Hearing Fei Yao's angry question, the garrison captain was immediately frightened and fell to his knees, and replied in a panic: "General Rong...Rong Zhen, very...

It’s not that we are willing to flee without a fight, it’s because there are too many Shu thieves. How can we, number 40 or 50, fight against thousands of thieves?

It is because of my young talent... that I took my brothers to evacuate first, so that they could be useful and return to Chang'an to report the news and then... to make further plans. We will swear allegiance to the Wei Dynasty to the death.

General’s warning!”

Although this person's defense was a bit shaky, it was fairly coherent and the reason for fleeing without fighting was excusable. It can be seen that the captain of the garrison also had some ink in his stomach.

In particular, the sentence "We swear allegiance to the Wei Dynasty" is even more meaningful. Fei Yao, the general of Cao Wei, is naturally not a stupid person. Of course, he can hear and understand the implication of the garrison captain's words in the face of so many Han troops.

When the attack came, the dozens of them who did not surrender were already worthy of Cao Wei, so why did they ask for so much?

"There is some truth in what this guy said. The dozens of them who are willing to come back to report the news are considered loyal." Fei Yao glanced at the garrison captain and thought to himself.

"Hmph, if it weren't for the sake of your loyalty to the imperial court, this general I would definitely punish you for escaping from the battle this time."

Although Fei Yao's voice was still harsh, the captain of the garrison saw that his face gradually softened, and knowing that he and others had passed the test, he kowtowed and said: "Thank you, General, for not killing. Thank you, General, for not killing. General, you are so kind."

Being magnanimous is something that villains should take note of themselves.”

"That's it, get up and talk." Fei Yao waved his hand and continued: "Let me ask you, what was the plan of the Shu thieves after they occupied Taiping Ferry?"

"Back to the general, the Shu bandits are divided into three groups. One group is guarding the ferry, one group is resting on the spot, and the last group is seizing the time to build fortifications."

The garrison finished speaking in a long breath, feeling very proud in his heart: "Fortunately, I kept an eye on it and didn't run away like those brats when they saw the Shu army. I stayed for a while to observe the movements of the Shu army. If not,

, it’s over now.”

"Very good. It seems that you, the captain, are quite capable."

Fei Yao didn't expect that he really knew the subsequent deployment of the Shu army. Seeing that what he said was clear and logical, he was overjoyed.

"The general is so complimentary. I'm just doing my duty faithfully."

Fei Yao's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he thought: "If you really want to fulfill your duty, you shouldn't flee without a fight. Before escaping, I observed the arrangement of the Shu army. I can only say that you are not too stupid, and you can be considered loyal."

Are you doing your duty? I didn't realize that this guy is so thick-skinned."

"One is building fortifications, the other is recovering strength, and the other is guarding the ferry. The leading Shu general is quite capable of staying calm in times of crisis!"

Fei Yao muttered to himself, suddenly thought of something, and immediately asked: "By the way, how many ships are there at Taiping Ferry? You can escape... Well, all the ships should be burned before evacuating.

Alright?"

"Oops, I actually forgot about this."

When Fei Yao asked about this matter, the captain of the garrison was shocked and shocked. At that time, he only wanted to escape for his life, so how could he care about burning the ship?

"What should I do? How should I reply? The crime of fleeing without a fight has just been revealed. I cannot answer this matter truthfully, otherwise I will not be able to save my life."

Thinking of this, the garrison commander rolled his eyes, thought of his plan, knelt down on the ground again, kowtowed and replied: "General, please forgive me, there are more than thirty ships of various sizes at Taiping Ferry. Before the evacuation, the small one led the people to all of them."

The ships were all poured with kerosene, but the Shu army came too fast, so we only used the last moment to set fire to the two nearest boats. As for how many of them will be burned in the end, we can only leave it to fate."

He made up this lie extremely cleverly. He poured kerosene and burned two small boats to tell Fei Yao that he had done his best. As for the Han army that would have more than 30 ships later, he couldn't blame himself. This was natural.

This was because the Han army moved quickly enough to save most of the ships.

As for the gap that burned down the two boats, in this time of war and chaos, he expected Fei Yao to have no way to prove it, and he was not afraid that his lies would be exposed.

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Fei Yao had no intention of blaming him. Of course, Fei Yao would not completely believe what he said. Instead, he said with half-belief: "So that's the case. This matter can be considered settled."

Without power, how many ships can be burned depends entirely on God’s will.”

"Thank you General for your kindness."

Fei Yao hummed and then said calmly: "Now that a certain person has led a large army to hunt down thieves, you will stay and kill the enemy together with our soldiers. This will also give you a chance to make meritorious deeds."

After hearing this, the captain of the garrison scolded Fei Yao's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart. They finally escaped, and now they have to go back to fight with the Han army. Wasn't their escape in vain?

"General, we are soldiers of Jingzhao County. Since the Taiping Ferry has been lost, we should return to Chang'an to report to the prefect. If we stay in front of the army and serve, I'm afraid the county will blame us."

Fei Yao raised his brows and said coldly: "Don't worry about Jingzhao County. After the war is over, someone will explain to Mr. Yan on your behalf. Does your excuse mean you don't want to stay in our army?

"

"Misunderstanding, the general has misunderstood. The villain is just worried about the county's punishment. Since the general can personally distinguish for us, we should stay and fight to the death with the Shu thieves. The general is my famous general in the Wei Dynasty, and the villain is the general.

It's too late to lead the horse and whip, so how could anyone be unwilling?" the garrison captain explained hurriedly.

Fei Yao then nodded with satisfaction: "Of course it's best if you think so. The terrain here is the one you are most familiar with, so I let you stay in the army and give you a chance to redeem yourself.

To appreciate promotion, you must know how to cherish it!"

"Yes, the villain understands. The villain understands. Thank you general for the promotion. The villain will definitely share the general's worries."

Fei Yao said: "Well, go down and rest. You will be useful later."

"No, I will resign from my humble position."

Half an hour later, the straggler Wei soldiers caught up one after another. When Fei Yao saw that all the troops were almost there, he ordered the troops to rest for another half hour. After half an hour, the whole army immediately rushed to Taiping Ferry.

On the other side, Qi Hu hadn't seen the Wei army coming for a long time, so he sent someone to investigate and found out that the Wei army was resting in place because it was too far behind and exhausted.

Since the Wei army did not attack immediately, he was happy to have some leisure and continued to adopt the rotation method, allowing his soldiers to seize the time to rest while gathering ships and building fortifications.

However, the Han army did not rest for too long. In less than an hour, there was an exciting sound of horns two miles away, followed by large amounts of smoke and dust floating in the air. It was obvious that a large group of Wei troops were crossing towards Taiping.

At this time, the Han army had built a triple antler outside Taiping Ferry, and the two armies were equal in strength, so Qi Hu was not worried about the Wei army coming to attack. On the contrary, he was eager for the enemy to come over, so that they could see how powerful the flying army was.

Strong combat power.
Chapter completed!