Chapter 56 Taking advantage of the chaos
When Zhang Xiong's head was finally cut off by Ma Jun and threw it to Zhang Gui's feet, his face was covered in blood, like an evil ghost crawling out of the underworld, making everyone around him shudder.
Wiping away the blood from his face, Ma Jun stood back to the team silently. From now on, he will be Gao Jin's subordinates. Even if Gao Jin wants his life, he will never say anything.
Zhang Gui looked at his son's face twisted and deformed due to pain, and his throat almost hoarsely emitted the most vicious curse, "Gao Jin, I'm waiting for you below. You are so vicious, you will definitely... in the future..."
"Bang!"
Gao Jin whipped Zhang Gui's face with a whip. Zhang Gui couldn't speak anymore, but his companions all looked happy, and no one was willing to let Zhang Gui die happily.
"Since you surrendered, I should let you go."
Gao Jin finally looked at the prisoners. These official troops were all locals from Hekou Fort. Although they were in the army under Zhang Gui and their lives were extremely difficult, who could guarantee that they would keep their mouths to Zhang Guizhi after they were letting them go.
As Gao Jin said, the captives' hearts were suffocated. When the camp was broken, the surrendered horse thieves were stabbed to death by the servants, and only six were still alive.
"Zhang Gui assassinated my Gao family caravan, killed my Ada and my uncles and uncles, and killed my father with a grudge. I, Gao Jin, will kill Zhang Gui and take his head to comfort their spirit in heaven."
"Yes, yes, Grandpa, Zhang Gui is not willing to die. If you kill him, it will also help us to eliminate a major harm to our Hekou Fort."
The veterans and oilmen in the official army shouted one after another, who would disobey Gao Jin's intention for Zhang Gui, this time? What's more, there were many people in the official army who were eager for Zhang Gui's death.
"After I kill Zhang Gui, if anyone among you goes to sue the official position, I will take my brothers and subordinates to become thieves outside the pass. My Gao family has been loyal and kind for generations. My grandfather and Grandpa Qi are in Jiliao to resist the Northern Barbarians. My grandfather also killed Japanese pirates in Goryeo for the court. They are all famous heroes. Gao Jinqing is innocent and will never be thieves."
Hearing Gao Jin's words, several veterans looked at each other. Everyone understood what Gao Jin meant. Gao Jin did not want to kill Zhang Gui was exposed, but he was worried that some of them would sue the officials. This was in charge of their suing for the lawsuit!
"Grandmaster, tell me, what do we do to reassure you!"
Among the few veterans, some people stood up and said that it was a matter of the fact that the official army represented Hekou Fort and Gao Jin had a complaint.
"Each of you cut a piece of Zhang Gui's flesh, I believe you will not report to the official to leak the secrets, which will make me lose my innocence."
Hearing Gao Jin's words, several veterans were shocked. They saw Gao Jin practicing martial arts in the fortress, with a fair face and gentle manners like a scholar. Unexpectedly, they were so terrifying that they were ruthless, but they had no right to refuse, so they could only agree.
"I'll do it first."
Suddenly someone jumped up and said loudly. Gao Jin looked at him and saw a round-faced man with an honest face. His eyes were red and he squeezed out of the crowd and said, "Master Gao, please let me cut this old dog first."
"Go."
He took the short knife handed by Gao Jin, and the round-faced man came to Zhang Gui and cursed, "Old dog, my mother was seriously ill last year, but you insisted that I go to work for your house. When I go home, my mother died and was still gnawed by a beast, and there was not even a whole body."
The round-faced man cursed, while stripping Zhang Gui's clothes, revealing his white and fat belly, cut a piece of meat on it, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it for a few bites, then spit it on Zhang Gui's face with a "pah", kneeling on the ground and crying loudly, "Mom, I'm avenging you!"
Zhang Gui was cut by a knife, and his forehead was so painful that he burst into cold sweat. "Gao Jin, if you want to kill me, even if you dismember the five horses, I, Zhang Gui, will accept it..."
Zhang Gui, who was speechless, begged Gao Jin and was cut off by someone. He would rather be dismembered by five horses.
Gao Jin ignored Zhang Gui and just asked the prisoners to step forward one by one to cut off Zhang Gui's body. He watched his father be dismembered by five horses with his own eyes. How could Zhang Gui die happily?
Among the prisoners, from time to time, some people gritted their teeth and cursed Zhang Gui and cut their flesh from him. Some people also imitated the round-faced man and vomited violently after swallowing it. The eyes of several veterans made their eyes twitch. They felt that Zhang Gui had committed too many sins in his daily life, so he should have been cut off like this.
When the last person cuts his flesh from Zhang Gui's leg, Zhang Gui, who is like a bloody man, is dying, leaving only half a breath, and there is no good place on his body.
"Ada, my son has avenged you. Uncles, Xiaojin has avenged you."
Gao Jin walked to Zhang Gui, unsheathed the long knife from his waist, cut off Zhang Gui's head, and threw it to Chen Sheng on the side.
Looking at Zhang Gui who finally died, the prisoners felt as if something had fallen in their hearts. Each of them cut a piece of Zhang Gui's flesh and found that the 100-household lords who were so arrogant in the past were nothing strange. They would bleed and beg for mercy like a coward.
The servants took the prisoners away. When they passed by Gao Jin's direction, someone in the prisoners whispered loudly, "Grandmaster, do you still accept servants? I want to be your servant."
With the round-faced man taking the lead, several young officials from the prisoners said, "Master, please accept me too!"
"Is there anyone else?"
Gao Jin looked at a group of young officials who were shouting, looked at the other prisoners, and then the six horse thieves looked at each other and all stood up.
"Wuyan, they belong to you."
Gao Jin handed over the six horse thieves to Wu Yan, and the remaining official army was handed over to the horse army. Seeing that Gao Jin actually took over the servants, the hesitant official army among the prisoners shouted again, but Gao Jin ignored these people.
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In the big tent that originally belonged to Zhang Gui, Gao Jin looked at his companions who had sat down in a circle and spoke first, "What do you have to say about this battle?"
Although the battle was beautiful, no one in the team was injured. The worst one among the partners was that when fighting with the horse thieves, they fell off the horse and sprained their feet. The rest were mostly skin injuries.
"The government army lost its courage when they saw us pretending to be Tartars."
"If we hadn't worn two layers of armor, we would have suffered casualties."
Among the partners, some people said that some problems were something that Gao Jin never thought of. He asked everyone to sit down and review the battle together, just to care about the gains and losses and not make the same mistake again.
"So we shouldn't be head-on with them."
Chen Sheng continued, raiding Zhang Gui and fighting with the horse thieves in a short battle was not Gao Jin's idea, but everyone's intention. Everyone was a teenager and usually loved to listen to Xin Bo's storytelling in the fortress. For example, Zhao Zilong, Dangyang Changbanpo, killed seven in and seven out in the Cao Wei army, which were their favorite stories.
But it was not until he personally confronted the thieves that he realized how dangerous it was to fight horses. If several people had not equipped them with leather armor and chain mail, they would have been afraid that they would even lose their lives.
"Shoot the horses first, we should greet them with our bows and arrows before killing them."
Among everyone, Yang Dayan, whose archery skills were only worse than Gao Jin, said that Gao Jin had said this before leaving, but at that time everyone was just thinking about distinguishing themselves from the thieves immediately, and no one cared about it. Now, thinking about it carefully, Gao Jin's tactics are more stable.
Mulan, who was responsible for recording, quickly wrote a lot of things on paper. For example, during cavalry warfare, she had to test with a bow and arrow first. Unless her armor was complete, melee combat should be avoided.
Gao Jin did not participate in the discussion. He just let his friends play it out. He decided in his heart that when he returned to the fortress and settled down, he would teach them all Ji Xiao’s new book and military training documentary. Grandpa Qi’s military books are straightforward and easy to understand. It is really the best military textbook of this era. Even if he cannot fully understand the meaning, he just needs to follow it all and can train a strong soldier.
"Second brother, what should we do next?"
Hearing someone's question, Gao Jin came to his senses. He looked at Chen Sheng, Wang Dou and others, and after a moment of silence, he said, "There is probably a winner and a loss in the Aji tribe. No matter who loses and who wins, we must have a fight with them before we can go back peacefully."
"Everyone tells me, if I face the Tartars, how should I fight?"
Gao Jin knew that the ten thousand kilograms of iron in the camp were both a fortune and a danger. His father said that to protect the benefits, he should have the corresponding strength, otherwise it would only bring disaster.
The Aji tribe has already suffered a great loss of strength. Now that Su De and Ulihan are in conflict, the troops in the tribe will not be able to gather together at that time. There are more than 100 prisoners on their side. If they use it well, they may not be able to scare the Tartars.
"Let the prisoners repair the camp later, and then dig a hole in front of the camp. Just have a big mouth."
"Second brother, what are you doing to dig a hole? Besides, can the Tartars fall into the hole with a big mouth?
"Wang Dou, my second brother asked me to dig a trap. Have you ever heard of a horse trash? "
Yang Dayan looked at Wang Dou and said proudly, "He remembered the story of Song Gongming's three-match against Zhujiazhuang. In it, Zhujiazhuang relied on Pantuo Road and the trapped horse pit, causing the heroes of Liangshan to lose their troops and generals."
"You are only capable, look at what makes you proud, so why didn't you say it just now?"
Wang Dou was not willing to be outdone and sneered at Yang Dayan, the two were born with disagreement and could always quarrel.
"You two are enough, how can you be so arrogant in front of your second brother?"
Chen Sheng kept the two of them, and except for Gao Jin, he was the oldest and felt that he should take care of others and would not be ashamed of them having no rules in front of Gao Jin.
Yang Dayan and Wang Dou did not dare to say anything. Although Chen Sheng didn't talk much, he was very ruthless and he even took the truth.
"All brothers who are entrusted with life and death, why bother to be angry if you have nothing to do."
Gao Jin spoke, "Where did the young people get any hatred? It's just a momentary indignation."
"Since everyone has no good idea, then follow my idea first."
"As soon as my second brother told me."
Chapter completed!