A man with a dignified worth of two thousand stones, a descendant of a Bianjun family, experienced such a great battle, survived with swords, spears, halberds, bows, crossbows, hammers, and stones, but in the end he drowned in the Hutuo River after the war.
Moreover, it is probably impossible to salvage it now because it is a fool's errand. But after dawn, who knows where the body will be washed away by the undercurrent of the river?
In other words, there is a 100% chance that this Governor Zhang will end up dead without a burial place.
Therefore, after Lou Gui retreated, everyone on Tushan behaved in different ways. Some shook their heads and sighed, some were speechless, some were panicked, some looked around with flickering eyes, not knowing what they were thinking, and some had expressions on their faces.
He stared solemnly and carefully at the leader, Gongsun Xun.
Although there were many people, just like the previous military meeting, due to the large class gap, when five people with two thousand stones gathered here, the rest of the people somewhat lacked a sense of presence.
"I dare to ask Mr. Zhang, the commander of the five senses... what can be done about this matter?" The first person to formally speak out was Feng Xin, the Prime Minister of Changshan who had just written the most proud poem of his life. How did he hear this?
Two thousand stones died suddenly, and it was obvious that he could not hide his panic.
The rest, Guo Dian, Zong Yuan, and Cheng Pu followed Feng Xin and looked at Gongsun Xun who was sitting at the top.
Gongsun Xun frowned slightly: "Although Governor Zhang has some disagreements with me because of the dispatch of troops and the matter of the Zhen family in Zhongshan, in today's battle, he is still worthy of the words 'sacrifice one's life and take the lead bravely'.
Everyone, you and I are both colleagues and leaders. If we publish the actual information about the drowning, I am afraid it will be unfair... Therefore, I would like to ask you to jointly sign a memorial to express the situation of the eunuch who sacrificed his life to serve the country and died in battle.
, how about it?”
Everyone couldn't help but look a little relieved.
Even after Feng Xin thought for a moment, he naturally realized: "Yes, since Zhang Taishou is dead and has no life, it is useless to dwell on this matter. As colleagues, you and I should put the matters behind us first in both emotions and rationality, and not with others."
Let him 'drown' rather than let him 'die in battle'!"
"I still have to work hard for Prime Minister Feng to write the memorial." Gongsun Xun followed suit.
Feng Xin sighed repeatedly but did not refuse.
Cheng Pu naturally didn't need to say anything, and Guo Dian, Zong Yuan and others didn't say much after all.
And what is very interesting is that after the initial shock and emotion, no one said anything more... After a few words, they continued to eat, drink, and talk about poetry and affairs.
Think about it, if one hundred thousand Yellow Turban Army collapses in one day, there may be tens of thousands of corpses lying around. It is said that human life is like grass. We have seen a lot of life and death today, and we have not much relationship with that pure universality.
So what about two thousand stones?
When you die, you are dead, and when you are gone, you are gone...Unconsciously, the world and people's hearts have actually changed.
However, the banquet was planned in a hurry, so after having some wine and food, and forcibly talking about romance and military exploits, everyone dispersed in a hurry, and everyone went back to do their own things.
While some personal guards were setting up a simple military tent on the Tushan platform, Gongsun Xun also got busy. He first took advantage of the moonlight to visit the wounded nearby, and then asked about the names of the dozens of subordinates who died in the battle today.
After receiving the message and comforting him a lot, he turned back to the mountain, lit candles again, and started writing letters in the simple tent that had just been set up.
Among them, there are some for his mother in Liaodong, and some for his back house in Fanyang. Several wives and concubines have expressed their condolences. There is even one for Zhao Yun to forward to Lu Fan’s wife, Mrs. Liu, probably to inform her.
Concerned about Lu Fan's safety and thank you for your hard work.
The reason for this is that Lu Fan is Gongsun Xun's personal minister, and Mrs. Liu is one of the few Gongsun Xun's personal ministers who is married and housekeeper... Although the rest of Han Dang and Lou Gui have children, they generally have children.
Only the concubines rewarded by Gongsun Auntie can't be on the stage.
As for Wei Yue's wife, it's better to ignore it, so as to save the melons and plums.
After finishing writing a bunch of letters, especially the letter to Aunt Gongsun, which was a bit long, Gongsun Xun felt tired for a while, so he went back to the swaying couch to rest. However, after he turned out the light and lay down on it, he actually turned over again.
He sat up, lit the candle himself, and then went to write letters to Gongsun Fan in Luozhong and Xu Rongzai in Guangzong City.
On July 15th, the moon was full and bright outside the tent, the lights inside the tent were dim, and I couldn't sleep for a while.
In other words, from beginning to end, at least up to this point, Gongsun Xun had not summoned Lou Gui to ask what was going on with Zhang Chun. In fact, the handsome general with five senses had no such idea at all!
Anyway, if he wants Zhang Chun to die, Zhang Chun will die; if he does not affect the battle situation and does not implicate the army, he also does not seem to implicate too much... So what else? As for what happened to him?
What does this tragic incident have to do with Gongsun Xun?
Speaking of breaking the sky, Zhang Chun also 'died fighting hard', or at most 'died by drowning'! Maybe Governor Zhang really accidentally boarded a broken ship?
On July 15th, the moon is full in the sky.
Guo Dian was wearing clothes and sitting on a barrier in the west of the city. The sergeants on the left and right had already dozed off tiredly. There were still faint sounds of crying from where the surrender troops were gathering. The waves of the Hutuo River continued to roll in from time to time.
Some smell of blood... Everything seemed to have fallen silent, but Guo Junye still couldn't sleep looking at the moon.
It's ridiculous to say that even Gongsun Xun himself had made up his mind that Zhang Chun had drowned. But who didn't know that Governor Guo Dian immediately realized that Zhang Shuren's death was related to that person?
The man with five senses who showed great power today will be closely involved.
There was no other way, Gongsun Xun showed his weakness in front of Guo Dian.
Guo Junye had doubts when he asked for instructions on the siege. Why did the other party assign the siege work and let him, who was already stationed on the west side, to besiege the west city, but asked Zong Yuan to besiege the east city? You must know that there are clearly already people on the east side.
Zhang Chun, the prefect of Zhongshan, fought hard all day!
Logically speaking, shouldn't Zhang Chun be the one to besiege Dongcheng?
At that time, Guo Dian only thought that Gongsun Xun wanted to use the pressure of the great victory to suppress Zhang Chun, or to abandon Zhang Chun or even toss him... After all, Wuji was only more than thirty miles away from here, and the former prefect Zhang
What he did was not a secret, and this guy Xiaoyi came before, making it even more obvious to everyone.
Therefore, almost everyone in the army now knew that Zhen Yi, whom Zhang Chun and Zhang Shuren had been thinking about before, was actually an old friend of this handsome general. They had even guessed that he was going to be unlucky since he was entrusted with the relationship after his death.
However, who would have thought that he would actually "drown to death"? Who could be as horrified as Guo Dian and wake up all of a sudden?
At this thought, Guo Dian couldn't help but raise his head and sigh slightly at the moon... A prefect with a rank of two thousand stone, a dignified minister of the country, was directly murdered by another two thousand stone. On normal days, this must be as big as the sky.
Case! And with Guo Junye’s character and temperament, he must reveal this matter to the central government at all costs.
But at this moment, Governor Guo found that he was powerless because he had no evidence; and he did not dare to ruin the good situation in the army. After all, Gongsun Xun was too powerful. In the past, 50,000 to 60,000 people fought for several months, but he was not as good as
A few days; that's all. What really frightens this Kansai-born Liang Qianshi is that even from a moral and human perspective, he has no desire to seek justice for Zhang Chun...
In fact, people as sharp as Guo Dian quickly realized that the world has changed!
The previous rules and methods of doing things are no longer appropriate. Even the standards of right and wrong, good and evil, are completely different.
But if this is the case, then what does Guo Junye have learned and insisted on in the past few decades?
Governor Guo looked up at the moon, unable to conceal the sadness in his heart... Perhaps the only things that truly remain unchanged through the ages are the bright full moon above his head and the rivers and mountains at his feet?
No, rivers and mountains can also be changed. Didn't Wang Jing make the river move? Didn't Guangwu reshape the rivers and mountains? The only thing that remains unchanged is the bright moon above.
I am over forty years old and can be said to be decrepit. It is impossible to catch up with the general trend of the world. So why not settle for the second best and follow the example of this bright moon and be alone!
After reluctantly finding some faith, Guo Junye only felt sore and weak all over. The fatigue and hard work of the day suddenly came over him, and he started snoring together with the soldiers around him under the moonlight.
The sky was getting brighter, and the 70,000 to 80,000 Han troops on both sides of the Hutuo River quickly became busy... building pontoon bridges, cleaning the battlefield, and moving all camps to Henan.
The top brass of the army also have to deal with some important matters, such as discussing the military merits of various departments, pursuing and clearing out deserters from surrounding areas, and placing prisoners, not to mention that there is a city of Xiaquyang with more than 20,000 people in front of them that needs to be besieged...
One by one, although Gongsun Xunzhi was here, he still had to negotiate with the other two thousand stone officers. What's more, it was already after the war, and the officers with thousands of stone and six hundred stone soldiers in the army had to be treated gracefully.
Let them express their opinions.
For a time, the whole army was really busy. Except for Feng Xin, who wanted to write an article describing how Zhang Chun went out in mourning clothes and fought bravely, no one mentioned the unlucky drowned man again.
Tens of thousands of corpses were to be burned in the capital, but who was missing the one who was eaten by the fish? Even Zhang Ju, a younger brother of the Zhang Chun clan, came to Zhongshan, but he just sent his family to ask for a piece of "bone remains" to take back for burial, and then fled in a hurry.
Amid the turmoil, the army gradually restored order. Three or four days later, when the weather gradually turned colder, everyone in the army only thought about the rewards for their military achievements, as well as the upcoming sacrifices and inscriptions... They couldn't help it.
In this way, soldiers are also human beings after all. After a hard battle, they are in urgent need of cultural life to soothe their hearts. For the people at the bottom of this age, sacrifice is the most important cultural activity.
However, the upper echelons of the military are not concerned about these things that have been agreed upon at this time. What they are discussing and arguing about is another matter.
"Selling prisoners is too much anyway..." Due to a dispute in the Chinese military tent, everyone with a weight of two thousand stones had been kicked out. However, after they left, Guo Dian, who was about to let go to refute the matter, said half of his words.
But he was stunned and didn't say anything.
"But what if we don't sell them?" Gongsun Xun sighed upon seeing this. "We threw tens of thousands of captives and injured ones under the city to Zhang Bao. Do we want to kill all the living and sound ones?
No? Killing them may be able to intimidate the city, but it may also make the city feel the same hatred. And if they are repatriated and resettled on the spot, these people are all young men who have rebelled and been on the battlefield. I am not afraid that they will come again one day.
Is there a big chaos? Mr. Guo, you are wrong when I say that the prisoners should be sold, but do you have any tips?"
Guo Dian sat on one side, becoming more and more speechless, because he really didn't have any good ideas.
These days there are generally only three options for dealing with prisoners:
The first one is called killing to establish prestige, which means killing prisoners. However, the Han army has to consider the adverse reactions caused by killing prisoners, so it usually waits until the end of the war before taking a serious action.
In fact, according to the history of another time and space, there are no explicit records of post-war killings in Changshe and Runan by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in the early period. In Guangzong, the Yellow Turban Army tragically threw themselves into the river, and it was not until the two sides fought to the end that
In Nanyang and Xiaquyang respectively, there are clear written records of killing prisoners and building Beijing temples.
The second one is, of course, to resettle it on the spot. But there is no doubt about the risk. From the perspective of the ruler, the senior military officials are most disgusted with this method of disposal.
The last one is to recruit and surrender. This was also a very common practice in the era when manpower was a precious resource. Gongsun Xun, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun, as examples of hastily sending troops, actually recruited surrenders from the Yellow Turban Army in the early stage.
However, when the war has come to this point, the Han army already has no shortage of troops. Even Guo Xun, who is responsible for supplies behind his back, has repeatedly written letters, saying that the treasury in the rear is gradually emptying, the people's morale is unstable, and Gongsun Xun and Guo
, Feng and others all have the intention of selecting the best and eliminating the worst to reduce logistical pressure.
It would be unwise to keep prisoners as surrender troops at this time.
At this moment, when everyone was in doubt, the commander-in-chief Gongsun Xun suddenly proposed that the prisoners should be distributed and sold. From the noble families of various counties in Youzhou to the wealthy local wealthy people in Jizhou, they mobilized to absorb this manpower...
...After all, these people are rebels. It is enough to be lenient if they can survive, not to mention that selling them dispersedly can also disorganize these people's organization.
However, this seemed to be all-inclusive, but Guo Dian immediately realized the absurdity of this move... Not to mention that the sale itself was unseemly, if it really went ahead, powerful wealthy families would probably collude.
Secondly, it is likely to become a means for local officials to extort money from well-off families.
Having been an official for half his life, Guo Dian knows the inside story better than anyone else.
However, it was clear that Governor Guo could not think of a better solution - the logistics were weak and the war was continuing, so prisoners could not be retained or recruited; in order to prevent the Yellow Turbans from resurrecting, he, the Governor of Julu, was the first one not to agree.
Settling them on the spot, even if Feng Xin, the Prime Minister of Changshan, would not agree; and killing prisoners...
After thinking for a long time, before Guo Dian could come up with an idea, Feng Xin over there was already impatient: "Guo Jun, why are you so stubborn? Nowadays, there are still continuous wars and the world is not at peace. This is how Wu Guan Zhonglang will deal with it.
This is already the best way. Besides, the national situation is difficult. You and I are working together to serve the country. Even if we have some ideas, we should try our best to compromise and work hard in one place. Otherwise, how can we deal with it?
Father, to the Central Committee? It’s unwise for you to get angry in public. But if you ask me, at this time, everyone should listen to the general with five senses."
Hearing this, Guo Dian looked at the faces of Cheng Pu and Zong Yuan, and could only gritted his teeth and said: "In that case, I have something to say. The officers among the Yellow Turban thieves need..."
"I know." Gongsun Xun immediately interrupted the other party. "Guo Junxin... the officers and leaders among the Yellow Turban thieves must be distinguished and punished according to the canon; and we must try our best to have them stagger their place of origin, and put Youzhou border county first
;Finally, I will take full responsibility for this matter. If the Central Committee wants to question you, or if Xiyuan demands payment for the captives, just ask them to come find me!"
Guo Dian was completely speechless.
"Isn't that good?" Feng Xin saw that the matter had been settled and couldn't help but take pictures of the cases in front of him. "Now that the matter has been settled, we will set up a memorial tablet in two days, and then wait for the reward documents for this battle.
When we arrive, we will take the opportunity to select the best and eliminate the bad, and finally gather the best troops to besiege the city... Before winter comes, we will make a strong effort to pull out the city and put an end to the chaos, and then it will be over."
As soon as this statement came out, the few people in the tent had different reactions.
For example, Guo Dian and Zong Yuan also looked relaxed, as if they were overwhelmed by the war like Feng Xin. Among them, the former was under too much pressure, while the latter was highlighted by the war.
The captain is incompetent, so everyone is unbearable.
Cheng Pu, for example, was a little disappointed. It was obvious that he had become a captain of two thousand stones through the war, and he wanted to follow Gongsun Xun to make more achievements.
In fact, it is not just these few people. Since the Yellow Turban Uprising in February, truly capable people have more or less found a way to break through the shackles of origin and qualifications and rise to the top, so they all have some strange thoughts;
The civil servants and incompetent people who have long been in high positions want to end the war quickly and return to 'normal'.
As for the leader, Gongsun Xun, when faced with Feng Xin's rare gaffe, his face was expressionless and thoughtful, which made people confused.
This is not that Gongsun Xun is deliberately pretending. In fact, he is really thinking about things... Combining his own military experience and what his mother told him, this handsome general is regretting Nanyang and Guangzong.
Hundreds of thousands of prisoners in the future.
After all, there is nothing you can do!
With the assistance of the Zhen family, the Anli, which had made a comeback after the Yellow Turban retreat in Youzhou, could easily take over and unite the local governments to digest the captives here. However, if we talk about Guangzong, Yingchuan, and even Nanyang,
Prisoners of war, then they are really beyond their capabilities.
If you really have good intentions and don't want to see a river of blood, can you forcefully go there to buy prisoners?
Maybe, but you have to consider the cost.
The Yellow Turban chaos has arisen, and now there are ordinary people everywhere who can't survive... Even if Gongsun, mother and son have good intentions, they should give priority to saving the refugees who fled to Liaodong. Why should they save the Yellow Turban thieves who have become religious and are still restless?
?
Suppose a person spends 100,000 yuan to transport people from Yingchuan to Liaodong. With this money, why not rescue ten refugees who fled north from Jizhou and Qingzhou due to the war? The entire Jizhou has ten houses and five empty houses.
Where have they gone? Are there any poor people in need of help in this world?
To put it bluntly, if you really focus on the prisoners of Guangzong or even Yingchuan, you can only say that the conscience and IQ of Gongsun and his son were eaten by dogs at the same time!
Would you rather save a few people at more cost than save more lives with less effort? Why?
However, if we don’t save them, no one will be able to save them...those people will really die.
These are troubled times, and human lives are like grass. From the moment the Zhang brothers held up the Huangtian banner to rebel, the wheel of history was really rolling forward, unstoppable.
Fortunately, Gongsun Xun considered himself a mature general and should have already learned to face these uncertainties of life and death.
A matter that was worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth was settled, and everyone was somewhat relieved.
However, just when the two thousand stone men turned to talk about the sacrificial matters and smiled a little at each other, suddenly, someone outside the tent hurriedly asked to see them.
"Your Majesty, there is a fast horse coming from Guangzong... Cao Mengde and Xu Bojin jointly sent it." Lou Gui walked into the tent with a serious face, and Han Dang who followed behind him also had a heavy face.
"What happened?" Gongsun Xun probably guessed that it was something, so Guo Dian was the first to become nervous. "But has the situation of the Guangzong war changed?"
"Report to Lord Guo." Sure enough, Lou Gui sighed, and then said helplessly. "My general's mentor, Beizhonglang General Lu Gong, was falsely accused of supporting the bandits because he refused a bribe from Zuo Feng of Xiaohuangmen.
A few days ago, he was actually driven into Luo. Now, the person replacing Lu Gong is Dongzhonglang General Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhongying... Moreover, General Dong led the Xiliang soldiers and some Hedong knights to Guangzong, but he didn't know that we had already won a great victory.
, so they actually gave up the siege of Guangzong and turned to come here. As a result, they heard the news of Xiaquyang's great victory on the way, so they had no choice but to turn south again, and then rearranged the siege."
Gongsun Xun and everyone in the tent were quite speechless at the two news.
The Ming Dynasty did not speak secretly, not to mention that the emperor's anxious attitude and the eunuch's counterattack were reflected in Lu Zhi's dismissal. Looking at the matter, it is not worth mentioning that Lu Zhi's personal safety is actually not worth mentioning, because he is really not in danger.
...The emperor would not be so stupid as to kill a "futile general" while the war is still going on. Moreover, Mr. Lu is very tough. The great general of the court, He Jin, and the three princes Liu Kuan, Yang Ci, and Yuan Wei,
None of them, including the minister Liu Tao, would not try to save him.
Not to mention that it was a good time for Feng Xin to write, the whole army signed two thousand shi, and Gongsun Xun sent the good news.
Of course, you still have to behave appropriately. Gongsun Xun immediately stood up and said that the eunuch was abominable, and he wanted to use his own merits to ask for pardon for his mentor... Everyone also expressed their opinions one after another.
After a symbolic commotion for a while, everyone in the tent was speechless at Dong Zhuo's operation... Obviously, Dong Zhongying was also a man of military knowledge. When he arrived at Guangzong City, he saw that the city could not be conquered at all, but the emperor let it go.
He came to replace Lu Zhi because he wanted to see the results of the war as soon as possible, so he temporarily abandoned Guangzong and turned north to Quyang, preparing to join forces with Gongsun Xun to win the war.
However, who would have thought that Gongsun Xun would show his prowess and use Zhang Jia's outstanding performance and Zhang Bao's incompetence to establish the situation in one fell swoop?
Dong Zhuo was tricked by the Emperor and Gongsun Xun... Rearranging the siege, to put it nicely, God knows how long it will take, will the Emperor spare him? Lu Zhi was delayed and was driven into Luo, Dong Zhuo was delayed
If you spend more time and all your previous efforts are in vain, if I can't deal with you... Could it be that you are too arrogant?
I'm afraid that Dong Zhongying's fate has already been doomed at this time... It's just pitiful that another big man, a loyal man, who has devoted himself to the country, has to get into Luo in a confused way.
Of course, at this time, I have to pretend that I can't guess the ending.
After a lot of excitement, everyone in the tent had no more thoughts and left one after another.
However, Gongsun Xun sent people out and returned to the tent, only to find that Lou Gui and Han Dang still looked heavy, even a little sad.
"What's wrong?" Gongsun Xun was keenly aware of the strangeness. "What else are you hiding from me?"
"Junhou." Han Dang, who has always been a little dull, couldn't control himself, and his eyes turned red. "Xu Bojin also asked someone to send a message saying that Jia Chao is dead..."
Gongsun Xun slowly sat down and did not react for a moment: "Jia Chao? Didn't you see him in the south of Handan City before? How did he die?"
"The army abandoned Guangzong, and he rode to the city alone to raise the flag and attack. He was shot to death by random arrows under the city wall." Lou Gui added. "He left a last message to those around him before he went out. Only then did Xu Bojin know that Jia Chao
My brother is in Guangzong City and is a young commander of the Yellow Turban Army. He does not dare to betray the kindness of the Lord and cannot abandon his only family, so he has no choice but to die in order to have peace of mind... Lord, he went to see the Lord and me that day.
If you wait, I'm afraid you'll be determined to die, so I'm here to say goodbye."
Gongsun Xun, who just now thought he was so pessimistic about life and death, and was indifferent even when Lu Zhi drove into Luo, now felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart. He was sad, angry, and a little confused and irritable... He didn't know it for a moment.
How should we deal with these two confidants in front of us?
"Wait, please go out." After a moment of silence, Gongsun Xun could only say this while holding on to the few cases in front of him. "Let me be alone for a moment."
——————I am the dividing line between emotions——————
"If you can't go in or out, you can't go in the opposite direction. The plains suddenly turn out to be too long.
Carrying a long sword and holding the bow of Qin, the head and body are separated and the heart is not punished." - "Nine Songs. National Memorial". Qu Yuan
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