Great Han Empire

Chapter 618 The Heroes of Troubled Times Like the Abyss
Jizhou Mu Hanfu has always been a good person and has a good reputation. For more than a year, he has conscientiously governed Jizhou, actively participated in the discussion of Dong, and sent a lot of money and food to various states and counties. His achievements are obvious to all, but Yuan Shao actually drove him away.From the perspective of the imperial court, it is unbelievable that a prefect of a county drives away a shepherd of a state, and a subordinate official drives away a superior official. Is there still a law or law in this?From the perspective of the Dongdong League, Han Fu has always supported and supported Yuan Shao, and he has worked hard without credit, but Yuan Shao drove Han Fu out of Jizhou for no reason, which is really chilling and extremely disappointing.

The prefectures and county officials from all over the country originally placed high hopes on Yuan Shao, thinking that he could hold high the banner of begging Dong Daqi and rejuvenate the society, but today it seems that they were completely wrong.

On the one hand, Yuan Shao showed his favor to the imperial court, and on the other hand, he took the so-called "edict of Chengzhi" to do whatever he wanted. This in itself made the officials of the prefectures and counties complain. At this time, when he drives Han Fu away from Jizhou, everyone will fully understand Yuan Shao's thoughts.Yuan Shao does have great ambitions, but his ambition is not in Jizhou, but in the world.

This incident also told the ministers who were arguing in Luoyang from another aspect that their quarrel was a joke at all.Be it the Son of Heaven, the Eldest Princess, the court of Chang'an, or the court of Jinyang, no matter where they are, they are all just decorations.Now that Yuan Shao has driven Han Fu away and occupied Jizhou, who can do anything to him?Today's world has changed, the great man has already existed in name only, starting from Dong Zhuo, to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Liu Yu, and then to the Hussar General, who can do whatever they want?
That being the case, what are we still arguing about here?What's the noise?Zhang Miao flicked his robe sleeves and walked away.

The state and county officials had their own thoughts, some were happy, some were angry, and some were sad. They all followed Zhang Miao and left one after another.Zhu Jun, Zhang Wen and others tried their best to persuade them to stay.Things haven't been fully clarified yet, how can they break up in a hurry?Where is your loyalty to the big man?Could it be that in your hearts, the big man has been overthrown?
Cai Yong was filled with grief and indignation, and pointed in the direction of Gaozu and Shizu Temple and shouted loudly: "You can go if you want. Before leaving Luoyang, please go to worship Gaozu and Shizu, and then pat your conscience. Who are you worthy of?"

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In August, Zhou Qian, governor of Yangzhou, Yuan Yi, prefect of Shanyang, Ji Lian, minister of Pengcheng, Yuan Zhong, minister of Pei, and other counties rushed to Yuzhou one after another.Under the mediation of Yangzhou Inspector Zhou Gan and Liang Guoxiang Cheng Jing and others, Chen Guoxiang Xu Jue and Runan Prefect Xu Jue shook hands and made peace. Then they joined forces and elected Zhou Gan as the commander-in-chief of the army, leading an army of [-] to Yingchuan. Yangdi City.

Yan Liang and Tian Chou's 4000 troops suffered heavy losses after continuous fierce battles. Especially in the battle against Sun Jian, the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered more than 8000 casualties.Now the two armies together only have more than [-] people, and they cannot compete with the state and county coalition forces in terms of strength.Yan Liang was very anxious and wanted to send someone to ask for help from General Hushi.

Tian Chou said with a smile: "A gang of mobs are not worth mentioning. If I write a few letters, these people will be scattered."

Tian Chou immediately wrote to Zhou Gan, the governor of Yangzhou, to clarify the misunderstanding, "There were two armies that attacked Lord Zhou Ang and Lord Xu Ju that night, first Qiao Rui and then Sun Jian, and they had nothing to do with our northern army. If you don't believe me, You can ask Master Xu Ju. From my point of view, Your Excellency has been used by others. If Your Excellency loses his life in a muddle-headed way, who will the wealthy Yangzhou give it to?"

Tian Chou wrote another letter to Xu Ji, "That night, Zhou Ang and Qiao Rui met to attack you, and then Runan prefect Xu Yan beat you again. It is self-evident that the Yuan clan wanted to uproot you Xu clan. I suggest that you return to Chen State as soon as possible to recruit soldiers and drive the Yellow Turban Army to Runan, otherwise you will die without a place to bury yourself."

Tian Chou also wrote a letter to Xu Wei, the prefect of Runan, "Master Xu used to support Yuan Shu as the head of the Yuan Clan, and now he is helping Yuan Shao seek to seize Yuzhou. If you are swaying left and right to please, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will despise you. In the future, his brother No matter who occupies Yuzhou, you will be kicked out of the Yuan Clan. My lord should think about your situation carefully, don't be killed and you don't know who killed it. Now the leader of the Yellow Turban Army is driving straight in. If Runan is robbed, your lord may die faster."

Tian Chou urgently wrote to Yuan Shu, "If we withdraw from Yangdi now and let Yuan Shao occupy Yuzhou, what kind of situation will my lord face? Firstly, my lord, the head of the Yuan family, will definitely not be able to do it. Secondly, Nanyang will soon become Yuan Shao's possession. And my lord will either beg for mercy and be Yuan Shao's loyal servant, or run away like a bereaved dog. The only thing my lord can do now is to join hands with us immediately. In this way, my lord can not only keep half of Yuzhou and continue to be the head of Yuan Shao, but also concentrate on defeating Liu Biao, occupy Jingzhou, so as to ensure that he can advance and retreat without any worries."

Tian Chou urgently wrote to Peng Cheng, Ji Lian, "Last year, the Northern Xinjiang Army traveled thousands of miles to Xuzhou to help you defeat the Yellow Turban Army. Have you forgotten this kind of help? General Hussars came from Youzhou, and your governor Tao Qian My lord has a good relationship. They also fought side by side on the battlefield in the western border, and their friendship is extraordinary. Taking Master Tao Qian as a person, he ordered you to lead the army to Yuzhou. It should be to attack the Yellow Turban Army, not the Northern Xinjiang Army. Now, my lord has violated Lord Tao Qian's order and led the army to besiege the Northern Border Army without authorization, how will you explain to Lord Tao Qian when you return to Xuzhou in the future?"

Tian Chou urgently wrote to Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang, and Yuan Zhong, the prime minister of Peiguo, "Yuzhou is the foundation of the Yuan Clan, but because of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's brothers, their strength has been greatly reduced. Now Yuan Shao is fighting fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou. Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are entangled endlessly. The main force of the people has no time to take care of Yuzhou. If our Northern Border Army takes this opportunity to help the Xu clan occupy Yuzhou with all our strength, how will your Yuan clan gain a foothold? Don’t forget that the Hussar General and the main force of the Northern Border Army are both in Hongnong County, Gyeonggi. , as long as I stick to it for ten and a half months and wait for help, you will be defeated and flee. You can escape, but the Yuan Clan will definitely be uprooted by me. Please think twice, my lords."

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In mid-August, Chen Guoxiang Xu Jue and Liang Guoxiang Cheng Jing took the lead in withdrawing from the coalition forces on the grounds that He Yi, the Yellow Turban Army, led the army to attack Liang Guo and Chen Guo, and hurried southward.Ji Lian, the Prime Minister of Pengcheng, immediately followed them and left with the excuse of going south to help each other.

When Xu Yu, the prefect of Runan, heard that the Yellow Turban Army had reached the state of Chen and was about to reach Runan, he was so anxious that he bid farewell to Zhou Qian and Yuan Yi and left.

Zhou Gan discussed with Yuan Yi and others, and felt that attacking Yangdi now was too risky.The Hussar General is in Gyeonggi, and the main force of the Northern Border Army is also in Gyeonggi. Once the Hussar General is angered, the consequences will be disastrous.Yuan Yi said that Sun Jian's Changsha army went all the way north to challenge King Dong Qin. They were very powerful and beat Dong Zhuo away. They were defeated only twice in more than a year, but both times they were defeated by the Northern Xinjiang army.Once lost to Xu Rong, he was almost trapped in Guangchengguan and starved to death. Once lost to Yan Liang, the whole army was wiped out.We have no absolute certainty of victory, and we cannot fight the northern army.

Just when they were at a loss, Yuan Shao sent an urgent message, don't fight, immediately station troops in Yingyin, and form a confrontation with the northern army.

Zhou Qian, Yuan Yi and others let out a long breath.

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At the beginning of August, General Longxiang Xu Rong led his army across the Yellow River, preparing to go south to Yuzhou.

In August, General Li Hong of the Hussars received documents from Qu Yi and the court successively, knowing that Yuan Shao had already occupied Jizhou.He discussed with Xu Rong for a long time, and felt that the situation in Jizhou was unpredictable, and it was really difficult to predict the future development of the situation, and it became more and more difficult to capture Jizhou.

Li Hong told Xu Rong that if northern Xinjiang wants to survive the crisis and develop, it must occupy one of the three places of Jizhou, Guandong and Guanzhong.When he was assigned to Beijiang, he told me about this matter and analyzed it for me. Later, Mr. Lu Zhi also said the same thing.Both Lord Lu Zhi and the imperial court suggested occupying Kanto, and our opinion is to occupy Jizhou, but now it seems that occupying Jizhou is too difficult, which has far exceeded our previous expectations.You see, should we change our strategy and occupy Kanto first?
"The general meant to give up Jizhou?" Xu Rong frowned and said worriedly, "But to occupy Guandong, we will have to bear the siege of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other states and counties, and the situation will be even more dangerous."

"Judging from the current situation in northern Xinjiang, although we have won the four tuntian counties in Jizhou, the grain after the autumn harvest will increase greatly, but at most it can only guarantee the normal needs of an army of 10,000. If we want to fight, the grain is still far away. It’s not enough. There are [-]+ more victims in Hedong this year. If there are more disasters in the second half of the year or in winter, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in Kanto.”

"However, if we don't take down the Kanto, we won't be able to control Yuzhou, and we won't be able to go to the south of Yuzhou and Jingzhou, or the Jiujiang and Lujiang areas of Yangzhou to buy grain." Li Hong said, "Without enough grain, we can neither Even if we have a foothold, we can't attack Jizhou." He looked at Xu Rong who was silent, and suddenly asked, "Look, can we join hands with Gongsun Zan? After all, we are friends for many years..."

Xu Rong shook his hand, "We can think of this, and so can Yuan Shao. Without the help of Bogui (Gongsun Zan) this time, how could Yuan Shao take Jizhou easily? Bogui never does anything to lose. This time he helped Yuan Shao win After leaving Jizhou, Yuan Shao will definitely give him a generous return, and Yuan Shao will definitely tie Jizhou and Bogui tightly together in order to keep Jizhou, so in the future, there will be fierce disputes between us and Bogui over Jizhou's money, food and taxes. conflict."

Xu Rong let out a long sigh, "If the Master Tai Tu hadn't happened, if we could have predicted that Gongsun Zan might go south earlier, if we had kept close contact with him, maybe we could have persuaded him after he arrived in Jizhou. He helped us take Jizhou, but because of our negligence, or..." He looked at Li Hong and said with a wry smile, "or because we haven't taken the determination and action to take Jizhou, so we lost this opportunity , also lost a best friend."

Li Hong smiled wryly, "Is there really no chance at all?"

"You don't let Yuxing (Xian Yufu) go to Jizhou, and you don't let me go to Jizhou. Obviously, you don't have the confidence to persuade him. You know Bogui's temper. He is nice to you, and he can give you his head, but once Turning against you, he vowed to kill you, skin you and cramps." Xu Rong sighed, "This time we turned against him, not for personal grievances, but for our own survival. Northern Xinjiang needs to survive, and Youzhou also needs to survive." We need to survive. The soldiers in Northern Xinjiang need to eat, and the soldiers in Youzhou also need to eat, so sooner or later, we and Bo Gui will have to turn heads, but it is better to turn faces now than to turn faces in the future."

Li Hong was speechless.

"Take Guandong first." Li Hong said, "After we take Guandong, Yuan Shao only has two options. If he raises troops to attack Luoyang, Gongsun Zan will take Jizhou; , then he will fight Gongsun Zan. The fat meat of Jizhou is not something you can eat whenever you want."

"Yes, if you don't pay attention, you may be choked to death." Xu Rong nodded and said slowly, "If we attack Jizhou now, we will definitely face the joint attack of Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and other states and counties, so We must find a suitable time to send troops. I agree with your strategy, take the Kanto first, and wait for the situation to change."

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In mid-August, General Li Hong of Hussars and General Xu Rong of Longxiang led the Northern Xinjiang Army to enter Luoyang City.

On the same day, Luoyang Xingyuan, the mansion of Hushi General, was built.

On the same day, General Hushi summoned Anping Minister Zhang Qi, Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao and other ministers to discuss matters.

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At the end of August, Xu Rong led his army south to Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and surrounded Yingyin City with lightning speed.On the same day, Yangzhou Inspector Zhou Gan, Shanyang Prefect Yuan Yi, and Pei Guoxiang Yuan Zhong received a letter from General Hushi, inviting them to Luoyang to discuss matters.

At the end of August, Tian Chou took the letter of the general of the hussars and led three thousand black leopards to Chen Guo, Liang Guo, and Runan counties, and invited Xu Yu, Cheng Jing, and Xu Yu to Luoyang for discussion.

At the end of August, Wu Xiong led an army of [-] troops and stationed in Ruyang City in Runan County. (Ruyang City is the hometown of the Yuan Clan, with thousands of clan descendants.)
At the end of August, Liu Biao quickly retreated after receiving a letter from the General Hussars.Sun Jian stayed in Chaoyang City to guard against Liu Biao's attack.

At the end of August, Yan Liang rushed to Wancheng in person with Hushi General Xin, and invited the later general Yuan Shu to Luoyang to discuss state affairs.Liu He also went north with Yan Liang.

At the end of August, Ju Shou and General Xin of Hushi drove back to Jizhou day and night.

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September of the second year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty (AD 191).

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At the beginning of September, Yuan Shao sent a letter back with a fast ride of [-] miles.

Yuan Shao presented an indictment form to the eldest princess, promised the eldest princess and the court to temporarily put aside the dispute over the imperial line, renounced the edict, and promised to pay taxes to the court after the autumn harvest in October.

At the same time, Yuan Shao urgently wrote to the ministers in Luoyang and the officials of various prefectures and counties, imploring them to put the country and the people as the most important thing, temporarily put aside the dispute over the imperial lineage, obey all the wishes of the eldest princess and the court, and accept the eldest princess and the court as soon as possible. Go to Luoyang to restore the imperial court and various houses, in order to revitalize the Dahan community as soon as possible.

Yuan Shao's influence was astonishing. By mid-September, all the officials in Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and other states and counties that could be contacted all submitted their forms, expressing their willingness to obey the eldest princess and the imperial court. All the wishes of the emperor promised to pay taxes after the autumn harvest in October.

At the end of September, everything in Luoyang was done, and Zhang Wen hurried north to welcome the eldest princess and the court back to Luoyang.

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