Gongsun Xun did not march to the Suanzao City. Instead, he found a hillock four or five miles south of the Suanzao City and stationed himself there...Obviously, he noticed that Tian Yu and others had already marched out with their entire army, and he understood There was no need for additional assistance as he entered the battlefield ahead. Of course, he was also worried that Cao Mengde would really impulsively jump on his horse to cross the river to fight with him.

In the summer morning, the sun gradually showed its power, but fortunately the wind was quite noisy today. Gongsun Xun was sitting under the white horse, with an umbrella cover originally, but then the wind blew up the green grass and went uphill, and he actually felt a little fuzzy... And I don't know since when, this Duke of Yan actually ignored the thousands of horses galloping in front of him and the enemy's main force might attack behind him at any time. Instead, he directly tied up on the pony under the umbrella and fell asleep.

This attracted the surrounding officers, staff, and followers to look at him sideways.

However, with the war going on, it was impossible to really let him sleep. In fact, Gongsun Xun only closed his eyes for more than a quarter of an hour before Pound woke him up carefully, and then someone sent him a gift. Pretty bad news.

"Jun Yi captured Yan County?" Gongsun Xun opened his eyes on the horse, a little surprised, and even looked up at the sun. "Is it so fast? You rushed here to report the news at this time, then what is he? The city captured?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, Captain Zhang suddenly launched a surprise attack in the early morning, and then came down with a drum." The feathered armored cavalry who reported the news quickly explained in front of the hillock. "After arriving at the city yesterday, Captain Zhang will come from the camp. The ladders and other items that were brought were placed in a conspicuous position in front of the city. Then at night, he led his soldiers to go around and lurk under the side city wall. When it was just dawn, he suddenly led his soldiers to hang up the rope... Although During a hand-to-hand fight on the city wall, I was hit by an arrow in my knee. However, I followed His Highness's example and pulled out the arrow in public in the battle at Tanhanshan. He continued to supervise the battle while leaning on the battlements. The whole army was inspired and marched down with a drum! Yanxian County Guard General Gao Rou also surrendered!"

Gongsun Xun was stunned for a long time, and then he said, "Is his knee okay?"

"It's nothing serious." The Feather Knight bowed his head again and answered. "Captain Zhang wears double armor and also wears leggings decorated with armor. It's just a flesh wound."

"I hope so." Gongsun Xun sighed. "I only had flesh wounds that day when I visited Hanshan Mountain. I got a fever on the way and almost died. Arrow wounds should not be taken lightly. Even if it is just a knee, you have to be careful... According to my order, Zhang Junyi attacked Baimajin, Baima City, and Yancheng. After having accomplished many feats, he was appointed as an infantry captain and led a force of 5,000 infantry. Then he was allowed to recuperate in Yan County, and military affairs were left to the deputy general. .In short, be sure to take care. I don’t want him to have to go back to Ye and be a peace officer for the rest of his life just because of a stray attack! And that Gao Rou... Gao Rou is the Chenliu Gao family? What is his relationship with Gao Gan, Er Yuan’s nephew? ?”

"It is the younger brother of Gao Gan, the nephew of Gao Gong, the former governor of Shu County, and the direct son of Gao Jing, the captain of Shu County." The person who answered was not the messenger Ling Feather Cavalry, but the subordinate of the army, Yang Jun, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, who was a side officer. Rang's student had lived in Chenliu for many years. Gongsun Xun took him to join the army because he was very familiar with the local customs and customs of Chenliu.

However, his words were more than an introduction. Just as Gongsun Xun nodded slightly, Yang Jun couldn't help but say a few more words: "Gao Rou is no better than Gao Gan, and has no direct relationship with the Yuan family. …”

Gongsun Xun glanced back at Yang Jun but said nothing.

On the other side, seeing that Gongsun Xun did not interrupt him, Yang Jun quickly continued: "Also, Gao Rouduo is famous for his intelligence and talent, and he is also a filial and righteous person. When His Highness fought with Yuan Shao, Chen Liu

Belonging to Yuan Shao, Gao Qian was in charge of the western military affairs of Yanzhou in the name of Yuan Shao's nephew. The Gao family was prosperous, but at this time Gao Rou's father died in Shu County. At that time, he had not yet been crowned, but he actually left Chenliu, not far away thousands of years ago.

Miles away, he went to Shu to bury his father..."

"The country has its own system." Gongsun Xun looked as usual and responded casually. "Since he is responsible for the military, he will definitely survive after the war and be killed. Let's talk about other things. What kind of person he is and what talents he has, it doesn't matter now.

discuss."

However, when Yang Jun heard the words, he not only did not shut up, but hurriedly came to the front of his country's lord, and bowed his head together with the feather armor cavalry: "Your Highness, the matter is here. It should be noted that at this time and that day, Yuan Shao was there that day.

At that time, not only were the two heroes fighting, but the order in the world was at its most chaotic, and the separatism among the heroes was at its peak. At that time, it was naturally reasonable to use severe punishments and laws to suppress the chaos in the world. At this time, although the heroes in various places were in separatism, they

In fact, the world has been divided. It would be ridiculous for ordinary thieves to think about the situation. His Highness has established a country, alone controls the number of twenty-one in the world, and has the potential to annex the whole country. In this case, why not change his mind and do the opposite?

Reciprocate with kindness and forgiveness?”

Gongsun Xun's expression remained as usual, showing no emotion or anger, and just nodded slightly: "What Ji Cai said makes some sense, but changing one's plans before the war can easily lead to chaos... I have written this down, and we will talk about it after the war.

!”

Yang Jun hesitated to speak, but could only bow his head and return to the queue.

At this time, Yang Jun's close friend Wang Xiang, the Minister of Huangge Temple, stepped forward and handed over the military order written with Zhang Jia's appointment and Gongsun Xun's request for him to give up command and rest in peace to recuperate.

Gongsun Xun glanced at it and nodded after confirming that it was correct. Then Meng Jian, an officer of Yi Cong behind Pound, stepped forward, took out the Yan Gong's seal that he carried with him, covered it on the back of a war horse, and sealed it.

He handed it over to the feather-armored knight.

"It's hard, you have to make another trip."

As the Lingyu Knight rode away together with the accompanying sergeant, the people on the hilltop and under the white horse fell silent again... It turned out that after Gongsun Xun finished telling the Lingyu Knight how hard he had worked, he actually closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

This strange state of Yan Gong made the followers and subordinates who had been with him for a long time secretly nervous, because Gongsun Xun had always been an energetic person, and even if he had worked hard yesterday, there was no reason to be in such a posture when facing a battle... Unless

There is something on his mind.

Of course, considering how boring the battle situation is, and the two usually friendly military advisors Jia Xu and Xun You are here, although everyone is nervous, there is no need to panic.

However, the absurdity of the battlefield is always difficult to understand. Eighty thousand people fighting ten thousand or twenty thousand people, forty to fifty thousand people hunting five or six thousand people, can actually go wrong - just a quarter of an hour later, another Ling Yu

After checking his identity, the soldier came to Gongsun Xun and brought an incredible message from the "hunting ground" to the north.

"What does it mean that Xia Houyuan has lost his trace?" Gongsun Xun's expression remained as usual, and he looked lifeless.

"It's not that the trace has been lost..." Compared with the one who opened his jaw before, this feathered soldier from the Chenglian Department can't help but feel embarrassed. This is also the helplessness of being a messenger officer. Although it has nothing to do with them in essence, the good news is good to everyone.

Although he is willing to spread bad news, he has to spread it. "Several generals estimate that he must have escaped into Jujube City."

"How did you escape?" Gongsun Xun still didn't mean to get angry. "With so many cavalry and so many veteran generals, are they all trying to grab Xia Houyuan's head and forget to seal the city?"

"That's not what you meant." Soldier Lingyu sweated profusely and could only bow his head in response. "But there is also such a suspicion, so after a brief discussion, several generals immediately sent their subordinates over to plead guilty on their behalf. Several generals will also attack

Immediately after poisoning the jujubes, I came to apologize..."

"What's going on?" Gongsun Xun was still not angry.

"It's over there with jujube..." Ling Yu Jiaqi finally explained the reason.

It turned out that after Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Yang Kai, Cheng Lian and other generals crossed the sewer, they saw that Xia Houyuan had abandoned Yanjin and was in the wild. They were naturally overjoyed and gathered their troops to hunt. Therefore, they could not help but ignore the only one who still had Cao Jun in the camp.

Stationed in Suanzao City... Just as the Lingyu Jiaqi who passed the order said, although these people were not stupid enough to forget to use cavalry to blockade Suanzao City, Xia Houyuan's horse card was in front, so they couldn't help but be a little rude, so the troops to block Suizao City were unavoidable.

Weaker, specifically, they are just the Liu family of the Xiongnu, that is, the three thousand Xiongnu cavalry of the Yufuluo tribe... Anyway, this Xiongnu Chanyu has an embarrassing status, and the title of the Yan Kingdom may not be that valuable to him.

At least that's how the other generals see it.

As a result, Yuvrou could only look at it this way.

However, just as Xia Houyuan fled outside the east gate of Suanzao City in embarrassment, suddenly, the east gate of Suanzao City opened wide, and hundreds of cattle, sheep, and livestock poured out of the city, and there were a large number of cattle and sheep tied to them.

Cloth, copper coins, meat and other valuables were obviously the greatest efforts made by the jujube guard to rescue Xia Houyuan.

On the other side, the Huns cavalry supporting the blockade of Jujube City were originally servants. They were already frustrated because they were unable to fight and obtain spoils. Now that they saw so many cattle and sheep, they could no longer bear it, so they all

They went to fight for it, but Yu Fulo couldn't stop even beheading seven or eight people! Finally, there was chaos in the direction of the east gate of Suizao City. Not only did the Huns lose control, but the troops chasing Xiahou Yuan also lost order. Naturally, in the chaos

Xia Houyuan was temporarily lost.

"When the enemy general Xia Houyuan fled to the east gate of Suanzao, the soldiers and horses beside him were cut away layer by layer, leaving only a few dozen horses. He himself was hit by at least three arrows... but this happened!" Ling Yu!

The more Jia Qi talked about, the more embarrassed he became. "When several generals saw this situation, they knew that most of them would take advantage of the chaos and flee into the city. They knew they were guilty, so..."

"We are striving for merit," Gongsun Xun still looked meaningless. "Which army in the world can escape? There are no omissions in the layout... I don't blame them. In the end, Ding Fei, the guard of jujube, is a person. This person before

He was involved in corruption under Cao Cao and was demoted for a time. I originally thought that this guy was only able to garrison a strategic location like Jujube because he was from the Ding family in Peiguoqiao County, but I didn't expect that he had such courage and intelligence. But Yigu

Look, they underestimated Xia Houyuan...Xi Bo."

"Your Majesty, I'm here!" Wang Xiang responded quickly when he heard this, and stepped out from the side of Yang Jun, who looked a little embarrassed.

"Immediately write a military order to the former army Zhang Liao, telling him that Xiahou Miaocai most likely did not enter the jujube, but came here... Let him attack north immediately, be sure to search carefully and capture it directly!" Gongsun Xun's words were concise and to the point!

, but his words are astonishing.

Everyone, including Jia Xu and Xun You, were startled for a moment. Only Wang Xiang, who always ignored these things, wrote the military order directly with his pen as fast as flying. Then he stamped the official seal in front of Gongsun Xun, and Baima Yicong personally

issue.

Zhang Liao naturally learned from his headquarters sentry cavalry what had happened in Suanzao City ahead, and was gloating about the misfortune when he suddenly received a military order from behind. He was stunned for a moment, but overjoyed, and then hurriedly led thousands of his headquarters cavalry forward to search.

And sure enough, just like Gongsun Xun's miraculous prediction, after traveling no more than two miles and encountering no more than three small groups of fighting on the battlefield, Zhang Wenyuan suddenly received the message, and then he galloped away, only to see a general facing him in front of him.

He came, and there was no soldier beside him, as if he was riding alone.

Going further, Zhang Liao could see clearly that this man had fine armor and majestic horses. He should be General Cao Ying. However, there were arrows deeply inserted into his back and shoulders. At the same time, his face was as white as a sheet of paper, making it difficult to move.

He seemed to have lost too much blood... No wonder all the Feather Knights rushed to Gongsun Xun to plead guilty, and this man only came here.

Zhang Liao was so excited that he led his guards to charge forward. However, he could hardly believe that he was so lucky, so he suddenly reined in his horse and stopped dozens of steps in front of the opponent.

Governor Xiahou Miaocai?"

Xia Houyuan lost so much blood that he could hardly ride his horse steadily. Hearing this, he raised his head and faced it with all his strength: "It is Xia Houyuan of Pei State. Your Excellency is holding a flag with a Chinese character, but is it Zhang Wenyuan of Yanmen?"

When Zhang Liao heard this, he became more and more excited, but at the same time he admired the other party's magnanimity. It was rare for him to be polite, and he directly faced each other with his hands on the horse: "It's Zhang. Just now, my Duke Yan sent an order, saying that he must not eat wild jujubes, but to eat wild jujubes."

Coming here, I still don’t believe it… Why did you end up like this?”

"Gongsun Wenqi also knows that I... am incompetent as a general. How can I hinder my colleagues and brothers anymore?"

After saying this, the man actually urged his horse forward with all his strength, and with his severely injured body, he charged into Zhang Liao's cavalry formation alone.

When Zhang Liao saw that the opponent could not even raise the speed of his horse, but he was still so courageous, he felt more and more respect in his heart. He waved his hand to repel the guards beside him, then rode directly to meet him with his spear raised, and then challenged him one by one.

He easily dismounted the opponent who had already lost his strength, then dismounted again, took out his halberd, and chopped off the head of the right governor of Cao's army.

It's a pity that Xiahou Miaocai, Cao Cao's brother-in-law and brother-in-law, was known for his bravery and bravery. He was said to be the second most powerful general in the clan after Xiahou Dun, but he was neither known as the pillar of Cao Cao's army as he was in another time and space, nor was he known as the pillar of Cao Cao's army in this time and space.

Although he had made many meritorious deeds, he suddenly ended up with his head missing and his head missing at the age of thirty-nine, which is really a pity.

Since Xia Houyuan died, not to mention that Zhang Liao got a horse card in vain and was extremely excited. He also didn't mention that the generals in the west who had worked so hard to attack before were still anxiously preparing to besiege Suanzao and moved to Gongsun Xun's army behind Zhang Liao...

On the hill, under the flag of the white horse, in the summer wind, Gongsun Xun, who had fallen asleep again, finally heard another important military information.

However, although this time was important, it was no longer an accident. Cao Mengde personally led no less than 50,000 troops to the south bank of Pu River. Then, as Jia Xu said, he did not dare to cross the river at all, but stopped at the south bank of Pu River.

Come down.

"The matter has come to an end. There is no need to worry about the minutiae. Just pass the order." Suddenly, Gongsun Xun acted normally. He stood up and mounted his horse. "The whole army went south and watched Cao Cao across the Pu River! If Zhang Liao kills Xia Houyuan,

Then I will carry his body and follow him. If the other generals capture the jujube, they will also catch up with me!"

All parts of the Chinese army did not dare to neglect, and everyone from Jia Xu to Xun You followed silently.

In this way, tens of thousands of troops with various flags gathered together, surrounded by Gongsun Xun's white horse flag, galloped across the Pu River. By the afternoon, the two armies were facing each other across the river. However, Gongsun Xun was not able to see Cao Cao face to face, because

When his white horse flag appeared on the north bank of the Pu River, Cao's troops on the south bank immediately retreated, leaving a battlefield space for a half-crossing attack. At the same time, they began to select high points in Henan and set up strongholds.

Correspondingly, after Gongsun Xun determined that it was unlikely to cross the river to fight, he also chose to set up a stronghold in Hebei.
To be continued...