The sun is frustrated, and it is already night.

The thriving city is still in a short period of bustle, the streets of the city are lit up, and there are many pedestrians and traders walking in the light. The two streets near the palace were silent, and there were few pedestrians, and occasionally the sound of dogs barking in a few houses could be heard, and the soldiers patrolling with torches coming and going, and the wooden buildings on both sides were guarding the surroundings with bows, and the core of the Gong Guard, the Shanggu County Mansion was full of senior members of the Northland army.

Gongsun Zhi put his elbows on the armrests, his eyes swept down, and he swept down, leading Zhao, Yan Rou, Gao Sheng, Zhao Yun, Pan Feng, Gongsun Xu, Cao Ang, Tian Yu, Li Ru, Wang Lie, Bing Yuan..... and other generals, Wenchen, in addition to the seriously injured Hua Xiong and Zou Dan, and Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Ji stationed in Changping, the generals Zhang Nan, Jiao Touch, and Wen Chou were also among them, looking straight at the tall figure on the tiger skin chair in the first place.

In the first place, the Wolf King of the Northland, who was already above 10,000 people, had no expression on his face, and patted his handrail: "Before ...... came, I had already seen the casualties of the soldiers you handed over on the way, and the heaviest loss was the Youyan foot soldiers, almost half of the casualties, followed by the white wolf horse, who bulldozed almost all the obstacles on the road all the way south, and was worthy of the elite of the cavalry!" ”

Gongsun Zhi stood up, his figure like an insurmountable mountain standing in front of everyone, and raised his hand: "Present the flag!" On the side, the prepared soldier approached with a wooden plate, Li Ke stepped forward to take it before it was handed over to Gongsun Zhi, he shook off the folded flag in his hand, and said sonorously: "The elite division should be different!"

In the solemn atmosphere, the people behind craned their necks and looked ahead, it was a wolf flag with a golden edge of cloud patterns, and a lifelike giant wolf barked its teeth and claws as if barking at all the creatures facing it.

"General Zhao!" Gongsun Zhi's voice suddenly sounded.

The third place on the right side of the crowd, his tall figure stood up, and he clenched his fists hard: "The end will be!" ”

"The white wolf rider sacrificed his life and forgot his life, chopping through thorns and thorns all the way, buying a lot of time for the officers and soldiers of my rear army, and winning against Yuan Shao, you and your subordinates should be awarded such an honor, and this new flag will be hung in your barracks tomorrow!"

He personally went down to hand over a wolf flag to Zhao Yun, even if the latter had a cold temperament, when his fingers touched this flag representing different meanings, he couldn't help but tremble slightly, his majestic face pursed his mouth, grabbed the wolf flag and suddenly knelt down on one knee: "The cloud and the white wolf will always charge forward for the lord and never give up." ”

"Get up."

Gongsun Zhi helped him up, "Zilong, remember, you have to stand and talk in the future, not on one knee, our big man has always stood up to the sky, no matter when and where, the backbone cannot be bent, and my wolves in the north can't do it!" Whoever wants us to bend over on their knees, then cut off his head! ”

The words fell, he turned around and walked back to the first place, waving his hand: "Gongsun Xu!" ”

Sitting in the crowd on the left, a slightly slender figure got up and arched his hand: "The end will be!" Brother, please. Gongsun Zhi sat back on the big chair and nodded: "Youyan infantry attack Changping, hard resistance to Yuan Shao's army formation, like a towering mountain is difficult to shake, it is your and my father's descendant, General Zou is still fighting with more than ten wounds, the fierceness of the fight, should be the first work, at this time he is seriously injured and recuperating, he can't come, you take this military flag with him." ”

Li Ke stepped forward and unfurled another flag, on which was a mountain that spanned thousands of miles without end.

"Yes!"

Just as Gongsun Xu stepped forward to take the flag, Gongsun Zhi's voice on the tiger skin chair continued, "...... General Zhao Yun Guangwei, General Zou Dan Guangwu, as for the exploits of other generals, there are still some people who are arrogant and underestimate the enemy, defeated soldiers, and military prestige will be discussed at the next conference, but the rewards of the officers and soldiers in the army cannot be less, nor can it be late, I have asked Wang Junshou to handle this matter, and there are some things that must be talked about at the moment. ”

His face was serious, and his fingers tapped on the armrest: "After Yuan Shao's death, how will our previous alliance with Cao Cao continue?" When you came back, I'm afraid some of you thought about it, right? In the past, there was Yuan Benchu, the great enemy, in the case of the same interests, the two sides could still get along, the enemy was removed, leaving the land of the four states, and his sons were not necessarily eloquent, and sooner or later they would be taken down, once the four states were carved up, the biggest possibility for us and Cao Cao's gang to meet on the blade. ”

The words paused, and Gongsun Zhi's gaze immediately stayed on Cao Ang, who closed his eyes and did not respond, he was married in Shanggu County, and there were many friends, and they were all his relatives and fathers...... The palms of his hands were clenched into fists and pressed against his knees, trembling slightly, and his teeth were clenched, which was a difficult choice to make.

Gongsun Zhi saw his struggle, and did not let Cao Ang make a choice now, his eyes turned to look at the others: "..... but you don't have to prepare to fight now, we have killed all the way, almost never stopped, taking advantage of the short peace, you must seize the time to replenish and train soldiers, after the spring of next year, first take Youzhou and Bingzhou, form a defensive buffer of Shanggu County, even if you fight a tough battle, you are not afraid." ”

After a short silence.

"You have only rushed back today, and you are also tired, so go back, but you must remember that this land was won with both hands, and you should not be taken lightly!" At a certain moment, Gongsun Zhi waved his hand, "Let's disperse, Wen You, Wang Junshou and Juncheng will stay." ”

The lights in the city gradually went out, the night breeze blew over the city, and the meeting that had just returned to the city in the government office temporarily fell. The generals of the army came out in twos and threes, got on their horses and left, and went back to their mansions in the city.

The main hall of the government was brightly lit, Li Ru, Wang Lie, and Bing Yuan were called to stay, sitting near the first position and discussing with Gongsun Zhi the war that might be extended in the future, when a soldier warmed the wine and came over, Li Ru squinted his narrow eyes, twisted the tip of his beard, and said in a voice: "After this battle, the biggest benefit is still Cao Cao, Jizhou, Qingzhou are rich in his mouth, we want to intervene in the hand is impossible to do, at this time the other party's strategists, such as Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others should be strict precautions We will make a bad from it, But didn't the lord already play a move before? For now, it's best not to act rashly, because it may be of great use to save it for the future. ”

"Wen You, this is already understanding which step I'm going to take?"

Li Ru smiled and picked up the drink and shook his head: "Confucianism is not a god, and he can know everything anywhere, but the lord has never done useless things, there must be other arrangements, Confucianism just said it in passing, flattering a few words." ”

Gongsun Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed at the other party, and said with a smile: "Cunning." Then, he looked at Wang Lie and Bing Yuan on the other side, "Yan Fang and Gen Ju probably know what I want to say if I left you two behind, right?" ”

Wang Lie, who was below, arched his hand with a serious expression: "The meaning of the lord is to ask me if Genju and I have the conditions for war with Cao Cao....... However, Lie wants to persuade the lord that now, even in the next few years, he can't fight! ”

“.…… The foundation is not stable, so we should hoard food and soldiers, and wait for the best time. ”

As I spoke, the night sky outside was cloudy and misty, and it was at this time that the rain that had been accumulated for a long time fell after a few days of autumn.

Thunder rumbled across the sky with a flickering electric light.

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In the distance, in the west, a team of only a few people, under the light of the stars, with the light of clear light, tired and difficult, the thin war horse walked a few steps forward, foaming at the foam, let out a few dull breaths, fell to the grass with a bang, and a weak figure staggered over.

He pulled out a knife and stabbed it into the neck of the horse that was not yet dead, released the hot blood, stretched out his mouth and drank a few sips, and waved the knife to cut off several pieces of horse meat and put it into the cloth bag, "It has completed its mission, and we have to continue walking, let's go and take off a few pieces of meat." ”

"Emissary, will the wolf king of the east really go west to help us?" Someone looked to the east, holding bloody horse meat in his pocket.

"Yes."

The middle-aged man at the head of the team, with a sloppy beard and fluffy hair hanging down his shoulders, wiped the blood on his clothes, unfolded a map and looked at it for a moment, "It shouldn't be far away...... The grassland and the desert have recited the deeds of the wolf king, and it shouldn't be too far away. ”

Soon they set out again, and were greeted by a frontier Han cavalry......