In the evening, as news came from the rear, only two thousand jujube defenders were defeated under siege from all sides. The defender Ding Fei burned himself in the official temple. Gongsun Xun simply ordered Yang Jun to be his envoy.

Return Xia Houyuan's body and inform Ding Fei of his death.

"What did Wen He think Cao Mengde would do?" He watched from a distance as Xia Houyuan's body was put on the boat and carried away to the other side by Yang Jun. At this time, Gongsun Xun, who was standing by the river, looked at Jia beside him again.

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The latter was silent for a moment on the horse, and then his face remained as usual: "I think Cao Cao will probably give marching orders in the camp. It is said that Xia Houyuan is brave and foolhardy, and does not know how to use scouts. That's why he was surrounded and hunted by our army."

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"I think so too." Gongsun Xun's expression also remained unchanged. "But it's more than that. Regarding the confrontation over the previous dozens of days, I suddenly realized it today..."

"I am ashamed." Jia Xu rarely bowed his head.

"You don't have to be ashamed. Haven't you and Gongda reminded me several times?" Gongsun Xun looked at the river and sighed.

Jia Xu and Xun You both wanted to speak but stopped.

"It's a pity that I just figured it out today. Since Cao Mengde didn't fall into my trap of luring the enemy, he should have expected that a large army would come out of Sizhou..." Gongsun Xun shook his head in response. "Maybe Xia Houyuan was really destined at first.

The meeting stopped at Yanjin. Maybe Cao Mengde didn't expect that I would hide so many soldiers and horses in the old place of Luoyang at the beginning, so he would continue to place Xia Houyuan here. But as the confrontation grew to this point, he still didn't think so.

It can only be said that he has realized it a long time ago! Xia Houyuan and his five thousand cavalry should have been the bait for me to let him deploy his defenses calmly. At that time, you and Gongda both advised me not to wait any longer. They should have been there long ago.

I guessed this. I only regret that I was too late to wake up."

"My lord is dead. This is not a matter of my lord's wisdom, but of your character..." Unexpectedly, Jia Xu dismounted and came to Gongsun Xun to confront him seriously, causing Xun You, who had been silent, to dismount and look at him.

From. "There is never any perfect strategy in the world. The real strategy is to make things happen based on people, and Cao Cao's strategy is to identify the lord's character, and this will work wonders."

"What is my character?" Gongsun Xun did not look at Jia Xu, but continued to look at Pu Shui in front of him and frowned.

"My lord's character has many well-known characteristics, but I think that Cao Mengde's plan was successful because he grasped two of the key points." Jia Xu's face did not change and he responded in a deep voice. "One is the life of the lord.

I like big battles and decisive battles, and I always hope that all my achievements will be accomplished in one battle; but the other is that my lord is unwilling to let anyone down in his life!"

Gongsun Xun immediately fell silent. The surrounding Yi Cong, his subordinates, and Zhang Liao and other generals who had arrived early were all shocked. Even Xun You couldn't help but glance at Jia Xu, but the latter didn't have a clear intention this time.

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"Is it a weakness to live your life by living up to others?" Gongsun Xun paused for a moment, then lowered his head and looked at the person in front of him, seriously.

"It's not a weakness, it's a huge advantage!" Jia Xu continued to raise his voice in front of the horse, and he was in a rare and passionate mood. "My lord is able to achieve what he has done today. There are many people in the world talking about it. Some people say that it is because my lord is good at fighting and is invincible."

, comparable to the overlord of Western Chu in the past, with unrivaled sharpness; some people say that because the lord has a rich family and is from a neighboring county, he has famous cavalry from neighboring counties with him as soon as he joins the army, and he has no worries about military resources, so he is the first to attack;

Some people say that it is because the lord pays equal attention to both civil and military affairs, and is both wise and courageous. He is able to control civil affairs even though he is from a humble background, and he is able to revolutionize the new government even though he started out as a martial artist.

The affairs of the world... But I believe that the most important thing for my lord to achieve today's situation is that my lord has tried his best throughout his life to live up to others, that's all!"

While he was talking, the boat carrying the bodies of Yang Jun and Xia Houyuan arrived in the middle of the river, and the sunset rippled across the river. Gongsun Xun, who happened to raise his head again, was in a trance for a while, while Jia Xu's words continued.

"In the past, when the Lord was appointed as a general, he did not hesitate to attack Danhan Mountain head-on in order to live up to the thousands of abandoned soldiers; when he was appointed as a county in the beginning, and to live up to the people of the county, he would take the responsibility of a county and serve as a commander-in-chief.

However, when he reaches any county and sees the rise of the Yellow Turban, he will already live up to the world..." Jia Wenhe talked eloquently and spoke conclusively. In the eyes of the people around him, this military advisor that Gongsun Xun relied heavily on

What he said today seems to be more accurate than what he said in the military tent in the past few months.

"And in the past twenty years, what the Lord has done with all his strength, isn't it to do his best to live up to others, himself, and the world?"

"I don't want to let myself down, so stay here!"

"I live up to my expectations, so half of the world's heroes come here from my lord!"

"Living up to the world, that's why I led my lord to lead an army of tens of thousands, pass through Bingzhou, knock on the three assistants, and kill Dong Zhuo; he also led an army of one hundred thousand to fight in Liangqi, cross the boundary bridge, and force Yuan Shao to kill; and then led an army of hundreds of thousands to come out.

Go down to Ye, get off the white horse, and come to the Pu River!" At this point, Jia Xu bowed his head and finally softened his tone. "And this is the root of the master's plan... It is because the master has tried his best throughout his life to live up to others.

, so I can't believe it from the bottom of my heart that Xia Houyuan is actually an abandoned son! He was Cao Cao's bait to stay in Yanjin in order to pin down his lord! Therefore, I want to remind my lord... Since my lord has been here for twenty years, how many brave men have been there before?

The corpses are lying on the battlefield, how many people's souls have returned to the west, how many people from Hebei are behind them, and how many heroes and warriors are accompanying them, how can they bear the burden? From now on, my lord, please put aside your unnecessary thoughts and fight with Cao Cao with all your strength.

Can you continue to live up to the world!"

"Well said!" Gongsun Xun finally became awe-inspiring. "I have always said that arrogance in the army is too much, but I don't think that the real arrogance is me. I have followed the example and followed the example. That's why I am like this... If Wen He hadn't scolded me to wake me up.

, I almost missed something big!"

"I'm ashamed!" Jia Xu's expression had long since returned to normal. "If the lord doesn't wake up to this kind of thing himself, how can it be effective if the lord just wants to remind him? Moreover, the lord does not let others down, and he falls into Cao Cao's plan, and I am a minister.

, why don’t you feel a little relieved despite your worries? If my lord hadn’t been unwilling to let him down, even the humble man from Xiliang, and fulfilled his long-cherished wish in his life, so that he could accompany me lightly, then what would happen to me as a person?

How could there be such a direct confrontation in public today?"

"Anyway, after working hard on Wenhe these days, Gongda is here." Gongsun Xun nodded slowly, then dismounted and held Jia Xu's hand as a token of gratitude, but then shook his head. "But in my opinion, even if

With Wenhe's wisdom, he actually said one less thing about the human heart..."

Jia Xu raised his head, but he didn't take it seriously: "People's affairs are ever-changing, and there is no way to really see through them. As for Cao Mengde, I have never really met him, so I dare not comment. I think my lord knows better."

Some of the other generation."

"That's right." Gongsun Xun held Jia Xu's hand and responded slowly. "It's Cao Mengde... Actually, how could Cao Mengde be willing to betray such close relatives as Xia Houyuan and Ding Fei? It's just that since I'm here,

He couldn't bear the countless people in Hebei, and he couldn't bear the countless dead people. Since he was here, how could he bear the hundreds of thousands of troops behind him, and the countless corpses and dead people he had experienced along the way? Today

The situation is nothing more than that I have the initiative and can be more calm, while the other person is in a desperate situation, but they can only use their own flesh and blood to live up to the overall situation!"

At this point, Gongsun Xun glanced at Yang Jun who had already landed and Cao Ren who was obviously crying over Xia Houyuan's body, but he couldn't help but sigh:

"In fact, in today's battle, what about Xiahou Yuan and Ding Fei? I have always known Xiahou Yuan as a talented person. When the Central Plains was in chaos, he adopted his niece in the year of famine. In order to live up to his wish to take care of his deceased brother, he

, even starved his son to death. How is the behavior of this kind of person at that time different from Cao Mengde today? Don’t they all feel that they can’t let others down, so they have to sacrifice their closeness? So I guessed in the daytime that this person will definitely not enter the wild jujube tree.

City, because he wants to go south as hard as possible. It is best to lead our troops and horses to follow him to Pu River, so as not to let Cao Mengde lose his morale because he does not save him..."

Zhang Liao, who had been in a daze, was slightly startled.

"There is also Ding Fei, a man who is greedy for money... Since ancient times, greed for money means greed for life, and greed for life means fear of death. But such a person is in a desperate situation, but he would rather burn himself to death than surrender. Isn't it to live up to Xia Houyuan's decision not to enter the city?

Is it good intention?" Gongsun Xun continued to sigh. "Of course, Xia Houyuan and Cao Cao's wives are both daughters of the Ding family. To Ding Fei, these two people are probably a kindred spirit, right? The affection and trust between these people,

It’s not easy for me to speculate without permission.”

At this moment, Xun You suddenly interrupted: "My lord's words and actions today can be called benevolence and righteousness!"

Gongsun Xun glanced at Xun You and shook his head slightly: "What talk of benevolence and righteousness? Today's words are just the same as Wen He's. I want to remind the self-righteous Duke Yan... The enemies are united sincerely. This battle should be fought with 100% spirit and fight with all our strength.

Do it with all your strength! Just don’t let it fall into the vulgar meaning, only this is the only way you can live up to your past and your legacy!”

After saying that, he finally let go of Jia Xu's hand, and then without getting on his horse, he returned to the camp with his hands behind his back. Everyone did not dare to say anything, and turned around and followed him. On the other side of the river, Yang Jun even took Xia Houyuan's body with him.

He followed Cao Ren into the camp.

For a time, only the sunset filled the river, and then the stars filled the river.

————I am the dividing line that was deceived by strategy————

"After seeing the head of the Yuan, Cao thanked the envoy from the north and sent the envoy back to cross the river with him. He thanked Xun and his expression did not change. When the envoy left, he wrote an order to the three armies, extending from the East China Sea to the East China Sea and to Nanyang in the west.

Yan Yuan did not know how to fight on horseback and was not good at scouting. He was not capable of using troops. He was the so-called 'General in White'! However, as soon as the order was issued, or he spoke, Cao Cao sat there all night long." - "Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty". Wang Can.
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