Gongsun Ao was named the general of the grass thief by Liu Che this time, and led the main force of the 100,000 southern army to Yingchuan, temporarily assuming the duties of the chief general of the three armies, and resisting the attack of the two kings with all his might. said that it was the temporary general authority, that was because although Gongsun Ao received a general title specially designed for crusading against the rebels, the position of the chief general of the Chinese army was reserved for Qin Cheng, and when Qin Cheng arrived, Gongsun Ao had to obediently be his deputy general. And this is also one of the reasons why Gongsun Ao took the initiative to attack in Yangyi City. Who would be willing to be a spare tire from the bottom of their bones?

There are two armies in the north and south in the center of the Han Dynasty, and after the northern army was rectified by Liu Che, only cavalry remained, and now it is claimed that there are 150,000 elite cavalry, which can be said to be specially established to deal with the Xiongnu. The military system of the Southern Army follows the old system, and there are both chariots and cavalry. However, in recent years, the number of chariots has decreased compared to before, and the number of foot soldiers has increased. The southern army was 100,000, the cavalry was only a few thousand, and the remaining 90,000 were chariot infantry.

After Gongsun Ao lost Yangyi City, he retreated 300 miles in three days, and now stationed his army in a place called Qiu City in the west of Yangyi City. In the first battle of Yangyi City, Gongsun Ao was defeated, losing more than 20,000 soldiers. Although the muscles and bones have been moved, fortunately, the vitality is still there. In Qiucheng, Gongsun Ao, who fled here in embarrassment, saw that the combined forces of the two kings did not chase for a while, and was finally able to rearrange the troops and build fortifications. Because he didn't know when the two kings alliance would be killed, Gongsun Ao didn't dare to make the movement too big, in case the fortifications had not been built and the two kings alliance army rushed over, and he was caught off guard.

The art of war is a siege because the city is a strategic place in a place, the transportation location is important, and it controls the economic lifeline of a region. Where there is a city, there is attack and defense, and the city is a place where soldiers must fight.

Compared with Li Guang, the young Gongsun Ao stood at the head of Qiucheng City in the sunset, facing the east, with a stern face and a frown. After a long time, Gongsun Ao sighed and said to the staff around him: "The soldiers are fast, and they are exhausted in one go, and the rebels are huge, and the daily materials are naturally huge. It is impossible to say that his army of more than 100,000 will only leave a small part to stay in Yangyi City, and the army will not even enter the city, so it will kill this side. I heard that Liu An has a well-trained cavalry under him, which was built by Liu An at a great cost, and the number is not large, only six thousand, but it deserves the four words of tiger and wolf division. The night attack on Yangyi City failed the day before yesterday, and thousands of cavalry were lost outside Yangyi City, which was the loss of this cavalry. Now that our army has arrived in Qiucheng for two days, it is said that Liu An should not let go of the opportunity to take advantage of our army's unstable foothold to send elite cavalry to raid. But there is no trace of the rebels until now, prolonging the years, you may guess the intentions of Liu An's old horseman? ”

Gongsun Ao called Yannian is a man who has passed the age of confusion, and he has a very elegant temperament, but a pair of yin eyes broke the balance of his entire body, and it looked a little uncoordinated. This Li Yannian is Gongsun Ao's confidant, the first staff member, and outsiders call him resourceful and talented.

Li Yannian took half a step behind Gongsun Ao's side, and when he heard that his eyes full of yin qi looked a little deep, he said calmly: "As the saying goes, there must be demons when things go wrong, Liu An himself is cunning and treacherous, and this time his military advisor is Wu Huaisu, who is known as the number one soldier in Huainan as early as the country. ”

"Sir, just tell me what to do!" Gongsun Ao waved his hand, a little irritable, "He Liu An has Wu Huaisu, and he doesn't have a gentleman?" With the talent of Mr., don't talk about a Wu Huaisu, even Sun Wu is not afraid when he is alive! ”

Wu Huaisu's expression was indifferent to Gongsun Ao's irritability by waving his hand, but there was some arrogance and coldness between his eyebrows, "The day before yesterday in Yangyi City, I advised the general not to go out of the city to attack the camp, but the general didn't listen...... No matter how capable Yannian is, he is just a scholar, and everything needs to be commanded and dispatched by the general, and Yannian is just a nerd, dare to claim to be a talent? ”

"Why did the gentleman mention this stubble again?" Gongsun Ao only felt that the soles of his feet were on fire, and he couldn't help but want to stomp his feet, after all, he was patient, knowing that he had already lost a game and couldn't afford to make mistakes, so he had to give his hand to Li Yannian with a good voice, "The night attack on Yangyi City is the fault of the general, what should I do now, please give advice to Mr., and the general will listen to Mr. everything." ”

"The general is a general who is a grass thief, and he is just in white clothes, how dare he let the general obey military affairs?" Li Yannian's words were not salty or light, but the arrogance from the heart could not be concealed, but after sarcastically mocking Gongsun Ao, Li Yannian still said: "Although the current situation is unpredictable, it is not difficult to deal with the root cause. The so-called ever-changing is not detached from its sect, the rebel army's goal is Chang'an, naturally they can't bypass us, they must attack this city, in this case, the general can respond to all changes with the same, only need to step up the construction of the city defense, arrange the military array to wait for work, and at the same time send more rangers. ”

Gongsun Ao was a little discouraged when he heard this, and said helplessly: "It's sticking to and waiting for help, Mr. Yang Yicheng is like this, as if he is deliberately waiting for Qin Cheng...... General Zuo is here, which makes people feel unhappy when they hear it! ”

Li Yannian snorted coldly and said unceremoniously: "The general can lead the army back to Yangyi City, and take Yangyi City back, wouldn't this be a great achievement?" ”

"......" Gongsun Ao was angry from his heart, and he wanted to slap Li Yannian's proud face.

This Li Yannian, originally a depressed scholar in the market, Gongsun Ao met by chance when he was free, and was amazed by his talent, and later he was re-enabled by Liu Che, so he has been taking this scholar who bends his waist for five buckets of rice with him to serve, Li Yannian has indeed come up with a lot of good ideas for Gongsun Ao over the years, but this person's temper is rising day by day, and he is so arrogant that he can't do it, which makes Gongsun Ao very temperamental.

"I received news two days ago that General Zuo has set off from Chang'an, and it stands to reason that it should have arrived in these two days, why haven't you seen anyone yet?" Gongsun Ao opened the topic, not because he was too big, but because he thought that although Li Yannian was becoming more and more arrogant, after all, he was doing things for himself, and there was really no need to be angry with him. At least, there's no need to make a face-turn. "Some time ago, during the trip to the Western Regions, General Zuo made another miraculous feat, and played the Western Regions between applause with his own strength, so beautiful! Could it be that he is tired and ruthless in the Western Regions and has no strength to come to the main battle here? ”

"I don't know." A touch of disdain flashed in Li Yannian's eyes, and he was very disdainful of Gongsun Ao's behavior of taking his temper out on Qin Cheng, and he was not in the mood to answer.

When Li Yannian first met Gongsun Ao, a son of a well-known scholar, he was also amazed by his literary talents. Not to mention anything else, Gongsun Ao's kung fu is indeed not ordinary, and Li Yannian thinks that he is not as good. Later, Gongsun Ao was reactivated and invited to assist him, and Li Yannian agreed. One is indeed because he admires Gongsun Ao's talent, and he is also impressed by his demeanor as a corporal, and secondly, his old mother's illness is really too expensive, and Li Yannian does not want his old mother to be old and uneasy. As soon as the two were weighed, Li Yannian entered Gongsun Ao's mansion.

It's just that the world is always different from the initial expectations, and many people can't just see it as they first appeared. After following Gongsun Ao for a long time, Li Yannian found that Gongsun Ao could resign, but his ability to govern the army was a mess, and he was narrow in popularity, and he was jealous of his ability. This made Li Yannian gradually regret his original decision, and wondered if he was following the wrong person, so he became more and more impatient.

And Gongsun Ao's jealousy of the Zuo general Qin Cheng made Li Yannian even more disdainful. How about Qin Cheng, Li Yannian has a rod and scale in his heart, so he can't accept Gongsun Ao's behavior. Of course, Li Yannian didn't know that Gongsun Ao had an arrow with Qin Cheng in his early years. Otherwise, he would be able to get used to Gongsun Ao's hostile attitude towards Qin Cheng.

Li Yannian's answer didn't make Gongsun Ao's mood fluctuate, because he was already emotionally stuck in a quagmire with Qin Cheng, and at this time, he was even more worried about how Qin Cheng would embarrass himself when he entered the army. Thinking like this, Gongsun Ao's eyes gradually became ruthless, so much so that he slammed his fist on the city wall before he reacted to his gaffe.

"The rebels are about to come to the city, and General Zuo, who should have been in charge of the army a long time ago, has not seen anyone, if the rebel army suddenly attacks the city, if things change, whose responsibility is it?" Gongsun Ao snorted coldly, turned around and asked his own captain to come over, and ordered: "Pass the order, if General Zuo doesn't come to pass, he will be willing to fight to the death with all the soldiers in Qiu City, and he will be ashamed!" Get the soldiers ready. ”

The pro-soldier team was taking the order to leave, and Gongsun Ao's face was slightly calmer.

Li Yannian could no longer hide his contempt for Gongsun Ao at this moment, and turned his head away with a cold snort, out of sight.

Although Gongsun Ao was clearly conveying his determination to fight with all the soldiers to the end, his intention was actually to put the responsibility for the possible defeat on Qin Cheng's head, so that all the soldiers knew that Qin Cheng had not arrived on time, and it was he who delayed the fighter.

Gongsun Ao's eyes turned to the east again, and suddenly an idea appeared in his heart that the rebels had better come to attack the city as soon as possible.

In this way, he still has no credit, but at least, he is not the only one who is responsible for the defeat, and there is a big general in front of him, so his own sins can be smaller, and he can be less noticed.

After thinking about it, a sneer began to appear at the corner of Gongsun Ao's mouth, a smug sneer.

He sneered until he received a report from a sentry who had galloped back from the east.

The sentry said, "There is a fierce battle forty miles to the east!" ”

"Fierce battles?" Gongsun Ao was stunned, "Who is with whom?" ”

"One side is like the vanguard cavalry of the rebels, and the other side is under the banner of General Qin!"

"Qin Cheng!?" Gongsun Ao was completely stunned, "He fought the rebels in the east?" How is this possible? ”

Li Yannian's eyes lit up, and when he looked at Gongsun Ao again, his eyes were full of sneers.