Deng Zhong was scolded by his father so much that he had to bow his head and be scolded, not daring to refute it. He smiled bitterly and said, "What my father taught him is that he will never allow soldiers to kill prisoners in the future."

He was already calculating in his mind that if the army had completely cooked the war horses and ate them, the seven thousand people would have to eat twenty war horses every day, and they would have been so heartbroken that they would have bleeding. However, the military orders were like mountains, and he had no other choice except to implement them firmly.

Deng Ai certainly saw his thoughts and his tone was a little more relaxed, "One time and another time, don't act voluntarily. The lack of food in the army is true, and there is still horse meat to eat, so you cannot kill the prisoners. If the prisoners are killed today, if they are spread, every time they encounter an enemy, they will fight to the death. This means killing one person and slaughtering the latter's hope, and the enemy will fight to the death until the last person dies. After all, being captured by the enemy is death, and fighting to the last second is also death. Why should you be a cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered?"

Deng Zhong was a little silent when he heard this, and he also remembered that the King of Yan seemed to have never killed prisoners in all major and large battles. After all, in ancient times, if the soldiers did not continue to increase their support, 20% to 30% of the soldiers who died in battle would cause defeat and would easily surrender collectively. This was also one of the strategies of the King of Yan.

He was silent for a little, and said, "What my father said was that the child was short-sighted, killing horses and feeding prisoners, and promoting the kindness of the King of Yan, which is also a great value."

Deng Ai smiled and explained: "Do you think that a war horse is valuable and a slave is not valuable? You think that killing a person is worth more than a war horse being eaten into your stomach?"

Deng Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I really think so."

He shook his head, remembering what the King of Yan said about achieving great things is people-oriented, and said seriously: "This is your short-sightedness. The survival period of war horses in the years of war is generally no more than five years. Although war horses can carry cavalry and drag materials, their role is limited after all. These 3,000 surrendered soldiers will be included in the army in the future. They will be good at fighting. From the age of twenty to join the army, they will be reborn and returned home at sixty, and they can fight for the Great Yan for forty years. This is the case with the king's "people-oriented". Do you really think that the king does not understand the preciousness of war horses? The king believes that human role is always greater than that of war horses."

Deng Zhong then understood the strategy of King Yan and his father. He admired him and nodded, "I will order the kitchen to kill the horses. Since that's the case, I can't lose a few horses."

Deng Ai looked at his son who was leaving and smiled bitterly: "There are more than 3,000 border troops in the city, and our army is 7,000. The food and grass in the city are burned, and there is no other request except eating horse meat. You have to know this with the king."

It is estimated that the food consumed by the 7,000 people is also a terrifying number. It has not yet entered the stage of war. It is just a construction and filling the city wall. Nearly thirty war horses must be slaughtered every day, which is enough to supply the three armies with the filling. If you last for eight days like this, you will have to slaughter hundreds of war horses.

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Gongsun Xiu was riding in a carriage, looking out the window boredly, yawned a long time, asked the personal soldiers beside him, frowned, "How far is it?"

The personal soldiers thought for a while and replied, "Your Majesty, it will take us six days to arrive."

He nodded. According to time, Deng Ai should have already captured Heshenggu City at this time, and was waiting for him to arrive with his food. He chuckled: "The General should be in the city at this time."

The personal soldier smiled and said, "Does the king look forward to the general so optimistic about it? He went to fight alone, without supplies and no support. If he met the enemy's troops and could not escape from the battle, the general's troops would probably be-"

"I know the general very well and do what he says. If he is not sure, he will not say it. When the army arrives, he can take the city as the cornerstone and the soldiers will point directly to the capital."

Gongsun Xiu waved his hand and expressed his full trust in Deng Ai. Although there were no more than five tiger generals of Shu, five good generals of Wei, and four major governors of Wu, there were no more than three Zhou Lulu, and there was still one Lu Xun left.

Although famous generals withered during this period, Deng Ai was still not inferior to the above-mentioned heroes, just like the dazzling sunset that was dark and dark.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded in front of him, and a scout came with a letter and presented it to his personal soldiers. Seeing that the scout was a soldier sent by Deng Ai, the personal soldiers respectfully presented the letter to the King of Yan.

He heard that it was Deng Ai's letter, and immediately became energetic and opened the letter. The letter indeed explained how to destroy the city. Now Deng Ai and his son have occupied Heshenggu City, drove away the defending general Huo Da, and surrendered 3,000 surrendered soldiers.

After reading this, he raised his eyebrows and praised Deng Ai's move in his heart, and almost defeated the situation in one battle.

When he continued to read, he also knew that the situation was not good now. The food and grass in the city were burned to pieces and had no food and grass to help him. He had to kill horses and eat meat. He also reported that because there was no food to eat, the prisoners could not be killed and killed, nor could they be easily let go of the enemy. Now he followed the army to eat horse meat every day.

"The lonely war horses have taught you to chew only a pair of horse bones. It's really sad for those who hear it, and the eater will cry."

Gongsun Xiu was speechless. He was really gnawed with the well-trained war horses. It was fake to say that they were not heartbroken. In ancient times, oxen plowing began from the Zhou Dynasty, unless it was a day of sacrifice. After all, oxen was also a large labor force, and even oxen could not be killed casually. Deng Ai ate war horses in Heshenggucheng as military rations.

However, the three thousand surrendered soldiers made him very happy. Deng Ai did not kill a person, save his life and distribute food. This was good. The surrendered soldiers only needed a period of time to relieve themselves and return home to become a halberd-held warrior in Yan State.

"Although I cooked all the rare war horses in the army by killing horses and feeding them, after all, I have saved the name of benevolence and righteousness of Da Yan, and the surrendered soldiers will be included in the army in the future, and I can serve Da Yan for forty years, which is worth it."

Gongsun Xiu was determined to unify the three major forces, and he would not move his anger to the people or surrendered soldiers. The current King of Dongchuan was entrusted with heavy taxes and divided the Liaodong and was ruined. All he had to do was to destroy them together. He nodded and said, "The General was doing a good job. Now Heshenggu City is ours. When I lead the army to arrive, the Marundu City will be in danger and a battle will be broken."

The personal soldiers were immediately admired and complimented: "The king is wise and wise, and the general uses his troops as much as a god."

"Stop flattering!"

He thought that this situation was also anxious enough. At present, the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo is well known. The King of Dongchuan would definitely take the opportunity to repair his relationship with King Mayu and try to join forces to compete with the Yan army. If these two small countries are united, the difficulty of the Eastern Expedition will be greatly increased. Only by defeating one by one is the best strategy.

He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to get paper and pen, and wrote a letter to join forces with King Ma Yu, which was the general idea that the previous siege of the attack was only confusing the King of Dongchuan. The two countries were originally in-laws, but they did not have any blood feuds. They must have been bewitched by outsiders and destroyed this relative alliance. Now the Yan army has broken through Heshenggu City and will take the capital of Wan soon. If your country intends to help Da Yan, you can keep the army and pay attention to the east to avoid the Xianbei invasion.

After writing this letter, he wrote another compliment to encourage Deng Ai to do a good job, and handed it over to two scouts and distributed it to two different places.

After doing this, Gongsun Xiu lay in the carriage, staring at the top of the carriage, thinking to himself: "Since my army has captured Heshenggu City, Marudu City is bound to win. Since King Ma Yu can distrust King Dongchuan because of the manifesto, he now realizes that it was the fog bomb of my Yan Kingdom, he must want to collude with King Dongchuan again. But now I have captured the enemy city and have only a few days of destruction. King Ma Yu must think again in his heart whether to rely on me or to send troops to rescue King Dongchuan who is not aware of the current affairs."

In his opinion, brothers cannot be honest in politics, let alone the constant enemies between the two countries, and it is impossible to form a force. As long as Goguryeo first, King Mayu will either surrender or be destroyed the second one.

At the same time, when Gao Yong, the leader of the Juenu tribe, and deputy general Ke Mo, led an army of 10,000 to Heshenggu City, they ran into the fleeing Huo Da and met the two of them.

Gao Yong stopped the horse and looked at the two of them with surprise, and said strangely: "You are not stationed in the city, what are you doing outside?"

Huo Da's face was frightened and his hands were weak. He didn't dare to say that he was very happy with merit. He smiled bitterly: "The enemy's army is strong and has directly broken the city. Now Heshenggu City has fallen into the hands of the Yan bandits."

Gao Yong was shocked. He set out from Marudu City with enough food and supplies. He could arrive in nine days and planned to garrison heavily and wait for the enemy to fight.

But he didn't expect that Deng Ai would fly to Bone City as if he had wings, and he took it to the police city in an instant. Gao Yong's face was gloomy: "Deng Ai? Who is this person's background?"

Huo Da said in a trembling voice: "It is said that he was a Master of Agricultural Catholics under Sima Yi before. Later, he was captured by Gongsun Xiu last year and was highly valued under his command. He was granted the position of general before going to war."

"amazing--"

Gao Yong smiled gloomyly: "You said the enemy is strong, how many people have come to the enemy?"

Huo Da wanted to exaggerate, but he was afraid that he would lie about military affairs, so he would be the crime of destroying the three tribes. He said in a trembling voice: "Enemy - the enemy has 4,000 cavalry."

Gao Yong's face suddenly sank, knowing that something must be strange: "As far as I know, Heshenggu City has three thousand border troops stationed, and it is also the city gate for defense. If you can't stand it, even if Deng Ai has great ability, he will not be able to break the city in one day."

Huoda's legs trembled, and he lowered his head and looked at him with a look. The two of them fell to the ground and said together: "Please spare your life, General."

Gao Yong laughed loudly at the sky, his laughter filled with anger, which scared the two of them to death.

After he finished laughing, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and he suddenly raised the whip and thrust heavily on Huoda with a "pop".

The whip made his skin crack and the pain made Huo Da lie on the ground and tremble. Gao Yong whipped dozens of whips in a row, thrusting the two of them to the point of dying, and then he relieved his anger.

Huo Da was covered in blood and rolled and crawled to Gao Yong's feet, begging for mercy: "God of your life, general, spare your life, villain will never dare to do it again. villain - villain made meritorious service."
Chapter completed!