Chapter 148 Gongsun Yue and Guan Jing (two in one)
Time came on the third day when Liu Bei led his troops to reach Sishui Pass and set up camp.
Today, Liu Bei and others have become very honest.
No more sending people to Sishui Pass to be scolded like yesterday.
However, it is not without any other actions.
Early in the morning, Liu Bei issued a military order, citing the cold weather and dripping water turning into ice, to provide extra meals and improve the food for his troops.
With such an order being issued, and some extremely strong meat that had been frozen by the cold weather brought with the army, put into a pot, boiled with water, sliced and put into the pot, the enthusiasm of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses was suddenly aroused.
Got it!
Even yesterday, the depression of the people who were shut down by Sishui was swept away by the continuous scolding.
In such cold weather and with such delicious food, the soldiers in Liu Bei's army would naturally become confused and neglect their defense.
Especially when these delicacies came out of the pot and everyone took such delicious food into their mouths, the soldiers couldn't help but burst into joy, and the order became even more chaotic.
In the past, whenever they saw such a scene, Liu Bei, who had always taken some control, and Liu Bei's generals did not speak this time.
It is equivalent to acquiescing to this behavior.
As a result, these soldiers became more and more excessive and undisciplined.
The defense of the entire camp has become more relaxed, even more loose, and the whole camp is like a straggler.
After a while of this, the situation became increasingly chaotic, and then some people with low status and no deterrent power began to come out to maintain order.
This kind of maintenance of order is only a symbolic maintenance. These people do not maintain it with all their strength. They mainly do it to show off to the people above Sishui Pass...
This is what Jian Yong said last night.
Through some seemingly reasonable means, he took the initiative to create chaos on his side, sold out the flaws, lured the people in Sishui Gate, and sent troops to attack himself and others.
So as to achieve the previously set goals.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others were all here quietly observing the movement of the Sishui Gate, wanting to see what the reaction of the people at the Sishui Gate would be.
At this time, Zhang Fei, who could only use one arm, clenched the snake spear in his hand tightly, just waiting for the door of Sishui Pass to open, and then went to fight and let out the bad breath in his heart.
As a result, things were different from what they had expected. From the morning until the afternoon, when the Sishui was closed, there was no movement.
The people in Sishui Gate seemed not to notice their relaxation at all.
This made Liu Bei's heart sink a little bit.
However, he didn't have any other good ideas for a while, and he was worried that the people who closed Sishui would see the flaw, so he didn't pay attention to it.
It was not until night that the chaos slowly subsided.
Under the cover of night, Liu Bei sent Jian Yong, escorted by some people, to pass the news towards Gongsun Zan's location...
At the Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong once again stood here and looked towards the camp of Liu Bei and others.
Looking at the camp under the light of the lights, it still looked relatively chaotic. Hua Xiong did not make any request to go out to meet the enemy, but stayed here honestly.
This is not only because Liu Cheng, as the commander-in-chief of Sishui Pass, had issued a death order before, and no one was allowed to leave the pass to meet the enemy without his order.
More importantly, through the performance of these people outside these days, he became more and more convinced of Uncle Liu Huang's speculation.
These people really don’t have any good intentions!
Most likely, just as the emperor's uncle said, a large number of troops were ambushed behind, waiting for him and others...
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"how?"
Where Gongsun Zan was, after seeing Jian Yong who came from the front to deliver the message, Gongsun Zan, who was so cold that his lips turned purple, couldn't wait to ask.
Jian Yong shook his head and told Gongsun Zan what they had done today and the reaction of everyone at Sishui Gate opposite.
"Xuande said, if the soldiers and horses at Sishui Pass have not shown up tonight, Grand Administrator Gongsun might as well just lead the troops and show up from behind.
The weather is extremely cold now. If we stay like this, Xuande is worried that the soldiers and horses under the prefect will not be able to bear it and suffer serious damage."
Gongsun Zan nodded, indicating that he understood.
"You go back and tell Xuande, let him think of ways to lure the enemy, and get through tonight first.
Maybe tonight, those guys at Sishui Pass will be unable to bear it any longer."
After finishing speaking, Gongsun Zan paused for a while and said aloud: "As for tonight, the soldiers and horses at Sishui Pass have not yet left the gate. What should we do next? I will send someone to report it at dawn tomorrow.
The Xuande."
Jian Yong nodded, and after waiting here for a while, he said goodbye to Gongsun Zan, left here, and returned to Liu Bei's camp under the cover of night, and conveyed Gongsun Zan's message to Liu Bei...
"Uncle, I'm cold."
In the cold night, where Gongsun Zan's soldiers and horses were, there was a sound of upper teeth and lower teeth colliding with each other.
A young man huddled up in a ball due to the cold shivered and whispered to the soldiers around him.
"Uncle, my eggs are gone, and so are the birds. Just a little bit of skin left...
Uncle, this, this won’t be frozen, right?
Uncle, I, I'm not married yet, if I get frozen, what should I do?"
The young man said tremblingly.
"Yes, if it freezes, then you will suffer a big loss. This thing is so beautiful!"
"Uncle, how do you feel? Tell me..."
The young man asked tremblingly.
"Children, why are you asking these questions? If you want to know what it tastes like, you can taste it yourself when the time comes."
"Uncle, uncle, tell me..."
The young man begged tremblingly.
After a long time of this, the man finally spoke, with some aftertaste.
"The taste is really good. It's soft, trembling, and warm. As soon as you touch it, you'll shiver in comfort..."
"It's really, really good. Now, if I have a chance in the future, I, I will try it too..."
The young man said with longing...
It is impossible for the young man to taste this taste in person in his life, because the young man was already frozen to death before it was completely light.
There was still a smile on his frozen face, and he didn't know what he saw before he died...
That night, Sishui Pass was still very quiet, and there were no soldiers or horses dispatched.
Gongsun Zan sat there all night.
When it was almost dawn, he went to Liu Bei's location in person...
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"Brother Bogui, why don't you let the soldiers and horses ambushing behind you come forward.
I think the people inside Sishui Pass may have already been suspicious, otherwise they wouldn't have let such a good opportunity go without attacking..."
Here at Liu Bei's camp, Liu Bei personally brought a large bowl of hot soup with meat to Gongsun Zan and said this.
After Gongsun Zan drank almost a cup of the hot soup in one breath, he took a long breath and spoke to Liu Bei: "Brother Xuande, I have been thinking about this man's use of troops in the past few days. He is quite elusive.
, but one thing I can be sure of is that this person is proud of his talent!
For several consecutive games, this person has led his troops personally, and this time, this guy will definitely be no exception!
I think this guy is almost at the point where he can't stand it any longer.
Now the competition is to see who can endure it better!"
Liu Bei once again delivered a bowl of steaming broth to Gongsun Zan.
"Brother Bogui, we can't bear the current situation.
The other side has tents, flames, hot soup, and a tall and majestic Sishui Pass. Brother Bogui, those soldiers and horses under your command...
If you really endure it, Brother Bogui, you..."
Liu Bei said no more.
Gongsun Zan had completely understood what Liu Bei meant.
"I have also considered this matter, but once my side is exposed, it will be too difficult to seriously injure the thieves in Sishui Pass and seize Sishui Pass.
If you want to achieve extraordinary things, sometimes you have to endure extraordinary hardships. Fortunately, most of my soldiers are recruited from the northern border areas and can withstand severe cold..."
Gongsun Zan said this to Liu Bei while drinking the steaming broth.
Seeing that Liu Bei was hesitant to speak, he spoke again: "I know Xuande's worries. I won't waste time on this matter until tomorrow morning.
If there is no movement at Sishui Pass today during the day and night, I will lead my troops out..."
After Gongsun Zan quickly drank another bowl of broth, he hurried back from Liu Bei's place.
At this time, it was already dawn...
After Gongsun Zan returned to where his troops were, he immediately heard bad news that he absolutely did not want to hear.
Last night, it was a trivial matter that hundreds of people froze to death. The most important thing is that there were deserters!
Although these deserters have been killed by his white-horse followers, this is still not good news for Gongsun Zan!
"Immediately convey my order and tell the soldiers to persist. By tomorrow morning, no matter whether the thieves from Sishui Pass come out or not, we will no longer ambush!"
The messenger immediately went to convey Gongsun Zan's order after hearing the words...
Liu Bei also began to arrange various means to lure the people of Sishui Pass and fight their way out of Sishui Pass.
However, what makes people feel uncomfortable is that there is still no movement at Sishui Pass!
The temperature is still the same as before, with no sign of warming at all.
The day time passed quickly and it was night time.
Liu Bei, some of Liu Bei's soldiers, as well as Gongsun Zan in the rear, and Gongsun Zan's soldiers, all looked forward to it in the cold night.
Time passed little by little, and the night became darker and darker. There was still no movement at Sishui Pass...
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Gongsun Zan's eyes were red, not just because Gongsun Zan had stayed up all night due to lack of sleep.
It's not just because until now, there hasn't been much movement at Sishui Pass, and no one has gone out.
More importantly, at night, soldiers tried to escape again!
There are more people fleeing than in the morning!
This made Gongsun Zan extremely depressed and angry!
I have given a clear order. As long as tonight is over, no matter what the outcome is, I will not continue to ambush. However, these thieves chose to escape at this time!
Just thinking about this matter makes Gongsun Zan feel particularly angry!
Therefore, none of the soldiers who tried to escape survived. They were all killed under Gongsun Zan's personal order.
Even a few of them were done by Gongsun Zan himself!
While Gongsun Zan was waiting with red eyes, many of Gongsun Zan's soldiers failed to survive and died in the long cold night...
"Brother, it's getting close to dawn, and there's been no movement up front yet. Why don't we notify the troops right now and ask the soldiers to get out of the encirclement quickly and light a fire to keep warm."
A general who was much younger than Gongsun Zan came over and asked Gongsun Zan for instructions.
His relationship with Gongsun Zan was exposed as soon as he opened his mouth.
This man was also from Lingzhi in western Liaoning. His surname was Gongsun and his given name was Yue. He was the younger brother of Gongsun Zan.
"Ah Yue, please wait a little longer. We have been waiting for such a long time, and it is not too late."
Gongsun Zan opened his mouth to speak, but his voice seemed hoarse perhaps because he had not spoken for a long time.
When Gongsun Yue heard this, he didn't say anything anymore. Instead, he took out a kettle from his arms and handed it to Gongsun Zan.
"Brother, drink some water to moisten your throat. I put it in my arms and muffled it."
In the darkness, Gongsun Zan, whose nerves were tense, felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and his spirit could not help but relax.
He reached out and took the still warm kettle handed over by Gongsun Yue. After pulling it out, he brought it to his mouth and took a few sips, then handed it back to Gongsun Yue.
He reached out and patted Gongsun Yue on the shoulder: "Ah Yue, please go back to your post. Brother, I am sure of it."
Gongsun Yue nodded, said no more, turned around and headed towards where he was before...
Generally speaking, the coldest time of the day is not late at night, but at dawn before the sun has risen.
Feeling the tranquility and coldness of this early morning, Gongsun Zan's face turned livid, and his whole body was trembling slightly.
"Lord, it's already dawn. Don't wait any longer. If you wait any longer, I'm afraid you will lose your military morale!"
A man came over and reported to Gongsun Zan.
This person is Guan Jing, Gongsun Zan's most trusted advisor.
However, at this time, facing his most trusted advisor, Gongsun Zan did not speak, but looked straight in the direction of Sishui Pass.
Although standing here, he could not see Sishui Pass.
When Guan Jing saw this, he didn't say anything, he just sighed silently.
After a while, Gongsun Zan slowly turned around.
"Pass my order to the soldiers to give up the ambush and immediately light a fire for warmth and cooking!"
Gongsun Zan said aloud.
His voice and face were very calm, but his eyes were extremely red.
Guan Jing hesitated to speak, and after giving a deep salute to Gongsun Zan, he hurried to convey the order.
There were some cheers soon, and soon the flames were lit.
Of course, along with the flames, there is also some smoke.
Many soldiers have been frozen stiff, and the road is already difficult to walk...
Gongsun Zan, who was standing here without warming himself by the fire, listened to the cheers of the soldiers, looked at the miserable appearance of the soldiers who were frozen, and his livid face turned red without knowing when...
On the wall of Sishui Pass, people who had been paying attention to the situation outside the pass saw some rising smoke from a distance, and immediately trotted all the way down the wall of Sishui Pass...
(I was thinking that I was going to visit relatives today, so I got up around five o'clock to code. Then the computer couldn't be turned on, and it still can't be turned on until now... Damn, my mentality is extremely explosive! If I hadn't uploaded several files to my phone yesterday
Chapter, if I can’t figure it out today, I’ll stop updating it...)
