As the saying goes, the military is like fire.

However, after the Son of Heaven and the Central Pivot quickly selected generals and set a strategy for sending troops, throughout the first and middle months of April, several Han armies stood still, but allowed the Yellow Turban Army to become bigger and bigger.

Of course, this is not a deliberate delay by a group of Han Zhongliang, on the contrary, all the generals from all walks of life are also eager to fight and busy...... It's just that how can you attack without soldiers?

You must know that according to the Han family system, even the world-famous Luoyang Northern Army Fifth School, plus Yulin and Tiger Ben, is only more than 10,000 people. However, this more than 10,000 people was designed according to the officer system, and once something happened, they could immediately mobilize the reserves around the capital, that is, the knights and material officers in the land of the three rivers (Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan Yin), and then quickly form a huge main force of the Han army.

The two are added together, and there is a special saying that it is called the Five Colonels of Sanhe, which is also the location of the forbidden army of the Later Han Dynasty.

In other words, no matter how anxious they are, several coaches will have to at least wait until the reserves of the three places are mobilized before they can barely move, which is a hard process that no one can help! For example, Gongsun Xun had to wait for the reserves on the Hanoi side to assemble all the way, and then he might have to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the state assigned to him before he could send troops.

So, what is the four-way festival coach stationed around Luoyang doing these days?

The answer is very simple, the four of them are constantly writing official documents to the Luoyang Bus Bureau, as for the content of the official documents, it is nothing more than asking for money, food, ordnance, materials, war horses, and people!

For example, Zhu Jun immediately recommended his little fellow in Yangzhou, and his little comrade-in-arms Sun Jian and Sun Wentai, who was the little comrade-in-arms of the Jiangnan counterinsurgency that day, as Sima of the auxiliary army, and asked him to immediately recruit troops in the area of Xu Yang, and then gather on the battlefield.

Another example is Huangfu Song, who immediately recommended his little fellow in Liangzhou, Gongsun Xun's junior brother Fu Xie Fu Nanrong, and asked him to be the protector Sima, and asked him to recruit troops in Beidi County on the spot, and then bring people over.

Interestingly, Zongzheng Liu Yan actually recommended his subordinate Lu Bu to Lu Zigan, and the former claimed that the latter was both civil and military, and knew more about the geography of Hebei, which was useful...... Lu Zhi immediately took him as the protector Sima.

In this regard, Gongsun Xun naturally did not lag behind.

He first asked Xu Rong, who was transferred to the Northern Military Academy, to be a lieutenant under his command as a deputy general; Then Dong Zhaoxin spent three years of hard work from the county magistrate to the county order, and he didn't ask whether people were happy or not, so he sent a recommendation letter to the bus department and became a military guard; Chu Yan, the county lieutenant, was directly recruited by him, and then recommended as the Marquis of Qu Jun; Cheng Pu, Gao Shun, Cheng Lian and other old departments stationed in Yanmen were transferred by him in an official letter; Not to mention Zhuojun, not to mention Gongsun Yue, Guan Yu, Zhaozhao, Liu Bei, Yang Kai, Wei Yue, even Lu Fan and Wang Xiu were summoned by him, and then the fake military marquis became the real military marquis, and the fake Sima became the real Sima.

However, there is one person worth mentioning, that is Jia Chao, who has followed Gongsun Xun very early and has been working hard to guard the Hou Xu's righteous house here in Luoyang. People have no merit and have worked hard for several years, so Gongsun Xun also intended to promote him, ready to take the opportunity to give him an official position, but who knew that he took the initiative to ask for a letter of recommendation and went to Lu Zhi's command...... Gongsun Xun then remembered that there was a brother who depended on each other in Julu, but there was nothing to say, so he sent it over with a stroke of the pen.

In short, Gongsun Xun racked his brains, and the official went to the bus office, and asked the center to transfer people, and those who did not have an official body wrote a letter to recommend the recruitment, according to the current situation and the customs of this year, the center has no reason not to print the appointment.

And such a big move, it's not about how Gongsun Xun wants to ...... In fact, just like Zhu Jun appointed a bunch of Yangzhou people, and Huangfu Song appointed a bunch of Liangzhou people, this is the custom of these years, that is, he is giving grace in the open, enveloping his old ministry and township party, and the people who were recommended have not responded!

After all, military merit is really the main way for people from bad backgrounds to quickly rise to the status in these years, and some hidden gaps that cannot be seen or touched can basically only be crossed by this kind of hard merit.

For example, the feudal marquis before Gongsun Xun, and Xu Rong's two thousand stone captains, all came in this way. And Gongsun Chan threw down the Qianshi County Order before, and did not hesitate to pull down his face and follow his brother to Hanoi, which is also for this reason...... This guy wants to eagerly cross the gap between 1,000 and 2,000 stones, and he will save a lot of effort if he has military merits.

Therefore, most of the people here should be grateful for Gongsun Xun's move.

The reason why most people are said is because there is a Dong Zhao and Dong Gongren among them...... Gongsun Xun really can't figure out this person's mind, does he want to seek fame and fortune, or does he want to protect himself?

But it's always worth trying.

Of course, compared with the others, Gongsun Xun's move was somewhat extra cautious at the beginning. For example, he also wanted to see how many military forces he could deploy so far, how many teams he had accumulated, and then what his combat effectiveness was......

But what do you say about this? As early as after coming up to ask Xu Rong for success, but instead came to Cao Mengde, a cavalry captain, Gongsun Xun instantly realized how ridiculous his previous careful thinking was. You must know that at this time, his Gongsun Xun was able to dispatch so many people, relying on all the authority of the Han family and the Han system...... Have a fart relationship with his own Weide?!

Otherwise, Cao Mengde, Gongsun Bogui, and Liu Xuande are all under his command, it is Sun Jian, and his Gongsun Xun can't use He Jin to play a small trick to ask Zhu Jun to come over...... But what's the use of that? Is it possible to stand on his own immediately?

However, after figuring this out, Gongsun Xun suddenly got the hang of it, and actually took the initiative to send Gongsun Zhan and Zou Jing to Lu Zhi through He Suigao...... It's not that he wants to deliberately pit his eldest brother, he really doesn't, he just wants his henchmen to directly hold the three thousand Youyan Iron Horses!

In fact, Gongsun Bogui was quite happy when he went to Lu Zhi, because he was the Sima of the other division who was in charge of the army alone. At that time, because Gongsun Yue had just arrived in Mengjin from Zhuo County, the three of them called Gongsun Fan from Luoyang, and the four brothers rarely got together, and they also drank a meal together for Gongsun Zhan.

At that time, Gongsun Bogui was rarely arrogant, claiming to learn from Gongsun Xun with Zi Daiqing in three years, and encouraged the other two younger brothers to hurry up and not lose the name of Gongsun...... The two people who made it were quite worried, and Gongsun Xun was quite embarrassed, so they could only persuade each other again and again, and they would rest when they were drunk!

Of course, the good old days passed quickly.

By the end of April, Cheng Pu, Gao Shun, Cheng Lian and others, as well as the 2,000 cavalry they had recruited and assembled from Yanmen and Taiyuan, had not yet arrived, and the imperial court could not bear it anymore, so it actually asked Gongsun Xun, who had only six or seven thousand cavalry, to immediately set off and quickly sweep the Yellow Turban along the Yellow River in Dongjun.

It turned out that within 20 days of this district, Bu of Dongjun had already opened up the Qinghe River to the north, connected with Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, and then went south again, trying to connect the Yingchuan Yellow Turban of Bocai and Pengtuo, and now it has broken more than ten cities in a row, provoking the three counties of Jiyin, Shanyang, and Chenliu to be in a hurry!

It can only be said that this Bu Dashuai, who has been recognized as one of the main forces of the Yellow Turban in the south in history, definitely has some posture.

As a result, Gongsun Xun no longer hesitated, and immediately swore an oath in Mengjin in a hurry, preparing to march east along the river.

At the same time, there was Zhu Jun's way out in advance, and there were only more than 10,000 people there, and the training was not yet complete, so he had to face the Yingchuan Yellow Turban...... The latter has already broken through Yang Zhai and asked Yu Yuan Pass.

The situation is dire, and no one can afford to wait any longer.

"General," In the barracks on the edge of the Yellow River, Cao Cao, the cavalry captain who has always been hippie and smiling, is rarely serious this time. "The sacrifice has been prepared, and I am about to ask you to preside over the sacrifice."

Thousands of soldiers lined up in the barracks, and there were no less than this number of horses, livestock, and vehicles waiting aside, and the south wind was fierce and the atmosphere was solemn, but it also covered up a sense of haste...... According to the rules, at this time, it is time to kill and sacrifice and shed blood to wipe the flag in order to be the oath.

However, under the high platform, Gongsun Xun held his waist and broke the blade, looked at the cattle and sheep tied up next to the high platform in front of him, and looked at the Chinese character banner standing on the high platform in turn, the general riding with the words Gongsun in the middle of the five senses, his own personal white horse flag, and the scepter given by the Son of Heaven.

"Why is the general laughing?" The cavalry captain is also two thousand stones, but Cao Cao is helpless in the face of Gongsun Xun who holds the festival at this time, and he is missing a scepter, and the identities of the two in the army are actually very clear.

"What did Brother Meng De call me?" Gongsun Xun seemed to be smiling, and didn't seem to care about the sacrifice in front of him at all.

"General!" Cao Cao became more and more nervous, he is also a junior brother in the army, okay?

"I never thought that Brother Meng De would live under me one day," Gongsun Xun smiled more and more. "You might as well shout a few more times, or you won't be able to hear it after the battle."

Cao Cao was immediately speechless, and even a little ashamed...... This is a sacrifice, and so many people are watching!

"General, don't be joking." finally suppressed this thought, and Cao Mengde could only say so reluctantly. "Thousands of soldiers are waiting for it!"

Gongsun Xun laughed more and more: "Then it's not a joke...... But Brother Meng De, the sacrifice of cattle and sheep can strengthen the prestige of our army? ”

Cao Cao really didn't know what to say, but at this time, he could only ask in public: "Please make it clear to the general!" Whatever you need, I'll do it right away! ”

Gongsun Xun waved his hand, pressed the knife directly to the stage, and then looked around.

As far as the eye can see, there are Guan Yu, who has just been in Mengjin for only two or three days but is full of energy, Gongsun Yue, Zhao Zhao, Yang Kai with calm faces, Liu Bei, Chu Yan, Zhang Fei who are nervous, Han Dang and Wei Yue who are eager to try, and Dong Zhao, a short and fat man with an expressionless face, and Xiahou Dun who stands behind Cao Cao's side with bright eyes, and of course, a group of noble children from the Luozhong Northern Army.

Gongsun Xun secretly sighed in his heart, no matter what happens in the future, at this moment, most of these people should have the same mind - the eldest husband was born in the world, rose by the sword, quelled the rebellion and served the country at the top, appeased the people at the bottom, and made contributions to himself, and that's it.

After watching for a long time, Gongsun Xun finally set his eyes on his henchmen Lu Fan, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu and others for a moment, and then suddenly raised his voice and spoke: "Everyone, we were ordered to go out of Dongjun, but the thieves have broken through more than 20 cities in a row, tens of thousands of people, and our army is 6,000 people, how can we win?!" ”

This is a very unreasonable question, because although the situation is very critical, the news is spreading very widely, and everyone who cares knows what it is like to be peerless, but it can be said in public that the strength of the enemy and the weakness of one's own side can be said in public, in a sense, it can already be called shaking the morale of the army.

However, without waiting for the sergeant below to react, one of them should be the first to come out and answer: "Returning to the Zhonglang general, when the whole is united, never abandoned, with 6,000 horsemen as one person, like an arm and a finger, can be dealt with." ”

The generals looked over, and they were really Gongsun Xun's number one henchman, and this time he was worshiped as Lu Fan, who was worshiped as a general (deputy general).

"That's so," Gongsun Xun sighed. "Why don't you postpone the sacrifice and kill a horse first?"

The generals looked at each other, and Cao Cao was forced to be helpless, so he could only step forward and ask: "Dare to ask the general, what is the oath of this alliance?" ”

"No other." Gongsun Xun stood on the stage and answered proudly. "I intend to go out this time, no matter whether I am from a high or low background or high or low official position, I will never abandon it, so that no one will fall into the enemy's position without help, and no one will be left with nothing to serve in a foreign land, and those who violate it will ...... Damned! What do you think? ”

Cao Cao was speechless for a while, and the sergeants on all sides couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard this, while the surrounding officers had some objections. In particular, the officers of the Northern Army, who had lived in Luoyang for a long time, and the officers from Zhuo County, basically took opposite positions.

And after leaning for a moment, there was actually a military Sima from the Northern Army who bowed his hand and saluted: "General, if there are other troops surrounded, it is natural and reasonable to meet and save them, but if a knight of no rank falls into the enemy formation, he also wants to save it, isn't it because of a small loss?" The army is more than 6,000 people, or even nearly 7,000 people, and the words of heavenly damnation should be cautious......"

"The army went out to fight, and this unwarranted remark disturbed the hearts of our army!" Seeing that a group of children of the Northern Army were about to echo one after another, Gongsun Xun didn't wait for this person to finish speaking, and suddenly simply interrupted. "Scepter, please...... Chop! ”

Everyone suddenly heard a chopping word, and they were still dazed, and they saw several Zhonglang generals' personal soldiers and righteous soldiers directly dragging the military Sima out of the ranks, and then without waiting for everyone to react, someone directly drew a knife and stabbed him headed...... Blood splattered, and the camp was shocked!

The sergeants in the audience were naturally shocked and didn't react for a long time, but many officers on the stage, especially those from the Northern Army, were even more shocked after reacting...... First, he was afraid that Gongsun Xun was maliciously looking for Liwei, an officer from the Northern Army; Second, they are more worried that the other party is just purely angry and dissatisfied.

It was Cao Mengde, who was also cold for a while, and he didn't know what to say, let alone Hanoi Taishou and other irrelevant people who came to see him off.

"That's why I swore an oath." Gongsun Xun looked around, and no one dared to refute it easily. "The army was in a hurry, or it came from the northern army, or it came from Youyan, or it was conscripted in Hanoi...... The sources are mottled, they are not convinced, and they rush to the army. or there are those who despise others by virtue of their origin; Or someone who joins the army for the first time does not know the weight of life and death; Now, it's even more tempting to not even care about what I, the Lord of the Festival, will command in public...... If you can't make a blood oath as a constraint, I'm afraid this trip will really fail! Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't deal with it strictly, it doesn't matter if you go to the battlefield in a few days and die easily, what if you miss the court's plan and involve the robes in the army?! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was already a little impressed, so he hurriedly led the crowd to say yes in response...... For a time, no one paid any attention to the people of the earth.

"General." Someone suddenly suggested again. "In that case, do you want to make an oath with the blood of this fang? Or is it to use this sacrifice to smear the banner and establish authority? ”

"Don't you feel disgusting?" Gongsun Xun sneered on the stage. "Isn't it afraid of getting sick with the blood of such a despicable villain in his mouth? If it is smeared on the flag...... But I'm afraid he'll defile my flag! Meng De, hang this person above the gate, and then kill the horse, swear! Yun Chang, you will take over the position of Sima of this person's other department and lead his army. ”

Cao Cao hurriedly took the order, and after leading the people to hang the head and come back, he saw someone pulling out a horse from the periphery, he didn't have time to think about it, so he took it upon himself in front of the wooden trough and cut it in two.

The blood was full of troughs, and some people had already prepared, and they were divided into wines in turn, and all the officers and soldiers in the battalion wiped their lips, and then they all swore generously that they would not give up, and no one stood out...... There is a faint feeling of unity.

On the twenty-second day of April in the seventh year of Han Guanghe, Gongsun Xun, the general of Wuguan Zhonglang, took Cao Cao, the commander of the cavalry, as the deputy, Sima Guan Yu of the false other department as the forward, Gongsun Yue as the auxiliary army, Sima Xingrong Law, Lu Fan as the general, Wang Xiu as the grain and grass official, and Han Dang as the main horseman, led Liu Bei, Zhaozhao, Zhang Fei, Wei Yue, Yang Kai, Xiahou Dunfan generals, and the governor of 6,500 cavalry out of Hanoi to conquer Bu Ji.

Before taking the oath, no one will be abandoned in the enemy's ranks, and not a single bone will be left behind.

—————I'm dreaming of the dividing line—————

"Huan Dian, Emperor Ling of the Later Han Dynasty worshiped the imperial history, often rode the horse, and people called it 'the imperial history of the horse'. At that time, the eunuchs were in power, and the rulers did not avoid it, and the Beijing master was afraid, so he said: 'Stop doing what you do, and avoid the history of the horse!' 'From the Yellow Turban, every time Taizu's troops go out of Hanoi, he will kill the horse and swear an oath. Pawn envoy overseer, on the side, with military horses to fight, sacrifice his own horse, Cao Cao blade. —"The World Speaks New Words". Tasting algae