Chapter 138: Gongsun Chan dies
It is said that Gongsun Zhan fled all the way east to the outside of the endless city under the protection of more than a thousand guards, but he didn't want to meet Xi Zhicai and others who had been in ambush here for a long time on the way.
"General Gongsun, don't come unharmed!" Xi Zhicai, Wu Liang, and Cui Si drove forward.
Gongsun Zhan didn't know Xi Zhicai and Cui Si, but he knew Liu Yu's general Wu Liang.
"Wu Liang, it's you!" Gongsun Chan pointed at Wu Liang in the middle of the crowd and scolded in the firelight.
Wu Liang, who was beside Xi Zhicai, laughed and mocked after seeing Gongsun Zhan's angry appearance, "General Baima, it's exactly below!" ”
Seeing that Wu Liang even mentioned the good name "General White Horse" given to him by the world at this time, Gongsun Zan was even more furious.
"Do you think you're going to be able to catch me?" Gongsun Chan shouted inwardly.
Hearing this, I saw Xi Zhicai beckoning behind him, only to see that as soon as Xi Zhicai's gesture fell, more than a thousand archers strode in front of everyone, and then drew their bows to the full, aiming at Gongsun Zhan and others who were surrounded in the middle.
"General Gongsun is famous, and Xi knows that there are no generals under him who can confront the general, so he can only make this decision!" Xi Zhicai joked and abused.
Hearing this, Gongsun Zhan looked at the archers beside him, and his tone couldn't help but weaken.
"Say, how can you spare my life!" Faced with this scene, the invincible Gongsun Chan had no choice but to beg for mercy.
Seeing Gongsun Chan begging for mercy, Cui Si on the side stepped forward immediately, pointed at Gongsun Chan and scolded angrily, "Do you know Lu Dujiao?" ”
Hearing Cui Si's words, Gongsun Chan was stunned at first, and then thought of something in an instant.
"Hahaha~ I see! I see! Seeing Cui Si mention the dead Lu Duyou, Gongsun Zhan, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, after a brief review of the events of the past few months, he figured out the joints. Gongsun Zhan, who knew that there was no hope of survival, returned to his previous rebellious appearance at this time.
"It's all because of him! I didn't expect a small postal inspector to make Liu Yi want to get rid of me so much, it seems that he is very important to you! Hahaha~" Gongsun Chan looked up to the sky and said with a long smile.
Seeing that Gongsun Chan was still like this when he was dying, and his attitude was still so tough, Xi Zhicai frowned, and then looked at the guards beside him and said, "If you tie your hands, they can avoid death!" ”
Hearing this, Gongsun Chan stopped laughing and stared at Xi Zhicai expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, I saw Gongsun Chan riding out of the crowd.
"Is that true?" Gongsun Zhan stared at Xi Zhicai and said.
"Seriously!" Xi Zhicai nodded.
As soon as Xi Zhicai's words fell, I saw Gongsun Zhan throw away the spear in his hand, turn over and dismount and walk in the direction of Xi Zhicai and the others.
"General, no!" The more than 1,000 guards under Gongsun Chan saw that Gongsun Chan surrendered to Xi Zhicai and others in order to save himself, and several guards who were close to him hurriedly pulled the horse to hold Gongsun Chan.
"General! We have already made an oath that righteousness will be followed by life and death. How can we break our oath because of our own lives! Several guards knelt down in front of Gongsun Chan and cried.
The rest of the guards behind him also raised their spears at this time and shouted, "Where righteousness goes, life and death go hand in hand!" ”
Gongsun Chan stopped and looked at the guards around him, tears welling up in his eyes.
"If you dare to block my way again, I will die in front of you and others," said Gongsun Zhan, who pulled out the saber at his waist, and the cold steel knife drove to Gongsun Zhan's neck.
Seeing Gongsun Chan like this, the guards around Gongsun Chan also pulled out their swords and drove them to their necks.
"We are willing to die!" Several people shouted with determined faces, and the rest of the guards behind them followed suit.
"We are willing to die!" The crowd shouted in unison.
Xi Zhicai and the others on the opposite side looked at the more than 1,000 guards in front of them, and couldn't help but admire them.
"I didn't expect Gongsun Chan to be able to cultivate such a loyal team!" Xi Zhicai muttered to himself, with a hint of emotion and admiration between his words.
Seeing all the relatives and guards like this, Gongsun Zhan was extremely moved in his heart.
"Hahaha~ Okay! In that case, let's rush out together! After laughing, Gongsun Chan picked up the spear on the ground, turned over and stepped onto the white horse that had been fighting with him for several years.
At this time, Gongsun Zhan was full of pride in his heart, and he regained the appearance of looking down on the world when he fought against the Hu people. And the guards behind him are also passionate and enthusiastic.
"There are no lives in this battle, do you want to do it?"
"Follow the general to the death!" The guards shouted in unison.
Hearing this, I saw Gongsun Zhan laugh loudly in the sky, and then shouted "kill", and then rushed to the direction of Xi Zhicai and the others.
In the face of this army that was not afraid of life and death, some of Wu Liang's soldiers were already frightened and began to retreat.
"Alas~ What a pity! General Wu, let go of the arrows! Xi Zhicai shook his head and sighed, and then asked Wu Liang to give the order to release the arrows.
At this time, Liu Yi and others had already cleared out all the rebels in the city.
Because he was not worried about Xi Zhicai's side, Liu Yi ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead people to clean up the battlefield, and he took four or five thousand people out of the city to run in the direction of Xi Zhicai and others.
By the time Liu Yi ran to Xi Zhicai's side, the battle between Wu Liang and others and Gongsun Zhan had already ended.
I saw that at this time, in the encirclement of everyone, the corpses were piled up into a small mountain, and there were as many as four or five thousand people.
I saw Gongsun Chan kneeling on the top of the corpse mountain with a steel gun in his hand, and the corpses of Wu Liang's soldiers were all under him. More than a dozen arrows pierced through the chamber indicated that Gongsun Chan was dead at this time.
Liu Yi dismounted and came to Xi Zhicai's side, pointed to the corpse of Gongsun Zan on the corpse mountain, and frowned, "This is?" ”
Xi Zhicai sighed when he heard this, and then told Liu Yi what happened.
Liu Yi was also quite emotional in his heart after hearing this.
"What a righteous place, life and death go hand in hand!" Liu Yi sighed.
Originally, before Cui Si came, he still wanted to torture Gongsun Zhan, but after the battle just now, Cui Si was moved by the loyalty of those guards, and he gave up the idea of whipping the corpse.
"My lord, such righteous men deserve to be buried!" Cui Si walked to Liu Yi's side and suggested sincerely.
Hearing Cui Si's words, Liu Yi patted him on the shoulder.
"Si'er, you've grown up!" Seeing that Cui Si's hatred for Lu Duyou had been relieved, Liu Yi finally relieved his heart.
Liu Yi accepted Cui Si's suggestion, ordered someone to dig a joint burial tomb in the woods not far away, and after burying Gongsun Zan and his guards, Liu Yi also personally erected a tombstone for him, and there were only four words on the tombstone: "White Horse Yicong"
After taking care of everything, the sky was already bright, and after a night of fighting, the soldiers were already exhausted, and after resting in place for a while, they set off for the city of Endless Ending.
After everyone returned to the Endless City, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu had already finished handling all the affairs in the city.
Seeing Liu Yi coming back, Zhang Fei hurriedly ran over.
"Lord, has Gongsun Chan been caught?" As soon as they met, Zhang Fei anxiously asked about Gongsun Zhan's whereabouts.
Killing Gongsun Chan can be said to have removed a big trouble in Liu Yi's heart, so Liu Yi was in a very good mood at this time, seeing Zhang Fei asking, Liu Yi replied with a smile, "From now on, there will be no more Gongsun Chan in the world!" ”
Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this.
At this time, everyone didn't see Guan Yu's figure, Liu Yi was puzzled, so he asked Zhang Fei, "Yide, where is Yun Chang?" ”
Hearing this, Zhang Fei shouted and replied, "This kid is picking up rags in Gongsun Zhan's mansion!" ”
"Picking up the trash?" Everyone looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei replied: "Isn't this Gongsun Chan running away!" There are some useless military books in his house that have not been taken away, and I was about to throw them away just now, but who knew that Yun Chang was like a treasure, and he didn't let me throw it alive or dead, and now he is watching it on Gongsun Zhan's mansion! ”
Hearing this, Xi Zhicai and others on the side covered their faces and smiled bitterly.
"It's really choking like you! Lead the way! Liu Yi scolded Zhang Fei with an angry smile.
After Zhang Fei muttered a few words when he heard this, he took Liu Yi and the others to the mansion where Gongsun Zhan lived temporarily.
As he walked, Liu Yi asked, "How is it?" How did we get this time? ”
Hearing this, Zhang Fei hurriedly turned around and leaned over and said with a wicked smile, "Lord, we have made a fortune this time!" ”
After speaking, Zhang Fei began to report to Liu Yi and others about the various materials seized this time.
"Lord, apart from weapons and equipment, this time we have seized tens of thousands of stones for grain and grass alone, which is enough for us to eat for several months!"
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and Liu Yi couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, thinking, "This Gongsun Chan actually scavenged so much grain and grass from the common people!" ”
After chatting and chatting, everyone came to the mansion where Gongsun Chan lived temporarily, only to see that the mansion was crowded with people at this time, and the soldiers were packing valuable things inside.
Seeing Liu Yi and the others coming, these soldiers hurriedly put down the things in their hands and knelt down respectfully.
Liu Yi ignored these people, made a rude gesture and walked all the way to the backyard.
As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw that the door of Gongsun Zhan's living room had been wide open at this time, and through the door, I saw Guan Yu wrapping a few rolls of bamboo slips in a piece of green cloth.
"Yun Chang, what good things are you hiding!" Liu Yi laughed and ran over.
Guan Yu in the house raised his head when he heard this, and saw that it was Liu Yi, so he hurriedly put down the bamboo slip in his hand and welcomed him out.
"I've seen the lord!" Guan Yu respectfully saluted Liu Yi.
Liu Yi picked up Guan Yu, looked up at the bamboo slip on the case, nodded and smiled, "What kind of good thing, wrapped in cloth?" ”
When Guan Yu heard this, he replied with a somewhat embarrassed face: "Some books on the art of war are just brief!" ”
Hearing this, Liu Yi walked past Guan Yu to the pile of books, picked up a few volumes, opened them, and read them.
I saw that there were all articles on the art of war, and some of them were written by Gongsun Zhan himself.
"Gongsun Chan has been marching for so many years, and he has a deep attainment in the art of war, and the value of these books can be said to be immeasurable!"
After speaking, Liu Yi picked up and put down the book in his hand, looked up and smiled at Guan Yu and said, "Yun Chang, do you want it?" ”
Guan Yu's face flushed with excitement when he heard this, and he nodded hurriedly.
Seeing this, Liu Yi laughed, "Okay, I won't tease you, these bamboo slips are yours!" ”
"Thank you, my lord!" Guan Yu knelt down on one knee and thanked him.
After the episode, Liu Yi and everyone went to check on the captives, only to see that more than 20,000 captives had been escorted to an open space at this time.
When everyone saw Liu Yi, many people looked at Liu Yi with a resentful expression.
Liu Yi ignored the hostility in everyone's eyes, walked to the steps and looked down at everyone, "Gongsun Chan is dead, are you willing to surrender?" ”
When everyone heard that Gongsun Chan was dead, the quiet scene suddenly became noisy.
"Quiet! Be quiet! Seeing that everyone's discussion continued for a long time, Zhang Fei shouted impatiently.
After seeing that the discussion in the audience was stopped by Zhang Fei, Liu Yi said to everyone again: "You don't have to question it, no matter how bad my Liu Yi is, I am also a cavalry lieutenant given by the imperial court, so I won't deceive you!" ”
As soon as these words came out, they caused a burst of discussion.
After waiting for a long time, I don't know who started to get up, and the captives in the field fell to their knees one after another.
"I'm waiting for my wish to surrender!"
Seeing this, Liu Yi nodded with satisfaction.
Seeing that the captives had all surrendered, Wu Liang behind Liu Yi came over.
"Lord Liu, what are you going to do with these captives?"
Liu Yi knew the meaning of Wu Liang's words, after all, he attacked Gongsun Zan this time, and Wu Liang's subordinates
It is also a heavy loss, and the meaning of this matter at this time is that he wants Liu Yi to allocate some of these prisoners to himself to make up for the losses of his team.
Liu Yi thought about it and didn't say anything, but Xi Zhicai on the side stepped forward.
"General Wu, this time I was able to defeat Gongsun Chan in one fell swoop, fortunately, thanks to the help of the general, if the general does not give up, the general can take all those weapons and equipment!"
Hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Wu Liang was overjoyed and turned his head to look at Liu Yi.
"Yes, General Wu has made great contributions this time, and all weapons and equipment should belong to the general!" Liu Yi, who reacted at this time, said to Wu Liang sincerely.
There are as many as 30,000 or 40,000 sets of these weapons and equipment, and as long as there is enough food, grass and people, it is simply not a problem to assemble a contingent of tens of thousands of people in a short period of time.
Wu Liang, who knew this gift well, saw that Liu Yi was so refreshing, and hurriedly thanked him.
Liu Yi saw Wu Liang's grateful appearance, and couldn't help but think, "I have these broken things at home!" ”
"General Wu, although the equipment is available, but if you want to gather a large army, you still need enough food and grass, I plan to leave half of the captured grain and grass for the people in the city, and half of it will be handed over to you to take back, what do you think?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fei and the others all looked at Liu Yi in astonishment. And Wu Liang knelt down excitedly and bowed to Liu Yi, "Thank you, Lord Duwei!" ”
Liu Yi helped Wu Liang up, and then looked at the crowd, "Although Gongsun Zhan is dead, the rebellion in Youzhou has not been settled, if you want to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, the state pastor must have enough military strength!" ”
When everyone heard this, it became clear.
Because of the great losses of everyone this time, whether it was Liu Yi or Wu Liang, the soldiers under his command did not have the ability to run long distances, so after distributing the captured materials, Liu Yi ordered people to distribute half of the grain and grass to the surviving people in the city, and then led the army with Wu Liang and others to go in the direction they came, preparing to go back to recuperate and discuss how to quell Qiu Liju's rebellion.
Because he didn't know what was going on in Zhuo County at this time, Liu Yi was anxious to return to the city, and soon after leaving the city, he separated from Wu Liang and hurried towards Zhuo County, while Wu Liang behind him led the army to escort grain, grass and equipment to Jixian County.
In the evening of the next day, Liu Yi and his entourage were the first to arrive in Jixian County, and out of politeness, Liu Yi and others met Liu Yu in Jixian County that night.
After learning that Gongsun Zhan had been killed, Liu Yu praised Liu Yi vigorously, and then told Liu Yi the news that Wei Simeng and others were in Guangyang.
Early in the morning of the third day, Liu Yi led the army to Guangyang to pick up Wei Simeng, Li Blacksmith and the people in the Xue Palace, and then went to Zhuo County non-stop.
Because he was afraid that Liu Yi would be worried, Yao Lie did not inform Liu Yi of the death of Wang San and his wife, and when Liu Yi and others arrived in Zhuo County, they learned that Wang San and his wife had died.
"Where is San'er's grave? Take me to see it! Liu Yi was not angry at this time, but his gloomy appearance was obviously a manifestation of extreme sadness.
Afterwards, everyone was led by Yao Lie to a small forest outside the city.
Looking at the excellent tomb in front of him that had been repaired by Yao Lie's people, Liu Yi stood beside the tomb for a long time without speaking, his clenched fists, his nails had pierced deeply into the flesh of his palms, and the blood was flowing outward.
Zhang Fei and Cui Si leaned on the tombstone of Wang San and his wife and wept loudly, and the pathos of their voices was heart-wrenching.
In this way, Liu Yi stood quietly in front of the monument of Wang San and his wife for a morning, and Zhang Fei and Cui Si were already crying hoarsely at this time.
Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and others behind him saw that Liu Yi had been standing motionless like this, and they were afraid that he would make a mistake, so they wanted to step forward to dissuade him.
Before Cheng Yu behind him could open his mouth, he saw Liu Yi turn around and say lightly, "Let's go!" ”
Then everyone picked up Zhang Fei and Cui Si on the side and followed Liu Yi back to the city.
When Liu Yi and the others returned to the mansion, they saw Wei Simeng and Cheng walking towards the side room. Seeing Liu Yi and the others coming back, the two hurriedly stopped.
I saw that Wei Simeng was holding a baby in his arms at this time, because the weather was cold at this time, the baby in Wei Simeng's arms was tightly wrapped.
Wei Simeng held the baby in his arms and walked in front of Liu Yi.
"Husband, this is the child of General Wang and his sister!" As he spoke, Wei Simeng's eyes turned red, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
Hearing that this baby was the child of Wang San and his wife, Liu Yi's lifeless eyes finally glowed, and a line of turbid tears flowed.
Liu Yi took the baby in Wei Simeng's arms with trembling hands, and saw that the little guy in swaddling clothes was opening a pair of big eyes, looking curiously at the bearded man in front of him.
After the little guy in Liu Yi's arms looked at Liu Yi, not only was he not afraid, but he smiled "huh~huh~", and a pair of small hands pulled out of the swaddling clothes, as if he wanted to wipe his tears for Liu Yi.
"San'er, have you named him?" Liu Yi asked with a trembling voice.
When Cheng on the side heard this, he hurriedly took out a cotton silk from his arms, only to see two crooked big characters "Jizhong" written on it in blood
At this time, the blood on the cotton silk had solidified into a dark red, and looking at the two words "Jizhong", Xi Zhicai's eyes on the side were also red.
"My lord, General Wang wants this child to inherit his will and continue to be loyal to the lord!"
Hearing this, everyone present burst into tears.
Liu Yi held back the grief in his heart, forced out a smile, and gently scraped the baby's nose in his arms with his hand.
"From now on, you will be my Liu Yi's son!"
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