Chapter 1 Cao Mengde's summer frost and snow
"What does this middle-sensed general mean?" In the afternoon, under the scorching sun, on the city wall of Changshe, looking at the dense and vast Yellow Turban military camp in the west, Zhu Jun, who has always been known for his fierce personality, was so angry that he actually hammered on the city wall with a fist. "Our army of 40,000 is trapped here by the thief's army of 100,000, and he leads such a vast army, but he is only stationed behind the water more than ten miles away and sits still! It's been three days, and there's still no movement? If he could lead the army to cross the river, with the combat power of the Yellow Turban Thieves, we would be flanked on both sides, and the thieves would have retreated long ago! ”
"Gongwei and don't be impatient." After more than ten days of getting along, Huangfu Song, who was over fifty years old, already knew the other party's temper, so he immediately laughed on the side. "Although General Gongsun Zhonglang has a huge army, 10,000 of them were temporarily recruited in Dongjun, and they are not ready to fight. And if you can easily cross the river with 10,000 soldiers to come here to help, I am afraid that you will have to worry about the back road......"
"Brother Yi Zhen means...... Is he too timid to fight? Zhu Jun immediately sneered.
"How so?" Huangfu Song looked at the Weishui visible in the north and sighed. "Judging from this past demeanor and record, how could he not dare to fight? In my guess, he must be thinking about a way to break the enemy. ”
"I just don't want to fight." Zhu Jun still sneered. "Isn't it a way to break the enemy when the whole army crosses the river to attack? If he doesn't move at this time, he just wants to see you and me make a fool of himself, and even sit back and wait for our army to fight to the death, and then he will sit back and reap the full credit! ”
"General!"
"General Zhonglang!"
At this moment, without waiting for Huangfu Song to persuade again, two people suddenly flashed next to him.
One of them, with a majestic appearance, thick eyebrows, sharp eyes, wearing a red scarf, and speaking with a Xu Yang accent, is none other than the heroic man of Wu County who participated in the expedition to Danhan Mountain in the past, Sima Sun Jian and Sun Wentai of the Zuojun.
The other person, eight feet long, with a majestic appearance, a sword and a crown, but pure eyes, said Luoyang Yayin, who is Gongsun Xun's younger brother, behind the famous gate in the north, the protector Sima Fu Xie Fu Nanrong.
The two snatched a word, and then Fu Xie immediately politely took half a step back from the city, and Sun Jian did not give in.
"General." Sun Wentai said earnestly. "In the past, I was ordered to go to Xia Yu to deliver the news from Zang Zhonglang's general, and the whole army retreated, and General Dugongsun led the troops forward alone, burned the bullet and returned to the Khan Mountain, and the whole army relied on its survival...... At that time, I knew that he was a real hero! Forgive me for taking the liberty of being a hero, such a hero is not a man who sits on the back of his hand! ”
"General Zhonglang." Fu Xie also gave up. "I and General Gongsun's classmate Yu under the mentor Liu Gongmen, although we have not been together for a long time, but since he is valued by Liu Shi and praised, I think there will be no negative virtue!"
"Not bad." Sun Jianfu said again. "I came from Xuzhou this time, and I heard people on the road that after General Gongsun broke the Guangyang Yellow Turban, he ignored the law, attacked thieves across the border, and invited himself to go south.
In other words, Sun Jian is Zhu Jun's little brother, and he has more than 1,000 Huaiyang disciples recruited by himself; Fu Xie is the little brother of Huangfu Song in Liangzhou, and he is also from a famous family in the north...... At this time, both of them served as the Sima of the Qianshi Army, leading an army alone, and their identity, status, and trust were counted in front of the two Zhonglang generals.
Therefore, the two of them spoke together, which made Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song look different, and it was a bit too much to publicly belittle a Zhonglang general with the same identity as them, so they had to say a few words and didn't say anything more.
Of course, it doesn't mean that these two festival generals have no ideas in their hearts.
Among them, Zhu Jun is a well-known 'gang', and in history he has been 'gang' from his youth to death, which can be regarded as a perfect annotation for the word 'gang' in the history books. So although it is not good to talk about it for the sake of the persuasion of the people around him, he has always been a little prejudiced in his heart against Gongsun Xun not coming to cross the river.
As for Huangfu Song, who has always been good at being a man, he has another idea.
Huangfu Song also has opinions, but his opinions are not directed at Gongsun Xun himself, but against Gongsun Xun's reinforcements...... To tell the truth, he never expected that he would temporarily show weakness to the enemy, and actually let the imperial court urgently add reinforcements all the way!
There is no way, who would have thought that it would only take Gongsun Xun twenty days to overthrow the Yellow Turbans of Dongjun and sweep them away?
But...... There's really no need, he's really just showing weakness to the enemy! He had already found a way to break the enemy, and was ready to see the right time to implement it, but suddenly such a reinforcement came, which made Bocai, who had already relaxed, a lot more vigilant, okay?
It must be known that the commander of the Yellow Turban Army in front of him, Bo Cai, was born in the Yingchuan clan, and he began to run a family and operate the activities of Yingchuan Taiping Road very early, which can be regarded as the experience of a superior person. And the children of the wealthy family who grew up in Yingchuan also thought that they had also studied, and at the same time he was still in the prime of life.
In fact, in Huangfu Song's opinion, this person is indeed a person with some brains and standards, and even a person with talent for using soldiers, otherwise he would not have broken Zhu Jun, and then seized the fighter plane to approach Changshe, and he was so orderly with an army of 100,000. It can even be said that the only flaw of such a person is his lack of military experience, which is why such obvious flaws are exposed.
And now, this person suddenly became vigilant, and the strategy that Huang Fuyi had in his heart with a bit of a surprise attack feeling inevitably reduced the success rate a lot, which was really tricky!
In a word, the arrival of Gongsun Xun made the two festival generals a little dissatisfied!
But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction...... The battle still has to be fought!
At this moment, not counting the people and logistics, the 100,000 Yellow Turban army is in the west of Changshe, from the south of Changshe City to the north of Weishui, and there are more than 20 miles of camp all the way! And the Han army had 20,000 in the city of Changshe and 20,000 in the east of the city, a total of 40,000 connected with each other to hold on!
Among them, the Yellow Turban Army is backed by Yingchuan and Nanyang, which have almost completely fallen, and the logistics are sufficient, and the people continue to transport military food and equipment; The Han army also backed Chen Liu, barely able to maintain logistics supplies...... As a result, the two armies were half confrontation and half besiegement, and the situation was quite tense.
In the end, there were 20,000 reinforcements roaring from Dongjun, across a small stream of water, sitting and watching the confrontation of the 140,000 army here, and stirring up the situation even more delicately.
"General, eat melons!" On the north bank of Weishui, Wei Yue came by horse, but he actually took out half a basket of melons from behind the horse, and personally found the largest one and washed it in the river before handing it to Gongsun Xun respectfully.
In other words, Gongsun Xun is sitting under a big tree on a small slope on the north bank of Weishui at the moment, and then looks at the Yellow Turban Camp on the other side of the river. The so-called facing summer breeze, the shade above the head is cool and pleasant, and the water under your feet is non-stop, which is refreshing enough. And now that there are melons to eat, it is rare to have a somewhat comfortable feeling in the battlefield.
"Brother Meng De won't come to eat melons?" Gongsun Xun held the melon from afar and greeted Cao Cao, who was standing barefoot in the river. "You've been staring at the other side for a long time...... Aren't you tired? ”
"The thief army is so powerful, how can you have the heart to eat melons?" Cao Cao replied without looking back. "Wen Qi, there are 100,000 thieves, and the camp is twenty miles, are we just across the river?"
"So what do you think I should do? Or did Brother Meng De decide otherwise? Gongsun Xun broke the melon in his hand disappreliantly.
Yes, watermelon, like grapes, is not very popular these days, but melon is a native crop and is extremely common.
Historically, it has been clearly recorded that there are people who sell melons in the summer in the market of Soochow, and even at this time, Sun Jian's ancestors on the other side of the river planted melons to make a fortune, and the word melon and fruit in the poems and texts of the Han Dynasty is even more common...... And come to think of it, it should refer to more melons than watermelons.
In other words, Gongsun Xun, a melon-eating onlooker, is a little cheaper...... A dignified and middle-class general with facial features, with double seals and double ribbons, he is known as a famous general in the world, but he can't even afford to eat a watermelon! It's no wonder that Cao Mengde, who is messing around in Luoyang, can't take a fancy to it.
"I ......" Cao Cao wanted to say that he had mentioned that the thousands of soldiers in his headquarters had crossed the river to rescue him first, but when he saw the dense Yellow Turban Army camp on the other side of the river, he swallowed his words again. I mean, the situation is so precarious......"
"Dangerous eggs?!" Gongsun Xun spit out a few slices of melon seeds in one mouthful, and the mockery on his face was not too obvious. "Although there are 100,000 troops on the other side, General Huangfu and General Zhu also have 40,000 troops there, and there is a city to rely on...... How did such a situation become dangerous? ”
"Yes, the 40,000 army has a strong city to rely on, or the elite of the imperial court, so the army is more confrontational than trapped against the 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves, right?"
"In such a situation, where do we need to save it?"
"It's too hot, so it's better to stay here and rest for a few more days."
"If you want me to say, when they come out of the dog's brain, we will cross the river with the whole army and come from behind the thief army, and then the leader of the thief army will definitely be captured by us, and we should be beheaded at most......"
Wei Yue and several Northern Army Sima were very good at mixing, and several people were eating melons while echoing Gongsun Xun, but this kind of praise was very unusual.
"It's still the official army that is at a disadvantage, and it's really trapped." Cao Cao squinted his eyes and walked up from the river, immediately interrupting and correcting the words of Wei Yue and several officers of the Northern Army. "General Huangfu and General Zhu were not trapped in the city of Changshe, but in Changshe...... The key to this is the water. ”
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but glance at Cao Mengde, who broke through the predicament of the Han army, this guy is really a natural general, and he has only come out to lead soldiers for a few days, and he already has such eyesight.
"The water is from west to east in front of our eyes." Cao Mengde continued to talk eloquently to several officers of the Northern Army and Wei Yue. "But ten miles downstream of us, it suddenly turned to the south and flowed, enveloping Changshe City. Although this river is not very wide, and it can even be transported by boat, if you want to force an army of 40,000 in front of 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves, it is tantamount to a fool's dream...... The so-called officers and soldiers were trapped, but they were actually trapped in front of this water by the Yellow Turban Thieves! The current situation is that the officials and soldiers of the Changshe do not dare to cross the river and abandon the city, as if they have fallen into a place of death, but the thief army has no scruples! ”
At this point, Cao Cao Fu came to Gongsun Xun barefoot again, and asked with a straight face: "Wen Qi...... Although such a situation cannot be called dangerous, since our army has been ordered to come here to help, we can't always watch the fire from across the shore, right? If it goes on for a long time, the morale of the friendly troops in Changshe City will gradually decline, and the Luoyang side will also be anxious. ”
"Come, eat melon!" Gongsun Xun broke the second melon and gave half of it to Cao Mengde in front of him.
Cao Mengde didn't take the melon, but just shook his head.
Gongsun Xun felt more and more funny: "Is Meng De on a good relationship with Duke Zhu and Duke Huangfu?" Or do you mean that the soldiers and horses there are all from the Northern Army, and they are more familiar with you? ”
"It's not for personal reasons." Cao Cao is rare to be in color. "Wen Qi, when I first started to send troops, I went around fighting on the big river with you, and at that time, I only felt that the army was in a hurry, and I couldn't see any situation. But from the battle of Dongjun, so far, everything you see ......"
"What do you see?" Gongsun Xun didn't care.
"It's okay to have a tragic incident on the embankment of the Dongjun River, after all, it's a battlefield." Cao Cao sighed when he heard this. "It is only said that the whole army passed through Chenliu...... This place can almost be called my hometown, but it is what I used to visit...... But it used to be luxuriant, but now it is gone, and the fields are barren, the people are displaced, and bandits are everywhere! Wen Qi, this chaos has only been up for more than three months, and it is already such a situation, if it is delayed for a long time, what should it do? ”
Gongsun Xun was still unmoved, but he didn't stop eating melons: "Then what does Brother Meng De think?" ”
"How would I know?" Speaking here, Cao Mengde looked up to the sky and said. "When I went out to the army before, I was awarded the rank of Captain of the Cavalry, and I jumped to 2,000 stones, and at that time I only thought about making meritorious contributions, and I also wrote to the wonderful talent at home, saying that I was 'Zhihuai Shuangxue'! However, now that the summer is unbearable, I only think about one thing along the way, that is, the summer is better, but when it comes to the day of frost and snow, what should be the situation of the sergeants and people in Chenliu, Peiguo, Liangguo and other townships...... But it's also 'Zhihuai Frost and Snow'! ”
Cao Cao's words were extremely sincere and high-level.
In other words, Cao Cao's letter to Xiahou Yuan at that time implied that he was thinking of fighting a future with swords and guns, and that he had a great romantic reverie for his military career.
However, the latter frost and snow is the original meaning of the out-and-out frost and snow, and it leads to the difficulties of people's livelihood, in other words, Cao Cao actually has a little deep reflection on the collapse of social order at this time!
However, Gongsun Xun looked at the short man in front of him, but he didn't feel any emotion in his heart...... After all, the person in front of him is Cao Mengde, after this chaos, where is the people's hearts not moving, where is the people's hearts not chaotic? If this 'Wei Wu' in another time and space does not have the slightest sense of a politician because of this, it can only mean that he is a fake Cao Mengde in front of him!
Right? After all, Cao Mengde is Cao Mengde, and he is not Wei Yue who only chooses people.
As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Xun didn't look at Cao Mengde anymore, but suddenly turned his head to stare at Wei Yue.
Wei Zidu was stared at, and immediately threw down the melon skin in his hand and stood up honestly.
"I ask you." Gongsun Xun asked with a dark face. "Where do the melons come from?"
"Wait for you!" Wei Yue immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and Fu quickly explained. "It's five miles behind the camp, and there's a big melon field there......"
"Did you give the money?" Gongsun Xun abruptly interrupted the other party.
Wei Yue was also stunned, and after a while, Fang Nene explained: "There are hundreds of thousands of troops gathered here, and the people have already fled cleanly, and there is only one old man who is still looking after the house......
"Wei Zidu." Gongsun Xun became more and more impatient. "Can you just take it when people leave? And did you know that there is an old man guarding inside? Are you short of these melon money? ”
The summer wind was fierce, the big trees above the head were rattling, and everyone on the riverside did not dare to make a sound, and Wei Yue also felt a little helpless and aggrieved.
"Wei Quchang!" Gongsun Xun finally sighed. "Do you understand or not, I am the main general, and you are my subordinate. Since you are for me to eat, if you give money, I will be entertained by you, hello, I am good, everyone; But if you don't give money, it's my boss who is unethical...... And are you really lacking this melon money? Do you want to force me to cut my hair and act as the head of the body to set the record straight?! ”
Wei Yue didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and immediately kowtowed to ask for guilt, and then got on the horse and sent the money.
Cao Cao, who was still looking up and doing 'Zhihuai Frost and Snow', couldn't help but want to speak.
And at this moment, a horse suddenly galloped from the camp behind him, passed by Wei Yue, and quickly rolled off the saddle in front of Gongsun Xun, and saluted respectfully:
"Junhou, the two gentlemen Lu and Lou, as well as the two Simas of Shen and Dong, please return to the camp quickly, saying that the Sima and Qu Changju who went out to investigate early this morning have finished their investigation and are back!"
"Investigate what?" Cao Mengde lowered his head and asked.
"I asked Yun Chang, Yide, Su Qing, and Zijing to lead their own teams, and the soldiers were divided into two routes, and the state officers went downstream, and the Youzhou officers went upstream, but they found a convenient place for the army to sneak across!" Gongsun Xun got up suddenly, and while explaining, he walked to the camp behind him.
Several officers of the Northern Army, who were also kept in the dark, looked at each other, and Fu hurriedly followed.
And Cao Cao was also overjoyed, so he had to keep up, but as soon as he left, he realized that he was not wearing shoes...... When I looked down, I saw half a piece of yellow-orange-orange melon on the grass by the river.
Cao Mengde put on his shoes, grabbed the melon, took a sip, and didn't have time to chase Gongsun Xun quickly, he already secretly admired in his heart:
"This melon is so fragrant!"
—————I'm the dividing line of Maka—————
"At the beginning, the Han army was 40,000, and 100,000 people were trapped in Changshe for the Yellow Turban thief. Xun is a thief in Pingdong County, and he is ordered to lead troops to Changshe, but he is in the water and does not cross, and there are several acres of melon fields behind the camp. The thieves saw it from afar and laughed. Cao Shi is the deputy of Xun, and also advised: 'We and the army of the Changshe have the friendship of robes, if we sit back and don't save it, but we know that we eat melons near the river, I am afraid that we will be laughed at by the heroes of the world. 'Laugh but not. Zhu Jun, the left middle lang in the city, was rigid in nature, and when he saw him in the city, his anger increased. Only the right Zhonglang will see Huangfu Song and persuade him: "The grandson of Liaoxi, who is ignorant of his life, looks at his past, knows his ambition and frost and snow, and has a strategy. If it is not triggered now, there will be a follow-up, and it will be observed. —"Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty". Wang Cang
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