Chapter Twenty-Three: All River Crossings
In the dirty and sticky mud, a head that had been completely covered by the muddy water with wisps of blood and looked down on its face was quietly falling on it, motionless, no one cared about it, and no one looked at it, Gu Xuan knew that the spirit of this army had actually completely collapsed from this moment on.
In the huge camp of 4,000 people, facing the enemy who was less than one-third of his side, he chose to directly put down the weapons in his hands and surrender to the other party, and the whole scene became silent, because anyone who still wanted to resist stubbornly had already fallen into the sewage mixed with blood and mud at this moment, and they stared at the godless eyes around them, looking at the pale, panicked, and unmotivated companions who had been completely taken away by the other party, what should they feel before they died, maybe there was still unwillingness, maybe there was regret, but it was too lateγ
Whatever choice is made, it is natural to bear the consequences, this is the fairness of the world, and regret afterwards is just a futile increase in pain.
Seeing that these people were so weak, without even a basic backbone, Gu Xuan was finally secretly relieved, he first let go of his hand and let go of the poor worm who had been pressing with his left hand, and then turned to point at the people opposite with his knife, and ordered loudly: "Get up and go with this king!"
At this moment, quite inexplicably, among the people who were kneeling on the ground quietly, someone actually shouted with a crying voice.
"Don't kill me! My dad is Kyung Zhao Yin!"
What's even more ridiculous is that after someone opened his mouth like this, even the others shouted together, one by two, they were all hurriedly reporting to their homes, as if they were afraid that the other party would not believe it, and some people patted their chests and swore to Gu Xuan, a little farther away, because they were blocked by the people in front, there was no way, and they were still constantly comparing and explaining with the Rakshasa clan with doubts on their faces.
"My father is the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, please, don't kill me! As long as you don't kill me, my father can give you whatever you want!"
"Don't listen to him, my father is older than his father, he is the left servant, please, don't kill me!
"My family has money, gold, jewelry, you can do whatever you want, please, my family is just me, please don't kill me!"
"Woo woo, please, please!"
Gu Xuan was slightly stunned at first, but the next moment he already understood, it turned out that these people thought that they wanted them to go to find a place to kill them, and shook their heads helplessly, and was about to open their mouths to scold these noisy prisoners of war, when suddenly his heart moved, he thought of something, and then relaxed his tone and said comfortingly: "I am Gu Xuan, the king of Hedong County, you just have to rest assured, as long as you are obedient in the future, listen to the orders of this king, don't do some radical things, this king dares to guarantee that you are safe and sound." β
Seeing that he had already spoken, the whole noisy scene suddenly fell silent, although these people didn't know him, but it was "Gu Xuan, the king of Hedong County" These six words are understood, what kind of identity is this, these people are quite clear, the words that come out of the mouth of such a great god are always much more credible than those soldiers on the battlefield who take talking as a fart and whitewash their backs as soldiers who are not tired of deceit, even if he was fierce just now, it is more terrifying than those murderous demons, but at this time he laughed, but there was still a convincing power.
When the crowd finally calmed down, someone timidly asked, "I, I believe you, but where are you going to take us and what are you going to do?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the others also looked at Gu Xuan with a little timid but a little expectant eyes, because this was indeed the most concerned issue for them at the moment, after all, in many oral stories, the prisoners on the battlefield were killed as soon as they ran out, and it was impossible to keep them for wasting food, but they didn't want to die immediately, in that case, it was better to pick up the knife and fight again.
Gu Xuan smiled slightly, and said with good words: "Don't worry, the first evil has been ambushed, this king will not implicate others, not to mention that killing you is not good for this king, don't ask again, wait until you go on, you will know, this king will say it again in the end, put down the weapon in his hand, and follow this king in a line, this king guarantees his life, as long as you are obedient, you will definitely be able to return home safe and sound afterwards!"
At the beginning, the death of Wei Chi Lide first intimidated the other party, dispelled the other party's idea of resisting, and then persuaded him with good words to ensure the safety of these people and exempt them from worries.
On the bank of the Wei River, which seemed to be much calmer than at night, but it was still very muddy because of too much muddy sediment flowing downstream, Lan Yunxuan, who stayed where he was and took care of the entire fifteen thousand people, had already begun to direct the preparations for crossing the river.
To be honest, in fact, in the whole process of crossing the river, the most difficult thing is not how to cross this choppy river, but how to cross this river that seems to be a devouring beast under the nose of the enemy.
Moreover, in the past, because it was necessary to let the advance team of 5,000 people cross the river as soon as possible, they could only rush to build the simplest raft, the kind that was so simple that it might automatically disintegrate if it collided with anything in the water, precisely because they did not have enough time to build a large boat that was safe enough to protect the lives of the people on board, and the Rakshasa themselves did not know the nature of the water, and it was dark at night, and they could not see anything clearly, so the loss of crossing the river was so heavy.
But now the situation is completely different, this daylight, although the river is still very turbulent, but the most obstructive cold wind and cold rain have disappeared, the gloomy dark clouds have almost dissipated, at a glance, you can easily see the situation on the other side, and the most important thing is that their tools for crossing the river are two strong and stable big boats, although it is not enough to say that it can carry hundreds of people at a time, but this kind of large boat that can accommodate dozens of people, as long as you are careful, it is enough to run rampant on this river.
As for why he called those captives away, it was also because he made the best use of his resources, people did their best, and those who surrendered could not be wasted, so Gu Xuan immediately took them out of the camp and asked them to go to the edge of the cliff to do hard labor, and use the baskets and long ropes that were made from the tents in the camp that were temporarily dismantled to catch people.
If you don't want to do it, you can't do it, feng shui takes turns, after Gu Xuan calmed them, one of the things he did was to collect his weapons, he didn't even have the knife in his hand, what else could he do to fight with others, and this kind of thing, in fact, I am afraid that there will be the first one to take the lead, as long as one of them kneels down first, the others will basically kneel down, especially these unproductive soft bones, in order to survive, they will do anything.
In order to ensure safety, but also for efficiency, these second ancestors were divided into groups of five, and began to use ropes to pull the people below up on the edge of the cliff, and the more than 1,000 Rakshasa clans, who had lost 300 people in such a short period of time just now, held their scimitars and watched from the side, as overseers.
Lan Yunxuan, who was still wearing a set of light blue scribe's clothes, but had his sleeves and waist tied up to facilitate his movements, was the first batch of people to come up, and looking at his light and breezy appearance, he seemed to have known this result early.
As soon as he appeared here, Gu Xuan saw this, and after a few words of instructions to his subordinates, he naturally walked up and talked to him on the other side.
Gu Xuan greeted him first, and the whole person seemed much more relaxed, and said with a smile: "Mr. is really clever, he even calculates the location of the enemy's camp clearly, this king is really admired!"
Lan Yunxuan didn't dare to slack off, and after returning the big gift first, he shook his head and said honestly: "No, no, my subordinates don't dare to steal the credit of others, this is actually someone deliberately sent this information, but he didn't tell it immediately, and asked the prince to forgive him." β
After all, this matter can be big or small, at least it means that it is just forgotten, but if it is bigger, it is deliberately deceived and tried to put the master in danger, no matter whether the master himself is angry or not, of course the people below should be the first to ask for guilt.
Gu Xuan is not a person with a small belly, although he was a little unhappy after knowing the truth of this, but he was not angry, he just waved his hand, his tone was a little more solemn, and said: "Mr. doesn't have to be concerned, let alone say anything to ask for guilt or not, Mr. didn't say it before, naturally there is a reason for Mr., but this king is really curious, who sent the information, could it be Tianluo's people?"
In his opinion, the person who can have such a great ability, in the hinterland of the enemy country, is still so well hidden, and can calmly send information to himself, that is, the people of Tianluo can do it, and all this, in fact, he has always only regarded it as a test arranged by Gu Cang for himself, so he will only open mountains and build bridges every water, and will never take a step back.
Unexpectedly, Lan Yunxuan didn't answer this question, but instead diverted the topic in one sentence, looked into the distance, stroked his beard, and said with great appreciation: "The prince is right to leave these people this time." β
Gu Xuan didn't ask in detail, but nodded, the corners of his mouth curled, and he said: "Yes, in order to be able to save their lives, they desperately reported their identities before, and this king only then knew that these were all the children of the official eunuchs who defended the country, one by one, they were either rich or noble, and the power of the family behind them in defending the country was extremely huge, once they took their lives and used them as a threat, they were not afraid that they would not comply, if they really killed them with a knife, the patriots would unite and defend it wholeheartedly, but it would be a trouble." β
The capital of a country, it is no better than Gu Xuan's Wushan County that was broken by three arrows at the border, the walls of the capital are towering, and the city gate is very firm, if the other party is really determined to defend the city, it is difficult to capture it in one go with the armament in his hand, so after this battle, Gu Xuan actually doesn't understand a little, why the enemy must come out to intercept him, is it just to prevent himself from crossing the river and causing greater damage in the hinterland of the country, the rich land of Weizhou, is it possible that they don't understand, as long as the front line wins, this is not a matter of concern at allοΌ
But if you can't figure it out, you don't have to think about it, as long as you do your own thing, it's enough, he won't turn the horns, but even if he is as smart as him, he won't think about how much help he can have in the future by leaving the lives of these people in front of him.
"The next road, that is, a horse and a flat river, there is no more obstacles, but I don't know what the war in Liangzhou should be. β
After Lan Yunxuan sighed a little, he was a little sad, but in an instant, when he thought of that person's unpredictable methods, he suddenly relaxed, yes, even things thousands of miles away, he could arrange them so clearly, how could he be helpless against the battle on the front line?
If it is possible, I really want to see him, if I can say a few more words, it would be better, but with his identity, it should be difficult, well, there is also a chance, as long as I can follow this one, there will definitely be a chance in the future, Lan Yunxuan thought.
On this side, the more people come up, the lower the fighting spirit in the hearts of these second ancestors, these recuperated Rakshasa warriors, at first glance, are different from the previous opponents who have been exhausted to the extreme, if they really want to resist, they will definitely not be opponents.
After giving up the idea of resisting, the efficiency of their hands has also accelerated a lot, perhaps they are trying to leave a good impression in front of the king of Hedong County, so as to save their lives, plus the Rakshasa warriors who came up first can also help, so it only took one day, these fifteen thousand people have successfully crossed the river and landed, but because the rope was accidentally broken on the way, a few unlucky people fell to death.
At this point, all the horses under Gu Xuan's command have crossed the Wei River, and the road ahead is already a smooth road, and the enemy's other 6,000 men and horses are just stones on the road, and they can be easily kicked away with one kick and march into the capital of Weiguo, it is only a matter of time.