In the fifth year of Zhongping, at the end of November, it was the middle of winter, the Wei general Gongsun Xun traced the river upstream, and his people led their own righteous servants, Hanoi local to follow the old subordinates again, crossed the frozen river in the east of the river, and turned into Hangu Guanxi, which is also located in the territory of Hongnong County between Luoyang and Chang'an.

The reason why this is so is that Gongsun Xun is unwilling to break the oath of Meng Jin to cut the bottle and give away wine in the past, and is unwilling to step into Luoyang by doing nothing, even if he has actually and very seriously participated in the political dispute in Luoyang before.

But regardless of these small actions of covering his ears and stealing the bell, when he returned to his eyes, as Gongsun Xun moved his white horse flag here, Hangu Kansai had already gathered a large army at this time.

I have to say that the general He Jin is still very trustworthy, in order to show his support for Gongsun Xun, and indeed for the safety of Chang'an, he not only sent out the whole army of the five schools of the Northern Army without discount, requisitioned the knights of Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan, but also opened all the Luoyang arsenals, and gathered the best equipment for this army to conquer the west.

After all, soldiers can be lost, and it is impossible for these iron armor and steel knives that were recovered after the Yellow Turban to disappear, especially in the hundreds of years of Huanghuang in the Han Dynasty, and the family foundation saved is by no means imaginable to ordinary people.

However, Gongsun Xun was still not very satisfied, because as soon as he entered the side door of the special military camp, he sensitively noticed that the Three Rivers warriors at this time were no longer what they used to be...... During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the knights of the Three Rivers were all young and strong, and their morale was high, and they had quite a lot of family resources, and many of them also brought their own war horses and camel beasts, and even armed attendants.

But nowadays, not to mention that the proportion of so-called knights who bring their own horses has been greatly reduced, and more importantly, many of the faces are actually acquaintances, while the rest of the few faces are inevitably biased towards the old and weak.

All this made Gongsun Xun, who rode into the camp on horseback, quite dissatisfied.

Of course, in the face of the Three Rivers Knight who came out of the tent to pay homage, Gongsun Xun just smiled and bowed his head on the horse, and did not show half of it.

"There are many veterans, which is a good thing in terms of combat power." Lou Gui, who was riding behind his lord, naturally noticed this, so when he approached the big tent of the Chinese army, he couldn't help but talk about it. "But it can also be seen from here that the world is in turmoil, and the knights of the Three Rivers are beginning to get tired, as evidenced by the old and weak who have the best names...... Mr. Wenhe has been in charge of military affairs in the Taiwei Mansion for a long time, so he should know something about this, right? ”

"Mr. Zibo is right." Sima Jiaxu, the new army who was half a horse behind, bowed his head and said. "After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Three Rivers Knights actually didn't lose much, but before Zhang Wen conquered the west, 100,000 troops entered Liangzhou, but only 60,000 or 70,000 retreated, and that battle caused a lot of damage to the Three Rivers Knights, and then some of them stayed in Guanxi for the former general Dong Gong to guard against the rebels, so it is not obvious."

"And the reason why the imperial court has been repeatedly recruiting soldiers recently, and many young and strong soldiers have entered the West Garden, right?" Xi Zhong also interjected.

"Exactly." Jia Xu was still neither humble nor arrogant, and replied in response.

Gongsun Xun in front couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, although this Jia Wenhe was easily incorporated into his command with an edict, and another letter was raised as a military commander, but he always felt a little tepid, and he answered when others asked, and he must have answered in detail...... But this performance is still too far from the person who has no last resort in his mother's mouth!

Besides, even Yan Zhong, who met before, said in Changshe that this Jia Wen is a good and peaceful talent, which shows that his talent is by no means false, and his person must really be good and peaceful! And the person is also in his forties, and his son is going to be crowned, so it can't be a semi-finished product, right?!

It can only be said that his people either look down on his Gongsun Xun and are unwilling to contribute, or they are quite concerned about the sudden conscription into the army...... Otherwise, this Mr. Wenhe, who was called 'chaotic martial arts' by his mother, can't he still be depressed because of the death of Xiao Gu before, right?

That's right!

That Xiao Gu finally died, and after his person was fished up, he was out of strength and suffered from the wind cold, and he couldn't see anything at first, but after he was sent back to Luozhong, the wind and cold intensified, and the high fever did not stop, and then like the people who were sick this year, he said that he was dead, and he was simply sharp.

Moreover, there are some other reasons for this, Gongsun Xun heard the subordinates who gave it away and said afterwards that this Xiao Gu relied on his youth and strength on weekdays and lived alone in Luo, so he sent more goods back to the Chang'an clan for funding, and when he returned to his residence, he also insisted on not asking for help, but he didn't expect that there was a shortage of charcoal and few people at the critical moment, and in the end it was a life.

In this way, whether it is drowning or the later wind chill, how can it not be counted on his Jia Xu's head, how can it make him Jia Xu depressed? I'm afraid that I, General Wei, didn't have time to convince this person.

Gongsun Xun was thinking nonsense, and at the same time dismounted in front of the Chinese army's big tent.

At this time, the officers of the Northern Army who had gone out of the main gate to greet each other before ran back in a panic, and when they returned to the Chinese military tent, Bai Ma Yicong had already taken over the Chinese army's big tent, and the scepter representing the supreme authority was standing in front of the tent, and Gongsun Xun himself was sitting in the tent.

These people didn't have time to think about it, so they suddenly heard the drums next to the tent again, as if they were lighting the drums, but they hurriedly gathered in the tent - no wonder these people are so unbearable, it is really Gongsun Xun who had a 'bad deed' that day, the so-called former Hanoi before the expedition to find fault and kill people and horses!

I think that at the beginning, this was just a lieutenant general, a mount of Sima and the prison army of the Northern Army was killed by him with one brain, and now he is the general of Wei, and Luozhong is so chaotic, God knows if there will be a purge?

What's interesting is that when Gongsun Xun saw these people, he couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that the military affairs were too urgent, and Gongsun Xun and He Jin had a word first, and the entire Northern Army must be given to him to go on the expedition, so there were quite a few people in the Northern Army who should not have appeared this time.

What do you mean?

You must know that in the officialdom system of the Han Dynasty, the high-level military positions in the forbidden army have a noble meaning, and many times they are held by the children of the ministers or even the ministers themselves, which is the only place for gilded promotion...... However, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the center has also noticed this problem, so whether there are fewer positions for gilding in the Northern Army here, or a lot of real military positions are retained.

For example, Xu Rong, the captain of the Tun cavalry, and Lu Bu, the captain of the shooting sound, these two people are also an important reason for Gongsun Xun to ask for the Northern Army. But on the other hand, because they were too anxious, many of the gold-plated Gaomen disciples and eunuch children were actually here, and then they followed the Northern Army in a daze and were driven to Hangu Pass by the general He Jin.

Not to mention anything else, there was a cavalry lieutenant named Bao Xin, who followed him as a lieutenant general; There is another candidate in the Northern Army, named Liu Biao...... Bao Xin is okay, he looks decent to be a deputy general, but Liu Biao is a little bit of a candidate in the Northern Army.

Why?

Because although the lieutenant of the Northern Army is only the first layer of Qu Junhou with a rank of 600 stones, he is the supervisor of the Northern Army, and he has the right to supervise the entire five battalions of the Northern Army!

It is also a typical humility and respect in the Han Dynasty system.

And He Jin sent this person, I really don't know if it was good or bad...... After all, with Liu Biao's prestige and political energy as the supervising army, I am afraid that Gongsun Xun will not be comfortable.

Of course, it's useless to talk about this now, and it has to be cleaned and rearranged anyway.

"There are more than 13,000 members in the army." After the three-way drum, after the dotting, Gongsun Xun arranged it on his own. It can be seen that the general did his best, but there were many old and weak among them...... Where is Liu Jingsheng in the Northern Army? ”

"The subordinates are here." Liu Biao did not have any tolerance because he was in a hurry to become a person who listened to orders under the account, and when he got up to salute, he was still light and light, and he didn't care. "Command, General."

"Your talent is not here, don't worry about military discipline, from tomorrow onwards, I will be my deputy general, and I will also be in charge of logistics such as grain and grass, people, etc., after today's military discussion, I will immediately eliminate the old and weak in the battalion, and assign them to the rear camp as escorts, leaving only 10,000 soldiers...... The soldiers are not in the crowd, and those old and young will lose their sharpness in the army if they stay in the regular soldiers. Gongsun Xun didn't raise his head, and commanded directly.

Liu looked as usual, but he didn't have any intention of refutating, even if he took the military order.

In fact, Gongsun Xun saw that he had come up to take charge of Liu Biao's duties as a military supervisor, but no one in the army questioned it...... has already put his mind at ease, it seems that years of prestige and achievements are not in vain after all.

"Captain Tun Cavalry...... Xu Bojin! Gongsun Xun continued to command. In addition to your headquarters, you also lead the Knight of Hedong. ”

"Whoa!" Xu Rong also came out immediately, and his face was taken for granted.

"Bongxian!" Gongsun Xunfu clicked again.

"The subordinates are here!" Lu Bu was excited, and his voice trembled slightly. "General Wei, please give the order!"

"You are also the Knight of Henan!"

"Thank you to the general, I will not accept the general's entrustment!" Lu Bu was naturally overjoyed.

"Hanoi knight, I take it myself...... Yigong, you are the Sima of my General's Mansion and the position of the main horseman, so it will be harder this time. ”

Han Dang turned to the hall from behind him, and also bowed and saluted.

"Military Sima Jia Wenhe." Gongsun Xunfu named another person.

"The subordinates are here." Jia Xu immediately came out of the ranks.

"In the past, Yan Zhong and Yan Shude had prepared for your talent in the Changshe, so I specially transferred you this time, and I am also ready to rely on it......" Gongsun Xun said a few more words. You can live in my Chinese army, and the two of me are engaged in the military together, and you are also in charge of the military discipline of the three services, so you must be good at public service! ”

This is to give Liu Biao's authority to Jia Xu above board, and the interesting thing is that Jia Wenhe is also the same as Liu Jingsheng, his face is as usual, and he bows to the end:

"General Xie relies on!"

It is said that before the ban on the army in Xiyuan, the so-called ban army system of the five schools of the three rivers ...... In fact, it means that as soon as there is a war, the Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army, which is relatively small in number, immediately takes over the Knights of the Three Rivers as officers, forming a unit with combat effectiveness. And Gongsun Xun came up and went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, and directly arranged for Xu Rong, Lu Bu, and Han Dang to take over the Three Rivers Knights, and let Liu Biao take charge of logistics alone, and let Jia Xu be the military judge, but no one made an obstacle.

However, after Gongsun Xun roughly arranged these things, he found that there were still people in the tent who were uneasy, and there were still people who were eager to try, even Gongsun Xun himself felt that there seemed to be something missing.

However, with the silence, Xi Zhong on his side suddenly coughed, Gongsun Xun himself finally came to his senses, and he couldn't help laughing, and immediately pointed out the name of one person in the tent: "Where is Zhao Yan, the infantry captain?" ”

Zhao Yan, Zhao Zhong's most relied on brother, flashed out tremblingly when he heard the words, but he panicked to the extreme.

You must know that before he came, he was still holding 10,000 lucks, feeling that he was a captain with more than 2,000 stones, Gongsun Xun couldn't help himself, and the big thing was ahead, but Zhao Zhong was reluctant to let go of such a critical position...... In the competition between the general and Jian Shuo, for these old eunuchs, only the Northern Army can barely intervene, so they are really reluctant.

But who came back, at this time, Gongsun Xun was not angry or impatient, just understated, and even smiled slightly, but after he finished collecting the military power, Zhao Yan was already sweating like rain - I thought it was one thing before, but it was really immersive, and the sheep entered the tiger's mouth, that was another matter!

"Captain Zhao......" Gongsun Xun smiled even happier when he saw this.

"General Wei!" Zhao Yan actually pounced and knelt down directly. "Yueqi Captain Zhang Bin is the nephew of Zhang Chang's family...... Please read in the face of me as your wife, kill Zhang Bin Liwei, and let me return to Luo! ”

When Zhang Bin, the captain of the Yue Cavalry, heard this, he was also disgraced in public, and he didn't care about scolding Zhao Yan, so he directly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to plead.

The two of them are so unbearable, but there are few people in the army who really look at each other, it is really because the eunuchs have invaded the northern army very strongly in recent years, and the officers in the tent are two or three percent of the eunuchs' children and people who have taken refuge in them, so there are many frightening.

Gongsun Xun laughed more and more: "You two are so sincere, it makes me embarrassed...... And take a penny. ”

Everyone in the tent was at a loss for a while, but Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. Suddenly, someone hurriedly took out a penny and five baht to give it away, and Gongsun Xun took the money, not in a hurry, but let Liu Biao, who was extremely tall, step forward and throw it on the back of his hand with him.

After throwing it away, Gongsun Xun glanced casually and asked Liu Jingsheng to cover the back of his hand, and then looked at the two kneeling in front of him with a smile: "I heard that you eunuchs are especially good at gambling...... Zhao Yan, now Liu Jingsheng of the party's eight horses testified here, do you say this is a word on the top or no word on it? ”

Zhao Yan was shocked and angry when he heard this, but he was actually happy again: "Is this what it means to be a penny?" General Wei is saying, I guessed right, and you can walk with your whole body? ”

"Exactly." Gongsun Xun is opposite. "Guess right, you go, Zhang Bin sacrificed the flag; If you guess wrong, you die, Zhang Bin goes! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Bin couldn't help but look at Zhao Yan beside him with a frightened face, and Zhao Yan knew that he was not fortunate at this time, so he also gritted his teeth with red eyes and gambled: "There are words!" There is a word on top! ”

Gongsun Xun smiled when he heard this, but he glanced at Liu Biao, and then smiled at the two people under him: "Cut Zhao Yan right here!" ”

Zhao Yan and Zhang Bin were both frightened for a moment, and then before they had time to tell the difference, Lu Bu next to him pulled out his knife and slashed his head.

The blood splattered three feet, and the head rolled down in front of Zhang Bin, who was sprayed by the blood column on his side, and saw the eyes of his former accomplices, but he simply got wet in his crotch, and fainted directly.

The whole account is purged.

Everyone didn't expect that Gongsun Xun would kill a 2,000-stone lieutenant without permission, and he was still Zhao Zhong's most relied on clansman, and although everyone didn't say it, they still had some thoughts in their hearts, this is Gongsun Xun's theoretical wife and clan elder, right? Could it be that behind the scenes, there is really no contact as it seems, and for the sake of righteousness, he turns against each other?

In any case, this is not the way to hold the festival, is it?

But thinking about it on the other hand, now that the situation is here, a two-thousand-stone lieutenant, killing is killing, what can Luozhong Tianzi do? How dare he?!

There was silence for a long time in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the first one who gradually couldn't hold back was actually Bao Xin, the cavalry captain as a deputy general.

But as soon as Bao Xin was about to speak, Gongsun Xun, who had been staring at the dead corpse silently, suddenly spoke: "Everyone, let Zhang Bin unseal himself after he wakes up, and then the officers in the second battalion will promote themselves as commanders, and I will act as a pretending authority...... And then no more entanglements! ”

Bao Xin was speechless for a while, but he wanted to speak even more.

But Gongsun Xun didn't give him a chance: "Since I have already killed one or two thousand stones, then I will bluntly say that I will be good with the other party." It's not that I don't hate eunuchs, it's not that I don't want to kill people, but now Chang'an is in danger, Guanzhong is in danger, the world is in danger, and the general is appointed to me by the Guanzhong military, I must focus on the overall situation no matter what! Even if you kill a person today, you have to show your intentions...... Brother Jingsheng. ”

"The subordinates are here." Liu Biao, who was just in front of the main seat, took a few steps back and bowed to worship.

"You are a member of the party, and you are a candidate in the Northern Army, and the sergeant of the army should be the main one." Gongsun Xun is telling each other. "I have a word to tell you, from tomorrow to the west, the army is not allowed to mention eunuchs, party members, Luoyang affairs for the county commander in the back of the force, you only need to work hard, as soon as possible to drive the rebels out of the pass. If there is a violation, I will do it myself for the children of the eunuchs, but I will ask only you for the party members! ”

At this point, Gongsun Xun straightened out his waist and cut off the blade and inserted the cases in front of him.

And Liu Biao also respectfully bowed again: "Please rest assured General Wei, after today, there will be another person in the army who will act as a faction, and he will bear it!" ”

Bao Xin was completely held back on the spot, and those who had taken refuge in the eunuchs in the military tent were also relieved.

This is the end of the military discussion, except for those who should remain in the Chinese army, the rest are dispersed.

And soon after Bao Xin came out, he angrily caught up with Liu Biao: "Why is Brother Jingsheng so cowardly, this is the time to persuade General Wei to clean up the gate of the Northern Army...... What a golden opportunity! ”

"In the face of national crisis, shouldn't you try your best to fight the rebels in front of you as General Wei said?" Liu, who is eight feet tall, looked as usual, but he actually asked rhetorically. "Moreover, I have been imprisoned for more than ten years, and I am convinced by General Wei, where did the cavalry lieutenant come from to be so murderous?"

With that, Liu Biao clenched the coin in his hand and left.

Bao Xin was speechless...... As Gongsun Xun said before, Liu Biao is the leader of the sergeant in the army, and he is convinced, what about you Bao Xin?

Transferred back to the account, Han Dangzi went to take over Hanoi, and Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui, Xi Zhong, Jia Xu and others were going to stay in the Chinese army after all, and they were going to leave for the west tomorrow, and there was no reason for this big tent to be replaced, so it was just a few names who entered and dragged the corpse out.

"Prince, this ...... How do I escalate this? "The one who spoke was the king of Hanoi, whose talent and writing were outstanding, and Gongsun Xun temporarily worshiped the general and held the festival, and there was a lack of people under him, so he was re-recruited as a clerk.

"First write an official letter to the General's Mansion to dismiss him from his position and demote him to a military commander." Gongsun Xun stared at the blood stains on the ground and sneered. "When the official document comes down, write another official letter, saying that this military Sima has not arrived...... So killed. ”

"Whoa." Wang Xiang replied helplessly, but went straight to the back to write the paperwork.

"Why did the general have to kill him? Is it bad to kill Zhang Bin? He's a general's wife, right? After hesitating for a moment, seeing Gongsun Xun sitting in the tent silently, Jia Xu couldn't help but ask a question, which also caused Lou Gui and Xi Zhong, who were standing on both sides, to look at him curiously.

"It's easy to kill people in front of you, but it's hard to kill people in your heart." Gongsun Xun in the audience sighed for a moment when he heard this. "If I don't kill him, how can I have the face to calmly warn myself in my heart that this trip to the west is to save Sergeant Guan from fire and water, and to avenge Fu Nanrong? has been a disaster to the world for many years, is there no Zhao family? Wasn't it Zhao Yan who was Zhao Zhong's minions that day and drove Nanrong to death? What is a wife? ”

Jia Xu, like Lou Gui and Xi Zhong, were all silent.

But Gongsun Xun suddenly pulled out the broken knife on the case, turned around and went to the back tent to rest.

————— I am the dividing line that breaks the thief in my heart—————

"Taizu marched west to Hangu Pass, received the five schools of Sanhe, the eunuch son of the five schools Tai Ban, Taizu held the festival and reprimanded, there was infantry captain Zhao Yan, Zhao Zhong clan brother, also Taizu's father-in-law Zhao Bao clan brother also, to the wife clan kneeling begging to leave, Taizu heard and sighed: 'Since it is a wife family, you can't stay alone!' It is to punish Zhao Yan and pardon the whole army. The army shook, and it was like an arm. - "New Yanshu". Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

PS: Thanks to the new alliance leader Mountain Partridge, well, this is also an old book friend......