As the sun set, fiery red clouds appeared on the horizon, flying all over the sky, reflecting the entire earth like blood.
In the newly established camp fifty miles outside Nanping City, Gao Fei and two thousand soldiers were stationed here, and all the rest of the troops were sent to the back to carry out the work of setting up camps every ten miles.
Gao Fei stood on the watchtower and looked into the distance, but when he saw Bian Xi running over in the darkness of dusk, he immediately asked: "What's going on with Gongsun Zan?"
Bian Xi did not dismount, but reined in the horse. Still riding on the horse, he shouted to Gao Fei who was standing on the watchtower: "Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Pang De, Wei Yan and Gongsun Zan had a melee and killed the enemy."
Our army has more than 2,000 people and more than 200 people have been killed in the battle. Now Gongsun Zan's army has all been stationed in our abandoned camp and is in no hurry to catch up."
Gao Fei hurriedly asked: "A melee? Two thousand cavalry with bows and Gongsun Zan are fighting guerrillas. How can there be a melee?"
Bian Xi said: "My subordinate is incompetent and has not found out the reason. Please forgive me, my lord!"
Gao Fei said: "Go quickly and order all the scouts under Gongsun Zan's army to be dispersed near Gongsun Zan's army and monitor closely. Leave one person at a certain distance. If there is any movement in Gongsun Zan's army, report it here immediately."
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Bian Xi said "Promise", turned the horse's head, shouted and galloped away towards the south.
Gao Fei was still standing on the watchtower, looking at the vast land in the dusk, waiting for Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Pang De, and Wei Yan to return from the front line. After listening to Bian Xi's report, Gao Fei was thinking about the outcome of the melee.
The reason, he was sure, was that someone was disobeying orders and losing more than 200 cavalry in order to compete for credit.
Ten minutes later, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Pang De, and Wei Yan came back with more than 1,700 cavalry. When they saw Gao Fei standing on the watchtower, the four of them looked at each other.
When Gao Fei saw the four generals returning with their troops, he immediately went down to the watchtower and met the four generals Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Pang De, and Wei Yan at the gate of the village. He saw that Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang were all covered with blood.
Bloodstained, he shouted angrily: "Who is it?"
Huang Zhong turned over and dismounted, and immediately raised his hands to Gao Fei and said: "My lord, my military order was lax, which led to a scuffle with Gongsun Zan. Please punish me, lord."
Wei Yan hurriedly jumped off the horse, knelt down in front of Gao Fei with a "plop", clasped his fists and said: "My lord, this matter has nothing to do with General Huang. It was me who made the decision without authorization and launched an attack on Gongsun Zan's team.
, so that I was trapped in a tight siege. Fortunately, General Huang and General Xu came to rescue me and I was able to escape. This subordinate violated the Lord's general order, please punish me!"
Xu Huang and Pang De got off their horses and bowed to Gao Fei: "Master, we are all guilty of Wei Yan."
Gao Fei was very angry. Although he valued Wei Yan, Wei Yan's behavior of making decisions without obeying orders made him unbearable. If it were normal times, he would have turned a blind eye, but now we are in the stage of war.
,Anyone who disobeys orders without authorization
Anyone who takes action will be severely punished. Compared with Yuan Shao's 200,000 troops, there is really a big gap between his army, so he attacked Gongsun Zan this time to reduce casualties as much as possible. Now he has more than 200 elite soldiers.
He was killed in battle, how could he not be angry?
"Wei Yan, you acted without authorization and killed more than two hundred soldiers. This crime is unforgivable!" Gao Fei had already heard that Wei Yan acted alone and said angrily.
Wei Yan kowtowed and said, "Wei Yan is willing to accept any punishment from the lord without any complaints!"
Seeing that Wei Yan was still too young, Gao Fei said: "From today on, you will be stripped of your position as general, and you will start as an ordinary soldier. You will temporarily serve as a private soldier under Gao Lin's tent!"
Wei Yan bowed and said, "I accept your order."
Gao Fei said to Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Pang De: "You three are on the same path as Wei Yan. You are also responsible for what happened to Wei Yan. You should be punished together and have half a month's salary deducted as punishment!"
Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Pang De all had no complaints and said in unison: "I obey your lord's order, and we are willing to be punished!"
Gao Fei immediately shouted to all the soldiers present: "From today on, anyone who disobeys military orders will be punished!"
"No!" all the soldiers replied in unison.
Gao Fei turned around and said to Gao Lin behind him: "Pass this order to General Zang Ba of Hengye to join the Eighteen Hussars of Yanyun and command Wei Yan's old troops."
Gao Lin said "Promise" and immediately went to summon Zang Ba.
Afterwards, the army entered the camp. Gao Fei asked the soldiers participating in the battle to have a good rest in the camp, and asked Gao Lin to be responsible for guarding the camp. He sat in the big tent, waiting for new news from Bian Xi.
Wei Yan now put on the military uniform of an ordinary soldier. A new dark green military uniform was worn on him, which made him look very mighty. He held a tray in both hands with a bottle of wine in it. He walked straight to the high
Next to Fei, he placed the wine bottle in front of Gao Fei and whispered: "Master, please use the wine."
Gao Fei saw that although Wei Yan had taken off the general's armor, he still couldn't hide the general's aura. While holding the wine bottle, he said to Wei Yan: "Chang Wen, are you satisfied with my punishment today?"
Wei Yan said: "My lord is already lenient in giving such a punishment to my subordinates. I don't dare to think about it in the slightest."
Gao Fei said: "Sit down!"
"I don't dare to sit down casually because of my sins." Wei Yan bowed and said.
"Sit if I tell you to, otherwise you will be disobeying the order."
"No!" Wei Yan sat next to Gao Fei, always feeling uncomfortable.
Gao Fei said: "Actually, you are a very good general, but you are still too young and a bit competitive. You, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Chen Dao, and Wenpin came to my account at the same time. After comparing you, I finally found out
You are the one with the potential. Huang Zhong is older and very cautious, Xu Huang, Chen Dao, and Wenpin are steady and have the energy of young people. Taken together, these four people are comparable, but the one I am most optimistic about is you.
Do you know why?"
Wei Yan shook his head.
Gao Fei said: "Because of your thinking and your courage. Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Chen Dao, and Wenpin are all stable people, and they are also people who can be entrusted with big things. They can guard one side or take charge alone. But to say
When it comes to winning by surprise, I think the four of them are not as good as you. You have an active mind and dare to fight and make trouble. Usually someone like you who doesn't follow common sense can turn the whole battle around. This is what I value about you."
After hearing this, Wei Yan felt warm in his heart and said, "Thank you, Lord, for your compliments."
Gao Fei said: "You stay with me for now. When I need you, I will naturally reinstate you to your post. When I often discuss things with my think tank, you can also be by my side to listen. I hope you can be there."
It will give me a new perspective over a period of time, and I hope that you will gradually form an overall view in your mind, and when you have an overview of the overall situation, you can make unexpected strategic plans."
Wei Yan was deeply moved when he saw that Gao Fei thought highly of him, and immediately bowed to him: "My lord's great kindness to Chang Wen, Chang Wen will never forget it in his life. Chang Wen will only obey my lord's orders in his life."
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Gao Fei is a very good manager. He always likes to hit him with a mallet and give him a jelly bean to eat, so that his subordinates can relax with him. He can let him go as he pleases on some trivial matters, but on major matters, he will punish him when he deserves it, and he will punish him.
After it's over, I want you to be grateful to him.
Seeing that Wei Yan was completely convinced by him, Gao Fei poured Wei Yan a glass of wine, and the two of them had a few drinks together, which added a lot of friendship.
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"Lord, now that our army has gathered here, Gao Fei will definitely think that we have lost our troops and will not pursue him again. If we rob the camp tonight, we will definitely win a great victory." Gongsun Yue offered his advice.
Gongsun Zan nodded and said: "Okay, I'll do it as you want. Gao Fei deliberately used the Feiyu Army to rear up, just to show his strength to our army, thinking that our army would be afraid of him and stop pursuing him.
It’s simply a fool’s dream.”
"But my lord, the Yan army's camp has long-range bows. The bows used by our cavalry cannot reach the range of the bows. Moreover, the Yan army's weapons and equipment are very sophisticated. How should we deal with them? If
Blindly fighting will only increase casualties." Pan Gong said with a hand.
Gongsun Zan said: "Don't worry about this, I already have a way to deal with them. The soldiers of the Yan army mostly wear steel armor. Although it looks indestructible, this armor can only protect the chest and back.
This is the flaw of the Yan army. As long as we do not attack the chest and back of the Yan army soldiers, but instead attack the lower body and neck of the Yan army, we will surely achieve a brilliant victory."
Gongsun Yue gave a thumbs up and praised: "My lord is brilliant."
Gongsun Zan showed a sinister smile on his face and said loudly: "Generals, listen to the order. Tonight is the time for Gao Fei to be beheaded. Pass on the order. Anyone who cuts off Gao Fei's head will be rewarded with three thousand gold coins.
I will give a reward of one thousand gold to anyone who cuts off the head of Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry, and I will also give a thousand gold to anyone who cuts off the head of Gao Fei's wise man."
"promise!"
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Late at night, Gao Fei was sitting alone in his tent. An hour had passed since Gongsun Zan checked into his abandoned camp. According to Bian Xi's intermittently reported reports, Gongsun Zan seemed to really intend to spend the night there. However, he
His right eyelid kept twitching. The so-called left eye twitched for money and the right eye twitched for disaster. He also felt a little uneasy in his heart.
He had never looked directly at Gongsun Zan, not only because he had already known about Gongsun Zan's deeds in history, but also because Gongsun Zan's arrogance made him uncomfortable. When he was in Youzhou, he almost had a conflict with Gongsun Zan. But this
This time, he felt that Gongsun Zan had become a little calmer. He no longer attacked rashly, but temporarily stayed in the military camp and stood still.
In addition, he was also worried that Liu Bei, who was stationed in Hejian, and Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Jizhou and Qingzhou would come to rescue him. Therefore, he must capture Nanpi City by tomorrow at the latest, otherwise, he would fall into a passive situation.
"My lord...Gongsun Zan has led his troops out of the camp and wants to attack the camp at night!" Bian Xi ran over panting and said loudly.