Chapter 62: Gongsun Du died in a hurry!
Along the way, Lü Bu's fleet cleaved the waves in the sea, and once again docked from Yushi County, and then, the army disembarked and headed north to Xiangping, Liaodong, by land.
Due to the existence of Li Ru, a wise man, a series of suspicious tactics were arranged during the siege of Xiangping City, and Gongsun Du, who was in Xiangping City, did not find that the army besieging them was only 3,000 left.
Even the 20,000 Liaodong troops who came back to him were ambushed by Lu Bu and then defeated in one fell swoop, including his eldest son Gongsun Kang and the general Yang Yi who were shot by Lu Bu one after another in that battle.
Now, Gongsun Du, who didn't know the situation, was dreaming in the city, waiting for his eldest son and general to lead the army back, and the inside and outside should drive away the besieging Lü Bu's army, and then let him recover the city that had been occupied by Lü Bu's army!
Re-become the overlord of the Liaodong counties, and then wait for a good time, and then go south to give Lu Bu a good look!
Outside Xiangping City, at this time, the army led by Lu Bu has been combined with the 3,000 soldiers led by Zang Ba and Li Ru, as long as this Xiangping City is broken and Gongsun Du and his second son Gongsun Gong are solved, the Liaodong counties under the rule of Gongsun Du are not yet looking at the wind!
In this way, Lu Bu and the others will be able to concentrate on dealing with Goguryeo in the east!
Since Goguryeo dared to offend Wen County, Lu Bu, the Wen County Taishou, naturally would not stop there!
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Lu Bu sat at the top, Zhou Cang, the commander of the personal army, was naturally dutifully guarding behind Lu Bu, and Li Ru, Cao Bao, Zang Ba and others sat at the bottom.
"Wen You, what is the best way to break through Xiangping? And to break it at a fraction of the cost? Lu Bu asked out loud at this time.
Issuing an order for a siege battle to break a city generally costs a lot, and Lu Bu is not embarrassing Li Ru at the moment, after all, after breaking Xiangping, it still takes a lot of troops to occupy several counties in Liaodong and conquer Goguryeo in the east, and Lu Bu doesn't want to lose too many of his own troops when he breaks through Xiangping!
"Lord, I have communicated many letters with the patriarch of a big family in the city, let him open the city gate, and we should join the outside, and now, the lord led the army to defeat the 20,000 Liaodong troops who came back to rescue, and it is the last straw that overwhelmed the big family, as long as the news that is beneficial to us is transmitted to Xiangping City, the lord will ensure their interests after breaking through Xiangping, and guess that there is even more than one big family in Xiangping City who is willing to join us in and out, and break Xiangping in one fell swoop!" Li Ru replied, his eyes full of confidence.
"Hmmm! That's good! I'll leave this matter to you Wen You, try to let my army break through Xiangping as quickly as possible and gain time! Lu Bu ordered Li Rudao.
"No!" Li Ru nodded, then looked at Lu Bu and asked, "I wonder what to do with Gongsun Du's family after the lord breaks through Xiangping when he arrives?" If the lord surrenders Gongsun Du, we can quickly occupy and then consolidate our rule over the counties of Liaodong! ”
Lu Bu thought for a while, and finally said: "Wen You, after you send the news that the 20,000 Liaodong troops who rescued them Xiangping have been destroyed by us into the city, and then write a letter of surrender to Gongsun Du, if he is willing to sacrifice the city and surrender to Benhou, Benhou will allow him to be rich for the rest of his life!" If he doesn't want to, then he can only let him and his family go down to accompany his eldest son. After all, if Gongsun Du Na Lao'er surrendered to Benhou, it would be beneficial and disadvantageous to Benhou. Ben Hou hopes that Ben Hou can have absolute rule over the counties under Ben Hou's rule, and in order to avoid accidents in the future, Ben Hou even hopes that the old man is unwilling to surrender! Of course, now is a special period, so it is natural to deal with it specially, in order to be able to control the counties of Liaodong as soon as possible, Benhou is willing to give Gongsun Du Na Lao'er a chance to live......"
"No!" Li Ru promised and then went down to do something.
The 20,000 Liaodong troops who went south returned to help, but they were ambushed by Lu Bu and then defeated in one fell swoop in Ma Zishui, and under the spread of Li Ru's heart, the news soon spread to Xiangping City.
Originally, the people in Xiangping City, including Gongsun Du's father and son, didn't believe it, but when they saw the heads of Gongsun Kang and Yangyi who had just been sent to them, they had to believe it!
In the county guard's mansion, Gongsun Du looked at the head of his eldest son, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired man, so that Gongsun Du, who was already seriously ill, couldn't accept it for a while, and couldn't help but stare at him, and then fell to the ground.
"Father, what's wrong with you?" Seeing this, Gongsun Gong on the side hurriedly knelt on the ground, and asked anxiously while holding Gongsun Du, who was not very conscious.
"Find Lu Bu for revenge...... Avenge your brother...... I will avenge your father......" Gongsun Duru grabbed Gongsun Gong's hand tightly as if he had used his last strength, and then said with great hatred.
After saying that, Gongsun Du closed his eyes forever.
A generation of Liaodong overlords died in such a hurry, which can be described as his sorrow.
"That's right! Avenge! Find Lu Bu to take revenge! The departure of the eldest brother and father one after another, how did the arrogant Gongsun Gong accept it, turned his head, looked at the other civil and military forces in the county guard's mansion, and said with great hatred: "Have you heard my father's last words?" Avenge! I want to find Lu Bu's family for revenge! That guy first killed my eldest brother and General Yangyi, and now he is angry with my father, we must drive them out of Liaodong!" No, we must destroy them all, especially Lu Bu! ”
"No! What the second son said is true! The civil and military forces in the county guard mansion hurriedly agreed.
It's just that in their hearts, they are extremely disdainful of what Gongsun Gong just said.
Just with the current soldiers and horses in Xiangping City? And it's just forcibly recruited, and the recruits who haven't been on the battlefield still want revenge?!
Besides, Gongsun Du is dead now, without the majestic existence of Gongsun Du to lead them, the civil and military forces in Liaodong, including the Liaodong army, are now a plate of scattered sand, and they can't even drive Lu Bu away, let alone kill Lu Bu to avenge their hatred!
Just rely on you, a second son who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to learn?! Oh, it makes them laugh just thinking about it!
A group of civil and military officers were dealing with Gongsun Gong on the surface, but in fact, they had already turned a thousand times in their hearts, and they were now thinking in their hearts about how to hold Lu Bu's thighs after they walked out of this county guard, and save their lives and even their status when Xiangping City was broken.
Therefore, some people even want to contact Lu Bu outside the city when the time comes, and come to a combination of inside and outside, so that they will have the merit of breaking the city, and their position under Lu Bu's account will be more stable in the future!
Just do what you say, with the death of Gongsun Du, many powerful people in Xiangping City have secretly contacted Lu Bu outside the city, and then find a time to come and join forces with the outside, so that Lu Bu and them can attack as soon as possible.
With the death of Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang, and Gongsun Gong, who is the person with the highest status in Liaodong on the surface, seems to have changed his previous temperament all of a sudden, and runs to the top of the city every day, to guard the city and guard the city gate.
It's just that what Gongsun Gong didn't know was that the soldiers defending the city were extremely disdainful of it, and they even thought in their hearts that a waste wanted to command them, it was just wishful thinking!
Ninety percent of these soldiers defending the city were the elite soldiers in the city that Gongsun Gong had just forcibly recruited, and most of them were from poor people, and they had already heard that if they became the people under Lu Bu's rule, the taxes they would have to pay were extremely low, which made them extremely yearn for themselves to be able to become Lu Bu's people's people, and enjoy the benefits and benefits that Lu Bu gave them, and even weakened their resistance when Lu Bu's army came to attack the city!