Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 390 Let's Help Whoever Can Keep Jizhou

Yuan Tan's sudden mobilization of troops caused panic throughout Jizhou, and officials in counties and counties all over the country were even more at a loss, wondering whether they should be involved in this war between brothers.Due to the lack of defense, wherever Yuan Tan's army passed, the counties and counties were unable to resist and surrendered one after another.

In Yecheng, Yuan Shang heard that Yuan Tan was aggressively attacking Jizhou on the grounds that he had stolen Jizhou. He was afraid that his subordinates and the people would turn against him, and he would be replaced by Yuan Tan.Feeling anxious, he immediately called for Shen Pei, Jiang Yiqu, Su You and other subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

Engaged in Wuhuan Tuqi Qianzhao said: "The most urgent task is to stabilize people's hearts and to justify the name of the Lord."

The examiner rolled his eyes: "Rectification of the name? The lord's ascension to the throne was decided by the general on his deathbed. As the saying goes, the name is right and sound, and everyone expects it. Why do we need to rectify the name?"

Qianzhao stretched out his palm and said, "The so-called rectification of names, one is to rectify the name of the lord, the other is to appease the people, and the third is to punish Yuan Tan for his crime of unfilial piety?"

Unfilial crime?Yuan Shang's eyes sparkled. The biggest weapon to suppress Yuan Tan is unfilial piety. If he is unfilial, he doesn't obey his father's will.The second is unfilial, when the father died less than a year ago, he used swords recklessly.The three acts of unfilial piety, when the father died, the elders killed the young, and the three crimes were committed. Yuan Shang immediately felt that his waist was much straighter.The officials and common people in Jizhou sympathized with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shang promulgated Yuan Tan's three crimes, and they all felt that Yuan Tan was a bit too much. After all, Yuan Shao just died, why did the elder brother raise troops to beat the younger brother?The secular habit made people give Yuan Shang sympathy, and Yuan Shang gained more support.

The current generals in Jizhou include: Jiang Yiqu, Wang Men, Qianzhao, Su You, Yin Kai, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and so on.The main counselors and civil servants are: Shenpei, Yin Kui, and Li Fu.Wang Xiu left Jizhou and defected to Qingzhou, and the trial commissioner launched a purge against Jizhou officials.Xin Pi's family members were taken away, and Xin Ping's family members were still in the city, imprisoned in prisons, but those who were close to Yuan Tan were either arrested or confiscated. The chief secretary Chen Lin went to guard Yuan Shao's tomb.In order to defend Yecheng, Yuan Shang sent his subordinates Han Fan and Liang Qi to assist Juhu in guarding Handan.Handan is adjacent to Yecheng, which was subordinate to Handan County in the early Han Dynasty, so the defense of Handan is very important to Yecheng.

Yuan Shangan's anti-foreign policy achieved good results, and he began to plan how to repel Yuan Tan.

Jiang Yiqu was considered an old man in Yuan Shao's army. After Chun Yuqiong retired and died in Hebei Sizhu, he seemed to be a veteran general. At least many of the army were his old troops.Jiang Yiqu offered a plan and said: "Yuan Tan is coming fiercely. Although our army is superior in numbers, our troops are scattered. We cannot compete with them. The city of Yecheng is strong, and we can shrink all the troops to Yecheng and defend the city until the troops are exhausted. If you make a big counterattack again, you will surely win.”

The judges supported the reduction of troops to Yecheng, but they had different opinions on the use of troops: "Letting Yuan Tan go straight in will seriously damage the morale of our army. The states and counties are already vacillating. Seeing Yuan Tan winning, they will think that the lord is not as good as Yuan Tan. We all rely on Yuan Tan, so we have to fight! Although Yuan Tan is brave, he wants to make great achievements, and winning consecutive victories encourages arrogance, thinking that we are vulnerable. Therefore, the lord can continue to show weakness to Yuan Tan, so that he can go deep alone. Lead the main force in front of the city to attack them with all their strength, and only need to wipe out the incoming enemy, then his morale will decline, and it will be difficult to fight, so there is nothing to fear."

Yuan Shang heard that what both of them said made sense. He was not very clear about how to use troops, but he was very concerned about the renunciation of his subordinates. It was okay to go to Yuan Tan from all over the place. Could it be possible that he was left with only an isolated city?
Immediately ordered soldiers and horses from all over the country to gather in Yecheng, and ordered the Lu brothers to lead 5000 people to lure the enemy.

Yuan Tan was very proud at this time, and since he dispatched troops, he heard the news and surrendered everywhere, thinking that he won the hearts of the people, Yuan Shang has betrayed his relatives, and Jizhou is just around the corner.He ordered Guo Tu to lead 2 people as the rear team, and he and his general Cen Bi led 2 people as the front. .

Thirty miles away from Yecheng, the horse came to report: Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang formed an formation ahead to block the way.

Yuan Tan patted his horse and came to the front of the battle: "Please talk to Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang before the battle."

When the Lu brothers saw Yuan Tan, they clasped their fists and saluted, and said peacefully: "The final general pays his respects to the eldest son. Why did the eldest son send troops to Jizhou for no reason? Isn't the son afraid of Li Yang's loss? If Cao Cao sent troops to occupy Li Yang at this time, how would he face the great general?" ? The final general has the guts to invite the eldest son back to Li Yang!"

Yuan Tan shook his head and said: "The two of you were promoted by my father to the army. You should be grateful for my father's kindness. My father died of illness. Why did you pass the position to Yuan Shang for no reason? How can Yuan Shang guard Jizhou? The two generals don't Since you know that Liyang is the gateway to Hebei, why did you leave Liyang at the call of Yuan Shangzhi? Could it be that I, Yuan Tan, are responsible for guarding Liyang? Since you know that Liyang is very important, help me take Yecheng as soon as possible so that I can return to the army to defend it Li Yang!"

The Lu brothers looked at each other, clasped their fists and said, "Young master's family affairs are not for your subordinates and hear about. Please see that the third son can put the great general's great cause, Jizhou as the most important, and peace as the most important thing. Don't go to war." After the two of them finished speaking, they raised their weapons and ordered the soldiers to spread out to make way.

Yuan Tan chuckled: Yuan Shang, your subordinates don't think highly of you, so why do you fight me? "Send the order, the army advances quickly to attack Yecheng."

General Cen Bi passed Lu Kuang with a knife in his hand, squinted at him, snorted and rode away.

Lu Xiang came to his brother's side and said indignantly: "This Cen Bi is really hateful, how dare he look down on us like this, it's not that the eldest son is here, I will definitely make him look good."

"This kind of villain, why should you care about him."

"Brother, what shall we do?"

"I hope the two sons can reconcile. Alas, they are brothers, so there is nothing to argue about."

"That is to say, the two of us never fight. However, if the two sons really want to fight, who shall we help?"

"They are all the sons of the lord. Who do you think we should help? It is wrong to help anyone! In fact, it doesn't matter who we help. We will help whoever can keep Jizhou."

"Brother, what do you mean, we will help whoever wins?"

Lu Kuang nodded and said nothing.

"Why did Big Brother listen to Yuan Shang's call and leave Li Yang that day?"

Lu Kuang was silent, and he was also full of bitterness: In name, Yuan Shang is the lord of Jizhou, so of course he has to listen to Yuan Shang.When Cao Cao came to attack, Yuan Shang personally led the troops to help. He thought that the brothers were in harmony. How could he have thought that they would become enemies at the sword and gun in less than half a year?

Lu Xiang chuckled, "It's not just the elder brother who has this idea, I think Juhu in Handan also has this idea, right?"

"Mr. Jushou is a wise man in Jizhou, how could his son be a fool?" Lu Kuang gently stroked the sword. "Send the order, set up camp on the spot, do a good job of patrolling, and don't move rashly!"

(End of this chapter)