Chapter 143 Emei's Shot
.The reason why Zhai Shiyan kept the soldiers stationed in the city defense was not moving, but he just brought the internal affairs camp into the city to quell the rebellion was of course considered.
Because this kind of rebellion in the city is not difficult to eliminate. As long as you guard the city gates on all sides, destroying rebels in the city is tantamount to closing the door and beating dogs. What is most afraid of in this kind of civil strife is not how loud the city is, but whether there are soldiers outside the city to respond.
Many cities were lost because of the chaos in the city and the defenders were wiped out. The city was empty and the city was defeated by the internal and external forces to capture the city gate.
If the enemy soldiers rushed into the city gate from outside the city, it would be really a big deal.
Zhai Shiyan led his troops for many years, and of course he understood this principle. After the Hu Hanzhong captured Hanzhong, he did not slaughter the city as they used to do. The total number of Han people in the city was indeed quite large, but these people did not have weapons and armor, so what kind of chaos could they cause?
"What's the situation in the city?" Zhai Shiyan asked after he finished his army reorganization.
The deputy general next to him kept following him and replied, "There are not many rebels who launched a war from the south of the city, and the total number is only one thousand rioters. But the momentum is huge. If this continues, the rioters will probably gather more and more. Now these rioters have gone straight to the prefect's mansion, which is in danger."
The prefect is Shi Ke'an. He has no military power. With a few servants, how could he hurry to resist the riots of the people in the city? Then he asked him, the general, to send troops.
Zhai Shiyan intended not to save Shi Ke'an, but the 100,000 troops in Hanzhong City were stationed. If the prefect was rioted by such a people, he would be punished by the garrison general. After thinking about it, he still led his troops straight to the prefect's mansion. Although he went to rescue him, he shouted and scolded: "This incompetent prefect, I have to rely on me to save him at the critical moment."
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The riots in the city are of course caused by the "poor family".
In order to prevent the Han people from rebelling, the Hu people had long restricted salt and iron. Ordinary people had limited iron tools, not to mention armor and weapons. Most people just held hoes and sticks. No matter how many people were, they were irresistible when facing regular troops.
The hammer head and stick hit the soldiers all over the armor, without any pain or itch, but the spear and sword greeted these people in ragged clothes, but the sword was bloody.
Therefore, the riots of the people in the city were defeated by Zhai Shiyan's army.
Zhai Shiyan was the first to command the generals to cover up the killing, killing more than a dozen people in a row, and laughed at the sky: "This group of foolish people dared to rebel, which is useless to die."
Zhai Shiyan's deputy general followed and said, "These group of Han thieves are all mean. The more tolerant and kind the general is to them, they become more arrogant. Today, the general destroyed the majesty of these Han thieves. It is really a good way to kill one to warn a hundred."
A deputy general added fuel to the fire, and Zhai Shiyan ordered: "This time, all the people in chaos will be wiped out, counting the heads of the people. Those who have made great contributions will return to the camp and be rewarded."
With these words, these Hu soldiers became even more enjoyable to kill, and many of them rushed into the homes of ordinary people and massacred everywhere.
No one's face is engraved with the words of chaotic people. Anyway, those with more people will be rewarded with great contributions.
People who have never hunted will never feel the fun of hunting, and the same is true for killing people. For these people who are used to fighting on the battlefield, killing people is a very satisfying thing.
Those who have never killed him cannot understand his pleasure. Zhai Shiyan laughed to the sky, then rushed out first, and quickly caught up with a fleeing person, and swung his sword behind him and was about to cut it down.
The long sword was not even falling, and at this moment, a trace of white suddenly passed by in the distance, which was particularly obvious in the dark night sky.
This white smear came over very quickly, but the feeling in the eyes of others was indescribable elegance and gentleness.
"That's a person!" The first thing he realized was the deputy general who followed Zhai Shiyan.
He was right, and he came a person, who was like a white dress, and was as elegant as an immortal.
As the rabbit rose and falconed fell, Emei had already rushed over. It was obvious that the target she rushed over was Zhai Shiyan.
"The person who came has great martial arts skills, shoot arrows and protect the general!" The general under Zhai Shiyan was doing his duty.
Before Emei could approach her, a rain of arrows had already shot towards Emei in the air. Emei could no longer use the force in the air, and the rain of arrows came over the sky. She gently pulled out the knife from her waist.
The sword light dances like a bright moon. Where the moonlight flows, the arrow feathers fall.
Emei has not diminished its momentum in the air. Before the archers can draw the bow and shoot the archers in the second round, Emei has reached Zhai Shiyan's head.
Zhai Shiyan was very good at practicing his skills immediately. To be honest, he was not worried much. He was soaring into the air, with nowhere to leverage his power, and could not turn around. In his opinion, assassinating himself in this way was no different from dying.
Zhai Shiyan kicked the ground with a sword at the beginning, and suddenly exerted force. With the force of his arm, he drew a dazzling spark on the bluestone ground, and lifted the sword upwards without any effort.
But at this moment, Zhai Shiyan was stunned.
It seemed that there was an hallucination in front of me. The long sword actually cut through the white shadow, but I didn't feel any resistance.
The afterimage! It turned out to be the afterimage! Zhai Shiyan was shocked, but before he could have another idea, he could have heard the sound of blood gushing out from his throat.
The sound was as pleasant as a clear spring in the mountains, but the look that appeared in Zhai Shiyan's eyes was extremely frightened!
The long sword fell to the ground, while Zhai Shiyan rode on the horse and covered his throat with his hands, and his body trembled continuously.
The next moment, Emei had already landed behind the horse. Before all the shocked soldiers could do further movements, Emei had already flown away in an instant.
The night was still dark, and except for Zhai Shiyan trembling on the horse, there was no sign of Emei ever coming.
With a "thump", Zhai Shiyan fell off his horse and fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, and he died with his eyes open. Perhaps before he died, he was still shocked, and Emei cut his throat with a knife and said in his ear: "The murderer will always be killed."
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Zhai Shiyan died, and in the army, Zhai Shiyan's deputy general had the highest rank. As Zhai Shiyan's deputy general, he was not a decoration. After a moment of shock, he woke up immediately and quickly ordered the left and right to clean up the general's body. On the one hand, he ordered people to eliminate the storm in the city, and on the other hand, he quickly sent someone to order the city gates around to guard the city gates, and even if it was dawn, he would not let anyone out of the city.
The rebellion in the city started quickly, as if it was a huge momentum in the blink of an eye, but it stopped quickly. But the burden was heavy on the cup of tea, and the noise of the shouts that could be heard around just now disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The deputy general was still a little thoughtful. There was such a master in the city! Moreover, the rebellion broke out quickly tonight and stopped quickly. Except for General Zhai Shiyan's death, nothing seemed to change that night.
The deputy general always felt that there was something strange in everything, but he couldn't understand what was strange.
While the deputy general was still pondering, Shi Kean came.
There were two others following Shi Kean, who were Zhang Chi and the hamsters in the "poor family".
Zhai Shiyan's death was already in the process of planning. How could Shi Kean not know that he was here to take over military power according to the plan.
Shi Kean's play was very good. He smiled and clasped his fists at the deputy general and said, "There are people in the city this time, thanks to General Zhai Shiyan coming to rescue him in time. General Ma and the soldiers have worked so hard. I am very grateful."
Of course, they were all polite words, and the deputy general named Ma also made some polite words.
"Strange, why did you see General Ma only, not General Zhai Shiyan? I have to thank him in person."
"General Zhai has just been assassinated in the chaos," said the deputy general named Ma. "I suspect that there is another conspiracy in this rebellion in the city, and I have ordered the city gate to be closed and investigated again."
"What? General Zhai Shiyan has been killed?" Shi Kean said in surprise with a sad expression: "As the prefect of Hanzhong, I am really responsible for General Zhai's death. I have to bother you to return to the camp and then pass on my prefect's orders. The generals of the three armies gathered in my prefect's office to discuss matters. The prefect decided to investigate the whole city and severely punish the murderer."
Shi Kean specifically emphasized that he was the prefect of Hanzhong, and the meaning was very clear. His implication was that he was now the highest official in Hanzhong, so it would be natural for him to take over military power.
Even Zhang Chi stood behind him and couldn't help but admire his acting talent. If he was at most acting in a drama in college, Shi Kean could just shoot a blockbuster.
"Sir, please wait!" The deputy general named Ma stopped doing it: "Although he is the prefect, he is a civil servant. Han and Wu each perform their duties. It seems inappropriate if the prefect takes over military power."
"Zhai Shiyan was assassinated. As the prefect, I am the highest official position in Hanzhong. What's wrong with taking over military power?"
The deputy general named Ma seemed to have seen some signs at this time.
He was not stupid either. He also saw that Zhai Shiyan's death seemed to have been arranged long ago, and it was a conspiracy. To see who was behind a conspiracy, there was the easiest way, which was to see who made the profit in the end.
When the rebellious people started to stir up trouble, it was the prefect of Shi Ke'an who asked Zhai Shiyan to send troops to quell the rebellion. Now that Zhai Shiyan is dead, he will take over the military power. Of course, the only one who makes a profit is Shi Ke'an.
The deputy general named Ma sneered and said, "At that time General Yao Shuode captured Hanzhong and ordered the division of civil and military affairs. Isn't it unknown to the prefect? The matters in our army will naturally be handled by our army. Now, although General Zhai Shiyan is dead, Ma Jingrong, as the deputy general, has the highest official title in the army. Naturally, I will take over the position of general for the time being and guard the entire process. Why should the prefect come forward?"
As Zhai Shiyan's deputy general, Ma Jingrong is actually much smarter than Zhai Shiyan. He has now seen that the whole thing may be planned by this prefect Shi Ke'an. How could he send the archer of the military power to the archer?
Shi Kean had nothing to say. According to the system of dividing and governing Han things, there should be such an emergency. Could it be that this plan will die here? Shi Kean had no choice.
"Ma Jingrong?" Zhang Chi suddenly screamed at this time.
Ma Jingrong, an official in Hanzhong, had naturally seen all of them. Now, seeing that the scholar behind Shi Kean had never met, he was obviously not an official in Shu. He shouted angrily: "I talk to the prefect, where is it your turn to interrupt? Who are you?"
The reason why Zhang Chi called out Ma Jingrong's name was naturally because he suddenly remembered something.
"Ma Jingrong, you thief shouted to catch the thief," Zhang Chi shouted: "The reason why General Zhai Shiyan was killed tonight was your conspiracy. You want to seize the military power of Hanzhong and surrender to Jin! But with the prefect here, how can you let your trick succeed!"
After Zhang Chi said this, even the prefect Shi Kean was stunned. How could such a dirty guy be convinced without any evidence?
Sure enough, Ma Jingrong also shouted angrily: "Do you have a certificate? If I speak nonsense with my certificate, I will never let you see the sunrise tomorrow!"
Zhang Chi smiled and took out a letter from his arms. It was the letter of persuasion that he had written to capture Yinping and captured Yinping's guard Gu Beicheng and forced him to surrender.
And isn’t the target of this letter of persuasion to surrender the Hanzhong General Ma Jingrong?
"You are traitorous, and I have letters to prove it!" Zhang Chi raised his letter to persuade him to surrender.
Organize and clean cloth.
Chapter completed!