In late July, Gongsun Xun led the Baima Yicong, who has now expanded to more than 2,000 people, and some of the staff and court envoys, along Wangwu Mountain and Huoda Mountain to the north, out of the Mouse Bird Valley, and entered the territory of Taiyuan County within a few days.

The reason why he didn't go down the river to Hanoi was mainly because he didn't want to force Zhang Yang to rebel, this guy itself had limited strength, and after gaining most of Hanoi, he only had the strength of one or two thousand soldiers, but once he saw that the situation was not good, he fell directly to Yuan Shao, which was not beautiful. More importantly, 2,000 people are not enough to quickly resolve the Hanoi incident...... However, just out of the Mouse Bird Valley, the oncoming Gongsun Yue brought an interesting message to his brother - the Jingcheng road to Changshan was blocked because of bandits!

It may be that the autumn harvest is imminent, and the thieves in the mountains go down the mountain out of control in order to ask for food...... This is everyone's first reaction.

But even so, everyone became serious, because Jing Cheng was so important, so important that everyone knew how important he was.

This may be a bit of a mouthful, but it's true.

It must be known that all the Taihang Eight Mountains are not simple narrow passages, they cross the entire Taihang Mountain, short dozens of miles, long hundreds of miles, the narrow place is only a few steps wide, but the wide place is enough to build a walled city, so that hundreds of thousands of horses are hoarded. And among them, especially the terrain of Jingcheng is the most complicated, Han Xin's backwater battle broke Chen Yu, Li Zuoche's 200,000 army is here, and the later generations of Niangziguan are also here.

However, the most important point is that among the eight Taihang provinces, four of them are in South Taihang, that is, at the junction of Shangdang and Hanoi, and the two are in the hinterland of Youzhou, so the current strategic value is small...... The one that can really play a decisive strategic role in the Hebei War is the Jingcheng from Taiyuan to Changshan, and the other is the Fukou (Wuguan) from Shangdang to Wei County, so these two places, especially the Jingcheng that is responsible for contacting Gongsun Xun's heart, are not allowed to make any mistakes at this time.

But then again, as early as when the army was sent to the west, Tian Feng had raised the importance of the Taihang Mountain bandits in the overall situation of Hebei, and even in his opinion, the strategic priority of cleaning up the Taihang Mountain was higher than the decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

Therefore, this incident is in a sense expected.

It can only be said that the current situation is chaotic, and it is impossible for Gongsun Xun to calmly implement the so-called strategic plan one by one.

And at the beginning of August, when he walked to Jinyang City, Taiyuan County, Gongsun Xun received a detailed written report from the party, and only then did he have a clear understanding of the whole story.

That's right, not to mention how Gongsun Xun was speechless after learning about Yu Poison's operation, but Chen Gong's strategy was undoubtedly successful!

Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses may not be enough to compare with the elite of the Northern Land that Gongsun Xun has worked hard to build for more than ten years, but he may be the worst quality and poorly equipped bandits in this troubled world, especially when half of the bandits still surrender with their original intentions, and then act as guides, or simply return to the vanguard to offer their names, the four words of destruction and decay are just as they are.

In just 20 days, the so-called Yu Poison Black Mountain bandit faction in South Taihang Mountain was subdued by six cottages and three were captured...... Although they are only small cottages with less than 1,000 people, and there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people living in them, but with Yuan Shao's public statement of cleaning up Nantaihang, it greatly deterred the bandits in the mountains.

So, after the indomitable Yu Poison slightly defeated Yuan Shao's 'vanguard', he immediately made a decision, leading the two bandit leaders who were second only to him in the strength of Nantaihang (White Rabbit) and Bai Rao, gathered six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, and led the women and children in their respective cottages, known as tens of thousands, and immediately went south to Hanoi, that is, they became thieves. But in this way, many of the 'remnants of Montenegro' in South Taihang were completely out of consideration, coupled with military coercion, Chen Gong also used rumors, internal responses, and spies to assist at the same time, but it finally moved the remaining bandits in South Taihang Mountain, so that they had to help the old and the young before the autumn harvest, and went to North Taihang one after another.

"What do you mean about this?" In Jinyang City, Gongsun Xun, who was blocked from the road, had to temporarily stop here, and then publicly convened his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

"Yuan Benchu didn't know that Ming Gong was here, so he made this move, and since Ming Gong came first, why not fight-for-tat?" The one who spoke was Taiyuan Taishou Lin Chang Bohuai, who was born in Hanoi, and was the first batch of subordinates to follow after Gongsun Xun became General Wei, and he never gave up, and he was half the master here, so he naturally had the confidence to speak. "Since their generation was appeased and driven away in South Taihang, the prince and marquis appeased and suppressed in North Taihang......"

"That's true." Xi Zhong immediately followed. "It must be known that since Yuan Benchu cleaned up Taihang with a large army and drove away the bandits, his generation will inevitably suffer setbacks in Handan, at least they will have nothing to do with each other...... In that case, why should the prince deal with this matter here with peace of mind? And it is only to suppress and appease the bandits, mainly the county officials, the local officials, and the prestige of the prince, it can be easily done. Only the autumn harvest is imminent, you can send an envoy to appease it first, delay it for a few days, wait for the autumn grain to be stored, and then send the county officials to suppress the bad ones. ”

"Since Handan is worry-free for the time being, you can also take this opportunity to send an envoy from the north to the Flying Fox and let General Jianwei (Cheng Pu) help." Someone else made a suggestion. "Anyway, the two sides are just exerting force on each other across the Taihang Mountain now, and it will take time for the power to pass over, and we can deal with it calmly...... All in all, Ming Gong is better than Yuan thief in everything, and it is also the first to Yuan thief, so as Chang Fujun said, everything is against each other, why care? ”

As soon as this person's remarks came out, they immediately aroused the praise and statements of many local officials.

And Gongsun Xun followed the sound to see this person, but he didn't recognize it, but judging from his local accent and the black ribbon copper seal on his waist, as well as the words that echoed Chang Lin, and the local officials who agreed with him, it should be a county magistrate or county magistrate from his own county, and in this case, it is understandable why he spoke so quickly:

Chang Lin is a character, there is one to say and two to say; Xi Zhong is a little loyal to the feeling of not caring for himself, after the first war in Liaoxi, he has always had no reservations about Gongsun Xun, and even a little anxious; And this person, including those local officials, wants to express his position, or show his loyalty-they are not Yuan Cong, they have no significant merit, and they don't even have the confidence of Sanfu as the foundation of Gongsun Xun's rule, but now because of the general trend, they are under the rule of this Wei general, and they are used by this Wei general, so of course they should be more enthusiastic.

Of course, this is also a commendable attitude in a sense, and Gongsun Xun naturally wants to encourage it.

"What you say has a lot of merit......" Gongsun Xun smiled at him.

However, Gongsun Xun was so hypocritical that it immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of a person standing on the side - it was Tian Yuanhao.

The person snorted coldly, and directly interrupted Gongsun Xun's coping words: "The general's words are wrong!" It is precisely because the general is better than Yuan Benchu in everything, and he is the first to start with Yuan Benchu, so it is impossible for Jing Cheng to do it so easily...... Looking at it from below, I am afraid that this matter will be a big mess, and it is not possible to calmly do it after the autumn harvest, as for the general who knows what the problem is, but what is desirable and undesirable, it is inevitable to laugh and be generous! ”

Gongsun Xun, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but smile embarrassedly.

In other words, Tian Feng's status is high, not only Gongsun Yue, one of the few people in the lobby of General Ningshuo's Mansion with 2,000 stones, but more importantly, he is the 'military advisor' on Gongsun Xun's side and Cao Peng, who guards the General's Mansion, and naturally carries the authority of Gongsun Xun himself, so since he spoke, many local officials naturally held their breath.

Not only that, Lou Gui has been serious for a long time; Xun Yu said little; Xi Zhong is a careless person, but his first reaction is to think about the meaning of Tian Yuanhao's words; Gongsun Xun, the only one who can occasionally stab back, is not easy to refute when he is pinched by Tian Feng at this time......

However, in addition to these people in this hall today, there is also Chang Lin Chang Bohuai, who Tian Feng is not familiar with, who was able to give birth to Lu Fan when he first entered the shogunate in Hanoi.

"If the right army division has something to say, why don't you speak out?" Chang Lin was tall, but in fact he was majestic, and at this time, his eyes were angry, and his voice was an octave higher than Tian Feng's. "The Ming Duke paid the right army division the heavy responsibility, but he wanted to use the talent of the right army division to calm the world...... What colleagues and Ming Gong said is right, you can agree or not say it, and if you say it is wrong, you should judge it according to reason...... What is being discussed in today's court is a national event that is related to the life and death of tens of millions of people. ”

Tian Feng just committed it, just committed it, in other words, the only angry bag on weekdays is Gongsun Xun, and how can he himself have ever offended others, and how has he ever been offended by others?

Therefore, Chang Lin was furious, and Tian Yuanhao heard the words for a while, but he didn't dare to respond.

And Gongsun Xun saw this, but it was rare to be happy in his heart - someone could control Tian Feng, which was also overwhelming.

However, pleasure is pleasure, Gongsun Xun can't let the two important ministers go wrong, so he immediately spoke out to persuade him: "Bohuai doesn't have to be like this, Yuan Hao is just worried about the situation, not intentionally offended, and I actually know the big mess he said...... It's just scattered bandits, of course, they can be suppressed and used together, and they can be settled calmly, but don't forget, there is another person in North Taihang, who is quite famous among the bandits, and has the fact that he is the leader of the seven-point alliance, that is, Zhang Yan, a purple mountain thief near the Jingcheng who leans on the side of Changshan...... And as I expected, the fork in Jing Cheng at this time must be related to Zhang Yan, because no matter how incompetent his person is, as long as he has a heart, he will never be able to restrain the situation near his lair. ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

"But isn't the Purple Mountain thief Zhang Yan the old department of the Ming Duke?" Some people just couldn't hold back. "And the black mountain thief is in the poison ......"

"Do you really think that the Taihang Mountain bandits are my secret sons, and this time I captured Yecheng is my handiwork?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but shake his head. "The contemptible told the truth that Yu Poison had nothing to do with the contemptible, and he sent a messenger to appease him before, just for the sake of the smooth passage of the mouth, but he unexpectedly took the opportunity to make trouble. It's Zhang Yan......"

"It's Zhang Yan, who has been in control of Northern Taihang for many years, with a population of hundreds of thousands, and has been a general of 2,000 Shi Zhonglang early, and his ambitions have spread." Tian Feng came back to his senses, got off the donkey, and said directly. "To put it mildly, if he really has a heart, starting with the general's westward expedition the year before last and ending with the general's success in courting Dong, he should surrender no matter what...... Since you don't descend, you have ambition! And since there is ambition, this time there will inevitably be trouble! Because as the general's old department, he knows very well in his heart that the general is actually stronger than Yuan Shao! ”

As soon as these words came out, many people in the hall from Gongsun Yue down to Gongsun Yue were slightly moved in their hearts...... Gongsun Yue, who had been speechless, glanced at his brother.

"Not bad." Gongsun Xun said with emotion in the audience. "I don't know who Yu Poison is, but it's common for Zhang Yan to be ambitious...... And now in the overall situation of Hebei, its people live between the two strong, since they have different hearts, it is natural to help the weak and resist the strong! This time, it is the chaos in his recent well, and the hidden situation behind it can be imagined, it must be that Yuan Benchu has hooked up with him! ”

"In this way, it is not just Zhang Yan, Hanoi Zhang Yang...... It seems to be wary too! "Xi Zhong has finally woken up." Is he also biased towards Yuan Shao? ”

"Vigilance may not be, publicity will not be risky, but there is no doubt that it is biased towards Yuan Shao." Hearing this, Gongsun Xun suddenly laughed. "And it's not just Uncle Zhang Zhi, the princes of the world, although they look more deferential, but these people, even if they don't have the intention of annexing the world, as long as they have some ambitions, they are secretly expecting Yuan Shao to beat me a few times. And if it is Yuan Shaoqiang's turn to be a few points, they will secretly expect me to be able to press Yuan Shao a few points in turn...... It's probably in people's nature to be like this! ”

Many people in the hall laughed.

"Therefore, there is no need to say much about this matter, immediately send sentry cavalry and envoys to Jingcheng to investigate, find out Zhang Yan's movements, and then tell him that I have come here...... Then look at his shape. After everyone laughed, Gongsun Xun said slowly. He is my old department, he knows me as a person, and he must know in his heart that I will not have another chance with him, at that time, he will either surrender immediately, or he will simply take advantage of the gap before the assembly of the soldiers and horses in Youzhou after the autumn harvest, and immediately send the elite of the headquarters to guard in the Zhongzhai village in Jingcheng and lock the passage! At that time, there was only World War I. ”

In the hall of General Ning Shuo's mansion, everyone was awe-inspiring again.

In this way, the meeting ended, most people naturally dispersed and went their own way, but Gongsun Yue, as the owner of this place, did not have to leave anyway, he first led Gongsun Xun to the back house, saw the adopted sons and daughters he raised, and then personally arranged a family banquet, and after the two brothers finished the meal and said some gossip, they naturally slept together that night.

However, before the lights were extinguished, Gongsun Xun suddenly took the initiative to speak: "Ah Yue, after the afternoon discussion, I see that you have been in a bit wrong, but is there anything to say?" ”

Gongsun Yue, who has grown a beard for many years, is older than Gongsun Xun, who does not have a beard under his chin, and he hesitated for a while when he heard this, but finally opened his mouth to his brother: "Don't hide it from my brother, I heard what Tian Yuanhao said today, I was just a little touched, not that there was something ...... it."

"Tell me what touches me."

"I have always wondered why Yuan Benchu will rise so quickly, that is, the fourth and third dukes, and it should not be so fast, as for taking the three states and nineteen counties within two years...... And today I heard Tian Yuanhao's words before I realized. ”

“……”

"Yuan Benchu's beginning, not only his fourth and third dukes, but more importantly, his brother rose faster!" Under the lamplight, Gongsun Yue, who was sitting on the couch, said with a straight face. "My brother is a famous general in the world, and he has a faint invincible attitude, and once he destroyed Dong Zhuo, he sat on more than 20 counties of You, Bing, Si, and Hebei, and attached to Liangzhou, and also held the Son of Heaven, and asked the world in front of Weiyang Palace...... At that time, although the overall situation of the world has been divided, the general trend is actually on the elder brother, and the rest of the princes, including Yuan Benchu, are not in the climate, and no one can shake the elder brother's posture of being the strongest in the world! But it was also from that time that Yuan Benchu actually swept Qingyan quickly, and then easily crossed Hebei to take the six counties of Hebei, so that his people could easily hold the strength they have now, forming a situation of two strong separations...... Why? ”

"Why do you say?"

"Because there are many people in this world who are afraid of my brother's words in front of the palace, or simply dissatisfied, so they are surrounded by the most suitable and promising one among the princes in the world to break his wrist with his brother." Gongsun became more and more serious. "So it was never Yuan Shu who assisted Yuan Shao in resisting his brother, but those who were dissatisfied or afraid of his brother in this world to put the responsibility of the world's turmoil on the world and the powerful."

"That's a good point." Under the candlelight, Gongsun Xun looked at his brother and was very relieved. "Ah Yue can say today's truth, and he can really be entrusted with a big responsibility...... What you said is right, the dispute between me and Yuan Shao is, of course, a hero who rises up in troubled times and fights for the world together. But isn't it true that there are still many people in the world who disobey me and don't want to obey me, so they have added fuel to the fire? ”

"But......" Gongsun Yue suddenly wondered. Since my brother already knew and understood this truth, why did he have to say this in front of Weiyang Palace? If he didn't know the consequences at that time, then Yuan Shaodu began to annex Qingyan, why did he forcibly manage the field in Sanfu? Why not take a break? Slow down, pretend to be a game, isn't this world ready to be caught? ”

"These are two questions." Gongsun Xun smiled at each other. "The previous question was a good answer, in front of the east gate of Weiyang Palace, when I interrupted the angel, I hadn't actually thought about what to say, but since I stood in front of the palace and looked at the princess of the Manchu Dynasty, I suddenly understood what I should say...... The so-called can't help it, anger comes from it, what I have seen, heard, felt and thought for more than ten years, plus 100,000 troops outside the city to rely on, I finally have no scruples. ”

Gongsun Yue slowly bowed his head.

"As for sitting back and watching Yuan Shao become big and not ......turning around," Gongsun Xun gradually sneered. Ah Yue, let me tell you one other thing, do you know that long before sending troops, it was impossible for me to think of the one that came out in front of Weiyang Palace, but I had already expected that Yuan Benchu would rise first and be my first enemy, and I also thought that he would come to Hebei and come to Handan to fight with me......"

"Brother is deliberately indulgent?" Gongsun changed color abruptly. "And then hope that the battlefield is opposite, and the other generation will be cleaned up in a war, and the province will have a difficult time in the future?"

"Almost!" Gongsun Xun sneered. "Since I have some ambitions to whip the world, I also know that if I want to do this, this trip will be bumpy, so why not prepare early? Moreover, Ah Yue can know that just like today's dispute with Yuan Shao, it is not two families and two surnames opposite, but people who oppose my ambition to join forces to stop me; In that future, there will inevitably be people with their own aspirations who will fight to the death with me because of the fork in the road; In the future, there will definitely be people in our hearts who hinder the general trend from me, but those who are not convinced in our hearts will secretly go against our ambitions, and then make waves...... These are inevitable. ”

"Such a decisive battle, more than once?" Gongsun Yue was in a trance for a while. "And maybe there will be internal worries in the future?"

"It's nature." Gongsun Xun retracted his smile and leaned on the couch, looking a little bored, but he casually pointed in the direction of Taihang Mountain in the east. "It's easy to break the mountain, but it's hard to break the heart...... I'm right about my ambitions, why? Who believes? So it is destined to be done only with a sword. Moreover, I have long known that my ambition to cleanse the world, suppress the strong, and deconstruct the world is actually going against the times and is destined to be difficult, so I also hesitated for a while, whether to just leave it at that, take the world, and be the king of Zhou Wen, what's wrong? Or is it just Yi Yin and Zhou Gong? But when Weiyang Palace said something before, his heart was open, and he didn't hesitate anymore. Ah Yue still remembers that I issued the "Talent Seeking Order" on the same day? ”

"Naturally, I remember."

"That's certainly a way to show your posture, but isn't it that I know the bumpy road ahead and really want to be comrades?" Gongsun Xun said with emotion. "Of course, I also know that there may not be two such comrades in the world except for my mother, who taught me some things since I was a child, so I don't expect many comrades to gather around me and work together...... Whether it is the righteousness of the monarch or the minister, or the purchase of fame and fortune for me, as long as someone is willing to help me and follow me down, I will be content. ”

Gongsun Yue was silent for a while when he heard this, but finally said earnestly: "Brother...... You and I shouldn't have said anything more about allegiance and follow-up, but since it's rare for my brother to say anything from his confidants, I can only say it once...... I have heard some of the truths between you and your aunt, but I really only half-understand, but I have followed my brother since I was a child, and it is not said that my brother's heart may indeed be some great ambitions to set things right, and it is the real truth, that is, it is perverse, and I will definitely follow my brother all the way to the end until I die! ”

After that, Gongsun Yue gave a big salute on the collapse, so that he leaned over and collapsed.

"Not like that." Seeing this, Gongsun Xun first helped the other party up on the couch, and then shook his head and sneered. "It's just brotherly gossip. And besides, from today's point of view, the overall situation is mine after all, at least Yuan Benchu has not exceeded my calculations now...... In the future, people in the world will gradually understand me. ”

Gongsun Yue said no more.

Five days later, just when the corn and soybeans in the fields were about to ripen, the envoy returned from Jingcheng and brought a news that Gongsun Xun and most of his staff had already anticipated - Zhang Yan set out from Zishan, concentrated more than 20,000 elites from various departments of the Northern Taihang, and set up camp inside Jingcheng to try to stop Gongsun Xun.

This must not be tolerated, and the other side must be defeated immediately...... This is not only because Zhang Yan blocked Jingcheng, but more importantly, if Gongsun Xun could not quickly defeat Zhang Yan, as the large-scale bandits of Nantaihang went north, the ripe crops in the fields would likely be wasted and lost to a heart-wrenching point in the disorderly raids of these disorderly bandits.

In public and private, in sentiment and reason, Gongsun Xun must quickly break through the other party within a few days before the autumn harvest, force them to surrender, and control the pass.

However, firstly, the time is pressing, secondly, it is isolated on the west side of Taihang, Gongsun Xun does not have many troops to dispatch, and thirdly, the terrain in Jingcheng is really complicated, so it is really difficult to say whether he can quickly defeat the other party.

Or, because of this, Zhang Yan dared to muster up the courage to come out of the mountain, and then put on a posture.

"Although the thieves are a rabble, there are 20,000, and there is a natural danger in the well, how many men and horses is my brother going to mobilize?" At the military meeting on the second day, Gongsun Yue was obviously a lot more active, so much so that he took the initiative to frown and ask questions. "The autumn harvest is imminent, if you don't recruit auxiliaries, there are only 3,000 Taiyuan county soldiers available, and if you wait for Yanmen county soldiers to come to help......"

"Three thousand soldiers, two thousand righteous servants, enough." Gongsun Xun interrupted the other party and replied. "In the past, the Marquis of Huaiyin fought against the water in the well, and more than 10,000 recruits broke Chen Yu 200,000 people, and today I am preparing to imitate the old wisdom of the Marquis of Huaiyin, so the trick is repeated, then with 5,000 against 20,000, there are more soldiers!"

Gongsun Yue was stunned for a moment.

—————I'm the dividing line where there are too many soldiers—————

"At the end of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, the world was in turmoil, and the heroes rose together, and Yuan Shao was in charge of Guandong, holding 100,000 soldiers, selfishly, and he did not move forward. Only Taizu with 20,000 Yan soldiers, Kesi County, 3,000 miles, breaking Pujin, descending Tongguan, rampant Sanfu, and exterminating Dong Zhuo, so the positive and negative can be separated...... Chen Songzhi said, Taizu planned and strategized, whipped the universe, the spells of Shen and Shang, the strange strategy of Han and Bai, and the official materials, each because of its instrument. In the end, it can always be the emperor's machine, and the one who will become a flood industry, but its clarity is the best. It can be described as an extraordinary person, a heroic man of the world. —The Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note

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Most of the sentences, the previous chapter made a very childish mistake, I hope you didn't notice.