"If you don't rely on it, it won't come. If you don't rely on it, you'll have something to wait for. If you don't rely on it, it won't attack. If you don't rely on it, you will rely on me to have something that cannot be attacked." The Nine Changes of Sun Tzu's Art of War
In addition to many considerations, Huangfu Song still chose to accept the good intentions of these powerful men. After all, the military exploits are so great. The more people involved in this war, the smaller the cake will be divided. Of course, he and the Northern Army generals will share the cake.
The cake will definitely be the biggest, but it will definitely wrong some people.
It is impossible not to accept these steps, not only out of the favor of the Hedong scholars, but also out of security considerations in this war. Huangfu Song will never allow himself to fight against the Baibo Army in full swing.
At that time, there was a force that could threaten the life and death of his entire army watching behind him, even if they seemed to be his own.
It's just that Huangfu Song still kept a cautious eye. When faced with these tribes, he did not refuse all who came, but carefully screened them. First, he saw whether the family background was outstanding and secondly, whether the tribes were strong. If they were just old and weak, he would reject them all.
After careful selection, only the songs by Wei Gu, Fan Xian, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin and others were selected.
Even so, it still inevitably reduced the combat effectiveness of the entire army. Huangfu Song had no way to solve this problem for a while, so he had to separate them from the elites of the Northern Army. In order to facilitate dispatch, let them follow the army, invisibly
It also increased its momentum, so that when the army arrived in Wenxi County to join Duan Xuan, there were more than 20,000 people in the entire army, which was indeed a mighty army ordered to conquer.
Huangfusong did not enter the city to disturb the people, but directly led the army into the camp that Duan Yan had arranged in advance. Before the troops could be reorganized, Huangfusong vigorously and resolutely held a military meeting at the level of captain and above in the Chinese army's tent.
During the meeting, Duan Xuan and Zhang Liao specially brought in a young man they had never seen before.
Huangfusong saw this outstanding-looking young man at a glance. He was tall and mighty, with thick arms and looked quite brave.
After some introduction, Huangfusong learned that the man in front of him was called Guanqiu Xing, a local strongman in Wenxi County. He admired Zhang Liao's reputation for defeating the enemy with one blow, and came with his troops to report the enemy in order to gain fame. Duan
Suan was about to establish a foothold in Wenxi and regard Wenxi as the main force for the crusade against Bai Bo. At this time, he saw Guanqiu Xing coming to join him. He was not satisfied with what he wanted, so he took it upon himself to accept him.
Huangfusong accepted several tribes along the way, and naturally he would not blame Duan Yan for his actions at this time. In addition, Guanqiu Xing's appearance was outstanding. Huangfusong used words to test and found that the other party was indeed brave and resourceful.
Then he nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, Huangfu Song looked around at the crowd and suddenly found that one person was missing. He asked: "Where is Zhang Shuwei?"
Duan Yan suddenly felt embarrassed and replied: "Colonel Zhang is pursuing the enemy and has led the water cavalry to Jiangyi first."
As if he was worried that Huangfu Song would blame Zhang Meng for this and bring it upon him, Duan Yan explained: "Zhang Yueqi was originally preparing to surrender the rest of Li Le's troops, but at that time a scout discovered the Huns cavalry in the distance. Zhang Yueqi was worried.
He had no intention of surrendering, so he killed Li Le without waiting for him to surrender."
"Hongnu cavalry," Huangfu Song said solemnly, "Can I find out whose tribe they belong to?"
This was because he was not cautious. During the Zhongping period, the imperial court was facing the Yellow Turban uprising, and the Southern Xiongnu living in Bingzhou were also uneasy. The Xiongnu nobles were worried that the imperial court would recruit troops to the Xiongnu to exterminate the Yellow Turbans, so they committed the crime of killing the old man.
Chanyu Qiangqu began to have internal strife.
Xubu Guduhou, who was supported by the nobles, competed with Yufuluo, the son of the old Shanyu, the Zuoxian King, for the position of Shanyu. Yufuluo failed in the internal power struggle and had to lead his people to the court to appeal. At that time, due to the death of Emperor Xiaoling, the court had no one. People understand him.
Until a year later, Xubu Guduhou was killed. Yufuluo wanted to return to his hometown, but was not allowed to return, so he had to flee to the Central Plains with his supporters, where the bandits were in chaos.
It's just that the Southern Xiongnu never established a chanyu, but had several old kings co-managing it, and rarely interfered with matters other than Bingzhou. Could it be that this Xiongnu cavalry was under Yu Fuluo, or was there an unexpected change in Tao Hui's strategy of the Southern Xiongnu?
As the hussar general of the imperial court, Huangfu Song had the highest military position, so he naturally had the foresight and responsibility to pay attention to all hostile forces around the imperial court. Not only that, as the commander of this battle, he had to be careful of unexpected factors on the battlefield.
"This is why Captain Zhang set out for Jiangyi." At that time, Zhang Meng was jealous that Zhang Liao had won the first prize, so he did not listen to Duan Xuan's advice and led his troops alone. He said he was chasing the Huns, but in fact he was not following them. Zhang Liao's thoughts on competing.
However, Duan Yan had no choice but to use the Hun cavalry to cover up such a thing. "According to his report, the Hun cavalry was the tribe of the Xiongnu Youxian King."
"The Right Xian King of the Xiongnu" Huangfu Song thought about it and said, "If he is not the uncle of Yu Fuluo, the Xian King of the Left, he is the younger brother of the old Shan Yuqiangqu. Why did he come to the east of the river?"
"Back then, Yu Fuluo and the Baibo bandits joined forces and invaded Taiyuan, Hanoi and other places. Later, Yu Fuluo led his troops to Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, and participated in the fight against Dong, hoping that the imperial court would grant him the position of Shan Yu." Duan Yan explained. Said: "It's just that for some reason, Yu Fuluo rebelled against Yuan Shao last year and went south to Yanzhou after fighting with him. His uncle went to Bei and it may be that he separated from him at this time."
"Zhang Shuwei did the right thing." Huangfu Song nodded and said, "We must detect the movement in advance. If they are really the reinforcements invited by the moth thieves, their Hun cavalry will be wandering outside, which will involve a lot of energy from our army."
"The general has a different opinion." Zhang Liao suddenly opened his mouth, but felt that it was very abrupt. After all, Huangfu Song is a veteran who has been famous for a long time, and his thoughts would not be unexpected by the other party. If he said it, he might be suspected of being imitated.
Seeing that the person speaking was Zhang Liao, Huangfu Song did not feel dissatisfied, and quietly had an idea in his mind. For the emperor's appreciation of Zhang Liao, he planned to take the opportunity to sell a favor and let Zhang Liao show his face on such an occasion.
So Huangfusong deliberately adopted a gentle attitude, like an elder taking an examination of a junior in school: "What do you say?"
"If they were really seduced by moth thieves, why not attack from behind our army while I was besieging Li Le?" Zhang Liao raised a question: "Although the general was on guard at the time, if he attacked, the general would also score points." The soldiers went to stop him, but Li Le said he could not escape. But they did nothing and wandered outside, watching our army kill Li Le."
Huangfusong's expression remained unchanged, and he still had a smile on his face. He only nodded slightly, as if agreeing with Zhang Liao's judgment.
This move made Zhang Liao calmer, and he continued: "And if they are interested in our army, why should they hesitate to move forward and refuse to help in the battle? Therefore, the general thought that Qubei must be waiting to see the success or failure of our army and the moth thieves. Well, Make profit from it.”
"This is a sincere and good advice." Huangfu Song raised his hands and praised: "I must be a fisherman to make money when I go to Bei. Before the war begins, we should send someone to talk to him about the pros and cons and persuade him to join. We must not sit back and let him be taken advantage of by thieves. , becoming a danger to our army."
"If you don't mind me, I would like to put my humiliation aside and tell you face to face." Guan Qiu Xing, who was standing at the end, suddenly said, his face flushed with excitement.
"You" Huangfusong said hesitantly.
"Que Bei often travels to Hedong, Hanoi and other places. I often interact with him and know his temperament very well." Guan Qiuxing said loudly. This was because he took the initiative to seek opportunities in front of a big man like Huangfu Song. In this way The opportunity is rare, so his tone is extremely firm: "I still ask for your approval."
Huangfusong was silent for a short time, and then he immediately made a decision: "Well, no matter whether you can persuade the Hu Kou or not, you have shown me the true courage of the men from Hedong."