Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 115: Respectable opponent
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"Pump...Pump..." Guo Shao's heart still hasn't stopped from his extreme excitement.
The fighting in front of Deng Fei's department continues, and the follow-up troops are advancing along the **** road. Guo Shao felt that the horse's hoof was a bit slippery. This was not an exaggeration. The blood on the street was really flowing, like it was raining. The surface of the irregular stone slabs inlaid inlaid is smooth, and the dry blood is sticky and flowing on the stone slabs, and the horses' hoofs will slip.
The blood gathered in the gap between the stone slabs, the color darkened, revealing horrible lines...like the cracks of the earth.
The corpses in multiple places have been piled up! The smell of blood on the street is disgusting, like a massacre.
Guo Shao is not the first time he has experienced battlefields, nor is he the first time he has seen corpses, but the intensive conflicts in the streets are affected by the terrain. He listened, the screams and begging for mercy from far and near floated in the air, and human beings were enduring extreme situations.
"The Chinese defenders hardly guard the depths and streets, the most important thing is to defend the walls, so there are few street fights...This is also the reason why the Khitan soldiers were easily deceived after they broke the gate in the defense battle of Wufu Town in Hedong last year. ......" Guo Shao murmured to himself, his heart couldn't calm down, as if he could only clear up his thoughts by chanting.
He immediately sent an order to the soldiers: "Go to the north to find Li Chuyun, and attack the east gate!" "Send the order to Yang Biao's department, to intersect the west gate from the city!" "Leave the city to order Wang Zhang's department. After the south gate opens, from the center of the city The main road rushed straight, and then attacked West Gate!"
Guo Shao issued a series of orders, focusing on the capture of three walls (water gate to the north) in order to dissolve the resistance of the Tang army as soon as possible. The messengers on the scene actually had big loopholes. They only took a small flag and the flag, and there was no evidence. Guo Shao didn't have the chance to write it in his own hand. Many generals couldn't tell who wrote it. However, in such a chaotic and urgent situation, Tang Jun didn't seem to have a chance to use tricks.
A large group of Zhou army men and horses slammed along the horizontal street to the south gate. Guo Shaoce immediately took a look. There were still a group of Tang troops fighting desperately in the gate and on the wall. They had been surrounded by the Zhou army. The iron hoof trampled, the gun bayonet cut, the scene was very tragic.
More than half of the Tang army's casualties have passed, but they are still desperately dead. Guo Shao was very surprised. I remember someone said that 10% of the classical army was about to collapse, but the Tang army at the south gate had at least 50% of the casualties. There was no chance of winning. The air was all arrows thrown by the Zhou army. Tang Bing was slaughtered and had no way to resist.
Some people in the crowd constantly shout: "Let down your weapons, you can avoid death!" "Kneel and surrender!"
But Tang Jun screamed and roared in despair, and he did not surrender or collapse. A general of Tang Jun shouted: "I would rather die in battle! Repay Liu Gong's favor!"
The cry of despair resounded throughout Shouzhou, and Guo Shao couldn't help but respect the army. Who does not cherish life, who is not afraid of death? When a person or even a group of people can reach the point where Mencius said "sacrifice one's life for righteousness", then he must be sincere!
Guo Shao looked up, and suddenly saw a tall old man with gray beard and hair standing on the tower, sighing against the wind. Is he Liu Renzhan?
"Gong Liu!" Guo Shao shouted, "The general situation is over, why bother letting the soldiers die in vain! Why not maintain a little manner and accept failure?"
The old man followed the voice and looked over and shouted, "Who is in the city?"
"The Great Zhou Army Shouzhou recruits Guo Shao, the main general of this battle." Guo Shao said.
"Hahaha..." Liu Renzhan laughed wildly.
Guo Shao stopped talking and waited quietly. Liu Renzhan would succumb and give him some time to regain his sanity.
Sure enough, after a while, Liu Renzhan shouted: "Brothers, put down the weapons! Please be respected by Liu, Liu can't help you..." After talking, he walked down the city for a long time. bow.
The army looked back, and a general first dropped his weapon and knelt down under the city. Then there was a sound of "ding, ding, bang, bang," and countless swords were dropped.
Guo Shao was also on the front side of his body immediately and saluted Liu Renzhan who was bowing.
"Guo Dashuai..." Liu Renzhan said, "The old man has a request not to massacre unarmed soldiers who have surrendered, and not to kill innocent people in the Shouzhou massacre. If you can agree, the old man is willing to kneel down and petition! The old man is willing to rate Liu. Father and son apologize with death!"
"Liu Gong, it is common to win and lose on the battlefield. As a conqueror, I still respect you... I promise your request!" said God Guo Shao.
But not slaughtering the city does not mean not collecting money and sharing the spoils. Guo Shao heard that whenever a fortified city is breached, soldiers will be slaughtered to vent hatred and murderousness. The treasury of the Shouzhou government and the household capacity of the big households make up for the soldiers. Emotions? Since he agreed to Liu Renzhan, he didn't know if he could do it. At the moment, he shouted to the surrounding Zhou Jun with emotion: "Whether it is the people of'China' or the soldiers and civilians of Southern Tang, they are descendants of Yan and Huang. We are fighting here in blood to dominate the world, to end the war, to No longer let the endless civil war continue. Killing is not to slaughter, but to save the people..."
"Guo Dashuai!" Liu Renzhan said with a slight excitement, "The scenery on the tower is very beautiful, why not go to town for a while?"
"Okay!" Guo Shao replied loudly. The surrounding generals persuaded them: "The lord...can let him come down and be surrendered."
Guo Shao shook his head: "Liu Renzhan doesn't bother to do things like that. Come with me."
Liu Renzhan said something to the people next to him, and several of them went down from the city wall. Liu Renzhan said loudly: "I will send someone to tell the various gates to stop resisting. I hope Marshal Guo can keep his promise in public. "
Guo Shao didn't answer, put the sword in the scabbard opening, and sent it forward, and walked towards the stone steps inside the city wall surrounded by the generals. Both sides were crowded with Nantang soldiers. They were still resisting the fight, but now they all looked at Guo Shao in awe.
Walking up to the top of the city, I saw a piece of Zhoujun generals outside the city rushing towards the south gate, and the waves were magnificent! Zhou Jun tens of thousands of people ran outside the city, as if the entire world was filled with people, and Shouzhou City was just a ship in the ocean. The mountain shook with a cry and resounded through the sky.
"The old man has seen you. I didn't expect to be so young..." Liu Renzhan calmly faced the crowd outside the city and said to Guo Shao back.
Guo Shao smiled and said: "I have also met Liu Gong, it seems to be twice, once at Ximen and Nanmen, you still want to shoot me with a crossbow."
"Haha..." Liu Renzhan laughed, almost burst into tears.
Guo Shao said: "If you killed me at that time, this Shouzhou will be able to keep the food and grass exhausted. However, I don't think I really defeated you..."
Liu Renzhan was slightly surprised: "Dashuai Guo can still be so humble when he is young. It is unnecessary." He looked at the gap in the city wall on the left, and seemed to understand what Guo Shao was referring to.
Liu Renzhan shook his head again and sighed, staring at the land of Huainan for a long time.
"The old man is not someone who can't afford to lose, I'm quite convinced. This gap, if I can be prepared in advance, you won't be able to attack if I explode..."
"No one would have expected this thing to come out for the first time." Guo Shao said truthfully.
Liu Renzhan sighed: "No. After all, I underestimated the enemy and made a big mistake! You are digging tunnels outside the city and building hills in a blatant way. It is obviously useless. Why? To do... is nothing more than a pretense to cover people's eyes and distract one's attention. I was so deceived that I despised you because of it. The old man has lived for most of his life, but he is making mistakes here... To despise the opponent is to despise himself."
He said again: "The Zhou army is strong. How can a person with no ability be the chief commander of hundreds of thousands of horses, how can he be appointed by the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty as a recruiter? Oh! It's too late to regret!
If the old man can be a little less negligent, even if he does not know that you will blow up the city, he can guess your feint and paralyze our army's intentions, and he will definitely be prepared, then the city defense deployment will not be what it is now. Looks like it, the victory or defeat is unknown! "
Guo Shao smiled and said: "Liu Gong still refuses."
Liu Renzhan said: "After the fact, what is the use of Zhuge?"
Guo Shaodao: "In any case, I can't let you go. If you let you go, the Southern Tang Kingdom will continue to die, and there will be more difficult fights in the Huainan Campaign. It doesn't make sense, Gong Liu! The rule of the world is the general trend and the way of heaven. The kingdoms of the Great Zhou Dynasty are the strongest, and they should shoulder the mission of this general trend. The sooner they are destroyed to unify the world, the more people will be saved from the disaster of war, and more women and children will not lose their husbands, sons, and fathers. . Liu Gong understands righteousness, don’t you understand this truth?"
"Oh!" Liu Renzhan sighed deeply and smiled bitterly, "I understand, I didn't plan to take my life. But everyone is his master... The old man is deeply favored by the emperor, and enjoys prosperity and wealth. For many years, I should apologize with death."
After that, he suddenly pulled out his saber and said loudly, "I won't lose under Guo Dashuai!"
"Liu Gong!" Guo Shao couldn't save him, and hurriedly shouted, "The lord wants to die, where are the soldiers?"
The soldiers next to Liu Renzhan have stepped forward and hugged his arms, and some of them have covered his neck. Guo Shao rushed forward and took Liu Renzhan's sword.
Liu Renzhan frowned and said: "Why don't you let me die? I won't surrender. If I die, Xie Huangen, Xie Shouzhou soldiers and people, died well!"
"It's harder to live than to die." Guo Shao stared at him, "The true warrior is to face a difficult situation, not to escape death. I respect Liu Gong as a hero, why should he be based on death?"
"It's useless to say more." Liu Renzhan said.
Guo Shao stalked and said: "Not every general of the Zhou army treats Huainan people like me. Liu Gong didn't pretend to ask for orders for Huainan army and people. Maybe you can do something for the people while you are alive. But now you just let go. Regardless, is it duplicity?
"Don't irritate me!" Liu Renzhan said, "I have a little skill." Liu Renzhan was taken aback, remembering that he had said this sentence before the war.
Guo Shao said: "Wait for a while and then think about it? If a person wants to die, no one can stop it."
The city wall seems to be a stage, where a few people are in front of the crowd, and they seem to be performing a drama. z