Chapter 9: Sending Troops to Pursue (II)
With Zhao Yun and the thousand people behind him, walking on the way back to the camp, Gao Shun's heart was not to mention how happy. After Yuan Shao summoned Zhao Yun over, he directly said, "You will follow Cao Cao in the future" and kicked Zhao Yun in the clouds. At that time, Gao Shun wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, but he still had to make a normal expression, which was really hard to endure.
Zhao Yun was also depressed in his heart, although he was only a captain in Yuan Shaojun, Zhao Yun was not comparable to ordinary soldiers, and he also had his own pride and ambition. Being kicked to other places by his own lord like this would not feel good even for an ordinary soldier, and as for Zhao Yun, it was even more unpleasant in his heart.
Gao Shun could also see the pimple in Zhao Yun's heart, and said with relief: "Why should Zilong worry about such a trivial matter, then Yuan Ben was ignorant of people, and let Zilong go easily, it will be his loss in the future." My lord Cao Mengde is thirsty for talent, and when Zilong arrives under his tent, he will definitely be able to rise to the top and show his ambitions. ”
Zhao Yun was not familiar with Cao Cao, and he could only be vague when he heard Gao Shun say this.
When I arrived at Cao Ying, I saw soldiers and horses ready to go from a distance, and at the same time, I saw Cao Cao's unkind face.
Secretly said that it was not good, and Gao Shun realized that he was late. Estimating the hour, he was about half a pillar of incense later than Cao Cao's agreed time to send troops. Violating military orders is not a joke, especially since Cao Cao's military regulations are extremely strict, and it is possible to push himself out and behead the public.
"Changgong, why is it too late?" Gao Shun's trip was to win over Liu Bei, but Liu Bei had already arrived with his men, but Gao Shun did not show up for a long time. If he hadn't seen a group of men and horses behind him, guessing that he might have gathered the men and horses of other princes, Cao Cao would have immediately engaged in military law. Although Gao Shun is a brave general, he is reluctant to kill him, but it is no problem to drag it down and beat dozens of military sticks.
"The Lord forgives sins." Gao Shun saw that Cao Cao scolded himself as soon as they met, and his heart relaxed a little, and hurriedly explained, "I also went to Yuan Benchu to borrow a thousand men and horses. ”
Thousand? Cao Cao frowned, obviously this number was not enough for Cao Cao to forgive Gao Shun's sin of being late. Yuan Shao had 30,000 men under his command, and these 1,000 soldiers and horses were obviously used to prevaricate, and there was no credit at all. If Gao Shun was talking about 10,000, then Cao Cao would have laughed and patted him on the shoulder at this time.
"In addition to these thousand people, I also brought a general from Yuan Shao's battalion." Gao Shun knew that these horses couldn't impress Cao Cao, so he immediately added.
"Oh? Who is it? Hearing Gao Shun say this, Cao Cao's originally disappointed heart couldn't help but have a trace of expectation. Lieutenant General Yuan Shao? Could it be that Yan Liangwen was ugly, and then Gao Shun brought one of the two of them over? If that's the case, it's definitely a big deal.
"Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong." Gao Shun said as he asked Zhao Yun to come forward to see Cao Cao.
“…… Your name is Zhao Yun? "Cao Cao was depressed for a moment, this kid wouldn't be afraid that I would treat him for the crime of misleading the army, so he casually pulled someone to fool me. Although this young general named Zhao Yun is quite handsome and extraordinary, judging from his appearance alone, he is eight feet tall, with a face like a crown of jade, lips like grease, and sword eyebrows and starry eyes, he is undoubtedly a handsome guy who can fascinate countless young girls. In addition, Zhao Yun's behavior is also quite well-founded, and even the whole person has a very elegant temperament.
But Cao Cao knows very well that judging people by their appearance is absolutely unacceptable. Although he doesn't think much of Yuan Shao now, after all, he has been friends with Yuan Shao for many years, and although the generals in Yuan Shao's army can't say everything about it, they also know it well. He had never heard of a general named Zhao Yun in Yuan Shao's army.
"Zhao Yun, what position do you have under Yuan Benchu's account?"
"Back to the lord, Yun is the commander of the Yuan Gong's army."
Cao Cao's face turned black all of a sudden, and Gao Shun hurriedly said when he saw this: "That's Yuan Benchu's ignorance of people, and he abandoned Zilong in the ranks. As far as I can see, if there is no Lu Bu in the world, then Zilong's martial arts should be the first in the world! ”
Gao Shun is really anxious, Zhao Yun, how can you be so sincere? Didn't you see that Boss Cao was already angry like that? In a hurry, Gao Shun could only desperately raise Zhao Yun, and did everything he could to put Zhao Yun in a better direction.
But as soon as he said this, he immediately regretted it. Because although Cao Cao's face was somewhat soothed, it was still not much better after all. But at the same time, the faces of the generals behind Cao Cao sank.
Seeing Gao Shun elevate a stranger he had never met before, the first person to have an opinion was his brother-in-law Dian Wei.
"Ya, I'm also your big brother, and you know my skills, is it possible that I can't compare to this little white face? It's a shame that I'm still worried about you, and I want to plead in front of the lord...... "Hindering the embarrassment of brotherhood, Dian Wei had to secretly slander in his heart.
In addition to Dian Wei, the Xiahou brothers also didn't believe Gao Shun's words, and their faces showed unhappiness.
As for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, they are both arrogant people, and they can't tolerate other masters in their eyes. In their opinion, although Lu Bu is brave, he is not worse than him, but he has never fought and cannot make a name for himself. Seeing Gao Shun praising Zhao Yun's martial arts so much, Guan Yu snorted heavily, expressing his disdain. And Zhang Fei is wow-wow, looking at that posture, if Liu Bei wasn't watching from the sidelines, he would definitely have a competition with Zhao Yun and teach him a good lesson before he stopped.
Seeing this, Gao Shun knew that he had not chosen what to say just now, which caused public anger. But at this point, he couldn't take back the preface and smack his mouth.
Cao Cao obviously didn't take Gao Shun's words seriously, but now that the hour was too late, and the troops were about to be dispatched, he couldn't take care of these things too much.
"Gao Shun violated military discipline and should be beheaded. However, he remembered that Lu Bu had meritorious service in the battle before the tiger prison, so he folded his crime and had fifty rods. Cao Cao said expressionlessly, "But now the time is not waiting, the army has been assembled, and its punishment will be recorded for the time being, and it will be implemented after returning to the army." ”
Fifty rods? Gao Surplus almost jumped to his feet, this is not a joke, this fight down, in case you don't get it right, it's not impossible to be disabled.
"I'm a wipe, you're a Cao Cao, I'm sorry to bring Zhao Zilong to you, that's how you treat me? You must know that with Lao Tzu's 1,800-year-old supernatural powers, no matter who he takes refuge in, he can guarantee that he will make a lot of money. If you make Lao Tzu angry, Lao Tzu will immediately change jobs, and I promise to make you regret it so much that your intestines are blue! ”
Of course, these words can only be scolded by Gao Shun in his heart. On the surface, he still had to pretend to be a deferential expression to show his obedience to Boss Cao's decision.
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Before Liu Bei came to Cao Cao's military camp, he also went to Gongsun Zhan. When Gongsun Zan heard that Liu Bei wanted to help Cao Cao chase Dong, he persuaded him to change his mind at first, but after seeing that the persuasion was useless, he didn't like his mother-in-law, so he borrowed him 3,000 soldiers and horses. This made Gao Shun sigh greatly, damn it, Gongsun Zhan is still angry, this is called a classmate. Although the number of 3,000 people is not much, it is much better than Yuan Shao's stinginess, not to mention that the soldiers and horses brought by Gongsun Zan this time are less than half of Yuan Shao's. Together with the original 1,000 people, Liu Bei brought a total of 4,000 people.
And when Sun Jian joined the Dong League, he brought 25,000 people. It is a pity that Bishui Pass lost the first battle, and most of the losses were lost, and this time it brought a total of 10,000 people after the removal of some of the wounded who could not move.
Cao Cao's here is 5,000 people from the headquarters plus 1,000 people from Yuan Shao, a total of 6,000 people.
At this time, Cao Cao's order was heard, and Cao, Liu, and Sun, with a total of 20,000 allied troops, set off in the direction of Chang'an.
Gao Shun sat on the horse, looking at the three people who were neck and neck, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart. The founder of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu actually joined together in order to pursue Dong Zhuo under his own interference at this time, is this considered a creation of people?
Outside the city of Luoyang, the 10,000 troops of Cao Cao and Liu Bei went first, while Sun Jian led his army to follow far behind six or seven miles. This is because Dong Zhuo may have laid an ambush, so let Sun Jian divide his troops behind, and once the front army is ambushed, he can rescue in the shortest possible time.
Of course, the road from Luoyang to Chang'an was mountainous, and the ambush must have been buried in the mountain dock. The safest way to avoid ambushes is to constantly send scouts into the mountains to investigate, and after discovering the enemy ambush, they will make a detour and advance, or even sneak behind the enemy to fight a counter-ambush. It's a pity that this method is too time-consuming, and it has entered the second half of the night at this time, and if you don't speed up your march, you will definitely not be able to catch up with Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao's purpose was to intercept Dong Zhuo before he entered Chang'an, so it was impossible to march in a safe way.