Chapter 829: Sunrise in the East (54)

The messenger reporting the victory obviously rushed from the front camp to the Chinese army's tent in Gao Yuan with shouts like this. At this time, the cheers like a tsunami from the front camp were already coming like waves. Gao Yuan couldn't hold it back. Holding back the excitement in his heart, he strode out of the tent. The messenger who came quickly dismounted his horse and trotted to Gao Yuan. He first gave a military salute and then took off the victory letter sealed in a long metal tube from his back. , presented to Gao Yuan with both hands

"Captain, we have captured Donghu Holy City"

Opening the seal of the cylinder, he unfolded the good news sent by He Lanxiong and browsed it in a hurry. Gao Yuan couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, "Come here, spread the good news all over the front line and tell the soldiers on the front line that He Lin is our last enemy in Donghu." The battle is over. If we take down Helin, we can return home."

Helin City has fallen into chaos. The East City has been lost. The remaining Donghu troops retreated to the South City, North City, and West City. They built barricades and fought tenaciously with the Dongzheng Army coming from the direction of the East City. Every time they occupied a street, a city area , all had to go through fierce fighting. Although these last Donghu people did not have better fighting qualities, they did not lack the will to fight.

But their resistance, in the face of the well-trained Eastern Expeditionary Army, was more helpless and tragic. The Eastern Expeditionary Army marched step by step, advancing steadily, and the tallest building in the forest was far away. The distance between Donghu Palace is getting closer and closer

In the palace, Thorpe stood with a sword in hand. On the square in front of him were the last two thousand palace guards of the Donghu people.

"Your Majesty, please lead the palace guards to break out of the encirclement. The palace guards will definitely be able to protect the king and return to the birthplace of our Donghu people. Once there, recuperate and endure the humiliation in order to make a comeback. Isn't that how we came here back then?" "Tulu knelt before Thorpe, who was preparing for a fight to the death. Behind him, all the important ministers of Donghu knelt down and begged, "Please, Your Majesty, break out of the encirclement!"

Thorpe slowly pulled out the knife and stabbed it straight into the air. Looking at the dark crowd kneeling in front of him, he said word by word: "I am the king of Donghu. Helin is our capital, I would rather Even if you die here, you will never take a step back."

"Your Majesty!" Tulu cried loudly: "What good is death?"

Thorpe sighed slightly and strode forward, alive. Sometimes it was more uncomfortable than death. He had nothing left and didn't want to lose the last bit of his dignity. Gao Yuan chased him around like a rabbit. What's more, even if he wanted to escape, could he escape? The facts of several battles with the Zhengdong Army had been told to him. The cavalry of the Eastern Expeditionary Army is no less inferior to his Donghu cavalry. They are now outside the city of Helin. There are at least nearly 20,000 cavalrymen watching with eager eyes. If you lead 2,000 cavalrymen out of the city to break out of the siege, you will still be facing death.

Death is everywhere, so why not die more valuable?

"Palace Guards, follow me to attack!" Thorpe roared, turned over and mounted his horse.

"Kill!" Although there are only two thousand people left,

But the final cry of death still made Yunxiao Tulu get up from the ground in anger. Wiping away the old tears on his face, he snatched a war horse from the guard behind him. He turned over and climbed up, shouting: "Your Majesty, wait for me!" and chased after him closely.

The remaining Donghu ministers hesitated for a moment, some mounted their horses and followed Thorpe, while others turned around and quietly slipped out to the huge palace square. In the blink of an eye, there was no one there.

The last battle in Donghu ended at midnight. The battle that lasted for two days and two nights finally came to an end at this moment. Generals such as Xiong Ben, Ye Zhong, Xu Yuan, etc. were still covered with blood and or more stains on their bodies. With a few scars, they appeared joyfully outside the tall tent. Behind them, soldiers carried two stretchers. The two corpses on them belonged to Donghu's King Sopu and Chief Assistant Tulu. Behind them are a group of captured Donghu ministers with their hands tied behind their backs.

"Congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief, congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief, Donghu has been destroyed, and the Liaodong Peninsula is under the jurisdiction of Zhengdong Mansion from today on!" Xiongben said loudly outside the tent.

"Congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief, congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief!" Ye Chong, Xu Yuan and other generals congratulated them loudly.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Gao Yuan walked out. Behind him, he was followed by personal guard He Weiyuan and Liaodong Governor Sun Xiao. Just now, Gao Yuan was discussing matters related to the army's division with Sun Xiao. He heard the congratulations of the general outside. He immediately walked out overjoyed

Although the annihilation of Donghu was expected, when the moment actually arrived, Gao Yuan still couldn't hold back the joy in his heart. It had been eight years since he came to this world, and it had been eight years since he came to this world. Yu Ren's soldiers started to work, and in eight years, he finally accomplished something that he had never dared to think about at that time. I think back then, a small Hutu tribe left me helpless and almost let them take over their lair. In the end, with the help of the power of the Helan tribe of the Xiongnu, he joined forces with He Lanxiong to destroy the Hutu tribe and ushered in his first opportunity for development. From then on, he regarded Donghu as the first in his life. enemy

Countless hard work has finally paid off today.

Walking in front of the generals, Gao Yuan clasped his fists with both hands and bowed deeply to the generals, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Zhengdong Mansion can be what it is today, and Gao Yuan can be what it is today. It is inseparable from your heroic fighting, and it is also inseparable from the heroic efforts of thousands of people." The soldiers of Zhengdong Mansion who died on the battlefield, please pay homage to Gao Yuan."

"I don't dare to accept it, I don't dare to accept it!" Seeing Gao Yuan salute to him, all the generals panicked and hurriedly returned the salute.

"Captain, Helin has been defeated. Chief Thorpe and his first assistant, Tulu, 123 civil and military officials were beheaded, and another 38 Donghu officials, headed by Usu Sotan, were captured," Kumamoto said loudly. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers behind him took out two stretchers and placed them in front of Gao Yuan.

The white cloth covering his face was removed. Gao Yuan looked at the pale faces, shook his head, raised his head and asked, "How did they die?"

"Reporting to the Governor, Thorpe finally led two thousand palace guards to launch a final counterattack against our army. They were surrounded by our heavy troops. This manpower could not surrender and was eventually killed on the battlefield." Kumamoto said

"Although he was defeated by me, Thorpe could still be regarded as a hero when he died on the battlefield. Since he is dead, the deceased is the greatest, so don't humiliate his body. The kings of the Donghu people will eventually be buried in Donghu Saint. City, now that Donghu Holy City has been recaptured by our army, let’s send him back there for burial!” Gao Yuandao said!

"Captain Kannin" Kumamoto said sincerely

Gao Yuan walked to Tulu's body. Seven or eight years ago, he met Tulu for the first time in Xianyun Tower in Liaoxi. At that time, Zhang Shouyue was still in power in Liaoxi, and he was just a It was there that the little soldier Cao met the two important figures of Donghu for the first time, Tulu and Yan Qi. Now these two people have all died in his own hands.

At this time, Lu Tu was completely different from what he had been seven or eight years ago. His white hair was stained with blood, but he no longer had the wisdom he had at that time, and his complacent demeanor was replaced by a pair of eyes that were fixed in death.

"Tulu, you can be considered an old acquaintance of mine. Let's give him a good burial." Gao Yuan waved his hand indifferently.

"Yes, Governor, what should we do with those captured?" Kumamoto asked in a low voice.

Gao Yuan raised his head and looked behind him. Some people were scarred. Although they were tied up, they were still glaring at Gao Yuan. Some were neatly dressed and looked panicked. Their eyes looking at Gao Yuan were full of begging.

"Thorpe is a king and a hero. Since he is dead, there is no shortage of followers behind him. Let these people go with Thorpe!" Gao Yuan waved his hand and said decisively.

Kumamoto turned around knowingly and waved to the guards behind him. The sound of drawing knives immediately echoed, and with a burst of screams, all the prisoners were beheaded on the spot.

Sun Xiao, who was beside him, had a slightly unbearable look on his face. Gao Yuan glanced at him and said calmly: "We already have Agu Huai'en, Mu Gulu, and Gao Che. These three people are enough to stay." It will leave trouble for the future. If you don't kill him now, it will be even harder to kill him in the future. It is better to make a decision as soon as possible. Sun Xiao, you are the Protector of Liaodong. In the future, the Donghu area will be under the rule of your Liaodong Protectorate. "Xia, please remember that gentleness is indispensable, but when you need to be decisive and decisive, you must not have the kindness of a woman."

"Yes, Sun Xiao understands!" Sun Xiao said quickly

"Who is the soldier who killed Thorpe? Call me to see him?" Gao Yuan turned his head, looked at Kumamoto, and said with a smile: "Being able to kill Thorpe in such a battle is not only a great person, but also unlucky. It’s generally good!”

In the queue of soldiers behind him, Niu Zhuang was already a little unsteady. He knew that he had killed a high-ranking official of the Donghu people during the battle, but he didn't know how big it was. In the end, when all his comrades were celebrating the victory, he was brought here directly by the division commander Chen Bin. At this moment, looking at the famous generals in front of him, whose names were usually only heard but rarely seen, he listened again. They shouted to the Governor loudly, and they knew that the person standing in front of everyone at this moment was the master of Zhengdong Mansion. The Governor was Gaoyuan.

Normally, he felt that the division commander Chen Bin was already a very important official, but now, the division commander Chen Bin was still standing in the third row. Niu Zhuang felt that his legs were a little weak. There was no one he recognized in front, back, left, and right, and his heart was pounding.

I was wiping away cold sweat when I suddenly saw my teacher Chen Bin hurriedly walking towards me while waving, "Niu Zhuang, come here quickly."

Niu Zhuang hurriedly ran up to Chen Bin, "Teacher, what do you want me to do?"

"You are so lucky. You killed the king of Donghu. Now the governor wants to see you. Your timing has turned out well. Follow me to see the governor!"

"The governor wants to see me?" Niu Zhuang immediately felt the muscles in his calves twisting. His legs softened and he slipped to the ground. Chen Bin picked him up with quick eyes and quick hands, "You kid, you should be more promising." Don't compromise the prestige of the soldiers of our Third Division. If the Commander-in-Chief sees you acting like a bear, he will definitely look down on the soldiers of our Third Division and think it was luck that you killed Thorpe. Huh, if this is really the case, after I go back, I If I don’t take care of you, the brothers of the Third Division will take good care of you.” (To be continued)