Chapter 161 Jizhou Rapid Changes

When Gongsun Zhan and Liu Yu were fighting in Youzhou, Han Fu in Jizhou also ushered in a very sad time.

Han Fu's bad days were brought to him by Yuan Shao.

At the beginning, Yuan Shao sent Xu You to Nanpi to fool Gongsun Zhan, hinting that Yuan Shao would not stab him in the back during Gongsun Zhan's attack on Liu Yu, but he did not promise that he would not take this opportunity to attack Han Fu, so when Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Han Fu again, there was no psychological burden at all.

Although the bullying party was Yuan Shao, before he sent troops north, he still played a very loud banner to block the mouth of the world.

Yuan Shao claimed that Zhang Yan of Montenegro led 100,000 people to entrench in the Taihang Mountains for a long time, but Jizhou Mu Han Fu sat idly by and let the Yellow Turban remnants wreak havoc everywhere. In order to cut off the trouble for the people of Jizhou, Yuan Shao complied with the will of the people, raised a righteous teacher in Yecheng, and begged Zhang Yan.

This reason is so high-sounding that it is impossible to refute, but in the end, it must be Han Fu who is unlucky. It has not been a day or two since Zhang Yan led the Yellow Turban Yu Party to hide in the Taihang Mountains to "fight guerrillas" with the government, Yuan Shao did not do it early or late, but he did it soon after Gongsun Zhan went north, obviously taking Zhang Yan as a false target to attract hatred.

Before Yuan Shao sent his troops, he sent someone to Xindu quietly to get in touch with Liu Bei, promised Liu Bei a lot of benefits, and asked Liu Bei to gather troops in Anping and create some momentum between Tangyang and Fuliu east of Boluoting, attracting the attention of Zhang He stationed in Boluoting.

Liu Daer is a pragmatist through and through, he has been trying to get rid of Gongsun Zhan's control, and now that he learns that Yuan Shao intends to win him over, of course, he is overjoyed and secretly agrees to Yuan Shao's request.

At this time, Gongsun Zhan, who had already been stationed in Yongnu, sent a letter to Liu Bei, asking him to send Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the north to help in the war. Liu Bei planned as he could, gathered 5,000 soldiers and horses, and marched all the way to Tangyang under the banner of reinforcing Gongsun Zhan, and then let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead 500 cavalry to the north, while he himself and Tian Yu and other generals stayed in Tangyang, forming a de facto confrontation with Zhang He.

Yuan Shao arranged properly, gathered 50,000 troops and soldiers to advance north in two ways, one of which was 20,000 horses by Lu Yi as the main general, Xu You and Guo Tu as military advisors, Jiao Touch, Zhang Kai, Zhang Nan, Zhao Rui and Ma Yan and other generals accompanied by them, around the eastern part of the mainland, the goal was directly aimed at the giant deer Zhizhi Gao Tao City.

The other 30,000 horses were personally led by Yuan Shao, Tian Feng and Xin Ping served as military advisors, Wen Chou and Gao Lan were the left and right vanguards, and the generals Zhang Xu, Guo Yuan, Jiang Qi, Su You, Zhang Yi, etc. were entouraged.

In addition to these 50,000 soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao also asked his henchmen Chun Yuqiong and Feng Ji and other generals to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Yecheng to ensure the stability of the rear during the Northern Expedition he led the army.

Han Fu learned that Yuan Shao had raised his army and was coming north, so he hurriedly found Fu Zhu and Shen Pei and others to discuss countermeasures.

Fu Zhi hit the nail on the head and said: "Yuan Highway raised troops this time under the banner of clearing Zhang Yan of Montenegro, which is nothing more than wanting to take advantage of Gongsun Zhan's departure from Jizhou to use troops against us and force us to give up the only remaining land of Zhongshan, Changshan and Julu. ”

Han Fu said in a bit of a panic: "Even if we know Yuan Shao's intentions, we can only use 20,000 soldiers now, of which 10,000 are still stationed in Boluo Pavilion, with only 10,000 soldiers and horses, how can we hold Gaoyi?" ”

The judge suggested: "The only plan for today is to quickly send people to Youzhou for help, and the other is to order Zhang He to abandon the Boluo Pavilion and enter the gall. No matter how Yuan Shao divides his troops, he will definitely come to Gaoyi in the end, and we can only use 20,000 soldiers and horses as much as possible. ”

Engaged in Zhao Fu's opposition to the trial, he said: "Youzhou Liu Bo'an is now too busy to take care of himself, where is he still able to take care of the affairs of Jizhou, in my humble opinion, it is better to send someone to sneak to Montenegro to get in touch with Zhang Yan, promise him benefits, and let him help us attack Yuan Shao's flank." ”

Frustrated Zhao Fu and said: "Yuan Shao's excuse for raising troops is to clear out the Black Mountain bandits, if we collude with Zhang Yanxin at this time, not only will Yuan Shao's reasons be confirmed, but also the world will accuse and condemn!" ”

Cheng Huan said: "I think that no matter whether Youzhou will send troops to support us, we should send someone to inform us, otherwise Liu Yu will definitely blame in the future." As for contacting Zhang Yan in Montenegro to contain Yuan Shao, in fact, it is not necessary for us to come forward in person, as long as we block the road to the north of Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan will definitely take the opportunity to harass Yuan Shao. ”

After some urgent discussion, Han Fu finally decided to send the trial match to Jicheng to ask Liu Yu for help, and before the trial set off, he also sent a fast horse to take the lead and report to Liu Yu about the sudden changes in Jizhou. Han Fu also sent Zhao Fu and Li Li to Boluo Pavilion to assist Zhang He in retreating to defend Gauntao, and appointed Geng Wu as the commander of the army, led 5,000 soldiers and horses to enter the Qianqiu Pavilion of the Acropolis ten miles west of Gaoyi, and appointed Min Chun as the commander of the army, and led the remaining 5,000 soldiers to defend Gaoyi.

Not long after Han Fu's arrangement was completed, Yuan Shao's two armies approached Gauntloo and Gaoyi respectively. Until now, the Montenegrin army has not even seen a shadow, let alone their leader Zhang Yan, who has hidden without a trace.

Yuan Shao stationed an army of 30,000 in Fangxian County, and then appointed Xin Ping as an envoy to Gaoyi to persuade Han Fu to give up Gaoyi and lead his troops to annex.

Han Fu heard that Yuan Shao had sent Xin Ping to come and ordered someone to let him into the city.

After Xin Ping saw Han Fu, he said: "Yuan Gong is benevolent, and he doesn't want to see the soldiers and civilians of Gaoyi shed blood and die miserably, so he asked me to persuade you." ”

Frustrated and reprimanded Xin Ping: "Xin Zhongzhi, you are a person who betrays the master, why are you coming to Gaoyi now!" ”

Han Fu stopped the frustrated accusation and said to Xin Ping: "Has Yuan Gong forgotten the agreement made by the Quartet last year when he was in the Xindu Alliance? ”

Xin Ping quibbled and said: "Yuan Gong is here to cut off the remnants of the yellow scarf for the people of Jizhou, Han Zhoumu has been at peace with that Zhang Yan for the past two years, which is very suspicious, everyone is talking about whether you have secretly reached an agreement with that Zhang Yan!" ”

Han Fu was so angry by Xin Ping that he was speechless for a while, but Min Chun said loudly: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse!" Xin Zhongzhi, no matter how clever your tongue is, you can't hide Yuan Benchu's ambition to annex Jizhou! You better get out of Gaoyi and tell Yuan Shao that although someone Min is not talented, he vows to live and die with Gaoyi! ”

Xin Ping was scolded for being a bloody dog, left Gaoyi in disgrace, and returned to Fang County to report to Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao heard that Han Fu still had illusions, he was furious, and immediately commanded the army to march eastward, captured Qianqiu Pavilion within three days, beheaded Geng Wu, and sent people to Gaoyi City.

Although Yuan Shao's side won the victory, Liyi's side was fiercely counterattacked by Zhang He under the city of Gauntlet.

Zhang He's best at this person is to rely on the city camp for defense, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands are veterans who have fought several battles with Yuan Shao, so when facing the former top boss Lu Yi, he has no fear, and he is not in a hurry to fight the defensive battle, which makes Lu Yi touch a nose of ashes.

When Geng Wu's head was sent to Gaoyi City, Min Chun was very sorry and sad when he saw the blood and blood, and he actually gave birth to a more tenacious fighting spirit, he sent soldiers out of the city to retrieve Geng Wu's head, and then quietly collected it, but did not report it to Han Fu, so as not to shake the cowardly Han Fu again after seeing it.

Yuan Shao waited for two days, and when he saw that Han Fu still did not surrender, he was very angry, so he ordered a large army to besiege Gaoyi City. At this moment, a ragged peasant army suddenly appeared to the west of Fangxian County, and while Yuan Shao's main force was in Qianqiu Pavilion, it launched an attack on the grain depot that Yuan Shao had placed in Fangxian County.

This peasant army, which numbered more than 10,000 people, was one of the Black Mountain Army under Zhang Yan, led by Xiaoshuai Sun Qing and Wang Dang, who came to rob Yuan Shao's grain and grass this time.

Yuan Shao learned that Fangxian County had been attacked, and hurriedly sent Gao Ran to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush back to help, but he was ambushed by Zhang Yan on the way and suffered a lot of losses.

Zhang Yan is a native of Changshan Zhending, and he is a fellow villager with a fierce man, and his surname is Chu. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, he gathered some children from poor families in the county to pull up a team of more than 10,000 people, and then joined Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army. After Zhang Niujiao's death, everyone took Chu Yan as the leader, and Chu Yan changed his surname to Zhang in order to express his nostalgia for Zhang Niujiao.

Zhang Yan is very strong and agile, and is called "Feiyan" by his subordinates. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion was brutally suppressed by the imperial court, the remnants of the fleeing Yellow Turbans came to vote for Zhang Yan one after another, so the number of Zhang Yan's subordinates increased. Because the Taihang Mountains, which stretch for more than 1,000 miles, are distributed in Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, Hanoi and other counties, and there are many valleys and ravines in these mountains, so a large number of Tibetans can be used, so Zhang Yan hid in the Taihang Mountains to contain the people who fled into the mountains from various counties, and called himself the Black Mountain Army.

During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he once had the idea of sending troops to recruit Zhang Yan, but it was finally dispelled due to the continuous rebellion and rebellion in various places. Zhang Yan was also worried that the imperial court would do something to him, so he sent people to Luoyang to beg the emperor to surrender.

This time, Yuan Shao attacked Han Fu and had nothing to do with Zhang Yan, but he shouldn't have done anything under the banner of cleaning up the Black Mountain Army, which made Zhang Yan, who had more than 300,000 troops, very annoyed. Zhang Yan thought to himself that although he was born with mud legs, he was also a general of the first emperor himself, although you Yuan Shao is the descendant of the fourth and third dukes, you shouldn't use Lao Tzu as a stepping stone, right?

If Zhang Yan sat back and watched Yuan Shao run rampant in Jizhou under the banner of crusading against himself this time, then Zhang Yan would be affected if he wanted to recruit troops from Jizhou in the future, so Zhang Yan decided to lead the army out of the mountain and talk to Yuan Shao well.

In the county, Zhang Yan suddenly inserted this lever, forcing Yuan Shao to temporarily focus on attacking Zhang Yan, which made Gaoyi's defensive pressure drop sharply.

It is only more than 700 miles from Gaoyi to Jixian County, and the fast horse can be reached within five days after continuous galloping.

On this day, Liu He was tinkering with a thing called "sand table" in the west courtyard of the state pastoral mansion, and there were several skilled craftsmen squatting beside him, who were using clay to make mountains, hills, cities and rivers according to the meaning of the eldest prince.

The guard Tao Kuan suddenly came and whispered a few words in Liu He's ear. When Liu He heard this, his face changed slightly, and he carefully explained a few words to the craftsmen, and turned around and left the West Courtyard.

The messenger sent by Han Fu to report to Liu Yu was already out of strength when he arrived at the gate of Jicheng, just like when Xian Yuyin returned to Jicheng from Gaoyi to ask for help, he and several guards accompanying him were carried into the corner tower by the soldiers guarding the city, just waiting for the eldest prince to come and question.

Liu He saw Han Fu's messenger and read Han Fu's letter to his father, so he knew that Yuan Shao really took advantage of Gongsun Zhan's north trip to Youzhou to attack Han Fu.

Liu He did not discuss with his father this time, but directly sent people to Guangyang, Anci and Zhuoxian, and issued an order to the relevant personnel to urgently reinforce Gaoyi.

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