A few days later, Gongsun Du quietly obtained 2,000 cavalry temporarily sponsored by Gongsun Zhan.

After the Battle of Nanpi (that is, the "Battle of the New Territories Bridge" after the geographical location was changed above), Gongsun Zhan's Yicong was beaten by Lu Yi and suffered heavy losses. Therefore, it is impossible for him to take out too many troops in a short period of time to sponsor a potential stock of the same sect that has come out of the five suits and is known as a puppet of Ken You.

However, to attack Liaodong by land, it was necessary to pass through the 400-mile no-man's land of the western Liaoxi corridor, and the infantry movement was too slow, so there was only a full cavalry and a small number of elite troops. After this battle, if Liaodong is recaptured, the remaining part of the 2,000 cavalry will still have to be returned to Gongsun Zhan, and the long-term interest dividends will not be less.

When the soldiers and horses were delivered, Gongsun Zhan did not forget to remind Gongsun Du: "Shengji virtuous brother, now it is autumn, hundreds of miles of narrow strips outside Linyu in western Liaoning, the autumn rain is continuous, the water is shallow and not passable to cars and horses, and the depth does not carry boats." If you want to run quickly, use the holy decree to recruit several counties or go to the prairie outside Lulongsai. ”

Gongsun Zhan is a native of western Liaoning, and he is certainly very familiar with the geography here.

Therefore, the route he said is strikingly consistent with the route that Tian Chou dedicated to Cao Cao's expedition to Badun later in history, which was to let Lu Longsai take the steppe north of Yanshan, rather than the coastal Liaoxi Corridor.

"Brother Bogui, don't worry, I will act on the right footing." After Gongsun Du got the soldiers and horses, he began to prepare for the army.

Coincidentally, Gongsun Du had just prepared the dried meat and dry food needed by the troops, and an old man took the initiative to send a secret letter.

It was actually Xu Rong, the governor of Liaodong himself, who personally came to make friends with his fellow villagers, expressing his hope that he would divide the land of the five counties of Liaodong in the future, and also "leaked" that the current Liaodong Taishou Mizhu had bad intentions and did not raise troops to fight Dong in peacetime, and heard that Dong Zhuo's holy decree had come to remove him, so he temporarily pretended to raise troops to fight Dong, and his greed for his own selfish interests and disobeyed the holy decree has been revealed!

"God help me! Xu Rong is worthy of being promoted by my father-in-law at the beginning, and he still remembers the Thanksgiving Chart. Gongsun Du was overjoyed when he heard the letter.

Gongsun Du's biological father is called Gongsun Yan, but he escaped from office at an early age. When Gongsun Du was a teenager, he was originally named Gongsun Leopard and stayed in Xuansu County as a county official. At that time, Xuansu was too shou to be called Gongsun Chen, and Gongsun Chen also had a son named Gongsun Leopard, but he was not raised until he died of adulthood.

In his early years, Xu Rong also started from the grassroots level in the Xuansu County Army, and one of the years of service was during the tenure of Sun Chen, who was too guarded by Gongsun Chen, and during that time, Xu Rong also became the commander of the team. Of course, Gongsun Chen retired soon because of his old age, and Xu Rong was promoted to military marquis and lieutenant, which had nothing to do with him.

To put it bluntly, it is Gongsun Du's father-in-law, who has the old favor of "Xu Rong was promoted to a first-class official during his tenure of service to him", but it is not an exceptional promotion through the back door, it is just a normal merit promotion.

Considering this relationship, Gongsun Du felt that it was normal for his fellow villagers to be willing to help him. If Xu Rong betrays him, I am afraid that he will be ashamed of the world in the future. Moreover, the enemy is outnumbered, and it is impossible for Gongsun Du to defeat the Liaodong Army by normal military means, so he can only take the risk of beheading.

Anyway, Gongsun Du doesn't have any capital now, and those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, what dare not take risks. If you win the battle, you will lose your life, and there are no other gorgeous decorations attached to your life anyway.

Gongsun Du adjusted the deployment in the battle, and fine-tuned the march route according to the plan that was more convenient for Xu Rongdang: "The whole army brought enough dry food for 15 days, went out of Lulong and went east along the Yushui, turned over the White Wolf Mountain, and walked around Liucheng on the prairie!" ”

Two thousand temporarily sponsored cavalrymen, and hundreds of his own personal soldiers, all on horseback, made a detour to prepare for the decapitation operation.

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Unfortunately, Gongsun Du's beheading operation was of course unsuccessful, because seven days later, when he crossed the White Wolf Mountain, he was ambushed by Xu Rong and Tai Shici.

After a long run for many days, the light cavalry ambushed in the relatively dangerous valley pass, and the fate can be imagined.

What's more, the size of the enemy army that came to ambush was three to four times that of Gongsun Du's army.

The Donglai infantry under the command of Tai Shi Ci alone deployed one or two thousand crossbows in advance, and did a good job of crossfire on the slopes on both sides - Mi Zhu didn't have anything else, but there was a lot of money, so the Tai Shi Ci Donglai Army under his command could learn from Kong Rong's Northern Navy next door and spend more money to build crossbows. The number of crossbowmen under Tai Shici was already more than Kong Rong's "Fury of the North Sea".

"Xu Rong! Despicable boy! There are such ungrateful beasts in the world, my father-in-law promoted you to be the head of the tun back then, and you actually betrayed me! ”

Gongsun Du was hit by a crossbow in his thigh, and although he was covered by an iron armor skirt, he still entered the flesh for a few inches. After rolling off the horse and being captured, he still couldn't stop scolding.

The cavalry sponsored by Gongsun Chan did not suffer many casualties, and when they found that the enemy was outnumbered and ambushed, they immediately fled. A small half went back to Gongsun Chan as a deserter, and the rest of the people who couldn't run away simply surrendered.

After all, Mi Zhu still planned to deal with it with the thinking of "proxy war", and he didn't want to tear his face directly with Gongsun Zhan, so he chose to confiscate the weapons of the prisoners of war, but returned the horses to them, and supplemented them with rations for a few days, which was convenient for the release of the prisoners-

The location where Gongsun Du was captured has left the hinterland of Liaoxi County for hundreds of miles, it is in the White Wolf Mountain Pass on the prairie, if these prisoners of war do not leave the horses, they will definitely not be able to go back, and they will starve to death on the grassland, and the feud will be great.

Mi Zhu just wanted to show that he was not easy to mess with, not really wanted to make a feud, he would rather Gongsun Zan still put all his hatred points on Yuan Shao.

In this way, the dead and wounded plus those who fled and scattered the grass for the sake of the cowards, Gongsun Chan also lost a few hundred people, and at least 1,500 soldiers were disarmed and put back, which was enough to save face, a typical businessman's style.

As for Gongsun Du's hundreds of relatives and soldiers, the casualties were relatively heavy, and nearly half of them were killed. Xu Rong didn't show up at first, he didn't want to provoke Gongsun Du, and he didn't want to listen to his insults. After treating Gongsun Du's wounds and he was almost tired of scolding, Xu Rong appeared.

There are also Mi Zhu and Tai Shici next to him.

"Gongsun Du, I didn't want to harm you, it was you who first took refuge in Dong Thief and acted for the tiger. I want to save you today and give you a chance to reform yourself - the soldiers and civilians of our Liaodong counties have all worked together to fight against Dong, and we will not accept Dong Zhuo's chaotic life!

If you are willing to repent, after all, you have been a assassin in Jizhou, have deep qualifications, and can be regarded as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, but you just took a wrong step and were used by Dong thieves, and you will be given a chance, and you are still ranked among the county guards! ”

When Gongsun Du heard this, he was directly stunned: What about the fake play of cat and mouse? Arrested Lao Tzu and said that he would continue to let Lao Tzu be too guarded?

"Phew! Less hypocrisy, benevolence and righteousness! It's all like this, and you still want me to be the Taishou of Liaodong? Gongsun Du felt that he would still die, but he was not afraid.

Xu Rong wanted to explain, Mi Zhu raised his hand and asked him not to stimulate Gongsun Du anymore, and then Mi Zhu personally said the conditions: "Gongsun Du, everyone is a decent person, why should I lie to you." I have also thought about this condition for a long time, and it is not an insult to you - as long as you promise not to be the enemy of our Liaodong army and people, I am willing to practice the gift of indulgence and still let you be a prince.

The conditions are the same as that of Goujian, your relatives and soldiers can be taken away, and then you will be given 100 households and 400 slaves, a total of 500 households, and you will go to the land of Daoyi to open up. ”

Mi Zhu's condition was the result of repeated discussions between him and Xu Rong.

It may not be easy for officials without a foundation in ancient literature to understand, so explain two sentences: This condition has a source, and it is the condition recorded in the "Chinese" that King Goujian of Yue gave his husband after completing his revenge in "ten years of life and ten years of lessons".

Although Gou Jian is a relatively reluctant person, he is also more psychologically dark and likes to cook rabbits and dead dogs, so that for the sake of a typical literary image, the mainstream media took advantage of the situation to hack him in some details, mainly "The husband won the game and gave him a chance, and Gou Jian killed the husband after killing him, and did not give the husband a chance", so as to say that Gou Jian has no gentleman's strength.

But everyone who has watched "Chinese" knows that Gou Jian also gave his husband a chance. It's just that Fucha left him a place for Huiji and 5,000 households, and Gou Jian reduced the conditions tenfold, only giving Fucha 500 households, and he had to be exiled to the "Yongdong Islands" (Zhoushan Islands), but he could still retain the title of King Wu.

It was the husband who felt that he was twenty years old, and the start-up resources of farming had shrunk tenfold, and it was estimated that it would be impossible to turn the tables until he died, so he was too lazy to suffer this humiliation again, so he committed suicide without accepting this condition.

Mi Zhu is now leaving 500 households for Gongsun Du, and finding a land to exile with the courtesy of the princes (that is, similar to the gift of Wu Wangfucha), morally speaking, you can't accuse Mi Zhu of being harsh, and at the same time can ensure that Gongsun Du will not be able to turn over in ten or twenty years.

If it can really develop in the future, Liu Bei will almost win the world, and then there will be others to help Mi Zhu suppress Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du's eyes rolled, and when he heard that the conditions were so harsh, he ignited his desire to survive.

If Mi Zhu gave him a good condition, then it would be fake, which means that Mi Zhu was playing him at all and had no intention of fulfilling the contract. But the more stringent the conditions seem, the more likely there is a chance of sincere implementation.

"Are you really willing to exile me and wait until the land of Daoyi to be called the county guard?" Gongsun Du's tone gradually softened and tentatively.

Mi Zhu didn't talk much nonsense, and unfolded a sea chart: "This place is also where I passed by when I sent maritime merchants to search for Sanhan's specialties in the past two years.

The land on it is fertile, and the climate is similar to that of Qingxu, but Daoyi does not know how to farm, but he keeps cattle and horses for a living. If I am willing to go, I will grant you the title of 'Tamna County Guard' and rule the state of Hu." As for whether you can subdue the thousands of Huyi on the island, it's up to you to resign yourself to fate. ”

Gongsun Du had no choice, and a month later, he took 500 new families of displaced people, plus his own remaining 3 or 400 people, a total of about 3,000 men, women, and children, and was escorted to Jeju Island by Mi Zhu's sea fleet, and exiled to Taishou with the courtesy of his husband.

Mi Zhu also graciously left enough rations and some basic supplies for the thousands of people to eat for the winter. Whether they can survive until next year's autumn harvest depends on them to fend for themselves and grab wild horse meat from the barbarians to eat.