Chapter 163: Yongqiu

Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao was also one of the princes of the Eighteenth Route who crusaded against Dong Zhuo a few years ago, and he was friendly with Cao Cao, Bao Xin and others, but his relationship with Yuan Shao was not particularly good.

When Zhang Miao was young, he was famous for his chivalry in the township, helping the poor, helping others, and even going bankrupt, so many strong men in the township were obedient to him. Zhang Miao is also known as one of the "Eight Chefs". Cooks can save people with money, and the "eight kitchens" refer to Du Shang, Zhang Miao, Wang Kao, Liu Ru, Hu Wuban, Qin Zhou, Fan Xiang, and Wang Zhang, all of whom are righteous and wealthy.

A few years ago, Zhang Miao responded to Cao Cao's call to participate in the alliance of princes to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and was one of the princes of the Eighteen Roads. It's a pity that under the Tiger Prison Pass, Sima Zhao Pet under Zhang Miao was killed by Lu Bu in one blow, and then the Eighteenth Route Princes Alliance was dissolved, and Zhang Miao returned to Chenliu, and continued to guard Chen Liu, and did not expand his territory around.

However, last year Yuan Shao forcibly occupied Han Fu's Jizhou, Han Fu was desperate to take refuge in Zhang Miao, and later Yuan Shao sent an envoy to Zhang Miao, and after receiving this Yuan Shao's envoy, Zhang Miao found that Han Fu committed suicide with a knife in the thatched house.

This incident made Zhang Miao very angry, he thought that the reason why Han Fu committed suicide was entirely because of the messenger sent by Yuan Shao, and after Han Fu's death, the relationship between Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao was getting worse and worse.

This time, Yuan Shu's reason for sending troops to Chen Liu is also very sufficient, that is, to avenge Han Fu, Yuan Shu claimed that the reason why Han Fu committed suicide was because Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao joined forces to persecute it, and this time Yuan Shu wanted to seek justice for Han Fu, a protégé of the Yuan family.

At the end of last year, the world's famous madman You Heng came to Yuan Shu's rule, and after a banquet, You Heng agreed to write an essay for Yuan Shu to denounce Yuan Shao. And the text written by You Heng later was also spread all over the world, which greatly reduced Yuan Shao's prestige among the world's corporals.

And this incident also made Yuan Shu attach importance to You Heng, although You Heng's personality is very unlikable, but with the idea that out of sight is pure, Yuan Shu raised You Heng in Yuzhou, and did not contact You Heng, but provided You Heng with various celebrity forums under Yuan Yao's suggestion, so that You Heng liked the place of Runan and did not want to leave.

However, Zhang Miao finally sat in the position of Chen Liutaishou, and naturally knew that what Yuan Shu said to avenge Han Fu was completely an excuse, and the root cause of Yuan Shu was to take a fancy to Chen Liu's territory.

But even if Zhang Miao knew Yuan Shu's purpose, there was no way, who called Han Fu died in Chen Liu, which he was under his jurisdiction, and Yuan Shu asked You Heng to write a piece of text before entering Chen Liu, which also made Zhang Miao angry, but he couldn't come up with any strong evidence to refute it.

Yuan Shu sent troops north to Chenliu this time, with 50,000 elite soldiers, known as 150,000 troops to the outside world, and the momentum was huge, while Zhang Miao's side was only 30,000 even if it was plus the young men urgently recruited by Zhang Miao.

Chenliu County is not a small county, with a population of more than one million, no matter how ruthless Zhang Miao is, even if he gathers an army of more than 50,000, he can ensure that Chenliu's production will not be affected too much. But Zhang Miao is not the kind of person who is too ruthless to his rule, and Yuan Shu launched an offensive against Chen Liu without any warning before, so that Zhang Miao could only gather 30,000 people in the end, and almost half of them were young men recruited temporarily.

After Yuan Shu entered the territory of Chen Liujun, he acted quickly, connecting Kefugou, Xiangyi, Weishi and other counties, and by the time Zhang Miao reacted, these counties had already been occupied by Yuan Shu.

Although Zhang Miao knew that his strength would not kill Yuan Shu's opponent, he was not willing to let Yuan Shu continue to run rampant, and after gathering an army of 30,000, he hurriedly went south and raised troops in Yongqiu, preparing to block Yuan Shu's offensive in Yongqiu.

After Yuan Shu knew that Zhang Miao led 30,000 troops to appear in Yongqiu, he also complied with Zhang Miao's intention and led 50,000 soldiers to Yongqiu in the north, preparing to defeat Zhang Miao in a battle and capture the land that Chen Liu.

Yongqiu County became panicked because of Yuan Shu's army going north, although after Zhang Miao led 30,000 troops to Yongqiu, the hearts of the people of Yongqiu temporarily settled down, but as Yuan Shu's army got closer and closer to Yongqiu, there were still some things that the war horses did not want to see under Yongqiu.

For these things, Zhang Miao was also very helpless, so he had to pass down the order and suppress it with strong means, and at the same time ordered the Yongqiu County Order to appease the people and prevent civil unrest.

However, this kind of thing is simple to say, but it is not simple to do at all, and the current Yongqiu County is not only the people of Yongqiu, but also the people who fled from Fugou, Xiangyi, Weishi and other counties, all relying on the county government to give porridge relief. And there are so many people gathered in Yongqiu County, which also makes the undercurrent in Yongqiu County turbulent, which will erupt at any time.

When Yuan Shu's banner appeared outside Yongqiu, Zhang Miao hurriedly led the 30,000 troops who had already been prepared out of the city, and shot at each other's positions with Yuan Shu's army, facing each other in the air.

Looking at the well-equipped Yuan Shujun opposite, Zhang Miao's eyes flashed a trace of unease, before leading the troops to Chen Liu, he had already sent a letter to Cao Cao, Bao Xin and Zhang Chao asking for help, but in the face of this brave and elite Yuan Shujun, Zhang Miao didn't know if he could hold out until Cao Cao, Bao Xin, and Zhang Chao led the troops to arrive.

Yuan Shu rode on top of the Snow Shadow Horse, Ji Ling and Xu Chu were divided into two fierce generals in the Ning Gang Realm, followed by Xun Yan and Chen Zhong, and then Chen Dao, Yu She, Chen Lan, Lei Bo, Qiao Rui, Liu Pi, Gong Du, He Man, Bian Xi and other generals, 50,000 elite soldiers were holding soldiers behind Yuan Shu, with solemn faces, ready to fight at any time.

Yuan Shu saw Zhang Miao on the opposite side leading his troops out of the city, with a contemptuous smile on his face, the long sword in his hand slashed forward, and ordered loudly: "Attack!" ”

Zhang Miao originally wanted to have a pre-battle interrogation with Yuan Shu, and he condemned Yuan Shu, but he didn't expect that this Yuan Shu would order an attack without even saying hello, which made Zhang Miao angry and ordered to attack.

On Yuan Shu's side, with Yuan Shu's order, the 50,000 elite army began to move, but it did not move completely, about 20,000 people charged under Yuan Shu's order, and at the same time, Liu Bi, Gong Du, He Man, Bian Xi, Chen Lan, Lei Bo, Qiao Rui and other generals under Yuan Shu also instigated their mounts and launched a charge.

Outside Yongqiu City, the two torrents collided, the soldiers collided, the flesh and blood flew, the screams and roars continued, for their respective lords, the soldiers of the two armies fought to the death and never retreated.