At the end of the autumn of the fourth year of Zhongping, Yuyang Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju gathered people to rebel, united with Qiu Liju, the lord of Wuhuan, and made chaos in Youzhou. The counties of Youzhou couldn't deal with it, and the guards of Youzhou, such as the captain of Wuhuan and the captain of Gongqi, Liu Zheng of Youbeiping, and Liu Zhong of Liaodong, were all killed by him.

Youzhou's resistance fell into a gap for a while, and the rebels began to raid the surrounding area with impunity. Fortunately, the Han army in the western part of Youzhou was slightly stronger and firmly guarded the city, but the counties could only defend themselves and let the rebels run rampant.

In the beginning, the rebels were mainly Wuhuan Turquoise cavalry, and their numbers were not large. However, as Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju wantonly wooed Haoqiang, they co-opted horse bandits, forcibly pulled displaced people, and expanded their people. Although most of them are rabble, there are tens of thousands of them.

Youbeiping County was occupied by the Wuhuan people, blocking the connection between the east and west counties of Youzhou, while Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun stationed troops in Feiru County, Liaoxi, plundered Youzhou County, and east of Youbeiping, the counties fell one after another.

The situation in Youzhou fell into erosion in an instant, which was even worse for Dahan. The resurgence of the yellow scarf has caused chaos in the world, and the town has not stopped. The local tyrants took advantage of the situation to rise, the family became bigger, the land was annexed, and the imperial court's control over the local area became weaker and weaker. The Liangzhou Rebellion was still in full swing, and the day of pacification was far away, and the main general Zhang Wen was recalled to the court in vain.

This side is deeply trapped in the chaos of Liangzhou and cannot extricate itself, spending countless money, food, soldiers and horses, and the treasury is empty. As soon as the news of Youzhou came, the princes of the court suddenly sat on wax, and it was eventful, which resonated in everyone's hearts.

The general He Jin took the lead and discussed for a long time, before Meng Yi was the general of the thief and the general of the thief, and the general of Youzhou to suppress the thief. Meng Yi was almost alone, only with hundreds of soldiers, no money, food, soldiers and horses, and the imperial court was unable to support it, everything had to rely on Youzhou itself.

Youzhou rebelled, but Gongsun Chan rose. The three thousand Youzhou elite horsemen who originally led to support Liangzhou just left Zhuo County when the Youzhou incident occurred.

Now, Youzhou is too busy to take care of itself, and Liangzhou doesn't have to go. Gongsun Zhan decisively led the army back to help, and pursued the Erzhang rebels in the east. The rebels marched westward, although there were many of them, but the armament was poor and uneven, the training was insufficient, and most of them were foot soldiers, and there was really nothing to do with Gongsun Zhan's 3,000 horsemen.

Gongsun Zhan gave full play to the advantages of Youzhou's elite cavalry, constantly hanging the rebels to fight, accumulating small victories into big victories, eliminating many rebel forces and hitting their arrogance. To give the western counties of Youzhou more time to breathe, Meng Yi took office, recruited soldiers, accumulated money and food, and quickly armed the counterinsurgency forces. Gongsun Zhan was promoted to the rank of cavalry captain with merit, and led the troops to follow Zhonglang to conquer Meng Yi against the traitors.

The chaos in Youzhou naturally reached Liu Yuan's ears, and he calmly instructed Xi Zuo: "For the time being, monitor it closely, and report it at any time if there is any situation." Then he put it down and didn't think about it.

Youzhou is close at hand, and according to Liu Yuan's character, he has to be mixed with one hand. It's just that now his focus is on the integration and annexation of Xianbei, and the army needs to suppress the grassland, so he has no intention of caring about anything else, so he has to sit and watch the development of the situation in the south in Danhan Mountain.

Gongsun Chan is on the road to rise, and according to the historical trajectory, Zhang Chun and others will eventually be destroyed. Now, even if the situation has shifted somewhat, Liu Yuan judged that it would inevitably lead to defeat. As for the Wuhuan people, they have long been regarded as a meal on a plate by Liu Yuan, and one day, they will definitely be annexed.

The situation in Xianbei has generally stabilized, and although there are twists and turns, there is no major problem. The newly divided pasture made the original Xianbei people very excited, and the resistance of Liu Yuan's rule quickly decreased. The cold winter is coming, and some grain is called up from the south to support the north, and the Xianbei population is not as good as before, plus its own accumulation, it is enough to survive the winter.

Sitting in Danhan Mountain, he mobilized many nobles from the Xiongnu to gather in the city, and many Han people went north to manage the "new Xiongnu" troops. The merits of the soldiers of the Northern Expedition were evaluated and commended, and they were also dealt with together, and the so-called "sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils" made the officers and men of the three armies happy. When everything was on track, Liu Yuan was finally free.

The expedition to Xianbei in the east was also very smooth, Helan Dangfu led the army to the east, and won the first battle, destroying all the way, without a united enemy. Conquered and surrendered many tribes, all of which went to the direction of Danhan Mountain, which was handled by Liu Yuan.

The Eastern Xianbei Alliance was established quickly, and the Xianbei lords gathered their troops to form a coalition army to fight against the Xiongnu Eastern Expeditionary Army. But in the face of the "full firepower" of the Hun army, it was really weak. The Huns were united, and Liu Yuan sent a lot of brave generals, under the leadership of Helan Dangfu, the eastern Xianbei was defeated in successive battles and was driven all the way to the east.

The battle reports from the front were frequently sent back, and before winter, Helan Dangfu could reach Wuhou and Qinshui. At the beginning of the spring of the next year, it will be the time of the decisive battle with the Xianbei coalition forces in the east. For the grassland people, the cold winter is the most difficult, for the sake of insurance, Liu Yuan decisively ordered Helan Dangfu to lead the army to retreat to the west, while putting pressure on Xianbei in the east, it is also convenient to repair and get support from the rear.

After the fourth winter of Zhongping, spring returned to the earth, and the northern land, which had been silent for a long time, made waves again, and the grassland and Youzhou fell into war at the same time.

Youzhou rebels, although the two Zhang united with Qiu Liju, they fought separately. Qiu Liju was very cunning, did not care about Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, and took the Wuhuan Tu cavalry to rob Han County, the cavalry came and went freely, and the Han army could not defend, and was once crossed by it over Youzhou, and entered the second week of Hebei and Qing, and gained a lot.

The focus of the Han army's attack was on the Han rebel army of Erzhang, especially after Zhang Chun became the king and Zhang Ju "became the emperor". These two people can commit the taboo of the Han Dynasty, and the imperial court ordered Youzhou to fight this rebellious minister and thief with all its might, and pacify the place as soon as possible.

In the early spring of the fifth year of Zhongping, the well-prepared Youzhou Han army, under the leadership of Meng Yi and Gongsun Zhan, marched eastward to find Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebels.

The rebels claimed to be 100,000, but they were scattered all over the country and had low combat effectiveness. The Han army marched all the way, and all the thieves along the way were exterminated and stationed in Haiyang County, Liaoxi County.

In the previous battle with the thief, he made a lot of meritorious contributions, and Gongsun Chan made a great name and increased his prestige. Based on the 3,000 elite horses, it has expanded a lot of strength. At this time, the east attack on the thief was the time when he was in high spirits, and he wanted to make another great achievement.

Among the 30,000 Han troops, although Meng Yi was the commander, he did not make meritorious contributions, and he was in a high position, and his influence was not as good as that of Gongsun Zhan, and the soldiers were quite unconvinced.

"The eldest brother is brave and good at fighting, where the heart of the army is, the court should let the eldest brother be the main general and crusade against the rebellion. That Meng Yi He De He Nen, is above the eldest brother! Secretly, Gongsun Yue said loudly, with a look of disbelieving.

"Brother Yue is cautious! The imperial court has its own considerations, we just need to do our duty, seek rebellion for the Han Dynasty, and return peace to the people! Gongsun Zhan stopped Gongsun Yue when he heard this, and his words were beautiful, but his expression obviously agreed with his words.

"Big brother, the detective cavalry has come to report, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju have gathered the rebels around Guzhu City in the north, there are sixty or seventy thousand people, our army has to be careful!"

"It's okay!" Gongsun Zhan waved his hand and said quite arrogantly: "The rebel rabble, even if there are really 100,000 people, what is my Han army son to fear." I can't find its main force, but it's just right, so that it will be broken in one fell swoop! ”

Outside the words, Gongsun Chan was full of self-confidence and seemed a little conceited, and his elite soldiers gave him this confidence.