"Gongming?" After hearing that Xu Huang led reinforcements arrived, Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun and others were shocked and came out to greet him.

Sure enough, the personal soldiers did not speak nonsense, and Xu Huang led 10,000 reinforcements to come here in a dusty night.

After settling down the reinforcements, Xu Huang followed Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun, Yan Gang and other generals into the military tent, explaining the situation while walking.

After a little washing up, Xu Huang also drank the first sip of hot soup in the three days of walking on Xingye. While drinking mushroom soup, he thanked Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun repeatedly, and exclaimed.

After filling the stomach, the generals gathered together to discuss countermeasures based on the current situation.

This time, there were a large number of generals who followed Xu Huang to support Gongsun Zan. More than ten old Youzhou generals including Ma Dai, Qi Zhou, Tian Yu, etc. were all accompanied. It is worth mentioning that Shi A, the deputy commander of Jinqiwei, also came and was ordered to come to protect Gongsun Zan's safety.

"Gongming, I wonder what arrangements the lord has for the next battle?" After Xu Huang and his generals had enough food and drink, Gongsun Zan asked anxiously.

This is the most concerned thing for the generals in the tent, and it is also an urgent matter, and it cannot be delayed. After all, the Xianbei royal court is not far ahead, and it is not allowed to snore on the side of the bed. The Xianbei people will never tolerate tens of thousands of Han troops stationed around them, and they will launch troops to attack sooner or later. Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun had no good plans for this. Thirty thousand cavalrymen were trapped and lacked horses, and it would take at least two or three days to recover their vitality. During this period, they could only rely on 10,000 cavalry brought by Xu Huang to defend the mountain pass; if Xu Huang had not led his troops to support, the army would have to rest and guard against the Xianbei attack while resting, which would take longer to recover their vitality.

Fortunately, when the 30,000 front troops led by Gongsun Zan urgently needed rest, Xu Huang actually led reinforcements to arrive in time, which was a timely help. It came too timely. With reinforcements, the 30,000 headed by Gongsun Zan could take a breath and retreat to rest with peace of mind, and no longer have to worry about the sudden attack of the Xianbei people.

However, when Xu Huang entered the tent just now, he stated that they did not carry much food and grass on this trip, and they brought together ten days of dry food and 100,000 arrows, and there was no other food and grass supplies. In addition, Xu Huang led the marching for three days and three nights, and had consumed three days of dry food and seven days of food. But now the 40,000 troops gathered together. The food consumed in one day was equivalent to the original four days. In this way, the food rations on seven days could only last for two days. One step back, even if the soldiers tried their best to save food, go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick mushrooms to satisfy their hunger. However, the wild vegetables and mushrooms on the mountain were limited. They could not supply the huge demand of the 40,000 troops; if they were fully calculated, they could maintain it for one or two days at most.

Therefore, the problem of shortage of food and grass has not been solved, and it is still the most urgent problem that needs to be solved at the moment. It is the top priority and must not be delayed for a moment.

It is precisely based on this worry that Gongsun Zan was eager to know what his lord Li Li had to ask for the front army and whether Xu Huang's trip brought about the order to continue the march. At this moment, what Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun and other former generals were most worried about was that their lord Li Li ordered the army to continue to advance or directly attack the Xianbei royal court. If this is true, it would undoubtedly push the 30,000 iron cavalry that had just been stationed into a dead end and force the army to jump into the bottomless abyss. The result would be that the entire army would be wiped out. It should be noted that the 30,000 iron cavalry had just relaxed, and when the people were trapped and horses were exhausted, the fighting spirit that had already been fully raised had disappeared. At this time, attacking the Xianbei royal court would be like seeking death and causing self-destruction.

Seeing Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun and Yan Gang staring at him with extreme nervous expressions, Xu Huang smiled and shook his head, "You generals don't have to worry, the lord has not issued a combat order." Hearing this, Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun and others breathed a sigh of relief, and the nervous expression on their faces quickly faded away. The posture of sitting upright could not help but relaxed a lot, and their expressions and behaviors became natural.

With a brief tone, Xu Huang smiled and said, "The lord not only did not order an advance, but also ordered me to bring military orders, ordering my 40,000 front-line troops to rest on the spot, and wait until the subsequent army arrives, and then join forces and march again."

"Lord is wise!" Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun looked at each other after hearing this, and sincerely exclaimed.

"Lord, wise, wise, wise!" Yan Gang, Xian Yu Yin and more than 20 military orders nodded and echoed, and each of them smiled and looked very grateful.

In fact, if Li Li really ordered an advance, even if the generals such as Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun and Yan Gang knew that the soldiers were powerless to fight, they would not dare to resist the orders and had to lead the army to continue fighting. In the end, they would bring 30,000 cavalry together to the underworld. Because Gongsun Zan, Yan Gang, Xian Yuyin and others were all surrendered generals, they would definitely not dare to disobey Li Li's military orders, and even though they knew they were dead, they would bite the bullet and go to the righteous generously.

There are three reasons for this. First, their wives, children and family have been sent to Chang'an now; once they disobey their orders, they will not only be unable to escape the pursuit of the Xiliang army, but will also cause their wives, children and family to suffer disaster. Second, they have led a large army into the territory of the Xianbei barbarians and entered the enemy's backbone; once they betray Li, there will be barbarians in front and pursuers behind, and they will be in a dilemma.

Third, it is also the most deadly. That is, the 30,000 iron cavalry is nominally led by Gongsun Zan as the commander of the army; but in fact, this army is all Li Li's direct troops, and the person who can truly control the army is Zhao Yun. Once Gongsun Zan, Yan Gang and others openly disobey Li Li's military orders, how could Zhao Yun sit on the scene? Even though Zhao Yun knew that this military order was wrong, if Gongsun Zan, Yan Gang and others dared to disobey Li Li directly, Zhao Yun would definitely not be ruthless and would arrest them without hesitation, or even behead them on the spot. There is no doubt about this.

Although many generals in command knew that "the general was outside and the king would not accept the orders", there have been only a handful of generals who could do this since ancient times, and those who dared to do this ended up not having a good end. The most important thing is that Zhao Yun would never do such a thing as disobeying military orders, and he was even more loyal to Li Li. Even if he knew he was dead, he would not resist, and it was even more impossible for him to betray Li Li.

Therefore, when Xu Huang conveyed Li Li's order to rest on the spot, Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun and other generals breathed a sigh of relief, and their nervous expressions immediately returned to normal, and their tense minds relaxed.

Seeing everyone shouting "Lord is wise", Xu Huang happily continued: "Lord is indeed extremely wise. To be honest, when it rained heavily on the second day after you led 30,000 cavalry to pursue the barbarian army, the lord immediately realized that it was inappropriate for the lonely army to go deep. Then he thought that you did not carry food and supplies when you set out, and you would be in danger during the long-distance raid. So the lord ordered her to bring food and food for only ten days and carry a large number of arrows to help, and she must catch up with you within three days, while the lord led a large army to arrive in five days. Fortunately, she led her army day and night, and finally rushed to catch up with the army tonight. Fortunately, she did not humiliate her fate!"

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan expressed his gratitude: "Gongming marched in the rain, and he worked hard all the way, thank you!" Xu Huang bowed and said he didn't dare.

After thanking Xu Huang, Gongsun Zan sighed with emotion: "I have heard that the lord is a wise man, and his military skills are very powerful, and he has a very good strategy. Before, a certain family has always been skeptical and mistakenly thought that rumors were too much. How could there be such a person with such a civil and military strategy in the world? But today's affairs, a certain family is truly convinced. The lord's civil and military skills are no better than his right place in the world, which makes him admire him!"

While sighing and feeling, Gongsun Zan said to the generals: "I, Gongsun Zan, have never been convinced in my life. Even when the lord's army was at the city last year, I was convinced and willing to offer Youzhou to the lord. From then on, I, Gongsun Zan, will be driven by the horses and horses, and will not regret it. Today, all the generals will give me a testimony to me. If I, Gongsun Zan, violate today's oath, everyone will be punished. You can take the lead of a certain superior!" After speaking, Gongsun Zan suddenly stood up, bowed to the end, with a sincere expression.

Seeing that Gongsun Zan had made a public statement and willingly made a vow, Zhao Yun and Xu Huang quickly stood up to support each other, looked at each other tacitly nodded, and then helped Gongsun Zan with the help of nodding.

Holding Gongsun Zan back to sit down, Zhao Yun said respectfully: "General Gongsun is loyal to his lord, and the world can be seen. We have seen it just now, and then we will report it to him truthfully. However, the general may have thought too much. The lord has always been suspicious of people and does not need to use people. This time, the appointment of the general is the same. If someone in the army does not listen to the general's orders, the general begs the general not tolerate it, and should be severely punished, kill one to warn a hundred to war. In this regard, the general is willing to guarantee his own life, and the lord will not blame the general; if he is guilty, the general is willing to bear it together with the general!" This solemn statement shows nothing on the surface, but in fact, Zhao Yun officially handed over the military power to Gongsun Zan, so that he can truly become the commander of the former army commander of the 40,000 combat cavalry.

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan understood and smiled, "Zilong's words are heavy. No general in the army violates military discipline. How can I kill innocent people in vain? However, I am ashamed of Zilong's heart. In the future, I will ask Zilong to help me with all the wars. Only in this way can we live up to the heavy trust of the lord. Hahaha!" He threw him into a petition to repay him with Li. Seeing that Zhao Yun was respectful to him, Gongsun Zan was very helpful and immediately expressed his willingness to take charge of the army with Zhao Yun, and everything was not distinguished. However, Gongsun Zan couldn't help calling himself the general, not the lord, and gave up his arrogance of being a lord, completely correcting his attitude, and returning to the general of the White Horse General. Retreat bravely in the rapids is called knowing the opportunity, returning to the essence, and returning to the origin.

After seeing this scene, Zhao Yun smiled knowingly and was truly happy for Gongsun Zan.

Because another task of Zhao Yun's trip was to monitor Gongsun Zan to see if he truly surrendered to Li Li. If Gongsun Zan had any abnormal movements after leading the troops alone, or had any ill-thinking actions, then Zhao Yun would have to get rid of this disaster for Li Li, either by a hawkish arrow or died in the battlefield. In short, he could not be allowed to return to Lu Longsai alive. This was a secret mission privately assigned to him by military advisor Kong Ming before leaving. Fortunately, Gongsun Zan did not act any abnormally along the way, otherwise he would have been dead for a long time.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan's oath in public just now was not an unnecessary move, but an extremely wise decision that saved his life invisibly.

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