Gongsun Chan's night raid had three to rely on.

One is the desecration of the Yellow River...... This sparkling, extremely wide river, was not enough to stop the army.

After all, as a seasonal river, this river has just come in at this time, and the amount of water is not enough, just because the riverbed is wide, which looks scary. And at this time, there is not much silt at the bottom of the river, and even as the junction of the plain and the Qinghe River, many places are simply trampled on as roads in winter, and the riverbed is actually very hard.

Therefore, as long as you are careful and find the right position, there is no problem for a large force of cavalry to cross the river.

This point, Gongsun Zhan has been in the plain for almost a year, so he naturally knows it, and the Yuan Shaojun on the other side of the river is known by some people and some people don't know, but the vast majority of the main forces from Yanzhou definitely don't know, and they will only have a sense of security because of this river.

The other is the trust in these cavalrymen...... This point is extremely easy to understand, the five thousand cavalry, most of whom are Youyan's disciples, face Yuan Shao's troops to cross the river and fight, no matter what, they will not be easily shaken and scattered.

And the last one, of course, is the suddenness of the military operation itself.

It must be known that only Gongsun Chan and Tian Kai knew about this matter before, and the situation was here, most people thought that Gongsun Bogui was going to escape, and in this case, the infantry who chose to throw down the Yellow River defense line suddenly carried out a night attack on the troops with absolute superiority, and it was indeed a surprise.

Or else?

Although there are many resourceful men and outstanding generals in Yuan Shao's camp, they are not immortals, and the role of resourceful men is at most to remind Yuan Shao to be careful and not to get too carried away because of the victory at the boundary bridge, and then assist in managing the camp to make it orderly; The role of famous generals and brave generals is to quickly prepare the military camp when the real surprise attack comes, gather forces, prevent rout, or simply counterattack.

The kind of person who pinched his fingers and counted what time it was tonight to rob the camp was either a liar or a madman...... One counts as one, and as the commander of an army, he should all pull these people out and cut them down.

In fact, what can defend against camps in this era is nothing more than unquantifiable things such as vigilance, military discipline, and the daily level of preparedness of the troops. But it is precisely because of this that people put the success and failure of the defense against surprise attacks on something mysterious and mysterious.

So on the flip side, there are really a lot of scammers out there.

"What do you have to gain from the great cause?"

On the evening of the same day, on the open space outside Yuan Shao's main tent, I saw a person with a high crown and wide clothes, a face like a crown of jade, and a height of eight feet fluttering over, like a fairy, who was holding a banquet to entertain the staff and generals in the army, and Yuan Shao, who was also discussing military affairs, couldn't help but hold back, and got up directly to inquire.

"The sky is ethereal, the stars are dotted, and you need to observe it all night to get one or two." The person who came called Cui Zhong Cui Juye is a well-known figure in the Cui clan in Qinghe, especially good at stargazing, and has always been well-known, but he is not in a hurry when he hears the words, first calmly salutes, and then points to the sky with a smile in public. "The subordinates only watched it for half an hour, and they were already dizzy, and they couldn't be calculated, but they just gained a little from the general trend." At this point, without waiting for Yuan Shao to ask again, he took the initiative to bow again, and then raised his voice to say. "Within ten days, no matter whether it is morning or evening, the Ming Duke will win the plain!"

As soon as these words came out, many people in the banquet congratulated him, and Yuan Shao was also overjoyed, so much so that he stroked his palms and laughed, and then Fu personally stepped forward, took Cui Juye's hand, and led him into the seat, and then returned to the seat to continue the feast.

There was a moment of jubilation in front of the tent.

However, in the midst of the joy, two people frowned visibly - one was Cui Yan and the other was Chen Gong.

Cui Yan frowned for two reasons, one is that he was born in a serious Confucianism, and his own moral level is no problem, so he is naturally uncomfortable with this kind of superstitious thing that his teacher Zheng Xuan has begun to criticize, but the other party is his own brother, and his brother does not say anything about his brother, so it is not good to get along with his brother in person.

The other is to say the other way around, it is precisely because the other party is his own clan brother that he is still doing such a set, so as a clan brother, Cui Yan is inevitably worried - it is naturally no problem to say auspicious words about the general situation like now, but what if this is done one day? Isn't it a burden to the family?

And Chen Gong frowned for even more reasons, his temper is naturally like this.

However, the Cui family is an important means to stabilize Qinghe, whether Cui Yan is a moral scholar or Cui Zhong is beautiful, they all have to be reused, and there is no way to do this, and Cui Zhong just shook his wit after all, enlivened the atmosphere, and there was nothing obvious to blame. Therefore, Chen Gong's mind at this time was mostly worried about Yuan Shao's state - the other party entered the Qinghe this time, pressing left and right, and couldn't help getting carried away, and at this time, he was even closer to this kind of flashy person, which was inevitably worrying.

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Gong, who was sitting first on his left hand, suddenly spoke, and asked Cui Zhong Zhengse, who had a fairy posture: "Brother Juye, I remember that when you first came to see Ming Gong before, you said that the galaxy is infinite, all-encompassing, and corresponds to the big people on the ground, all of them are obvious...... Right? ”

Cui Zhong saw that it was Chen Gong, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and he probably understood in his heart that Chen Gongtai was a little tired of him, so he hurriedly solemnized and explained: "What Gongtai said is extremely true, and it is precisely because of this that the stars will be obscure." For example, the imperial historian of the central government, stargazing for generations, and sitting on the Yellow Pavilion and Dongtai classics, I don't know how many old stories can be reflected, but they can only be vaguely omens...... You let them say, they can only say that there is a war in the East, and the West will shed blood, everyone speculates and is confused, but it suddenly dawns on them after the real thing appears. At this time, it is necessary for a wise man like Gongtai to take the way available to him and admonish the Lord to do it. ”

"yes!" As soon as these words came out, Yuan Shao, who was at the top, also became in a trance for a while. "In fact, it is not only the astrological signs, but also the simplest hopes, which are also extremely mysterious. For example, when Emperor Ling was still alive, there were rumors in Luozhong that there would be a military disaster in Luoyang and that there would be blood in the palace...... However, current events are easy to change, and only after several times that the world finally woke up to the fact that this phrase actually refers to Dong Zhuo's chaotic government! ”

Everyone in the audience either knew about this or did not know about it, and when they heard about it, they were more or less surprised.

However, Chen Gongtai is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he originally wanted to admonish one or two, at this time, seeing Yuan Shao believing in Xuandao so much, he was even more stubborn in his heart, so he simply got up and raised his voice: "Ming Gong's words are very wrong, Cui Juye was born in a famous family, and what he has learned and passed on is the right way, how can he let those who play with words be compared with him?" Brother Juye, please say it bluntly, according to the stars, does Hebei belong to the Yuan family or the Gongsun family? If you know this and do not say it, is it not a deception? If you don't even know the big picture, what is the use of your astrological studies? ”

Cui Juye's face remained unchanged, but he was already bitter in his heart...... In other words, he really didn't want to offend people like Chen Gong, but the really powerful and resourceful people around him, one counts as one, and they all look like watching a show, and even his brother Cui Yan just bows his head and drinks, unwilling to intervene in such a troublesome dispute.

As for Yuan Benchu and those leading generals, they are very simple, they already have some expectations at this time, that is, they really want this Cui Juye to reveal a heavenly opportunity, which is more promising, Yuan or Gongsun?

But the question is, Yuan Shao is sitting on it, and everyone is shouting nonsense from the lord, Ming, and general, can you expect a second answer?

"Don't hide it from the public and the princes." Sure enough, in desperation, Cui Juye could only stand up hard, pointing to the starry sky and giving a natural answer. "Although the stars are chaotic, I saw the big star move north through the Milky Way a few months ago, which shows that Hebei is in the south! Therefore, after the general of the chariot cavalry led his troops to cross to the north, he sent a summons, and he no longer had any doubts and made a special trip to help...... In other words, the general trend of Hebei should be on top of Yuan Che riding north to cross the Yellow River! ”

The first half of these words were for Chen Gong, and the second half of the sentence seemed to be for Yuan Shao.

However, where is Chen Gong so easy to fool, as soon as the other party's voice fell, he put down the wine glass he had just picked up and continued to persecute him: "If you already knew that the general trend of Hebei was in Yuan Che as early as a few months ago, then dare to ask Brother Juye, why don't you persuade your brother Cui Min and Cui Fujun to abandon his post and return to his hometown to avoid trouble?" Cui Fujun is now the Taishou of Zhuo County, the position is critical, if one day our general chariot and cavalry will unify Hebei, but Cui Fujun is confined to the situation and the righteousness of the monarch and ministers to resist repeatedly, wouldn't there be something unbearable? Brother Juye, as a human brother, but he sits back and watches his brother go astray, isn't he afraid of being ridiculed? ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui Zhong's face was extremely embarrassed, and he couldn't answer at all, and the people around him also snickered and laughed, even Cui Yan was constantly being pointed at.

In other words, the three most outstanding people of Qinghe's Cui generation, the oldest Cui Min is the Taishou of Zhuojun, as if he is going to follow Gongsun Xun to get mixed up, but Cui Zhong, who is local in Qinghe, and Cui Yan, who went to Qingzhou to study, chose Yuan Shao...... It's not necessarily a split bet, but rather a more conservative drift.

In all fairness, in troubled times, this kind of thing is not something worth mocking, but who made Cui Zhong just have to say anything about destiny and astrology? This will inevitably be embarrassing.

Cui Zhong stood there awkwardly, wanting to speak several times, but every time he wanted to speak, he saw Chen Gong sneering at each other, and he also closed his mouth again several times. And when he was embarrassed and wanted to die, Cui Yan finally couldn't stand it, so he had no choice but to get up and avoid the table, and took the initiative to bow to Chen Gong and say mercy: "In the troubled times, just one person, like a wanderer, is determined to survive and appease one party, and everyone has their own encounters...... Why expect any general trends at such times? ”

Cui Yan's posture made Chen Gong a little embarrassed, and Cui Zhong also made a big ugly, so he also bowed his hand slightly, and he was ready to re-enter the seat, so he gave up.

But at this moment, Yuan Shao, who was sitting on it, couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and then replied to Cui Zhong a little.

"Why should the public station be aggressive?" Above the chief, Yuan Benchu put down the wine bottle in his hand and sighed, as if he had already brought a little bit of wine and a little dissatisfaction. "I don't know that the so-called Gongsun clan and the Yuan clan are fighting, in fact, it is only between General Wei and me, and the gains and losses of the two counties of Gongsun Chan are not enough to determine the overall situation of Hebei? However, General Wei has worked hard to run Hebei for ten years, and together he has the power of ten counties in the north, and now he has twenty counties in four states! And I have only started to pay attention to the local area since last year, but now I also have 14 counties in Qing and Yan'er Prefectures, if I can break Gongsun Zan to subdue Han Fu, I can also vaguely have 20 counties, and the household registration and wealth are even better than the poor counties in Youzhou...... Catching up with Gongsun Wenqi for ten years in one year, can't it be called a bit of destiny? ”

Chen Gong was already ready to let Cui Zhong go, but when he heard this, his anger rose from his chest, and he immediately defended: "Ming Gong has the surname Zhong in the world, five generations and three dukes, and a hundred years of business, but he was equaled by General Wei for ten years...... If the Mandate of Heaven is judged in this way, whose hands is the Mandate of Heaven?! As for Cui Juye, it is natural for Ming Gong to take Qinghe and use Cui's children to appease the place, but if you believe these fallacies from him, sooner or later you will bring disaster upon yourself! ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent, and everyone was stunned and speechless when they sat or stood...... After all, these words were not so much a mockery of Cui Zhong as a public disparagement of Yuan Shao and the Yuan family.

Of course, after a while, Chen Gong came back to his strength, and after realizing that he was out of shape, he naturally took the initiative to avoid the table and apologize: "My subordinates lost their words after drinking, and I hope that the public will forgive them." ”

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, and originally wanted to get off the donkey, but when he thought of what Chen Gong said just now, the more he thought about it, the more ashamed he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally he simply hid his face and left.

The master withdrew, Cui Juye was also speechless, so he also hid his face and fled in a hurry, Chen Gong lay there and saluted, but when he encountered this situation, he naturally felt bored, so he had to get up and walk away...... The rest of the people were embarrassed for a while, and finally under the auspices of Feng Ji, they dispersed and returned to the camp.

In other words, when Yuan Shao returned to his tent, it was still difficult to calm down in his heart, but after a while, someone directly opened the tent and chased in, but it was Xu You Xu Ziyuan, who had been watching the play before.

And this, in fact, made Yuan Benchu a little confused.

"Zi is far from being the kind of person who knows how to soothe people's hearts." Under the candlelight, Yuan Shao, who took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on the couch, frowned. "Chasing after me at this time, but do you have any words?"

"What did you say at the beginning?" Xu You sneered when he heard this, and then sat down on the couch by himself. "How can I not know how to soothe people? Compared with Chen Gongtai, isn't my Nanyang Xu You gentle and considerate? ”

Yuan Shao reluctantly smiled: "Gongtai has a straightforward personality, but he is far-reaching, talented, and ......."

"After the incident of Erzhang, Liu Gongshan, Bao Yuncheng and others, the people of Yanzhou were uneasy, and Chen Gongtai was connected to the hearts of the people of Yanzhou, so it could not be easily cut off." Xu You sat there and said to himself. "And people like Cui Juye are also the dependents of your Yuan Cheqi to maintain Jizhou in the future, and the two parties disregard the system and provoke this kind of thing in public, which is really embarrassing."

"Ziyuan is really better at soothing people's hearts than Gongtai...... But Ziyuan is so transparent, I also know my embarrassment! Yuan Shao smiled more and more bitterly, but gradually he couldn't laugh, so he could only become serious helplessly. It was obviously Han Wenjie who attacked me at Jieqiao, but everyone said that it was me Yuan Shao who bullied the weak, and it was me who took him Han Wenjie first, and then everyone said that the matter of Erzhang and Liu Dai was first, so don't kill again. Therefore, although I won the battle, I couldn't go down to Yecheng in one go, but I could only send my nephew and Zhongzhi and their old Yingchuan people to persuade Han Wenjie with a good voice...... Ziyuan, you said, how can there be such a reason in the world, obviously won a battle, obviously my Yanzhou elite is in the boundary bridge, obviously the rest of the soldiers and horses in Jizhou are all here, obviously their people have no strength to resist, but they still have to work so hard. ”

"Fortunately, those Yingchuan people and those Yanzhou elites are not here," Xu You couldn't help laughing. "Otherwise, tonight will be even more lively!"

Yuan Shao held the bed with both hands and shook his head for a while: "Ziyuan, I already know what you are going to say...... You're trying to tell me that I'm in such a hurry that everyone under my command is divided into factions, aren't you? Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yingchuan, Nanyang, after defeating Gongsun Zan in a few days and subduing Han Fu, Jizhou will be the battlefield, and the weak Jizhou people will also rise up today, and it will be even more difficult at that time. ”

"Quite the opposite." Xu Yu let out a long sigh. "I'm really here to comfort you today, and I want to tell Ben ...... You don't have to worry about what will happen to these people because of infighting, because if you are in one day, these people may fight with each other, but they will never deviate from it, let alone delay the decisive battle between you and Gongsun Wenqi. ”

"What kind of nonsense is this?" Yuan Shao simply stood up barefoot from the couch. "Since ancient times, I have never heard of anyone who can fight for the world when they are divided internally...... It's like a big river moving forward, and it can only collect its tributaries before it can go east into the sea. ”

"Isn't it Yuan Che who is talking nonsense riding you?" Xu You, who sat on the couch and did not move, disagreed. "Have you ever seen a great river that diverges? Now that the currents have merged, where will they diverge? ”

Yuan Shao stepped on the ground with his bare feet and was stunned for a moment.

"Goodness is like water." Xu Ziyuan continued to tell the story, and it was rare to be positive. "Once the rivers are merged, it is not so easy to separate, and do you think that the other generations can come together in your great river because they want to merge? It's just that they are born to belong to the big river of yours and can't get out. This is just like the fact that each major river has its own water system, and the geography and hydrology are placed there, each with its own belonging, and forcibly diverting its course cannot shake the foundation of hydrology. And Gongsun Wenqi took the preemptive action, and the "Talent Seeking Order" only asked for three or five kittens and dogs, but he had already expressed his intentions; Hedong sat down to talk, and only killed one Wang Kuang, but also set the law of the death of the remnants; Not only that, but most of its fathers and generals in the army were from humble backgrounds, and they had been lecturing in Changping Tuntian for several years, but they also accumulated hundreds of officials and spread them out in the township...... Then let me ask you, in such a situation, the family and the wealthy want to forge ahead, do they want to vote for you or for the general? You and him seem to be a long river, but like a big river and the Yangtze River, it is difficult to get along. ”

Yuan Shao's heart gradually became abrupt, but he still had some doubts: "Ziyuan said this, but there is a different reason...... It's just Ziyuan, it's always bad for subordinates to be messed up like this, right? And today you and I have a heart-to-heart relationship, and I have spoken to you bluntly - if these people are allowed to be unscrupulous, then how can I deal with myself in the future? ”

"There's no way around it." Xu Youfu spread his hands and laughed again. "At the beginning, you just said that Gongsun Wenqi has been in business for ten years, and he has already figured out the context between himself and the northland, and then he went down the trend and naturally became a river. As for you, it is like the Yellow River, the water system is mixed, and the sediment is falling, so that the embankment often overflows...... But no matter how mixed the water and how many disasters there are, can it stop the rolling river from entering the sea? It's a big deal, when the general trend has been achieved in the future, it is ...... to learn from Wang Jing to recast the golden embankment and reorganize the river The key now is just to get ahead of Gongsun Wenqi and take the lead in gathering water into the sea in order to achieve the overall situation. A little miscellaneous things can be endured. ”

"Ziyuan, I have been taught this truth again today." Yuan Shao was stunned for a long time, and finally nodded heavily. "For example, after Guangwu became the field, he would go to Tian again, and after Gaozu set the Ding, he would cut the princes...... Aren't they all the same thing? ”

"Is that all?" Xu Yu sneered.

"How could that be all?" Yuan Shao immediately came to his senses, and Fu laughed again. "In the future, I will enjoy the fields more; In the future, the princes will be weakened, and today they will have to divide power severely...... And I already understand what Ziyuan means...... I'm embarrassed to take back the goods, so I'll reward you a lot at this time! ”

Xu You smiled and said nothing.

In other words, the two of them gossiped about it, but Yuan Shao's heart suddenly brightened - Gongsun Xun values the people and holds power, so people who are unwilling to endure this pattern will naturally gather around him Yuan Shao, and as long as he delegates power and profits to these people who can't get enough benefits from Gongsun Xun, he will naturally be able to unite these people...... In fact, in these years, it is nonsense to say that the powerful people of the world have any class consciousness, but the basic truth is there, the laws of history, and the characteristics of the class are also there.

The so-called is not far away!

So, when the two of them entered the alley, they talked about the third watch, Yuan Shaofang turned off the lights and lay down, and Xu You was rewarded with dozens of gold and returned proudly. At the same time, Cui Juye and Chen Gongtai, who were depressed in their hearts, also rested on their couches in the left camp and the Chinese army respectively after tossing and turning.

However, not long after the Yuan monarchs and ministers fell asleep with their own thoughts, just after the third watch, the shouts of killing suddenly rose with the firelight - it turned out that Gongsun Zhan, who had crossed the river, finally reorganized the whole army, got ready, and made a splash!

The Yuan army has a company camp of seven or eight miles, with 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, which looks similar to when he just crossed the river, but in fact, the inside is already different - the elite of Yanzhou who came with him at the beginning, such as Yu Ban, Li Jin, Wen Chou, and Shangtun Bingjie Bridge, as a military intimidation; And the new 10,000 people were simply recruited by Qinghe's local temporary recruitment, and they were all new pawns.

Therefore, as soon as they were attacked at night, the reaction of the whole army was different, and some camps were immediately brightly lit and strictly guarded; And some camps are messing around, and they don't know how to deal with it.

And Gongsun Zhan stood on a gentle slope, seeing that the performance of the various battalions of Yuan's army was so uneven after the forwards set fire everywhere, while he was overjoyed, he hurried to find fighters.

Not to mention, they soon found an extremely obvious breakthrough.

"Blowing the horn and gathering troops!" Gongsun Bogui tried to stare at a chaotic camp, and made a decision immediately. "The whole army follows me straight to the left battalion!"

So far, this 'Brother of General Wei', who has never shown his grandeur, is holding a double-headed steel lance and personally leading 5,000 Youyan disciples and knights to the Cui Juye camp of 'watching the stars and knowing the general trend of Hebei'.

On the other side, Cui Zhong got up in a panic, seeing that the camp was attacked, he was at a loss for what to do at first, and then, his people received an order from the Chinese army camp, saying that they wanted the generals of each army to strictly defend their own positions, but they could only let the surrounding officers give orders and hide in their tents. However, most of the Qinghe disciples in his left battalion were newly recruited into the army, where did they pass through this formation from officers to soldiers? Therefore, Cui Juye waited in his tent for a long time, but instead of waiting for the outside to gradually settle down, he waited for a new military report, saying that the outer wall of the burning camp was actually dragged down by the white-horse cavalry, and then Sun Zhan, the prince of Bohai, personally led countless northern assault cavalry to kill his left camp.

"Go to the Chinese army and ask for reinforcements!" After staying for a moment, Cui Juye sat on the bed and ordered.

However, as soon as the herald left, a torch was thrown in the distance, and it landed on the side of the big tent where Cui Zhong lived, and then immediately burst into flames.

——————I'm the dividing line to die——————

"Cui Zhong, the word giant, a native of Qinghe, Hebei, is also very good at stargazing and channel law. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao served in the army, as a Zhonglang general, and Gongsun Zhan had been separated from the old river for a long time. One night, feasting and drunk. Chen Gong said: 'The gentleman is clever, and now the Yellow River is in front of the old desecration, blocking the army, can you be the way?' Zhong was drunk, but leaned over and said: "It is easy to draw water to separate the flow, but the young man has learned from the immortals, and the immortals have warned that if you do this technique, there should be a great misfortune." 'The palace is angry, and he is reprimanded in the name of deceiving the world and stealing it, and Shao is also forced. Zhong was helpless, so he painted the river with the white feather fan in his hand, cross-flowing, and said that it was a land route, laughing left and right, and did not care. Every Gongsun Zhan will cross the river at night, the river is too deep to cross, suddenly see a white feather fan coming west, draw the river water, the Zhan army with the help of God, surprise and desecration. and late at night to Shaoying, drunk at the bell, and killed him. - "Sou Shen Ji"