0154 The Empty Bohai Sea
And Liu Jing is different, as a friend on the original front, Gongsun Chan and Liu Jing still have some friendship, and, thinking that in the Western Expedition Alliance, Gongsun Chan was still more supportive of Liu Jing, although after Gongsun Chan came to Jizhou, the two had some small unhappiness on the border issue, but on the whole, their relationship was still a friend and not an enemy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Gongsun Zhan immediately summoned his henchmen and came to discuss together, and the issues they discussed mainly revolved around two aspects, one was whether to surrender to Liu Jing and surrender to Liu Jing; The other is to defend the city and never compromise, and fight Liu Jing to the end.
These two proposals were supported and opposed, among which the conservative faction headed by Guan Jing advocated never compromise, and they advocated sending representatives to negotiate with Liu Jing to restore the relationship between the two to the level before the war, and Gongsun Zhan was still in charge of Jizhou, and did not have any relationship with Liu Jing, in order to develop slowly.
On the other hand, the surrender faction dominated by Fan Fang surrendered to Liu Jing, and at the same time they advocated sending messengers to convey this sincerity to Liu Jing, just like when Han Fu surrendered to Yuan Shao, because Fan Fang believed that this was the best way out for Gongsun Zhan, because the current situation was still not comparable to before, and now Liu Jing commanded the army and the troops were approaching the city, if he did not surrender, or put forward other non-dividing conditions, it would anger Liu Jing and make him forcibly attack the city.
One Yuan Shao is enough for them to be uncomfortable, and it almost killed them, and the biggest difference between Liu Jing and Yuan Shao is that Liu Jing is not only stronger and neater than Yuan Shao, but Liu Jing also has a tolerant heart, compared to Yuan Shao, Liu Jing is more tolerant of Gongsun Zhan.
The two factions quarreled at the seminar, and Gongsun Chan's heart was also chaotic at this time, because he now didn't know what to do, whether to fight or surrender, each of which had its pros and cons, Gongsun Chan asked himself, if he chose to continue fighting, then, his hope of life would be very slim, maybe the outcome would be miserable, and maybe his decision would harm the group of relatives who had followed him for many years.
If you choose to surrender, although you can save your life and fight for a chance to live, in the end, it is very likely that you will be under house arrest from now on, or it will be a dead word after all, but in this way, Jizhou will be able to hand over peacefully, and the group of relatives under him can also have a good ending, which can be regarded as a good 'good ending'.
Gongsun Zhan sat on the seat of the lord of the county government, only to see his face gloomy, a face of struggle, his mind was fluctuating rapidly, and his brain was also running rapidly, because at this critical juncture, the future of the subjects in the entire Jizhou City was all in his hands, so the burden on his shoulders was really not light, and his decision was also very, very important.
Liu Jing cooperated with Zhuge Liang, led the army back to Jizhou City, set up camp ten miles outside Jizhou City, and sent a messenger to send a letter to Gongsun Zan in the city, he did not go directly to Jizhou City, because this is Zhuge Liang's arrangement, this arrangement is to put pressure on Gongsun Zan and let Gongsun Chan make a choice, which is much stronger than directly forcibly capturing Jizhou City.
On the other side, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also received secret letters from Zhuge Liang one after another, and they also learned the news that Yuan Shao wanted to escape back to Bohai.
Yuan Shao's army took the route of frustration, tactfully and zigzagically chose a complicated route, and moved forward with difficulty towards Bohai County, they did not dare to take the big road, nor did they dare to be too ostentatious, so they chose to take the night road and take the small road to try to get rid of Liu Jing's pursuit.
In fact, Fu Zhu didn't know that Liu Jing had already given up chasing them, and instead returned to Jizhou, and the people who were responsible for pursuing them were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were also heading towards the Bohai Sea, and Zhang Yan, who had already captured the Bohai Sea. It's just that the frustration that has been kept in the dark has not yet been known.
It is said that when Zhang Yan received the military order from Zhuge Liang, he found that Zhuge Liang ordered him to occupy Bohai County, and his heart was also boiling, because he was stationed in Fucheng and waiting to cut off Yuan Shao's back road, which was more or less boring.
Zhang Yan can't wait to meet Yuan Shao and them now and fight them to the death, because, as a soldier, Zhang Yan likes to fight very much, because as a soldier, his mission is to fight in wartime and guard the frontier in peacetime.
Now is the time when the world is in turmoil, and it is also the time of Zhang Yan's meritorious service, so Zhang Yan doesn't like to wait for the rabbit, he likes the feeling of galloping the field, and he also likes the feeling of making meritorious contributions, so when Zhang Yan received Zhuge Liang's military order, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately mobilized the army and marched towards Bohai County.
At this time, Bohai County is about to become an empty city, saying that he is an empty city, not that he has no people, Bohai County as a city that has rarely been looted by war, and it is also Yuan Shao's base camp, Yuan Shao runs Bohai County, but he has put a lot of effort into building Bohai County, which is naturally very prosperous, this is a rich and huge city.
And the reason why Bohai County is called an empty city is because there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in Bohai now, and it can be said that they have basically been evacuated by Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao would never have dreamed that Liu Jing would be brave enough to attack Bohai County.
In Yuan Shao's heart, he had already regarded Yuan Shu as his patron saint, and he had already 'entrusted' Bohai to Yuan Shu, so the guards of Bohai City were only less than 2,000 people, and they were not all elite soldiers, because all the elite soldiers were mobilized by Yuan Shao to fight on the front line, and the remaining soldiers and horses in Bohai City were just some old, weak, sick and disabled people who pretended to bluff people.
When Zhang Yan came to Bohai City, Bohai City was still so prosperous and cathartic, and even, the gates of Bohai City were still open, and it seemed that he was not guarding against people at all.
When the defenders of the city saw that someone was coming with troops, they did not panic, but held a small meeting, a short meeting, because at this time the sergeants stationed in Bohai did not have any generals, and there are no generals in Bohai now.
Therefore, the little leader simply released Tian Feng, who was under house arrest by Yuan Shao, and asked Tian Feng to give them ideas.
Tian Feng was originally at odds with Yuan Shao's concept, and after being placed under house arrest by Yuan Shao, Tian Feng's heart was already cold, and now Tian Feng was released again, which was also a helpless move by the city defenders, Tian Feng returned to the identity of the commander, of course, he no longer worked for Yuan Shao wholeheartedly.