Section 104 Loyal Ministers
After a night of fighting, a total of 3,000 heads, including Jiang Yiqu, were piled up into three pyramid-shaped hillocks and placed in front of the two armies to intimidate Liu Xun's troops who were still in the middle of stubborn resistance on the opposite side. But Cai Ji, who is the winner, is not in a good mood at the moment. If she had a choice, she would rather the 3,000 men surrender at the end, rather than be piled up as a "Jingguan" like now. It's a pity that Jiang Yiqu and the others' loyalty to the Yuan clan surpassed the fear of death, and Cai Ji, as a prince, could only hide their bodies in this cruel way.
Compared with Cai Ji, who sighed in his heart, he was in a good mood at this time. In the battle last night, he beheaded Jiang Yiqu, which can be regarded as avenging the killing of his father. The depression accumulated before was swept away, and all that was left was admiration for Cai Ji's five bodies. Koji Yan never thought that the overnight battle could be fought like that. thought that Jiang Yiqu originally planned to sneak attack the Qi camp at night, but he never thought that in the end, he was caught by Weng Zhong and lost his head under the guidance of Qi Hou's "Fire Meteor".
In fact, even if there was a warning in advance, there was still a moment when the koji show was bluffed by the dazzling fireworks. Thinking that he was now under the command of Qi Hou and would have the opportunity to see this spectacle in the future, the young military general couldn't help but feel excited. In addition, Cai Ji is still his life-saving benefactor, giving him the opportunity to avenge his father's death, so the current Koji performance has regarded Cai Ji as the master of lifelong service. But seeing that he was busy and took the initiative to ask Zhandao, "Lord, there are just some lost dogs on the other side, so I will raise troops to kill him and leave no armor!" β
The act of being anxious to show his loyalty made Cai Ji very satisfied. In Cai Ji's vision, the koji performance is a secret move to attack Liangzhou in the future, so his loyalty is very important. Fortunately, judging from the current situation, as long as the koji performance is not a strange thing like Lu Bu, Cai Ji can still fully trust this koji prince. However, at this moment, in the face of the eager Koji performance, Cai Ji did not agree to his invitation to fight, but raised his head and looked at the enemy formation opposite, and proudly announced, "Gu has promised Liu Xun to think about it for a long time, and he will talk about it." β
Yes, Cai Ji was using the heads of Jiang Yiqu and others to build up Jingguan at the same time. also issued a surrender order to Liu Xunbu on the opposite side of the military formation. And the person who gave the order was Chai Zhen, who came to surrender before. The reason why Cai Ji chose Chai Zhen was because the two armies did not fight to enforce the rules, and secondly, to show his generosity to the Yuan army on the opposite side. Cai Ji even asked Chai Zhen to pass the word to Chai Ling, as long as the Chai family took the lead in surrendering, the previous promise of Julu Juncheng was still valid.
However, the koji performance is obviously not as optimistic as Cai Ji. saw that he asked a little unwillingly, "What if Liu Xun doesn't respond after half a day?" β
"Kill." Cai Ji said decisively without thinking. Obviously, if the other party really refuses to surrender, she will not continue to waste time.
After hearing this cold "kill", Lu Yan immediately smiled, and pointed straight at the enemy formation, "Okay! Don't be cowardly! β
Cai Ji saw that the koji was acting like he was eager to kill immediately, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and call him the word. Wu Guang seemed bent on killing the enemy on the other side. Liu Xun also has an enmity with you? β
"Liu Xun Lao'er and the actor have no grievances. However, if a man is in the killing field, how can he make a career if he doesn't kill people. Lu Yan said bluntly.
"Should men kill people...... recalling the familiar tone, Cai Jiwu smiled bitterly, "No matter how many people are killed here, it is just internal friction, how can you make a contribution." β
The koji performance, who was still in high spirits before, heard Cai Ji say this. The smile on his face suddenly condensed into a look of doubt. In his opinion, Cai Ji's words are a little out of place in this troubled world. After all, he is so keen on killing enemies, and it is also to help Cai Ji seize hegemony. Why would the girl in front of her say that these are not meritorious achievements? Koji Yan, who couldn't figure it out for a while, couldn't help but ask Cai Ji, "What does the Lord mean ......?"
Cai Ji turned his head, stared at Koji Yan with a pair of starry eyes, and said earnestly, "The big man has bled enough." Lone hopes that one day Wu Guang will be able to make contributions to the Han Dynasty outside the Saiwai. β
Outside the Saiwai to make contributions to the Han Dynasty - Cai Ji's words were like a stone that stirred up ripples in Koji Yan's heart. He couldn't help but think of the days when he was a child and followed his father to conquer the Qiang people in Liangzhou. Once upon a time, the Xiliang Koji family army was the pride of the Han people who made the Qiang people fearful. But in the end, it was destroyed by Yuan Shao. Comparing the heart to the heart, the koji acted in a trance, and seemed to understand what the girl meant by internal friction. So the next moment, he solemnly bowed deeply to Cai Ji and said, "What the Lord said is very true. Play the lance in your hand, and swear to hold it for the Han. β
This dialogue between Cai Ji and Koji Yan not only reminded Koji Yan of the meaning of the original existence of the Koji Family, but also infected the civil and military forces on the side. But seeing Jia Xu bowing his head and twisting his beard, he was silent. Cao Pi seemed to know Cai Ji for the first time, and looked at this great man Qihou with wide eyes. After all, the rumors he heard and the education he received when he was in Xu Du showed that Cai Ji had a heart for separation. As for Zhao Yun, he didn't think as much as Jia Xu and Cao Pi at all. saw him directly clenching his fists, and bowed to Cai Ji with Koji Yan, "Yun swears to help the Lord pacify the Central Plains." Fight for the Han Dynasty as soon as possible! β
In the face of the loud oath of Ko Yan and Zhao Yun, Rao was Cai Ji who was just feeling it at the beginning, and he couldn't help but feel hot at this time. But just as she was about to bow back, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves behind her. Cai Ji frowned and turned his head to look, only to see a scout take the reins, turn over and dismount, and step forward to report breathlessly, "Lord, Yuan Tan...... Yuan Tan broke through at night......"
It is true that he had already learned that Yuan Tan had the idea of abandoning the city and fleeing, but at this moment, when he heard that he was breaking through at night, Cai Ji couldn't help but ask, "Intercept it?" β
The scout was asked by Cai Ji like this, where did he dare to gasp again, and quickly replied simply, "Ran away." β
Cai Ji frowned and said, "What's the matter?" β
Facing Cai Ji's questioning, the scout hurriedly explained for Gao Shun, "Back to the Lord, last night, General Gao annihilated more than 5,000 soldiers and horses of Yuan Tan's troops according to the Lord's strategy of encircling three and missing one, but Yuan Tan was not among them. β
As the scout said, Gao Shun did lead his troops to annihilate Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses, and later took Liyang City. But what he intercepted was only Yuan Tan's seal, scepter, yellow Yue and clothes, not Yuan Tan himself. To be more precise, what Gao Shun caught was an imposter dressed very similarly to Yuan Tan.
"Say! Where is Yuan Tan! Gao Shun, who hated it so much in Liyang Mansion, grabbed the management commander who acted as Yuan Tan's stand-in and asked sharply.
In the face of the furious Gao Shun, Guan Tong just sneered twice and ignored it, as if he looked at death as if he were at home. It turned out that Guo Tu's so-called golden cicada shelling plan last night was to let Guan Tong pretend to be Yuan Tan to lure Gao Shun away, and he and Yuan Tan took a group of relatives to pretend to be ordinary people and escape from Liyang City in chaos. The reason why Guo Tu is interested in Guan Tong is not only because his body shape is similar to Yuan Tan. More importantly, Guan Tong has always been loyal to Yuan Tan, and he is not afraid that he will regret and sabotage Guo Tu's escape plan halfway. And Guan Tong did not live up to Guo Tu's expectations, until the moment before he was recognized by Xin Bi, he was still trying his best to pretend to be Yuan Tan. even almost deceived Gao Shun.
Gao Shun thought that he had made a great contribution by grasping Yuan Tan. But who would have thought that it would be a Xibei goods. And this Xibei goods are still sneering at himself at the moment. In a fit of rage, Gao Shun violently pushed Guan Tong, drawing a knife and about to split him in two. But he didn't want to be stopped by Xin Bi on the side, "The general is angry." β
"Get out of the way! I'm going to cut this fake! Gao Shun shouted at Xin Bi with a sinister face, and he had the posture of not giving up if he didn't cut Guan Tong in two.
Xin Bi did not get out of the way, but further persuaded Gao Shun. "The general killed this man, and he could not recover the loss. It is better to take them to the great camp first, and let the Lord come up to decide. β
"This guy is quite stubborn, and I'm afraid it will annoy the Lord." Gao Shun hesitated.
Gao Shun doesn't know the system, but Xin Bi knows the details. Therefore, he immediately smiled slightly, pointed at Guan Tong and said, "General rest assured." This man is an old acquaintance of the Lord. β
"Old acquaintances?" Gao Shun swept his unified eyes and finally put away his saber.
"Exactly." Xin Bi nodded, and then walked in front of Guan Tong, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said, "Brother Guan is like this." β
Guan Tongtong shook off Xin Bi's hand, and stood up tremblingly against the wall. "The ruler is a loyal minister, and there is no need to surrender to each other!"
Xin Bi'er listened to the commander and ridiculed him for being a captive, and his face sank, and he arched his hand to the sky and said, "Xin Nai Hanchen, if you don't respect the son of Han Heaven, do you still serve the tyrant as the king?" β
"Are you the Lord of Heaven honoring the Han Dynasty? Or do you respect Cai Anzhen? Guan Tong opened his lips and retorted. In his opinion, Yuan Shao betrayed the Han Dynasty and established himself as king. But Mingli is self-proclaimed Hanchen, and Cai Ji, who secretly divides one side, is not much better. Xin Bi's words just now were not only smiling at fifty steps and a hundred steps, but he himself betrayed Yuan Shao. It is a veritable second minister.
In the face of the sarcasm of the rulers, Simbi did not entangle with him any longer. In Xinbi's view, such pedantic people in charge do not know what the general trend of the world is, what is to follow the trend, and what is the will of the people. If it weren't for Cai Ji's good treatment of his wife and children, Xin Bi wouldn't have bothered to care about his life or death. Therefore, Xin Bi ignored the provocation of the management system, and instead mentioned to Gao Shun, "General Gao, send a team of men and horses to send this person to the camp in the west of the city." β
Gao Shun also felt that the management was a little tricky. Don't look at him just now, he drew his knife again. It's about cutting people again, but in fact, these reactions are out of anger at being deceived. As far as Guan Tong himself is concerned, Gao Shun is not disgusted. On the contrary, Gao Shun still has a little appreciation for the loyalty shown by the management system. In his opinion, the first priority of being a minister is loyalty. No matter what kind of person the Lord is, no one who is a minister can rebel against the Lord. So no matter how bad Lu Bu's reputation was, no matter how bad the situation was. Even if Lu Bu handed over the "trapped camp" built by Gao Shun to his relative Wei Xu to command. Gao Shun never had the slightest idea of betraying Lu Bu. It wasn't until Lu Bu died outside Picheng that Gao Shun joined Cai Ji.
Therefore, after calming down, even if Gao Shundang accepted Xinbi's Jianyi, he sent someone to tie up the Guan Tong with horizontal eyebrows and vertical eyes and send him directly to the Qi army camp ten miles west of the city. The distance of ten miles is not close. Say it's not far away. When Gao Shun's personal soldiers sent Guan Tong to Cai Ji, it was already noon. Liu Xun on the other side still didn't react, and then looked at the management system tied into a zongzi in front of him, Cai Ji couldn't help but sink in his heart, and ordered with his jaw, "Loosen the tie." β
After receiving the order, the soldiers on the side hurriedly stepped forward to untie the rope for the commander. Guan Tong rubbed his wrist that was strangled red, first leaned over to the north and bowed three times, and then calmly said to Cai Ji, "Qi Hou, do it." β
"Why did Guan Juncheng say this? My sister-in-law is still waiting for you to go back in Donglai. Cai Ji frowned.
Cai Ji's "Guan Juncheng" sounds like a mixed flavor in Guan Tong. Thinking that he was the ruler of Donglai County back then, and Cai Ji was just an orphan girl. But in the blink of an eye, the original orphan girl was already the Marquis of the Han Dynasty, and she became a prisoner of the stairs. When? Fate? Guan Tong suddenly had the urge to laugh, but he couldn't laugh out loud. There is a way that is wrong, and all the plates are lost. And it's not just a son who is wrong in his management. From recommending Cai Ji to Yuan Shao in the previous book, to promoting Yuan's protection of Cai Ji, the management system can be said to lead the wolf into the house, and step by step push Yuan Shao, who is kind to him, into the abyss.
Ben Chu Gong! I'm sorry for you! ββAfter laughing silently for a moment, Guan Tong raised his head, glared at Cai Ji with red eyes, and said, "Tong's wife and children are tired of Qi Hou taking care of them. β
"Why does Lone have to support your wife and children?" Cai Ji's tone brought three parts of warm anger.
But who knew that Guan Tong just replied indifferently, "Then let her and her mother fend for themselves." Then he turned around, threw up his neck, and led him to death.
The attitude of the management system made Cai Ji, who has always been good at controlling his feelings, angry for the first time. It is true that there are a large number of records in the history books of disregarding family affection for loyalty, but at this moment, Cai Ji still can't understand, let alone accept the idea of managing such people. The so-called way of the monarch and the minister, is it really more important than family affection!? For the sake of loyalty to a certain person and a certain family, can you abandon your wife and your own children?! What are these people living for?
However, Cai Ji did not quarrel with the management because of anger after all. But seeing that she was very angry, she smiled and ordered, "Come on, escort the Guan Tong back to Longkou to take care of it!" If you want to die on the festival of the dead, you will not fulfill your wish! β
As soon as Cai Ji's words fell, the commander who had been indifferent before jumped up and slammed directly into a boulder on the side. Cai Jigang, who was stunned, wanted to call someone to stop Guan Tong from committing suicide, but she never thought that a figure would smash Guan Tong to the ground one step ahead of her. Cai Ji looked up and saw that the person who made the shot was Cao Pi. Apparently he had noticed the abnormality of the ruler early on.
Cai Ji nodded appreciatively at Cao Pi, then looked at the Guan Tong lying on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh and ordered, "Give it to Mrs. Ning to take care of." β
"Whoa." After the soldiers received the order, they dragged down the already unconscious commander. And Cai Ji set his eyes on the three Jingguan in front of the battle, as well as the enemy camp that was waiting for the battle opposite. Do you want to go on a killing spree today? For some reason, Cai Ji felt empty in his heart at this moment, and the whole person was extremely tired.
However, just when Cai Ji was not hopeful about recruiting Liu Xun, three riders suddenly jumped out of the Yuan army's array, and the first one held a striking white flag in his hand.
Small Theatre Hours:
Turf: Qi Hou doesn't seem to be as self-respecting as the outside world rumores......
Xiao Cai complained: Mouth beard! This is all Shenma pit dad education~~~ The Han thief family is embarrassed to say that the lonely soldiers are self-respecting~~~ (to be continued)