Chapter 623

Those who fall will not be killed.

Ma Duanlian's subordinates also clearly saw these four words.

"They... Are they trying to force us to admit surrender?"

Admit surrender?!

Hearing this sentence, the silent atmosphere suddenly became restless.

"Is Wu Jiajun really willing to let us go..."

"Trusted or not?"

"Do you really want to admit that you can't surrender? Don't you know the end of the surrender since ancient times? Maybe if we go out of the mountain, they will shoot us on the spot!"

"But... It's different to stay here. Are you waiting to die?"

"All right, shut up! Listen to the general!" a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a messy beard yelled.

Ma Duanlian's eyes fell on the bottom corner of the letter paper.

Wu Tsui

A letter of persuasion written by Wu's descendants.

If it is credible or not, it is naturally relatively credible.

But -- down

This word was never thought of before he sent the army. He wanted to win or lose or die, but he never wanted to admit surrender.

"I believe the Wu family... They will not go back on their word!"

In the quiet crowd who had been scolded, suddenly a young soldier knelt down towards Ma Duanlian. Tears flashed in his eyes on a waxy yellow face and choked: "General Ma, I don't want to die!"

Ma Duanlian recognized his accent in the neighborhood.

He led more than 50000 troops this time, almost all of whom were deployed in nearby cities.

Some of them were temporarily recruited by a draft order.

Many of them are people near Ningyang. They have parents, wives and children at home. Some even have relatives in Ningyang city

When he attacked Ningyang, he acted according to military orders and had to do it.

Thinking of these, looking at the faces in front of him, Ma Duanlian's throat seemed to be blocked with a thick layer of cotton wool. For a moment, he couldn't say such words as "vowing to die", "death in war is also supreme glory".

Two of his three confidants have died in battle, and one is seriously injured and difficult to treat, but who will remember them? Will the current imperial court appreciate their credit? Those who have defeated the war have only made mistakes and have no merit.

The nihilistic words used in the army to inspire the soldiers to move forward seem to be full of deception in the current of life and death.

The man kneeling out ignited the atmosphere that was hard to suppress again.

"I also believe in the Wu family. The Wu family has always made great promises... Since they promise not to kill soldiers, we must still have a way to live!"

"If there is still a chance of winning, we will fight the last drop of blood and be willing to go out with General Ma, but now..."

"I don't want to wait to die like this..."

"General -" the middle-aged man frowned: "my subordinates will deal with all those who disturb the morale of the army!"

"No need..." Ma Duanlian's voice was dry and dumb. At last, he looked at the soldiers who knelt down one after another. He turned around slowly and returned to the cave and sat down slowly against the wall.

He held the book of persuasion in his hand and sighed low.

As soon as the letter of persuasion from the Wu family was sent, it was really impossible to kill out

At present, there is still a way back and vitality, and people's hearts are in chaos. It is impossible to have the sad and angry determination to put all your eggs in one basket and fight for your life.

Outside the cave, more and more soldiers are kneeling.

A series of sad or faint cries went into his head.

Can we say that they are greedy for life and afraid of death and do not deserve to be soldiers in Daqing?

Through the ages, these soldiers at the bottom even don't know what the emperor looks like. What's more, they don't know why to fight and how long to fight——

They are just knives in the hands of those in power.

But they are also human.

People have fear.

No one is born to be loyal to death, especially their monarch and court can't give them any courage and strength to fight forward at this time.

Ma Duanlian sat in the cave until it was dark.

The soldiers who asked did not leave, but more and more.

"General, if it goes on like this, there will be trouble. I can only see that several people have begun to assign secretly. It seems that they are taking the opportunity to gather people to discuss the surrender..." the middle-aged man entered the cave and whispered: "will the general come forward to calm the people? If it goes on, I'm afraid they will be bad for the general."

In the dark, while the man was talking, his right hand slowly pressed on the waist scabbard.

Ma Duanlian stood up with his hands on his side.

The man stretched out to help.

"I am the leader of the army who was trapped in this defeat and killed so many people." Ma Duanlian's voice is very dumb: "they are willing to believe in the Wu family and think this is a way to live..."

After a slight tone, it seemed that they had made up their mind and sighed: "or they should let them choose once..."

"General, have you considered it?" the man held his arm tightly.

Ma Duanlian nodded.

"Then my subordinates can feel at ease to complete the high righteousness of the general, and the general can also complete my subordinates..."

Before the man's voice fell, a cold knife light flashed from Ma Duanlian's eyes.

Ma Duanlian's face changed and subconsciously touched his waist to wear a knife——

But it's too late.

The long knife was right in his heart and pierced his chest.

Reflected by the fire outside the cave, the dark shadow of the long knife pulled out fell on the stone wall in the cave.

When the knife fell again, it cut off a head.

Blood gushed on the dark shadow of the stone wall, and the true and false overlapped in an instant.

"At present, Vice General Ma is stubborn. He regards us as mole ants and ignores our life and death. Now I have killed them!" the man came out of the cave with Ma Duanlian's head and shouted to the people, "is there anyone willing to go out with me?"

When the fire jumped, the people saw what was in his hand and were not surprised.

The horse general is dead!

The accident was so sudden that when the people were still unable to react, someone in the crowd suddenly stood up and said, "good killing! It was his idea that killed so many of our brothers!"

"I'm willing to admit it!"

"I'd love to!"

"And me!"

Eager voices rang out one after another, urging people in desperate situations to think too much, and there should be countless harmonies for a while.

The man took the horse's clean head and stepped on the horse's back first.

Some soldiers blindly chased out of the crowd without even knowing what had happened - no one wanted to be left alone.

Listening to the movement in the mountain, the soldiers of the West battalion guarding the entrance were on guard early. Under the torch, a bow and crossbow were ready to go.

"We're here to recognize the surrender!"

The man dismounted and dropped the knife first.

The soldiers behind him followed suit.

For a moment, the clanging sound of knives and arrows thrown at your feet echoed around.

The news soon spread to the camp.

Wu Tsung immediately rushed over.

He thought the vice general would have to think about it for a few more days——

At such a juncture, Ken Zhan is a character.

Willing to fall, but also a character.

He wants to see the man himself.

Xiao Shou accompanied him to the side. The party left the camp, walked through the night, and galloped all the way to the foot of the mountain.

"Shisun, General Xiao."

All the sergeants guarding the foot of the mountain saluted together.

Wearing soft armor, the boy with an ink cloak behind him turned over and dismounted.

When he was in the army, the middle-aged man looked over and saw that the young man described him as handsome and noble. He really determined the identity of the other party in his heart. He quickly came forward and knelt down to salute: "I've seen Wu Shisun!"

Wu Tsung looked at him at the sound.

The man held the head high and said, "this is Ma Duanlian's head! Shisun doesn't know. This raid is his trick! And after Shisun ordered someone to send the book to persuade him to surrender, this man is still stubborn and determined to be the enemy of Shisun! Now the villain has killed him and presented his head to Shisun to show our sincerity of obedience!"

"... it was you who killed the general!" in the crowd, a seriously injured man pushed away the crowd and pushed forward with a wounded leg: "you killed the general in order to make a contribution to the Wu family... I'm going to chop you!"

He tried to rush forward, but he fell heavily to the ground because of his leg injury.

The man looked back and laughed silently.

Kill him?

He killed Ma Duanlian this time, which is a credit to the Wu family. If he can show his face and win the appreciation of the Wu family, he will have a future in the future. Can these fools compete?

"We were ordered to attack Ningyang city with the army. We can't help it! In the future, we are willing to sincerely obey the Wu family and make up for our mistakes!" the man put the head in front of him, kowtowed and said.

Wu Tsung looked at the head with scattered white hair in front of him and asked, "did you kill General Ma?"

The voice was calm and cold, but it shocked the man's heart and immediately replied: "yes! It was the villain who killed him personally! The villain's surname was Gao. He was originally a school captain in Fengqi county and was transferred according to orders..."

As the head suddenly flew out of the neck, the sound suddenly stopped.

The head fell to the ground, and his eyes were wide open, as if he still didn't know what had happened or who had killed him.

"Miso -" the ground rang softly, and the long sword in Wu Tsui's hand returned to the scabbard.

Xiao Shoujiang said "bah" to the headless corpse who still kept kneeling: "how smart you really think you are to carry unclear black heart things!"

Even the commander-in-chief can kill and contribute. Such people don't trust to leave behind and brush the dung bucket!

Seeing the leader's head fall to the ground, those soldiers who were like frightened birds were all in panic.

Wu Chiu looked at Ma Duanlian's head and said, "go to the mountain to find General Ma's body and bury it with the head."

Xiao Shoujiang should come down.

Hearing this, the man who rushed out to avenge Ma Duanlian fell to the ground and his eyes turned red.

What about our own people? In the end, they are more kind than the enemy who can't respect their opponents!

Wu Tsui then confessed: "count the number of people and take them back. General Wen and Deputy General Gao will be the master. They will be assigned to each battalion one after another."

"Yes!" General Xiao Shoujiang replied again and ordered someone to count and arrange.

After hearing this, the soldiers finally settled their panic. For a moment, there was only one thought in their tense mind - don't have to die!

You really don't have to die!

Throughout the ages, there have been precedents of killing all prisoners of war after the war between the two armies. First, it is inconvenient to resettle, and second, there is no future disaster.

At present, the Wu family is willing to keep their promise. Even if they surrender to serve, they only have a sense of survival.

That night, soldiers in the West Mountain went back and forth to clean up the bodies everywhere until dawn.

After dealing with the post-war affairs of Yiying, Wu Tsui returned to the city the next morning.

When I got off the horse in front of the palace, I saw Wu ran, more than ten people, and supervisor Yin waiting outside the door.

Seeing him dismount, the crowd gathered around him.

"Second brother, aren't you hurt?" Wu ran asked nervously.

"I was hurt. I didn't say it in the letter, and I didn't go to the front." Wu Tsui threw the reins to Sui Jiang.

Wu ran whispered, "what if they attack secretly."

Isn't he worried about his second brother reporting good news or bad news.

"Shisun is back..."

"Thanks to Shisun's timely detection, he took the lead and deployed properly..."

"If you really accidentally fall into their scheme of beating around, the consequences will be unimaginable."

The people accompanied Wu Tsui to the house and said.

Everyone looks relaxed and calm.

After this battle, the imperial soldiers stationed outside the city like thorns were solved, and other forces were deterred. Ningyang city will not have major changes in a short time.

Next, just strengthen the defense and pay attention to the trend of the yanwang army.

What they know is that even though Ningyang city can be peaceful for a while, outside Ningyang, it is destined to become increasingly turbulent... No one can predict the extent of the turbulence and when it will stop.

Thinking about Shisun's return to the house at the beginning of the year, he saw that the Qing Dynasty had reduced a lot. He had to go back to take a bath and have a rest first. The group went to the side hall to discuss matters on their own.

Only one Wu ran followed.

"Where are my grandfather and father now?" asked Wu Chiu.

"Outside the study, brother is also..." mentioned this, Wu ran lowered his voice: "he is still discussing the burial of his second uncle."

The eldest brother has to wake up for his father. He has returned to the house earlier.

As early as five days ago, the second uncle had been dead for seven days.

But there are some disputes and differences about where to bury

The second uncle killed his father and brother. It's a big mistake. Some people say he can't be allowed to enter Wu's ancestral grave again.

The father's intention is that since people have committed suicide, we can see the heart of repentance. When people die, the lights go out and everything goes to the dust. No matter how they have it, they are still the children of the Wu family.

Grandfather has not yet let go.

Wu Tsui took Wu ran to the outer study.

The servant had earlier reported the news of his return to the house.

On seeing Wu Chiu, Wu Jingming said: "... Why did you come here like this? Everything has been arranged. Why don't you go back to change clothes and have a rest first?"

"My son is not tired." Wu Tsui saluted and said, "I heard that my grandfather and father are here to discuss the matter behind my second uncle. I wonder if you can leave it to me and my brother to decide?"

Wu Jingming was stunned when he heard the speech.

Wu An looked at Wu Tsung.

The king of Dingnan was also looking at the young man who felt a little dusty. After this war, he seemed to be calm and restrained. A moment later, he nodded slightly.

……

Outside Ningyang City, at the foot of Qingting mountain, a bamboo forest grows near the water, and maple trees beaten by cold frost dye half of the mountain red.

This is the place where Wu Tsui and Wu An chose to bury their bones for Wu jingling.

On the tombstone, there is no identity or surname. Only the six characters written by Wu An - the tomb of lay scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are engraved.

Wu jingling, a recluse in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, claimed to be Wu jingling.