Chapter 439: Gao Shun's Means
Although the hundreds of people had carriages and supplies, Zhang Yang was eager to go on the road. He only took a break once on the way and hurried the rest of the time. In the evening, the group finally arrived at Huguanguan.
"General, we have arrived at Huguan. Should we rest in the pass overnight or continue our journey?"
Zhang Yang said without hesitation: "What are you resting? It's important to keep going!"
When the deputy general heard this, he looked embarrassed.
"General, most of the brothers are walking. After walking a hundred miles, I am really exhausted. Now that night is about to come, the mountain road is even more difficult to walk. Do you see if..."
“Bad talk!”
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Yang angrily rebuked.
"Who knows whether that guy Liu Bei will send someone to follow him? If they rest here, what should they do if they come to attack at night at night? Hurry up quickly!"
"This... will obey the order..."
The deputy general was a little reluctant, but he had to take the order and retreat.
"It's not right for you to do this. Those who are generals should be polite to their soldiers and should not abuse their majesty."
"Who is a bastard who dares to teach me a lesson!"
Zhang Yang turned his head in displeasure.
"Oh, it turns out it's General Gao. Humph, Zhang leads his troops, so the general doesn't need to interfere with it."
The deputy general walked down and shouted the soldiers who had collapsed to the ground one by one.
"No rest is allowed, get up and continue on the road!"
"What? We still have to hurry. We have been walking and running for more than a hundred miles for more than a hundred miles."
"Yes, it's going to get dark soon. There's really no way to walk on these more than 200 miles of mountain roads."
"Just rest in the pass for a night and hurry up tomorrow morning."
The soldiers were exhausted and were powerless to speak, so where could they have the strength to rush on the road?
When Zhang Yang saw that the deputy general could not persuade them, he immediately became angry.
"You have only been waiting for a group of waste, and you have only been walking for a long time, and you are complaining! Let's get up, who dares to disobey this general's military order and punish them severely!"
However, his words only made a few people stand up.
"You... do you want to rebel? Do you want to repay me after taking the general's property, food and salary? You are all involved in the besieging Zhao's mansion. If you teach Liu Bei's army to catch up, you will still be unable to escape and die!"
Hundreds of soldiers, look at me, look at you, and finally stood up with a helpless look on their faces.
Zhang Yang's expression was slightly calmer, and he looked at Gao Shun with a little smugness, with a faint sense of showing off.
Unexpectedly, Gao Shun shook his head.
"The power of soldiers is not enough. It is not a general to exploit soldiers like this."
Zhang Yang's face, which was a little proud just now, suddenly turned dark.
"Gao Shun, don't be polite. You have the ability, but you are still a prisoner under the general's rank? My soldiers, not to mention that they are just suffering and burdened, it is natural to ask them to die. They are my personal soldiers, and they are given priority to other soldiers on weekdays of food, clothing, and food, and their daily lives are given priority to other soldiers. At this time of crisis, what is the point of suffering for this general?"
His words were in a natural tone and looked disdainful to the soldiers, and many soldiers looked very angry.
When Lu Bu saw Gao Shun approaching, he also picked up Fang Tian Hua Ji, rode his horse, stared at him without turning his eyes.
However, Gao Shun seemed to turn a blind eye to him and saw him coming to the hundreds of soldiers.
"Attacking the Zhao Mansion, robbing property, being instructed by others, the crime is not serious, abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, and not blaming the past."
In just twenty-four words, they hit the weak point in the hearts of these soldiers.
Most of them followed Zhang Yang not because they were loyal to him, but because they took his money and loyalty to others. The second was because they participated in the attack on the Zhao family. Once they surrendered to Liu He, they would inevitably be held accountable, so they had to escape with Zhang Yang.
Now Gao Shun's words have made many soldiers see hope.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang was anxious and pulled out his sword and pointed it at Gao Shun.
"Your surnamed Gao, you want to instigate your general's personal soldiers to rebel. You will dream! I dare to say something more and teach you to die immediately on the spot!"
Gao Shun's face did not change his expression: "You originally wanted to kill us too."
His tone was extremely plain, but Zhang Yang was so choked that he couldn't speak for a while.
Gao Shun then said to the soldiers: "Zhang Yang has no courage, no power, no virtue. Following him will lead to no good end. Submission to the court is the right way."
"The surname of Gao, do you really think I dare not kill you!"
Zhang Yang was furious, and the sword approached and had already stabbed Gao Shun's neck. The sharp sword tip cut a shallow wound.
He said this fiercely, but his eyes were looking around.
After all, this place was still within the Shangdang territory and had not reached a safe territory. He was afraid that if he followed the scouts or spies sent by Liu Bei, he might have a large army of Liu Bei coming soon. This is also the reason why he hurriedly wanted to travel overnight.
Gao Shun just hesitated for a moment, but he didn't even look down at the sword, so he continued to talk on his own.
"I will die today, and people will die, and they will speak well. The general is a human being. Since you are in Bingzhou, you will definitely know. Yuan Shao is incompetent and Zhang Yang is violent. You will save Zhao, and you will be guilty and meritorious. Where can you go? You will decide for yourself."
After saying that, he turned around and left without saying a word, and continued to stay next to the carriage where Zhao Yu and Zhao Ying were.
He was naturally free to leave, but the hundreds of soldiers began to whisper.
"General Liu He is unparalleled and righteous. No one knows us, Bingzhou people. Maybe he will really pardon our sins."
"Yes, we are just accomplices anyway. If we can save the Zhao clan and General Gao and make meritorious service, we dare not say that we will receive rewards, at least we will not be punished, right?"
"With General Zhang going to Jizhou, life may not be better. Our family is all in Bingzhou. How can we live this life after our wife and children are separated?"
"Although he often makes some money with General Zhang, he took away the big head by himself. We don't have too much soup, and we will spend all the meal when we go out for a meal. I heard that the elite army under General Liu has meat to eat every day."
"I think this rumor is not wrong. Look at the three thousand soldiers commanded by General Gao before, who was the head of General Gao, his physique, and his equipment. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk
"Not only that, I have heard many passing businessmen mention that the army under General Liu has military pay every month. I heard that it is quite a lot. Every time I win or make a meritorious service, there are additional rewards. In addition, many officers are promoted from meritorious service. How can we have this opportunity?"
Although their voices were light, mixed and chaotic, Zhang Yang still heard a few of them and was furious.
"Do you want to rebel? Whoever dares to have a second heart, I will kill him first! Whoever wants to rebel, come out!"
He pointed at the soldiers with a long sword and questioned them one by one. After all, his remaining power was still there. After this question, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, and no one dared to stand up.
"Hmph, I don't know if you dare, let's set off immediately and continue on the road!"
Hundreds of soldiers stood up and prepared to come out of seclusion.
Zhang Yang turned around and looked at Gao Shun who was not far behind him, and said in his heart: "Damn it, it actually ruined our morale. When we arrive in Jizhou in the future, it will cost a lot of money to appease this group of personal soldiers. It is simply abominable! When I leave the Shangdang territory, I will be the first to kill you!"
At this moment, he was anxious and rode a horse with Lu Bu in front. The guards followed Gao Shun and Zhao more than twenty of them. The group quickly passed Huguan.
As everyone had just walked out, Gao Shun suddenly stopped and asked the carriage to stop together.
The hundreds of soldiers now have a good impression of him. With his shout, these soldiers actually stopped the carriage.
Zhang Yang was furious and ran back and scolded, "Why stop moving forward?"
Chapter completed!