Chapter 1346 Heartbreak
The situation changed too fast. Even with his wisdom, he could not imagine how Zhao Cheng could incite 200,000 strong men to rebel in such a short time.
As for Zhao Cheng's ambush to intercept him, this was secondary.
According to his expectation, Tianjue Pass should be able to hold out for at least two more months.
In fact, the fact that it could only hold out for two more months was due to the improvement of weapons.
Because in history, Tianjue Pass had appeared, with 5,000 defenders blocking the enemy's 600,000 troops for a full half a year.
5,000 blocked 600,000. This was not because the defenders were so powerful, but because this city was a natural barrier.
Just as Sun Yuantai was daydreaming, he was brought in front of a man dressed as a general.
The man grabbed Sun Yuantai's chin and lifted his head up, sneering: "You are Sun Yuantai?!"
"I thought you had three heads and six arms, but you turned out to be just an old man who was about to die!"
"By the way, I heard that you write very well!"
"So, you don't have to write anymore!"
While speaking, the man did not hesitate to draw out the sword from his waist and cut off five fingers of Sun Yuantai's right hand.
Afterwards, he put the sword halfway and suddenly paused, saying: "It is said that many scholars can write with both hands, and the other hand cannot be kept."
While speaking, the sword flashed again, and the fingers of his other hand also fell.
While the blood was splattered, Sun Yuantai was also stunned, but he never expected that the enemy would torture himself like this.
After all, under normal circumstances, if a captive like him was captured alive, he could ask the court for a lot of things in exchange.
This is also why, in ancient times, when two armies fought, they liked to capture some important figures alive.
Dead people are the most worthless, no matter what their status is.
But if they are alive, some important figures can be exchanged for a half-state.
However, if they are killed, they can only be given away as "hero fragments".
"Old man, remember, my name is Wei Ye!"
"If it weren't for the general's order to capture you alive, I would have chopped you off today!"
Wei Ye patted Sun Yuantai's cheek again.
"Did your general tell you that the complete Sun Yuantai is the most valuable?!"
"Do you know how much your two swords will cost your general?!"
Although his hands were bleeding, Sun Yuantai calmed down at this moment and said coldly, as if the captive was not himself.
It is said that the general's knife is the mouth of the literati. When a literati like Sun Yuantai speaks, the sharpness in his words can be said to be heart-piercing.
But he guessed that Wei Ye must be loyal to Zhao Cheng, so he wanted to kill him to avenge his vengeance.
"Oh?!"
"You know, before I came, I asked the general, and the general said that it would be enough to leave you with a breath."
"Now I only cut off your claws, not your tongue, I am already soft-hearted. If you talk too much, I will give you my tongue, so that you won't still be full of dirty words."
Wei Ye sneered. The article written by Sun Yuantai made him angry.
Not to mention him, the entire Yingtian Army wanted to crush Sun to ashes. This old thing actually wanted to have a future? That was just wishful thinking.
"Come on, bandage Sun the thief!"
Wei Ye waved his hand, and immediately a military doctor came out of the team.
Although he hated it in his heart, he didn't let Sun Yuantai bleed to death directly when he thought of Zhao Cheng's order.
By the time the military doctor had finished bandaging, Sun Yuantai had already fainted.
In Tianjue Pass, Wei Ye looked at the fire on the tower and the noise in the city, and couldn't help but feel as if he was in another world.
At the beginning, as Zhao Cheng's personal soldier, he followed Zhao Cheng and set out from Tianjue Pass to advance to the Southern Wilderness.
Unfortunately, he was defeated and could only fall into the mountains.
He thought he had reached the end of his rope, but unexpectedly, he still fought his way out in the end.
And now, they have a million troops, and they are coming out of the Southern Wilderness. The most difficult to conquer Tianjue Pass has also been crossed. From then on, it is truly a sky high for dragons to leap.
The curse of the trapped dragon in the Southern Wilderness has been broken.
There is no need to go out of the Southern Wilderness five times, seven times, or ten times. Just once, the trapped dragon will ascend to heaven.
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When the destiny comes, the king's flag has changed on the top of the city.
The flags belonging to Da Cang have been removed, while the flags belonging to the new country are flying on the tower.
After a few days, Zhao Cheng did not continue to use troops, but consolidated this bridgehead out of the Southern Wilds.
He first cleared out the evil in the city. As for the aristocratic families, if someone was willing to work for him, he would disperse the family members and move to different places. If they were unwilling, they would be exterminated.
As for the original officials in the city, they were all replaced by Zhao Cheng. As early as when he was in the Southern Wilds, he had cultivated many sets of reserve official systems. At that time, he did so in order to quickly use them after conquering a city.
At the same time, the Taoist officials he cultivated also went deep into the civilians. On the one hand, they served as justice for the civilians, and on the other hand, they also absorbed some sincere people, either into the Taoist official system or recommended them to join the militia.
Serving the people in their spare time and serving as soldiers in their time of need, this is the militia.
During this process, some people who were hiding very deeply and were loyal to Da Cang were also caught and sent to mine.
After a month, the entire Tianjue Pass had been marked by the Yingtian Army. From the administrative system to the patrolling militia, they were all Yingtian Army members. If anyone dared to cross the line, they would be killed immediately.
In this situation, although there were still undercurrents in the dark, it could not change the general trend.
After that, Zhao Cheng finally left Tianjue and marched to Qingzhou. Wherever the troops passed, under the lobbying of Cao Zheng and the intimidation of the Yingtian Army, more than 30 cities in a row surrendered without any resistance.
And those who surrendered voluntarily, Zhao Cheng also gave more preferential treatment, but one thing was that the family must be dispersed and could not be entrenched in one place.
After more than two months, most of Qingzhou had fallen into Zhao Cheng's hands.
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On the other hand, Sun Yuantai, who was arranged by Zhao Cheng to travel in the Southern Wilderness, ended his life quietly in a wooden house on a rainy night after thinking for half a night.
He had always regarded Zhao Cheng as a thief, but when he came to the Southern Wilderness in person, he found that Zhao Cheng had actually realized his ideal in his youth in the Southern Wilderness.
The boyhood dream of peace and prosperity in the country and the world.
The people and the king are no longer in opposition to each other. It is not that water can carry a boat or overturn it, but that water is the boat and the boat is the water. Everyone builds the world together.
If such a person is still a demon, then what are the courts of all dynasties? !
The demon among demons? !
Therefore, his Tao heart was broken and his faith collapsed completely.
He could only end it all with his own death.
And this is also Zhao Cheng's purpose. Killing people is meaningless. He prefers to kill people's hearts.