Chapter 54: Shouldn't Kill
"Come here, bring the Wanyan brother and sister to me!" In the lobby of the Cizhou Prefecture, Zong Ze and generals from all over the world were coming to interrogate the captive generals of the Jin Dynasty.
Several soldiers pushed and shoved Wanyan Hong and Wanyan Xueer to the lobby. Wanyan Hong was injured and captured yesterday. Fortunately, his injuries were not serious. Liu Yixuan took him to the prison of the government office for a night, and asked the military doctor to bandage his wounds and let the brother and sister meet. Wanyan Hong originally wanted to die, but was comforted by his sister for a while before he could not find any mistakes.
"I'm so brave. When I see my marshal, why don't I kneel down to worship!" Song Tixia saw the brother and sister in the hall, and hurriedly scolded them.
Wanyan Hong smiled and said, "Hmph, I am the son of the prince of the Great Jin Kingdom. Why do you kneel down to the general of the enemy country?" After saying that, he turned his head and looked disdainful.
"Oh, my bones are quite hard. If we hadn't been merciless yesterday, your life would have been gone. You would have been so arrogant in front of us!" Song Tixia said as he greeted the guards on both sides, wanting to press Wanyan Hong to the ground.
When Liu Yixuan saw that Song Tixia was about to move, he hurriedly stepped forward and dissuaded: "Song Tixia doesn't have to get angry with them. The brother and sister are originally royal nobles of the Jin Dynasty, so they will naturally be more arrogant. If you kneel down or not, it's better to listen to what the old general said."
After hearing this in the hall, Zong Ze understood Liu Yixuan's intention. Since Wanyan Xueer was captured by him, Liu Yixuan has taken care of her in every way, not as if she was treating prisoners at all. Although Zong Ze didn't know what Liu Yixuan was thinking, he also knew that the relationship between Liu Yixuan and his brother and sister was not just a simple opponent on the battlefield.
Zong Ze coughed, waved his hand to Song Tixia, and said, "Since they are royal relatives, don't kneel down." He asked Wanyan Hong again, "Wanyan Hong, you were captured by our army today, are you willing to surrender to my Song Dynasty?"
Wanyan Hongheng greeted him coldly and said, "What a joke. I am the descendant of the Jin Dynasty. How can I surrender to you, Song State? Today I was captured by you and others. If you want to kill and cut, you will be punished. Don't worry about it anymore!"
When Zong Ze saw that Wanyan Hong had no intention of surrendering, it was useless to keep him, so he said, "What a little prince of Jin, who is still a little bit of backbone. Since you are determined to die, I will help you, come and push him out of the mansion, and behead him and show him to the public!"
"Yes!" Two swordsman and axe drivers came in and were about to push Wanyan Hong out of the door. When Wanyan Xueer, who was standing next to him, saw that her brother was about to be beheaded, she hurriedly asked Liu Yixuan: "Liu Dalang, didn't you tell me that as long as you break Cizhou, you can spare our brother and sister from death? Today, your head coach, why did you kill my brother?"
After hearing this, Liu Yixuan also remembered that he had indeed said this to Wanyan Xueer. In fact, in Liu Yixuan's heart, he did not want the brother and sister to be killed by the Song army. After all, they are young people with passion, and they are all in the most brilliant season of their lives. What's more, these brother and sister are not unforgivable people. They should not use their young lives to be buried for the aggressive war launched by the Jin emperor.
"Elder General, please keep someone under the knife!" Liu Yixuan wanted to plead for the brother and sister.
Zong Ze had long expected that Liu Yixuan would have this happen because he also heard Teacher Yuan talk about the scene of capturing Wanyan Hongshi yesterday. Teacher Yuan wanted to shoot these Jin soldiers who were fighting stubbornly, but it was Liu Yixuan who stopped him and captured Wanyan Hongsheng.
"Nephew Liu Xian, Wanyan Hong refused to surrender to our army. Keeping it is a disaster. Why do you still have to plead for him? On this battlefield, you either die or I die. You can't tolerate the kindness of a woman!" Zong Ze said slowly.
After hearing Zong Ze's words, Liu Yixuan replied: "Old General, I am not the kindness of a woman, but the Wanyan brother and sister should not be killed!"
"Oh, shouldn't you be killed? Why shouldn't you be killed? If you can tell me why, I can spare them a life." In fact, Zong Ze had no intention of killing the prisoners, he just wanted to take this opportunity to listen to Liu Yixuan's thoughts.
Liu Yixuan didn't know whether he could save the lives of the brother and sister, but he had promised Wanyan Xueer that he could spare them from death after he captured Cizhou. However, he was still a general under Zong Ze's tent, and some things were not up to date.
"The old general, Wansheng and this brother and sister met in Puyang City. According to Wansheng, they were not unpardoned people. Although the prince of Zhuozhou occupied Puyang, he had never killed innocent people on a large scale. He was no better than those cruel and vicious Jin generals, and he should not have killed this.
When our army entered the city yesterday, Wanyan Hong would rather die than surrender. Even if he became our prisoner today, he had never betrayed his knees and turned against him. Such a mighty and unyielding loyal and kind person really made many generals of our army ashamed. The old general also knew that many traitors such as Guo Yaoshi and Han Ji were born in our Song Dynasty. The enemy generals who would rather die than surrender were indeed worthy of our respect, and these two should not be killed.
This time our army went to fight to reclaim a large area of land in Hebei, which is legitimate. The guards in Hebei were mostly tempted by Guo Yaoshi with a three-inch tongue. In the previous episode, I said that Han Ji was surrendering. Han Ji was originally worried that the emperor would pursue his crime of betrayal and did not dare to surrender easily. If the old general could treat these surrendered generals with kindness, it would inevitably make those who were willing to surrender to our army no longer have any worries. If these people could return to their fate, we would save a lot of trouble. These three should not be killed.
The battles of the old general, Puyang and Cizhou were also quite damaged. If the court did not replenish personnel and food in time, the road to Handan would be even more difficult. This time, when we seized two cities in a row, Guo Yaoshi would definitely report to the Emperor of Jin. Although Wanyan Jilie was transferred to the border to fight, if he learned that his children were killed by our army, he would definitely come to prosecute the army. If we could keep his children, even if he brought troops to us, we would have some weight in our hands, right? These four should not be killed.
Based on these four points, Wansheng thought that the Wanyan brother and sister should not have been killed, so he asked the veteran general to show mercy and spare them not to die!"
After hearing what Liu Yixuan said, Zong Ze felt that he had made some sense. He didn't know how far he could go to lead his army to fight. Although Qin Zong said he wanted to recover most of Hebei cities, with his few troops, it would be a great achievement to defeat Handan. In the past few days, Zong Ze was also thinking about the emperor and the Ministry of War to report on the situation on the front line and requested that the emperor send more troops to the front line to support him. If he killed Wanyan Jilie's children at this time, he would inevitably attract Wanyan Jilie's hatred. Thinking of this, Zong Ze began to hesitate and had no choice but to follow Liu Yixuan's request.
Chapter completed!