At the end of November in the fifth year of Zhongping, it was the middle of winter. The general of the Wei army, Gongsun Xun, went up the river. He led his followers, and the old troops in Hanoi followed again, and crossed the ice in Hedong.

The big river turns into Hangu Guanxi, which is also located in Hongnong County between Luoyang and Chang'an.

The reason for this is that Gongsun Xun was unwilling to break Meng Jin's old oath to cut bottles and give wine, and was unwilling to step into Luoyang without doing anything, even though he had actually and very seriously participated in the political disputes in Luoyang.

But regardless of these small tricks, back to the front, as Gongsun Xun moved his white horse flag here, Hangu Kansai had already gathered a large army.

It has to be said that General He Jin is very trustworthy. In order to show his support for Gongsun Xun, and indeed for the safety of Chang'an, he not only sent out the entire five schools of the Northern Army without any discount, but also mobilized Hedong and Hanoi.

, the knights of Henan also opened up all the Luoyang arsenal and gathered the best equipment possible for this expedition to the west.

After all, soldiers can be lost, and the armor and steel swords that were recovered after the Yellow Turban eradication cannot disappear, especially since the Han Dynasty has been prosperous for hundreds of years, and the family wealth accumulated is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

However, Gongsun Xun was still not very satisfied, because as soon as he entered through the side door of the special military camp, he sensitively noticed that the Sanhe knights at this time were no longer what they used to be... During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, all the Sanhe knights were green.

They are strong, have high morale, and have considerable wealth. Many of them also bring their own war horses, camels, and even armed attendants.

But nowadays, not to mention that the proportion of so-called knights who bring their own horses has been greatly reduced. More importantly, many of the faces are actually familiar faces, while the remaining few faces are inevitably biased towards the old and the weak.

All this made Gongsun Xun, who rode into the camp, quite dissatisfied.

Of course, facing the Three Rivers Knights who came out of their tents to pay homage, Gongsun Xun just smiled and nodded on his horse, without showing any signs of it.

"There are mostly old soldiers, which is a good thing in terms of combat strength." Lou Gui, who was riding behind his lord on horseback, naturally noticed this, so when he approached the Chinese army's tent, he couldn't help but twist his beard and talk about it.

"But it can also be seen from here that the world is in turmoil and the Knights of Sanhe are beginning to tire. Those old and weak people who are famous are proof... Mr. Wenhe has been in charge of military affairs in the Taiwei Mansion for a long time, so he should have some understanding of this, right?

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"Mr. Zibo is right." The new military commander Jia Xu, who was half a horse behind, lowered his head and said. "After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Sanhe Knights actually suffered very little losses, but before Zhang Wen's expedition to the west, a hundred thousand troops entered Liangzhou. As a result,

Only 60,000 to 70,000 people withdrew. That battle caused a lot of damage to the Three Rivers Knights, and some of them were left in Kansai and were made by former General Dong Gong to guard against the rebels, so they are not shown."

"Is it because the imperial court has been recruiting troops recently, and more young soldiers have entered the West Garden?" Xi Zhong also interjected.

"That's right." Jia Xu replied, still neither humble nor arrogant.

Gongsun Xun in front couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this. Although Jia Wenhe was easily taken under his command with an edict and promoted to Army Sima by another letter, he still felt a little tepid. When others asked him,

Answer, and the answer must be in detail... But such a performance is still far from the person who knows everything his mother said!

Besides, even Yan Zhong, whom he met before, said in person at Changshe that Jia Wenhe was good and average in talent. This shows that his talent is definitely not spread by rumors. He must be really good and average in talent.

Ah! Besides, he is over forty years old and his son is about to be crowned. It can’t be a half-finished product, right?!

It can only be said that he either looks down upon him, Gongsun Xun, and is unwilling to contribute, or he is quite resentful about being suddenly recruited into the army... Otherwise, this Wen He, who his mother calls "chaoswu",

Sir, it can't be that you are still depressed because of the death of Xiao Gu before, right?

That’s right!

That little Gu died in the end. After he was fished out, he suffered from the wind and cold. He couldn't see anything at first, but after he was sent back to Luozhong, the wind and cold worsened, and the high fever continued. After that, he became as sick as a person these days.

Just the same, if you say die, you will die, simply and neatly.

Moreover, there are some other reasons for this. Gongsun Xun heard that the subordinates who gave them away said afterwards that this young Gu usually took advantage of his youth and strength and lived alone in Luo, so he sent many of his belongings back to the Chang'an clan as a token of appreciation.

After returning to his residence, he insisted on not asking for help, but unexpectedly, he was short of help at the critical moment, and he died.

In this way, whether it was drowning or the subsequent cold, it was not Jia Xu's fault, so how could it make Jia Xu feel depressed? I'm afraid it was because I, General Wei, failed to convince him in time.

While Gongsun Xun was thinking wildly, he dismounted directly in front of the Chinese army's tent.

At this time, the Northern Army officers who had come out of the main gate to greet them ran back in panic. But when they returned to the Chinese army tent, Bai Mayi Cong had already taken over the Chinese army tent, representing the supreme authority.

His scepter was erected in front of the tent, and Gongsun Xun himself was sitting in the tent.

Before these people had time to think about it, they suddenly heard the sound of drums beside the tent again, as if they were tapping the general's drums, but they hurriedly gathered in the tent - no wonder these people were so miserable, it was actually Gongsun Xun who had done this once that day

'Bad deeds', so-called in the past, Hanoi found trouble and killed people before going to war!

I think at the beginning, this was just a Zhonglang General. He killed the mounts of a Northern Army Sima and a Supervisor to establish his authority. But now he is a Wei General, and Luozhong is in such chaos, God knows whether something will happen.

Clean?

What's interesting is that when Gongsun Xun saw these people, he couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that the military affairs were too urgent, and Gongsun Xun and He Jin had already agreed that all the Northern Army must go out for him. Therefore, many people who should not be there appeared in the Northern Army this time.

What's the meaning?

You must know that in the officialdom system of the Han Dynasty, senior military positions in the Forbidden Army had a noble meaning. In many cases, they were held by the sons of ministers or even the ministers themselves, which were the only way to get promoted... However, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Committee has also

Having noticed this problem, it turns out that there are fewer positions used for gold plating in the Northern Army, or there are still many people with real military positions retained.

For example, Xu Rong, the commander of the Cavalry School, and Lu Bu, the commander of the Shooting School. These two people were also an important reason why Gongsun Xun asked for the Northern Army. But on the other hand, because he was too anxious, many gilded high-ranking sons and eunuchs were also here.

Then he followed the Northern Army in confusion and was driven to Hangu Pass by General He Jin.

Not to mention anything else, among them was a Cavalry Commander named Bao Xin who came with him as a deputy general; there was also a Northern Army lieutenant named Liu Biao... Bao Xin was nothing more than a deputy general.

Decent, but Liu Biao's role as a Northern Army lieutenant was a bit jarring.

Why do you say that?

Because although the Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army is only a first-level Qu Junhou with a rank of 600 stones, he is the supervisor of the Northern Army and has the right to supervise the entire fifth battalion of the Northern Army!

It is also a typical example in the Han Dynasty system of using inferiority to condescend to superiority.

I don't know if He Jin sent this person here with good intentions or bad intentions... After all, with Liu Biao's reputation and political energy as the supervisor, I'm afraid Gongsun Xun would also have a hard time.

Of course, it's useless to talk about this now. It needs to be cleaned and arranged again anyway.

"There are currently more than 13,000 members in the army." After the three drums were played and the bangs were completed, Gongsun Xun went about his own arrangements. "It can be seen that the general has indeed tried his best, but there are quite a few old and weak among them... Bei

Where is the military commander Liu Jingsheng?"

"My subordinates are here." Liu Biao did not show any complacency at all because he had been reduced from a noble person to a person taking orders under the tent in a hurry. When he stood up to salute, he was still calm and unconcerned.

The man is eight feet tall, and even when he bends down, he is taller than an ordinary person. "Please give me your orders, general."

"Your talents are not here, so don't worry about military discipline. From tomorrow on, you will serve as my deputy general, and you will also be in charge of food, grass, civilians and other logistics matters. After today's military meeting, we will immediately eliminate the old and weak in the camp and assign them to the rear camp.

For the guard, only ten thousand soldiers are left...the elite soldiers are not in numbers. If those old and young are left in the main army, they will lose the spirit of the army." Gongsun Xun did not even raise his head and directly ordered. "

We will go west tomorrow, so we must do it quickly today."

Liu Mian's expression was as normal, and he didn't even have any intention to refute, and he accepted the military order as if it were true.

In fact, Gongsun Xun felt relieved when he saw that he had come up to challenge Liu Biao's duty of supervising the army, but no one in the army questioned it... He felt relieved. It seemed that his reputation and achievements over the years were not in vain after all.

"Lieutenant of the Tun Cavalry School...Xu Bojin!" Gongsun Xun continued to order. "In addition to your headquarters, you will also lead the Hedong knights."

"Here!" Xu Rong immediately stepped out of the queue, and he looked matter-of-fact.

"Fengxian!" Gongsun Xunfu clicked the word "Feng Xian" again.

"My subordinate is here!" Lu Bu was so excited that his voice trembled slightly. "Please give me the order, General Wei!"

"You also lead the Henan Knights!"

"I have thanked the general, but I will not accept the general's entrustment!" Lu Bu was naturally overjoyed.

"I will lead the Knights of Hanoi myself... Mr. Righteous, you will serve as my commander of the general's palace and also as the main knight. This time you will have to work harder."

Han Dang turned to the hall from behind and also bowed and said yes.

"Military Commander Ma Jia Wenhe." Gongsun Xunfu named another person.

"My subordinates are here." Jia Xu immediately stepped out in a serious manner.

"In the past, Yan Zhong and Yan Shude had spoken about your talents in the Changshe. Therefore, I have specially promoted you this time to rely on you..." Gongsun Xun finally said a few more words. "You.

You can live in our army, join the army with me and two other men, and be in charge of the military discipline of the three armies. You must live a good life and serve the public!"

This was a fair and just transfer of Liu Biao's authority to Jia Xu, and what's interesting is that Jia Wenhe, like Liu Jingsheng, looked as usual and bowed to the end:

"Thank you, General, for your support!"

By the way, before the embargo in Xiyuan, the so-called embargo system of the Three Rivers and Five Schools...actually meant that as soon as a war broke out, the relatively small number of the five schools of the Northern Army immediately took over the Three Rivers Knights as officers to form a combat-effective force.

Gongsun Xun came up and went straight into the Chinese army's tent, and immediately arranged for Xu Rong, Lu Bu, and Han Dang to take over the Three Rivers Knights respectively, and asked Liu Biao to take charge of logistics alone, and made Jia Xu the military judge, but no one interfered. So far,

In fact, General Wei had successfully taken over this army by relying on his own prestige and understatement.

However, just after Gongsun Xun had roughly arranged these things, he found that there were still people in the tent who were uneasy and eager to try. Even Gongsun Xun himself felt that something seemed to be missing.

However, as the actor next to him suddenly coughed in the silence, Gongsun Xun finally realized it, couldn't help but smile, and immediately called the name of another person in the tent: "Where is the Infantry Colonel Zhao Yan?"

Zhao Zhong's most trusted clan brother, Zhao Yan, trembled when he heard the words and stepped out from the side, but his heart was extremely panicked.

You know, before he came here, he was still holding on to ten thousand chances, thinking that he was a captain worth two thousand stones. Gongsun Xun couldn't do anything to him, and there were big things ahead, but Zhao Zhong was reluctant to let go of such an important position...

In the battle between the General and Jian Shuo of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army, for these old eunuchs, only the Northern Army could barely intervene, so they were really reluctant to part with it.

But whoever came back, at this time Gongsun Xun was neither angry nor impetuous, just downplaying it, and even smiled slightly, but after he took over the military power, Zhao Yan was already sweating - he thought it was the same thing before, but he was actually there

If the situation is different, if the sheep enters the tiger's mouth, that's another story!

"Captain Zhao..." Gongsun Xun smiled even more happily when he saw this.

"General Wei!" Zhao Yan actually knelt down with a plop. "Zhang Bin, the Yueqi captain, is the nephew of Zhang Chang's clan... Please consider that I am your wife's clan. Kill Zhang Bin to establish your authority, and

Let me go to Guiluo!"
To be continued...