"Xu Ziyuan said this, and you believe it?"

The next afternoon, at the foot of Handan City, in the central tent of the Gongsun Army's camp, General Gongsun Xun, who was surveying the map and discussing the war with several military advisors, suddenly raised his head and glanced at someone under the tent.

Wei Yue was horrified by the sight, and could only force a smile: "Is it possible that Xu Ziyuan is not a spy for the prince, and his subordinates fell into the trap?"

Gongsun Xun did not answer, but continued to look at the map, while Lou Gui and others stood up and stood on both sides of the table.

"If this is the case, my subordinate is really stupid!" Wei Yue did not dare to neglect, and quickly leaned down and kowtowed to blame himself. "I actually fell into Xu Ziyuan's plan..."

"How did you just fall into his scheme?" Gongsun Xun held the map in front of him and muttered in a low voice, but suddenly raised his head and gave the order. "Beat the drum and gather the generals!"

Many people in the tent, including Han Hao, Zhang Ji, Pang De, Jia Kui and others, were naturally busy organizing the Central Army Conference, while Lou Gui, Tian Feng, Xun You and others also stood on both sides, waiting for the generals to gather.

Suddenly, the sound of the drums was rumbling, but it turned out to be the sound of the large and small drums of the Central Military Department, and they sounded twenty-seven times in a row, repeated twice... This is the highest-level gathering drum, with two thousand stones in the army, one thousand stones, plus

None of the civilian military officers directly under the Central Army dared to neglect, and they gathered one after another at the location of the Central Army... This is the so-called general meeting.

Immediately, Wei Yue, who was getting more and more panicked, was simply taken by the soldiers to the general's platform outside the tent and continued to kneel down to wait for him. After a while, Gongsun Xun also abandoned the tent, took several military advisors, and came out together to the general.

Take a seat on the platform... This rammed-earth general platform was built by Yuan Shao during the first siege of Handan in the past. At this time, it was Gongsun Xun's advantage.

Outside the tent, there were hundreds of generals and assistants in the army. They were originally standing on the upper and lower sides of the general platform, looking at Wei Yuezheng who was kneeling in the middle and talking about it. However, as Gongsun Xun sat sideways on the general platform, he held his sword and said nothing.

After a while, the noisy area near the general platform suddenly became silent again.

This made Wei Yue panic. After thinking for a moment, he quickly raised his voice and apologized again: "My subordinate is ignorant and incompetent, so I let Xu You go..."

"How could you be so ignorant and incompetent?" Gongsun Xun smiled instead of getting angry when he heard this. "In my opinion, it's because I have underestimated you on weekdays that I only found out about Wei Zidu's abilities today..."

Wei Yue's eyes flickered and he looked around at his colleagues. Cheng Lian, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Gao Shun and other old soldiers in the army were helpless when they saw this. They looked at each other a few times, but Cheng Pu thought for a moment and asked.

Go forward and ask for clues about what happened.

But just before he was about to go out, he saw Gongsun Xun looking at him with a half-smile but not a smile. He was shocked and was actually frozen on the spot.

At this time, Gongsun Xun had already turned to his side and said, "De Rong, what did the local Wei County officer who surrendered from Liangqi City this morning say? Tell the army loudly, someone in the province said

I have wronged someone."

"Report to your lord!" Zhang did not dare to neglect, and immediately came out to answer. "The Jiangman said that in the middle of the night last night, the thieves Yuan, Jushu, Xu You, Guo Tu, Lu Xiang and other thieves entered the city from the south of the city.

There is also Chen Liu Dianwei, a famous warrior of the Yuan army... This matter is because Dian Wei's troops were placed in the camp outside the city and the wounded were placed in the city. Everyone in the Yuan army, both inside and outside the city, can know about it."

Wei Yue trembled in public after hearing half of it.

"Bring Xu Sima here!" Gongsun Xun did not take advantage of the situation to question Wei Yue, but raised his hand again to signal.

Following his instructions, Pang De also went down in person, and then took several followers to carry a wounded man to the general platform... Everyone could see clearly that this man was a military commander who was born in Gongsun Xunyi.

He is also a younger brother of the Xu Rong clan. He is in charge of military law in Xu Rong's tribe and is called Xu Xing Xu Zixin.

"No need to salute." Seeing that the other party was still struggling on the stretcher, Gongsun Xun waved his hands quickly. "Tell me again what you said when you came to the Chinese Army to plead guilty today...where did you meet Dian Wei?

, and was repulsed by him?"

"The guilty general dare not conceal it." Xu Xing quickly bowed his head and said. "The guilty general met Dian Wei last night in a reed marsh leading to Fu River, more than ten miles southwest of Liangqi City, and thus violated military law...

…”

"Why go there?"

"Reporting to the king, my subordinates were originally ambushing a few miles west of Liangqi City last night. Later, General Wei's troops in the west suddenly raised fire and returned to camp. I thought that after this movement, it would be difficult to find prisoners there, so I thought

The Yuan thieves who wanted to enter the city for food most likely had to go south to return to the city, so they went south against General Wei's itinerary. As a result, they encountered a reed swamp and threatened to burn the pond, so they forced Dian Wei out.

…”

"How big is the reed field?"

"It's hard to say, there are always several miles in a row, going from northwest to southeast..."

"Go down and recuperate!" Gongsun Xun kindly asked the other party to retreat, but then smiled and looked at Wei Yue who was not far in front of him. "Wei Zidu, you just came to me to tell me who you let go in the west of Liangqi City last night?"

The surrounding generals suddenly woke up and were stunned.

As for Wei Yue, he quickly kowtowed and apologized: "My subordinates will die! But I really didn't know that Yuan Shao and others were hiding among them. I only thought that it was just Xu Ziyuan and his close attendants... This matter is open to everyone present."

testify!"

When Cheng Lian was speechless, he immediately came out and knelt down to plead: "Your Majesty! Zidu has always been confused... Although he was guilty of this matter, it was just unintentional. Please forgive him for his many years of hard work."

Forgive him for his sake!"

After saying this, the man kowtowed with all his strength.

Seeing this situation, not to mention Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Gao Shun, but also Xu Rong, Zhang Liao, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Yang Kai, Wen Ze, Yuwen Heita and other generals also came out to plead for mercy.

None of the military advisors, civil servants, and Yi Cong's close servants expressed their opinions...but Guan Yu, Xu Huang, Pan Zhang, Guo Jia and others simply looked at each other solemnly and did not make any gestures.

However, as Gongsun Xun sat on the top and looked around, smiling but saying nothing, these petitioners gradually became silent and then stood awkwardly on the general platform.

"Juzheng!" After Ansheng was on the stage, Gongsun Xun looked at Cheng Lian, who was the only one who accompanied Wei Yue on his knees. "You are absolutely right... Wei Yue has been with me for many years and has made great contributions to his hard work.

Yes. And why didn’t I know that Wei Zidu was a fool, and why didn’t I want to give him a good outcome? Not only that, there are many old friends, old friends, if possible, I want everyone to have a good outcome

……stand up!"

As Gongsun Xun spoke, he gradually stopped smiling and turned serious. By the last two words, he had become completely stern.

When Cheng Lian heard this, he became even more frightened. Instead of getting up, he kowtowed again.

"It doesn't matter, you have to convince people and understand what is going on." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Ask your fellow countryman and confidant next to you, what is meant by 'if there is no war in the future, how can a warrior stand up for his merits?

'? Then ask him for me, what does it mean that 'the benevolence of a monarch's wife is not allowed to pursue him into the camp under the city, and sooner or later he will bring humiliation to himself'? Finally, I want to ask him for me, what does it mean 'Yuan Shaodu promised his subordinates'

After being granted the title of Marquis, the monarch is so stingy when he controls the court?"

The first time these words were asked, Guan Yu took the lead in raising his eyebrows and twitching his beard. The second time he was asked, the generals who had come out to plead for mercy ranged from Cheng Pu to Han Dang to Xu Rong, from Zhang Liao to Tian Yu to Zhao Yun.

, no matter how big or small, they were all pale. Xu Rong and Zhang Liao were sweating on their foreheads. When Gongsun Xun finished his last question, Cheng Lian finally raised his head suddenly and saw blood on his forehead, mixed with sweat, and his eyes were wet.

He seemed a little dazed and stunned, but he slowly turned to the person beside him.

"Subordinate...Subordinate..." Wei Yue bowed his head and knelt there, not knowing what to say.

"The first sentence was Xu You's words to convince you in public to let him go south. If you don't agree with this, how can you let him go?" Gongsun Xun sighed slowly. "But when I heard it last night,

In fact, I don't care, I just think you are really stupid, plus you are greedy and confused, so I just want to deal with it a little and offset the merits and demerits! I don't even want to alarm you too much, so as to save you, a person with such qualifications as Wei Zidu.

We are related to each other, which in turn makes me angry..."

The people who came out one after another to plead for mercy became more and more frightened.

"The second sentence is that you returned to the army last night and drank secretly in violation of military regulations. When you were half-drunk, you said it in front of everyone in the tent... and your military chief, military commander and others were frightened.

When I came to report to the Central Military Commission, I was a little angry that you were targeting me, but I thought you were just a warrior and had no sense of strategy. Moreover, yesterday evening I did suddenly order the withdrawal of troops so that you would no longer pursue pursuit, but instead clean up the battlefield so that

Many people have lost some harvests, which can be considered to be due to the cause... Therefore, I thought at that time that the monarch and his ministers were fighting, so I just put you in the rear, which can be regarded as safe for you. But Zidu, you should never do this.

Well, I shouldn't have said the last words anyway!" Gongsun Xun sighed deeply in the audience. "Because you said such words, how can I trust you again? How can I use you again? And after saying such a sentence, who will?

Can you guarantee that you were deceived by him when you let Xu You go last night? And Zidu..."

"Yes!" Wei Yue finally raised his head in panic.

"You and Yuan Shao are acquaintances in Luozhong, and we have met each other in person, so maybe you actually saw Yuan Shao last night, but you just felt that Xu Ziyuan's words were too much for your liking... You see, I am so harsh on heroes.

, if the war is ended at once, how will you continue to fight in the future and earn rewards for your meritorious service? Maybe it will be a waste of money! It is better to let the tiger go back to the mountains, fight more battles, and save more wealth?!"

Wei Yue hesitated to speak, but did not immediately defend himself.

When Cheng Lian saw this, why didn't he understand? He almost collapsed and fainted, while the other generals, including the military advisors who had been quite calm before, also felt that their eyes had been opened.

Gongsun Xun was also stunned for a moment because he also didn't expect that this guy was so stupid and bold. Even from his point of view, it didn't really matter what happened last night... Not to mention Xu You, he was Yuan Shao.

From the bottom of his heart, Gongsun Xun actually didn't care whether the other party fled back, or even how many soldiers the other party had and whether he could hold on to the city, otherwise he wouldn't have ordered the withdrawal of troops yesterday.

It can only be said that with this extra thing, the handling of Wei Yue can be much more straightforward.

But to be fair, this made Gongsun Xun a little sad.

At this thought, Gongsun Xun looked around and sighed: "Gentlemen, please stop begging for mercy, because I really want to save him, and I am the one who wants to save him the most... But you all came to beg for mercy.

, but it forces me to deal with him today, because if I can’t deal with him today, I don’t know how many of you will continue to cross the line in the future and destroy our righteousness as king and minister!"

The generals were horrified and retreated to their positions. Han Dang and Gao Shun quickly stepped forward and forced Cheng Lian to retreat into the queue.

Under the afternoon sunlight, when Wei Yue realized what he was doing, he felt a chill in his heart, and then he hurriedly imitated Cheng Lian's kowtow before...

"Zidu, you don't have to be so pretentious. You have been with me for many years. Don't you understand my temper?" Gongsun Xun said disapprovingly. "But don't worry, the king and his ministers are the same, so you should also know that at this time,

, the less I will let you down for your more than ten years of hard work and merit... Don’t you think that my rewards are few and my restrictions are many? Then I will definitely reward you greatly today, and save the generals in the army from privately speaking.

Besides, I am not as generous as Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo."

Wei Yue was shaking like chaff and was speechless.

It's funny to say that he was afraid of death when he was charging into the battlefield. But today, after hearing Gongsun Xun's unclear words and realizing that he was serious about his attack, he was so frightened from beginning to end that he couldn't speak.

Words come.

"Wei Yue, the commander of the Jiuyuan Cavalry in Bingzhou, met me in the rain in Taiyuan. He has been my pioneer for fifteen years, and has worked hard and made great achievements... Danhan Mountain followed me and I narrowly escaped death; Luoyang City followed me to kill Wang Fu; Liaodong was destroyed with me.

Goguryeo...then took office in Handan, Zhongshan, and Zhuojun, all carrying swords with them; he defeated the Yellow Turban, attacked Liaodong, attacked Dong Zhuo, and attacked Yuan Shao, all of whom were the vanguard..." Gongsun Xun originally wanted to finish the other party's contribution, but the more he talked, the more he became more and more confused.
To be continued...