Chapter 67: Compassion
The sky was cloudy, and the cool morning light was accompanied by gusts of refreshing breeze, but at this time it was filled with a disgusting and rich smell of blood.
After a night of fighting, the battle stopped, and the fire had been extinguished by the combined efforts of the cavalry, and the smoke slowly rose, which was very clear in the light of the morning light.
The cavalry scattered among the corpses, looting the loot, while mending the wounded soldiers of the Xiliang army who still had a breath and still breathing, to relieve their pain, the cavalry buried a large number of corpses in the camp to avoid the corpses from disease.
Gongsun Yi was in the temporary military tent, quietly listening to the pursuit all night, Xiahou Dun, who had just returned, reported that although he followed and killed hundreds of fleeing Xiliang army armor soldiers, but found the traces of Dong thief, the night was getting brighter, and even found the Xiliang army scouts, Xiahoudun had no choice but to lead the army back.
Xiahoudun was also embarrassed, when he was attacking the main road to the Chinese army's tent, he led the army to rush and kill repeatedly, although he finally broke through, but not only lost a lot of people, but also let Dong Zhuo escape one step earlier, only to feel ashamed, and his tone was a lot lower.
Gongsun Yi sighed slightly in his heart, and his kind words comforted Xiahou Dun a few words, since Dong Thief fled, he could only have no choice but to give up, planning is in the sky, Gongsun Yi has done what should be done, it can only be said that Dong Thief's life should not be extinguished.
The battlefield has just been cleaned, the corpses have been removed, Gongsun Yi led people to repeatedly inspect the Xiliang military camp station, and did not find a group of court officials who were forcibly escorted, let alone no trace of Emperor Han Xian, presumably it had been transported to Chang'an by Dong thieves first, Gongsun Yi originally killed Dong Zhuo, and the plan to rescue the emperor and courtiers was in vain.
However, now that the cavalry has won a complete victory, killing nearly 10,000 enemies and capturing 3,000 people, it can be regarded as a bad breath for the fiasco in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, but there is nothing to complain about.
In this raid operation, most of the Xiliang army had not had time to rush out of the camp to fight with knives, and they had been engulfed in the burning fire, and the Xiao cavalry army raided and killed, destroying nearly 10,000 people in the Xiliang army, and there were 3,000 prisoners alone.
On the other hand, the Xiao cavalry suffered hundreds of casualties, most of them were sacrificed when they stormed the main road of the Chinese army's big tent, and Gongsun Yi's harvest was also amazing, most of the Xiliang cavalry had no time to rush out of the military tent, let alone pull the war horses.
Raid a battle, Gongsun Yi harvested nearly 3,000 horses, for the scarce horses of Gongsun Yi, it is tantamount to a huge wealth, as long as you have a war horse, choose a good general training, you must have a strong cavalry force, although Gongsun Yi at this time has no generals who can lead the cavalry, but it does not mean that there will be no in the future.
The Xiahou brothers had many meritorious deeds in this battle, but Gongsun Yi knew very well that once they knew that Cao Cao was still alive, the two would inevitably leave, and Gongsun Yi naturally did not hesitate to take the three thousand war horses for himself, although the Xiahou brothers were red-eyed, they would not say anything.
The rest of Dong Zhuo's collection of gold, silver and jewelry piled up, Gongsun Yi was not stingy, half of it was given to the generals, and for a while, the morale of the cavalry soldiers was high, and everyone was praising the hussar general Gongsun Yi's great grace.
The reason why the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Army are excited is because of the ancient conquests, especially the most of the princes of the Kwantung Righteous Army, although they will take out wine and meat to reward the soldiers before and after the war to stimulate morale, and will also take out a small amount of gold and silver to distribute meritorious officials, but rarely take out half of the gold and silver harvested to distribute rewards.
Although gold and silver are the foundation of life and development, for Gongsun Yi, life is the most precious, and this victory is won by the brave fighting of the soldiers with their lives and blood, and they deserve to be richly rewarded.
Gongsun Yi is not unaware of the mountains of wealth, but compared to gold, silver and jewelry, or the lives of his soldiers are more precious, Gongsun Yi's casual behavior makes the cavalry more cohesive, and the fighting spirit is more and more high, even if Gongsun Yi ordered the whole army to attack Chang'an at this time, I am afraid that no soldier is a little unwilling.
The only regret is that when the arson was rushed at night, most of the grain and grass of the Xiliang Army were burned, which was really a fly in the ointment, and there were ten unsatisfactory things in the world, and Gongsun Yi would not be so greedy.
Thousands of embarrassed prisoners of war of the Xiliang Army were sent to the camp built on the verge of death under the escort of the surrounding Xiao cavalry troops, and along the way, the Xiao Liang Army soldiers continued to provoke and instigate, as long as the Xiliang Army soldiers dared to collide with each other, they would be killed on the spot without hesitation.
It's just that at this time, Gongsun Yi's headache is not thousands of soldiers, but more than 100,000 people gathered, and what is surprising is that in the big battle last night, all the people who were forcibly taken to Chang'an by the Xiliang army were actually in panic and stayed in the dilapidated tents.
Perhaps frightened by the cruel rule of the Xiliang Army, not many people fled, and later Gongsun Yi learned that the Xiliang Army formed a queue of people and carried out cruel punishments, one person fled, and none of the rest of the people in the same team were left.
In order to save his life, he can only keep an eye on others to prevent others from leaving, and even if some people want to take the opportunity to escape, they will be forcibly pulled by others on the same team.
Gongsun Yi has not yet figured out how to appease the people, seeing that the Xiliang Army garrison, which is already a pile of ruins, cannot be stationed at all, and the logistics baggage troops transporting tents, grain and grass are still on the way, Gongsun Yi can only order the cavalry army to be stationed around the ruins, and strictly order that the people should not be disturbed, and those who violate the order will be beheaded.
However, most of the soldiers of the Xiao cavalry army were recruited from the homeless people, and they were all poor people who fled, and they followed Gongsun Yi to repay their kindness, and they also expressed deep sympathy for the people who also suffered in this way, and the order was well executed.
The whole army rested, Gongsun Yi sent a large number of cavalry to search the surrounding hundreds of miles, so as not to be attacked by the Xiliang army, if the Xiliang army led the troops to kill, there was no danger to defend the plain, Gongsun Yi would not hesitate to give up.
There were many victories in a big battle, and the soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Army headquarters were severely damaged, but since Dong Thief fled and attacked Chang'an with less than 5,000 troops, it was tantamount to asking for his own death, and the fighter plane had been lost, so he had to withdraw the army as soon as possible, but whether to take a group of people with him, Gongsun Yi was a little difficult.
Gongsun Yi hesitated in his heart, and led a group of armor soldiers to the place where the people lived, seeing that the armor soldiers with the division of tigers and wolves entered, the people who were still outside hurriedly hid in the dilapidated tents, and the surrounding silence was terrible for a while.
Gongsun Yi walked slowly in the densely populated people's station, watching more than a dozen people trembling in the dilapidated tents, and he was very frightened and did not dare to look at the group of armor soldiers, for fear of causing murder.
Along the way, a disgusting stench came to the face, and the tent was surrounded by hideous heads, in order to deter the people who dared to resist and flee, the cruel methods were outrageous, and on some of the surrounding grounds, there were still half of the corpses left, which were obviously gnawed.
The guards of the cavalry who followed Gongsun Yi couldn't help frowning and hiding their noses, and advised Gongsun to leave early, so as not to attract bad luck, but Gongsun Yi turned a deaf ear and walked towards the depths of the station with a solemn expression.
A group of guards of the cavalry looked at each other, for fear that these chaotic people would hurt Lord Gongsun, so they hurriedly followed, holding the saber at their waist and carefully probing the surroundings.
Under Dong Zhuo's instructions, the Xiliang Army forcibly confined a group of people to the garrison and did not allow them to leave a single step, resulting in a foul smell and such a bad environment, it is hard to imagine how these people detained here lived in such a cruel environment.
The further he went, the heavier his mood became, Gongsun Yi's heart was sour, and at this moment he had already made up his mind, even if the Xiliang army led the army to kill, he would never give up these miserable people to lead the army to evacuate alone, seeing that the people who were also Han were so miserable, he suddenly felt compassion.
Just as Gongsun Yi passed by a dilapidated tent, a little girl who looked no more than ten years old, dressed in single clothes, with a thin yellow face, snorted, and was suddenly squeezed out by the adults in the tent, lost her center of gravity and fell to the ground.
Gongsun Yi hurriedly stepped forward and instinctively stretched out his hand to help the little girl up, but suddenly the little girl curled up nervously, staring at Gongsun Yi in armor in horror.
"Don't be afraid, I've got something to eat here." Gongsun Yi's heart was sour, and he took the bread from the guards beside him and handed it over carefully.
The little girl, who was a little flustered and did not dare to raise her head, hesitated again and again, and her extreme hunger drove her little hand to raise slightly to approach the dough cake, her eyes were full of longing for the dough cake, and suddenly out of the tent was a white-haired old man who was over sixty years old and had inconvenient legs and feet.
The old man stumbled forward quickly, blocked the little girl behind him with a slightly thin body, and suddenly knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "My granddaughter is only nine years old, please raise your noble hand and let her go, the villain is willing to be a cow and a horse to repay the adult's kindness!" ”
Gongsun Yi was shocked, how could he afford to be bowed down by such an old man, and suddenly knelt down in the stunned eyes of the surrounding people and hurriedly said: "Old man, please get up quickly, I am a junior, where can I afford such a big gift!" ”
The stunned old man was helped up by Gongsun Yi, Gongsun Yi always had a friendly smile on his face, and there was no shelf of the superior, is this still the executioner who carried a war knife and slaughtered casually yesterday? The scene in front of me was like a dream.
Last night, the fire in the camp of the Xiliang Army was raging, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and a group of hungry people who had already been killed by the Xiliang Army stayed in the dilapidated and dirty tents in panic, not daring to make a slight move.
For them, those sergeants with swords and armor are all jackals, and even many people secretly hope that the Xiliang army can be defeated, and it is better to die than to live, at least under the hands of the Xiliang army, they can survive for a long time, and there are not many people who can face death calmly.
Gongsun Yi said good words to appease the hungry people around him, and immediately asked the guards around him to take out food and fresh water to supply these people, but they couldn't take much out of them at all, which was tantamount to a drop in the bucket for the huge number of hungry people.
Gongsun Yi immediately ordered the guards around him to mobilize all the grain and grass in the camp, although it is better than nothing, but no matter what, you have to do something, you can't watch the people die, Gongsun Yi, who has just defeated the Xiliang army, encountered an unimaginable food crisis.