Chapter 275: The Battle of Moxi: Surrender
Just when the hundreds of thousands of Khitan cavalry in the east outside Moxi City withdrew to the north, the defender of Moxi City, the partial general Gong Xun, had already stood on the east wall of Moxi City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing hundreds of thousands of Khitan cavalry slowly withdrawing from the east outside Moxi City, the body of the partial general Gong Xun couldn't help shaking, and then the eldest son Gong Yi beside him quickly reached out to support Gong Xun, and asked anxiously: "Father, are you okay?" β
Gong Xun waved his hand to Gong Yi and asked Gong Yi to let go of his hand, and Gong Xun, who was standing firmly, then sighed and said: "That Liu Taishou's army is really extraordinary, although the cavalry under his command is not as good as the Khitan cavalry, but the number must be at least hundreds of thousands, and there is also a strong infantry with strong combat effectiveness, and the infantry battle array formed can withstand the impact of the Khitan cavalry!" Immediately let people remove the stones and timbers piled up in the gatehouse of the East City Gate, and welcome Liu Taishou into the city, and the future Moxi City will no longer be surnamed Gong, alasββ"
Gong Yi nodded gloomily, this time the Khitan army besieged Moxi City, so that the Gong family suffered a heavy blow, his three younger brothers Gong Xin, Gong Da and Gong Cheng, as well as three cousins Gong Tong, Gong Yun and Gong Ke, all died in the battle to defend the city, the Gong family originally controlled the five thousand Moxi City defenders, now there are only more than 100 people left, and there are only more than 20,000 people left in the entire Moxi City, of which the young and strong men are even less than 5,000.
If Liu Ji hadn't brought troops to rescue Moxi City today, maybe Moxi City would have fallen into the hands of the Khitans before dark today.
And with the remnants of the Gong family's current power, it is impossible to dominate Moxi City as before, if the Gong family does not want to be wiped out in this world, the wisest way is to take advantage of the opportunity of the new Taishou Liu Ji of Ju'an County to lead the troops here, and take refuge under the command of the new Taishou Liu Ji, so that although the Gong family has lost Moxi City, they can hug the big thick legs of the new Taishou Liu Ji.
If before the Khitan army besieged Moxi City, the Gong family actually didn't want to be under the crowd and not take refuge in Liu Ji, then now the little caution of the Gong family has disappeared, and there is no other way except to take refuge in Liu Ji, after all, Liu Ji is nominally the Taishou of Ji'an County, and Liu Ji can justifiably take Moxi City in his pocket at this time, but the Gong family basically has no power to stop Liu Ji now.
After the hundreds of thousands of Khitan cavalry in the east outside Moxi City all withdrew to the Khitan camp in the north outside Moxi City, the time had reached the evening of October 30, 426 of the Great Jin Dynasty.
The partial general Gong Xun walked out of the city gate with his eldest son Gong Yi, second son Gong Zhong and nephew Gong Wu, and at this time Liu Ji had already led the army to the east gate of Moxi City.
"The old man Gong Xun, the guard of Moxi City, has seen Lord Taishou, and the old man is very grateful to Lord Taishou for leading the army to rescue Moxi City, otherwise the fathers and villagers of Moxi City will fall into the hands of the Khitans." Gong Xun saw Liu Ji who was surrounded by the generals, and hurriedly said in a respectful voice.
Liu Ji then turned over and dismounted, walked in front of Gong Xun in a few steps, gently supported Gong Xun's arms with both hands, and then said to Gong Xun with a wry smile: "General Gong, in the final analysis, this time the Khitans are coming for Ben Taishou, Moxi City is completely implicated by Ben Taishou, Ben Taishou hurried and finally arrived in Moxi City, but it seems that Moxi City has suffered considerable losses, and Ben Taishou is still a little late!" β
Gong Xun said gloomily: "Lord Taishou, it's not a secret, the Khitan people have besieged Moxi City for three days, in these three days, tens of thousands of people and 5,000 defenders in Moxi City have suffered heavy losses, if Lord Taishou comes later, maybe he will have to collect the body of the old man, alas - but the Khitans besieged Moxi City and can't complain about the Lord Taishou, these Hulu on the grassland often plundered the border of our Great Jin, our Great Jin border army and the Hulu of all ethnic groups in the grassland are already mortal enemies, and the border army of our Moxi City is at war with the Khitans, And rightfully so! β
It is impossible to say that Gong Xun has no complaints about Liu Ji in his heart, but Gong Xun knows that in the future, the Gong family will have to hold Liu Ji's big thick legs, and if there are complaints, they have to hide them in their hearts, and the culprit of the Khitan siege of Moxi City this time is the commander of the Khitan army, and he only has a little indirect relationship with Liu Ji.
Liu Ji listened to Gong Xun's words and nodded, then looked at Gong Yi, Gong Zhong and Gong Wu behind Gong Xun and asked, "General Gong, are these people behind you the warriors among the Nine Tigers of Moxi?" β
Through the scanning of the system, Liu Ji learned that Gong Xun's three-dimensional values were 85 points for force value, 67 points for intelligence value, and 72 points for commander, and the force value of Gong Yi behind him was 88 points, Gong Zhong's force value was 76 points, and Gong Wu's force value was 82 points.
Gong Xun sighed again, and introduced his eldest son Gong Yi, second son Gong Zhong and nephew Gong Wu to Liu Ji, and then Gong Xun said with a sad face: "Lord Taishou, under the onslaught of the Khitans in the past few days, the remaining three sons of the old man, as well as three nephews, have all been killed, and now there are only three of them left in the Moxi Nine Tigers, if Lord Taishou does not dislike it, let the three of them serve under Lord Taishou's account in the future!" β
Gong Xun's meaning is very clear, and handing over his remaining sons and nephews to Liu Ji is equivalent to saying that the Gong family is willing to take refuge in Liu Ji.
Liu Ji first comforted Gong Xun a few words, and then said categorically: "General Gong, rest assured, Gong Yi, Gong Zhong and Gong Wu will first serve as captains in the Jue'an Army in the future, and Ben Taishou will never treat the three of them badly, nor will he treat the Moxi Gong family badly!" β
Gong Xun nodded and said: "With the words of Lord Taishou, the old man can rest assured, Moxi City has not had a county order for many years, and the military and government affairs of the entire Moxi City have always been controlled by our Gong family, and now our Gong family is willing to dedicate Moxi City to Lord Taishou, from now on, our Moxi Gong family will be the head of Lord Taishou!" β
Liu Ji immediately smiled and said: "Then thank you General Gong for your kindness, if Moxi City can be under the jurisdiction of Ben Taishou, then one city and six counties in Ju'an County will be equivalent to one city and five counties under the control of the Ju'an Army!" β