Chapter 160: Gongsun was defeated three times

The situation on the battlefield has always been changing rapidly.

If you are a qualified general, you will always seize the fleeting opportunity and win a war.

Ju Yi is such an excellent general who is good at seizing fighters.

When the cavalry of the Fenwu Army led by Han Hao defeated the Gongsun Zan army of Shan Jing, they withdrew without leaving any trace like a floating 'cloud'.

Ju Yi immediately led his Jizhou army sergeants and quickly harvested the spoils of this battle - nearly 4,000 prisoners.

Although this military feat, Ju Yi is not very at ease; But Ju Yi still took it without hesitation.

The huge military exploits of these more than 4,000 captives will not only make Ju Yi, who has been sitting on the 'cold bench' recently, raise his eyebrows, but also raise Ju Yi's prestige in the army to a higher level.

At this time, Shan Jing, who had already retreated to the city of Hunu County, looked at the Juyi army outside the city.

I want to fight, but I don't dare; I want not to fight, but I am unwilling.

I can only watch the soldiers of the Jizhou army, constantly collecting the weapons of the soldiers under his command, and then gathering these soldiers together and treating them as prisoners.

"These soldiers used to be mine, but now, they have become the Jizhou army."

At this time, Shan Jing's heart is like a knife, but he can't do anything, and he still has a strong sense of regret.

"What are you talking about, why do you want to go out to fight and defend the city well, isn't it 'fragrant'?"

Ju Yi incorporated the soldiers, knowing that if he attacked Hunu County at this time, Shan Jing, who had suffered heavy losses, would definitely resist desperately.

So, after Ju Yi reorganized the army, he went straight to Anle County and Xu Wu County.

The guards of these two counties, Gongsun Xu, Gongsun Fan Zheng, and the Wuhuan cavalry and the Xianbei cavalry were inseparable.

Suddenly, when he received the news of the arrival of Ju Yi's army, he retreated to the city and held on, while sending someone to ask for help from Gongsun Zhan of Baoqiu.

Ju Yi saw that the guards of the two counties could not come out of the city, and there was no good strategy, so he had to ask the soldiers to surround the two counties to see if they could implement the strategy of "besieging the city and sending reinforcements".

Gongsun Zhan, who was in Baoqiu, got the news of Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan asking for help, but did not send troops to rescue him.

It is not because Gongsun Chan saw Ju Yi's strategy of "besieging the city and sending aids", but because of Gongsun Chan's unkindness.

Because after Gongsun Chan got the news, he informed the whole army: "The guards of Anle County and Xu Wu County are all my Gongsun Chan's family, but I won't save them."

Because I only need to save one of the two of them, then when my generals are besieged by the enemy, they will only wait for help to come to the rescue, and will not fight bravely.

Not only will it damage the prestige of my father-in-law Sun Zhan, but it will also lose his fighting spirit, which will inevitably be a failed situation.

But now if I don't save them, they will definitely encourage themselves and fight bravely, and this is the only way out of this predicament. ”

These words said that Gongsun Chan's unkindness was the first reason for Gongsun Chan's failure.

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Gongsun Chan thought that with his prestige in the army, after saying this, the soldiers would inevitably be demoralized and fight bravely to kill the enemy.

But they didn't want to, after the soldiers heard Gongsun Zhan's words, most of them were uneasy and had no morale.

If our own family members are not saved, how can we hope for it when we soldiers who are not relatives or relatives are in trouble?

Yan Rou saw that most of the soldiers of Gongsun Zhan's army were languishing, so he knew that this was a good time to send troops to win, and led his army to kill Gongsun Zhan's army.

Gongsun Zhan's army was defeated by Yan Rou, killing more than 5,000 people, and more than 20,000 surrendered.

Gongsun Zhan fled back to Yuyang County with less than 3,000 soldiers and horses.

The outcome of the Battle of Baoqiu spread throughout Youzhou within three days.

The clans in Guangyang County, Shanggu County, Youbeiping County and other counties occupied by Gongsun Chan raised troops one after another and killed the Taishou County Order set by Gongsun Chan.

I want to express my dissatisfaction with Gongsun Zhan's rule through the method of 'falling into the well'.

Every time Yan Rou went to a city, the local family would welcome Yan Rou's men and horses into the city to treat her life.

Gongsun Chan has lost the hearts of the people, and since then, Gongsun Chan has been defeated repeatedly, and finally can only lead his cronies and flee to Yi County to hold on.

After all, Gongsun Chan is a general who has been in the north for many years, and he has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time and has a unique vision. The reason why Yi County sticks to Yi County is because of these three reasons:

The first is that Yi County is strategically located and is particularly suitable for defense.

There is Yishui in the south of Yi County, and there is Juma Water in the north, surrounded by two waters.

It can defend against both Yuan Shao's attack from the south and Yan Rou's attack from the north.

At the same time, the terrain of Yi County is low-lying, and there are many rivers around it, in addition to Yishui and Juma Water, there are many rivers such as Shunshui, Lushui, Lushui, and Shengshui flowing through Yixian.

So many rivers, like a 'tripping rope', blocked the Wuhuan cavalry and the Xianbei cavalry, who had a grudge against Gongsun Zhan and fought fiercely, from Yi County.

The second is that Gongsun Zhan is the justifiable Yi Hou canonized by the imperial court, and his territory is Yi County.

In Yi County, Gongsun Chan has supreme authority.

The people in Yi County are also very convinced of Yi Hou Gongsun Zhan.

The third reason is because of rumors.

When Gongsun Chan chose to stick to the area, in Youzhou, a nursery rhyme came out of nowhere: "Yan Nanzhui, Zhao Beiji, the central is not as big as a stone, only in this can escape the world." ”

Yi County is located at the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou, and belongs to the nursery rhyme "Yan Nanzhui, Zhao Beiji".

And because Yi County is located in the center of the plain, it responds to the word "central"; Its terrain is low-lying, and there are many rivers around it, which responds to the saying "not as big as a stone".

As a result, Gongsun Chan naturally believed that Yixian was a good place to escape the world as said in the nursery rhyme.

He led the army and held Yi County.

Gongsun Chan, who is in the north of the Megatron, is not only handy in attack, but also plays well in defense.

After Gongsun Chan entered Yi County, he built a multi-layer enclosure on the original basis, known as "the land of a thousand weights";

In the center of the moat, the high platform of up to five or six zhang is piled up with soil, which is called "Jing", which is the origin of "Yijing";

And on the 'Yijing', build a 'building' with a height of dozens of zhang, and call it "Yijing Building".

The "Yijing Building" is made of iron doors, and only Gongsun Chan and his wives and concubines live inside, and men over the age of seven are not allowed to enter.

Gongsun Chan also trained the woman to shout loudly, so that the sound could be heard hundreds of paces;

The clerks in the army were tied to the 'Yijing Building' by ropes, and Gongsun Zhan also relied on this method to pass orders to his subordinates.

At the same time, Gongsun Chan hoarded three million stone of grain in "Yijing", and he had no worries at all.

Gongsun Chan was very satisfied with the "Yi Jing" he had designed, and said to the people around him:

"For example, today, the princes of all parties are seizing the time to grab territory, can he Yuan Shao stay under my 'Yi Jing' for a few years?

My 'Yi Jing' is unique in the world in terms of defense, not only with many weapons, but also with plenty of food and grass, even if it is decades, it will not be worried. What can he Yuan Shao do with me? ”

It was only at this time that the generals under Gongsun Chan discovered that Gongsun Chan after arriving at 'Yi Jing' was no longer Gongsun Chan who had the world in mind and dared to dominate one side.

No wonder later generations Wang Bo wrote an article commenting: "Trivial Bo Jue is called the business of Bao Yi Jing." ”

Although Gongsun Chan was resting on his laurels in the 'Yijing Building', he fantasized about dragging Yuan Shao down by sticking to it.

But when Yuan Shao hadn't found a way to crack it, this was indeed a good way.

In the following year, Yuan Shao sent the general Ju Yi to lead a large army to besiege Yi County.

Gongsun Zhan was well prepared in Yi County, but Ju Yi's army ran out of grain and grass, and the soldiers were hungry.

Therefore, Ju Yi had no choice but to lead his men and horses to retreat, but was chased and killed by Gongsun Zhan, who took advantage of the situation.

Another year passed, and Yuan Shao's talented people came up with a way to crack "Yijing".

Yuan Shao first asked the general to lead the soldiers to constantly encroach on Gongsun Zhan's peripheral forces in "Yijing".

Because of Gongsun Zhan's unkindness, when the generals faced a large-scale attack by Yuan Shao's Jizhou army, they knew that Gongsun Chan would not be able to come to the rescue. Either the wind has fallen; Or run away with the wind.

In fact, there are hundreds of 'buildings' in 'Yijing', and the enclosure is thousands of weights.

If they can support each other and form a perfect defense system, it will be difficult for Yuan Shao to overcome.

But Gongsun Zhan just broke off his own foundation, and in order to let each general fight bravely, he did not support, thus giving Yuan Shaojun an opportunity to take advantage of.

After the elimination of the peripheral forces was over, Yuan Shao led the army to the center of "Yijing".

Therefore, Yuan Shao ordered the soldiers to dig tunnels until they reached the city tower where Gongsun Zhan's troops were fortified, and used wooden pillars to support them to prevent them from collapsing.

When they had dug up half of the tower, they set fire to the wooden pillars, and the tower collapsed due to the loss of support.

Yuan Shao used this method to gradually attack the "Yijing Tower" where Gongsun Zan lived.

This is the second reason for Gongsun Zhan's failure, he does not seek truth from facts, but most of them are immersed in unrealistic fantasies.

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Although Gongsun Chan insisted on Yi Jing, he was unwilling in his bones.

He had planned to personally lead the few remaining cavalry to enter Jizhou, where the hinterland was empty, to cut off Yuan Shao's back route and force Yuan Shao to retreat.

It's a risky plan, but it's better than being trapped in one city and one place.

However, Changshi Guan Jing said to Gongsun Zhan: "Now the lord's subordinates and soldiers have a heart of separation.

The reason why they can still hold on is because Gu Nian's whole family is here, and second, they rely on the general to preside over the overall situation here.

Continue to hold on and continue to delay, Yuan Shao will definitely be able to retreat from the difficulties.

If the general abandons them and leads his troops out of the city, there will be no one in the rear, and the fall of Yi Jing will be just around the corner. After listening to Guan Jing's words, Gongsun Chan felt that what Guan Jing said was very reasonable, so he did not dare to send troops.

This is the third reason for Gongsun Zhan's failure, listening to slander.

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Under the conditions of these three major failures, only "Yi Jinglou" remained in Gongsun Zhan's hands.

Gongsun Chan knew that he would not be spared, so he killed his sister, wife and children, and then set himself on fire.

A generation of heroes, since then, has disappeared.