Somewhere downstream to the north of the Daling River, thousands of Wuhuan main forces were besieging a more than 1,000 Han army troops fighting on their backs, while Wuhuan Shan Yu Qiu Liju was watching the battle from afar.

"Are you sure?" Qiu Liju, who was dressed like a Han nobleman, suddenly turned around, his face full of worry.

"It's confirmed." A Wuhuan nobleman next to him, who was obviously sweating profusely rather than rain, replied breathlessly. "Only the general Gongsun who was clearly stopped by the mud twenty miles to the south, and the rest of the places, whether it was the team of white horse knights with white horse flags running to the east or this hard bone here, I didn't see the figure of General Gongsun."

"Gui Ni is a safe man." Qiu Liju also finally showed his joy. "He said yes, you should be it, you go and tell him quickly, be sure not to hurt General Wei...... I hurt the life of General Gongsun Auntie, and I rushed to it immediately. ”

This Wuhuan nobleman did not dare to slack off, and immediately led several knights to turn around and leave.

"Come here." Qiu Liju was not in a hurry, and called another person. "Cross the river to find the land, let his 10,000 men and horses stop delaying here any longer, and immediately go south to meet the regulations."

The man also made an immediate promise, and then turned over and rode away.

"Collect the troops!" Qiu Liju finally spoke. "There must be no more here, don't waste your troops in vain...... Let's form a formation and go to the south to block the people. ”

"Father." At this moment, a noble young man who was only about sixteen or seventeen years old, carrying a bow and not holding a spear, suddenly spoke. "This Han army is so good at fighting, and it has killed so many of us in a backwater formation, why don't you leave someone to watch them and kill them all when you turn around?"

"Because I didn't ...... Worthless. Qiu Liju stared at his son and chuckled softly. Lou Ban, do you know this word? ”

"Of course I do."

"Then do you know that in this battle, the only valuable purpose of our Wuhuan people is to capture that Gongsun General, and it must be alive."

"Why?" The young Lou Ban was immediately puzzled. "Some days ago, Yu Ming's father didn't let me kill him, but he still asked him to send information, and almost let this General Gongsun run away."

"Duan Ri Yu Ming and General Gongsun are not the same thing." Qiu Liju sighed, then turned over and got on his horse, talking as he walked. "Duan Ri Yu Ming is because his foundation is around Liucheng, I really think that he can surrender sincerely after a long time...... As for us knowing that he was a spy but still leaking the news and he found out, it was our negligence. ”

Lou Ban nodded slowly, and asked more than once: "What about Father, General Gongsun?" ”

"General Gongsun is the master of the Northland." Qiu Liju's face was pale. "We, like Duan Ri Yu Ming, Mo Huqi, and those miscellaneous beards, are just domestic dogs and wild dogs foraging in his yard. And we raised the army this time, just to leave home before him, like a wild dog, to steal a bite of life. ”

"We have 30,000 cavalry!" Lou Ban retorted excitedly. "If those bastards could be loyal to us, there would be a population of 200,000...... How can it be a wild dog? ”

"General Gongsun has 100,000 soldiers and a population of millions." Behind him, the Wuhuan cavalry was purging in a large force, breaking away from contact with Gao Shun's department, and Qiu Li gave a figure that his son could not imagine without looking back.

"But he is not as good as his father in war!" Lou Ban immediately thought of a second reason for rebuttal. "Although there was a period of time for Yu Ming to report the news this time, I still couldn't escape in time, and I was still stopped by my father and brother."

"You're wrong again." Qiu Liju shook his head repeatedly. "Everyone in the world knows that he is much better than me in war......"

"But my father has already won this battle." Lou Ban couldn't wait to repeat it. "He was surrounded by his father."

"When I devised this plan myself, I didn't expect him to succeed." Qiu Liju sighed. "Western Liaoning is full of hills and rivers, and there is only one passage of 500 miles, from Guanzicheng to Liucheng, without any supplies...... He really only brought seven or eight days' worth of food and a few thousand miscellaneous soldiers, and I was also very lucky. ”

"This means that my father has a destiny, right?" Lou Ban was still not convinced.

"I'd rather not have this destiny." Qiu Liju suddenly reined in his horse and turned his head to look at his son seriously. "Lou Ban, do you know that my strategy is also a helpless move forced out of a desperate situation? I didn't go to the rescue of Liaodong Su Muyan this time, and I didn't help Kebi to stabilize the situation, so our two wings will inevitably lose support...... In other words, if this general Gongsun is not captured alive this time, our father and son will be able to avoid trouble if they are lucky, and if they are unlucky, they will be killed. Of course, if I talk about it in this way, I have some experience, this General Gongsun must also have some urgent matter behind him, otherwise he would never be as desperate as me. ”

"But I still don't understand." Lou Ban thought for a moment, and then asked seriously. "Not to mention why General Gongsun was tricked, father, why do you have to be so careful when you win the battle? Isn't there everything when you win the war? ”

"Of course it's a great thing to win the war." Qiu Liju smiled bitterly. "At least those who couldn't survive can survive now, but this general is not alone...... How so? This is not something that can be explained to you overnight...... There is only one thing I have to tell you today, and you must obey it, or I will have to drive you back to Liucheng. ”

"Father, please speak." The building class is becoming more and more positive.

"I saw the general Gongsun riding a white horse...... Be respectful and don't treat him as a prisoner! "Qiu Liju is serious." If I salute him, you will bow to him. I will lead the horse for him, and you will carry the horse for him; When I get to Liucheng, I will give him my original house, and you will have to go around that house like a tiger and not approach! Got it? ”

Lou Ban hesitated for a moment, but in the face of his father, he finally gritted his teeth and agreed.

Just when Qiu Liju was teaching his minor son, he didn't know that twenty miles away, the battle situation in front of Gongsun Xun had been reversed.

That ironclad knight of the Han army was indeed loyal and heroic, and the surprise decapitation of the Black Otter Heavenly King certainly had a miraculous effect, without the former person to complete the deterrence of these Wuhuan troops and Zahu, and without the latter person's most critical moment, Gongsun Xun would not even be able to come to the other side of the river...... However, I have to admit that it was Gongsun Xun's words that really made the leaders of these Zahu tribes who were only willing to fight with the wind complete the reversal of their mentality.

Because this sentence of political commitment is really related to the survival of their tribe, so that they dare not continue to sway from side to side with some kind of luck mentality as before.

If things go wrong today, they will lose the grain and cloth from Lulongsai in the south, they will lose the pottery and salted fish from Liaodong, they will have no place to sell their tanned skins, there will be no place to buy iron pots, and the Han people will exchange knives instead of food stamps and groceries from the Amway for the goats and horses they have worked so hard to graze...... What's more, maybe soon there will be two armies of tens of thousands of people, all the way from Lulongsai from south to north, all the way from the Liao River from east to west, uprooting their tribes.

In this way, they will lose everything they have now, and if they are lucky, they can escape to the grasslands to the west, and if they are unlucky, the whole tribe will disappear...... It's like a supporting character in those stories that have been passed down from generation to generation.

As a result, these wall-to-wall grass, who are good at calculating interests, are reversed in an instant.

In the melee, the white-clad black outfit provided their opponents with too obvious targets, and to make matters worse, the previous formation had left them in a state of being caught in three ways almost instantly.

The Zahu tribe on both wings, the white horse knights who crossed the river head-on, originally 1,45 against 200 people, now 1,200 against 4500 people, the main general has just been beheaded, and the warriors in the army have been slaughtered before, and the general of the Gongsun clan who has been repeatedly explained by his own family is not allowed to hurt any hair...... In this situation, they held on for a moment before they collapsed, and they could already boast about the combat power and willpower of these white-clothed black Huan.

"Don't fight!" escaped suddenly, and Xi Zhong's voice trembled. "Hurry up and escort the prince to the south! Tell these miscellaneous hus that as long as they arrive in Guanzi City, everyone is a hero, and they will never hesitate to reward! ”

A group of white horse Yicong and dozens of core members of the Zahu tribe immediately rushed over, but Gongsun Xun had no intention of moving, his people stood on their horses, looking around in the chaotic battle, and when they saw the knight of the ironclad Han army who was slashing and slashing, they were even more distant.

Wen Ze on his side understood, and immediately led twenty or thirty names away from the horse, but a few people responded to this person, and more than a dozen people ran to the edge of the battlefield, putting the seventeen Han knights who had died in battle before on the Wuhuan war horses that they had brought in.

Seeing that this person was escorted back, Gongsun Xun turned his horse's head and went south.

However, after about ten miles to the south, among the very regionally colored hills of the Liaoxi Passage, there was a sudden sound of rumbling horses' hooves, and the vibration of the sound was so loud that it was as if a large army was rushing towards it.

"It's too late." A bearded leader next to him turned pale. "General, the road here is hilly on both sides, and you may be able to hit the ...... head-on when you turn the hillside."

"Isn't that right?" Gongsun Xun glanced at this person coldly. "If I can count the death of Gui Ni and go around here in advance, I might as well descend to him directly and ask for immortality!"

In other words, his people directly hit the horse forward.

Everyone suddenly realized that they were also excited to follow up, and sure enough, turning a small hill, they were greeted by the Han army brigade with the banner of Chinese characters, and the first person was Wei Yue, who was sent back to Lu Longsai by Gongsun Xun before.

Wei Yue saw it clearly, and dismounted from a distance and knelt down to greet him.

"Is there still a main general in the back?!" Gongsun Xun asked loudly from afar. "How many reinforcements are there in total? How many soldiers and horses do you have at this time? ”

"Back to the king, Mr. Zibo and Han Sima are here." Wei Yue hurriedly answered. On the same day, they received a message from Jun Hou Kuai, and when they heard that Jun Hou had suddenly sent an army, they immediately raised a large army from Lu Long to meet them...... The whole army is 18,000, mixed with infantry and cavalry, marching in sections, calculating the time, it should only be two and a half days later than Jun Hou, I led 3,000 cavalry in front, Han Sima led 5,000 cavalry behind, half a day later than me, and Mr. Zibo led 10,000 foot soldiers and baggage in the back, but I don't know when I can arrive...... But I really never thought that I would see the prince here today, did the prince suddenly turn back? ”

It's a matter of marching speed...... On the Liaoxi Passage, which has no supply points and is hilly terrain, the mobility of the cavalry is not incapable of playing a huge role, but it is more reflected on the battlefield than on strategic operation. Gongsun Xun used to dispatch all the cavalry in a hurry, but it was only sixty or seventy miles a day, which is already a very fast speed, correspondingly, Han Dang and Wei Yue should also be at this speed, as for Lou Gui's 10,000 infantry, although they have a baggage, they can also travel forty or fifty miles a day, and they will be able to see Lou Gui in less than two days.

In all fairness, Gongsun Xun only disliked that he was too slow to march before, but now he has to be glad that he is not fast enough.

Gongsun Xun, who understood what was going on in his mind a little turn, was overjoyed, and then before he had time to say more, he immediately told Wei Yue: "You lead the forward to the bank of the Daling River more than ten miles behind you to stand up for the army behind you, be careful, the main force of Wuhuan will arrive when it is said!" Black Otter, you lead the way with him! ”

Wei Yue also suddenly realized that Gongsun Xun had lost the battle, and he couldn't wait to stop there, so he hurriedly agreed, and then immediately turned around and shouted to march, as for the dark-faced Tong Fen black otter, he was very excited, and he also stepped forward to keep up with Wei Yue.

The forward 3,000 cavalry, plus some of the accompanying miscellaneous cavalry, suddenly accelerated forward and rushed straight to the bank of the Daling River, while Gongsun Xun led his subordinates to the side of the hill to rest, and waited for the arrival of Han Dang's troops and horses behind him.

"Prince!" Xi Zhong next to him saw that the situation was completely reversed, but he knelt on the ground in public, and then burst into tears in the drizzle. "Today's danger is all my fault...... Ziheng, Du Bohou and Fu Gongao presided over the overall situation in Changping and made no mistakes; Shuzhi, Chang Bohuai, Zao Wengong, they transported grain and grass, mobilized the people, and never neglected at all; And the people in the army, Zibo's military strategy is also extremely safe, not to mention, he and Yigong were both in Lulongsai at that time, and Cheng Demou was also in Yuyang...... Everyone in the army, such as Gao Suqing is just a Sima, Tian Yu is just a teenager, a few days ago in Guanzi City, the master let the prince risk to come here, but I am alone! ”

"You're wrong, but not here!" Gongsun Xun sat in front of the other party, facing each other. "In Guanzi City that day, as you said, only you can speak alone, but at most you didn't advise, not dominate. This time I marched, but I was confused, and I still wanted to end the turmoil quickly and go to He Jin to ask for that Jizhou pastor...... However, it is only now that I have realized that I was able to win quickly in the situation of Guanzhong that day because I abandoned the political struggle behind me and dealt with it purely militarily; Today's defeat lies in the imposition of politics on military strategy, and even a series of mistakes. Zhicai, this time I was in ambush, I was eight points wrong, you were two points wrong, and you and I should share the matter. ”

Xi Zhong already had a lot of muddy water on his body, and he was even more ashamed when he heard this at this time: "But as a strategist, I was at a loss for command, if I hadn't crossed the prince and let Gao Suqing and Tian Yu divide their troops and leave, why would I suddenly fall into death?" It can also be directly highlighted just now! ”

"You are a lawyer from a family, and you are not good at judging politics, law, and the situation...... Today's command is at a loss, not because of you, but because I, the commander, am incompetent and incompetent, and I actually use you for military strategic command! Saying that, Gongsun Xun tried to help the other party up. I know what you're thinking...... But Zhicai, the shame of our generation today is common, if you die, won't you let me bear the humiliation of this defeated army alone? The road ahead is long, if I lose you, who will govern for me in the future? ”

Xi Zhong, who stood up, became more and more ashamed, but tears rippled in his eyes, and he didn't know how to answer.

"And keep a useful body to pay for my defeat today." Gongsun Xun helped the other party sit down, and glanced at the righteous servants next to him, and then turned around and went to another place on the hillside.

"Prince." On the other side of the hill, Wen Ze and the others saw Gongsun Xun coming, and they also hurriedly saluted.

"How's it going?" Gongsun Xun, who couldn't hide his tiredness, asked head-on.

Wen Zexia was speechless, but quickly got out of the way, and sure enough, behind this group of righteous followers, there was a person kneeling on the hillside, and there were seventeen corpses in front of him.

Gongsun Xun stepped forward and saw that the ironclad knight had now taken off his armor, only wearing a red straight coat, and in the drizzle, the grass under his body was actually full of crimson...... This is by no means that his clothes have faded, but that he has killed too many people today, and the blood soaked into the clothes of the same color did not appear, and the clothes were soaked at this time, and the water became blood.

"Did you know that I didn't just want you to go, not just in despair?" Gongsun Xun hesitated for a moment before asking.

The knight looked back, his face was also full of exhaustion, and his eyes were red, and he was about to speak, but for a moment he was so gloomy that he could not open his mouth.

"What I said before across the river, although it is not worth mentioning by you, it is indeed from the bottom of my heart." Gongsun Xun sighed when he saw this. "I saw you fighting on the riverbank just now, but I thought of Xia Yu who left my department and fled alone in Danhan Mountain...... This incident is the great hatred of my life, so I later found an opportunity to kill Xia Yu on this ground. And just now on the riverside, I saw that you were desperate, but I felt that I was as hateful as Xia Yu that day, and I drove the warriors to death with high-ranking selfish thoughts, which was extremely hateful! ”

"Then the subordinate can only say it again." The knight looked up and spoke hard. "Prince, what I said before is also from the bottom of my heart...... We are not dying today for the rank and selfish thoughts of the prince, but for the benevolent government that the prince and the prince did in Guangyang at the same time. ”

Gongsun Xun opened his mouth to speak, but he was also difficult for a while, and after barely controlling his emotions, he looked at each other: "Now I may tell me your name as a child of the county and you?" ”

"Nature." The knight struggled to his feet, and then pointed to the corpse on the ground and said bitterly. "For example, this white-faced, called king, is a pavilion horseman in our Changshan County; Another example is the bearded man who is called Han Yan, whose father is a county official; There is also the short one, called Sun Wei, whose family is from a butcher; As for this old man, I really don't know his name, I only know that he was a Yellow Turban thief, and after the defeat of the Hutuo River that day, he was sold to our local family in Changshan as a vain, and he actually had to come with him......"

Below Gongsun Xun, to all the righteous servants, everyone on the hillside was silent, listening to this person say something that didn't have much content.

"The last man...... This person is called Xiahoulan, Changshan is really a person, and I am a neighbor. The knight's words grew more difficult as he pointed to the last man in front of him. He studied and practiced martial arts since he was a child, and was particularly good at military law, and everyone in the village knew that he had great ambitions. As for me, I am ......."

"I know who you are." Gongsun Xun raised his head and sighed, but shook his head and interrupted the other party. "When you talk about Changshan, I know who you are...... I have heard of your reputation since I was in Zhongshan, and I have sent people to your home to deliver gifts. ”

The knight immediately bowed his head in silence.

"Zilong!" Gongsun Xun wanted to step forward and hold the other party's hands for a while, but in the end he turned around. "As the days go by, current events change, and the names and faces of your seventeen villagers, as well as the words that answered me with death today, I am afraid that they will gradually be forgotten...... Therefore, you will always be by my side in the future, so you should remind me a lot. ”

"Whoa!" Zhao Yun bowed in response.

——————I'm the dividing line that I can't remember——————

"Zhao Yun, the word Zilong, Changshan Zhendingren. The cloud body is eight feet long, the posture is majestic, at the end of the middle and peace, the Wuhuan rebellion in Liaoxi, it is the county lifted, and the righteousness will be from the children of the ancestors. And Taizu was trapped in the Daling River by Wuhuan, and could not be crossed, Yun Yin Seventeen rode across the river to see it, did not avoid the sword and arrow, and rushed to meet the thousand horses, where several times, the left and right were dead, and the cloud was single and still rushed to kill, shocking both sides of the river. Taizu's feat, but he crossed with a knife, and called all the miscellaneous tribes to kill Wuhuan and beg for forgiveness, but he got rid of it. The Chinese soldiers of the Shi Army, the drama loyalists are all there, and they are spared from it. Yun also consulted with Taizu. —The Book of Old Swallows. Volume sixty-nine. Biography XIX

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