Chapter 45 Youzhou Gongsun Zhan

The soldiers also saw clearly the center of this large group of cavalry, under the banner of the Han army, there was a team of cavalry all white horses and white robes, which was very eye-catching, and there was a general in the middle, also a white horse and white robe, with a white cloak, too far away, and he couldn't see the appearance clearly, but there was a big flag behind him, which said "Gongsun of Zhuo County, Dahan".

The older veteran shouted happily: "Everyone don't have to be afraid, it's not the Xianbei people, it's our own army, it's the Han army, the generals and soldiers who lead the troops wear white robes and ride white horses, and their surnames are Gongsun, it won't be wrong, it must be Gongsun Zhan, Lord Gongsun, those foreign cavalry he brought, I'm afraid it's the famous Wuhuan cavalry." ”

Sure enough, the army got closer, and a white horse rushed out of the brigade and came to the beacon tower, and immediately a young man dressed as a soldier shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, we are the army of Lord Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, and we were ordered to rush to the aid of Yunzhong County, I don't know which boundary you are here?" ”

The veteran leaned out and replied loudly: "It turned out to be the army of Lord Gongsun, there was a false alarm, we are ten miles north of Gaoliu in Dai County, and then go west, along the Great Wall, and we will go out of Youzhou, which is Yanmen County in Bingzhou." ”

The soldiers nodded, thanked him, turned the horse back to the team, and reported to Gongsun Zhan, it turned out that the general in this cavalry was Gongsun Zhan, the county commander of Zhuo County. This time, the holy decree arrived in Youzhou, but the assassin Shi Guo Xun made a difficulty, Youzhou has always been vast and sparsely populated, and it borders foreign tribes everywhere.

The troops were stretched thin, and the finances were notoriously poor, so they really didn't know where to recruit reinforcements. In the end, it was his long history that gave him an idea, since the number of Han troops was insufficient, why not recruit the Wuhuan people who were attached to Youzhou. At that time, several Wuhuan tribes were bullied by the Xianbei people and other Wuhuan tribes, moved into the Han land, and belonged to the Han Dynasty, and the imperial court also set up a guard Wuhuan school captain to manage these Wuhuan tribes.

The cavalry of the Wuhuan people was brave and good at fighting, and their combat strength was strong, but the number was too small, so they were oppressed and enslaved by the Huns and Xianbei people successively. Guo Xun asked left and right, since the Wuhuan cavalry is to be recruited, who is suitable to lead them in the future?

Someone recommended Gongsun Zhan, Guo Xun also heard of this person, saying that because he was handsome and talented, he was appreciated by Liu Taishou of Zhuo County and recruited as his son-in-law. Later, Liu Taishou was pardoned on the way, the official was reinstated, and Gongsun Zan was also promoted because of his virtue, and later repeatedly defeated the Xianbei and Wuhuan people, and was promoted to the county magistrate of Zhuoxian County because of his military exploits.

This person is brave and good at fighting, he must take the lead in every battle, and he is also quite strategic in commanding battles, and the Wuhuan people are very respectful of him. Therefore, Guo Xun decided to use Gongsun Zhan, and sent a messenger to summon Gongsun Zhan to Yuyang, and gave him an order to temporarily protect the captain of Wuhuan.

Gongsun Chan took over the appointment and agreed with Guo Xun that because there were few soldiers in Youzhou, Guo Xun personally led 10,000 infantry to Yunzhong to show his sincerity. Gongsun Zhan went to the Wuhuan tribes attached to recruit the Wuhuan cavalry, the cavalry was fast, so he did not go on the road with Guo Xun, he was the vanguard, set off in front, and Guo Xun led the infantry to arrive.

Gongsun Chan led a hundred children from his hometown, all of whom rode white horses and wore white robes, which took a lot of effort from Gongsun Zhan, and he still got the help of Zhang Shiping, a big businessman who sold horses, to make up so many white horses. He set out from Yuyang, passed through Juyong, Shanggu, Guangning, Ningxian, and Macheng along the way, exercised the military talisman of the captain of Wuhuan, and recruited 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry along the way.

Gongsun Zhan deliberately made a detour, out of the Great Wall, all the way to the west, and along the way, he also attacked several small tribes of the Xianbei people, and the adult men of these tribes all responded to the conscription order, and they were all subordinates of the Kebi Neng Division. Gongsun Zhan's soldiers burned, killed and looted, so that these Wuhuan cavalry tasted some meat and sweetness, and they really supported him even more.

All the way through the starry night, although some roads were spared, but under the high morale, it was still faster than I expected. Gongsun Zhan looked back at these Wuhuan cavalry behind him, and sighed in his heart, these Wuhuan cavalry fought very bravely, not afraid of death, and their riding and archery skills were as good as all grassland peoples.

It's a pity that the military discipline is too poor, if only these cavalry were Han cavalry. Thinking of this, he took a look at the white horse guards around him, these are his hometown children, they are very loyal, brave in battle, and disciplined, it seems that after his power grows in the future, he will still have to summon some hometown people to form a cavalry, which is reliable.

The speed of the cavalry is still fast, and Guo Xun's 10,000 infantry may have only reached Shanggu. Gongsun Chan did not rest, and the cavalry of the brigade went away. The recruit asked the veteran, "Brother, is this Gongsun Chan very famous?" ”

"Of course, everyone in Youzhou knows Gongsun Zhan, there are two reasons why he is famous, one is that he is really good at fighting, and he is not afraid of death, Xianbei and Wuhuan people are afraid of him, and he has fought many times, but I have never heard that he has lost. Is there another reason? Speaking of this, the veteran actually made a lewd smile, "I heard that this Lord Gongsun Chan is not only handsome, but also has a good voice, and it is because of this that he was chosen by Liu Taishou as his son-in-law." ”

Gongsun Chan was bent on arriving in Bingzhou as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that a few soldiers from the beacon tower would dare to chew his tongue. If it weren't for the fact that these Wuhuan cavalry were shouting that they were too tired to run, Gongsun Zhan would have planned to rush overnight. But when I thought of counting on these ancestors to fight with the Xianbei people, I put up with it.

The next day, he finally saw the Baiqu Shui, and Gongsun Zhan heard that he had followed the Baiqu Water all the way west to Lu Bu's camp. Gongsun Zhan is very interested in Lu Bu, and he can clean up the Huns at a young age, which is not simple.

There are many similarities between his own experience and Lu Bu, but he is far worse than others. He came to Yunzhong this time with the attitude of learning, and he wanted to study Lu Bu's way of leading troops and training strategies, and the current reputation of the trapped camp is very loud. In the final analysis, Gongsun Chan is also an ambitious person, how can a small county magistrate or a captain who guards Wuhuan satisfy his ambitions.

He studied under the great Ru Lu Zhi and learned a lot of things. Lu Zhi is not like those rotten Confucians, who will only study and teach to death, he encourages his students to learn more, see more and ask more questions, dabble in all aspects of knowledge, and walk everywhere when they have time, and be able to write and martial arts.

However, Gongsun Chan knew that the teacher's favorite and most expected student was not himself, nor Liu Deran, a member of the royal family, but Liu Deran's cousin, the guy named Liu Bei. Gongsun Zhan didn't care about Liu Bei's identity as a so-called royal family, and those with weak blood didn't know where to go.

But he always felt that Liu Bei was very deep in the city, he couldn't see through it, he really couldn't see through it, and he was a man who didn't leak a drop in his life. Although he didn't like it, Liu Bei never lacked courtesy to him, and he got along well with him. He worked hard to be promoted here, but Liu Bei did not do a good job in Zhuo County, and made friends with local heroes, he didn't like to study, but he was approachable, and I heard that even Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, big businessmen in Zhongshan, were willing to fund him with money and befriend him.