Chapter 398 Great Changes in Hebei
Pan Feng invited Xun Chen to take a seat, and wanted to ask Han Fu why he sent him, but Xun Chen was silent for a while.
But Wen Chou, who was dressed as a guard behind Xun Chen, suddenly burst into a rage, and the ring-shouldered knife suddenly slashed out. Although Pan Feng was brave, he was caught off guard and was beheaded by Wen Chou on the spot.
Relying on Xun Chen's prestige in Jizhou, Wen Chou successfully controlled the 30,000 Jizhou army without a leader, and led the 30,000 Jizhou army back to Yecheng. Rule the roost in Hebei.
And Jushou was also moved by Yuan Shao's virtuous corporal lock, and finally decided to defect to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and at the same time, in order to win over the hearts of Jizhou, he worshiped Jushou and Xun Chen as Jizhou's farewell, and made Jushou the supervisor of the army, with the ability to mobilize Jizhou For the power of soldiers and horses, Xu You, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Feng Ji and other veteran officials each have their own rewards, but they have aroused complaints from the old officials.
And the white horse general Gongsun Zan came to Pingyuan, and got the help of Pingyuan's prime minister and his old classmate Liu Bei, and the two fought against the Yellow Turban Bandits together. When the Yellow Turban Bandits in Qingzhou heard that Gongsun Zan was coming in person, they gathered their troops with great fanfare. Hundreds of thousands of strong men, as well as the old, weak, sick and disabled, went north to Changping to prepare for a battle with Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan sticks to Changping City, sticks to the city and does not attack, which consumes the vigor of the Yellow Turban bandits. When he heard that Yuan Shao had captured Jizhou, he was shocked and furious, and decided to send troops to wipe out the Yellow Turban bandits, but Liu Bei refused to listen to his persuasion, so Liu Bei had to lead the Pingyuan army to help Gongsun Zan in the battle.
After many days of besieging the city, the yellow turban bandits had already exhausted their vigor, and hundreds of thousands of people consumed countless food and grass all day long. Some strong men couldn't fill their stomachs and even killed the old, weak, women and children in the army to serve as lunch. The yellow turban bandits were panicked.
On September 13th, opening the city gate of Changping in the dark, Gongsun Zan led 3,000 white horse followers and more than 10,000 light cavalry to attack the Yellow Turban barracks. After clearing the number of enemy troops, the morale of the Yellow Turbans collapsed, and Gongsun Zan won a complete victory.
However, Gongsun Zan was determined to go north to compete with Yuan Shao for hegemony and seize Hebei, so he immediately went north after collecting the supplies and grass from the Yellow Turban bandits, leaving Liu Bei to deal with the aftermath.
Liu Bei didn't have much food and grass, so he selected thousands of strong men from the Yellow Turban bandits to join the army, and released the rest.
Hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves marched south, but Cao Cao's soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, divided them into three groups and intercepted them separately. Like a net of heaven and earth, they stopped the Yellow Turban thieves almost nine out of ten. The yellow turban thieves who suffered a big defeat had no fighting spirit at all, while Cao Cao expressed that he would allow them to surrender. The desperate yellow turban thieves deliberated and finally decided to take refuge in Cao Cao.
Seeing that hundreds of thousands of people belonged to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao did not kill him, the yellow scarf thieves lurking in Qingzhou went to join him one after another. There were a total of 300,000 people. Cao Cao selected elites from them and organized them into an army, known as Qingzhou. For a while, Cao Cao became the most powerful military force in the entire Qingzhou, and even a powerful prince in the world.
However, the order of the imperial court arrived in time, because Cao Cao smoothed Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and specially appointed Cao Cao as the governor of Qingzhou and the general of Zhendong.
However, Gongsun Zan led more than ten thousand cavalry back to Youbeiping in a hurry, preparing to lead troops southward to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou. Zhou Mu Liu Yu naturally dissuaded him and ordered Gongsun Zan not to leave the country casually.
Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu were at odds because of their different policies towards Wuhuan. Gongsun Zan, who was a soldier, was a hawk who advocated an all-out attack and used bloody massacres to frighten Wuhuan, while Liu Yu believed that Wuhuan Human beings are also human beings, who can be enlightened by morality and advocate the policy of gentleness.
In a fit of rage, Gongsun Zan went to battle without declaring, and led his cavalry to attack Jicheng, the seat of Youzhou.
After Gongsun Zan beheaded Liu Yu, he proclaimed himself the Inspector of Youzhou, and issued a proclamation declaring to the world: Yuan Shao was unrighteous, Han Gong had favored Shao, but Shao did not want to repay, but instead harmed Fu. Today Zan won Fu's trust and sent troops south , only to expel Shao.
Integrating the entire Youzhou, there is no need to worry about the future. The Gongsun army who just returned from victory has more than 30,000 people, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Yecheng. county.
Yuan Shao learned that Gongsun Zan sent troops to the south, and everyone knew the majesty of General Baima and the bravery of Baima Yicong in Hebei, so Yuan Shao did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered his important ministers to rush to Yecheng to sit in the city, and he personally led an army of 50,000. Yan Liangwen Chou, Ju Shou Fengji and other counselors went north to counter Yuan Shao.
The war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan could be said to be on the verge of breaking out, and the entire land of Hebei was plunged into turmoil.
And this news soon spread to the Central Plains, Xun You attached great importance to it, and immediately ordered the cavalry to send it to Liu Ye at eight hundred li speed.
Jujube.
"Yuan Shao captured Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan led his troops south?"
Liu Ye's face didn't change much when he heard what Jia Xu read out. Today's Central Plains has changed a lot under his intervention, and in Hebei, apart from Lu Bu's occupation of Bingzhou, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are still fighting for hegemony.
Jia Xu was a little curious: "The general's face is calm, it seems that he has expected it for a long time?"
Liu Ye showed a faint smile: "Yuan Shao has great ambitions and is unwilling to be inferior to others. Although Han Fu has a strong army in his hands, he has a weak personality, and the ruler is weak and his ministers are strong. Sooner or later, disaster will inevitably happen."
"The conflict between Gongsun Zan and Liu Youzhou has also existed for a long time. Now that Yuan Shao occupies Jizhou, Gongsun Zan is not reconciled, and beheads Liu Yu. It is normal to look at Jizhou based on Youzhou."
Hearing Liu Ye's words, Jia Xu quite agreed: "What the general said is very true, but after all, Han Fu is the governor of Jizhou appointed by the imperial court, and Yuan Shao imprisoned Han Fu, and Gongsun Zan even directly executed the big officials in the frontier. , if no punishment is imposed, I am afraid that the prestige of the court will be lost."
Liu Ye nodded, but it was because of doubts: "Almost all the main force of our army is concentrated in Yanzhou. If we want to use troops against Hebei, we must recruit new soldiers from Guanzhong. Not to mention the weak combat power, food and grass are also difficult to sustain. It is hard to die. Lu Bu leads troops south?"
Liu Ye has been fighting for years, and although he has won many times, he has consumed too much food and grass. After this battle, no matter whether he wins Megatron Central Plains or loses and retires from Guanzhong, he must rest and recuperate for a year instead of going to war.
So he was a little embarrassed.
On the other hand, Jia Xu showed a secretive smile: "Go up to attack the strategy, go down to attack the city, why use the imperial army?"
Liu Ye smiled with great interest: "Wenhe, will the general plan come out?" He really wanted to hear what the poisonous man had to say about being able to "kill schemes".