Chapter 1024: Success in the East and Success in the West (Part 17)

In Wannian Village, the Cheng family ancestral hall, Tian Jingwen sat silently in front of the altar table. The broadsword on the table was stained with blood. Five days ago, he received a personal order from Mr. Tian, ​​saying that Zhangjiadian Bian Rang's troops had already Bian Yang was defeated by the Han army and died. The Han army was approaching Linzi and asked him to lead his troops back to Linzi to aid Linzi and command the entire Linzi garrison.

After seeing the letter, Tian Jingwen was so anxious that he didn't think much about it. After handing over the defense of the entire Pinglu to the veteran Zou Zhang, he led 20,000 horses and rushed to Linzi. But what he never expected was that halfway Above, they unexpectedly encountered a sudden attack from Gaotang soldiers Wei Zhiwen and Dong Zhuang's newly formed First Army of the Han Army, one on the left and one on the right. Caught off guard, the Qi army suffered heavy losses and the entire army was scattered. Now with him There were only more than 5,000 people who retreated to Wannian Village to defend him, while the number of opponents who besieged him reached more than 20,000.

Something happened in Linzi. Prince Tian must have fallen into the hands of Marquis Gaotang, and there is no doubt that Marquis Gaotang had colluded with the Han army for a long time. Bian Rang's defeat was also inseparable from them.

The Kingdom of Qi is over! Tian Jingwen lamented in his heart. No matter how hard he tried, it would be of no avail. He sighed, raised his knife, and swept all the cups, bowls, and teacups on the table to the ground. He jumped up and took the knife casually. He put it on the ground and fell asleep.

The guards outside the door heard the loud snoring coming from inside the house, and they all looked at each other. It was really hard for them to understand why General Tian could still sleep so soundly at this time.

Outside Wannian Village, Dong Zhuang's teeth were chattering. He had tried to issue orders to attack Wannian Village several times, but was blocked by Wei Zhiwen beside him.

"Commander Dong, do you want to disobey the military order? The order from above is for us to surround them. Everything will wait until Lord Zhongyong arrives. Do you really want to give the order? This division commander no longer wants to be?" Wei Zhiwen stood there In front of the angry Dong Zhuang, he shouted loudly, "Although they have not known each other for a short time, they are both upright men, and their friendship is quite deep."

"I want to kill all these Qi people!" Dong Zhuang said through gritted teeth.

"Fuck your mother's bitch!" Wei Zhiwen sighed, "Speaking of which, I am also from Qi. There are many Qi people in the Qilu Corps. Are you going to kill them?"

Dong Zhuang was stunned and opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Wei Zhiwen sighed: "Mr. Dong, you told me about your family's situation last time when we had a drink. In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog. At least you still have your parents here. I don’t know where the bones of my whole family are now? Otherwise, why would I have gone to sea and become a pirate? You still have parents to look after. You are much luckier than me!"

Looking at Wei Zhiwen, Dong Zhuang sat down.

"Brother Dong, not all Qi people are bad people. Those Qi soldiers who caused harm to your family are probably dead now. Mr. Bai Hou said that the king must try his best to avoid destroying the country of Qi. Conquer the State of Qi, so killing cannot solve the problem. The more you kill, the deeper the hatred will be. Back then, the Qi soldiers harmed your family. Today you are here to kill all these Qi soldiers, but they also have families. , if we kill them, won’t their families hate us even more? When will this grudge be repaid?”

Dong Zhuang raised his head and stared at Wei Zhiwen, "You are a pirate leader, where did you get these great principles?"

"Is this a great truth?" Wei Zhiwen laughed: "Generally, Marquis Bai told us that the new Zhao Yian came here and said these words every day in front of us soldiers. This Zhao Yian is the most annoying. He asked me to read and read every day, which was really annoying, but he said that in the Han army, there is no one who can't sit in the position of division commander who is illiterate. If I am illiterate, I'm afraid I will step down in the future. How can I It's so easy to get along today, how can I lose my official title? No matter how hard it is, I still have to learn how to read."

Dong Zhuang nodded, "What he said is right. After I joined the Han army, I learned how to read and recognize words. Brother Wei, how can we resolve this matter peacefully when Mr. Bai is here? Tian Jingwen is a die-hard, he won't He will surrender. When we were at Laoshan Pass, our Han army defeated him until there were only about a hundred people left. He would rather take these people up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and catch insects and become savages than surrender."

"Old Dong, have you forgotten? Now that Linzi is in our hands, doesn't that mean that Mr. Tian and King Qi are also in our hands?" Wei Zhiwen laughed. "Isn't Tian Jingwen going to fight to the end? Well, I would like to see if King Qi and Tian Jingwen stand remotely in front of the two armies, will Tian Jingwen still resist to the end?"

The sound of military trumpets sounded in the distance, from far to near, and in a blink of an eye, they were outside their tent. Wei Zhiwen listened for a moment, laughed and stood up, "Bai Houye and the others are coming, let's go, Let’s go and greet him.”

The two people came out of the tent, dismounted from their horses, and galloped out of the camp. In the distance, the flag rolled, and a troop of horses was rapidly approaching.

"I've seen Mr. Hou!" Wei Zhiwen dismounted from his horse and gave a military salute to Bai Yucheng. Dong Zhuang walked over on the side and said, "Dong Zhuang, commander of the third division of the new First Army, has seen Mr. Zhongyong!"

"Okay, we are all brothers. No need to be polite. Come, I will introduce you to you. This is His Highness King Qi, and this is Mr. Tian."

The two generals of the Han army smiled and saluted the two of them. The two looked defeated and nodded slightly on their horses in return.

"Mr. Bai Hou, the matter has come to an end and I don't want to say any more. We will do what you want us to do." Tian Yuanyuan said dejectedly.

"Okay, Mr. Tian is quick to speak, so I won't worry about you and Prince Qi."

"Don't hurt my people!" King Qi said with a trembling voice.

Bai Yucheng laughed loudly, "Your Majesty, if we wanted to deal with this Qi army, we wouldn't let you come here. Now Tian Jingwen only has thousands of troops in his hands, and our number is his." Ten times the number of people, it is precisely in order to avoid injuring innocent people and not killing more people that I ask you to take the trouble to make this trip."

At the Cheng Family Ancestral Hall in Wannian Village, Tian Jingwen was awakened by the rapid knocking on the door. He stretched longly, turned over from the table and sat up. He casually pulled out the big knife on the ground, held it upside down in his hand, and walked towards the door. He reached out and opened the door.

The sunlight outside shone directly, causing Tian Jingwen to squint his eyes.

"General, the king and the eldest son are here!" Tian Xiang stood at the door and said with a trembling voice.

"As expected!" Tian Jingwen sighed, dragging his big knife and walking outside step by step, the tip of the knife leaving deep marks on the ground.

"Leave the village and form an array!" Tian Jingwen shouted loudly.

Outside Wannian Village, the Han army had formed a formation. In front of the formation, King Qi and Mr. Tian stood astride their horses under the protection of more than a dozen guards. They saw the blood-stained Tian Jingwen leading his troops out of the village. Formation, both of them lowered their heads in shame.

After a long while, Mr. Tian finally raised his head, looked at Tian Jingwen across from him, and sighed: "Jingwen, let's stop here! The Qi country is gone. There is no need to fight with trapped beasts anymore. All the people of Qi will die." ah!"

Tian Jingwen stared at Mr. Tian for a long time and then said: "Young Master, you tricked me out of Pinglu City with a handwritten letter. Are you afraid that I will not accept your persuasion to surrender in Pinglu City? So you tricked me out. , forced into such a desperate situation?"

"This is what Zhongyong Hou means. He said that if you were in Pinglu City, you would definitely not give up." Mr. Tian said.

Tian Jingwen laughed loudly and looked at the two people, shaking his head and laughing, "I never dreamed that the reason for my final defeat was not that the enemy was too powerful, but that the person I was loyal to surrendered. Qian Be on guard, but it’s hard to guard against domestic thieves!”

Tian Yuanyuan looked at Tian Jingwen and smiled bitterly: "What can I do? Linzi fell into his hands, and so did the king. Jingwen, what else can I hold on to? Even my father wrote me a letter to persuade him to surrender." letter, what can I hold on to? Forget it, put down your weapons, disarm and return to your fields! The Han Kingdom promises to ensure our safety."

Tian Jingwen looked at the two of them and shook his head slowly, "I will not surrender. But now I am no longer fighting for you, I am now fighting for Qi!"

"The State of Qi is gone!" Tian Yuanyuan said loudly: "No more!"

"No, in my heart, Qi will always exist!" Tian Jingwen raised his sword, "I will fight for him until the last moment!"

Looking at the stubborn Tian Jingwen, Tian Yuanyuan turned pale and turned to look at King Qi, "Your Majesty, please say a word. Opposite you are your people and your soldiers. If you can't handle this, I'm afraid the treatment the King of Han will give you will be much worse in the future."

King Qi took a deep breath, with mixed feelings in his heart. In his heart, Tian Jingwen was his loyal minister, but now, he could not care about him.

"Commanders of the Qi army, I now order you to put down your weapons, all of you, put down your weapons!" He shouted loudly, with a hint of crying in his voice.

There was a clang, and the sound of weapons falling to the ground came from beside him. Tian Jingwen turned his head and saw the deputy general Tian Xiang next to him. He threw away the weapon in his hand, looked at Tian Jingwen, and cried loudly: "What are you still fighting for? Why are you insisting?" What, even the king surrendered."

Tian Xiang, who was crying loudly, got off his horse and walked towards the opposite side. The sword Tian Jingwen held high moved, but in the end it did not fall.

"I order you to surrender!" King Qi's shouts continued. When the sound of clanging weapons fell to the ground, more and more Qi soldiers from Zhao shed tears and threw away their weapons, following Tian Xiang. Walk towards the front.

A stick of incense passed, and less than five hundred soldiers were left beside Tian Jingwen. These soldiers held their weapons tightly and gathered around Tian Jingwen.

Watching King Qi and Young Master Tian retreat, and seeing the Qi soldiers who had discarded their weapons retreat towards the two wings of the battlefield under the escort of the other party, Tian Jingwen always had a smile on his face.

"Good brothers, today we are no longer fighting for the king or the eldest son. Today we are fighting for the country of Qi. Are you willing to follow me forward and launch the last charge?" Tian Jingwen shouted loudly.

"Follow the general to the death!" Hundreds of soldiers roared like thunder.

"Kill!" Tian Jingwen pointed his sword forward, grabbed the horse's belly with his legs, and rushed forward like an arrow. Behind him, hundreds of Qi troops roared and followed Tian Jingwen as they charged towards the densely packed Han troops in front. .

Looking at Tian Jingwen who was brazenly going to die, Bai Yucheng had a complicated expression on his face and shook his head regretfully, "It's a pity that a good man can't work with you."

He choked and pulled out his saber, "Attack!" (To be continued)