Chapter 168: Out of Shanhaiguan
Shanhaiguan is the starting point at the eastern end of the Great Wall. It takes the city as the pass, which is more than 100 meters high, even better than other sections of the Great Wall. Because it is surrounded by mountains and seas, it is named Shanhaiguan.
The majestic pass of this pass is indescribable, so it is known as the most powerful pass of the Jiuzhou.
Gongsun Xuanyuan and Yang Fanhai were dressed in black, with a black helmet covering half of their faces, making it difficult to see their faces. As soon as they walked to the gate of the pass, they saw several soldiers pointing spears in their hands and asking loudly: "Who is it?"
Yanzhou has not yet been pacified, and the Guifang tribe outside the pass will not know when it will come. At such a critical time, if they were not marked as the Bear Kingdom, they would have taken action directly.
Gongsun Xuanyuan immediately said loudly: "After General Yang's order, he went out of seclusion to investigate the news, please let it go."
The captain of the soldier at the door immediately shook his head and said, "The military advisor has an order. Without his handwriting, no one is allowed to enter and exit the Great Wall at will!"
Gongsun Xuanyuan raised his eyebrows and suddenly thought of something, and said, "Is it okay to have General Yang's handwriting?"
Yang Fanhai was stunned, not knowing what Gongsun Xuanyuan wanted to do.
"Ah, General Yang!"
The soldier was also stunned, feeling a little unaware of what to do. After a while, hesitated and said, "This... there is a general's handwriting... it is also possible, but we still have to ask the military advisor first."
"Is this true?" Gongsun Xuanyuan pretended to frown and asked in a dilemma: "But I am in military affairs and the matter is urgent, so I must leave the city immediately."
"Sorry!" the soldier shook his head and said, "We are also in charge of military orders and must not violate them."
Gongsun Xuanyuan frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Then I have the pass-through order talisman of Military Command Xu, is it OK?"
"Yes!" The soldier nodded without hesitation: "If there is military command talisman from Xu, you can pass it now."
Gongsun Xuanyuan then took out the jade talisman given by Xu Fan and handed it over. After confirming that it was correct, the soldiers at the door let it go.
After leaving Shanhai Pass and walking for hundreds of meters, Gongsun Xuanyuan removed the things on his body, burst into laughter and said with emotion: "General Yang, Military Commander Xu is really a talent. This pass is not even your General Yang's handwriting!"
"This... I didn't expect it to be like this!" Yang Fanhai was a little embarrassed.
Speaking of which, I am the general of the army and lead the entire Northern Army, but my handwriting is useless, which is really shameful.
At this time, Gongsun Xuanyuan asked again: "General Yang, I'll take the initiative to ask, I don't know where Military Advisor Xu is. I think he is not only extraordinary, but also seems to be very powerful in many things!"
Yang Fanhai shook his head: "I don't know, he and I met him in the military camp. They were all new recruits at that time..."
Then I slowly started talking. The long road was long, and the Dongyi tribe was in the northeast of Jiuzhou. I needed to pass through some of the territory of the Guifang tribe, which was not a place to reach in a day or two. It was appropriate to talk about something.
"If it were someone else, I would really think that I wanted to seize power, but Xu Fan..." Yang Fanhai smiled: "He has never said it, but I can feel that he has no interest in many things that are very important in the eyes of others."
"The main responsibility for this is that I will charge, but I will not be able to command troops. If it weren't for him, I might have only fought in Yanzhou and could not do things to the current level."
"It's not just Yanzhou, but also Qingzhou. He issued the orders for the entire battle situation. In comparison, I am actually a general and cannot be considered a commander."
"Do you trust him very much?" Gongsun Xuanyuan asked.
Yang Fanhai nodded: "At that time, in order to pursue the rebel general, I chased the capital of Changguo. I didn't know how dangerous it was, but he followed without hesitation and didn't talk to me about any conditions at all."
"There are also the same since then, and with his ability, he can be better than me, but he has always been a deputy for me. Speaking of which, the person I trust the most is indeed him, not just ability."
"He is loyal to each other!" Gongsun Xuanyuan nodded: "It is indeed a lucky thing to have such a person helping him!"
He paused and said, "Actually, although your Qingzhou Battle is very good, I don't agree."
"Why?" Yang Fanhai asked in confusion.
It’s not that he wants to compete for merit, but everyone else thinks he is doing very well and doesn’t understand why Gongsun Xuanyuan said that.
Gongsun Xuanyuan slowly explained: "Although the beheading tactic is one of the commonly used tactics on the battlefield, the range of entry should be limited. If you are too deep, you will often fail without even seeing the target. It is definitely not a good tactic to pass through Lu State like you like this and then go deep into Qi State."
Yang Fanhai hurriedly said: "This is a tactic formulated by Xu Fan at that time. He said that war is a perfect match and a strange victory. Only in this way can the war end in the shortest time. I am very confident in victory, but I don't want the war to delay too long, so that more people will be killed or injured. If a war is delayed for too long, the most harmed will be ordinary people."
"The king once said to me that victory in the civil war is nothing even if there are many enemies killed, because they are all my own compatriots. I feel that this sentence is more and more reasonable now. No matter what, it will succeed in the end, right?"
Gongsun Xuanyuan nodded: "Success is true, but I have read the detailed information of the Qingzhou Battle. The key to success is not how good the tactics are, it is just that you are brave and the enemy is hard to bear."
"You do this not actually what a commander should do. Do you know the difference between veterans and new recruits? Even with the same combat power, a veteran will have more than three new recruits on the battlefield. It is not a matter of personal ability, but experience."
"The situation on the battlefield changes, and no one knows what will happen next. Veterans who have been through the battlefield will know how to deal with the problems they have encountered. Even if it is new, they will often handle them better."
"As a forward general, all you have to do is lead your subordinates to win a battle, and the most commander is not just looking at the battle in front of you, but also the future. It is not just a strategic layout, but also a battle that will make your soldiers stronger through each battle. This is what a commander should do."
"This..." Yang Fanhai thought for a while: "It seems that Xu Fan said this too."
Gongsun Xuanyuan nodded: "It seems like he is like me. He hopes that you can become a commander, not just a general. It is easy to get a general in a thousand troops, but in fact, a good commander is the most difficult, and you don't have to exchange for a thousand dollars."
Yang Fanhai understood a little, kept nodding, suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "So, your second prince, you are so slow in the battlefield in Xuzhou?"
With Xu Fan's tactics and personal courage, he ended the battlefields of Qingzhou and Yanzhou in one year, while Gongsun Xuanyuan's Xuzhou battlefield has not ended until now.
He never believed that this was a personal ability issue. Yang Fanhai was completely unsure of how strong Gongsun Xuanyuan was. Whenever he made a breakthrough and saw him again, he felt the same: he was looking up to him.
Now I have the power of Xuanxian, but I still can't see Gongsun Xuanyuan's strength. This is a person with combat power above the Golden Immortal. A person who surpasses the Golden Immortal is enough to easily wipe out Xuzhou.
Yang Fanhai asked this question a bit abruptly, but Gongsun Xuanyuan didn't care and nodded: "That's true. A person's ability is limited, so we must work together to complete what we want to do. But many things are not enough for too many people, but we must also have corresponding abilities."
"Just like now, if Military Secretary Xu did not guard the Great Wall, if General Xuanshou did not guard the border of Zhu State, you think we could sneak out of Yanzhou with peace of mind, not!"
"Why can we rest assured? Because of their ability. Military Secretary Xu's situation is quite special, but I also believe that he was not born like this. General Xuanshou was promoted by me, and he also grew up slowly from an unknown person."
"The whole process is full of all kinds of thrilling variables, and several times escaped from death. If I were like you, I always led by myself and solved the battle with my personal courage, then he would always be just a soldier. Even if he had personal strength, he would never become a general who would stand alone."
"If the twelve people under your command who fought with you to the end can be well trained, they will have the ability to stand alone in the future. Of course, this growth is not only for them, but also for yourself."
Yang Fanhai couldn't help but nodded slowly, feeling a lot. He was about to discuss with Gongsun Xuanyuan again, but suddenly he saw him lifting the horse rope and looking forward with a frown.
"What's wrong?" Yang Fanhai hurriedly explored his spiritual sense. Although he couldn't find it clearly, he could still feel the turbulence of the heaven and earth in front of him.
Gongsun Xuanyuan shook his head: "I don't know, it seems that there is a battle between the Guifang tribe!"
"Let's go around?" Yang Fanhai suggested.
He was not afraid, but he just felt that the two of them had a task and there was no need to get involved. If there was no accident, if the human race did not leave Jiuzhou, the battle here naturally had nothing to do with the human race.
"No!" Gongsun Xuanyuan shook his head and smiled slightly: "Let's go over and take a look. Most people will not come to this bitter and cold place casually."
Then he clamped his legs and rode his horse quickly. Yang Fanhai hurriedly followed.
The battle should have happened thirty miles away. As it got closer, Yang Fanhai felt more and more clearly the turmoil of the heaven and earth, as if it was about to explode.
When a bloody smell came, I finally arrived at the scene of the battle.
At first glance, there were corpses and limbs scattered everywhere. I counted casually, and I was afraid that tens of thousands of Guifang tribes would die.
Chapter completed!