Chapter 32: The Great Sacrifice
"It's my order, what about it?" Chen Qiong had never seen such a stupid person, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion had not yet been killed, so this kid came to look for trouble.
"I'm going to kill you!" Bao Xin was furious, and rushed towards Chen Qiong with a knife.
Without waiting for Chen Qiong's orders, between the elite soldiers on both sides, the iron armor collided, and more than ten iron spears resisted Bao Xin.
"What do you want to do?" Being held up with a gun by this iron-blooded soldier who had gone through several battles, Bao Xin's face changed drastically and he stammered.
"Bao Hongwu dares to kill, but this kid dares to come and crash into my car and seek death by himself, then it's no wonder that I am." Chen Qiong was too lazy to waste any more energy on Bao Xin, and directly ordered, "Drag it down, cut it!" ”
"Whoa!" The soldier received the order, carried Bao Xin and left.
"What?" Bao Xin went through the initial mistake and shouted like a pig, "You can't kill so-and-so, you can't kill so-and-so, come to Bao Lieutenant's nephew!" ”
Seeing that the soldier was unmoved, and stepped on his back, Bao Xin almost fainted in pain, and finally reacted at this time, Bao Hong's uncle really didn't work, so he shouted in a panic, "I have a lot of savings, I am willing to give them all, and I only ask for a certain life!" ”
"Stop!" Chen Qiong's expression moved, and she hurriedly stopped.
The knife was swung down, and it stopped in Bao Xin's neck, and Bao Xin was drowning in cold sweat and was half scared to death.
"I hope you didn't lie to me, otherwise you will die a miserable death, and take it down to take care of it." Chen Qiong waved her hand, too lazy to look at Bao Xin again.
Although the situation is slightly different from what was imagined, it is generally close, just now in the battle, more than 700 people were lost, but the remnants of the army brought back by Bao Xin were all more than 1,000 people, and more than 2,600 yellow turbans were captured, and more than 4,000 were beheaded.
One after another, many officers and soldiers who had returned from the defeat of Gepi were contained, adding up to more than 3,000 people, including 400 cavalry. Some of them fled to other counties, and Chen Qiong deservedly laughed at these horses, broke up their formations, and filled them in various departments, Chen Qiong's headquarters of soldiers and horses expanded sharply to more than 8,200 people, and nearly 3,000 Yellow Turban servants. Chen Zhi has more than 1,500 people stationed in Luyuan, which is considered to have begun to take shape. However, they are all new soldiers, and the team is expanding too quickly to make the foundation unstable, if it is not for the successive victories of several battles, there are Xu Chu, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Yu Tong and other descendants of the fierce generals, I am afraid that I will not be able to control the scene.
Yiri, more than ten miles away from Gepi within the military village. One by one, the corpses were carried into a large pit in the clearing in front of the mountain. The shade of the trees and the flowing water, the south of the mountain and the water in the north, can also be regarded as an excellent place for feng shui.
Chen Qiong led Xu Chu, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao generals, with solemn expressions, looking at the crowd in front of him.
"No matter how much suffering you have suffered in your lifetime, the pain of breaking your family, the pain of losing your loved ones, the suffering of hunger, and the invasion of wind and frost, you are now resting here, and your suffering in the world has come to an end. You will follow me for only two months, and two days for the shortest. Many people I don't even know your faces, and I don't know your names. However, you and others are all pacifying the place with me, and you want to kill the field with blood, and you are my subordinates, and during your lifetime, I can't give you brocade clothes and food. However, after death, as my part, I will not allow you to bury your corpse in the wilderness, and be despised by wild beasts, so that you will be a lonely soul and a wild ghost, and you will not be ......able to rest in peace."
"For the deceased, I led thousands of soldiers to see them off, and I hope that you and others will support each other, work with one heart and one mind, and no longer be lonely and suffer on the Huangquan Road."
"I hereby swear that I will register all my tribes, and as long as I have a mouthful of food, I will never teach you to have an empty stomach. As long as I still have clothes to wear, I will never let you be left unclothed, and as long as I have money left, I will never teach you to wait for the four walls of your family. If you are disabled in battle, I will support you until you are old, and unfortunately you die in battle, I will collect your bones and sacrifice the souls of the dead, and if you have a family, I will support your children. If this oath is violated, when people and gods abandon together, ten thousand arrows will pierce the heart and die! ”
"Wine!"
Shizuo carried a jar of good wine, Chen Qiong opened the mouth of the altar and sealed it, and poured the wine in front of the cemetery, "May you wait all the way!" ”
"Childe Joan!"
"Childe Joan!"
………
There was a cry in front of the tomb, after learning about Chen Qiong's title from the group of bandits who had followed Chen Qiong for the longest time, everyone looked solemn, and raised their blades in their hands and shouted loudly, and the sound of the mountain shouting and tsunami was stirring in the air, and the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army who were miles away looked frightened. Even those Yellow Turban soldiers are all in their hearts at this time, compared to dying in the chaotic army in the past, it seems that there is more hope for following this Chen Duwei.
After a big sacrifice, it was very difficult to walk down with Chen Qiong's old injured body, and after the end, Chen Qiong was physically and mentally exhausted. Hearing the soldier's heartfelt call, Chen Qiong smiled, this move is not just to win people's hearts, but he really intends to do so, even if he comes to the Three Kingdoms in this troubled world, even if he has to become more cold-blooded and ruthless in order to survive, but Chen Qiong also has his own bottom line, those who fight for him and die for him must not be disappointed.
"Lord, when are we going to attack Gepi County?" Pei Yuanshao had a little more respect for Chen Qiong at this time, not only the majesty of Chen Qiong's victory, but also a trace of respect for his subordinates.
"Attacking the county seat? When the siege equipment carried by Bao Hong was defeated, it was burned by the chaotic army, could it be that the flesh and blood of the soldiers were used to break open the gate of Gepi City? Chen Qiong shook his head and said, "Luyuan County has a lot of grain, and there are many wastelands in Runan, so you can recruit displaced people to reclaim on the spot, and you and Xu Chu each lead a cavalry to cover the battlefield, but if there is a chaotic army out of the city, they will gather and attack it, and I and Zhou Cang will train soldiers and horses here to prepare for the next big war." ”
Chen Qiong shook his head and said, I learned from those yellow turban soldiers that it was the giant bandit Liu Shibu who was defeated the day before yesterday, and the two major bandits in Yuzhou, Bai Jue, were headed, and Liu Shi's vitality was greatly injured, only Shi Guang still had many thieves. The threat is great, but it is not yet irrepressible. Use the Xinde cavalry to gradually clean up the Yellow Turban rebels outside the county town of Gepi, compress their living space, and slowly figure it out. Besides, he just killed Bao Hong, and Chen still didn't know what the attitude of the imperial court was, and he naturally understood the principle of raising bandits with self-respect.
The army expanded too quickly, the orders were not uniform, the command was not consistent, and it also took a period of time to precipitate, at least until the imperial court's attitude was clear, Chen Qiong did not plan to merge with Shi Guangbu entrenched near Gepi County for the time being.
Otherwise, as soon as Shi Guang was eliminated on the front foot, the court on the back foot was about to destroy him, wouldn't it be in vain to make a wedding dress for others? As long as he still has soldiers and horses in his hands, and he is still confronting Shi Guang in Gebei, the imperial court will not use him for the time being, and when the training of nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command is completed, he is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated. Although Chen Qiong is not very familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms, in troubled times, some things must not be too regular.