During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Qiu Liju was slightly green, Xu, You, and Ji, and the four states were victimized by it, and Gongsun Chan could not resist it. The imperial court sent Liu Yu (Bo'an), a native of Donghai County (now Tancheng County, Shandong), as the pastor of Youzhou. After Liu Yu arrived, he sent envoys to the nomads to learn about the benefits and ordered them to sacrifice Zhang Chun's head. When Qiu Liju and others heard that Liu Yu had arrived, they sent envoys to communicate about the annexation. Gongsun Zhan was worried about Liu Yu's meritorious service, so he secretly sent people to assassinate these envoys on the way. When the nomads understood this, they made a detour to Liu Yu. Liu Yu reported to the imperial court to withdraw the garrison army, leaving only Gongsun Zhan with more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry stationed in Youbeiping.

In March 189 (the sixth year of Emperor Zhongping of the Han Dynasty), Zhang Chun was killed by his disciple Wang Zheng and gave his head to Liu Yu. Liu Yu was awarded the post of Taiwei for his meritorious service in pacifying the nomads, and was named the Marquis of Xiangben. Soon, Liu Yu was moved to the Great Sima, and Gongsun Zhan was the general of Fenwu and was named the Marquis of Ji.

In 191 A.D. (the second year of the first peace of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty), the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army attacked the Bohai Sea (now the northeast of Nanpi, Hebei), gathered 300,000 people, and wanted to meet with the Black Mountain Army, Gongsun Zan led 20,000 foot riders to break the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in Dongguang South, and beheaded more than 30,000. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army abandoned its baggage and ran across the river. Gongsun Chan waited for them to attack halfway through and defeated the Yellow Turban Army again, with tens of thousands of dead, more than 70,000 prisoners, and countless chariots and property, so Gongsun Chan's prestige was greatly shaken.

Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty wanted to return to Luoyang in the east, so he sent Liu He, the son of Liu Yu, to escape from Chang'an, and secretly went out of Wuguan to find Liu Yu, so that Liu Yu could lead his troops to meet him. Liu He passed by Yuan Shu's station and informed Yuan Shu of the matter. Yuan Shu detained Liu He and asked him to write a letter to Liu Yu. promised to wait for Liu Yu to lead the troops to come to Yuan's postoperative support and go to Chang'an together. Gongsun Zan knew that Yuan Shu would rebel and stop Liu Yu, but Liu Yu did not listen. Gongsun Zan was worried that Yuan Shu would hate him when he found out, so he sent his cousin Gongsun Yue to lead more than 1,000 cavalry to Yuan Shu to get married, and secretly asked Yuan Shu to detain Liu He and seize Liu He's soldiers and horses. Therefore, the contradiction between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu is getting deeper and deeper.

Yuan Shu sent Gongsun Yue to help Sun Jian attack Zhou Ang, Gongsun Yue was shot by a stray arrow and died, Gongsun Zan said angrily: "My brother's death is caused by Yuan Shao. So he sent troops to Panhe (in present-day Hebei) to prepare for revenge against Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was very frightened and handed over the Taishou seal of Bohai County to Gongsun Fan, a cousin of Gongsun Zhan. Send him to Nanpi. I want to use this to help Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Fan then betrayed Yuan Shao, assisted Gongsun Zan with Bohai troops, and defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and the army became stronger and stronger. Stationed in Jieqiao (the site is in the territory of present-day Wei County, Hebei). Gongsun Zhan himself appointed Yan Gang as the governor of Jizhou. Tian Kai is the pastor of Qingzhou Prefecture. Shan Jing was the governor of Yanzhou (now northwest of Jinxiang County, Shandong), and was equipped with a county guard order.

One of the warring parties, Gongsun Chan, was a man of good looks and rich experience, having studied law from Lu Zhi, a scholar who was louder than himself. He has also engaged in financial auditing, but compared to the ruler and abacus, what is really suitable for him is the blade, especially the blade that thirsts for the blood of the Hu people. In Gongsun Zhan's view, Karasuma, Xianbei and other Hu people were all used by him to establish martial arts; The Hu people also regarded Gongsun Chan as a fierce beast, and used Gongsun Chan's portrait as a target when training archery.

Originally, the imperial court was very satisfied with Gongsun Zan and made him the secretary general of the Liaodong vassal state, specifically responsible for dispatching the army to fight against the Hu people who invaded the border. Gongsun Chan was naturally happy about this, and when he was crusading against Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebellion, he even almost lost his life when he attacked Karasumaqiu Liju, who helped Erzhang. But just when he returned from the half-life breakthrough from the frozen Guanzi City outside the plug, the imperial court parachuted a clan disciple from Jiuqing, Liu Yu and Liu Bo'an of the East China Sea, and made him the pastor of Youzhou, and became Gongsun Zhan's direct boss.

Liu Yu was a first-class figure at that time, not only experienced in political work, but also had high moral character, and like his ancestors, it was not appropriate to be an emperor. This restoration of the pastoral system was originally proposed by Liu Yan, another clan, who was also one of the Nine Qings, but after adopting this proposal, the first candidate for the state pastor that came to the court's mind was Liu Yu, who had both ability and political integrity. As soon as he arrived, he divided Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju, so that the Hu people could go back with peace of mind and stop coaxing with the restless Han people. After several years of hard work, the Youzhou area has flourished and educated, and it has become prosperous and stable.

But Gongsun Chan was very unhappy. In order to suppress the rebellion, he almost lost his life, but as soon as Liu Yu came, he put down the rebellion lightly and took all the credit. Moreover, Liu Yu also reduced armaments, and only allowed Gongsun Chan to lead an army of less than 10,000 people, so Gongsun Chan is a pompous figure, he collected 3,000 horses on white horses alone, how can he be satisfied with this mere 10,000 people? He was unhappy and eager for fame, so he wanted to kill Hu people to vent his anger and invite merit, but Liu Yu happened to be a pacifist again, and he had no racial prejudice, and even when Yuan Shao persuaded him to be emperor, he replied to Yuan Shao, "If you tell me this again, I will go to the Xiongnu." Greedy for such a boss of the Han Dynasty who took the initiative to transfer to work on the Xiongnu side since Su Wu, Gongsun Zan had no way at all, so he couldn't hold it back, so he had to sneak to the Hu people's settlement to kill people and set fires. After this civil official and military attache went back and forth like this, the two of them naturally became inseparable.

As mentioned earlier, Liu Yu can not be an emperor, and he sees being an emperor as more uncomfortable than shepherding sheep from the Huns, but it is such a thing that even Liu Yu himself doesn't care much about, but it makes a pair of brothers turn against him. In order to deny the rationality of Dong Zhuo's regime, Yuan Shao was anxious to find a clan relative with excellent moral character to establish a new imperial court, but this opinion was strongly opposed by Yuan Shu. Originally, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were not very happy because of their backgrounds since they were children, but this time the disagreement finally made the two fall out. Yuan Shao recruited Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao and Dongjun Taishou Cao Cao to help, Yuan Shu was certainly not a fuel-efficient lamp, he found Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, Changsha Taishou Sun Jian to stand on his side, these two forces are intricately distributed throughout the Central Plains, and are in a situation of imminent outbreak.

Geographically, Yuan Shu's gang was surrounded by the forces of his brother's faction, so he was desperate to find more allies before the war broke out. And at this time. Emperor Xian, who was unwilling to be at the mercy of others, also heard about Liu Yu's loyalty and righteousness of not being the emperor, and he seemed to have found a life-saving straw, so he sent Liu Yu's son Liu He, who was an official in the capital, to go back to move the rescue soldiers. Liu He just happened to take Nanyang, which made Yuan Shu, who was in charge of Nanyang, see an opportunity to increase reinforcements, because Liu Yu also opposed Yuan Shao's proposal to establish a new monarch. So Yuan Shu detained Liu He and sent a letter to Liu Yu saying: My future general Yuan Shu also has the heart to serve the country, and the rescue of His Majesty is also counted as my share, so you send your elite soldiers to me, and I will use them to rescue Your Majesty.

After Liu Yu read the letter, he immediately prepared to go south. Although he has excellent administrative skills. But in terms of resourcefulness and attack, it is much worse. His staff officer Wei You specifically talked to him about these things, and also warned him that he could discuss this kind of thing with Gongsun Zhan. Because this time the army is to be mobilized, Gongsun Zhan, who is in charge of military affairs, naturally has to ask about it, and he is much more detailed. This time, Gongsun Chan said to Liu Yu more responsibly. Yuan Shu is too cunning. Don't be fooled easily

For a restless subordinate like Gongsun Zhan. It is already very rare to be able to make such a suggestion, but Liu Yu did not appreciate it at all, and still set off according to the original plan. Gongsun Chan not only touched a nose of ash. was also afraid that Yuan Shu would learn that he had almost ruined his good deeds, so he let his younger brother Gongsun Yue arrive at Yuan Shu with a cavalry first, and persuaded Yuan Shu to simply rob Liu Yu's generals. Gongsun Zhan did a bit disgraceful in this matter, you yourself clearly said that Yuan Shu was unreliable, and now you are rushing to cooperate with him, don't you smoke your own mouth? And Yuan Shu originally wanted to rob Liu Yu's generals for his own use, but now he has overfulfilled the task, and he has one more ally who can threaten Yuan Shao's back, so he naturally gladly accepted Gongsun Zhan's proposal.

The Yuan brothers' strength was almost accumulated, so the two sides found a small excuse to go to war. Yuan Shu took the lead in provoking and sent Sun Jian and Gongsun Yue to attack Yuan Shao's subordinate Zhou Ang, but Gongsun Yue was killed and Yuan Shu's army was defeated. In addition, as an aside, Sun Jian, who participated in this battle, was also killed shortly after. So, Gongsun Chan sent his younger brother to participate in disputes between other people's brothers, but his younger brother died. In order to avenge his younger brother, he prepared to send troops to attack Yuan Shao, which was the cause of the later Battle of Jieqiao.

Although it was said that revenge for his younger brother was a good excuse for war, Gongsun Chan could not immediately start a war against Yuan Shao. He was still nominally Liu Yu's subordinate, and although Liu Yu had sternly rejected Yuan Shao's proposal to make him emperor, he was still friendly with Yuan Shao; At the same time, Gongsun Zan was able to mobilize less than 10,000 troops, and it was not enough to fight Yuan Shao. Therefore, although Gongsun Zan was fighting in Panhe at this time, it was just a picture of wanting to settle accounts with Yuan Shao.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao had just annexed Jizhou at that time, and in order to rescue Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hanoi who had been kidnapped, Yuan Shao and the Xiongnu king of Bingzhou turned their faces and fought; In addition, another force entrenched in Bingzhou, Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, also had constant friction with Yuan Shao; In addition, Tao Qian of Yuan Shu's faction is also ready to move, and he has to be wary. In this case, if he provokes Gongsun Chan again, Yuan Shaoke will really be embattled.

At this time, the news of the Qingxu Yellow Turban outbreak alarmed the Kanto counties again. The local governors of the Qingzhou area, whether they wanted to be Jiao He who wanted to trap the ice pill to prevent the Yellow Turban soldiers from crossing the river, or Kong Rong, who wanted to crusade against the Yellow Turban to show his skills, were all people who had no talent in military affairs, which made the Qingzhou area a happy land for the remnants of the Yellow Turban to thrive, and even the sect brothers who were suppressed by Tao Qian in Xuzhou also came to Qingzhou. However, Qingzhou's resources and living space are limited after all, and there are no talents who can govern the Yellow Turbans, so they have to find a new way out after making Qingzhou dilapidated. At that time, there were about 300,000 Qingxu Yellow Turbans, and no one in the Kanto region dared to despise this powerful force.

At that time, Qingxu and Yellow Turbans wanted to cross the river north to meet the Montenegrin army in the Taihang Mountains. On the way to the march, he had to pass through Bohai County, and Yuan Shao at this time was the Taishou of Bohai. So Yuan Shao simply came to Li Dai Taozhuang, he gave the seal ribbon of Bohai Taishou directly to Gongsun Zhan's cousin Gongsun Fan, on the one hand, he showed favor to Gongsun Zhan and calmed the matter, originally Gongsun Yue's death and Yuan were responsible, and now Yuan Shao gave his fortune base to Gongsun Zhan to win people, which can be regarded as reparation; On the other hand, anyway, it is inevitable that Bohai County will be ravaged by Qingxu Yellow Turban, so it is better to give it to Gongsun Zhan, if they can fight dog-eat-dog, it will be even better.

At this time, Gongsun Chan was also struggling with his nerves, how to expand his military strength. Yuan Shao let out Bohai and played into his arms. He immediately asked Gongsun Fan to go there to recruit troops, and he himself began to actively prepare for war, and wanted to send troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army in the north. This made the Yellow Turban Army, which was frightened by the heroes of the Kwantung region, become a good excuse for Gongsun Zhan to violate Liu Yu's temperance and expand the army privately. And Gongsun Zhan's results were indeed brilliant, he carried out two surprise attacks on the Yellow Turbans on the march, killed tens of thousands of people, and intercepted countless baggage, forcing Qingxu Yellow Turbans to give up the idea of going to Taihang Mountain to join the Black Mountain army. Gongsun Chan's prestige was greatly enhanced, and Zhang Yan of Montenegro also took the initiative to show favor to Gongsun Chan. Request an alliance.

So far. Gongsun Zhan's soldiers are strong and strong, and there is a strong reinforcement from the Black Mountain Army that can threaten Yuan Shao's flank, and he already has the capital to fight with Yuan Shao. And the brilliant victory he had just achieved made him arrogant, and he didn't take Liu Yu in his eyes at all. So Gongsun Chan simply did not return to his territory. Prepare to cross the river in one fell swoop and compete with Yuan Shao for supremacy in the north. He first published an article against Yuan. listed Yuan Shao's top ten crimes:

First, Yuan Shao could not select talents who were beneficial to the country during his stay in the capital, and it was entirely Yuan Shao's responsibility to invite disasters like Dong Zhuo's.

Second. Dong Zhuo was in power, and Yuan Shao should have rebelled, but he ignored the Son of Heaven and fled back to his territory, which was disloyal.

Third, Yuan Shao was determined to raise troops to resist Dong Zhuo, but he did not notify the elders who were officials in the court at that time, causing Zhu Yuan to die, which is unfilial.

Fourth, Yuan Shao raised the army for two years, but did not achieve any actual results, but instead disturbed the local people and enriched his military and financial resources.

Fifth, Yuan Shaozhi made Han Fu plan to set up a new monarch, and secretly prepared all the gold seals and jade seals, plotting against him.

Sixth, Yuan Shao and Cui Juye colluded with each other to find a good day to attack the prefecture and county together, and there was no minister's norm at all.

Seventh, Yuan Shao not only did not love the meritorious minister Liu Xun, but instead provoked and killed.

Eighth, Yuan Shao asked others for supplies, and if the supplies were not enough, he turned his face and killed people.

Ninth, the righteous son of the Spring and Autumn Period is valued by his mother, how can the son of a cheap concubine like Yuan Shao compete with the later general Yuan Shu.

Tenth, Sun Jian under Yuan Shu was such a hero, just because Yuan Shao sent Zhou Ang to seize Sun Jian's base Yangcheng, so that Sun Jian's army could not continue to eat, and the crusade against Dong Zhuo could not be completed. These ten major sins, several of which came out of Gongsun Zhan's mouth, are a bit like crows laughing at pigs. First, Gongsun Zhan's efficiency in selecting traitors by himself is obvious to all, but after all, he is not working in Beijing, and the harm caused is smaller; Regarding the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Chan has always agreed with Liu Yu's neutral position, nominally loyal to Dong Zhuo; The most intriguing thing is to say Article 9, Gongsun Chan is also a child born to a cheap concubine, so he was so rough in his early years, and now from his mouth he said the words "The righteous son of the Spring and Autumn Period is more or less self-deprecating to fate". And from these ten crimes, we can also see Gongsun Zhan's accusation of unfair fate, you Yuan Shao have such good conditions, every move can affect the situation in the world, but you Yuan Shao did not do that, you and us people grabbed land and money, so you Yuan Shao, you are not a good thing, you are guilty, Gongsun Chan is with such an emotion to accuse Yuan Shao. For Gongsun Zhan, this is not like an excuse fabricated for a while in order to refute Yuan Shao in righteousness, but a deep-rooted idea in his mind - usually when he sees the children of his beloved people coming to seek officials, he also deliberately puts these people in the most miserable environment, so that they can also taste the taste of starvation and cold. I don't know if Gongsun Zhan's paranoia is related to the good background of his boss Liu Yu.

In this essay issued for revenge, Gongsun Chan certainly did not forget to mention the incident that led to the death of his younger brother in battle, which is Article 10. In his opinion, if Yuan Shao hadn't sent Zhou Ang to capture Yangcheng, Yuan Shu would not have sent Sun Jian and Gongsun Yue to attack Zhou Ang, and Gongsun Yue would not have died. In fact, letting Gongsun Yue be involved in the dispute between the Yuan brothers is the real cause of Gongsun Yue's death, but Gongsun Chan can't see it that way.

Gongsun Zhan led the army south in the winter of the second year of Chuping and stationed troops at the boundary bridge. There, he made all his relatives official, and let them go directly to various places, as if Jizhou was already in his pocket. And because he was afraid of Gongsun Zhan's military might, all the counties and counties in Jizhou were very obedient to him. In this way, Yuan Shao naturally couldn't sit still, he mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers in the third year of Chuping to go north to fight against Gongsun Zhan, and the two armies fought twenty miles south of the boundary bridge.

Among the 20,000 infantry of the Northern Army, 10,000 cavalry were lined up or so, and Gongsun Zhan's most proud white horse righteous servant flashed in the middle. The southern army was more shabby, only sending 800 foot soldiers and more than 1,000 crossbowmen as the vanguard to meet the battle, and tens of thousands of main forces formed a formation in the rear.

The commander of the vanguard of the Southern Army was Lu Yi, who, like the prison army, was originally Han Fu's subordinate. But before Yuan Shao could annex Jizhou, he rebelled against Han Fu and took refuge with Yuan Shao from then on. Before participating in the Battle of Jieqiao, he led his army to fight against the Hun army and saved Zhang Yang, who was kidnapped; After that, he also led troops to fight for Yuan Shao many times, and was a very outstanding general, especially when he stayed in Liangzhou for a long time, learned the methods of fighting the Qiang people, and was an expert in dealing with cavalry.

When Gongsun Zhan's cavalry came to kill, the 800 men of Lu Yi were all hiding under the leather shields and remained motionless. The riders of the Northern Army did not take such a small and timid enemy in their eyes at all, so they planned to simply trample these 800 people with their horses' hooves to frustrate Yuan Shaojun's spirit. (To be continued......)