The military was in a hurry.

At the Holy Decree, whether it is hot weather or the division of troops, it is impossible to make any discounts. Therefore, in late June, Gongsun Xun received the holy decree, and in early July, he had already crossed the Yellow River with the 10,000 cavalry from You, He, and Hanoi, and returned to the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar Hebei territory.

As soon as he came to Hebei, Gongsun Xun temporarily left Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Sun Jian, Fu Xie, Wang Yun, Kong Rong and Yingchuan and many people and things behind.

There is no way, this is the limitation of the times, and the transportation conditions are destined to make it impossible to carry out a comprehensive exchange of information. In the Han Dynasty, the concept of taking the county as a country was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, on the one hand, it was influenced by the customs of the pre-Qin era, and on the other hand, it was still inconvenient to put it bluntly.

The 10,000-strong army left Hanoi and turned to the north, the feeling of familiarity and strangeness became stronger and stronger, the boundary was still the same territory, and the customs were still the same customs, but Gongsun Xun could clearly feel that the whole situation was out of control...... The population is lost, bandits are rampant, and the first reaction of the common people when they see the soldiers and horses is to hide, and even the roadside has begun to appear unclothed homeless.

In other words, although the autumn harvest has not yet arrived, the situation that Cheng Yu wanted to talk about before has already come out.

And when he entered Wei County and came to the outside of Yecheng City, the impact of this loss of control was directly transmitted to Gongsun Xun and his 10,000 army...... According to the decree, after passing here, the supply line of Gongsun Xun's army was not introduced from Luoyang alone, but was supplied by the local states and counties along the way.

As a result, almost immediately, the speed of the 10,000 cavalry, who had thrown away a large number of people and baggage, slowed down.

However, slowness has the advantage of slowness, after all, if you arrive in Xiaquyang one day later, Gongsun Xun will be able to prevaricate with the center at that time.

You must know that this Zhonglang with facial features has a spectrum in his heart about the Hebei war situation...... The three Zhang brothers have contracted strategically, relying on the two strong cities of Guangzong and Xiaquyang, each gathering 100,000 troops, and countless grains, grasses, and wealth, how to fight this kind of battle?

Throughout the ages, have there been fewer examples of battles under the difficulty of fortified cities?

In fact, as early as before the war, when Gongsun Xun was still serving as a taishou in Zhongshan County, he wrote a letter to his mother to discuss this issue in detail. According to what Aunt Gongsun said, the three brothers Zhang Jiao are really difficult to fight, and I am afraid that the battle situation will not collapse automatically until Zhang Jiao himself dies of illness.

And Gongsun Xun actually knows this, as early as before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the pig-waisted face Wang Daoren secretly sent a message that Zhang Jiao's body was indeed a little wrong at that time, and even the entire Yellow Turban Rebellion was set in March of the year of Jiazi, and he was worried about Zhang Jiao's age and physical considerations.

Even so, Gongsun Xun himself was also happy to hurry slowly, so as to shirk his responsibility...... Of course, he must not have forgotten to keep going to the center to show his innocence and helplessness.

And just when Gongsun Xun slowly crossed Wei County and was about to enter the territory of Zhao State, an unexpected person suddenly appeared in front of Gongsun Xun.

The person who came was Jia Chao, a native of Julu, who was a soldier of Lu Longsai that day, and happened to be walking with Gongsun Xun who was studying when he returned home, but he killed someone as soon as he returned home, and finally escaped with the protection of Gongsun Xun, so he followed as a guard...... In fact, he is more like a vain, slave-like character, and has always been Gongsun Xun's henchman.

This time to fight for the Yellow Turban, he was worried about the situation at home and took the initiative to ask for war, and Gongsun Xun also conveniently arranged him to Lu Zhi, who he actually knew, to be a Qu military marquis.

"I've seen Shaojun!" Jia Chao rode here alone, and after seeing Gongsun Xun, he directly dismounted and knelt on the side of the road to greet him.

"Get up!" Seeing this, Gongsun Xun only took Han Dang and a few others to leave the brigade and came to the side of the road, and then immediately couldn't help but teach a few lessons, but he couldn't hide the intimacy in his words. "You are now the Marquis of Qu Jun, and you are considered an official of the imperial court, how can you behave like this? And the war is hard, how can you, an officer, still ride this alone? Aren't you afraid that Lu Shi will engage in military law? ”

"Shaojun misunderstood." Jia Chao immediately got up and held the horse chew of Gongsun Xun's mount, and then raised his head and smiled. "When I came, I specifically took a leave of absence from General Beizhonglang, and the battle in Guangzong was not very fierce...... Zhang Jiao lives in the city, Zhang Liang leads the troops to camp outside the city, deep ditches and high bases, and the army is now building equipment and piling up dirt mountains, not missing me. ”

"I see." Gongsun Xun nodded slowly, but still did not get off the horse. "And what is the reason why you are here?"

"It's nothing else, but I heard that Shaojun is passing by here, so I'm going to come and see it anyway...... Only the young monarch came too slowly, and he thought that he was going to meet in Handan, Zhao State, but he turned back and walked dozens of miles before he saw the young monarch's honor guard. Jia Chao replied with a smile.

"Why bother?" Gongsun Xun said disapprovingly. "However, since the war is not urgent, there is nothing to say, but it is not an example."

"Yes, not as an example!" Jia Chao hurriedly replied. "However, seeing that Shaojun's spirit is still bright, as well as the Mr. Yue Gongzi and Mr. Ziheng that I saw in the former army before, and the righteous brother and Mr. Zibo in front of me are all fine, then it would be the best." At this point, Jia Chao is rarely emotional. "The war is treacherous, the arrows are ruthless, I have been in the army for a few months, I have seen the cruelty of the battlefield and the people have been lost, although I know that the young monarch and you are all fine, I still can't help but want to see it with my own eyes."

"That's a good wow!" Gongsun Xun was also emotionally moved when he heard this, so he poked the other party's shoulder socket with a horsewhip pole on the horse. "If you have this mind, it will not be in vain that I and the righteous father fished you out that day...... How, can you hear from your brother? ”

"There it is!" Jia Chao immediately responded. "I've already seen others, but I'm glad I'm here, otherwise with the chaos now, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen it."

Gongsun Xun slowly bowed his head, but raised his eyes to look at the dense marching procession.

Jia Chao willingly let go of the horse chew in his hand, and saluted again on the side of the road: "Don't dare to delay the time of the young gentleman, the young gentleman will do it, since I have come to Hebei, communication is always a lot more convenient, since I have already met the young monarch, the prince of Yue and the old people, I have to return to Guangzong in a hurry." ”

Gongsun Xun bowed his head slightly, but it was Le Ma on the road. And Han Dang and Lou Gui also greeted Jia Chao on their horses...... The latter bowed slightly, but the former learned from Gongsun Xun to stretch out the handle of the horsewhip and gently poke the other party.

You must know that Han Yigong and Jia Chao have known each other for a longer time, than they have known Gongsun Xun, otherwise the two would not have met that day and left Lu Longsai together.

Jia Chao's matter was just an episode on the road, and Gongsun Xun didn't care. However, when he came to the outside of Handan City that afternoon, he suddenly remembered the boss Ma of the Taiping Road of Zhao State, and then he strung things together...... I wanted to talk to Jia Chao about this matter, but I should have returned to Guangzong for a long time, so I could only give up.

Not to mention, in front of him, Handan City is all out of the city, from the minister of state to the subordinates of King Zhao, from celebrities to wealthy families, they are waiting outside the city, as if they are all here to greet him, a good countryman, and Gongsun Xun now also needs the local supply of grain and grass from Zhao State, but he really doesn't have time to think about Jia Chao.

"Duke Wei, Duke Cai, Duke Le...... And this one, it should be the Minister of State Liu Gong, right? Gongsun Xun smiled and led the crowd to dismount and took the initiative to say hello.

Except for the current Zhao Xiang and Liu Heng, who here doesn't know who? Not to mention that Gongsun Xun is now an official and a knight, and he is both a festival and a knight, and after the chaos, it seems to be another pattern, so Zhao Guo is naturally busy greetings.

is Zhao Xiang Liu Heng, as a recognized pure Confucian, and he has no intention of causing trouble.

Therefore, for a while, the guests and hosts outside Handan City were happy, even Dong Zhao, who had some words about Liu Heng before, also had a little bit of the taste of the old man at this time, and Chu Yan, who had a six-hundred-stone official body, couldn't help but reveal his true form, the so-called proud, looking left and right...... attracted people like Guan Yunchang, Zhang Yide, and Wei Zidu who were full of joy and anger.

Since Handan is not as good as other places, Gongsun Xun also took advantage of the situation to make arrangements, let Cheng Pu work hard to garrison the camp, and then the people in the army who are more than 1,000 stones, plus Chu Yan and Wei Yue, the old people of Zhao State, entered the city one after another, and accepted the banquet held by the local wealthy families of Zhao State in the name of Liu Heng.

Drunk and drunk, everyone rarely has a profligate posture...... After drinking, he went to find his teacher Leyin to listen to the teachings, not to mention, Gongsun Xun also took most of the people who went to the banquet and stayed in the old mansion and the current Cai Mansion.

In the private hall, Gongsun Xun chatted with Gongsun Yue, as well as Lu Fan, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu, Dong Zhao, Xi Zhong, Han Dang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, etc., who were either close to or on the stage, and chatted with Cai Yong a few more words.

"The party is open." As soon as he sat down, Gongsun Xun asked with seven points of drunkenness. "Does Cai Gong have any intention of returning to Luozhong?"

Cai Bojiao shook his head again and again: "Happy here, not Siluo!" ”

Gongsun Xun smiled dumbly, even Lu Fan and others who knew the inside story also laughed and remained silent...... It's not that Cai Bojiao didn't want to go back to be an official, but at that time, he hated the Son of Heaven and Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong in one breath, and one of these three people didn't have any good fruit to eat when he returned to Luoyang. Rather than this, it is better to be held by everyone here in Zhao Kingdom!

"Wen Qi." Cai Yong's face blushed slightly, and he twisted his beard and asked in turn. "You are a famous general in the world, and you have made many achievements in the south, you may have a letter with me, when will this war have a result?"

"It's hard to say that the enemies of Hebei and Henan are different." Gongsun Xun said frankly. "Maybe it will be fruitful in two or three months, or maybe it will be postponed until winter......"

Cai Yong immediately sighed: "It's a pity! ”

"What's the pity?" Gongsun Xun asked casually.

"After Zhang Jiao's uprising, half of the students in the public school returned to their hometowns on leave, and then did not come back for a long time. And if the war is delayed, and there will be fewer students in the autumn, I am afraid that there will be fewer people in public schools...... Wen Qi, our Handan Public School is already the best and largest school in Hebei, and if that's the case, do you think I can be a pity? ”

Gongsun Xun was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but shake his head in response: "There is a big chaos, although the world is big, I'm afraid I can't put a stable desk!" ”

"That's why I thought I could settle the chaos as soon as possible!" Cai Yong sighed again and again.

Gongsun Xun became more and more speechless.

There was a moment of silence in the hall...... After all, although there are a lot of people here, and they are all on the stage, the identities of Gongsun Xun and Cai Yong are also extraordinary, even Lu Fan and Wang Xiu are not easy to talk nonsense because they have to take into account Gongsun Xun's posture.

In fact, there are so many people in the entire hall, and the only person who can intervene directly without caring is just a Gongsun Yue. And Gongsun Yue, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, has obviously been the same as Liu Bei since the three-year filial piety period, and he has some feelings of joy and anger...... In other words, it's a bit stuffy.

In the end, it was a cat meow that broke the silence.

Gongsun Xun watched the big white cat passing through the hall slipping away from Gongsun Yue's side, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and then couldn't help but look at Cai Bojiao, who was still sighing.

"Cai Gong!"

"What?" Cai Yong seemed to be frightened.

"Why don't you see your family Zhaoji?" Gongsun Xun seemed to smile rather than smile through wine.

"Zhao Ji is already in time, how can she still come out and meet people casually like she did when she was a child?" Cai Yong couldn't help but be furious, but he stopped abruptly and was panicked for a while. "You...... You, what do you mean? ”

"That day in Luozhong, you entrusted her to me." Gongsun Xun knew that he was becoming more and more proud. "Since I am in charge, I am in charge and have a good family affair with her, how about it?"

Cai Yong's face was red, and he didn't know if he remembered something, or he was simply angered by this sentence, but he looked at Gongsun Xun's arrogant face, which was full of civil and military affairs under this person, and remembered the power of the other party to lead ten thousand troops during the day, and he was speechless for a long time.

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be impatient, so he couldn't help but want to urge.

However, Cai Bojiao suddenly gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Wen Qi is late, Zhao Ji has already promised the only son of Minister Liu Gong...... It's just that his son is still in Luozhong, so he just made an appointment, not a ceremony! ”

Gongsun Xun was stunned, and the smile on his face disappeared almost instantly: "Isn't Gongsun worthy of Cai's daughter?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall woke up one after another, and most of them turned pale.

One of them called Guan Yunchang, and he even took the case:

"An old man like you has no ability to govern the country and secure the country, you only know how to sell your reputation and be leisurely! You can hide here and live in peace, all of which I bought from the hard fight in front of the prince, and now I dare to insult my monarch like this? Don't you think that we people are bad for knives?! ”