Great Han Empire

Chapter 626 The Heroes of Troubled Times Like the Abyss
The generals looked at Yang Feng's foot, secretly shocked.

Even if Gongsun Zan did not commit any crimes, did not lead his army southward, and did not occupy the heart of Jizhou, he would still die.

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Liu Yu respected the current emperor and opposed the reconstruction of the imperial lineage. However, because Han Fu, Yuan Shao and other state and county officials took advantage of his clan status and some absurd prophecies to support him as the emperor, he was pushed into the imperial lineage dispute. , Pushed to a dead end.In the contemporary era where prophecy is prevalent, a person who is not the emperor but has the fate of "true son of heaven" means usurpation and rebellion to the emperor and the court, and such a person cannot be left behind anyway.If Liu Yu was killed for the crime of "rebellion", his disciples and former officials would be purged, so although Liu Yu didn't want to be emperor, his disciples and former officials did not necessarily think so.

Because Yuan Shao and the state and county officials in the alliance against Dong slandered that the current emperor was not born by the first emperor, they strongly advocated the abolition of the current emperor and the rebuilding of the imperial line, so they were in a state of opposition to the current emperor and the imperial court. If they could not rebuild the imperial line, What awaits them will be the catastrophe of the nine clans, so they will definitely not give up and look for opportunities to support Liu Yu as emperor.

As Liu Yu's old official and the commander-in-chief of the Youzhou Army, Gongsun Zan appeared in the court's field of vision at this time.At that time, Li Hong sent Liu Yu back to Youzhou desperately because he was worried that Gongsun Zan would support troops and cause chaos. After Liu Yu returned, the court was worried that Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan would support themselves and establish themselves as emperors.As Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan had conflicts, Yuan Shao drove Han Fu away to occupy Jizhou, and the court was worried that Yuan Shao would take advantage of the situation, and joined forces with Gongsun Zan, Liu Dai and other state and county officials to force Liu Yu to the throne.In short, the existence of Liu Yu is an obstacle to the revitalization of the country.

The ministers of the DPRK and China had plans in their minds. Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, like Yuan Shao and some other state and county officials, would be killed sooner or later. Say.Now that Li Hong is personally in charge, this question was immediately put before him.

If the imperial court wants to respect the current emperor and revitalize the great Han society, it must first kill Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and the rebels such as Dong Lianmeng, whether they are those who hold the emperor hostage, threaten to depose the emperor, slander the emperor, or threaten the emperor's throne All people are capital crimes and must be killed. There is no room for discussion. It is better to kill early than late.Secondly, if the imperial court wants to use the land of Hebei as the foundation of revitalization, the stability of the land of Hebei is the top priority, and as many hidden dangers in Youzhou that may affect this stability, they must all be resolved in the early stage of Hebei stability , so as not to raise tigers in the future, and the great cause of revitalization will fail.

Now Gongsun Zan is heading south.Because of his hegemony, Yuan Shao wanted to occupy Luoyang and consume the strength of Beijiang, so he deliberately fell out with Gongsun Zan, asked the court for help, and introduced the Beijiang army to Jizhou.Yuan Shao wanted to kill two birds with one stone, and Li Hong also wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Both of them aimed at Gongsun Zan.

If Gongsun Zan doesn't go south, stay in Youzhou with Liu Yu, and even help Li Hong occupy Jizhou, drive Yuan Shao away, and then support himself like other states and counties, and pose a certain threat to the imperial court, the imperial court and Li Hong will really win in a short time. They couldn't help it, but it was different now. Because Gongsun Zan went south, the Youzhou Army defeated the Yellow Turban Army that attacked Jizhou, and Yuan Shao was restrained by the Heishan Yellow Turban Army in the southwest of Jizhou. The situation in Hebei suddenly changed dramatically.Li Hong then resolutely decided to act immediately.This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which is fleeting and cannot be hesitated.

Li Hong has a relationship with Liu Yu as the old master, and a brotherhood with Gongsun Zan, but at this moment, facing the precarious northern border and the country, he can't care about it anymore.

Anyone who may endanger the safety of northern Xinjiang and the revitalization of the imperial court must be killed, and all possible events related to it must be resolutely eliminated in anticipation and in the bud.This ruthless decision reminded him of the Luoyang court and ministers who wanted to kill him in the past.The reason why those ministers in the past wanted to kill themselves was that they might harm the country in the future, but why don't they treat others like those ministers in the past?Li Hong was absolutely very sad and helpless.I am no longer who I used to be.

Li Hong also considered that the generals of the northern border army might be very confused about the attack on Gongsun Zan, especially after Gongsun Zan recruited many Yellow Turban soldiers to surrender, so he specially wrote a secret letter to Qu Yi and Yang Feng, explaining in detail the reason behind it.Li Hong asked the two men to explain clearly to the generals at the appropriate time that the current situation is very different from last year and the year before, and many things can no longer be measured and handled according to common sense and laws. It must be based on the premise of defending the country and revitalizing the country. Under this premise, no matter what the army does or what conquest actions it takes, it is in accordance with the law.Li Hong asked all the generals not to have any scruples, just do it freely. In the future, you will all be the ministers of the revival of my great man, and your names will last forever.

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Lei Chong was born in a bitter cold. Although he has been promoted rapidly in the past few years, he has been in the army. Like many generals of the Yellow Turban family, he knows little about other things except faithfully implementing the military orders of his superiors.

Yang Feng said a lot today, but for Lei Zhong, he couldn't understand the things behind these military affairs. He only had two impressions in his mind. The purpose is to seize Jizhou, and the second is to beat Gongsun Zan not because he is guilty, but because he followed the wrong person and stayed in the wrong place.

Lei Chong was secretly glad that he did not follow the wrong person.Now no matter who stays in Youzhou to lead the army, as long as they are not absolutely loyal to the general, they will die.All the laws of heaven and laws are bullshit. If you block my way, even my own brother, I will kill you.reason?Don't need any reason. If I say you are a traitor, you are a traitor. If I say I want to kill you, I will kill you. No reason.If you really want to talk about the reason, it is because I have bigger fists, bigger officials, and more power than you, and that is the reason.

After Yang Feng finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked around, indicating that the generals had doubts.

Lei Chong scratched his head and asked, "My lord, after we finish beating Gongsun Zan, shall we turn around and fight Yuan Shao again?"

"If we can completely defeat Gongsun Zan around April, the army will immediately attack Yuan Shao." Yang Feng shook his head and said, "But it is too difficult. First, we are affected by the situation in Kansai, and the situation in Kansai and Kanto will be directly affected. Decide whether we can successfully occupy Jizhou. Second, the current situation is changing too fast. In the past two years, every month has changed. The court, like us, cannot accurately predict what will happen in the next month. Therefore, next year we will Our goal can only be to try our best to stabilize the land of Hebei as much as possible, let's take a step at a time for other things."

The generals nodded thoughtfully.

Qu Yi pointed to Wang Dang, Sun Qin, and Xu Huang and said, "What doubts do you three have? Do you have any doubts about the imperial decree? Can Gongsun Zan fight?"

"Your Excellency said so, we have the final say." Wang Dang folded his hands and apologized, "Take Jizhou, kill Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, this Hebei land is our territory, in the future the refugees and the Yellow Turban Army from all over the world will only With nowhere to go, they can go to Hebei to avoid disaster and live a stable life. This battle is not only worth fighting, but it is worth killing."

Qu Yi frowned, "What is our territory? This is Dahan Jiangshan, Dahanzhou County, what nonsense?"

Sun Qin and Xu Huang also bowed their hands together to make amends.Sun Qin said with a smile: "The next official will follow the general closely, and will never be the second Gongsun Zan."

Xu Huang had no expression on his face, and said a few words to respect the will of the emperor and the court, and obey the general's military order, and then stood silently by the side, full of thoughts.The chaos in the country and the complexity of the situation have far exceeded the scope of his cognition, which made him feel at a loss, feeling like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, unable to reach the world or the ground, and could not see the slightest prospect.Will the country still have a day of revitalization, and will the common people still have a day to live in peace?

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On the east bank of the Majia River, there is the camp of General Dispute.

Gongsun Zan stood at the door of the tent with Li Hong's letter in his hand, looking at the gray sky, his heart was filled with gloom.

Qu Yi sent someone to send this letter, and Li Hong talked about his old friendship in the letter.I still owe Brother Bogui a drink, and if I have a chance in the future, I will definitely ask you to get drunk, but then Li Hong changed the subject, half persuading and half threatening, and asked Gongsun Zan to lead his army back to Youzhou immediately.

Of course Gongsun Zan was unwilling to turn against Li Hong and start a war with the Northern Frontier Army at this time.Although I urgently need to win Jizhou, but facing the mighty Li Hong and Beijiang Army, I really don't have much confidence in victory.It's easy to say if you win or evenly share, once you lose, you will have nothing.

Behind him, Tian Kai, Gongsun Fan, Yan Gang, Guan Jing, Liu Bei and others were also arguing fiercely.

Tian Kai and Liu Bei were unanimously opposed to fighting with the northern army.Behind the Northern Army is the eldest princess, the imperial court, and the Hussar General. Fighting the Northern Army is like fighting the Northern Army of the imperial court.Secondly, the northern border army is too powerful. In the past two years, whether in Kanto or Kansai, they have won many battles and rarely lost.Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, Bao Xin, and Cao Cao were all defeated by the northern army.This battle cannot be fought.

Liu Bei analyzed in detail the many unfavorable factors of his side.The army continued to fight fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army, and the soldiers were very tired.One hundred thousand soldiers recruited from the captives of the Yellow Turban Army have not been repaired, and the morale of the army is extremely unstable. Although we have used money to win over some people, these people are after all ant thieves who have been burning, killing and looting for two years. There may be rebellion, and there is even the danger of turning against you.

There is a serious shortage of food, grass and armaments in the army.Although we have seized a large amount of food and supplies from the Yellow Turban Army, the quantity is too limited to support the needs of an army of 10,000+. The other hundreds of thousands of civilians who accompanied the army are basically refugees who followed the Yellow Turban Army in the South and North Wars. They also want to eat , we cannot afford to supply at the moment.It takes at least a month for the situation to improve.One month later, the troops who seized the two prefectures of Bohai and Hejian will send food and ordnance one after another, but even so, the food and ordnance are far from enough.We have an army of nearly 13, which is too large for us to support.

There is also the most important reason, what if we lose?Liu Bei looked at Gongsun Zan, hesitant to speak.

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During these years he wandered about and fought many battles, but he never stayed in one place for more than a year.This time, relying on Gongsun Zan's powerful strength, he achieved a miracle. He thought that his fate could be changed, but who knew that Gongsun Zan suddenly decided to drive Yuan Shao away and capture Jizhou.

Gongsun Zan's decision surprised him, but when he thought about it carefully, although Gongsun Zan's move was astonishing, it was also a helpless move, and it could even be said to be a wise move.Youzhou is barren and homeless. If Gongsun Zan goes back again, let alone build any great achievements, his future survival will be a problem.

Now that the world is in chaos, Yuan Shao swaggered away Han Fu and made himself the shepherd of Jizhou. Liu Biao secretly went to Xiangyang and said that he was the governor of Jingzhou. When he became the prefect of Dongjun, the Hushi general was even more arrogant and domineering. He extended his hand to Yuzhou and beat Sun Jian, Xu Jue, Zhou Ang and others out of Yangdi City.Since these world-renowned bigwigs can ignore the people of the country and do whatever they want without any scruples, why can't Gongsun Zan, who has made great achievements in the world, not?Should he nest in that barren place in Youzhou to guard the frontier?
Liu Bei was not fair for Gongsun Zan, but also for himself.When I knew Li Hong, he was a school lieutenant, and I was Cao Cao, a soldier in Pingyuan County. What about now?Now Li Hong is a great general of hussars, but his own officials are getting smaller and smaller, only a county lieutenant of the county government.Thinking about how many battles I have fought in the past few years, there is hard work without credit, and I don't expect to be a general, is it about the same as a captain of two thousand shi?But the reality is cruel.Nowadays, the world is becoming more and more serious. Everyone does not rely on merit to get promoted, nor does it spend money to buy an official, but to see whose fist is hard to grab an official.Whoever has strength, who can grab a piece of land, will have money and power, and now even the leader of the Yellow Turban Army knows that he can make himself a general.

Just hit it.Being humble and lacking any strength, he was totally useless in the Youzhou Army. If Gongsun Zan hadn't given him face, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to enter the big account.If Gongsun Zan really brought down Jizhou, he would at least be able to become an official with two thousand shi, and maybe he could take the opportunity to borrow a few thousand soldiers from Gongsun Zan to go back to Pingyuan County, and he would also get a prefect.Even if he seals himself, he is still a prefect.With the territory and strength, Gongsun Zan and himself are qualified to talk with Dong Zhuo, Li Hong, Yuan Shao and others about the world's major issues of saving the country and the common people.

However, things turned upside down again in an instant, and the Beijiang army suddenly appeared in front of his eyes like a leopard that had been hiding for a long time.

The importance of Jizhou to northern Xinjiang is self-evident. If Li Hong hadn't been in charge of Jinyang in the past two years, without the fetters of the two well-known emperor's last edicts, and without the restraint of Dong Zhuo and Luoyang, he would have already appeared ferocious. With his face open, he opened his bloody mouth and swallowed Jizhou in one gulp.

Liu Bei keenly felt that Gongsun Zan's unruly white horse, lured by Yuan Shao's old fox, ran headlong into the leopard's hunting area.Gongsun Zan is in danger.

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Gongsun Zan turned around, pointed at Liu Bei and said, "Xuande, tell me, what will happen if we are defeated?"

Liu Bei pointed to the map and said helplessly: "Look, my lord, now we are in front of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Jizhou Army, to the south is the Yellow River, to the north are the two prefectures of Bohai Sea and Hejian, but because time is too tight, we still He has not completely controlled the two prefectures of Bohai and Hejian, so if he is defeated, the only way out for you is to retreat to Youzhou."

Liu Bei suggested that Gongsun Zan should stop immediately, sit down and discuss the future of Jizhou with General Hushi and Yuan Shaoxu, and then take advantage of this opportunity to immediately send troops north to control the two counties of Bohai and Hejian. The Yellow River hadn't been frozen yet, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army had just been defeated at the best time, so they immediately sent troops across the river to capture the northern counties of Qingzhou.

"If we can defeat the Yellow Turban Army within a few months, capture the four prefectures of Pingyuan, Jinan, Le'an, and Qi, and even take down the two prefectures of Jibei and Taishan in Yanzhou, my lord can not only make more achievements, but also get more With enough money, food and prefectures, you can quickly change the situation on the battlefield, control the initiative on the battlefield, and be invincible both in advance and retreat.”

Gongsun Zan, Tian Kai, Guan Jing and the others stood around the map and nodded repeatedly.

Gongsun Zan praised loudly: "Xuande, this method is good, it's great. Li Hong and Yuan Shao teamed up, not only has a large army, but also sufficient food and grass. It is difficult for us to defeat them in a hurry. We really need time, and a hard fight must be A dead end."

"If we now go north to occupy the two prefectures of Bohai and Hejian, and go south to defeat the Yellow Turban Army and occupy the northern counties of Qingzhou, then by tomorrow spring, we will have the strength to compete with the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Jizhou Army. Four months later, Not only do we have enough strong troops, food, grass and armaments, but also enough counties."

"If we win next year, we will be able to challenge King Dong Qin and save the country. If we lose, we will use one force to go north and the other to go south, relying on the Hejian and Bohai counties of Jizhou and the plains of Qingzhou. Together with the counties and counties in Jinan, reorganize the army, attack from the north and the south, and stick to our current territory." Gongsun Zan smiled happily, "Even if we are completely defeated by Li Hong, we can still go north and retreat to Youzhou, or go south to Qingzhou, but no matter where we withdraw, we can regroup and start all over again."

"Good way." Gongsun Zan clapped his hands on the desk vigorously, his spirits were high, and he swept away the frustration and worries just now, "Xuande, I have already said that as long as you and my brothers work together, we will surely make great achievements, haha..."

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"Then what should we do next?" Tian Kai asked, "Should we immediately send someone to make peace with Qu Yi?"

"No..." Guan Jing shook his hands, "I want to hit him, and I want to hit him hard."

Guan Jing believed that Li Hong's actions in the past two years were the same as Dong Zhuo's. One held the emperor and the court hostage, and the other relied on strong force to dominate northern Xinjiang.Grand Tutor Liu Yu was forced to return to Youzhou. It must have been Li Hong's trick. He was worried that His Excellency would monopolize Youzhou's military and political affairs, and his strength would increase dramatically, which would affect his ambition to dominate northern Xinjiang and usurp the great Han society.

Li Hong's force is too strong. Although there are only more than 2 troops from Qu Yi, Zhang Yan, and Yang Feng in the direction of Jizhou, there are tens of thousands of cavalry troops outside the Great Wall. Once he sees that our strength is too strong next spring, he will transfer the army from outside the Great Wall. Going south, we may not be able to beat him, so now we must do our best to attack and consume the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army as much as possible.At the same time, our determination and momentum to attack Jizhou can also shock Li Hong and Yuan Shao, and we will definitely get more benefits from them when negotiating peace.

"It is indeed necessary to fight." Gongsun Zan said, "We need food, grass, and military equipment when we divide our troops to go north and south, but we don't have much reserves on hand. If half of the [-] Yellow Turban soldiers can die in Panhe, food, grass, and military equipment will be saved. In addition, the army going north and south must use our original Youzhou army. Once the main force leaves, there will be insufficient troops to monitor the Yellow Turban soldiers. If these Yellow Turban soldiers suddenly rebel, it will be troublesome, so this Panhe The battle must be fought. The more intense the fight, the better, we don't care about the cost, we don't care how many people die, but the loss of the Northern Army is quite astonishing." Gongsun Zan's face turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "They killed my brother. How can revenge not be reported?"

"Too many deaths, the morale of the Yellow Turbans..." Liu Bei couldn't bear it, and whispered, "Enough is enough."

"Morale?" Gongsun Zan sneered, "The more people die, the greater the hatred. Next year, the Northern Army will wait to die. Also, if there are too many battles, especially with the Northern Army, those Yellow Turbans who survived will be sent down." The pawns will soon become fearless warriors and become the main force of our Youzhou army. I think fighting here for ten and a half months is comparable to training them for a year."

Guan Jing praised: "Your Excellency is right. In my opinion, if we fight crazy, the Northern Army must retreat in order to reduce casualties."

Pointing to the map, Guan Jing analyzed the possibility that the Northern Xinjiang Army might be trapped in two or even three battlefields in the next few months, "Yuan Shao is a fox, don't expect him to help Li Hong, he won't stab Li Hong in the back That’s not bad, so the situation next year will be very complicated, Li Hong is very likely to suffer from several sieges, and has no choice but to retreat to northern Xinjiang.”

Gongsun Zan nodded and said, "Shiqi is right. The possibility of us capturing Jizhou next year is indeed very high, but the premise is that we have enough strength and room for maneuver, so as not to be schemed by Li Hong, Yuan Shao and others." Then he looked Everyone here suddenly smiled mysteriously, "After we took Jizhou, the top priority is to calm the world and revitalize the great Han. The land of Hebei is the foundation of Emperor Guangwu's Zhongxing Sheji, and we have the foundation of Zhongxing Sheji, and then..."

Guan Jing understood, and Nian Xu chuckled, "Then we need a real man who will lead us to rebuild the great cause of ZTE."

Tian Kai, Yan Gang, Shan Jing, Gongsun Fan, Zou Dan and others seemed to know about it a long time ago, and laughed together.When Liu Bei suddenly thought of Liu Yu, he couldn't help being startled, but there was no expression on his face, and he looked around blankly.

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The next day, Yan Gang took 3000 people north to Bohai County.Gongsun Fan took 3000 people north to Hejian State.Tian Kai and Liu Bei led an army of [-] to Pingyuan County and attacked Qingzhou.

Gongsun Zan asked Guan Jing to write a call to action against Yuan Shao, enumerating the top ten crimes he committed to disrupt the country, and had them take it to various places to post and spread it, and sent a copy to Qu Yi as his reply letter.

Qu Yi, Yang Feng, Ju Shou, etc. were furious, and rushed to report to Li Hong and Yuan Shao, while ordering the army to prepare for the battle.

On the third day, Gongsun Zan ordered his personal guards to pull two carts of money, silk and silk, and a large number of treasures went to the Majiahe camp and placed them under the banner.Gongsun Zan told the soldiers that they would give five hundred rewards for the head of one Northern Xinjiang soldier, or the ears of two Northern Xinjiang soldiers.If more than ten people are killed, another fifty mu of land will be rewarded.Those who killed more than [-] people not only had money and land, but also were awarded the post of Sima in the army.The morale of the Youzhou Army officers and soldiers was like a rainbow, and their murderous aura was soaring.

Gongsun Zan then personally commanded the army to forcibly cross the Majia River and launched a fierce attack on the Northern Frontier Army.

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Songjiahe, the camp of the general of the town army.

Not two hours after the start of the war, Wu Lie Zhonglang General Wen Chou, who was in charge of the frontal resistance, sent someone to ask for help.

There are too many Youzhou troops, about 3 people, and they launched a stormy attack from the mile-long attack river to the west bank of the Majia River like a tide.Due to the long defensive surface, the strength of [-] soldiers seemed a bit thin. Although the weapons were excellent and the soldiers fought bravely, they could not withstand such consumption.

Wen Chou said in the letter of appeal that Gongsun Zan sent the Yellow Turban soldiers as inappropriate people, and drove them across the river. The Majia River was already filled with corpses, but the Youzhou Army was still attacking tenaciously. People can't stop it even if they fight it all out.Wen Chou finally said, I have fought for many years, and this is the first time I have encountered a lunatic.I want a strong bow, I want a ballista, I want support.

Qu Yi and Yang Feng were very surprised.Ju Shou said indifferently: "That lunatic Gongsun Zan has many people, but I have many arrows. I will send someone to send them there immediately despite the orders from the two adults."

Qu Yi didn't dare to be careless, and ordered Ding Bo to take 2000 people and a large number of ordnance to rush to support.

At noon, Wang Dang, who was defending the Duma River, and Sun Qin and Han Qiong, who were defending Old Zhao Niuhe, also sent people to ask for help.

"What's wrong with Gongsun Zan?" Qu Yi shook his head and scolded, "A [-] army is attacking from three places at the same time, and he wants to attack in one day?"

Yang Feng looked up at the sky outside the big tent, "It doesn't seem like it will snow this day, why is he in such a hurry? Could it be that he has no food?"

"Hehe..." Feng Ji laughed, "Did he know about you killing Gongsun Yue?"

Yang Feng glared at him, wishing he could slap him, "So what if you kill him? Don't say that Gongsun Zan has 10 people, even if there are 20 people, I can kill them all."

In the afternoon, the messenger urgently reported that Majiahe had fallen.

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Episodes 11, 28, and [-] of Records of the Great Han Empire will be released on November [-] at the same time, and will be available in various places in early December.Thank you to all book friends for your love and support, thank you.

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