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Chapter 20 Walking by the River (Part 1)(2/2)

Huang Yan is dead, Han Sui and Ma Teng are nowhere to be found, and Guo Guo and Li Xiangru are being escorted up."

As expected, Youyi pushed out the two tightly bound bandit leaders from behind. Everyone could see clearly that it was Li Xiangru, the former governor of Longxi, and Guo Guo, the nominal leader of the rebels. So they all felt awe-inspiring and understood.

Gongsun Xun had already made a decision, so he no longer cared about it, but held his breath to see how General Wei would deal with it.

"Hang it up!" Gongsun Xun said without changing his expression as he pointed to a dead tree by the river.

The soldiers did not dare to be negligent and immediately acted as they were told.

After the two were hung upside down under the tree, they were so frightened that they begged for mercy.

"Shut up." Gongsun Xun immediately ordered. "Choose someone with a loud voice, go to the riverside, and shout to the other side. The Weishui River is only a hundred steps wide here, so the other side will definitely hear it... Tell the people on the other side who are watching, if Han Wen

If you make an appointment, let him come and see it with his own eyes. If he is not here, don’t forget to tell him!"

Everyone did not dare to neglect, and started to do it immediately.

However, after the loud soldiers shouted three times across the river, under the bonfire, Gongsun Xun suddenly signaled that the two heavily armored warriors behind him should move forward.

Everyone could clearly see that these two tall warriors did not carry swords, but each carried an eight-edged iron hammer as long as an arm and as big as a fist, which made them even more horrified.

"Tell Han Wenyue that this hammer is for Yan Shude!" Gongsun Xun ignored the frightened struggle of the kingdom hanging under the tree, but pointed far away to the south of the Wei River.

The soldier with a loud voice by the river received the order and immediately shouted across the river. After three times, the hammer-wielding warrior under the tree hit the kingdom on the head with a backhand hammer.

This caused the latter to immediately lose the ability to struggle, and then a warrior next to him immediately stepped forward and slashed his head with a sword.

Seeing such a situation, Li Xiangru next to him struggled even more fiercely, his body twisted like a Weishui carp out of the water... But this could not keep him alive.

"Tell Han Wenyue again that the next blow will be for Fu Nanrong!" Gongsun Xun's tone was still calm.

A moment later, the executioner samurai also gave a powerful blow, but actually smashed half of Li Xiangru's head in public... and his brains were spilled on the floor.

In such a situation, even if everyone on the battlefield today has seen countless tragic scenes, they are all frightened.

"Throw the two of them into the Wei River, and then bring Cheng Gongying." Gongsun Xunfu ordered again. "There is no need to hang this man, and there is no need to gag him."

In a moment, the two corpses were dragged away by the soldiers like tatters, and Cheng Gongying was also taken into custody.

"General Wei!" Upon seeing this, Gai Xun couldn't help but knelt down and begged for mercy. "Cheng Gong Shirong is a famous scholar in Liangzhou. He joined the rebel army accidentally..."

"Then for several years, he acted as an accomplice and even forced my friend to be killed!" Gongsun Xun continued without waiting for the other party to finish. "Even if the kingdom can forgive me, this person cannot be forgiven."

Seeing such a situation later, Cheng Gongying had already thought about dying, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help but shake his head: "General Wei, I am the leader of the rebels. Now I am defeated and captured. Although I am dead, I will not die."

What I complained about was that I was really not involved in the affairs of Yan Shude and Fu Nanrong. How could I have forced to kill an old friend of the prince?"

"The person you killed was my old friend Han Sui in Jincheng!" Gongsun Xun stood under his umbrella and said something shocking. "I have an old friend, whose surname is Han Sui. I have known him for more than ten years in Luozhong. He was originally with Yan Shude.

Fu Nanrong seemed to have the overall interests of Liangzhou in mind and worked hard regardless of personal gain. We met him in Hanoi five years ago, but since he returned to Liangzhou that day, he disappeared like Yan Shude and Fu Nanrong. Instead, there was an unscrupulous traitor in Liangzhou.

You little thief... you said, it wasn't you and your lord who killed the Han Wen promise in the past, could it be that I killed it? It's a pity that your lord was not captured today, otherwise we would have killed him together to honor my old friend!"

Cheng Gongying was at a loss for words, but he was speechless in the end: "If you say this, I will be guilty of an unpardonable crime!"

"Your lord is in the south. You can kneel down and die in the south!" Gongsun Xun ordered while actually stepping forward to receive the hammer. "Tell the people on the other side of the river that this hammer... is for me.

Old friend Han Wenxue!"

The soldiers on the riverside shouted loudly to the south, but under the bonfire, the south side of the Weihe River was completely dark. Cheng Gongying silently knelt down and faced south. After shouting three times, he was killed by a hammer from behind, and was beheaded again.

Show punishment.

"General Wei said that this hammer... is for our old friend Han Wenyu!"

On the south bank of the Wei River, Han Wenyu had secretly crouched in the bushes to watch the net for the sake of capturing prisoners of war. Before he saw the kingdom and the death of Li Xiangru, he was only dazed and slightly shocked, but he heard the soldiers on the opposite side yelling like this, and then the fire broke out.

Next, Gongsun Xun personally killed Cheng Gongying with a hammer, but he couldn't help but feel heartbroken!

The whole person seemed to have lost his soul.

But after a long while, the person did something, but he was leaning down in the grass and crying, but he didn't dare to make a sound, so he could only cover his mouth and nose... so-called secretly sobbing.

On the other side of the river, after the three leaders were dealt with, large-scale executions had just begun, and the final plan was neither Dong Zhuo to kill the bloody soldiers and pardon the leaders, nor Gai Xun's suggestion to kill Ma Teng exclusively and Han Sui to pardon his troops.

Others, but soldiers and officers, Han and Qiang treated them equally and carried out the strategy of killing them eleven times!

In fact, of the 50,000 rebel soldiers in this battle, less than 10,000 escaped, about 10,000 died or fell into the river, and as many as 30,000 soldiers were left as prisoners... Faced with

In such a situation, Gongsun Xun had already prepared to kill someone.

It can even be said that Gongsun Xun had already realized during the time he was in Changping under Mangshan Mountain. In the future, when dealing with degenerated armed groups like the Xiliang Rebels, it would not be enough to establish authority without killing them.

, but no matter what, you can't kill indiscriminately to lose your morality. And it is also a selective killing. Dong Zhuo's method of killing the lower ones and releasing the upper ones is naturally not in line with his Gongsun Xun. He also feels that Gai Xun's directional strategy is a bit

It was too tricky to be widely used... Therefore, he chose his own punishment method very early, and this was the first time it was officially implemented.

Three thousand people are not even proportional to the people who died in this battle. In this era, no one can point to this number, whether it is a moral person from Guandong or a native of Liangzhou who sympathizes with these people.

Gongsun Xun killed indiscriminately, but the process of drawing lots was enough to frighten all the prisoners and leave them with an unforgettable lesson. It seemed to be an excellent method of execution.

In the dark night, by the banks of the Weishui River, where countless people died, Gongsun Xun had people light a large bonfire, and sat in the middle with Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo. Then he lined up all the uninjured white horse knights behind him, and then led the generals.

Zolie was sitting next to him, and he actually wanted to be executed in front of him overnight.

Every hundred people were brought up, and then ten Han army officers blindfolded themselves and drew lots for the ten people in front of them in order to decide whether to live or die. Those who died were horrified and those who were alive were grateful and shed tears... but they were extremely fast.

.

However, not long after the execution, suddenly it was one person's turn, which made the execution officer hesitate.

"Your Majesty!" Qu Junhou, who was responsible for executing the execution, immediately came to report. "This person said he was your friend. He gave you a horse as a gift yesterday, and asked you to return the brocade and wine in the evening..."

"Bring it up!" Before the other party could finish speaking, Gongsun Xun, who was sitting in the middle, couldn't help but frown slightly.

After a while, the Qiang leader who had given Luma as a gift was brought forward, and then he fell to the ground and cried bitterly, begging for his life. Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song and others were naturally speechless, but Gai Xun and Lu Buer were next to them.

Because he was involved in this matter, he thought of begging for mercy on his behalf several times, but he never dared.

"If you cry again, stop talking." Gongsun Xun scolded him coldly, and immediately silenced the other party. "Let me ask you, is there any cheating in drawing lots?"

"That's not what you mean." The Qiang leader on the ground tried his best to suppress his tears. "It's just that I gave General you a white horse yesterday. I wonder if it can withstand death?"

"That white horse is indeed a magnificent horse, and it has contributed a lot to our army's victory today." Gongsun Xun answered calmly. "If you argue this way, it is not impossible to be fair...but I am not the same.

Did I give you fine wine and brocade?"

"But the wine hasn't been finished yet, and the brocade hasn't had time to be made into clothes!" the leader quickly defended.

"I understand." Gongsun Xun sighed, and then suddenly stood up.

Immediately, as everyone was stunned, they saw the general Wei put down his seals and ribbons, unbuttoned his armor, and finally, regardless of the cold weather, actually took off the brocade clothes under his armor in public... Suddenly, another guard hurriedly brought drinks.

and a pottery bowl. Gongsun Xun stepped forward, first put his brocade robe on the other person, then personally held the pot to pour the wine, and held the cup in front of the other person.

At this time, Gongsun Xun just said slowly: "Although you and I only met yesterday, we feel like old friends at first sight, so I have to say something... Today you and I drink from the same cup and wear the same brocade clothes, but the military law is strict and we still have to use swords.

How about adding it up...do you have anything to say?"

The Qiang leader was lying on the ground wearing brocade clothes and lowered his head and sighed: "I am a lowly Qiang, but I can receive such courtesy from General Baima before my death. If I still don't know what to do, wouldn't it make people look down on us Liangzhou people?"

After saying this, the man no longer cried and begged for mercy, but stood up to take the wine, drank it all, and then staggered away in his brocade clothes. Following Gongsun Xun's signal, Han Dang, who was silent, took the iron-sharpened iron handle.

Broken Blade, stepped forward directly and killed this person with one strike.

Behind him, Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and others were silent, and each of them was speechless. However, from then on, the killings continued without interruption, and ended before the sky was dark.

That night, the entire army naturally drove the remaining surrendered troops back to the new camp that had been hastily built to rely on the previous rebel camp. However, Gongsun Xun had no time to rest, so he kept going and invited another person to enter the camp.

————I am the dividing line between the three hammers————

"After Taizu defeated the rebels, he first beheaded the rebels and repeated the order of eleven killings. When his old friend was lucky enough to die, he sobbed and begged for mercy. Taizu undressed him, held a gold cup and drank together.
Chapter completed!
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