Great Han Empire

Chapter 648
Sima Ju came across the river from the direction of Cangting.

Sima Ju is in his 40s. He is tall and thin, with high cheekbones and a long beard. The wrinkles on his forehead are long and deep like ravines, and his eyes are firm and energetic.Sima Ju is a big man in Taishan County. When he was young, he worked in Yanzhou Mansion, and later spent money to buy Guan Neihou.He is well-known in Taishan County for his kindness and generosity, and his love of fighting for justice.In his early years, he studied under Zheng Xuan, a master scholar in Beihai, and was a disciple of Zheng Xuan.After he raised the banner to start an incident on Mount Tai, Zheng Xuan felt ashamed and took refuge in the barren mountain with a group of disciples.Sima Ju sent people to help him many times, but Zheng Xuanjian refused. He would rather eat weeds and bark than the food Sima Ju sent.

Sima Ju didn't talk much. After seeing Yu Du and Sui Gu, he exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and then explained his intention of coming, "Because of the arrival of Hushi General Li Hong and the Northern Border Army, the situation in Jizhou has gradually become clear. After the Battle of Bridge, Yuan Shao lost Yecheng and fled to Hanoi, while Gongsun Zan was almost wiped out and had already fled to Nanpi, Bohai County. There was no three-way melee on the Jizhou battlefield. The army in the north was too powerful. Gongsun Zan is no match for Li Hong, and will soon be defeated and flee to Qingzhou, so our attack on Jizhou now is like pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth and seeking our own death."

Yu Du immediately refuted it.Although Yuan Shao fled to Hanoi, his strength did not suffer a devastating blow. He still had soldiers, subordinates who followed him, and states and counties all over the country that helped him. Kuang rendezvous, he can immediately regroup and attack Jizhou.Yuan Shao does not have Jizhou, how will he survive, how will he develop, and how will he fight against Li Hong?
Behind Gongsun Zan is Youzhou, and Taifu Liu Yu. He has also obtained the northern counties of Qingzhou. At this moment, whether he goes north to Youzhou or south to Qingzhou, he has a lot of room for maneuver. It is impossible for Li Hong and the Northern Xinjiang Army Hit him with a stick.As long as Gongsun Zan is still alive and has an army, he will not give up the fight for Jizhou.Whether he can get the money and food from Jizhou is directly related to the survival of Youzhou and the northern counties of Qingzhou.

Although the Beijiang army won the battle at Jieqiao, they suffered a lot of losses, and the Beijiang army is now in the predicament of fighting on two fronts. With the current strength of Beijiang, how can it be possible to support the two-front fighting for a long time?
Yuan Shao wanted to seize Jizhou, Gongsun Zan wanted to seize Jizhou, and Li Hong fought on two fronts like walking on thin ice. The battle in Jizhou still had to be fought. How did the situation become clear?

If we gather heavy troops now, and take advantage of the northern border army's vitality, we will launch a fierce attack, first capture Yecheng, rely on Montenegro to gain a firm foothold, and then take Ganling Kingdom, and unite the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army Integrate into one body, then in the future our two Yellow Turban armies will be able to serve as horns and aid each other, and we will be able to cross the Yellow River north and south, occupy the Central Plains, and seek the great cause of peace.

Yu Du was in his thirties, tall and strong, with a square black face, a messy beard, and a pair of aggressive eyes, quite domineering.He used to be a loyal disciple of Taipingdao, and when Zhang Jiao rebelled, he was one of the 30 Fang Qu commanders.After Zhang Jiao defeated Guangzong, he fled to Taihang Mountain to follow Zhang Niujiao.After Zhang Niujiao's defeat in Yingtao, he, Yang Feng, Bai Rao and other Yellow Turban leaders left Zhang Yan and went south to Heishan as their base to continue their conquests in order to realize Zhang Jiao's great cause of peace.

Sui Gu was very disappointed with Sima Ju's conquest strategy, "Commander, think about the situation in the world after Li Hong occupies Jizhou."

Sui Gu is also in his 30s, with a yellow and thin complexion, as if he has been hungry for a long time, skinny, with sunken cheeks, and sunken eyes, but his eyes are very energetic, making people feel buried in his thin body His great strength and indomitable tenacity.

Sui Gu believed that after Li Hong occupied Jizhou and received sufficient money and food support from Jizhou, his strength would improve by leaps and bounds in a few years, and then he would conspire the world.Li Hong has the land of Hebei, and the next goal is obvious, that is to cross the river and go down to capture the Central Plains.If the commander-in-chief has gained a firm foothold with Mount Tai as his base, Li Hong's target of attack will naturally be the Yellow Turban Army.By attacking the Yellow Turban Army, Li Hong would have an excuse to go south, gain the title of righteousness, and be able to get the support of various states and counties.How can we resist the army of Northern Xinjiang?Does the commander-in-chief think that the Yellow Turban Army in a few years can defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army?In the past three years, the commander-in-chief led the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to fight in all directions. The four prefectures of Yan, Qing, Xu, and Henan were raging with flames of war, the fields were barren, and the refugees were flooded. The Yellow Turban Army could not even eat.The officers and troops from various states and counties are staring at us. Liu Dai, Tao Qian and others spare no effort to attack us. The flames of war have not stopped for a moment. How can the general have the time and strength to consolidate the village?
It has been eight years since we have used Montenegro as our headquarters, and we have fought for eight years, but so far we have not been able to occupy half a piece of land or a single city in Hanoi and Jizhou.Where's the handsome guy?The commander-in-chief has fought for three years, how much land has he occupied so far, and how many cities have he won?If the Yellow Turban Army wants to develop, it must have land and cities, a stable situation and sufficient time, otherwise we will not be able to change the predicament that has lasted for many years.

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The two sides have great differences on the survival and development strategies of the Yellow Turban Army, and neither can convince the other.

Sima Ju persuaded earnestly: "Since the death of Marshal Bai, you have been fighting in Jizhou for a year, but you have made little progress. Now that Li Hong and the Northern Xinjiang Army have begun to rob Jizhou, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have been defeated. How can you be him?" opponent? Follow me south to Mount Tai."

Yu Du and Sui Gu refused.Yu Du said, since the commander-in-chief is unwilling to go north to attack Jizhou, let's fight.I only hope that the commander-in-chief can attack Qingzhou immediately, take back the lost counties and counties, cut off Gongsun Zan's retreat to the south, and force Gongsun Zan to fight Li Hong continuously in Jizhou and Youzhou.As long as Li Hong is entangled by Gongsun Zan, we will have a chance to seize Weijun and Ganling Kingdom, so that we can echo the commander-in-chief on both sides of the Yellow River.

Sima Ju had no choice but to say goodbye, "Take care, two brothers. If the situation in Jizhou deteriorates and you can't support it, I will lead the army to the bank of the Yellow River and help the two brothers cross the river."

Yu Du and Sui Gu were very moved and nodded repeatedly.

"The commander-in-chief should also take care of himself. Now that Yuan Shao is defeated in Hanoi, he may join forces with Cao Cao and Wang Kuang to counterattack Wei County in the near future. This is a good opportunity for the commander-in-chief to attack Yanzhou." Yu Du said, "If the commander-in-chief needs us to cross the river to help ,Please……"

Sima Ju waved his hands, "If you can drag Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army to Jizhou, I have an absolute chance of winning the battle of Yanzhou."

Yu Du and Sui Gu looked at each other and smiled.Sui Gu bowed and said: "Commander, don't worry, as long as we lead the army to approach Ganling, we will hold back the main force of the Northern Army. If Yuan Shao hadn't lost his nerve, he should have attacked Yecheng without hesitation. "

Sima Ju thought for a while and said worriedly: "Although you have held back the Northern Army, the Northern Army has also held you back. If Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Wang Kuang take the opportunity to attack Heishan Bentun, then Heishan will be very dangerous. .”

"We have been prepared for a long time. Heishan still has the army of Kuji, Tao Sheng, Liu Shi and Qingniujiao." Yu Du said, "We hope Yuan Shao will go to fight Heishan, so that we can avenge Bai Shuai and his brother who died in Puyang .”

Sima Ju thought of the dead Bai Rao, and felt pain in his heart, so he boarded the boat sadly, and sailed away by boat.

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Yu Du and Sui Gu returned to Dongwuyang and immediately summoned Guo Daxian, Li Damu, Luoshi, Dahong, Sili and Yuancheng to discuss matters.

I heard that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army gave up going north, and the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army attacked Jizhou alone. The room suddenly fell into silence, and the atmosphere was very depressed.

"We only have 15 people, and we can't beat the Northern Frontier Army." Da Hong said in a low voice.

Dahong was an orphan whose family members died in a great flood. He was just born that year as a baby.He was rescued by Taipingdao disciples and grew up in Taipingdao.Because they didn't know his surname, the people of Taipingdao named him Dahong.The three generals Luoshi, Sili, and Yuancheng in the house, like Dahong, are all orphans adopted by Taipingdao. From their names, it can be seen where they were taken in by Taipingdao.These people have a special feeling for Taipingdao and the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao. Their lives are given by Taipingdao and Zhang Jiao. They want to fight and die for Taipingdao and Zhang Jiao.

Dahong's thoughts are actually the thoughts of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army. They think that Yu Du is too confident and has lost his mind.

Sui Gu stood up, pointed to the map and said, "The Northern Xinjiang Army is too strong. We have no chance of winning if we confront him head-on, so..." He put his hand on Guantao City on the map, "We will fight here and cut off the northern border. The food road of the frontier army."

Now one part of the Northern Xinjiang Army is attacking Anping, one part is attacking Ganling City, and the other part is staying in Yecheng to guard against attacks from us and Yuan Shao.For this reason, the Northern Xinjiang Army set up two grain roads, one from Handan of Zhao State to Guangzong City, and then divided into two, part of the grain and grass went to Anping State, part of the grain and grass crossed the bridge to Ganling City, and there was another two roads. The road is from Handan to Yecheng, and then passes through Guantao to Ganling City.

After we cut off this food road for the Northern Army, the Northern Army will feel very uncomfortable.If you send troops to attack us, there will be fewer troops to attack Ganling City.The Northern Xinjiang Army couldn't take Ganling City, so it couldn't quickly attack Bohai County eastward.If they don't attack us, their food supply will be very tight, and they have to divide their troops to prepare for our surprise attack, so it will be even more difficult to attack Ganling City.

The northern border army hesitated, and the attack on Ganling City was blocked, and our goal was achieved.As a result, the Northern Xinjiang Army was dragged to Ganling City.Secondly, Gongsun Zan got a chance to breathe, he could regroup his troops, and fight Li Hong again.Thirdly, Gongsun Zan would not immediately flee south to Qingzhou, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army would have enough time to attack Jinan, Anle and other counties.Four years later, Yuan Shao got the opportunity to counterattack Yecheng.

The northern border army was trapped in Jizhou, and its forces were scattered. It was going to fight with Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao at the same time, and the losses could be imagined.We can take advantage of the opportunity to profit from the fisherman and do our best to capture Wei County and Ganling State.Of course, capturing Wei County and occupying Yecheng is our primary goal.With Yecheng and Weijun, we can grow and develop.Without land and city, we will die one day.We have been waiting for this opportunity for eight years, and we must not miss it.

"What if the northern border army sends troops to attack us?" Sili asked.

"If Li Hong wants to attack us, we will retreat to Wei County and Neihuang." Sui Gu said, "According to the scouts' investigation, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have already headed towards Hanoi after meeting up. Obviously, they want to take advantage of us. When the main force of the army attacked Dongwuyang and was about to go south to join Sima Ju, attack our Bentun."

We outflanked Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, surrounded them, and then attacked back and forth with the Kuyi, Tao Sheng and other troops.Even if we can't completely annihilate Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army, we can still beat them to the point where they can't fight back.In this way, we not only supported the Yanzhou battlefield, helped Sima Ju hold back Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but also quickly occupied the southern part of Wei County, and we were able to attack the eastern part of Hanoi County in order to seize more land and cities.

If the northern border army wants to attack us, the time to capture Ganling City will be delayed, and the time to attack Bohai County will also be delayed.When Li Hong goes to fight Gongsun Zan in the future, we will send troops to attack Yecheng, harassing and intercepting their grain roads day and night.If we can take Yecheng smoothly, we can form a situation of dividing Jizhou equally with Li Hong and Gongsun Zan.

After listening to Sui Gu's explanation, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army immediately became more confident, and all of them were very happy.

Yu Du smiled and said, "Since everyone has no objections, then we will go north tomorrow to attack Guantao."

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At the end of March, Jizhou, Ganling.

After the Battle of Jieqiao, Li Hong ordered the army to rest for ten days in order to allow the entire army to have a full rest and to prepare enough food and supplies.

During these ten days, Li Hong sent people to shoot books into the city several times, and supervised and asked the Minister of Ganling, Ji Yong, to surrender the city.

Ji Yong, Minister of Ganling, wrote back a letter and scolded Li Hongda.The reason why I dedicate the city to Gongsun Zan is because Gongsun Zan defeated the Yellow Turban Army and made contributions to saving the great Han society, but Yuan Shao was mean and shameless and killed Han Fu, which is really chilling.Gongsun Zan is under the Taifu Lord, I dedicate the city to Gongsun Zan, that is, I dedicate the city to the Taifu Lord, whether it is public or private, it is justified.

Why did the general ask me to dedicate the city?For your own selfishness, you not only beat Yuan Shao, but also Gongsun Zan. What is the difference between what you did today and what Dong Zhuo did?You said that you did this to save the country, but I don't see what your attack on Jizhou has to do with saving the country.If the general wants to save the country, he should fight Dong Zhuo and Guanzhong, and he should fight King Dong Qin instead of occupying Jizhou.What is the purpose of the general sending troops to Jizhou and occupying Jizhou?It's just to usurp the big man.The general is a Han thief.In today's world, first there was Dong thief who disrupted Gangji, and then there was Li thief who usurped the country, and the great man was in danger.

Li Hong smiled wryly and was speechless.In a blink of an eye, I became a traitor.

The news of Han Fu's death surprised Li Hong. He hurriedly sent someone to Yecheng to ask Qu Yi to ask Xu You, Chen Lin and others.No matter how ruthless Yuan Shao was, he would not publicly punish Han Fu. This is not asking for notoriety.

Qu Yi replied quickly.It turned out that during the New Year, Guo Tu and Feng Ji were ordered to go to Chenliu County to discuss with Zhang Miao, Yuan Tan, Gao Gan and others about attacking Yuzhou.Zhang Miao entertained Guo Tu and other Jizhou officials for a banquet in the mansion, and Han Fu, Bian Rang and other famous people attended and accompanied him.During the dinner, Bian Rang was very rude, mocking Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others.Yuan Tan and Guo Tuquan pretended not to hear him and ignored him.Fengji couldn't take it anymore, and quarreled with Bian Rangdangtang.It is a fact that Yuan Shao drove Han Fu away, no matter how much he quarreled, every discipline would be wronged.In a rage, Feng Ji picked up the small pot of soup and threw it at it.Bian Rang couldn't dodge in time, his head was smashed, and the soup splashed all over his face.Feng Ji also uttered cruel words, saying that he would kill Bian Rang.

Bian Rang was humiliated, but Han Fu was actually humiliated.Han Fu was overwhelmed with grief and indignation for a while, and took the opportunity of going to the toilet to commit suicide by cutting his wrist with a paper knife.

After this happened, the celebrities in Yanzhou believed that Yuan Shao forced Han Fu to death, and everyone scolded Yuan Shao severely, which made Yuan Shao very annoyed.

Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao almost turned against each other because of this matter.Yuan Shao couldn't argue with anything, he could only admit it.Yuan Shao was worried that Zhang Miao would hinder Yuan Tan's plan to attack Yuzhou because of this incident, so he secretly told Cao Cao, asking him to find an excuse to kill Zhang Miao.Cao Cao thought that you, Yuan Benchu, regarded me as an idiot.I killed Zhang Miao, can I still gain a foothold in Yanzhou?Your son and nephew are all in Chenliu, you don't tell them to kill, but you tell me to kill. Isn't it too despicable for you to use a knife to kill someone?
Cao Cao wrote to Zhang Miao, implying that Yuan Shao had the intention of killing him, and asked Zhang Miao to write a letter to Yuan Shao at an appropriate time to express his apology, and the matter would be over.Yuan Tan and Gao Gan were in Chenliu, Zhang Miao didn't dare to offend Yuan Shao too much, so he spoke soft words to Yuan Shao.Zhang Miao used to be good friends with Yuan Shao, He Yong and others who shared the same goals, and they were known as "friends on the run". Naturally, such trivial matters are not worth mentioning.The two reconciled as before.

Hearing that Han Fu died like this, Li Hong felt very bad.Li Hong had a bad impression of Han Fu, and Han Fu was driven out of Jizhou, more or less related to Li Hong.After thinking about it, Li Hong felt that Han Fu had helped Beijiang, and it was indeed too unfair for him to die with such anger today.

Regrets are regrets, the city still has to be fought.Taking down Jizhou by himself and driving away Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan can be regarded as comforting the dead Han Fu.If Han Fu's spirit in the sky knew that he had avenged him and vented his hatred, he should have left with a smile on his face.

When the Northern Xinjiang Army was preparing to attack the city, an urgent report came that Guantao was besieged by the Yellow Turban Army and the grain road was cut off.

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What Li Hong was most worried about finally happened. The Yellow Turban Army began to attack Jizhou northward.

At this time, Zhao Yun sent a message from Anping.Zhang Qi, Prime Minister of Anping, kept his faith in the capital and refused to surrender.Xindu City is tall and strong, and the northern army only has [-] infantry from Peng Lie, and [-] cavalry from Zhao Yun and Liu Ming.Zhao Yun asked the general to recruit an army of infantry for assistance.

The scouts from Bohai County who were investigating the military situation reported that after Gongsun Zan returned to Nanpi, he immediately recruited troops, prepared food and weapons, and strengthened the city walls. There was no sign of withdrawing from Jizhou. Obviously, he still wanted to fight the northern army again.

Li Hong immediately called Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, Zhu Mu, Wang Dang, Yu Digen and other generals to the big tent for an army meeting.

All the generals of the original Yellow Turban Army, starting with Zhang Yan, bowed their heads and remained silent.How to fight this battle?
"Yu Du and Sui Gu's intention to beat Guantao is obvious. He wants to hold us back." Li Hong looked at the crowd and said with a smile, "My lords, tell me, what should we do? How should we deal with it?"

Li Yao stood up, "The general said that we would never order us to take the initiative to attack the Yellow Turban Army. Now that Yu Po is attacking Guantao, he did not take the initiative to attack us, so..." He looked at Li Hong timidly, cautiously Said, "So I think we should attack Ganling City immediately."

"Yu Du has stuck his neck, isn't this an active attack?" Zhang Xiao stood up excitedly, and said loudly, "Did Yu Du kill 1 of us before you admitted that he was an active attack?"

"How can Mr. Zhang say that?" Yang Yi immediately retorted, "Yu Du just cut off our food road."

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Zhen scolded angrily, "Could it be that Yu Du cut off our two food roads, and the knife has already cut into the neck, so you are crying for pain?"

"Okay... okay..." Zhang Yan patted the table, "Don't argue." Then he turned to look at Li Hong, "General, attack the city immediately without delay."

"What about the Yellow Turban Army? What if Yu Du takes the initiative to attack us?" Li Hong asked, "Should Jiang Wu and Mustafa's cavalry be transferred to the Linqing area for guard?"

"During the siege, the direction of Bohai County and Yuanyuan County needs more troops on guard, and cavalry cannot be dispatched." Zhang Yan shook her head and said, "I will go to Guantao in person."

Yang Feng and the generals looked at Zhang Yan in surprise.Li Hong seemed to have expected it long ago, and smiled without saying a word.

"Are you going alone?" Yang Feng asked with a frown, "What are you going for? The year before last and last year we kept sending people up the mountain, saying all the good things, but in the end how many people came down the mountain to be cared for?"

"Bai Rao is gone." Zhang Yan said sadly, "Maybe Yu Du, Sui Gu and others have changed their minds."

"Yu Du, Sui Gu and others may have changed their minds, but what about Sima Ju? What about Xu He? What about Wu Ba? Are they willing to be comforted?" Yang Feng repeatedly shook his head, "Feiyan, you are no longer a yellow scarf. Commander of the army, in their eyes, you are a rebellion against the Taiping Dao, a rebellion against the Great Virtuous Teacher and Commander Niujiao, and they will kill you."

"I'm going." Zhang Yan said very resolutely, "I must go."

"Okay, I'll go with you." Li Hong said loudly suddenly, "Let's go together."

The generals were shocked.

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In April of the third year of Chuping (AD 192) of the Han Dynasty.

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At the beginning of April, Chen Cangcheng, Fufeng County, Guanzhong.

Late at night, thunder and lightning, heavy rain torrential.

The fast horse galloped in, "The imperial decree has arrived, Lord Lu please accept the decree quickly."

(End of this chapter)