After the alliance was disbanded, Yuan Shao returned to Hanoi. As his troops increased, the contradiction of lack of food and grass began to be exposed. After learning about the situation, Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, sent someone to send some food and grass to express his feelings, but the food and grass still could not solve the urgent need, so Yuan Shao's counselor Feng Ji suggested: "A man should dominate the world, how can he rely on others?" Live on relief! Besides, Jizhou is a place that produces food, so the general should take the initiative and get the food and grass himself!"
Yuan Shao smiled and said, "I have this idea too, but I haven't thought of a proper solution yet."
Feng Ji nodded and said: "You can secretly send someone to send a letter to Gongsun Zan, asking him to march into Jizhou, and make an appointment with him to attack from a flank. For this benefit, Gongsun Zan will definitely take the initiative to send troops, and Han Fu, who has no strategy, will definitely do it." General, please go over and help. When the time comes, the general will be invited to garrison his territory, and then we can easily take Jizhou over, it will be a piece of cake."
This strategy was very good. Yuan Shao was very happy and immediately sent a letter to Gongsun Zan. After Gongsun Zan received the letter, he saw that it said that Jizhou would be attacked from a flank and the land would be divided equally. He knew that Jizhou was a source of food and would not give up even if he had such a chance. I was willing to miss it, so I sent troops immediately.
Here Yuan Shaoyou secretly sent people to find Han Fu. Han Fu quickly called for his advisers Xun Chen and Xin Ping to discuss together. When someone is brought in, his edge is unstoppable, and it is difficult for us to resist. Now that Yuan Shao is wise and brave, and has many military officers and civilian officials under his command, we can borrow his power and let him temporarily act as our agent in this place, so we don't have to be afraid of Gongsun Zan."
Han Fu accepted this suggestion and sent people to Yuan Shao to explain the situation, but there were also different opinions. Chief Shi Gengwu admonished: "Yuan Shao is not a kind person. Inviting him here is like a baby in someone else's hands." "If you wean him from the milk, he will starve to death, so why give him the territory as an agent? This is calling the tiger into the flock of sheep."
Han Fu smiled and said: "Don't have such worries. I am Yuan Shao's old minister. We are friends. Besides, my talents are not as good as Yuan Shao. In ancient times, those who chose to be worthy were humble. Why are you jealous?" "
Geng Wu sighed: "If this happens, we in Jizhou will be doomed!"
There were more than thirty people with Geng Wu who resigned from their official positions that day and left Jizhou. Geng Wu and the others did not leave when they arrived outside the city gate, but instead lurked there, hoping to wait until Yuan Shao came and kill him.
A few days later, Yuan Shao came with a pair of men. Geng Wu and Guan Chun drew their swords and wanted to stab Yuan Shao to death. However, the other party had an admiral Yan Liang beside them, and they immediately reacted and killed the two men. Yuan Shao entered smoothly. In Jizhou, Han Fu was granted the title of General Fenwei, and Tian Feng, Jushu, Xu You, and Feng Ji were respectively in charge of the politics of Jizhou, taking away all the power from Han Fu. Han Fu felt very regretful and abandoned his family. The young man rode a horse and went to find Chen Liu, the prefect, to defect to Zhang Miao.
Gongsun Zan was originally preparing to send troops, but he learned that Yuan Shao had already obtained Jizhou in advance. He was a little dissatisfied, so he asked his younger brother Gongsun Yue to meet Yuan Shao and wanted to divide the land of Jizhou.
Yuan Shao said: "You can ask your brother to come by yourself. I have some important things to tell him."
So Gongsun Yue returned, preparing to tell Gongsun Zan about the situation, but after walking about fifty miles, a pair of men suddenly came out and said, "I am the general of Prime Minister Dong's family!" Then he killed Gongsun Yue without any explanation. Some soldiers took the opportunity to run back, saw Gongsun Zan, and explained the situation.
Gongsun Zan knew it was a trick and felt very angry. He said: "Yuan Shao deliberately asked me to send troops, and then secretly occupied Jizhou. Now he pretends to be Dong Zhuo's general and kills my brother. If I don't avenge this, how can I be a human being?" He immediately took his troops and headed towards Jizhou to kill the generals.
Yuan Shao knew that this would be the outcome, so he immediately led his army to fight. The two armies met on the Pan River. Yuan Shao's army was on the west side of the Pan River. Gongsun Zan was on the bridge and shouted at Yuan Shao: "You treacherous person, How dare you play tricks on me!"
Yuan Shao smiled and replied: "Han Fu has no talent. He is willing to give me the land in Jizhou. What does it have to do with you?"
Gongsun Zan shouted: "Before, I thought you were a loyal person, so I presumed you to be the leader of the alliance. Your behavior today is so arrogant. How can you live in this world?"
This sentence angered Yuan Shao, and he said: "Which of you dares to help me capture him alive!"
Before he finished speaking, Wen Chou drove his horses and attacked with guns drawn. Gongsun Zan fought with him on the bridge for more than ten rounds. Gongsun Zan couldn't resist and fled back. Wen Chou took this opportunity to pursue him, and Gongsun Zan's four generals came out to fight. However, their martial arts were too low, and Wen Chou killed him with one shot. The other three generals were so frightened that they ran away.
Gongsun Zan did not expect this situation and kept running behind, while Wen Chou kept chasing. Gongsun Zan fled towards the valley. Wen Chou shouted while chasing: "Don't run away, you better come down and surrender."
Gongsun Zan was very embarrassed at this time. His helmet fell off, his bow and arrows were gone, and his hair was disheveled. Suddenly, the horse's leg tripped over something, and Gongsun Zan fell off the horse. Wen Chou realized this was an opportunity, and was about to assassinate him from behind. Suddenly, something happened. A young general came out with a powerful Pegasus and rushed directly towards Wen Chou. Gongsun Zan was lying on the hillside and looked at the young man. He was eight feet tall, had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a broad face and a majestic look. He was fighting Wen Chou continuously. Fifty or sixty rounds later, there was no clear winner.
When Gongsun Zan received reinforcements, Wen Chou immediately turned his horse around and ran away without pursuing the young man. Gongsun Zan immediately went to thank him, asked about the young man's life, and replied: "I am a native of Changshan Zhending, my surname is Zhao, my given name is Yun, and my courtesy name is Zilong. I originally wanted to defect to Yuan Shao, but seeing that Yuan Shao had no loyalty to the emperor and saving the people, I abandoned him and joined you. I didn't expect to meet you here."
Gongsun Zan felt so happy that he took him back to the camp, rectified his troops, and prepared to fight Yuan Shao the next day.
Gongsun Zan divided his generals and horses into two teams, the left and right, like wings. There are more than 5,000 horses, most of which are white. Because Gongsun Zan once fought against the Qiang people, he chose white horses as the vanguard and was named General White Horse. The Qiang people would leave as soon as they saw a white horse, so there were many white horses.
Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to be the vanguard, each with a thousand bows and crossbowmen. They were also divided into two teams: the one on the left was ordered to shoot Gongsun Zan's right army, and the one on the right was ordered to shoot Gongsun Zan's left army. Then he ordered Qu Yi to lead 800 archers and 15,000 infantry in the formation. Yuan Shao led tens of thousands of horse and infantry troops to support him.
Gongsun Zan had just acquired Zhao Yun, but he didn't know his character, so he didn't use him seriously. Instead, he ordered him to lead an army in the rear. General Yan Gang was sent as the vanguard, and Gongsun Zan led the central army himself. He placed the battle flag in front of the horses and started beating drums from Chen hour until Si hour. Yuan Shao's troops and horses remained motionless and did not move forward.
