Chapter 036: Hebei Famous General Liyi

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many famous generals in this area of Hebei, including the famous Hebei Siting Zhu Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan under Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others who were born in Hebei, as well as Gao Shun, Gongsun Zan, Zhang Yan, Tian Yu, Xu Rong, Gongsun Du and later Hao Zhao, Guo Huai and others, which can be said to be full of talents.

In later generations, Guan Yu's reputation was the greatest, but in fact, Lu Yi was also a famous general who was not inferior to Guan Yu, and his record was even better than Guan Erye, but the active period was too short, and the so-called Hebei Siting Zhu at that time may be comparable to a Ji Yi within Yuan Shao Group.

【Brilliant Record】

In history, Koji Yi experienced five battles, first directly defeated the old lord Han Fu, and then beat the Southern Xiongnu to the desert and fled, in the battle of the boundary bridge, it was even more powerful, for Yuan Shao defeated the then invincible Gongsun Zhan, and later defeated Gongsun Chan again in Baoqiu, taking advantage of the situation to surround Yijing, only the first battle of Yijing in history Koji Yi did not succeed, because the army was exhausted and was forced to retreat, and was also taken away part of the weight of the car by Gongsun Zhan.

Lu Yi was originally a native of the Qingzhou Plain, but during the period of Emperor Ling, the family took refuge in Xiping, Liangzhou, and at that time Liangzhou was very turbulent, and the Qiang people often rebelled, and Lu Yi grew up in that environment, so he was proficient in mastering the Qiang people's tactics, and his private soldiers were also elite.

Later, Han Fu became the pastor of Jizhou and summoned Liyi as a general, and Liyi returned to Hebei and became Han Fu's general. But later in the second year of Chuping (191), Lu Yi chose to betray Han Fu, Han Fu personally led a large army to crusade against Lu Yi, but was defeated by Lu Yi instead, so Lu Yi's prestige began to gradually become known, and Yuan Shao also began to contact him in order to seek Jizhou.

And after Yuan Shao got Jizhou as the main guest, Liyi naturally became Yuan Shao's general and was reused by Yuan Shao.

In the first year of Chuping (190), the princes from all over the country united to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and the Southern Xiongnu Yufuluo also united with Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but later Yufuluo changed his mind, led troops to defect, and kidnapped Zhang Yang. Yuan Shao sent his general Liyi to pursue and defeated Yufuluo's army south of Yecheng, driving it out of Jizhou.

Later, because of the death of his younger brother Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Zhan raised an army to attack Yuan Shao and took the opportunity to seize Jizhou. At that time, Gongsun Chan had just defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and the army was in full swing, while Yuan Shao had just occupied Jizhou and had not yet gained a foothold, and many counties in Jizhou had turned their backs on Yuan Shao and joined Gongsun Zhan.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan finally fought a decisive battle in the area of Jieqiao.

And in this battle, Koji Yi defeated Gongsun Chan almost single-handedly. At that time, Yuan Shao took Koji Yi as the vanguard, and Koji Yi lured the enemy with a small amount of military strength, Gongsun Chan saw that the enemy army was small, so he attacked with a large army, and as a result, he fell into Koji Yi's strategy, and the whole army was in chaos, which won the opportunity for Yuan Shaojun, and then Yuan Shaojun's army pressed on, and Gongsun Zhan's army began to rout.

Koji Yi's troops are more and more brave in the war, and they killed the Jizhou assassin appointed by Gongsun Chan Yan Gang, and pursued to the boundary bridge by victory, Gongsun Chan collected the troops here and fought with Koyi again, and was easily defeated by Koji Yi, and he was chased by Koji all the way to the area of the camp, and Koji cut off the flag gate before leaving.

Koyi later returned to meet Yuan Shao, who was surrounded by Gongsun Chan's scattered army, but thanks to Koji Yi's timely arrival and expelled Gongsun Chan's cavalry.

In order to avenge Liu Yu, his old subordinates Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin, Yan Rou and others raised troops to attack Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shao also sent Liyi to take Liu Yu's son Liu He to attack Gongsun Chan and capture Youzhou.

Koji Yi and others with a total of 100,000 troops fought a big battle with Gongsun Chan in Baoqiu, and won a great victory again, beheading more than 20,000 enemy troops, and taking the opportunity to surround Gongsun Chan in Yijing.

This was also the first time in the history of the Three Kingdoms that Yuan Shao's army surrounded Yijing, so this battle was the first battle of Yijing.

Because Yi Jing was chosen by Gongsun Chan as his base camp, so he was very concerned about its defense, dug dozens of trenches, built many high platforms, and stored a large amount of grain, and at the same time Tuntian self-sufficiency, Koji Yi was faced with a big turtle shell, there was no too good way, and finally the grain and grass were exhausted, and he had to retreat from the army, and one of them was defeated by Gongsun Chan at this time, taking away the vehicle baggage.

And this battle was the first battle that Koji failed to win, and it was also the last battle in Koji's life.

【Death of Koji Yoshi】

In history, the four pillars of Hebei, which were called by people in later generations, could not be compared with them at that time, but Liyi also shook the lord because of his high merits, and his pride and indulgence and ill-intentioned intentions finally caused the disaster of killing.

At that time, in Yuan Shao's group, Lu Yi was undoubtedly the number one general, he himself was a genius general, and there was an elite division under his command, after achieving great achievements, Li Yi thought that Yuan Shao's territory was all won by himself, and gradually began to ignore Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Shao is not Han Fu, and because Lu Yi has done something against his master, Yuan Shao may have been wary of him for a long time.

And at that time, Gongsun Chan was already dying, and after feeling the change in Koji Yi's attitude, Yuan Shao thought that Koji Chan could be eliminated without Koji Yi, so he decisively killed Koji Yi directly when he summoned him.

A generation of famous generals Koji Yi died like this.

After the death of Koji Yi, Yuan Shao annexed Ko Yi's subordinates, and some of the remaining troops fled and were also annihilated by Yuan Shao's army.

【Koji Yoshiki in History】

Name: Yoshishi Koji

Attributes: Commander (A) Although Koji Yoshi's reputation was not obvious in later generations, he was undoubtedly one of the top generals of that era

Armed forces (A-) Koji Yi grew up in Liangzhou, dare to rush and fight, and his personal force will not be low

General comment (A) Lu Yi is the key figure of Yuan Shao in history to get Jizhou and defeat Gongsun Zhan, and one of the core figures of Yuan Shao Group in the early stage.

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Class: General

Official position: not stated

Family Origin: ???

Birth and death: ??? ---???

Place of birth: Qingzhou Plain

Major Experiences:

??? In 189, Emperor Ling moved to Liangzhou with his family, and later grew up in Xiping, Liangzhou, proficient in the tactics of the Qiang people, and had an elite division under his command

From 189 to 191, Jizhou Mu Han Fu was called as a general, and later betrayed Han Fu, defeated Han Fu, and formed an alliance with Yuan Shao

From 191 to 195, Yuan Shao surrendered to Yuan Shao after obtaining Jizhou, and defeated Gongsun Zan for Yuan Shao to defeat the Southern Xiongnu

195 years-??? After Gongsun Chan killed Liu Yu, he sent troops to attack Gongsun Chan again, defeated Gongsun Chan again in Baoqiu, and surrounded him in Yijing, but failed to conquer it, and was later arrogant because of his exploits and was killed by Yuan Shao

Summary: Ko Yi was a very good general, but he was too good and had already threatened Yuan Shao's position, so he died.