After two days of rapid march, Yuan Xi's five thousand elite cavalry finally arrived at the border of Jixian County. Because the horse's horsepower was severely depleted, Yuan Xi and Guo Jia discussed and decided not to march in a hurry, but to feed the horses while sending scouts to collect intelligence.
Yuan Xi took Guo Jia and Xu Chu to observe the terrain. He saw the outline of Jixian City from a distance, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is the future of Beijing. Although it is inconspicuous compared to other famous cities, it will be in the future It will gradually develop into the political, economic and military center of North China.
Thinking back to those days, I must have been a member of the Northern Drifters. Now I am revisiting my hometown in this way, which is really disappointing. However, in this era without the Grand Canal, Jixian County does not yet have the conditions to be the capital.
Yuan Xi moved his gaze from Gongsun Zan's camp outside Ji County to an earthen city in the south, and asked: "Feng Xiao, how about encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao? How about attacking Gongsun Zan's lair to force him to return for reinforcements?"
"I'm afraid it won't work against Gongsun Zan." Guo Jia objected: "It can be seen from Gongsun Zan's actions that he is a ruthless person. Pushing him will only increase the intensity of the attack. Besides, our troops are all They are cavalry, so attacking a city can only be a bluff."
"Fengxiao, what do you mean by father?" Yuan Xi took out the order and asked doubtfully, "The deterioration of the war situation in Jixian County is one of the reasons, but father, does he really want to save Liu Yu?"
"The two are harming each other, whichever is less. Mr. Jushou and the others must have told Yuan Gong that once Gongsun Zan is allowed to occupy Youzhou, his power will become even stronger, and they must contain Gongsun Zan's momentum." Guo Jia said slowly.
"Then Fengxiao, do you think we should save Liu Yu?" Yuan Xi continued to ask.
Guo Jia hesitated for a moment and said: "Liu Yu is a rare virtuous minister, and his character is unparalleled. We should go all out to save him from danger, both emotionally and rationally."
"In terms of emotion and reason? Thinking of harming each other is the lesser?" Yuan Xi said quietly: "Fengxiao, have you ever thought that once Mr. Liu is killed and Gongsun Zan takes over Youzhou, it will be beneficial to our army?"
Guo Jia pretended to be confused and said: "Gongsun Zan's power is expanding. How can it be beneficial to our army?"
Yuan Xi stared into his eyes and said faintly: "Liu Bo'an has such high popularity in Youzhou. Gongsun Zan only occupies the city, but the people under Liu Bo'an will not submit to him, but will try their best to resist him. Gongsun Zan seems to have The territory has become larger. However, his troops have not increased, and he has to divide his troops to live in different places, which actually weakens Gongsun Zan's power!"
Guo Jia was silent. Yuan Xi was right, but he couldn't bear to see such a rare benevolent person die. After all, the Confucian education of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years is deeply rooted in the bones, and he, Guo Jia, is not exempt from vulgarity.
This is the pride and ethos of the Eastern Han people, mellow, loyal and filial.
"Young General! I'm here to report that General Han Meng's troops are still in the Liangxiang area." Zhao Yun hurriedly came to report.
Yuan Xi quickly spread out the marching map and said angrily, "How could this happen? Didn't he already arrive in Liangxiang two days ago? He is still there in two days! You are really stupid and wasted the opportunity to fight..."
"According to the news from the scouts, General Han Meng saw that the enemy troops in Liangxiang were few and wanted to annihilate them in one fell swoop. He did not want to be careless and suffer a loss. Now Liangxiang is resting." Zhao Yun reported again: "And Gongsun Zan's army in Liangxiang has already Come to the vicinity of Ji County!"
After Yuan Xi and Guo Jia looked at each other, they both saw the other's worry. There is no news about Ju Yijun yet. Han Meng's friendly troops did not expect to come, but were rushed to Jixian by the enemy, so Yuan Xijun was very likely to be made dumplings.
As he spoke, the ground shook slightly, and a rumble came from Jixian County. Yuan Xi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the city of Ji County was destroyed?
A scout galloped over and reported: "Major General. The city wall of Jixian County collapsed. Gongsun Zan's army broke into Jixian County!"
"Major General, it's not too late. When most of Gongsun Zan's army arrives, it will be even harder to rescue the siege of Jixian County!" Zhao Yun asked for orders: "Major General, please issue an order to attack Gongsun Zan's army outside Jixian County immediately!"
"Wait a little longer." Yuan Xi stretched out his hand to stop Zhao Yun's request for orders, and ordered, "General Ju Yi and General Han Meng have not arrived. It is not appropriate for our troops to attack rashly. Zilong, go down and order the soldiers to take care of the horses and wait for the opportunity to fight!"
Zhao Yun was anxious, but he still followed the order. Guo Jia looked in the direction of Jixian and frowned, but didn't say anything. As a minister, there are some things you should say, some things you shouldn't say, and some things you shouldn't say. With the fate of this big man following the defeat of his last loyal minister, Liu Yu, it may be that there is really no way to recover, and the strength of this big man is exhausted.
Koto.
Sun Jian's army went south to recapture Wu Commandery, and the battle also became intense.
Yan Xing gathered tens of thousands of troops from his dead brother. When he was attacked by Sun Jian's Jiangdong Army, he forcibly recruited 5,000 young men from Wucheng and Yuhang to defend Wucheng County.
After Sun Jian's army arrived at Wucheng County, they attacked for three consecutive days but failed to capture the fortified Wucheng County. Then Sun Jian stationed troops outside the city and implemented a siege strategy.
At almost the same time, Han Dang's army took the lead in breaking through Youquan County. Only a few hundred of the thousands of soldiers under Xu Sheng's command were killed in the battle, and all the others surrendered. Xu Sheng escaped from Youquan County with only a hundred personal guards. Whereabouts unknown.
After Quan County was captured and Xu Sheng was defeated, Yan's army lost control of the Jiangdong Army's left wing. Yan Xing began to panic. He wrote three times to Guo Yi in Kuaiji and rushed to write reinforcements, but nothing happened and there was no news.
The next day, Yan Xing sent an envoy to negotiate with Sun Jian, intending to lead his troops south to Kuaiji and withdraw from Wu County. Sun Jian met Yan Xing's envoy and told him directly that Yan Xing could go south, but the army had to stay.
This army was the foundation of the Yan family, and of course they were unwilling to give up, so the negotiations broke down.
On the third day, the Jiangdong Army under Sun Jian continued to launch a fierce attack on Wucheng County. The final battle of Wu County began. This was also Sun Jian's second attack on Wucheng. This was also his place of Longxing, but he did not expect to fight I was beaten twice in my hometown.
The army under Sun Jian successively broke through Yanxing's garrison areas, Shicheng Mountain and Baihu Mountain. In the last battle, Yan Baihu garrisoned here and was directly attacked by Wucheng County. But this time, facing the powerful Sun Army, they still was breached.
Could it be that Wucheng really blessed the Sun family and did not like the Yan family. The Yan family was defeated here. Yan Baihu and Yan Xing were killed one after another in the Sun family's Longxing land. What a trick of fate.
Yan Xing was defeated by Sun Jian's Jiangdong Army. He was defeated and fled south. He was killed by Sun Jian with a sword. He and his brother Yan Baihu were reunited in the underworld. After all, one Jiangdong tiger is enough.
At the same time, Ling Cao's vanguard Jiangdong Army occupied Qiantang for the second time, and the Qiantang County magistrate hurriedly escaped from Qiantang for the second time. At this point, the battle of Wujun ended, and the thirteen counties of Wujun fell into the hands of the Sun family again. , it can be regarded as a long journey of good things.
Sun Jian still appointed Ling Cao as the magistrate of Qiantang County, appointed Han Dang as the captain of the bandit school, and led 10,000 troops to garrison Qiantang to prevent Guo Yi's troops from Kuaiji and lead his troops back to Wu County.
In the city of Ji County.
Liu Yu stood up despite the dissuasion of his subordinates. He gathered up his coarse cloth robes and looked majestic without fear of the brave and fierce Gongsun Zan soldiers on the ground, as well as Gongsun Zan riding on the war horse.
"General Gongsun, everything is my fault, Liu Yu alone. I am willing to accept your punishment. Please let the soldiers and civilians in this city go."
"Haha!" Gongsun Zan laughed wildly. "Liu Yu, if you really give up Youzhou and dare to die, it doesn't matter if I spare them."
"Sir, no!" "Sir, please come back, we are willing to protect you even to death!" All the soldiers and civilians shouted.
Gongsun Zan's expression changed slightly. He had never expected that Liu Yu's popularity was so high and that so many people in Jixian County were willing to die for him. ****
He ran the army with iron blood and relied on his prestige to lead his subordinates. He occupied the territory and had no intention of taking care of the civil affairs. The kind of treatment Liu Yu received was something he had never expected.
In addition to being jealous, he was extremely frightened and angry. You must know that the people of Youzhou are fierce. If these unscrupulous people are allowed to gather in crowds to resist, he will be exhausted even if he occupies the entire Youzhou.
Yuan Xi in the distance watched all this with cold eyes, as if waiting for something. Li Cunxu, the king of the Five Dynasties of Jin, also waited for Liu Shouguang to lose all the popularity and support of the people, and then decisively attacked Liu Shouguang, who was rebellious and separated from his relatives, and destroyed the Yan Kingdom in one fell swoop.
Although Yuan Xi and the Gongsun family are hostile forces, Yuan Xi still admires Gongsun Zan's foreign policy. After all, foreigners do not know benevolence and righteousness. If they have benevolence and righteousness without the protection of force, then they will be like Liu Kun in the late Western Jin Dynasty. He had the heart to serve the country, but had no power to serve the country. He was eventually destroyed among the barbarians, which is sad and deplorable.
Gongsun Zan drove the rebel Hu in Saibiao and defeated the Yellow Turban in Mengjin. His martial arts were outstanding. Although they belonged to hostile forces, Yuan Xi still had to praise Gongsun Zan. If it were an era of peace, he would be another good frontier general.
Gongsun Zan successively served as the county magistrate of Zhuoxian County, the Cavalry Governor, Zhonglang General, Fenwu General, Jianglu Xiaoxiao Lieutenant, and former general. Getting up from the bottom step by step is much more difficult than starting a business in a family with four generations and three fathers like the Yuan family. People can understand the difficulty Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian have in starting a business. Maybe Liu Bei can understand it.
Gongsun Zan was appointed as the chief historian of Liaodong. Once, Gongsun Zan went out to patrol the pass with dozens of cavalry. When he saw hundreds of Xianbei cavalry, Gongsun Zan retreated to Kongting and said to the accompanying team: "If you don't take the initiative to attack, you will be killed."
So he led the troops on horseback with spears in hand and rushed into the Xianbei troops, killing and wounding dozens of people. Although he survived, he also lost more than half. The Xianbei people took this as a warning and never dared to cross the pass easily again. Gongsun Zan was promoted to the magistrate of Zhuo County.
At this time, although Youzhou was barren, the people were full of energy because there were heroes like Gongsun Zan. The Chinese worshiped heroes. They yearned for Gongsun Zan's feats more than Liu Yu, although Liu Yu was more comfortable under his rule. , if Gongsun Zan had not handled it improperly, he would not have burned himself to death later.
During the Guanghe period (178-184), Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled. The imperial court recruited 3,000 elite cavalry from Youzhou (today's northern Hebei and Liaoning), and gave Gongsun Zan the command of the governor to command these 3,000 cavalry.
When Gongsun Zan led his army to Jizhong, Zhang Chun from Yuyang (now southwest of Miyun, Beijing City) seduced Qiu Liju, leader of Wuhuan in western Liaoning, and others to rebel, and captured the cities of Youbeiping County (now southeast of Fengrun, Hebei Province) and Liaoxi County.
Gongsun Zan used 3,000 cavalry to pursue Zhang Chun and other rebels, made great achievements in battle, and was promoted to Cavalry Commander. At this time, the leader of Wuhuan, King Tanzhi, led his troops to surrender to Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan was promoted to the rank of Zhonglang General, was granted the title of Dutinghou, and stationed in the vassal country. In the next five or six years, he continued to fight against the nomadic peoples in the north.
In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), Gongsun Zan fought with Zhang Chun, Qiu Liju and others at Shimen, a vassal state in Liaodong. Zhang Chun and others were defeated, so Zhang Chun abandoned his wife and children and fled into Xianbei.
Gongsun Zan continued to pursue, but because he went too deep, he was besieged by Qiu Liju in Guanzi City in western Liaoning for more than 200 days. The soldiers ran out of food and collapsed, and most of the soldiers were killed or injured.
Qiu Liju's army also ran out of food and was exhausted, so he left Liucheng far away. The imperial court decreed that Gongsun Zan should be appointed as the captain of the army that surrendered to the captives, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Tingting, the capital of the country. He also served as the governor of the country. Gongsun Zan then commanded the troops and horses to guard the border. Every time he heard that the enemy was attacking, Gongsun Zan immediately became fierce and fierce. When fighting, he seemed to be beating his own enemies, even until late at night.
From then on, Wuhuan was afraid of Gongsun Zan's bravery and did not dare to invade again. Gongsun Zan often rides white horses with dozens of people around him who are good at riding and shooting. They are each other's left and right wings, and they call themselves "White Horse Yi Cong".
In fact, Yuan Xi himself envied Baima Yicong and hoped that he could also have a cavalry with such outstanding combat effectiveness. However, cavalry was still very precious in this era. They consumed a lot of money, food and horses, and ordinary princes could not afford them.
Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Jizhou, which has strong comprehensive national power, defeats Youzhou, which has weak comprehensive national power, and the appropriate and inappropriate measures taken by both the enemy and ourselves only accelerate this process.
Having said that, maybe Gongsun Zan, the former hero of Youzhou, will disappear in the long river of history in the next year or two. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, this is the first few princes to disappear from Yuan Xi's eyes, He Jin, Dong Zhuo , Tao Qian, Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Xi are destined to be congratulated by bones and bones when they embark on the road to become kings, bloody and violent.
The situation of Gongsun Zan is actually very similar to that of Luo Yi, the king of Beiping County in the romances of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. They were both generals who defended one side. Gongsun Zan had white-horse loyal followers, and Luo Yi had Yanyun cavalry. They were both headstrong masters, and their final defeats were similar. It's sad, deplorable, and respectable.
Moreover, Yuan Xi remembered that this time in history, Gongsun Zan should have temporarily achieved a staged victory, but this so-called staged victory gave Gongsun Zan an illusion.
Even Yuan Shao, who is famous all over the world, can't do anything to him Gongsun Zan. Who else can stop him, so he has no scruples. There is a saying that if God wants him to perish, he must first make him crazy, and Gongsun Zan also On this road, all the way until dark, but that's another story.
Yuan Xi's big account.
Recently faced with the pressure from Gongsun Zan, the doubts from Zhao Yun and others, and the pressure from his father Yuan Shao, Yuan Xi was very upset, so he needed to relieve himself.
With this feeling of boredom, Yuan Xi's first thought was to take a good bath first. After a few days of military camp life and rushing back today, he was already sweating profusely, but this physical fatigue was far less than the mental fatigue. , the disguise made him uncomfortable, and he needed to sober up.
Soon after, Yuan Xi was lying in the warm hot water in a huge bathtub, with trainer Bu and two maids waiting on him.
A faint body fragrance suddenly floated into Yuan Xi's nose. When he opened his eyes, he saw a fair-skinned, round and delicate face with a somewhat pure and lovely woman standing beside him. The owner of this body fragrance is really a walking trainer.
"Trainer Bu stays, everyone else is going out." Yuan Xi ordered softly with a flash of fire in his eyes.
Bu Lianshi was immediately shocked. Hearing this, the other two maids were immediately envious. They glanced at Bu Lianshi jealously and then bowed and left.
Master Bu's face instantly turned red with embarrassment and she became nervous. She knew exactly what would happen next. These maids and maids were actually concubines prepared by the master.
After a while, only Yuan Xi and Trainer Bu were left in the bath. Yuan Xi pulled Trainer Bu into the bath without any tender words and kissed the delicate little mouth directly.
The recent events had made him feel suffocated, and he needed to vent his anger. The water in the bath immediately began to fluctuate violently, mist shrouded him, and sounds of pain and enjoyment came from the large tent. outside.
