Chapter 361 It dropped
Wei Shao's face also showed a hint of solemnity. Looking at the soldiers surrounding them, he let out a soft breath and turned to look at Commander Zhao.
"Uncle Zhao, I..."
Zhao Qianhu looked somewhat surprised and uncertain, never expecting that Wei Shao would defect to the King of Chu. He watched as Wei Shao slowly exhaled.
"Xiao Wei, how... how could you..."
At this moment, Commander Zhao clearly understood that Xiao Wei had probably already defected to the King of Chu, and that's why he colluded with others to tell them false information and trick them into a trap.
When Zhao Qianhu thought of his men who had died tragically, he was speechless for a moment and simply turned his head away in silence.
Wei Shao sighed, "Uncle Zhao, I don't know if you've seen my tattered armor. We risk our lives on the front lines, but even our protective armor is crudely made. The Yingzhou army's pay has been overdue for half a year. When my father fell ill at the beginning of the year, the family could manage with the surplus grain, but the pay has been delayed, and my father can't even afford medical treatment anymore..."
Commander Zhao knew that Xiao Wei was telling the truth, but he had always been loyal to the court, and for a moment he didn't know what to say, so he just sighed heavily.
Seeing that Zhao Qianhu's expression had softened somewhat, Wei Shao couldn't help but say, "Uncle Zhao, when I came here, I saw that almost all the rebels in Xincheng are here. We can't escape. Why don't you come with me to Taiyuan? Anyway, we're going to fight, so what difference does it make where we fight? At least if we follow the King of Chu, we won't have to worry about not getting paid or not receiving supplies. Our families can also be brought to Taiyuan. Uncle Zhao, if you die here today, how will your family survive?"
Upon hearing Wei Shao mention his family, Zhao Qianhu's expression softened slightly. He sighed and was about to say something when suddenly a knife pierced his abdomen from behind.
Commander Zhao grunted, looking at the blade tip protruding from his abdomen, then turned to look incredulously at Commander Zhang, who had just helped him block the blade.
Commander Zhang's face twisted into a ferocious grin: "You are not allowed to defect to the enemy!! Even if you die, you must die here. You were born a man of the court, and you will die a ghost of the court."
Wei Shao's pupils suddenly contracted, and he quickly helped Zhao Qianhu up, kicking Zhang, the commander who had stabbed someone in the back.
Commander Zhao clutched his abdomen, supporting Wei Shao's arm, staring in disbelief at the commander who had stabbed him in the back.
He hadn't said he wanted to surrender, but his commander stabbed him in the abdomen.
"command?"
Wei Shao's eyes instantly reddened, and his hand supporting Commander Zhao trembled slightly: "Uncle Zhao? Uncle Zhao, how are you?"
Lin Changning couldn't stand it any longer, so he took a bow and arrow from the soldier beside him, drew the bowstring taut, and pointed it straight at Commander Zhang.
This man refused to surrender, yet he cruelly murdered his comrade who had shielded him from the attack. What a despicable act.
Seeing Lin Changning's murderous intent locked onto him, Commander Zhang's hand, which had just stabbed his comrade, trembled slightly, and he held the knife to his neck.
His voice trembled slightly as he said, "I'd rather die, I'd rather die..."
He seemed to be contemplating suicide, holding a knife as if to slit his own throat, but his hand trembled for a long time before he finally dropped the knife.
Commander Zhang knelt on the ground, his hands trembling, seemingly preparing to commit suicide again, but Lin Changning waited for a long time without seeing Commander Zhang take his own life.
Feeling bored, he scoffed, "Want to commit suicide, huh? Want to serve your country, right? I'll help you!!!"
After saying that, the arrow in his hand pierced through Commander Zhang's heart and stuck hard in the ground. The blood-stained feathers on the tail trembled slightly with the movement of the bow.
Commander Zhang stared in disbelief at the hole in his chest that was slowly filling with blood. After a while, he collapsed to the ground, his pupils slowly losing focus, and he gradually lost his life.
Wei Shao, supporting Zhao Qianhu with slightly red eyes, looked up at Lin Changning and said, "Commander, could you please have the army doctor save Uncle Zhao?"
Lin Changning slowly approached, looked down at the two people on the ground, sighed softly, nodded, but still asked, "Are you willing to submit?"
Wei Shao clutched Zhao Qianhu's stomach, feeling the blood gushing out in spurts. His voice was hoarse as he said, "Uncle Zhao, surrender. You have to think about your family. He just stabbed you; even if he did..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Qianhu, who had been hanging his head, looked up at Lin Changning and interrupted, "I, Zhao Tianhu, am willing to submit to the King of Chu."
Wei Shao's face showed a hint of joy as he looked up at Lin Changning with a hopeful expression.
Lin Changning turned his head: "Medic! Come and treat my wounds!"
As she spoke, she took out the wound medicine that Shilang had prepared for her from her bosom and tossed it to Wei Shao: "Bandage him first, and then apply this medicine. The wound will heal slowly in three days at most. Don't get the wound wet during these days, and don't make any big movements."
Zhao Qianhu was dizzy from excessive blood loss, but he still managed to bow and clasp his hands in a fist salute to Lin Changning.
"Thank you, Vice Commissioner."
After saying that, he fell headfirst to the ground. Wei Shao hurriedly helped Zhao Qianhu up, but the movement aggravated his own wound, causing him to gasp.
Lin Changning helped Zhao Qianhu up, and Wei Shao's face was still a little pale: "Thank you, Vice Commander."
After saying that, he was about to take Zhao Qianhu from Lin Changning's hands, but Lin Changning frowned again and waved his hand behind him, "Someone help him up and take him to find the army doctor."
As soon as he finished speaking, two people walked towards Lin Changning, took Zhao Qianhu's hand, and helped him to the place where the military doctor was.
Lin Changning glanced at Wei Shao and patted him on the shoulder: "You're going too. Didn't the medicine I gave you yesterday work?"
Wei Shao shook his head slightly: "If I applied the medicine and went back, I would probably give myself away, so I returned to the camp with my injury to report the news."
Hearing this, Lin Changning smiled almost imperceptibly: "Good, you deserve credit for this ambush. I will report it truthfully and give you credit."
He then waved to Wei Shao and said, "Go on, hurry up and heal your injuries."
After watching Wei Shao leave, Lin Changning turned to look at the remaining imperial soldiers who had already surrendered. These men, who had just seen Wei Shao trying to persuade them to surrender, were already at their limit. Seeing their commanders also turn to them, they no longer had any will to resist.
He was immediately taken hostage by a group of people around him with knives. Lin Changning watched as his soldiers squeezed a group of people in the middle, squatted on the ground, raised his hands, squinted and roughly counted them.
When they entered the valley, there were about 7,000 people. After being ambushed, only a little over 1,000 survived. That's not a lot, but it's not a small number either. If they could surrender, it wouldn't be a bad idea.
As Lin Changning was pondering the group's return route, Wei Shao, who had just left, turned back and bowed to Lin Changning again: "Commander, these people..."
Lin Changning chuckled. Wei Shao's thoughts were written all over his face; Lin Changning could tell at a glance.
"If you surrender, you will not be killed."
Wei Shao pursed his lips and said, "Once Uncle Zhao wakes up, he will definitely be able to help the Vice Commissioner persuade him to surrender."
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