Chapter 9: The Allies
Chen Lin and Sun Jian's army of more than 40,000 people vigorously drove to the sour date, naturally could not hide from anyone, as early as three days ago, the Hebei army had crossed the Yellow River to the sour date, at this time the sour date was within dozens of miles of military camps, all sides of the herdsmen led the troops to station, and the rejection was only one or two miles. Chen Lin and Sun Jian's army went all the way north, seeing that they were about to arrive at the allied camp, Chen Linhan's army was behind, Sun Jian was in front, and suddenly a horse ran in front, it was Sun Jian's scout, and said to Chen Lin, it turned out that the front army had already met the allied army, and some of the herdsmen in the eastern part of the Kwantung knew that Sun Jian and Chen Lin were coming, and they went out of the camp to greet them, and Sun Jian asked Chen Lin to catch up and appear together. Jia Xu: "My lord, Mrs. Sun is a true gentleman." Sun Jian was unwilling to accept the greetings of the Kanto herdsmen alone, so he specially ordered someone to come to Chen Lin, hoping to appear with Chen Lin, so Jia Xu said so.
Chen Lin laughed: "A certain person is just an ordinary person, but he also brought the light of Brother Wentai, hahaha, Wen He went with a certain person." And turned around and shouted: "Gao Shun leads the whole army and continues to advance." Then he galloped away with Jia Xu. Sun Nut Ran was waiting, saw Chen Lin, and said: "Bozhi, the scout reported that two miles ahead is the edge of the coalition camp, and the generals are waiting for me, oops, there are still more than ten miles away from the sour jujube, and it will be the coalition camp in two miles. It can be seen that Sun Jian is very excited, and it is worthy of being Sun Wu, who is born to be a war madness in his bones.
Chen Lin smiled: "A certain is an unknown person, this Kanto shepherd is only afraid that they are all coming for Brother Wentai, although the Kanto herdsmen are all responding to Yanzhou's text, but Brother Wentai is the first person to ask for Dong, who doesn't know, Lin is stained." "Indeed, Chen Lin's current reputation is far inferior to Sun Jian, to say that the most famous of the Han Dynasty is the Yuan family brothers, Sun Jian, Cao * because of the assassination of Dong is also famous, Chen Lin seems to be much more low-key.
There were several people lined up in front of them, riding on tall war horses, and behind them were dozens of sophisticated guards, Chen Lin recognized a few people, and a few people didn't, Cao * and Yuan Shao were all seen by Chen Lin back then. Everyone led by Yuan Shao and shouted at Sun Jian and Chen Lin: "It's finally here, it's good to wait, haha." Yuan Shao was still so proud on the surface, Chen Lin hurriedly looked behind Yuan Shao, but he didn't see the person he was looking for. Except for the general Yuan Shu, the thirteenth road herdsman came, and most of the people came to Sun Jian, and for a while, Chen Lin could only follow behind Sun Jian, and occasionally someone took care of it. Jia Xu looked at Chen Lin's expression one by one, and after seeing Chen Lin being left out, he didn't care at all, and still listened to everyone with a smile, Jia Xu was extremely satisfied. Suddenly, Jia Xu felt that there was a look at Chen Lin and himself, and he turned his head sharply, and saw that a scribe with extraordinary bearing behind Cao *, the captain of the military academy, was secretly looking at his chief minister and the two ministers at this time. Jia Xu's gaze shot over, and the person opposite smiled slightly. Jia Xu also retracted his eyes, Jia Xu could see that that person was extraordinary, but why did that person not look at Chen Lin like Lou Gui when he looked at Chen Lin, but had a hint of appreciation.
Chen Lin and Sun Jian both ordered the army to choose a place to camp, so they went with the others to the most central part of the camp, which is said to be not a camp for any of the people, but a blank space sandwiched between the armies, specially used for the gathering of the herdsmen and guards. Through a short period of observation, Chen Lin found a very strange phenomenon, I don't know if it was Chen Lin's illusion or true, Chen Lin always felt that Yuan Shao was always speaking as a leader, and at the same time unabashedly expressed his affection for Sun Jian, why the Yuan brothers were so keen to win over Sun Jian, no one knew that while Yuan Shao was trying his best to please Sun Jian, a pair of old eyes looked at Yuan Shao fiercely.
As soon as everyone sat down, they suddenly shouted: "The rear general has arrived." Chen Lin was taken aback, wouldn't it take four days for Yuan Shu's army to arrive, how could it be so fast. Jia Xu secretly bowed his head and said, "Lord, I'm afraid that Yuan Highway has abandoned the army and came first." Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are no longer harmonious, but after all, they are a family, and they are about to get up and go out to meet Yuan Shu, but everyone stood up, and Yuan Shu has already led Yang Hongchong to rush over. When Chen Lin saw it, he didn't see Han Yin, and it seemed that he was either staying in Nanyang or following the army. There was nothing wrong, Yuan Shu also laughed when he came in, greeted everyone, and said to Sun Jian and Chen Lin with a smile: "The two of you don't wait for Yuan." "Let Chen Lin have to take a new look at this Yuan Shu, it seems that he really underestimated this person in the past.
Yuan Shu laughed at everyone, but it didn't mean that it was the same for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu saw that all the shepherds were sitting on both sides, and Yuan Shao actually sat straight in the middle, and immediately pretended to ask loudly: "I don't know where Yuan can sit?" "No one present is a fool, except for the shepherds of all sides in the big tent, they are the advisors or generals brought by the shepherds, and each shepherd can bring two people into the big tent. Chen Lin was afraid that Zhou Cang would cause trouble outside, so he took Zhou Cang and Jia Xu. At this time, everyone looked at Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao suddenly became gloomy, and he didn't expect Yuan Shu to openly challenge himself.
In the end, it was Cao * who was a peacemaker, and said: "The Yuan family is one of the four worlds and three dukes, who doesn't know, the original and the highway are all heroes among the people, why don't you sit in the first place together, isn't it Wentai?" Cao * finally asked Sun Jian because Sun Jian is now in full swing. Everyone didn't want the Yuan brothers to quarrel like this, so they came to persuade them, so Yuan Shu sat next to Yuan Shao side by side, the two were facing the door, and the others were divided into two sides, and the deputy generals were all done in the small seat behind their own lord. Chen Lin's position was at the end, near the door, next to Wang Kuang, and on the opposite side was Cao *, Chen Lin didn't care where his position was.
I saw that Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, took the lead in saying: "Now you are serving the righteousness, raising troops to beg for food Dong thief, you should work together, not afraid that Dong thief will not be destroyed, but the army must have a law to fight, if you elect one as the commander of the coalition army, unified command, you can destroy Dong thief in one fell swoop." As soon as Bao Xin finished speaking, no one dared to speak again, or said that he was unwilling, because this was a sensitive topic, but Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang directed: "I thought that Qixiang Hou Bohai Taishou could be the leader of the alliance." Wang Kuang directly recommended Yuan Shao, but saw that Yuan Shao's face was ruddy, but Yuan Shu didn't like it. With Wang Kuang at the beginning, after everyone expressed their opinions, there was no unified opinion, and suddenly Cao * said: "This war is a big war that the world has attracted attention, and that person must be a person of high morality and respect, and proficient in warfare. Directly ignoring Yuan Yi, Cao * didn't know that when he said this, it was still those eyes that sent a vicious look to the Yuan brothers.
In the end, Yuan Shao led an army of 50,000 to participate in the war, Yuan Shu only had 30,000, Yuan Shao became the leader of the alliance, and Yuan Shu was the deputy. Yuan Shao successfully became the leader of the alliance, and he was full of spirit, saying a lot of things like everyone working together, and saying that who dared to disobey the order and make a decision. Finally, Yuan Shao: "It is reported that now Dong thief has set up a heavy defense in Xingyang, Chenggao, and Zhongmu counties, and the three counties are each other's horns, attacking one of them and being attacked by the other, and among the three counties is Dong Thief's subordinate Hu Zhen Hu Wencai, this person can be civil and martial, and it is not easy to deal with it, and now I only know that there are about 40,000 troops in the three counties. This battle will be fought down, and Yuan Highway will be ordered to be the governor of grain and grass, and distribute the grain and grass of each army. Originally, Chen Lin was worried that there would be no food to eat after staying away from Hanzhong, but later I learned that after the allied forces arrived at the sour date, Jizhou continued to supply grain and grass, and at the same time, Yuzhou also sent a lot.
When Yuan Shao ordered Yuan Shu to be the governor of grain and grass, Chen Lin only felt that Yuan Shao was too ****, and he even appointed such an important position without everyone's consent, although you are the leader of the alliance, you can't do it. But Chen Lin saw that all the generals were there, and he didn't want to make Yuan Shao ugly in public, so he was silent, and suddenly remembered what Jia Xu said about the strategy of exterminating part of the Dong army outside the Bishui Pass, so he said loudly: "Listen, all the princes, now the Dong thief dominates the imperial court, sits on half of Xiliang and is subordinate to a state, and there are no less than 200,000 strong troops in his hands. This is conducive to the future attack of the coalition forces. ”
Before Chen Lin finished speaking, Sun Jian jumped up and said: "Bo is reasonable, he has won the essence of the art of war, and now our coalition army is obviously superior to the Dong army, as long as it is not a dangerous place like Bishui Pass, our coalition army will undoubtedly win." Sun Jian was the first to agree with what Chen Lin said, and the field was full of discerning people, hurriedly looked at the map, pointed, and finally Yuan Shao said: "If you want to eliminate the Dong army outside the pass, you must have one person pass through the line of Xingyang and cut off Hu Zhen's retreat in front of Bishui Pass, so that the coalition army can rest assured that they can besiege the three counties of Xingyang and annihilate tens of thousands of Hu Zhen's subordinates." Yuan Shu: "But this person who broke Hu Zhen's retreat is equivalent to cutting off his own retreat, not only to receive the attack of Bishui Pass, but also to resist Hu Zhen's defeat, but to fight on both sides, who wants to go." Before the battle began, he began to think about preserving his strength, Yang Hong hurriedly pulled Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was stunned, knowing that he was speechless, and he was embarrassed.
"Somewhere want to go." A hearty voice diverted Yuan Shu's embarrassment, but it was Wu Chenghou and Changsha Taishou Sun Jian, Chen Lin's heart was agitated, this was the eldest husband, so he said loudly: "Go too." Unexpectedly, there was another voice that sounded at the same time, Captain Cao*. After Sun Jian, Chen Lin, and Cao * finished shouting, they looked at each other and laughed, and Jia Xu obviously saw that the person behind Cao * was bursting with light again.
The heroism of Chen Lin and the three of them set off Yuan Shu's actions even more, Yuan Shao obviously felt the atmosphere of the scene, and knew that Sun Jian and the three of them were out of the limelight, and everyone in the whole army looked at Chen Lin and the three of them, not caring about themselves as the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao was very unhappy. So Yuan Shao said: "No, Meng Deru and the other three of us have almost lost thirty percent of the strength of our coalition army, no, no, no, this matter will be discussed tomorrow, today for Wentai and others, just drink, hehe, come, go to the banquet." ”
Yuan Shao's actions made Chen Lin stupid, a major military event, Yuan Shao said stop it, so he preemptively said: "It can't be in the first place, this is a military event, how can it be child's play, I'll wait here to ......" Before Chen Lin finished speaking, Yuan Shao shouted loudly: "Chen Taishou, a certain is the leader of the alliance, I just said to obey the order, and I forgot it in a blink of an eye." ”
Chen Lin was still arguing, and suddenly a loud voice sounded behind him, and when he looked back, it was Jia Xu who hurriedly held down Zhou Cang, Chen Lin gasped, remembering that there was this person here, but I was afraid that Yuan Shao drank Chen Lin and made Zhou Cang unbearable, so he was going to go crazy, and then Jia Xu hurriedly held it down. But Jia Xu definitely couldn't hold Zhou Cang, Chen Lin drank: "Sit down." In a blink of an eye, seeing Jia Xu shaking his head at himself, Chen Lin understood that Jia Xu was asking him not to say any more. So Chen Lin kept silent about Xingyang's affairs, and drank Yuan Shao's new wine, such an alliance disappointed Chen Lin on the first day.
Jia Xu's face was calm, alliance? Jia Xu didn't count on it.