In front of Baima City, the elders in the city prepared wine to welcome him, but Gongsun Xun only asked Lu Fan to drink for him and comfort him, while he led the Han generals into the city.

When passing by the city gate, no matter who it is, whether it is an army general or a powerful person who went out to welcome and return to the city, they can't help but look up and take a look at the head of the handsome man in yellow scarf hanging on the city gate, and be shocked by it.

Feeling.

To be fair, eight hundred elite officers and soldiers arrived suddenly at night, then climbed the wall with ropes and launched a surprise attack on the city. And the enemy only had one or two thousand newly formed troops stationed in scattered places. It was natural for them to win. However, the suddenness of this battle

The sex was so strong that no one, whether it was the Han army, the Yellow Turban Army, or the powerful local people of Baima City, expected that the first battle after the army went down the river would be Baima!

It has to be said that Gongsun Xun implemented a small plan and then won the first victory in a very theatrical manner, which completely convinced the Northern Army officers who were descendants of nobles in the army, and also greatly shocked the local powerful.

"The general is really a god!" It was Cao Cao who said this, but the person he was talking about was not Gongsun Xun, but Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, the minister who had been standing at the city gate early.

To be honest, Cao Mengde has very outstanding advantages.

For example, he is very smart and good at learning, and he has received a good education from the elite nobles. He is not bad in administration, literature, and martial arts. Among them, his literary level is almost genius level, and he only lacks experience in marching and fighting.

It was just a matter of practice, but later on it became a talent level;

Then, he also has a great sense of humor, does not care about trivial details, and is very simple. More importantly, he dares to interact with people regardless of his background, and he can be said to be able to 'win people';

Finally, thanks to his eunuch grandfather, this man still had sufficient political capital and family capital. In any case, he was a ticket to the core political circles of the Han Dynasty.

This kind of person, once the troubled times begin, is a natural hero template... In other words, he himself has indeed affected the understanding and concept of heroes in troubled times in later generations. Xu Zijiang's saying of "traitors in peaceful times, heroes in troubled times" is by no means false.

However, another undeniable thing is that Cao Cao himself should have some inferiority complex.

This mainly comes from two points. One is his origin. After all, the Cao family’s eunuch career route naturally made scholars look down upon him, and the other is his personal image...Cao Cao is short in stature and appearance!

Cao A concealed Cao A concealed, A concealed does not mean that Cao Cao was cunning when he was a child. In fact, the word concealed itself means to close his eyes, which is based on Cao Cao's characteristic of squinting his eyes since he was a child. These things are very popular in the officialdom and aristocratic circles of this era.

It is an original sin in itself.

Therefore, if we really dig into it, there are reasons why Cao Cao had a good relationship with Yuan Shao, had a relationship with Gongsun Xun, and even fell in love with Guan Yu at first sight at this moment.

The former is family background, the middle is appearance, the latter is figure... everything is bearing and style.

Of course, Cao Cao would never know that in another time and space, he himself would actually become synonymous with style and magnanimity! It can be seen that whether a hero is a hero or not has nothing to do with these three things.

Back in front of us, on the way from the city gate to the county temple, Cao Mengde kept praising Guan Yu, and the generals accompanying him also stepped forward to congratulate Guan and Han. When everyone finally dispersed, Han Dang had returned to Lu.

Fan, Lou Gui and others joined the ranks, but Guan Yu was surrounded by Cao Cao and Liu Bei and praised him non-stop, which made Gongsun Xun feel a weird feeling.

However, if they are both in the army, a lieutenant general and a Qu Junhou, and they both praise another fake Sima who has just made a meritorious service, what is there to question?

Didn't he also take the opportunity to put on a pleasant appearance and use the opportunity to appease the Northern Army generals?

In short, the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted by the Battle of White Horse. More importantly, Gongsun Xun managed to suppress this group of arrogant and powerful generals with complex origins and twisted them into a rope.

In this case, it’s time to take advantage of this momentum to take action!

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived and sat down in the main hall of the Baima County Temple, everyone in the army began to ask for battle:

"It is gratifying and congratulating that the two Sima Guan and Han are so tyrannical. However, my subordinates have returned to the lord's command and have not made any achievements. It is really shameful..."

"General, my family has quite a relationship with the Wang family in Yan County. Please allow me to lead the troops as the vanguard to capture Yan County. I will definitely attract the Wang family's help and form an internal response!"

"Your Majesty, you came to Hanoi from Youzhou. We may not have fought for a long time. Why don't you please assign me three people and eight hundred men, we will definitely capture Weixiang!"

"General, if the white horse suddenly changes hands, Puyang will definitely be shaken. Why not send the whole army to Puyang quickly? Maybe we can capture the fortune-telling thieves in one battle!"

Gongsun Xun sat at the head of the hall and allowed these people to talk, but did not express his position for a while.

However, after listening for a long time, Lou Zibo who was standing aside suddenly laughed, attracting everyone's attention: "Everyone, Baima City has fallen into my hands, and the surrounding Yellow Turban bandit strongholds are Yan County to the west, Puyang to the east, and Puyang to the south.

Wei Xiang, but you have mentioned it once. And if you divide it according to your plan, you will first lead one or two thousand soldiers and horses to attack Yan County, and then send 800 cavalry to attack Wei Xiang, and then the princes will have to take care of the rest.

The "big army" went to attack Puyang... Puyang is the capital of Dongjun. I heard that the city there is rich and abundant, and the Pu River is used as a moat. Bu has gathered 20,000 elite troops there. Such a move could be a mistake.

Are you crazy?"

When everyone reacted, they also laughed out of embarrassment.

Of course, it was a joke, but we still had to continue the military discussion and discuss the direction of sending troops... Since we suddenly captured the white horse, how could we not continue to send troops before the enemy could react?

What are you doing in Dongjun?!

"You can't take the initiative to attack Puyang." Cao Cao also got a chair and sat on Gongsun Xun's left hand side, but he took the opportunity to say something. "I served as an edict in Dunqiu, so when I took office, I went to the county to govern Puyang when I left office.

Just as Zibo said, the city wall there is tall and strong, and the Pu River is diverted to form a moat. But now Bu has hidden food and grass there deep and gathered 20,000 troops... Our army is all cavalry. If we can't mobilize them, I'm afraid it will really be a disaster.

Only when backup arrives can we make it happen."

Everyone calmed down and nodded one after another.

"In that case," Gongsun Xun, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke, but he directly nodded. "Cui Sima!"

"My subordinates are here!" The Northern Army Sima named Cui who had asked for the battle was immediately overjoyed and then saluted forward.

"You said that your family is a family friend of the Wang family in Yan County. Can you mobilize manpower in Yan County to obtain internal resources?"

"Yes!" Cui Sima quickly explained in a nutshell. "To be honest with you, the younger of the two famous kings of the Wang family in Yan County was appointed as the chief planner of Dongjun and then elected as a man in the court. It was my father who

Deputy Prime Minister Lang. Therefore, although the two kings are not at home, my word will definitely make the Wang family help. Maybe I can also use the Wang family's power in Yan County to persuade many thieves in the city to turn against the enemy.

one strike……"

"Since Baima City is in our hands," Gongsun Xun said with a smile. "Wei Xiang and Yan County have been isolated from most of the Yellow Turban bandits, so we can try to take it... That's good. You have 700 people in your headquarters, plus

Go to your Northern Army colleague Liu Sima with 500 men, and the three Qu Junhou of Wei Yue, Zhang Fei, and Chu Yan with 200 men each... A total of 1,800 elite combat cavalry. You will be the leader, and the remaining four will be your deputies. Return

You make arrangements, and after the military meeting is over, go to Yan County and give it a try."

"I will surely live up to the general's trust!" Cui Sima was overjoyed. "General, please just wait for the news!"

The other four people whose names were called also looked happy and stepped forward to thank them.

"As for Wei Xiang..." Gongsun Xun was thoughtful.

"Although there is a city in Wei Township, it is nothing more than a village!" Cao Cao suddenly stood up after hearing this. "Why don't you let Guan Sima go with me? The same eight hundred soldiers from last night will definitely be able to attack!"

"Brother Meng De." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but laugh. "Let me speak frankly. Although I am from Youzhou and have led three thousand soldiers from this state here, since I am the commander of an army, I have to drink a bowl of water... Youzhou soldiers

Ma had already made meritorious deeds in Mengjin before, and Yun Chang and Yi Gong led the eight hundred people to perform extraordinary feats here last night. At this time, it is time to focus on the other parts, and also to let the Hanoi knights who have just joined the army compete with the North.

Military officers are willing to see blood."

As soon as these words came out, the two remaining Sima who were from the Northern Army couldn't help but beam with excitement. They each looked at each other, then came to the hall and bowed down to salute.

"It's just a village. We don't need Brother Meng De to personally supervise the army with two thousand stones." Gongsun Xun pondered for a moment, but suddenly looked at the person standing in the hall. "General Xiahou Bi... Where is Xiahou Yuanrang?!"

Xiahou Dun suddenly understood. After taking a look at Cao Cao who nodded immediately, he couldn't help but look happy. He quickly stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute: "Please give me your orders!"

"Master Yuan Rang, command the two commanders to capture Wei Township." Gongsun Xun said. "How about I ask my brother Xuande to lead his army as your rear guard...?"

Xiahou Dun glanced at the pretty boy who stepped forward and smiled at him, but he had nothing to say.

After all, Gongsun Xun himself admitted that the purpose of this combination was to divide the credit according to factions... And a mere Wei Township is just a township after all, and the old city is just a siege. It's not like he didn't come when Xiahou Dun fled.

However, in that case, why not assign strong generals to Cui Sima and give yourself a pretty boy?!

Don’t delay your own meritorious deeds!

After thinking about this, Xiahou Dun actually bowed his hand slightly towards Liu Xuande in greeting.

"Okay!" Gongsun Xun said this, but suddenly he became serious. "No one is allowed to intercept the rebel messengers. The two groups going to Weixiang and Yanxian will have to make a big show...Zijing (Qianzhao)

, Zizhang (Yang Kai), you two should not be idle. You will go to the direction of Puyang early tomorrow morning to conduct careful reconnaissance. If you don’t know what is going on, leave Puyang Jiancheng and send troops to recover Baima, or go to support Yan County, Wei

Township, everyone should stop fighting and return to the army immediately. With the sharpness of the cavalry, we may be able to fight decisively at the foot of Baima City and destroy the Yellow Turbans of Dongjun in one fell swoop!"

Everyone, including Cao Cao, suddenly realized at this moment... From this point of view, the current plan was to besiege the city for reinforcements, or to deliberately empty Baima City to lure the snake out of its hole.

It's so appropriate and well-planned, it makes people even more speechless.

In this way, the military meeting stopped and everyone went about their business. However, Gongsun Xun led Lu Fan, Lou Gui, Dong Zhao, Gongsun Yue and others to take over the prisoners, deal with the officials who had committed crimes, and search for the local officials who had not committed crimes.

, large households, select characters from them in order to re-establish order.

Then they went to check and receive the inventory of the Yellow Turban Army in Baima City... After seeing that there was a lot of money and cloth, they took out some more and rewarded them to the 800 people who had made meritorious services yesterday, as well as Guan and Han. They also sent

Wang Xiu sent a lot of people to Shenpei who were stationed along the Yellow River, so that they could reward and appease the civilians and crew members who worked hard on the river, as well as Shenpei troops camping in the wild.

By the time I finish all this, a whole day has passed.

At this time, the wealthy and powerful people in the county came to visit again and said they wanted to host a banquet. Now that the arrangements had been made, Gongsun Xun naturally obliged, so he called Cao Cao and brought Gongsun Yue, Lu Fan, and Dong Zhao with him.

, Lou Gui, Guan Yu, Han Dang and other people in the city went to the banquet together, also intending to inquire about the specific situation of Dongjun.

"Dong'a County did not fall into the hands of thieves?" Gongsun Xun was greatly surprised. "Almost the entire Dong'a County fell, how can Dong'a County be spared?"

"I'll tell you the truth, General!" When asked, the local wealthy man surnamed Xue quickly avoided the banquet to salute and respectfully explained. "That place actually fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban bandits when they first emerged. At that time, the county magistrates all climbed over the wall to escape.

But only one day later, a county official, together with our Dong County Xue family members in Dong'a, took it back! And we have been holding on to it ever since!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Gongsun Xun and others were all shocked, but Guan Yu, who had never had a good attitude towards these powerful people, also became curious.

"Is there such a heroic person?" Cao Cao couldn't help but ask. "What is this person's name? I don't know if he is an old friend of mine when I was serving at Dunqiu!"

"Return to the captain," the wealthy family surnamed Xue said immediately. "This man's surname is Cheng Mingli, his given name is Zhongde, and he is a native of Dong'a!"

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but his eyelids twitched.

"Is it him?" Cao Cao was doubtful for a moment, but Dong Zhao, the short and fat man over there, finally came to his senses. "I've heard of this man's reputation."
To be continued...