12dz Chapter 538 Kill Them All
Chapter 538 Kill Them All
"Alas, I am a step late!"
Ran Ming, who rushed over, looked at Yan Yucheng who was tied up, his face full of frustration.
Zhao Yu smiled slightly when he heard this: "General Ran Ming, it's been a long time since we last met, and you are still so genuine."
Ran Ming curled his lips and said, "I can't compare to you. You have had a much better time in Dunhuang County, Liangzhou, than I have in Kyoto City in the past year."
If there is a chance, Ran Ming would certainly like to lead the troops to fight outside.
But he couldn't ignore Chu Ning's safety, and he could only envy Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu knew Ran Ming's character, and couldn't help but laugh when he heard it: "You are by His Highness's side, protecting His Highness' safety, and you are the person His Highness trusts the most."
While the two were talking, Chu Ning rode over on horseback.
"Greetings, Your Highness!" Zhao Yu immediately dismounted and bowed.
Chu Ning looked Zhao Yu up and down, nodded and said, "It's been a year since we last met, and you're still the same as before."
After a pause, Chu Ning glanced at the Liangzhou soldiers behind Zhao Yu. Seeing that all of them were tall and strong, he couldn't help but show a look of satisfaction on his face.
"It seems that you have not been idle for this year. The soldiers you brought this time are quite good. Just now, I saw from afar that they were full of murderous aura. It was obvious that they had been trained for a long time."
Chu Ning never hesitates to praise his subordinates.
A smile appeared on Zhao Yu's handsome face: "This is all thanks to your support, otherwise I would not have been able to recruit so many people."
After saying this, he shouted to the Liangzhou soldiers behind him, "Hurry up and pay your respects to His Majesty the King of Chu!"
"Greetings to His Majesty the King of Chu!" the soldiers of Liangzhou shouted in unison.
Chu Ning laughed loudly: "All the soldiers have come from afar and have made such great achievements. I will reward you according to your merits!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Okay, everyone, let's clean up the battlefield first."
Chu Ning glanced at Yan Yucheng, who had remained silent since being captured, and said calmly, "Take this man to the commander's tent!"
Immediately, soldiers escorted Yan Yucheng towards the general's tent.
Without outsiders, Chu Ning looked at Zhao Yu and asked, "What's the situation in Liangzhou? How many people did you bring with you this time? Will it affect the defense of Liangzhou?"
Zhao Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I have collected 30,000 able-bodied men in Dunhuang County this year. After rigorous training, they are capable of taking on important tasks.
A few months ago, Lord Zhang Xuan served as the governor of Liangzhou, and I took the opportunity to recruit 20,000 soldiers. Now Liangzhou has 50,000 soldiers and horses.
Among them, there are 30,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry. This time I brought 10,000 elite infantry!"
After hearing this, Chu Ning couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
Although the army has developed well, given Zhao Yu's character, he will definitely focus on quality rather than quantity. These 50,000 people must be strong and healthy men.
Moreover, he had also seen the combat effectiveness of the 10,000 soldiers from Liang Province just now. Even the elite Yan army was no match for them.
More importantly, these Liangzhou soldiers have such combat effectiveness when they go to the battlefield for the first time, and they will surely shine on the battlefield in the future.
"Very good. With so many troops in Liangzhou, I don't have to worry about the situation over there."
Chu Ning smiled and nodded, a look of satisfaction on his face.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Cheng rode over to report: "Your Majesty, the King of Chu, all the food and fodder have been transported back to the camp. In addition, all the prisoners of the Yan army have been gathered. Please instruct Your Majesty on how to deal with them."
Just before coming here, Chu Ning had sent someone to inform Su Cheng to gather all the prisoners.
After this battle, the main force of the Yan army was lost, and only Le Yi escaped with more than 10,000 people. The others were either killed or captured.
Chu Ning glanced at the dense mass of Yan troops outside the camp and asked in a deep voice, "How many prisoners are there?"
"About 30,000 people."
"Kill them all!"
Chu Ning did not hesitate and directly ordered to kill him.
Su Cheng's face changed slightly: "Your Highness, King Chu, if you kill all these people, I'm afraid no one will dare to surrender to you in the future."
But Chu Ning didn't care: "Keeping the prisoners will only consume our army's food. We don't have that much food to give them."
Su Cheng was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
He burned down the Yan army's main camp, leaving the Yan army without food and fodder. The Chu army's food and fodder were definitely only enough for the Chu army, and it was impossible to allocate food and fodder to the 30,000 Yan army prisoners.
In addition, his Great Zhou troops came from afar without bringing any food or fodder, which made the Chu army, which was not too wealthy to begin with, short of food and fodder.
If we still keep 30,000 prisoners at this moment, it will only be a trouble.
Su Cheng immediately bowed and said, "I understand!"
Immediately, Su Cheng rode to the gate of the camp and began to arrange the killing of the prisoners.
Naturally, this kind of thing cannot be done in public, otherwise it will cause resistance from the Yan army captives.
They can only be taken away in batches and killed in secret!
Of course, Chu Ning cannot be the villain, so Su Cheng, the general of the Great Zhou, is the most suitable person to play the role.
At this time, Chu Ning, who had arranged everything, took Zhao Yu and Ran Ming back to the general's tent.
On the way, a soldier came to report: "Your Highness, the general led his troops to pursue the Yan army without authorization, but was ambushed by Le Yi's troops. Our army lost more than 3,000 people."
As soon as these words came out, Chu Ning's face suddenly became extremely gloomy.
"Humph, I told him to guard the rear camp, but he took it upon himself to pursue. It would have been fine if he was ambushed, but he actually lost so many people!"
A murderous look appeared on Chu Ning's face: "Immediately send a message to the general and all the generals to come to the commander's tent to discuss matters in half an hour!"
"Yes!" the messenger responded and immediately went down to pass the order.
Zhao Yu on the side narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "The general is too presumptuous. He even disobeyed the order of His Highness!"
Ran Ming's face was full of murderous intent: "Your Highness, or let me take him down!"
But Chu Ning sneered: "We will definitely take him down, but he is a general after all, and we need evidence to take him down!"
"Come on, follow me to the general's tent. The evidence to capture the general is inside!"
Zhao Yu and Ran Ming looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion.
Isn't there only Yan Yucheng who was just captured in the general's tent? Where would there be any evidence?
With doubts, the two followed Chu Ning into the general's tent.
Inside the account.
The defeated Yan Yucheng was tied up, his helmet fell to the side, and his hair was scattered all over the ground.
Seeing Chu Ning come in, Yan Yucheng just glanced at him and turned his head away without saying anything.
Chu Ning grinned and walked up to sit in the main seat: "General Yan, we meet again."
Yan Yucheng had a blank expression on his face: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Since I have lost, you can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you!"
Although he was defeated, Yan Yucheng still had the dignity of the Yan royal family.
Chu Ning laughed: "Death, there are many ways to die, if General Yan is willing to cooperate, I can give you a quick death."
"Cooperate?"
Yan Yucheng frowned and turned to look at Chu Ning: "What do you want?"
Chu Ning shrugged: "I want to know who leaked my whereabouts to you, and who transferred the troops last night, giving you the opportunity to detour to the rear camp!
As long as you identify this person, I can give you a quick death."
As long as Yan Yucheng identifies Xiahou Ren in public, the evidence will be solid. Even if the soldiers here were brought by Xiahou Ren, he will dare to execute him on the spot!
Yan Yucheng certainly understood Chu Ning's purpose, but he laughed when he heard it: "Before you die, you actually want to use me!"