In October of the second year of Xingping, Xu Huang led the army to Yangle City, and soon drove the Hu people entrenched here to Changli and Binxi of Liaodong's vassal states, Gongsun Du, who was in Xiangping City, learned that the Youzhou cavalry was approaching Yiwu Lu Mountain, and hurriedly transferred 20,000 soldiers and horses from Lelang and Liaodong to reinforce the defense line from Changli to Binxi, and then transferred troops along the coast of Donglai from the sea to reinforce Xiangping and Lelang, so that the pressure on the Beihai State close to Donglai County decreased sharply, Kong Rong then let Sun Shao stay in Gaotang with peace of mind, and did not have to return to Beihai for the time being.

Soon after, Gao Gan led 20,000 soldiers and horses from Bingzhou to the east of Huguan to reinforce Jizhou. Tai Shici, who paid close attention to Yuan Shao's troop movements, immediately led 15,000 elites of the Zhenwei battalion to approach Ren County in the south of Julu County, while Yuan Shao's army led 20,000 soldiers and horses north to meet the battle. Before he could lead his army from Handan to Ren County, Zhang He, who was originally stationed in Zhuo County, Youzhou, suddenly led a mixed force of 15,000 cavalry to Boluojin, eighty miles east of Ren County, and formed an east-west flank with Tai Shici.

Zhang He and Tai Shici, two generals, had defeated Yuan Shao's army at the beginning, and also fought with Lu Yi, and now they led the army south together to approach Yuan Shao's old nest Yecheng, and its deterrent power was naturally extraordinary.

Yuan Shao heard that Zhang He and Tai Shici had joined forces, so he hurriedly asked Gao Gan to lead his troops and horses north to reinforce Liyi, and blocked the southward movement of the Youzhou and Jizhou coalition forces with 40,000 troops.

Yuan Shao's original intention of mobilizing and coming to Jizhou was to let Gao Gan lead the army to reinforce Chun Yuqiong, and capture Qingzhou Plain County in one fell swoop with absolute superiority, cutting off the connection between Bohai and Qingzhou.

When the entire Jizhou and Qingzhou entered a strategic confrontation, Chen Yi, a senior staff member of the Taifu Mansion who sent an envoy to Beihai from Jicheng, finally accompanied a generation of Confucian Zheng Xuan to leave Gaomi County. Under the protection of the soldiers and horses sent by Kong Rong, they marched to Youzhou by land.

When Chen Yi met Kong Rong, he said that he had two things to do, one was to persuade Kong Rong to send troops to support Tian Kai, and the other was to welcome the great Confucian Zheng Xuan to go to Youzhou to give a lecture. Regarding the Youzhou side welcoming Zheng Xuan, Kong Rong not only did not have the slightest intention of obstructing him, but even supported and agreed very much. Because, Kong Rong also hopes that Zheng Xuan can find a quiet place where he can write books and teach his apprentices with peace of mind, and Qingzhou, where the yellow turbans are raging, and Beihai, where the soldiers are in danger, are obviously not long-term places.

Zheng Xuan, whose name is Kangcheng, is a native of Gaomi in Beihai, and is the most famous master of scripture in this era. It should be noted that At this time, the so-called "scriptures" are completely different from the scriptures used in Buddhism and Taoism in later generations, such as the "Diamond Sutra" and the "Tao Te Ching". Zheng Xuan, a master of classics, refers to the integration of Confucian classics before the Han Dynasty, and he has spent his life in the past few decades reading Confucian classics, sorting out ancient cultural heritage, and bringing scriptures into an "era of small unification".

When Zheng Xuan was young, he entered Taixue to study "Jingshi Yi", "Ram Spring and Autumn", "Three Unification Calendars", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and other studies, and learned "Ancient Texts and Books", "Zhou Li" and "Zuo Chuan" from Zhang Gongzu, etc., and later studied ancient scriptures from Ma Rong. Zheng Xuan returned to his hometown after his middle-aged study tour ended. He lived in Buqi Mountain in Donglai County, gathered disciples to teach, and had thousands of disciples, among whom the famous students later included Zhao Shang, Cui Yan, Gongsun Fang, Wang Ji, Guoyuan and Xi Xi.

After the disaster of the party. Zheng Xuan was imprisoned, so Du Men annotated and devoted himself to writing. It is mainly based on ancient scriptures, and also adopts modern scriptures, and pays attention to the group scriptures. He is the author of books such as "Seven Political Treatises on Astronomy" and "Zhonghou", with a total of more than one million words, and is called "Zheng Xue" by the world. It is the master of the Han Dynasty scriptures.

During the Zhongping period, the Yellow Turban refugees revolted in various places, and the world was in turmoil, Zheng Xuan, who was hiding in the mountains and writing books and teaching apprentices, was finally unable to maintain because of the lack of food, so he had to cry bitterly with the students, and then broke up and fled separately. It was during this period that Zheng Xuan's student Guoyuan followed Guan Ning and Bing Yuan to avoid trouble in Liaodong, while Cui Yan returned to his hometown, and was later conquered by Cao Cao, and others such as Zhao Shang, Gongsun Fang, Wang Ji and Xi Xi were also scattered all over the country and lost their news.

In the second year of Chuping, that is, the year when Liu He returned to Youzhou, the Yellow Turban Army captured Qingzhou, and Zheng Xuan couldn't stay in his hometown Gaomi, so he fled to Xuzhou with his family to avoid chaos. When he heard that Zheng Xuan was coming, he welcomed him very much and received him with the gift of a mentor and friend. Zheng Xuan settled himself in a stone house under the Chi Rock in the mountains of Nancheng, and rarely showed up, but still worked tirelessly day and night to study the Confucian classics and annotate the very famous "Book of Filial Piety".

Zheng Xuan lived in Xuzhou for several years, when Kong Rong was the minister of the North Sea and had special respect for Zheng Xuan, for the simple reason that Zheng Xuan's distant ancestor was named Zheng Guo and was a famous disciple of Confucius, and Zheng Xuan himself was the academic leader who inherited and promoted Confucius's Confucianism, which was equivalent to endorsing Kong Rong's ancestor.

On the one hand, Kong Rong repaired the courtyard of Zheng Xuan's former residence in Gaomi County, and on the other hand, he repeatedly sent people to urge Zheng Xuan to return to the county. Just last year, Zheng Xuan finally returned to his hometown Gaomi from Xuzhou. After Zheng Xuan returned to Gaomi, Kong Rong treated him very well and told his subordinates to call Zheng Xuan Zheng Jun and not call him by his first name. Compared with the original history, Zheng Xuan ended his exile from his homeland two years ahead of schedule, that is, at the age of sixty-eight. After returning to his hometown, Zheng Xuan was old and strong, still studying the classics all day long, erudite the six arts, and often saw the secretary weft, it seems that he has inexhaustible energy and enthusiasm on the way to learning.

After Chen Yi persuaded Kong Rong, he went to Gaomi County to meet Zheng Xuan. Zheng Xuan, who has never liked to see outsiders, heard that Chen Fan's son was coming, so he actually put down the scroll in his hand, walked out of the door and welcomed Chen Yi into his courtyard.

Chen Yi took out the letters of Taifu Liu Yu, scholar Cai Yong and Jizhou Mu Lu Zhi, and presented them to Zheng Xuan.

After Zheng Xuan read the letter, he hesitated for a moment and said to Chen Yi: "Hengzhi should know that the old man has no intention of becoming a leader, and he only wants to write some sparse texts in the year of the broken candle." Master Liu Bo'an, Scholar Cai and Lu Zigan jointly wrote a letter to invite me to Jicheng, and this value is really terrifying! The old man was only afraid that he would go to Jicheng and take on some fictitious positions, which would disturb his mind. ”

Chen Yi shook his head and smiled: "Kang Chenggong is too worried!" Before the kid left this time, he was interviewed by the eldest prince alone, and he specifically mentioned that after Kang Chenggong went north to Jicheng, he only needed to teach at Youyan Academy and the newly built Yenching University from time to time, and he didn't have to worry about all other trivial matters. Gongzi has built a quiet and elegant courtyard for you in Jicheng, and set up a academy for you in the military capital mountain, if Kangcheng Gong goes north to Jicheng, you no longer have to worry about the rebellion of the displaced people and the disaster of war, not only can you concentrate on studying the scriptures and writings, but also have many famous friends to accompany you, and you can enjoy your old age in peace......"

Zheng Xuan was deeply moved by Chen Yi's description of this prospect, at his age, what he wanted most was a quiet and stable life, his family could not be threatened by war, and he could teach his apprentices to write according to his preferences, as for other fame and profit, it was not in his eyes at all. Judging from Zheng Xuan's decades of life experience, Youzhou is indeed an ideal place to live now.

Zheng Xuan asked Chen Yi: "If the old man goes to Jicheng, can the land of Sangzi be protected by Lord Taifu?" Zheng Xuan asked what he meant by this, that is, if he left with his family, would the villagers who returned to Gaomi because of his return be protected, after all, these old family members returned to their hometowns from all over the country because they heard that Zheng Xuan had returned to Gaomi from Xuzhou.

Chen Yi replied: "Gaomi is now under the jurisdiction of Lord Kong Wenju, if anyone dares to enter Beihai the next day, the eldest prince with hundreds of thousands of soldiers will never agree!" ”

Zheng Xuan was relieved and agreed to go to Jicheng with Chen Yi.

Chen Yi went out to ask Kong Rong for dozens of carts, loaded all the scriptures written by Zheng Xuan and his collection of books into the carts, and placed Zheng Xuan's family in several stable carriages, and then escorted Zheng Xuan out of Gaomi with a guard of 300 people, and slowly walked all the way to the west.

On the road from Gaomi to Jicheng, it is necessary to pass through Beihai Kingdom, Le'an Kingdom, Pingyuan County, Bohai County, Hejian Country and Guangyang County, the road is about more than 1,200 miles, and according to the speed of the carriage, it will take at least a month and a half to arrive, that is, in early December, Zheng Xuan can enter Jicheng.

When the northbound team first marched in Beihai, because it was on Kongrong's territory, the road was relatively smooth, and there were no path-cutting thieves and small people from all walks of life. After leaving Beihai Country and entering Le'an Country, Chen Yi obviously felt that there were often some ghostly guys on the road near the mountains, forests and rivers, but because of the strict appearance of Chen Yi's team, he never made a move.

When the team approached Jishui and was about to cross the river from Le'an County, the scene that Chen Yi didn't want to see appeared the most.

One night, a group of remnants of the Yellow Turban, numbering more than 1,000 people, surrounded Chen Yi's convoy, and a bloody battle seemed inevitable.

Chen Yi scolded Tian Kai and Kong Rong one by one in his heart, feeling that these two people were really incompetent, and they could let such a scale of thieves exist in Le'an Kingdom, if they were left in Youzhou, not to mention a team of more than a thousand thieves, even a gang of dozens or hundreds of people had been cleaned several times.

Although the enemy is outnumbered, but Chen Yi, who has seen the big scene of Chang'an being besieged, is not afraid, he immediately organized the guards to defend with the help of the cover of the carriage wall, and shouted to the thieves who gradually surrounded him: "Listen to the homeless people, I am the Taifu Liu Bo'an in the mansion, this trip escorts the great Confucian Kang Chenggong north to Jicheng to give lectures, the car is not property, all are Kang Chenggong's life's work, if you don't want to cause the disaster of killing, please leave quickly!" ”

When he heard that it was the great Confucian Zheng Xuan who was besieged, he hurriedly ran forward and shouted: "If Kang Chenggong is really here, please come forward to see him!" ”

How dare Chen Yi let Zheng Xuan, an old man, come out to see a thief leader, and was about to say no, but he heard Zheng Xuan behind him say: "Hengzhi can promise this person!" The old man has traveled all over the world all his life, and he has encountered all kinds of dangers, and I don't believe that these villagers will harm an old man like me. ”

Chen Yi couldn't resist Zheng Xuan, so he had to shout to Guan Hai: "Wait a minute, Kang Chenggong will come out to see you!" (To be continued......)