C62 (1/2)
In order to quickly rescue the Qingzhou, with the help of the Qingzhou's messengers, Yang Lin led the ten thousand riders to set off overnight. On a moonless night, in a sky as thick as ink, not even a trace of starlight could be seen. Occasionally, a shooting star would streak across the night sky with a hint of coldness.
They hurried along the way and soon arrived at Qingzhou. About fifty kilometers away from the impending disaster, Yang Lin's army met the fleeing Qingzhou officers and soldiers. At this time, Qingzhou officers and soldiers had already run out of energy, and many people had escaped along the way. Seeing the cavalry that the messenger had brought, Gong Jing was overjoyed. He hurriedly came in front of Yang Lin and expressed his gratitude.
”Thank you Lord Commander for coming from so far away to save Qingzhou and to resolve this problem for the citizens of Qingzhou. This old man thanks the officials and citizens of the Qingzhou here. With these thirty thousand cavalrymen from the Lord Commander, the officials and citizens of the Qingzhou will be saved. ”
”You're welcome, Lord Thorn.”
Looking at the fifty thousand over troops of Qingzhou, Yang Lin could not help but smile bitterly. Although these Qingzhou officers and soldiers were called soldiers, and were actually just recruited brave men, although their equipment and weapons were much better than xanthopanax's, but they had never been trained, and without powerful generals leading, once in battle, their morale would rise, and they would charge forward bravely. If they were defeated, their soldiers would collapse, and they would run faster than rabbits.
”Lord Thorn, according to the messenger, the walls of the Affected City are thick, and the soldiers have sufficient provisions. There shouldn't be a problem to guard there for more than a month, why was it suddenly taken down by the xanthopanax?”
”Sigh, it's really hard to explain it all.”
Gong Jing sighed and shook his head in pain. Indeed, in Qingzhou City, there were over a hundred thousand village warriors from various counties. The city walls were tall and big, and there was still a large amount of food and weapons lying around. Although there were a hundred and fifty thousand bandits, it was still difficult to take them down.
”What the Lord Commander doesn't know is that the leader of the xanthopanax, Sun Guan, is a fierce and cunning wolf. He ordered the xanthopanax to capture the families of the village warriors, and have the old, weak, and women and children come to attack the city to die. In the end, the soldiers guarding the city couldn't bear to kill their loved ones, so the xanthopanax took advantage of this situation to attack the city. The impending disaster is lost, and half of the soldiers have run away. ”
”Oh, this Sun Guan is really a cunning guy.”
No wonder the Affected City lost him so quickly. Turns out this Sun Guan was really a talent, he actually thought of using a soldier's family as a scapegoat. Now that he was in big trouble, he didn't have any preparations to attack the city. He couldn't possibly attack the city with his cavalry.
”Lord Thorn, we are all mounted soldiers. Now that the xanthopanax has taken over the impending disaster, if they persist and refuse to come out to fight, we would be helpless. ”
”Ah …” Could it be that xanthopanax will do whatever he wants in the city? ”
Gong Jing was surprised, he had been looking forward to see you, but he was unable to attack you, could it be that he wanted to let the xanthopanax take over the Affected City? Yang Lin could not help but laugh and say to Gong Jing when he saw how anxious he was.
”Lord Thorn, if we let the xanthopanax know that more than thirty thousand cavalrymen have arrived, they wouldn't have come out of the city to fight us. The only thing we can do is for the Qingzhou Government Army to turn around and attack the impending disaster. This way, the xanthopanax might chase them out of the city, and then we can come and eliminate them. ”
”Lord Commander, you saw it too, it's already good that these soldiers did not run away, how can you expect them to attack the city walls? If I were to go back and meet the xanthopanax, it might be possible for everyone to scatter. ”
What Gong Jing said was right, these officers and soldiers were already frightened, and definitely did not have any intention to fight anymore, but he did not know one thing, and that was that with the courage of the Yang Lin brothers, they will definitely restore the soldiers' morale, and Yang Lin was completely confident in this outcome.
”Lord Thorn is right, but I want them to not have any morale. I want them to be looked down upon by the xanthopanax, so that when we leave the city for the final battle, we can eliminate the xanthopanax in one fell swoop.”
Gong Jing finally understood that Yang Lin was using his fifty thousand soldiers as bait to lure the xanthopanax out of the city. He did not care about the fifty thousand soldiers, but since he was old, he could not run anymore. He did not want himself to be used as bait by Yang Lin.
”Then... This old man will give these fifty thousand officers to Lord Commander. If you have any requests, just say it, I hope that Lord Commander will eliminate all of them, and eliminate Sun Guan. ”
Yang Lin was waiting for these words, he would not be polite with you, am I easy to save Qingzhou from a thousand miles away? A request is a request. There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. I'm not helping you for nothing, but a request can be made indirectly.
”Lord Thorn, I only have one request. These soldiers of the xanthopanax were also poor common folk, participating in the xanthopanax was just to make a living. I don't want to start a massacre and try to capture them all. After taking down Qingzhou, I hope that Lord Thorn will treat these one hundred fifty thousand yellow cloth army captive well. ”
When Gong Jing, who was smiling just now, heard about the number of captives, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and slowly turned into a bitter face, as if his teeth had suddenly started to hurt. My God, one hundred and fifty thousand prisoners, how do you expect me to treat them kindly?
”Lord Commander, this is going to be a big problem for me. What do you want me to do with those hundred and fifty thousand yellow cloth army captive s? If he killed them, it would harm the heavens and the earth. If he let them go, they would turn back into thieves. However, where would the food come from? Oh right, Lord Commander, how were the captives captured in Guangyang and fishing yang dealt with? ”
Yang Lin had already come up with a plan in his heart, and wanted to find a way to lure Gong Jing step by step. Who would have thought that Gong Jing would actually ask questions of his own accord? He had truly met someone who handed him a pillow the moment he fell asleep.
”There are a lot of people in the Youzhou, and they are connected to the Hu people. We can place those yellow cloth captive on the Hu people's territory to open up the land, and we can also guard against the Hu people. In any case, we're not afraid of them running away, and even if they go and rob the Hu people, we can ignore them.”
Gong Jing's eyes lit up, his face revealing a trace of pleasant surprise, which disappeared in a flash. Qingzhou and Hu Ren were not on the same side, even if they wanted to send him to Hu Ren, they had no conditions, seeing that Yang Lin had an idea, they immediately smiled at him.
”Lord Commander, that method of yours is a really good idea. The northern neighbour of the Youzhou, the Hu people, can move the captives to the territory of the Hu people. However, the Qingzhou was east of the sea, so these captives were not easy to place. Do you think we should also send them to the Hu Man territory and just treat it as giving you guys more manpower? ”
Yang Lin had thought that Gong Jing would make such a request a long time ago, so he purposely revealed a difficult expression. Agreeing too quickly, I'm afraid that Gong Jing will not fall for it, he hesitated for a while, as though he made a huge decision, that was why he agreed, but raised his conditions.