"Hurry up and load the grain into the truck. Your Majesty has sent people to urge you several times!"
Outside Xiangping City, Gongsun's officials gathered here in person to supervise the civilians' transportation of grain. Nine days had passed since Gongsun Gong pacified North Korea. Under Gongsun Gong's continuous urging, the officials who stayed in Xiangping did not dare to neglect.
Take action now.
In just nine days, the officials of Gongsun's family have mobilized 60,000 people, collected 400,000 stones of grain and grass, and more than 40,000 cattle and sheep. After preparations were completed today, they began to arrange for loading.
Under the umbrella cover on the high platform, the first leader Gongsun Gong left behind, Guo Si, the Prime Minister of Lelang, was sitting on a chair, looking at the hurriedly moving civilians and the urging and scolding soldiers below and said, "In two days at most, we must
Your Majesty has sent people to urge you to load all the grain into the truck several times. When the Chu army in Korea retreated, they burned almost all the food baggage. The Korean people have begun to exchange their food for food. This is your Majesty's way to win over people's hearts.
It’s a good opportunity, you must hurry up and don’t neglect it.”
The official behind him stepped forward and complimented, cupping his hands and saying, "Don't worry, sir. With you personally watching over here, no one dares to be lazy."
(Guo Si, Qin Geng, Chu Xing, and Lu Xin were made up by themselves. There were no famous ministers in the Gongsun family.)
"Sitting on this high platform, looking at the people below, they are like moving ants. The Chu people are ruthless, and the war is even more ruthless. Aren't the Korean people just perishing like ants at this moment?" Looking at the people below, Guo Si
I couldn't help but sigh.
Someone next to Guo Si continued to say, "Don't worry too much, Prime Minister. Your Majesty has driven away the Chu people. Within two or three years, Gongsun's rule will definitely bring great success. By then, I will be one of the most powerful countries in the world."
Guo Si nodded, but his brows were still furrowed. After the Gongsun family conquered Goguryeo, the population had reached more than 900,000. Adding the people of the entire Korean Peninsula, the population and territory should have increased sharply, but
After this war, Korea may become a white land and its population will drop sharply, which will be very detrimental to the rise of the Gongsun family.
After sighing, Guo Si said, "Later, follow me to the racecourse and select 30,000 good horses to transport grain and grass."
"promise!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Woo! Woo! Woo!"
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Suddenly, the rapid sound of horns and war drums faintly reached everyone's ears. Guo Si frowned and asked, "Where is the horn sound coming from?"
A minor official came forward and said, "The Prime Minister has misunderstood. This is just the conch shells blown by the people after they return from fishing at sea. As for the sound of the drum, it is also used by the people who go out to sea to identify the direction of their companions at night at night.
You don't go out of town often, so you don't know about it, but we are all used to these things."
"Yeah." Guo Si nodded, then stood up and loudly said to everyone, "No, the sound of drums and trumpets is getting closer and closer, and it is getting clearer, and it is the pattern of drums and trumpets in the army.
This means the army is coming!"
"Sir, the Chu army has withdrawn. It cannot be the enemy. It should be the king who led the troops back, right?"
"Fart!" Guo Si directly kicked the person who said Hu down. "Your Majesty has been asking for food. He is obviously preparing to stabilize the situation in North Korea. How could he come back so soon? Besides, whose family have you seen?
When the army squadron arrives on their own territory, they sound the trumpet and blow the trumpet?"
"But the Chu army has withdrawn, and Wei's troops are empty. How can there be any enemy troops?"
Guo Si sat down on the chair. Let alone the petty officials, he couldn't figure it out. Where did the army come from? There are only 7,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in Xiangping. Now there are enough people outside the city to supervise the civilians and maintain order.
There are more than 6,000 people. If the enemy comes, how can 6,000 people be an opponent?
What's more, today's 6,000 people are still scattered and have not even formed a formation. With the civilians and food present, one or two thousand cavalry is enough to defeat everyone!
Guo Si glanced at the clerk who was still slumped on the ground. At this point, he could only pray that this was his own army.
"kill!"
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"Kill! Kill!"
Guo Si's face instantly turned pale. He stood up and looked intently into the distance. Between the billowing smoke and the civilians everywhere, Guo Si couldn't see how many people were coming.
"Crack!"
"ha!"
Xu Sheng whipped his horse whip crazily, and handed over all the more than 2,000 horses among General Lu Xun to him. After seizing the racecourse, he had to quickly support Lu Xun in the siege.
Chubei Island is more than 200 nautical miles away from Liaodong. Lu Xun ordered to change men and march at full speed without stopping the ship. In just 8 days, the Chu army crossed the ocean and landed on the northern land again. (1 nautical mile is approximately 1852 kilometers)
The treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty had twelve sails. At full speed, they could travel nearly 40 nautical miles per day. Although today's ships are not as good as the ships of the Ming Dynasty, they could still reach 15 nautical miles per day. Lu Xun ordered a rapid march.
Of the thirteen-day voyage, the Chu army only took eight days.
Xu Sheng's lieutenant pointed forward and said, "General, the heads in front are buzzing with praise. Doesn't it look like a racecourse?"
Due to the hurry, the Chu army did not send any scouts. Xu Sheng also saw the crowd in the distance, but did not slow down his horse speed. "There can't be so many troops in Liaodong. I will lead the cavalry first, and you stay and wait for the infantry."
Soldiers, there is no need to rush forward with the troops. First, plant more flags here and let the soldiers change formations to create a posture of the arrival of a large army!"
"The last general takes command!"
"Drive! Drive!"
On the high platform in the distance, everyone could clearly see the national flag and the banner with the word "Chu", and the officials were panicked.
"Sir, leave quickly, these are the enemy troops of Chu State!"
"Sir, the Chu army's cavalry is coming. Let's run away!"
Guo Si smiled bitterly and pointed to the audience, "Run? This place is a full 20 miles away from the city. Can you outrun the cavalry? There are so many people here, and the enemy troops have already been in chaos before they reach below. If the enemy troops arrive,
Not to mention running away, if we go down, we will be trampled to death by the panicked crowd. In the face of life and death, they don't care who you are."
Everyone looked along Guo Si's finger, and sure enough, some of the people in the audience who were close to the enemy troops had begun to panic.
"Gulu."
Someone swallowed, "Sir, what should we do?"
Looking at the cavalry who had approached the crowd, Guo Si sighed and said, "The Chu army is strong. In order to reduce casualties for the people, I am sending an order to the soldiers and people not to panic. Order everyone to kneel down and surrender!"
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At this time, the literati still had some character, but not much. In the face of an absolute situation, few people would choose to resist desperately. For Guo Si and others, serving the Gongsun family was the same as serving the Chu State. As Gongsun Gong's
The ministers have tried their best, but the situation at this moment is no longer something he can save. Guo Si has no choice but to surrender.
"Hurry! Go and deliver the order to surrender to the army of the Shang Dynasty!"
"I'll go and deliver the order too!"
Many of the people who had been surrounding Guo Si on the stage just now ran towards the audience, and even called Chu State the country of superiority. As Guo Si, the Prime Minister of Lelang State, no one wanted to have anything to do with him now.
As Guo Si said, in the face of life and death, no one cares who you are.