The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 234: The Hu People Invade Youzhou from the South
In fact, as early as when he received the letters from Lu Zhi and Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan should have realized that the speed of the White Horse Volunteers was not unsolvable.

However, Gongsun Zan, who was immersed in the dream, did not want to wake up, nor was he willing to admit the reality that the Speedy White Horse had been cracked.

In this battle, the 7,000 White Horse Volunteers used their deaths to awaken Gongsun Zan from his dream of invincibility.

The price was heavy. Gongsun Zan paid for his arrogance with the casualties of 7,000 White Horse Volunteers.

Although in this battle, Gongsun Zan touched the ultimate form of the swift white horse from the shattered undefeated golden body of the White Horse Volunteers and the general flag cut off by Ju Yi.

Gongsun Zan even took the opportunity of the first assassins to prove their military spirit and seized the opportunity of the speedy white horse to ascend to the military spirit, and successfully shaped the military spirit white horse.

However, Gongsun Zan asked himself, is this really what he wanted?

Why did the Baima Yicong follow him in the first place? Why was it called the Baima Yicong? Why did the people of Youzhou support the Baima Yicong?
These questions kept turning around in Gongsun Zan's mind, wanting an answer.

[The answer is already in our hearts, isn't it?] Gongsun Zan looked up at the sky and answered his dead brother.

Looking at Gongsun Zan who suddenly looked up at the sky, Taishi Ci didn't know whether he should answer Gongsun Zan's question.

After all, Chen Xi and his men were very pessimistic about the outcome of the battle at Jie Bridge, and even made an extremely bad judgment about Gongsun Zan and the Baima Yicong.

Gongsun Zan looked up at the sky and waited for a long time, but there was no answer from Taishi Ci. He couldn't help but look at Taishi Ci. What's wrong with this guy? He wasn't so slow before.
"Zi Yi, what do the smart people in the Fenggao Government Affairs Office think about this war?" Gongsun Zan asked Taishi Ci again.

Gongsun Zan, who asked again, had made up his mind. If Taishi Ci did not answer this time, he would run to Fenggao and ask Liu Bei in person what Liu Bei meant.

"Um, this..." Taishi Ci moved the corners of his mouth, still not knowing how to answer Gongsun Zan's question.

After all, Gongsun Zan's character was no secret among the high-ranking officials in Fenggao. Even a pure military general like him who had little contact with the Fenggao Administrative Council knew it.

What's more, Taishi Ci had spent some time in Youzhou, so he certainly knew what kind of judgment the people in the Government Affairs Office had made about Gongsun Zan.

Seeing Taishi Ci's hesitation, Gongsun Zan knew that those people in the Fenggao Government Affairs Office had nothing good to say.

However, this was also within Gongsun Zan's expectations. After all, how could he not know what his own character was like?

To put it nicely, it means that you are very opinionated. To put it bluntly, it means that you are stubborn and unwilling to listen to other people's suggestions.

Sometimes he would even selectively ignore Lu Zhi's suggestions, let alone those who had nothing to do with him.

Just like this time, in fact, both Lu Zhi and Liu Bei mentioned it in their letters, asking him to pay attention to the terrain of Jie Bridge and the situation of the generals sent by Yuan Shao to fight.

Liu Bei even wrote in the letter to Gongsun Zan that Yuan Shao would send Ju Yi and what kind of army Ju Yi would lead to fight.

But do you think Gongsun Zan believed it?
If he had believed it, Gongsun Zan would not have lost seven thousand White Horse Volunteers at Jie Bridge.

That is, when there was no need for infantry charge, he respected the advice of Lu Zhi and Liu Bei and temporarily handed the infantry over to Taishi Ci.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had acted on his spur of the moment, respected the advice of Lu Zhi and Liu Bei, and made some preparations for a backup plan.

Otherwise, he and the White Horse Volunteers would be surrounded by Yuan Shao's army.

By that time, not to mention the certificate, it will be a problem as to how many brothers can escape.

"Okay, stop hesitating and just say whatever you want to say. It's not like I can't guess what they will say." Gongsun Zan said calmly.

Taishi Ci listened to Gongsun Zan's words and widened his eyes slightly. It was really hard to imagine that Gongsun Zan would actually say such a thing.

"Um, General, if I say something offensive, you must keep your composure." Taishi Ci looked at Gongsun Zan and said seriously. He didn't want to arouse Gongsun Zan's dissatisfaction with those people in the Fenggao Government Affairs Office.

Gongsun Zan's mouth twitched and his expression instantly fell. Judging from Taishi Ci's expression, the group of people in the Fenggao Government Affairs Office really didn't say anything good.

"Go ahead and say it. It's just some unpleasant words." Gongsun Zan said in a casual manner.

Taishi Ci lowered his head and whispered, "Well, you will be defeated in this battle, and even the 10,000 White Horse Volunteers will be completely lost."

This time, Gongsun Zan’s tense face could no longer be maintained. What kind of impression did his personality give to others?
It turned out that those shrewd guys would make such a judgment about me, which is not wrong.

While feeling annoyed, Gongsun Zan felt that these people's judgments were really accurate. If he were to observe from the outside, he would have made the same judgment.

After all, seeing how arrogant he was before, he even wanted to go back and slap himself twice to wake him up.

"Well, did they mention the occurrence of the situation where Bai Ma proved his military spirit?" Gongsun Zan asked Taishi Ci curiously.

Gongsun Zan was quite curious whether those wise men who claimed to be able to calculate everything had estimated this step.

If he could estimate it to this point, Gongsun Zan really wanted to ask the guy who made such an illogical judgment what the basis was for making such a judgment.

Taishi Ci swallowed his saliva. He could naturally think of what Gongsun Zan could think of, but he just didn't pay attention to it just now.

Now when I think about Yang Ji saying before the war that Gongsun Zan might be super ghost and perform a wave of super god operations.

At that time, Taishi Ci didn't understand what Yang Ji meant by "super gods and super ghosts", but now combined with Gongsun Zan's actions, what Yang Ji said was really right.

Looking at Taishi Ci's appearance, Gongsun Zan was immediately shocked. Is there really someone who said that a white horse proves one's military spirit?
"General, urgent news from Youzhou!" Just when Gongsun Zan was about to continue asking who it was and actually mentioned that the White Horse Volunteers had gathered to prove the soul of the army, Tian Kai ran over with an anxious look on his face.

Gongsun Zan seemed to realize something, and his expression changed immediately, revealing a look of rage.

"General, there's an urgent report from Youzhou that the Xianbei are invading the south!" Tian Kai said to Gongsun Zan with a grim expression, holding the intelligence just sent from his hometown in Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan suppressed his anger, took the information handed over by Tian Kai, and after a quick glance, he could no longer suppress his anger, and his internal energy directly destroyed the bamboo slips in his hand. "Okay, okay, Xianbei, right!" Gongsun Zan laughed in anger, with murderous intent in his eyes.

"Zi Yi, you should have a channel to directly pass messages to Feng Gao here, right?" Gongsun Zan turned his head and asked Taishi Ci directly.

Taishi Ci didn't dare to ask any more questions, nor did he make any excuses, and directly answered, "Yes!"

Gongsun Zan looked at Taishi Ci deeply, then nodded and said, "That's good. Send a letter to Xuande now and tell him the current situation."

Gongsun Zan paused for a moment and spoke again: "Please ask Xuande if you can help me take these 100,000 infantrymen back to Youzhou."

Taishi Ci was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what Gongsun Zan was talking about. He was going to hand over all the infantry on the Jie Bridge battlefield to him, Taishi Ci, to lead.

Tian Kai, who was anxiously standing nearby, was also stunned for a moment after hearing Gongsun Zan's words. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he did not open his mouth.

This is not the time to worry about these things. The important thing to do is to expel the Xianbei Hu people who are invading from the south.

The huge infantry group was a burden at this time and there was no way for them to rush back to the Youzhou front line in a short time like the Baima Yicong.

Although it is unbelievable, Liu Bei is indeed the best person to be entrusted with at this time. Although Liu Bei did not return the infantry that Gongsun Zan entrusted to him last time, he used food and fodder as collateral.

Taishi Ci opened his mouth and wanted to say that he had no way to control the 100,000 infantry on the Jie Bridge battlefield, but Taishi Ci had no way to refuse Gongsun Zan's commission.

After all, Taishi Ci, who had lived in Youzhou, knew what kind of harm the northern Hu people would bring to the people of Youzhou when they moved south.

"Well, actually, General Gongsun, you can talk to General Yang Ji, Yang Ziyu, who is stationed in Pingyuan. He has the authority to do so."

Taishi Ci thought of Yang Ji who was stationed in Pingyuan. After all, this place was not far from Pingyuan. With the speed at which Taishi Ci's internal energy left his body, it would not take much time to bring Yang Ji here, or to bring these 100,000 Youzhou infantry to Pingyuan.

Taishi Ci didn't dare to stay at Jie Bridge with these 100,000 Youzhou infantrymen. If he was not careful, these Youzhou infantrymen would be trapped in the dangerous territory of Jizhou.

After Yuan Shao's army on the other side of Jie Bridge learned that Gongsun Zan had left, there was a great possibility... no, it should not be said to be a possibility, it was almost a hundred percent certain that they would raid the 100,000 Youzhou infantrymen left in Jizhou by Gongsun Zan.

Taishi Ci did not think that his command ability was sufficient to lead 100,000 infantrymen to stop the attack of Yuan Shao's army, which was an army of more than 100,000 soldiers led by the military spirit!
Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai looked at each other, and Gongsun Zan saw "you decide" in Tian Kai's eyes.

"Oh, by the way, I wonder if you have received the news, General. Yuan Shao has sent 30,000 troops into the northern part of Bingzhou." Taishi Ci suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said to Gongsun Zan.

After hearing Taishi Ci's information, Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai's expressions became even uglier.

"Okay, okay, Yuan Shao, right? I'll come and settle the score with you after I've dealt with those damn Xianbei Hu people!" Gongsun Zan said gritting his teeth as he stared at the direction of Yuan Shao's camp.

After suppressing his anger a little, Gongsun Zan discovered a big problem. That was that the plan to let Taishi Ci return to Youzhou with these 100,000 Youzhou infantrymen seemed to be impossible to implement.

If the Xianbei Hu people who invaded the south at this time really colluded with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao might have taken advantage of this opportunity to send troops and directly wipe out the 100,000 Youzhou infantry in Jizhou as soon as Gongsun Zan left with the White Horse Volunteers.

Although the main combat force of Youzhou is the White Horse Volunteers under Gongsun Zan, it does not mean that the infantry under his command are not important.

Even for Youzhou, which is a major cavalry state, it would be seriously injured if it lost these 100,000 infantrymen at once.

Gongsun Zan was in a dilemma at this time. If he returned to Youzhou with his infantry, by the time he got back to Youzhou, the Xianbei and Hu people might have already looted everything and fled back to the endless grassland.

But if he didn't take them with him, Yuan Shao would definitely send troops to devour the 100,000 infantry under his command.

The most important thing is that these 100,000 infantrymen are not farmers who have never seen blood and were forcibly recruited, but genuine Youzhou infantrymen, the real elite infantry of Youzhou.

If Yuan Shao were to swallow up these Youzhou infantrymen and then let them attack Youzhou, Gongsun Zan would really vomit blood.

"The Yang Ji and Yang Ziyu you are talking about could be the one who commanded the battle of Yanzhou?" Tian Kai suddenly asked Taishi Ci.

Taishi Ci nodded quickly, "Yes, that's right, it's Yang Ji, Yang Ziyu, who broke through Yanzhou and captured Cao Mengde and his group alive."

Tian Kai said to Gongsun Zan thoughtfully, "General, if it is that Yang Sicheng, we can entrust our infantry to him."

Gongsun Zan looked at Tian Kai and Taishi Ci in confusion, "Yang Ji Yang Ziyu? Who is that? Isn't Zilong the one stationed in Pingyuan?"

My goodness, these three questions even silenced Tian Kai. How long has it been since Gongsun Zan paid attention to the surrounding situation?

Tian Kai looked at Taishi Ci with some tiredness, and signaled him with his eyes to tell him about your recent transfers. It would be better for Taishi Ci to explain this kind of information.

Taishi Ci quickly explained, "Zilong has been transferred to Yanzhou to manage the military farming affairs. The one who is now stationed in Pingyuan is the one you should have seen when you were at Hulao Pass."

"Have you met them at Hulao Pass?" Gongsun Zan's mind immediately flashed with the few people who were with Liu Bei at Hulao Pass.

In addition to Liu Bei's two very distinctive sworn brothers, Gongsun Zan remembered that there were two young men following Liu Bei at the time, and they looked like they could not fight.

One of them is now famous all over the world, while the other is unknown. After arriving at Mount Tai, basically no news about him has been heard.

Gongsun Zan clapped his hands and finally remembered, "Oh, I remember, it's that guy who has almost no presence!

The mutant white horse Yicong that Zilong brought over last time was created by that guy, right? "

Speaking of the mutated White Horse Volunteers, Tian Kai couldn't help but think of the last time Zhao Yun came here, he brought them over and asked Gongsun Zan to help calibrate the White Horse Volunteers that wanted to fly.

[Mutated White Horse Volunteers?] Taishi Ci brainstormed for a while, and then he remembered the group of guys who liked flying.

　My thoughts are confused and I don't know how to write it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)