I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 91 Wang Fen's Conspiracy ([-])

Could it be that it was not Zhang Yan who rebelled, but Wang Jizhou? !

It seems that Zhang Xi and many other generals in the army hesitated.

These generals are basically the county lieutenants of the counties in Wei County. They led the army to assemble after receiving Wang Fen's order to hunt for thieves. Except for a few who conspired with Wang Fen, most of the others were not aware of Wang Fen's plot. When the situation was wrong, my heart also beat a drum.

Take Fanyang Wei Zhang Xi as an example. This man was a heroic general who made great contributions to conquering the Yellow Turban in the first year of Zhongping. In history, he was one of the "Hebei Four Court Columns" under Yuan Shao's command in the future. Change color change color.

It's no wonder, after all, most people are cautious about "rebellion and rebellion". It's not that they don't dare, the problem is that they don't know in advance - if Wang Fen told them the truth in advance and made a big promise, it would be like Zhang He and Wei Jun County lieutenants everywhere may not keep silent like the riding captain Jushou.

It is a pity that Wang Fen did not. Apart from telling the officials and generals of the county government the truth, Wang Fen did not inform the assembled county lieutenant. This caused Zhang He and other county lieutenants to realize the situation when they were ambushed by the Huben Army at this moment. No, he instinctively refused to fight with the Huben army.

It seems that the county captains such as Zhang He are passive and idle, and they still expect their county troops to fight hard?

No, it was obvious that five thousand troops were fighting against Cui Jun's [-] tiger and ben army, but Zhou Jing's five thousand troops were defeated by the tiger and ben army in a single encounter. In fact, most of them were not defeated, but like Zhang Yun also took the opportunity to lead his people to withdraw, so that in the end there were only about [-] soldiers left under Zhou Jing's command.

Although the Huben Army is not the most powerful army at present, it is the emperor's guard after all, and its weapons and equipment are not comparable to that of the local army. In the case of close numbers, how can the Wei Jun army under Zhou Jing's command beat Cui Jun's Huben army? ?
Fortunately, at this time Wang Fen finally arrived with a large team.

So Zhou Jing paused the attack, went to discuss with Wang Fen, and told Wang Fen about being ambushed by the Huben army: "...The Huben army seems to have taken precautions. As soon as our army met them, they brazenly launched an ambush."

Hearing this, Xu You asked Zhou Jing, "Have you ever revealed your identity?"

Zhou Jing nodded and said: "When I was ambushed, I revealed my identity and said that the governor Wang sent me to suppress the bandits, but the general of Huben Zhonglang, Cui Jun, ignored it and ordered his subordinate Huben to shoot and kill our soldiers."

Xu You frowned, turned to Wang Fen and said, "My lord, I'm afraid the Son of Heaven knows our plan."

"How come?" Wang Fen turned pale with shock, quite at a loss.

He thought he was careful, but Xu You had another opinion: "...Probably the person who refused to cooperate with us before, someone secretly reported this matter."

Speaking of this, a thought suddenly came to his mind: When did the emperor receive the secret report?Before the king governor asked to crusade against the Montenegrin army, or after that?
If before, does this mean...

Xu You's heart skipped a beat, and he said to Wang Fen: "The matter has come to this, we can only order a strong attack, if the matter fails, we will all die."

At this time, Wang Fen was in a panic, nodded again and again, and hurriedly ordered Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Ju Shou, Cheng Huan, Qu Yi and others to lead the army to besiege Jiedu.

Although Li Pan and the others had their own ideas, they also knew that there was no reason to turn back when opening the bow, so they obeyed Wang Fen's order and besieged the imperial guards of Jiedu, including Sima Lang, Dong Zhao and others sent by Julu prefect Li Shao .

More than [-] men and horses besieged Jiedu together, and the pressure on Cui Jun's Huben army doubled. Fortunately, they had completed the fortifications in advance, and with the help of the Habayashi cavalry led by Dong Cheng and Cao Chun, it was not a problem to last until dawn.

As for after dawn, when Zhou Jing attacked the Huben army, Emperor Ling had already dispatched Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu's reinforcements to Habayashi.

Just because the chances of victory were within their grasp, even Dong Zhong, a guy who had never fought before, had no fear, and cursed Wang Fen in front of the battle with righteous indignation.

Hearing this, Wang Fen was ashamed, but secretly startled: Dong Zhong didn't know it was me?
During the period, Taiwei Cao Song, Situ Cui Lie, and all the officials who accompanied Emperor Ling to patrol Hejian also cursed Wang Fen, with an attitude of wanting to draw a line with Wang Fen.

Even, everyone called on Wang Fen's soldiers to stop attacking and not to be used by traitors.

Hearing these people calling themselves Taiwei, Situ, and Shizhong one by one, the soldiers on Wang Fen's side were surprised and suspicious.

Or someone asked loudly: "The governor Wang told us that Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army held His Majesty hostage, and I will come to rescue him..."

Before he finished speaking, Dong Zhong scolded: "Don't listen to his nonsense, it is clear that Wang Fen wants to rebel and pretends that Zhang Yan is causing trouble. His Majesty already knew about it and set a trap. If you don't retreat, After dawn, there is no escape from death!"

Some of Wang Fenfang's soldiers were in an uproar when they heard this, and asked their generals one after another. Except for the silence of Qidu Wei Jushou and Julu Wei Sima Lang, Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Jushou, Cheng Huan He and Qu Yi all insisted on Wang Fen's statement, saying that this was a trick of the Black Mountain Army, and that the two armies of Huben and Yulin had been controlled by Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army.

For this reason, Hussar General Dong Chong was furious, and scolded Wang Fen again before the battle, which made Liu Bian secretly happy: If he didn't know, he would think Dong Zhong is such a loyal and loyal minister.

But in all fairness, at this time, this Dong Zhong is really trustworthy, including his brother Dong Cheng.

In view of this, Liu Bian also kindly reminded Dong Zhong: "Dong Huanqi should not be so eye-catching, it would be bad if someone with a heart sees it and targets him."

Dong Chong had always hated Liu Bian, and thought Liu Bian was laughing at him, so he immediately sneered back: "Shi Hou should take care of himself."

As a result, not long after the conversation between the two, Dong Zhong was shot by a stray arrow. Although the injury was not serious, it made the hussar general who had never fought a battle turn pale with fright.

"I warned him."

Liu Bian shrugged innocently towards Xia Houyuan, Zhao Chun and others beside him.

Xia Houyuan, Zhao Chun and others nodded in agreement, and sneered at Dong Zhong who was being protected by guards not far away.

Only Cai Yan complained to Liu Bian with a flustered face: "Your Highness, what time is it, and you are still making sarcastic remarks?"

Liu Bian took her hand and smiled to comfort her: "Wen Ji don't need to panic, father and I have made arrangements, and the thief will never succeed."

During this period, Xia Houyuan also vowed to show his loyalty: "Cai Ji, don't worry, as long as a certain Xia Houyuan is still there, I will never let the thieves threaten the emperor, Shihou and Cai Ji."

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Chun also showed loyalty. When Zhou Jing attacked the Huben army, he borrowed thirty armed eunuchs from Zhang Rang. The eunuch and Cao Chuntiao gave Xiahouyuan a hundred Yulin cavalry regiments to protect them.

Unlike the rest of the officials on tour, most of whom could only hide beside the Emperor Ling, only Cao Song and Cui Lie, relying on the protection of the Tiger Army, scolded Wang Fen before the battle, and also showed their loyalty to the Han Dynasty.

But after Dong Zhong was shot by Liu Ya, the two were also frightened, and hurried back to Emperor Ling.

At three o'clock in the ugly hour, Gongsun Zan arrived with [-] reinforcements on a hasty march. Seeing from a distance the shouts of killing in Jiedu were loud, he immediately led his army to attack Wang Fen's army, causing Min Chun's troops to retreat steadily.

Min Chun hurriedly ordered someone to ask Wang Fen for help: "There is an army coming from the north, and it is the army of Zhuojun Wei Gongsun Zan!"

Wang Fen turned pale with shock, and said in amazement: "Although Zhuo County is next to Hejian, it is said that Jiedu is more than [-] miles apart. Even if the faint king sent someone to ask for help, how could Gongsun Zan arrive so quickly?"

Hearing this, Cong Pang Xiangkai and Chen Yi exchanged glances, and said in a low voice: "It seems that the Hunjun has already known about Wang Shishi's plot, and pretended not to know, but in fact he has already dispatched reinforcements."

Chen Yi nodded, but his desire to avenge his father Chen Fan did not change.

During the period, when Xu You saw Wang Fen panicked, he secretly shook his head and persuaded Wang Fen, "Qu Yi is brave, you can send him to resist Gongsun Zan."

Wang Fen nodded again and again, and immediately sent someone to order Qu Yi to lead his army to resist Gongsun Zan.

Qu Yi was born in Liangzhou, and he is proficient in Liangzhou's warfare. In the early years, he moved his family eastward to avoid the war. Later, he was appointed by the imperial court and served in Weijun. Plot big things.

Liangzhou is far away from the Central Plains, and most of the state's people value profit rather than righteousness. There are many generals like this under Dong Zhuo's command in history, and Qu Yi is no exception. At the time of the incident, Qu Yi also readily agreed to the matter.

Upon receiving Wang Fen's order at this moment, Qu Yi did not hesitate, and immediately led his troops to face Gongsun Zan, and staged the "Battle of Jieqiao" several years in advance. With [-] soldiers, he blocked Gongsun Zan's [-] troops and gave Gongsun Zan all of them. Dazed: Wang Fen's subordinates, there are such fierce people?

He didn't know that in the historical battle of Jieqiao, Qu Yi performed even more fiercely, defeating Gongsun Zan's 800 infantry and [-] cavalry with only [-] men.

Fortunately, Qu Yi did not occupy the advantage of the terrain at this time, and the morale of the soldiers under Qu Yi's command was not high because they suspected that Wang Fen wanted to rebel. Besides, it was night, otherwise Qu Yi might really make him Gongsun Zan broke his halberd and staged the Battle of Jieqiao ahead of schedule.

Afterwards, Liu Bian was also taken aback when he found out, after all, Liu Bian only knew that Qu Yi was Han Fu's general at first, and later defected to Yuan Shao, but he didn't know that Qu Yi had served in Wei County of Jizhou very early.

Fortunately, after Gongsun Zan, the Lingdi side still had reinforcements. Around the four quarters of Yin time, Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, also led the reinforcements to arrive. From a distance, he saw the brightly lit area of ​​Jiedu, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. Liu Yu was shocked and angry : "Wang Fen really dare to attack the emperor?"

Frightened and angry, Liu Yu summoned Qiu Liju, a general under his command, and told him: "You once assisted Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in the rebellion. Although you woke up in time and I will guarantee your innocence, the emperor must have prejudices. You have made meritorious service to the king, and your previous crimes can be exposed."

Qiu Liju was overjoyed, so he led an army to attack Wang Fen's army with his colleagues Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin who were also under Liu Yu.

Although the names of Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin sound like Hu people, they are actually Han people. It is said that they are the descendants of King Yin Zhou’s uncle Jizi who was entrusted to Korea. Qiu Liju is the leader of Wuhuan. He came to the rescue and brought him specially, hoping that he would make amends.

In the past, Wang Fenfang had only Quyi's troops able to stop Gongsun Zan, but now that Liu Yu's army had arrived, Wang Fen's army, which was not good at fighting, could not hold on immediately. Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li and other troops were successively defeated by Youzhou The Wuhuan and Han armies were routed, and when it was dawn, Wang Fen's army was routed across the board and had to retreat twenty li to regroup.

During the period, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yuhui joined forces, and Dong Cheng and Cao Chun led the Yulin cavalry to help them surround Wang Fen's army, and waited for Lingdi's order to launch a siege against Wang Fen's army.

(End of this chapter)