After Yuan Yi and Xin Bi fled back to Jizhou, they learned that their uncle's plan had failed, his nephew Gao Gan and Ai Jiang Chun Yuqiong died in Luoyang, and his uncle Yuan Kui was also arrested by the imperial court, and Yuan Shao's anger was indescribable.

However, the next series of actions of the imperial court against him also made him fall into a panic on all sides.

The advisers under the tent were summoned to discuss, and some of the advisers advocated peace talks with the imperial court to avoid its edge. Xin Bi wailed and cried that he had a common enmity with the imperial court, and hoped that Yuan Shao would not negotiate peace with the imperial court and avenge his brother's murder.

Only Fu Zhu made constructive suggestions, and he said to Yuan Shao: "The offensive of the imperial court seems to be strong, but in fact there is nothing to worry about. Yanzhou Liu Dai was originally not of the same mind as the imperial court, and the edict of the little emperor must be contrary to the yang and the yin. The lord can write a letter to form an alliance with him, and then trouble will become a help. The lord of Qingzhou doesn't need to worry, Beihai Kong Rong only knows Qing talk, but doesn't know about military affairs, and he can only hit a stone with an egg if he tries to prevent the eldest prince from entering Qingzhou. As for the annexation, has the lord forgotten that the man is already there? ”

"Exactly, exactly! Merging states is no longer a cause for concern. Yuan Shao laughed, and then his face darkened again.

"What about Youzhou?"

"Youzhou is even less of a concern." Guo Huai replied first, and at the same time glanced at him defiantly. He would never let anyone get out of the limelight.

"Liu Yu's Gongsun Zhan is not in agreement, and this attack on Jizhou is also divided into troops. Gongsun Chan has long had the intention of killing, and he is also dissatisfied with the imperial court. The lord can falsely pass on the imperial edict ordering Liu Yu to hunt and kill Gongsun Zhan, and then deliberately let Gongsun Chan know. Gongsun Zhan will inevitably raise troops to attack Liu Yu, and when the two tigers compete, the lord will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and according to Guo Tu's words, he sent someone to pretend to be an envoy to Youzhou, and deliberately passed by Gongsun Zhan's territory and was captured by the soldiers. When Gongsun Zan saw Yuan Shao's forged edict ordering Liu Yu to hunt and kill him, he was furious, and said indignantly: "The Son of Heaven bears me and drives me to attack Yuan Shao, but secretly orders Liu Yu to harm me!" ”

Changshi Guan Jing said to Gongsun Zhan: "The imperial court is using the general at this time, how can it easily destroy the Great Wall, this matter must be provoked by Liu Yu and framed the general!" ”

Gongsun Zan was furious when he heard this: "I don't kill Liu Yu and swear not to be a man!" So he gathered his troops and horses and marched to Liu Yu's station.

When Liu Yu heard that Gongsun Chan was leading the army to come, he also said angrily: "Gongsun Chan is treacherous and unruly. I have long advised the Son of Heaven not to believe him. This time, he led the army to attack, and he must have been bribed by Yuan Shao and betrayed the imperial court. ”

Liu Yu gathered his troops and horses to meet Gongsun Zhan. His engagement Cheng Xu dissuaded: "Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are incompatible, how can they be easily bought by him?" Now the target of the imperial court is Yuan Shao, a few days ago there was a letter to persuade the king to abandon the previous suspicions and fight the enemy together, this time Gongsun Chan suddenly attacked us without warning, which must be strange. The envoy should revise a letter to ask Gongsun Chan what his intentions were, and then report this matter to the imperial court, which is really not to start a war. ”

Liu Yu said angrily: "Gongsun Zhan's ambition is obvious, and this is a good time for me to crusade against him. If you stop our army from advancing, you must be in collusion with him! ”

After finishing speaking, he ordered the left and right sergeants to push Cheng Xu out of the tent and behead the sacrificial flag. Then he gathered the soldiers and said to them: "The first evil is Gongsun Chan alone, as long as you kill him, the others do not need to hurt their lives." ”

The soldiers and horses of the two sides fought between Yishui, Liu Yu's soldiers were not good at fighting, and Gongsun Zhan's vanguard Bai Mayi scattered Liu Yu's troops from a single charge. Liu Yu led the defeated troops to retreat into Fanyang to hold on, and his subordinates Sun Jin and Zhang Yi were also captured by Gongsun Zhan.

Sun Jin and Zhang Yi refused to surrender to Gongsun Zhan, but scolded Gongsun Zhan for being a traitor and traitor. Gongsun Zhan was annoyed and ashamed, beheaded the two of them, and then led his troops to besiege Fan Yang.

Liu Yu sent Tian Chou to Luoyang to ask for help from the imperial court, but before he could hear from the imperial court, Liu Yu's subordinate Gongsun Ji was often treated well by him because he had the same surname as Gongsun Zhan, and secretly opened the gate of Fan Yang and let Gongsun Zhan's army enter the city.

There was chaos in the city in an instant, and Liu Yu's soldiers were unprepared and fled in all directions under the impact of Gongsun Zhan's army. Chang Shan Peng Zhang Zan persuaded Liu Yu to set fire to Gongsun Zhan's army in the city, but Liu Yu did not agree to do so, saying: "Since I became the state pastor, I have been conscientious and conscientious, and it is my responsibility to live and work in peace and contentment for the people. Even though I am now in the midst of survival, I can't do anything to destroy people's houses and displace them. ”

Not listening to Zhang Zhan's words, Liu Yu led a small number of soldiers and horses to flee north, but was caught up and captured by Gongsun Zhan's cavalry. And Zhang Zan did not want to be captured and humiliated, so he committed suicide in the chaos.

Don't drive Zhao, who stayed in Jixian County, Youzhou, heard that Liu Yu was defeated and captured, so he escorted Liu Yu's son Liu He and secretly escaped from Youzhou, originally wanted to flee to the imperial court, but was detained by Yuan Shao when passing through Jizhou.

Although Liu Yu was captured by Gongsun Zhan, but because Liu Yu had a high prestige in Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan did not dare to kill him easily, at this time, it happened that Liu Yu and his imperial envoy Duan Xun who attacked Yuan Shao were still in Youzhou, Gongsun Chan found him and said: "Liu Yu and Yuan Shao colluded to establish themselves as emperors, I led my troops to defeat and capture him, and prepared for the Ming canonical punishment." Gong is an angel of the court, and he can just testify to this matter. ”

Duan Xun didn't believe that Liu Yu would rebel against the imperial court, and asked suspiciously: "Liu Yuanjun has always been loyal, how could he suddenly rebel?" ”

Gongsun Chan brought Duan Xun to Liu Yu's house, and found that Liu Yu's wife and daughter were wearing gorgeous costumes, and Gongsun Chan said to Duan Xun: "Liu Yu is known for his simplicity on the surface, but in fact, his family is wearing gorgeous clothes. It can be seen that he is a person who is different from the outside. Such a person is ostensibly loyal to the imperial court, but in fact harbors evil intentions. The angel should not be deceived by his illusions. ”

The gorgeous clothes on Liu Yu's family were all forced by Gongsun Chan to wear them in order to discredit Liu Yu. Duan Xun still had doubts in his heart, but when he saw Gongsun Zhan's fierce face and his subordinates also showed sharp swords, he was afraid in his heart, so he had to agree with Gongsun Zhan's statement.

With the consent of the imperial court envoy, Gongsun Zan justifiably beheaded Liu Yuwen in the city. Before he started, Gongsun Zhan pretended to be kind and said to Liu Yu: "If God thinks that you should become the Son of Heaven, it will rain heavily to save you." ”

At this time, the weather was already in winter, the climate was dry and cold, and there was not a drop of rain for a whole day. Gongsun Zhan killed Liu Yu.

He thought that he had a meritorious role in quelling the rebellion, and sent Liu Yu's head to Luoyang to express his merits, and also presented himself as a former general.

After Liu Yu's death, the people of Youzhou, including people of other races, wept bitterly, like mourning. Liu Yu's head did not reach Luoyang, but was robbed by Liu Yu's old subordinate Wei Dun on the way and buried properly. Tian Chou, who was sent to Luoyang for help, heard the news of Liu Yu's murder on the way, and hurried back. He burned incense and worshiped in front of Liu Yu's grave, and issued a medal to commemorate him, and then wept and left.

Gongsun Chan was furious when he heard about Tian Chou's behavior, thinking that Tian Chou was extremely faceless by doing this, and thought that he was Liu Yu's remnant. Out of the bounty wanted, caught Tian Chou.

Ordering the soldiers to bring Tian Chou to him, Gongsun Chan asked him: "Why didn't you come to me to deliver the seal after you came back from the imperial court, but ran to Liu Yu's tomb alone to cry, what does this mean?" ”

Tian Chou replied: "If there is a great chaos today, the princes everywhere have different intentions, and only Liu Yuanjun adheres to loyalty and maintains discipline. The seal that the general wanted me to deliver would not have anything good to say about the general, and I thought the general would not want to know about it, so I did not present it to the general. Besides, the general is doing a big thing at this time to satisfy his own selfish desires, not only killing the innocent lord, but also making enemies of the righteous men and gentlemen in the world, if he really does such a thing, then Yan Zhao's scholars will only throw themselves into the East China Sea and die, how can anyone follow the general? ”

Tian Chou's words were righteous and awe-inspiring. Gongsun Chan was speechless. He didn't dare to harm him, so he had to order someone to loosen his bonds, imprison him in the barracks, and cut him off from the outside world.

Tian Chou's friends were running for him outside, and many people who admired his character also interceded for him in front of Gongsun Zhan. The people outside talked a lot about Gongsun Chan's imprisonment of Tian Chou, and Gongsun Chan was very annoyed when he heard it, and then someone persuaded him: "Tian Chou is a righteous man, you can't treat him politely, but lock him up, I'm afraid you will lose the hearts of the people." ”

Gongsun Chan had no choice but to release Tian Chou.

After Tian Chou was freed, he gathered hundreds of people from other places to join him, preparing to migrate north.

Before leaving, Tian Chou came to Liu Yu's tomb to clean up, and swore to Liu Yu's tombstone: "If the king's revenge is not avenged, I will no longer stand in the world!" ”

The clansmen behind him were all moved by Tian Chou's sincerity, but no one realized at that time that Tian Chou really carried out his oath to the end, took them into Xu Wushan, and found a place with deep and steep terrain and a very flat place to live in seclusion, until Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were destroyed.

Yuan Shao heard that Gongsun Zan had killed Liu Yu in Jizhou, and danced with joy, Guo Tu took the opportunity to pat himself on the back and said: "I heard that a virtuous monarch will have a special favor when he goes to heaven, which is a symbol of the destiny of heaven." Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu and removed a major disaster for the lord, which shows that the lord is the chosen one from heaven. ”

Guo Tu's words were naked, but Yuan Shao pretended not to know and smiled silently.

Tian Feng said dissatisfiedly after hearing it on the side: "The lord holds high the banner of righteousness, and the people of the world gather around to assist with their hearts, and what is important is that the lord can support the Han family and calm the world." If the lord only values his own selfishness before the big thing is accomplished, I am afraid that many of his subordinates will be disappointed. ”

Yuan Shao already had different ambitions in his heart, and he was quite dissatisfied with Tian Feng's words, but he felt that now was not the time, so he had to give up.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）