Somewhere in the lower reaches of the north of the Daling River, thousands of Wuhuan main forces were besieging a force of more than a thousand Han troops who were fighting their last battle, while Wuhuan Shanyu Qiu Liju was watching the battle from a distance.
"Are you sure this time?" Qiu Liju, who was dressed like a Han noble, suddenly turned around, his face full of worry.
"I'm sure." A Wuhuan noble next to him, who was obviously sweating profusely instead of rain, immediately replied out of breath. "Only General Gongsun who was explicitly blocked by Gui Ni twenty miles south, and the rest of the
, neither the team of white-horse knights running eastward with the white-horse flag nor this tough guy here saw General Gongsun."
"Guini is a safe man." Qiu Liju finally showed his joy. "He said it should be enough. Go tell him quickly and be sure not to hurt General Wei...if you hurt General Gongsun's life, I will immediately
Arrive."
This Wuhuan noble did not dare to neglect and immediately led several knights to turn around and leave.
"Come here." Qiu Liju calmly called out another person. "Cross the river to find Taodun. Tell his 10,000 troops not to waste time here any longer, and immediately go south to meet Guini."
This man also immediately agreed, then got on his horse and drove away.
"Retract the troops!" Qiu Liju said at the end. "There must be no more troops here. Don't waste our troops in vain... Let's form a formation and go to the south to block the enemy."
"Father." At this moment, a Wuhuan noble boy who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, carrying a bow but not a spear, suddenly spoke. "This Han army is so good at fighting. They lined up against the water and killed so many of us.
, why don’t you leave someone to keep an eye on them, and then kill them all when you turn around?”
"Because it's... worthless." Qiu Liju stared at his son and chuckled. "Louban, do you know this word?"
"Know."
"Then you know that in this battle, the only value of us Wuhuan people is to capture General Gongsun, and he must be alive."
"Why?" Young Lou Ban was immediately puzzled. "Previously, Duan Riyuming's father refused to let me kill him, but in the end he still asked him to send the information, and General Gongsun almost escaped."
"Duan Riyuming and General Gongsun are not the same thing." Qiu Liju sighed, then got on his horse and said as he walked. "Duan Riyuming is because his roots are around Liucheng. I really think it takes a long time."
So that he could sincerely surrender... As for us knowing that he was a spy but still leaking the information and he found out, that was our negligence."
Lou Ban nodded slowly and kept asking: "What about Father, General Gongsun?"
"General Gongsun is the master of the North." Qiu Liju looked solemn. "We, like Duan Riyuming, Mo Huzhen, and those miscellaneous people, are just foraging in his yard.
Domestic dogs, wild dogs. And when we raised the army this time, we just wanted to take advantage of him to leave home before he could, like wild dogs, and steal something to survive."
"We have 30,000 cavalry!" Lou Ban retorted with excitement. "If those bastards can also be loyal to us, we will have a population of 200,000...how can they be wild dogs?"
"General Gongsun has 100,000 soldiers and millions of people." Behind him, the Wuhuan cavalry was purging a large number of troops and breaking away from the Gaoshun tribe. Qiu Liju didn't look back and gave a message that made it difficult for his son.
imaginary numbers.
"But he's not as good at fighting as his father!" Lou Ban immediately thought of his second reason for rebuttal. "This time, although Duan Riyu reported the news, he still couldn't escape in time and was stopped by his father and brother."
"You said it wrong again." Qiu Liju shook his head repeatedly. "Everyone in the world knows that he is much better than me in fighting..."
"But father has already won this battle." Lou Ban couldn't wait to repeat. "He was surrounded by father."
"When I designed this strategy myself, I didn't even expect him to fall into the trap." Qiu Liju sighed. "Western Liaoning is full of hills and rivers. There is only one 500-mile passage from Guanzi City to Liucheng without any supplies...
… He actually only brought seven or eight days’ worth of food, and thousands of miscellaneous soldiers came. I was extremely lucky.”
"Does this mean that father has destiny?" Lou Ban was still unconvinced.
"I would rather not have this destiny." Qiu Liju suddenly reined in his horse and turned to look at his son seriously. "Lou Ban, do you know that this strategy of mine was also a helpless move forced out of desperation? This time I
If we did not rescue Su Puyan of Liaodong, and if we did not help Kebi Neng stabilize the situation, then our two wings would inevitably lose support... In other words, if we do not capture General Gongsun alive in this adventure, we, father and son, are lucky enough to be able to survive.
If you are unlucky and avoid disaster, you will die. Of course, if you think about it this way, I have some experience. General Gongsun must have something urgent behind him, otherwise he would never be as desperate as me.
.”
"But I still don't understand." Lou Ban thought for a moment, and then asked seriously. "Not to mention why General Gongsun fell into the trap, father, why do you have to be so careful after winning the battle? You shouldn't have won the battle.
Do you have everything? It’s like when we conquered Liucheng before, so many good things in the city belonged to us, but when we were driven out of Luronse, everything we robbed in the fortress was gone.”
"Of course it's a good thing to win the battle." Qiu Liju said with a wry smile. "At least those who couldn't survive can now survive. But this general is not alone... How should I put it? This is also true.
I can't explain it to you overnight... I have only one thing to tell you today, and you must obey it, otherwise I will have to drive you back to Liucheng."
"Father, please speak." Lou Ban became more and more serious.
"When you see that General Gongsun riding a white horse... you must be respectful and don't treat him like a prisoner!" Qiu Liju said seriously. "I salute him, and you have to kowtow to him; I serve him.
To lead the horse, you have to carry the dismounting stool for him; when we get to Liucheng, I will give him my original house, and you have to circle around the house like a tiger and not get close! Do you understand me?"
Lou Ban hesitated for a moment, but facing his father, he finally gritted his teeth and agreed.
Just as Qiu Liju was teaching his underage son, he had no idea that twenty miles away, the battle situation in front of Gongsun Xun had reversed.
The armored knight of the Han army was indeed brave and brave, and the sudden beheading of the Black Otter King certainly had a miraculous effect. No one before had successfully frightened these Wuhuan soldiers and Zahu, and no one had spared no backup at the most critical moment.
Gongsun Xun could not even reach the other side of the river... However, I have to admit that it was Gongsun Xun's words that really changed the mentality of these leaders of the Zahu tribe who were only willing to fight with the wind.
Because these words with the nature of a political commitment are really related to the survival of their tribe, making them dare not continue to swing left and right with a certain luck mentality as before.
If something goes wrong today, they will lose the food and cloth from Lulongsai in the south, the pottery and salted fish from Liaodong, and there will be no place to sell their own tanned leather goods, no place to buy iron pots, and the Han people
They will use knives instead of Amway's food stamps and grocery coupons to exchange for the goats and horses they work so hard to graze... What's more, maybe there will soon be two armies of tens of thousands of people, all the way from Luronce.
From south to north, from east to west along the Liao River, they uprooted their tribes.
In this case, they will lose everything they currently have. If they are lucky, they can escape to the grasslands to the west. If they are not lucky, the entire tribe may disappear... just like the supporting characters in the stories that have been passed down orally from generation to generation.
As a result, these outsiders who are good at calculating profits suddenly turned against them.
In the melee, the white-clad Wuhuan's attire provided an obvious target for their opponents, and to make matters worse, the previous formation put them into a situation where they were almost attacked from three sides.
The Zahu tribe on both wings crossed the river and came to meet the knights on white horses. The original number of 1,450 against 200 suddenly turned into 1,200 against 4,500. The general had just been beheaded, and the warriors in the army had been massacred before.
The General Gongsun who was repeatedly told not to hurt any hair by his Shanyu... In this situation, they lasted for a while before collapsing. They can already boast the fighting power and willpower of these white-robed Wuhuan.
"Don't be obsessed with fighting!" Xi Zhong's voice trembled after he suddenly escaped. "Hurry up and protect the Lord as he goes south! Tell these bastards that as long as they reach Guanzi City, everyone will be a hero and they will never be stingy with rewards.
!”
A group of white-horse Yi Cong and dozens of core members of the Zahu tribe immediately rushed over. However, Gongsun Xun had no intention of leaving. He stood on his horse and looked around in the chaos. When he saw the Wu Zixiu, he
The armored Han knights who kept killing people even pointed at him from afar.
Wen Ze, who was beside him, understood and immediately led twenty or thirty people away on horseback. However, several people caught up with him, and a dozen more people ran to the edge of the battlefield and killed the seventeen Han soldiers who had died in the battle.
The knight put it on the Wuhuan war horse that he had brought.
Seeing this man coming back from the rescue, Gongsun Xun turned his horse's head and headed south.
However, after traveling south for about ten miles, it was almost noon, and the sound of rumbling horse hooves suddenly came from the hills with regional characteristics near the Liaoxi Passage. The vibration of the sound was so loud that it seemed like there was a loud noise.
An army quickly came towards us.
"It's too late." The face of a miscellaneous leader next to him turned pale. "General, there are hills on both sides of the road here. You might just turn around and hit us head-on..."
"Wouldn't that be just right?" Gongsun Xun glanced at this man coldly. "If Tadun can count on his death and come around here in advance, I might as well kill him directly and seek immortality!"
After saying this, the man directly rode forward.
Everyone suddenly understood and followed excitedly, and sure enough, when they turned around a hillside, they were faced with a Han army group flying a banner with Chinese characters. The leader was Wei Yue, who had been sent back to Lulongsai by Gongsun Xun.
Wei Yue could see clearly and dismounted from a distance and knelt down to greet him.
"Are there any generals behind you?!" Gongsun Xun shouted loudly from a distance. "How many reinforcements are there in total? How many troops and horses do you have on hand at this time?"
"Reporting to Junhou, Mr. Zibo and Han Sima are here." Wei Yue quickly replied. "They received a message from Junhou on the same day. When they heard that Junhou suddenly sent troops, they immediately gathered an army from Lulongsai to meet...
…The whole army is eighteen thousand, with a mixture of infantry and cavalry, marching in sections. Calculating the time, it should be only two and a half days behind Jun Hou. I lead three thousand cavalry in front, and Han Sima leads five thousand cavalry behind.
, half a day's journey behind me, and Mr. Zibo is further behind with 10,000 infantry and baggage, but I don't know when he will arrive... But I never thought that I would see Junhou here today. Junhou suddenly turned back.
?"
This is a question of marching speed... On the Liaoxi Passage with no supply points and hilly terrain, the mobility of the cavalry is not unable to play a huge role, but it is more reflected on the battlefield rather than in strategic operations.
Go up. In order to make time, Gongsun Xun sent out all his cavalry before, but it was only sixty or seventy miles a day. This is already a very fast speed. Correspondingly, Han Dang and Wei Yue should also be at this speed. As for Lou Gui's
Although the ten thousand infantrymen carry baggage, they can still march forty to fifty miles a day. I think they will be able to see Lou Gui in less than two days.
To be fair, before Gongsun Xun only complained that he was advancing too slowly, but now he was grateful that he was not advancing fast enough.
Gongsun Xun was overjoyed when he understood what was going on in his mind. Without any time to say more, he immediately told Wei Yue: "Lead the front to the bank of the Daling River more than ten miles away to stand up for the army behind you. You must
Be careful, the main force of Wuhuan will be there at your command! Black Otter, you and him will lead the way!"
Wei Yue also suddenly realized that Gongsun Xun had suffered a defeat and wished to stop it, so he quickly agreed, then immediately turned around and shouted to march. As for the dark-faced Qi Fen Black Otter, he was so excited that he also rode up to follow him.
Wei Yue.
The forward three thousand cavalry, plus some interested miscellaneous cavalry, suddenly accelerated forward and rushed towards the Daling River. Gongsun Xun led his subordinates to the nearby hillside to rest and wait for Han to lead his troops behind him.
s arrival.
"Junhou!" Xi Zhong next to him saw the situation completely reversed, but he knelt on the ground to plead guilty in public, and then burst into tears in the drizzle. "Today's danger is all my fault... Zi Heng and Du Bohou,
Ju Gongxi and others were in charge of the overall situation in Changping without making any mistakes; Shuzhi, Chang Bohuai, Zao Wengong and others transported grain and grass and mobilized the people without any negligence; as for the people in the army, Zibo formulated military strategies and was extremely sound.
, not to mention that he and Yi Gong were both in Lulong fortress at that time, and Cheng Demou was also in Yuyang... Everyone in the army, such as Gao Suqing, was only a commander, and Tian Yu was only a boy. A few days ago, in Guanzi City, they decided to let the king
The one who took the risk to come here is just me!"
"You are wrong, but it's not here!" Gongsun Xun sat in front of the other party and said sternly. "That day in Guanzi City, as you said, only you Xi Zhi could speak, but at most you could
It's just that I didn't persuade, rather than lead. This march was just because I was obsessed with it, and I wanted to end the turmoil quickly and go to He Jin to ask for the Jizhou Shepherd... However, it was only now that I finally realized that I could be in Guanzhong that day.
The quick victory in that situation was due to abandoning the political struggle behind the scenes and purely using military force to deal with it; and today's defeat was due to the imposition of politics on military strategy, resulting in repeated mistakes. Zhicai, I was wrong in sending troops this time.
Eight points, you are wrong by two points, you and I should share the responsibility."
There was already a lot of mud on Xi Zhong's body, and he was even more embarrassed and angry when he heard these words: "But as a counselor, my command was at a loss before the battle. If I hadn't bypassed the king and let Gao Suqing and Tian Yu separate their troops, why would I have suddenly fallen into death? Just now?
It can also be highlighted directly!”
"You have political and military plans. You are a Legalist. You are good at politics, laws, and situation judgment. You are not good at military affairs... Today's command failure does not lie with you, but with me, the commander, who is incompetent.
They actually use you for military strategy and command!" As he said that, Gongsun Xun tried to help him up. "I know what you are thinking... But Zhicai, we all share the same shame today. If you die,
Then, wouldn’t it mean that I should bear the humiliation of defeat alone? There is a long road ahead. If I lose you, who will take charge of my affairs in the future?”
The actor stood up and became increasingly embarrassed and angry, but with tears streaming down his face, he didn't know how to answer.
"Please stay here and pay for today's defeat for me." Gongsun Xun helped the other party sit down, winked at Yi Cong next to him, and then turned around and went to another place on the hillside.
"Junhou." On the other side of the hillside, Wen Ze and others saw Gongsun Xun arriving and quickly saluted.
"What's going on?" Gongsun Xun, who couldn't hide his tiredness, asked face to face.
Wen Ze and others were speechless, but quickly moved out of the way, and sure enough, behind this group of followers, there was a man kneeling on the hillside, and there were seventeen corpses in front of him.
Gongsun Xun stepped forward and saw that the armored knight had now removed his armor and was only wearing a red straight train. In the mist of drizzle, the grass under him was actually full of bright red color... This was definitely not that the clothes were fading, but that
He had killed too many people today, and the blood soaked into the clothes of the same color and was not visible. At this time, the clothes were soaked, and then the water dripped into blood.
"Do you know that when I asked you to leave, I wasn't just desperate?" Gongsun Xun hesitated before asking.
The knight looked back with a tired look on his face and his eyes were red. He was about to speak, but for a moment he felt gloomy and found it difficult to open his mouth.
"What I said across the river before, although you refute it, is not worth mentioning, but it is indeed from the bottom of my heart." Gongsun Xun saw this and let out a long sigh. "I saw you fighting hard by the river just now, but I thought of the place where Tanhan Mountain was.
Xia Yu abandoned my troops and ran away alone... This incident was the greatest hatred in my life, so I later found an opportunity and used this as an excuse to kill Xia Yu. But just now at the riverside, when I saw you working so hard, you...
I feel that I am as abominable as Xia Yu back then, using my high position for selfish reasons to drive warriors to death, it is simply abominable!"
"Then I can only say it again." The knight raised his head and tried his best to speak. "Your Majesty, what I said before was also from the bottom of my heart... We are not here today for the sake of your rank and private thoughts.
He died for the benevolent government implemented by the monarch in Guangyang at the same time. These sons of mine from the same county will die without regrets."
Gongsun Xun opened his mouth to speak, but it was difficult for a moment. After barely controlling his emotions, he faced him seriously: "Now, can you tell me the names of the children of your county and yourself?"
"Of course." The knight managed to stand up, and then pointed to the corpse on the ground and said with difficulty. "For example, this fair-faced one, called Wang Ge, is a pavilion knight in our Changshan County; and like that man with a long beard,
The man is called Han Yan, and his father is a county official; and the short man is called Sun Wei, and his family is a butcher. As for the older man, I really don’t know his name, I only know that he is a butcher.
He was once a Yellow Turban thief. After the defeat of Hutuohe River, he was sold to us as a disciple of a big local family in Changshan, and he actually wants to follow him..."
From Gongsun Xun down to all the followers, everyone on the hillside was silent, listening to this man's introduction which actually didn't have much content.
"The last person...this person is called Xia Houlan, who is from Changshan Zhending. He and I are neighbors from the same hometown." When the knight pointed to the last person in front of him, his words became more difficult. "He has studied and practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he is also proficient in civil and martial arts.
, and he is particularly good at military law. Everyone in the village knows that he has great ambitions. When he heard that Jun was recruiting troops to suppress the rebellion, it was he who encouraged him to join the army. It was only because I was one year older than him that I was promoted to be the leader. Jun.
Hou, as for myself, I am..."
"I know who you are." Gongsun Xun raised his head and sighed, shaking his head to interrupt him. "I know who you are when you mention Changshan... I have heard of your reputation when I was in Zhongshan.
I sent someone to deliver gifts to your home."
The knight immediately lowered his head and remained silent.
"Zilong!" Gongsun Xun once wanted to step forward and hold the opponent's hands, but in the end he turned around instead. "As time goes by, things change easily. The names and faces of your seventeen countrymen, as well as the names and faces of the seventeen people you are facing today.
If you die to answer my words, I'm afraid people will gradually forget you... Therefore, you will always be by my side in the future, and you should remind me more."
"Here!" Zhao Yun bowed and responded.
"Just be safe." Gongsun Xun said without looking back, and then turned around to the side of the hillside without saying a word, hands behind his hands.
But suddenly, rain continued to fall above our heads.
——————I can’t remember the dividing line between names——————
"Zhao Yun, courtesy name Zilong, was born in Changshan Zhending. Yun was eight feet long and had a majestic appearance. At the end of Zhongping, Wuhuan in Western Liaoning rebelled. He was promoted by this county, and his righteousness was followed by his descendants to Taizu. And Taizu was
Wuhuan was trapped in the Daling River and could not cross the river. Yun led his seventeen riders across the river to see him. He did not avoid the swords and arrows, but charged at thousands of riders. Many times, both left and right were killed. Yun Du alone continued to charge and kill, shocking both sides of the bank.
Taizu made a great move and crossed with a sword himself. He called on all the tribesmen to kill Wuhuan and beg for mercy, and he was able to escape. The scribes and drama loyalists in the army were all there, so he was able to avoid the difficulty. Yun Yi then met with Taizu.
Ancestor's expedition." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 69. Biography 19
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