A few days later, Gongsun Du secretly received two thousand cavalry soldiers temporarily sponsored by Gongsun Zan.

After the Battle of Nanpi (the Battle of New Territories Bridge after the previous article changed its geographical location), Gongsun Zan's Yi was defeated by Queyi. Therefore, he would not be able to use too much troops in a short time to sponsor a potential stock of the same clan who had been in the fifth service and claimed to be your puppet.

However, to attack Liaodong by land, it is necessary to pass through the 400-mile unmanned area of ​​the western Liaoning Corridor, and the infantry movement is too slow, so there are only all cavalry and a small number of elite soldiers. After this battle, if Liaodong is recaptured, the remaining part of the two thousand cavalry will still be returned to Gongsun Zan, and the long-term interest dividends must not be reduced.

When delivering the troops, Gongsun Zan did not forget to remind Gongsun Du: "My brother Shengji is now in autumn. There are hundreds of miles of narrow areas outside the Yu Pass in western Liaoning. The autumn rain is continuous, and the water is shallow and the carriages are not open to the deep. If you want to run quickly, you should recruit several counties with imperial edicts or take the grassland outside Lulong Pass."

Gongsun Zan is a native of western Liaoning, so he is of course very familiar with the geography here.

Therefore, the route he mentioned was surprisingly consistent with the route that Tian Chou dedicated to Cao Cao's expedition to Tadun in history. They were all giving up Lu Long Pass to the grassland north of Yanshan Mountain, rather than the coastal Liaoxi Corridor.

"Brother Bo Gui, don't worry, I will act according to the opportunity." After Gongsun Du got the troops, he began to prepare to send troops.

Coincidentally, Gongsun Du had just prepared the jerky and dry food needed by the army, and an old friend took the initiative to send a secret letter.

It was actually the Liaodong Commander Xu Rong himself, who came to make friends with his fellow villagers in person, expressed his hope to divide the five counties in Liaodong in the future, and also "leaked" the current Liaodong prefect Mi Zhu, who was not in good intentions and did not raise an army to fight Dong. When he heard that Dong Zhuo's imperial edict had been removed from his post, he pretended to be a temporary act to fight Dong. His greed for his own selfish interests and disobeying the imperial edict was obvious!

"God helps me! Xu Rong is worthy of being promoted by my adopted father. I still remember to repay my kindness." Gongsun Du was overjoyed when he heard about his heart.

Gongsun Du's biological father was named Gongsun Yan, but he fled to office in his early years and refused to serve. When Gongsun Du was young, he was originally named Gongsun Bao and stayed in Xuantu County as a county official. At that time, Xuantu's prefect was named Gongsun Fu, and Gongsun Fu also had a son named Gongsun Bao, but he died until he was raised until he was a grown-up. In grief, Gongsun Fu found Gongsun Du, a minor official with the same name as his dead son, and he valued him very much and accepted him as his adopted son to promote him.

Xu Rong also started from the grassroots level in the Xuantu County Army in his early years. Among them, several years of service were during the term of prefect Gongsun Yuan. During that period, Xu Rong also became the commander of the team. Of course, Gongsun Yuan was old and retired quickly. Xu Rong was promoted to Qujun Marquis and Duwei, which had nothing to do with him.

To put it bluntly, it was Gongsun Du's adoptive father who had the old grace of "Xu Rong was promoted to a first-class official during his tenure in serving him", but it was not considered an extraordinary promotion for opening a backdoor, but it was just a normal promotion.

Considering this relationship, Gongsun Du felt that it was normal for his fellow villagers to help him. If Xu Rong betrayed him, he would probably be ridiculed by the people of the world in the future. Moreover, there were many enemies and we were few, so Gongsun Du could not defeat the Liaodong Army by normal military means, so he could only take the risk of beheading.

Anyway, Gongsun Du has no capital now. Those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, so there is nothing to dare to take risks. If you win and become a local emperor, you will lose your life. Anyway, there are no other gorgeous decorations attached to your life.

Gongsun Du adjusted his deployment at the last minute and fine-tuned his march route according to the plan that would make Xu Rongdang's response: "The entire army brought 15 days of dry food, left Lulong and went east along the Yu River, crossed Bailang Mountain, and walked around Liucheng to the grassland!"

Two thousand temporary sponsors, along with hundreds of his own personal soldiers, all of them rode horses and took a detour to prepare for the beheading operation.

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Unfortunately, Gongsun Du's beheading operation was of course not successful, because seven days later, when he was crossing Bailang Mountain, he was ambushed by Xu Rong and Taishi Ci.

After a long-distance raid for many days, the light cavalry stumbled in the relatively dangerous valley pass, and the outcome can be imagined.

What's more, the size of the enemy troops who came to ambush was three to four times that of Gongsun Du's army.

The Donglai infantry under Taishici deployed one or two thousand crossbows in advance and made crossfire on the hillsides on both sides - Mi Zhu had no other money, so the Donglai army under his command could learn from the Beihai Army next door, and spend more money to build crossbows. The number of crossbow soldiers under Taishici was already more than Kong Rong's "Black Sea Wrath".

"Xu Rong! Despicable child! There are such ungrateful beasts in the world. My adoptive father promoted you to be the governor of the village, but you actually betrayed me!"

Gongsun Du was hit with a crossbow on his thigh. Although he was covered with an iron armor skirt, he still had a few inches of flesh. After he was caught off the horse, he still couldn't help but curse.

The cavalry sponsored by Gongsun Zan did not have many casualties. After finding that the enemy was too small and we were in a vain, they immediately fled. A small half of them became deserters and went back to Gongsun Zan's place, and the rest of them could not escape simply surrendered.

After all, Mi Zhu still planned to use the "agent war" thinking and did not want to break up with Gongsun Zan, so he chose to confiscate the weapons of the prisoners of war, but returned the horses to them and supplemented the rations for several days, which was convenient for the release of prisoners.

The location where Gongsun Du was captured had been hundreds of miles away from the hinterland of Liaoxi County. It was at the Bailang Mountain Pass on the grassland. If the prisoners of war were not left without horses, they would definitely not be able to go back and starve to death on the grassland, and the revenge would be enormous.

Mi Zhu just wanted to show that he was not easy to mess with. He didn't really want to make enemies. He would rather Gongsun Zan put all his hatred value on Yuan Shao.

In this way, Gongsun Zan lost hundreds of people, and at least 1,500 soldiers were disarmed, which was enough to save face. A typical businessman style was a typical businessman.

As for Gongsun Du's hundreds of followers and personal soldiers, the casualties were quite heavy, and nearly half of them were killed. Xu Rong did not show up at the beginning, and did not want to stimulate Gongsun Du, nor did he listen to his insults. After he treated Gongsun Du's wounds and he was almost tired of scolding, Xu Rong appeared.

Next to it is Mi Zhu and Taishi Ci.

"Gongsun Du, I didn't want to harm you, you first surrendered to Dong's thief and be accomplices of the tiger. Today I want to save you and give you a chance to reform - the military and civilians of all counties in Liaodong have worked together to challenge Dong, and we will not accept Dong Zhuo's life!

If you are willing to regret it, the Lord of the Mansion thought that you were once the governor of Jizhou, with a deep experience, and a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. You were just taken a wrong step and were taken advantage of by Dong Thief. You will still give you a chance and still be ranked as the county magistrate!"

When Gongsun Du heard this, he was stunned: What about playing cat and mouse hypocrisy? After arresting me, he said that he would continue to let me be the prefect?

"Bah! Don't be fake, benevolence and righteousness! I'm just like this, and I'm still going to be the prefect of Liaodong?" Gongsun Du felt that he would die, but he was no longer afraid.

Xu Rong wanted to explain, and Mi Zhu raised his hand and told him not to stimulate Gongsun Du anymore. Then Mi Zhu spoke in person and said the conditions: "Gongsun Du, everyone is decent, why should I lie to you? I have been thinking about this condition for a long time, and it is not considered insulting you - as long as you promise not to be enemies with our Liaodong military and civilians, I am willing to use the courtesy of Goujian to align with Fuchai and still let you be a prince.

The conditions are the same as Goujian and Fuchai. You can take away your relatives and soldiers, and you will be given a hundred families, four hundred slaves, and a total of five hundred families. You will go to the island barbarians to explore."

Mi Zhu's condition was the result of repeated discussions with Xu Rong.

It may not be easy for readers without the foundation of ancient Chinese, so I explained two sentences: This condition has its origin, which is the condition that King Goujian of Yue gave Fuchai after completing his revenge in "Ten Years of Birth and Ten Years of Lesson".

Although Goujian is a man who is more obsessed with the mentality of being a rabbit and a dog, he likes to cook it with a dog. In order to make a typical literary and artistic image, the mainstream media took advantage of him in some details, mainly because "Fachi won the battle and gave him a chance, but Goujian killed all the people and killed them, and did not give Fuchai a chance." In this way, Goujian has no ruling power.

But after reading "Mandarin", everyone knows that Goujian also gave Fuchai a chance. However, Fuchai left him the Kuaiji land and five thousand households, but Goujian reduced his conditions ten times, only five hundred households for Fuchai, and he was exiled to the "Yongdong Islands" (Zhoushan Islands), but he could still retain the title of King Wu.

It was Fuchai who felt that he was twenty years older and that the resources for farming were reduced by ten times. It was estimated that he would not be able to turn the tables until he died of old age. He was too lazy to suffer this humiliation again, so he committed suicide without accepting this condition.

Mi Zhu now leaves five hundred households for Gongsun Du, and find an island barbarian to exile with the etiquette of princes (which is similar to the etiquette of King Fuchai of Wu). Morally speaking, you cannot accuse Mi Zhu of being harsh, and at the same time, you can ensure that Gongsun Du cannot turn over for ten or twenty years.

If it can really develop in the future, Liu Bei will be almost invincible. Then others will help Mi Zhu suppress Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du's eyes were circling. He heard that the conditions were so harsh, but instead ignited the desire to survive.

If Mi Zhu gave him good conditions, it would be fake, which means Mi Zhu was playing tricks on him at all and did not intend to fulfill his contract. But the stricter the conditions seem, the more conscientious the more you are, the more opportunities there will be to implement it sincerely.

"You really want to exile me to wait for the island barbarians to be called the county magistrate?" Gongsun Du's tone gradually surrendered and tested.

Mi Zhu didn't talk much nonsense, so he opened a sea chart: "This place was also passed by when I sent sea merchants to search for Sanhan's specialties in the past two years. From the south of Sanhan, it took more than a hundred miles to the sea. There was an island called "Zhou Hu" and Fang Guang also had hundreds of miles.

The land on it is fertile and the climate is similar to that of Qingxu. However, the island barbarians do not know how to cultivate, but they can only accumulate cattle and horses to survive. If I am willing to go, I will be appointed as the "Danluo County Magistrate" and govern the Huzhou. As for whether they can intimidate the thousands of Huyi on the island, it depends on you to let fate."

Gongsun Du had no choice. A month later, he brought 500 new refugees, and his own three or four hundred people left to follow him. A total of about 3,000 men, women, young and old were escorted to Jeju Island by Mi Zhu's sea fleet and exiled as the prefect with the courtesy of Fuchai.
Chapter completed!