38. It's better to die than to live (II)
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"What are you going to do, don't come here, don't kill me, don't kill me, otherwise, otherwise Lord Qian will definitely let you die a bad death...... Even if, even if you kill me, you, you can't do without it, you only have a dead end...... Yes!!! â
"Thank you so much for sending us so much important news before you died, you are such a good person. It's a pity ......"
"Although it is said that Brother Xianmou's main profession is a strategist and his main profession is a mere Taoist priest, but ah, our secondary professions are all martial artists, and a group of yellow turban thieves also want to take us down, which is really wishful thinking."
"This is the Yellow Turban Army, most of them are just short-sighted, and they have different orders, and everyone competes for profit, so although it can affect the direction of a city, a county, a place, a state and even a country, it can only affect in the end."
"However, there are also many guys like Li Shushi and Zhang Feiyan who took advantage of the situation, especially the former......"
"Okay, okay, I know that you are very interested in that person, just like Guo Fengxiao who doesn't know where he is happy."
"Speaking of which, since you are so sure of Bongxiao's ability, why don't you keep him? If that person chooses to defect to the Ming Lord, I'm afraid that no matter what, he will become Yuan Gong's biggest enemy in the future, you often say that. â
"Why don't you talk about your brother-in-law, I don't respect him less than Fengxiao."
ââŚâŚ Since there is a Guo Fengxiao, why mention Xun Wenruo again? What's the difference between the two? â
"Yes, perhaps the only difference is that if two people work for the same lord, then the resistance to my father's cause is far from being compared to two people serving two different lords, and that's all."
"And what about your answer?"
"How could you not guess what I was thinking, my dear friend~"
"It's because of the fear that 'the cunning rabbit will die, and the lackeys will cook; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden'? Or do you need more time? â
"Haha, those who know me, Bin Ruoye! So I'd better go and see if that Gongsun Qushuai is dead or alive. â
With that, Yuan Yi turned around and left this bloody place on his own, leaving only his companion behind him to look at him thoughtfully, but this staring time was not long, and Xun Binruo's face showed a happy smile.
It should be said that it came early rather than coincidentally, although after listening to the fisherman's introduction and some of the information they had before, Yuan Fang had already guessed that there were not only multiple factions within this Yellow Turban Army, but also the relationship between the factions was also very complicated, even if it was really infighting, it was not a very unusual thing, but he really didn't expect that he would be so "lucky", this long-brewing chaos was born not long after the two of them came to this area.
"Haha, it frightened the two distinguished guests, and also made the two laugh. Gongsun Mo was not strict, and he estimated the brotherhood in the past, and as a result, he was embarrassed. The two surnamed Suo are worthy of being the elites relied on by Yuan Taishou, and it is natural that they are not a problem to rebel against the party, and they also opened the eyes of people in the mountains and fields such as me. It's just that although our strength is a little weaker, we also admire Wanghua, as long as Yuan Taishou does not dislike us for being rude and guilty, we are naturally willing to contribute to Yuan Taishou's great cause. â
When Yuan Fang and the others followed the mountain to the only peak on the isolated island, they saw another team of men and horses coming out of the forest through the forest, compared to the "greeting team" that was quite distinct in the armor just now, although this team of about 300 people was also in good shape, but everyone was wounded, their clothes and armor were also damaged, and their bodies were even more bloodstained, which looked quite wolf when mixed with the black ash rendered by the gunsmoke. It can be said that if it weren't for the strong blood and murderous aura that showed enough high fighting intent, I was afraid that ordinary people would think that they were a group of defeated soldiers who fled from the wilderness when they saw this group of people.
Gongsun Mo appeared in front of the two of them surrounded by such a group of people.
The commander of the Yellow Turbans, who nominally commanded all the Yellow Turban troops in the vicinity, was no better than his soldiers at this moment.
Half of his face was scorched and smoky, half of his face was scarlet and bloody, and the sweat that flowed from the top of his head to his cheeks and chin mixed the color of the wolf bèi into a more wolf bèi. The earthy yellow turban on his head, which was supposed to be worn well, now does not know where it has flown to, leaving only the wolf bèi's mantle scattered around his face, and it can be clearly seen that the head near the left shoulder is obviously shorter and larger than that in other places, obviously encountering an unexpected "poisonous hand".
Although the copper armor on his body did not have many scars, the viscous plasma had an obvious sense of layering, and I don't know how many enemies the owner of this armor killed to make the armor look like this. There is a short sword pinned to the waist, although there is still a slight dark red color from the blade, but there is no trace of blood, although it is a low-grade short sword, but in terms of skill alone, it can be regarded as a fine product. It's just that such a sword is now exposed, and the scabbard used to protect it has long since disappeared, or it has been lost in battle, or it has been damaged by blocking enemy attacks, and in either case, you can make up how critical the situation was for the owner of the short sword.
It's just that even with such a wolf bèi appearance, the smile on Gongsun Mo's face is still clearly expressed even through a thick layer of "makeup", obviously this man does not feel much sadness because of this infighting, or he feels that it is a very rare opportunity to have such a legitimate opportunity to solve internal hidden dangers.
From these small details, combined with the other party's previous actions, Yuan Fang felt that the other party may not be very strong in terms of ability, but he is also a country hero who can get quite nourishment in this troubled world.
Of course, the premise is that the opponent does not provoke an opponent who is too cruel, or that he does not become an outcast in the hands of those chess players.
The previous assumption may not be difficult to achieve with the shrewdness of the other party, after all, even if you don't know that there is such a classic saying "If you don't die, you won't die", but this kind of thing has a special understanding for people who have already experienced a crazy era like the Yellow Turban Rebellion but can still survive. In fact, if it weren't for such an understanding, the other party would not have taken the initiative to contact the Yuan family's forces, you must know that the other party is in Gongsun Zhan's sphere of influence, even at sea.
It's just that for the latter possibility, all Yuan Fang can do is smile bitterly, after all, even if it is a storage like him, does it have the same meaning in the eyes of his nominal father? It's just that compared to the ordinary remnant of the Yellow Turban Army in front of him, his savings may be worth a little bit, but it's only a little bit.
When the order is not in its own hands, it is natural that it will fight desperately or complain about its injustice, but when the power of the order is in one's own hands and used for one's own use, the original complaints and struggles will become stubborn guardians of order.
The name of reform is very easy to say, but if there is no pain or even the crisis of destruction, how many people will willingly embark on that unknown journey. Therefore, the reformers in history were either forced to change, or they did have a vision that was far away from the world, but most of the latter became madmen in the eyes of the world, and only a small fraction of them could enjoy the praise of the world, and most of the praise of this small group of people was after their deaths.
Those beneficiaries of reform will naturally not hesitate to praise their pale, anyway, they are not reformers, they do not need to bear the pressure of that wrong step will be irreparable, they are the new stubborn guardians of the order, guarding the new order, generation after generation, and finally go to the end of the old cycle and the beginning of a new reincarnation, and start the new unknown journey and adventure.
Maybe Yuan Fang can't see such distant and ethereal things, but if he is as smart as his insight into the human heart, he naturally has his own unique place, even if it is just some small movements and expressions, even if he can't understand everything in detail like modern detectives or scientists who specialize in "micro-expressions", it is enough for him to make up enough information in his brain, and then combine these things he has seen with his own eyes with the things he has heard before, which is a good analysis report.
Of course, most of this stuff belongs to him, and it will be kept secret from others, even his father.
"In this way, does Gongsun Qushuai need to take a break, if it takes three or five days to clean up the mess of the troops, I, Yuan Fang, still have the right to be the master for Yi Xianghou. It's just that if this time passes, I'm afraid that even if I and the Marquis of Yi are willing to give your department time, what variables will happen to the things on the front line three times a day, whether the result is good or bad, it is not a good thing for Qu Shuai. â
Yuan Fang didn't ask what the previous group of people who greeted them were the origins, anyway, it was enough to know that it was the person who hindered the cooperation between the two of them, so he simply skipped this paragraph and went to the main topic.
"How dare a certain family make Yuan Taishou remember this little thing, so that the distinguished guests can rest assured, the third or fifth is too long, at most a certain family can raise tens of thousands of troops, whether it is the back road of attacking the right Beiping stage, or going to the Bohai Sea to echo Yuan Taishou from afar, it is just an order from Yuan Taishou. Even if Gongsun Zan is brave, my Gongsun Mo can also be a Peng Yue. â
Gongsun Mo naturally heard the meaning of Yuan Fang's mouth: if he grinded for too long, no matter whether Yuan Shao won or lost, there would be no good result for him. If Yuan Shao wins, then he will naturally not have any credit if he doesn't make a effort, so the dream of getting rid of his current embarrassing identity by connecting with Yuan Shao will naturally not be realized. And if Yuan Shao is unfortunately defeated, then in order to block Gongsun Zhan, he will naturally throw out his force on the edge of Gongsun Zhan's lair, which can not only block Gongsun Zhan, but also force Gongsun Zhan to divide his troops to solve this big hidden danger.
Don't look at Gongsun Mo and Gongsun Chan both have the surname Gongsun, but just as Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Du are not a family, there is no kinship between Gongsun Mo and Gongsun Chan. Gongsun Mo is a native of Taishan County, and his ancestor is Gongsun Ding, a marksman who defended the country in the Spring and Autumn Period - this person is not only good at archery, but also teaches a lot of excellent apprentices and apprentices, and later because of the apprenticeship, he was hired by Qi Guoli to teach the method of archery and made considerable achievements in Qi State. The people of Taishan County are fierce and especially good at archery, so it is indeed a good thigh to consider such a person with outstanding archery skills as an ancestor.
In fact, even if Gongsun Mo recognizes the same ancestor as Gongsun Zhan, I am afraid that Gongsun Chan will never let him go, after all, this Gongsun Mo's background is actually not small, but this background is worse than Cao Ying's "eunuch and ugly" - his father was Gongsun Ju who rebelled in Taishan County, and his elder brother was the famous thief Gongsun Calf in Taishan County.
It's a pity that the father was killed by Duan Cheng, the "butcher" who was known as Zhongtian at the time, and he didn't leave a crying father and called his mother, leaving only his brother who was still very young at the time and he had to wander around incognito. Later, his elder brother gradually grew up Chengren, became a force to be reckoned with Taishan, and once fought against the fifth kind of Yanzhou Thorn History and Taishan Taishou Yuankang many times, although he surrendered later, but because of the "help" of Hou Lan, Shan and other eunuchs, he soon had a happy life, and even had the act of intercepting and killing Yuankang, although he finally took the initiative to retreat, but in the eyes of some scholars undoubtedly left an extremely bad impression.
Although Gongsun Mo is not as famous as his brother, he reads a little more than his brother, and his vision is naturally no longer limited to the "small" Taishan County, so he joined the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and gradually grew into the leader, and even took advantage of Zhang Jiao's opportunity to go north to enter Youzhou in order to get a better exhibition, and then became a party commander by virtue of the war against foreign races. It can be said that before the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army, this Gongsun Mo walked down step by step, and he was really shrewd and steady.
It's a pity that the failure of the Yellow Turban Army still made the Qu Shuai who was preparing to do a big job in Youzhou dumbfounded, if he hadn't seen the situation and slipped away in advance, maybe his troops had already become the sacrifice of Gongsun Zan and his white horse servants who were already quite prestigious at that time, and it was still a freshly baked kind.
Even if Gongsun Zhan's elite has suffered a lot of losses now, he still won't take the combat effectiveness of Gongsun Mo's department in his eyes.
This is also the reason why Gongsun Mo would rather contact Yuan Shao, who is far away in Jizhou, than vote for Gongsun Zhan, who is close in front of him.
"In this way, then we will wait here for the good news of Gongsun Qushuai. As long as Gongsun Qushuai can send troops according to the agreement, not only will the aid promised by the Marquis of Yi Xiang be delivered in a lot, but the Marquis of Yi is also willing to praise Your Excellency as the 'Captain of Zhichong', so that you and your subordinates can also be called dignified officers and soldiers. If Gongsun Qushuai can make great contributions, the Marquis of Yi is not a stingy person, and the Liaoxi Taishou believes that Gongsun Qushuai still has enough ability to serve. Lu Zigan was willing to use the 'Black Mountain Army' of Yunzhong Taishou to let Zhang Yan defend the border for several years, and the Marquis of Yi would only give more and would not spare his reward. Of course, the premise is naturally that Gongsun Qu Shuai can let Yi Xianghou find a reason to reward him, and he also believes that Qu Shuai has this ability, right. â
"Although the son of a certain family cannot be compared with the elite under Yuan Taishou, he is also a man who has experienced a hundred battles, and now there is an excellent person like Gongzi to help him, even if he has a thousand skills, he is destined to suffer."
Regarding the boastful words of this Qu Shuai, Yuan Fang naturally would not be fooled by him, and the so-called "help" of the other party would definitely not be to hand over his troops under his command to Yuan Fang to squander. Even if the other party really gave him a troop, he was afraid that the complexity of the components would definitely not be something that Yuan Fang could completely solve in just a few days, let alone pinch those stragglers in his eyes into a more disciplined and combat-effective team.
But this does not mean that Yuan Fang really has no idea about this force at all. After all, compared to the military force under Yuan Shao's command that has been divided by various forces, it can almost be called a clean and clean military force, although this lone army hanging overseas is also not very stable internally, but compared to the intricate forces under Yuan Shao's command, it can be called pure as water. If he Yuan Fang didn't have any ambitions, most of his tasks would naturally have been completed, but a certain flame in Yuan Fang's heart had gradually evolved into a prairie fire under the stimulation of certain things, no matter how small the mosquito was, its flesh was so urgently needed for Yuan Fang today.
It's just that even if you are as smart as Yuan Fang, sometimes you still have to suffer from the "sinkhole" caused by information asymmetry......
"You ...... Gongsun Qushuai, are you sure this is one of those 'elites of a hundred battles' under your command! â
Although he had already anticipated the possible scene, when Yuan Fang and his little friends really saw the "truth" hidden in the depths of the island, they still felt a kind of sadness like being trampled by tens of thousands of alpacas.
Looking at it, although it can't be said that everywhere you see is mourning, but it is still far beyond Yuan Fang's previous expectations - maybe this Yellow Turban Army does have tens of thousands of soldiers, but most of them are just skinny hungry people, not only their bodies are weakened due to malnutrition, but more importantly, the eyes in their eyes are full of numbness and confusion, it is conceivable that such "soldiers" go to the battlefield even if they have experienced a hundred battles and have an excellent personal caste, but even if their current body will not drag down their caste, But the time to be able to fight is only less than that of the most incompetent brute knife who can only rise for five seconds.
Afterwards? Then there is a large pile of non-recyclable garbage, which is a bit wasteful even if it is bled one by one with a weapon.
"They were all good guys."
It is precisely because the heroes don't mention the courage of the past, if it weren't for the fact that there are still thousands of people, probably because they have been supplied centrally, they have maintained a certain level of combat effectiveness, but I am afraid that this Gongsun Qushuai would have already lost the qualification to stand here and speak, let alone control those coastal fishing villages and use them as a springboard to obtain all kinds of materials needed on the island.
Yuan Fang suddenly felt that maybe it wasn't because he didn't work hard, but God always liked to make some jokes with him that he couldn't accept.