At this time, Kang Zhi rushed here and saw this scene when he reined in his horse. He immediately said, "Envoy, this person cannot..."

Tang Xing turned his head slightly, raised his hand to stop Kang Zhi from stepping forward, and interrupted her: "The governor will make his own decision."

It is a big taboo for subordinates to try to interfere with their master's decision in public.

Kang Zhi looked angry: "General Tang, but he..."

Tang Xing just shook his head slightly at her.

In front, Chang Suining looked at Mei Yi who was kneeling there to surrender. After a moment, he said, "I heard that you are highly valued by Duan Shiang, and you were able to fight your way out of the siege of our Jiangdu army. It can be seen that you do have some skills--"

Mei Yi, who had bowed his head to the ground, showed joy in his eyes when he heard this, but also had a hint of self-satisfied sarcasm.

The next moment, he heard the voice above him say, "Look up."

The words were calm and emotionless, but to Mei Yi's ears, they sounded like a condescending command, which made him feel irritated and humiliated from the bottom of his heart.

He had never begged a woman like this before, but it didn't matter, he would just endure it for now...

Mei Yi raised his head in a feigned obedience while thinking in his mind. At this moment, the voice in his head continued: Save this life first, and when he joins the Jiangdu Army, he will always find an opportunity in the future...

As he raised his head completely and his gaze moved upwards, the voice in his mind suddenly stopped and his pupils suddenly contracted.

He looked horrified, and before he could react, the arrow wrapped in frost was approaching his eyes, rapidly dilating in his pupils.

“Duk—”

The moment the sharp arrow pierced his forehead, his body trembled and his eyes almost widened to their maximum size.

He stared intently at the woman in black cloak who was sitting quietly on the horse and slowly lowering her arm holding the bow.

The calm voice that came out of her mouth seemed as distant and ethereal as the bright moon behind her. Along with the faint humming sound from the tip of the feather arrow, it also penetrated into Mei Yi's mind, which was about to lose its cognitive ability.

"However, the military discipline in my Jiangdu army is too strict, so the underworld is more suitable for you."

Mei Yi's body hit the tree trunk stiffly, and then he slowly fell down along the trunk. Soon he was motionless, with only a pair of eyes staring with horror.

Kang Zhi also had her eyes wide open.

After a moment, big tears suddenly rolled down Kang Zhi's wide eyes.

The cavalry moved to the sides and Chang Suining turned his horse around.

Kang Zhi quickly raised her hand to wipe away her tears and hurried forward to ask: "Why didn't the envoy accept him?"

"I have a general understanding of the famous soldiers in Fanyang." The road was narrow, Chang Suining was no longer in a hurry, and drove his horse slowly, patiently saying to Kang Zhi who was following him: "This man followed Duan Shiang all the way to Luoyang. He was too murderous and had committed too many evil deeds. He is not worth keeping."

Although Chang Suining is an absolute talent lover, and especially loves generals, and values ​​ability over character, there are also different levels of character failures -

In her opinion, even if people like Mei Yi could be suppressed and driven back temporarily, there was no telling when they might stab her in the back and cause immeasurable trouble.

She said: "Keeping such a person by my side and using him for important positions is unfair to those who follow me and have both moral integrity and talent."

It may not only threaten the safety of those around her, but also invisibly cause them emotional harm.

However, Mei Yi's ability is not good enough to offset these hidden dangers - if he was as capable as Cui Jing, she might consider taking the trouble to mediate.

Since this deal is not worth it no matter how you look at it, it's better to just kill him.

Kang Zhi's throat choked as she heard this. She tried to ask quietly, "Does the person of both virtue and talent mentioned by the envoy include Ani?"

Chang Suining turned around and smiled at her, "Of course."

Kang Zhi's cheeks flushed when she heard this, and there seemed to be stars twinkling in her deep brown eyes, but she felt inexplicably guilty. The adults might be trying to coax her! It's hard to say, but her virtue is probably only the size of a sesame seed...

But this slight sense of guilt gave Kang Zhi a strong strength in her heart, making her more determined in her future direction.

At this moment, she reined in her horse with renewed energy, her voice becoming louder and clearer: "Envoy, Ani wants to ask for your permission!"

A moment later, Kang Zhi, who had obtained permission, rode out on his horse and chopped off Mei Yi's head with his own sword.

She placed Mei Yi's head on her spear, rode back to the army, and shouted, "My envoy has killed the thief Mei Yi. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

In the light of the fire, Mei Yi's head, with an arrow through his eyebrow and raised high, looked extremely terrifying.

The news of Mei Yi's killing spread quickly, and judging from the range of fire in all directions, the Jiangdu army had almost formed a tight and complete encirclement. Seeing that they could not escape even if they had wings, more and more Fanyang soldiers threw away their swords and armor and surrendered in panic.

There were still a few people who tried to resist, but the situation was hopeless and the Jiangdu army quickly took control of the situation.

They began to clean up the battlefield everywhere, and the captured Fanyang soldiers were divided into groups of 100 and temporarily guarded by the Jiangdu army.

After Kang Zhi arranged tasks for her subordinates, she walked quickly to the back and soon found the group of women and children in tattered clothes.

She held the head high in her hand and showed it to everyone: "Here, it's dead!"

A group of women screamed in fear and turned their heads away with their eyes closed.

"They're already dead, why are you still afraid of them!" Kang Zhi's face was full of satisfaction: "My envoy killed them, and I chopped off their heads!"

Her beaming face clearly showed "How about that? That's great, isn't it?"

After a moment, the scarred woman knelt down again and kowtowed deeply.

The others came to their senses, knelt down in tears, and some even made low sobbing sounds.

At this time, a subordinate came over. When Kang Zhi left, she hurriedly said, "Find someone to remove the chains from them!"

On the other side, Tang Xing ordered 10,000 cavalrymen to come before Chang Suining, and said with a bow, "Envoy, you may set off now."

The situation here has been determined. All they need to do is leave some people behind to take stock of the battlefield. Now they have to follow the envoy to chase after King Fan Yang.

No, the word "chase" didn't seem appropriate, so Tang Xing carefully changed his words in his mind - he was going to go and see King Fan Yang.

King Fanyang was crying bitterly at this moment.

He led 20,000 troops north out of Luoyang, but after only sixty or seventy miles, he encountered an ambush.

The other side had a total of 50,000 troops, and they were the Huainan Road troops that had previously camped west of Luoyang.

The moment this unexpected change occurred, King Fan Yang suddenly understood one thing: the 50,000 troops had previously shortened the distance to Luoyang not for the purpose of attacking Luoyang, but to block his way back north!

Chang Suining had planned everything at this moment... one thing after another, he was trapped! When the two armies fought, it was almost certain that King Fanyang's side would be defeated.

Twenty thousand versus fifty thousand. The former does not have the advantage in terms of numbers, not to mention that they first experienced an internal struggle and then fled all the way here, so it is inevitable that their morale is low and their physical strength is insufficient.

On the other hand, the 50,000 Huainan Road troops were as strong as bulls in morale and strength, as if they had endless energy. When they charged forward, each of them seemed to be able to plow a hundred acres of land...

This was because they had been waiting for this opportunity for a very long time - they had not had the chance to fight a battle since they arrived.

Seeing that the Jiangdu army, led by Chang Jieshi, first rescued Bianzhou and then quickly captured Zhengzhou and Xuzhou, they were so anxious that they felt uneasy when eating every day, as if they were some kind of soldier.

Especially for You Liang, the Guangzhou military officer, he thought that before he left, his governor Shao had repeatedly told him to do something decent so that the envoy would look at him differently...but who would have thought that he would just eat every day! Therefore, when he received the military order to move closer to Luoyang, You Liang's eyes almost lit up, and he immediately put down his bowl, stood up, put on his armor, and inspected the soldiers.

According to the plan, they kept a close eye on the developments in Luoyang City and lay in wait for a long time.

When they learned that King Fan Yang's army was approaching, everyone became like hungry wolves in the night, with green light in their eyes.

The Fanyang army that fled here became a flock of sheep in their eyes.

You Liang rushed out with a very clear goal. He knew that the opportunity was rare and would never come back. He had to fight this battle beautifully. If he was going to do it, he had to do it big. He had to catch the fattest sheep in the flock first!

There were many people who had the same idea, and King Fan Yang became a target of everyone's quest.

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After You Liang captured the King of Fan Yang and his son alive, one in each hand, the morale of the Fan Yang army, which had already been as loose as the fat on the King of Fan Yang's belly, was completely exhausted.

You Liang and others issued an order to capture prisoners alive as much as possible and not to kill them indiscriminately.

The dead have to be buried with great trouble, so it is more cost-effective to keep the living alive.

Shao Shantong once "secretly" revealed to You Liang that Envoy Chang Jie was going to do "big things".

When it comes to doing big things, the most lacking thing is people.

Those who were willing to surrender were tied up directly; those who were unwilling to surrender were tied up by force - anyway, they had enough hemp ropes, several large carts full of them.

No matter what, let’s capture them first. I don’t think there will be any prisoners that they cannot educate in Huainan Dao.

When it was almost dawn, You Liang asked people to take inventory and came up with a rough number. Of the 20,000 soldiers of Fanyang Army, more than 18,000 were captured alive by them.

Most of the tied-up Fanyang soldiers were now sitting on the ground, piled together in groups of three or two.

A Gwangju soldier holding dry food and a water bottle sat down next to a group of prisoners, took a bite of the dry food, and said to the prisoners: "...My name is He Daxing. If I go to do other things later, remember to tell me my name when I return to the camp."

These people were all captured by him, and he would reward them with military merit based on the number of heads they headed.

Upon hearing this, the captives nodded with mixed emotions.

"Don't be too discouraged. We, the Changjie Envoy, have always been willing to treat prisoners well..." The soldier said as he ate, "Although you will have to endure some hardships at first, as long as you work hard, you will eventually succeed."

"We are all Sheng people. In this world, it doesn't matter who we fight against. Don't you agree?"

"In our Gwangju, many people are scrambling to join the army."

“…”

The captives around them thought it was absurd at first - they were in a life-and-death situation, so why were they sitting and chatting? A Fanyang general, with his hands tied behind his back, lay on the ground, looking at the faintly white sky, listening to the Gwangju soldier's chatter, and couldn't help but let out a ridiculous laugh.

But as he listened, he actually felt inexplicably calmer.

In a trance, he recalled the experience of fighting all the way from Fan Yang to Luoyang, and it seemed unreal.

The soldier's chattering was full of everyday life, frost was quietly forming on the dry grass leaves around him, and the sky was getting brighter. Everything seemed to remind him that this was what the world was originally like, not the endless looting and killing that made people lose their nature.

The Fanyang soldiers who had the same feeling were all silent. Most of them had dazed expressions and subconsciously looked towards the gradually brightening east.

After a while, the Fanyang general who was lying sideways looked at the soldier who was still chattering and asked casually, "Why do you all have copper coins tied with red strings around your waists? Is this the custom in Huainan Road?"

I'm free anyway, so I might as well chat.

"This..." The soldier swallowed the last mouthful of choking dry food, smiled, and said with a guilty conscience: "I learned it from the Jiangdu Army. I heard that the Jiangdu Army has it, but theirs was blessed by the Chang Jieshi, and ours...is not blessed."

Another soldier nearby swore: "But when we meet the envoy, it will be like a blessing!"

The Fanyang general twitched his mouth: "..."

What is Chang Suining? Is she the reincarnation of the big bronze mirror? Or is she a golden crow? Doesn't the light shine wherever she goes? At this time, a cavalryman came with a message, and his voice was full of joy: "Report! The envoy is coming with his troops!"

"The envoy is here!"

There was an uproar all around, and all the soldiers stood up.

"Everyone line up!" You Liang stuffed the remaining half of the dry food into his arms and hurriedly commanded: "Everyone stand still!"

After living a lazy life for so long, we can't let the envoy think that their military discipline is lax! The hungry and sleepy King Fanyang was awakened by the movement of the army in formation. Looking around at the tense atmosphere, he was stunned.

Even though he was unfamiliar with military affairs and his entire army was captured alive the first time he led troops in person, he also knew that the situation in the Huainan army was not common.

They lined up actively, in a strict but not dull manner, with a look of awe but not fear.

The tied-up King Fanyang lay on the legs of his son, who was also tied up. He first made a "tsk" sound, then sighed and muttered, "If she doesn't win the battles, who will?"

As the sound of horse hooves got closer, almost everyone looked towards the east.

The morning sun shone a golden light in the sky, but with the appearance of the cavalry, no one cared to pay attention to the brighter sky.

Dozens of Huainan Road generals stepped forward quickly.

When the leading woman in black robes tightened the reins, they all clasped their fists and knelt on one knee in salute.

"Guangzhou military officer You Liang——"

"Shenzhou Army Officer Bu Wanjing——"

“…”

They announced their identities one by one, bowed their heads and said in unison: "Greetings to Envoy Chang Jie!"

Chang Suining withdrew his gaze from the orderly army behind them, jumped off his horse swiftly, raised his hands and helped up the two leading soldiers on the left and right.

In the distance, King Fanyang was about to stand up, shouting: "...I want to see Envoy Chang Jie, I want to see Envoy Chang Jie!" (End of this chapter)