Chapter 20: Walking by the Pianpian River (I)
The cracking of the Weishui ice caused the battle to quickly enter the last stage, that is, the rapid collapse stage of the Xiliang Army.
First of all, it is natural to kill after the ice surface cracks.
Heavy armor and bodies, sharp weapons and broken ice, war horses and soldiers with a strong desire to survive were all stirring in the icy water. In this case, not struggling is waiting for death, but any struggle based on survival can only accelerate bleeding and death. At the same time, the person who had already stepped on the ice behind him could not control his body at all, and was almost pushed and continued to plant into the ice cave, joining and further expanding the flesh mixer-like ...... Scenario.
For a moment, the red blood and the clear river water, the black soldiers and the glittering ice, the distant sunset and the restless battlefield formed a frightening picture.
Not to mention that Huangfu Song on the east side of the battlefield was stunned, but Lu Bu, who arrived at Chencang City in the west and hurried back to look for Han Sui's meritorious service, was also stunned on the spot, standing on the bank of Weishui and not daring to move...... In fact, I can't help these two people to behave like this, there is really no way, whether it is a famous commander who commands Ruoding, or a warrior who bravely crowns the three armies, they all seem so small in front of the forces of nature.
If he Lu Fengxian was in the ice cave at this time, would he be able to survive?
If he is the general on the other side, will he be able to control the situation?
In fact, both of them were terrified at this time, and then their hands and feet were cold.
The Han army is still like this, not to mention the Xiliang army, under the blue sky and white sun, in the face of such a tragic situation, as the first batch of people to cross the river, Ma Teng, who was lucky to survive, turned around on the south bank of Weishui, and actually fainted directly! After all, his camp was on the edge of Weishui, and almost all of the people who died on the ice were his soldiers and horses, and they were also elite henchmen. More than ten miles away, Han Sui, who had rested for a while and was somewhat mentally prepared for this, did not faint, but his eyes were already dull...... He had expected it, and he never expected that it would be so miserable and terrifying after falling into the ice cave.
However, what is even more terrifying is that the area where Weishui and the battlefield converge is more than ten miles long, which makes it impossible for many fleeing Xiliang soldiers to obtain information about the unstable ice surface in time, and also makes the scene witnessed by Huangfu Song and Lu Bu from the east and west sides of the battlefield constantly repeating on the long ice of the Wei River.
Seeing such a terrible situation unfolding in front of them, the follow-up Xiliang defeated soldiers did not dare to cross the river, and they began to frantically grasp the dry grass on the riverbed, preferring to die rather than step on the ice more than a hundred steps wide.
Then, it was not that there were no fierce people who took the opportunity to shout a battle against the water, but first, the tragedy of Weishui was really bold, and second, the defeat was difficult to stop...... More importantly, the follow-up defeated soldiers were driven here by the Han army from the battlefield as wide as fifteen miles, and the newly arrived Xiliang soldiers were exhausted after a long time of fighting and long-distance defeat, and they were unable to fight again.
Of course, they don't dare to take a step beyond the water.
Thus, as a matter of course, large-scale surrenders began to appear.
In the evening, the sunset has not yet had time to completely disappear under the city of Chencang in the distance, under the momentum of the Han army today, and under the deterrence of the mother river in the pass, tens of thousands of Liangzhou soldiers have abandoned their weapons and surrendered on the riverbed, and were driven to the riverbank by the Han army to settle in unity.
In other words, since Gongsun Xun moved his camp to fight on the sixth day of the first month, the decisive battle that started after three days of confrontation between the two sides ended with the complete victory of the Han army and the almost total annihilation of the rebels!
"Prince!"
On the bank of Weishui, taking advantage of the sunset, as the last general to report under the White Horse, Xu Rong took the initiative to dismount when he saw Gongsun Xun's honor guard umbrella cover from afar. "The matter over there in Chencang City has been over, before Captain Lu rushed for a while, the thousands of rebels and more than 10,000 rebels in Liangzhou who stayed outside the city knew that they were going to be defeated, and then fled half, and we rushed over and forced half of them to surrender...... In this battle, Meng Junhou is brave and wise, and our army has really achieved success! β
At the end of the words, Xu Rong came to Gongsun Xun, but he bowed down and complimented him sincerely.
"If it weren't for Bo Jin's proper command, where would there be today's big victory?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing a few times when he saw this, but he immediately became solemn. "But although today's battle has been exhausted, there are still some other things to conclude, you are good to lead the cavalry outside to maintain order, don't make a mess......"
Xu Rong glanced at the black prisoners on the side of the generals, and knew in his heart that the Chinese army seemed to be discussing the disposal of these people, and it was very likely that there would be necessary torture...... However, Xu Bojin, a general from a border county, did not have any superfluous thoughts about this, nor did he have any unnecessary psychological pressure, so he immediately surrendered his hand and turned around and dispatched cavalry to control the battlefield.
Gongsun Xun was satisfied, and watched Xu Rong go away, and then simply dismounted and stood on the riverbank, and then continued the topic just now: "You didn't all arrive just now, I just took the opportunity to ask a few officers below, the current situation is that the soldiers in Guanzhong say that they want to kill people and establish their authority, but the soldiers in Liangzhou say that they want to be pardoned, so what does the emperor think, how to deal with these prisoners?" β
"General Wei, I intend to kill and wound a lot today, and if the remaining tens of thousands of troops are dealt with severely, it will inevitably hurt Tianhe." Huangfu Song also dismounted and said to Gongsun Xun. "In my opinion, there was a prophecy that there were two palaces of blood in Luoyang before, and the Son of Heaven was uneasy about it, and even suffered from illness, so it was better to escort the kingdom, Li Xiangru and other leaders to Luoyang Ming Zhengzheng for punishment, which could be regarded as another victory after the military parade. Then I'll wait here and pick out some rebel leaders who have resisted too much today and have a bad reputation in the past...... How about the rest simply wait for Luoyang's will on the spot? β
What two palaces bleed, what Ming canonical punishment and victory, and what waiting for Luoyang's will, are naturally all scenes...... Everyone actually heard it very clearly, Huangfu Song advocated being appeased on the spot, and even according to his opinion, even if the leader of the rebel army could have a good reputation in the past, he could stay.
In this regard, Gongsun Xun was noncommittal, but turned his head to look at the other deputy marshal Dong Zhuo: "What does Dong Gong think?" β
Dong Zhuo frowned slightly, but he was unexpectedly straightforward: "I am also from Liangzhou, and it is not a hypocrisy to have a good conversation with so many rebel leaders yesterday, General Wei asked me to say that I slaughtered all of them, and I can't say it." However, it has been nearly five years since the Liangzhou Rebellion, and if he can't take advantage of this victory to deal with it harshly, I am afraid that his generation will not be afraid of virtue, and he will have to repeat it again in the future...... Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to pick out the rebels who are stained with blood today, slaughter all of them, and throw them into Weishui, and then release some familiar leaders and their soldiers as a favor, and the rest will be filled into the army. β
The so-called blood on the body refers to the people who have resisted too much today, and those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die...... And rightfully so.
However, Gongsun Xun was still noncommittal, but looked at Jingzhao Yin Gaixun Gai Yuangu again, and it was obvious that he was going to put on a posture of accepting advice.
"I intend to single out the cronies and officers of Han Sui and Ma Teng who escaped, and kill more people who are bound to be dealt with, such as Li Xiangru and Wang Guo, and their subordinates can be a little more lenient." Gai Xun thought about it for a while, but he proposed a very interesting and operational disposal method.
Gongsun Xun still didn't say anything, and then looked at the next 'big man' in the army, that is, Liu Biao, the candidate in the Northern Army...... However, Liu Biaomo remained silent.
Gongsun Xun smiled dumbly, of course he understood what this person meant-with Liu Jingsheng's position as a Kwantung scholar, he must have agreed to kill a group of Xiliang rebels in order to establish his authority, but with his personality, he couldn't say anything like slaughtering prisoners, so he simply didn't say anything.
Knowing Liu Biao's intentions, he looked at Bao Xin, the commander of the cavalry, again.
"His generation is barbaric, capricious, divides the place, and harasses the mausoleum, where can he indulge in the truth of the past because there are many Liangzhou people in the army who are familiar with him!" Bao Xin, who still had blood stains on his body that had not dried up, had long wanted to speak, and immediately became angry when he saw this. "General Wei, in my opinion, Weishui is on the side, it is better to slaughter them all, and then push them into Weishui, which will also stop some people's thoughts!"
Huangfu Song wanted to speak and stopped, and Gai Xun and Dong Zhuo couldn't help but snort coldly...... There is no need to refute Bao Xin's angry words, it is impossible to really slaughter them all, but the kind of contempt for Liangzhou people by the Kwantung scholars in his bones is unbearable for the generals from Liangzhou here. But at the same time, the rebels in Liangzhou are really recognized as the henchmen of the world, and the people of Liangzhou standing here at this time are people who have already stood firm, and they cannot be called sympathetic to the rebels, and they are indeed just the thoughts of the township party...... So it's not good to talk back.
"Then what do you Sima say?" Gongsun Xun crossed Lu Bu, who was standing behind him with a spear, and looked at the Qianshi officers of the Chinese army again.
At this level, the answer is even more bizarre and complex...... But in general, officers at these levels do not have much consideration, and mainly rely on their origins to express their attitudes.
"What does Wen He think?" Gongsun Xun listened carefully for a while, it was getting late, and the Han soldiers next to him had already lit a bonfire on the battlefield, and even someone had already eaten dry food to replenish their physical strength, this scene made the rebels on both sides of the Wei River a little panicked, after all, they could also think of what the Han army would do after they were full, but they were helpless.
"I ......" Jia Xu was a little silent after being asked by name.
"Does a wise man like Wen He have any hesitation?" Gongsun Xun asked with a chuckle, looking a little sarcastic.
After talking last night, Jia Wen and what kind of person, how could they not understand what the other party meant, so they simply said frankly: "In terms of public intentions, it is true that you should stand up to deter the rebels, but in terms of selfishness, for the sake of the villagers, I also wish the prince and the prince some forgiveness...... But this is not the reason why my subordinates are silent, because I know that the prince will definitely act with a public heart, although I am more selfish, it is useless to say it. β
As soon as these words came out, Gongsun Xun naturally laughed again, but the generals under the White Horse were silent...... In fact, not only Jia Xu understood, Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song, Gai Xun and others also understood that after this battle, Gongsun Xun not only held the military power, but also had prestige, Lu Bu stood behind him with a spear, the white horse Yi gathered under the white horse flag from the return, Xu Rong surrounded with 10,000 horses, how to deal with the prisoners, it was just his thought.
This questioning is just a show, and it is just perfunctory to the generals.
"I understand what you mean." Gongsun Xun finished laughing before he said slowly. "First of all, the rebels are capricious and have a lot of responsibility, and they still need to be punished to warn future generations. Even some people say that they should be pardoned, but it is only because of the selfishness of the township party, and they themselves understand in their hearts that it is still necessary to use the threat of punishment first, and then pardon can play the role of mercy. β
Most of the people nodded in agreement.
However, at this point, Gongsun Xun suddenly looked solemn: "But begging for forgiveness with this kind of township party words is actually not worth it...... After all, is it only Liangzhou people in this world? The Guanzhong people who were looted and slaughtered by them were not people? Aren't they also constantly attacking each other and wantonly annexing? Li Wenhou, Beigong Boyu, and Bian Zhang, the three leaders of Liangzhou, Yihu, Yihan, and Yishi, died in whose hands? Yan Shude committed suicide and Fu Nanrong was martyred, aren't these two people who were forced to die by the Liangzhou rebels the martyrs of Liangzhou local? If you easily pardon these people today, what kind of face will you Liangzhou people have to face these two township parties when you die in the future? β
Everyone was silent, and even Jia Xu lost his mind instantly.
Only Huangfu Song, when he heard Gongsun Xun mention Fu Xie and Yan Zhong, he had to defend himself: "Wen Qi, Nanrong is the successor of Liangzhou that I identify, and Yan Shude is also my old friend in the scene, how can I forget them?" Today's words are indeed not selfish, but the previous observation of the other generation struggling in Weishui, extremely miserable, and today's battle, our army has won a lot, thinking that the other generation should have been frightened, so I feel that there is no need to torture again. β
"The Emperor Fu is a little taken for granted." Dong Zhuo sneered beside him. "The power of heaven returns to the power of heaven, the power of war returns to the power of war, and the power of punishment returns to the power of punishment...... Weishui is tragic, it is the power of heaven, that is the meaning of heaven; The battle is won by the war, it is the might, it is the courage of the soldiers; And his generation has been in Liangzhou for several years, and he is not afraid of morality, and he even forced us to leave our hometown, and it is difficult to return home, so they have to exert criminal power as punishment...... That's what my generation is supposed to do. β
"Well said!" Gongsun Xun said appreciatively. "The world is turbulent, it is that people's hearts are selfish, my generation is handsome, if you can't abandon selfishness and serve the public, how can you calm the world? The people below can speak for their own selfishness, because they are not in their position, so they do not need to seek their own government, and we are in their position, but we cannot do so...... The only trouble is that even if it is for the public, it is necessary to consider the selfishness of everyone and the selfishness of others, so we can only try to make a compromise. β
Huangfu Song immediately kept silent.
"Therefore, I have made up my mind." Gongsun Xun suddenly straightened up. "As the cavalry captain said, the rebels in Liangzhou are capricious, seizing places, harassing mausoleums, and invading Guanzhong. Huang Yan is dead, Han Sui and Ma Teng are missing, and Wang Guo and Li Xiangru are escorted up. β
After that, sure enough, Youyi pushed out the two tightly bound thief heads from behind, and everyone saw clearly that it was the former Longxi Taishou Li Xiangru and the nominal leader of the rebel kingdom, so they were all awe-inspiring, and understood that Gongsun Xun had already made a decision, so they no longer cared, but held their breath to see how this Wei general would deal with it.
"Hang up!" The strategy of the blazing bonfire, Gongsun Xun's face did not change, but pointed to a dead tree by the river.
The soldiers did not dare to slack off, and immediately did what they said.
After the two were hung upside down under the tree, they were terrified and begged for mercy.
"Gagged." Gongsun Xun immediately ordered. "Then choose the one with a loud voice, go to the riverside, and shout to the opposite bank, Weishui is only a hundred steps wide, and the other party must be able to hear it...... Tell the person on the other side of the strait who is watching that if Han Wen is there, let him see it with his own eyes, and if he is not there, don't forget to tell him! β
The crowd became more and more afraid to slack off, and they also did it immediately.
Oh, after the loud soldiers shouted three times across the river, under the bonfire, Gongsun Xun suddenly signaled, and the two heavily armored warriors behind him stepped forward.
Everyone could see clearly that these two tall warriors did not carry swords, but each carried an eight-edged hammer as long as an arm and as big as a fist, which was also more and more terrifying.
"Tell Han Wenyue that this hammer is for Yan Shude!" Gongsun Xun struggled in horror despite the kingdom hanging under the tree, but he pointed to the south of Weishui.
The loud soldier on the riverside received the order and immediately shouted across the river, and after three times, the hammer-wielding warrior under the tree smashed his backhand into the kingdom's skull.
This caused the latter to lose the ability to struggle, and then another samurai next to him immediately stepped forward and slashed at him.
Seeing such a situation, Li Xiangru next to him struggled even more, and his body was twisted like a Weishui carp leaving the water...... But that didn't keep him alive.
"Tell Han Wenyue again, the next hammer is for Fu Nanrong!" Gongsun Xun's tone was still calm.
After a while, the executing warrior also struggled with a hammer, but he actually smashed half of Li Xiangru's brain in public...... The brains flowed all over the ground.
In such a situation, Rao is tragic scene that everyone has seen on the battlefield today is countless, and he is also frightened.
"Throw the two into Weishui, and then bring Cheng Gongying." Gongsun Xunfu commanded again. "This person doesn't have to hang or gag."
In an instant, as the two corpses were dragged away by the soldiers like rags, Cheng Gongying was also escorted.
"General Wei!" Seeing this, Gai Xun couldn't help but kneel down and plead. "Cheng Gong Shirong is a famous man in Liangzhou, and he joined the rebel army without noticing for a while......"
"Then for a few years, he fought for the tiger, and even forced my friend to be killed!" Gongsun Xun didn't wait for the other party to finish, and continued the other party's words. "Even if the kingdom is forgivable, this man is not forgivable."
Cheng Gongying saw such a situation later, and already had the idea of dying, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "General Wei held the festival, but I was the leader of the rebels, and now I am defeated and captured, although I have died without complaining, but I really didn't participate in the matter of Yan Shude and Fu Nanrong, why did I force and kill the old friends of the prince and the marquis?" β
"You killed my old friend Jincheng Han Sui!" Gongsun Xun stood under his umbrella and spoke amazingly. "I have an old friend, surnamed Han Mingsui, since Luozhong has known each other for more than ten years, his people and Yan Shude, Fu Nanrong as if, all to the overall situation of Liangzhou as a thought, regardless of selfishness, five years ago Hanoi had a meeting, but since returning to Liangzhou that day, it has disappeared like Yan Shude and Fu Nanrong, but Liangzhou has an unscrupulous traitor villain...... You say, the old Korean covenant was not killed by you and your lord, could it be that I couldn't kill it? It's a pity that I didn't capture your lord today, otherwise I would have killed him together to honor my old friend! β
Cheng Gongying was speechless, but he was speechless: "If the prince says this, I am really an unforgivable sin!" β
"Your lord is in the south, you can kneel in the south and die!" Gongsun Xun commanded while actually stepping forward to take the hammer himself. "Tell the people on the other side of the river that this hammer is ...... It's for my old friend Hangul! β
The soldiers on the riverside shouted loudly to the south, and under the reflection of the bonfire, the south side of the Wei River was already completely black, Cheng Gongying silently knelt down to the south, and after shouting three times, his person was killed by the person behind him.
"General Wei has a saying, this hammer ...... It's for old friends in Korean! β
On the south bank of Weishui, Han Wen secretly crouched in the grass to watch the net for the prisoner of war, before he saw the death of the kingdom and Li Xiangru, but he was still dazed and slightly shaken, but he heard the soldiers on the other side shouting like this, and then under the firelight, Gongsun Xun personally swung a hammer to kill Cheng Gongying, but he couldn't help but be heartbroken!
The whole person felt as if he had lost his soul.
In the middle of the night, he made a move, but he leaned over in the grass and couldn't stop crying, but he didn't dare to make a sound, so he could only cover his mouth and nose...... The so-called secretly sobbing.
On the other side of the river, after disposing of the three chiefs, the large-scale torture and killing had just begun, and the final plan was neither Dong Zhuo to kill the bloody soldiers and pardon the chieftains, nor to kill Ma Teng and Han Suibu and pardon the others as suggested by Gai Xun.
In fact, of the 50,000 rebels in this battle, less than 10,000 escaped, more than 10,000 were killed and fell into the river, and 30,000 soldiers were captured...... In the face of such a situation, Gongsun Xun has long understood that it is necessary not to kill to establish authority, and it is not possible to kill indiscriminately to lose morality.
However, it is also a selective killing, Dong Zhuo's method of killing and releasing is naturally not in line with his Gongsun Xun's wishes, and he also feels that Gai Xun's plan is a little too tricky...... Therefore, he had already prepared, but he treated soldiers, officers, and Han Qiang equally, and carried out the strategy of eleven killing!
Three thousand people are not even proportional to the people who died in this battle, and in this era, whether it is a moral person in the Kanto region or a native of Liangzhou who sympathizes with these people, no one can point to this number and say that Gongsun Xun killed indiscriminately, but the process of drawing lots is enough to make all the captives terrified and leave a lesson that will never be forgotten. It's like an excellent method of torture and killing.
In the dark night, on the bank of the Weishui River, Gongsun Xun had a large number of bonfires lit, sat in the middle with Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, and then rode all the uninjured white horses from behind him, and then sat on the side of the Chinese army general Zuo Lie, who was actually going to be executed in front of him overnight.
Every hundred people were brought up, and then ten Han army officers blindfolded, and they drew lots for the ten people in front of them in order to determine life and death. The dead were terrified, and the living were grateful...... But it's blazing fast.
However, not long after the execution, when it was suddenly the turn of one person, it made the executing officer hesitate.
"Prince!" A Qu Junhou, who was in charge of the execution, immediately came to report. "This man said that he was your friend, and that he gave you a horse yesterday, and that you returned brocade and wine in the evening......"
"Bring it on!" Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Gongsun Xun, who was sitting in the middle, couldn't help frowning slightly.
After a while, the leader of the Qiang people, who had given him a gift of Luma, was brought to him, and then fell to the ground and wept bitterly, so as to ask for a way to live. Dong Zhuo, Huang Fusong and others were naturally speechless, but Gai Xun and Lu Bu next to them wanted to get up and beg for mercy for this person several times because they were involved in this matter, but they didn't dare after all.
"If you cry again, don't open your mouth again." Gongsun Xun scolded coldly, and then asked the other party to calm down. "I ask you, is there any cheating in the lottery?"
"That's not what it means." The leader of the Qiang people on the ground tried his best to suppress his weeping and spoke. "It's just that I sent the general your white horse yesterday, I don't know if I can die?"
"That white horse is indeed a miracle horse, and it is quite a credit for helping our army win a big victory today." Gongsun Xun was not in a hurry and answered. "If you talk about it in this way, it's not that you can't open the net...... But didn't I give you wine and brocade too? β
"But the wine was not finished, and the brocade did not have time to be made into clothes to wear!" The leader hastened to plead.
"I see." Gongsun Xun sighed, and then stood up suddenly.
Immediately, in the midst of everyone's stunned, I saw that the general Wei put down the seal ribbon in public, untied his armor, and finally took off the brocade clothes in his armor in public, regardless of the cold...... In Russia, another guard hurriedly brought wine and pottery bowls. And Gongsun Xun stepped forward, first put on his brocade robe for the other party, and then personally held the pot and poured the wine, holding the cup in front of the other party.
At this time, Gongsun Xun said slowly: "Although you and I only met yesterday, we hit it off at first sight, so I can't help but express it...... Today, you and I drink in the same cup and wear brocade clothes together, but the military law is strict, and we still have to add up the blades...... How, do you have anything to say? β
The leader of the Qiang people wore a brocade robe on the ground and bowed his head and sighed: "I am a lowly Qiang person, I can receive such a courtesy from General Baima before I die, if I still don't know what to do, wouldn't it make people look down on us Liangzhou people?" β
After that, he no longer wept and begged for mercy, but got up to take the wine, drank it all, and staggered away in brocade clothes. As Gongsun Xun signaled, the silent Han Dang took the broken blade that sharpened iron like clay, stepped forward directly, and cut off the person with a single sword.
Behind him, Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and others were silent, and the two of them were silent, but since then, the killing has not been interrupted, and it has actually ended before dawn.
That night, the whole army naturally drove the remaining surrendered troops back to the new camp that had been erected in a hurry relying on the previous rebel camp, but Gongsun Xun had no time to rest, but he did not stop and invited another person to come to the account.
βββββI am the dividing line of the three hammersβββββ
"Since Taizu defeated the rebels, he beheaded the rebels first, and resumed the order of eleven killings, and when he met his old friends, he sobbed and begged for forgiveness. Taizu undressed him, and drank the golden cup with his own hands, adding a white blade. βββγγ