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Chapter 356 Blood-based alliance

 In order to properly think about this kind of thing, Gongsun Du felt that there was something wrong with him.

The main thing is that doing this is equivalent to declaring war in advance. You don't have to hesitate to recruit people. You can lead the troops directly to fight. So what else is there?

After much thought, Gongsun Du felt that it was better to adopt Yang Yi's suggestion.

First contact the Goguryeo and Buyeo people and tell them that the imperial court is coming to destroy them. If you want to survive, the only way is to obey his command, stand with him, gather the armies of the two countries, and prepare to accept him.

war orders.

Except for him, no one can help Goguryeo and Buyeo escape this disaster. This is obvious.

After hearing the news, King Fuyu Yuqiutai and King Yiyimo of Goguryeo were very surprised. They were immediately horrified. They didn't know why the Han Empire wanted to attack them. They had obviously surrendered to Gongsun Du, a general of the Han Empire. Why didn't the Han Empire let them go?

Pass them?

Is there something wrong here?

The two kings asked Gongsun Du anxiously, but Gongsun Du did not give them any reasonable explanation. He just told them that the Han army of 30,000 was coming in an instant. If they did not prepare their troops and horses quickly, they would wait until the Han army arrived at their doorstep.

If you want to resist again, it's too late.

The two kings had no choice but to organize their troops and horses while sending people to inquire about the news, trying to find out what was going on.

They have been honest for several years, why are they suddenly being beaten?

Gongsun Du didn't care what they thought, as long as he gathered the army to give him a sense of security, Gongsun Du also sent people to provide food and fodder to the Han army in accordance with the requirements of the court while gathering the army.

The imperial court notified the advance route of the main force of the Han army and the nodes where food and fodder were needed. Gongsun Du only needed to provide food and fodder. This task was not very difficult. However, Gongsun Du still had doubts in his heart, so even though he provided food and fodder,

The amount provided is relatively small.

It was a state of not having enough to eat but not starving to death. He believed that this could limit the combat effectiveness of the main force of the Han army and prevent them from launching a surprise attack.

But Gongsundu did not expect that everything he did and his entire situation were not secrets.

Qianzhao has personally led two thousand elites on new warships starting from the seaport of Yuyang County and sailing northeast along the coastline. After several days, they successfully landed near Pingguo County, Liaodong County. No one came.

withstand.

When Qianzhao landed, a team of Dongyuan secret agents came to greet him.

The spies reported to Qianzhao the latest news they knew so far, and Qianzhao learned that Gongsundu had stirred up the concerns of Goguryeo and Fuyu, causing them to concentrate their forces to guard against the Han army, causing the Han army to lose the first opportunity to target them.

Take advantage.

Moreover, Gongsun Du used his personal prestige to successfully obtain command of the Goguryeo and Fuyu armies. Even if he only had one person, he could command an army that totaled more than 40,000 people.

This situation made Qianzhao very angry.

"It seems that Gongsun Du is really going to rebel. If you leak such military information to the enemy, even if Your Majesty wants to forgive him, I will not forgive him!"

After calming down for a while, Qianzhao asked again: "The combined troops of Goguryeo and Buyeo are 40,000?"

"Only more, not less."

The secret agent replied: "Generally, during battles, they will only use 10,000 to 20,000 people, but those are just elites who can be mobilized quickly. If we expand the source of troops, start a full-scale war, and give them time, these two countries, plus the surrounding Dongwo

It is not impossible for Ju and other tribes to recruit 100,000 people."

"It seems they really have some money."

Qianzhao squinted his eyes and said: "Before, I thought that His Majesty sent the Xiao Cavalry and Leopard Cavalry here to appease their emotions. Now it seems that they really have a need to come. Otherwise, we would only rely on thirty thousand people to defeat them."

You have to win, but you may not be able to achieve complete victory.”

"Then what do you plan to do next?"

"Act according to the original plan and do not change the plan."

Qianzhao said coldly: "Gongsun Du is still in Xiangping City, right?"

"right."

"Can our people hold at least one gate?"

"Both seats are fine."

The secret agent smiled proudly and said: "Two of Gongsun Du's city gate captains are our own people, and there are three captains in the army who are also our people. If it is just to deal with Gongsun Du, it is indeed not difficult, it is difficult."

The difficulty is that Goguryeo and Buyeo have already begun to prepare their armies, otherwise I would not have come to warn you to be careful."

"Agent Dongyuan is really awesome."

Qianzhao praised: "Liu Hui is a man of few words. I didn't expect that he could pull out such a powerful team without saying a word. With you, we can get twice the result with half the effort."

"This is our mission and responsibility. For His Majesty's grand cause, we must do whatever it takes!"

The secret agent clenched his fist and beat his chest: "We are all saved by His Majesty's grace. We swear on our lives that we will not hesitate even if we risk our lives!"

"Okay! Good man!"

Qianzhao patted the secret agent on the shoulder: "With brave men like you, why should the big man worry about not being able to win?"

Because of the help from Dongyuan's spies, Qianzhao was able to lead these two thousand elites along a less traveled and very safe road.

The vast and sparsely populated land of Liaodong is the best cover for the army's march. In addition, Gongsun Du's energy was all in the north at this time, on the main force of the Han army that was about to arrive. He never expected that the Han army commander would lead an elite force.

He took his retreat from the south.

On March 21, the third year of Zhenguan, Qianzhao led two thousand Han troops to cross Wen County, Anshi County and Xinchang County one after another, and directly entered Xiangping County. At this moment, Xiangping County did not have a corresponding strict defense.

In terms of military deployment, Gongsun Du focused all his energy on the northwest direction, and the main men under his command were also arranged in the northwest direction, and was fully prepared to guard the main force of the Han army.

At this time, Xiangping County has also become an important grain storage place and transfer station. Grain from all directions is converging on Xiangping. At this moment, the grain stored in Xiangping County is enough to last an army of 30,000 people for a year.

Gongsun Du was nervously waiting for news from the north, waiting for the news of the arrival of the main force of the Han army, and waiting for the news that Qianzhao would bring him.

But he didn't expect that Qianzhao would appear from the south.

As dusk approached that afternoon, Qian Zhao suddenly led two thousand elite Han troops to appear outside Xiangping County. They made a swift and fierce attack and rushed directly into Xiangping County. Qin Yue, the garrison captain at the south gate of the county, did not offer any resistance and instead opened fire.

He opened the city gate to welcome the Han army into the city, and also took the initiative to send people to guide the Han army to attack important strongholds in Xiangping County.

At the same time, Sun Zhao, the North Gate garrison captain, also got the news, so he immediately launched an uprising and called on his soldiers to control the city gate. Then he led a force to quickly attack the east city gate, trying to control it as quickly as possible.

Stay at the east gate to prevent Gongsun Du from escaping from the city gate, causing endless trouble.

When Qianzhao launched his surprise attack, Gongsun Du and the unprepared city defenders were eating.

Nearing dusk is the time for the second meal of the day in the traditional sense.

Although Gongsun Du led his men into the Third Reich, he did not care about the three meals a day plan that the Third Reich was vigorously promoting, and did not want to respond.

The land of Liaodong originally lacked food production, and he had to rely on the land of these three counties to feed 10,000 elite soldiers. There was even more food shortage, and he could only eat two meals a day. If he had three meals a day, he would not be able to eat at all.

He could not afford to feed these 10,000 soldiers, so he announced that in order to save food, he would boycott the three meals a day plan.

Although his words were unfounded, Gongsun Du also set an example, saying that he also had two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and shared the joys and sorrows with everyone.

But even though he said this, Gongsundu would eat a sumptuous "snack" every night after dark, which mainly consisted of hot pot and fried chicken, and he ate a lot of meat to please his body and mind.

If you think about it, you can understand that the Gongsun family is also a famous family in Liaodong. How could Gongsun Du be short of food and clothing?

Although hot pot and fried chicken are definitely high-end foods at present, Liaodong rulers like Gongsun Du would never lack such luxury. His subordinates could only eat two meals a day, and they still had to eat simple porridge and rice.

Mainly wild vegetables, but he can eat hot hot pot and crispy fried chicken.

Not to mention other things, just in terms of enjoyment, Gongsun Du is not inferior to any powerful person.

But such eating habits have become a sign of decisive failure at this moment.

The Han army and the soldiers of the Liaodong Army led by Dongyuan's secret agent who had been well prepared did not eat and quickly launched military operations and launched an attack and killing. However, Gongsun Du and the soldiers of the Liaodong Army failed to take precautions in time and were killed by surprise.

By the time Gongsun Du hurriedly put on his armor and prepared to fight, the vanguard of the Han army, led by Qian Zhao, had already arrived at the gate of his mansion, surrounded his mansion, and was fighting fiercely with his guards.

And move forward step by step.

Gongsun Du commanded the guards around him to go up, and saw the Han army's battle flag at the door of his mansion. He was shocked and couldn't understand why the Han army, which had never arrived in Liaodong, would appear at the door of his mansion.

Where did these Han troops come from?

Flying here?

According to accurate intelligence, the main force of the Han army was at least five days away from Liaodong, and no other troops broke away from the main force and arrived first. So how did this army appear?

No one could explain it to him.

His fresh subordinates Liu Yi and Yang Yi were leading troops in the front to prepare for the coming Han army. There were not many people following him. He himself planned to set off to the front to meet the main force of the Han army in a few days, but who

As you can imagine, the Han army came uninvited.

Gongsun Du's grief, anger and panic could not slow down the pace of the Han army.

Led by Qian Zhao, the Han army poured into Gongsun Du's mansion like a violent storm, destroying all the resisters in sight, and then continued to approach Gongsun Du, who was wearing armor and trying to counterattack.

As a military general, Gongsun Du definitely lacked the strength and courage to fight. He joined the battle with a long sword and fought desperately, trying to restore the decline and break out of the siege. However, it can only be said that Qianzhao was more brave than him, and the Han army was also stronger than him.

His men were more brave.

After a stick of incense, everyone around Gongsun Du was killed in the battle. Gongsun Du himself was knocked off his helmet, and five long knives were placed across his neck.

His resistance was over, and his men who could still fight were gone.

"Whose subordinates are you? Why are you attacking me? Are you Han soldiers? How could you do such a thing?!"

With the support of the soldiers, Qianzhao came to Gongsun Du, took off his helmet, and looked at Gongsun Du coldly.

Gongsun Du also looked at Qian Zhao.

The two did not know each other. Although they had exchanged letters, they had not met in person, so they did not know each other's true appearance.

"Are you Gongsun Du?"

"Who are you?"

"Leading move."

"You...you are Qianzhao?"

Gongsun Du's expression changed greatly, and he said in shock: "How did you come? How did you come? The main force of the Han army has not arrived yet, but you flew here? How is this possible?"

"Don't say anything that is possible or impossible."

Qianzhao sneered and said: "Gongsun Du, your Majesty has given you so much trust, allowed you to command the three counties of Liaodong, and given you important powers, but you are not grateful and greedy. You still want to be the governor of the state, and you want to be a general.

Greater power and more threatening intent. What you have done is no longer what a minister should do. Therefore, I follow your majesty’s order to capture you! Take you to Luoyang for questioning!”

Gongsun Du's face was ashen and his breathing was rapid.

"I have made great achievements, can't I be rewarded? If the emperor doesn't give it, I can't take it? I'm not a human subject? Then how can Liu's actions be like a human subject?!"

Qianzhao let out a "hum" sound.

"Your Majesty ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor is the common wish of all the people in the world. Moreover, His Majesty is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, so it is only natural for him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. And you, are you also a clan member of the Han clan?"

Gongsun Du was furious.

"Can these be compared?!"

"Is there any point in talking about parallels? If you have anything else to say, you can talk about it after you go to Luoyang and see His Majesty!"

Qianzhao waved his hand and said in a cold voice: "Take him off! Take him to Luoyang!"

"only!"

The guards around him immediately stepped forward to remove Gongsun Du's equipment, tied him up, tied him into rice dumplings, and gagged his mouth. Then he also arrested his family members, leaving no one behind.

Although Gongsun Du was desperate and painful, he was also a little curious and didn't know how they planned to send him to Luoyang.

Are you sending yourself away across Liaoze?

Then Gongsun Du saw the dozens of large ships parked on the coast, and then he knew why he lost.

With all the precautions and sparse measures, they all put together a bunch of brains, but they didn't realize that the Han army could launch an attack by sea.

It’s no wonder that in the more than 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there were only a few military wars launched from the sea. Most of them occurred in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It has been more than 200 years ago. The remaining 99% of the wars were

On land.

In the subconscious mind of the Han people, it seems that launching an attack from the sea is a correct and vigilant thing, so they automatically ignored the possibility that the Han army might launch an attack from the sea.

Moreover, the scale and style of this ship were something Gongsundu had never seen before. Although the ships he had seen were very large, they were still very different from the ships used by the Han army.

Already.

But no matter how curious or regretful he was at this time, it was useless. He was destined to become a prisoner of his subordinates, lose everything, and even lose his life in front of Liu Bei.

Occasionally, he also felt a trace of regret. He thought, if he had not been so arrogant in asking Liu Bei for this or that, would Liu Bei have let him go and solved him without troops?

This assumption may indeed exist, but it will never occur.

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PS: It’s the last two days of the month, please give me a monthly pass~

PPS: Do you know about horse racing girls? Some people tell me that it is fun and worth entering. Some people tell me that it is a sinkhole and I must not enter it. I am very confused now.

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