Empire's Summoning Generals System

Chapter 580 Suicide (4000)

Cheng Yaojin, as the guard of Chen Liu, it is not so difficult to secretly transport Wang Bodang out of the city, as long as he is sent back on time.

That night, Cheng Yaojin drove the carriage, opened the west city gate, and took Wang Bodang straight to Shan Xiongxin's cemetery in the suburbs. For safety's sake, Cheng Yaojin didn't take any of his men with him.

When we arrived at the cemetery, we could only hear the chirping of crickets and sometimes the night wind blowing, which could calm our hearts.

With Cheng Yaojin's support, Wang Bodang came down to Shan Xiongxin's tomb, because he was in shackles and handcuffs for several days, so it was a bit inconvenient to move.

Shan Xiongxin's cemetery is very simple, even a little sloppy, and it can be said that it was built in a hurry.

Cheng Yaojin explained: "Second Brother Shan is a general of Wei State after all, and I am able to settle Second Brother Shan here thanks to the help of Second Brother Qin."

Wang Bodang nodded and sighed: "Now that you are dead, it is a blessing to have a burial place. What is there to complain about?"

Wang Bodang finished speaking, sat down cross-legged, put a plate of pig's trotters in front of Shan Xiongxin's stele, poured another bowl of wine, and drank while talking to himself, as if chatting with Shan Xiongxin again , Cheng Yaojin was far away, and couldn't hear what Wang Bodang was saying.

Not long after, Wang Bodang poured the wine in the bowl in front of the tombstone, straightened up, glanced at the bright moon in the sky, and got into the carriage with the help of Cheng Yaojin who rushed over.

Before the carriage started, Wang Bodang said, "Bite Jin, Brother Shan's family still needs you to take care of him!"

Cheng Yaojin waved his horsewhip without thinking too much, and said bluntly: "That's for sure, Brother Wang, don't worry, with my old Cheng here, no one will dare to bully Second Brother Shan's family."

Going overnight, returning overnight, waited for Cheng Yaojin to send Wang Bodang back to the prison, then went back to the mansion, did not sleep for a long time, and was woken up by the guards in a daze, "General, it's not good!! !"

"what's up?"

Could it be that the remnants of the Wei army came over?
Cheng Yaojin got up and picked up the two big axes that were placed in the room.

"No, Uncle Wang committed suicide in prison!"

The guard is also an old man from Shanjiazhuang, so he called Wang Bodang the eldest brother.

"what!"

Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment, "Clang clang!" The two big axes fell slowly from his hands.

Cheng Yaojin suddenly pushed open the door, wearing only his underwear, took the horse from the guard's hand, and galloped towards Chen Liucheng's prison.

"Go away for me!"

Cheng Yaojin pushed all the jailers surrounding him aside, broke into Wang Bodang's cell, and saw Wang Bodang's body lying on the ground at first sight.

"Brother Wang!"

Cheng Yaojin was usually laughing and joking, no serious rough man, finally couldn't bear it anymore, threw himself in front of Wang Bodang, and wailed loudly.

"I should have thought of it long ago, I should have thought of it long ago!"

Cheng Yaojin hit the ground angrily, he finally remembered the meaning of what Wang Bodang said to himself at the end, Wang Bodang's biggest regret is probably not being able to see Shan Xiongxin for the last time!

Now that Wang Bodang paid homage to Shan Xiongxin's cemetery, he had fulfilled his wish. In order not to affect Cheng Yaojin, Wang Bodang did not choose to commit suicide in Shan Xiongxin's cemetery, but returned to the prison.

Zong Ze and Liao Hua also came to the prison. They had no friendship with Wang Bodang, and Wang Bodang's death had little impact on Chen Liucheng, but Cheng Yaojin was a general in the city after all, and Wang Bodang's death would definitely affect Cheng Liucheng. Bite gold, so the two must come and take a look.

Cheng Yaojin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said: "Mr. Zong, General Liao, please come here."

"I also ask General Cheng to express my condolences!"

Liao Hua comforted him.

Cheng Yaojin shook his head: "This is Big Brother Wang's fate, but it's a pity that Big Brother Wang died for righteousness before he could display his abilities. Second Brother Shan is not worthy of Brother Wang's behavior, not worth it!"

Then Cheng Yaojin cupped his hands to Zongze and said: "Military Master, now Uncle Wang is dead, please allow him to bury Uncle Wang."

Zong Ze nodded and said, "Yes."

Huo Qubing received the military report from Beiping, quickly summoned all the generals, and said: "Your Highness has defeated Li Yun, Wei Guo has been completely destroyed!"

"Great!"

Wei Yan was overjoyed and said, "Captain, shouldn't we set out next and recover the entire Jinzhou?"

"That's right! Your Highness means to order us to recover the entire Jinzhou, and to punish the lawbreakers in the city, and wipe out the remaining poison of Li and Wei. Do you understand?"

Chen Tang frowned, but then relaxed, obviously thinking that this is a good opportunity to make money.

However, there were obviously some problems, and he said, "Commander, will this punishment of lawlessness and the elimination of remaining poisons make the aristocratic families who intended to surrender desperately resist?"

"Chen Tang, you are a smart person, you should know exactly what the eight words His Highness said mean."

Chen Tang quickly lowered his head and said, "The general understands!"

"Great Zhou is falling apart, and the local families are dominant. The same is true for Jinzhou. When Li Yun ruled Jinzhou, he almost relied on the help of the families in Jinzhou to control the entire Jinzhou. Hmph, Li Yun's order may reach all The prefect can no longer issue orders, and we big men will never allow such things to happen, so."

Huo Qubing snorted twice: "As long as it is a deep-rooted local family, as long as there are bad things such as oppressing the people and occupying the land, it will not be tolerated. For those families with a fair reputation, you can forgive them, and His Highness will also send officials. Come here and help us deal with the follow-up matters, do you all understand?"

"In this case, will the local government affairs be paralyzed?"

Lu Bode was a little worried.

"We mainly punish the big and powerful families. As for the small and medium families, as long as they are not the ones who have committed the most crimes, we can relax a little bit. We only punish one or two people, and then let these small and medium families take up local official positions. His Highness mainly pointed out that we can appoint more small families. , or the virtuous talents from poor families in the local area can also be promoted exceptionally!"

Huo Qubing explained to everyone, and finally waved his hand and issued a military order: "Okay, wait and get ready! Let's set off as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

All the generals stood up and responded.

Huo Qubing left two school lieutenants to stay behind. Some of the captured Wei soldiers had been recruited by Huo Qubing, and most of them were handed over to Luanzhou for disposal.

This is what Huo Qubing has been doing for several months after defeating Han Wei. Of course, he also sent people to control several counties near the pass to form the first line of defense to prevent the Wei army from sneaking.

Moreover, the army is always in combat readiness, every day is either training or Cuju, and the morale of the army is very good.

Huo Qubing gave an order, and the huge army began to move, and was soon assembled under the leadership of the generals.

Huo Qubing led the army straight to Jinyang, Jinyang was recovered by Jinzhou, and taking Jinyang to recover the entire Jinzhou was half the battle.

Moreover, Jinzhou is a mountainous state, high in the west and low in the east. Jinyang guards the key points and communicates with the main roads. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It also controls all the land and households in Jinzhou.

Therefore, winning Jinyang is a must.

Jinyang.

The Jinyang prefect stared blankly at the letter in his hand. It was information from Danzhou. The news that Li Yun committed suicide and that Chen Liu had been captured made the Jinyang prefect [Tao Tai] at a loss, and sat down on his chair in a daze. Come on, my mind is blank.

Seeing that Tao Tai didn't say a word, all the civil and military people in the hall looked at each other, they didn't dare to ask more questions, so they just sat there, waiting for Tao Tai to speak.

Tao Tai sighed, moved his uncomfortable body, and then said to everyone: "Duke Wei is dead, Chen Liu has been breached, and the Kingdom of Wei is over!"

"what!"

"It turned out to be like this!"

All the civil and military people in the hall couldn't sit still anymore. Once Li Yun died, what should they do?

"Tell me! What should I do next?"

Tao Tai supported his head with his arms, and leaned against the chair, feeling a dull pain in his head.

"Report!"

An urgent cry interrupted everyone's thinking. A soldier broke into the hall and told Tao Tai in front of him, "Duke Ming, traces of the Han army were found outside the city. There are at least 3 to [-] people!"

"Whose banner! Whose banner!"

Tao Tai suddenly stood up and asked.

"Huo Huo Huo. It's the Huo character flag!"

The soldiers were so frightened by Tao Tai that they stuttered even when they spoke.

Tao Tai didn't care about the rudeness of a small soldier, but sat down on the chair, a fright flashed in his eyes, and murmured: "Huo Qubing is here, the Huo Qubing who defeated Han Wei is here."

A general quickly said: "Duke Ming, we only have [-] soldiers and horses in our city, I'm afraid we can't resist it!"

"It's not that I'm afraid, but that I can't resist it at all. If Han Wei's tens of thousands of people can't beat Huo Qubing, how can we beat Huo Qubing with only 5000 people?"

An official stood up and said, "Duke Ming, why don't you ask the Han army to surrender? Duke Ming has the merit of dedicating the city, and he is quite prestigious in Jinyang. As long as he surrenders, the Han army will definitely treat him with courtesy. Duke Ming is needed! Isn’t it the same to serve as the prefect of Jinyang under Duke Wei and Duke Han?”

"You're right, you're right!"

Tao Tai pointed at the official and said, "You're right, we can't defeat Huo Qubing at all, not to mention that even Chen Liu was breached, and Duke Wei committed suicide. What's the use of us defending it? Without reinforcements, it is better to surrender!"

One of the counselors suddenly stood up and said, "Duke Ming, you have to think about it clearly. Duke Han is strict in politics, and he can't tolerate sand in his eyes. According to my subordinates, Duke Han will definitely not let Duke Ming be in charge of Jinyang. As the prefect, the Duke of Han will never allow Jinyang to escape from his control, so the best outcome for Duke Ming is probably to go to Beiping and become a rich man!"

"This"

Tao Tai felt that what the counselor said made sense.

After hearing this, the official stood up and accused the counselor, "Scaremongering, you are trying to put Duke Ming in crisis. Let me ask you, according to your words, is Duke Ming unable to surrender?"

The official didn't wait for the counselor to answer, and continued to ask: "If you don't surrender, there are only 5000 troops in the city, and there are no reinforcements outside, how can you defend Jinyang City? It may be hard for a rich man!"

The counselor was so speechless by the officials, he just kept repeating: "I'm just thinking about Duke Ming. Even if we surrender, we can't open the city gate so easily. Duke Han is a trustworthy person. We can at least get Han Only with the guarantee of the general can the city be surrendered!"

"Yes, yes! That's right, it should be like this. Without the protection of the Han army, we must not open the city gate easily!"

Tao Tai was conflicted in his heart. Of course he was afraid of death and losing power. It would be great if Han Gong continued to let him be the prefect of Jinyang like Li Yun!
It's a pity, according to Han Gong's character, it is impossible in all likelihood!

Huo Qubing built a large camp outside Jinyang City, and ordered craftsmen to start building siege equipment. When the siege equipment is built, it will be the day of siege.

Zhao Ponu suggested to Huo Qubing: "Captain, why not send an envoy to the city to order the prefect to surrender, this will also reduce the casualties of the soldiers."

Huo Qubing nodded and said: "You are right, then you should choose an envoy to go there!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Ponu nodded in agreement.

At this time, a guard ran in and reported to Huo Qubing: "Commander, Jinyang City sent an envoy to ask to see the governor."

"An envoy? Let him come in, and let all the generals come over to see what the envoy in the city will say?"

Huo Qubing said.

"As ordered!"

The guard hurried down to deliver the order.

Since there was an envoy from Jinyang City, Zhao Puonu didn't need to send another envoy, he just accompanied Huo Qubing in the big tent and waited for the envoy from Jinyang.

After a while, several generals under Huo Qubing's command also arrived, and Jinyang's envoys were led by the guards to the big tent.

The envoy looked at the majestic and majestic generals in the big tent, his heart trembled a little, he forced himself to be calm, cupped his hands and said: "The envoy of Jinyang, Liu Guyi, pays homage to Dudu Huo!"

Huo Qubing looked at the envoy from Jinyang leisurely, and asked, "Since you are an envoy, why are you here?"

The messenger hurriedly said: "His Highness Duke of Han's reputation for benevolence and righteousness spreads all over the world. My Lord Minggong Jinyang Taishou Tao Gong has admired His Highness Han Duke for a long time, and today he is willing to surrender the city."

Huo Qubing sneered, since he had admired him for a long time, why did he only know to send an envoy now that the soldiers were approaching the city?
Really interesting.

Huo Qubing immediately said: "Since it is Xiancheng's surrender, then you should go back quickly and urge that Tao Gong, and quickly lead the officials and soldiers in the city, and go out of the city with the household booklet to surrender!"

Liu Guyi was taken aback for a moment, this is different from the imagined script!

Liu Guyi hurriedly said: "Captain, Commander, please listen to the next sentence!"

"put!"

Liu Guyi is a well-known scribe in the city, how could he have been insulted like this, but thinking about the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside his account, he quickly suppressed his anger.

He cupped his hands and said: "Captain, although he is offering the city, Duke Tao is quite prestigious in the city and has held important positions in Jinyang for several generations. Therefore, Duke Tao hopes to continue to serve as the prefect of Jinyang under Duke Han. Sitting in Jinyang on behalf of Duke Han, with Duke Tao around, Jinyang will definitely be safe.”

"There are still conditions?"

Huo Qubing suddenly clapped his hands on the desk, and scolded: "You are really courageous!"

(End of this chapter)