Chapter 68: Uniting People's Hearts (Part 2)
Under the order of Gongsun Yi, thousands of soldiers quickly drove into the hungry people's station, and immediately took down the heads and corpses hanging on the tents and buried them in the soil for peace.
The military medical officer allocated herbs to treat the sick and hungry, more than a dozen porridge sheds were set up in the camp, and a group of Xiao cavalry soldiers maintained order in the surrounding area, children, women and the elderly were given priority, and some of the strong people who wanted to cut the line were unceremoniously pulled down by the Xiao cavalry sergeant and beaten violently.
Many hungry people held millet porridge with tears in their eyes, each grain of millet seemed precious, and some children carefully took a little millet squeezed out by their parents and ate it with relish.
Although Gongsun Yi immediately ordered treatment, there were still people dying of illness or starvation every moment, and Gongsun Yi even risked the mutiny of the sergeants and ordered all the military rations to be used to relieve the people.
However, with the number of more than 100,000 people, the food and grass brought by the cavalry alone was not enough to feed everyone, and many new corpses would pile up every hour.
At noon, the baggage troops arrived, Gongsun Yi had to calculate the amount of food with the main body of the army, although Gongsun Yi's Xiao cavalry army was loyal, it was okay to go without food for a day, if it was a few days, I am afraid it would still cause a mutiny.
Especially at this time, the whole army is lone and deep, and it is possible to deal with the counterattack from the Xiliang army at any time, and the army will be disheartened if there is no food, if it is hungry, once the Xiliang army attacks and kills, it will inevitably collapse without a fight.
The extremely hungry people can't be transferred at all, and today's food is not enough for a day even if they are frugal, Gongsun Yi stood and wandered outside the barracks and muttered for a long time, when he saw the miserable people, Gongsun Yi had already made up his mind that he must not leave them alone to lead the army.
Sun Yi immediately found Xiahoudun, hoping that he would lead the cavalry troops to carry all the gold and silver to the area of Sujujube, collect as much food as possible from the local people, and when he returned, he would definitely be able to meet with the more than 100,000 people led by Gongsun Yi.
Xiahoudun immediately led a thousand cavalry, with a large number of gold, silver and jewelry towards the sour date area, the situation was urgent, Gongsun Yi could only trust Xiahoudun, if he left with gold, silver and jewelry and a thousand cavalry and Cao Cao, Gongsun Yi was helpless.
Gongsun Yi finally made up his mind to kill some of the war horses to satisfy his hunger, the lack of food to survive was desperate, but the loss of hope was even more terrible, Gongsun Yi was determined to lead more than 100,000 people back to Luoyang, and did his best to protect these people.
It's just that with the advance speed of the people, even if you rush with all your might, it will take at least four days to go back and forth, and now that the food is in short supply, even if Gongsun Yi kills all the war horses, I'm afraid it will not be enough.
Just when Gongsun frowned, suddenly a strong wind came, and the dense floating grass on the ground tilted to one side like water waves, and suddenly countless small umbrella-like tidbits flew up, fluttering into the distance.
Gongsun Yi's heart moved, his face could not hide his joy, how could he forget such a key thing, the sky is endless, nature provides ingredients to satisfy hunger, such as this dandelion, boiled in a pot can satisfy hunger, although the taste is not good, but it is better than starvation.
Gongsun Yi stepped forward and threw the dandelion out with a saber and put it in his mouth casually, feeling bitter and difficult to swallow, but hope was still burning in his heart.
Gongsun Yi selected the people who could walk for the first time, and on the premise of sending many scouts to explore the surroundings, most of the soldiers were transferred to dig out the surrounding wild vegetables, and soon fortunately found purslane, leafy vegetables and other wild vegetables, and the food crisis that was originally urgent for a while was finally alleviated.
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Gongsun Yi, who led people to actively dig up wild vegetable reserves in the surrounding area, did not get a chance to breathe, and soon there were scouts to report, and there were 5,000 sergeants of the Xiliang Army slowly advancing towards this side a hundred miles away, led by a big banner with Hu characters.
Gongsun Yi had already expected that Dong Zhuo, who had fled in a hurry, would never be able to swallow this breath, and as expected, he sent an army to lead the army to attack and kill, but this Hu Zhen had a handle in Gongsun Yi's hands, and when the army was defeated and captured, Gongsun did not kill him, but let Hu Zhen go back, so that he could reconcile with the old department of Bingzhou.
Hu Zhen, who was extremely embarrassed, finally caught up with most of Dong Zhuo, and he hated it in his heart, not only competing with the old department of Bingzhou, but also looking for some trouble at every opportunity, and looking like an enemy.
Dong Zhuo was jealous that Hu Zhen was a member of the Northwest Wang clan, and his subordinates were more loyal to each other, and he let Hu Zhen mess around if it was not a matter of principle.
Don't you know that Hu Zhen happened to fall for Gongsun Yi's strategy, and said that it was just a ploy to make Hu Zhen friendly with the Bingzhou army, and Hu Zhen did not hesitate to squeeze out the old department of the state, and Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others could not be reused, so the Xiliang army was a plate of scattered sand and there was nothing to fear.
Dong Zhuo fled back in embarrassment, and immediately wanted to send a general to attack Gongsun Yi, but he did not listen to Li Ru's advice not to move troops at this time, Hu Zhen immediately asked for his life, wanting to avenge the humiliation at the beginning.
At this time, Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong had already led the army to the northwest to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui, and Lu Bu led the army to clear the surrounding mountain bandits and rogue bandits and had not yet returned, and there were many old generals and colonies of the Bingzhou Army left around.
Dong Zhuo fled in embarrassment that night, and was almost caught up by Xiahoudun's army, Dong Zhuo was already afraid of being killed by Gongsun Yi, and just when he was about to give up, he suddenly came out of the queue and asked for his life in a conclusive manner.
Dong Zhuo was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately dispatched 5,000 soldiers from his headquarters to Hu Zhen, and ordered him to behead Gongsun Yi, but Dong Zhuo also knew how to balance, and he couldn't favor one over the other and treat the old department of the state army, so he sent Hou Cheng, the general of Lu Bu's subordinates, to lead the army and follow the main general Hu Zhen to fight together.
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Getting the news of the killing of the Xiliang army, Gongsun Yi was not in a hurry, and in the evening, many Xiao cavalry troops gathered at the gate of the camp, and many people gathered around them who could not see the end at a glance.
Gongsun Yi was dressed in military uniform, stood on the temporary point platform and said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, I am Gongsun Yi, I must be familiar with you, there are two things to call everyone here today, one is to deal with the prisoners of war of the Xiliang Army, and the other is to hope that all the fathers and villagers will return to Luoyang with me." ”
As soon as Gongsun Yi's voice fell, it immediately caused a commotion, and many people were excited, hoping that Gongsun Yi could kill the heinous jackal, and many people secretly thought about whether to follow Gongsun Yi back to Luoyang.
Although the Xiao cavalry army is very close to them, there has never been a robbery and random slaughter, but the Xiao cavalry army is also very short of food, the road to Luoyang is far away, no one knows that in the case of lack of food, a few people can return to Luoyang smoothly.
What's more, Luoyang has been burned to the ground, and although the people who have lost their homes are grateful to Gongsun Yi for his great kindness, no one knows what will happen in the future, and some people have even made up their minds to leave the team and go to the surrounding counties.
It's just that no one dares to say it, for fear of being bloodily suppressed, the crazy massacre of the Xiliang Army is still fresh in my memory, only a few days, no one knows whether Gongsun Yi really loves the people like a son.
Gongsun Yi waved his hand, thousands of Xiliang Army prisoners of war who were only wearing single clothes and had already been taken off their clothes and armor were escorted out in turn, and the point was suddenly turned into an execution ground, dozens of Xiao cavalry soldiers were executed at the same time with big knives, and the knives fell from their hands, and the Xiliang Army prisoners of war who were so frightened that they peed their pants and begged were beheaded one after another, and their heads rolled down to the ground with angry eyes, and the headless corpses splashed with rich blood and fell to the ground.
The entire execution ground was terrifyingly quiet, only the mournful crying and crying came from time to time, but the executing cavalry soldiers were merciless, and successively slashed the prisoners of war of the Xiliang Army with knives in their hands, and at some point, the crowd erupted in a cry of celebration.
Many onlookers wept, not fearful, but crying with joy, these brutal jackals finally subdued, those tragic death of the family can also be blinded, for a while the people were excited, if it was not for the cavalry to stop, I am afraid that many people will rush up to take revenge.
Soon the 3,000 Xiliang army was slaughtered, 3,000 heads and 3,000 corpses were piled up, and Gongsun Yi's thunderous means suddenly gathered the wavering hearts of the people, and the people's hearts were attached, which was very good.
Seeing that the Xiliang army was pursuing this side, Gongsun Yi no longer hesitated, and immediately announced that all of them were marching in the direction of Luoyang, and everything was voluntary.
Many people who were active still chose to leave the army and go to the surrounding counties, many people were deeply instigated, and finally decided not to go to the direction of Luoyang, even if they left many people, but there were still nearly 100,000 people who followed Gongsun Yi back.
At a glance, there was a sea of people, fortunately, Gongsun Yi had stored a large number of wild vegetables before, but he could barely survive, but when he returned, Gongsun Yi still ordered the soldiers to slaughter 500 war horses to satisfy hunger, which inspired the confidence of the people.
Gongsun Yi sent 500 armor soldiers to escort the people forward, and ordered 2,000 armor soldiers to wear the uniforms of the Xiliang army, all equipped with short knives and crossbows on their bodies, pretending to be tied up with long ropes, and only 1,000 soldiers were brought to Anshan to meet the enemy.
Ansan is not a mountain, but a basin, and it is said that there was a majestic mountain here in the past, but for some reason it was moved away by the giant god of the sky, hence the name of Ansan.
The reason why Gongsun Yi chose this place is because the surrounding weeds are dense, and the undulating ground is difficult to see clearly, Gongsun Yi arrived first, and immediately ordered the sergeants to plant many flags everywhere, and it seemed that the troops were endless at a glance.
Hu Zhen led the troops to come, undoubtedly in the snow, it happened that Gongsun Yi's army was short of grain and grass, just to take Hu Zhen to open the knife, Gongsun Yi immediately ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead the 800 cavalry, hide on the side and wait, with the red flag on the hillside as the signal.
The strong wind is coming, the field flags are hunting with the wind, and the thousand cavalry soldiers are neatly looking, holding swords to form a military formation, all looking into the distance, waiting for the enemy to come and die.