Fanyang County Governing Office, Zhuo County

"Smack!"

When he learned the news that Beiqiao City was taken by Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan suddenly swept all the things on the desk in front of him to the ground with a look of anger. Seeing Gongsun Zhan's anger, Gongsun Zhan's subordinates in the house all held their breath and didn't say a word.

When Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang attacked Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan transferred the base camp to Jixian County, the seat of Youzhou governance. Subsequently, Gongsun Zhan personally led 170,000 horse infantry troops to Zhuo County to arrange defensive matters. Zhuoxian was originally the base camp before Gongsun Zhan, and it was built quite firmly by Gongsun Zhan. There is plenty of grain and grass in Zhuoxian County, perfect armor, and there is no problem in equipping hundreds of thousands of troops. Obviously, Gongsun Chan is not preparing for a year or two, but has been prepared for a long time. Originally, Gongsun Zhan wanted to use Zhuoxian as a strategic rear, and form a horn with Rongcheng and Beiqiao City to resist the attacks of Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang. At the same time, Gongsun Chan mobilized troops and horses from the six counties and one country under his control, and when the time was ripe, he would counterattack Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang. Of course, this premise is that Rongcheng and Beiqiao City are not lost, and they can keep Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang's army out. However, not long after Rongcheng was lost, Beiqiao City followed closely and lost again, which was not a handful of fuel to Gongsun Zhan's anger.

"Who can tell Ben Hou what is going on? Why did Rongcheng and Beiqiao City fall one after another? What was Ben Hou's order at the beginning? Defend the city to the death, wait for Ben Hou's army to arrive, and then fight to the death with Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang? However, why did the defenders still go out of the city to fight, so that Chengchi was lost, is this taking Ben Hou's words as wind in their ears?"

Gongsun Chan slapped the desk violently and glared. Loud roar. Gongsun Zhan was canonized as the Marquis of Ji by the imperial court, and it was not wrong for him to call himself the Marquis.

Losing Rongcheng, Yuan Chang did not have many troops. It can also make up for it. However, Yuan Shao of Beiqiao City had an army of 150,000 and no strong fortress to defend, and in the next battle, more soldiers would have to be put into the battlefield. This is very bad news for Gongsun Zhan.

The northern alien races have always been hostile to Gongsun Chan because of Gongsun Zhan's killing of them. Always ready to attack Gongsun Zhan's territory, in this direction, Gongsun Chan must arrange soldiers and horses to garrison the other side. Although Liu Yu's old department is not many, there are more than 10,000, but it is also a force. If you let it go. Sooner or later, it will also become a scourge. Gongsun Zhan's troops are already stretched, and they can save as much as they can. With the momentum of Rongcheng, Beiqiao City and Zhuoxian County, it is enough to reach more than 100,000 troops, however, now because of the dereliction of duty of the guards, now only soldiers can be used to fill this vacancy, Gongsun Zhan's anger can be imagined.

In the face of Gongsun Zhan's anger, the civil and military clubs in the house did not dare to speak. is afraid that if he stands up and speaks, he will become the target of Gongsun Chan's anger.

No one responded. Gongsun Chan was even more angry, patting the desk and continuing to scold.

"Hou Hu did not obey the order of Ben Hou, went out of the city to fight without authorization, and died innocently. However, remembering his loyalty to Benhou, his mistakes can be forgiven. However, the two traitors, Yang Ke and Tang Wang, actually surrendered to the enemy, and if they were easily spared, who would fight to the death in the future? Someone came and sent an order to take down Yang Ke and Tang Wang's relatives, and the man became a strong man to make up for the mistakes of the two of them, and the woman was thrown into the barracks to comfort the soldiers who were fighting the battlefield. If such a thing happens again, it will not be spared. ”

When they heard Gongsun Zhan's punishment of Yang Ke and Tang Wang, the soldiers present trembled in their hearts.

The man was confiscated into the army for hard labor, and this is still the past, as long as he can get military exploits in the future, he still has a chance to turn over. However, when a woman is thrown into the barracks and becomes a military prostitute, the end is worse than death. Because of the battle, the soldiers were already nervous and had extremely violent mood swings. Something needs to be done to vent, and these convicts and daughters who were thrown into the barracks naturally will not be pitied by anyone. Put yourself in your shoes, if your boss surrenders to the enemy and ends up bringing a crime to yourself, and thus endangering yourself, no one wants this to happen to you. Therefore, there is naturally no mercy for the daughters of those offending officials.

It's just that the status of women in this era is already low. Moreover, because of the war, there have always been many men and girls, and as long as the men do not have too serious crimes, at most they will be used as labor and can still save their lives; women naturally do not have many forces willing to spend too much energy to manage, and life and death are left to life.

Some people may ask, Beiqiao City was lost, and Gongsun Chan was punished like this. Then when Rongcheng was lost, why weren't Rongcheng's generals Shan Jing and Zou Dan named by Gongsun Zhan? Could it be because Shan Jing and Zou Dan were Gongsun Zhan's henchmen? Wouldn't this make the soldiers under his command feel cold?

Of course, Gongsun Chan did not mention Shan Jing and Zou Dan, because they were his confidants, which was also one of the reasons. The reason is naturally not the only one, Gongsun Chan is not a fool after all, and he will not let the soldiers have unfair ideas. Another reason is because Shan Jing and Zou Dan are still alive, and Shan Jing and Zou Dan are also quite influential in Gongsun Zhan's army. Just like Hou Hu, Yang Ke, and Tang Wang, because they have already died in battle, who would be willing to speak for the dead and thus lead Gongsun Zhan's anger to themselves? Of course, Yang Ke and Tang Wang are traitors, and their family members deserve such treatment. And Hou Hu's family was not implicated, otherwise, maybe someone would still speak for Hou Hu. And Shan Jing and Zou Dan are different, the two of them are now stationed in Tongxian County, with more than 10,000 soldiers in their hands, and they have deep friendships with many people present. If Gongsun Chan wants to punish the two now, someone will definitely inform Shan Jing and Zou Dan of the news, if the two are forced to rebel, it will be terrible, which is why Gongsun Chan did not focus on blaming Shan Jing and Zou Dan. As a superior, there are a lot of things to consider, rather than simply doing what you want.

It didn't seem that he wanted others to implicate the guilt on Shan Jing and Zou Dan, so after venting his anger, Gongsun Chan changed the topic to discuss.

"Wrongdoing has already been committed, and too much accountability will not help. punishing the families of Yang Ke and Tang Wang is just to make the soldiers take a warning, and mistakes can be made. Betrayal is absolutely not a no-no. Okay, then, for such a confrontation with Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang. Do you have any plans?"

After listening to Gongsun Zhan's words, Gongsun Zhan's subordinates are you look at me, I look at you, and no one spoke.

There is no doubt that no brilliant strategist is Gongsun Zhan's shortcoming. Throughout the historical records, Gongsun Zhan was in the battle with Yuan Shao, except for the advantage of the white horse in the early stage. can press Yuan Shao to fight. And when Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong was cracked by Yuan Shao's halberd, Gongsun Chan was basically pressed and beaten by Yuan Shao. Historically, Gongsun Chan occupied most of the territory of Youzhou, Qingzhou, Bingzhou, and Jizhou. was still defeated by Yuan Shao, I have to say that the biggest reason is because Gongsun Zhan did not have a strategist to give advice. And Yuan Shao's advisers will fight a civil war. However, he was still able to make constructive suggestions from time to time. From this point of view, Gongsun Zhan's defeat is basically doomed.

Before, Gongsun Chan also had a black-robed person to help. However, because of many defeats on the battlefield of attacking Jizhou, Gongsun Chan was greatly stimulated and no longer believed in the ability of the black-robed man. Therefore, after the capture of Youzhou. Gongsun Chan took the opportunity to take down the forces of the black-robed man, so that there was no one around Gongsun Chan to give him advice. Guan Jing and other civil officials are only good at managing internal affairs. The analysis and strategy on the battlefield are not much, which is equivalent to nothing.

Gongsun Chan looked at this group of incompetent subordinates, and a trace of sadness flashed in the depths of his eyes, could it be that he Gongsun Chan really had no chance to resist?

"Father, the child is willing to lead troops to garrison Tongxian, stop Yuan Changxiao'er's soldiers and horses, and share his father's worries. ”

Just when no one under his command spoke up, Gongsun Zhan's son Gongsun Xu stood up and said loudly. As the son of Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Xu followed Gongsun Chan to fight in the south and north as early as the age of fifteen, and went through countless battles. Like Sun Ce, both of them are young heroes. It's a pity that Gongsun Xu is a cut worse than Sun Ce, not only in terms of force, but even in the ability to command soldiers, Gongsun Xu can't be compared with Sun Ce. Sun Ce was able to borrow thousands of soldiers and horses to lay a huge foundation in Jiangdong, and looking at the development of the Three Kingdoms, no one could do it.

However, Gongsun Chan was also very relieved to see his son so heroic. Even if there were some failures in other areas, at least, he gave birth to a good son.

"My son has a heart, since this is the case, then the father will give you 50,000 soldiers and horses, and at the same time hand over 5,000 white horses to you to command, don't let your father down. ”

White Horse Yicong has always been Gongsun Zhan's trump card, and Gongsun Chan has never been handed over to anyone else to lead. Even Gongsun Zhan's henchmen who have followed him for many years have never handed over the White Horse Yicong to them. In addition to the fact that Gongsun Xu is his son, Gongsun Chan will be relieved of this reason. is even more because at such a difficult time, his son did not coerce and set an example for the generals under his command, which made Gongsun Chan very satisfied. Therefore, Gongsun Zhan allocated 5,000 white horse Yicong to Gongsun Xu in one go.

Then, Gongsun Zhan looked at Guan Jing again and said sincerely: "Shiqi, I order you to be the prisoner." Ling Wu is young and ignorant, and you have to take care of a little more. ”

"The lord has an order, don't his subordinates do their best!"

After the distribution was completed, Gongsun Chan immediately reorganized the three armies, allocating 50,000 horse infantry and 5,000 white horse righteous servants to Gongsun Xu, and set off for Tongxian to garrison, while Gongsun Chan personally led 100,000 horse infantry troops and 15,000 white horse righteous servants to Gu'an City overnight. Therefore, Anseong has been a military town since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Later, Liu Bang ruled the world, and in order to fight against the Xiongnu, many fortresses were arranged on the border, so Ancheng was one of them. In the campaign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu, the city of Ancheng played a major role.

Therefore, with the solidity of Gu'an City, although Zhuo County is relatively far away, Gongsun Chan also has enough time to rush to Gu'an City to garrison. Relatively speaking, Gongsun Chan was actually worried about the Tongxian battlefield that Gongsun continued to go to.

The strength under Yuan Chang's command, Gongsun Zan has already been taught. At the beginning, Gongsun Chan and the black-robed people led an army of more than 100,000 to attack Nanpi City, but they lost their troops and were humiliated by Yuan Chang, which has always been a pain in Gongsun Chan's heart. Especially Zhao Yun and Dian Wei, the two fierce generals, had a deep impact on Gongsun Zhan. When the tiger was imprisoned, Gongsun Zhan and Lu Bu fought each other, and they were defeated in a few rounds, and thanks to the rescue of the three Liu Daer brothers, they escaped from Lu Bu's halberd. Therefore, Gongsun Zhan was deeply touched by the strength of Guan and Zhang, however, it was Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who were so strong, Zhang Fei and Dian Wei were drawn, but Guan Yu was defeated by Zhao Yun. It can be seen from this that Zhao Yun has such a strong strength.

Gongsun Chan is also a subordinate, and there is really no one left. Only then did it be agreed that Gongsun Xu would lead the troops into battle. Compared with those incompetent subordinates, Gongsun Chan believes in his son who has followed him for many years. It is precisely for this reason that Gongsun Chan gave Gongsun 5,000 white horse righteous servants. I don't expect Gongsun to continue to use these five thousand white horse Yicong to repel Yuan Chang, at least he can save his life with these five thousand white horse Yicong. Gongsun Chan also has many wives and concubines, and there are also many daughters, but the son is the only one who grew up, so Gongsun Chan is also quite concerned. But. Gongsun Chan will not raise Gongsun Chan as a bird, and let Gongsun Chan see the world, so that he can be called his son of Gongsun Chan. Therefore. This is also the reason why Gongsun Chan is willing to let Gongsun continue to fight, but he has to be careful to protect it.

In addition to the courage of the generals, Yuan Chang was not weak in soldiers. Moreover, when Yuan Chang was at the time of the military parade. Demonstrated troops and equipment. Gongsun Chan also understood. Therefore, Gongsun Zhan privately explained that after Guan Jing arrived in Tong County, he would mainly defend the city and try not to fight. Even if you go into battle, don't let Gongsun continue to go deep into the enemy's hinterland. Gongsun Chan didn't want Gongsun Xu to know what he was doing, so as not to make Gongsun Xu lose his enterprising spirit.

Guan Jing, as Gongsun Zhan's confidant, naturally understands what Gongsun Chan means. Therefore, it is a very firm guarantee. will definitely save Gongsun Xu's life, even if it is his own life. It will not let Gongsun continue to have any mistakes.

Gongsun Xu led an army of 50,000 and 5,000 white horses to arrive in Tongxian first, and Yuan Chang's soldiers and horses were late!

"Traitor, for no reason, invade my Youzhou territory, it's like looking for death! If you wait for the interest to retreat, you can still save your life, if you don't know whether you live or die, you will take your head!"

On the battlefield in ancient times, it was not uncommon for the two sides to scold each other. Basically, as soon as they meet, they have to find a reason to scold each other, and then they start fighting. Therefore, after seeing the flag of Yuan Chang's army appear outside the city, Gongsun Xu immediately asked the loud soldiers under his command to shout.

"Yellow-haired child, you haven't quit milk yet, how dare you go to the battlefield? Hurry back, grandpa, I will spare your life." Otherwise, you won't know anything about your surname!"

Dian Wei was angry, and he came to the outside of Tongxian County, clasped his nostrils, and had an extremely arrogant expression, as if he didn't take Gongsun Xu in his eyes at all.

"How daring!"

Gongsun Xu was suddenly furious, thinking that he had followed Gongsun Chan to fight against the alien races in the north at the age of fifteen, and he had killed countless alien races, how could he tolerate Dian Wei to underestimate himself so much? At that moment, Gongsun Chan pulled out two stone bows behind him, wound up the arrows, and aimed at Dian Wei, that is, as soon as he let go, the arrows shot towards Dian Wei like meteors.

"Khooth!"

Although Dian Wei was very arrogant and didn't take Gongsun Xu in his eyes, he kept paying attention to the situation on the city wall. When Gongsun Xu drew out his longbow, he was on guard, and when the arrow came, Dian Wei split it with a halberd and knocked the arrow open. Gongsun Xu is really not weak, and the power of this arrow actually makes Dian Wei's wrist feel a little numb. Gongsun Xu began to go to the battlefield at the age of fifteen, and it seems that it is really not covered.

It was also Dian Wei's conceited strength that dared to meet this arrow. The power of the two-stone bow is so strong, and the speed is so fast, if you change to an ordinary general, you will only dodge, not hard. Dian Wei can be hard to follow, and his strength is also guaranteed. At least, the effect is obvious, seeing Dian Wei taking Gongsun Xu's arrow, Gongsun Xu's soldiers were panicked, and the soldiers on Yuan Chang's side naturally cheered loudly.

"Gongsun continues to be a yellow-mouthed child, his hair has not grown, and he dares to go to the battlefield to be embarrassed, go back to his mother's womb!"

"It's ridiculous that such a weak arrow wants to hurt General Dian!"

"Incompetent child, go back!"

Hearing the insults of the soldiers under Yuan Chang's command, Gongsun Xu was angry that the first Buddha ascended to heaven, and the second Buddha went out of his body, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead the troops out of the city to fight Yuan Chang to the death. However, Gongsun Xu still held back his anger, and Gongsun Chan had confessed before he set out to defend Tongxian. After Gongsun Chan repelled Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, he waved his army to attack, but he attacked Yuan Chang in two ways, and he would definitely let Yuan Chang die without a place to be buried. Therefore, Gongsun Xu still faithfully carried out Gongsun Zhan's order, held back his anger, and went out of the city to fight Yuan Chang without impulse.

"Yuan Changxiao'er, aren't the soldiers under your command a group of mountain and wild village men, who will only take advantage of their tongues? ”

Gongsun continued to suppress his anger, looked at Yuan Chang, and said mockingly.

"If you have the guts, you can go out of the city and try it. Now you're hiding in the city like a turtle with a shrunken head, what do you want to explain? Don't talk nonsense, if you have the guts, go out of the city, you can have a degree, you can beep (nocannobb). ”

Although Yuan Chang's words were a little difficult to understand, Gongsun Xu still roughly knew that Yuan Chang was provoking him. If it weren't for Gongsun Zhan's explanation, Gongsun Xu would have led his troops out of the city to fight Yuan Chang's army this time. It's just that if he has been provoked by Yuan Chang all the time, and he doesn't go to war, wouldn't it weaken his own morale, but on the other hand, on Yuan Chang's side, the soldiers have always been very excited, and it seems that they want to fight Gongsun Xu's soldiers and horses immediately. If this goes on for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to Gongsun Xu. Gongsun Xu turned his head and thought of an idea that could boost his morale.

"Ridiculous, Yuan Changxiao'er, you said that you would only dare to cower in the city, and you still didn't hide behind the soldiers?

Gongsun continued to look at Yuan Chang like a weak scholar, who should have little combat power, so he was very arrogant and provoked Yuan Chang. If Yuan Chang didn't dare to agree, then Gongsun Xu would have hit Yuan Chang's morale, and his goal would have been achieved; if Yuan Chang agreed, then Gongsun Xu would be even happier, and when the time came, Yuan Chang would be directly cut off the horse, and Yuan Chang's 50,000 soldiers and horses could be harvested. Thinking of this, Gongsun continued to look proud.

"Joke, if you want to fight, you will fight, how can Ben Taishou be afraid of you!"

Yuan Chang raised the spear in his hand, but he was not afraid.

"Pass the order, if Ben Taishou and Gongsun Xu Xiao'er go head-to-head, the army retreats to five miles away, and no one is allowed to interfere, and Ben Taishou will let Gongsun Xu Xiao'er know how powerful Ben Taishou is. Gongsun continued, Ben Taishou has already given the order, do you dare to go out of the city to confront Ben Taishou!"

Yuan Chang had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and looked at Gongsun Xu defiantly.

"If you dare to fight, how will this general be afraid of you!"

Seeing this, Gongsun Xu suddenly had a surging of fighting spirit, picked up the spear, and was about to go out of the city to fight Yuan Chang alone, so as to realize his good wishes.

"Young boy, don't fall for the other party's tricks. ”

Guan Jing saw that Gongsun continued to be like this, and hurriedly dissuaded him. Gongsun Xu thought that this was an excellent opportunity, if he could take Yuan Chang down and get 50,000 troops for nothing, such a good thing, how could he give up? At the moment, Gongsun Xu ignored Guan Jing's dissuasion and insisted on going out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Chang.

"Young boy, the art of war has clouds and soldiers are not tired of deceit, although Yuan Chang gave orders in front of the two armies. However, even if Yuan Chang really broke his promise, who would say anything about him? There was never a real promise to talk about on the battlefield, everyone would only listen to the words of the victor, and the young man should not fall for Yuan Chang's tricks. ”

Hearing Guan Jing's words, Gongsun Xu suddenly realized that he seemed to take it for granted. Gongsun Xu thinks he is an honest man, a mouthful of spit and a nail, since he said that he wants two people to fight alone, he will definitely abide by his promise, even if he dies in battle, he has no regrets. However, just because he thinks the same way doesn't mean that others think the same way. Just as Guan Jing said, soldiers are not tired of deceit, there is no real commitment on the battlefield, if Yuan Chang takes advantage of his time out of the city to his disadvantage, what can he do? His death is a trivial matter, if he loses Tongxian because of this, and delays Gongsun Zhan's strategy, then the sin will be great. Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Gongsun Xu gritted his teeth and returned to the top of the city.

"Yuan Changxiao'er, it's not early today, so it's not suitable for war. You and I will fight a decisive battle, and if we change the time, we will definitely have to fight you out!"

After speaking, Gongsun Xu handed over the defense to Guan Jing, and he turned around and walked down the city.

Gongsun Xu was worried that if he continued to stay in the city, he was afraid that he would not be able to stand it again if he heard Yuan Chang's ridicule, and if he ran out of the city impulsively, it would not be good. Therefore, Gongsun Xu decided not to listen to it! He couldn't hear what Yuan Chang said when he wasn't there, no matter how he Yuan Chang abused!

However, after Gongsun Xu left, Yuan Chang's army was also calm. With the sound of gongs and drums, the army retreated to Tongxian ten miles away and set up camp.

Yuan Chang and Gongsun Xu spent a peaceful day. (To be continued......)