Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1470
The chaos in Xindu City lasted until the early morning of the next day. Only when Master Wang formally ascended the city wall of Xindu City with ladders and other equipment did he show signs of calming down.

Standing on the city wall at the northeast corner of Xindu, Xin Bin overlooked the new capital of Jie Kingdom after Xiang Kingdom. What he saw in his eyes had nothing to do with prosperity and magnificence, including the nearly half-built palace garden not far from here.Between the palace walls and the terraces, corpses were strewn everywhere, and there were still large black and ash traces left over from the intense fire.

Strong fortresses are often breached from the inside, not to mention that Xindu City is not an indestructible city at all.

There are also a large number of corpses piled up on the wall, and there is almost nowhere to settle. However, through the examination of the corpses of these Jiezu, it can be seen that very few of them died directly under Wang Shiliu's arrows, and most of the dead Jiezu , or died in the killing of each other.The death conditions were all kinds of strange things, and the equipment left between the corpses was completely unstandardized.

As Wang Shi ascended the city wall, under the rising sun, there were still areas in the city where thick smoke billowed and scuffles continued.

There were also some people in ragged clothes who gathered under the section of the city wall where Master Wang climbed up. Seeing the figures of Master Wang's soldiers appearing on the wall, their expressions were crazy and messy, and they couldn't even express the complicated feelings in their hearts at the moment. He just prostrated himself on the ground and kept nodding his head to express his surrender to the king.

"That piece of palace is where the Forbidden Garden is located, where the Hu and Hu Guo Temples are located..."

In the middle of the night, some Jin soldiers from the Jie army surrendered across the city. At this moment, they were led to Xin Bin's side, and pointed to different areas in the city to introduce the distribution of the city.

There are more than [-] Wang Shi, and it is still difficult to completely control Xinducheng.Xin Bin did not immediately order to sweep the whole city. After clearing out a stronghold at the top of the city, he first sent two battalions of [-] soldiers into the forbidden garden of Jie Kingdom not far away to control the core of the city.

The news of Wang Shi's entry into the city also spread rapidly in the city, and more and more survivors in the city saw that there was no hope of escape, and all abandoned their weapons and surrendered.Xin Bin sent some soldiers to sort out these soldiers, and then ordered them to clear out the city gates that had been blocked by wood and stone chores.

After such busy work, nearly an hour later, the nearest city gate was finally cleared out, and then Xin Bin led a part of the main force of the king's division into the city through the gate.

Although after the scuffle last night, a considerable part of the troops had fled across the city to the wilderness, but the number of those staying in the city at this moment is still quite considerable.If you can't escape, and you can't defend, this part of the soldiers can only abandon their weapons and surrender.

As Wang Shi entered Xindu City from the city gate, they, under the leadership of their respective commanders, crawled on both sides of the road, wailing and begging for life.

Soon, the soldiers gathered alone exceeded the total strength of the king's division at the moment.However, with the civil strife overnight, the powerful people in the city either fled or died violently. The pure numerical advantage is far from enough for these people to be fierce in their hearts.

What's more, as a veteran of Wang Shi for many years, Xin Bin will not let these soldiers easily see through Wang Shi's falsehood before he has fully controlled the situation in the city.After all, regardless of the political significance of the city of Xindu, it is just a new target that Wang Shi broke through during the expedition.In the process of Wang Shi's growth, he has accumulated a wealth of experience in surrendering and accepting prisoners.

Under the order of the generals of Wang Shi, these soldiers pointed out the generals and commanders in the original city defense system of the Jie army, and the soldiers of Wang Shi, tigers and wolves rushed in to arrest these people and suppressed them. Kill!

As a result, the generals of the Jie army, who were originally regarded as lofty and invincible in the eyes of these soldiers, now look like lambs waiting to be slaughtered under the power of the king, and they can't help but realize more deeply that today's Xindu City has indeed changed. sky.

Through this simple and crude method, the authority can be directly and effectively broken and established.And those soldiers who actively identified Jie generals will be fortunate to become the returnees recognized by Wang Shi first, and as an important help to help Wang Shi build a new order in this dilapidated city.

With the help of this group of surrendered soldiers in the city, many things were carried out together, such as the cleanup of the city, the reorganization of the descendants, and the removal of the recalcitrants.

This group of selected soldiers has strong adaptability to sudden changes in their identities. They themselves know the internal situation of the city better. The soldiers of Wang Shi's headquarters should be more eager to care.

With the cooperation of these people, Master Wang's control over the city is also progressing gratifyingly.More surviving people in the city were collected, and the main road of the city was also unblocked in a short period of time. More importantly, many people who were originally from the upper class of Jie Kingdom were pulled out one by one.

With these captives of the nobles of the Jie Kingdom, Xin Bin had a more comprehensive understanding of the changes in the situation before and after the battle in Xindu.

All these information need to be recorded in the battle report, and then submitted to the general for personal review, as an important proof of meritorious deeds and rewards, and it will be organized by the meritorious service independent of the combat system, which will also help the current situation Share the information with the general owner.

From this, Xin Bin also learned about the many changes in the situation in Xindu during this period. When he learned that the most direct reason why Master Wang was able to break through the city was that Zhang Jackal and his son, who had previously controlled the city, suddenly attacked some allies. A message was outlined by Xin Binzhu, expressing doubts and needing more evidence.

Because of the unique experience of sneaking into Shihu's mansion, which was still the king of Zhongshan at that time, even though more than ten years have passed, Xin Bin still has a deep impression of Zhang Jack, an important follower of Shihu's command.

Although there were many restrictions back then, and he hadn't had any direct contact with Zhang Yu, even after analyzing the situation before and after, he still felt that the timing of Zhang Hao and his son's choice of attacking the city was a bit weird, and there must be other things in it. inside story.

However, most of the information that these captured Jie country dignitaries can learn is hearsay, let alone the deeper inside information.And people who really understand the whole story, such as Zhang Chang, the son of Zhang Jackal, have conclusive evidence that he led the crowd out of the city as early as the second half of the melee, fleeing to the northwest.

It is confirmed that the upper-level figures of the Jie country who are still at large, as well as the empress Liu Shi of the Jie leader Shihu and the prince Shi Shi, etc., but in the chaos, no one can clearly explain the direction of these people's escape.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Master Wang's current grasp of the situation is still rough, and further digging is needed.As time goes by, many details and clues are revealed, and the fog will naturally gradually fade away.

It is not Xin Bin's task to pursue the escapees from the Jie Kingdom before and after the destruction of Xindu City, and he does not have enough mobility to pursue them. Can provide more convenience and help.

Sure enough, in the afternoon of the next day, Master Wang found many corpses hidden in a remote palace during the process of cleaning the forbidden garden, and among them sorted out the corpse of King Wei Shibao of Jie Kingdom.Looking at his death, it is very likely that he died of a massacre by soldiers. It is impossible to find out who the perpetrator was. Naturally, this meritorious deed should be recorded on the head of the Wang Shi who broke the city.

Many details and clues have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.But during this, Xin Bin noticed a strange phenomenon, that is, as the two most important targets of the Jie Kingdom, the Jie Lord Shi Hu and the power minister Zhang Yu actually had no conclusive information pointing to them.

As the key question of Master Wang's interrogation, there are naturally a lot of answers, and there are different opinions, but there are very few that can be verified.This created a strange phenomenon. These two people were well known in the whole city, but they seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. There was no conclusive evidence to indicate whether they were alive or dead, and where they were.

Even Zhang Jackal's family members were searched out of a private house in the process of searching the whole city.But even these Zhang family members could not provide the exact whereabouts of Zhang Jackal.

As for Shihu, the ruler of Jie, there are many testimonies of the dignitaries of Jie state that he was imprisoned in the Forbidden Garden by Zhang Jackal, but Master Wang almost turned the Forbidden Garden upside down for several days without sleep, and the body of Shihu's son Shi Bao, It was salvaged from a dry well during the search process, but only Shihu was not seen, and there was no definite point that he was imprisoned here.

Obviously, either Zhang Jackal deceived these nobles of Jie Kingdom, or these dignitaries deceived Master Wang.Later, by beheading more than a dozen dignitaries of the Jie Kingdom, Xin Bin was sure that the former one might be bigger.In this way, there is a high probability that Shi Hu, the Capricorn master, was coerced out of the city by a trilogy belonging to Zhang Jackal and fled.

But just when Xin Bin was preparing to pass this important information to the governor Xie Ai with a little regret, there was another breakthrough in the matter, that is, Zhang Jackal's body was accidentally discovered.

A few days have passed, this corpse was already horribly dead, it was almost brutally dismembered, and it was thrown away at will because of cleaning up the periphery of the Huguo Temple, and it was Master Wang who received Zhang Jackal's death outside the Huguo Temple When the information on the street was reviewed again, Zhang Jackal's identity was confirmed through the soldier talisman carried by the corpse.

With this unexpected discovery, Xin Bin's disappointed mood was moved again, and he announced to all the Jinhu people in the city that as long as they can provide information about the Capricorn Lord Shihu and can verify it, they will all be rewarded with high rewards. .

However, it was Xin Bin's sudden whim that really broke the deadlock.That is, he suddenly recalled the past events of lurking in the Jie country, and he was able to return to Huainan to establish his career after receiving a lot of care from his ancestors. Now that he led his troops to invade the capital of the Jie country, the situation has been very different. In return, let people search for Zu's family members to take care of them.

Through this clue, Xin Bincai suddenly discovered that Zu Yue's son Zu Qing once played an important role between the Capricorn Lord Shi Hu and the power minister Zhang Jackal.This Zu Qing is the upstart of the Jie Kingdom, who is highly valued by the Jie Lord Shihu, the close son-in-law Zhang Jackal relies on for help, and at the same time, an important general in the Jie Kingdom.

It's no wonder that Xin Bin ignored this clue in Zu Qing. First of all, Zu Qing's most prominent period in Xindu City was around the time of the Huguo Temple incident at the beginning of the year. The role played by Zhong is no longer known to outsiders, not to mention that before Wang Shi arrived at Linxindu to attack the city, Zu Qing was relieved of his military power by Zhang Ji, completely faded out of the current situation, and was even placed under house arrest. The dignitaries of the Jie Kingdom who were scattered outside the Huguo Temple and were captured didn't know much about it.

Moreover, Wang Shixin has not long been in the letter, and the first thing he pays attention to is the many superficial clues, and he will dig deeper as time goes by.Therefore, it was only at this moment that he realized the rich information contained in Zu Qing and paid attention to it.

In fact, the information about Zu Qing was ignored, and Xin Bin should also bear some responsibility.He had already received some information about Zu Qing from the very beginning. After all, Zu Qing was once one of the main power holders in Xindu, and it was precisely because of this identity that Xin Bin consciously avoided the news about Zu Qing. message.

Xin Bin once benefited from Zu Yue, and was willing to protect Zu Yue's descendants within the scope of his ministry.But he didn't expect Zu Yue's son Zu Qing to be so powerful in Jie Country, which made Xin Bin feel a little complicated and conflicted.

A Jie general of Zu Qing's level cannot be dealt with by a striker of Xin Bin's level. Regarding the crimes, all kinds of crimes must be sorted out and at least handed over to the forward governor Xie Ai for judgment.If Zu Qing's special background is also considered, maybe the general will personally intervene.

As a result, Xin Bin's position was a little awkward. He was not a greedy person who was obsessed with fame and fortune. Zu Yue had an old kindness to him, and he did not forget it.And Zu Yue's son is so powerful in Jie country that he is no longer able to protect him.So he ignored it subconsciously, hoping that even if this Zu Qing committed a serious crime, he would be handed over to other generals of the forward to deal with it, instead of him personally disposing of Zu Yue's descendants.

The reason why he took the initiative to think about it this time is that Xin Bin didn't focus on Zu Qing, but wanted to find out if Zu Yue had any other family members alive, and if he was sure that he didn't have too much to do with Zu Qing in Jieguo He is willing to protect part of Zu Yue's family members in order to repay Zu Yue's kindness to him.

It was because of this whim that the clues about Zu Qing were collected and sorted out for the first time. After highlighting his special identity, the information about Zu Yue who had been guarding the East Terrace of the National Temple for a long time was also screened out.

Huguo Temple was once the most important core of Xindu, Master Wang naturally would not ignore this, but the focus is still on the West Hall where Empress Liu and Prince Shi Shi lived.As for the range of Dongtai, due to the limited strength of the Wang division, it was only a general sorting out to ensure that there were no remnants of the Jie country wandering here. In the new round of search, the order was placed at the bottom.

Zu Qing once played a very important role in the process of Zhang Jie's power, and according to the confessions of those Jie country dignitaries, Zhang Jie also valued this son-in-law who helped him a lot, and he was treated like a son many times.As such an important role in Zhang Ji's forces, how can there be no mystery in Dongtai where Zu Qing has been stationed for a long time?
After realizing this, Xin Bin slightly tilted the focus of his investigation to the east platform of Huguo Temple.It has to be said that the Jie Master Buddha has indeed reached a very high level. In the area of ​​Dongtai alone, there are as many as a dozen pavilions of various kinds, and there are many magnificent buildings.

This area is used as a pavilion for the collection of Buddhist scriptures, and the most stored are various Buddhist scriptures and scriptures. Although it is common practice in the country of Jie to worship the Buddha and there are many devout monks, it is obvious that when the real crisis comes, these classics of the monks are not worthy of those of the country of Jie. The warriors risked their lives to loot and scramble for it, so it is still relatively well preserved.

After Xin Bin ordered a key search of this area, hundreds of kings and soldiers entered here to move out all the Buddhist scriptures stored in the pavilions.In addition to those Buddhist scriptures, a large number of Buddhist utensils were found. Most of these Buddhist utensils are exquisite and luxurious, and aside from superb craftsmanship, most of them are made of rare things such as gold, jade, copper and tin.

If those Jie soldiers who had previously fled due to internal strife saw this scene and realized that they had left the jewel here, they would probably regret it.But these artifacts were not the focus of Master Wang's search. After they emptied the various pavilions, they soon discovered a mysterious place.

It was an inconspicuous pavilion among the buildings in Dongtai. Except for some miscellaneous furnishings on the first floor, the upward stairs were all removed, and the position of the upper floor was even more leaky. of wooden boards.

Discovering this strange place, the soldiers hurriedly reported it, and after hearing the news, Xin Bin's heart beat violently, and he summoned two battalions of soldiers to lead them to this place, completely sealed off the place, and then ordered the soldiers to build a ladder , Pry open the wooden boards that nailed the doors and windows from the outside.

As the foreign objects that sealed the doors and windows were gradually stripped away, Xin Bin's heartbeat became faster and faster, and his performance was no different from that of an impetuous young man. He kept pacing back and forth, and finally a gap was opened in the attic. , and then some soldiers jumped into it. After a very short but felt very long time, the soldiers shouted in surprise from above: "General, I found something!"

Shi Hu, the Capricorn master who has been missing for a long time, has finally been found. It turns out that he has been living in this dark attic all along!
The soldiers carefully lifted off the fat body wrapped in the filthy uniform that could not see the original color.At this moment, Shihu's mind is not clear, he mutters in his mouth, but his eyes are tightly closed. After a long time of not seeing the sun, he is suddenly exposed to the sun, and his body is unconsciously twitching and writhing.

Xin Bin hurried forward and looked carefully, only to see that the tyrant of the Jie Kingdom had a messy beard and hair, and the wrinkles on his face looked extremely old and haggard, but the old appearance still vaguely remained between the facial features.As for the reason why the body looks abnormally fat, it is a kind of abnormal edema. When the filthy robe is stripped off, it can be seen that the limbs of the person are withered like shriveled firewood, but the edema under the abdomen is even The belly is swollen and shiny.

After transferring the unconscious Shi Hu to a nearby hall, Xin Bin hastily summoned the army doctors to come in for diagnosis and treatment.The generals of Wang Shi have always hated the Capricorn Lord Shihu deeply, but because of his status, a living Capricorn Lord is much more meaningful than a dead body.

Regarding this result, Xin Bin really couldn't laugh or cry.Who would have thought that Shihu, the tyrant of the Jie Kingdom who was known for his ferocity for half his life and whose notoriety spread throughout the universe, was finally turned back by his subordinates and imprisoned in a dark secret pavilion, and then abandoned and forgotten by his subjects, and even died by the enemy soldiers. General drag out!

While waiting for the results of the diagnosis and treatment, Xin Bin was also in extremely mixed moods, half glad and half regretful.

Fortunately, I was able to discover Shihu earlier. If not for this, he has already conquered Xindu, and the Capricorn master Shihu is hiding nearby, but when he is discovered, he is just a lifeless corpse. It is conceivable that he will become The laughingstock of this Northern Expedition will be ridiculed by his colleagues for a long time if he misses a great deal.

But from an emotional point of view, Xin Bin felt that starving Shi Hu to death in this secret pavilion was a matching ending for this sinful tyrant of the Jie Kingdom.He is going to let this villain taste the pain of being abandoned by the world and suffering from hunger and cold at the last moment of his life, just like the countless Xia people who have been abused by him in the past few decades and died!

After more than half an hour, the doctor reported that Shi Hu had awakened, and his physical condition was not as bad as it seemed, mainly due to a series of symptoms caused by the extreme lack of food.

After hesitating for a while, Xin Bin walked into the hall, looked up and saw that Shi Hu had changed into a new robe, his beard and hair had been combed, and he had just drank some liquid food, and his face was slightly bloody. Finally, he has a somewhat human appearance.

At this moment, Shi Hu was lying on his back on a high couch. When he heard footsteps, he opened his eyes, looked at Xin Bin in military uniform, and then closed his eyes.

Xin Bin walked all the way to the couch, looking down at Shi Hu from a high position. His scorching gaze made Shi Hu feel uncomfortable even with his eyes closed, and the muscles on his much older face kept twitching. Where's the jackal?"

Hearing this extremely hoarse and resentful tone, Xin Bin couldn't help but smile: "Zhang Jackal is not as lucky as your Excellency. After Master Wang entered the city, he died a long time ago, and there is no complete body."

After Shi Hu heard the words, the arch of his eyebrows trembled suddenly, his eyebrows were tightly furrowed and then relaxed weakly, a strong sense of depression permeated his whole body.He raised his upper body with some difficulty, opened his eyes and looked at Xin Bin a few times, and asked a little curiously, "Who are you?"

"Xin Shili from Henan Province is under the command of the Great General of Taiwan."

Hearing Xin Bin's answer, Shihu clicked his tongue, and sighed after a while: "The dog thief is mad after all, but he can't enjoy it forever if he steals power. How can Shen Mu, Xie Ai and others, the rest of the island barbarians, enter this city lightly!"

Xin Bin was not angry at Shi Hu's undisguised contempt. This is the tolerance that belongs only to the winner, but he also didn't want Shi Hu to be too complacent. There are many great sages, like Xin Shili, who are mediocre, and don’t know how common they are, it is enough to cover this Jieni embers. The reason why I am able to serve is that I entered Xiangguo in the old year and served as a short-term tribute in Your Excellency’s mansion.”

When Shi Hu heard this, his face became unsettled, and he opened his eyes wide and looked at Xin Bin in disbelief: "You, you..."

When Xin Bin saw this, there were many young and wild smiles, and casually told a few things about Shihu's past in the mansion, expressing that what he said was true, in order to dispel Shihu's arrogant arrogance.Don't talk about yourself, even if the old thief Shi Shilong is added, I will still help the country smoothly, without any surprises or dangers!
"Although your Excellency is already in decline, your family property is ruined, and your relatives are all dead, but after all, you were once a vicious thief who galloped through Hebei. Xingtai is kind and generous, but he doesn't hesitate to give up small traitors, and he is at ease. Let's rest now."

After Xin Bin finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the hall.

Shi Hu's expression on the couch was fluctuating. Seeing that Xin Bin was about to step out, he sneered and said, "The raccoon is short-sighted by the people in the North, and he got lucky. He probably couldn't wait to send me back to the south to boast about myself. Ridiculous, ridiculous! If you hold him, you will be drowned in the river, and you will never be supported by the pavilion. In my eyes, he is just a slave and traitor like Zhang Jackal!"

Xin Bin suddenly turned around and looked back, there was no lack of embarrassment in his gaze, but it turned into pity after a while, and he also sneered: "How the general makes a decision is beyond me. But now your Excellency is in the hands of an unknown person like me. No. I want to thank Your Excellency for helping me become famous, haha!"

After finishing speaking, Xin Bin burst out laughing, leaving only Shi Hu roaring in embarrassment in the hall.

After that, Xin Bin didn't procrastinate, and immediately repaired the book and sent people to tell the general in the rear that Shi Hu had been captured alive.At the same time, this news was also notified to the Shengwu Army who had already entered the country. The Shengwu Army marched northward on Qingqi, but did not enter Xindu because they were busy sweeping up the Xindu before. With the net, the Shengwu Army can concentrate on killing the rest of the fleeing people in Jie Kingdom.

　It was accidentally blocked, I am really sorry, I revised it again, and you can read it again after the ban is lifted, and the increase will not increase the price. . .

　　
　
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