The fighting stopped.
The soldiers leaned their weapons on the ground and panted violently.
The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The ownerless horses were swaying their heads and tails, snoring and slowly walking away.
There were broken legs everywhere in the camp.
Broken arms, a head that rolled to the ground with eyes still wide open, and a headless corpse.
The broken banners of Lu Bu's army were lying on the ground, swords, spears and arrows were stuck on the corpses and lying in a mess on the ground.
Many lights were lit in the camp by some soldiers, which were as bright as day.
Xu Rong waved his hand: "Give the order, let the soldiers clean the battlefield and clean up the corpses.
Finish it as soon as possible and try to get an hour's sleep before dawn."
"Yes, general" Guan Hai agreed, turned around and loudly conveyed the order to the soldiers.
Some captured soldiers of Lu Bu's army took on the labor of digging pits.
Their task was to dig a big pit to bury all the corpses before dawn.
Not long after, the soldiers carried corpses and broken limbs to the side of the large pit being dug for burial.
All the tattered flags on the ground were burned, and weapons and arrows were collected and counted.
Those that could be used were kept, and those that could not were kept.
All the used items must be brought back to the furnace and recast.
Xu Rong was woken up after sleeping for two hours.
It was already dawn.
Guan Hai, Yin Li, and Wu Dun were doing the things like cleaning the battlefield, counting casualties and prisoners.
"Is breakfast ready?"
Xu Rong asked as he walked out of the tent.
Guan Hai replied: "The general has just sent someone to ask, and breakfast has been prepared."
Xu Rong immediately said: "Okay, wake up all the soldiers and have dinner.
After dinner, there is still something to do."
"yes" The soldiers and generals who were woken up were very excited.
The battle last night made them excited to imagine.
They actually captured Lu Bu.
Who in the world has such ability?
Even the current regent Liu Cheng, who had a tie with Lu Bu, does not have such ability.
It's up to you The soldiers and generals were talking happily while eating.
In the tent, Xu Rong and his generals had a dinner together.
There was a plate of cooked meat on the low table in front of everyone, and they all cut it with knives.
Guan Hai asked: "General, what do you plan to do with Lu Bu?"
Xu Rong's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
He ate the mutton in his mouth and said, "Execution."
Yin Li was hesitant to speak, but finally he bit the bullet and said: "General, Lu Bu is a very important person.
It's not that he can't be killed.
After all, he is also a prince with a high status.
It's okay to kill him on the battlefield.
After all, No one can do it without a sword or a gun.
No matter what, I will praise you for your command, but now you have captured him alive, and the power of disposal is no longer in your hands.
I am afraid that this matter will be reported to the superiors, who will decide.
If you deal with Lu Bu without authorization, what if?
If someone blames someone from above, how will the general explain it?"
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Xu Rong said: "Lü Bu, tiger and wolf, don't you know that before the battle of Hulao Pass, the world called him a slave with three surnames?
How can such people be loyal?
If Lu Bu is taken to Chang'an, the regent will be in trouble for his reputation and the favor of the court."
The policy cannot be to kill Lu Bu, but keeping him will be a disaster.
I, Xu, have been deeply favored by the regent.
Of course, we must do this kind of murder and bring notoriety.
If we don't do it, who will do it?"
When the generals heard the words, they all looked at each other and fell silent.
Guan Hai sighed: "What the general said is true.
We are here to do things for the Lord that the Lord cannot do."
Xu Rong finished the last bite of meat, put down the meat cleaver and stood up and ordered: "Give me the order.
In two quarters of an hour, all the troops will gather in the open area of the camp and prepare to set off for Jiqiu City."
"Yes, General" The generals and officials in the tent speeded up their eating and finished their meals quickly.
When the quarter of an hour came, Xu Rong led the generals and officials out of the tent and came to the front of the army.
Everyone was already present.
"General Qi, all the troops have been assembled and ready to go at any time."
The general on duty came to report to Xu Rong.
Xu Rong rode on horseback and waved: "Each department will set off in order as quickly as possible."
"Follow your orders" After a long horn blast, Xu Rong's army broke camp and set off.
Two hours later, the army arrived at Jiqiu City and set up a military formation.
Cao Xing on the city gate was extremely nervous at this time.
Since Lu Bu and Cheng Lian took 3,000 troops to attack the camp last night, they never returned.
He had been waiting patiently on the city wall.
When daybreak came, Cao Xing's heart went cold.
He knew that something had happened to Lu Bu and Cheng Lian.
He had never had such a bad feeling.
Even if the attack on the camp failed, it would be impossible for Lu Bu to escape back.
It's difficult, but three thousand people went out and not even one person came back.
This is terrible.
Xu Rong sat on the horse and stroked his horse's mane, looking at the scene on the city wall in the distance.
He observed for a while and waved his hand: "Come here, bring Lu Bu and Cheng Lian and send someone to come forward and greet the guards on the city wall."
The general shouted and asked them to open the door and surrender, otherwise I will kill Lu Bu and Cheng Lian."
The two coachmen drove their carriages out of the military formation.
Both Lu Bu and Cheng Lian were tied to the cross on the carriage.
Cheng Lian was only tied up hands and feet, but Lu Bu was tied up all over.
It's like a rice dumpling, with only the head left outside.
Some soldiers followed the carriage to a stone's throw away from the city wall.
A small colonel shouted to the city wall: "Guards on the city wall, listen, you have one hour to open the city gate, lay down your weapons and surrender, otherwise Then he killed Lu Bu and Cheng Lian."
There was a sudden commotion on the city wall.
The soldiers were very frightened.
The man they had always regarded as the God of War was captured.
How could they accept it?
The faith of many people completely collapsed at this moment, and the morale of the army was weakened.
Cao Xing noticed that the soldiers on the city wall were panic-stricken, and he immediately shouted: "Don't panic, everyone calm down, they are just trying to trick us into opening the city gate and surrendering.
We have eight thousand troops, unless they want to fight with us and lose both sides.
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Otherwise, we will not be able to capture this city.”
After some encouragement and encouragement from Cao Xing, the soldiers finally felt more at ease.
Cao Xing then shouted to Xu Rongjun below the city: "This general is Cao Xing.
I have the final say in Qiucheng now.
I want to talk to my general."
The junior colonel who shouted turned to look at Xu Rong who was in front of the army formation.
Xu Rong nodded.
The junior colonel immediately signaled the swordsman standing next to Lu Bu to remove the rag stuffed in Lu Bu's mouth.
After Lu Bu was able to speak, he immediately shouted to the city wall: "Cao Xing, don't surrender, you can't surrender.
Let me guard Jiqiu City and drag them here."
"Oh no, you're looking for death and shut his mouth."
The principal cursed, and Lu Bu's mouth was blocked again with a rag.
Cao Xing clearly heard Lu Bu's words on the city wall and immediately agreed: "General, don't worry, I, Cao Xing, will live and die with this Qiu City even if I die."
The two-quarter hour time came quickly.
Xu Rong looked at the hourglass next to him with a straight face as the last grain of sand was leaking out.
He turned around and shouted: "Zhan Chenglian" The ordering soldier immediately conveyed the order and shouted: "The general has an order, kill him with integrity!"
"Become honest" The order was passed to the primary school, who waved his hand at the axe-hand next to Cheng Lian and said: "Behead" The sword and ax hand was ordered to swing his sword under the tent, and the ghost-headed sword cut off Cheng Lian's neck, and the wooden pillar behind him was also cut into two pieces.
The soldiers and generals on the top of the city all stared with their eyes wide open, their veins bulging, and they all roared angrily.
It seems that Xu Rong's order to kill Cheng Lian not only did not have the effect of damaging the morale of the defenders, but made all the defenders angry and increased their anger.
If a siege was launched at this time, it would definitely be Not even a little bit cheaper.
Xu Rong waved his hand expressionlessly: "Send the order, retreat."
After the order was issued, the army slowly retreated.
Although the defenders in the city were angry, they did not have the courage to chase them out.
In the afternoon, Xu Rong's army came to Jiqiu City again.
He ordered: "Go and tell Cao Xing to open the door and surrender within a quarter of an hour, otherwise, Lu Bu will be killed."
"Yes, General" The primary school leader led the soldiers and escorted Lu Bu to a stone's throw away from the city wall.
He shouted to the city wall: "The defenders on the city tower, listen, I have you to open the city gate and surrender within a moment, otherwise, Lu Bu will be killed." " There were loud curses and all kinds of unpleasant words coming from the city wall.
Although the principal was very angry, he did not act rashly.
He just looked at the hourglass next to him from time to time.
The sand in the hourglass kept leaking, but the small school felt that time passed very slowly, while the soldiers and generals on the city wall lived like days.
The sand in the hourglass finally ran out.
The principal looked back at Xu Rong, who raised his hand and waved downward.
The principal saw it, turned to the swordsman and axeman beside Lu Bu and shouted: "The time has come, kill Lu Bu, kill him!"
The swordsman raised the ghost-headed sword, and all the soldiers and generals on the city wall cursed and cried.
There was a flash of sword light, and Lu Bu's head fell off his neck.
A large amount of blood spurted out from the broken neck, and his head with wide eyes rolled on the ground and became motionless.
"ah" "The general is dead.
The general was killed by these thieves."
All the soldiers and generals on the city wall cried at the same time, and their cries shook the heaven and the earth.
Cao Xing even cried until blood flowed from his orifices.
The primary school left Lu Bu's body and took away the head.
Lu Bu's headless body was tied to a lonely carriage.
Xu Rong's army retreated twenty miles again.
As soon as Xu Rong's army left, Cao Xing immediately sent someone to open the city gate and take Lu Bu's headless body back into the city.
That night, Cao Xing set up a mourning hall at the county government office in the city, and soldiers and generals from all over the city came to pay their respects.
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The memorial ceremony was over, but something happened.
Lu Bu was dead.
This had become a fact and could not be changed.
The death of the God of War in the hearts of his soldiers and generals caused them to lose their faith and reliance.
Where should these seven or eight thousand brothers go?
After sadness comes calmness and reason.
People always have to face reality.
Some people proposed to return to Xiapi overnight, some proposed to attack Xu Rong at night to avenge Lu Bu, and some proposed to disband.
However, Cao Xing, who had the highest military position, insisted on sticking to the situation.
Qiucheng fulfilled Lu Bu's last wish during his lifetime.
More than a dozen generals and commanders were quarreling in front of Lu Bu's funeral.
The atmosphere was extremely tense for a time, but they broke up unhappily at Xu's hour.
After walking out of the mourning hall, Cao Bao winked at Xu Dan.
Xu Dan understood and followed Cao Bao to his residence.
The two of them knelt down facing each other.
Cao Bao poured wine for Xu Dan, and they drank a glass of wine.
Xu Dan was Liu Bei's lieutenant general.
When Lu Bu led his army to attack Xiapi City, he opened the city gate, causing Zhang Fei to flee.
Therefore, he was appointed as General Pi by Lu Bu.
Cao Bao asked: "General Xu, what are your plans next?"
Xu Dan shook his head and said: "What kind of plan can we have?
Now we can only take it one step at a time and wait and see."
Cao Bao said with regret: "Now that General Lu is dead, the army is leaderless, and we are in chaos internally.
What future can we have?
Now that General Lu is dead, the morale of the brothers is low, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit.
How can we defend this city?"
You can live in it” Xu Dan asked: "In the general's opinion, how should we decide the future path?
Brothers, we must eat and survive."
Cao Bao thought for a while and said: "It is absolutely not advisable to defend.
This is asking for death.
I am not that stupid.
It would be fine if General Lu is still alive.
The problem is that General Lu is dead.
What is the point of holding on?
Are you risking the lives of these eight thousand brothers?
I think we must either evacuate overnight or surrender to Xu Rong.
Apart from these two paths, there is no other way."
Xu Dan asked carefully: "I agree with the general's idea, but I don't know whether the general prefers to withdraw overnight or surrender to Xu Rong."
Cao Bao asked back: "If we evacuate overnight, where should we retreat and return to Xiapi?
I'm afraid the defenders in the city will not open the city gate for us.
If we go to join Wei Xu and Song Xian, they will probably swallow us up immediately."
In my opinion, our troops and horses are better off surrendering to Xu Rong.
I heard that Xu Rong is from the imperial court.
If we surrender to Xu Rong, we can still gain a future, what do you think?"
Xu Dan thought for a while and nodded: "The general's words are reasonable, but there is a problem.
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How can we leave the city?
Will Cao Xing ask us to surrender to Xu Rong?
He will never agree.
As long as he knows our thoughts, he will definitely kill us" Cao Bao showed a fierce look on his face and said: "In this case, we can only attack first.
We will immediately lead our troops to the mourning hall and kill Cao Xing.
If the others are willing to follow us and surrender, that's all.
If not, all of them will be killed."
Kill, what do you think?”
Xu Dan drank all the wine and smashed the glass on the ground, stood up and said, "Just do it."
The two men immediately ordered their troops to assemble and led the troops to the county government together.
Little did they know that Cao Xing was also on guard against the two of them and was about to lead his troops to kill them and seize their military power.
The two groups immediately came to the county government.
Fighting broke out on the streets of Yaqian.
The other generals and commanders also tightly controlled their troops, thinking that others were going to do harm to them, and struck first at those who might have malicious intentions, so the entire Jiqiu City immediately fell into a melee.
The common people hid in the gathering and did not dare to make a sound, lest they be heard by the red-eyed soldiers outside and break in.
The battle lasted until dawn, but by this time the city's defenses were extremely weak.
Eight thousand men and horses fought against each other all night, but in the end there were very few left.
After dawn, they each hid and were on guard against each other.
Soon Xu Rong led his army again.
The soldiers guarding the city gate opened the city gate and surrendered.
Xu Rong's army occupied Jiqiu City without any bloodshed.
He immediately sent people to report to the court, and within two days they launched their troops to attack.
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