As Cai Jing's last guarantee and trump card, these generals and guards are all top-notch masters, and their personal martial arts skills are not even weaker than Tang Feng's. But what they faced at this moment was not an equal number of men and horses, let alone those people in the world who could only show off their bravery for a moment, but hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers with strict military disciplines and with bows and crossbows in hand.
So when they fought desperately, the soldiers didn't even frown. After Tang Feng waved his hand lightly, arrows from three sides poured out like a torrent, completely flooding the area. A group of enemies who dare to charge into battle.
In an instant, screams filled the courtyard. Dozens of people were hit by arrows and fell down almost at the same time. Only a few people managed to reach Tang Feng and the others with their injuries. Among them, Liao Yuan was the one who rushed forward. Although he was hit by three arrows, it did not hinder his movement. His eyes were filled with blazing flames, and he wanted to capture the leader Tang Feng, so as to force the enemy to retreat.
But just as he roared and leaped up, Tang Feng took a step back. At the same time, dozens of spearmen came out from behind him on both sides. Dozens of spearmen suddenly thrust out to block all his attack routes. Although in terms of personal martial arts, none of them were Liao Yuan's enemy with one move, but before such a military formation, his martial arts was of no use at all. Although he tried his best to avoid several spear thrusts at the vital points, But if the spear points hit the shoulder and waist one after another, they will pass through the body.
Several more miserable howls rang out. Not only him, but also the brothers who came to fight with him were also hit. They were strung on spears like candied haws. Even though they were not dead, they had more air coming out and less air coming in. Liao Yuan was completely unable to move, but he was stabbed to the ground unwillingly by three spearmen, with blood flowing freely and angrily groaning from his mouth.
It was only then that Tang Feng slowly walked out of the military formation, but without even looking at this terrifying opponent, he had already stepped to the edge of the well that led directly to the secret passage, and blinked at Cai Jing, who was standing still inside. He rolled his eyes and said, "Master, do you need me to pull you out?"
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Nearly three o'clock in the morning, Sun Tu saw in his mansion a group of "old friends" who he needed to look up to at first, but now they are prisoners, and their life and death are in his mind - Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian, Wang Huanan... these powerful officials of the day. After experiencing the ups and downs of the Shangyuan Festival, the corrupt official was finally captured alive and fell into the hands of Sun Tu.
Compared with when they were captured in front of the emperor two days ago, they looked even more frightened and embarrassed. Many of them were covered with bloodstains of others and themselves. When they were brought to Sun Tu, almost all of them were Their limbs were all weak and they were slumped on the ground, without any trace of their former majestic demeanor. After being stared at by Sun Tu, they became even more frightened and couldn't even finish a sentence.
Sun Tu, on the other hand, although he was injured, could not see any other problems except that his face was a little pale. At this time, he was just lying lazily on a soft bed, and after scanning everyone with his eyes, he said with a smile: "To be honest, even I didn't expect that you can actually pull out so many... Loyal subordinates come. In order to rescue you, a total of two to three thousand people killed people and set fire to our Tokyo. They did all kinds of evil. It's a pity that you met Sun Tu, and we were the ones who wanted to fight against the traitor army, so in the end it was still
It ended in failure. "
"Sun... Marquis of Yue, I... I know I was wrong. I just ask you to spare my life. I am willing to leave all my property to you..." It was Liang Shicheng who spoke first, with a look of self-confidence on his face. Responsible and sad, he paused and said: "I know that I had a lot of quarrels with you in the past few years, but after all, I have never done you any harm. I hope that you, Marquis Yue, can be kinder..."
"Why, now that things have happened, are you still trying to bribe me with the money that should belong to the imperial court?" Sun Tu laughed: "Also, do you think that I am attacking you because of personal grudges? You also You underestimate my Sun Tu's tolerance. If it was just a personal grudge, how could I, Sun Tu, make such a big fuss? You guys, one by one, have done countless evil deeds over the years, causing great harm to people. Hundreds of people have no clear grievances, and they regard the laws of the court as nothing, just to pursue their own selfish desires? So this time I am for the court and to eliminate harm for the world, and killing you is a matter of course!"
At the end of the sentence, the smile on his face finally disappeared, and his eyes became sharp: "And you caused chaos in Tokyo in order to survive today, which actually led to the death or injury of thousands of innocent people. This If the account is calculated again, even killing you ten times will not be enough. Not to mention Cai Jing, you also tried to rebel and let your son Cai Dezhang lead an army to raid our Tokyo city. If I hadn't been prepared in advance, the soldiers outside the city Everyone is working hard, I'm afraid this chaos will get worse.
"Now that you have been defeated and captured, you are still trying to beg for mercy. Do you really think that the laws of the Song Dynasty do not exist and that I, Sun Tu, are easy to bully?"
This harsh rebuke rendered everyone in front of him speechless. Originally, there were several officials who thought they had no grievances against Sun Tu who wanted to ask for a favor, but now they could no longer ask for a favor. Liang Shicheng's face was even more expressionless, and his whole person shrank. He already knew very well that Sun Tu would definitely put himself to death.
At this moment, a laugh suddenly burst out: "Hahahaha..." The laugh was a little crazy. It was Cai Jing who was in front of everyone. He was originally weak and weak, but he now forced himself up and looked up at Sun Tu, who was only a dozen steps away from him, his eyes full of disdain and provocation.
When Sun Tu saw him, he didn't mean to be angry at all. Instead, he looked at him with interest for a moment, and then he smiled and said, "What, does Grand Master Cai have anything to say?"
"I'm just laughing at you for being lucky at this moment. I'm laughing at Sun Tu that you are still pretending to be upright and upright. In fact, since you raised troops from Youzhou and raised the banner of Qingjun, both of you and I have been It’s a fight to the death. Moreover, if I had thought well, I’m afraid that today’s chaos would have been under your arrangement, right?”
Sun Tu's eyebrows suddenly raised at his words, but he just said: "Oh? How can you see it?"
"Because all this is a trap set up by you, a trap to dig out all the forces in Tokyo that are loyal to us and others in one go! You know very well that although your army invaded Tokyo and killed us, we were caught off guard , and even captured us all and beheaded us. But in fact, Tokyo has not completely fallen into your control. At least there are still many forces in the civilian and military forces that are beyond your control. And once these forces wait,
If we are killed, we will go completely underground and suddenly break out of control at some point, which is obviously not what you want to see. That's why you thought of taking advantage of the opportunity to kill us in public to attract all these powers, and then annihilate them one by one. I, am you right? "
Sun Tu stared at him for another moment, then grinned: "Master Cai is indeed a veteran of several dynasties. It seems that many of my things cannot escape your eyes after all. Sun admires me!"
"Huh, actually, I had a vague sense that something was wrong when I learned that you were suddenly injured by a military stick and could not take charge of today's situation at home. However, I am in prison, on the line between life and death, and I really have no chance to choose. Now that I think about it, there is too much deliberateness in this matter. For example, these two things are too close to each other, so they are naturally waiting for me to have an opportunity. For example, if you are recuperating at home, it is easy for people to think that this is a trick. You eliminated the golden opportunity in one fell swoop, thus ignoring its potential dangers and forgetting that this might be a big trap. I think Cai Xuan and others should have all died in your trap, right?"
Sun Tu couldn't help but stretched out his hand and gave two gentle blows: "The grand master is really thoughtful, and he has thought through all my arrangements and thoughts. Yes, you are all in my game today, you can even say that, All the actions of your people have been monitored by my subordinates, but they themselves don’t know it.”
"You...Sun Tu, you are so despicable!" an official hissed. Another person even shouted: "You keep saying that it was our people who caused countless casualties among the people, but now you finally admit that the culprit of all this is Sun Tu himself!"
"No, you are wrong. This is not despicable, but a conspiracy. In addition, it is the people under your command who hurt the people after all. It is the brothers who are fighting against the rebels, but they have been protecting the people and arresting the criminals. What if They never thought of doing a series of tricks to save you. Not only will nothing happen to them, but the people in the city will not be killed or injured so much. So in the end, it was your people who harmed him, and it was you criminals who harmed the innocent!"
Sun Tu's words immediately choked them with their accusations, and they actually didn't know how to refute them. Sun Tu then said: "But one thing Taishi Cai said is right. It was precisely because I expected that keeping them would cause future troubles that I thought of luring them out. I believe that with your power, those people After all, I will take risks to save you. Facts have proved that what I expected was true, and they did move.
"There is another point that you may not be able to understand. After today, not only the remnants of those loyal to you among the people and the military will be wiped out, but also I, Sun Tu, and the officers and soldiers of the rebel army will have a strong influence in the hearts of the people of Tokyo. Their status will also be improved again. Because when they were in danger, it was our people who stepped forward and rescued them many times. Even those who had prejudices against us before will definitely change their minds after this incident. And it will soon change. There will be a saying among the people in China that the situation in Beijing and central China is unstable now, and it is necessary for me to ask for the full jurisdiction of the bandit army to prevent any more troubles. By then, I will be able to legitimately control everything in Tokyo. , nothing will be left out. As for you, you will definitely be punished with the hatred and infamy of countless people, and will be infamy for thousands of years!"