Chapter 81: Gathering People's Hearts

At this time, there are 2,000 elite cavalry troops in Feng County, well-equipped and strong, and it is more than enough for the Yellow Turban thieves who occupy the city to defend the city and come from the rout, not to mention that there are more than 100,000 family members in Feng County, presumably the Yellow Turban Thieves do not dare to act rashly.

Presumably, the reason why the Yellow Turban thieves were so excited was only because the Xiao Cavalry Army occupied Fengxian County, and the Yellow Turban Thieves, who had seen how the officials and soldiers treated the people cruelly in the past, were extremely worried about how their families could calm down.

However, the tension at this time must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise it is very likely that a large-scale conflict will occur, and if there is a grudge with the Yellow Turban Thief, it is inconsistent with Gongsun Yi's original intention.

"If our army arrives, the Yellow Turban Thief will inevitably be trapped in the beast, and General Taishi must defeat the Yellow Turban Thief's resistance as soon as possible, so that more people can be saved!" Gongsun Yi said with a slight request, now Tai Shici is not his subordinate general, and the military is also a temporary responsibility, so naturally he cannot give orders directly.

Tai Shi Ci hugged his fists and took the order, nodded secretly to Gongsun Yi's decision-making, he was able to kill decisively, and did not lose his judgment on the form because of the heart of saving people, which is very important, Gongsun Yi's will often determines the strategic intention of the entire Xiao cavalry army.

Tai Shi Ci led nearly a thousand cavalry to quickly break into the territory of Feng County, and soon saw groups of yellow turban thieves, one after another, moving towards Feng County, the longer they went deep into Feng County, the more Yellow Turban thieves they saw, when the army was defeated, most of the Yellow Turban thieves moved towards this side, and they planned to return to their families as soon as possible.

Seeing the cavalry rushing forward, they hurriedly dodged in a panic, their eyes were full of fear and hatred, many Yellow Turban thieves had learned that Fengxian had been occupied by the official army, and it was not clear whether their families were safe and sound at this time, so they could only gather to Fengxian as quickly as possible, so as to deter the officials and soldiers in the county from wantonly slaughtering.

Feng County is not a tall county seat, the Xiao cavalry military flag hunted in the wind, and hundreds of heads of the Yellow Turban thieves who had previously defended Feng County were hung around the battlements of the city wall, shocking the Yellow Turban thieves.

At the head of the city, many soldiers of the Xiao cavalry army held swords and shields, and coldly watched more and more yellow turban thieves gather under the city, and the officers walked back and forth, constantly shouting loudly to strengthen their morale, a large number of stones and arrows were carried on the city, and they were ready to defend the county, and all the soldiers of the Xiao cavalry army believed that Lord Gongsun would never give up on them, as long as they held here, reinforcements would arrive soon.

The Yellow Turban thieves who gathered under the city were dazed and helpless, although they were nervous and wanted to rescue their families, but seeing the hundreds of hideous heads that were still dripping blood, they were afraid of the strong combat effectiveness of the cavalry, and they were even more afraid that if they attacked, it was very likely that the officers and soldiers would jump over the wall and slaughter their families.

At this time, a Qu Shuai who fled to this place, seeing that most of the Yellow Turban Army was at a loss and helpless, if he ascended to the heights, he would definitely respond, if he could command these tens of thousands of soldiers, it would be a big deal to escape to other states and counties, how could he let go of such a good opportunity, and after making up his mind, he took more than a dozen guards to ride horses in front of many Yellow Turban thieves.

The Yellow Turban thief Qu Shuai glanced at everyone and said loudly: "Brothers, the official army is burning and looting in the city, we must not sit here and let others slaughter me, if you can trust me, you will follow me into the city to avenge our relatives!" ”

"Revenge, revenge!" The words of the yellow turban thief Qu Shuai seemed to add fuel to the fire, instantly igniting the anger in the hearts of the yellow turban thieves, most of them were at a loss at this time, and they didn't know how to deal with themselves.

Suddenly, the earth shook, and soon nearly a thousand cavalry rushed down from the hillside, and the powerful Yellow Turban thieves who were shocked for a while were speechless, thinking of the terrifying galloping horses and shouting of killing that night, many Yellow Turban thieves trembled, and they couldn't even hold the blades in their hands.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, a whistling sound broke through the air.

A sharp arrow suddenly pierced through the chest cavity of the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai, and suddenly the blood plasma of the wound collapsed, the corners of the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai's mouth overflowed with rich blood, and his wide eyes looked at the arrow that penetrated his chest in disbelief, and he looked up blankly, only to see that a Xiao general in the distance still maintained the posture of drawing a bow and shooting arrows, Qu Shuai's eyes were dark, and his body fell off the horse softly.

Before the guards around the Yellow Turban Thief Qu Shuai could move, the cavalry of the Xiao Cavalry Army had already rushed to the front, and their hands were up and down, and more than ten guards were immediately slashed and killed one after another, and the surrounding Yellow Turban Thieves were stunned on the spot, and they were already shocked by the Jun Jun Wei of the Xiao Cavalry Army and couldn't move.

I don't know when, as the first blade fell, the first Yellow Turban Thief lost his courage to kneel, fear spread like a plague, all the Yellow Turban Thieves discarded their weapons and knelt on the ground, they couldn't beat and couldn't escape, they didn't want to die, they could only give in and beg for their lives.

Tai Shi Ci ordered his sergeants to gather all the Yellow Turban thieves together, at a glance at the crowd of people, roughly estimated that there were more than 30,000 people, except for many who fled to other places, basically returned to Feng County, most of the Yellow Turban thieves could not see at night that night, heard that the enemy army was attacking and had scattered and fled, there were not many Yellow Turban thieves who really killed, most of them were crowded and trampled to death when fleeing for their lives.

The Yellow Turban Thieves looked blankly at the high-spirited officers and soldiers outside in their hearts, and no one knew how to deal with them.

In order to make military merits, some generals slaughtered all the captured Yellow Turban thieves, men, women, and children, and invited military merit with bloody heads, and the cruelty of the methods was outrageous.

There are also generals who remember that they are just ordinary people, behead their leaders, and dismiss the remaining Yellow Turban Thieves, but this seems to be benevolent, but the Yellow Turban Thieves who lack food are either starved to death, or quickly regroup to join the Yellow Turban Thieves, and only the collective strength can allow them to continue to live.

I don't know how long later, the sharp-eyed yellow turban thief saw a general in armor and riding a horse in the distance, and saw that the age was not as old as the weak crown, but the moment the general arrived, all the cavalry of the cavalry dismounted and saluted.

Although it was unbelievable that the generals of the official army were so young, he was obviously the one who decided their death, his eyes stared at Gongsun Yi intently, and he didn't know who took the lead and shouted first: "Please let us go!" The more than 30,000 yellow turban thieves who were soon imprisoned shouted in unison, and the shouts of one after another resounded in the sky for a while.

Gongsun Yi dismounted and came to the temporary fence, glanced at the yellow turban thieves with yellow faces and thin muscles, and said in a deep voice: "Listen to me!" After the Yellow Turban thieves calmed down, Gongsun Yi took a deep breath and continued: "This official is Gongsun Yi, the hussar general who is the commander of the Xiao cavalry army, and this time I didn't come to take your life, otherwise the cavalry would naturally be killed all the way that night, instead of driving you here." ”

"In the eyes of this official, you are just a group of desperate people, in order to oppose the tyranny of the people to gather a crowd, but for a way to live, since this official is here, want to implement the policy of tuntian, open up the land to build a homeland, if you want to leave, you will not be forced, if you are willing to stay, my Gongsun Yi welcomes it."

"My lord, we need guarantees!" A yellow turban thief spoke boldly.

"There is no guarantee, but in order to survive, whether you are willing to give it a go, or starve to death in the suburbs, or rejoin the Yellow Turban Thieves and be exterminated by the army, you decide for yourself!" Gongsun Yi's tone was categorical and unambiguous.

Looking at the many contemplative Yellow Turban thieves, Gongsun Yi's expression changed and he said coldly: "But the ugly words are ahead, if there is another gathering of people to loot and cheat, my Gongsun Yi will not show mercy, I will give you half an hour to consider." ”

Gongsun Yi nodded slightly to the general who was responsible for escorting the grain and grass, and soon a large amount of grain was unloaded from the car, the temporary porridge shed was erected, and the city gate that had already been opened, there were people full of panic one after another, helping the old and the young to walk outside the city.

When they saw their relatives locked in the fence, many people were already in tears, but because of the sharp knives in their hands, the officers and soldiers who were eyeing each other did not dare to go forward to recognize them.

Soon the smell of rice came to the face, and the family members of the yellow turban thieves looked at it greedily, but no one dared to step forward to pick it up, Gongsun Yi stepped forward with a chuckle, personally took a wooden bowl containing millet porridge, and leaned over to hand it to a five or six-year-old child at the front of the line.

It's just that the young woman standing next to the child suddenly reached out and knocked the wooden bowl to the ground, brushed, and the cavalry on both sides suddenly drew sharp knives and surrounded her, the woman leaned over and looked at Gongsun Yi with eyes full of hatred, her body trembled violently with fear, and turned to gently hug her child and close her eyes and wait for death.

Gongsun Yi was completely stunned, he really didn't understand why this happened, what he did wrong, he would usher in such a hateful gaze, and he was stunned and half-fed before he came to his senses.

Seeing that the surrounding Xiao cavalry was full of murderous aura and scared the people to kneel on the ground, he hurriedly waved his hand to make the Xiao cavalry soldiers who surrounded on both sides put away their blades and retreated, Gongsun Yi stepped forward to pick up the wooden bowl, and put a lot of millet that had been mixed with the soil into the bowl.

It just so happened that Tai Shici, who had just urged the whole army to set up camp, passed by here, and happened to see the woman knocking over the wooden bowl in Gongsun Yi's hand, and hurriedly stepped forward.

Tai Shi Ci approached Gongsun Yi and said in a low voice: "Lord Gongsun doesn't know, when there was a strong attack on the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, in order to slaughter the captured Yellow Turban thieves' families as soon as possible, he actually poisoned the well, and ordered everyone to drink water, and then alas. Tai Shi Ci sighed slightly and stopped talking.

Gongsun Yi's heart was shocked, and he finally understood why he saw such hateful and resentful eyes, presumably this woman must be a survivor of that atrocity, Gongsun Yi was full of doubts, and stepped forward with a wooden bowl mixed with clay millet porridge.

In the stunned eyes of the people, Gongsun Yisan ate all the millet porridge in the bowl in two bites, thinking that he was fighting with the Xiliang army in the wilderness, this millet porridge mixed with soil is much more delicious than the grass roots and weeds, not to mention that compared to the suffering of these people, eating millet porridge mixed with soil is nothing.

Gongsun Yi took another bowl of millet porridge, leaned over and handed it to the five or six-year-old child with yellow muscles and thin muscles again, and after the woman nodded, she carefully took the millet porridge and drank it.

Heaven is not kind to all things as a dog, since now occupy the land of Qingzhou, you should do what you can, the poor are good alone, and the good is to help the world, Gongsun Yi secretly made up his mind that the tragedy must not be staged again.