After executing these retreating bastards, the Bazhan team, which belonged directly to the Gongsun family, left headless corpses on the ground and left.
After the Hu-Han and Hu-Han squads left, more and more heads of Hu-Han squads began to gather around.
They asked each other about the scene they had just seen, the ones behind asked about the ones who came before, and those who came behind asked about what they had just heard.
The news became more and more outrageous as it spread, but the atmosphere of fear really flowed in the hearts of these team leaders.
Wu Ya also sneaked in quietly. After listening to some random things, he became even more nervous.
Some of the old team leaders in this meeting were Han generals from the periphery of the Gongsun family, and their discussions were more practical than those outside.
One of the Han generals speculated:
"It seems that there is indeed a large group of enemy troops downstream."
As soon as this statement came out, there was silence for a while, and then violent curses broke out.
Some scolded the Taishan Army on the opposite side, some scolded the bastards who had just been beheaded, and some even vaguely expressed their dissatisfaction with the host family, the Gongsun family.
But after scolding them, these people still had no choice but to accept their fate.
Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves. Just when these people thought in horror that they were about to be marched, they discovered that this cavalry regiment was actively running downstream.
Obviously, Gongsun's sentry cavalry must have detected something else, which caused the cavalry to mobilize suddenly and powerfully.
Wuya, who sensed something was wrong, was about to sneak back when suddenly two sentries came running from the direction of the central army from behind, where Gongsun Du, the governor of Pingzhou, was.
As soon as these two people came over, they did not dismount and ordered these people condescendingly:
"The commander-in-chief has ordered you to lead each team south. The commander-in-chief has said that you can do anything to everyone on weekdays, but this time we will use everyone. I hope that the heroes will inspire their conscience and work with the commander-in-chief to tide over the difficulties."
After finishing speaking, the person who spoke may have realized that his tone was a bit unexpectedly weak, so he quickly added:
"The commander-in-chief has said that he will show no mercy this time. Anyone who disobeys military orders, refuses to patrol, and behaves like a snake or a rat will be killed by his own hands. Then he will move his wife and daughter into the women's camp. Don't blame the commander-in-chief when the time comes.
Handsome words come without warning."
Afterwards, the two sentries left.
After these two people left, the group of clan commanders or tribe chiefs exploded.
They are not stupid. Gongsun Du even said this, so what does that mean? It means that they have expected that there is a low probability of winning this battle. Otherwise, why would they say this? They still have to "beg" these peripheral miscellaneous people.
military?
That's right, they took Gongsun Du's words just now as a request to them.
After understanding this, they began to become more stubborn, and they were no longer as respectful to the Gongsun family as they were before.
Obviously, Gongsun Du chose the wrong knight. Maybe his anxiety was felt by the two knights, or maybe the two knights were just talking nonsense. In short, their orders made these peripheral tycoons see the Gongsun family.
of weakness.
For any power lord, his strength is at the third level.
The first level is how much strength he really has. This is his nature. How many soldiers, horses and troops you have, and how much food and armor you have in the warehouse, he has to count these himself.
What is the second level? It is the resources of other forces that can be mobilized. This force can be allies or other powerful people in the territory. Whether you rely on past favors or force, in short, you can borrow the strength of these people as your own.
Strength is yours too.
So what is the last third level? This is a bit empty, but it is extremely important because it is related to people's hearts.
That is how much strength others think you have. Why do powerful people have to put on a show and make it so grand? In fact, they are trying to maintain this strength.
When others think you are strong, you are really strong when you are not exposed.
And this is the case with the Gongsun family now.
The past results of the Gongsun family and their strength in foreign wars have made these peripheral local tycoons believe that in this place in Liaodong, the Gongsun family is the king.
But now, with the appearance of Taishan Army, these people discovered that something was wrong.
It turns out that your Gongsun family is also afraid! Are you weak now?
But just when these people were about to do whatever they wanted, and even make a show of taking advantage of the Gongsun family, they saw an armored infantry unit coming from the Chinese Army.
This army is the Bazhan team whose hands are stained with the blood of their own people.
After seeing these people coming up, the local tycoons in Liaodong who had been showing off just now shrank back, turned around and returned to their respective tribes, continuing to move forward according to the established route.
Among these shrunken local tycoons, there is Wu Ya.
Although he couldn't hear many such dense Chinese words, he could guess a thing or two even by looking at the changes in these people's faces.
If he was educated enough, he might taunt these people with the phrase, "If you are fierce in appearance and soft in heart, you are not a hero."
But at this moment, he could only spit out a mouthful of phlegm and then returned to his team.
After being out of the mountain for so long, Wu Ya can live for so long and even continue to expand his team because he understands one truth:
"As a human being, you still have to rely on yourself!"
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The camps and banners of the Chinese Army and Liaodong Army, which were about four miles away from the execution site, were all placed here.
The best of Liaodong is here, but these people are trembling in silence at this moment, because their governor, the head of the Gongsun family, and the leader of the Hu and Han Dynasties, Gongsun Du, is furious.
They had never seen Gongsun Du lose his composure like this.
Among these people were Gongsun Du's old friends from different periods, his former colleagues, Paoze who guarded the border with him in the northern border, the children of his family, the legacy of the Zhenbei Army, and the Yiding servants who were favored.
In their perception, no matter what status Gongsun Du was, in their impression he was a standard virtuous scholar of the Han family.
Justice, integrity, benevolence and filial piety.
But what now?
The elder in their hearts, Quanren, was furious and cursing everyone present.
He first scolded those Youyi, scolding them as a bunch of wild boars. The Taishan Army opposite had spent the whole night building a pontoon bridge, but these people didn't know anything about it.
He yelled, even if you have a bunch of dogs, they will bark, but you people will just sleep.
Then, Gongsun Du continued to scold. He scolded those sentries on how they found out the news?
The large-scale march was actually detected as a small-scale mobilization of enemy troops. Even Gongsun Du himself was confused by this information and thought it was an advance team of the Taishan Army, so he did not pay enough attention to it.
This time, one of Gongsun Du's cavalry was more particular and went to the west to find fresh water and grass to feed the horses and then ran into a large-scale boat race by the Taishan Army. Otherwise, Gongsun Du would still be in his bones now.
At this moment, he especially wanted to scold those dejected generals. If he didn't have a young son now and would need these tribesmen to support the army and even protect his son, he would really scold these wild boars.
Just when he got the news and was about to assemble his Yi-Han cavalry regiment, he suddenly learned that several members of Gongsun Li's tribe had come out with these cavalry troops.
At that moment, Gongsun Li was so frightened that he was sweating. Did he think that these few followers were going to run away with their elite cavalry?
Isn't this how Gongsun Du pulled the remaining White Horse Yi Cong out of the battlefield in Zhongren Pavilion?
Those who have done this kind of thing are most afraid that others will imitate them.
But at that time, he did not dare to issue a death order, fearing that he would corner Gongsun Li and others, so he hurriedly asked people to coax them over.
After Gongsun Du came over and asked about these things with a smile on his face, he realized that these people were actually fighting for power and gain.
Gongsun Du held a mouthful of blood in his throat and held it back forcibly.
He was a little desperate. As soon as one of his pillars fell, another of his pillars was about to scheming in front of the enemy. This made Gongsundu full of despair.
So, when he gathered these generals, this scene happened.
It wasn't until all these scoldings were finished that Guan Jing appeared next to him and asked respectfully:
"Ming Gong, now that all the enemy troops have crossed the shore, how should we respond now?"
Gongsundu still had some respect for Guan Jing, so he asked for advice:
"Then I wonder if Mr. Guan can teach me anything?"
Guan Jing replied calmly:
"It's nothing more than fighting and leaving."
Guan Jing's detached attitude somewhat angered Gongsun Li who was standing next to him.
He was almost killed by Gongsun Du before, and he was still shocked and confused. Now seeing Guan Jing's attitude, he suddenly became angry:
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Is this what our family will support you?"
A look of anger appeared on Guan Jing's face, but he remained silent.
But Gongsun Du stopped Gongsun Li, and he understood Guan Jing's unfinished intentions.
Guan Jing only said "fight" or "leave", but he didn't say "defend". This shows that he also saw that if he continued to stay here, he would be dead.
As a result, Gongsun Du became more humble, completely different from his previous furious appearance:
"So what about fighting? So what about leaving?"
Guan Jing was satisfied with Gongsun Du's performance and finally recognized his status as inheriting Gongsun Zan's career. So he sincerely suggested:
"If we fight, we will line up in a large formation and fight openly and openly. We will fight here to make our country's enemies hate each other. If we retreat, we will cut off our tails to survive. Only those who dare to die will stay in the camp. The main force will immediately withdraw south to Xiangping. Just wait for the cold wave in September.
If we attack, those people will die without a burial place. Therefore, whether to fight or to leave, the decision will be decided by the Ming Gong."
After Guan Jing finished speaking, Gongsun Du was silent for a long time.
He thought of his father, his eldest son, and his first wife. They all died on the other side, and now Gongsun Du didn't say that he had killed the other side to avenge him. Could it be that he saw his enemy right in front of him, so he still wanted to avoid it?
In that case, why is he still here? Can't he just stay in Xiangping?
After thinking about this, Gongsun Du pulled out the golden knife given by Lu Zhi himself, and then cut off a corner of the table with one blow.
This knife directly cut away the grievance in his chest. At this moment, Gongsun Du no longer thought about the flying fox behind him, looked around, and shouted:
"I will not retreat in this battle. If I retreat, I will behead me. If you dare to retreat, you will be treated like this."