Chapter 119: Liu Yu's Death (I)
The year 193 was the time of the great chaos, and this year was the most painful year for Gongsun Zhan, half of Yizhou was lost, Qingzhou was robbed, and half of Youzhou is now left with two counties in his own hands.
In this year, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu finally launched a brazen attack, attacking Gongsun Zhan, the general of Du Liao Zhonglang, and besieging Gongsun Chan with Yuan Shao, directly beating Gongsun Chan with the remaining 20,000.
Gongsun Zhan's 20,000 army was dragged in northern Xinjiang, and when Yuan Shao transferred the army to merge states, Liu Yu suddenly killed.
Even Gongsun Zhan had long been prepared to assemble an army to settle accounts with Liu Yu, but he was caught off guard for a while, and it was cloudy for a while.
Several cities were conquered by Liu Yu one after another, and the morale of the Youzhou army was victorious, but the Gongsun army was a little depressed, and it disappeared for a while.
It is also thanks to Gongsun Chan's preparation, Liu Yu asked Gongsun Chan to go to Daijun to negotiate several times before, and Gongsun Chan guessed that Liu Yu was ready to attack him.
Therefore, build a fortress on the side of Liaoxi, consolidate the defense, prepare grain and grass, and prepare for a battle with Liu Yu, otherwise Gongsun Zhan would not have been able to support Yuan Shao and Liu Yu for so long in the siege.
The contradiction between the two sides has already intensified, in fact, before this, the contradiction between the two has been superficial, Liu Yu advocates forgiveness, especially in the strategy of treating foreign people.
Liu Yu governed Youzhou, treated the people well, tolerated Yidi, and was praised inside and outside Youzhou, and in the past few years, there were more than one million people who took refuge in Youzhou from all over the Han Dynasty.
Liu Yu believes that the first thing to govern the people is to reassure the people and love the people, and I have to admit that now Youzhou is known as the granary of the north, which is on a par with Jingzhou, with sufficient grain and grass, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
This is indeed the credit of Liu Yu, although this person is not good at military affairs, but he is skilled in internal affairs.
On the other hand, Gongsun Chan is very different, Gongsun Chan intends to emphasize that force is the key to survival in troubled times, and his attitude towards foreign races is completely different from Liu Yu.
Gongsun Chan is ruthless, paying attention to killing all rather than captives, which is why Gongsun Chan once intercepted and killed the envoys sent by Liu Yu Xiang Wuhuan, so that the two sides completely tore their faces.
In fact, there are reasons for Gongsun Zhan's attitude towards Wu Huan, the first is that Gongsun Chan is a military general, and if he wants to accumulate military exploits, he has to fight.
And the foreign Wuhuan is the best object, which determines Gongsun Zhan's attitude, and another point, that is, Gongsun Chan was born in the Gongsun family.
In fact, he also has barbarian blood, when Gongsun Chan was young, his mother died tragically under the iron hooves of the Wuhuan thief, and he and the Wuhuan thief are not in the same place, such a contradiction is almost irreconcilable.
Gongsun Chan disobeyed Liu Yu's orders many times, and Liu Yu went to the court to impeach Gongsun Chan. And Gongsun Chan was naturally not far behind, and impeached Liu Yu on the table, saying that Liu Yu deliberately withheld military rations.
In case of a mutiny, the consequences would be unimaginable, and both sides had their own reasons, and at that time, the imperial court was first controlled by eunuchs, and then by Dong Zhuo, how could they bother to take care of the affairs of Youzhou.
As for the future, Dong Zhuo wished that they had a conflict, so naturally he would not help anyone, and forced Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan to solve the problem by themselves, so even if Gongsun Chan did not cripple himself in Qingzhou, there would definitely be a battle today.
Liu Yu led the army to the small city built by Gongsun Zhan, but at this time, there were only more than 3,000 horses around Gongsun Zhan, and 5,000 soldiers and horses defended Yuan Shao, and most of the rest were either to collect grain, or were dragged in the north by Wuhuan.
Gongsun Chan was not defenseless, but he couldn't imagine that Liu Yu, who was looking down on him on the march and fighting, could attack the city so quickly, and the spies he sent out to contact the army were afraid that he hadn't gone far yet.
In the general's mansion, Gongsun Zhan sat on the big chair with a gloomy face, and Gongsun Fan Tiankai, Guan Jing and others sat down, but their faces were like ashes, and no one spoke for a long time.
Finally, Gongsun Zhan couldn't bear it: "Everyone, now that Liu Yu has come to the city, is there a plan to break the enemy?" ”
Everyone was silent, Tian Kai was silent when he passed through Guan Jing, 3,000 people against 80,000 troops, this is no suspense at all, even if there are some schemes.
In the face of absolute force, it is not enough to rely on, but everyone knows Gongsun Zhan's thoughts, how to speak for a while, only Gongsun Fan sighed: "If my brother had listened to me earlier and withdrawn the army in the northern Xinjiang, there would have been 25,000 troops available, and it would not be like now... ”
Snorted heavily, Gongsun Chan glared at Gongsun Fan with a gloomy face, so frightened that Gongsun Fan didn't dare to say any more, there was no point in complaining at this time?
Gongsun Fan didn't dare to say much, but just said: "Big brother, so far, brother and I can only fight to the death with my brother." ”
In the face of Gongsun Fan's statement, Gongsun Zhan eased a little, and exhaled deeply: "Qiu Liju has tens of thousands of troops to plunder the northern frontier, since we are soldiers.
How can you watch these beasts spoil the people and ignore them! Even if it's a dead end, I still have to send troops to expel the Wuhuan thieves, needless to say.
It's just that how to delay time now, and wait for the third brother to lead the army to come back to help, then there will be a way to live, I really didn't expect Liu Yu to raise troops so quickly, it's a pity! ”
"General Gaoyi, we are willing to die with you!"
When everyone heard Gongsun Zhan's words, they knelt down on one knee excitedly and said, compared with the rest of the princes, Gongsun Chan can be said to be inferior in many places, but Gongsun Chan has one thing that all princes can never compare, that is, when facing foreigners, he is a hero!
After hesitating for a moment, Tian Kai opened his mouth: "It's just that in the current situation, I'm afraid that it is not a way to defend a small city, and my subordinates think that the lord might as well lead the army to break through, and I will contain the enemy here, as long as I rush out, wait for the lord to gather the soldiers and horses, and Liu Yu will fight to the death." ”
Gongsun Zhan's face moved, looking at Tian Kai's resolute face, he was quite moved in his heart, and just sighed: "As the commander of the first army, how can I leave my brothers and flee by myself, this matter is not mentioned, since you have no strategy to break the enemy, it is only a battle, and it is difficult to die through the ages." ”
When the words fell, he stood up suddenly, grabbed his spear and spit out violently, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, follow me to the city to see how Liu Yu is, even if it is a meaning, Liu Yu, who wants to be killed, is bitter!" ”
Immediately, he raised his feet and walked out, but everyone couldn't stop them, so they could only follow Gongsun Chan out of the general's mansion and climb the city wall after a while.
It's just that at this time, the morale of the Gongsun army is low, how can they be confident in the face of the 100,000 army, even when they see the arrival of Gongsun Zhan, the soldiers are silent.
Gongsun Chan ignored these, his face was no longer the previous sorrow, looking at the Youzhou army, just a face of tenacity, maybe he saw Gongsun Chan appear.
In the camp of Youzhou, Liu Yu rode out of the horse and looked at Gongsun Zan from a distance, but his expression was satisfied: "Brother Bo Guixian, you and I have been dealing with each other for many years, and I admire your determination to take out the external humiliation."
If you are willing to go out of the city and surrender, I swear to heaven that I will never kill you, and I will let you grow old in peace. ”
Snorted, Gongsun Zhan looked up to Liu Yu's unspeakable malice at Liu Yu's smugness, and laughed sharply: "Liu Yu'er, you and I have reached this point, don't pretend to talk about this nonsense anymore."
My Gongsun Zhan has been fighting for many years, and he has been fighting all his life, how can he be greedy for life and afraid of death, he is trapped today, and he can only fight to the death, it's a big deal that you cut off my head, and you want me to surrender, that's really a fool's dream, and I'm not afraid of the world's heroic jokes."
In fact, Liu Yu knew that Gongsun Chan would say this, and he would not shed tears if he saw the coffin, but Liu Yu still had to make a gesture.
He sighed leisurely: "Gongsun Bogui, what is the hardship, you and I are only suffering the people, and now the wind and rain in Youzhou are smooth, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."
I can't help you destroy this situation, if you know the way to settle the people, I am willing to hand over Youzhou to you, but it's a pity"
"Don't talk nonsense, if you want to fight, you will fight, there is nothing to say"
Gongsun Chan took a sip, he couldn't get used to Liu Yu's fake appearance the most, took out the iron tire bow, bent the bow and set the arrow, and the internal force of the innate peak martial artist poured in, and shot out with an arrow.
Although it was more than 300 meters away, it still shot next to Liu Yu, although it didn't hit, but it was still so frightened that Liu Yu stopped talking.
hurriedly retreated a little, seeing this, Gongsun Chan laughed, which made Liu Yu angry and ashamed for a while, so he had to stop saying a word and go back to the camp.
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