Soldiers come to the world

Liu Jing arrived at Wuting Pass on the afternoon of the third day of snowfall. There were [-] Han soldiers at Wuting Pass, led by general Wei Yan, who held on for nearly a month. Together with Pinghu Pass in the south, they trapped Liu Qubei's army. Died on this seventy-mile straight road.

On Guancheng, a soldier held an umbrella to cover the heavy snow. Liu Jing stood under the umbrella and stared at the straight road in the distance. There should be a lot of traces of kerosene burnt on the straight road in Guancheng, as well as corpses everywhere, but at this time They were all covered with white snow, and a hundred steps away was a piece of gray, and nothing could be seen.

Wei Yan pointed to the front and said, "Your Highness, if the weather is fine, you can see an earthen wall three miles away, about two feet high, stretching across the official road."

"What is that?" Liu Jing was a little puzzled.

"That's because Liu Qubei was afraid that the soldiers would come to surrender, so he specially built a blocking wall to prevent the soldiers from surrendering without authorization. Unfortunately, this blocking wall has no meaning, and many Hun sentries still secretly came to surrender."

"How's the situation over there?" Liu Jing asked again.

Wei Yan shook his head, sighed and said: "The situation is very bad. They have run out of food, so they can only kill horses for food, but there is no more horse food. Most of the horses starve to death, and there is no meat. It is said that this is less than a month. They killed nearly [-] war horses, and there are hundreds of war horses who would rather jump off the cliff than be killed by them."

"Is there any water in it?"

"There are springs flowing down from the mountain. Many soldiers wanted to climb over the mountain to escape, but most of them fell to their deaths. Some of the soldiers who climbed over the mountain could not survive. The mountains here are connected to each other, stretching for hundreds of miles. If there is no food, you will either starve to death, or become the food of the beasts in the mountains."

When everyone said this, suddenly a soldier pointed to the front and shouted: "Look, there are Hun soldiers fleeing."

A few tens of steps away, three or four Hun soldiers were staggering towards this side. One of them had an arrow stuck in his back. There was a movement, and soon, the body was covered by heavy snow.

"Pull them up!"

The soldiers of the Han army put down a few large baskets, and pulled up three Hun soldiers, all of whom were starving and skinny, their eyes flickering with hunger, and unable to speak, Wei Yan immediately ordered the soldiers to take them down to drink two bowls of hot water. Porridge.

Liu Jing was also eager to know the situation on the straight road, so he followed. The three Hun deserters sat by the fire and drank several bowls of hot porridge before finally recovering.

A soldier of the Han army asked them a few words in the language of the Xiongnu, and then said to Liu Jing: "His Royal Highness, they said that there are hundreds of guards from Liu Qubei guarding the earthen wall. There are more than twenty of them, and they are desperately fleeing together. The soldiers were all killed, only a few of them climbed over the wall."

"You ask them, how does the heavy snow affect that side?"

The soldier asked a few more words, then turned around and said, "They said it was very miserable. 6000 people froze to death on the first snowy night, and more than [-] people froze to death last night. Although Liu Qubei blocked the news, everyone knows The soldiers over there will not be able to survive.”

Liu Jing nodded, and said to Wei Yan: "We need to strengthen our vigilance in the past two days. It is estimated that something will happen on the straight road either tonight or tomorrow night."

At night, Liu Jing was in a deep sleep when he was suddenly woken up by a guard who said in a low voice, "Your Highness, something happened on the straight road."

Liu Jing suddenly came to his senses. He put on his military uniform and a thick cloak, and walked quickly to the pass city. Thousands of soldiers were already standing in the pass city, with their bows and crossbows drawn up, ready to fight. More than [-] trebuchets Also ready and ready to attack.

When Liu Jing walked to the city wall, Wei Yan saluted with fists in his hands and said, "His Royal Highness, just now there was a lot of fire on the straight road, and there were constant shouts of killing. It seems that something major happened? And there is no dry wood on the straight road. Such a big fire must be a tent." It's set on fire."

Liu Jing looked intently into the distance of Zhidao, the flames had already dimmed a lot, but he could still see a little, but the shouting also stopped, at this moment, there was a sudden 'Boom! ' There was a loud noise, which seemed to be the sound of a house collapsing. Immediately, a soldier reacted and shouted: "This must be the blocking wall being pushed down."

Liu Jing also felt the same, and he immediately ordered: "The crossbowmen are ready, don't shoot arrows without my order!"

Some soldiers ran and shouted: "Your Highness has an order, and the crossbowmen are ready. Without your Highness's order, you must not shoot arrows!"

At this time, countless black figures appeared in the night, and a group of people came towards the Guancheng. After walking fifty steps away, they stopped again, and saw a Hun officer running up, shouting from the city: "We have already arrived!" After killing Liu Qubei, I am willing to surrender to the Han army, and I beg for permission to surrender!"

In the darkness, all the figures were kneeling, Wei Yan ran to Liu Jing and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's a scam city!"

Liu Jing nodded. It was indeed possible. Liu Qubei was forced to the last moment, and he might have used a false surrender method to capture Guancheng. However, Liu Jing's intuition told Liu Qubei that it was more likely that Liu Qubei's soldiers had mutinied.

At this time, Wei Jin stepped forward to salute and said: "Your Highness, I would like to go and investigate the situation."

Sending people to investigate the real situation is the only way, Liu Jing immediately agreed, "You can bring a few more soldiers to investigate."

"The humble official understands that if the enemy surrenders falsely, the humble official will hold a torch as a letter."

Wei Jin and a few soldiers went down to the city in big baskets, and walked quickly to the surrender army. Liu Jing's eyes were fixed on Wei Jin's figure, and he said a few words to the leader of the Huns, and then followed him Walk into the crowd.

Time passed, and the torch was still not raised. Liu Jing let go of his heart slightly. It seemed that the army had mutinied and came to surrender. After about a quarter of an hour, Wei Jin finally came back, followed by a Hun centurion , carrying a bundle in his hand, the two went to the city. Wei Jin stepped forward and whispered to Liu Jing: "It is true that the soldiers rebelled. Killing Liu Qubei is not a false surrender."

At this moment, the centurion knelt down and cried, "The villain's name is Ning Daya. The soldiers were hungry and cold, and they didn't want to fight anymore. It was the villain who led everyone to resist Liu Qubei's suppression and killed Liu Qubei. , I implore Your Highness to let us live."

After speaking, he presented the bundle with both hands, and a soldier took it and opened the bundle, and there was indeed a human head inside, which the soldier knew was the head of Liu Qubei, the right sage king of the Xiongnu.

Liu Jing nodded and asked, "How many of you are left?"

"There are 5000 more, the rest are dead."

Liu Jing also sighed in his heart, 3 people were trapped in the straight road, and only half of them were left in the end. It was really tragic. He asked again: "Are all 5000 people willing to surrender?"

"They are all willing to surrender, and they don't want to fight any more!"

At this time, Wei Yan stepped forward again and said, "Your Highness, I have a few words to say about my humble position."

Liu Jing walked aside with him, Wei Yan said in a low voice: "It's a hidden danger to keep these Hun soldiers, Your Highness, why not take this opportunity to wipe them out."

Liu Jing glanced at him, and said lightly: "Overbearing is only the supplement of the kingly way, and the priority should not be reversed. It is not a long-term solution to blindly kill them all. It will be more useful to keep them."

Wei Yan hit a snag, and he hurriedly said: "If His Highness decides to accept the surrender, I have another suggestion."

Liu Jing has long discovered that Wei Yan has a complicated mind and is not as loyal as Zhao Yun and Wenpin. Although he is also loyal to himself, he has his own ideas besides being loyal, or in other words, he will always have something different from him. Ideas that do not match his status, such as the move of the capital had nothing to do with him, but he wrote a letter, pointing out that Guanzhong was severely damaged, and suggested moving the capital to Luoyang.

Another example is now that Liu Jing personally appeared at Wuting Pass. Whether to accept the surrender of the Xiongnu soldiers should be decided by Liu Jing. At most, Jia Xu, Fazheng and others can make suggestions.

As a partial general, Wei Yan could only carry out the order without compromise, but he had to put forward his own plan and demanded to kill all the Hun soldiers. This made Liu Jing really displeased. , Will Wei Yan decide without authorization to kill the Huns?

With Wei Yan's smartness, it is very possible, but Liu Jing also knows that Wei Yan has this kind of self-righteousness. He has been taught many times over the years, but it is still difficult to change. Liu Jing also tries to tolerate him and see him as much as possible. Bright side.

Liu Jing held back his displeasure and asked, "Do you have any other suggestions?"

"Although the Huns surrendered, I was worried that Liu Qubei was not dead, but mixed with the soldiers. He has tens of thousands of soldiers. It is easy to find someone who looks like him. Your Highness still needs to be cautious."

Liu Jing asked with a smile: "Then, in your opinion, what should we do?"

"Beizhi suggested to let them surrender during the day, and then pass through one by one. Moreover, Beizhi knew that Liu Qubei had stabbed a wolf's head on his chest, and asked them to surrender topless according to the custom. Liu Qubei would not be able to fool around."

Although Wei Yan was too cautious, there was some truth in what he said. Liu Jing pondered for a moment, then decided to adopt Wei Yan's plan, and then he walked back and said to the centurion: "I believe in your sincerity, and I accept your surrender, but Surrender at night is prone to chaos, you can come to surrender tomorrow morning, according to the custom of the Huns, go topless and line up to pass the border."

After a pause, Liu Jing said again: "Of course, I will give you some dry firewood tonight, and I will give you two thousand sheep and three thousand bags of milk wine. You can make it through tonight!"

The centurion had no choice but to agree. That night, Liu Jing ordered the soldiers to send dry firewood and sheep wine to the surrendered soldiers. Fifteen thousand surrendered soldiers from the Huns lit hundreds of bonfires on the straight road, killed sheep and drank wine, and spent the night. had the hardest night.

In the early morning of the next day, [-] Huns descended into five long teams and began to check and pass the customs one by one. Every soldier who passed the customs had to be shirtless and wash his face with snow. Dozens of soldiers who knew Liu Qubei stood by. Strict screening.

Although it was finally confirmed that Liu Qubei was indeed dead, he still caught a few Hun nobles who were trying to get away with it, which was considered a gain. The soldiers mutinied last night and not only killed Liu Qubei, but also those who were with Liu Qubei More than a dozen Xiongnu nobles also died in the chaos,

However, these three Hun nobles changed their soldiers' clothes in time and escaped by mingling with the chaotic army. In the end, they still did not escape the inspection of the Han army one by one, and were recognized and exposed by other Hun soldiers.

The three Xiongnu nobles were brought before Liu Jing, knelt down and begged for mercy, Liu Jing asked them, "I want to know, where is Liu Qubei's lair now? Is it still in Hetao, or has it migrated to Yinshan?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, Liu Qubei will never let his subordinates go to Yinshan Mountain, but he is not in Hetao now."

"Then where?"

The three Xiongnu nobles glanced at each other, and an elderly chief said tremblingly: "Liu Qubei wanted to seize the Hexi Corridor, so after he sent troops to Gaonu and Lingzhou in August, he ordered his uncle Ge Ye to lead his troops thirty Yu Wan's subordinates moved westward to Juyanze for the winter, and planned to attack Hexi with his son Liu Meng next spring, this is a top secret and only a few people know about it."

It was only then that Liu Jing suddenly realized, no wonder his scouts couldn't find Liu Qubei's tribe in Hetao, they had already moved to Juyanze.