Chapter Ninety-Six: Mystery
In the quiet room, Gongsun Yi was lying on the bed bored, his shoulders were covered with plasters, and he hurt his muscles and bones for a hundred days, I am afraid that he will not be able to get out of bed in the short term, looking at the beam of the house, he secretly thought how good it would be if Ning'er was by his side, in fact, there are many people who can take care of Gongsun Yi, but it is really unreasonable to often go in and out of the room where the 'remains' are displayed.
Gongsun Yi could only lie quietly on the bed alone, the turmoil of the Xiao cavalry was quickly suppressed by Yu Ban, the various departments were actively prepared, and a group of officers and colonels would go to the tent every day to ask for orders, and they wanted to immediately send troops to attack the rest of the counties in Jizhou, and swore to avenge the Lord Gazette.
In the dead of night and day, Yu Ban took a servant in his forties into the dark room, Gongsun Yi's pupils had already adapted to the darkness in the room, and he could vaguely see that this person was not good-looking, and he looked very nervous when he saw him.
The lean man in his early forties saw that Gongsun Yi was puzzled, and he didn't say a word, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and before he knew it, he was already in a cold sweat.
"Lord, this person Min Xi is a famous painter of local friends, and he is good at the art of disguise." Yu Ban stepped forward and whispered to Gongsun Yi.
Gongsun Yi nodded slightly, he had previously ordered Yu Ban to secretly search for such a talented person from the surrounding area, he didn't expect to find it so quickly, it seems that God blesses, it won't be long before he doesn't have to lie on the bed like a corpse.
At the beginning, Yu Ban was instructed, and immediately selected trustworthy personal guards to disperse the search and exploration, and the hard work paid off, and through many investigations, he finally found a strange person like Min Xi, and quickly took the soldiers to meet.
Originally, Min Xi saw the officials and soldiers coming and thought they were in trouble, so he refused to admit it, but finally admitted it under the persecution of Yu Ban, despite his hard pleading, he was still taken to Gongsun Yi's mansion by Yu Ban without saying a word, and Gongsun Yi, who was lying on the bed and had died of poisoned arrows, actually opened his eyes, and quickly knelt on the ground in fright.
Min Xi is not a dull person, these days the whole Jizhou is rumored that Qingzhou Mugong Sun Yi was assassinated, and now although he looks pale and seems to be injured, it is obviously not the same as the rumored poisoned arrow death......
And he Min Xi and a grass people, knowing this shocking news that should not have been known, if he is lucky, he can barely save his life, I am afraid that he will lose his freedom in a short time, and if he is unlucky, he is afraid that he will be killed and killed, knowing too much is sometimes not a good thing, and he is frightened, and he falls to his knees and trembles.
Gongsun Yi slowly endured the pain and got up, approached Min Xi to help him up, and chuckled: "The next thing is to rely on Mr. Min." ”
"The villain is just a grass people, Mr. can't afford it, and I ask Lord Gongsun to make it clear, and the villain will definitely send it after listening." Min Xi hurriedly said, now Xiaomin is completely in the hands of Gongsun Yi, and he can only act cautiously according to orders, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.
The sky was just dark, dressed in disguise, Gongsun Yi, who had already passed through the disguise, and several guards of Yu Ban, quickly went out of the city and came to the military tent, Tai Shi Ci, who had been waiting here, was afraid of revealing Gongsun Yi's identity, so he did not nod slightly, and his eyes quickly staggered.
Soon the cavalry army got the order to retreat of the whole army, although a group of generals did not know why, but the military order has been given, only to act as ordered, the army began to retreat slowly in a mournful voice, and the funeral on the other side was held with great fanfare, and the surrounding armor soldiers were all dressed in white, holding a salute staff and standing solemnly.
The mage in the Taoist robe jumped barefoot, holding a copper Suzuki sword and chanting words in his mouth, and for a moment the mournful music resounded, and the paper money fell like snowflakes, and Gongsun Yi's 'corpse' had already been placed in the coffin, carried by several guards and slowly out of the city.
Many of the cavalry troops who quickly reorganized the army outside the city slowly retreated, originally planning to make contributions to Gongsun Yi, but they didn't expect to die before they left the division, who they wanted to follow, where they would go in the future, down to the sergeants, up to the generals and officers were all lost and confused.
The news of Gongsun Yi's ambush and murder soon spread all over the world, and the princes of all parties had their own thoughts, and Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao soon got the news, his face was full of gloom, but his eyes flickered, and he immediately ordered Xun Yu to come to discuss the matter.
Xun Yu came to meet Cao Cao, bowed down and sat down as the guest of honor, Xun Yu drank a few sips of fragrant tea, and said casually: "The lord is urgently called, I don't know what is important?" ”
"The news just came that Gongsun Yi was attacked in the mansion and was killed by a poisoned arrow, and now the Xiao cavalry army has no leader, and is slowly retreating towards Qingzhou under the leadership of Yu Ban and Tai Shici." Cao Cao got up and handed over the secret letter he had just delivered.
Xun Yu hurriedly got up and respectfully took the secret order, and swept it at a glance, there were not many words on the secret letter, and the content was not much different from what Cao Cao said before, but Xun Yu sneered softly, and put the secret letter aside casually, as if he didn't care about the content of the secret letter.
Cao Cao was puzzled in his heart, it stands to reason that Gongsun Yi died, and the Qingzhou dragons had no leader, it was the time to send charcoal in the snow, Cao Cao was not worried that Qingzhou would resist him, as long as he ascended to the top and shouted to avenge Gongsun Yi, presumably the Qingzhou scholars, Gongsun Yi's generals, including the Xiao cavalry army who can fight well will be thrown into the Yanzhou camp, and then occupy Qingzhou is just a matter of capture.
It's just that looking at Xun Yu's attitude, it seems that he doesn't care about this matter, can't Xun Yu think of the development of the situation, or is it not recommended to occupy Qingzhou at this time?
From the perspective of the overall situation, at this time, Yuan Shao had just imprisoned Han Fu, and he was already too busy to take care of Jizhou, and Gongsun Zhan was beyond the reach of the whip, and he lost troops in the battle with Yuan Shao, and he did not get involved in the power of Qingzhou in a short period of time.
No matter how Cao Cao thought about it, he always felt that this was a godsend opportunity to occupy Qingzhou, and looked at Xun Yu and said helplessly: "Wen Ruo, don't you approve of taking the opportunity to seize Qingzhou?" ”
"Lord Yu, it's not that the lower officials don't agree with the plot to seize Qingzhou, but I'm afraid that there will be no chance in a few years." Xun Yu's tone was calm and he said very calmly.
Seeing that Cao Cao was puzzled, Xun Yu picked up the secret letter and hugged his fist and saluted: "Lord, look, the secret letter mentions that the Xiao cavalry is slowly retreating, this is very important, if Gongsun Yi is really dead, how can Yu Ban and Tai Shici lead the army back so lightly, I am afraid that the scholars who go back to Qingzhou and rely on Gongsun Yi will never let the two go, and the only possibility is to cheat death." ”
"Why did Gongsun Yi want to be like this?" Cao Cao suddenly smiled heartily, he already understood the reason for Gongsun Yi's fraudulent death, even he had the intention of taking the opportunity to seize Qingzhou, how could Yuan Shao, who occupied Jizhou and was beaten from both sides, let go of this opportunity to break through the Qingzhou army in one fell swoop.
With Yuan Shao's character, he must take advantage of the discouragement of the Xiao cavalry army, lead the army to defeat the Qingzhou army in one go, and strangle the threat in the cradle, it seems that Gongsun Yi is very clear about Yuan Shao's temperament, Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and said: "Wen Ruo, then how should our army deal with itself?" ”
"Consolidate your own strength, make friends with the scholars, unite the majority to fight against the small number of resistance forces in Yanzhou, and do not help each other to watch the fire from the other side of the Jizhou war, if Yuan Shaosheng will help Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Yisheng will help Gongsun Yi, as long as the cranes and mussels compete for the benefit of the fisherman." Xun Yu responded with a chuckle, I have to say that from beginning to end, the development of the war in Jizhou was in Xun Yu's expectations.
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When Gongsun Zan learned the news of Gongsun Yi's assassination, his eyes were cold for a while, although he didn't attach importance to this concubine's son, but in any case, Gongsun Yi was also a member of the Gongsun family.
Gongsun Chan immediately summoned everyone to discuss the issue of sending troops, but all the civil and military officials in the hall were opposed to sending troops, and even Yan Gang and others, who had always respected Gongsun Yi, did not support Gongsun Chan to lead the troops again.
"Because of Yuan Shao's thief, I first lost my younger brother, and then lost my second son, I have made up my mind, who wants to be a pioneer!" Gongsun Zhan's voice was violent, and a pair of tiger eyes looked around at everyone on the left and right.
"My lord, now our army is sleepy and lacking horses, food supply is difficult, and there are 20,000 soldiers in Youzhou outside Yuyang City, Liu Yu and Chen soldiers are eyeing each other, if you enter the army at this moment, it is okay to be lucky to attack Jizhou, if you can't break through, I'm afraid" Guan Jing came out of the column and clenched his fists and persuaded.
"With your construction, do you want me to swallow my anger?" Gongsun Chan got up and asked.
Guan Jing was shocked and hurriedly knelt down and said: "My lord, the lower officials think that my Youzhou army is good at fighting in the wilderness, and attacking the city is not a strong point, Yuan Shao will definitely attack in the future, and when the time comes, he can defeat Yuan Shao's army on the plain in one fell swoop and take the opportunity to occupy Jizhou!" ”
"Minister's reconsideration!" A group of civil and military officers hurriedly clenched their fists and reconsidered.
After a long groan, Gongsun Zhan waved his hand and sighed: "That's it, let's disperse." ”
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