Chapter 205: Gongsun Du’s Defeat
Let's talk about Gan Ning and Liu Yi running in tandem, one chasing after the other. What's a pity is that Gan Ning's horse is just an ordinary yellow gelding, not very fast, and Liu Yi, as Gongsun Du's top two favorite generals, got
Of course there are a lot of good things. Even the war horse on his hip is a Dawan horse specially selected by Gongsun Du. The speed is not bad. How could Gan Ning catch up with him?
"What the hell is going on?!" Gan Ning, who was in the rear, kept attacking the horse's abdomen, but the distance between the two could not be narrowed. Gan Ning was so angry that his teeth were itching...
However, blessings and misfortunes always depend on each other. Gan Ning was beaten here, but the city gate on the other side finally couldn't withstand the violent Hongru of the siege engines. The door bolt broke and the door opened!
"Brothers, charge with me!" Zhou Tai raised his steel spear high, took the lead and rushed into the city with the soldiers holding down the formation at the rear.
Generals Yang Yi and Liu Yi were frightened when they saw this situation. They immediately left Jiang Qin and Gan Ning and went into the city, just to rescue Gongsun Du!
But Zhou Tai had already left a backup plan, and asked two thousand soldiers to form a defense line to block the city gate. Yang and General Liu would waste too much time just to clear the troops, and Liu Yi was still injured.
The speed is even slower.
"Two generals, you are already a turtle in this urn. You cannot escape with your wings. You should surrender as soon as possible. With your martial arts, you can definitely seek a position under my lord Sun Jian. Why not?"
Seeing Yang Yi, Liu Yi, and Jiang Qin who were in desperate situation before them, they began to use tactics to persuade them to surrender, but unfortunately, the effect was not very satisfactory.
"Eat the emperor's salary and fight for the emperor. This is the law of loyalty and justice. How can we violate it?!"
After Yang Yi refused, Gan Ning continued to advise: "Gongsun Du is going to die soon. Once he dies, what kind of king will you have? Without a king, how can you talk about violating loyalty? Why are you so stubborn?"
"Where did you come from as an orphan, and you could say such stupid things like having no father and no king?!"
Liu Yi's loud curse aroused Gan Ning's anger: "Okay! Since you are looking for death, don't blame me. I asked for it. The whole army will obey the order and kill the enemy general!"
Gan Ning gave an order, and the soldiers blocking the door attacked them with all their spears. Although Yang Yi and Liu Yi were generals, they were not Zhao Zilong who drove Wushuang on Changbanpo. Not long after, the wounded Liu Yi was the first to be stabbed.
After getting off the horse, Yang Yi's burden doubled. After killing fifteen soldiers, he still followed Liu Yi...
"Move the corpses of these two men to one side and give the order not to be trampled on!" Jiang Qin said this. He said that he was an enemy, but he would not abandon his lord until death. Anyone who saw it would praise him.
Looking at Zhou Tai who had already run into the city, under the cover of his soldiers, he made his way to the main hall smoothly, and Gongsun Du was sitting in front of him.
"Surrender, I will hand you over to Gongsun Zan; if you don't surrender, you will die now." A concise and clear sentence came out of Zhou Tai's mouth, but it attracted a lot of ridicule from Gongsun Du.
"If I fall into the hands of Gongsun Zan, I will be cut into pieces with a thousand cuts. He is waiting to avenge Baima Yicong!"
"If that's the case, then I'll deal with you here. At least I don't have that kind of habit like him."
Zhou Tai, who was thinking about Gongsun Du, walked quickly towards the house. Unexpectedly, he had just taken two steps when a hidden arrow suddenly shot at him. Zhou Tai blocked one of the arrows with his sweep, and dodged another one, but was hit by the second one.
Three arrows hit his back. He groaned and tried to stand up, but was shot in the left leg again.
"A villain's trick..." Zhou Tai, who was half-kneeling on the ground, was injured, but his momentum did not diminish. He was still looking at Gongsun Du in front of him coldly as before.
"It doesn't matter whether I'm a small person or not. Before I die, if I can help a general to support me, it won't be a big loss."
Gongsun Du waved his hand, and the archers hiding on both sides fired cold arrows again, but this time they would not have good luck. Two flying knives flew out from behind Zhou Tai and blocked the two arrows.
"Surround! Kill all these villains!" Gan Ning, who hurriedly arrived, ordered the army to rush to both sides of the hall, but in the blink of an eye, several screams were heard from the shadows.
"Gongsun Du, are you done with it?" Gan Ning held the Green Dragon Halberd and looked at him teasingly.
Gongsun Du also stared at Gan Ning and grinned. He pulled out the sword in his hand, not for fighting, but put it on his neck. He looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's a shame that I, Gongsun Du, was so smart that I listened to the lies of Xu He and the little thief.
If you cause death, go back and tell Gongsun Zan that he will never have another chance to avenge Baima Yicong!"
After finishing speaking, there was only a "stab" sound, and the sword blade scratched Gongsun Du's neck, and blood spurted out from the wound. Gongsun Du stood stunned for more than five seconds holding the sword before he fell down.
"Xu He"
Xu He, who was called, quickly ran to Gan Ning and said flatteringly: "Young man, what are your orders, general?"
"Go get his sword and let me see it."
"Dele, General, wait a moment!"
Xu He jumped up and down and ran forward. He didn't even see Gan Ning behind him nodding towards Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin picked up the sword and struck it across with his hands rising and falling. Just like that, Xu He was unaware and had no idea.
Died in painful circumstances...
"Xu He took the lead and led the army to the front line, but he was plotted by Gongsun Du. His head was missing, which was a great loss to our army. However, I have killed Gongsun Du to avenge him, and I will report it later.
General Gongsun Zan named him a rebel general. Although he died physically, his spirit will always be with us!" Gan Ning held Gongsun Du's head high, and Xu He's body lay behind him, making this lie more credible.
The speed immediately jumped to 100%.
Then he took out a piece of yellow paper full of handwriting, showed it to the Yellow Turban Army, and said: "This is written by Xu He himself. It mentions that he will lead you to surrender to General Gongsun Zan and serve for him. Everyone, you must surrender."
Don’t let down his good intentions!”
In fact, whether this letter is true or false, it doesn't matter, because how many of the Yellow Turban Army can read? Even if they are literate, who has seen Xu He's handwriting? Besides, they were originally because they didn't have enough to eat.
Those who hold high the banner of rebellion are no different than anyone else as long as they have food to eat.
With this in mind, the tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans who were still alive chanted for Xu He's righteousness and expressed their willingness to surrender. There was no splash at all in the process of surrender...
"Yeah, if I had known it was so simple, why would I write this letter..." Gan Ning crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it out angrily.
"Anyway, as long as the ending is good," Zhou Tai, who was covered in bandages, patted his shoulder and comforted him, gesturing to reassure him.
"Tiger"
"What are your orders, boss?"
"Rally the army immediately, set off to the west, find Gongsun Zan and hand over these yellow scarves to him, then leave as soon as possible. I'm still waiting to go back and drink."
"Get the order!" Gan Ning hurriedly hurried all the way, but because the road in Liaodong was really difficult, the army walked for almost twenty days before they finally arrived at Lingzhi City.
Jiang Qin looked up and murmured to himself: "Does this Gongsun banner belong to Gongsun Zan? Or does it belong to Gongsun Du?"
"You'll know if you just shout." After saying this, Gan Ning raised his head and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Boys in the city! Who is your lord?!"
"My lord is Gongsun Zan, the governor of Peking!"
"Then open the city gate quickly! Our troops are Sun Jian's soldiers and horses. We have an appointment with Gongsun Zan and are here to help him attack the city!"
After understanding his purpose, the defender above asked him to wait and ran to report it. Not long after, the city gate was opened...
"Are you the reinforcements mentioned in Wen Du's letter?" Gongsun Zan looked back and forth at the three people opposite him and nodded with appreciation.
"I have met General Gongsun. My name is Jiang Qin, this is Zhou Tai, and this is Gan Ning."
"The three generals have traveled thousands of miles to help me defeat the rebels. They are truly righteous heroes! Please allow me to prepare a banquet to welcome you all!"
"Indeed, we should, after all, we have brought you a big gift." After saying that, Gan Ning put Gongsun Du's head on the ground.
Gongsun Zan was shocked. He looked around his head carefully. After confirming that everything was correct, he bowed his hands to the three of them. Although he didn't say anything, Gongsun Zan knew very well that he was moved. He dared to attack from behind the enemy's rear and take the head of the enemy lord directly.
In this matter, courage, strategy, and martial arts are all indispensable. With such a talented person, how could he not be tempted?
At the banquet, Gongsun Zan kept toasting to the trio and kept saying sweet words, which made Zhang Fei and Zhou Cang a little unhappy who were left out.
On the contrary, Zhao Yun, who was sitting next to him, and Jiang Qin, who was opposite, noticed their displeasure and toasted to them with smiles, which made their expressions soften a lot.
"The three generals who went around the enemy's rear today and killed their master will definitely leave their names in history. I deeply admire you. I feel that the three generals are a little tired. Why don't they rest in this city for a few days to recuperate their spirits. This may be a good idea.
What do you think?"
Looking at Gongsun Zan's careless and attentive face, Gan Ning and the other three were as bright as a bright mirror. How could they not understand his thoughts? Then Gan Ning said to him: "It is necessary to rest, but there are few
We need to explain the matter to General Gongsun first. First, although we killed Gongsun Du, there are still two counties of Xuantu and Lelang in the rear. However, the defenders are not strong and it should not be difficult to fight. Therefore, our army will
No more fighting”
"That's natural. You should rest. We'll take care of the rest.
"Secondly, those tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans were left to you at Wen Du's request. He said that you wanted to guard the border and resist foreigners, so he gave these people to you. I hope you can train them out of the mountains as soon as possible. In addition, he also
Said, if you can't stand the barbarians outside, he wouldn't mind coming again to help you keep Youzhou in check."
This statement surprised Gongsun Zan, but he still nodded and gave an affirmative answer.
"Thirdly, our army will only rest for two days and leave immediately after two days. Is this request okay?"
"This...Okay." Gongsun Zan really didn't want to agree, but he also understood that since the other party had made it clear, it meant that they had seen his thoughts. If he deliberately detained him, there would inevitably be a conflict. He was not sure with this person.
Three ruthless people can fight and still win...
Chapter completed!