[Princes who are not princes]

Historically, Gongsun Chan really became a prince after eliminating Liu Yu, and before that, Gongsun Chan did not have his own territory, he was nominally Liu Yu's subordinate, and at the same time, the logistics materials were also controlled by Liu Yu.

Since Gongsun Chan could not shake Liu Yu's position in Youzhou, he actively went south, hoping to seize a base area that belonged to him completely in order to get rid of Liu Yu's control. But this is not very smooth on this front.

The south of Youzhou is Jizhou, so Gongsun Chan has always had a plot against Jizhou, and Gongsun Chan was once used by Yuan Shao to crusade against Han Fu, but the result was that he made a wedding dress for Yuan Shao in vain. After Yuan Shao captured Jizhou, in order to appease Gongsun Zhan, he handed over Bohai County to Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Fan.

But just one Bohai County could not satisfy Gongsun Zhan's appetite, so Gongsun Zhan decided to seize Jizhou in Yuan Shao's unstable foothold, and personally led a large army to crusade against Yuan Shao, and was finally defeated by Liyi at Jieqiao. After that, Gongsun Zan formed an alliance with Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and others against Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao, forming a confrontation between the two alliances of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Gongsun Chan also had contacts between the north and Yuan Shao, and successively broke out the Battle of Chuping, the Battle of Longcuo, the Battle of Gu'an, and the Battle of Jumashui. After Gongsun Zhan failed to capture Jizhou several times, he turned his target to Qingzhou and let his Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian take possession of Qi.

And during this period of time, although Gongsun Chan was ambitious, he lacked hardware, and it can be said that he was not a prince.

【Pseudo: Lord of Youzhou】

And Youzhou Mu Liu Yu couldn't tolerate Gongsun Chan after Wei You's death, but unfortunately Liu Yu was too merciful, and actually ordered that as long as Gongsun Chan lived alone, his troops were tied, but in the end they were reversed by Gongsun Chan, and he also died in Huangquan.

After Gongsun Zhan killed Liu Yu in the fourth year of Chuping (193), he really took control of Youzhou and became a prince in the true sense. At that time, Gongsun Zhan's sphere of influence was at its peak, controlling almost all of Youzhou (except for Gongsun Du's territory), part of Qingzhou, and Bohai County in Jizhou.

But Gongsun Chan's victory was only temporary, hypocritical, and he began to go downhill, and there was no turning back.

In Qingzhou, Tian Yan was finally defeated by Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan and was driven out of Qingzhou by Yuan Tan. In Youzhou, Gongsun Chan was even more troubled internally and externally, Liu Yu's old subordinates Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Cavalry Captain Xian Yuyin and others raised troops to avenge Liu Yu, and they also elected Yan Rou as the leader, and defeated Zou Dan, the Yuyang Taishou appointed by Gongsun Zhan.

In addition, Yuan Shao also took the opportunity to send the general Lu Yi to take Liu Yu's Liu He to crusade against Gongsun Zhan, when the king of Wuhuan Qiao felt Liu Yu's kindness, and also led more than 7,000 cavalry to participate in the battle, these three forces finally converged, and started a big battle with Gongsun Chan in Baoqiu, and Gongsun Chan was defeated again by Lu Yi, and from then on he could only shrink into Yijing.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Yuan Shao's army surrounded Yijing, and intercepted Gongsun Zhan's letter asking for help, and gave Gongsun Chan a fatal blow, and Gongsun Chan was defeated.

【Military Genius】

Gongsun Chan's military performance in his life was relatively outstanding, and he was very good at both offense and defense.

Gongsun Chan is especially good at cavalry combat in the offensive, and has a well-known white horse under his command, who has taken the initiative to attack outside the Saiwai many times, and once defeated Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju in Shimen, a subject country of Liaodong, and then took the initiative to attack the Bohai Sea, breaking through the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

In terms of defense, Gongsun Chan single-handedly built Yijing, and improved the defensive measures for it, defeated the invasion of Yuan Shaojun's army many times in Yijing, and later Yuan Shao personally led the army to crusade, Gongsun Chan finally couldn't resist, even so, Gongsun Chan also relied on Yi Jing from the second year of Xingping (195) to drag Yuan Shao to the fourth year of Jian'an (199), which can be said to have cost Yuan Shaojun a lot of time and energy.

Of course, Gongsun Chan also met Koi Yi tragically, and Koji Yi can be said to be the existence of Gongsun Chan's nemesis in history, that is, he abused Gongsun Chan from a gorgeous offensive master to a steady defensive faction.

【Talking about Gongsun Zhan】

Gongsun Chan was still good in the early days, although he was born a powerful landlord, but he was able to repay his kindness and was willing to exile himself with his superiors. Later, after Gongsun Chan joined the army, he fought for many years and made outstanding achievements, and he could be said to be a hot-blooded soldier at the beginning.

But then Gongsun Chan became sour, perhaps because of the excessive killing that polluted his mind, Gongsun Chan began to become more and more greedy, selfish, and even cruel to innocent people for his own benefit.

He was at odds with his own monarch in Youzhou, undermined Liu Yu's foreign policy, was hostile to the northern barbarians, destroyed the relationship between Liu Yu and Yuan Shu, and took the initiative to provoke a war with Yuan Shao externally, and later directly killed his own monarch and replaced him.

During the period of controlling Youzhou, Gongsun Chan suppressed Zhongliang and used profiteers and villains, and slowly lost his fighting spirit after continuous defeats, indulging in the dream of beauty, and was finally eliminated by Yuan Shao.

【Gongsun Chan in History】

Name: Gongsun Zhan

Attributes: Leadership (B-) Although Gongsun Chan successfully defeated Liu Yu and took control of Youzhou, he was not an excellent leader in all aspects

Commander (A-) Historically, Gongsun Chan had high military achievements in both offense and defense, and was good at large-scale cavalry battles and city defense battles

The level of performance of Politics (C) in the management of Youzhou can only be described as poor

Armed Forces (A-) Gongsun Chan marched forward bravely when leading the army in battle, and his personal level of force was not low

General Comment (A) In history, Gongsun Zhan's most powerful period also occupied Bohai County in Youzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou, and was a large prince in the Three Kingdoms period.

Alias (title): Bo Jue

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Occupation: Princes

Official position: Zhonglang General, Fenwu General, former general

Knights: Yi Hou, Ji Hou

Family origin: Northern clan

Birth and death: ??? －－－199

Place of birth: Lingzhi, Liaoxi (now Qian'an, Hebei)

Main social relations: son and grandson

Major Experiences:

??? From year to 188, he studied under Lu Zhi, and later participated in the suppression of the rebellions of Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and Wuheng, and made outstanding achievements

From 188 to 190, Liu Yu became the pastor of Youzhou, and the two gradually became discordant

From 190 to 193, Dongguang Nan broke the Yellow Turban Army, united Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and Yuan Shao to carry out many major battles, and then eliminated Liu Yu and obtained Youzhou, and its power reached its peak

From 193 to 199, there were many rebellions in Youzhou, and he was defeated again by Kojiyi, and was finally surrounded by Yuan Shao in Yijing, and committed suicide in defeat

Summary: Gongsun Chan has a lot of fame in later generations, but strictly speaking, what he did is not worthy.