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Chapter 70
"Didn't you say that Shen Gouguan is just a sour literati! I have never fought a war just because I can drop my book bag! I have been fighting for half my life, and I lost to this kind of guy. What else will I do when I meet brothers from other battalions? Put your face up and be a man!"

After retreating to the camp, Liu Xiyao became more and more angry, feeling sad. He couldn't help but drank several pots of wine snatched from a wealthy family nearby, and scolded all his subordinates before he finally calmed down.

After calming down, he couldn't help scratching his messy hair with his fingers, and asked dejectedly, "How many brothers are left in our army?"

A general next to him named Liu Sandao, who was adopted by Liu Xiyao as his adopted son, replied in fear: "Father, there are... more than 6000 people, but there are at most 1000 people who can continue to fight with weapons, at least there are more than [-] people." More than [-] brothers were injured.

In today's battle, Officer Shengou is really too cunning. If it wasn't for the officers and soldiers who swayed our appetite several times, making our army mistakenly think that if we work harder, we can do our best, and we wouldn't have to fight for so long. , so many casualties, alas. "

In a normal ancient war, especially when it was a bandit, one-tenth of the casualties would definitely be withdrawn, and the generals would not be able to suppress it.

In today's battle, thousands of people were directly killed, and there were also a similar number of seriously wounded, who could not retreat and could only be left to the officers and soldiers to clean up the battlefield, resulting in a total permanent loss of more than 2000 for the bandits. people.

The fact that he was able to fight for so long and so resolutely was all caused by Liu Xiyao himself.He repeatedly boosted morale, causing the entire army to misjudge that "if you hold on longer, you will be rich and prosperous, but if you give up now, all your previous efforts will be wasted and you will die in vain."

Just like a gambler who tasted the sweetness first, and then slowly lost his red eye, was gradually seduced by the opponent's subtle psychological account design, and gradually raised his bets, and finally got mixed up in this field.

Liu Xiyao's face was ashen, and the silence in the big tent was terribly silent. No one dared to suggest the next battle plan, for fear of being angered in the future after making a wrong decision, and some were worried about being suspected by the king——

When Shen Gouguan was retreating from the army today, he made people shout a lot of discord at the top of the city. If anyone is too active at this time, it is not a good thing.

Although Liu Xiyao didn't read books, he still knew a little bit about the world and the art of controlling others, and he could detect the strangeness from everyone's silence.

He knew that he couldn't be serious at this time, otherwise the army would have to mutiny after a losing streak.After pondering over and over again, Liu Xiyao said responsibly:

"Forget it, victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. Today's defeat was mainly attributable to me. You don't have to worry. I also want to understand that now there are only more than [-] fresh troops left, and it is absolutely impossible to attack the city.

Now we only have two options left, either to withdraw our troops in desperation, or to force the enemy out of the city to fight in the field!This king is not a person who is inconsiderate, and I will not let my sons die in vain!Therefore, in the past few days, find a way to force the enemy out of the city to fight in the field. If you can't do it, then withdraw your troops! "

"Father/Your Majesty is wise!" All the generals breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that although the King made a mistake, he was still a little bit responsible at the last moment.

This level is at least better than those Yuan Shao-type leaders who love face and kill their own people.

"Your Majesty, how do we force Shen Gouguan to go out to fight in the field? His strength is at most half of our army. It's impossible to defend a city, isn't it?" a general reminded cautiously, obviously more inclined to grab one. Withdrew and didn't even want to try.

Liu Xiyao felt a little sad in his heart. He realized that after he expressed his position in this way, his subordinates would definitely not work together and take the initiative to think of ways to get around.This method can only be thought of by himself.

After chatting with his subordinates for a long time and talking about the experience of other thieves in the past, Liu Xiyao finally managed to hold back a trick:

"Why don't we plunder the grain and prepare to retreat after the search. On the other hand, go deep into the counties in the south of Huangzhou, bypass Jiancheng, and specifically find the people to inquire about the local officials and families.

Those who are high-ranking officials in the court and their family members in Huangzhou, even if they are slightly related, are arrested and killed!At least threatened to kill!Use this as a hostage to force Shen Shuren to fight!If he really doesn't like this, then forget it. "

As soon as Liu Xiyao finished speaking, several generals looked at each other in blank dismay, but before they could react, only his adopted son Liu Sandao felt that it was feasible, so he quickly flattered him:

"Wonderful! Father's move won the hearts of the Eight Great Kings! When the Eight Great Kings attacked Hefei and Fengyang, they wanted Chongzhen to kill the governor of Anlu and the governor of Fengyang. Didn't they just rely on Fengyang who dug Chongzhen's old son?" Ancestral grave!

Later, the Eight Great Kings tried again and again, and every time they wanted to kill the local guards but failed to attack the city, they tried to kill the family members of the important officials in the surrounding courts who were too late to take refuge in the city.

In this way, the court of the dog emperor, Gouguan, who can't tell right from wrong, will definitely vent his anger on the local officials' inability to protect the family members of important officials in the court, and their cowardice and avoidance of war. condemn! "

Zhang Xianzhong was a bandit. When he forced the officials and the army to a decisive battle, when the officials and the army refused to fight, he tried to kill the vassal king, dig the grave, and kill the local family members of the elders, and then let the local officials have to fight for fear of crime. The trick has been used several times.

In history, Zhang Xianzhong killed the governor of Anlu Fengyang by this trick in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and Yang Sichang was killed by trapping the vassal in the 14th year of Chongzhen.

Liu Xiyao himself hadn't used these methods before, but hadn't he eaten pork or seen a pig run away?So it is normal for him to think of imitating Zhang Xianzhong.

All the generals suddenly had hope in their hearts, and decided to take a final gamble and make two-handed preparations, while harvesting food and preparing to escape, and at the same time forcing a final battle.

Anyway, it is impossible to attack the city, and the morale has been so low that it is courting death to attack the city again.

……

The plan of the thief side has been decided, and in the next few days, everything will be implemented as planned.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the implementation stage, various difficulties always arise.

For example, Huangzhou is a place with poor mountains and bad waters. It is a remote area in the Dabie Mountains. There are no seeds of reading at all. I have never seen any Chaozhongge elders, ministers, and servants who are from Huangzhou. I want to kill some important ones. The hostages come to force Shen Shuren to fight in fear of crime, which is not very operable.

Unable to find the direct family members of the important officials in the court, Liu Xiyao had no choice but to find some relatives of the important officials in the court.

But in the end, after looking around, I only found some small characters.

Three days later, Liu Sandao made a general survey of the troubles, and came back to report: "Father, my son has searched all three nearby counties, mobilizing the poor to identify the sons of officials and eunuchs.

In the end, we only found some offshoot relatives of Yuan Jixian, who served as a soldier in Huguang, and the families of Zuo Liangyu's two concubines in Wuchang on the opposite bank. After Liangyu moved to Wuchang, he was newly recruited, so the family members are here.

In addition, the few hostages found were even more worthless, and most of them were the family members of concubines of officials at the governor and minister level. The situation was the same as Zuo Liangyu's family, and there were really no important people. "

The first wives of high-ranking officials are all married to big families, and they rarely appear in remote villages.I don't care much about concubines, they can be found anywhere.

Liu Xiyao was also helpless: "Forget it, tie up all these families and send them to the west gate of Qizhou County early tomorrow morning, and let a few loud people shout to the city. If Officer Shen Gou refuses to go out to fight in the city, we will chop these people up in public. up.

Let the word out that these people died because of Shen Gouguan!Let Yuan Jixian and Zuo Liangyu hate Shen Gouguan to death!Impeach him to avoid war in front of the dog emperor!Can't protect place! "

After Liu Sandao heard the order, Wei Wei was still a little apprehensive, and reminded:
"Father, Yuan Jixian is a toothless tiger now, so there is no need to worry that he will hate us. That Zuo Liangyu is a ruthless person. It is said that he is avoiding the war now because he wants to threaten the court and force the court to reuse him. benefactor.

If we annihilate the entire family of his two concubines this time, he will hate us even more, right?What if the King of Hades is really provoked to go across the river to suppress us? "

When Liu Xiyao heard this, the back of his neck really felt a chill. Indeed, Shen Gouguan is just a civil servant, he can offend him, Zuo Liangyu, the King of Hades, is not easy to mess with.Its arrogance is not something the emperor can control at all, and there is already a faint tendency to support the bandits and become a warlord.

In such an apocalyptic world, the emperor is easy to offend, but the warlords can't afford to offend them.

"At that time, we will only tie the clansman of Zuo Liangyu's concubine to the gate of the city to scare Officer Shen! If Officer Shen agrees to our engagement, we will let them go. Kill all of Yuan Jixian's offshoots, leaving Zuo Liangyu behind!"

Only kill the family members of civil servants and not the family members of warlords, then there will be no hatred.

No matter how much you offend, you are not afraid of revenge, even if you offend!

……

The next day was the third day of October, five full days had passed since the siege of Qizhou that day.

Shen Shuren was in the city, seeing that Liu Xiyao had been standing still, he thought he was just continuing to build heavy siege equipment, treat wounded soldiers, and accumulate strength to hold back big moves.

On this day, I finally saw Liu Xiyao's troops coming out to the city. They pretended to prepare some siege weapons, and then tied a group of people out, kneeling one by one at a place two hundred steps away from the city wall.

Afterwards, the scolders of Liu Xiyao's army began to shout: "Listen, dog officer! These are the family members of Yuan Jixian and Yuan Daotai captured from Huangmei County! These are the family members of Mrs. Zuo Liangyu captured from Qishui County!
Shen Shuren!If you have the guts, go out of the city and fight my king to the death!If not, these people were killed by you!At that time, Yuan Daotai and Zuo Liangyu will hate you to the bone!Let Yao Shilang Cheng Shangshu impeach you in front of the dog emperor!At that time, I don't need to kill you, the dog emperor will kill you himself! "

The moment Liu Xiyao appeared, the city was already facing an enemy. Zuo Zixiong personally led the troops to supervise the battle on the tower. Several other officers who had performed well recently, including Zhang Huangyan, were also present.

Hearing such shameless words, Zuo Zixiong was also furious: "Despicable! How shameless! Liu Xiyao, you can use such indecent methods!"

It's a pity that Zuo Zixiong didn't have the right to make decisions, so he could only hastily ask someone to invite Shen Shuren.

After about a quarter of an hour, Shen Shu came to the city tower from the county government office, had a general understanding of the situation, and then asked his subordinates to hand him a newly prepared paper tube loudspeaker (not plugged in, just relying on the shape to gather the sound)

"Liu Xiyao, if you are a man, don't hide your head and show your tail. If you dare to speak out, stand up - I am Shen Shuren. If you dare not come out to answer me, you are raised by an eunuch!"

Even with blessings, Shen Shuren's voice is still not enough, and there are several scolding hands on the Ming army's side to help shout with paper tube loudspeakers.

The ruffian army on the opposite side booed for a while, obviously never heard civil servants talking to the ruffian king so vulgarly.

Liu Xiyao was here for a challenge today, so of course he couldn't be cowardly, and now he also rode out more and more, but he didn't dare to go into the effective range of the firecrackers and crossbows at the top of the city. Paraphrasing the conversation:

"Officer Shen! If you don't want to be questioned by your dog court, go out of the city and fight with me! If you are not ready, we can make an appointment! If you kill my son, I will settle the account with you!"

Shen Shuren laughed loudly: "Your trick is to deal with those rotten scholars, it's useless to me. Xiang Yu asked Liu Bang to single out, put Taigong Lu's pheasant on the pot, but Liu Bang can't let Liu Bang show his face, what a fart you are!
Whether Yuan Jixian and Zuo Liangyu's family members die is none of my business!I have never dealt with them in the first place, and I have a strong backer in the middle of the court. I have old Yang Ge protecting me, so I am still afraid of their impeachment? !If you want to cook Erweng, you are lucky to share a piece of my pie! "

(End of this chapter)