Chapter 164: No Peace
From a personal emotional point of view, Liu He is really very willing to see Gongsun Zhan being killed by Zhao Yun or Li Yan outside Guangyang City, because if this guy is not removed, it will always be a big trouble for his father, and it is also the biggest obstacle for him to get out of Youzhou.
However, with Liu He's current situation, keeping Gongsun Chan is far more valuable than killing Gongsun Chan. Besides, Gongsun Chan is not a docile and obedient little lamb, whoever wants to kill him can easily do it.
Although Gongsun Chan fought very hard under Guangyang City, Zhao Yun, who defended the city, was also uncomfortable, even if Li Yan arrived later to help in the battle, the two troops and horses together were more than 10,000 people, and they still could not completely annihilate Gongsun Zhan's main force outside Guangyang City. More crucially, once Gongsun Chan felt in danger, he could order Shan Jing, who had taken Changping, to join his own troops, so that he would once again have an advantage in terms of troops.
In fact, Gongsun Chan is already ready to do this. The battle has been fought so far, he no longer wants to take Jicheng, and drive Liu Yu and his son to the northwest border of Youzhou, what he needs most now is to lay down Guangyang to save his face, and then quickly withdraw to Nanpi.
There was no way, Gongsun Chan was really stimulated by Zhao Yun. Since the expedition, Gongsun Chan has not heard a single thing that can make him happy, and the anger that has been suppressed in his heart for a long time was completely detonated by Zhao Yun when he was under Guangyang City. Forget it if others ridicule and insult him, Zhao Yun, as an old ministry in the past, also humiliated him in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, this tone is really difficult for Gongsun Chan to swallow.
Gongsun Zhan was annoyed and angry, and he lost his mind a little, so he went crazy and attacked Guangyang, and the result was that the thousands of elite soldiers that Liu He had managed to accumulate were seriously depleted, and it had reached the point that Liu He could not bear it.
To put it bluntly, this kind of battle of will is a zero-sum game, and at the end of the game, no one can benefit from losing or losing both, but it is cheaper for others with other intentions.
Gongsun Zhan was stunned, but Liu He didn't, so he hurriedly asked Zhao to hold his father's handwritten letter and go to the Jundu Mountain to invite Lu Zhi, who was living in seclusion.
Lu Zhi has been taken care of by Liu He in the past six months, and after he met Zhao Gai, he inquired about the situation in Youzhou, and then promised to come forward to persuade Gongsun Zan to withdraw his troops. Lu Zhi did this, not only to repay Liu He's favor, but also to find a way out for himself in the future.
When Lu Zhi fled from Luoyang to Youzhou, he was not tired of being an official, but just to avoid Dong Zhuo's persecution. After arriving in Youzhou, he found that his student had a tense relationship with Liu Yu, so he had to go into the mountains of the capital and no longer ask about the world. Now that Liu Yu has written a letter and asked him to go out of the mountain, Lu Zhi happened to get off the donkey and help Liu Yu solve the trouble in front of him first.
Liu He remembered that Lu Zhi, who had lived in seclusion in the mountains for several years, once agreed to Yuan Shao's invitation to serve as Yuan Shao's military advisor after Yuan Shao completely captured Jizhou, and died of illness a year later. From this incident, two points can be explained: first, although Lu Zhi is old, he is still willing to be an official, Yuan Shao asked him to go out of the mountain, and he agreed to come down without refusing; The second is that Yuan Shao took control of Jizhou after driving out Gongsun Chan at that time, and Lu Zhi did not become dissatisfied with Yuan Shao because Gongsun Chan was his student.
In addition to these two points, Liu He also pondered why Gongsun Zhan, who was short of talents, did not invite his teacher to go out to the mountain to help him at that time, and the conclusion was that Liu Yu was still in Youzhou at that time, and Lu Zhi was unwilling to help his students deal with Liu Yu, who represented the orthodoxy of the Han family.
As a great Confucian in the world, Lu Zhi received many students in his life, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were just two of his many students, and Lu Zhi, as an unwavering royalist, would never ruin his reputation in the hands of students.
After Lu Zhi came out of the mountains of the military capital, he first entered Jicheng to meet Liu Yu, thanked Liu Yu for his care and concern, and then came to the outside of Gongsun Zhan's camp alone. The guards guarding the camp gate saw that the comer was extraordinary, and claimed to be Gongsun Zhan's teacher, so he didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly reported to Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Zhan, who was angry, heard that his teacher was visiting, and hurriedly rushed out of the camp to welcome Lu Zhi into the big tent.
Lu Zhi can not help Gongsun Zhan, but Gongsun Zhan does not dare to be disrespectful to the teacher, in this era of respecting the teacher, if the student neglects the teacher, he will be scolded and poked in the backbone by the corporal of the world.
After Lu Zhi sat down, Gongsun Zhan asked tentatively, "Didn't the teacher live in seclusion in the mountains of the military capital?" ”
Lu Zhi, who was over fifty years old, sighed and said, "I don't want to see you fall in Youzhou this time, so I hurriedly came to remind you a few words." ”
Gongsun Zhan said with a gloomy face: "Teacher's words are a bit exaggerated, right? Now I still have an army of 40,000 under my command, and Liu Yu's father and son hid in Jicheng and trembled, who can destroy me? ”
Lu Zhi said: "If it weren't for Liu Bo'an's concern for the border trouble in the northwest of Youzhou, and he didn't send all his troops and horses to help in the war, would you still be able to sit here easily?" When I arrived in Jicheng, I heard Liu He Gongzi personally say that he sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to Jizhou to support Han Fu not long ago, if he transfers these 10,000 soldiers and horses back to Youzhou now, how should you deal with it? ”
Gongsun Chan was speechless when Lu Zhi asked, and turned his head angrily, not knowing what was in his heart.
"You feel that you have lost a lot of face this time, and you rushed back to Youzhou with all the people, but you lost your troops and made no achievements. But have you thought about it, as long as the imperial court does not reappoint the candidate of Youzhou for a day, Liu Yu is the only master of Youzhou, you are fighting around on his territory, and you have lost reason from the beginning, not only the soldiers have a lot of resentment in their hearts, but even the people of Youzhou will also hold a grudge against you! ”
"Now Yuan Shao took advantage of the time when you sent troops to the north, launched a fierce attack on Han Fu, and when he occupied Han Fu's territory, you are almost exhausted in Youzhou, will you still have the ability to hold Jizhou's territory at that time? Now that Liu Yu has been played in the imperial court and you are the pastor of Qingzhou, why don't you set your sights on the south of the Yellow River, but you have to fight with Liu Yu in Youzhou? ”
Lu Zhi's series of questions hit Gongsun Zhan's heart, making his face blue and red for a while, and he didn't know what to say.
"That's all you say, whether you can listen to it or not is up to you. In this world, the imperial court has existed in name only, and everyone is trying their best to expand their power in order to survive, and it is understandable that you have such and such ideas, but I advise you to take a long-term view, and don't just care about the three inches in front of you! ”
After Lu Zhi said this, he got up and left the tent, and after leaving the barracks, he went directly to Guangyang City.
Next, if Gongsun Chan still wants to attack Guangyang, it will be equivalent to directly facing Lu Zhi's anger......
After being beaten down by the teacher, Gongsun Zhan's mind finally cleared up, he first led the army to evacuate Guangyang, drove the troops into Anci, and then gave an order to Shan Jing, who occupied Changping, and ordered him to lead the army to bypass Jicheng from the east and rush to Anci to join him.
During this period, Li Yan sent people to send the captured Gongsun Yue to Anci, which could be regarded as giving Gongsun Chan a step.
After receiving Gongsun Zhan's order, Shan did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly retreated eastward with the team, until after crossing the Gushui, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then marched southeast along the east bank of the Gushui until he reached Yongnu, and then sent someone to report to Gongsun Zhan.
Gongsun Zhan received the news of Shan Jing and saw that he was so cautious, and he couldn't help but feel angry. It's obvious that he was hit hard, so he was so worried that Mao Danjing would be attacked?
However, acting like this alone also made Gongsun Chan feel somewhat comforted. This time he led an army of 30,000 from Nanpi to the north, and now there are less than 15,000 left, and more than half of the losses have been lost, fortunately, the losses of Shan Jing's troops are very small, only 1,000 people were killed and wounded when they attacked Jicheng at the beginning, and now they are going south with themselves, so they still have a few dollars.
Gongsun Chan again gave Shan Jing an order to lead his army directly from Yongnu to Quancheng, where he would join his own troops. Gongsun Chan himself led the rest of the army from Anci to Quancheng.
At the end of May, Gongsun Zhan and Shan Jing met at Quancheng, and then crossed Mashui, Yishui, Lushui and Zhangshui all the way to Nanpi.
Not long after Gongsun Zhan withdrew his troops, an urgent report for help came from the direction of Yuyang, but it was the subordinates of the three counties Wuhuan Shan Yu Dun who took advantage of the emptiness of the Han army left behind in Youbeiping and Liaoxi to make a rebellion between Baitan and Lulongsai, which had already spread to the north of Yuyang County.
The so-called three counties of Wuhuan Shan Yu refers to the three counties of Youbeiping, Yuyang and Shanggu, while Bang Dun is the son of the late Wuhuan leader Qiu Liju.
Qiu Liju was the guy who won over Zhang Chun, the Taishou of Zhongshan, to rebel, and he sent troops to help Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju enter the four prefectures of Kouqing, Xu, You, and Hebei, killing and plundering many Han officials and people. After Liu Yu came to Youzhou, he divided and wooed Qiu Liju, and finally solved Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, but these Wuhuan people are still hidden dangers in the north of Youzhou.
After Qiu Liju's death, his son Lou Ban was still young, and he had martial arts and wisdom from Zi Dang, so he was appointed as Shan Yu, and he was the general leader of the Wuhuan tribe of the three counties of Beiping, Yuyang, and Shanggu. Under the Badun, there are also tribal leaders such as Nanlou, Su Muyan, and Wuyan, who were attacked and suppressed by Gongsun Chan in the past, and did not dare to make trouble in the north, but now Gongsun Chan went south to Jizhou and transferred away the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Shan Jing, and these guys suddenly became restless.
Liu He looked at the news of the Wuhuan rebellion coming from the north, and suddenly felt a big head, and now he finally realized the difficulties and difficulties that his father has had over the years. Although Gongsun Chan had ambitions and intentions for Youzhou, he was ruthless in dealing with the Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the north, so Liu Yu had been able to tolerate Gongsun Zhan's existence and expansion over the years.
Now, Gongsun Zhan, who was beaten fat, is honest, and took the initiative to transfer Youzhou's troops to Jizhou, which reduced the pressure on Liu Yu's father and son, but when he left, the Wuhuan people were not honest and began to toss inside and outside the Great Wall.
Just as Lu Zhi said, as long as Liu Yu is still a pastor in Youzhou for a day, then he has to be responsible for the peace of the people of Youzhou, and now that trouble is coming, Gongsun Zan is gone, and the drudgery has to be handed over to his good son Liu He.
The eldest prince is the appointed captain of Wuhuan, and he should take care of this matter!
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