Crossing the Battle of the Three Kingdoms

The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and Gao Shun was about to lead his soldiers to release food, when he suddenly learned that a large number of captured supplies and prisoners had returned from the trapped camp, so he immediately went to check excitedly.

There was a reason why the trapped camp returned so late. They learned from the captive Cao Jun that those family members who fled all over the mountains and plains brought most of the food and other supplies in the city.

Upon hearing this shocking news, the camp decisively dispersed and pursued them everywhere, capturing most of those who were hiding or fleeing, so it took a lot of time.

Chapter 706: Dealing with Justice

Gao Shun looked at the carts of food, and the dazzling jewels and money, his face showed excitement, but when he looked at the trembling captives of the family, his face turned cold again.

Gao Shun asked slowly: "This city has been destroyed like this, but is it your masterpiece?"

Hearing Gao Shun's questioning words, the prisoners of the aristocratic family knelt down to excuse themselves.

"Back to the general, this is all forced by Cao Jun. I can't help but ask the general for mercy."

"Please, General, I don't want to wait, but it's hard to disobey Cao Jun's order!"

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Seeing everyone begging for mercy, Gao Shun said coldly: "Okay, since you all say you are innocent, then I will just go to the city to distribute food, and you will go together. If the people point out that some of you have committed crimes If you commit evil deeds, behead them in public!"

Gao Shun didn't talk nonsense with them, he directly asked the soldiers to escort the money and food into the warehouse, and let the soldiers escort the people of these aristocratic families, and went to distribute the food with him.

The people who had been sitting on the streets all night had no choice but to accept this reality, with no expression of hope on their faces, they were numbly tidying up their houses and looking inside to see if there were any preserved items.

At this time, a horse passed by slowly, beating gongs and drums and shouting: "It is said that General Mugao of Bingzhou ordered all the people to go to the government office to receive daily rations, and find another culprit who burned down the house..."

Hearing this shocking news, the people who were already preparing to starve to death on the streets showed a glimmer of hope on their faces, regardless of whether it was true or not, they set off one after another.

In front of the government office, more and more people gathered, Gao Shun saw that it was almost the same, and explained the matter in a simple and clear way, roughly meaning that the arsonists should be severely punished and the daily rations of the people should be guaranteed.

In fact, these common people have long been used to it. They don't pay much attention to whether the murderer is punished or not. The only thing they care about is whether they can get food and whether they can survive.

Gao Shun also understood their thoughts very well, so he chose to send food first to stabilize the people's hearts, but let the soldiers intercept those who wanted to leave with the food.

As there were no more people coming, and the food was almost distributed, Gao Shunhu took a look at those aristocratic families who had been sweating in the sun, and then looked at the people who were a little uneasy, and said slowly:

"Murder and arson have been serious crimes since ancient times. No matter how they were dealt with in the past, under the rule of the general, it is a capital crime."

"The people who have lost their homes, take a closer look now. Among these people, there may be some who participated in the sabotage last night. Don't worry, I will definitely keep you safe and give a satisfactory explanation."

Hearing Gao Shun's words, most of the common people dare not speak, because in their impression, the officials have always protected the rights and interests of these high-ranking aristocratic families, and never thought about ordinary people like them.

Even if Gao Shun had already sworn to guarantee it, no one dared to guarantee it. If it was dealt with with a lot of thunder and a little rain, then one can imagine their future life.

Seeing the appearance of the people like this, Gao Shun was not in a hurry, but waited quietly. He believed that it would not be long before someone would stand up.

Sure enough, after about a cup of tea, one person finally couldn't bear it. Thinking of his father's tragic death, he pushed aside the crowd, knelt down and cried:

"General, that man is the villain who killed the villain's father and burned down the villain's house. I hope the general will punish him severely and give justice to the people."

Following the man's pointing, Gao Shun looked coldly at the man from the well-dressed family, and asked slowly, "Do you have anything to say?"

The accused person's legs became cold, unable to stand Gao Shun's cold gaze, he bowed his head tremblingly and prayed: "General, please forgive me, all of this was ordered by the master. The villain is just a butler to run errands. If you have a choice, let the general look forward to it." Let the villain live, there is an old mother on the villain, and there is..."

Gao Shun's face turned slightly better with the constant prayer in his ears. After all, he is just an executor, and the crime does not deserve death. The person behind him is really to die.

Gao Shun asked in a slightly slower tone: "Okay, then where is your master? If you point him out, I will spare your life."

Hearing that Gao Shun wanted to spare this man's life, the crying people froze, and finally gritted their teeth and shouted: "General, don't listen to him, this man has been bullying men and women in the city by relying on his status as a manager. Those who have been bullied by him are definitely not alone."

The steward, who was already in a happy mood, heard this, his face was red and white, and he pointed at the common people tremblingly and shouted: "You spitting blood, I, I..."

Seeing that the steward had slurred his speech and didn't know how to explain it, Gao Shunna didn't know he had been cheated, his face showed anger, he drew his sword and slashed off his head.

"choke!"

"Pfft..."

"Guru..."

The steward's head flew into the air and fell to the ground. Blood sprayed from the headless body, splashing all over the already sun-drenched family members, who were even half-blooded.

Some timid people, seeing this scene, couldn't help closing their eyes, or they were so frightened that they peed out, and they almost knelt down trembling.

Gao Shun slowly withdrew the bloody long sword, and said coldly: "Continue to point out, if there are still lucky ones, this will be the end."

Gao Shun followed his word and ruthlessly enforced the law, causing the people who were relieved to come forward one after another, pointing out the family bully who had hurt him.

Gao Shun personally interrogated them one by one. With the lessons learned from the past, these people dared not hide anything at all, and confessed to the facts.

Gao Shun adhered to the idea of ​​distinguishing between public and private, and punished those who framed the common people to ensure that no one was wronged, and those who committed serious crimes were beheaded in public, and those who committed minor crimes were also punished.

Gao Shun acted like this, the dilapidated Huaicheng, the law and order restored better than before, everyone raised hope for the future, began to obey the arrangement, and rebuilt their homes.

Gao Shun had the capital to continue to fight because he intercepted the food and other things carried by the family and Cao Jun. However, in order to restore Huaicheng as soon as possible, he only led the trapped camp and left the rest of the soldiers and horses to Tian Feng to let him settle down. Everything, then lead the army to keep up.

As for the rest of Hanoi and other places, when Xia Houyuan and the others arrived, they were dealt with urgently, and everything that could be taken away was taken away.

Xia Houyuan's actions like this were equivalent to fortifying the wall and clearing the country, which caused great troubles for Gao Shun, because every time he went to the city, he would have a headache about resettlement matters, which prevented him from advancing quickly.

But after thinking about it, Xia Houyuan must give up these cities by acting like this. Gao Shun is not in a hurry, and settles down in one city before moving on to the next.

Here Xia Houyuan was beaten and abandoned the city, trying to ensure that the losses were minimized, and Tongguan was also facing the pressure of the army at this time.

After Jia Xu received Li Huiyi's news, he led the Qiang soldiers and horses, and quickly captured the rest of Xiliang and other places. Although Zhong Yao was not an idler.

But in the face of Jia Xu, Zhong Yao was no match at all, and after only a few battles, he completely lost the last trace of control over Xiliang, and could only hold on to the danger.

Chapter 707

When Jia Xu led his army to Tongguan, he wanted to use tricks to deceive Tongguan, but Zhong Yao had already been prepared for him. No matter who came to Tongguan or what excuses he used, he would never open the door.

With such a retreat and defense, even if Jia Xu is full of tricks, he has nowhere to do it, so he can only order the army to attack.

Although there are [-] to [-] Qiang soldiers and horses, they have not been trained at all, and they can barely make up for it with fierceness in ordinary attacks.

But this attack on the dangerous hurdle, and facing Cao Jun's relentless defense, seemed powerless and disorganized. No matter how reasonable Jia Xu's arrangements were, they all returned in vain.

As long as Tongguan is guarded, the loss of Xiliang will not cause great harm. Instead, Jia Xu and others will be isolated, and they may be surrounded and wiped out to make up for the loss of Guandu.

But the sky didn't follow people's wishes, so when Zhong Yao sent out the letter asking for help, the news of Xia Houyuan's defeat suddenly came, which caused Zhong Yao a lot of headaches.

Once Hanoi is lost, Zhong Yao will face the possibility of a pincer attack. Although the land of Wancheng is involved, the risk is too great. If he is not careful, it will become a fatal situation.

Cao Cao ordered that what Zhong Yao got was the same as Xia Houyuan's, acted according to the camera, and tried to preserve his strength as much as possible, so the right to choose was in Zhong Yao's own hands.

There are no well-known generals in Tongguan, let alone Cao's generals. It can be seen that Cao Cao trusts Zhong Yao very much, but at the same time, he has a heavier burden on his shoulders, because no one can discuss things.