The Han army appeared here so quickly, which obviously made the Xianbei army across the Junchou River look a little panicked, and this made the reality of their troops more clearly exposed.
However, facing this scene, Gongsun Xun, who was standing on a hillside on the south side of the river, turned pale.
"Wen Qi, all the officers above the county squadron level are here." After a long time, Lu Fan was really helpless and could only remind him softly from behind.
"Everyone," Gongsun Xun turned his horse's head and asked in a tone of confusion mixed with a hint of exasperation. "You are all outstanding figures. Can you tell me which one of them can Tanshihuai rely on to suppress the elites of Wanli Grassland?
Where did the headquarters go?"
Lu Fan, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Mo Huzhang, Lou Gui, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Gao Heng, and many other military figures... At this moment, they are all reining in behind Gongsun Xun, but no one can say anything!
It’s not that I don’t have ideas, it’s that I don’t dare to have ideas!
In this case, God knows how serious the consequences will be caused by a mistake in judgment?
"Young Master." In the end, Lou Gui couldn't help but surrendered on his horse.
"Say." Gongsun Xun immediately raised his riding crop and pointed it at the other party.
"Young Master, you have said before that some things should be said in private to prevent the possibility of shaking the morale of the army." Lou Gui was as annoying as ever.
"You are really..." Gongsun Xun laughed, but found that he had actually relieved a lot of tension. "Forget it! Don't have any scruples this time. The military is in danger, and the situation like this can only explain our situation.
We are in danger, but three hundred miles out of the fortress, more than fifteen hundred people are hanging here alone, so what can we do?"
Everyone was silent.
"Time is running out." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Where are Tan Shihuai's royal army at this time? How should we act? Everyone must speak freely."
"Perhaps Tan Shihuai bypassed our front group and attacked Xia Gong directly while there were few soldiers there?" The speaker was Gao Heng, the leader of Xia Yu's bodyguards. He would think so.
It can also be understood.
"That's not right." Lou Gui immediately twirled his beard and shook his head. "If we want to eat the army from Duke Xia's side, Tan Shihuai must use all the main force of the royal court. Now that a huge army is coming towards us, how can we find any clues?"
No? As for taking a detour... there are only two thousand of us, why should we take a detour, so what if we can be eaten directly in front of them?"
"That's right." The cavalry commander next to him who was a veteran of Xihe also nodded repeatedly. "And don't forget, we were only separated from the main force for less than two days. Although we came in a hurry, the main force was also lightly armed.
The distance between those coming this way is not as far as imagined... I won’t talk about yesterday, but now, I estimate that Duke Xia is only seventy or eighty miles away. Just imagine, tens of thousands of people are fighting, and our army
There is no shortage of sudden cavalry, and the grassland is endless, so how can we not find them?"
Gao Xuanqing of Bohai immediately fell silent.
"You couldn't have given up on the royal court and ran away, right?" Wei Yue couldn't help but laughed dryly, but as everyone stared at him coldly, and Cheng Lian poked him on the waist with a horse whip, the guy immediately put away his smile.
Lower your head.
"Encircle Wei and rescue Zhao?" someone asked tentatively. "Now Yanmen, Daijun, and Shanggu counties are all empty..."
"No, at least not now." Gongsun Xun also began to regain his clarity at this time and began to think seriously. "Although the three counties are empty, they have fortresses, great walls, and border walls. There are also governors and governors in the fortresses.
They are all outstanding people, so they will not be defeated quickly. But if they cannot attack quickly and the beacon fire of the Great Wall is ignited, the Xianbei people will be turned around and directly caught by the army coming out of the fortress... This is not to say that Tan Shihuai will not go to the border, but with his own
If Du Ren didn't defeat the Han army outside the wall, how could he have the courage to attack these three counties?"
"Then we can only go to the west road to find General Tianzhong or go to the middle road to find General Zang Zhong." Someone simply replied at this time. "Otherwise, is there a third way?"
Gongsun Xun's expression changed slightly when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly waved his hand: "You guys will go down and take care of your subordinates. Ziheng, Zibo, Yi Gong and Demou will stay behind."
As for others, Gao Heng's expression suddenly changed, but seeing that he was surrounded by Gongsun Xun's personal guards, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction and followed the other officers down the hillside.
Gongsun Xun naturally saw Gao Heng's dissatisfaction clearly, but it was really not the time to care about it at this time... Because just now, in the flash of lightning, he had a conjecture and several bold decisions, and he needed to
The support of these confidants.
"Listen to me." After waiting for the people to leave, Gongsun Xun directly reined up his horse and went forward to talk to several confidants. "If Tan Shihuai went to the West Road, it doesn't matter to us... because the West Road is here
Yunzhong is more than 700 miles away from here, it is really too far! There is Zang Gong’s army blocking the way. We just need to report to Xia Gong quickly and wait for his order immediately!"
Everyone nodded.
"What we are worried about is that the worst situation and the most likely situation is that Tan Shihuai used the royal court as half a bait to hang up our army from the beginning, and then set up his own position to the north of Yanmen.
The net is waiting, in order to quickly eat up Yanmen Zang Gong's road!" Gongsun Xun lowered his voice. "And as I expected, the middle route army is probably exhausted at this time! Then, the Tanshihuai is coming
Drive the victorious army from the west and rush towards Duke Xia!"
Everyone's expressions changed.
"Is the middle road, Yanmen, so weak?" The other three were fine, but Lou Gui's expression changed, but it was a bit unbelievable. "Is Zang Gong just a person with a false reputation?"
"It's not that Zang Gong is incompetent." Lu Fan explained in a low voice. "It's because there are too few Han troops in the middle route army. There may even be only a thousand people from Zang Gong's headquarters plus a few hundred followers, and the rest are all Huns...not to mention
It is just a point to say that the Huns' fighting power is not as good as that of the Han army. If 89% of the entire army is affiliated with foreign tribes, how many of them are determined to fight to the end? And once they collapse, how can Duke Zang restrain them?"
"That's right." Cheng Pu was also extremely serious. "If I were Tan Shihuai, I would naturally lead the royal court's elite to hide between Xia Gong and Zang Gong from the beginning, and then let the eastern and central Xianbei counterattack and explore.
After realizing that Zang Gong is the weakest, he will make a decisive decision and pounce directly. The battle will be decided! Then he will lead the army eastward to eat another group of people..."
"So." Lou Gui's face became paler. "Aren't we already in a dead end?"
Han Dang and others looked at each other, but this time no one answered.
"No." Gongsun Xun suddenly held the horse's bridle and said. "Have you ever thought about it? Why did we encounter the desperate interception of Xianbei in the east on our way to Danhan Mountain? And here, four people were left behind.
Five thousand defenders?”
"Because Tan Shihuai did not want to lose the royal court after all." Han Dang suddenly said. "Although it was a bait, he never thought of losing the royal court, and Xianbei in the east did not dare to lose the royal court in his own hands... Xia
He miscalculated the speed of our advance!"
"But what's the use of this?" Lou Gui looked bitter. "Isn't it just that we are going deeper into the dead place? There are four to five thousand people facing each other across the river in front, and there is an army of Tan Shihuai's headquarters pushing behind, so it is better to walk slowly.
It’s time to turn back!”
"As far as I know, the stupidest thing in the world is to turn back when facing Hu Qi on the grassland." Gongsun Xun sneered. "The only way to survive at this time is to go up to him... To be honest with you,
I just figured it out all at once, our way of survival is not in the back, but in the front, and even the way of survival for Duke Xia and his army may be in the front as well."
After hearing this, the two men of literature and martial arts, and the four confidants, almost all raised their heads and looked towards the other side of the river, and then their expressions changed.
"In this battle, we may not think highly of ourselves, but we underestimated Tan Shihuai, but Tan Shihuai also underestimated me!" Gongsun Xun turned his back to Junchou Shui, as if talking to several of his confidants.
He seemed to be talking to himself. "In the world's affairs, no matter how perfect the plan is, in the end it is just a last resort... In the current situation, if the Han army continues to claim victory, it is already deceiving itself. It should be as safe as possible."
"
"What do Wen Qi mean?" Lu Fan was the first to look away and asked seriously.
"I have made up my mind," Gongsun Xun said solemnly. "At three o'clock tonight, we will forcefully cross this river! Burn the Xianbei royal court! In this way, there is a chance that Tan Shihuai will give up Princess Xia's power and change his way here... Of course,
I also want the whole world to know that I, Gongsun Xun, am by no means a piece of meat on someone’s chopping block!”
"Are you a subordinate of Zang Gong?" At the same moment, sixty miles away, at the main force of the Han Army's East Road that had just set up camp, Xia Yu, the commander of the East Route Army, was standing at the door of the Chinese army's tent, with a look of astonishment on his face.
Looking at the people in front of him, "What evidence is there?"
"Report to the general!" The leader of the following people quickly raised his head and replied. He was wearing a red turban and had an extraordinary appearance. Although he was covered in blood, he still looked full of vigor. "I was commissioned by Zang Gong when he was in Yangzhou.
The old official Sun Jian, the former county magistrate of Xiapi County in the Xiapi Kingdom...general, when it comes to matters in this grassland, Xu Yang's accent cannot be faked!"
"Yes!" Xia Yu suddenly understood, and then he quickly tried his best to sit down on a horse. "This can't be fake... Judging from your appearance, could it be that you were unlucky on the road and encountered a blockage from the Xianbei people?"
"General!" Sun Jian leaned down and bowed again. "It's not that we met the Xianbei people on the road, but that we encountered a fierce battle at Zang Gong's place in the middle. We fought desperately to break through..."
Xia Yu's expression suddenly changed. He waved his hand, and his trusted military officials immediately drove away the irrelevant people. Sun Jian was also very eye-catching, and he immediately kept silent and waited for instructions from the other party.
"Go on." After the people around him were driven away, Xia Yu couldn't help but gestured to the other party with a pale face. "How is Mr. Zang's situation? Do you want my support?"
"No!" Sun Jian quickly explained. "When we came here, our army could not stop the rout. Zang Gong was already preparing to withdraw his troops. I came here to ask Xia Gong to withdraw his troops quickly!"
Xia Yu was shocked and angry, and all the Chinese military officers on the side had pale faces.
"You want me to withdraw our troops now?" Xia Yu said angrily, waving his riding crop and pointing to the north. "I am only seventy miles away from Danhan Mountain. I will repair all night tonight and have a full meal tomorrow morning. Maybe we can get there in the evening! You guys the day before yesterday
There were also military envoys who came to report to our army, saying that it was just the Xianbei harassment in the central part. If they could forcefully march for five or seven days to meet me at Danhan Mountain, why did they collapse after only two days?"
"Xia Gong!" Sun Jian's face turned red and he explained helplessly. "The enemy army is the main force of the Xianbei Royal Court. Coupled with the original Xianbei army in the middle, our army is really at a disadvantage..."
"Then it won't collapse in two days, and why did you send me the letter now after two days..."
"It's not two days, it's half a day!" Sun Jian also looked helpless. "We just engaged in battle at noon yesterday. That Tuteruo or Shanyu of the Huns was hit by an arrow in the chest. He fell unconscious and fell off his horse.
As soon as the Chan Yu fell, the morale of the Xiongnu army collapsed immediately. There were only more than a thousand Han troops in Zang Gong's place, and they could not restrain the Xiongnu army at all, so the whole army collapsed at once, and they could only fight and retreat with heavy casualties...
…”
From Xia Yu on down, everyone around him took a breath of air-conditioning, but there was no intention of accusing him at all.
"And in the evening, Zang Gong found that the enemy's offensive was slightly weaker. He guessed that Tanshihuai was letting the central Xianbei continue to kill us, so he brought the main force of the royal court here to cut off your retreat, Xia Gong. So,
So I, a few people and many horses, galloped here to report the news... Don't hesitate, Mr. Zang, and leave quickly! I expect that the main force of the Xianbei Royal Court will be able to get behind you as soon as tonight and tonight!"
Xia Yu opened his mouth to speak, but found that he was speechless.
Of course, he was full of arrogance before, planning to block the main force of the Xianbei royal court at the foot of Danhan Mountain... But the premise of all that was that there was an elite ranger in front to first dampen the enemy's spirit, and then there was a cavalry force of nearly ten thousand people behind.
Troops will arrive quickly to support you.
But what does that count now?
Tian Yan was too far away from here, and Zang Min collapsed in just half a day. Wouldn't he be alone? Moreover, he had left all the baggage behind... This was even more fatal!
And besides, retreating is certainly not in line with his character, and he will definitely be punished if he fails to start the battle. But if the entire army is wiped out, then not only will he be punished, but Duke Duan will also be affected, right?
"The entire army must withdraw camp...withdraw!" Finally, after a moment of silence, Xia Yu almost shouted the order.
Following these words, the surrounding military officials immediately became busy.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a person suddenly emerged from the diagonal thorn. He didn't have time to salute and said directly: "General, can you send some cavalry scouts to inform my brother to return quickly?"
After hearing Gongsun Zan's words, everyone was startled, but then they continued to be busy.
"Bo Gui..." Xia Yu managed to swallow. "I am not used to lying to my subordinates. If your brother can continue to stay at the foot of Danhan Mountain at this time, the Xianbei troops in the east will probably be distracted.
He is a good thing for the main force of the army!"
"But……"
"Break off one finger and restore the whole body." Xia Yu said seriously. "This is what the army should do... If, if he can survive this battle, he will be at the vanguard first, and then cut off the rear, it will be the whole army's contribution.
He is first!"
"General!" Gongsun Zan leaned down and knelt beside Sun Jian. When he raised his head again, his face was already flushed with anxiety. "Then you have to be able to fight back? In such a situation, if our army leaves, won't he be killed?
The sandalwood locust trees are blocked on the south bank of the Jieqiu River, and there will be no life or death?"
"This is the principle in the army!" Xia Yu said frankly and expressionlessly. "Bogui needs no more words. There are always people in the army who want to be abandoned."
"General!" Gongsun Zan was furious. "You have to know that my brother is the son-in-law of the Marquis and the disciple of the Taiwei, and my aunt is rich with hundreds of millions, but he is the only son... If you act like this, if he comes out
If you make a mistake, I'm afraid Mr. Duan will be implicated by you too!"
Xia Yu glanced at Gongsun Zan, but ignored him. Instead, he called over a few personal guards and said calmly: "Haosheng, keep an eye on Bogui. Don't let him do stupid things. If he dares to go north, don't worry."
If you repay me, you will be punished as a deserter immediately...the entire army must break camp and retreat south as quickly as possible!"
Gongsun Zan was stunned, and even Sun Jian and Sun Wentai, who had heard some knowledge, could not help but shake their heads... Among them, the former was angry and helpless, but the latter was what most people in the army thought, helpless and a little regretful.
That's all.
Thanks to Sun Jian's desperate efforts to break through and report the message, Xia Yu's army made the most correct and rational judgment when Gongsun Xun's messenger just set off, and then fled overnight.
But even so, the main force of the Xianbei Royal Court, which quickly defeated the Xiongnu Chanyu because he was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, still managed to catch the tail of the main force of the Han army at night. In fact, from the end of the second watch, the two sides were already fighting in the night.
There was a small-scale contact, and then the scale became larger and larger... However, fortunately, the physical strength of both sides had reached a limit, and the intensity of the battle was not so suffocating.
At the third watch, on the south bank of the Junchou River, in the darkness, Gongsun Xun and his remaining 1,500 troops also lined up.
"Have all the wounded soldiers been arranged?" Gongsun Xun sat on a horse on a small slope and asked softly, touching the dagger in his arms.
"It's arranged." Lu Fan replied in a low voice. "According to your instructions, give them a knife and a horse. When the war is over, let them go southeast along the Jieqiu River..."
"You're all scolding me, right?" Gongsun Xun suddenly raised his head and said with a smile.
Lu Fan really didn't expect that the other party could actually laugh at this time. He was stunned for a moment before he realized: "There are indeed scolds, but many people are still very grateful. In such a situation, they can still think of leaving a way for them to survive."
"They all deserve to be scolded..." Gongsun Xun sighed quietly. "They are all good men who have been raised by their parents for decades. They are all in the dream of a boudoir. They just follow me to make a living. I should have treated them all."
Bring it back alive, why don't you scold me in this situation?"
"There's nothing we can do." Lu Fan tried his best to persuade.
"That's not what Zi Heng said the day before yesterday." Gongsun Xun continued to laugh. "How could you say that a man's fate can't be controlled by others? However, there are a few men in this world whose lives are not controlled by others.
Where are your hands?"
Lu Fan was speechless immediately.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Gongsun Xun narrowed his eyes and looked across the river. "Really speaking of life, if we can't succeed tonight, the two armies will be lost, and I'm afraid Tan Shihuai will take advantage of the situation and sweep across the three counties.
, the number of people who will die by then will not be just a few thousand like this!"
"This is exactly the truth." Lu Fan quickly replied. "As Wen Qi said before, by crossing the Jieqiu River at night and burning the Xianbei Royal Court, it is possible to induce the Xianbei army to change its route and give the army behind it some hope.
The road to separation..."
"Gao Heng, did you hear that?" Gongsun Xun suddenly asked softly without changing his expression. "Since we are going to risk our lives to save Mr. Xia, I will order you to take the lead and fight first. Is there any problem?"
Gao Heng's figure immediately appeared from the side: "Sima said so thoroughly, what can I do? Besides, it's just a matter of crossing first and then crossing... I just hope Sima doesn't leave me alone on the other side of the river."
"How could you ignore it?" Gongsun Xun sneered. "If we don't cross the river, where is our way out? Let's get going! Fight to the death with me to seize that pontoon bridge!"
"Here!" Gao Heng bowed and left.
Suddenly, more than two hundred carefully selected elite soldiers of the Chinese army, led by Gao Xuanqing of the Bohai Sea, marched out of the formation and headed straight for the wide pontoon bridge that was heavily guarded by the Xianbei people. At the same time, Han Dang also
The second team formed by Yi Cong was ordered to prepare.
This was a nighttime attack by open flames, so almost the moment Gao Heng stepped onto the pontoon, the entire north bank of the Jieqiu River began to boil, and the south bank of the Jieqiu River suddenly lit up an unknown amount of fire.
Use torches as suspects...
——————I am the funny dividing line——————
"... After raising Xu, Taizu immediately pulled out 1,500 men from his headquarters and marched hundreds of miles in two days until they were under the water of Jinchou. The Xianbei royal court had 5,000 soldiers. They were horrified by the sight. They waited for the reinforcements of the army to complete their achievements in one battle.
However, the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Zang Min was suddenly defeated on the way, and his subordinate Sun Jian broke out to report it. When Yu heard about it, he was heartbroken, so he left his heavy luggage and left Taizu. When Taizu heard about it late at night, he looked up to the sky and sighed.
"Although Xia Yu is evil, all the soldiers in the army are innocent, and if they are eaten by Tanshihuai, there will be no soldiers in the Yan Dynasty, and the people of several counties will be poisoned." So he decided to cross to Jun at night.
Hate the water, burn the bullets and sweat, use your body to lure Tan Shihuai back to the army!" - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu
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