Supervising a project is an extremely tedious and even stressful job.

Gongsun Xun had lamented when he was in Jizhou before that if there was a war and the local people were conscripted into servitude, I don’t know how many households would go bankrupt... But that was only Hebei, and Hebei was after all the heart of the Han Dynasty.

The land and the level of wealth cannot be compared with Bingzhou.

All in all, for this "once and for all" military operation, in the first half of the sixth year of Xiping, Gongsun Xun witnessed with his own eyes how the entire Yanmen County was rapidly destroyed at a speed visible to the naked eye... The recruitment of civilians in the early stage caused a large number of

Households fled, and in the mid-term, grain and grass were confiscated, causing many middle-class families to go bankrupt. In the later stage, in order to speed up the completion of the project, many officials were involved, and large families were implicated and punished.

At the beginning, Gongsun Xun was still a little reluctant to leave this place. After all, he had built a military camp here, recruited a large number of soldiers here, had some connections and foundation in Yanmen, and was here every ten days.

Watching Cuju here... But later, when he saw that the market outside Pingcheng gradually disappeared, the soldiers' games gradually became uninterested, and even the whole Pingcheng became dejected, he simply wanted to escape from this place quickly!

"Gongsun Sima." It has only been half a year, but Guo Yao feels like he has aged three years. "Thank you for understanding our difficulties in the past six months... You are going to Youzhou, I have nothing else to do, just a glass of water

Let’s share wine.”

Gongsun Xun took the wine glass with both hands and smiled bitterly: "Prefect Guo is too polite. He must have been harassing me in Yanmen for more than a year. Besides, although Gaoliu is under the jurisdiction of Youzhou, it is only ninety miles away from here.

It’s not a place where the mountains are high and the roads are far away, we will still be neighbors from now on.”

"How can we still be neighbors?" Guo Jianqiang said with a smile. "Although the soldiers and the people are a little tired, our Han army has sharp armor and capable soldiers. Even if one Han can't be the five barbarians, he can also be the three barbarians... and the bullets are sweating.

The mountain is three hundred miles north of Gaoliusei, and the great victory in the Liaoxi Battle left the central part of Xianbei empty. Therefore, our Han Dynasty will win the most in this battle. By then, the reputation of Gongsun Sima will be promoted sooner or later."

Hearing this, Gongsun Xun, who was holding the wine glass, couldn't help but laugh... Yes, no matter what, both his own understanding and his wife's analysis showed that this big man, and even the Northland warlords who followed for hundreds of years, were able to deal with it.

The surrounding foreign races maintained their suppression. Therefore, this battle was a bit hasty, and even if something was not right here in Bingzhou, I guess there would not be too many mistakes in the overall situation.

Even Tian Yan, who asked the great eunuch Wang Fu to be his general, was himself the only famous general of the Han Dynasty. He and Xia Yu were the most outstanding generals under Duan Xi in the middle of Sanming, Liangzhou, just like Dong Zhuo was to Zhang Huan.

Moreover, not long ago, Gongsun Xun also received news that Zang Min probably felt that he did not have enough confidants to suppress the Han army, so he actually called Sun Jian and Sun Wentai, the former county magistrate in Xiapi!

The latter had just brought hundreds of Jianghuai Rangers to Xihe a few days ago... By the way, Gongsun Xun only vaguely realized at this time why Han Dang and Cheng Pu could interact with Sun Jian, not these two people.

He went to the south, but the tiger from Jiangdong actually came to the land of Yan Dynasty!

In short, regardless of the character of these people and their origins, the current situation is that the three veteran generals Tian Yan, Zang Min, and Xia Yu are divided into three groups. Dong Zhuo is holding the battle in Bingzhou as the governor of Bingzhou, and Liu Yu is

As the governor of Youzhou, he held the battle in Youzhou, and there were also heroes of great fortune such as Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, etc. in the army... Such a lineup, combined with more than 10,000 elite You and Han troops, and more than 10,000 Wu

Huan, the Xiongnu's sudden cavalry, supported by the whole Han army behind them, went to attack Danhan Mountain, which was only 300 miles away from the border defense line.

This... no matter how you look at it, there is no reason to lose, right?

At least Gongsun Xun understood that he couldn't lose. Therefore, he raised his glass and drank it all, pretending to accept the other party's kindness with a smile.

After drinking the farewell wine, he looked back at the six to seven hundred subordinates who were lined up behind him, with their flags and armors all clearly visible. Gongsun Xun, who was just about to leave, suddenly remembered something and turned around again: "Mr. Guo Fu, are you still here?"

I have something to ask of you."

"Go ahead and say it." Guo Yan said unconcernedly.

"I won't hide it from you," Gongsun Xun said sternly. "Thirty-one people in our department are all immigrants from Wuyuan. The place where they lived before was adjacent to our military camp. Our department naturally had no worries when they were there, but now

We went to Gaoliu, but the Huns are coming here..."

"What do Wen Qi want?" Guo Yan asked with a slight frown.

"Mr. Guofu," Gongsun Xun pointed to Pingcheng Road on the side. "These people were originally no more than a thousand. I took away one or two hundred young men. Hundreds more escaped when the corvee was called for. Now they are just a few."

Just a hundred women and children... I heard that many houses in Pingcheng were vacated because they were escaping from the corvee. I wonder if they can be dispersed and moved to Pingcheng City and properly resettled?"

"If there were only a few hundred women and children, this would be easy." Guo Mian sighed. "Just leave it all to me."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Fu." Gongsun Xun bowed sincerely.

"This is my duty as the prefect." Guo Mian shook his head helplessly. "On Sima's side, I have heard people say before that after one year here, you have become more and more benevolent and righteous."

Gongsun Xun also shook his head slightly, then bowed and saluted again, formally bid farewell to Guo Yuan and Pingcheng, and turned towards Gaoliusei (later Yanggao, Shanxi Province) dozens of miles away.

Gaoliusei and Gaoliu County are not the same thing. Gaoliu County is the county seat of Daijun, and Gaoliusei specifically refers to the Great Wall Fortress next to Gaoliu County, directly facing the Danhan Mountain of the Xianbei Royal Court, which is the westernmost part of Youzhou.

military stronghold.

In other words, from this point of view, the Han Dynasty was still militarily worthy. Whether it was Yanglecheng, the county government in western Liaoning, or Gaoliucheng, the county government in Daijun, they were the first military important places to bear the brunt, and they were quite important.

The taste of a county guard guarding the country.

Gongsun Xun set out from Pingcheng with six to seven hundred people and marched along the inner edge of the Great Wall. Since the road was smooth and safe along the way, he only rested for one night and arrived at Gaoliusei calmly at noon the next day... And

Here, he actually saw two faces that he had not seen for a long time among the people who greeted him.

"Brother!"

Gongsun Xun definitely didn't bother to set up any official record. In fact, when he saw Gongsun Zan, he immediately dismounted and greeted him. "Brother, why are you here?"

"I'm not like Wenqi who deserves the official seal at such a young age." Gongsun Zan glanced at the black ribbon copper seal on his clan brother and couldn't help but sigh. "So after thinking about it, I finally voted for Xia Gong. Now he is

An official in Xia Gong's army has just been in the palace for two or three days... He heard that you are my clan brother, so he asked me to come and greet you!"

Gongsun Xun nodded repeatedly at first, and then quickly comforted him: "Brother, don't worry about it. From one thousand stones to two thousand stones, there may be many years of ups and downs in the officialdom. I'm just taking a step forward. When brother, you have a right path, you will finally be able to succeed."

Will catch up."

"I hope so!" Gongsun Zan said so modestly, but he could not hide the eagerness on his face. "No matter what, I will never miss this battle again."

"Brother will definitely be able to achieve outstanding achievements!"

"Thank you for your good wishes from Wenqi."

After saying this, the two brothers couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

By the way, these two people are really not being polite, nor are they hiding their hatred behind their smiles. In fact, the two brothers originally had a hint of competition when they were in Liaoxi and Luoyang (Gongsun Yue could see it)

), but when they really grew up, left their hometown, and started hanging around as officials in other places, they all realized that if there are no truly reliable people to support each other, then whether they are doing things or being officials, it will be impossible.

It's even more difficult.

Not to mention, looking at the two of them at this time, the world is so big, can't it accommodate a Gongsun Xun and a Gongsun Zan? Even Gongsun Xun knew better in his heart, and he also secretly hoped that the other party would support him even more.

Would it be better if it lasted longer?

After meeting Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Xun looked at the person behind him, but he couldn't help but put on a strange smile: "Lou Gui, why are you here?"

"Return to the Young Master." After not seeing each other for more than a year, Lou Gui also grew a beard and looked much more mature. He slightly cupped his hands and said, "My mistress heard that you are going to fight in the fortress, and she also knows that there are few people around you.

, and I, Uncle Lou, am good at finger painting in battle, so he sent me here to wait here..."

Hearing this, Han Dang and Cheng Pu couldn't help looking at each other, but they didn't bother to say anything. Lu Fan was so polite that he didn't take it seriously at all... As for Gongsun Xun, seeing the other's words of calling him "young lord" and "mistress",

It’s time to forgive the other person.

"Your accountant." Gongsun Zan didn't know the origin of this person at all, so he just interrupted because of his obligation. "My aunt sent someone to deliver it. She said she asked him to help you with logistics and so on... I can see it now.

Well, if you want to do something, you need to recruit some people."

"I wonder if there are quite a few people among the eldest brother?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be startled.

"I'm just a subordinate in the army, how can I be the one who acts as a subordinate?" Gongsun Zan said disapprovingly. "However, I have indeed met many heroes in the Yan Dynasty over the past year. Wait until I wear a ribbon and a seal like you.

We will recruit again later.”

Gongsun Xun nodded repeatedly.

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Gongsun Zan continued. "I have already made ready-made barracks for you in this fortress. Just let Zi Heng and Yi Gong do their work. You can ride with me to visit Duke Xia!"

Gongsun Xun nodded again... By the way, Xia Yu's station is in Ningcheng, located at the junction of Dai County and Shanggu County. It is only a few dozen miles away from Gaoliu. It only takes an afternoon for Qingqi to go there. It is different from the previous trip to Bingzhou.

It's not the same thing that it takes several days to send a letter to Xihe. At this time, he has just been officially assigned, not to mention official documents and so on. The war is coming, so he has to meet his commander, right?

So, regardless of the hardship, Gongsun Xun set off again, following his clan brother to meet Xia Yu, the commander of Wuhuan School who upholds integrity.

"Xia Gong's headquarters actually doesn't have many Han troops, but only more than 2,000 cavalry. Including yours, there are barely 3,000 Han troops." Along the way, Gongsun Zan naturally couldn't help but explain the scenery along the way.

"Isn't this too little?"

"So, this time out of the fortress, we still need to recruit a large number of Wuhuan cavalry to make the trip, and the Shanggu Wuhuan and the Liaoxi Wuhuan are also somewhat different. They live inside the fortress, and are more Chinese and docile."

"How many are you planning to recruit?"

"It's hard to say, the central government's order has been issued, and they are about to leave the fortress, but Wuhuan and Xia Gong have not yet reached an agreement, mainly because the rewards have not been received, so now they are only willing to send four thousand cavalry, and Xia Gong hopes

They can send out seven thousand or even nine thousand sudden riders..."

"This is obviously too much. Wuhuan in Shanggu barely managed to fall over 9,000 people. This is an offensive battle, not a defensive war. One falls and one ride..."

"Wen Qi has the same idea as me. I estimate that in the end it will be like five thousand Wuhuan cavalry."

"It's quite a lot...compared to the Han army, it's still a bit too much. Once out of the fortress, can it be suppressed?"

"I contacted the official documents at Xiaowei's Mansion. Seeing Xia Gong's intention, he may also recruit elite soldiers from Shanggu and Daijun."

"How many?"

"Two thousand per county."

"Wouldn't this mean that the border defense is empty?"

"We've already left the border, so why do we care about the empty border defense?"

"That's true."

"..."
To be continued...