In the land of Youzhou, Gongsun Chan was discussing with a group of courtiers, for Guan Jing's opinion, Gongsun Chan nodded secretly, and suddenly a guard rushed into the big tent and hugged his fist and said: "The lord's big business is not good, General Gongsun Yue was injured by the loss during the battle and died!" ”

"What!" Gongsun Chan stood up, stared at the guard and said coldly, "Say it again!" ”

"General Gongsun Yue is dead, please mourn on the Lord's Day!" The guard hurriedly persuaded.

Gongsun Zhan was furious and took the case: "My brother's death is caused by Yuan Shao." ”

got up and looked around left and right and said coldly: "The whole army sent troops to Panhe, and Yuan Shao's blood debt must be repaid!" ”

Yan Gang and others were going to persuade again, but seeing that Gongsun Yi had made up his mind, it was useless to persuade again, so they could only actively give advice to Gongsun Zhan.

As Xun Yu deliberately arranged, Gongsun Yi's letter not only did not make Gongsun Chan give up his plan to attack Jizhou, but added fuel to the fire.

In fact, more importantly, Gongsun Zhan, who gave the reputation of General White Horse, fought against Qianghu all the year round, and the soldiers were strong, and he was not afraid of Yuan Shao at all, if it were not for Yuan Shao being the leader of the Kwantung Righteous Army, representing the righteousness of the world, this time Gongsun Yue's death, Gongsun Chan had already declared that he had sworn to behead Yuan Shao.

If Yuan Shao knew the current affairs and left earlier, he could have let him go, if he was a mantis arm as a car, Gongsun Zhan did not mind capturing Jizhou at the same time, Yuan Shao was captured and imprisoned, although it was not as good as the emperor in Chang'an, but Yuan Shao was the leader of the Kwantung Righteous Army, and the right to speak was equally important, and he could use Yuan Shao to order the princes.

Although Gongsun Chan occupies most of Youzhou, although the soldiers are strong, but the region of Youzhou is barren, and the lack of grain and grass is the biggest hidden danger, which is also the reason why Liu Yu has been unable to fight against Youzhou Mu, if he successfully wins Jizhou this time, he will definitely be able to exterminate Liu Yu and unify Youzhou.

According to Guan Jing's decision, as long as he occupies Youzhou and Hebei Prefectures, and orders Gongsun Chan to cede Qingzhou and unite the forces of the three states to attack Yanzhou, Cao Cao is just a rising star at this time, and Gongsun Chan does not care about it at all.

At this time, Gongsun Zhan was heroic and martial, and also had the ambition to be proud of the world, and although he was hostile to Liu Yu, it was also well water and not river water, Liu Yu was sympathetic and loved the people, because of the war in the Central Plains, Dong Zhuo was chaotic, and the princes from all over the country met each other, and most of the people fled to the land of Youzhou.

Gongsun Chan occupies the area also has a large number of scholars, people to vote, Gongsun Chan does have the strength to occupy Hebei at this time, and now it is an opportunity to occupy Jizhou, Gongsun Chan will not give up no matter what.

Gongsun Yi led the army to attack Jizhou, Han Fu was frightened, regardless of his subordinates, and used Yuan Shao as the vanguard to fight against Gongsun Zhan, but in the face of this obvious order to die, Yuan Shao was very frightened, ignored Han Fu's order, and handed over the Taishou seal of Bohai County to Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Zhan's cousin.

And hoped that Gongsun Fan would go to Nanpi, and wanted to use this to help Gongsun Zhan, but Gongsun Fan, who arrived in Nanpi, did not accept Yuan Shao's affection, and assisted Gongsun Chan to attack Yuan Shao with Bohai troops, Yuan Shao was annoyed and ashamed, but he was unable to stop Gongsun Zhan's soldiers, and followed the advice of his subordinate advisers, and led the army to retreat again and again, going deep into the hinterland of Jizhou.

At this time, Jizhou Mu Han Fu panicked, originally followed the advice of the strategist, and planned to order Yuan Shao to lead the soldiers around Bohai County to block Gongsun Zhan, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to collapse at the touch of a button, and now he is stationed in the hinterland of Jizhou, Han Fu is in a dilemma for a while.

If Yuan Shao is reused, it is very likely that Yuan Shao will seek to seize Jizhou, if not, it is very likely that Jizhou will soon be broken by Gongsun Zhan, I am afraid that the position of Jizhou Mu will still change hands, Han Fu pondered hard, if he loses Jizhou, how can he talk about the ownership of Jizhou, and finally decided to give all the soldiers and horses Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed to obtain the power of Jizhou soldiers and horses, and promoted a group of generals such as Zhang He, who were not of high status, and successively ceded a large area of territory, relying on three strong city walls not far away in Anping County to defend it.

The three cities are fighting each other, Gongsun Chan led the army to attack which city, and the other two cities immediately led the troops to help, and did not love to fight and leave at one touch, giving Gongsun Chan's army a kind of encirclement and attack, attacking for several days with heavy losses, and the three cities still did not break through.

In the military tent, Gongsun Zhan walked back and forth, looking at the layout on the sand table for a while, his morale was low, and he was short of food, and he suffered heavy losses in the siege equipment in more than ten days of siege warfare, and the grain road was repeatedly harassed by the Jizhou cavalry and suffered heavy losses, I am afraid that it will not last long.

At this time, Yan Gang entered the big tent and reported: "Lord, the big thing is not good, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu led 20,000 troops, went out of the upper valley, and went towards Yuyang!" ”

"What!" Gongsun Chan was shocked in his heart, Yuyang County is the rear of the territory, although there are heavy guards, but Liu Yu has always been virtuous, it is difficult to guarantee that the guards will not have selfish intentions, Gongsun Chan clenched his fists and hated in his heart, but he didn't expect Liu Yu to come out to make trouble at this juncture.

Although he is full of righteous indignation, but for Liu Yu, Gongsun Chan is also helpless, if he does not withdraw the army at this time, once the grain is cut off, Liu Yu occupies Yuyang, I am afraid that when the withdrawal army returns, how many counties and cities in Youzhou belong to him Gongsun Zhan?

However, Gongsun Chan has always understood Liu Yu, his person is high and bright, and he has no ambition to annex the entire territory of Youzhou, everything has always been based on negotiation, supplemented by pacification, but the matter of swords and soldiers is strongly opposed, whether it is to Gongsun Chan or Qianghu outside the territory, it is mainly to appease, presumably this time to send troops, but also to help keep Jizhou.

After thinking about it, Gongsun Zhan, who was dressed in military uniform, said to Yan Gang: "Bring a pen and paper, I will repair a letter to Lord Liu Yu, presumably he will definitely retire." ”

"Lord, our army is leaving?" Yan Gang asked with a fist.

"This is also a helpless thing, but our army can't give up all the territory occupied by Jizhou, otherwise this expedition will not become a joke, and the whole army is ordered to practice during the day every time, slowly retreat at night, and retreat to the boundary bridge to station."

Gongsun Zhan's tone was a little lost, seeing that Jizhou was about to be in his hands and could not be taken, he was angry for a while, and hated Yuan Shao, the hypocritical villain Yuan Shao, who pretended to be willing to attack Jizhou at the beginning, but monopolized Jizhou, but in the face of the towering city wall and low morale, as well as the grain and grass that had been cut off, Gongsun Yi could only lead the troops to retreat with hatred.

Yan Gang hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Lord, now that the second prince is strong in Qingzhou, if he is attracted to foreign aid and attacks from both sides at the same time, it must be determined in Jizhou!" ”

"General Yan, are you asking me to beg him? Or is it without Gongsun Yi, our army can't take Jizhou? Don't forget that our army is fighting in the wilderness, and the rabble of Jizhou soldiers has few opponents, and now they are only temporarily retreating, and he will definitely make a comeback one day! Gongsun Chan said in a deep voice full of displeasure.

"The lord is angry, and the last will be silent!"

"Go and carry out the order." Gongsun Chan waved his hand casually, turned to stare at the map and was silent.

"The last general commands." Yan Gang hugged his fists and retreated.

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Gongsun Yi, who was in Beihai City, Qingzhou, went to the Confucian family from time to time to dredge up the relationship, but several marriages were resigned by Gongsun Yi, and the Confucian family and Gongsun Yi obviously formed a trace of estrangement, although it is clear that this estrangement will one day evolve into an immeasurable gap, but now Gongsun Yi cannot make up his mind to marry the Kong family.

In addition, Gongsun Yi paid attention to the development of the war in Jizhou every day, and Tian Yu came several times to ask for orders to take the opportunity to attack Jizhou, but Gongsun Yi told him with Xun Yu's strategy, Tian Yu was silent and half-arguable, so he could only be strong and ready to attack Jizhou at any time.

On this day, Yu Ban came to meet him, Gongsun Yi personally went out to greet him, and came to the living room to sit down with the guest of honor, Gongsun Yi looked at Yu Ban with a little doubt.

I don't know why, these days Yu Ban suddenly became silent, except for coming to Gongsun Yi every half a month to report the situation of the army's training, the rest of the time will not say more than half a word, as if it is a stranger, this feeling makes Gongsun Yi a little unsure of the idea of forbidden, since he came today, Gongsun Yi decided to ask frankly.

Yu Ban had just reported to Gongsun Yiyu about the situation of the county's rectification and training, and the explanation of the promotion and dismissal of some officers and colonels, so he stepped forward and handed over the book, retreated to the side and was silent.