When the news spread that the Northern Army was about to march westward, the soldiers of the Northern Army were extremely happy. This was a great opportunity to gain military merit. In Luoyang, they could not get military merit. Only in Liangzhou
In this place, only by beheading several Qiang people can they have a chance to be promoted. Unfortunately, there is no more victorious Duan Gong to lead them into battle.
Although Sun Jian was young, he had been with the Southern Army for a long time and had outstanding military achievements. Even Tan Shihuai's army was defeated by him when he was the vanguard. The Northern Army and the Southern Army had a total of six battalions and twelve thousand soldiers.
He can still suppress a large number of people, not to mention that many of the generals of the Sixth Battalion are fellow comrades who fought with him, such as Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, Xu Rong, Ji Ling, Zhang Ji, etc.
In addition to leading the army, he was also a little excited. He left his newly born eldest son behind and prepared to leave Luoyang.
When the Northern Army was about to leave, Yuan Shao, who served as the commander of Luoyang, arrived at the city gate early.
The Northern and Southern armies were fully armed. Sun Jian rode a tall horse and walked at the front. He looked very proud. Even the horse under his crotch was advancing with its head held high. The soldiers behind him were advancing neatly. As they walked, their bodies were covered with blood.
The armor made a pleasant sound. The main city gate had already been under martial law and no entry or exit was allowed. This was to ensure that the Northern and Southern armies could rush to Liangzhou quickly.
Yuan Shao stood alone outside the city gate, his robes fluttering in the wind, and his eyes were looking deeply at the North and South armies slowly approaching in the distance.
Sun Jian saw Yuan Shao all the way away, but he didn't pay attention. It was probably a city gate captain or something who was coming to see him off. He thought to himself and walked slowly, but Yuan Shao slowly walked up to him.
In front of him, Sun Jian bowed his hands and raised his hand. He was leading the Northern Army infantry battalion to advance first. The entire infantry battalion stopped in an instant.
Sun Jian looked at the handsome and elegant man in front of him with some confusion.
"Bu Cai, Luoyang ordered Yuan Shao, and my brother Shu is about to leave with the army. I wonder if the general will agree to allow me to say goodbye to my brother?" Yuan Shao said, and Sun Jian frowned. Logically speaking, he shouldn't stay.
Yes, but this guy seems to be a member of the Yuan family. I heard that he is the son of Yuan Jun, the minister, so Yuan Jun’s other son is also in his army?
Sun Jian frowned and said: "There seems to be no general named Yuan Shu in the army..."
"He became a soldier and became the commander of an infantry battalion..."
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, Sun Jian was even more surprised. The son of the dignified Yuan family actually became a soldier in the army? He knew that if the other party wanted to, he could definitely join the Northern and Southern Army and become a general. No matter how bad he was, he would still be a Sima Junhou. How could he be a soldier?
Captain?
In his heart, Sun Jian admired this man, nodded, and said: "Don't delay too long, let him catch up quickly..." After saying that, he gave the order to the army and rode away.
The soldiers of the Northern Army followed him. Yuan Shao waited quietly. Not long after, a fully armed soldier came to his side reluctantly.
Looking at Yuan Shu, who had a dark face and a stubborn expression, Yuan Shao looked at him for a long time, but could not say anything. Yuan Shu asked impatiently: "Father wants you to come?"
Yuan Shao looked at him for a moment, nodded, and said, "My uncle was very worried when he heard that you were going westward, so he asked me to come and see you off..."
"Well, tell my father..." Yuan Shu thought for a moment and said, "I will definitely not bring humiliation to my family!"
"Well..." Yuan Shao nodded, and the two of them were silent. Since the last time Yuan Shu quarreled with him, the two of them have not contacted each other again. Yuan Shu felt a little guilty, but he was too arrogant by nature and could not bear to leave him.
Shameless, he apologized to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao acted as if the incident had never happened and never mentioned it again. Both brothers felt a little complicated.
After looking at it for a long time, Yuan Shao took off a jade pendant from his waist, handed it to Yuan Shu, and said, "Take this and return it to me when you return to the army..."
"Well..." Yuan Shu took the jade pendant, held it tightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Brother..."
"kindness?"
Yuan Shu still couldn't say the word sorry. He stared at Yuan Shao for a long time and said: "Take care..."
Yuan Shu hurriedly ran to the army, while Yuan Shao stayed where he was, watching Yuan Shu's figure gradually disappear in front of his eyes, and sighed. Because of his origin, most of the elders in the Yuan family looked down on him, but he had been smart since he was a child.
, suppressed many children of the Yuan family, causing these children to be unkind to him when he was young. At that time, only Yuan Shu and Cao Cao accompanied him.
Cao Cao was bullied because he was a eunuch, but Yuan Shu was bullied simply because he was his brother.
Yuan Shao's biological mother died young. Yuan Shu's aunt, Yuan Feng's first wife, raised him. She was a gentle and kind person. Yuan Shao had long regarded her as his biological mother in his heart, and Yuan Shu also regarded her as his biological mother in his eyes.
Like siblings from the same mother, but, alas...
.............
Yuan Shao returned to Yuan Mansion and paid homage to Yuan Feng.
Yuan Feng was originally studying, and when he saw Yuan Shao walking in a little lonely, he asked helplessly: "Er Lang is gone?"
"Well...I just went to see him off..."
"What a fool!" Yuan Feng cursed, looking away and saying nothing.
"Erlangyan, he will never bring humiliation to the family..."
"kindness...."
Many of the Northern and Southern armies were new soldiers. This was their first time experiencing the pain of a rapid march. Seeing them exhausted and slowly advancing, Sun Jian couldn't help but feel a little funny. Once upon a time, he himself had been like this, marching for a long time.
Rush to Jiangxia to fight and defeat the enemy without fighting...
Yuan Shu followed among these soldiers without any complaints or annoyance. He hung the jade pendant on his waist with a firm gaze.
This long march was still very painful. After all, there was only water transportation to Liangzhou, but there was no road. And the Liangzhou Canal, which had just been built, did not have enough ships to transport the Northern Army there. If they had to take turns transporting the troops,
, it would be better to march collectively to Liangzhou. In such a difficult situation, these young soldiers matured quickly.
When they arrived in Liangzhou, they did not see the desolate scene they had imagined. There were many merchants. However, when they saw the soldiers from the north and the south who were ordered to guard Liangzhou, these merchants all bowed to the imperial court.
The news that the Northern and Southern armies were sent to guard Liangzhou had long spread. Seeing the prosperity of Liangzhou, which was second only to the Central Plains, the soldiers of the Northern and Southern troops were relieved.
However, what they did not expect was that they were not stationed in these prosperous areas with many business travelers and busy traffic. These areas were all governed by county soldiers. The places where they were stationed were completely filled with yellow sand and endless roads.
In the inhabited border areas, Sun Jian intended to learn from Huangfu Song's behavior in Youzhou, and established a large number of sentries in the border areas, and sent soldiers to various sentries.
Of course, there are also large-scale legions ready to go to support at any time.
At night, when the weather was cold and freezing, the soldiers from the north and south exhaled the cold air, shivered all over, held spears in their hands, and looked forward to their wishes. They were divided into groups of five and stationed at a sentry post. The place where Yuan Shu wanted to be stationed was on the side of Tianshui.
, on the important road above Hanzhong that the Qiang people must pass through, Yuan Shu was extremely serious every day and every night, which made the generals gradually take him seriously.
"I said, we have been stationed in this place for thirty years...why not let the rest of the team come?"
"Oh, it's not like we're easy to bully. Our military commanders and soldiers have been promoted, how can they compare with other generals?"
"Think about it, those pretty boys are all in the camp, drinking fine wine, maybe holding beauties in their arms... Just commoners like me, stationed all night long..."
Yuan Shu turned his head suddenly and said angrily: "Hua Xiong! Shut up! What a patrol!"
The strong man who was chatting with everyone looked at Yuan Shu with some displeasure and said: "Commander, could I have said something wrong? That kid Zhang Xiu, I can strangle two people to death with one hand, why can he be a military prince? Not even that.
I have an uncle who is a school captain!"
"Commander, take a look. Are there any of the people stationed at Bird's Place who come from a wealthy family?"
"Shut up, Hua Xiong! I...come from the Yuan family in Runan!"
Hua Xiong was stunned and slowly stood up, his face a little red. However, he did not say any more and stood up solemnly. The other people also stood up quickly and stood in their respective positions. However, they
Occasionally when he secretly looked at Yuan Shu, his eyes were extremely complicated.