Xu Rong's troops began to retreat slowly, covering the Xiliang troops who had retreated from Sishui Pass as they headed west, gradually disappearing into the night.
Under the moonlit night, Gao Fei stood on the flat ground, still thinking about what Xu Rong said.
"Lord, what did Xu Rong mean just now?" Zhao Yun was also very puzzled. He fought desperately, but was said to be giving up.
Gao Fei pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The Mr. Li mentioned by Xu Rong should be Li Ru. Li Tie once told me that Li Jue and Li Ru are at odds. It seems that this is true. What a borrowed knife to kill someone."
Li Ru's plan was really clever. Not only did he kill Li Jue with our help, he also got an advantage and acted like a good boy. Li Ru is a person who should not be underestimated."
Zhao Yun seemed to understand a little bit. According to the troop arrangement brought back by Li Tie, there should be 50,000 soldiers ambushed in that dense forest, and Li Ru led 10,000 soldiers to guard Sishui Pass. But when the battle really started,
Only 30,000 people actually participated in the battle, and the remaining 20,000 troops disappeared out of thin air, and Sishui Pass suddenly became an empty city. He asked calmly: "Lord, what should we do now?"
"Go back to Bishui Pass. Since it was sent by the enemy, don't give it up. Let's reorganize the troops and horses for the time being. After Cao Cao leads the army, we will discuss how to attack Hulao Pass."
"No!" Zhao Yun turned his horse's head and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Go back to Bishui Pass and retreat!"
When he returned to Sishui Pass, Gao Fei let the soldiers have a good rest, and he walked to the east gate of Sishui Pass and climbed up the city wall. He said to Hua Xiong who was stationed at the pass: "Is Taishi Ci here?"
"My lord, Tai Shici has not returned yet." Hua Xiong said.
Gao Fei was a little worried and hurriedly said: "Strange, the distance from the battle site to Sishui Pass is only ten miles. According to the speed of Taishi Ci's march, it should have arrived by this time. Could it be... Could it be those
The Xiliang infantry counterattacked and surrounded Taishi Ci?"
Hua Xiong said comfortingly: "My lord, Taishi Ci is brave and good at fighting. His one thousand cavalry can handle ten thousand infantry. Besides, the infantry he is chasing is only more than three thousand, and Sun Jian's army is still following behind.
If something like this happens, please don't worry, my lord."
Gao Fei nodded slightly, but still felt uneasy, and said to Hua Xiong: "Take two hundred people with me and let Zhao Yun garrison Sishui Pass. Let's go and see what happens."
He mounted his horse again, took up the dragon spear, and together with Hua Xiong and two hundred cavalry, quickly drove out of Sishui Pass and ran towards the east.
At this time, the sky was already twilight, and the morning of the next day was about to begin.
Gao Fei and others ran forward for less than three miles when they saw Taishi Ci commanding his soldiers to behead the unarmed Xiliang soldiers on the edge of the official road. As they approached, Gao Fei suddenly saw the road.
There were many corpses piled up in a dry ditch nearby. The blood dyed the land red, and human heads were piled on top of the corpses.
"Tai Shi Ci! What are you doing?" Gao Fei galloped to Tai Shi Ci's side, jumped off his horse, thrust his dragon spear into the ground, and shouted angrily.
On the edge of the ditch, a group of soldiers pushed a row of Xiliang soldiers to kneel on the ground. They raised the saber in their hands and cut off all the heads of the row of people. Thirty heads rolled down.
It fell into a dry ditch, and blood gushed out from the headless body. Finally, the beheaded soldier kicked the headless body into the ditch with his feet.
Taishi Ci was watching the beheading action when he suddenly heard a shout from behind. He turned around and saw Gao Fei approaching, so he raised his hands and said, "My lord, why are you here?"
Gao Fei saw thirty more Xiliang soldiers being brought over and being forced to kneel on the ground in the same way. Just as the beheading soldier was about to raise his knife, he shouted loudly: "Stop——"
Unfortunately, before the sound could reach the soldier's ears, the soldier slashed the knife in his hand, and thirty more heads fell to the ground.
Gao Fei looked at the Xiliang soldiers who were surrounded by soldiers. Seeing that there were about sixty people left there, he said to Taishi Ci: "Ziyi! What are you doing? Why are you killing the prisoners?"
Taishi Ci said plausibly: "My lord, these people refuse to surrender. Keeping them is a waste of food. It is better to kill them. Moreover, they are all Qiang people. Killing them is equivalent to replacing the Qiang people."
The Han people killed took revenge."
Gao Fei suddenly remembered that Taishi Ci had the habit of killing prisoners. When he attacked Xuanpu County, Taishi Ci killed many prisoners. However, killing prisoners was indeed not a glorious thing. He did not want Taishi Ci to use this in the future.
The bad habit continued. So, he took Tai Shici's hand and walked to the remaining dozens of Qiang people. He could clearly see the anger in the eyes of the dozens of Qiang people.
.Immediately said to Tai Shici: "Look at them, how much they hate you now? Even if they don't surrender, you don't need to kill them all?"
"You dog thieves! We all surrendered. This executioner killed us and those who didn't surrender indiscriminately. Even if I die, I won't let you dog thieves go. Dog thieves!"
An extremely angry Qiang** cursed loudly.
Gao Fei was even more shocked when he heard the Qiang man's curse, and asked again: "Ziyi, did you kill even those who surrendered?"
Taishi Ci was very frank, nodded, and said loudly: "I killed those tribesmen who did not surrender. These Qiang people who surrendered were just afraid of our army. They did not surrender sincerely. They will definitely die for them in the future."
Revenge. If I kill them now, it is equivalent to solving the future troubles. Is there anything wrong?"
"Bitch thieves! We are from the Xianling Qiang, and they are from the Baima Qiang. They are not the same people at all!" The extremely angry Qiang man cursed again.
"What about Ling Qiang and Baima Qiang? I can't control that much. As long as you are Qiang people, you must be killed. Who told you who caused trouble in Liangzhou and poisoned us Han people before, and now you are following the old thief Dong to cause trouble in the Central Plains?
Yes. I, Taishi Ci, a manly man, will never allow foreigners like you to bully us Han people. If you hate me, feel free to hate me. When you die, you will hate me. If I attack Liang in the future.
Zhouzhou, let’s see if I don’t slaughter all of you Qiang people!”
Gao Fei was startled after hearing this. He didn't expect Tai Shi Ci to have such a murderous intention. This reminded him of the famous generals in history who also liked to kill prisoners. The founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun, was also a fan.
The general who killed the prisoners was almost the same as the current Taishi Ci. He sighed, shook his head, and said to the prisoners: "You will not waste your life if you die in Taishi Ci's hands. I originally planned to
I let you go, but it's a pity that you have seen things you shouldn't have seen, and Taishi Ci's actions have also ignited the anger in your hearts. You will probably be my enemy for the rest of your life. In order to avoid any trouble in the future, you should be generous.
Just die."
"Bitch thief! We won't let you go even if you die!" a group of Qiang people yelled out.
Taishi Ci was overjoyed. Seeing that Gao Fei did not blame him for killing these people, he immediately said to his subordinates: "Pull them over and behead them all!"
With two collective strikes, all sixty remaining prisoners were beheaded.
Gao Fei glanced at the hundreds of corpses lying under the ditch, sighed, and said to Tai Shici: "Let's forget this matter this time. If you dare to kill prisoners again in the future, I will definitely ask you to go."
Feed my horse!"
Taishi Ci chuckled, with a silly look on his face, straightened the helmet on his head, and said to Gao Fei: "Promise! I will keep this in mind!"
"There are only so many prisoners? Aren't there more than three thousand Xiliang infantry?" Gao Fei asked after looking around for a week.
Tai Shici said: "Oh, they ran away separately. Later, General Sun led his men to catch up, and they split up to pursue other Xiliang soldiers."
Gao Fei said: "This matter must be kept strictly confidential. Instruct your subordinates to chop off the head of anyone who dares to spread the word. Killing prisoners is not a glorious thing after all. Let people bury all these people.
"
Taishi Ci nodded solemnly and went to order his subordinates.
Hua Xiong walked to Gao Fei's side and said softly: "My lord, although Tai Shi Ci is brave and brave, if he keeps having this bad habit, it will be very detrimental to my lord in the future. When the Qin army general Bai Qi killed Changping in a trap,
He tricked and killed 400,000 people from the Zhao Kingdom and became a notorious name in the world. Later, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, also tricked and killed 200,000 surrendered Qin soldiers, and was also reviled by the people in the world. My subordinates thought that Tai Shici should be restrained."
Gao Fei nodded and said: "I have already thought about it. In the future, I will let Taishi Ci charge into the battle and collect the prisoners and leave it to others. This time it was an oversight on my part. I only thought of Taishi Ci killing Li Jue."
, has accomplished great feats, and can act as a deterrent to Li Jue’s subordinates. Alas... you also lead troops to help Taishi Ci tidy up this place, and get it in order before Sun Jian’s army arrives."
"No!" Hua Xiong bowed and immediately turned around and took his men to help.
Gao Fei pulled out the Dragon Swimming Spear, held it tightly in his hand, and got on his horse. Looking at Tai Shi Ci's busy figure, he smiled and thought slowly: "It seems that if there is a war with foreign tribes in the future, it will be
Taishi Ci cannot be allowed to participate in the war, otherwise, he, a general who loves to kill, will have the opposite effect."
The soldiers began to shovel soil into the dry ditch with their weapons, and then got some branches from the woods on one side to cover it. With the joint efforts of more than a thousand people, they removed the hundreds of corpses.
All the dead bodies on the head were buried, the small ditch was filled up, and a tombstone was erected to tell passers-by that the bodies were buried here.
After doing this, soldiers and horses from various ministries escorted the prisoners and came here. Everyone gathered together and headed towards Sishui Pass with a happy heart. As for what Xu Rong said,