Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 8 The Great War outside the Great Wall (1)

Since Zhang Fei came, Gongsun Xu has had an extra companion.Yan Liang and Wen Chou are much older than Gongsun Xu, and Gongsun Xu has not yet established a deep relationship with them, and they came to join the army to earn some fame and future, not to play with the children.

At least for now, Gongsun Xu is still a little over 11 years old, although he doesn't look like him in appearance and momentum.As for Zhao Yun, Gongsun Xu often ran to him, not for anything else, but for the five characters of Changshan Zhao Zilong, who is too famous, although he is now a small soldier, still a little immature in all aspects.It doesn't matter, it's the gold that always shines.What Gongsun Xu has to do is to subdue you before you shine.If you have nothing to do, come to Zhao Yun to learn spear skills.

Zhao Yun also liked this well-known major general in the army very much. In addition, Gongsun Xu deliberately flattered him. This is his boss' son, so he had to treat him well.After two or three months, Gongsun Xu's martial arts improved a lot, and he also began to find out his strength.

Since his family's martial arts emphasizes toughness and domineering, he himself can't achieve much yet, but after two months of mixing with Zhao Yun, Gongsun Xu began to develop in favor of combining toughness and softness.Zhao Yun's spear is very flexible and can strike from incredible angles.This made Gongsun Xu particularly interested.My father's family martial arts practice has always been straightforward, head-to-head.

It's okay to meet ordinary people, but if you meet those powerful people, you will definitely suffer.Fighting sometimes depends on endurance. During this time, Gongsun Xu's theoretical knowledge has increased a lot.He also came up with a way to practice martial arts.

Every day, Zhang Fei and Zhang Fei came to the lake near the military camp to practice martial arts. They practiced various moves in the water while holding their breath, and trained their strength, explosive power and endurance in the water. Let's have a head-to-head encounter with him, because at this time Gongsun Xu is already at the limit in all aspects, and it is also a very dangerous stage. The bottleneck of martial arts practitioners is to break through at the moment of life and death. This is why many soldiers on the battlefield have improved their martial arts very quickly Fast reason.

It is only in extreme situations that one can unleash one's potential.Of course, Zhang Fei must not be allowed to use all his strength at the beginning, otherwise he would not know how he was beaten to death.He repeatedly asked Zhang Fei to grasp his strength, Zhang Fei also patted his chest and agreed, but for the first time because he didn't understand anything and Zhang Fei's martial arts hadn't reached the point where he could send and receive freely, he directly shot Gongsun Xu Went to the bottom of the lake.

His face was even paler when he picked it up, but it will be fine after a few days of recuperation.Gongsun Xu couldn't take it anymore after being knocked out four times by Zhang Fei for more than ten days in a row. In addition, his father also found out about this life-threatening incident. Zhao Yun was reluctant to continue practicing martial arts, but he persisted. After teaching for a few days, Zhao Yun also found that this method was very good, and he began to try this way to break through the limit.Then Yan Liangwen Chou also joined the ranks of this life-threatening.It is a joy to practice every day.

Three months later, the traitor Zhang Chun gathered the old people, proclaimed himself emperor in Shimen, a subordinate country, and joined forces with Qiu Liju in the grassland to invade Youzhou on a large scale, a few years earlier than the historical time.The imperial court was furious, and the emperor angrily reprimanded his ministers in the court hall.Four consecutive edicts were issued to Gongsun Zan to send troops to destroy Zhang Chun.It was cold winter, and it was not the time to send troops. Although the ministers in the court tried to dissuade him, the emperor said, "I have decided my loneliness. Don't say anything else. The villain Zhang Chun must be killed."

There was no other way. After receiving the order, Gongsun Zan had no choice but to assemble his troops and start preparing for the expedition.Gongsun Xu considered that even if he wins this time, it will definitely be a miserable victory. A miserable victory is like a defeat. This is not the result Gongsun Xu wants.So after thinking about it for two days, he suggested to Gongsun Zan that he must stockpile a large amount of military supplies, such as salt, iron, grain, warm clothes, war horse concentrates, etc., as much as he wanted. Liu Yu, governor of Youzhou, also fully cooperated. The [-] army has worked hard to store supplies enough for the [-] army for two years, but because too much luggage is not conducive to marching, Gongsun Xu asked himself to be the food escort officer, and the [-] infantry army was used as the rear army to escort supplies.

After Gongsun Zan agreed, he sent General Zou Dan to assist him.Then Gongsun Zan sent Zhao Yun as the vanguard.He led [-] cavalry ahead, and he himself led [-] cavalry as the central army, and the whole army pressed towards Shimen.

In 180 A.D., Gongsun Zan attacked the rebels with [-] cavalry for [-] miles. He fought Zhang Chun, Qiu Liju and others in Shimen, a subordinate state. Zhang Chun and others were defeated. Zhang Chun left his wife and children and fled to Xianbei territory.After the rear army caught up, Gongsun Zan continued to pursue and won more than ten battles with Qiu Liju.

However, due to the long-term battle and the solitary army going deep, the army was attrition a lot. There were less than [-] cavalry left in the [-] cavalry, and many of them were injured.As a last resort, Gongsun Zan had no choice but to stop to rest and wait for the rear army to escort supplies to gather.

Five days later, Gongsun Xu led the rear army to arrive, and the whole army set up camp and secretly dispatched fifty miles to investigate the enemy's situation.

The grassland outside the Great Wall was cold and windy. When Gongsun Zan and the generals were discussing how to defeat the enemy in the tent, Gongsun Xu was outside thinking about when the Yellow Turban Rebellion would start. He must end the war outside the Great Wall as soon as possible to catch up with this overwhelming battle. The last straw of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

If you want to talk about what the Yellow Turban Rebellion brought, it goes without saying that destruction is nothing but destruction.How many people have been displaced, and how many families have been separated from their wives.Moreover, in order to achieve the goal of competing for world hegemony as soon as possible, Gongsun Xu is also trying to build his own strength. The Yellow Turban Rebellion can allow him to have more people. The Central Plains cannot be settled, but the outside of the Great Wall can be settled. Liaodong is far away from the Central Plains, but the land is fertile and can be handled well. Fortunately, I can still support many people. Although Gongsun Kang of Liaodong has started to occupy Liaodong, he has not yet fully established himself. He still has a chance. The key is to end the affairs here as soon as possible, and then find a reason to kill Gongsun Kang.

In this way, Liaodong is its own independent kingdom.The sky is high and the emperor is far away. At that time, we will have our own rear and start to fight the world. This is a crucial step. We must have a stable rear. Think of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, etc. in history, which one is not a world-class hero.But once one's own base area is interfered by other forces, it is so difficult to fight for the world.Cao Cao was always suppressed by Yuan Shao in the early days, Liu Bei was drifting for half his life, and Lu Bu became weaker and weaker, and finally died in a different place.

It's just that the world is unpredictable, and it is difficult to fight the current big battle. Although Qiu Liju was defeated, it did not affect his strength. Zhang Chun also took more than 3 horse infantry with him when he fled, and this is the grassland , The grassland is the home field of the Xianbei people, and the situation is not optimistic.

If Wuhuan and the Xiongnu also came to step in, then I would really fall into a quagmire from which I could not extricate myself.Fortunately, the Wuhuan Xiongnu should not be so stupid. It is the middle of winter, and it is not suitable to send troops. If they dare to come, they may have to bear the danger of annihilation of the entire army. Winter in the grassland is not so easy. At this time, they should prepare Burn cow dung in your tent for the winter.

These days, Gongsun Xu has been leading people to explore the surrounding terrain. , He is looking for a suitable place to camp, not to say that this place is not suitable at present, he is prepared for a long-term battle, and he has an idea in his mind, but he can't say it yet.Everyone wanted to solve the rebels as soon as possible and go home for the New Year. It would be difficult to explain if they suddenly proposed preparations for a long-term battle.This morning, a cavalry chief Qu came to report that he had found a place that met Gongsun Xu's requirements.

Gongsun Xu asked his father for this chief of a hundred people, not for any other reason, just because he is Xu Rong, and he is from Xiangping, Liaodong. He has been a soldier for a long time. Xu Rong is a veteran who is just right for the plan of letting his son lead the army.

For Xu Rong, Gongsun Xu is very respectful. This guy's military strength is not high in history, but it doesn't matter. The key is that when he was Dong Zhuo's general in history, he defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian in the military. This record is rare. Yes, I have.If he hadn't died early, he would definitely be a famous general of the Three Kingdoms.More importantly, he is absolutely stable, reliable and loyal.

Now that Xu Rong has not gone far to Xiliang, he must not let it go.Moreover, Xu Rong can be regarded as confiding in himself, one is because he is also a little famous, and the other is because he has mentioned Xu Rong to his father many times, so that the frustrated vanity has changed from a small soldier to the position of Qu Chang. Thanks to Gongsun Xu.Xu Rong is also a person who knows how to repay his kindness, as long as Gongsun Xu asks him, he will definitely do it.

When Gongsun Xu followed Xu Rong to the location, Gongsun Xu nodded and inspected it himself.Very good, Xu Rong is really reliable in his work.There is a river here, which is U-shaped, and there is a hill beside it. More importantly, there are open-pit coal mines here. There are many open-pit coal mines on the grassland, but not many people know the usefulness of this coal.Even if someone is willing to try, they will probably be poisoned to death.

After returning to the camp, Gongsun Xu missed his father's request to divide the barracks into [-] infantry and [-] civilians. Everyone was puzzled, but Gongsun Xu repeatedly asked, and the location was not far from the camp.

Gongsun Zan agreed.After Gongsun Xu brought 2 people here, he only did two things: first, collect as much fodder as possible, and second, dig rivers to get sand.Although there was no further battle during this period, Gongsun Xu did not intend to let the army be exhausted like this. As early as when the army had just set up camp, he suggested that the cavalry should be divided into seven or eight groups to plunder the grassland tribes, and the small tribes would never be spared. In one month, a total of 20 cattle, 50 sheep, and 35 horses were robbed. A lot of forage was also robbed, and many captives were captured and 10,000+ Han slaves were rescued. Most of them were young and strong. There is absolutely nothing to say about the physical fitness of the slaves who survived on the grassland.

As for the captive Gongsun Zan, the original intention was to kill them all, so as to save food and waste food, and they had to send troops to watch.However, Gongsun Xu firmly opposed it, and asked Gongsun Zan for all the captives and freed slaves to come to the camp by the river, and all the looted cattle, sheep, horses and other supplies were also placed in this camp.Gongsun Xu used the method of civilian husbands to look at the captives to disperse the captives to graze for the army.At the same time, 1 people were selected from the [-] rescued to be trained by Xu Rong.

Regarding these matters, Gongsun Zan did not intervene, and half a month passed like this, when it was learned that Zhang Chunqiu Liju led an army of 15 to attack.Gongsun Xu was almost ready.When Xu Rong urged Gongsun Xu to go back to Daying to discuss matters, Gongsun Xu looked at Dahe and said, "It's time to end".

(End of this chapter)