Jizhou
Yecheng
Facing the menacing Zhao Yun's army, Yuan Shao was a little panicked, but not too panicked. He followed the advice of his subordinate Guo Tu and quickly organized the 80,000 soldiers who had withdrawn from Guandu and the 30,000 troops who had originally stayed in Jizhou to join together. They gathered together more than 100,000 troops.
Then Yuan Shao appointed Liu Bei as the commander-in-chief of the army, Gao Lan and Zhang Fei as partial generals, and led 90,000 people to guard Yecheng. Secondly, Guan Yu was ordered to lead 20,000 people to suppress the rebellion in Jizhou. (After Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals were eliminated, Yuan Shao began to reuse Liu Guanzhang, and Liu Guanzhang officially took over.)
Zhao Yunjun and Liu Beijun met in Yecheng. The two sides fought for several days, but neither side gained any benefit.
In response, Jia Xu suggested to Zhao Yun: "General, I have a plan."
Zhao Yun heard this and said, "Oh? The military advisor will tell you."
"According to the scouts' report, an epidemic is occurring in a village not far east of Yecheng. The general can ask people to find dead pigs and sheep with disease sources there and throw them into Yecheng with catapults..."
When Zhao Yun heard this, he took a deep breath and tore it apart~! This military advisor of my own...seems to be quite ruthless!
Zhao Yun objected: "Military advisor, otherwise, we should change our plan?"
"That's okay." Jia Xu came up with another plan: "Since the general doesn't like wasting small animals, the general can also send people to attack the enemy's water sources. He only needs to poison the upper reaches of the Fu River connecting Yecheng..."
Zhao Yun: "......"
"Military advisor, let's come up with some strategies that won't hurt Tianhe."
"That's it...that's okay. I'll take care of the general affairs and let me think about it..."
In the end, Jia Xu finally came up with a normal strategy. Since he couldn't attack Yecheng from the front, he would find another way and attack Pingyuan County in the east. He and Lu Bu of Qingzhou attacked Yuan Tan in the plains, forcing Yuan Shao to send troops out of the city to rescue and besiege the city for reinforcements to weaken the defenders of Yecheng.
Zhao Yun adopted Jia Xu's plan. First, he and Zhang Xiu's army remained stationary and stationed five miles away from Yecheng. Then he asked Zhang Liao to lead his 20,000 troops to march quickly to the plains and attack Yuan Tan with Lu Bu.
Let's talk about Yuan Tan's garrison in Pingyuan County, which was less than 10,000. Zhang Liao's 20,000 men cooperated with Lu Bu's 10,000 men to attack Pingyuan in front and back. Yuan Tan could no longer withstand it and asked for help from Yecheng.
Liu Bei of Yecheng immediately dispatched 30,000 Yecheng defenders and asked Zhang Fei to lead them to support Yuan Tan in Pingyuan.
Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu's troops outside Yecheng were waiting for this moment. When Zhang Feijun's soldiers walked out of Yecheng, they launched a fierce charge towards Zhang Feijun from the left and right.
Zhang Feijun was defeated and his troops continued to be reduced. Upon seeing this, Liu Bei in Ye City led the remaining 60,000 defenders of Ye City out of the city to rescue him.
Ninety thousand Yuan's army and fifty thousand Zhao Yun's army began to fight on the plains outside Yecheng.
Most of these 90,000 Yuan troops had just been defeated in the Battle of Guandu, and their morale was not high. In addition, without the city for defense, they gradually lost to the 50,000 Zhao Yun troops with stable morale.
After fighting for a while, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei led their troops to retreat to Yecheng to defend. Then Zhao Yun tried to attack Yecheng. However, Yecheng was really strong, so he ordered the troops to withdraw five miles and wait for an opportunity again.
Zhao Yun's watchful eye outside Ye City made it impossible for Liu Bei to send troops to support Pingyuan. Soon, Yuan Tan was defeated and fled north to Bohai County. Pingyuan County was captured by Zhang Liao and Lu Bu.
At this point, Pingyuan County, the last county in Qingzhou, belonged to Chen Feng, and the entire Qingzhou was in Chen Feng's hands.
With Qingzhou in hand, the grain road from Xuzhou to Jizhou was opened, and Chen Feng no longer needed to borrow the grain road from Yanzhou to Cao Cao. There is little point in staying in Guandu, Yanzhou. Instead of being cautious all day long to see if Cao Cao will stab him in the back, it is better to move to Qingzhou of his own.
Therefore, Chen Feng withdrew from Guandu and moved to Pingyuan County, Qingzhou to take charge of the northern war situation.
Then Chen Feng temporarily appointed Jia Xu as the governor of Qingzhou, Zhang Xiu as the governor of Qingzhou, Taishi Ci as the revitalizing general, Yan Xiang and Yang Hong as the governor and chief secretary of Qingzhou, and together they stabilized and governed the newly conquered Qingzhou... …
Jizhou
Yecheng
The fall of Qingzhou made Yuan Shao restless. When he was agitated, his old habit of vomiting blood began to relapse, and his condition became more serious. He held a meeting with difficulty to discuss countermeasures with all his ministers.
At this time, Yuan Shao's counselor Feng Ji came forward and said: "My lord, now that Chen Jie has ordered his army to move north, there will inevitably be a vacancy in the rear. Jingzhou is close to Jiao and Yangzhou, and Liu Biao and my lord are allies. Why don't your lord try to send envoys?" How about persuading Liu Biao to join the war to fight Chen Feng together?"
So Yuan Shao sent people to ask Liu Biao of Jingzhou for help, but Liu Biao only promised to participate in the war, and did not officially send troops to help. But not long after, Liu Biao went to war again, because...
Yanzhou
Xuchang
Inside the imperial toilet
Xun Yu secretly met Han Emperor Liu Xie in the toilet and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, now that Yuan Shao has been defeated, Chen Feng is in power. If Chen Feng annexes Yuan Shao, no one in the world will be able to rival him." , the Han Dynasty... will never have the possibility of rising again!"
Liu Xie was frightened and asked repeatedly: "Ai Qing, what are your plans?"
Xun Yu said: "Liu Jingsheng from Jingzhou and Liu Jiyu from Yizhou are royal relatives and share the same bloodline with your Majesty. Your Majesty can write a secret edict and state the interests and dangers, and they will definitely help your Majesty."
"Good!" Liu Xie asked again: "But now my daily life and food are under the supervision of Cao Cao. After writing the secret edict, how should I send it out of the palace?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. I will find a way to take him out personally."
………
Xun Yu secretly met Liu Xie and wanted to let Liu Xie join the war to prevent Chen Feng from becoming dominant. Is this what Cao Cao meant? Or is it his own intention? unknown.
What is certain is that after the incident, the emperor Liu Xie secretly wrote two secret edicts and handed them over to Xun Yu. He successfully took them out of the palace and sent them to Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou respectively.
The secret edict described in detail the decline of the Han Dynasty with the surname Liu from its glory to the end of its life. Every word was filled with tears and every sentence was filled with tears. Liu Biao and Liu Zhang both had mixed feelings and shed tears after reading it.
Jingzhou
Don't drive Liu Xian to Liu Biao and said: "Now the heroes are fighting together, the two heroes are at each other's throats, the only important thing in the world is the Lord.
If the Lord hopes to make a difference in troubled times, he should take advantage of the emperor's secret edict to raise an army of justice and start trouble! "
Yizhou
Zhang Song, the official in charge, Huang Quan, the chief secretary, Fazheng, the commander of the military academy, Dong He, the captain of the subordinate state, and others jointly wrote to Liu Zhang: "Lord, this is the will of God!
Rather than living in a small place and doing nothing, why not take advantage of the emperor's secret edict to raise a righteous army and achieve great things? ! "
October of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years)
Liu Zhang of Yizhou appointed Zhang Ren as the governor of Yizhou, with Huang Quan and Fazheng as military advisers, and Lingbao, Liu Sui, Deng Xian and others as deputy generals. He led 25,000 Yizhou troops to attack Xuzhou Mu Chen Feng according to the emperor's secret order.
Liu Biao of Jingzhou worshiped Huang Zu as the governor of Jingzhou, Kuai Liang and Deng Xi as military advisers, and Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Wenpin and others as deputy generals. He led 50,000 Jingzhou troops to attack Xuzhou Mu Chen Feng according to the emperor's secret order.
The two Lius temporarily put aside their grudges and formed an alliance. The two armies met in Changsha, Jingzhou. Later, Huang Zu led 50,000 Jingzhou troops to attack Yangzhou eastward, while Zhang Ren led 25,000 Yizhou troops south to attack Jiaozhou, in order to simultaneously give Chen Feng Put pressure on...
