Han Shimou

At this time, most of Zan's army also crossed the bridge.Gongsun Zan hurriedly withdrew his troops back to the village, and when he reached the gate of the village, he dismounted and thanked Liu Bei.

"If junior brother hadn't come to save me, I'm afraid I would have died here today. Junior brother, please be respected by Zan."

After Gongsun Zan finished speaking, he bowed and bowed.Liu Bei hurriedly rolled off his horse and helped Gongsun Zan up.

"Senior brother, you and I are from the same school. We are brothers and sisters, and we should support each other. A few days ago, I heard that my brother and Yuan Shao were about to fight. I thought that Yuan Benchu ​​was powerful, so I immediately led troops to help me in case my brother would lose. Fortunately, I came in time. Is there something wrong with senior brother?"

Gongsun Zan was very moved when he heard this, and grabbed Liu Bei's hand.

"Junior Brother, don't worry, I'm fine. Today's kindness, I will definitely keep it in my heart. In the future, if Junior Brother is in any danger, even if it is thousands of miles away, I will rush to save it. I have repaid Junior Brother's great favor! "

Liu Bei listened in his heart, secretly delighted.Then they exchanged emotional words with Gongsun Zan and returned to the village together.

But when Yuan Shao saw Liu Bei coming, he was afraid that Pan Feng and Zhang Fei would be brave enough to hold out.The two armies resisted each other for more than a month, and Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao to take a new Jizhou and need to rest, and it is not suitable to fight at this time.

Yuan Shao also had this intention, so he asked Tian Feng what plan he could make Gongsun Zan willing to reconcile.Tian Feng whispered a few words in Yuan Shao's ear, Yuan Shao was overjoyed and obeyed, and a soldier came to tell him to send a message to Chang'an.After Li Cui in Chang'an saw Yuan Shao's letter, he immediately asked Li Ru to discuss.

After thinking for a while, Li Ru said to Li Cui.

"Since Yuan Benchu ​​intends to sell better than Da Sima, then Da Sima might as well be a favor. After all, Da Sima also needs time to rectify the overall situation."

"Oh, how to sell this favor?"

"Hehe, it's easy. Although Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are the generation of tigers and wolves, but after all, the emperor is still alive today, and the Han Dynasty is still alive, so they are still Han officials. My lord, it is better to send someone to It’s all about reconciliation.”

"Wen Ruo's words are very true. If so, we will follow Wen Ruo's plan."

The next day, Li Cui called Taifu Ma rilong and Taifu Zhao Qi to go forward with an imperial edict.When the two came to Hebei, Yuan Shao led a group of them out to meet them a hundred miles away, and then worshiped and served the imperial edict.The next day, the two went to Gongsun Zan's camp to announce the order. Gongsun Zan saw that Yuan Shao was powerful, and it was undoubtedly difficult for Gongsun Zan to take back the agreed half of Jizhou.However, after Yuan Shao took Jizhou, his power increased sharply. He is in the sky, and he is afraid that he will seek Youzhou in the next few years.And Youzhou is the foundation of Gongsun Zan's great cause, how could Gongsun Zan let Youzhou fall into the hands of others.It was decided to rush back to Beiping, take advantage of Yuan Shao's rest, and take Youzhou into his pocket as soon as possible with lightning speed.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan sent an envoy to Yuan Shao to make peace with each other.Afterwards, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan each led their troops and retreated.And after Gongsun Zan returned to Beiping, Liu Bei made an excuse casually, saying that Pingyang was being spied on, and he offended Yuan Shao, and wanted to borrow three thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand grain from Gongsun Zan.Gongsun Zan was delighted to think of Liu Bei's life-saving grace. He not only lent him [-] elite soldiers and [-] grain and grass, but also donated a lot of gold and silver to him.

Before Liu Bei left, he and Gongsun Zan held hands and wept, as if they couldn't bear to part.Gongsun Zan was moved again, and repeatedly told Liu Bei to take care of himself.

Yuan Shao captured Jizhou and temporarily rested to rehabilitate his troops.And Gongsun Zan went back to Youzhou Beiping, and was trying to take over the entire Youzhou.On the other hand, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, accepted Cao Cao's kindness and asked him to lead his troops to hunt for thieves in Yanzhou and be responsible for all his military supplies.Cao Cao led Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other generals, and led [-] elite soldiers to attack the Heishan bandits in Yanzhou.

And Cao Cao stabbed Dong with a knife, and gathered the eighteen princes to challenge Dong, and later became the leader of the righteous division, with great prestige.Therefore, soldiers and horses were everywhere, and all the black bandits surrendered after the defeat.In more than a hundred days, Cao Cao had recruited nearly [-] black bandits, and his power expanded extremely fast.

As for the south, Yuan Shu in Runan, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Sun Jian in Changsha, the three fierce tigers, also fought inseparably.Yuan Shu tricked Liu Biao and Sun Jian into fighting each other, and he took the opportunity to capture Nanyang.Yuan Shu defeated tens of thousands of Gepi Yellow Turbans in Nanyang, and recruited nearly [-] Gepi soldiers.But later Liu Biao learned that Yuan Shu won Nanyang, and then he realized that he had fallen into Yuan Shu's fisherman's trick. He hurriedly sent someone to inform Sun Jian, explaining Yuan Shu's calculations, and hoped to have a truce with Sun Jian.Sun Jian agreed internally, but in fact he was preparing internally. When Liu Biao and Yuan Shu started to fight, and the battle was at its most intense, he would lead his troops to attack Jiangxia in Jingzhou.Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, didn't know that Sun Jian was coming, and was caught off guard. After losing several counties in a row, he stabilized his position and fought fiercely with Sun Jian with all Jiangxia's troops.

The flames of war spread rapidly in all parts of the world. The princes of all walks of life in the world are either fighting, or accumulating strength, or raising troops for war.And as the war intensifies, big warlords will emerge in due course.

Returning to Bingzhou in a blink of an eye, since Wenhan captured Jinyang City, Guo Da committed suicide and died. Wenhan received a group of Baibo soldiers, and his force expanded to more than [-].After more than ten days of rest, Baibo's troops were scattered and reorganized.After that, Wen Han sent four groups of soldiers and horses to attack the counties of Taiyuan County with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves.At that time, the news of Guo Da's death had spread throughout Taiyuan County, and the number of these Baibo remnants was small, only a few thousand, so how dare they confront Wen Han's army head-on.Therefore, none of the Baibo rebels in Taiyuan counties surrendered.

Not long after Wen Han regained Taiyuan County, he wondered why he hadn't heard about the battle in Dingxiang for so long, and the several scout teams he sent half a month ago to inquire about Dingxiang's intelligence have not returned yet.

One day, Wen Han suddenly felt out of sorts, as if something bad was about to happen, or had already happened.

"Urgent report~!!! Urgent report~!!!"

Suddenly, outside the Jinyang County Government Hall, a sergeant rushed quickly with a face full of anxiety, and in his hand was a roll of blood-stained interim documents.

Wen Han was startled, and hurried towards the sergeant.

"Why is it so urgent!!"

The sergeant had a look of grief and indignation, his eyes were bloodshot.

"Master!! This is an urgent battle report from Dingxiang. The brother who sent the battle report told me before he died that all the scouts sent by the lord were wiped out by the Hu thieves. He was a group of brothers who fought to the death. I was able to break out of the siege and come back to Jinyang to send back this battle report!"

"Hu thief!!!"

Wen Han's heart was beating wildly, and he exclaimed unconsciously, he hurriedly picked up the blood-stained document and read it.The more you look at it, the paler your face becomes.In the end, he looked up to the sky and drank angrily.

"Yuwen God Bless!! Keep the water out of the black!! How dare you offend my great country and kill my people. If you don't kill you and the other two, I, Wen Bufan, swear not to be human!!!!"

It turned out that the battle report was written two months ago, when Wen Hanshang was fighting the Jinyang Baibo bandits.The two powerful clans of the Qiang and Hu, the Keba and Yuwen clans, ended their struggle and joined forces with [-] troops. Taking advantage of the chaos in Bingzhou at this time, they sent troops to invade.First they captured Shuofang and Wuyuan counties in secret, and then took advantage of Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses fighting fiercely with the Baibo bandit army in Dingxiang, and led the army to attack from behind! !

Unexpectedly by Zhang Yang, the troops of Pingyang, Xihe, Shuofang, and Wuyuan were caught off guard by the [-] Qiang Hu army, and almost the entire army was wiped out.Zhang Yang and the two prefects of Shuofang and Wuyuan were all killed by Yuwen Tianyou.After Yuwen Tianyou defeated Zhang Yang, he led troops to attack Dingxiang. The Baibo rebel army in Dingxiang saw the strength of the Qiang and Hu troops, which was as large as [-], and they were so frightened that they immediately abandoned the city and fled.After Yuwen Tianyou occupied Dingxiang, he sent a large army to besiege Yanmen County. The number of Baibo thieves guarding Yanmen was less than a thousand, and they were no match for the Qianghu army. Within a few days, Yanmen County fell into Qianghu again. under control.

After that, Yuwen Tianyou sent Keba Wushui to lead [-] troops to attack Pingyang and Xihe counties, taking advantage of the lack of troops.And he led an army of [-] Qiang and Hu troops to kill Taiyuan.

At this point, four of the eight counties in Bingzhou were occupied by Qianghu, and two counties were attacked by Qianghu. It was a matter of time before they were occupied.Almost all Bingzhou fell into the hands of the Qianghu people.

After reading the battle report, Wen Han roared again and again, suppressed his inner anger, and sent people to urgently order Xi Long, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and others to discuss.When everyone arrived, Wen Han almost gritted his teeth and told about the Qiang and Hu soldiers' annexation of the state. Xi Long, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, and Zhao Yun were all enraged and murderous when they heard it.

Although the land of Huaxia is chaotic, it is also a matter of the Han family. These foreign races dare to take advantage of the vacancy to occupy the territory of Huaxia, which is really trampling on the dignity of every Han people.How can this make Xi Long, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and others not to be furious.

"My lord!! I, Gao Boyi, would like to be the vanguard, and I will definitely kill these aliens to the point of bloodshed!!!"

Gao Shun, who usually cherishes words like gold, stood up abruptly and shouted sharply.

"Wen Champion, I, Zhao Zilong, would like to be General Gao's lieutenant!! I will take the head of Yuwen Tianyou!!"

On Zhao Yun's handsome face, the murderous intent was terribly fierce, and all the muscles in his body were trembling.

"General Gao and General Zhao calm down first. The bandits are powerful, and we should plan before we move. If our reason is swallowed by anger, we will only fall into the hands of the bandits."

Although Xi Long said so, but from the violent killing intent bursting out of his eyes, it can be known that he is suppressing the anger in his heart.However, as a military advisor of the first army, how could Xilong lose his composure? After taking a few deep breaths, Xilong said again.

"My lord, the Qiang and Hu people are divided into two groups. In addition to Yuwen Tianyou who is killing the [-] Hu thieves who are coming to Taiyuan, there is another group led by Keba Wushui and fighting towards Xihe and Pingyang. Xihe and Pingyang are empty. If the lord does not send soldiers and horses to rescue, there will be a loss. And once the Xihe and Pingyang counties fall into the hands of the Hu thieves, the [-] Hu thieves will soon attack the Shangdang.

Once the Shangdang is lost, the two Hu thieves will be able to respond back and forth and surround Taiyuan.Therefore, we must preemptively send an army to Pingyang quickly, and gather the defeated remnants of Pingyang, Xihe, and Dingxiang to fight.Most of these soldiers are from Bingzhou, how can they see aliens invading their homes, and the lord is very famous in Bingzhou, so they will definitely flock to vote! "

Wen Han nodded silently with a cold expression, and then asked Xi Long again.

"So, Zhicai, who do you think can take on this great task?"

"This person must be able to represent the authority of the lord, and must have both wisdom and courage. Such a person, except for the four generals, no one can take on this important task."

Indeed, as Xilong said.Xu Huang is Wen Han's sworn brother, and he accompanied Wen Han in repelling the Qiang Hu in Bingzhou. Of course, he can represent Wen Han's authority, and Xu Huang is not only wise and brave, but also a general. rest assured.

"The words of Zhicai are very suitable for me. I also feel that this great responsibility belongs to my fourth brother."

After Wen Han finished speaking, he looked at Xu Huang, Xu Huang shouted with a grim expression and a shocking aura all over his body.

"I, Xu Gongming, will definitely live up to my third brother's burden!!!"

Seeing Xu Huang's fighting spirit, Xi Long secretly nodded, and then said again.

"In addition to the four generals, we need a brave general as an assistant to be safe."

As soon as Wen Han heard it, he knew who Xi Long was talking about, and cast his eyes on Gao Shun. Gao Shun's face was startled, and he shouted.

"My lord, Gao Boyi is willing to assist the four generals to repel the bandits!! I will live up to my lord's trust!!"