Go back to the time of the war

The torrential rain poured and fell, and the water stirred up the mud and penetrated into the filled trenches, and the footprints of people walked over them to make the soil more compact, and the fences belonging to the Roman camp were removed, and signs with heads were erected, stretching for miles. After the strategy of closing the gate and setting fire to the camp gate that night worked, the battle came to an end, and the total number of Roman auxiliaries and brute cavalry of about 3,000 people surrendered, which was also a question of killing or staying.

Dense raindrops fell on the paper umbrellas, crackling and snapping, Gongsun Zhi walked on the slippery ground, his boots were stained with mud, and Li Ke, who was accompanying him, held the back of the umbrella, and the armored guard wolves around him rode around with negative bow heels, and their hair was wet against their faces that were also full of water stains, but at this moment, most of their eyes were focused on the pile of captives bound by ropes.

Gongsun Zhi walked past the rows of figures kneeling in the rain and spoke: "I heard that the auxiliary soldiers of the Great Qin people are quite useful. ”

"Most of them were born civilians or slaves, and they transported baggage, built roads and bridges, set up camps, and fought with the elite during the war." The blonde-haired woman's gaze swept over the group of captives from time to time, her lips trembled slightly, and she spoke very quickly, her serious face was somewhat worried, she looked at Gongsun Zhi, hesitated for a moment, and said the words she was brewing: "...... Gongsun, they are already your captives, and they are far away from their homeland, so they don't have to worry about escaping, and they can be used to do some coolies. ”

The figure walking under the umbrella looked back at the generals behind him: "What do you think?" ”

"Some foreigners stay and do something, and some of our Han people can use it." Dian Wei kneaded his palms, and the joints made a crisp click, "If you want me to see, just kill them all." ”

On the right, Zhao Yun stood in the rain, looking at the pile of more than 3,000 captives with some indifference, and his voice was simple: "...... I have entered the Han land, and my hands are stained with the blood of my Han people. He looked at his back with a calm gaze, "Chief...... It is better to bury them all alive, and save the brethren to stretch out their swords. ”

“.…… I think it's okay to stay. ”

"What if these 3,000 people return to Shanggu County and find an opportunity to make trouble?"

"What do you say, just now the leader also said that his heart is small and he can't tolerate it...... Let's kill them all. ”

In the discussion of the detailed words, Gongsun Zhi waved his hand to stop their voices, and his eyes followed the Roman captives who were tied into a string, and smiled: "Although my heart is small, it is more than enough to accommodate them, a group of slaves with little combat power, if they have the courage to make trouble, it will not be too late to kill them when the time comes." ”

Stephanie breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

As he spoke, in the distance, two horseback figures under the rain curtain came this way, and when they saw Gongsun Zhi in front of the captive pile, one of them was young, and his face was still quite excited, and then he jumped off the horse and ran in the rain.

"This is Ma Teng's son, Ma Chao?" Gongsun Zhi frowned.

But then, he was also relieved, in the current time period, Ma Chao seemed to be only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man, and in his previous time and space, he was only a child in high school, and his temperament had not yet reached the ferocity of Cao Cao, who killed him, cutting his beard and abandoning his robe.

Among the people around, someone who had seen each other nodded and responded: "It's Ma Mengqi." ”

"Gongsun Thorn History!"

The stagnant water splashed up under the feet of the young general, and a silver armor collided slightly with the stride, stretched out his arms, and came to the front and arched his hand: "Xiliang Ma Chao, I have seen the history of thorns!" ”

After seeing the ceremony, the young general with a free and uninhibited temperament then said with a big grin: "I have heard the prestige of the Thorn History on the grassland as early as in the land of Sanfu, and I heard my father say that the Thorn Shi sent people to come over to jointly suppress the foreign enemy, and I pleaded with my father for a long time before I was able to come." ”

In the words, Ma Chao raised an excited look on his face from time to time, which made Gongsun Zhi feel a little surprised, the other party's performance was even a little like the star chasers in later generations seeing their idols, but it was not fanatical, but there was a feeling of excitement in the rhetoric.

"When Chao was at home, he originally suspected that the cavalry under the command of Assassin Shi, but in today's battle, I knew in my heart that it was so powerful, and who else in the family would question it in the future, I slapped him to death."

Ma Chao waved his arms in the rain and said a few words in one breath, and he did not hesitate to praise and excitement after confirming the rumors of Gongsun Zhi. Gongsun Zhi patted the other party's arm: "The soldiers under your command are also very powerful, and you alone blocked the south of the Great Qin people and prevented anyone from escaping, your Ma family deserves to be the descendants of Ma Zhengxi." ”

"Naturally, it's amazing!" Ma Chao still has the heart of a young man, when he heard the praise, he laughed, and after talking a few words with Gongsun Zhi, he was about to leave: "Since the war is over, Chao should also go back to restore his father's life. ”

"Okay, when the north is stable, I also want to take a look at Xiliang."

"Nachao is waiting for the arrival of Thorn Shi in Xiliang, and then accompany Thorn Shi to see the northwest scenery." As he spoke, he took two steps back and arched his hand in the rain: "Chao, farewell-"

When the words fell, he turned and climbed on his horse, and shouted at Pound, who came with him, with his whip: "Go, we are home!" The latter, also towards the opposite group, arched his hand, turned the horse's head, and returned to his own team with Ma Chao, when the military formation turned, Ma Chao turned his head, looked at the blurred figure opposite, and whispered to the general beside him: "In the future, I will also train a cavalry in the northwest, Ling Ming, I will not lose to him." ”

"We'll see!" Pound also had confidence in the young general, and the group of five thousand men began to withdraw from view, he glanced at it, and rode to the front.

"You won't lose ......"

Ma Chao wiped the water stains on his face and repeated softly.

The rain was still falling, and Gongsun Zhi watched the Xiliang army disappear into the misty rain curtain, turned his head and swept over the captives, and said in a calm voice: "We should also go." Hook your hands, go and humble, he ordered: "Clear out the heavy steps of the Great Qin people, dig a pit and bury it." ”

The surrounding generals gathered, Gongsun Zhi turned his head, looked at them, and smiled with a serious expression: "The war is over, we have won, the brothers should have a good rest for a while....... And I'm going to go to the Xiongnu and Xianbei to see Guan Ning and Bingyuan, you will go back to Shanggu County first, you should eat meat hard, and if you want to drink good wine, go to my house to find a steward, if there are still people who want to make trouble and destroy the northern land, you don't need me to say, you also know what to do? ”

Listening to his words, everyone bowed their hands in unison and responded loudly.

At the beginning of July, more than 10,000 horsemen embarked on the return journey in three directions, and the news here spread to the south, east, and even west as time went on, and it was late July when it reached the hinterland of the Central Plains. At the same time that the princes from all walks of life were surprised, in the team that came out of Chang'an in the west, the world was about to fall.

However, Gongsun Zhi had already arrived in the Southern Xiongnu and went to the territory of Bei, and some of the things that followed also laid the foundation for this trip.