Gongsun Xun personally went to knock on Tongguan, which was undoubtedly an absolutely stupid move from a military point of view. This is because before this era, there has never been an explicit example in China's military history that it was caught in a state of two-sided attack but could win, let alone take the initiative to enter.

Of course, the first explicit war example is not very far, in history is in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang made such an operation with an absolutely inferior force when facing Sima Yi, Zhang Jaw, Guo Huai and others in Lucheng, and since then he has completely established his own military status, and the military pattern of the latter three will always be placed under himself.

However, at this time, Gongsun Xun and all the military generals under his command did not know that there was such a battle, and Gongsun Aunt did not know...... But Gongsun Xun still chose to cross the river to knock on Tongguan, and none of his subordinates objected.

Why?

Because there's really no other way.

A Tongguan and a Pujin are these two places, if you want to enter the Guanzhong, if you want to break Dong Zhuo, if you want to recapture the Son of Heaven and the center, you can only choose to try to attack these two points.

And judging from Gongsun Xun's current political situation, is it okay for him not to take Guanzhong, not to break Dong, and not to control the Son of Heaven?

Theoretically, of course, he has a territory, a soldier and a horse, and a mother who is familiar with the direction of historical progress guides him from the construction of the system, the development of science and technology, the economy and people's livelihood, etc.

But the question is, what is the cost of just turning away?

It is a large number of talents in the hands of the Guanzhong Imperial Court who are still at a loss and have nothing to rely on; It is a beautiful place in Guanzhong; It was the disappointment of the four counties of Shanxi who had just surrendered to his Gongsun Xun, and even departed from morality; After turning around, when facing Yuan Shao, who is bound to face, there may be a risk of long-term confrontation!

Yuan's original surname is Yuan, which is the surname of the middle of the world, he doesn't need this court righteousness, and after his people wake up, he will ascend and shout, and he will occupy the territory of Kanto at will; Dong Zhuo's surname is Dong, he is a Xiliang border contempt, he is nothing without the center in hand, he can't do anything, and even with the center in hand, he is doomed to failure; Gongsun Xun has the surname Gongsun, and he has also raised a lot of hope, the so-called not up or down, he can accept the situation without the center in hand, but he has to worry about his own political loss after the Son of Heaven and the center fall into the hands of others!

There are some things that you can't fight for if you don't want to, and others will take them...... This is the mistake made by Yuan Shao in history, and it is impossible for Gongsun Xun to repeat the mistakes of the past on such a strategic-level issue.

Besides, Gongsun Xun promised Jia Wenhe, promised Yuan Chang, promised those people who had crossed Hedong and Taiyuan, and even promised himself and Liu Kuan in Mengjin, they must come back!

How could he give up so easily with his character?

Not to mention, millions of people moved into Guanzhong, and they may still be able to survive at this time, but if his Gongsun Xun turns around and leaves, the overall situation in the world is turbulent, and when he comes back with his free hands, how many people will be left?

It is a great righteousness to ask for Dong...... What started as a slogan is now a fact!

On the tenth day of the first month of April, in early summer, the Wei general Gongsun Xun Liuzhen Army Zhonglang General Wang Xiu was stationed in Anyi, taking charge of the overall situation in Hedong, and led the army to enter Pujin with Zuo Lougui, Tian Feng, and Han Dang, and then gathered ships in Hebei County, Hedong County, fifteen miles east of Fenglingdu, and immediately set out to cross the river.

A few days before and after, 10,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry, plus more than 10,000 auxiliaries, all crossed the Yellow River, and on April 15, Gongsun Xun's own white horse flag also entered the county seat of Huxian County, which belongs to Hongnong County on the other side of the river, and was stationed.

Here, it is fifteen miles away from Tongguan in the west, twenty miles away from Hongnong County in the east, forty miles away from Shaanxi County and Maojin in the east, and eighty-five miles away from Hanguguan at the boundary between Luoyang and Hongnong...... In other words, not only the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Lu Bu and Jia Xu in Tongguan, but also the more than 10,000 main forces of Niu Fu and Li Ru in Shaanxi County, Dong Zhuojun could have rushed to Huxian County in one day and attacked left and right. Even as long as they are willing, even the other 20,000 or 30,000 Dong Zhuojun from Hangu Kanto in Henan can rush to Huxian within three or four days.

After all, I just landed at a ferry crossing that wasn't very serious.

However, during the entire process of crossing the river, the Youzhou army was cautious and lasted for five days, but they did not suffer any harassment, let alone a military attack.

This is not incomprehensible, it is obvious that Dong Zhuojun obviously wants Gongsun Xun to break the blood flow when he hits his head in Tongguan, or wait until the whole army of Youzhou is exhausted before flanking the attack, which will have a better effect at that time.

This is of course very true.

On April 17, the third day of arriving in Hongnong, after a little rest, and handed over Huxian to Gao Shun and Jiao Touch, Gongsun Xun personally led the crowd to appear under Tongguan, and in the face of such a Xiongguan, many people who arrived here for the first time could not help but lose their minds.

"Is this Tongguan?" Young people like Tian Yu couldn't help but ask curiously. "It's really majestic, and the terrain is excellent, but why don't you see the word Tongguan, and it seems to be a little old?"

"The official family here is called Taolin Sai, although there are soldiers in this dynasty, but there is no exclusive captain." Xi Zhong calmly explained with his arms on the side, but it seemed a little tidy. "It is named after the place called the peach forest under our feet, which is said to be the place where King Wu of Zhou herded cattle...... However, the name Taolin has long been abandoned, and the folk have turned to the east because of the impact of the big river on Huashan for thousands of miles, calling it Chongguan or Tongguan. ”

"In other words, this place is not a permanent checkpoint, but it is only called Tongguan because of its natural pass?" Tian Yu suddenly realized.

"It's because of nature that it's terrifying!" Xi Zhong shook his head more and more and sighed. "Shut on the plateau, condescending, and then the south of Huashan, the north of the Yellow River. In fact, the three passes of Tiger Prison Pass, Hangu Pass, and Tongguan are all the same posture...... For example, the Tiger Prison Pass is led by the Yellow River in Songshan Mountain, plus a river in front of the Pass; Another example is Hangu Pass, which is led by the Qinling Mountains and the Yellow River, plus it is located in the valley and has its own unique stream; And Tongguan is what it looks like in front of you! ”

"Although I haven't seen it in person, I think it should be more dangerous to come to Tongguan than the other two." The field on the side is slightly positive. "If the Tiger Prison Pass was broken before, it was Liu Xuande who jumped to the back of the pass along the waterway, and Hangu Pass did not cut off the waterway, except for Tongguan, the Yellow River in the north turned here, the water flow was turbulent, the coast was steep, and I wanted to jump to the back of the pass......"

"If you want to jump to the Sekigo, don't you have to go ashore from Kamajin?" Wei Yue sneered beside him. "The two military divisions in Hedong are leading so many people in Pujin, is it a decoration?"

Tian Chou was ridiculed, but he couldn't refute it.

"It's hard!" Cheng Lian also hurriedly sighed, which can be regarded as a divergence from the topic. "This kind of level, I'm afraid you can only pile up your life, right? I don't know anything else, but even if you capture the city wall on this small plain below the plateau, as long as there are 3,000 cavalry on the plateau, and you rush down first, then you can take it back in a moment, right? ”

"Or else?" Xi Zhong sneered and responded. "Gentlemen, this place is the one hundred and two Qin Passes that can withstand 20,000 against a million male soldiers! According to this calculation, there are 5,000 people in the city, and we need 250,000 troops to break through! ”

After that, he turned around, but he left the front line and walked under the umbrella where Gongsun Xun was, causing the generals to shake their heads, but they also followed.

"What's the matter, do you have a way to break the level?" Seeing the return of a group of generals from afar, Gongsun Xun was the first to laugh and speak, it turned out that it was his military order to let the generals go to the front to observe the terrain.

"Wait for you." Xi Zhong did not give in, but he just bowed his hand slightly, and told him frankly. "Not really."

"Are you all talking like that?" Gongsun Xun didn't care, but continued to smile and ask on the horse.

The rest of the generals looked at each other, from Tian Chou to Wei Yue, from the taciturn Zhao Yun to the surrendered Yang Feng, almost everyone shook their heads.

Gongsun Xun also bowed slightly: "Actually, I don't hide it from you, I don't have the slightest will to fight in the face of such a majestic pass......

"Why don't you persuade to surrender?" At this moment, Cheng Lian suddenly spoke in the slightly stunned eyes of everyone. "The guard general in the city, Lu Fengxian, is an old general of the prince and the marquis, and he is also an old acquaintance of me and Wei Yue and the state, and his subordinates are willing to enter the customs and ask for the prince to persuade Lu Bu to sacrifice the checkpoint."

"Ju Zheng (Cheng Lian Zi): Are you addicted to being a lobbyist?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "Well...... If I can say that Lu Bu will be demoted, I will have a big reward, but his title has come to an end, and I can only grant him the position of Jiuqing afterwards, plus some wealth...... That's all it can be, right? ”

The generals looked at each other, but they still turned over and responded simply: "What else, allow him to lead his own troops and horses?" The prince said this, and Lu Fengxian didn't dare to believe it! ”

However, Cheng Lian was already overjoyed: "It's enough to think about it like this...... I'm going to get in! ”

Gongsun Xun didn't care, just waved his hand slightly and let it go.

In fact, at the same moment, Lu Bu and Jia Xu, as well as Wei Xu, Huang Yuan and other generals, why weren't they talking about the soldiers and horses outside the gate? It's just that the terrain of Tongguan is too much, at this time, they are condescending on the upper city gate, and the movements below are clear, but it is difficult for the Youzhou army outside the pass to see their figures.

"It stands to reason that General Wei has the grace of knowing you and me, and he shouldn't be an enemy of him." Lu Bu, who was wearing a full suit, looked at the white horse flag that could be seen in the distance under the gate, and couldn't help but sigh. But what about current events? Isn't Dong Gong kind to you and me? ”

Jia Xu was silent.

"What's more, it's just the grace of knowing the prince and the captain Jia?" Huang Yuan next to him couldn't help but interject. "The prince didn't know, when I came from Bingzhou, a group of people talked about it, saying that Gao Sima, who was in Yanmen at that time, was the closest and was also a fellow villager in Bingzhou, and if he voted for him, he would vote for General Wei...... Unexpectedly, Gao Sima suddenly went to Youzhou with Cheng Duwei, and I made up my mind to come to Luoyang to find the prince. ”

"yes." It was Lu Bu's brother-in-law, Wei Xu, who also sighed. "General Wei is very famous in Bingzhou, and the brothers who came out of Jiuyuan together that day, Cheng Lian and my brother Wei Yue, also followed General Wei?"

Lu Bu was thoughtful, but he glanced at Jia Xu slightly, but the latter was still silent, just looking at the white horse flag outside the city in a daze.

While the generals were chatting, suddenly, a military official came to report, saying that there was an envoy outside the city who claimed to be an old friend of Lu Bu Township and had come to ask for a meeting. Lu Bu and the others don't have to think about it to know that it's either Cheng Lian or Wei Yue...... And that's exactly what I asked...... But the reaction of this tiger of the world was beyond everyone's expectations!

"Please go back!" Lu Bu replied directly on the city tower. "Tell him that the two armies should not have forbidden the envoy to fight, but I do have a strong nostalgic relationship with him, and I have been repeatedly favored by the Wei generals, and if I really see it, I am afraid that I will not be able to hesitate a little, so that I will do something. When the time comes, I, Lu Fengxian, will be regarded as a betrayer, but I don't want to affect the family members of the generals in the army in Guanzhong! Tell him again, my mentor Cai Bojiao's family is also in Chang'an, and my little junior sister is still at the age of young chong this year, dare to ask me how can I bear it? ”

Huang Yuan and Wei Yue looked at each other speechlessly, and the military official was bowed again and again when he got the order.

"Captain Jia." Lu Bufu turned around and looked at the person beside him. "What do you think?"

"A few more words!" Jia Xu rolled up his sleeves and said casually. "Please tell General Wei on behalf of the fellow villager of Wenhou, that although we are on two sides, we are driven by the times, and there is really no disrespect...... It's just that Xiangguo is more generous! ”

Lu Bu shook his head repeatedly, and the county official quickly turned around when he remembered this, preparing to carry out the order.

"One more thing." Jia Xu suddenly shouted to the other party again. "A small matter, by the way, I will also tell General Wei...... Xiangguo was once ready to burn Luoyang, in order to eliminate the intention of the Kwantung coalition army, but thinking of the century-old ancient capital, after all, he didn't start, but the relocation was too urgent, Wen Hou and I finally came, but some books in Lantai were thrown away along the way, if he had the heart, he might as well go to the east to clean up. ”

"Yes." Lu Bu nodded suddenly, but he didn't care in his heart.

"That's so." Seeing the military officials say goodbye and leave, Jia Xu simply turned around and left. "We can't go out of retreat...... Wait for the military order of the prime minister with peace of mind. ”

Lu Bu bowed his head again, but shook his head slightly.

"Is that so?" Outside the city, Gongsun Xun couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"That's right." Cheng Lian had already blushed unbearably. "I really don't want the other party to even see each other."

"It doesn't matter." Gongsun Xun said disapprerovitically. "Dong Xiangguo made Lu Fengxian a county marquis and a general, and I will add a mere position to him at most, and there is a hidden danger of depriving him of his military rights...... It is normal for him to believe in Dong Zhongying more...... However, it is also to be expected...... Leave a cavalry outpost here, and the rest of the army will turn around. ”

After that, his people directly reined in and turned around, and they were actually about to turn around and withdraw the army.

The generals looked at each other, but they could only hurry to lead the crowd away, and Xi Zhong took the lead and chased after him.

"If you want to ask, you can ask." Gongsun Xun didn't care.

"Who is the inner line of the prince in Guanzhong?" Xi Zhong asked seriously. "Isn't it Lu Bu? Now it seems that he has rebelled against the prince! ”

"Zhicai will fall to the inferior." Gongsun Xun disagreed. "Where is there anyone who defects from whom, and where is there any inside and outside line? When you were separated from them before, did you think of today's situation? Inside and outside the customs, the situation in the world is tied to the gains and losses of one pass, and the thoughts of the two generals can determine the direction of the world, do they dare to make up their minds easily? Moreover, they are now Wenhou, General Huwei, Jia Wenhe, and now they are also serious 2,000 stones, and when they reach this point, they are not called insiders and backers, but they can look at the situation in the world and make decisions...... To put it mildly, are their hardships and risks fake? Is it fake that they and their subordinates' families are in Chang'an? Is Dong Zhuo's kindness to them fake? Is Chang'an's holy decree fake? In a word, people are entrusted with life and death, and I ask myself if I have that qualification. ”

"Then what situation can force them to make a decision?" Xi Zhong was silent for a while. "Listening to Jia Wenhe's words, it seems that they can guarantee that they will not send troops to harass our rear road, so that we can rest assured that we are facing east. But what's the use of that? If the two points in the pass are not broken for one day, we will not be able to shake the overall situation for a day, or shake the hearts of the two people in this pass......"

"I don't know." Gongsun Xun also became serious. "But you have also seen the terrain of Tongguan with your own eyes, the ability of Lu Bu and Jia Xu, I think you also know, as long as these two want to defend, how can we easily break through? As for the eastward disposal of Hongnong and even Henan, although it may not be able to shake the overall situation in Guanzhong, it is always so dry and waiting, waiting until the morale of the army is exhausted, and it is pushed back, or it is good to go back after losing the battle? There's always something to do! ”

At this point, Gongsun Xun quickly whipped up his horse and galloped directly along Hongnong Avenue.

"It's hard to go east!" Xi Zhong shook his head in the back. "This battle still has to be heart-to-heart!"

"Then let's see how the hearts of the people in the east are!" Gongsun Xun replied, but when the words fell, he was already dozens of steps away.

"Bo Zheng (Niu Fuzi), why didn't you send a sentry to investigate the situation today?"

In the afternoon, at the same time that Gongsun Xun had no choice but to withdraw his troops, on the wall of Shaanxi County, Li Ru was asking Niu Fu, the main general of his brother-in-law, who held a tiger talisman and a scepter. "Even if you don't go to war, you should always guarantee information, right?"

"Oh......" Niu Fu, who was overlooking the Yellow River at the head of the city, turned his head and looked at each other. Don't hide it from Wenyou, I want to paralyze the white horse thief with this, so that he thinks that I am afraid of him, so as to be proud of his ambition! ”

Li Ru frowned helplessly: "The narrow passage, one side is dangerous, and the other side is heavily armed, in such a situation, how can Gongsun Xun be complacent?" On the contrary, if you don't send a sentry horseman, what if you are raided by your juniors? ”

Niu Fu's face also gradually changed: "Do you also know that the other generation has fallen into a state of two-sided attack?" In that case, what if I don't send sentry riders? We have more than 10,000 people here, and we have a strong city to defend, so what if he comes by surprise? Sit still, wait for him to be tired, and then recall the Henan army to fight with all their might, and press him to death on the edge of the Yellow River, this is what you said a few days ago! ”

"That being said...... Li Ru had to say again.

"Don't talk anymore!" Niu Fu suddenly screamed, and actually shouted loudly on the castle tower. "I must be the master of the festival talisman here, where is your turn to speak? With this effort, wouldn't it be good to write a few words and read a few scriptures in the dormitory?! ”

"Do you think I don't want to read the Bible in peace?" Li Ru was also angry for a while, and his beard was cocked. "It's my father-in-law who asked me to assist you!"

"What about helping me?" Niu Fu was not afraid at all. "Didn't I listen to the general military strategy you said before? You want to provoke me about the sentry horseman, do you think that I will be afraid of you if you move out of your father-in-law?

After saying that, he walked away directly in public, and Li Ru became more and more speechless, but he could only return to his house in anger.

However, when he walked into the house, he took out a "Commentary on the Book of Changes" written by Xun Shuang to read, and he had not read a few pages, but he heard a commotion outside the house, and when he went out to see, he saw thousands of soldiers and horses panicking, and they had temporarily gone out of the city to assemble...... Stopped a person and asked, it turned out that he was ordered by Niu Fu to go out of the city to the east to 'reconnoitre'!

said it was reconnaissance, obviously trying to rob it...... But robbery is robbery, why go out and rob now? And there is also a garrison in Mianchi, after the Tiger Prison Pass and Chenggao were broken, Dong Zhuo's army shrank, and Dong Zhuo appointed a Zhonglang to go to Mianchi, specifically to receive the previous Tiger Prison and Chenggao defeated army, but also in Hongnong to hoard strength, in order to support Shaanxi County at any time.

So, this is clearly a cross-border raid!

And Li Ru is a wise man in the end, he was at a loss for a long time, sat for a long time, and suddenly remembered an old thing when it was dark, and then hurriedly asked his subordinate military officials to inquire...... Sure enough, as he expected, Niu Fu listened to the words of his wizards!

It turned out that Niu Fu was a big man from the local area, and the local atmosphere has always been superstitious, and Niu Fu himself is especially superstitious, and his army has always raised a group of witches and wizards, and trusts these people in every way. Today, it was these people who took the turtle shell in the county temple early in the morning and started a hexagram, saying that today's Niu Fu fortune is clear, which is not conducive to the west, but to the east, and then can only send troops in the afternoon!

So, the generals of Henan, who held the festival and led the local army of more than 10,000 people in Shaanxi County, Niu Fu Niu Zhonglang, really did it!

After listening to the report, Li Ru was simply shocked...... He finally understood how this brother-in-law was defeated in Hedong, and as for today's events, he was also like a mirror.

In other words, among all the Zhonglang generals, Dong Yue is the most disgusted with the wizards and witches of Niu Fu, so whenever he encounters it, he must whip a few times to get angry, but although Dong Yue is not from Dong Zhuo's clan, he is also a close confidant of Dong Xiangguo, and Niu Fu is not good.

And now, Dong Yue has come to work under Niu Fu, so these witches and wizards are obviously looking for Dong Yue's stubble! As for what can't be done in the west, it's just an excuse to send troops to the east to 'reconnoitre...... With Dong Yue's temper, being robbed across the line at night may mean that he will have to teach a lesson, or even fight, and the consequences of doing so will only make Niu Fu even more angry in the end!

However, since Li Ru knew the reason for this matter, he couldn't ...... After all, he is just a scholar, otherwise why let Niu Fu lead the army?

After thinking about it, Li Wenyou could only write a letter in his own hand, and then called a cronie to come, and asked the other party to lead several guards out of the city quickly, from the Taolin in the south to spare Gongsun Xun's station in Hu County, go to Tongguan to find Jia Xu, and let his people pass one or two to Chang'an. And after the military official went out, after thinking about it for a while, Li Ru suddenly woke up again, and hurriedly wrote a second letter of complaint, but he called the second confidant military official and asked him to go out of the city from the east gate, go around the city, and make a detour to Tongguan to report the news.

——————I'm a dividing line —————— O that looks like a ring-headed knife

"Niu Fu, Li Confucian, and Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, in the first year of the first peace, the two led the troops to Tunshaan, and jointly supervised the generals of Henan. Confucianism is the vice, the second son-in-law is incompatible, and the structure is more than one. One day, Confucianism was assisted, that is, the book was on Dong Zhuo, and the auxiliary was held to block the West Gate, and if he got it, he was killed. Confucianism sighed: 'Now I know that those who encounter soldiers are reasonable but difficult to write!' —"The World Speaks New Language". Angry

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