"I'll cut it off!" Gao Shun, who has always been taciturn, said suddenly. "Let Yicong escort the prince and leave quickly, and I will lead the troops of the headquarters to stop the other party in the direction of the Xiaoling River in the east."

"You have thousands of troops, what do you use to block the opponent's tens of thousands of cavalry?" Gongsun Xun's face was pale. "And now, do you have to divide the army again?"

"It's about to divide the troops and block them layer by layer." Xi Zhong's face was anxious, and he retorted. "Junhou, think about it, no matter what the internal situation is on the Duan side, if there is really an ambush, it must be Qiu Liju's painstaking design and dedication...... So what is he seeking? Is it to completely annihilate our army? In my opinion, he was also forced into a desperate situation, so he took the risk of begging the prince alone! Because only in this way can he go to negotiate conditions with Zhao Gong in Liaodong and Liu Yu in the south! And the barrier we set up, he will only break through and ignore it, or simply take a detour! ”

"What Mr. Zhicai said is not bad, and not only the Gao Sima Department, but also those of us who are righteous can also carry the banner of the prince as suspicious soldiers." Tian Yu also interjected. "Actually, if you think about it, as long as you are safe, the overall situation in Liaoxi will still be on us, and those Zahu tribes will never easily fall to the Wuhuan people. At that time, we, the guards and blockers, can completely hide between the mountains, and through these tribes, we can either survive or return south...... This time, as long as the prince and the marquis are safe, everything will be safe, and if there is any mistake in the body of the prince and the marquis, we will win the battle, what can we say? ”

"Say it again!" Xi Zhicai couldn't help but stomp his feet and whispered. "Junhou, this time, except for the Yicong and Gao Sima Ministry, the rest are Zahu and rangers from various counties who have just come to join the army...... What is there to be reluctant to? ”

Several Zahu tribal leaders next to him bowed their heads and were silent, and in the night, everyone finally looked at Gongsun Xun with an uncertain face by the bonfire.

"Everything in the world is people-oriented, and you can't give up easily." Gongsun Xun thought about it for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed. "Besides, as I expected, the information from Yu Ming a few days ago has a context...... The ambush of the Wuhuan people must be Qiu Li on this side of the Daling River, while Mudun spares the Daling River from the upper reaches and prepares to cut off our back road...... Even if you can block me behind me, if you have already arrived after the collapse of the Daling River, and there are no soldiers and horses beside me, it will still be useless. ”

"What do you mean?" Xi Zhong by the bonfire turned pale.

"Let's go with the whole army and set off immediately." Gongsun Xun said as he turned around and walked away directly.

Everyone didn't dare to slack off, quickly extinguished and covered the bonfire, and then acted according to the order, as a member of the White Horse Yicong, Tian Yu naturally hurried to follow.

"Gao Sima and live." Just as Gao Shun was about to turn around and return to the team, unexpectedly, a forcibly suppressed shout suddenly came from the chaos. "If the chasing soldiers are in a hurry, Gao Sima might as well do it himself...... The safety of the prince comes first in everything. ”

Gao Shun paused slightly, then continued to hold the knife and get on the horse without looking back, and hurriedly turned back to his own department, as if he hadn't heard.

Retreating overnight is a huge challenge for any army, not to mention that the quality of Gongsun Xun's 7,000 people is uneven, although the strong one is very strong, but there are less than 2,000; The weak may not be really weak, but they have rushed into the army, and even many of the Zahu tribes may not be safe.

In fact, from the very beginning, there were individual tribes who took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to flee on their own, as if they were going to go home first and wait for news...... The big deal is that it's getting away after dark! What else?

And in the second half of the night, with the fire behind him, this escape became more and more obvious.

In the early morning, there were even more sporadic fighting between the two sides...... Facts have proved that there is no problem with the information sent by Duan Ri Yu Ming this time, and Qiu Liju did personally lead troops to chase after him, because there were very recognizable white-clothed Wuhuan in Liaoxi everywhere behind him.

The so-called white-clothed Wuhuan means that these people are subject to the economic means of the Han dynasty and cannot carry out independent nomadic activities, so unlike the dirty robes on the grassland, the grassroots cavalry of the Wuhuan people generally wear clothes made of the cheapest white cloth from the interior, hold a spear, and carry a bow and arrow, and form a very historical and traditional assault cavalry in the simplest but most cost-effective way.

Once upon a time, the Wuhuan cavalry of Liaoxi and the Wuhuan cavalry of Shanggu were the most reliable and handy weapons of the Han family, and they were kept behind the side walls and fortresses for a long time, and once there was a war in Youzhou, they would always appear. The two main forces of Wuhuan have been fighting side by side with the Han family for more than a hundred years, but it is always difficult to sinicize, and now that the building is about to fall, these mercenaries on the corners of them have naturally become the new source of rebellion.

Thousands of miles away, the rebellion in Liangzhou started from the most loyal Huangzhongyi in the past, and the chaos in the state thousands of miles away started from the Southern Xiongnu, and finally it was the turn of the Wuhuan people in Youzhou.

"The Han family cannot be revived!" Gongsun Xun stopped and looked at the dozen or so corpses on the grass behind him with inexplicable emotion, just now, a small group of Wuhuan cavalry suddenly crashed into his Chinese army, although it was quickly wiped out, but this situation is enough to show that the Wuhuan people's pursuit of him is completely costless, and now it has reached the most dangerous time.

"Don't sigh any more." Xi Zhong reminded him in a hoarse voice, and in the thick of the night, neither the trembling hands of the person holding the reins tightly, nor the whites of his bloodshot eyes, were unknown at this time. "We're almost there, and it's not the time to sigh...... Let's hurry downstream and find a place to cross the river! ”

Gongsun Xun looked back at Xi Zhicai, nodded slowly, and then continued to the southwest without saying a word.

Vaguely at the fifth watch, it stands to reason that the sky should have brightened, but at this time, the sky in the western Liaoning region was still cloudy and black, and soon everyone also noticed the reason - the rain that could not even be called a drizzle drifted to the faces of the cavalry of all ethnic groups on the vast battlefield.

This was a good thing, this almost tiny spring rain was not enough to soak the ground and really affect the activities of the cavalry, but the light brought by it effectively covered the flight of the Han army. In fact, the Han army was also in high spirits for a while.

And finally, as the sun rose behind the clouds, in the early morning drizzle that began to have some visual distance, a Zahu cavalry suddenly came to Gongsun Xun's side excitedly, and reported loudly:

"General! I recognize this little river...... Go down the small river, there are five or six miles of road is the Daling River, and then go down seven or eight miles along the mouth of the river, there is a shoal that can cross the river! It's very close to one of our Fen Ministries! ”

It was the black otter of Tong Fen who spoke, a member of the small tribe of Zahu who had been rewarded by Gongsun Xun, who had been following the left side of the Chinese army since yesterday, and his words made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and Gongsun Xun also rarely lost his temper and laughed.

"Let's check the people and horses, rest for a while, and then go to find the ferry immediately......" After laughing, General Wei also issued an order as a matter of course, and loudly encouraged the surrounding soldiers. After crossing the river, he will inevitably come back with a large army and level Liaoxi. ”

The soldiers tried their best to answer, and then they dismounted one after another to rest, and at this time Gongsun Xun found that there were only two or three hundred people left on his side.

Of course, Gongsun Xun only glanced at Xi Zhong, who had difficulty even climbing off the horse, and realized that this was definitely not caused by casualties, nor was it simply lost in the road, or was crushed by Wuhuan's pursuers...... Not to mention anything else, obviously I just saw Tian Yu by my side when I noticed the rain before, and the main force of the six hundred white horses was also by my side, and I knew from the fact that I had never seen a pursuer approaching that the most reliable Gao Shun must be fighting hard behind him, how could a light rain with precipitation similar to fog be so many elites? Still silent?

So you don't have to think about it, it must be these people who saw the rare opportunity, made claims, and took the initiative to turn back to make bait in order to delay time.

And now, it is useless to talk too much and think about it, you can only hope that the battlefield will be chaotic, these people will not suffer many casualties, and his Gongsun Xun will be able to cross the river as soon as possible and stabilize the situation again.

"The shoal is down the slope ahead?" Half an hour later, Xi Zhong asked the black otter in a loud voice, as if he was suspected of deliberately raising morale.

"Right down the slope!" The black otter replied loudly as well. "Mr. Big, don't worry, not many people know about this shoal, that is, two of our Tongfen departments happen to live in Hedong and Hexi, so it's clearer."

"That'll be fine." Xi Zhong endured the nondescript title of 'Mr. Big', and reluctantly praised with a smile. "If you can successfully cross the river and return to Guanzi City this time, Black Otter, don't talk about your headquarters, the entire Twelve Departments of Tongfen will soar! Don't go back to the tribe after you cross the river, just follow us to Guanzi City, change to a white horse, and be the righteous servant of the prince. ”

The black otter became more and more excited, and in the light of the drizzle, it showed a reddish complexion in the black.

However, compared with the excitement of the people around him, Gongsun Xun didn't have much joy, and he didn't care about Xi Zhong's little tricks, many years of experience on the battlefield made him clearly aware that a night of escape has emptied the physical strength of the warriors, and everyone has reached the end of the crossbow, the more this time, the more important it is to stay focused, compete for willpower and patience.

And besides, even if you cross the river, you still have to gather the remnants of the army, buy these miscellaneous tribes, deal with the political impact of this obvious defeat, and have the patience to reorganize the offensive...... There is a lot to come.

While thinking about it, Gongsun Xun had already climbed the last small slope, and then, like Xi Zhong, Black Otter and others beside him, immediately fell into a strange silence.

It turned out that in the drizzly morning, there was a cavalry unit of 14,500 men waiting on the opposite bank of the beach on the other side of the Daling River for a long time...... This is the Wuhuan people. Five or six hundred Wuhuan people, guarding seven or eight hundred miscellaneous cavalry, is enough to maintain the suppressive force, and it is a very standard configuration of the army outside the Saiwai.

On the other hand, the Han soldiers were sleepy and lacking horses, but there were more than 200 people, of which only half were riding white horses.

The two troops, suddenly across the river, were quiet and terrifying.

However, the silence was only temporary, only a moment later, under the drizzle, there was a roar on the other side of the river, and there was a commotion, and countless leaders of the Zahu tribe and the white-clothed cavalry of the Wuhuan people rushed to the shallows to watch Gongsun Xun from afar.

Correspondingly, Xi Zhong, who is full of guilt and anxiety, is also hurriedly deploying troops:

Some people were sent out to seek support from the rear, or simply to find Tian Yu and Gao Shun, who turned around before dawn to block the attack;

Someone was improvised into an assault party and tried to cross the river;

Others have simply been put into custody...... The black otter of Tong Fen and several knights of the Tong Fen tribe did not resist, because the Zahu tribe on the opposite side must have members of their Tong Fen clan, and there may even be quite a few, otherwise it would be impossible for the Wuhuan leader on the opposite side to think of this ferry and then come here in advance to intercept it.

However, people with a little military experience understand, including Xi Zhicai himself, that his measures are destined to not have much effect.

Sure enough, the people who went to ask for help were gone, and the dozens of loyal servants who tried to force their way were halfway through...... Although it was said to be a shoal, it was too difficult to move forward in the river, and at the urging of the Wuhuan generals on the opposite bank, when hundreds of Zahu tribes twisted forward and shot a rain of arrows, Xi Zhong took the initiative to order the assault team to return to the east bank.

But even so, several people were killed by arrows and were swept away by the turbulent waters of the Daling River to the lower reaches of the north...... The warriors in the river are as slow as arrows.

And then, after noticing the situation of the black otter, Gongsun Xun also ordered it to be released out of boredom...... The black otter itself should have no malicious intentions, looking at the situation on the other side, it was obvious that a Wuhuan leader had a temporary intention, plus there were other members of the Twelve Departments of Tong Fen under his command, so the blind cat ran into his dead mouse.

It's okay to complain about the sky, but it's not necessary to be especially human.

"It's General Gongsun, right?" In the white-clothed Wuhuan array in Hexi, a Wuhuan leader was still unable to hide his joy. "It's raining, and I look vaguely like it, but I'm a little confused...... What do you think? ”

"Who is the leader asking?" A Wuhuan warrior next to him asked speechlessly. "You personally went to Goguryeo to fight with the leader of the Tons, and you know it best here......

"Isn't that just in case?" The Wuhuan leader smiled and sighed. "It's like a dream...... A few days ago, everyone still thought that our Liaoxi Wuhuan was going to be exterminated, who would have thought that there would be today? If you can catch General Gongsun and go to Liucheng here, everything will be easy to say. ”

"It's to invite the general to be a guest!" A small leader next to him hurriedly reminded. "When you come, you must say it specifically, and you are not allowed to be rude at all......"

"Yes!" The leader immediately corrected himself. "Am I wrong...... You cross the river and tell the general in person, saying that our Wuhuan people have no disrespect, and only invite him to Liucheng as a guest. ”

The little leader swallowed his saliva in the drizzle, but after all, he had no choice but to lead several white-clothed cavalry forward, threw down his spears and bows on the bank of the Daling River, and only rode his horse across the river.

Seeing the other party marching slowly halfway, Xi Zhong almost instinctively ordered the arrow to be released...... Under the random arrows, the little leader of Wuhuan and several of his subordinates, who were like live targets, immediately ended up with the same fate as the two nominal servants before. After all, whether it is an arrow or a river, it is impossible to distinguish between who is a Wuhuan and who is Han.

However, the Wuhuan leader in Hexi was not in a hurry, but still smiling.

And Hedong's drama Zhong is already desperate...... If it weren't for Gongsun Xun still by his side, he would almost want to commit suicide immediately to apologize!

What can I do?

It seems that it is not possible to force the crossing, but if you turn around and go back, not to mention the Wuhuan chasing soldiers behind you, just say how many people will be left to guard this shoal?

If there is less left, more than 1,000 cavalry on the other side will force the crossing, and they can completely rush hard; If you leave too much, who will guarantee Gongsun Xun's safety? To put it mildly, Gongsun Xun can be safe in the hands of the Wuhuan people, but what if he encounters some barbarians when he rides alone?

And even if it's a temporary escape?

The whereabouts were exposed, and the other party knew the approximate location, and went upstream and downstream to block the place where the river was crossed.

As for waiting, this is even more looking for death, after all, the Wuhuan people have an absolute advantage in the strength of the Wuhuan people on the chaotic battlefield, and if they drag it out, they will only wait for the opponent's large army.

Xi Zhicai's despair is getting stronger and stronger.

However, at the same time, Gongsun Xun, who was riding a horse and standing on one side, did not have extreme emotions such as despair and anger, but felt an inexplicable exhaustion.

That's right, it's exhaustion, because this General Wei can almost imagine his fate.

The first is captured...... Or the Wuhuan people don't even dare to say such a thing as a captive, they will respectfully 'invite' him, the general of Wei, to go to Liucheng as a 'guest', and even when they see him, they will still kowtow, and Qiu Liju will definitely serve him respectfully. After all, his Gongsun Xun is the only son of Gongsun Auntie, the only son-in-law of the right general Zhao Bao, the recognized actual leader of the Gongsun clan in Liaoxi, and the general Wei of the imperial court! It is also a lifesaver in a sense of Wuhuan in Liaoxi!

So it is completely conceivable that no one in the entire Youzhou will give up on him, and Liu Yu, the only one who theoretically has the risk of a complete break, is the least likely person to do such a thing, so the deal will definitely be concluded quickly.

But at what cost?

It's okay to lose the aura of a hundred battles and a hundred victories, who hasn't lost a battle? It's not worth losing some money.

But after this incident, how many years and months will it take for the Wuhuan rebellion to be resolved? Liu Yu's prestige in Youzhou must have increased greatly, right? Does his Gongsun Xun no longer have a political advantage in the face of this person?

Correspondingly, my mother may have to make a big concession to her father-in-law in Liaodong, and whether Liaodong is surnamed Gongsun or Zhao is afraid that it will become a confused account.

Of course, the foundation of his Gongsun Xun is here, and there must still be influence, and there must be military advantages...... However, it is inevitable to be subject to Liu Yu and Zhao Bao, and he will greatly lose his influence in the Luoyang chaos that has begun and the general trend of courting Dong.

And if that's the case, what is the difference between him, General Wei, and Gongsun Chan in another time and space?

Is this ten years of hard work, once corrected to the original point by history?

Then, will he be like Gongsun Chan in another time and space, and will everyone betray his relatives and set himself on fire? Even if he doesn't, do you have to flee to Liaodong and rely on his father-in-law's breath to survive?

Of course, maybe the reality will not be so pessimistic, but this feeling of powerlessness after all the hard work is really tiring.

If...... If there is really such a force in the dark that controls the direction of history, no matter how hard you work, you just replace someone, then what is the meaning of your own hard work and your own existence?

From Sun Xun's cranky thoughts, once upon a time, the joke of 'the return of the world line' in his mother's letter to himself seems to have been shattered by his own achievements, and seems to have been forgotten in the conversation and laughter with Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and others...... Since the arrival of Xu Yu last year, it has finally endured the beginning of the troubled times, but everything seems to have returned to a strange and familiar line.

Is this a test, or is it a joke?

Is Cao Sun Liu really the Son of Destiny? Are your ambitions and selfishness vain?

Gongsun Xun looked up at the drizzling sky, and lost his mind for a moment.

And just when the drizzle above his head was still fluttering like cow's hair, moistening the green fields all over Liaoxi without hurry, suddenly, there was a change on the other side of the river.

"Is it reinforcements?" In despair, Xi Zhong was pleasantly surprised.

However, as the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment - this is indeed a reinforcement, it is obvious that a group of Han knights who lost their way at night and successfully crossed the river from elsewhere in the north, but there were only a dozen people.

And it is clear that the commotion of the Wuhuan soldiers and horses on the other side is not because of the appearance of these people, but because of the courage of these people.

"Why is that?" The Wuhuan general in Hexi sighed, and then summoned another small leader. "You lead twenty Wuhuan warriors to a fair battle! It's also good to let the general on the other side see if the martial arts of our Wuhuan people have regressed...... The order is passed down, the whole army is not allowed to release arrows without authorization, and General Gongsun must know our sincerity. ”

——————I am a dividing line of sincerity——————

"Victory or defeat, the soldiers are ordinary, the Shenwu of the former Wu Emperor, also died in Danhan Mountain and was trapped in the Daling River...... Therefore, it is said that the momentum of mountains and rivers is solid, and the impermanence of soldiers and armor is inconsistent. - "The Art of War"

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