The stupidity of the spy, Neiying, Niu Fu, and Li Ru's bookishness made Gongsun Xun suddenly turn around at the most difficult moment. The arrival of nearly 10,000 troops and the elimination of the foreign command center in Shaanxi County have completely improved the situation in Hongnong.

In fact, after receiving Niu Fu's broken body, Hu Zhen and Li Meng, who were behind the Kuoshan Narrow Road, immediately made a defensive posture - Li Meng stuck to the Kuoshan Narrow Road, while Hu Zhen immediately went south and reoccupied Yiyang to prevent the southern road from being broken through, and connected with Li Dao, who came to Lu's family.

And Li Dao, who held an army of nearly 10,000 troops, did not hesitate to ask for help from Guanzhong through Wuguan while connecting with Hu Zhen!

All in all, after this battle, although it was still a stalemate, the two sides had a clear change of offensive and defensive positions. The Dong army east of Tongguan was completely in a panic and defensive posture, and there was no longer the slightest tendency to dare to fight, and the previous siege drama disappeared in an instant. At the same time, for Gongsun Xun, if the Guanzhong issue is not considered, it seems that Hongnong alone and even the entire east of Tongguan can be called suddenly enlightened.

According to the normal way of thinking, at this time, Gongsun Xun should go south and east, and defeat Li Dao, Hu Zhen, Li Meng, and even Duan Xuan in Luoyang in turn, and then gather troops and population, and make every effort to break through from Wuguan, which is easier to attack.

But there is no doubt that Gongsun Xun seems to be a little impatient, he rested in Shaanxi County for more than ten days, and disposed of the surrendered Guanxi soldiers after a little reorganization...... Specifically, it is to purge the officers first, kill a group of people in a hurry, and then break up the ranks and reorganize them...... In early May, he led the crowd directly to Tongguan.

And to the other side, Gongsun Xun set up camp on the spot, and began to make every effort to build siege equipment, and at the same time, the battalion continued to come and go every day, often seeing reinforcements entering, and there were also troops who were transferred to the rear to rest, and there were often auxiliary troops transporting grain and grass back and forth - the meaning of nailing Tongguan should not be too obvious.

"If Shaanxi County falls into the hands of General Wei, Maojin will not be protected." Jia Xu looked at the dynamics of the well-flagged camp under the gate, and couldn't help frowning slightly. "And Maojin is a big port and a good ferry, and there are many ships, since you start, it will be much more convenient to travel to and from the Yellow River."

"I knew that Jia Jun could see it too." Lu Bu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.

"What do I see?" Jia Xu laughed. "Please also ask Wen Hou to give advice."

"Why does Jia Jun want to tease me?" Lu Bu pointed to the busy and huge military camp under the pass and said. "If what I expected is correct, while General Wei is building equipment here, Hedong soldiers and horses should be heading to Shaanxi County through Maojin, and there may be a large army hoarding there, preparing to eat Li and Hu in one go, and even capture Luoyang in one go."

"Wen Hou thinks it's a suspicious soldier at the moment?" Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and pointed to the camp with the white horse flag fluttering under the hill and asked. "General Wei is a suspicious soldier here?"

"Not bad!" Lu Buang replied.

"Why are you so sure?"

"First, although General Wei personally led the troops, he was not a person who liked to take all the credit alone, and was still willing to share the credit with his subordinates, in other words, he was willing to be this suspicious soldier; Second, Hu Zhen and Li Meng, like Niu Fu and Li Ru, are all wastes, but they are only reused by following Taishi for a long time, so don't say that Han Dang, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and those people, if they have a rough plan and enough troops, they are the junior generals of Bai Ma Yi on General Wei's side, such as Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Er Tian and other generals who came in and gradually became known, and they are enough to finish off these two; Third, but with you and me, I don't think Tongguan can be broken by only 10,000 or 20,000 people, and I don't think General Wei doesn't understand this truth...... What does Jia Jun think? ”

"Whip in." Jia Xu twisted his beard and shook his head. In this way, Wen Hou might as well go to Chang'an and express his thoughts...... If you can save the generals of Hongnong and don't mention it, at least let the Taishi know your military strategy and loyalty. ”

"This ......," Lu Fengxian hesitated. I heard that Shaanxi County was defeated and Li Ru's head was sent to Chang'an, but instead of sitting in Chang'an to meet the battle, Taishi turned around and went back to Yiwu, but is there such a thing? ”

"Not bad."

"Jia Jun, you are a wise man, and you are a cool person who is more trusted by the Master, can you tell me what is going on?"

"Nothing else." Jia Xu looked at the white horse flag under the hill and said. "Taishi is old, his eldest son died early, and now even his two sons-in-law are suddenly gone, but he recently gave birth to a young son, how do you know that he can support him? On the contrary, there is a ninety-year-old mother and a granddaughter who has not yet reached the end of the year...... In fact, when people get to this job, they always have to go to the whole family first and then the whole country, don't you say? ”

"Uh...... Well. ”

"I heard that after the Taishi went to Yiwu, he saw that the rammed earth wall on the periphery was seven zhang high and seven zhang wide, and it had been completed, so he sighed against the wall and said, 'It will be done, and it will be the best in the world; No, it's enough to keep this for the sake of old age'. Jia Xu finally sighed. I'm afraid the meaning of the Taishi is already very clear, he wants to first seek a place for his mother and granddaughter to live in Hewu, and then turn around to ask for Kanto affairs, not to ignore the external situation. ”

"I see." Lu Bu replied slowly. "Then my recital can be sent to the Taishi?"

"It doesn't matter if it's delivered or not." Jia Xu shook his head again. "Wen Hou, why don't you understand? Asking you to send the music is not to let the Taishi see the content of the song, but to let the Taishi and General Zuo (Dong Yue) who has just returned to Huayin understand your loyalty! In the past, the three generals of the Northern Army, Xu Rong and Zhang Liao were all opposed, and you were the only one left in the army who was not from Kansai...... I'm not good at signing this thing! ”

Lu Bu was shocked, thanked him again and again, and left.

Jia Wenhe stayed on the city of Yuanshangguan, looked at Gongsun Xun's lively camp, then looked at the sky, and then looked at the Yellow River in the north, but finally shook his hand and went to inspect the various military affairs in Tongguan.

Follow Jia Wenhe's gaze to the north, but forty or fifty miles away, is the place where the water flows into the Yellow River, there is a natural good crossing here, and in the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, pontoon bridges are often erected to connect the two banks, which has always been famous all over the world...... Yes, this is the famous ferry port Pujin on the Yellow River, also called Pubanjin, which is the most important channel to communicate Hedong and Guanzhong.

However, in the mid-summer season of May in the first year of Chuping, it seems a little dull and solemn.

After all, at this moment, there is no stork tower on the east bank here, and the pontoon bridge was directly dismantled by Zhang Ji, who stayed behind after Guo Yan led the troops to Huayin, and even the various facilities at the ferry on the west bank were swept away, only the huge military camps on both sides of the strait towered, like two monsters facing each other, which made people feel worried.

Time slowly moved forward, to May 17, this day has been more than 20 days since Gongsun Xun broke through Shaanxi County, it was morning, Lou Gui, Tian Feng, Han Dang three people stood on the solid three-zhang high platform in the camp, looking at the opposite bank from a distance, but did not know what was waiting for. At the same time, the entire barracks has been full of smoke from morning to now, and countless sergeants have also gathered in line inside and outside the camp gate with the assistance of auxiliary soldiers, holding armor and ordnance, swords and bows, and even the boats at the ferry are also in full swing to prepare.

Zhang Ji of Hexi is a general after all, and his people saw the three generals on the other side raising the flag and gathering generals, and countless soldiers and horses entered a state of combat readiness, plus Guo Yan was not in his own side at this time, how could he not know that the other party was going to cross the river? So, while he quickly asked people to ask for help from Huayin Dong Yue and Guo Yan, he hurriedly ordered the whole battalion to be on guard and prepare for battle.

Of course, although he was a little nervous, although his nephew had died before, Zhang Ji still thought that he could hold Pujin...... There are three reasons for this:

First, it is good that the opponent's forces are absolutely superior, but in fact, when crossing the river to attack, the projection force is limited, and the troops are intermittent when they reach the beach, so as long as he Zhang Ji commands properly, then the other side is likely to form a situation of fighting fires with salaries, and finally make a refueling tactic...... The Xiliang Army, in turn, has always maintained an absolute superiority in strength.

Second, although the Youzhou army on the opposite side has a reputation for being good at fighting, and the generals are also famous for Gongsun Xun's triumphant songs for many years, they are mostly famous for cavalry and cavalry generals, and this kind of beach-grabbing landing battle undoubtedly depends on whether the infantry can hold the first breath...... But Gao Shun, the only famous infantry general in the opposite military formation, was not here.

Third, the left general Dong Yue and Zhonglang general Guo Yan are in Huayin, and their troops have 15,000 troops, and they come only one day and one night, which is to preserve their combat strength, and they will arrive slowly and in two days and nights at most.

In fact, the Youzhou army on the other side should also understand these truths, otherwise it would not have been repeatedly delayed and did not launch an attack.

And after his heart was settled, seeing that the armament was complete, Zhang Ji took the lead in beating the drum and leaving the army, and the five or six thousand soldiers of the Xiliang Army almost poured out.

Among them, 2,000 infantry lined up on both sides of the camp, and they took the song as a unit, each with 200 people in a formation, and a full ten formations of foot soldiers lined up in a line, standing along the river. That's not all, a full five or six thousand auxiliaries and escorts were distributed bows and crossbows with the foot soldiers in the rear.

And the same is true of a thousand cavalry, one of two hundred cavalry is a formation, and five cavalry are lined up behind the infantry ready to support at any time.

In addition, Zhang Ji also hid 1,000 of the most elite cavalry and 1,000 of the most elite infantry in the battalion, which could be put into battle at any time to ensure that the enemy troops landed on the shore were defeated at the first time.

Time is moving forward little by little, and Han Dang, Lou Gui, and Tian Feng, the three people who are in charge, are arguing for the last time on the rammed earth platform.

"Do you want to wait?" Han Dang was the first to speak. "The prince still attaches great importance to his people."

"There's no need to wait." Tian Feng replied with a dark face. "According to what the prince said, we can only send troops after he returns, and since his messenger arrived yesterday, then we should not ignore the others, so let's send troops immediately!"

Han Dangfu looked at Lou Gui again.

Lou Zibo shook his head: "Yigong doesn't have to think about it, so far, we have to cross the river with or without him...... At this time, the enemy forces on the opposite side are the least, and our troops are the largest, so how can we delay? Delay until enemy reinforcements arrive? ”

Han Dang suddenly realized, so he immediately gave his leave, personally got off the platform, and went to the ferry to give the order.

The war drums rumbled, and the soldiers on both sides of the strait were all nervous, and as the first wave of ferries of the Youzhou Army hurriedly set sail, Zhang Ji, who was sitting firmly in the Chinese army, couldn't help but squint his eyes on the rammed earth general platform in the Hexi military camp - he could see clearly that most of the soldiers on this wave of Xiandeng soldiers were burdened, but they couldn't help but remind people of the army that was already famous all over the world and commanded by Gao Shun, which was also terrifying!

Of course, in order to prevent arrows and take the lead in gaining a foothold on the beachhead, the big shield is the natural equipment of the vanguard troops, Zhang Ji quickly laughed at himself, it seems that he is a little nervous.

Seeing that this wave of ferries was as expected, avoiding the place where the array was complete, and spotting a place downstream far away from the Xiliang Army camp as a foothold, Zhang Ji, who had regained his composure, didn't have time to think about anything, but immediately ordered that the troops outside the camp were not allowed to move, and then called the herald officer again, but he gritted his teeth and sent a reserve as soon as possible, in order to suppress this wave of enemies on the opposite bank and strengthen the momentum of the whole army.

However, not long after the herald officer left, at this moment, several horsemen galloped from the north upstream, the leader of whom crossed the camp gate directly with a token in hand, and only rolled off his horse under the pressure of the guards in front of the general's platform, but his face was panicked.

Zhang Ji's heart tightened at first when he saw the comer, but he suddenly relaxed again.

It turned out that this person was an officer sent by Zhang Ji to Xuyang County, 60 miles upstream, to assist in defending the city. And since this person arrived, it means that the Youzhou army must be divided into two routes, trying to blossom up and down...... However, in Zhang Ji's view, this is ridiculous and even a failure.

First of all, there is a city on the other side of Haoyang, and there are more than a thousand defenders in the city, if the other party crosses the river from there, it can barely gain a foothold, and it will not be able to capture the city, and it will be useless;

Secondly, and most importantly, there are a number of ferries, and if there are such boats, why not lower them from the upstream and use them here in Pujin, so that more troops can be invested here at one time? And it is precisely because there are a number of ferries that it means that there cannot be too many troops crossing the river in Haoyang, which already lacks good ferries.

And if the upstream can't capture the city, to put it mildly, you can let him cross, cross for two or three days and pile up three or four thousand, or even five or six thousand people, and then wait for the arrival of the Huayin army and then divide all the cavalry, and transform the lone army that has no city wall support but lacks logistics into war exploits.

At this thought, Zhang Ji couldn't help but look a little impatient: "But the thief army on the other side is divided into troops in Haoyang and trying to sneak from there, so you want to come and ask for reinforcements?" Look for yourself, in this formation in front of you, how can I reinforce with you? Go back and stick to the city, and two days later, General Huayinzuo's army will arrive, and I will send cavalry to help you succeed! ”

"It's not!" The officer was panting, sweaty, and unable to support himself on his knees. "It's not that someone is smuggling near Jawyang, it's that Xiayang is lost seventy miles upstream!"

Zhang Ji stood up in astonishment, dazed: "Xiayang also has a city, if there is a sneak crossing, it is just a mere harassment detachment, how can it be easily lost?" ”

"General Hui, according to the defenders of Xiayang who fled back, the enemy army did not cross the river from there, but came from Caisangjin further upstream, Caisangjin is more than 100 miles away from Xiayang, and we are defenseless." The officer explained helplessly. "And according to the remnants of Xia Yang's escape, the Youzhou army has five or six thousand people, and Xia Yang was caught off guard!"

"Fart!" Zhang Ji was furious. "How dare you lie about the military situation? Five or six thousand people crossed the river in Caisangjin, and once they left the ferry to attack, they would only have three days of dry food in Japan at most, and they would run for more than 100 miles in three days, and they could still fight a well-guarded city? ”

The officer was helpless and did not dare to say anything more, but the anxious look on his face had no intention of falsifying.

And Zhang Ji calmed down, and knew that the officer in front of him was a credible person, so he asked nervously again: "Xia Yang is really wrong?" ”

"That's what the defeated soldiers said." The officer said helplessly. "I heard that there were five or six thousand people, and I was also worried that their generation would continue to go down the river to Haoyang, so I hurriedly came over to ask for reinforcements...... But I didn't expect that there was already a war here! ”

"Well, let's not talk about it, do you know who is the leader of the troops?" Zhang Ji glanced at the Youzhou Army ferry, which was getting closer and closer downstream, and looked puzzled again. "The people who can lead 5,000 soldiers to run a hundred miles to the next city in three days should be those people...... But at this time, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Zhang Liao, Wei Yue, Cheng Lian, as well as Tian Chou, Tian Yu, Zhao Yun from Bai Ma Yi, and even that Tai Shi Ci, should be with Bai Ma Yi and General Wei in Tongguan, as for Han Dang and those two military divisions, Zhong Lang is opposite, where can any character lead an army alone? ”

"The enemy general is Xu Huang from Hedong, and he is a general from Baibo thieves, and most of his troops are soldiers from Hedong." The officer replied. "Xiayang is separated from the east of the river by a river, and many people recognize him, and they also recognize his subordinates."

Zhang Ji finally laughed angrily: "According to what you say, in front of the main force of the Youzhou Army, and even General Wei in Tongguan, a total of more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, did they join forces to make bait for a general?!" ”

The officer was finally speechless.

But at this moment, a huge sound suddenly came from the south of the camp, that is, the downstream area, whether it was Zhang Ji, the officer, and countless soldiers and officers on both sides of the strait involuntarily got up to watch the battle - sure enough, the vanguard of the Youzhou Army with a scale of 1,000 people had successfully crossed the river, and then got on and off the boat on a solid shoal, raised their shields and shouted to charge, colliding head-on with the Liangzhou Army that had been waiting on the river bank, and aroused bursts of shouts and killings.

Zhang Ji saw that the other party was still calm when he pounced forward from the water, so he could only shake his head helplessly - this is the reason why Pubanjin has to take important precautions, the estuaries on both sides of this place are naturally firm and stable, and it is really convenient to cross the river, otherwise it would not be a place where soldiers will fight for hundreds of years.

Back on the battlefield, the Youzhou army, which was selected as the vanguard, was really exceptionally elite, and hundreds of people in front of them raised their shields to charge, and they actually formed a shield array directly on the beachhead, facing several times the enemy without any timidity, and even faintly felt a sense of equality. And the last group of soldiers who went down the river behind them actually knew how to turn around and raise their shields to protect the people on the boat, and let the people and auxiliary soldiers go into the water to push the boat back, and then turned around to join the battle.

Such a well-trained person really frightened Zhang Ji, and what made him even more speechless was that at this moment, someone in the first batch of troops to get off the ship actually raised a high-lettered flag in the water!

Could it be that Gongsun Xun knew that crossing the river required elite foot soldiers, so he secretly let Gao Shunbu and his foot soldiers sneak back to Hedong? With Maojin in hand and dozens of days, it's not impossible to think about it...... As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Ji couldn't help but feel a little dry.

"Go back to defending the city!" Zhang Zhonglang, who had been grumpy since his nephew died, came back to his senses and was about to send the overseer team downstream, when he looked back and saw that the officer was angry. "It doesn't matter if he Xu Huang or Xu Rong, four thousand or eight thousand, just hold it for three days, General Zuo has 20,000 troops there, and he can arrive at any time!"

The officer felt his head struck, and immediately set off in embarrassment.

However, as soon as he moved, Zhang Ji on the stage suddenly became so agitated that his whole body became cold: "Come back!" ”

The officer was puzzled, so he could only turn around and kowtow on the steps of the shogun.

"We just said that Xu Huang should lead 5,000 soldiers to fight a hundred miles from Caisangdu to Xiayang in three days, right?" Zhang Ji hurriedly came to the other party and questioned with a pale face.

"Yes......"

"The defeated army can be said, how many days ago was Xiayang City, which is seventy miles away from you, lost?" Zhang Ji's face became more and more uncertain. "From this day onwards."

"Four, four...... Three and a half days ago? The officer seemed to have come to his senses.

"How long did it take you to report here?" Zhang Ji's face finally turned cold.

"I got the message last night, but I slept for two hours in between......" the officer finally understood what his general meant.

"Why are you so embarrassed to sleep?" Zhang Ji was furious, directly pulled out the knife, and slashed the person to the ground on the steps of the platform, but carried the bloodstained knife and shouted the order in the other party's wail. "Cut off his head and hang it on the gate! Then send a messenger to Huayin, and tell General Zuo and General Guo Zhonglang that Xia Yang and Hao Yang are both lost, and they don't want to let the overall situation in Guanzhong be lost, so they will come to save me by starry night, first send cavalry overnight, and then send infantry overnight! Also, if the overseer team goes downstream, whether he is Gao Shun or not, whether he is trapped in the camp or not, he must be driven down the river for me quickly! ”

The people around didn't dare to slack off, mending the knife of the knife, cutting the head of the head, asking for help, and leading the team to go and leave in a hurry, and the camp of the Xiliang army was a mess for a while.

However, when everything finally subsided, Zhang Ji also forced himself to sit down calmly, but he was stunned again on the spot.

It turned out that as the ferry turned around, another wave of more than 1,000 troops on the other side began to board the ship, which was nothing, the key was that a big banner with the word Zhao that made Zhang Ji's eyes bloodshot was raised on the boat! At the same time, the place where the Youzhou Army was waiting to be crossed by the river, it seemed that he didn't want to do anything to cover up, so he even raised the flag at the same time, and looked carefully, Han, Wei, Cheng, Tian, Zhao, Taishi...... It's all there!

As expected, Zhang Ji was forced to sit down again with a pant, and his mind gradually became clearer:

All the generals of the Youzhou Army are here? All the elites of the Youzhou Army are here?

But if that's the case, what's going on with Tongguan Gongsun Xun, is it just a bait? If all the elite troops sneaked back from Maojin, then why was General Wei so bold and sure that no one was tempted in Tongguan? And how can you be so relieved to hand over all the soldiers to your subordinates?

No, if you think about it carefully, it seems right to do this, concentrating superior forces to break through one place is the essence of the art of war...... Now all the soldiers of the Youzhou Army are concentrated on the other side, and there is a partial division that crossed the river in advance and achieved miraculous results, but he was here because of Gongsun Xun's bluff outside the early Tong Pass, so that Guo Yan's 5,000 people could not come back for a long time. Even, in terms of difficulty alone, it is easier to break through here than Tongguan, okay?

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, in fact, your own Dong Taishi also divided all the soldiers to his subordinates to lead them separately...... However, Dong Taishi lived in the comfort nest of the big rear of Yiwu, and Gongsun Xun put himself under the front of the enemy army, and at the same time, there should only be two groups of surrendered troops around him who had just completed the reorganization.

Or, Gongsun Xun is also here? Tongguan is just Xu Rong and Zhang Liao leading a group of soldiers to pretend?

Thinking of this, Zhang Ji finally felt a trace of fear from the bottom of his heart - because no matter what the situation was, he was already in danger at this time.

Outside Tongguan, in the Youzhou military camp full of flags, it is funny to say, except for Gongsun Xun and some staff, there are few Youzhou people here...... At this time, the owner of the camp did not seem to know that a bloody battle had begun in the north, and he was actually fishing on the bank of the Yellow River north of the camp.

"Prince!" After standing beside him for a long time, Xu Rong finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked cautiously. "Actually, in my opinion, if it's just like now, if you plant flags all over the place, use auxiliaries to suit combat soldiers, and bluff as bait for Pujin, I can do it, you might as well go over and supervise the battle in person before."

"You don't understand." Gongsun Xun, who was holding the fishing rod, disagreed. "None of my three soldiers and horses are really imaginary soldiers...... But if I am here, it may not be impossible to work wonders, and if there is Xu Gongming in Caisangdu, it may not be without achievements in the overall situation! ”

Xu Rong couldn't help but sneer: "If you say that the prince has a miraculous effect anywhere, although I don't understand what is going on, I must be right when I think about it." Only that Xu Huang, a mere general, led five or six thousand surrendered Baibo bandits, how can he make any overall achievements? The prince entrusted him with the big matter of victory and defeat, and he was inevitably laughed at. ”

Gongsun Xun was not in a hurry, he just glanced at the other party, but he smiled and said nothing.

Xu Rong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly knelt down in panic on the riverbank to plead guilty.

—————I am the dividing line between the virtual and the real—————

"Xu Huang's character is Gongming, a native of Yang County, Hedong, and he is less of a county official, and he has a good relationship with Guan Yu of the same county. And the white wave bandits, the east of the river are all opposed, in the family count, from the handsome Yang Feng as the cavalry governor, after the white wave bandits surrendered, returned to Taizu. Taizu was brave and brave, and he loved it, and promised to surrender 5,000 soldiers, which became a part of his own. The left and right are uneven. and with Dong Zhuo, Taizu will go to Hongnong, and the military forces in the east of the river will pay Lougui, Tian Feng, and Han Dang, only Xu Huang, who refers to the division of troops to the north. Both left and right said: 'Shake the general, nameless and powerless, will be incompetent.' Taizu said: "The monarch is fallacious, Gongming is nameless, but it is not powerless, this can not be driven for a long time, and it should also be broken, and the responsibility of the north road should be restored to whom?" 'Left and right, too. And cross the river to Hongnong, Taizu broke Shaanxi County, took Maojin, with the Ming plank road to secretly Chen Cang's policy, with the auxiliary soldiers to swagger in Tongguan, secretly sent elite in Maojin, replied to Lou, Tian generals, said: 'The soldiers are self-explanatory to Pu, you are in the other, there is an arbitrary task, you can deal with it well, only to return to the public, and send a general attack, in order to win a big victory. 'Left and right, too. —The Book of Old Swallows. Volume 71. Biography XXXI

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