Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 96 The Battle of Jiyou

"Then what are you waiting for, rush over and kill them!" When Yan Gang heard that someone in front thought it was the second brother Xian Yufu, he immediately led his army and rushed over.

"Woo!" Yan Gang realized something was wrong from a long distance away, and stopped.Then he motioned for Baima Yicong to stop.

"What's wrong with the general, why did you listen?"

"That's not right. Look at the army in front. It's neat and tidy. It doesn't look like a fleeing army at all, and the number is wrong. Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin don't have that many people either."

Hearing what Yan Gang said, a sharp-eyed soldier from Bai Mayi took a closer look, and then shouted: "General, the big banner in front is a word Yan."

"Yan character?" Yan Gang carefully searched for the general surnamed Yan in his mind.After thinking for a long time, I thought of Yan Liang.

"Yan Liang? Could it be Yan Liang, but Yan Liang is from Yuan Shao, why did he appear in Youzhou? Come, bring a map. Let's see where we are now!" Yan Gang shouted.

"General Qi, we are now in Changshan State. It belongs to the border between Youzhou and Jizhou." A soldier replied after checking the map carefully.

When Yan Gang was talking with the soldiers, Yan Liang led the army over, pointed at the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "Who is in front?"

Yan Gang came out and replied: "I am Yan Gang, the general under the command of Youzhou Mugong Sun Zan. I don't know if the general is General Yan Liang and Yan Wenheng."

"Exactly! But, isn't Youzhou Shepherd Liu Yu? When did he become Gongsun Zan!" Yan Liang had a disdainful expression on his face when he heard Youzhou Shepherd Gongsun Zan.

"This general doesn't need to ask any more questions, but I don't know why General Yan came here?" Yan Gang didn't want to say more, but asked Yan Liang instead.

"My lord heard that Youzhou was in turmoil, so he specially sent me to lead the army to clean up the border. I just encountered a group of rogues, and I have already beheaded the two leaders of the bandits!" A human head was raised.

Yan Gang saw that these two heads belonged to brothers Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin.His complexion couldn't help but look a little ugly.

"General Yan, these two heads of yours are the traitors that our Lord Shepherd called for. See if you can return these two heads to me!"

"What?" Yan Liang stared at Yan Gang's words, his copper bell-like eyes immediately widened, and shouted: "You are so unreasonable, this is the leader of the bandits I beheaded, and you actually want to snatch it from this general. , have you lived enough?"

Yan Gang complained in his heart, but he didn't know what to say.This man was indeed killed by Yan Liang, but if the heads of the two brothers Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin cannot be taken back, Gongsun Zan will not be able to explain, so Yan Gang just looked at Yan Liang hesitantly, but he didn't know what to do. Say what.

Seeing that Yan Gang didn't say anything anymore, Yan Liang turned around and was about to leave.

"It's not too late to leave the head!" Seeing that Yan Liang was about to leave, Yan Gang hurried forward, trying to snatch the head.

"Huh? I think you have lived enough!" Yan Liang turned his head and saw Yan Gang galloping towards him, and immediately greeted him with a sword.

Seeing Yan Liang slashing down with his saber, Yan Gang hastily raised his saber to meet him.The two fought together.

Yan Gang was considered a strong general under Gongsun Zan, but he met Yan Liang, the leader of the Four Court Pillars in Hebei, and the two fought without any success. Yan Liang cut off the red tassel on Yan Gang's hat with one knife.Yan Gang was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his back, then he nodded and ran away.

Seeing Yan Gang running away, Yan Liang didn't chase after him. He laughed and said, "Gongsun Zan's general? That's all!"

"My lord, my subordinate is incompetent, and Yan Liang took the heads of the two brothers Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin. They almost died at the hands of Yan Liang." Yan Gang knelt in front of Gongsun Zan to plead guilty.

"Yan Liang? Could it be the Yan Liang under Yuan Benchu?" Gongsun Zan asked curiously.

"Of course!"

"Could it be that he, Yuan Benchu, also wants to get involved in my Youzhou affairs?" Gongsun Zan said angrily.

"General, this is a letter from Yuan Shao in Jizhou." It was Guan Jing who came in with the letter in his hand.

"Bring it!" Gongsun Zan, who was getting angry, grabbed the letter and read it.

"What kind of medicine did Yuan Benchu ​​buy in this gourd? You actually want to meet me at Jieqiao." Gongsun Zan looked at the letter suspiciously.

"My lord, it doesn't matter if we go, we have captured Youzhou now, even Yuan Shao would not dare to be our enemy." Guan Jingjin said.

"En!" Gongsun Zan nodded and wrote back to Yuan Shao: We will meet at Jieqiao in three days.

In Xiangping City, Liaodong County.

"My lord, according to the news from Tanma, Liu Yu has been killed by Gongsun Zan. Although Gongsun Zan has obtained Youzhou, he is not popular among the people. Moreover, Yuan Shao is also stationed at Jieqiao, and it seems that he is going to fight for Youzhou. It seems that our The strategy is very successful!" Guo Jia reported the news brought back by the spies to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei lowered his head and pondered, and suddenly said: "No, although Gongsun Zan is not popular with the people of Youzhou, Yuan Shao's current strength is not enough to compete with Gongsun Zan. After all, Baima Yicong's strength is not built upon."

"But we have experienced so many wars in Liaodong, and now it is not enough for us to send troops again. We cannot make up for the lost troops without repairing the two sides." Guo Jia said.

"Feng Xiao, you are right. We cannot send troops now, but we don't have to send troops to influence their battles. We can use another method to interfere with the outcome of the war."

"We can sell supplies to Yuan Shao so that Yuan Shao's soldiers can outperform Gongsun Zan in terms of equipment." Liu Wei said with a smirk.

"But if we want to sell things to Yuan Shao, we have to go through Gongsun Zan's territory. Will Gongsun Zan let us go there?" Gao Lan asked.

"We can't go by land. We can use water. We can transport supplies from western Liaoning and land in Bohai County." Liu Wei pointed to the sea on the map on the wall with a stick.

"That's right. Didn't Li Yong buy grain from the south and bring it back by sea?" Dian Wei slapped his head and shouted.

"My lord, are you so sure that Yuan Shao will buy our supplies?" Ju Shou asked.

"Haha, not long after Yuan Shao won Jizhou, he will definitely form an army. To form an army, he needs weapons and armor. Jizhou's weapon inventory is definitely not enough to support Yuan Shao's new soldiers, and there must be a shortage of horses for Yuan Shao. I have already told Wuheng and Xianbei that they are not allowed to sell horses and Han people privately, so if Yuan Shao wants to form a cavalry, he must buy war horses from me." Liu Wei was full of confidence.

"My lord is wise! In this way, we can make another fortune." Ju Shou, who was in charge of Liaodong Finance, closed his eyes with a smile when he heard that he could make another fortune.

"Ah!" Liu Wei's head was full of black lines. He originally thought that the money would go into his small coffers, but he didn't expect it to be confiscated.

(End of this chapter)