Chapter 105: The human heart is unpredictable

Tai Shi Ci quickly summoned the soldiers and escorted Gao Ran, Gongsun Yi looked at it carefully, this person has thick eyes and thick eyebrows, and his momentum is not bad, he is obviously in the top position for a long time, and his body is powerful and powerful, and he is by no means an ordinary general.

Gongsun Yi knew that the generals who led the Jizhou soldiers this time would be Gao Lan, He Mao, and Wang Mo, but they didn't know who the captured generals in front of them were.

"Don't kneel down when you see Lord Gongsun!" While the guards scolded angrily, ushering in the eyes that were indeed Gao Ran's mockery, a group of guards around Gongsun Yi stepped forward, intending to forcibly press Gao Ran to the ground.

Gongsun Yi suddenly waved his hand to stop it, suddenly looked cold, and said in a low tone unhurriedly: "Do you know that your life is hanging by a thread, if you kneel on the ground and beg for your life, Ben Hou can spare your life as appropriate." ”

"Joke, you are just a chaotic minister and thief, my lord will definitely lead the army to occupy Qingzhou one day, and everyone will definitely die, even if the general dies, it can be described as a great cause, what are you afraid of? Don't be verbose, if you want to kill, you have to listen to it! In the face of Gongsun Yi's threatening words, Gao Ran laughed and spoke coldly, which aroused the anger of the surrounding people for a while.

"Who are you to leave your name?"

"Hebei Gaolan, don't change your name, don't change your surname, let's do it!" Gao Ran raised his head and looked at death as if he were at home.

Gongsun Yi was overjoyed, it turned out that this person was Gao Lan, who was later known as one of the four generals of Hejian, although it was recorded in some historical books that Gao Lan's combat power was average, and even the Romance of the Three Kingdoms mentioned that he was later stabbed to death by Zhao Yun.

But Gao Ran, as the four generals of Hejian, can be on an equal footing with Zhang He, Yan Liang and others, it is by no means a waste of fame, no wonder he can be praised by Tai Shici, which confirms the thoughts in Gongsun Yi's heart.

"Come on, press General Gao down, eat and drink well." The guards around him were slightly stunned, how could they ever want to be scolded by the enemy general in front of them, but they wanted to be entertained with good food and drink, although they didn't understand what the lord was thinking, but they still obeyed the order to suppress Gao Ran, who was tied up with five flowers.

Tai Shi Ci chuckled and glanced at Gao Ran, who was suppressed with hatred, I have to say that there is a battle on the battlefield, but there is some sympathy, if you can serve the lord, it would be great, now seeing that the lord also has the intention of subduing, but also put his mind at ease, the coming day is long, there is always a chance to persuade him to surrender.

The army soon set off again, and soon came to Qin County, before the tragic city wall, the piles of corpses emitted a foul smell, the rich blood soaked the ground, scattered broken blades everywhere, and some women from the surrounding villages who were robbed by the Jizhou soldiers also died in the battle.

The army soon entered the city, inside and outside the four investigations, did not find any traces of Jizhou soldiers, after confirming the safety, Tai Shi Ci personally opened the way, led Gongsun Yi to the county seat, the solemn eyes of Gongsun Yi, along the way, there were scattered corpses everywhere.

I can't help but sigh that I will become famous for eternity, behind every battle, there are countless strong battlefields, the war at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, coupled with natural disasters, the population has decreased in a large area, and there is still a population of 60 million in the second year of AD, but when the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu were established, the population of the country was less than 10 million, which shows the tragic withering of the population.

It's just that with Gongsun Yi's current strength, it is not enough to change the general trend of the world, even if he occupies a corner of Qingzhou, it is still the target of the public, and many young people still have the idea of Qingzhou, Tao Qian and Yuan Shao, including Liu Bei, who is now serving as the minister of the plain under Gongsun Zhan's account, also has ambitions for Qingzhou, which is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

And with the passage of time, Gongsun Yi realized that even Cao Cao, who was respected as his brother, also had ambitions for Qingzhou, otherwise Xun Yu, who was dispatched, would not be able to completely plan for the future of Yanzhou.

Gongsun Yi took the drink from the guards around him, and toasted to the group of soldiers and soldiers who had died in battle in front of him, who had previously disguised themselves as Jizhou soldiers and took advantage of the night to take the city head and create an opportunity to open the city gate and defeat the Jizhou soldiers stationed in Qincheng.

These people are heroes, and they should be commemorated in a heroic way, Gongsun Yi said to the guards around him: "Report the names and origins of these strong men and the situation at home, I will see it tonight, and immediately transport them back to Qingzhou for burial." ”

"No!" The guards around him were ordered to retreat, and hurriedly went to find the commander of the army.

At this moment, suddenly Tai Shici's face turned pale, and he hugged his fist to Gongsun Yi and said, "Lord, I found a thousand people pit buried in front of me. ”

Gongsun Yi's eyes were cold, and under the leadership of Tai Shici, he quickly came to a big pit that had just been dug up, according to the soldiers, it was here that he found the exposed corpse arm, and when he dug it, he found that he was hurriedly buried in a large pit of nearly a thousand people, but what made Gongsun Yi even more shocked was that the heads of these thousands of people were cut off.

Although Gongsun Yi vaguely remembers that he has seen in historical materials about the slaughter of unarmed people by the official army, and at the same time of wanton looting, he cut off the heads of the slaughtered people and brought them back to serve as military merits.

"Bury them well." Gongsun Yi's eyes were buried under his eyebrows, he stood up and turned to leave, and a group of soldiers hurriedly dug pits around to bury the corpses.

Gongsun Yi looked lonely, the tragic situation of nearly a thousand corpses has been echoing in his mind, and his mood was difficult to calm down for a while, in the face of these unarmed and slaughtered people, Gongsun Yi couldn't do anything, it seemed that he was going out to fight Jizhou, but the current offensive momentum was not ideal.

Just the many famines left by the previous Jizhou army have delayed the offensive momentum of Gongsun Yi's army, as long as Yuan Shao has a strong wall and cleared the wilderness, I am afraid that he has not yet engaged the Jizhou army head-on, and the first to be dragged down must be the Xiao cavalry army.

It's just that for Gongsun Yi, if Yuan Shao is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Jizhou, the threat to Qingzhou will only be greater, Yuan Shao's flaws will be reported, and he will never coexist peacefully with Qingzhou.

This is also the reason why Gongsun Yili mainly attacked Jizhou, and he had just won a big victory over the Jizhou army not long ago, and it was the time to pursue the victory.

"My lord, Qingzhou is eight hundred miles in an emergency!" Yu Ban held the letter sent from Qingzhou in his hand and came to Gongsun Yi to report it.

Gongsun Yi took the letter, quickly glanced at the contents, frowned, and handed it to Yu Ban beside him, Tai Shici also came up to take a closer look, and there were only a few words on the letter: "The family is ready to move, Tao Qian Chen Bing border." ”

Yu Ban and Tai Shici glanced at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes, it stands to reason that Qingzhou has the Beihai Kong family in control of the overall situation, and even if the families compete for interests, they are also making small troubles in private.

The most surprising thing is nothing more than Tao Qian in Xuzhou, who actually ordered the general to lead the troops Chen Bing to the Qingzhou border, Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers can fight well, and the murderous reputation is outside, this time seeing that Gongsun Yi's life and death are unknown, the main force of the Xiao cavalry army is going to the direction of Jizhou, Tao Qian Chen Bing's border intentions are obvious.

Gongsun Yi stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the Gaoqiu Plain in the distance, knowing that he could not continue to advance northward, even this Qincheng may be difficult to defend, the terrain of Qincheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack in the face of Qingzhou, but the north city wall is low and has no tendency to occupy.

Although the Xiao cavalry army took Qincheng, but it was unable to hold here, and what was even more helpless was that Qin County was on the road from the border of Hebei and Qingdao, and there was no natural danger to defend, and the city was dilapidated and unable to defend it, although it was very unwilling, but Gongsun Yi only led the troops back to Qingzhou.

If it is a strong attack without scruples, not only may the whole army be wiped out, but even the territory of Qingzhou is likely to be divided and eaten up by a group of princes, but for those scholars who dare to take advantage of the fire to rob, Gongsun Yi has already moved to kill.

"Lord!" Yu Ban said in the foreword, although he wanted to persuade Gongsun Yi to lead the troops back, in fact, Yu Ban himself was also unwilling, seeing that he could take advantage of the victory to pursue, but in addition to the problem in Qingzhou, it seems that Yuan Shao's strategy of distant friendship and close attack was successfully implemented.

"Immediately reorganize the army, the whole army is ready to retreat, and bury all the corpses of those Jizhou soldiers." Gongsun Yi turned over his horse and galloped towards the military tent.

The cavalry army returned in a mighty way, except for the big break of the Jizhou soldiers in Qin County, there was no large-scale battle this time, Yuan Shaojian avoided the field without fighting, and dragged the Jizhou army with tens of thousands of people, but from the other side, Gongsun Yi got the most wanted population, and many princes did not realize that the people were the real foundation of life.