Chapter 116: Pan Feng returns to the city
When Yuan Shao secretly left Bohai and went to Yecheng, Liu Bei transferred troops from the plains into Bohai, preparing to take advantage of Yuan Shao's absence in Bohai to capture Bohai, Jizhou Julu County Ren County also broke out a big battle, the white horse general Gongsun Zan led Yan Gang, Tian Kai, Gongsun Fan and other generals, led 30,000 troops in Julu and Han Fu's general Pan Feng stationed in Julu.
Pan Feng was previously defeated by Gongsun Zan in Anping, and only more than 3,000 of the 30,000 soldiers and horses were finally left to withdraw to Julu under the leadership of Pan Feng, although Pan Feng continued to collect the remnants of the army in Julu and the reinforcements sent by Han Fu to Pan Feng increased the number of soldiers and horses that Pan Feng could mobilize in Julu to 20,000, but to be honest, with 20,000 people facing the Gongsun army, Pan Feng did not have a trace of confidence.
Although he had no bottom in his heart, in order to repay Han Fu's trust and reuse, Pan Feng still led 20,000 soldiers and horses to resist Gongsun Zhan's attack in Julu, but under Gongsun Zhan's offensive, he was defeated and retreated, and finally had to retreat to Ren County.
After sending Pan Feng to retreat to Ren County, Gongsun Chan suspended the offensive on the one hand, and transferred Tian Kai who captured Zhongshan to his command, and at the same time ordered people to pay attention to Yuan Shao in Bohai at all times, and then after gathering 30,000 troops, Gongsun Chan decisively ordered a fierce attack on Ren County, Pan Feng took Ren County as the center, and formed a defense line, but this section of defense line was like paper paste under Gongsun Zhan's offensive, and it had no effect at all.
In the end, Gongsun Chan led his troops to surround the county seat of Renxian County, and Pan Feng led his troops out of the city to break through at the last moment, repelled Gongsun Chan with the will to fight to the death and head-on, and bypassed the attack range of Baima Yicong, and then took the remnants of his troops to escape again and entered the territory of Wei County.
After Pan Feng was defeated and fled to Wei County, the entire Julu County was also completely captured by Gongsun Zhan, and since then, Gongsun Chan has taken the four counties of Hejian, Anping, Zhongshan and Julu in Jizhou.
Occupying the land of these four counties, Gongsun Chan also got a lot of grain and grass from it, which greatly relieved the pressure of Gongsun Chan's attack on Jizhou, after all, now Gongsun Zhan's army is in Julu County, and the distance between him and his base camp Youbeiping is extremely far away, if it is completely supported by Youbeiping, Gongsun Chan is impossible to launch an offensive against Jizhou.
If he didn't capture a county or a county, Gongsun Chan would forcibly levy grain and grass on the spot to support him in launching the next war, and it was also thanks to Gongsun Chan that the four counties he had taken were relatively rich, and although the stored grain and grass were not as good as those of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, which were grain-producing counties, it was enough to have some left after Gongsun Zhan's forced conquest.
It is precisely because these four counties can give Gongsun Chan enough food and grass support that Gongsun Chan did not make some unnecessary moves.
In the original trajectory, Gongsun Zhan, who was in full swing, was defeated by Yuan Shao and returned to Youzhou, and then for some reason he plundered the people of Youzhou, resulting in the extremely deterioration of the relationship between Gongsun Chan and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu. Although the original Liu Yu said that he had a lot of dissatisfaction with Gongsun Zhan, he had a lot of tolerance for Gongsun Chan for the sake of Gongsun Zhan's record and defending the frontier for the Han Dynasty, but it was precisely because Gongsun Chan plundered the people after the defeat that Liu Yu's attitude towards Gongsun Chan deteriorated extremely, which eventually led to Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan being like fire and water.
However, now after Gongsun Chan captured the four counties of Jizhou, because the grain and grass he forcibly requisitioned were enough for him, he did not take any actions to plunder.
But Gongsun Zhan's offensive is still too fast, from the beginning of his troops into Jizhou, it has not been a few months, Hejian, Zhongshan, Anping, Julu four counties fell into his hands, so that Gongsun Chan although the momentum has increased greatly, but the same control of the four counties is not so easy, plus Yecheng is close at hand, and the only possibility to compete with him for Jizhou Yuan Shao was also contained by Liu Bei in the Bohai Sea, which made Gongsun Chan a little lax for a while, and did not drive his troops straight into Yecheng, but on the one hand ordered Guan Jing to do a good job in the river, The pacification work of Zhongshan, Arrangement, and Julu was personally led by him to slowly approach Yecheng, preparing to force Jizhou to surrender.
What Gongsun Chan didn't know was that it was precisely because of his approach that Yuan Shao seized the slightest opportunity and forcibly took away the biggest fruit from Gongsun Chan's hands.
Originally, if Gongsun Chan continued to attack, it would be impossible for Yuan Shao, who was restrained by Liu Bei, to take over the power of Jizhou from Han Fu before Gongsun Chan, but Gongsun Chan slowed down the offensive, but Yuan Shao grabbed that opportunity and took away the biggest fruit before Gongsun Chan.
When Gongsun Chan was slowly approaching Yecheng, Pan Feng also led nearly 10,000 remnants back to Yecheng. Pan Feng and Gongsun Zan of Julu County were defeated in several battles, resulting in the loss of nearly half of the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Pan Feng's hands, and in the end, less than 10,000 people followed Pan Feng to withdraw to Wei County.
After arriving in Wei County, Pan Feng arranged his soldiers and horses all over Wei County to protect Yecheng, and returned to Yecheng with his cronies.
Pan Feng is the number one general under Han Fu, but under Gongsun Zhan's troops, he has been defeated in successive battles, and he can't stop this prestigious white horse general at all. Now Yecheng is already ready to be attacked by Gongsun Zhan at any time, and the most important thing now is to quickly discuss a way to retreat from the enemy.
Pan Feng knew that he was a rough man, it was no problem to lead the troops to fight and charge into battle, but it was completely impossible to talk about planning. But Pan Feng knew that he couldn't do it, but there were many people under Han Fu who were very good at these things. For example, although the official position is not high, Pan Feng has always admired the ability of frustration.
When Pan Feng was defeated and retreated from Julu, he spread the news of his defeat to Yecheng, hoping that Yecheng could come up with a way to retire Gongsun Zan as soon as possible. But when Pan Feng returned to Yecheng, he got the news that Pan Feng had sent Xin Ping to Bohai to invite Yuan Shao to enter Jizhou, and when he got the news, Pan Feng was shocked, and he was furious on the spot.
Pan Feng wanted Yecheng to come up with a strategy to retreat from the enemy, but what he didn't expect was that Han Fu was so weak, as soon as Gongsun Zan was forced outside, and as soon as Xun Chen and others persuaded him, he made such a dizzy move, which made Pan Feng angry and angry.
Inviting Yuan Shao to take charge of Jizhou can certainly force Gongsun Zan to retreat, but this is not a good idea at all.
(End of chapter)