Chapter 657: Surrendered Soldiers 1

With the help of his personal soldiers, Zhong Yangui quickly changed into his scarlet official robe and put on his head. As soon as he sat back on the Hu bed, a notice from the on-duty lieutenant came from the outside. He hurriedly sat upright and looked calm and composed. At this time, the curtain was lifted, and the on-duty lieutenant led the two people in. The two people had dark skin, thick lips, nose, blue cloth, and golden rings on their heads. They were dressed as a noble chief in the Southern Barbarians.

After entering the tent, he fell to the ground, kneeling to Zhong Yangui while apologizing, "Shaodangmiyun (Mizong) pays homage to Mr. Zhong, the people of the mountains and fields, do not know how to be favorable and resist the heavenly soldiers. Today, I hope my husband will have the virtue of living and be lenient to punish him." After the two men finished speaking, they pulled out their short knife from their waists and cut four or five knives on their faces, which made them bloody. Then their faces were close to the ground, their bodies were trembling, and they couldn't get up.

Seeing this, Zhong Yangui couldn't help but feel full of doubts. He had been in Jiangxi for a long time and knew the customs of these southern barbarian tribes. He knew that there were many barbarian tribes in these mountains, and they were not subordinate to each other. They were proud of the strong and the weak. Shaodang was one of the largest tribes, with the Dingkou under his jurisdiction not less than 100,000. The Mi surname is the prosperous surname in the Shaodang tribe. Recently, several generations of chiefs have come to this surname. These two people dressed up like this and claimed to be the Mi surname. They must be noble children in the clan and their status is not low.

.They cut their faces just now, which was a way of apologizing for guilt and taking oaths. The intention was basically to prove the blood of the oath, and they decided not to disobey them. Zhong Yangui knew that these southern barbarians were sincere and simple by nature and believed in the gods. If they cut their faces like this, they decided not to disobey the oath again. But now, judging from the situation of the two armies, the Chu army had already occupied the right place, and could not defeat the battle, and they were in a dilemma of advancing and retreating. No matter how they looked, it did not seem to be a favorable side. It would not be that they had outstanding literary virtues and attracted distant people to come!

Zhong Yangui thought for a while, but finally decided not to make a decision. He first pointed indirectly and talked about the truth and then talked about the truth. So he smiled all over his face and said, "Two heroes, please get up. Come on! Show the two heroes, how to speak on the ground like this, and then ask the doctor to deal with the injuries to the two of you..." As soon as Zhong Yangui finished speaking, the personal soldiers behind the tent brought two Hu beds and placed them beside the two messengers.

"I am a death sentence. If my husband doesn't show his kindness, I will be kneeling here!" The two men did not stand up, but just continued to kneel on the ground. The wounds on their faces were deep, and blood was flowing on the ground. It was already a pool of red. Seeing this, Zhong Yangui felt that the two men's relationship was not as fake. After all, if they continue like this, even if they don't die of blood, they will still hurt. So he said in a deep voice: "The two heroes said they want to surrender, but the two armies have been fighting for more than two months. You have already known what happened, why did they come to surrender today? This situation makes me dare to believe it?"

The two envoys looked at each other, and the man who had previously claimed to be mysterious, raised his head and said, "I am not aware of favorable and rebelliousness. It is just that the horse thieves have been pacifying Hunan for more than twenty years. The power is outstanding. I am under his power and dare not disobey them. I am also afraid that the heavenly soldiers will be burned and destroyed without distinguishing jade. I am betrayed my body and betrayed my body. But a few days ago, a genitals came to the army and said that the heavenly soldiers fought in Yuezhou and defeated the horse thieves. The genitals they received were all released to their hometowns to know the good fortune. If I were so kind, I had just removed my armor and surrendered. I hope my husband will clearly observe!"

It turned out that after Lu Fang's victory in Yuezhou, the messenger had to go down the Yangtze River, to Jiangzhou, then along Hongzhou and then to Jizhou, which was equivalent to a big turn. Instead, he was not as fast as the barbarian prisoners released by Lu Fang. As a result, Zhong Yangui got the news that Lu Fang had defeated the Chu army when he saw that the situation was gone and he turned to the Wu army. At this time, Zhong Yangui couldn't help but feel happy and sad. The joy was that since Lu Fang had defeated the Wu army, Lu Jun was on the opposite side.

Zhou's only choice was to withdraw his troops, so that he could get rid of his embarrassment without fighting; but sad that he had been a wealthy idle man in Hangzhou for several years, and finally had the opportunity to lead his troops out of the town and stand alone, but he ended up in a situation of losing his power. He was afraid that after destroying Chu, he would be kicked to Hangzhou again, and he would have a false title. He would be like a muddy woman every day. When he thought that his future would be like this, Zhong Yangui felt extremely depressed.

Zhong Yangui was thinking alone, kneeling on the ground, Miyun didn't hear the other party's response for a while, and thought that Zhong Yangui had learned that Lu Fang had defeated the Chu army. After the situation reversed, he changed his attitude and was unwilling to accept the surrender of his tribe. He was even more afraid. The two of them secretly surrendered to the Wu army this time, but they had no support at all. At this time, they gritted their teeth and played out the last trump card in their hands: "I know that I can resist the heavenly soldiers, and I will not be forgiven. I have prepared some things before coming this time. I hope my husband will receive them and have a chance to atone for my sins with me!" When he said this, Miyun took out a roll of paper from his arms and presented it with his hands. The personal soldiers on the side reached over and turned it up. Zhong Yangui took the paper, opened it and looked at it, and immediately on his face

He showed a look of surprise and joy. It turned out that the paper was covered with the deployment and defense of the Chu army, especially the southern wing, and the number of times the patrol and posts changed overnight, and even the recent night commands. At this critical moment, this light piece of paper was simply worth a fortune for Zhong Yangui. He carefully placed the paper on several tables beside him and said warmly: "The two heroes' admiration for righteousness, and a family was also very touched!" Speaking of this, Zhong Yangui arched his hands towards the northwest direction with Xuxu and continued: "After this incident, I should report to the King of Wu and ask for rewards for the two. Please rest assured that the affairs of the tribe will be covered by this official. Except for those who are stubborn and unrealized, there will be no connection."

Hearing Zhong Yangui's big bag, Mi Yun, the other two of Mi Zongs were happy, and kowtowed a few more times before they got up and sat down. While Zhong Yangui ordered the doctors in the camp to deal with the wounds for them, he asked about the defense situation of the Chu army, which was consistent with his known situation. As expected, most of them were in line with him. At this time, he became more and more happy. He thought he was at the end of the road, but he could not imagine that the two people were so bright that they could not stop them. At this time, Mi Yun, the wounds of Mi Zongs had been almost treated. Zhong Yangui made a gesture and signaled that all the idle people in the tent would retreat. He smiled at the two of them and said, "Can you two heroes be willing to be the guide and drive forward for our army?"

Miyun and Mizong looked at each other, and saw an excited look in their companions' eyes. Since they had taken the risk of joining the Wu army camp, they naturally hoped to make military achievements to reflect their value. They turned around and nodded together, "My husband has a decree, so I should obey it!"

The battlefield was in a wide valley. The Chu army's position was on two high grounds in the valley. Below the high ground was a large tract of potholes. The rainfall hitting from the hillside accumulated at the bottom of the valley, forming a semi-marsh form, and these high grounds and the bottom of the valley were from. The official road winded through the two high grounds in the center of the valley. The Chu army used a trench to cut off the official road, and behind the trench were low walls and earthen trenches. Artillery barricades were built at both ends of the low walls, and two small cannons were placed on each artillery barricade. Of course, these four cannons were still very primitive compared to the artillery used by the new army of the Wu army. The training level of the Chu army's gunners was even more different, but the large swamps on both sides of the official road restricted the Wu army's advance.

The speed and width of the attack. The gunners of the Chu army did not need to be very accurate. Anyway, the enemy's road was only the narrow official road and the narrow dry ground on both sides. There was no need to worry about the attack. Under the threat of cross-side fire, no matter how brave the army was, it would not last long. Even if they could rush under the low wall, they were facing the elite Chu army soldiers who had been replenishing for a long time. The result was naturally imagined. As for other places, the situation would only be worse. A large area of ​​sinister swamps would swallow up every guy who was not familiar with the local situation. Even if a few troops crossed the swamp at night and had no subsequent troops and food, they would be driven to the swamp by the brigade of Chu army during the day. Zhong Yangui had tasted this bitter fruit several times.

Zhong Yangui's fingers crossed the map brought by the two, staying on a dotted line in the white area marking the swamp on the right, and turned around and asked, "Are you two sure there is a small path here that can cross the Chu army's defense line and reach their rear?"

Mi Yun nodded affirmatively: "Yes, I'm sure this road is hidden in the reeds and is very hidden. Even ordinary locals may not know it. I only discovered this road when I hunted and chased the fleeing foxes. We came from this road tonight."

"Very good!" After receiving a positive answer, Zhong Yangui became excited: "Then can we go through this road and let the army pass? Can we go through cavalry and artillery vehicles?"

"Impossible!" Mi Yun and Mi Zong shook their heads together and said, "This is absolutely impossible. That road is actually a series of relatively shallow water areas. Many places can only accommodate one person wide. Not to mention cannon cars, even larger animals cannot go. If we brothers had not marked in a narrow place, we would have fallen into the swamp if we accidentally went!"

"Oh!" Zhong Yangui pondered and paced back and forth in the tent. After a while, he called the officers on duty outside the tent and asked them to recruit several military craftsmen. After a few words, the people retreated. After a while, the craftsmen returned to the tent and whispered a few words in Zhong Yangui's ear. Zhong Yangui was so excited that he returned to Miyun and the others, and smiled and said, "Since that's the case, both of them left one in my camp, and the other one returned to the Chu thief camp. I wonder if this would arouse Chu thief's suspicion?"

Miyun and Mizong looked at each other, and Miyun replied: "It's okay, just say that the man returns to the mountain to report the matter. Our army belongs to the Chu army, but it forms its own troops. There are only a few Chu army officers in the camp who are responsible for contact, and you just need to hide it from them!"
Chapter completed!