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Chapter 95 The Righteousness of Hundred Horses

The King of Yan shook back the army of Gao Yong with a plan, and Heshenggu City cheered constantly, as if he remembered the various victories in the battle of Sima Yi last year, just as if he was the backbone of the entire army.

Gongsun Xiu first inspected the soldiers in the city and inspected the three thousand border troops in detention. He saw that although they were in the dungeon, they had no freedom on their faces. On the contrary, their spirits were not bad. Some border troops even gained a few pounds during their detention.

He thought to himself that Deng Ai did not withhold food and grass, and raised these guys to be fat and fat. This was not the 20th century, an era when the Geneva Convention was not yet born. There were not many people in the world who could treat prisoners and surrenders so favorably.

Gongsun Xiu looked at everyone, and everyone looked at him, feeling fear in his heart. He also saw that the young prince had an extraordinary identity. Even the general of Yan State was accompanied by his position. His status was self-evident.

At this time, someone accidentally said "It's King of Yan" and could guess who it was. In an instant, a large number of surrendered soldiers fell to their knees, all of whom were frightened and called them "King" and "Saint Lord".

He frowned and said lightly: "Everyone stand up and let me take a good look--"

As he said that, he asked Deng Ai next to him, frowned and said, "How did they surrender?"

Deng Ai was behind him half a position, and followed him step by step, explaining: "When the King of Returns, Mo General first lured Huo Da out of the city with his children, and ambushed him outside the city. Huo Da was frightened and fled back to the city. Mo General chased him from behind and took the opportunity to follow him into the city. Then Huo Da was a timid and afraid man. He burned the granary and fled, regardless of the life or death of these soldiers."

When Gongsun Xiu heard this, he burst out laughing and sighed: "This kind of person who is greedy for life and fears death can be a general. He really doesn't know how to recognize people."

Deng Ai said: "Yes, the King of Dongchuan is a nepotist, and is controlled by his confidants. People with knowledge are not allowed to use it. He gave this huge city to Dayan for nothing."

This sentence seems to refer to the disadvantages of the King of Dongchuan's use of people, but in fact it more or less praises Gongsun Xiu's wisdom in identifying people.

How could he not see that Deng Ai was the first to win this battle and said lightly: "How do you think the lonely person is better than him?"

Deng Ai hurriedly said: "The king is the light of the bright moon, and the firefly of the Dongchuan King is the vast difference between them. How can we compare them? In the end, we will see that the Dongchuan King is the king of the devastated country."

Gongsun Xiu smiled meaningfully and thought that the greatest reflection of his self-employed level is to value you. From a captive to a general, this position is also the speed of light. He has made the most contribution in this battle and established his prestige in the army in the future, and he will firmly take up the position of general.

He knew that Deng Ai was prone to being arrogant, and this statement was intended to suppress his arrogant heart. People would have advantages and disadvantages, and the heroes of the Three Kingdoms were no exception. Guan Yu despised the scholars and officials, and Zhang Fei did not care about his soldiers and whipped and scolded him at any time. This was not the same as his background and environment often affected a person's personality.

Deng Ai has been in years of unreferred use, and is still a master of the Agriculture Master in nearly 40 years old. Without Sima Yi's recommendation and reuse, he may not even have achieved glorious deeds in history.

Since you value him, you must also control him on the other hand.

No matter how good the generals in the world are to fight, they are just swords in the hands of emperors, and they cannot be sword-holders. Liu Bang can make Han Xin a general, and Li Xin and Wang Xin can replace the general, which depends on the ability of this superior, not subordinates.

Deng Ai wanted to boast a few words, but when Gongsun Xiu asked this question, he almost knelt on the ground, and sweat as big as beans on his forehead flowed down.

Gongsun Xiu looked at him lightly, his eyes slightly cold and strange. At this moment, Deng Ai understood what it was that his heart was unpredictable and began to become cautious.

"Have you eaten today? Do I have any food to deduct for you surrendered soldiers?"

He asked calmly to face the many prisoners who were imprisoned.

The three thousand surrendered soldiers dared not lie. They were silent for a little while and rushed to say that the surrendered soldiers of the King of Yan was better than the soldiers of Goguryeo.

There were countless praises for a moment.

This sentence is not a false statement. Goguryeo's small country was defeated in the war last year. The national strength was exhausted and he had to join the army. The military rations were deducted. He had already been separated from the soldiers below.

On the other hand, the Yan army was different. In order to implement the four words "killing prisoners unknown" to the end, there was no food to eat in the city, killing war horses to feed the soldiers and prisoners of the three armies, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

Gongsun Xiu thought that a fool like Huo Da would not tolerate the people's hearts, and he said seriously: "You are all soldiers from Goguryeo. Those who are generals should know people and use them well. Those who are soldiers should move forward bravely without fear of life and death. The King of Dongchuan appointed evil, listened to slander, and sent troops to attack our Dayan. This is an unkind and unrighteous act. Like Huo Da, a noble and mediocre person, who is arrogant and bullied the lower ones, and he abandoned the city for his own personal gain and fled. If he is alone, he is really an insensitive tyrant, and his bones are cold."

The surrendered soldiers were silent and listened quietly to Gongsun Xiu's speech.

He inspected everyone and shouted: "You who wish to be the soldiers of my Dayan will have an equal status with our soldiers, and there will be no distinction between high and low. If you don't want to do so, you will be dismissed and returned to your hometown when the war is over."

After listening silently, the surrendered soldiers stood up and suddenly stood up: "I'm going to follow the King of Yan."

One after another, seven or eight people stood up to join the Yan army at the same time. One sounded on the left and the right, and even a small number of swaying surrendered soldiers had the urge to join the Yan army. After all, the emperor was not short of hungry soldiers. The King of Dongchuan was tyrannical, and his soldiers were corrupt and withheld military pay. It was no longer worth working for him. It was better to join the King of Yan.

Gongsun Xiu looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction, nodded, and said to Deng Ai: "Register these three thousand people and expand them to be appointed as troops."

Deng Ai was excited and said, "Yes, I will do it."

Gongsun Xiu adopted the dispersal of the organization and inserted it into the army one by one, so as not to allow the surrendered soldiers to be alone for the army, so as not to speak sincerely and one day he would not be convinced of the collective war.

"How many horses have been slaughtered in the army over the past few days?" he asked.

Deng Ai scratched his head: "Since he marched into this city, he slaughtered a total of 164 war horses."

Gongsun Xiu sighed and ordered people to pick up the horse bones separately. At the most conspicuous location in the city, he built 164 "horse bone tombs" with bricks and tiles, sealed soil and covered them, and ordered the soldiers of the three armies to bow and worship and commemorate them.

After all, the war horse did not die on the battlefield where the long-distance raids were induced, but it died indirectly in the mouths of the Yan army and the surrendered soldiers.

What he didn't know was that this move was praised by later generations for the example of benevolent and loving people by Emperor Wu of Yan State. The horse-bone tomb left in Heshenggu City was preserved for thousands of years. Later generations also forgot their old name and gradually called this thousand-year-old ancient city "Hundred Horse City". "The Book of Yan·The Emperor Wu Ji" records: "Taizu thought that soldiers and civilians could not bear hunger, killed horses and fed them, and distributed them to the generals. Therefore, the soldiers were grateful and the foreign races inherited their virtues, so they returned to the world. They also collected and collected a grand funeral, built a horse-bone tomb, and the three armies knelt down to worship. Everyone at that time called Baima City."

Gongsun Xiu stationed in the city for four or five days, and the Yan army and the baggage were finally here late and drove into the city.

The three armies were shocked. One was that the main force of the Yan army arrived at Baima City and its strength increased greatly. The main force had 15,000 people, as well as the 3,500 light cavalry led by Deng Ai, and the newly expanded and expanded 3,000 surrendered soldiers of the border army, and the entire army had 21,500 warable soldiers.

The second is that the baggage has arrived and the food is abundant, so there is no need to slaughter the war horses and eat it. Many Yan soldiers saw the war horses that had been following the war horses for many years being slaughtered, and it felt like they had lost a comrade-in-arms who depended on each other for life and death.

Gongsun Xiu used Baima City as a base for stockpiling supplies, and his eyes were already on the farther Maranthu City, less than 500 miles away, only more than 400 miles.

If all the countries of Goguryeo were destroyed, this ancient country would be declared destruction.

In history, it seemed that Wuqiu Jian was destroyed. At that time, the Gongsun clan in Liaodong was slaughtered by Sima Yi, and the northeast was empty. Goguryeo tried to seize it, but Wuqiu Jian attacked Huanglong all the way. Not only did he kill tens of thousands of enemies, but he also destroyed the Maru capital, driving the King of Dongchuan to Woju, and took away nearly 8,000 people.

What Gongsun Xiu wants to do now is almost the same as Wu Qiu Jian. However, his speed is more agile and he is even more bloodless. His purpose is not to slaughter blindly, but to have these hundreds of thousands of people as capital to compete for the world.

Deng Ai pointed to the map and said, "As long as we cross the Yannanshui in one fell swoop, we will attack the capital of Maru and advance all the way, our troops will be more than the whole country, and we will not be afraid at all."

Gongsun Xiu of course agreed to this tactic, which shows how weak Goguryeo was compared to the Wei army led by Sima Yi.

He marched thousands of miles away, spending a lot of people's efforts, but he also successfully brought 20,000 troops here, which was enough to fight a prosperous battle. He said seriously: "It's basically no problem. As long as we advance all the way, the King of Dongchuan has basically no way out except abandoning Maru Capital and escaping the Masu River."

The name Ma Zishui sounds old and unfamiliar, but his modern name is a well-known name in New China that is more than one billion people - Yalu River.

Deng Ai frowned and said, "There is one difficult thing. It is not difficult to kill the King of Dongchuan in Miemaru. The army stationed at the moment must be only 20,000 troops, and it is still forced to recruit and has no intention of fighting. It can be defeated in one battle. However, whether the Fuyu Kingdom will take the opportunity to back-slay it is a big problem."

"It's okay. I have sent a letter to King Ma Yu. If he is really smart, he should know that he cannot take action randomly."

Gongsun Xiu had not received a reply for a long time, and he thought that the other party was also confused and didn't know what to choose.

But even if King Ma Yu really dared to back-slay, he would not be afraid of the other party. At worst, he would stage a "catch two kings in one battle" by Emperor Taizong of Tang, which would save himself from spending a lot of effort and would have to send troops to Fuyu Kingdom.

At this moment, the personal soldiers came to report and said, "King, the envoy of Fuyu Kingdom is here."

"Oh? Is it an envoy?" Gongsun Xiu raised his head.

The personal soldiers hesitated for a moment and said, "It was an envoy, and there were many people, and there were several carriages. It was said that--it was said--"

"You are still talking hesitantly, let it go if you have something to say." Gongsun Xiu gave him a blank look: "Stop keeping it in your mouth."

The personal soldier smiled bitterly and said, "The envoy brought the princess here and said he wanted the king to marry this city."
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