Looking at the fighting around him that was coming to an end, Gan Ning loudly ordered, "Stop the fighting!"
Then, he said to the few Gongsun family soldiers, "Carry your general back."
No one wants to die if they can live. Gongsun Gong sent thousands of troops to attack the Chu navy. General Bei Yan was killed in the battle. The army was almost completely dead and wounded. Only 8 people came back with Bei Yan's body.
Looking at Bei Yan lying on the ground covered in blood, Gongsun Gong stumbled forward, knelt beside his body, and held Bei Yan's hand. Gongsun Gong only felt a burst of coldness, "He's so hot.
, I can only feel this heat.”
"Liaodong has been defeated. You surrender without killing me!"
"Liaodong has been defeated. You surrender without killing me!"
Loud shouts from the Chu army came from the other side. Qin Geng came up and knelt beside Gongsun Gong, "Your Majesty, please withdraw first. If this continues, it will be detrimental to our army."
Gongsun Gong shook his head and looked at the eight soldiers who were covered with wounds. "I'm so happy that you can come back alive. If you want any reward, just ask, and I won't give you anything."
Several soldiers looked at each other and said nothing. When it came to wealth, they had gained enough in North Korea. When it came to women, they had enough fun. Now, they only miss being in Liaodong.
Relatives. At this moment, apart from their relatives, the soldiers have nothing worth pursuing.
After all, Gongsun Gong was also a prince from the same side. He immediately saw what the soldiers were thinking and said, "Gonggu's order is to bring horses, reward gold and silver, and allow them to leave."
Qin Geng next to him was very anxious, "Your Majesty, let other soldiers know about this."
"Others who want to leave Gu also agree. Go and kill for a while and come back alive. Gu will let them leave!"
Gongsun Gong was already a little crazy. He stood up and walked toward the forest in the distance. Qin Geng and his guards hurriedly followed, "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Let's go back to camp first? What are you doing?
Where to?"
Gongsun Gong stopped, looked back at Bei Yan on the ground and said, "I am going to cut down two trees myself and make a good coffin for Bei Yan. You guys can heat up the hot water and wash Bei Yan personally when I come back."
Burial!"
On this page, Gongsun Gong spent more than an hour cutting down the trees and preparing the coffin. He did not rest, and no one in the army dared to rest. After the coffin was prepared, Gongsun Gong personally washed Beiyan and changed it.
Clothes and burial.
The soldiers were moved but more panicked. They were afraid that they would die too, and they wanted to go back and reunite with their relatives. No matter how much wealth they had robbed in North Korea, they would have nothing if they died.
Beiyan could still get Gongsun Gong to personally clean them up and put them to rest, but they would never get such treatment. When they died, they could only expose their bodies in the wilderness, and then merge with the soil, and even the people who died were burned in paper graves.
None, and none of his relatives knew where he died.
The Chu army on the other side said that it had conquered Liaodong, and the soldiers were already getting anxious. They heard that no food had been delivered yet, and even the food was in the hands of others. What could I and others do to fight with them?
Oh, by the way, I heard that there is a cemetery in Chu State called the Martyrs Cemetery. All the soldiers who died in battle will be buried in the cemetery as long as their bodies can be found, and enjoy the worship of their relatives and the country. They are not as good as others before and after them.
Chu's good handling of the aftermath, coupled with Gongsun Gong's personal service to Bei Yan, made the soldiers even more worried about the future.
That night, Gongsun Gong drank everyone away and sat alone in front of the table in the Chinese army camp. He neither drank nor changed his mood. He just sat there blankly.
The next day, Gongsun Gong called the soldiers who knew Feng Shui in the army to select a cemetery for Bei Yan. Gongsun Gong personally carried the coffin out of the camp to bury Bei Yan!
On the stone tablet is the epitaph written by Gongsun Gong himself: The tomb of the late Han Dynasty Marquis Xiangping!
"Your Majesty, Beiyan was promoted from military marquis to Zhonglang general yesterday, and today he was given the title of marquis. Isn't it inappropriate?"
According to common sense, with the world in chaos and the collapse of rituals and music, Gongsun Gong, as the Duke of Lelang, naturally has the power to create a marquis. However, what is written on the tablet is the Han Dynasty, the Xiangping Marquis of the Han Dynasty. Gongsun Gong is only the Duke of Lelang.
He did not have the power to confer the title of Marquis of the Han Dynasty. Moreover, in the edict of the State of Wei, his elder brother Gongsun Kang was posthumously named Duke of Xiangping. Granting Beiyan the title of Marquis of Xiangping violated Gongsun Kang's taboo.
Gongsun Gong's expression was dull, but the thick bags under his eyes and obvious dark circles showed that he definitely didn't sleep well last night. "It's best for Bei Yan to be buried here. Where should Gu's cemetery be? In the future,
Can I still be buried in the ground?"
Gongsun Gong did not answer Qin Geng's words, but fell into his own imagination while looking at the vast green mountains.
Qin Geng wanted to say something else, but seeing the decline and exhaustion on Gongsun Gong's face, he finally couldn't bear to speak anymore.
"Greetings to Duke Lelang!"
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After returning to the camp, Gongsun Gong received the news that the envoy from Chu State had been here for a while!
"Go on, finish what you have to say first." Gongsun Gong sat on the main seat with an indifferent expression.
"I, General Zhou of Chu, said so."
"I recognize you. You are the governor of Anping. How come you surrendered to Chu so quickly?"
There was a look of shame on the envoy's face. He knelt down and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's not because I'm disloyal. The Chu people are coming with ferocity. It's God's will that they occupy Liaodong. I hope Your Majesty will not go against heaven's will."
Okay, now the morale of the soldiers is low and their food and supplies are cut off. If we continue to fight, it will only lead to more deaths. Please think about it, Your Majesty!"
"God's will? It's God's will that the Chu people raise their troops to attack me?" Gongsun Gong smiled mockingly, and finally turned into a bitter smile, "How is Gu's clan?"
"The people of Chu did not massacre your clan, but they ordered those who neglected to do so to be killed without mercy!"
"Gu wants to negotiate with the Chu people and return the land of Korea to Chu. Can the Chu people withdraw their troops from Liaodong?"
"Your Majesty, General Zhou has said that you must surrender. Your Majesty, as things have come to this, our troops have no intention of fighting. Logistics"
"Since you are the envoy of the Chu State, don't call me Lord Gu anymore!" Feelings of irritation, anger, and disgust suddenly surged into Gongsun Gong's heart.
p "If Gu Ruo wins, Gu is the will of God. Historically, the winner is a prince and the loser is a bandit. The winner can write the history of the loser as he pleases. The Gongsun family has been established in Liaodong for three generations.
, How can I live up to my father and brother’s spirit in heaven?”
The envoy also changed his title, "Master Lelang, if you don't surrender at this time, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to the clan."
"Hahaha" Gongsun Gong laughed with great satisfaction, tears of laughter came out, "Gu surrendered, can the Chu people tolerate Gu? If Gu's clan fell into the hands of the Chu people, wouldn't it also end up being slaughtered by others?
?"
"Don't you think it's ridiculous? Last year, today, you were still talking to Gu about the glorious future of the Gongsun family. Today, Gu actually defeated his old minister and forced him to surrender!"
The envoy below was already extremely embarrassed. He did not dare to look up at Gongsun Gong again.
"Come here! Drag him out, behead him, and give his head to the Chu people!"
"promise!"
"Gong Lelang? Your Majesty, I am planning for you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please spare your life! Gongsun Gong, you must die a happy death."