All Gongsun Zhu's dreams were shattered in May of the third year of Chuping!
Because at that time, news came that made Gongsun Zhu extremely panicked.
Even at the moment when the news came, Gong Gongzhu, who had experienced strong winds and waves, couldn't help but feel that layers of cold sweat were falling down his back, and he couldn't stop it.
The message is very simple and boils down to four words.
Sun Jian is not dead!
Sun Jian, the Jiangdong tiger who was supposed to die under the stone cannon, unexpectedly survived and rushed out. I don't know if it was because of Zu Mao or for some other reason.
Even immortal... This guy directly killed Lu Gong and almost beheaded Huang Zu. Now Jingzhou was really panicked.
They don't care whether Lu Gong lives or dies.
But Huang Zu was completely defeated by Tiandu, which was a fatal thing.
When Gongsun Zhu knew the news, he was completely stunned.
Sun Jian's attack on Jingzhou was the source of the feud between the Sun family in Jiangdong and the Jingzhou forces.
They started because Yuan Shu wanted to occupy Jingzhou. As the first general under Yuan Shu, it was natural that Sun Jian should charge for him.
According to Gongsun Zhu's memory, the war began in April of the third year of Chuping. Sun Jian defeated Huang Zu, conquered Fancheng, crossed the Han River, and besieged Xiangyang.
Then Liu Biao would force Huang Zu out of the city to fight. In the end, Huang Zu was defeated again and fled into the Xian Mountains. In the end, Sun Jian was shot dead by Huang Zu's subordinate Lu Gong with a hidden arrow during the pursuit.
After that, Jingzhou was calm, and the furious Liu Biao conveniently cut off Yuan Shu's food route, expelled Yuan Shu, and asked him to get out of Nanyang County.
Everything was so harmonious, but there was no problem in the front of this matter. At the end when Sun Jian pursued, because of the appearance of Guan Yu and Gongsun Zhu, Sun Jian's general Zu Mao was saved.
Then Lu Gong shot a hidden arrow, and Huang Zu also used the opportunity to ambush him.
But this time, Zu Mao tried his best to stand in front of Sun Jian and was shot dead on the spot. Although Sun Jian was also wounded by an arrow, he returned to Xiangyang City alive and well.
And because of the loss of Zu Mao, the furious Sun Jian almost chased Huang Zu to the sky and to the ground. Lu Gong was beheaded by him on the spot and his head was displayed to the public.
Huang Zu was beaten by him and fled in embarrassment with only his own body. Sun Jian stepped up his attack on Xiangyang and was on the verge of collapse.
Liu Biao finally sent an envoy to tell Gongsun Zhu that if they watch the show again, Jingzhou will be gone and they will get nothing.
At this time, Gongsun Zhu looked at Pang Ji in front of him. Listening to him talking about the battle under Xiangyang City, he felt a little flustered and short of breath.
Of course he knew that when Xiangyang was finished, he would be done with it.
Now he can only rely on the wings of the princes to grow up and appease the people. But there are so many princes in the world and he can follow anyone, but he can't follow Yuan Shu.
Because others are developing, this guy Yuan Shu has a bad mind. He only harms, specifically, the people under his rule.
He once occupied the most prosperous place in the world, and then turned it into a hell on earth. For such a thing, he was surprisingly hostile to the Han clan clan, so although Gongsun Zhu and Yuan Shu had never met, they were natural enemies.
I originally wanted to take advantage of Jingzhou, but as a result, the situation developed more and more sideways. Sun Jian was not dead, so what else could I do?
Sun Jian is more radical than Sun Ce. This guy doesn't want to go to Jiangdong to develop, he just wants to conquer the Central Plains. Now he is the governor of Yuzhou. He is helping Yuan Shu capture Jingzhou. Chen Wenkou of Yangzhou may not live long.
So what else is the old Liu family doing with today's royal family? Let's just play around.
As for Gongsun Zhu, he is not even the old Liu family. To put it bluntly, he is not even as good as his "subordinate" Liu Bei!
After all, Liu Bei still has the identity of a Han clan clan member.
What does he have?
He...Liaodong Gongsun?
He recognizes the Gongsun family, and the Gongsun family recognizes him?
As for Gongsun Zan of Youzhou... Gongsun Zhu didn't want to say something too unpleasant. Didn't he understand how much he weighed when he left Youzhou?
Gongsun Zan valued him very much. He was also his uncle in the clan and his classmate.
But...Gongsun Zan also has his own son!
No one can change this.
So Gongsun Zhu chose to leave rather than return. Of course... Gongsun Zan also liked his decision very much.
The same is true now. Gongsun Zhu knows that he and Liu Biao are destined to have no harmony, but nothing can happen to Jingzhou now.
Nothing can happen!
Not only because of the refugees who need to establish themselves in Jingzhou, but most importantly... he needs Jingzhou, and the northwest also needs the land of Jingzhou!
"Order troops, order troops!" At this time, Gongsun Zhu no longer negotiated terms. At this time, it was just like what his ally Liu Biao of Jingzhou said at this time.
If Xiangyang can survive, everything will be easy.
But if Xiangyang is gone, with Sun Jian's ability and Yuan Shu's virtue.
None of them can have a good time, and then there is really nothing left.
Guan Yu on the other side also knew the current situation. If they had reinforcements in Yongliang, but here, all they could rely on were the few soldiers and horses in their hands.
In more than half a year, they only replenished the number of soldiers to five thousand, which Gongsun Zhu paid for with his face.
Any more would be nonsense.
Five thousand soldiers, most of them new soldiers, tens of thousands of Sun Jian's troops were fighting against Dong's elite. This thing sounded unreliable, but Gongsun Zhu had to do it.
Gongsun Yue also ran over. He was already ready to leave, but he just didn't trust Gongsun Zhu as his nephew, so he simply stayed for a few more days, and this happened.
"If something goes wrong, it's better to go back to Youzhou together."
Gongsun Yue could not take action against Sun Jian, but he could find a way out for Gongsun Zhu. If the worst happened, he would leave. The Gongsun family could keep their friends.
"If you want to go back to Liangzhou, we can take you back, so you can rest assured."
Seeing the sincere Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Zhu also took a deep breath. Although the Gongsun family's tempers were not very good, they were really loyal.
But he couldn't appreciate such generosity, because Gongsun Zhu knew that Youzhou would soon become unstable.
"Thank you uncle, but I can leave. How can tens of thousands of people leave? I really can't do this unless it is a last resort." At this time, Gongsun Zhu didn't know whether those people were his excuses or his true feelings. Be sincere.
Anyway, when things got to this point, he could only keep going.
Gongsun Yue looked at Gongsun Zhu's face, which was even older than him, and couldn't help but chuckled, "You... are still the same as before!"
Gongsun Yue no longer cared about Gongsun Zhu's affairs, but he did not leave. When necessary, he had to take his nephew away.
And with more than a thousand of Gongsun Yue riding beside them, although they don't participate in the battle, they can make everyone feel at ease. At least this is a way out.
The map was brought over again. It was almost a smooth road from Deng County to Xiangyang. After Sun Jian's ambush, most of the soldiers stationed in various places had gone to Xiangyang to gather.
Fancheng and Han River were all lost. Although Jiangxia was not lost, Huang Zu had no troops and horses, so he was no longer unable to retreat.
This guy has completely shrunk now, for fear that Sun Jian will seek revenge on him.
Although Liu Biao said that he was in charge of the seven counties of Jingxiang, he knew how much strength there was.
Once Zhang Xian stayed in Changsha, Changsha County had almost no relationship with Liu Biao. When Ou Xing rebelled, Lingling and Guiyang were pacified by Sun Jian and Wang Rui.
Now that Wang Rui had Sun Jian killed, Liu Biao's prestige in these two places was really not as good as that of Sun Jian.
Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling, was directly related to Wang Rui's death, and this guy was of the standard Yuan Shu lineage. Even if he and Sun Jian were not wearing the same pants, they would not help Liu Biao.
As for Jiangxia County, Huang Zu has already said that Huang Zu has no time to take care of himself. Nanyang County belongs to Yuan Shu. Now Gongsun Zhu has to be grateful that Yuan Shu was too careless and did not participate in the war personally.
Fancheng fell, and Nanjun almost fell.
Therefore, there is really nothing that Liu Xian can do if he is trapped in Xiangyang.
There were no troops stationed in Fancheng, so Sun Jian had no escape route for himself, because across Fancheng was Yuan Shu's Nanyang County.
If Gongsun Zhu sends troops at this time, he can directly cross the Han River to reach Xiangyang County, but the journey is not important, but how to fight is important.
Gongsun Zhu looked at Guan Yu, hoping that Guan Yu could play his role.
But Guan Yu looked extremely embarrassed, and in the end he only said, "Fight to the death."
One sentence made Gongsun Zhu almost have a myocardial infarction, but there was nothing he could do. At this time, Sun Jianqiang was a little too outrageous.
The soldiers and horses under his command fought from the south to the north. The soldiers, who were not very elite in the first place, turned this army into a truly elite force by relying on their morale after winning one victory after another.
The army under Sun Jian was now more like a group of dead soldiers, charging and fighting. No matter how elite the opponent was, no matter how dangerous the situation was, they were convinced that they could win.
Each of them is willing to trade one life for another, and this style of play is terrifying.
You must know that Sun Jian had tens of thousands of people under his command. Although there were many losses along the way, there were also many prisoners captured. Overall, his troops did not decrease much.
In this situation where almost all soldiers died, the defense of the city was slightly better, once the field battle began.
Who can guarantee that their morale will not collapse after losing thousands of soldiers?
Sun Jian could do it, and that's exactly what he did.
Sun Jian relied on this method to sweep Dong Zhuo all the way from Yuzhou to Luoyang, and kicked open the gate of the Luoyang Palace.
At this time, facing such a large army, it was not easy for Guan Yu to still be able to say that he would fight to the death.
Guan Yu had no idea. Gongsun Zhu looked at Ma Chao. This guy who was fearless had his hands crossed and seemed quite excited.
Well, this is also something I didn’t pay attention to.
When he turned to look at Guo Tu again, Gongsun Zhu finally changed.
"Gongze, do you have an idea?"
At this time, Guo Tu was the only one among these people who didn't have a look of panic on his face, which made Gongsun Zhu a little excited.
Could this guy be able to give himself another miracle...
"Of course I have an idea, but you might lose it." Guo Tu's words made Gongsun Zhu's face turn gloomy again.
Gongsun Zhu felt that this guy was always full of malice toward him.
"Tell me, what bad idea do you have?"
Guo Tu looked at Gongsun Zhu's gloomy face and couldn't help but sneered. He slowly found his own fun around Gongsun Zhu.
"The root cause of Sun Jian's continuous victory is nothing more than two points.
First, their morale was booming. At this time, Sun Jian was not considered a strong soldier. The morale of his soldiers was just too high. Under this kind of morale, these soldiers risked their lives one by one, which was difficult for ordinary people to deal with.
Secondly, they had sufficient supplies in the rear. Although Yuan Shu led troops to fight and managed people's livelihood, he was in a mess, but he was the legitimate son of the Yuan family and occupied such a large territory.
With Yuan Shu's strong support, Sun Jian didn't have to worry about the rear at all.
Therefore, if you want to defeat Sun Jian, you don't need to defeat his soldiers, but to break his morale and cut off his retreat.
Only by achieving these two points will Sun Jian become insignificant. "
After Guo Tu finished speaking, Gongsun Zhu still didn't understand what he wanted to do.
"Do you still need to talk about this..."
"Haven't you seen that you have already grasped Sun Jian's other lifeline?" Guo Tu interrupted Gongsun Zhu with a sneer.
"That guy Li Ru has made preparations for you, but he can't break Sun Jian's momentum.
But you are different. You now have something that can break Sun Jian's victorious momentum at this time.
It just depends on whether you dare or not.
Now you need to go to Sun Jian's camp in person to persuade him to turn back to Yuzhou, retreat from Jingzhou, and quell the war. "
"Of course, it is also possible that as soon as you entered Sun Jian's camp, he would kill him to avenge his beloved general."
Looking at Guo Tu in front of him, Gongsun Zhu's face gradually became heavy.
One thing Gongsun Zhu also had to admit was that Guo Tu's strategy was a good one. There was really no need to say this.
But the danger of this strategy is really dangerous. Just like Guo Tu said, if you are not careful, Gongsun Zhu will be gone.
But now if Gongsun Zhu wants to win, it seems that he really has no choice.
Guan Yu ordered his troops and horses to rush to Xiangyang, but before they marched, Gongsun Zhu and Guo Tu had to do one more thing.
That is to find this group of refugees who have just settled down and ask them for help. This time, their turning point in victory is this group of refugees who seem to be useless.
After finding an old man with high prestige among them, Xiao used reason and moved him with emotion. Gongsun Zhu personally asked for help. In the fear of the old man, these refugees who had just settled down set out again.
There are nearly ten thousand refugees who are Gongsun Zhu's means. If you want to break the situation, you must rely on them.
Among the countless refugees, the old, weak, women and children were organized by Gongsun Zhu and began to trek towards Xiangyang. The speed was very slow because of their drag along the way.
The battle situation in Xiangyang became more and more tense day by day, and Pang Ji even started to urge them, hoping that they could move faster.
If Gongsun Zhu was not their only reinforcement now, Pang Ji really wanted to ask Gongsun Zhu why he was so shameless and delayed his march.
The army moved all the way south, and neither Fancheng nor Hanshui could become an obstacle to their progress.
Even Gongsun Zhu knew that Yuan Shu's army was preparing to move behind, and had even marched to Deng County in Fancheng, preparing to cut off their retreat.
However, Gongsun Zhu did not hesitate at this time. Gongsun Yue was left in Deng County by him. Of course, he could not guarantee that Yuan Shu would take care of both parties' feelings rationally.
After all, that thing can't do anything.
Gongsun Zhu didn't care about Pang Ji behind him or beside him, and slowly headed towards Xiangyang with only one thought.
After crossing the Han River, he directly left Guan Yu behind and asked him to camp on the spot, and followed him towards Xiangyang with tens of thousands of refugees.
Tens of thousands of refugees can be said to be a huge force.
But these refugees are vulnerable. As long as they charge, they will suffer heavy casualties, and Gongsun Zhu will never have any chance of survival.
Because in order to ensure that the plan could be implemented, he didn't even bring Ma Chao with him this time.
So once something goes wrong, he has almost no way out.
As he got closer and closer to Xiangyang, Gongsun Zhu became more and more nervous, and the sweat in his palms never stopped.
At this time, outside Xiangyang City, almost all the people in Sun Jian's camp were wearing linen and white scarves on their heads. This was Sun Jian's farewell to Zu Mao.
He wanted Zu Mao to watch them conquer Xiangyang City and kill Liu Biao to avenge him.
He also wanted to lead Zu Mao to conquer Jiangxia and massacre the Huang family, which filled everyone with hatred.
Just when Sun Jian was about to issue another order to continue another day's onslaught, scouts came to report that a large number of refugees appeared ten miles outside the camp and were heading here.
After hearing the news, Sun Jian stopped issuing orders and looked at the scout who came to convey the message.
The term "large number of refugees" is very interesting. Whenever there is a war, both the refugees and the people hide as far away as possible.
At this time, someone actually took the initiative to come.
Sun Jian sensed something unusual, so he did not hesitate to let the army stick to the camp. Cheng Pu led the troops to defend and beware of any changes in Xiangyang, while he led the generals to see what happened to the refugees.
When Sun Jian came out of the camp with the gathered soldiers, Gongsun Zhu also saw the shadow of the camp with countless refugees.
At this time, both Gongsun Zhu and the refugees around him, old and weak, were already very tired.
Since last night, they have not dared to take any rest. They have set up camp and sent out scouts at least thirty miles away.
In other words, they have been exposed since last night. Even if they are just refugees, they cannot hide the fact that they are heading towards Xiangyang.
In half a day at most, they would face Sun Jian's questioning and soldiers.
Therefore, the only thing Gongsun Zhu could do was to move in Sun Jian's direction as much as possible before Sun Jian appeared in front of him.
Only in this way could he have any hope of completing Guo Tu's plan.
The result was that a group of people were out of breath and spent half a day on their usual day's journey.
As soon as Sun Jian's army walked out of the camp, they heard a message from the scouts that the refugees were already approaching.
Although he did not think that these refugees would pose any threat to him, Sun Jian still chose to form a formation on the spot. After all, it was better to be cautious when stationed under Xiangyang City.
Gongsun Zhu saw that Sun Jian did not directly lead his troops to charge, and almost rushed over in excitement.
At the same time, he was also very excited. He roared and sped up again, flying directly towards Sun Jian.
After a short distance, the exhausted refugee took less than half an hour to walk in front of Sun Jian, and then sat down in front of Sun Jian, who was already ready to take action.
"General Sun~" With a long ending, Gongsun Zhu almost rolled out of the refugees and came to Sun Jian, panting heavily.
"Sun Yuzhou must not take action, I have absolutely no ill intentions!"
Looking at the embarrassed Gongsun Zhu in front of him, Sun Jian finally knew where these refugees came from. It was rumored that the governor of Beidi County, Gongsun Zhu... was the guy who fought alongside him before.
Gongsun Zhu committed his old habit again. In order to save the refugees, he asked Liu Biao to borrow land in Deng County for repairs.
Now it seems that these are the refugees from Deng County, but he has not taken action against Deng County. What does he mean by this?
Gongsun Zhu did not make Sun Jian too confused and continued talking directly.
"I am living in Jingzhou today. Speaking of which... I also received the favor of Liu Jingzhou and was able to establish a foothold in Deng County. I came here today because I don't want to fight with Sun Yuzhou!
Moreover, you and I are old friends. I don’t brag about anything, and I know that I am no match for Sun Yuzhou.
It’s just that I still want to boldly tell Sun Yuzhou today and ask Sun Yuzhou to withdraw his troops! "
After listening to Gongsun Zhu's words, Sun Jian, who originally had a gloomy expression, suddenly burst out laughing, then pulled out the ancient ingot knife from his waist and pressed it directly against Gongsun Zhu's neck.
The cold tip of the knife caused dense cold sweat to break out on Gongsun Zhu's back again, and even his entire breathing was stagnant.
"You are really brave, you are so brave!" Sun Jian shouted sharply, and his soldiers also took a step forward, roared, and violently hit the ground with their spears, and let out a deafening shout.
"If it weren't for a certain family and you, a guy who barely has some sympathy, I would definitely kill you here today.
Get out of here, you kid, this is not the place where a child like you should be, get out! "
At this moment, Sun Jian completely tore the face between him and Gongsun Zhu.
He is the Jiangdong Tiger, the strongest general in the world today, a general who has almost penetrated the north and the south. He no longer needs to look at anyone's face.
Even this battle... He attacked Jingzhou because of Yuan Shu, but he no longer cares about Yuan Shu.
What he wants is Jingzhou, not Yuan Shu's Jingzhou.
As for his former comrades... He couldn't let his heart have any ripples!
"Gongsun Zhu, if you really don't know how to marry...then you really can die today!"
