The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 319 Transformation of Good and Evil
After Han Sui's main army of surprise soldiers was wiped out, the battle situation in the northwest completely lost suspense. The last question was when Han Sui would die.

Gan Ning ordered people to escort the four enemy generals to Chang'an, and then led his army back to Wuwei.

Outside Wuwei City, just before Gan Ning led his army back, Pang De happened to arrive.

The barracks outside Wuwei had hundreds of soldiers guarding the camp. Pang De came alone, and when he saw Gan Ning's triumphant troops, he rode up to meet them.

"The end general has met the governor, and he came to the governor's tent to obey the orders of the lord. After the Northwest War is over, the end will stay under the command of General Ma."

Gan Ning smiled gently: "Ling Ming doesn't need to be too polite in front of me, let's go back to the camp first."

After finishing speaking, Gan Ning looked back at Ma Chao thoughtfully.

After winning the battle, Ma Chao was refreshed, but at this moment, his expression was a bit astonished.

Pound abandoned him, and now the two worked together again, but Guo Jia instead assigned Pound to his command.

It seemed an embarrassing situation, but Ma Chao had no grudges against Pound. After a flash of surprise, Ma Chao came to Pang De's side with a hearty smile and said with a smile: "Ling Ming, it seems that the fate between you and me is not over. where."

Pang De responded with a light smile: "I can't ask for it."

When the army returned to the camp, Gan Ning counted the days, the food and grass should be delivered tomorrow, and got Pang De's personal confirmation, so he ordered to reward the three armies. After all, they won a big victory. After this battle, Wuwei County can declare the war Lord, we have to take a break for the time being, and then continue to pursue Han Sui to the northwest until he is wiped out. At the very least, we must put the four counties in Hexi under the banner of the Taiping Army.

Several generals followed Gan Ning and took their seats in the tent one by one. The atmosphere was very good, and everyone had the joy of victory on their faces. When he was away on an expedition, the captain who stayed behind was assigned to come in and report the situation in the past few days.

"To the Governor, when the Governor was on the expedition, the people in Wuwei City were waiting for opportunities to attack every day. Nearly a hundred soldiers of our army were either killed or injured. Last night, thousands of young and strong men in the city even gathered together to steal the camp outside the city. If the food is not discovered early, the consequences may be disastrous."

After hearing the news, not only Gan Ning's face was gloomy, but the other generals also frowned with displeasure.

When they were in a good mood, someone poured cold water on their heads.

Ma Chao's mood suddenly became brighter now, he didn't stare at Han Sui and didn't care about others. After thinking for a while, he cupped his fists and said to Gan Ning: "The governor, the people in the northwest are tough and unruly, so I'm sorry for your abrupt words. I don't like the people here. People, it is difficult to govern by etiquette alone, in my opinion, those who disobey will be severely punished, those who make trouble, severely punished, and those who kill will naturally pay for their lives.

Others did not comment, but Meng Da nodded in agreement.

Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, and Wu Yi showed contemplative expressions on their faces.

It is a military rule to have nothing to do with Minqiu, but it is very difficult to live in peace with the people when marching and fighting, especially invading the enemy's territory, but as long as the Taiping Army does not take the initiative to show If an aggressive and predatory attitude occurs, then occasionally there will be incidents that affect the fish in the pond, and the generals in the army will generally be lenient.

When Guo Jia entered Yizhou, attacked Guanzhong, pacified Nanman, and also attacked Jingzhou during the period, it was difficult for him to avoid conflicts with the people when he personally led the army. However, these incidents were individual and small individual incidents. There are signs of scale and influence on the overall situation, but the situation in Wuwei today is a bit tricky.

Wielding a butcher's knife is easy, and Gan Ning is by no means a cruel person, but his killing will ultimately affect Guo Jia's reputation.

Guo Jia was in Yizhou, and the people in Guanzhong praised him as a benevolent king. If Gan Ning started killing in Wuwei, the blood in this city would be directly poured on Guo Jia.

Dilemma, hesitation.

Just when Gan Ning was thinking about a compromise, Pang De got up and left the table, came to Gan Ning, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Gan Ning.

"Commander, this is the letter Master Xu asked me to hand over to the Commander before I came to Wuwei from Jincheng."

Pang De delivered the letter to Gan Ning and sat back.

Gan Ning took a look at it, his expression became more dignified.

This letter was written by Xu Shu himself, but it contained Guo Jia's military order.

Crusade against Han Sui, regardless of the Han people or the Qiang, Hu and Yi Di, those who resist and refuse, the Yi tribe!
This order allowed Gan Ning to think about how to deal with the situation in Wuwei without a headache, but he felt a little uneasy.

He and Guo Jia have been friends for nearly 20 years. Facing this military order, he was shocked.

Guo Jia seems to have suddenly turned from an extreme of goodness to an extreme of evil.

What is the harshest and most ruthless punishment?
The Yi tribe!
"Wu Yi, Meng Da, gather ten thousand soldiers and follow me into the city."

Gan Ning stood up with a solemn face, and handed the letter to Zhang Liao who was sitting next to him.

Wu Yimengda didn't know what was written in the letter, but he also guessed that the letter contained unusual orders, so he immediately got up and walked out of the tent to mobilize troops.

After Zhang Liao read the letter, he had the same reaction as Gan Ning, with a solemn expression that implied worry.

Going out of the tent, Gan Ning walked towards Wuwei City on foot, and then asked people to bring the civil affairs household registration booklet from the Yamen of Wuwei Prefecture, and called some officials in Wuwei City who had worked for Han Sui and now surrendered, to hand over the household registration books In their hands, Gan Ning walked towards the city without turning his head and said in a soft voice: "I want you to find out all the registered residents in the city. If you are not naturalized, it means that you have neglected your duties."

A few middle-aged men walked behind Gan Ning, bowing and obediently, their heads covered with cold sweat. They had no idea what Gan Ning was doing, surveying the population?

There are only tens of thousands of people in Wuwei, what is there to investigate?
Or are there felons in this city?

Anyway, they couldn't guess that for their own lives and future prospects, they had to do the things Gan Ning explained.

After mobilizing [-] troops, five generals Wu Yi, Meng Da, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, and Pang De followed behind Gan Ning, and the army led the way into Wuwei.

In the previous capture of Wuwei, there were military camps inside and outside the city, but Gan Ning was going to fight against the Xiliang army led by Gongying, so the military camp in Wuwei City was withdrawn, and the people in the city wanted to escape, so let them flee. After all, the more northwest, the more bitter the cold, and the southeast, it is Guo Jia's territory, there is no difference between fleeing or not fleeing.

The Taiping Army's withdrawal from Wuwei to the outside of the city actually fueled the resistance of the people in the city.

Before, they only dared to sneakily attack the patrol soldiers in the city of the Taiping Army. Now, they dared to gather a crowd to attack the military camp outside the city with the intention of robbing food. No matter which warlord it was, it was intolerable.

When Gan Ning and the others returned to the camp, they took off their armor and entered the city wearing only ordinary robes.

The people in the city looked at Gan Ning and the others from a distance on both sides of the road, their expressions and colors were different, but they all held resentful eyes towards Gan Ning and the others in tacit understanding.

Gan Ning didn't understand, where did their hatred come from?

Is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, or yearning for freedom and unwillingness to be ruled?
A group of people who were walking towards the government office in the city suddenly saw a shock on both sides of the road.

There was a group of young and strong men who were watching Gan Ning and his party with their arms folded, but when Gan Ning was right in front of them, they rushed forward and pushed the Taiping army away from the roadside, showing a path. Behind them, a young man was holding a A cauldron with steaming green smoke rushed up.

Gan Ning stopped, his expression unchanged, and when he was about to draw his sword, several guards rushed up behind him, drew their swords to protect him, and the young man with the pot saw this scene, and he didn't bother. Hesitating, gritted his teeth fiercely, and threw the pot full of boiling oil towards Gan Ning.

Stab
Not a drop of hot oil splashed on Gan Ning's body, but the soldiers who loyally guarded him fell to the ground with their faces covered and screamed.

bang bang bang bang
The iron pot rolled on the ground several times, and the sound stopped.

There were soldiers behind who wanted to arrest the young man who could be characterized by assassination, but they didn't expect that the man threw the pot at Gan Ning and turned and fled.

The soldiers of the Taiping Army wanted to give chase, but they were blocked by a mountain of youths.

The people around who saw this scene raised their arms and shouted, cheering endlessly.

Gan Ning looked around, the unarmed people gave him a look of hatred and at the same time shouted wantonly, even if they didn't see his embarrassment, at least they made a fool of himself.

The soldiers who were blocked by the people held their swords and hesitated for a long time. At this time, Gan Ning walked up to those soldiers, reached out and took the sword from one of them into his own hand.

One step ahead, three youths from Wuwei City looked at Gan Ning without fear, they had previously provided cover for the man and obstructed the pursuit, but they had no intention of running away at all.

"Heh, you have guts."

Gan Ning glanced elsewhere and sneered.

Without any warning, Gan Ning turned back to face those people, swinging his saber one after another!
An arm flies from the sky!
The movement continued, Gan Ning took a small step to the left, and repeated the previous movement. In the blink of an eye, five arms fell to the ground, and blood was spilled on the spot.

The five youths screamed incessantly, rolling on the ground with their shoulders that were bloody and bloody showing bones.

At this moment, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, only screams.

Zhang Liao and others watched blankly.

The Taiping Army soldier who was splashed with boiling oil on his face was helped up. He only screamed at the beginning, but now he is gritting his teeth and enduring it. His face was destroyed and bloody and bloody.

Gan Ning grabbed the screaming young man on the ground indifferently, as if he could peel off his scalp, and threw him in front of the disfigured Taiping Army soldier.

"Kowtow, kowtow until you die!"

Gan Ning's tone was indifferent, as if he didn't have any hatred.

The young man hugged his bleeding shoulder, raised his head and spit at Gan Ning.

"dream!"

Gan Ning was not angry, he just ticked his fingers at the civil affairs officer who was already trembling all over, and even some people were incontinent.

Several middle-aged people holding the household registration book came to Gan Ning with weak legs and waited for orders.

"Find out his family members, father's family, mother's family, wife's family, as long as they are in Wuwei, find them all for me, and kill one if caught."

(End of this chapter)