A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 384: The situation changes like light, a long-distance raid to save Beihai
Chuping three years
March
Yuan Shao stationed 50,000 troops in Guangchuan County, Qinghe State, and personally led the troops to attack Bohai County.

Gongsun Zan personally led more than 30,000 infantry and cavalry, and fought with him thirty miles east of Guangchuan.

Gongsun Zan placed 20,000 infantry in the middle and 5,000 cavalry on each flank.

In this battle, Yuan Shao was defeated and retreated all the way to the boundary bridge east of Guangzong.

Gongsun Zan was about to take advantage of the victory and lead five thousand cavalry to pursue Yuan Shao's headquarters. However, twenty miles south of the boundary bridge, he was attacked by thousands of powerful crossbows that Yuan Shao had ambushed in advance.

In an instant, the mecha was launched like a rapid fire, and dense crossbow bolts attacked Gongsun Zan's cavalry. Gongsun Zan's army was not aware of it for a moment, their formation was in chaos, and all the units fell into chaos.

At this time, Yuan Shao's subordinate general Qu Yi, the governor of Baijun, rushed out with 800 elite troops and charged into Gongsun's army.

At this time, Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang and Wen Chou attacked from the direction of the boundary bridge with two thousand Jizhou cavalry. Gongsun Zan was attacked from both sides and was defeated.

Yuan Shao gathered 20,000 defeated troops and followed them all the way to cover them up, but instead defeated Gongsun Zan's infantry.

Gongsun Zan's general Yan Gang was captured in battle, and his soldiers suffered numerous casualties.

Yuan Shao took advantage of this and re-captured Bohai County. Gongsun Zan was defeated and retreated all the way to Youzhou. He built a small town in the southeast of Jixian County to defend himself, and became a neighbor of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu who was in Jixian County. And his territory was also divided by Yuan Shao.

Due to special reasons, although Gongsun Zan was more powerful than Youzhou in military power, the actual government affairs of Youzhou were still handled by Youzhou pastor Liu Yu.

April
Cui Juye, one of Yuan Shao's subordinates, led an army to besiege Gu'an, but could not attack it for a long time. When he retreated, he was chased by 30,000 men sent by Gongsun Zan, and he returned in defeat.

Yuan Shao had no choice but to suspend his development to the north and set his sights on the south.

May
Yuan Shao proposed that Zang Hong be the governor of Qingzhou, intending to compete with Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou. And sent 30,000 people to assist Zang Hong.

Gongsun Zan sent Liu Bei, the Prime Minister of Pingyuan, to garrison Gaotang, and the school captain Shan Jing garrisoned Pingyuan to threaten Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in response to Yuan Shu.

At the same time, Gongsun Zan won over Tao Qian, the Xuzhou Mu, and asked him to fight against Yuan Shao and Cao Cao with him and Yuan Shu.

June
Zang Hong, the governor of Qingzhou, led 30,000 troops, and Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, personally led 50,000 Qingzhou troops to jointly attack Pingyuan Kingdom.

Since Pingyuan Country is divided into two parts by the Yellow River, Pingyuan County is on the north bank and Gaotang County is on the south bank. Therefore, Cao Cao attacked Gaotang with 50,000 men, and Zang Hong attacked Pingyuan with 30,000 men.

Bohai was occupied by Yuan Shao, and support was cut off. He could only place his hope on Yuan Shu and Tao Qian.

However, Yuan Shu was sending Sun Jian, the governor of Yuzhou, to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and he was too busy to take care of himself. Xuzhou was a small state and its major generals were weak. Tao Qian's Xuzhou soldiers were defeated by Cao Cao before they reached Gaotang.

Helplessly, Liu Bei was defeated again in Gaotang, and with his three thousand troops, he was defeated in Luoyin County.

At this time, the Beihai Kingdom was attacked by tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops. Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong was surrounded by the Yellow Turban army. On the advice of his subordinates, he asked Liu Bei and Bai Dian for help.

In order to temporarily avoid Cao Cao's attack, Liu Bei led his troops there on the pretext of aiding Kong Beihai.

Seeing that Liu Bei was no longer in danger, Cao Cao did not continue to waste his troops and march, but turned his head to attack the north of the Yellow River.

However, they were blocked by Tian Kai's troops who defeated Zang Hong and had no choice but to withdraw.

When Liu Bei led his troops to the Beihai Kingdom, the Yellow Turban Army dispersed when they heard that reinforcements were coming, and Kong Rong was able to relieve the siege.

At this time, the Donglai Army's two thousand talents, led by Bai Xing, arrived belatedly.

Although Donglai County is right next to Beihai and to the east of Beihai Kingdom, the distance is indeed about the same as that of Liu Bei in the plains. Otherwise, Donglai County is a partial county.

Because Donglai County was remote, had few people, and was barren, Bai Dian had to dismiss most of the sergeants, leaving only 3,000 elite soldiers as backup.

Now to support Kong Rong, two-thirds of the troops were directly sent, which can be said to be unsatisfactory.

Originally, the imperial court considered Bai Dian's reputation and appointed Bai Dian as the governor of Qingzhou. However, they did not expect that Bai Dian was not strong enough and failed to control the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou for a year.

Later, Gongsun Zan petitioned Tian Kai, and the imperial court appointed Tian Kai as the governor of Qingzhou. Now Zang Hong has come. However, Zang Hong's order was made privately by Yuan Shao, and the court had not yet issued a formal document.

Kong Rong was very happy when the Yellow Turbans retreated. He received Liu Bei and kept toasting to Liu Bei to express his gratitude.

"Had it not been for Prime Minister Pingyuan's generous deployment of troops, whether our country of Beihai would have been safe and sound has to be said separately. I thought that Prime Minister Pingyuan would inevitably be tainted with some military aura due to his military exploits. Now it seems that he is quite like an ancient gentleman. .

I often heard that people in Qingzhou praised Pingyuan for his kindness, but I didn't believe it at first. When I saw him today, I realized that I am still shallow. Sure enough, there are no empty-handed people under the famous name. "

Kong Rong was a member of the Kong family. Although his status in Confucianism was not as high as that of the Bai family, he was still a proper descendant of the sages.

Moreover, his reputation has long been spread far and wide, and now he is regarded as a great Confucian by people all over the world. In terms of knowledge, he is on the same level as Liu Bei's teacher Lu Zhi.

Liu Bei was very surprised, but he said proudly: "Xiang Beihai actually knows that Liu Bei exists in the world! Bei is very grateful."

Kong Rong smiled and said: "Xiang Pingyuan is really humble."

At this time, someone reported that Sima Baixing of Donglai County arrived with two thousand reinforcements.

Kong Rong immediately stood up and said, "The Donglai Army has arrived. Why don't Xuande welcome it with me?" Liu Bei then stood up and said nervously, "The surname is Bai. Could it be that he is from the Bai family?"

"Yes and no. This is the Bai family of Luoyang, not the Bai family of Bai Kingdom."

But no matter what, this was not something Liu Bei could usually cling to. He immediately straightened his clothes and warned the three people behind him, Guan, Zhang and Zhao, to act with caution.

Although the Kong family was dissatisfied with the Bai family's control of Confucianism, the situation was stronger than the people, and the Bai family was more powerful than the Kong family. This was a fact. No matter how they fought in court, in private, the relationship between everyone was still very good.

After leaving the door, Kong Rong saw Bai Xing in military uniform and saluted, "Bai Sima, are you okay? I'm very grateful to Kong Rong for sending troops to help."

Bai Xing replied with a little embarrassment and said: "Xiang Beihai is too polite. I came from afar, but I saw that Prime Minister Beihai had already repelled the Yellow Turbans. He didn't help. I can't accept such a great gift."

"It was not me who repulsed it, but Liu Bei, Prime Minister of Pingyuan, who traveled thousands of miles away to raise troops to help. Otherwise, I might not be able to wait for Bai Sima's reinforcements."

Kong Rong introduced Bai Xing to Liu Bei.

"Liu Bei of Pingyuan Kingdom has met Sima Bai Xing."

"Sima Baixing of Donglai County, this is so polite."

There was no place to talk outside the door, so Kong Rong invited both of them into the house and continued the banquet.

"I live in a remote county. I didn't know when a fierce tiger like Pingyuan Xiang came. I am ignorant and ignorant. Please forgive me, Mr. Xuande."

"Hey, it's not strange for those who don't know, but Bai Sima, after hearing that the Donglai Army has always been in decline, actually sent two thousand soldiers and horses to come to support. It's really noble and honorable.

No wonder people say that the Bai family has many gentlemen. They have seen it before and seen it again today. "

"Oh? Could it be that Mr. Xuande has met someone from the Bai family before? It's really rare. The Bai family in the world is weak, and there are even fewer people who can have a relationship with the Bai family."

"Bai Sima didn't know something. My late mother was originally the daughter of the Bai family. She died young because of poverty. Later, she got help from my uncle's family. That's why I, Liu Bei, am today. My chief officer, Bai Jin, is mine. Cousin.

However, he is from the Bai family of the Bai Kingdom, and I don’t know if he has anything to do with Bai Sima. "

Bai Jin suddenly became interested and explained the relationship between the Bai family to Liu Bei in detail.

"I see. In this case, Bai Jin and Bai Sima are from the same lineage. Aren't you and me also quite related by blood?"

"Haha, that's right, that's right."

With the relationship between Bai Jin and Liu Bei's mother, Bai Xing's conversation with Liu Bei was very pleasant.

When Kong Rong's banquet was over, Liu Bei invited Bai Xing to his military camp and continued to talk freely. Bai Xing did not refuse, but said that he would go back to the army and handle military affairs until evening before attending the banquet.

After agreeing on a time, the two of them parted ways with Kong Rong in front of the Kong Mansion and returned to the military camp outside Juxian City.

At night, Liu Bei held a banquet in the military camp and invited Bai Xing to the banquet.

Bai Xing also came with several officers close to him. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Bai Jin and Jian Yong were all accompanying him.

Especially Bai Jin and Bai Xing, who are naturally very close due to their blood relationship, coupled with the influence of Liu Bei and Jian Yong who are good at setting off the atmosphere.

The banquet was a great success. Not only did the generals of the Donglai Army and the generals under Liu Bei get to know each other, Bai Xing also had a good impression of Liu Bei, especially the aspiration to serve the country and the people that no one else had in him. Bai Xing's heart was deeply affected, and he actually had the idea of ​​​​following Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was just a plain minister. Although Bai Xing was a county commander, he also had the military position of a junior military school lieutenant and was the fourth-in-command of the Forbidden Army. Such a huge difference in status shows the terrible charm of Liu Bei's personality.

Back in Donglai County, Bai Xing discussed the story with Bai Dian. After careful analysis, Bai Dian looked at Bai Xing and said, "This person is not simple. I heard you say that this person went from being a poor man to being in Pingyuan County today." position, and has three thousand warriors at his disposal.

Not only that, he also cares about the world and often talks about the people of the world. There are many strong generals around him, this is the second Liu Xiu. "

Bai Xing heard this and said, "Then do we support him?"

Bai Dian paced the walk: "Don't worry, I saw Cao Mengde in Chenggao before. He was like a wise master. Not only was he devoted to the Han Dynasty, but he was also quick-thinking and capable of accepting others. Not only that, he was a polite and virtuous corporal, and now he has captured the number of soldiers in Qingzhou." One hundred thousand people, more than one million people.

I heard that he also created a farming method, just like what Ban Chao did in the Western Regions. This is a wise strategy to maintain strength in troubled times. It can not only solve the problem of soldiers and food, but also stabilize local security. "

"Then what do we do?"

"I heard that the master's family has sent nine people to visit the world openly and covertly, hoping to watch the dragon. One of them is in Yanzhou. I want to send a letter to him, asking him to go and have a look.

But if there is no response while walking, in my opinion, this Donglai County is not a place to stay for a long time. When the court stabilizes, I will prepare to join the court and fill the vacancy left by my family in the court.

Now that the clan uncle has passed away, only Bai Yun is supporting the court in Chang'an. His strength is too weak and it is difficult to help the world's situation. I must go to help.

You should stay in Donglai County for the time being and look at the situation in the world. If the family makes a decision, you will take Donglai County to surrender. "

Bai Xing nodded to express his understanding. After turning around and leaving, Bai Dian handed a letter to another nephew, asking him to go to Yanzhou to find a man named Bai Lu.

(End of this chapter)