Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 128 Not Like The Zhao Family

Long before the soldiers of the Song Dynasty approached Yanguan, Fang Zhengqi had bravely offered advice to Zhao Dezhao, claiming that he was willing to enter the pass alone, and surrendered this person for Zhao Dezhao.

But after Zhao Dezhao considered it again and again, he still rejected Fang Zhengqi. Like Liu De, the clan of the Southern Han Dynasty, he has a proper vested interest. He will not cry if he does not enter the coffin. It was very unlikely that he would be persuaded to surrender without a fight. Fang Zhengqi would be chopped down by Liu De just after he entered Guancheng.

A leading party like Fang Zhengqi who is familiar with the internal affairs of the Southern Han Dynasty is very precious. Zhao Dezhao felt that it was really unnecessary to risk his life for such a small possibility.

But right now, this person has already been captured, and how to deal with it is a bit embarrassing.

"Liu De, would you like to surrender me to Song Dynasty?" Zhao Dezhao asked calmly, looking down at Liu De from a high position.

Liu De raised his head proudly, and said loudly: "I am the Liu family, and as a single person, I bear the great trust of the king—"

Not only did Zhao Dezhao not show any disappointment, but he seemed relieved. Before Liu De finished his lines, he waved his hand and gave the order: "Cut it off."

The left and right generals under his command were all stunned, so that no one came forward to carry out the military order for a while, and even the deputy commander Pan Mei opened her mouth wide in astonishment, and she didn't finish a sentence, so this will be chopped off?
Liu De himself was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, and his mind was dizzy for a while. Although he was not a cowardly general, he was not a heroic man who would rather die than submit.

As a clan of the Southern Han Dynasty, he knows very well that the country's situation has been declining in recent years. Sooner or later, there will be disasters of subjugation. He is not completely unprepared for this. He leads the army and sticks to strict rules. The second is to try to get lucky. It is best to be able to hold on. If you can’t hold on, you will surrender before the battle. With your noble status as the Southern Han clan, you will not be embarrassed by the Song Dynasty, and you will be treated generously. You can be a rich man in the second half of your life.

You must know that the Zhao family in the Great Song Dynasty was named lenient and benevolent. The court has always done a good job in treating surrendered people generously. Qian's is now a rich man in Tokyo.

Most of the soldiers of the Song Army also acquiesced to this point. After capturing Liu De, they were not even tied up, and they still respected him.

And the reason why Liu De said these words in front of Zhao Dezhao was not because he wanted to refuse to surrender, on the one hand, he was proud of his clan status, and he didn't want to surrender too quickly, otherwise it would be too cheap, so he needed to put on a show first; On the one hand, it is also to raise his social status, hoping that Zhao Dezhao can make some good promises, and surrender after hesitating again and again, this is the most cost-effective.

But what Liu De never imagined was that he had just said a few hard words, and that His Royal Highness, Prince of the Song Dynasty, ordered to beheaded as soon as he opened his mouth. He didn't follow the routine at all. family!
"Your Highness, Weijiang... Weijiang is actually willing to surrender to Song Dynasty." Liu De's face became the same color as the mud all over his body, and he stuttered when he spoke, just now in front of Zhao Dezhao. The proud attitude of self-confident identity has disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Dezhao didn't seem to hear it, and he ignored it at all. He glanced at the soldiers on the left and right, and said solemnly: "What? The king's military orders are not counted?"

The guards on the left and right didn't dare to hesitate any longer, they rushed forward, grabbed Liu De and dragged him to the corner of the alley. This is not a camp tent, so there is no need to pay attention to beheading at the gate, just find a secluded place to prevent the blood from splashing on His Highness Just in front of you.

"Your Highness, you have not surrendered your wish!"

Liu De burst into tears, struggling not to let himself be dragged away, while trying to turn his head in Zhao Dezhao's direction, crying and begging loudly.

For this reason, the detainee's guards didn't care whether he would surrender or not, dragged him to a corner not far away, kicked him in the crook of his hind legs to make him kneel.

"Wait a minute!" At first Pan Mei thought it was Zhao Dezhao who was pretending to be intimidating, but now she realized something was wrong, and hurriedly called to stop.

He quickly approached Zhao Dezhao's horse's head, and remonstrated in a low voice: "Your Highness, my Great Song Dynasty has always advocated generosity and benevolence, and treated people generously. What's more, this person is from the Liu family. How can he kill for no reason? Such arbitrarily killing people, It would be detrimental to the holiness of the Son of Heaven."

Zhao Dezhao glanced at him coldly, and said impatiently: "Don't give me such nonsense, talk about people!"

Pan Mei smiled wryly, and said patiently: "Treat this person generously and set an example. If this happens, the whole Southern Han Dynasty will surely surrender..."

But Zhao Dezhao didn't wait for Pan Mei to finish, and interrupted him coldly: "Who said this king wants Liu Xuan to surrender?"

Pan Mei opened her mouth wide in astonishment, but before she could react, Zhao Dezhao waved her hand decisively and shouted sharply, "It's been cut!"

There was a flash of knife light, blood splashed on Lao Gao's neck, and Liu De's skull rolled to the ground.

Pan Mei was dumbfounded, and the generals and soldiers who followed Zhao Dezhao all shrank their necks, and secretly cursed in their hearts: "What is wrong with your Highness? Everyone shouted that they were willing to surrender, but at first there was one sentence It’s just what you said is wrong, but to cut him off just like that, it’s simply not something that the Zhao family can do!”

At this time, there was a commotion in the depths of Guancheng, and it seemed that many people were crying loudly, and Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but change his face.

Ordinarily, the battle has already ended at this time, the entire Guancheng has been stabilized, and the defenders of the Southern Han Dynasty either died or surrendered. Could it be that some soldiers of the Song Army were looting the treasury?Or worse, is there a general of the Song army who is wantonly slaughtering captured soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty?I killed Liu, but I didn't let you kill ordinary soldiers!

Compared with Zhao Dezhao, Pan Mei felt that something was wrong, and immediately ordered a relative to take his command arrow to go on inspection.

"Go and see what's going on over there. If you find someone looting the treasury and wantonly killing those who returned to the soldiers, you don't have to come back and report, and beheaded immediately on the spot!"

The general took the order to leave, and hurried back after a while, his face became rather strange, and he didn't take the initiative to make any reply to Zhao Dezhao and Pan Mei.

Zhao Dezhao was curious, so he asked him before Zhao Dezhao: "What's the trouble over there?"

The general lowered his head and replied: "Since we surrounded the river and cut off the embankments, many of our soldiers' clothes and trousers have been used as bags to fill the river with earth and rocks. They are short of clothes and trousers, and they are... stripping them off right now." Although the prisoner's clothes were removed, Wei Jiang felt that it was inappropriate to strip the prisoners of their clothes, but it was for a reason and was excusable."

(End of this chapter)