The fire burned down the entire camp, and the situation was overwhelming.
However, the seemingly earth-shattering fire was just a means to paralyze the Yellow Turban Army's command system and defensive positions. It was the 60,000 Han army that really caused damage to the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army on the battlefield!
The 60,000 Han army, as the main force of the most powerful empire in this era, is equipped with probably the best weapons, armor, and war horses of this era, and enjoys probably the highest logistical treatment of this era. It is impossible to be called one hundred thousand in the first place.
The Yellow Turban Army who just started an uprising are trapped!
But now, after dormant for dozens of days, these 60,000 Han troops counterattacked together, and their momentum is truly unstoppable!
Ten thousand cavalry were in the south, and a mixed army of 40,000 infantry and cavalry swarmed out from Changshe City in front of and behind Changshe City. There were also 10,000 infantry under the leadership of Cheng Pu, taking advantage of the situation to forcefully cross the Wei River and attack from the north...
...The 60,000-strong army was divided into three sides and moved closer to each other while advancing across the board from east to west. However, the Yellow Turban Army, which had only 100,000 soldiers, could not organize any effective defense at all, and instantly became the target of massacre!
Originally, Gongsun Xun still wanted to focus on the war, so he just left some food and water for Sun Jian and hurriedly led the army forward. However, the smoothness of the entire battle made Gongsun Xun lose the desire to command——
It's not that he underestimated the enemy, but that after the fire swept through the Yellow Turban camp, the battle instantly reduced to a chase and a dense confrontation between small groups. In this case, it was difficult for him to give effective command, and he could only rely on the middle level.
The officers played their part.
As a result, Gongsun Xun dismounted on a high ground, showed his white horse flag for supervision, and then began to sit on a small pony to watch the battle situation from a distance.
As for Cao Mengde, the other two thousand stone cavalry captain in the army, although his "headquarters", that is, the thousands of yellow turban surrendered soldiers, all stayed in Mishui and were handed over to Cheng Demou for unified command, but in the face of such
He couldn't help but feel excited about the large-scale battle, and he actually led Xiahou Dun and dozens of mounted guards up there, wielding knives.
For a moment, Gongsun Xun was left with only his old confidant.
"Wonderful!" Lou Gui looked at the battle ahead and immediately couldn't bear it any longer. "Originally I thought the fire was to cause casualties, but now it seems that it is clearly a way to drive fire away as a vanguard. It is simply a method of gods and ghosts...
It seems that the best method of war is water and fire!"
"Wind, fire, water and ice, naturally, these things that cannot be resisted by human beings are the essence of the art of war." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh slightly. "Zi Bo has gained something in his heart. You might as well write it down and write it down into a summary of the art of war. I will write it down for you in the future."
You publish it all over the world."
"Isn't this... bad?" Lou Gui immediately panicked. "Can a person like me also write a book on the art of war?"
"Why can't you write it?" Gongsun Xun said disapprovingly. "In my opinion, a few years ago, Zibo was just a man with high vision and low skill, with only a lot of wisdom but no achievements. Now he seems to be worthy of the title of a military think tank... No longer
From now on, as his reputation grows and his number of battles increases, he may become a model of godlike military use a thousand years from now."
As soon as these words came out, Lou Gui, Han Dang and others around him couldn't help but burst into laughter.
However, after laughing, Lou Gui looked at Gongsun Xun's expression, but suddenly his heart moved, and then he couldn't help but asked softly: "Your Majesty, if I can be said to be a god with soldiers in a thousand years, how about you?"
How?"
Gongsun Xun squinted his eyes and stared down, but remained silent.
Han Dang immediately woke up, waved his hand, and led the white horses around him to retreat dozens of steps back to the surrounding area before stopping.
"Why did Uncle Zi say this?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh and asked as soon as the people around him left. "There is a war right now!"
"It's just that I'm confused." Lou Gui responded calmly. "And it's about him. A few years ago on the Zhao Guoxia Embankment, I thought the prince's ambition had been set, which was to rise up in troubled times.
, and bring peace to the world... Isn’t this where the names of the two young masters come from?"
"Of course," Gongsun Xun replied slowly. "And I haven't changed my mind. Otherwise, how could I say that Zibo will be famous in history in the future? It's just that it's okay to understand this kind of thing in your heart, why do you have to say it out loud?
"
"Didn't I say it? I'm just confused." Lou Gui laughed and said. "Based on your attitude today, if I don't hear what you say with my own ears, I will feel uneasy."
"Can you tell that I'm hesitant?" Gongsun Xun asked curiously.
"That's right." Lou Gui stretched out his hand and pointed to the battlefield below where the shouts of killing continued. "If I read it correctly just now, the prince actually showed that he couldn't bear it while having a perfunctory conversation... In this situation, the prince can't bear it.
Isn’t the army seriously injured?”
Gongsun Xun was speechless for a while, but after a long time he slowly answered: "It's because I have some kindness as a woman... Although the other people are merciful, but since they raise the flag to fight, you will eventually fight to the death on the battlefield.
"Don't worry, Uncle Zi, I know this truth in my heart, and I will never reveal it in front of the soldiers again."
"I have been with you for many years." Lou Gui clasped his hands and sighed. "I probably understand something in my heart... It is a good thing for a ruler to be proud of his superiors and pity his subordinates. Previously, there were so many people on the river embankment in Dongjun who considered death as home, and there were many people in the army.
Junhou is not the only one who feels this emotion. But Junhou, are we the cause of the current situation in the world?! Once the Yellow Turban thieves raise their troops, seize cities and territories, kill officials and slaughter officials, and create chaos in the world, can they be soft-hearted?
? Sir, the more the situation collapses, the more we must rush to make contributions; the more the thieves come forward one after another, the more decisive we must be! Heaven deserves death, and Huang Tian is also evil! "
"How could I not understand these words of Uncle Zi?" Gongsun Xun also sighed. "But what happens next?"
"What then?" Lou Gui said blankly.
"What if one day, you and I each fulfill our ambitions and then stop doing things?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but asked. "How should we clean up the situation when things go wrong? Who should we use to clean up the situation? Have you ever thought about it?"
Lou Gui was speechless for a moment: "There has just been chaos in the world, how could you think so far ahead? Zi Heng and I had discussed before, why you have been so absent-minded recently, and we thought..."
"Uncle Zi." Gongsun Xun stood up from his horse and said. "In that case, I will formally tell you about it. You can talk to Zi Heng then, and I won't say more..."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"My ambition has not changed, nor will I become intolerable because of the brutality of the battle." Gongsun Xun looked at his confidants and said seriously. "It's just that the more battles I fight and the more things I see, the more I feel.
I feel that it will be more and more difficult to stabilize the world in the future...I don’t know why, but I always feel that I am missing something. The so-called fighting and thinking is nothing more than this."
Lou Gui was startled for a moment, but he simply handed over his hand and apologized: "Well, I thought too much! I will definitely tell Zi Heng when I see him again."
"Actually, it's a good thing for you, like Zi Bo and Zi Heng, to think so much about me." Gongsun Xun stretched out his hand to support the other person and said sincerely. "These days, after all, my mind is dark and got into trouble, so that it actually accumulated to the point where
On the surface...it's my fault! As time goes by, we might as well talk about this kind of thing later, let's wait and see now!"
"What Junhou said is absolutely true." Lou Gui also breathed a sigh of relief. "Now we might as well look at the current situation!"
Even so, he did not look at the situation for long. Gongsun Xun saw that the last resistance efforts of the Yellow Turban Army were in vain, and they retreated across the board. When he was about to move the flag and press forward personally, someone suddenly came to disturb him.
"General Huangfu invites me to enter the city?" Gongsun Xun pointed at the boundless battlefield in front of him with a half-smile. "Now?"
"Yes!" The person who came was a scribe in his forties with a Liangzhou accent. He immediately raised his hands and said, "My general said that the war situation is a foregone conclusion, and we can just let the sons and daughters make meritorious deeds, just like the princes.
It is better to go into the city and sit quietly! Of course, if the ruler is willing to supervise the war, there is no harm in not going."
Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui couldn't help but look at each other, and then they shook their heads and laughed. Even the scribe who came to invite people also laughed.
By the way, the three commanders of the Han army on this battlefield are theoretically equal... This is because the features of left and right, generals, generals, and titles are meaningless in front of the scepter that represents the authority of the emperor. They must be divided.
Up and down, it can only be said that in terms of seniority, Huangfusong is the oldest, so everyone respects him, that's all.
In this case, why did Huangfu Yizhen make a gesture and invite Gongsun Xun into the city at this time?
The answer is simple, this is to give credit to Zhu Jun!
The reason why Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui looked at each other and smiled was that they had been prepared for this.
In fact, before arriving at Yingchuan, Dong Zhao, who was supposed to stay in the camp and watch the fire from across the bank, first raised this question on the way. Dong Gongren's words at that time were very direct and simple, that is, Zhu Jun was defeated.
The field requires credit, otherwise he is likely to be convicted. Gongsun Xun does not need credit, so after arriving in Yingchuan, he should wait for Huangfu Song to come forward and take advantage of the situation to give up the credit.
The former is easy to understand, but what about the latter?
Dong Gongren still gave an explanation that speaks directly to people's hearts - in this time of countering the rebellion, you cannot be the person with the highest nominal merit, nor can you be the person with the most popular support, otherwise there will be future troubles! This trouble may come from careerists, or it may come from careerists.
It came from the eunuchs, and some even came from the emperor...but no matter what, it must be there.
After thinking about this seriously, Gongsun Xun was convinced and prepared to implement Dong Zhao's plan.
So, giving the credit to Zhu Jun, who may be guilty, is to avoid doing the one who has done the most credit; and waiting for Huangfu Song to take the lead, is not to do the one that earns the most people's hearts; as for why there is still a physical effort to fight this battle,
This is what Gongsun Xun insists on... After all, he knows that in the eyes of truly understanding people, especially in the army that has gathered countless heroes, everyone will always understand what is going on.
This battle cannot be in vain! The real gains cannot only be based on the credit book and the favors of the big shots!
All in all, Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui had already prepared for Huangfu Song's invitation. Didn't they just let him enter the city and let Zhu Jun take command outside?
Just let him go, it's just a rotten bird.
So, Gongsun Xun immediately agreed, and then took Lou Gui, Han Dang, and three hundred white horse followers, directly crossed the battlefield and followed Huangfu Song's staff to Changshe City a few miles away. .
And one interesting thing is that on the way, while listening to the shouts of killing gradually fading away, while feeling the residual warmth of the fire, I also heard Lou Gui talking to this Huangfu Song's staff. Gongsun Xun's Only then did I realize that the other party was actually someone with a good background.
"Sir, are you the magistrate of Guxindu (the capital of Anping Kingdom)?" Lou Zibo asked curiously.
"Of course." The man smiled dryly on horseback and said with cupped hands. "According to the capital order, Zhang Jiao fled in a hurry when he raised his troops. After arriving in Luozhong, the central government did not punish me because of the fall of Anping and the whole country, but I was also dismissed from office. It happened to be I am from Hanyang, Liangzhou, and I happened to be in Luozhong, so I went to join my general. This made the princes and uncle laugh..."
"What's the point?" Lou Gui said indifferently. "Who can do anything in that situation? However, since the gentleman is from Liangzhou and has served as the Qianshi Commandery, he must be a famous person in Liangzhou... Dare I ask his name?"
"Yan Zhong!" The man replied simply. "Zi Shude."
"Mr. Shude's surname is Yan?" Gongsun Xun suddenly interrupted out of curiosity. "Do you dare to ask Mr. Shude if he recognizes Jia Wenhe, Han Wenyue... uh, there is another person named Yan Xing?"
Yan Zhong looked at Gongsun Xun curiously: "General White Horse is powerful in the world, but he is from Youzhou after all. How do you know these people?"
"Do you actually recognize them all?" Gongsun Xun was surprised for a moment, and then hurriedly covered it up. "These are all names I randomly picked up when I met Han Wen and Fu Nanrong in Luozhong in the past. I heard that they are all talents from Liangzhou..."
"This makes sense!" Yan Zhong couldn't help but sigh. "I won't talk about Han Wen. He is a famous scholar in Xizhou, so the general will know it. Although Jia Wen and this kid have never been famous, they are close friends with me. I know very well in my heart that this person has the same strategies as Zhang Liang and Chen Ping... But when I tell others, they always laugh at me and say that I am boasting... In fact, it is just because Wenhe is from a low background, and they look down on it. As for Yan Xing, the surname Yan in Liangzhou is mostly from my same clan, and there are quite a lot of people from my clan, so maybe he is one of the people we have met in Wen Yue! However, my brother’s eldest son is also called Yan Xing, but he has not been crowned this year, so I guess he shouldn’t be he."
Gongsun Xun immediately laughed out of embarrassment: "Liangzhou is also full of talented people!"
Yan Zhong was half proud and half helpless when he heard this: "It's a pity that even a humble person, no matter how talented he is, will always be looked down upon."
"I wonder where Jia Wenhe is?" Gongsun Xun was too lazy to sigh those things with him. "Didn't Brother Shude say that he has the same strategies as Zhang Liang and Chen Ping? Can you recommend him to me? I would like to ask him to do it. Thousand Stone Army Sima..."
"Wen He has been studying at home since he was elected as a filial and honest person that day." Yan Zhong suddenly shook his head. "However, Wen He and I have known each other for a long time. He is wary of danger in times of peace and will definitely not travel thousands of miles to apply for the army. General, there is no need to think about it."
Gongsun Xun thought about it carefully and felt helpless. Then he stopped talking and just allowed Lou Gui and Yan Zhong to continue talking and testing, until a group of hundreds of white horses galloped easily to the front of Changshe City. Then I saw Huangfu Song and his group waiting outside the city gate from a distance.
Gongsun Xun did not dare to neglect and immediately led his followers to dismount.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Yan Zhong suddenly held the horse with one hand, pointed at a person behind Huangfu Song with the other, and said: "Since General Gongsun Zhonglang wants to recruit talents from the palace, why bother looking for us Liangzhou people thousands of miles away? Ying
There are many famous people in Sichuan... Not to mention Xun and Chen, I stayed with my general in Changshe City for more than ten days, and I already got to know the handsome man of the Zhong family of Changshe. Please take a look, this person is called Zhong Yao.
"Qian Yuanchang has a great talent in mind, and he is actually the talent of the Prime Minister!"
Gongsun Xun was stunned, but then he smiled bitterly.
——————I am the dividing line of the wry smile——————
"Sun Tzu said that there are five types of fire attack: the first is called fireman, which means the enemy is close to the grass and is burned by the wind; the second is called fire accumulation, which burns his savings; the third is called fire baggage, which burns the heavy equipment; the fourth is called fire storehouse.
, you should send intermediaries to the enemy’s camp and burn down their treasury; Five is called Huo Sui, Sui, fall, it is to use fire to fall into the enemy’s camp. In the past, I followed Taizu Pinghuangjin and used fire to attack the 100,000 thieves of Changshe.
The crowd is the 'fire man', and the 'fire fall' goes hand in hand." - "Zi Bo's Art of War"
ps: book recommendation, Lao Zhao's new book "The First Dandy of the Warring States Period", he has a complete novel of the Warring States Period, "Zhao is King of the Warring States Period", his character and writing skills are not lacking.
Is it okay at half past eight? If not, I will change it.
