On the third day of October, Gongsun Du, who had stayed in the Lijiaji camp for another day on the pretext of being ill, finally led his troops to Junmi City. However, he did not launch a sudden attack, but settled in the southeast corner of the city in an orderly manner. Tadun was very dissatisfied with this, and when he was meeting with Gongsun Du, he angrily said: If Gongsun Du doesn't launch an siege as soon as possible, Wu Heng's army will withdraw its troops and leave.
We must attack. If we don't capture Junmi City, we won't be able to cross the Great Wall. Naturally, we won't be able to reach the colorful world inside the pass. However, Gongsun Du has no intention of capturing Junmi City as soon as possible. He is still waiting to use Junmi City. In times of crisis, it is necessary to mobilize the main force left behind in Youzhou to come out to fight. In this way, firstly, it can create favorable opportunities for one's own surprise attack. Secondly, in Gongsun Du's view, it is better to annihilate the enemy in the field than to attack the defense of the Great Wall. It was precisely because of this consideration that in the face of Tadun's raging anger, Gongsundu didn't pay much attention at all. He only made a promise, saying that Junmi City was strong and that he had to build siege equipment before he could attack it. Next, although Tadun, who was not good at siege warfare, was furious, he had nothing to do. He could only wait for Gongsun Du's men to slowly prepare siege equipment. At this point, the war in Junmi City had fallen into a trap. A strange pattern of peaceful confrontation.
In the west of early October, Xin Ping, who had been with Xu Shu for half a month in Linzi City, suddenly changed his attitude. He no longer insisted that Gongsun Ming had to withdraw his entire army across the Yellow River if he wanted to marry Yuan Mei. He said that Yuan Gong sympathized with Gongsun Ming. After hard work, he couldn't bear Gongsun Ming to go to Yecheng to marry again, so he specially ordered Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi to be the ambassadors to escort Yuan Mei to Pushan City in the near future. He asked Xu Shu to tell Gongsun Ming that it would be better to prepare for the wedding as early as possible.
"My lord, Yuan Benchu is still unwilling to be lonely after all."
Such a sudden change in Xin Ping's attitude was undoubtedly an extremely obvious signal. Xu Shu did not dare to take it lightly. After dealing with Xin Ping's nonsense, Xu Shu immediately reported the situation to Gongsun Ming.
"The storm is about to come, and this autumn is bound to be eventful. Hey, if Yuan Benchu wants to move, let him move. Pass the order: Zhu Zilong and Xue Yi are the ambassadors to welcome the bride, and they will lead the withdrawal of 15,000 troops. After crossing the Yellow River, we moved toward the plains. In addition, Zhang He led eight thousand cavalry and rushed to Yuyang in the name of going north to collect food. Three days later, the main force of our army withdrew from Linzi and headed north to Pushan City."
The reason why Gongsun Ming delayed in Linzi was to wait for the movement from all sides. Now that the situation was clear, he no longer planned to station troops in Qingzhou. With a wave of his hand, he issued several general orders and several generals. The personal guard suddenly accepted the promise and left...
"Report, Lord, there are a large number of people accompanying our army at the rear. The number has reached nearly 120,000 people. People from various villages are coming from all directions in the west. Please tell me where to go, Lord."
It is never easy for an army to break camp and set off. Even if Zhao Yun and Zhang He's troops have left first, there are still a lot of Youzhou troops gathered in Linzi - after nearly a month of reorganization, the captured Nearly 20,000 of the more than 28,000 original soldiers of Cao's army were replenished into the Youzhou army. The remaining 8,000 old, weak, disabled, and disabled were all given rations and demobilized, including the five who had surrendered to Zhang Wu's army. Thousands of soldiers and horses, as well as more than 2,000 local young men from Qingzhou who volunteered to join the army, the main force of the Youzhou army still has 60,000 people. It is obviously impossible for so many soldiers and horses to evacuate quietly, even if it is not to disturb the people. Gongsun Ming deliberately arranged the withdrawal time in the early morning, but unexpectedly, less than two miles away from Linzi, the rear guard hurried to the Chinese army with a reporting horse and reported to Gongsun Ming the news that a large number of people were accompanying them. .
"Huh? Ling Feng, go to the logistics camp to check the distribution status of the disaster relief food."
Hearing that so many people were following his army, Gongsun Ming couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Cao Jun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. When Cao Jun first fortified the walls and cleared the country, he detained nearly 350,000 people around Linzi into Linzi City. Later, in order to evacuate the victims, Gongsun Mingke ordered that the grain captured from Cao's army be distributed to the people on a per capita basis to ensure that the people around Linzi could successfully survive the severe winter. To this end, he even sent out the Youzhou Army. The large amount of food supplies that were a little tight. Logically speaking, the people should live and work in peace and contentment rather than go hungry. But now that a large number of people were marching with their side, Gongsun Ming could not help but doubt the logistics camp. Not following the regulations, he immediately dispatched his personal guard commander Ling Feng to verify the distribution of disaster relief food.
"My lord, there is no need to go check. Xu knew that the distribution of disaster relief food was in accordance with the regulations. The reason why the people spontaneously followed our army's actions is what the people want. Congratulations, lord."
Before Ling Feng, who was accompanying him, could say anything, Xu Shu, who was standing on horseback, gave an answer with emotion.
"The rise and fall of the people are due to the suffering of the people. The head of state should go with a certain party to meet the fathers and villagers of Qingzhou."
It is possible that the people's will is what they want. After all, in recent months, the Youzhou Army has not dared to breach Chapter 3 of the Law, and has basically not committed any crimes with the people. In this war-torn era, the only one who can do this is the Youzhou Army. But if it is said that just because of this, so many people can rely on it, Gongsun Ming categorically does not believe it. There must be someone secretly colluding with each other. In all likelihood, it was written by Yuan Shao. This was to kidnap the Youzhou Army based on the people's will and delay the retreat of the Youzhou Army. Although Gongsun Ming knew this very well, he did not intend to tell it, so he just sighed and then He led the guards and rode towards the rear.
"Look, the general is here."
"General, please take me with you. We are willing to do our best for the general."
"General, the common people are here to kowtow to you!"
Behind the rear guard of the Youzhou Army, a large number of people stood outside the cordon with their young and old. While they were noisy and chaotic, Gongsun Mingji led his personal guards and rushed over. When they saw Gongsun Ming's handsome flag, As soon as he appeared, the people immediately started making a fuss. There were quite a few people who spontaneously knelt on the ground amid the noise.
"There is a lot of dew on the ground. All you fellow villagers, please hurry up and get up. Tomorrow is here. If you have any requests, please tell me slowly."
Youzhou has a large territory and is extremely rich in various resources. The reason why Yiyi has never really developed and grown is simply because of insufficient population. Because of this, whether the people accompanying this time are spontaneous or due to Yuan Shao's sinister intentions Therefore, Gongsun Ming is actually willing to accept it. Of course, if you want to truly win people's hearts, you cannot rush to show such intentions. Gongsun Ming obviously knows this well...
