Chapter 10 Cooperation
The morning light is as quiet as water.
After the other party reported his name, Gongsun Zhi immediately realized the meaning of the word "Zhang Liao"... The fifth son of Wei... The powerful general of Xiaoyaojin... If he met a yellow turban leader and let him know that he was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, then meeting Zhang Liao was the real feeling of entering this era.
Looking at the short-bearded young man bowing on the horse's back in front of him, he was silent for a moment, and a smile appeared on Gongsun Zhi's face: "It turns out that General Zhang..."
"Captain Gongsun should not talk nonsense. Liao is just a county official in Yanmen, so he should not be allowed to use the word "general." The figure of holding a hook and sickle bowed again, and his short beard trembled, "... This group of Xiongnu robbed and killed the common people's villages, and one out of ten was not left. I don't want to be intercepted by the leader Gongsun. The people of Liao Dynasty thanked him in advance."
Zhang Liao spoke in a modest tone, holding the knife and bowing his hand, obviously still remained vigilant. The wolf's eyes were not far away, and the horse under his seat stepped on his hooves uneasily. He comforted the horse's head and continued to preach: "The leader Gongsun is willing to rob and kill foreign tribes, and his men are so brave. Instead of running around the grassland and damaging his reputation, it is better to do some practical things for the people."
On the opposite side, Gongsun Zhi, wearing a cloak, narrowed his eyes and shook his head: "Although we are not a thief, we do some shameful activities, but we live freely and freely. This time the Huns are just Han people. As for serving the country, I was originally despised, but I also knew that our identities and backgrounds were dirty. I was afraid that I would be criticized by the officialdom. I would not say that I could not tell you. The unruly nature of my brothers under me will cause the disaster of killing. Wouldn't it harm them?"
Zhang Liao expected the other party's rejection, but he didn't expect the other party to say it thoroughly. He sighed now, but he felt that the other party was a hero who had no way to serve the country.
In an instant, he nailed the hook and sickle into the soil and inserted it. He turned over and dismounted the horse. Around him, a Han soldiers whispered to remind him of the fraud. He waved his hand and refused. He strode over, looked at the people who were still tied up, bowed to the other party: "Chief Gongsun, the people on the border have already worked hard, and Liao was born in Mayi. He knew the difficulties. Apart from natural disasters, only man-made disasters were left to abuse. This time, the Huns went south to several major counties on the border, and many people around him died... The one who is still alive is the root of my Han border. Liao asked Chief Gongsun to plunder the grassland and not hurt their lives. Leave a way out for them, okay?"
The strong wind blew across the grassland, and the tassels were swaying. Zhang Liao looked sincerely at the figure on the opposite side with the cloak. The two of them faced each other and moved for a moment with the light. Then Gongsun stopped moving. The guards around him raised the weapons in their hands nervously. He glanced at everyone.
The cloak brushed past, and the body walked back, and the sound came.
"...My Gongsun Zhi naturally agreed to the request of his master, but I want to take these people back now. According to the rules of the grassland, they are prisoners of the Huns. If I kill the Huns, it is naturally mine. You want to return them..."
The walking figure stopped and turned around. Gongsun Zhi raised his finger: "...The most valuable thing here is life, and the most valuable thing is life. You can exchange food for them."
The Han soldiers around him became angry, and some people drew their swords: "These horse thieves are really forgetful of their power, so they can just kill them."
Zhang Liao waved his hand to stop them, looked at the back over there and asked, "How can the people use it for business... Shu Liao cannot agree, let alone I cannot make decisions."
"Then you bring the words to those who can make the decision." Gongsun Zhi turned around, raised his cloak, and pointed at the dead horse thief below: "We are also looking for food under the knife, all for survival. My brothers are dead, and I will double the compensation for those who are not dead, and maybe they will die one day. Zhang Liao, go back and tell the adults, how about I robbed the Huns of how many people I robbed them, and I will take the things and give them back to you, and let you get the merits. How about it?"
Zhang Liao frowned, turned around and pulled out his hook and sickle, and said sternly: "You have done all these things, then I, the frontier of the Han Dynasty, aren't I worthless?"
"Snatch the people back, take things back, and people can still live. This is the value-" Gongsun Zhi's tone was decisive.
He looked at the future general who had turned over the horse and his tone was slowing down: "Mr. Zhang, how can we work together in the future? We brothers are using our lives to provoke the Huns. If the other party encircled me, I hope that in the case of being both Han people, I will shout for me to scoop up the formation."
"I will go back and tell the prefect first. If I agree, Liao will come to see you again."
Gongsun Zhi bowed: "Goodbye-"
Hundreds of people were driven up, and a group of horse thieves also packed the swords, bows, arrows, food, and poultry left by the Huns one by one, and carried the people back towards the Bailangyuan.
Gongsun Zhi looked back and saw that his figure was getting smaller and dark. He sighed slightly in his heart with expressionless expression. In the past novels, what did he say about recruiting famous generals... Only when he really faces his face, did he know that this world always depends on his identity. Who would a horse thief follow you... Thinking about the novels he read at the beginning, Gongsun Zhi wanted to laugh. Where did the momentum of a modern ordinary person come from and compare with these powerful generals who came out of life and death field, famous generals? I am afraid that he would not dare to look at others.
Even the unfamous Zhang Liao in front of him gradually sprouted, and he was still holding on to the point where he could tell the other party that he was so cruel. If he was still a zoo keeper, he once received a commander. The other party looked at him with a look that was like a ray of light on his back, and his back was covered in cold sweat.
Now, he may no longer be afraid of such momentum, but he still temporarily extinguished the idea of retracting powerful generals and attracting counselors... Identity is the biggest obstacle.
In the vast and winding team, a cavalry rushed to Gongsun Zhi's side: "Chief, we are still going to rob the Huns, I'm afraid there will be only a few people left by my side."
"How come there is no one."
Gongsun Zhi's voice sounded in the wind, and he looked at the people behind him.
"Among these people, many families are destroyed, and some may want to join us. After you go back, you will take people to find out. Also, I learned a lot of things in this battle with the Huns. Where are you?"
Gao Sheng kept listening quietly, his face shook with crooked nose and slanted eyes, "I don't understand."
"It's a wolf..." The scabbard swayed and patted gently as the horse's back. Gongsun Zhi looked at the wolf pack that had already gone away. "We need to learn the cooperation between the wolf pack and the command of the wolf king. Now we have many short bows and arrows in our hands. I have a bold idea in my mind, but it has not been sorted out yet, so I won't say it."
"Uh..." Gao Sheng was so excited that he could not help but feel a pity when he finished speaking.
Gongsun Zhi patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "In the future, we will only have more and more people... Don't just look at the little interests in front of you. After going back, let your brothers quickly go to the pool to wash off the wolf urine. In the future, you should avoid being with the wolf. After all, they are just beasts, and it is also possible to turn their heads and bite us the day."
Not long after, the sun sets westward, and the request for the leader of the White Wolf Original Horse Thief was presented to the desk of the prefect of Yanmen County Guo Zhi. The candlelight swayed for a moment, and the figure stopped.
"How many people can a little horse thief save? But at this moment, everyone needs to work together..."
"…promise them." He said.
Chapter completed!