"Brother!" Gongsun Yue grabbed Gongsun Zan's hand and shouted loudly, "Brother, don't be discouraged. I will lead my followers to fight a bloody road. After the eldest brother returned to Nanpi, he took Xu'er to Yecheng and used Yuan Shao's help.
The power comes back again."
Yan Gang hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "My lord, I am willing to protect my lord to the death to escape from this place. Now Guan Jing has gone to Hejian. Liu Bei and my lord are classmates and friends. My lord can temporarily take refuge at Liu Bei's place, and then join forces with Yuan Shao to attack Gao Fei."
, we will definitely be able to avenge our previous humiliation.”
Gongsun Zan's hand holding the steel sword started to tremble. Looking at the chaotic military camp and the mighty Yan army waiting for them in formation outside, he sighed heavily and said to Gongsun Yue and Yan Gang: "Now I
The army is surrounded and the soldiers are demoralized. How can we break out with just over a hundred people?"
"Brother..."
"Lord..."
Gongsun Zan raised his left hand and held the steel knife tightly in his right hand, and said to Gongsun Yue and Yan Gang: "If you still treat me as your elder brother and your lord, I will give you the last order. You surrender with these more than a hundred people."
Go ahead, Gao Fei, all he wants is me. After surrendering to Gao Fei, go and persuade Xu'er to surrender and let Xu'er go out of the city and surrender. He is my only son, and I want our Gongsun family to have no descendants."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Zan walked directly to the camp gate with a steel knife in hand, and shouted to Gao Fei on the opposite side: "Marquis Yan, what you want is just one of my Gongsun Zan's heads. Liu Yu's death was indeed caused by me."
Yes, every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner, so I will use this head to pay tribute to Liu Yu’s innocent soul. However, I have a condition..."
Gao Fei suddenly interrupted Gongsun Zan: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. You don't understand such a simple truth? Look at the soldiers around you. Your army has completely collapsed. What qualifications do you have?"
Negotiate terms with me? You only have one chance to die now!"
Gongsun Zan suddenly laughed and said: "Gao Fei, I, Gongsun Zan, am also a white horse general. Now that I am defeated by you, I have nothing to say. It's just that I don't have strong soldiers and generals under my command, otherwise you wouldn't be able to defeat me. But.
, don’t forget, I’m not the only one in Jizhou, Yuan Shao is the upright one.
The Lord of Jizhou. Yuan Benchu has 200,000 troops and has still become the hero of Hebei. If you attack Bohai County without authorization, you will inevitably provoke an attack from Yuan Benchu. He is bent on capturing Youzhou. This is an opportunity. You lead so many troops here.
Attacking Bohai County is not just to avenge Liu Yu, right?"
Gao Fei said: "So what if it is, what if it is not?"
Gongsun Zan said: "If you want to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou, then you must agree to my conditions. I can help you become the lord of Jizhou!"
"Oh?" Gao Fei felt a little surprised, "You are already like this, what else can you do to help me?"
Gongsun Zan said: "Don't forget, Liu Bei still has 10,000 troops in Hejian. Although his troops are a little smaller, he has tiger generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under his command, as well as Mi Zhu, Sun Qian,
Jian Yong is planning for him. If you agree to my conditions, I can write a letter to ask Liu Bei to submit to you and turn against Yuan Shao. In this way, you will have an extra chance of winning."
Gao Fei laughed and said: "I thought you were talking about some kind of bargaining chip, but it turned out to be Liu Da'er. But you don't have to try too hard. If Liu Da'er was willing to take refuge in me, he would have done so long ago. It's your fault.
There are conditions, maybe I will agree to it as soon as I am in a good mood."
Gongsun Zan was very dissatisfied when he saw that Liu Bei had lost this important bargaining chip, but now he had no chips and no need to worry about it. He said loudly: "After I die, please let go of my brother Gongsun Yue and my son Gongsun Xu."
, leave some blood to my Gongsun family, I committed suicide and died, it has nothing to do with you, they will never seek revenge on you..."
Gao Fei sneered, moved his hand forward, and saw Hu Yu pushing a young man out from the crowd. The young man was Gongsun Xu. As soon as he saw Gongsun Zan opposite, he hurriedly shouted: "Father, sir"
…”
Gongsun Zan said hurriedly: "Xu'er... why are you here?"
Hu Yu let go of Gongsun Xu, and Gongsun Xu ran towards Gongsun Zan, calling "Father" as he ran quickly.
When Gongsun Xu ran to Gongsun Zan's side, the father and son hugged each other tightly.
Gongsun Zan asked hurriedly: "Xu'er, why are you here, in Nanpi City?"
Gongsun continued: "Not long after my father led the army to the battle, a group of cavalry came from the southwest, carrying Yuan Shao's flag and wearing Yuan Shao's army uniforms. The boy thought it was Yuan Shao's reinforcements, so he put them into the city.
know that
The team members were disguised as the high-flying Yan army. The leader, Hu Yu, directly captured the child. The soldiers in the city had long complained about his father and did not offer any resistance at all, so they all surrendered. Nanpi City... Nanpi City
Just lost it.”
Gongsun Zan hugged Gongsun Xu tightly, his heart filled with regret.
At this time, Gongsun Yue and Yan Gang came to the camp gate with more than a hundred of their followers. The fire in the camp became more and more intense, gradually spreading to the Chinese army's tent. Gongsun Zan's army of more than 20,000 people was in Pan Palace.
, led by the four generals Mu Shun, Chen Shi, and Guo Ying, collectively surrendered to the high-flying Yan army.
"Brother, Yan Gang and I will protect you and rush out. Please follow us." Gongsun Yue had already put his life and death aside. He winked at Yan Gang, raised his knife, and led more than a hundred of his subordinates with him.
He casually rushed towards Gao Fei.
Gao Fei didn't even move when he saw Hu Yu leading four generals Wang Wenjun, Bai Yu, Shi Jie, Li Yulin and 500 Dongyi archers to block Gao Fei's front, and shot a barrage of arrows at Gongsun.
Yue, Yan Gang and more than a hundred people all died.
When Gongsun Zan saw that everyone was dead, he dropped the steel knife in his hand and said to Gongsun Xuer, "Xuer, are you afraid of death?"
Gongsun Xu shook his head and said: "If the father is not afraid, the child will not be afraid!"
Gongsun Zan smiled and said: "You are indeed the son of my Gongsun Bogui. If I had given you a few more years, maybe my Gongsun family would not be what it is now. Xu'er, we cannot be killed, and we must die."
With dignity, you walk into the military camp with me."
Gongsun Xu knew very well that Gongsun Zan was going to burn himself, but he did not refuse. Instead, he held Gongsun Zan's hand tightly, turned around with Gongsun Zan, and walked towards the camp where the fire had spread.
When Gao Fei saw that Gongsun Zan was about to self-immolate, he didn't stop him. He just watched silently, feeling a little melancholy in his heart.
Gongsun Zan took Gongsun Xu's hand and walked straight into the fire. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his head, looked at Gao Fei outside the camp gate, and shouted loudly: "Gao Ziyu, I'll take the first step."
When Yuan Shao's army arrives, you will almost reach the end. I will wait for you below, hahaha..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Xu walked into the fire together. The raging fire burned the bodies of Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Xu, scorching their skins, but the two people did not even scream in the fire.
With this sound, the people present were shocked when they saw this perseverance in enduring pain, and they all secretly sighed that Gongsun Zan was indeed a tough guy.
"General White Horse, who was so majestic in the past, didn't expect to end up in this situation today. Gongsun Zan is a man, but he is also a fool." Gao Fei said to himself when he saw Gongsun Zan being burned alive.
Gongsun Zan died, and almost all of Gongsun Zan's men surrendered to Gao Fei. Including the troops in Nanpi City, there were more than 30,000 people.
Gao Fei did not feel happy about this, but felt a little more melancholy, because the person he had to deal with next would not be as simple as dealing with Gongsun Zan. He turned his horse's head and said to the generals behind him: "Huang Zhong,
Xu Huang, Pang De, the three of you immediately lead three thousand light cavalry to Nanpi."
Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Pang De replied in unison: "No!"
Gao Fei continued: "Zang Ba!"
Zang Ba cupped his hands and said: "The general is here!"
"There is a city in the south of Bohai County, named Leling. Although the city is small, it is the only way from Qingzhou to the Bohai Sea. I order you to lead 3,000 cavalry and gallop to Leling quickly. Tomorrow I will transfer 10,000 infantry to you.
We must guard Leling tightly and don't let Yuan Shao's army from Qingzhou rush into the Bohai Sea."
Zang Ba said: "The last general will take orders."
Gao Fei continued to give instructions: "Liao Hua cleans the battlefield and is responsible for escorting the food, grass and baggage. The rest of the people all march to Nanpi."
"promise!"
After the instructions were given, the ministries began to leave the place in an orderly manner. Hu Yu was responsible for escorting the surrendering troops, and Tai Shici led the cavalry to clear the way. Generals Chen Dao, Wenpin, Chu Yan, and Zhou Cang led the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry behind.
Liao Hua led his men to clean up the battlefield and escorted all the grain, grass and baggage from Fuyang County to Nanpi City.
…
Yecheng, Zhaohou Mansion.
"Report——" The scout habitually spoke in a long voice, and ran quickly from the gate of Zhaohou Mansion towards the hall. When he saw Yuan Shao, he immediately said, "Report to the Marquis, Bohai Prefect Gongsun Zan suffered a serious attack from Yan."
The army attacked and asked for reinforcements."
Yuan Shao was quite surprised. He was raising food, grass and military pay to attack Fan Yang, and then marched straight into Jicheng to capture Jicheng. Unexpectedly, Gao Fei made the first move, and he didn't know anything about it. However, before he could speak,
But I saw another scout coming outside the door.
"Report——" After the scout entered the hall, he immediately bowed, "I am reporting to the Marquis that the generals of the Yan Army, Zhao Yun and Lu Heng, suddenly launched an attack on Zhongshan and Hejian last night, and defeated the garrisons in both places.
Julu County.”
The counselors present were Shen Pei, Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xin Pi, and Pang Ji, and the generals Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Gao Lan, and Han Meng, as well as Yuan Shao, heard the sudden attack of the Yan army.
No one is surprised.
In anger, Yuan Shao suddenly slapped the table in front of him and said angrily: "Gao Fei boy An dares to be so rampant, the whole army will fight, and Gao Fei's head will be cut off..."