Chapter 271 Hu Cai's tyranny
Gao Shun thought for a long time, but he could only say such a sentence from his mouth. He was stupid and didn't know how to comfort Wen Han. He knew that the sadness in Wen Han's heart was no less than his.
After he came back, he did not ask about the results of the battle at the first time, but went to treat the wounded soldiers. It can be seen that he was extremely concerned about the soldiers under his command. Now that nearly 3,000 people have died, how can he not be sad?
"Well, Boyi, you can go down and have a rest for the time being. The next few days of war will be particularly fierce.
Gao Shun opened his mouth again and again. In the end, he still didn't know what to say. After nodding his head heavily and telling Wen Han to take care of his health, he retreated.
Wen Han stood quietly in a corner and stood for a long time before leaving.
In the following days, as Wen Han said, the war with the white dragon thief was still as fierce as the first day. There were many deaths on both sides every day. Whether it was the blood of the thief or the court's army horse, it was the same blood red. The mountain was dyed more and more red, which made people feel charming and cold.
In the past few days of the war, Wen Han has been looking for a breakthrough to win. He once used Hu Cai to leave the camp, but Hu Cai knew that Wen Han was full of tricks. He only fought with Wen Han within 100 meters of his base. Once he exceeded 100 meters, he immediately took up the army and led the army with great caution.
In this regard, Wen Han has nothing to do, and the war has been delayed.
Unconsciously, winter is coming to an end, and a ray of sunshine is falling. On the earthen city of the white dragon thief, the sun shines the earthen wall of the earthen city wall particularly conspicuously.
At this time, there were less than 5,000 people fighting in Wenhan's Hedong army, while there were only more than 13,000 white dragon thieves. Under the earth city of the white dragon thief, there were piles of thieves and the corpses of the Hedong army. Red snow covered the corpses. The cold and low temperature made these corpses not decay for a while.
"Hu Cai! Don't you understand that so many people have died? Today's world is the world of the Han Dynasty. As a rebel, it is impossible for the court to give you a foothold! Surrender. The cold winter is coming to an end. Even if I take the army for the time being, when the cold winter is over, I will lead the army to fight against you.
Look at how many corpses have piled up under your city. Among them are my soldiers and horses, your soldiers and horses. They were all fellow villagers in Hedong a few years ago. Can you bear to kill with your fellow villagers? Moreover, look at the soldiers and horses around you. Who is already exhausted and difficult to fight again?
Have you ever asked them what they think, but they still have to fight. What they want is to go home and go back to Hedong. Under the implementation of our farmland, every family has fields to cultivate. After they go back, they don't have to starve anymore!
Hu Cai, don't insist on doing it anymore, and let these Hedong Erlang who follow you die again!"
Wen Han led 5,000 soldiers and horses to a hundred meters away from Tucheng and shouted with emotion. He had persuaded Hu Cai to surrender on the third day, but Hu Cai, who was standing on the top of the city, was full of coldness and shouted violently.
"Wen champion, you can talk about it. I won't believe your nonsense either. The court is mediocre and hopeless. You may be really willing to work for the welfare of the people of Hedong.
But how long can you sit as the Lord of Hedong? Don't lie to me. I have long known that if you hadn't eliminated all the rebellion in Hedong in three months. You have to dedicate your head to the court.
At present, even if you can wipe us out, you will have to wipe out dozens of waves of thieves in the West River and the southwest within three months. It is impossible for you to complete this task.
At that time, you will not even have your life. Hedong will also change the Taishou again, and your Tuntian policy will be overturned as soon as possible. The people in Hedong have not returned to the miserable situation of being displaced and have no land to cultivate as before!
You can't even save your own life, and why do you want to believe your nonsense!?
"Hu Cai!"
For a moment, Wen Han roared like a giant tiger. Suddenly, Hu Cai trembled with fear.
"Three days, I will give you another three days. If it's three days later, you still insist on doing so. Then I will launch a fierce attack and keep razing your earth city to the ground before I recruit troops.
Hedong Erlang in the city, listen carefully to me. You are not Hu Cai's puppets. You should have your will and your ideas.
The anti-thief is always an anti-thief. If you follow Hu Cai, you may still be able to be majestic for a few more years, but it is only a few years, and may even be shorter. At the beginning, there were hundreds of thousands of followers in the Yellow Turban, but in the end, it was not destroyed by the fierce attack of the imperial army. You think there is only one way to die as a thief.
You are thieves, but you just want to survive. And I, Wen Bofan, have opened a way for you to live in the east of the river. As long as I am still here in the east of the river for a day, I promise that you will have a house to live in and food.
There are only two ways in front of you now. The way to live and the way to die. How should you choose? I hope you can think about it carefully. Think about your family members who stay in Hedong. In this life, people live in this world, not just for themselves.
"Shut up, shut up! Wen Bfan, you want to touch my military heart! The archer obeys the order! Shoot for me! Shoot~!!!"
The more Hu Cai listened, the more he felt uncomfortable he felt. He also saw that his subordinates around him were moved by Wen Han's passionate words. Suddenly, he was furious in his heart. He pointed to Wen Han's soldiers and horses and shouted.
Wen Han silently stared at the thief in the city, then turned the horse's head and led the army to retreat.
It was not until Wen Han's soldiers and horses retreated hundreds of meters away that the thief at the top of the city still did not send an arrow. He roared at Hu Cai's horrical and ignored it, and let Wen Han's soldiers and horses leave.
"How dare you oppose me! Whoever dares to oppose me, I will kill whoever!!"
Hu Cai pulled out a big knife from his waist, and his eyes were full of blood, like an angry bear rushing to the surrounding thief. The two thieves were side by side. They didn't expect that their leader would suddenly go crazy and couldn't avoid it. Hu Cai's big knife cut off their heads at the same time.
Two splashes of blood poured out from the head and splashed on the faces of other thieves around them. At this time, they reacted and quickly retreated, looking at Hu Cai with fear and vigilance.
"Brother, what are you doing!? They are all our brothers!"
"Yes, brother, stop it. The second brother is right. They were born and died for the eldest brother's great career. How could the eldest brother kill them for no reason? Calm down, calm down!"
A big man in a white wolf fur coat and a big man in a black wolf fur coat took a step forward at the same time and persuaded the ferocious Hu Cai. These two are the second and third leaders of the white dragon thief, nicknamed the white wolf and the black wolf. They were originally mountain thieves and gathered a lot of men in Bailong Mountain. When Hu Cai went to Bailong Mountain alone, the two of them took in Hu Cai. Because Hu Cai was brave and ambitious, they gave way to him.
It can be said that Hu can only rely on his two brothers today.
"White wolf! Black Wolf! Shut up, you two! These people all want to reverse it. The hypocritical rhetoric just now was clearly within range. I ordered them to attack, and they actually thought that my words were the wind in my ears!
They all want to surrender to the court, be the lackeys of the court, and betray you and me! How can I tolerate them!"
After Hu Cai said, his angry eyes were thrown at several thieves again. With a big knife wave and a big stride, he wanted to cut at them. The white wolf and the black wolf rushed forward and pressed Hu Cai down, but Hu Cai's body was like a cow and a tiger, and he was furious. His body shook and his feet were raised, and he threw them aside.
"Woo-woo, the big boss doesn't want it. I know it's wrong!"
The thieves who were regarded as the target by Hu Cai were so scared that they were about to cry. They huddled in a corner and looked at the big knife held high by Hu Cai, and their faces were full of fear and despair.
But Hu Cai turned a deaf ear, and then a shuddering sound of knife cutting meat and human screams resounded throughout the earth city.
In this fierce war with the imperial army for several days, although Hu Cai's Bailong Rebels have an absolute advantage in the number of people, the casualties every time are far more than those of the court. Although there are few soldiers and horses in the court, they are more and more brave. The number of people killed in the battle is less and less than once, while Hu Cai's side is more and more than once.
Perhaps because of this, Hu Cai became more and more tyrannical and irritable, and he often took it out on his command. And you will see blood as soon as you start.
Perhaps the reason why Hu Cai is like this is that he faintly finds that there are more and more people in this city, and there are signs of wanting to join the court. In the past few days, the fighting spirit and morale of the people under his command are getting lower and lower. Hu Cai was very anxious, but he didn't know how to do it. In the end, he tried to suppress the different hearts of these people and improve their morale with his grumpy temperament.
It's just that generals and leaders who use violence to succumb to people's hearts will never have a good end.
At night, the two brothers, Black Wolf and White Wolf and dozens of small leaders gathered in a Tufang in Tucheng. At this time, it was the third watch. Except for some of the thieves in Tucheng, they were asleep, but other thieves were waiting quietly in their rooms. These people are waiting for the orders of the black wolf and the white wolf.
"Second brother, this Hu Cai is simply a tyrant, stubborn and cruel. This kind of person can't follow anymore. Otherwise, sooner or later, he will kill all the rest of his brothers!"
"The words of the third brother are also what I think in my heart. Many of the brothers below told me that they wanted to go back to Hedong. Many of them received letters from their families in Hedong. The literary champion didn't lie to me. Now it is indeed in Hedong. Every family has land to cultivate and a house to live in.
The champion is willing to work for the welfare of the people of Hedong and treat you and my family well, but we are facing him, which is really ungrateful. I plan to tie up Hu Cai tonight and dedicate him to the literary champion as an apology for our previous injustice. What do you think, brothers?
"The second leader understands the great righteousness. It's so good."
"That's right. What's more, according to the situation of these days, if we continue to fight, we will definitely lose. The brothers below all have the intention to return home and have no fighting spirit at all, so they can't fight at all.
"Hmm. The literary champion has issued an ultimatum. Today is the past. In two days, the literary champion will lead the battle with us. I don't want to die with Hu Cai. So I also agree with the second head.
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In the earthen house, the dozens of little leaders expressed their opinions one after another. Without exception, they all agreed to tie up Hu Cai and dedicate it to Wen Han.
"Okay, since all the brothers agree. Then, later, you will go back to lead your subordinates and listen to my slogans. Once my third brother and I successfully capture Hu Cai, you will immediately lead the army to suppress the others.
The white wolf's eyes emitted an extremely sharp light and whispered. After listening to the little leaders present, they nodded one after another to show their understanding.
After a while, when the little leaders left, the white wolf and the black wolf walked out of the earthen house and walked slowly towards Hu Cai's house.
At this time, Hu Cai, who did not know that he had been betrayed by his subordinates, was just a dream that had appeared in his mind many times.