Chapter 3630 Severe Suppression
Although Xue Wanche was a fool, he was not a fool. When he noticed the situation, the troops immediately dismounted from their horses, took off the horizontal knife from his waist, threw it to the ground with a clang, and then ordered everyone around him: "Why are you standing there in a daze? Listen to Lu Guogong's order, Put down your weapons!”
"Here!"
The soldiers behind him took off their weapons one after another, threw them on the ground, and then stood obediently behind Xue Wanche, with shock and uncertainty in their hearts.
Qiu Xiaozhong's hand holding the handle of the knife was so hard that veins popped out on the back of his hand, and he stared at Cheng Yaojin with his eyes. He didn't understand why Cheng Yaojin could appear at this time, but he was keenly aware that a huge danger had enveloped him.
what to do?
Do you want to surrender?
If you abandon your weapons and surrender, it is very likely that you will be detained, and even use severe torture to force yourself to confess everyone involved in the matter, and then follow the map to arrest them one by one; but if you persist to the end, maybe Cheng Yaojin will be able to issue the order next moment The fatal order is to chop yourself into meat paste!
Cheng Yaojin was sitting on the horseback. When he saw Qiu Xiaozhong's face was gloomy and his eyes were wandering, he raised a hand and said in a deep voice: "Qiu Xiaozhong, you are also a veteran on the battlefield and a distinguished minister of the empire. Don't ask for lard." My heart is clouded, You are stubborn! It’s just that you have committed a major crime and your body is missing. Do you want to involve many soldiers in your body? If you count to three, if you are still stubborn, you will not be killed!”
"One!"
Many of the soldiers around Qiu Xiaozhong looked at each other. They all understood Cheng Yaojin's words, but they had no idea what they meant. But everyone knows that Cheng Yaojin cannot be joking. If Qiu Xiaozhong persists, thousands of arrows will be fired and axes will be fired in the next moment!
"Two!"
Qiu Xiaozhong's heart was about to clench, and he was filled with dissatisfaction, but he didn't dare to make any move. He knew that the plan of his people had been leaked, and the fate of being captured at this moment would definitely not be better. But looking around, these generals who had followed him in bloody battles for life and death for many years looked at him with fear in their eyes. Now that the secret has been leaked, why drag these unsuspecting people to be buried with them?
"Clang!"
Qiu Xiaozhong gritted his back teeth, threw the horizontal knife to the ground angrily, and said loudly: "I will obey the order and put down the weapon!"
"Wow!" All the soldiers around him dropped their weapons.
Cheng Yaojin waved his big hand, and his soldiers swarmed forward, captured Qiu Xiaozhong and his men on the spot, and tied them up.
Xue Wanche saw the Zuowu guards advancing like wolves and tigers, and arrested all his soldiers without distinction. He immediately shouted: "Lu Guogong clearly knows that the troublemaker is Qiu Xiaozhong, and has nothing to do with the general!"
Cheng Yaojin had a gloomy face and scolded: "You will be able to tell the difference later. If you are really innocent, who can frame you? Don't make any noise and get caught quickly, otherwise you will be responsible for your own life and death!"
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was completely merciless, Xue Wanche was stunned for a moment. He was knocked to the ground by the wolf-like soldiers. Five or six strong soldiers held him down and tied him up...
Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered on the north bank of the Yellow River, waiting to cross the Yellow River. A sudden riot broke out on the Huayuandu side. Afterwards, the news that Qiu Xiaozhong was captured on the spot quickly spread throughout the army. While all the armies were shocked and incomprehensible, several armies complained. All around, the morale of the army is unstable, and there is a hint of unrest.
However, immediately, Zuo Wuwei quickly dispatched, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses dispersed and arrived at various ferries. The soldiers wore helmets and armor and were fully armed. They closely monitored the armies and would start killing them as soon as there was the slightest movement! At the same time, Zuo Houwei, who had taken the lead in crossing the river, also imposed martial law on the south bank of the Yellow River, supervising the troops that had crossed the river in batches to suppress riots in the army.
One south, one north, and both sides of the Yellow River were immediately tense and murderous. Everyone knew that something terrible had happened.
But under the intimidation of Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Houwei's elite soldiers, no one dared to act as a leader and was frantically suppressed. Everyone acted in silence and cooperated with the military orders, while secretly peeping and looking for opportunities...
It's a pity that Li Ji, who is strategizing, will not give these people the slightest chance.
Qiu Xiaozhong was escorted across the river all the way to the temporary Chinese army tent set up on the south bank of the Yellow River. He saw Li Ji, who was fully armed and standing in the tent looking at the map.
Although tens of thousands of soldiers outside the tent were fiercely armed with swords and spears, Qiu Xiaozhong still struggled hard for a few times, with an angry look on his face, and loudly said: "Please comment on the British Duke, why did Lu Guogong treat the junior general like this? Of course, he should not be so ruthless as General Xue. It is not a violation of military discipline, but now he is captured on the spot and his face is completely lost. How can he lead troops to fight in the future? "
The ultimate honor in the military, for Qiu Xiaozhong to be surrendered and captured by Cheng Yaojin in public like today, is indeed a loss of face and a serious loss of prestige.
Li Jing stood with his hands behind his back, his long beard moving freely under his chin, staring at Qiu Xiaozhong with a pair of eyes, and said slowly: "Don't you really know why Lu Guogong captured him and took him here?"
Qiu Xiaozhong felt guilty, but he couldn't admit it. He frowned and said: "Catch the traitor and the couple, catch the thief and take the stolen goods, but I don't know what crime the general committed, and what evidence is there?"
"Why are you so quibbling?"
Li Ji took two steps forward, with a calm expression on his face, and said casually: "I have been ordered to command the entire army, so I have the power of life and death for the entire army. Don't say that there is clear evidence that you intend to rebel. Even if there is no evidence, I want to kill you." Who can stop you?”
"Ha!"
Qiu Xiaozhong almost laughed angrily and said angrily: "Putting him to death without committing a crime, is this how the British Lord controls the entire army? I'm afraid it is easy to kill someone from Qiu, but it is not easy to appease the morale of the army!"
Li Ji said lightly: "So what? I just kill anyone who jumps out. Kill until no one dares to jump out. Naturally, the morale of the army will be stable. Since you are so stubborn, I don't want to tell you more. Someone came, Qiu Xiaozhong, who deceived the troops and wanted to rebel. He took him out of the tent and showed his head to the public, and then sent a message to the whole army as a warning to others!"
"Here!"
Soldiers outside the tent swarmed in and dragged Qiu Xiaozhong out.
Qiu Xiaozhong was really dumbfounded this time. He knew that Li Ji had understood that General Guan Long wanted to start a rebellion, but he didn't expect that he would push him out without saying a word and show his head to the public. Isn't he afraid that killing him will make General Guan Long even more hostile to the enemy and get the leverage to revolt?
But as he watched the soldiers drag him out of the tent, Li Ji had no intention of changing his mind. He even turned around with his hands behind his hands. The luck in his heart was finally shattered, and endless fear suddenly hit his heart.
There is a great horror between life and death, and few people can take it lightly...
His face was pale, he twisted and struggled hard, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "British Lord, please spare my life. A certain general realizes his mistake, please forgive me!"
There was no sound inside the tent, and the soldiers dragged him out to a snowfield about ten feet outside the tent. The two men pressed his shoulders and tried to force him to kneel down. Qiu Xiaozhong used all his strength and refused to kneel down. He yelled crazily: "The general will realize his mistake and is willing to testify against those who participated in this premeditated uprising. Please spare the life of the British Lord!"
At the critical moment of life and death, all the usual unruliness and pride are gone, only the fear of death completely dominates my heart.
"Kneel down!"
A soldier hit him hard on both legs with a scabbard from behind. There were two muffled "Puff" sounds, and Qiu Xiaozhong howled miserably. "Plop", he knelt on the ground. The muscles and bones in his legs had been smashed, and he was sweating coldly from the pain. He was in a hurry, but he didn't care much. When he was about to continue begging for mercy, the soldiers behind him had already raised their horizontal swords and dropped the swords in their hands.
The sword flashed, blood spattered, and Dou Da's head fell to the ground and rolled a few times in the snow. His eyes were wide open, and he could not rest in peace.
At the same time, Li Ji's personal soldiers and supervising troops attacked in all directions, separating the armies that had crossed the river, and then continued to arrest people throughout the army. Many generals had just crossed the river and before they could get a firm footing, they were killed like wolves. Tiger's soldiers were captured alive.
Occasionally, there were those who rose up to resist, but they were all ready to suppress them quickly. Even the troops directly under their jurisdiction just stood aside and watched in stunned silence, and did not take the opportunity to raise troops to initiate turmoil as they thought.
The Tang Dynasty has been at peace for a long time. The armies at the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China have already been replaced. Most of the generals and soldiers who worshiped the commander as a god and shared life and death have returned home. Even if the newly recruited soldiers still support the commander, they no longer have that feeling. In a friendship that involves life and death and a bloody battle, who is willing to risk the lives of the entire family with their head in hand to accompany the boss in rebellion?
Times have changed, times have changed...
Countless generals were quickly captured and escorted outside the Chinese army's tent. Li Ji then raised the tent and interrogated them one by one. All the masterminds were immediately removed from the tent and beheaded. The subordinates were beheaded, beaten with sticks, or imprisoned depending on the severity of the case. Their crimes were then made public, and those who rebelled from now on would be forgiven.
With a sword in one hand and comfort in the other, the restless mood in the army was quickly suppressed.
Li Ji also understood that even if the high-ranking generals from Guan Long in the army were almost wiped out and Guan Long's influence in the army was unprecedentedly reduced, as it got closer and closer to Chang'an, after entering Guanzhong, the rest of the generals Long soldiers will become more and more restless, and the hidden crisis will not only be difficult to eliminate, but will break out again at any time.
However, he is not afraid. Getting closer to Chang'an certainly means that Guanlong's power is getting stronger, but for him, this difficult journey is about to reach the end, and the responsibilities he shoulders will also be relieved.
The situation is changing, the rain is blowing and the wind is blowing, and the more intense situation is far from beginning.
At that time, the world will truly fall apart and the world will change... (End of this chapter)