In a sense, Yuan Shao's hesitation is understandable, because from his point of view, it is possible to try to fight or retreat, but there are difficulties in it......

If you really want to fight, on the one hand, he now has a fresh army, a slight advantage in troops, and more importantly, he has a geographical advantage (Zhangshui, which has just been frozen), which is enough for a battle; But the disadvantage is that once there is another big defeat like the one in the Liang period, then his Yuan Shao's situation will really be out of control.

And if you don't take the risk, you can directly throw down Guangzong and retreat across the Qinghe River (the name of the river, the origin of the name of Qinghe County), return to the Qinghe County behind you, relying on the defense of dozens of cities in Qinghe and Pingyuan, although it has avoided a situation like the previous defeat of the Liang Dynasty, but this is undoubtedly sending away the entire Wei County, Anping State, and even the Hejian State, and there is a suspicion of betraying the Hebei forces in the camps such as Fu Zhu and Zhang Jaw.

To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao still refuses to admit that he is afraid of Gongsun Xun, and he is simply fleeing when he travels east. And once the people deceive themselves, the people below can't do it...... I can't help it.

This is because in this feudal era, everything is based on personal dependence, the clan in the local countryside, the tribal system in the army, the subordinate officials and the conquest system in the civil officials, so that the people below are unconditionally attached to the upper layer of people, one is prosperous, one is lost, and finally the layers are passed in to the only person.

This person used to be the Son of Heaven, and now he is a prince everywhere.

And the reason why Yuan Shao is so powerful, and the reason why his 'Fourth World, Three Princes, and Many Officials' are so useful, is because of this...... Because if the characters in the world want to do something, and they are not good or unwilling to be the only person, they will naturally find someone to attach to and ask him to lead everyone to do it.

In fact, if you think about it, you can see that when the scholars were unbearable by the Son of Heaven and his domestic slaves, people naturally chose the Yuan family at that time; And when they accidentally got rid of it, collapsed the imperial power, and came up with a Dong Zhuo, in order to oppose this ancient strange and violent martial arts, they further directly chose Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu; And when Gongsun Xun suddenly rose up and led a group of marginal martial artists in the border counties of the North to successfully replace Dong Zhuo, and declared that he would whip the world's clans and heroes, these people were more closely clustered around Yuan Shao in order to oppose this person they were afraid of but could not find a reason to oppose it.

However, Cheng is also dependent on defeat and also dependent, and Cheng is also defeated...... Yuan Shao's background, character, and ability are there, so the integration of these forces is extremely fast, and the rise is also extremely fast, just as he used to engage in the Kwantung Coalition Army to rise up in a hurry, and this time his localization and warlord strategy was also successful in a hurry, so that many people saw the hope of suppressing Gongsun Xun in the short term.

But at the critical moment, everything on this person made it difficult for those people to control easily, so they could only spread their hands and sigh.

After all, Yuan Shao is not Liu Biao, not Tao Qian, not Cao Cao.

In another time and space, Liu Biao relied on the Jingxiang clan to exterminate Haoqiang (clan thieves), and quickly completed the control of the Jingzhou region, the so-called belt armor of 100,000, rampant in nine counties, but once he died, those local clans easily betrayed his orphans and widows; Tao Qian is the same, he was born in the southern wild county, his style is stubborn and arrogant, and he still has soldiers in his hands, it was easy to suppress Xuzhou in the early stage, but once he was old, the power of Xuzhou still fell into the hands of the local clan and Haoqiang; It is Cao Cao, what happened to him in the early days and space is a perfect example, his people got Yanzhou all thanks to Chen Gong and Zhang Miao's 'gifts', but once he killed Bian Rang, he was ready to really be in charge of his own house, but he was easily betrayed by these two people, and the entire Yanzhou was also taken back, and he could only rely on Xun Yu to offer Yingchuan to gain a foothold......

Compared with these people, the biggest difference between Yuan Shao is that he is naturally the king of this system, and others can sell him land and power according to some logic in these personal dependency systems, but no one can easily turn his back on him, nor can he really control him, at least the control is limited.

This has also created a strange situation in his camp today - Yuan Shao cannot completely control the people and things below like Gongsun Xun, but the people below cannot easily get rid of Yuan Shao and question Yuan Shao.

Of course, this is only one of the problems, the biggest one is that times have changed...... At this era at the beginning of the second year of Jian'an, no one doubted that no matter how noble a person was or how powerful he was, an arrow on the battlefield was enough to turn him into a cold corpse, thus changing all the balance of political forces and deciding the fate of everything.

The previous big defeat is the fundamental reason why all these problems are exposed.

The only irony is that Yuan Shao himself was one of the initiators of destroying the old order and speaking with a knife...... In the past, in Luoyang City, he was the first to attack Nangong and start killing.

"Our army is still strong, and there is Zhangshui as a barrier, why can't we fight?" Feng Ji angrily spread his hands and asked, and the person opposite him was Guo Tu.

"It's simple." Guo Tu folded his hands slightly and sighed. "Yuan Tu, the current situation is that if you win, you will only stop General Wei's offensive to the west and north of Zhangshui, and once you lose, it will be difficult to clean up the situation...... Of course, I also understand your feelings, you have worked hard in Anping for a long time, and if you abandon Zhangshui at this time, Anping, Weijun, and even the river will be difficult to survive, you will definitely feel uncomfortable. This is just like after the defeat of Julu that day, Xu Ziyuan was not even sane. But the overall situation is the overall situation, and this battle is not worth going to! ”

"It's different!" Feng Ji's face was flushed. "On that day, Xu Ziyuan was defeated after fighting wits with Dong Zhao and Zhang Fei, and only then did he lose half of the county and ten cities...... But if you don't fight a battle today, and retreat directly, you will lose the three counties, so what about next time? There are only nineteen counties in total, and if one or the other grows, they will only retreat faster and lose more in the future! There is no precedent for this matter......"

"It's already open!" Unexpectedly, Xu You, who was sitting on the side, didn't even care about Guo Tu's ridicule, and even looked at his words, which turned out to be a rare agreement with Guo Gongze, and they all wanted to retreat. "Didn't we just retreat from Wei County? Do you think we really can't attack this time? Under the defeated army, if there is half room for attack, why not look left and right between the Zhanghe River and the Qinghe River, why can't a single old city of Guangzong that has no storage be taken? Is Zhengnan an immortal, guarding an old city in disrepair and ruined city so calmly? Isn't it that we are not war-ready at all? ”

"But today with an army of 80,000 and a geographical advantage, but you don't dare to fight, how will the people of the world think of our Ming Gong?" Feng Ji turned his head to look at Xu You, still angry. "Xu Ziyuan, didn't you accept bribes from the north to disturb our army's morale here?"

"Meta map!" Xu You, who was sitting on the side, was still not angry, but raised his head and sighed slightly. "The last one to say this about me was Chen Gongtai before the Liang War...... Compared with what you just said, the words of the other person that day were just exchanged for 100,000, and the words of the place were exchanged for the words of the fortified city! ”

Feng Ji was stunned suddenly, and the Chinese military tent immediately became silent, and for a while, there was only the sound of everyone's rapid breathing and the sound of the wind outside the tent blowing the flag.

"If I can die and stop the decline, why should I die every time?" Feng Yuantu was silent for a long time before he whispered to each other.

"The question is that you're dead, who else can you lean on?" Xu Yu also asked in a low voice. "Chen Gongtai died in the Liang period, and he was thrown in Yecheng, and you died again...... Do you have to count on those people? They are now loyal, that's because the original has not collapsed, once the original fell into an unspeakable situation, how did they deal with the Hangeul Festival that day? And in the original and current situation, isn't it because these people are forcing him to rush for quick success for the sake of personal and family selfish interests? ”

Feng Ji was speechless, and the faces of Xun Chen, Xin Ping, Guo Tu, Shi Yi, Xi Xi, Cui Yan, Chen Lin, Peng Miao and others next to him first changed drastically, and then they were different...... Some people are angry, some are ashamed, some are calm, some are sighing, and some are just sneering.

"As Brother Ziyuan said, the lord is in charge of the 19 counties of the three states, not to mention anything else, but there are 80,000 people under the city of Guangzong, and there are no less than four or five hundred heroes and two or three hundred subordinate officials, and among these seven or eight hundred people, are you the only two who are loyal ministers?" After Guo Tu sneered, he turned his head and faced Xu Yu directly.

"Don't sow discord." Xu You replied without raising his head. "I mean, among these seven or eight hundred people, only Feng Yuantu is a loyal minister, and even I am a person who has two thoughts and is greedy for money to survive! No better than you! ”

Guo Tu was speechless for a while, and he stood there and didn't know how to taunt back.

"When the crisis is ahead, don't talk about these things." Xin Ping, who presided over the meeting, lamented in his heart for a while, and then reluctantly interjected. "The lord has a seizure, and we are invited to discuss, and the army cannot delay any longer...... What should I do, we must discuss it today, and then immediately launch the ......" As for this, Xin Biao couldn't help but be right. "Is it a battle or a retreat?"

Guo Tu and Feng Ji, who had been arguing for a long time before, were silent for a while, and they were speechless.

"What the hell do you two mean?!" Xin commented for a while. "I couldn't compete with each other before, but now I am speechless, and you Xu Ziyuan, I don't want to contribute, it's okay, it's not that others are traitors, so that the rest of the people can't speak at all...... Ming Gong is sick in bed, and the enemy army will come as soon as he says, what is the point of making strife at this time? ”

"What do you mean?" Feng Ji still respects Xin Ping, who is also Yuan Cong.

"yes, then listen to Brother Zhongzhi, right?" Xu Yu clasped his hands and sneered. "Although Brother Zhongzhi is an unpopular Yingchuan person, he is still the first half of the Yuancong, and he has been busy with me and others more than ten years ago, and this expedition is to leave his only brother and most of his family members in the first Liang period, based on this matter alone, I think it can probably be regarded as the second loyal person in this account...... That's it, let's talk about it! Whatever you say is what you say, I won't say it! ”

"What can I say?" Commentator Xin exhaled several breaths before calming down, and then solemnly responded. "Don't you understand the current situation? Fighting in this place, if you are not careful, the whole army will be wiped out, so everyone wants to leave, but everyone also understands that you can't just abandon the land of the three counties without a single shot...... The world is watching! Why did Ming Gong fall ill? It's not that he understands these truths in his heart, and everything is tied to him, others can hide and fight, but he can't hide, so he has an old disease! ”

"So, Brother Zhongzhi can't do it either?" Xu You was silent for a moment, and then continued to ask rhetorical questions.

Xin Ping was anxious for a while, but he couldn't.

"Whether it's Zhongzhi or you, it's normal that there is no good way." At this moment, someone suddenly spoke behind the tent, but it was Yuan Shao, supported by the maid, who walked out wrapped in a turban, which attracted everyone in the tent to be solemn. "But everybody...... Whether you are like Zhongzhi, Ziyuan, Yuantu, etc., who have been with me for fifteen years, or like Ji Jue, Ziyu, etc., who have met for several years, they are finally monarchs and ministers, and they are finally eating my official affairs, but you can't hide your secrets at this time, right? If you have one or two gains, please be sure to advise, Shao will be grateful! ”

Saying that, Yuan Shao actually bowed to many subordinates, causing everyone to be frightened and inexplicable, and they returned the salute one after another.

However, although everyone seemed to have no shortage of etiquette, when Yuan Benchu sat down with difficulty, and took the hot linen cloth sent by the maid, and covered his face with the cloth for a long time, no one responded.

There is only one Guo Tu, who is still talking about a dilemma there.

Xu You looked desolate below, and finally couldn't bear it anymore: "At the beginning, I had a strategy, maybe I could fight, and I could avoid such a dead place and retreat, but if I was spied on by Gongsun Wenqi as before, and then I didn't fall for it at all, then I couldn't ...... it."

"At this moment, it would be nice to have a feasible plan." Yuan Shao grabbed the hot linen cloth underneath and threw it on the ground angrily. "Do I expect to capture Gongsun Wenqi here? When it is difficult, it is more and more popular...... Ziyuan, I can't cooperate with you, I can only let Yuantu, Zhongzhi, Gongzhi, and the whole army all obey your orders, just do it, don't worry about me! ”

Everyone looked at each other, but they could only follow Xu Yu and lean over to call their lives.

"Wait for you!" On the seventh day of the first month, Gongsun Xun led the army to rush for several days to the city of Quzhou on the right bank of Zhangshui. "We were ordered to seize the Quzhou ferry with General Zhang Yide and build a pontoon bridge, but there was no defense on the bank of Zhangshui, and General Zhang built a pontoon bridge while diving across the river with a sentry horseman, but found that the left side of the pontoon bridge was ten miles along the river, and there was no ambush everywhere, not even a single soldier of the Yuan army...... So let me wait for the report! ”

"Yuan Benchu is so decisive?" Gongsun Xun came back to his senses and only felt incredible. "It's a symbolic war, right? On the other side of the river that day, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers were trapped on the riverside, knowing that they would die, but they also knew how to fight back against the river to show their determination...... He has an army of 80,000, and he is really not afraid of being laughed at by the world? ”

"Maybe something happened." Next to him, Dong Zhao thought for a while and gave a reasonable explanation. "All the hesitation of Yuan Jun lies in Yuan Shao himself, on the one hand, he is already afraid of the prince and the marquis like a tiger, but on the other hand, he wants to save face...... But Yuan Shao has always had a head illness before, I heard that it was more serious after the war in the Liang period, and this time there was also a detailed report under Guangzong City mentioning that he was sick, thinking that he was seriously ill for a while, but it made the strategists under his command save themselves from arguing, and simply retreated in the name of preserving his people! ”

Gongsun Xun slowly bowed his head at this time: "It makes sense to say this, but no matter what, the matter has come to this, and the whole army will cross the river and march towards Guangzong!" ”

After that, his people beat their own horses, and they didn't even enter Quzhou City, so they had to personally lead troops across the river.

"Prince!" At this moment, Lou Gui suddenly hit his horse and stopped him. "Ziheng and Gongzi are still behind, do you want them to cross the river or temporarily enter Quzhou City to settle down?"

"Just keep up." Gongsun Xun didn't look back. "If Yuan Shao withdraws, there are still more than 10,000 cavalry left in our army, it is a good time to pursue and win, and it doesn't hurt to let the kid see it...... Besides, since you are in the army, how can you avoid the war? Because he's my son?! ”

Lou Gui immediately bowed his head.

In this way, the whole army crossed the river without mentioning it, and when they crossed the Zhangshui, they met the receiving troops sent by the south of Guangzong City, and it turned out that as guessed before, Yuan Shao really evacuated the whole army from Guangzong City, and then crossed the Qinghe River and entered Qinghe County.

Moreover, although Zhengnan had few troops, he made a slight attack and raided the troops behind the palace, captured a little alive, and confirmed a piece of information that relieved everyone - Yuan Shao was indeed suffering from a head attack and was difficult to control, and it was like this a few days before the retreat, and everyone in the Yuan army knew about it, and as for this retreat, there were corresponding rumors in the army.

Not to mention the rumors, just based on the information he knows, Yuan Shao's head disease has worsened because of Gongsun Xun's military pressure, and the possibility of relinquishing military command has always increased, and this retreat is more reasonable.

Two days later, on the ninth day of the first lunar month, Gongsun Xun personally led the vanguard to arrive at the city of Guangzong, and saw the camp of the Yuan army, which had been taken over by the trial, and he was even more worried, and his mood changed a lot...... Because in any case, as soon as Yuan Shao retreated like this, Weijun, Anping, and Hejian were more or less in the bag.

However, in addition to being excited, Yuan Shao was seriously ill and avoided the battle, and he lost the expected victory, which was really a bit unexpected by Gongsun Xun and a little difficult to accept...... Because according to his plan, no matter what, he will always have to win another big game to break the hearts of the other party.

"Junhou, do you want to chase it?" Cheng Pu, as the chief general of the army at this time, naturally had to confirm the movements of the whole army.

"It is inevitable to cross the river to chase, and the key is to slow down or rush." The one who speaks is judged, and the person responds with a loud voice, as always, not politely to anyone, but always has something to say. "If you slow down, you can wait for General Guan Yu to break through Dongjun Dunqiu, Weiguo and other cities, and then raise the army to go north from the other side of the Qinghe...... But the disadvantage is that at that time, the other party may have already made a good defense, and even must have entered the cities in Qinghe County, or it is inevitable to attack the city and pull out the fortress, which is gradually laborious; And from the urgency, it is desperate, taking advantage of the opponent's small cavalry and the attitude that the action is destined to be slow, directly force the clear water, catch up halfway, and attack in the field! The advantage of doing this is that once he succeeds, Yuan Jun will inevitably lose courage, and the overall situation of Hebei can be determined! The downside is ......"

"The disadvantage is that once you can't get it, it will make the situation in Hebei repeat, after all, the situation in the east of Qingshui is unknown to us, and there are inevitably some risks." Dong Zhao said casually. "Due south, we came in a hurry, the enemy army also withdrew suddenly, it is useless to work in the army, we really don't have any information on the Qinghe side, but you have been in Qinghe for a long time, and this time you are in Guangzong, I don't know what to say?"

The judge shook his head again and again: "Gongren thinks too much, do you think everyone is like you everywhere?" I was really powerless in Qinghe, but when I raided the opponent's tail army yesterday and followed me to the bank of Qingshui, I could clearly see that the other party should have left a broken army to dig trenches and build camps on the other side of the river......"

"Is the bridge burning?" Gongsun Xun suddenly remembered something. "I vaguely remember that I used to come here to level the yellow scarf, and there was a bridge over the clear water in the east of Guangzong City......"

"Nope!" The judge shook his head again. "The clear water is not as good as the Zhangshui, the river is too small, it is convenient to cross the river, and I don't care about a bridge...... So why should they show their cowardice? ”

Gongsun Xun bowed slightly, still a little hesitant.

"Then hurry up!" At this moment, someone suddenly spoke outside the tent, and then everyone in the tent was solemn. "With such hesitation, isn't it like Yuan Shao who suffers from gains and losses? Prince, you can win by five points in any battle, this is what you said back then, our current situation, how much more than five points...... Not to mention, at this time, there is indeed a little bit of a victory to break the hearts of the other army. ”

In the end, he just entered the tent, but it was Lu Fan Lu Ziheng who had stopped in Changping for many years, since Changshi opened his mouth to participate in the military for the first time, everyone in the tent was silent, just looked at Gongsun Xun and asked him to decide.

However, many people immediately noticed the eleven or twelve-year-old boy who followed Lu Fan into the big tent, the latter was too young, and he wanted to salute when he entered the tent, but at this time, he was confined to the atmosphere, and could only stand in the corner with his hands tied, waiting blankly.

Gongsun Xun also noticed the arrival of his own son, but he didn't care, just thought about it for a while, and then bowed his head to Lu Fan: "As Ziheng said, the military is the most taboo to hesitate, and there is no need to avoid war at this time...... Ordered the whole army to raise soldiers for a winter, but the soldiers were only here for a few days, and tomorrow they will cross the river and break the village! To achieve great success! ”

The crowd bowed their heads one after another.

—————I'm the dividing line that I don't know if to bow or not—————

"Emperor Wen is decided, the word returns, and the prince of Emperor Wu is also. Later Han Guanghe was born in the late autumn of the third year of Zhongshan...... When the emperor was born, there were clouds of blue and round like a car cover when it was on it, all day long, those who looked at the qi thought it was the most noble proof. At the age of eight, he can belong to the literature. There are Yicai, so he runs through the ancient and modern scriptures and transmits the books of hundreds of schools. Good at riding and shooting, good fencing, eleven years old, that is, the sword from the expedition to Taizu in the army, people are strange. —The Book of Old Swallows. Volume III. Emperor Taizongwen Benji