Chapter 28: Suddenly advancing, suddenly retreating, and suddenly crossing the river
The arrival of this messenger was just the beginning. Next, more and more messages were sent to Guanzi City by more messengers from the south... and correspondingly, Gongsun Xun also learned more details.
For example, after the emperor's death, Jian Shuo accepted the task of protecting Liu Xie. I don't know if it was because of his inflated personal ambitions, or if it was just nothing. Anyway, it is said that he was planning to kill He Jin while the ministers were paying filial piety in the palace.
There was even the idea of abolishing the elders and establishing younger ones, making Liu Xie the emperor.
As a result, since the news can reach Guanzicheng, it naturally shows that this idea is just an idea.
In fact, He Jin's momentum was so great that a military commander named Pan Yin reserved by Jian Shuo at the palace gate directly chose to betray him. He winked at He Jin with his insistence on fighting, which frightened General He and turned the car around on the spot and ran to the military camp.
He Suigao then immediately mobilized his troops and took control of the main government offices. Taking advantage of the situation, he claimed to be ill and controlled the situation outside the palace to urge the emperor's eldest son to ascend the throne.
In other words, He Jin never entered the palace to observe filial piety for the emperor from beginning to end.
For another example, as soon as the emperor died, in the mourning hall, his wife Queen He, who had just become the empress dowager, and his mother, Empress Dowager Dong, who had just become the empress dowager, insulted each other and threatened each other with annihilation... The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not get along.
, in fact, everyone knows it, but there is a war outside and a prince is being established inside. At this time, two queen mothers who each have a prince in their hands are actually quarreling. It is destined not to be treated as a simple household matter and let go.
For example, before the emperor's death, he tried to control Dong Zhuo again, and the method was exactly the same as that used on Gongsun Xun. He asked Dong Zhuo to go to Bingzhou as the shepherd of Bingzhou, and also gave him the task of pacifying Bai Bo and the Xiongnu Rebellion.
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However, Dong Zhongying was still confident. He led five thousand soldiers slowly to the border of Hedong and refused to leave... And sure enough, the emperor soon couldn't hold on any longer, so Dong Zhuo moved to Fengling in Hedong.
Just wait for the most important person in your life to appear.
As for what happened next, Gongsun Xun was not aware of it, because it took time to transmit the message, and Gongsun Xun had already left Guanzicheng.
That's right, Gongsun Xun didn't know that the emperor's death actually had something to do with him, and at this point, even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care, because this General Wei finally suffered under the impact of the great changes in Luoyang
He made up his mind to end the Youzhou Rebellion immediately and quickly, and complete the arrangement of settling the internal affairs before resisting foreign aggression, so as to seek the huge political benefits of Luoyang's change in the south.
But all of these and various ideas required him to capture Liucheng... So he accepted Duan Riyuming's invitation, gathered all 7,000 cavalrymen in Guanzicheng, and went directly north to Liucheng.
"General He will definitely win!" Xi Zhicai reiterated his opinion beside the campfire when he stopped for a rest for the first time during the march. "Jian Shuo, a eunuch who was suddenly promoted, is not enough to convince the crowd. In his hands,
If the military power is not firmly in hand, how can we compete with the generals who have noble families, scholars, and the title of the eldest son of the emperor? Liu Xie, the second son of the emperor, cannot keep any of his two supporters, Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong.
Come down."
"This is inevitable." Gongsun Xun looked at a tribe leader with braided hair next to him, pinching salted fish to make soup for himself, and answered directly without thinking. "But if Jian Shuo, Dong Zhong is removed, the eldest son of the emperor will be
What happens after our position is firmly established?”
"That's true." Xi Zhong sighed. "Sir, the public has supported the general for so long. If the general cannot kill Shi Changshi for them, how can they give up? And Shi Changshi and Emperor He... He
The relationship between the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother was so close that Zhang Rang even let his adopted son marry the youngest of the four He brothers and sisters. How could General He make up his mind so easily?"
"So He Suigao must respect himself..." Gongsun Xun suddenly realized something.
"Yes." Xi Zhong also suddenly realized. "This is the only way. He has to let his power overwhelm all the old forces in Luozhong. Only in this way can he deal with eunuchs calmly or not be coerced by party members. However, external forces
There must also be a hierarchy and tendency. If you are not careful, something may go wrong, and then it will be time to plan big things."
Gongsun Xun suddenly fell silent, and even Xi Zhicai also suddenly shut up.
It's not that the reasoning can't be continued, but it's meaningless. Gongsun Xun is still on the way to Liucheng, so it's really meaningless to talk about the situation in Luoyang thousands of miles away. And besides, the two people talking here actually have some feelings in their hearts.
Frustrated... The previous attack was a result of their dedicated efforts as kings and ministers. What was the result? They went out for most of the circle and found nothing. Maybe it was because they went out blindly this time that they attracted Liu Yu.
Attracted Zhao Bao!
They are the so-called typical examples of gains outweighing losses. It can even be said that there were no gains at all in the previous attack, only losses!
And isn't this the important reason why Gongsun Xun appears here? Both he and Xi Zhong want to end this war quickly and turn to big things!
"General!" In silence, the soup with chopped salted fish had been cooked, and the tribal leader personally brought a bowl of hot soup over.
"Oh, thank you for your hard work, leader. I wonder which tribe the leader is a hero from?" Gongsun Xun took the hot soup casually and asked casually.
In other words, due to the centralized cavalry rush into the army, except for the six hundred white-horse Yi Cong and the thousand men under Gao Shun, who were considered the best of the best, the rest were either "selected" miscellaneous men from various ministries or rangers from various counties who surrendered to the army.
, Liangjiazi's 'selections' are all typical organized and undisciplined... Therefore, after a day of galloping, except for the Gao Shun tribe in front and the Baima Yi of the Chinese army, which never caused chaos, most of the other soldiers and horses were
The original marching order was lost, and the people who bumped into Gongsun Xun's white horse Yi Cong were a mixed tribe that Gongsun Xun himself had no memory of.
"Uh..." The tribal leader was at a loss for a moment, and then he carefully reported his name. "To be honest with the general, we are one of the Twelve Fen Tribes. The little guy has been called "Fen" because his calves have been relatively strong since he was a child.
Once Fenhu."
General, lord, villain, these messy terms are only used indiscriminately by border commanders, but conversely speaking, language expression is the basic source of literal meaning. From this perspective, these lowly and ridiculous people today
The language used may replace the elegant pronunciation of Luoyang and become a more vital expression.
And in this messy but understandable speech, Gongsun Xun nodded slowly, and then he remembered the origin of this tribe.
The so-called Twelve Qi Fen tribe refers to the twelve Zahu tribes with the surname Qi Fen in western Liaoning... These twelve tribes claimed to be Xianbei people during the period when Tanshihuai was rampant in the grasslands, but in fact they knew
Everyone knows that their ancestors were Huns. However, when the Huns were divided into two parts, one of the Southern Huns tribe was unwilling to join the state or follow the Northern Huns to move west, so they led their tribes to settle near western Liaoning.
, and gradually divided it into twelve, and that’s all it came from.
In fact, if it were just like this, it could be said to have a long history. However, in order to survive, these twelve Tiefen tribes intermarry with local indigenous people, Xianbei, and Wuhuan everywhere, and their bloodlines have long been in chaos. And because their own ten tribes have
The two tribes do not belong to each other, so they are lying on all sides... It is not too accurate to call them Zahu.
Therefore, when Gongsun Xun asked the tribal leaders to enter Lulongsai to appease them, Gongsun Xun didn't pay much attention to them at all.
As for why Gongsun Xun could still think of their origins among the hundreds of tribes outside the Great Wall at this time, it is not that their stories are so interesting, but that the surname Qi Fen is so interesting... Qi Fen is a Xianbei dialect, translated
It's the king of heaven.
In other words, the Twelve Tribes of the Zifen Family in Western Liaoning are translated as the Twelve Tribes of Heavenly Kings in Western Liaoning... It’s hard to forget this name, right?
Of course, more often than not, these twelve tribes plus their mighty and domineering names are just a joke... The twelve heavenly king tribes only have two or three thousand people per unit, and they can barely protect themselves.
"Fen Hu," Gongsun Xun took a sip of salted fish soup in front of the bonfire and asked with a smile. "How many of the twelve Fen clans came to look for me this time, and how many went to Qiu Qiu?"
Living in a difficult place? To be honest, I don’t blame you.”
Qi Fenggu probably experienced too many such things, or was prepared for it, so he knelt down and kowtowed almost without thinking: "General Mingjian, our twelve members of the Qi Fen clan are too scattered.
I don’t know what happened, but the three troops in the south heard that the general had arrived in Lulongsai, and they all followed him. I think that in a few days, the other four troops in the middle heard about the general’s movements, and they will definitely come to help.
... We have never forgotten the kindness that the general and Gongsun Xun showed to us."
Gongsun Xun chuckled lightly, still not taking it seriously, and just motioned for the other party to get up. This time he was attacking with light troops, and every bit of combat power was extremely valuable, so he could no longer seek perfection and blame.
Qi Fenggou was overjoyed and stood up immediately. Seeing Gongsun Xun lowering his head to drink the soup, he quickly turned around and scolded the people behind him in Xianbei dialect, as if asking them to get noodles... Of course, you don't need to think about it to know that this dry noodles
The cake must have been given to them by Gongsun Xun when he left Lulongsai.
Gongsun Xun still lowered his head to drink the soup, but when he raised his head again, he saw a dark-skinned young man wearing a dirty leather robe kneeling in front of him, holding a hard dough cake in his hands and offering it to him.
Gongsun Xun took it casually, but he couldn't help laughing as soon as he took it. It turned out that the black guy was probably a little nervous, so he used a lot of force when taking the pancake. When he let go, there was an obvious black handprint on the white pancake.
Beside the bonfire, Xi Zhicai, Tian Yu, and Qi Fenggu all saw this scene. The first two were naturally dissatisfied, and the latter immediately stood up, kicked the dark man to the ground, and scolded him repeatedly.
And the dark-skinned young man from the Qi Fen tribe quickly knelt down in panic and allowed Qi Fen Gong to kick him randomly.
Gongsun Xun knew some Xianbei dialect and immediately recognized that this man was the son of Qi Fenhu... and was speechless at the performance of the leader of Qi Fen tribe.
As a result, Gongsun Xun calmly tore off the stained piece of cake and held it in his hand. He took two bites of the cake with the soup, and then he stopped the other party and said, "Man from Fentou, what's in his hand?"
Being so dirty is also caused by my military orders and the hard work of traveling for me... How can I blame him harshly for this kind of thing? I have already eaten the bread, you don't need to blame him, let him go."
Qi Fenhu immediately took his black son to kowtow in thanksgiving.
"What are you calling for?" Years of training as a superior have allowed a certain manner to seep into Gongsun Xun's bones. Although he really despises these bastards, since he needs to rely on others' strength at this time, he doesn't say so.
Unable to assume everyday postures.
"Reporting to the general, my son is called Black Otter... He has been black since he was a child!" Di Fenggu was obviously afraid that his son would get into trouble again, so he kowtowed in front of his son and answered. "He also likes to swim in the river next to the tribe.
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"Let him speak for himself." Gongsun Xun said disapprovingly while holding the soup bowl and eating the cake. "I think he is strong and a warrior. How can I ask you to speak for him?"
"The villain is called Black Otter." The black guy quickly repeated it to himself. "Because he has been black since he was a child."
"You look dark because you have to work hard. It shows that you are the backbone of the tribe every day." Gongsun Xun gave a little encouragement. "Don't take today's things to heart... Tian Yu."
"My subordinates are here." Tian Yu, who had not yet crowned himself, responded immediately.
"Take a fine ring-headed sword like the one used by Yi Zhong and give it to the Black Otter King." Gongsun Xun ordered, and then he lowered his head and concentrated on drinking soup, no longer caring about the behavior of the father and son in front of him.
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Silent all night, Gongsun Xun was on the road again early the next morning, heading towards Liucheng quickly.
In other words, whether it is the Han Dynasty, or Rome tens of thousands of miles away, or even thousands of years later, as long as an established conventional classical army wants to maintain a certain combat effectiveness after the march is over, then
Generally speaking, its speed limit is more than forty miles per day.
It's not impossible to go faster, but it has to be done at the expense of combat effectiveness, or through unconventional operations...for example, arranging supplies along the way, dropping baggage, or making a full cavalry raid.
What Gongsun Xun did at this time was to make a surprise attack with all his cavalry... without setting up camp or building a stronghold, he carried seven or eight days of dry food, did not spare the horses, and marched hastily with an iron pot on his back.
But even so, in order to maintain combat effectiveness after reaching Liucheng, it is only more than sixty or seventy miles a day. And the distance of three hundred miles theoretically takes five days to reach.
There were no problems in the first two days. Even on the afternoon of the second day, Gongsun Xun learned an absolutely good news from a Zahu tribe he met on the road - his father-in-law, the former governor of western Liaoning, and the current right general leading Liaodong.
The prefect did indeed reach Liaodong quickly, but as soon as he appeared and before he mobilized his troops, Su Puyan, the leader of Wuhuan in Liaodong, was frightened and hurriedly asked Qiu Liju for help, and Qiu Liju immediately took a large number of miscellaneous troops with him.
Hu crossed the Xiaoling River to the east and headed towards Yiwulu Mountain, as if he was going to support Su Puyan.
Everyone in the tribes around Liucheng knew about this, and this information also meant that Duan Riyuming did not lie!
So, at noon on the third day, Gongsun Xun led the crowd across the Daling River without hesitation and entered the second half of the journey. But in the evening of the same day, Gao Shun in front suddenly personally sent Duan Ri Yuming
Another messenger of.
"Your Majesty, leave quickly!" This man was sweating profusely. When he saw Gongsun Xun, he knelt down and kowtowed. "My master asked me to tell you, the main force of Qiu Liju is behind the Xiaoling River in the east. He has not yet been treated."
Wulu Mountain...Liucheng is probably a bait!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this... but Gongsun Xun didn't say a word, he just lowered his head and took a sip of the salted fish soup, and then suddenly smashed the pottery bowl in his hand on the soft spring turf.
Under the light of the bonfire, the salted fish soup spilled onto the ground, while the earthenware bowl rolled in a circle, but was still intact.
"You cannot take risks with your noble body. The whole army must withdraw to the west of Daling River!" Xi Zhong gritted his teeth and ordered for Gongsun Xun. "Our army is all cavalry. As long as we cross the river, we will have no worries!"
————I am the best dividing line for salted fish soup————
"Taizu fought against Wuhuan and crossed the Daling River with more than 7,000 troops. Suddenly, Duanbu Xianbei sent an envoy to report that Wuhuan had led 20,000 troops to the east of the Xiaoling River in Shan Yuqiu, and they arrived at starry night.
Come. At that time, people were sipping hot soup in the open fire. The salty water turned pale and they stood up in shock. The soup flowed all over the ground. However, Taizu remained unmoved. He slowly sipped the soup and then raised the bowl again and said, 'This bowl can catch a thief!' Everyone is at peace." -
— "Old Book of Yan". Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu
