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

Chapter 397 Three Han soldiers attack the puppet emperor, General White Horse is in trouble

New Year
The Xudu court appointed Cao Cao as the general and Dong Cheng as the chariot and cavalry general, and sent 50,000 troops to attack Runan. Appointed Cao Hong as the governor of Runan to assist Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu issued a national conquest order and summoned the strongest men from all over the country to join the army. At one time, he summoned an army of 200,000 to stop Cao Cao with 100,000 soldiers.

Fifty thousand troops were deployed to guard Liu Bei, 30,000 troops were left to guard Lujiang County, and 20,000 elite troops were left to guard Shouchun, the capital of the country.

Although Yuan Shu had many soldiers, they were all peasant soldiers who had just left production, and only a few of them were regular troops.

February
When Cao Cao attacked Gushi County in Runan.

Liu Bei announced the dispatch of troops and personally led an army of 40,000. He led the Xuzhou governor Lu Bu, his generals Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cao Bao, Zhao Yun and others, with Zhang Fei as the vanguard general and Chen Gong as the accompanying military advisor. Mi Zhu and Chen Qun were left behind. He looked after Xuzhou and headed towards Peiguo.

In the same month, Sun Ce attacked Danyang County with 20,000 troops. Xu Kun drove away Yuan Yin, the governor of Danyang sent by Yuan Shu, and pacified various places east of Xuancheng. He welcomed Wu Jing, who had just returned from Yuan Shu, to serve as governor of Danyang.
Sun Ce then personally attacked the west of Danyang Jing County and pacified the counties.

March
Cao Cao captured the entire territory of Runan, and his troops reached the last county in Runan, Shen County. After Shen County, it was Jiujiang County, which was the Huainan Yin that Yuan Shu reformed.

Liu Bei captured Fuli County and sent Zhang Fei north to capture the northern part of Pei Kingdom. He led Lu Bu and others all the way south, preparing to seize Guyang County, an important area on the way to Jiujiang County.

May
Yuan Shu recruited troops again, using 150,000 to fight Cao Cao in Shen County, and 100,000 to fight Liu Bei in Gu County.

When the fight was in full swing in the South.

In the north, Gongsun Zan, who controlled Youzhou, fought with Yuan Shao again.

Originally, Gongsun Zan was not the only one in Youzhou. There was also Youzhou Mu Liu Yu who was in charge of most of Youzhou.

In the first year of Xingping, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had a brief truce, and then built a city in the southeast of Jixian County and faced off with Liu Yu in the city of Jixian County.

After Gongsun Zan built the city, Liu Yu invited Gongsun Zan to come several times, but Gongsun Zan refused to go because he was ill. Fearing that Gongsun Zan would strike first, Liu Yu plotted to attack Gongsun Zan and told Wei You, Dong Cao of his prefecture's pastoral office.

Wei You said: "Now that the people of the world regard you as their hope, counselors and minions are indispensable. Gongsun Zan's civil and military talents are worthy of use. Although he has minor faults, he should still be tolerated."

In the end, Liu Yu followed Wei You's advice. Wei You died soon after, and Liu Yu planned to send troops to attack again.

Then in the second year of Xingping, he led 100,000 troops to attack Gongsun Zan, and executed Cheng Xu, the subordinate who had spoken to dissuade him, to show his determination. He ordered: "Don't hurt others, only kill Gongsun Bogui."

Liu Yu's clerk, Gongsun Ji, had the same surname as Gongsun Zan, and he was often favored by Gongsun Zan in the past, so he told Gongsun Zan about it.

At that time, Gongsun Zan's troops were scattered outside. Gongsun Zan tried to escape from the east city in a hurry, but failed in the end. However, Liu Yu's soldiers were not accustomed to fighting, and Liu Yu issued a military order prohibiting them from harassing the people or damaging people's houses, which made it impossible to attack for a long time.

Gongsun Zan then recruited hundreds of elite soldiers, set fire to the wind, and took advantage of the situation to rush into Liu Yu's barracks. Liu Yu was defeated. Liu Yu and his men fled north to Juyong County

Gongsun Zan captured Juyong City in three days, captured Liu Yu and his wife and children alive and returned to Jixian County, still letting him receive the state documents.

Later, the imperial court sent an envoy Duan Xun to increase the fiefdom for Liu Yu and command him to oversee six states. He promoted Gongsun Zan to the rank of former general and was granted the title of Marquis of Yi. He also oversaw the four states of You, Bing, Qing, and Ji during the holidays.

Gongsun Zan took the opportunity to frame Liu Yu and Yuan Shao for seeking the throne, and forced Duan Xun to kill Liu Yu, his wife and children in Jishi.

Therefore, Changshan Prime Minister Sun Jin, Zhang Yi, Zhang Zan and other loyal and righteous officials came to visit Liu Yu one after another and cursed Gongsun Zan, but they were all killed.

Gongsun Zan sent Liu Yu's head to the capital, but was kidnapped and buried on the road by Liu Yu's old subordinate Wei Dun. Gongsun Zan also appointed Duan Xun as the governor of Youzhou.

After occupying Youzhou, people continued to rebel against Gongsun Zan's rule under the banner of revenge for Liu Yu. However, Gongsun Zan himself was not good at governing, which made people turn against him. The former White Horse General became a tyrant hated by everyone. .

Among them, there are many Hu people who have received favors from Liu Yu. For example, Liu Yu's former officers Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Qi Duwei Xian Yuyin led Youzhou soldiers and horses to avenge Liu Yu.

Because Yan Rou, a native of Yan State, had always been kind and righteous, they elected Yan Rou as Wu Wan Sima. Yan Rou recruited Xianbei, Wuwan and other soldiers and horses, and gained tens of thousands of Han and Hu soldiers.

They fought with Zou Dan, the governor of Yuyang appointed by Gongsun Zan, in the north of Luhe River. They defeated Gongsun Zan's army and killed Zou Dan.

Then King Wuhuanqiao led his tribe and more than 7,000 Xianbei cavalry, and accompanied Xian Yufu to welcome Liu Yu's son Liu He as the shepherd of Youzhou. Together with Yuan Shao's general Qu Yi, they combined a total of 100,000 troops to attack Gongsun Zan.

At the end of the second year of Xingping, the armies and Baoqiu defeated Gongsun Zan. Daijun, Guangyang, Shanggu, Youbeiping and other counties each killed the officials appointed by Gongsun Zan. Together with Xian Yufu, Liu He and others, Gongsun Zan fought repeatedly. Defeated, he fled back to Yixian to hold on.

After returning to Yixian County, Gongsun Zan built a high city wall and deep ravine to become the capital of Yixian.

He first dug ten layers of moats, and then built a capital in the moats, each five or six feet high, and built tall buildings on top.

Gongsun Zan built a ten-foot-high capital in the middle of the moat for himself to live in. He also stored three million dendrobium grains in it, which could feed the soldiers and civilians in the city for several years.

In addition, Gongsun Zan's subordinates also built high-rise buildings every house, with thousands of high-rise buildings. Gongsun Zan lived in a high-rise building, with an iron door as the door, and the left and right were excluded. Men over the age of seven were not allowed to enter, and he only lived in it with his wives and concubines.

Later, farms were set up in the city, and fertile fields were opened up in the gaps to supplement the city. In Gongsun Zan’s own words:

"Now that the world is in chaos and there are wars every year, no one can sit under my city and stay with me for many years.

Although Yi Jing is located in the north and is surrounded by barbarians, the barbarians are good at bows and horses but not good at city warfare. As long as the city gates are tightly closed, no one in the world can attack this capital. In the past, I drove out the rebels in Saibiao and wiped out the Yellow Turbans in Mengjin. At that time, I thought that the world could be decided by my subordinates.

Looking at it today, the world is beyond my control, so it is better to stop the army and cultivate fields and livestock. The Art of War says, 'You can't attack a hundred buildings'. Now I have thousands of high-rise buildings. When I run out of military rations, I will be able to know the general trend of the world. "

So Xian Yufu, Liu He, Qu Yi and others stayed at Yi Jing and held a stalemate with Gongsun Zan in the capital for more than a year. In the end, Qu Yi's army ran out of food, his soldiers were hungry, and thousands of others retreated.

Gongsun Zan took advantage of the situation to attack, defeated Qu Yi, and captured all his chariots. The rest of the army had to retreat. This made Gongsun Zan even more satisfied, thinking that if he was trapped in the capital, he could live in peace.

Time came to the second year of Jian'an.

Originally, Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the south had already occupied the two states. He was afraid that they would attack him, so he placed half of his troops along the Yellow River to guard against Henan.

He was also afraid that Gongsun Zan would come to him from the north, so he wrote to him to make peace with him, but Gongsun Zan did not agree and instead strengthened his defense.

Yuan Shao was furious and regarded Gongsun Zan as a serious problem for him. He believed that if he did not remove Gongsun Zan, he would not be able to go south to conquer the Central Plains.

So he saw that Yuan Shu alone had attracted the attention of Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Taking advantage of the sudden decrease in pressure from the south, he hurriedly mobilized heavy troops to attack Gongsun Zan.

First, Gongsun Zan saw the generals being surrounded, but Gongsun Zan refused to rescue him, saying: "Save one person, and then everyone will just wait for reinforcements and refuse to fight. Now if I don't rescue them, the soldiers who will be surrounded will encourage themselves." "

When Yuan Shao came to attack, Gongsun Zan was unable to defend himself at the Jieqiao camp south of Yijing, so he asked Gongsun Zan for help, but Gongsun Zan refused again. When everyone saw that Gongsun Zan had gone crazy, they either surrendered or fled.

Later, Yuan Shao directly attacked the city gate of Yijing. Seeing Yuan Shao's power, Gongsun Zan became a little scared and hurriedly sent his son Gongsun Xu to ask for help from the Black Mountain Army. He also wanted to personally lead his troops to break out of the siege and occupy the Southwest Mountain. Rely on the Black Mountain Army to cut off Yuan Shao's army's retreat.

But in the end, he was dissuaded by the chief officer Guan Jing: "Now your officers and men are all thinking of rebellion and are unable to fight anymore. But the reason why they can hold on now is that they care about their hometown old and young in the city, and regard you as their backbone, General.

If the general can hold on for a long time, Yuan Shao will naturally retreat, and the four armies will surely be able to join forces again. However, if the general abandons Yijing and leaves now, the army will lose the back town, and the destruction of Yijing is just around the corner.

Moreover, if a general loses his foundation and lives in the wilderness, how can he accomplish anything? "

In the end, Gongsun Zan adopted Guan Jing's suggestion and decided not to leave Yi Jing, waiting for his son to move in to reinforce the army, and attack Yuan Shao from both inside and outside.

The fourth year of Jian'an
February
Cao Cao invaded Jiujiang County, Liu Bei occupied Pei State, and Sun Ce invaded Lujiang County. Yuan Shu's soldiers only had more than 100,000 soldiers left, and the territory only consisted of Jiujiang County and one county.

Gongsun Zan's son Gongsun Xu from the north finally persuaded the Montenegrin commanders to invite reinforcements from the Montenegrin army. The Montenegrin commanders Zhang Yan and Fan Kai prepared to lead one hundred thousand troops with Gongsun Xu to rescue Gongsun Zan in three groups.

But before their reinforcements arrived, Yuan Shao had already defeated Gongsun Zan's Yijing with the help of the Wuhuan people. In the end, Gongsun Zan took his Yi Jing, his wife and children and burned themselves to death.

The Montenegro Army had no choice but to retreat.

Then Yuan Shao, who received help from the Wuhuan people, defeated Liu He's coalition and captured Xian Yufu, Liu He and others. Only Yan Rou ran to Liaodong.

Youzhou was taken over by Yuan Shao, allowing Yuan Shao to obtain extremely elite Xianbei soldiers and Wuhuan soldiers.

Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou in the plains, wanted to rescue Gongsun Zan, but was defeated by Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao and the governor of Qingzhou appointed by Yuan Shao.

Then he took over the Pingyuan Kingdom and drove a nail in Qingzhou.

So far, Yuan Shao has completely controlled the north on the surface, but whether it is the Black Mountain Army, the Bai Kingdom or the Zhenbei Army in Jiuyuan, they are all a thorn in the land of Hebei.

The Black Mountain Army has taken advantage of all the territory, and there is no way to destroy it. The Bai Kingdom itself does not dare to move. Because there are many generals and officials from the Bai Kingdom under his command.

Different from the official positions occupied by other aristocratic families in Henan, in Hebei, nearly 40% of the officials and generals under Yuan Shao were either from the Bai Kingdom or graduated from Bai Xue and Baiyuan. A family that has good relations with the Bai family.

For example, Tian Feng, the governor of Jizhou Biejia, Wang Zhen, the prefect of Taiyuan, Cui Liu, the prefect of Qinghe, Sima Baigong of the other department, general Yuan Zhao, etc. are all die-hard Bai Guo faction that they know, and they have many connections that they don't know about.

So he didn't dare to offend Bai Guo at all. Fortunately, Bai Guo has always been neutral and does not care about foreign affairs. As long as he does not provoke him, nothing will happen to him. Moreover, he is still a Han official.

So in order to fully control the place and his own power, Yuan Shao had to rely on nepotism.

He appointed his eldest son Yuan Tan as the governor of Qingzhou, his second son Yuan Xi as the governor of Youzhou, his nephew Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou, and his favorite son Yuan Shang as the governor of Jizhou, and kept him by his side to teach.

He also reused the Hu generals, appointed the surrendered Xian Yufu as the governor of Yuyang, awarded Tadun, Nanlou, Su Puyan, Wuyan and other Wuhuan leaders, and awarded Tadun and others the Chanyu seal.

He appeased Yan Rou, who was quite prestigious among the Hu people, appointed him as the Colonel Protecting Wuhuan, and ordered him to stabilize the northern border counties.

Under Yuan Shao's operations, the land of Hebei was finally pacified.

However, Yuan Shao favored the Hu people and even ignored the Wuhuan and Xianbei people who robbed the people in the border counties. The secret guards of the Bai Kingdom learned about this, prompting King Bai to write a letter to reprimand him.

Yuan Shao had no choice but to try his best to restrain the behavior of the Hu people, but the Hu people only relied on Yuan Shao and would not completely listen to him. Moreover, they also knew that Yuan Shao wanted something from them, so they turned a deaf ear to Yuan Shao's orders and went their own way, causing many hardships to the Han people in the border counties. Invaded by barbarians.

Although Yuan Shao wanted to stop him, he was afraid of provoking the barbarians to oppose him, so he had to turn a blind eye. Bai Wangke also knew that Yuan Shao was unreliable and officially confirmed that he was not the master of the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)