Three Caos fighting for a bride? Zhen Ji, I, Cao Zhi, will take her!

Just when Yuan Xi and Su Puting were still feeling complacent.

Gongsun Kang's 10,000-strong army had already surrounded their camp.

The combat effectiveness of Gongsun Kang's soldiers was stronger than that of the Wuhuan cavalry.

Plus, it's unintentional.

Soon, most of the 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry brought by Su Puting were killed by Gongsun Kang before they even had time to mount their horses, and the remaining troops all surrendered.

As for those Han soldiers who were forcibly captured by Su Puting.

He surrendered to Gongsun Kang at the beginning of the war.

Therefore, Gongsun Kang won this battle with ease!

Inside the Chinese army's tent.

Gongsun Kang sat at the top with a broad mind.

Below him.

They were Yuan Xi and Su Puting who were tied up.

Looking at Gongsun Kang who was looking very proud at this moment.

Yuan Xi instinctively thought that Gongsun Kang was unwilling to give up his position as county governor, which was why he attacked him.

Yuan Xi immediately took advantage of the situation and said:

"Gongsun Kang, I'm following the orders of the Fourth Young Master. If you continue to resist like this, where will the Fourth Young Master be placed? If you have any sense, let me go now. I can even put in a few good words for you with the Fourth Young Master!"

"I am the Wuhuan Chanyu appointed by the Fourth Prince. I represent the Han court. Governor Gongsun, I urge you not to make mistakes!"

At this time, Su Puting also moved out Cao Zhi.

Seeing the two of them vying to bring up Cao Zhi to scare him, Gongsun Kang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Then, in the anger of the two men, Gongsun Kang placed Cao Zhi's letter in front of them.

After seeing the contents of the letter, Yuan Xi was completely dumbfounded.

"This is impossible, how is this possible..."

"Thief, traitor, evil thief!!!"

Yuan Xi looked up to the sky and cursed.

But unfortunately, Cao Zhi couldn't hear his words at all.

Gongsun Kang showed the letter to Yuan Xi and the others.

He immediately ordered his attendants to take the two men out and behead them.

It won’t take long.

Two bloody heads were brought in on a tray by his men.

"Use lime to carefully preserve the heads of these two men, as well as Yuan Shang's, and then send them to the Fourth Young Master!"

Gongsun Kang said in a deep voice.

"Lord, are we really going to surrender to Cao Cao?"

At this time, a close believer came.

"Why not?"

Gongsun Kang rolled his eyes at the man.

"Can we defeat Cao Cao?" Gongsun Kang asked.

"No!" The person who spoke shook his head.

"Can Cao Cao defeat us?" Gongsun Kang asked again.

"No!" The person who spoke continued to shake his head.

"That's it, then. Since we can't win, why not surrender? Are you looking for death?" Gongsun Kang said.

"this--"

Seeing Gongsun Kang speaking so confidently about surrender, the person who was speaking was speechless for a moment.

In fact.

After learning that Cao Zhi wrote a letter to Gongsun Kang, asking Gongsun Kang to lead troops to destroy the Wuhuan tribe in Liaodong and the two Yuans.

This person speculated that there must be some reason why Cao Zhi could not go to Liaodong in person, so he had to rely on Gongsun Kang to destroy Su Puting and the two Yuans.

It was precisely because he saw this opportunity that he instigated Gongsun Kang to establish himself as emperor.

He was loyal to Gongsun Kang.

He had no intention of rebelling against Gongsun Kang.

But he wanted to improve too much.

And how to make progress without rebellion?

The only thing he could think of was to help Gongsun Kang advance further, and then his own position would also be improved.

In his view, the Central Plains and Liaodong were thousands of miles apart, with the three counties of Wuhuan in between.

Even if the Central Plains dynasty wanted to recover Liaodong, it would be unable to do so.

If that’s the case, what are you waiting for?

That's why he said what he just said!

But now, after hearing Gongsun Kang's counter-question.

Only then did he understand that Cao Cao just didn't have the opportunity or time to deal with him, not that he didn't have the ability to deal with him!

After figuring all this out, the man broke out in a cold sweat.

"Lord, now that you have made your decision, what should we do next?"

This person spoke.

"Simple!" Gongsun Kang said with a smile:

"All under heaven belongs to the king; all the people in the world are his subjects!"

"Since I, Gongsun Kang, am stationed in Liaodong on behalf of the imperial court, I have the responsibility not only to defend the Han territory, but also to expand it!"

"I'll have someone write letters to the surrounding Hu people, to tell them the Goguryeo, Buyeo, Xianbei, and Samhan people, that Liaodong has been the territory of the Han Dynasty since ancient times. If they want to continue living here, they must be under my control!"

"Otherwise, our Han Dynasty Heavenly Soldiers will plow their yards, sweep their caves, and exterminate their descendants!"

Gongsun Kang said indignantly.

"Of course, I will also inform Cao Sikong and General Zhengxi of these actions in a letter. After all, I, Gongsun Kang, am a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty!"

Gongsun Kang added.

After these words were spoken, the people around were confused again.

However, everyone in the tent at this time were Gongsun Kang's confidants.

Therefore, even if they don’t understand it, they will follow it seriously.

……

Fifteen days later.

Next to the Great Wall.

Looking at the groups of Han people being sent back by Cao Yi and others.

Cao Zhi's worries were finally relieved.

"Wenhe, this time when I go back I plan to ask my father to reduce the taxes of the people in Youzhou for three years. Do you think my father will agree?" Cao Zhi said.

"The Fourth Young Master is kind-hearted. I believe Sikong will agree!" Jia Xu said with a smile.

While the two were talking.

A scout came to report.

It is said that a convoy of dozens of people was found five kilometers away, claiming to be the envoys of Gongsun Kang.

"Gongsun Kang's people? Looks like my takeaway has arrived!" Cao Zhi thought to himself.

After a while, under the leadership of the soldiers.

Four envoys from Gongsun Kang were brought before Cao Zhi.

As soon as the counselor, who was dressed as a scholar, saw Cao Zhi, he knelt on one knee and said:

"Han Zhong, the governor of Gongsun County, Liaodong Commandery, pays homage to the General Zhengxi!"

"By order of the General who Conquers the West, here are the heads of the Wuhuan bandit leader Su Puting and the brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang. Please inspect them, General!"

As he spoke, Han Zhong asked the three people behind him to open the box.

Inside the box were three human heads with terrified expressions and eyes open.

Cao Zhi knew that Gongsun Kang would not dare to deceive him.

But just to be on the safe side.

Cao Zhi still took them from the Wuhuan captives in his hands.

Find a few Wuhuan people who have seen Su Puting to come and identify him.

It was finally confirmed that Su Puting’s head was indeed found inside.

Cao Zhang and others were overjoyed when they heard this.

At this moment, Cao Zhi also nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing Cao Zhi and the others' happy expressions, Han Zhong quickly took out a letter from his bosom and said:

"This letter is from the Governor Gongsun to the Fourth Young Master. Please take a look!"

Cao Zhi took the letter and read it carefully.

The beginning of the letter is full of compliments to Cao Cao and Cao Zhi.

In the middle is Gongsun Kang's autobiography.

That is, although he was in Liaodong, his heart was always with the Central Plains. When his father Gongsun Du died last year, Gongsun Kang wanted to send people to the Central Plains to surrender, but the road was blocked and there were three counties of Wuhuan in between, so he had not been able to get in touch with the Central Plains!

Liaodong is different from the Central Plains. There are many Hu people here. He could not bear to see the Han people being bullied by the Hu people, so he took the position of county governor. During his tenure, he led the Han people to repel the attacks of Goguryeo and Wuhuan many times!

After learning that Cao Zhi had gone to great lengths to personally lead his troops to annihilate the Wuhuan in the three counties, he was deeply moved and determined to do something for the Han people. He decided to take the initiative to drive the Hu people out of Liaodong and the four counties of Han.

At the end of the letter, Gongsun Kang also said that he had neither the ability nor the ambition to be independent, and it was only fate that made him the lord of Liaodong!

He hoped that Cao Sikong could unify the Central Plains as soon as possible. The day Cao Sikong unified the Central Plains would be the day when he, Gongsun Kang, and his people would surrender!

The content of the letter is very sincere.

But Cao Zhi knew that this was just a trick played by Gongsun Kang!

In the letter, Gongsun Kang said that everything he did was for the Han people.

But Cao Zhi knew that Gongsun Kang had no choice but to surrender because he was no match for Cao Cao.

His so-called attacks on the Hu people everywhere were just to expand his own power!

As for the so-called "the day when Cao Sikong unified the Central Plains was the day when Gongsun Kang led his people to surrender."

This sentence can also be understood as - as long as Cao Cao fails to unify the Central Plains, Gongsun Kang will continue to remain independent!

However, despite this, Cao Zhi did not expose Gongsun Kang's intention.

But at this moment, Cao Zhang, who had been leaning over to read the letter, said angrily:

"Gongsun Kang, what a hypocrite! He's so insincere! Does he really take us for fools?"