Chapter 348: Jizhou Trial

There are many scholars in Hebei, who are like the trial of the south; The life is mourned by the faint master, and the heart is with the ancient ginseng. Loyal and outspoken, honest and not greedy; Dying is in the north, and those who descend are ashamed. ----------Bright. Luo Guanzhong "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

It is said that Chen Long's army and Yuan Xi's army met unexpectedly outside Baibi Town. Chen Long knew that Yuan Xi's qualifications were mediocre and there were no generals under him, so he discussed with Zhou Budo and had the heart to win a battle.

Chen Long has been through a hundred battles, and has formed the habit of personally scouting the terrain, and Zhou Budo is even more terrain control, and he never sleeps everywhere, and he must first draw a complete topographic map of the local area. When the Montenegrin army was encamped in the village that day, Chen Long, Zhou Budo and 30 special combat personnel led by Lu Chang took advantage of the cover of the forest in broad daylight to smoothly approach Yuan Xi's camp along the mountain forest and carefully observe the vicinity.

The trees around Yuan Xi's camp for several miles have been cut down, revealing empty tree stumps. This was a very effective defense method at that time, not only did the cut branches and trees be used to build camp fortifications, fence antlers, but also after the trees were emptied, the soldiers guarding the area could have a clear view of the surrounding situation from the high platform, which effectively prevented the camp from being robbed.

Chen Long and Zhou Budo observed for a long time, exchanged opinions, and said: "Yuan Zhi, this camp is very suitable for the art of war, the Chinese army is self-contained, there are four small battalions in front and back, left and right, regimental guards, and when something happens, they can help each other, it seems that Yuan Xi is not exactly a straw bag." ”

Zhou Budo nodded and said: "There are no big loopholes in this camp, I don't know if Yuan Xi is a straw bag, but I heard from the wire that his military advisor is to judge Zhengnan, this is an old fox, and his experience can be described as old." ”

Chen Long smiled and said, "Trial? How did I hear that he was Yuan Shang's man?"

Zhou Budo's eyes lit up: "The lord is saying that the trial is eager for Yuan Xi to have a big defeat?" ”

Judged, the word is south, when he was a child, he was loyal and generous, there was a festival that could not be violated, and he was a subordinate of Taiwei Chen Qiu in his early years, and later he was not determined to be in Jizhou Mu Hanfu because of his integrity.

In the second year of the first peace (191 A.D.), Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao was mainly anti-guest, and he forced Han Fu to cede Jizhou, and then led the Jizhou pastor, and the commission was appointed with the responsibility of the heart, thinking that he would not drive in the middle of the government, and the shogunate.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199 AD), Yuan Shao eliminated Gongsun Zhan, selected 100,000 elite soldiers, and rode 10,000 horses, so as to judge and unify the military in order to prepare to attack Xudu. The trial believes that "ten encircles and five attacks, and the momentum is like a cover...... Take it from time to time, and it will be difficult to figure it out later", this sentence is exactly what Yuan Shao meant, so Yuan Shao asked the trial to stay in Yecheng and send troops to attack Cao Cao.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), the two armies of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao confronted each other in Guandu, which coincided with Xu You's family breaking the law, and the trial was arrested. Xu You was depressed, so he defected to Cao Cao, and said that the attack on Wuchao led to the defeat of Yuan's army, and the two sons of the trial were captured alive by Cao Cao and surrendered, and Cao Cao let him be a prominent official.

Meng Dai contradicted the trial match, so he said to Yuan Shao through Jiang Qi: "The trial match has a monopoly on power, a large clan, a strong army, and two sons in the south, he must want to rebel." Guo Tu and Xin Ping also think so.

Yuan Shao then appointed Meng Dai as the supervisor of the army, replacing the trial and guarding Ye County. Yuan Shao asked Feng Ji's opinion on this matter, and Feng Ji replied: "The judge is strong and straightforward by nature, and every time he says and does something, he admires the discipline of the ancients, and he will not do unrighteous things because his two sons are in the south, so don't doubt him." Yuan Shao said, "Don't you hate him?" Feng Ji said: "In the past, what was disputed was a personal matter, but now it is a national matter. Yuan Shao said: "That's right. So there was no dismissal. Since then, the relationship between trial and match has become more harmonious.

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), Yuan Shao fell ill and died, and everyone thought that Yuan Tan was the eldest son and should be the heir, and planned to support him. However, the trial and Feng Ji have always been disgusted by Yuan Tan, and they have had a holiday with Xin Ping and Guo Tu, worried that Yuan Tan will be harmed after he ascends the throne, so he privately changed Yuan Shao's will and set up Yuan Shang to succeed him.

Yuan Tan could not succeed to the throne, and called himself the general of the chariot cavalry, Tun Liyang. Yuan Shang did not increase his troops to Yuan Tan, and ordered his subordinates to follow and keep an eye on him. Yuan Tan asked for troops but was rejected by the trial, and killed Feng Ji in a fit of rage, and the two brothers gradually became suspicious.

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), Cao Cao attacked Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang for help, Yuan Shang was afraid that Yuan Tan would not return after getting the soldiers, so he stayed in the trial and led the soldiers to rescue. After the war, Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang to send additional armor and soldiers, but was refused. Under the instigation of Guo Tu and Xin Ping, Yuan Tan attacked Yuan Shang, but was defeated and retreated to Nanpi. During this period, the trial wrote a letter to reproach Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan was stunned and cried in the city.

In the ninth year of Jian'an (204 AD), Yuan Shang went to the plains to attack Yuan Tan, and stayed in the trial and Su You to guard Yecheng. Cao Cao marched to Huanshui, Su You planned to operate an internal response for Cao, but due to the leakage of the conspiracy, Su You went out of the city to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao's army arrived at Yecheng, he built an earthen mountain and dug tunnels to launch an attack. Yin Kai, the magistrate of Wu'an County, appointed by Yuan Shang, garrisoned Maocheng to protect the grain route leading to the party. In April, Cao Cao left Cao Hong to continue the attack on Yecheng, personally led the army to attack Yin Kai, and returned to the division after defeating Yin Kai. He also went to attack Yuan Shang's general, who was guarding Handan, and captured Handan. Feng Li, the general of the trial, opened the small gate under the city, and let Cao Cao's more than 300 soldiers enter the city.

In May, Cao Cao destroyed the earth mountains and tunnels, dug trenches, and surrounded Yecheng, with a circle of forty miles. At first, it was so shallow that it looked like it could be crossed. When the judge saw it in the city, he laughed loudly, and did not send troops out to destroy it. Cao Cao sent people to dredge at night, and overnight, dug a deep trench two zhang deep and two zhang wide, and introduced the Zhanghe River into the trench, completely cutting off the connection between the inside and outside of Yecheng. From May to August, more than half of the people in the city starved to death.

Yuan Shang learned that Yecheng was in danger, led more than 10,000 people back to rescue Ye County, Cao Cao intercepted head-on, defeated Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang fled to the bend of Zhangshui and set up camp, Cao Cao surrounded it again, has not yet closed the siege, Yuan Shang was afraid, sent Yin Kui, Chen Lin to ask for surrender, Cao Cao did not agree. Yuan Shang had no choice but to turn around and flee to Lankou, and Cao Cao marched again and soon surrounded Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang's generals Ma Yan and others surrendered in battle, the troops were completely disorganized, and Yuan Shang fled to Zhongshan. Cao Cao received Yuan Shang's baggage, obtained Yuan Shang's seals, runes, axes, cymbals, and clothing items, and showed them to the people in the city, and the defenders in the city collapsed in frustration. The judge ordered the soldiers: "Hold on to the fight to the death, Cao's army is very tired. Yuan Youzhou (Yuan Xi) is rushing to this side, why worry about not having a boss! "Cao Cao came out to inspect the siege of the city, and the ambush shooter shot Cao Cao, and he almost missed.

The trial appointed his nephew Shen Rong as the captain of the Cambodian gate, and the trial Rong opened the city gate at night to let Cao Jun enter the city, and the trial was on the southeast corner tower of the city, and saw the Cao army attacking, and resented Xin Ping and Guo Tu for corrupting Jizhou, so he ordered people to gallop to the prison of Yecheng and killed Xin Ping's family.

On the other hand, the judge persisted in the city and was captured alive. Escorted to Cao Cao's tent, Xin Ping's brother Xin Bi saw that his brother's family was dead, so he whipped the head of the judge with a horse whip and scolded: "Slave, you are going to die today!" The judge turned around and said: "Dogs, it is you who have caused Jizhou to be broken, I can't wait to kill you!" Besides, how rare it is that you can kill me with your own hands today? ”

After a while, Cao Cao introduced the trial and said, "Do you know who opened the gate of Yecheng?" The judge said, "I don't know." Cao Cao said, "It's your nephew Xianrong." The judge said: "This kid is not enough, it has come to this point!" ”

Cao Cao said again: "I have been inspecting the siege recently, how can you have so many arrows? The judge said, "I hate the lack of arrows." Cao Cao said: "You are loyal to the Yuan family, and you have to do this." "Cao Cao didn't want to kill him. But the judge was strong, and never gave in, and there was no one present who did not sigh, and Xin Bi and the others cried again, so Cao Cao killed him.

Zhang Ziqian, a native of Jizhou, has always been not on good terms with the trial, and the Cao army surrendered first when he attacked the city, and said to the trial with a smile at this time: "Zhengnan, how are you better than me?" The judge scolded sharply: "You are just a prisoner, you are a loyal minister, although you are dead, where is it like you to steal your life!" Before the execution, the judge reprimanded the executioner for letting himself face the north and die, saying: "My king is in the north." ”

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