-in-chief has made a decision, the last general has nothing to say!"

Before dark, Wang Jun received a battle report from Wokou, and learned that Zhao Kuangyin planned to defeat the Tang army in Haozhou and solve the threat of the Tang army's navy in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River in the first battle. This can!
However, Wang Jun quickly expressed his anger and dissatisfaction with Wokou's victory!
(End of this chapter)