Chapter 224: Take charge of the county magistrate! Conquer the general!

As the battle in Pingyun County came to an end, the result was unexpected.

The army led by Gongsun Zan was completely defeated.

Moreover, even Gongsun Zan himself was captured.

The player army that followed him was completely wiped out, and none of the players survived.

This caused a huge commotion in real forums.

You must know that before the war, countless professionals posted messages claiming that Gongsun Zan would win this battle.

Although Qin Yuan is famous, he is a small figure in history who has not even left his name.

There is no way he can be Gongsun Zan's opponent.

Gongsun Zan will be a famous prince in future history, and he has only a handful of defeats in his life.

Unexpectedly, it would fall into Qin Yuan's hands.

This has never been recorded in history, and it is also an unexpected result for countless players.

What I regret most at this time are the players who participated.

Whether it's the bandit-suppressing army or the player rebels.

Especially the alliance of players on the rebel side, they should have been able to work together with Qin Yuan to win the war together.

But they made the wrong choice at the most critical moment.

As a result, they not only failed to make any contribution in front of Gongsun Zan, but were also regarded as traitors by Qin Yuan.

Nowadays, all players in Pingyun County are blocked within the Acropolis and cannot enter or exit normally.

We can only wait for Qin Yuan's trial.

Although 300,000 players who participated in the suppression of bandits were wiped out by Qin Yuan.

However, more troops are gathering towards Pingyun County.

The only problem right now is that the players are all in disarray, lacking a key character.

Before it was Gongsun Zan, but now Gongsun Zan is captured.

It is basically impossible for the players to nominate the leader of the alliance.

No player has the strength or prestige to hold this position.

Now the players can only hope that the imperial court will send people to attack the Pingyun County rebels.

At that time, they can follow behind and drink some soup.

Although the players were shocked that Qin Yuan was able to defeat and capture Gongsun Zan, they did not think that Qin Yuan would laugh until the end.

Inside Shanggu County City.

City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, Gongsun Fu simply had a headache.

In the past few days, he had received bad news one after another from the front.

First, Gongsun Zan sent out a secret report requesting reinforcements.

Qin Yuan's strength far exceeded previous expectations.

This time, Gongsun Zan only led an army of 300,000 troops, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to completely quell the rebellion in Pingyun County.

Therefore, Gongsun Fu was asked to mobilize troops from various counties and counties for reinforcements.

But just when Gongsun Fu was mobilizing the troops from all sides, he received news that Gongsun Zan on the front line was defeated and captured.

This is nothing short of a bolt from the blue.

Gongsun Fu knew about the battle between Gongsun Zan and Qin Yuan.

However, he didn't stop it.

Because he believed that Gongsun Zan's 300,000 frontier troops, including 200,000 cavalry and 100,000 elite infantry, were all veterans who had experienced many battles and were very powerful.

Add to this the two to three hundred thousand players' troops, which adds up to an army of five to six hundred thousand.

The odds of winning are still pretty good.

Even if Qin Yuan's army cannot be defeated head-on, it should be no problem to retreat. We can also take the opportunity to understand Qin Yuan's true strength and prepare for the next battle.

Who would have thought that Qin Yuan would actually have the strength to devour all of these five to six million troops.

Moreover, Gongsun Zan and other famous generals were captured, and they could not escape even if they wanted to.

As the most important part of this plan, Gongsun Zan is also the captain guarding the border and the key training figure of the Gongsun clan.

Now that they are caught by Qin Yuan, their previous plan will undoubtedly come to nothing.

If Gongsun Zan were defeated, it would not have much impact, as long as he was fine.

With Gongsun Zan's own strength, he has no less than a million troops under his command, and he can fight back at any time.

It's just that they underestimated their enemies, whether it was Gongsun Zan or the Gongsun family behind him.

If Gongsun Zan had led an army of half a million or an army of one million, the results would have been completely different.

But now that Gongsun Zan is in the hands of Qin Yuan, if they want to send a large army to attack Pingyun County, Gongsun Zan and others will definitely be in danger for their lives.

In addition, it gives Gongsun Fu a headache.

That is, the Wuhuan tribe, which had been silent for a long time, once again invaded Pingyun County.

Pingyun County is an important line of defense for Shanggu County against foreigners.

Once Pingyun County is captured, the entire Shanggu County and even most of Youzhou will be exposed to the Wuhuan tribe.

It will not be just Pingyun County that will be harmed by that time.

He not only had to deal with the Pingyun County rebels, but also the Wuhuan Army invasion.

Therefore, he has never been able to think of the best solution to how to deal with the matter in Pingyun County.

Until he received a letter from the Pingyun County Magistrate.

The magistrate of Pingyun County is Pingdong.

Although the Ping family has already taken refuge in Qin Yuan.

However, Pingdong was still an orthodox county magistrate conferred by the imperial court, and had information channels that could communicate with higher-level officials in Youzhou and even with the imperial court.

The content of this letter expounds Qin Yuan's requirements.

One of them was to use Gongsun Zan as a threat to make Gongsun Fu recognize the status of the Ping family and Qingfeng Village, stop the previous plan, and stop coveting Pingyun County.

Otherwise, once it is discovered that troops have entered Pingyun County, Gongsun Zan will surely kill them.

In addition to the issue of Gongsun Zan, the letter also clarified that Pingyun County was facing an invasion by Wuhuan.

Although this is a huge threat to Qin Yuan, it is also a big threat to Gongsun Fu.

If Gongsun Fu agrees to Qin Yuan's conditions, Pingyun County will rely on its own strength to resist the Wuhuan tribe and will never allow the Wuhuan army to invade other counties.

At the same time, the letter also vaguely mentioned the Zhang family of Yuyang, which was closely related to Wuhuan, warning Gongsun Fu that if the two of them continued to fight, the third party would be the winner in the end.

In addition, he naturally asked for a large amount of money from Gongsun Fu in exchange for Gongsun Zan and the resistance to the Wuhuan tribe.

Although Gongsun Fu was angry that Qin Yuan dared to threaten him and even put forward many excessive conditions.

Especially when it comes to money, the lion is asking for six million taels of gold!

But to be honest, six million gold is a bit too much, but if it can be exchanged for Gongsun Zan and the problem of the Wuhuan tribe is solved, it is still worth it overall.

It's just that the plan the Gongsun family had conspired before undoubtedly cost their wives and troops.

When Gongsun Fu received the letter from Pingyun County Magistrate.

Luoyang City.

The political power center of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

A secret letter with similar content to the letter Gongsun Fu received was sent to the court.

The news about Gongsun Zan's defeat and capture shocked many officials.

The rebellion in Pingyun County was not a big deal to these officials living in Luoyang.

Events like this happen every few years.

Usually, local states and counties send troops to suppress it.

Originally, the court thought that this time the suppression would be as smooth as before.

After all, the person sent this time was Gongsun Zan, who had a great reputation for intimidating foreign races.

But this time the suppression failed!

Although the secret message sent from Pingyun County Magistrate stated that he was willing to accept the imperial court's offer and would never cause trouble again.
To be continued...