and righteousness

Gao Baoning finally realized the feeling of being as anxious as a dog that was a broken family. There are only more than twenty close friends around him, and he has been blinded by geese all day long. Unexpectedly, he was blinded by geese today. He kept cursing in his heart: "Wei Shikang, you bastard, you dare to be ignorant, I will return it one day."

Gao Baoning didn't know that Yang Yong was leading the team, so he naturally took the account on Wei Shikang. It was just that Gao Baoning knew that he was just talking anger. This time, all his subordinates were basically destroyed. In the past, he could still show off his power in the grassland. If the news of his lair being destroyed spread, he would immediately become a public enemy on the grassland. Now it is more important to save his life first and then talk about making a comeback.

After running for more than an hour, the horse under his crotch was so tired that he foamed at his mouth. Gao Baoning dared to stop. It was already dawn and it was already sixty or seventy miles away from the camp. Gao Baoning looked back and seemed to be able to see a fire coming out of his camp.

"Sir, where should we go?" a close confidant came up and asked.

Where to go, Gao Baoning lowered his head and thought about it. Now there are two ways in front of him. One is to surrender to the Turks to the west, and the other is to surrender to Goguryeo to the east. Logically speaking, the Turks are more powerful. If the Turks were willing to take him in, there would be no hope of making a comeback. However, the Turks had just sold Gao Shao to the Great Zhou, so he could not deliver them to their door.

Gao Baoning immediately made a decision: "Looking east, let's surrender to Goguryeo."

"Sir, Goguryeo is just a small country. Why do we have to surrender to him? Wouldn't it be better to live on the grassland freely?" a personal soldier opposed.

As early as the beginning of the establishment of the camp, Gao Baoning prepared to escape once the camp was broken. Therefore, the secret passage was sufficiently prepared and stored a large amount of gold, silver and treasures. There was also a horse camp on the necessary road. Now, the more than 20 personal soldiers immediately brought large bags of gold, silver and jewelry. When they heard that they wanted to surrender to others, the personal soldiers remained silent.

These people followed Gao Baoning from Yingzhou to the grassland, and they were extremely loyal. However, they have been wandering on the grassland for five or six years, and their lives have been hard. Now with these gold, silver and treasures, everyone can live freely for the rest of their lives. I heard that they were going to live under someone else's roof, and I was a little unhappy.

Gao Baoning, however, was unaware of anything and said to himself: "Although Goguryeo is a small country, he has now brought 300,000 armors. On the grassland, there are only Turks and Goguryeo. At present, Goguryeo is making a decision on the Zhou Dynasty. With my former governor of Yingzhou and Prime Minister Qi, Goguryeo will not treat her too badly."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he looked at several personal soldiers in shock and bowed to him, led the horse around, and walked towards the Central Plains. Gao Baoning was stunned and furious: "What are you doing?"

"Prime Minister, I'm sorry, we were originally from the Central Plains and didn't want to live a displaced life anymore. Now we should return to our roots and return to the Central Plains to find a small town to live in, so it's better than to defect to Goguryeo again."

"You are rebelling, come and take them down."

"Bang." Several people who wanted to leave quickly drifted out their swords, but the people around Gao Baoning were motionless. A personal soldier advised: "Prime Minister, brothers have worked hard for you for so many years. Since you are leaving, it's time to get together, why bother to turn against each other and become enemies."

Gao Baoning glanced at the other confidants, and saw that everyone was not moved, and was shocked. He knew it was not easy to force him, otherwise he would be in trouble. He could only move him with emotion: "You are all my confidants. Gao Mou asked you very much. Now it is the time when Gao is in trouble. If you leave, ask yourself what kind of loyalty and righteousness you have?"

"Loyalty? Bah." A personal soldier who had walked more than ten steps turned back: "Gao Dada, it's right that you always say loyalty and righteousness. At that time, we followed you to the grassland to suffer because of loyalty to Qi. Now His Majesty of Emperor Zhong has been betrayed by the Turks. Daqi has long had no hope. Although Zhou was established by Xianbei, he believed in the righteousness of China. Now the prime minister in power is Han people. If you are loyal to you, you shouldn't take us to surrender to the Goguryeo people, so that we can become subordinates of Goguryeo children. Who is Goguryeo? It's just a country established by barbarians. It has developed by robbing the four counties of the Central Plains. Now you are eyeing Yingzhou. Even if you have no loyalty and righteousness, why should we be loyal to you?"

As soon as this personal soldier said, the other personal soldiers were also shaken, and more personal soldiers led their horses back. Yes, why should they follow Gao Baoning to Goguryeo? If it is for righteousness, Daqi has no hope. It is better to go home than to be a foreign lackey in Goguryeo. If it is for wealth, everyone's immediate wealth is enough for their whole life.

Gao Baoning had a secret hatred in his heart, but he couldn't do anything. He could not wield his sword to kill most of his confidants, so he could only watch everyone leave silently. After a while, only five personal soldiers were left behind him.

Gao Baoning squeezed out several tears: "Everyone, true love is revealed in times of adversity. In the future, Gao will never forget your kindness today."

"These people are so stupid. We followed Gao Daren to invade the border repeatedly and have been recorded by the Zhou people for a long time. They thought they could hide for the rest of their lives when they returned to the Central Plains. Once the matter was leaked, there would be only a dead end."

Gao Baoning was overjoyed: "Yes, Brother Zhao is still understanding the truth." He thought to himself, why didn't he think of this reason just now, and advised everyone to stay.

The Zhao brother smiled. If Gao Baoning had been brothers with him in the past, he would probably have to be flattered: "My lord praises me, it is impossible to hide for the rest of his life. It is not difficult to return to the Great Zhou clearly. As long as you make great contributions, the Great Zhou will naturally forgive our crimes. At that time, you will be a rich man. You don't have to worry about sudden arrest in the court, nor do you have to suffer in a foreign country. You also hope that the Great Zhou will be successful."

Gao Baoning was confused: "What great achievements are made, what kind of achievements?" Seeing everyone pushing their swords and pushing them up, they suddenly understood: "The villain behind the back is to make meritorious, you don't want to use my head to make meritorious." He quickly plucked out his sword.

The Zhou army drove hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep and walked slowly on the grassland, covering the sky and sun. In the middle, there were many big trucks, all of which were seized from the Gaobaoning camp. Gao Baoning had been the governor of Yingzhou for five or six years. In addition, he had robbed the Great Zhou territory over the years, and his wealth was more than ten times more than that of ordinary tribes on the grassland. Although the Khitans only divided 30%, they still smiled so hard that they could not get rid of their mouths.

Except for the hundreds of prisoners in the middle who were a little frightened, everyone was very happy. This time, Gao Baoning was wiped out and so many cattle, sheep, horses and other things were captured. Yang Yong had personally promised that he would ask everyone for me when he went back, and would take out 10% of the property as a reward.

Yiyuan's property seems to be not much, but this time the gains are too big. The entire army has only more than 900 people. Apart from the pensions of dozens of brothers who died in battle, after careful calculation, each person can get thirty or forty cattle and sheep. This is a huge wealth. With other wealth, basically everyone has become a little rich man. Moreover, if they can be appreciated by Lord Zhong Xin, their future will be even more limitless.

With so many cattle and sheep following the army, the speed could not be as fast as it was when it came. After packing up the battlefield, the entire army rushed for more than three hours, but after walking forty miles, it would take at least six or seven days to return to Yingzhou at this speed.

However, everyone is not worried. There are so many cattle and sheep that are not afraid of food without food, and there is no need to worry about livestock food. Although the grass has dried up, it can still be eaten. Although it may be a little thinner in a few days, you can get some essence and raise it for a few days before selling it to the mainland.

The only thing everyone is worried about is whether there is any tribe with no eyes that will make a decision. You must know that the winter is about to be over, and the grassland is not rich. If you grab this wealth, no matter which tribe you have, you will be able to gain more.

The Khitans had broken up with the Zhou army, and the news of Gao Baoning's destruction would soon spread throughout the grassland. Although many tribes would be shocked, it did not mean that no tribe would take risks. Therefore, Yang Yong did not dare to be careless and sent a team of scouts of hundreds of people to wander around the army. Once any tribe dared to move, he would take the initiative immediately. The messenger had already sent out the horses, and the troops in Yingzhou could be able to respond in three days.

"Send the order, camp." Seeing that the sun was about to set, Yang Yong ordered to stop moving forward.

The troops cheered and drove cattle and sheep to a nearby river to drink water. The rest began to dig trenches, took off the wood from the car and started to build fences. Not only did they have to enclose hundreds of thousands of livestock, but their own camps also had to ensure safety. Although they were a little tired, every soldier had a smile on his face.

The women who were temporarily captives were not idle either. The soldiers were busy building camps and killing sheep. They had to be responsible for making fires and cooking, washing the fat sheep that had been killed, and cooking in an iron pot.

Feng had washed away the dust on his face with clear water and exposed his peerless appearance. Unfortunately, there were women around her, and no one appreciated them. These women were mostly trembling when they saw her before, but now this kind of awe no longer exists, and they immediately regarded her as a passerby.

When Feng became Gao Baoning's concubine, he could not say that he was willing to do evil things. He simply asked Gao Baoning to give her more gorgeous clothes, beautiful jewelry, rouge, maids and other women, the bigger the show, the better. In order to meet her requirements, Gao Baoning had to invade the Great Zhou territory many times, because these things were only available in the Central Plains, and many women from the Central Plains were robbed like that. In fact, it led to the destruction of many families.

Many women hated Gao Baoning to the core. Feng was Gao Baoning's favorite concubine. Those women who were bluffed may not know whether Gao Baoning's invasion had anything to do with her. This hatred would somehow be transferred to her. Now everyone is a down-and-out person, and no one will have a good impression of her.

What's more, when she betrayed Gao Baoning during the day, many people saw it. Although everyone hated Gao Baoning, everyone felt that Feng, who betrayed Gao Baoning, was not a good person. Gao Baoning loved her so much that she shouldn't betray Gao Baoning.

Although the commander of this army looked like a 16 or 17 years old, Feng firmly believed that with his own charm, even younger men would pity her. Unfortunately, Yang Yong had not come to see her for a day since she was taken down, so Feng now can only make a fire clumsy under a set stove.

A thick smoke rose, choking Feng coughed loudly, and a few dark clouds were re-drawn on her snow-white face. She had never done such a rough job. In the past, she occasionally went to the kitchen and followed a large group of people, making fires and cutting vegetables, and she only helped her to cook. At most, she served the plates and cooked herself. Now, facing this simple stove, she could only stare at her and could not make the fire prosperous no matter what.

Feng looked around and saw that the water in the pot had already started to boil. She was throwing the cut mutton into the pot one by one. She suddenly became anxious and had to walk to a woman next to her and begged, "Sister, can you help me make a fire?"

The woman quietly came to the stove where Feng was responsible for, took out more than half of the firewood inside, and blew a few breaths. The dry wood suddenly burst into flames, emitting warm fire, which made the woman's face red.

The woman stood up again and returned to the stove where she was responsible, and did not speak to Feng at all. Feng was resentful and said, "What awesome thing? This is just a work done by the servants. I will become a superior again sooner or later."

Yang Yong was checking the camp built by the sergeant. A personal soldier rushed over on horseback: "Report, General, Deputy Lord Luo is back."

Yang Yong was very surprised. He gave Luo Yi half a month to chase Gao Baoning. Now that he hasn't even had a day left, why did he come back so soon?

The dust rose in the distance, and it was the fifty horses that Luo Yi brought out. Now there were three more people in his team. When he came to Yang Yong, Luo Yi turned over and dismounted and threw a head at Yang Yong's feet: "General, I am lucky to be humble and have saved Gao Baoning's head."

Looking at the glaring eyes of the people on the ground, everyone looked at each other. Gao Baoning had been away for more than an hour. It was the easiest thing on the grassland to lose people. Even if everything went well, Luo Yi could not keep up in the future. The general gave him half a month. Now it was only half a day. Luo Yi not only caught up, but also brought Gao Baoning's head back.
Chapter completed!