People are forced out.

How awkward it looks like this, but the road is simple, and this sentence is full of all kinds of truths in the world.

If it weren't for the fact that there was nowhere to go, Guo Tu, a famous man from Yingchuan, would definitely not instigate Yuan Tan to go to the Western Regions and spend the next twenty years of his life on that extraterritorial land far away from the Central Plains.

In the era of the great power of the Han Dynasty, dozens of countries in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate, and the administrative boundaries of the Han Dynasty reached as far as the west of the Green Mountains (Pamir Plateau). After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the country fought against the Xianbei people in the north all the year round, coupled with the continuous Qiang rebellion and Han rebellion in Liangzhou for many years, the Han Dynasty lost its suzerainty jurisdiction over the Western Regions, and the Xiongnu who had originally ruled the Western Regions had migrated westward to the west of the Yueshi Kingdom and the Guishan Kingdom, so the Western Regions countries were actually in a situation where there was no suzerain, and they stood side by side.

Yuan Tan now had about 40,000 horses under his command, and even if he could eventually bring only 5,000 soldiers to the Western Regions after a long journey, it would be enough for him to walk sideways in the Western Regions, where dozens of countries are lined up. Although the Han Dynasty is now declining, the prestige of the past is still there, as long as Yuan Tan comes out with the banner of the Han Dynasty, there is no need for him to do anything, and there are many small countries that take the initiative to attach themselves to it.

After Guo Tu said his idea of going to the Western Regions, he was supported and approved by many people, and even Lu Yi was quite moved. However, Gao Gan and some other generals did not resist this kind of practice, but only knew how to blindly retreat and escape. Gao Gan insisted on holding Jinyang, even when the war was not going well, he could only retreat to the vicinity of Fuping as far as the west, and if he went west. It is better to lay down your arms and surrender to Liu He, anyway, Liu He's reputation for not killing and surrendering has already spread all over the place. It's a big deal that everyone will take off their armor and return to their hometowns from now on to become a farmer, or go to the ghost place in the Western Regions where birds don't to be savages.

Yuan Tan's position in Jinyang was not stable. If it weren't for Gao Gan and Lu Yi who needed a banner to appease people after Yuan Shao's death, they might have left him aside and gone alone. Now that Lu Yi and Gao Gan have serious differences, Yuan Tan has no way to reconcile the two sides for a while, so he has to let everyone disperse, and then invite several old people who are loyal to the Yuan family to discuss countermeasures.

After Yuan Shao's death, Xin Ping was a little depressed, he knew in his heart that all his years of persistence had been in vain, and if he saw his younger brother Xin Bi in the future, he didn't know how to speak. At the beginning, he had just defected to Yuan Shao. Got Yuan Shao's respect and appreciation, he was moved and tried his best to encourage Xin Bi to go to Yecheng to serve Yuan Shao, but he never thought that his younger brother was encouraged by the university scholar Cai Yong to Luoyang, and then was directly taken to Youzhou by Liu He's insight, and now it is a county guard. Xin Ping can imagine that as long as his younger brother is diligent in his work, he will definitely not stop at the position of Taishou in the future, but he is now worried and hesitant about the way out.

Yuan Tan saw that Xin Ping's expression was lost among several people. Thinking that he had recently snubbed the old man left behind by his father, he asked sincerely, "Mr. Zhongzhi, I don't know what you think of Jinyang's current situation?" ”

Xin Ping was already tired of the endless infighting, so he said unabashedly: "Since General Gao advocates sticking to Jinyang. Then he will lead the army to stay in Jinyang. As for General Koji, if he was allowed to stay in Jinyang, it would only make the battle between the two sides more and more difficult to control. It's better for him to lead the army to Fushi, if there is a change. Childe can be regarded as having a way out. ”

Guo Tu agreed with Xin Ping's proposal and said: "Zhongzhi's proposal is more secure. Since General Gao and General Koji can't convince each other, it is better to take this opportunity to separate the two parties, anyway, Fu Shi is not far from Jinyang, in case of any accidents, the two can also be each other's support. ”

Yuan Tan actually didn't want to divide the troops in his heart, what he wanted to see most was that Gao Gan and Lu Yi both obeyed their own orders, instead of taking what they said as a deaf ear like now. In the troubled times, holding the soldiers and horses in his hands, he has the capital to protect himself, Yuan Tan now feels that his father Yuan Shao seems to be a little eccentric, and he left the obedient and easy-to-use people to Yuan Shang in the three places, but he kicked himself to Jinyang early, and now it has become this situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger.

"Two gentlemen, I also know that the current situation does not allow for hesitation, but if Gao Li and the two of them are allowed to divide their troops to garrison the two places, in case Liu Shiren takes the initiative to send troops to attack Jinyang, General Gao will not be able to resist, wouldn't it be in Liu Shiren's hands?"

"Childe, rest assured, Liu Shiren will not order the troops to attack." Guo Tu said confidently, "Liu Shiren is the most stingy with the lives of his soldiers, and he never fights the siege of the city, otherwise how can he sit back and watch me wait in Jinyang for several years and be indifferent?" ”

In order to buy the hearts of the people in the world, Liu Shiren spent all the money and grain he had saved in the north over the years. The siege of the city was short for a few months or a long number of years, and the consumption of grain and grass was very huge. Xin Ping also analyzed for Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan saw that the two strategists said this, and his heart was a little more steady, so he convened the generals to discuss the matter the next day and made his decision clear.

Gao Gan and Lu Yi had long been unhappy with each other, and this time they were able to separate from each other, naturally no one objected, so they set a specific date for evacuation and the number of generals and soldiers and horses left behind in front of everyone, as well as the number of civil and military generals and soldiers and horses who retreated with Lu Yi.

Although Xin Ping proposed to divide the troops, he did not want to go to Fushi with Yuan Tan, but expressed his willingness to stay and assist Gao Gan in defending Jinyang. Yuan Tan thought that Xin Ping was thinking about him, so he stayed to watch Gao Gan, so he happily agreed. Gao Gan also hoped that there would be a military advisor of sufficient weight to stay in Jinyang, so that if he encountered danger, he could ask Yuan Tan for help through the mouth of the military advisor.

Three days later, Yuan Tan, Lu Yi, Guo Tu and others left Jinyang with 20,000 soldiers and horses, crossed the Yellow River to the west, and headed towards Shangjun to govern the city of Fushi.

After another two days, a small team of people escorted Chun Yuqiong and Feng Ji to twenty miles east of Jinyang City.

When the guard general Gao Gan heard that the enemy had been found in the east of the city, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. Lu Yi only left with half of the soldiers and horses on the front foot, and there were enemy traces outside Jinyang City on the back foot, which is not a good news that can make people feel happy.

"Have you ever found out the details of the enemy army that appeared in the east of Jinyang City?" Gao Gan asked Meng Dai, the general who came to report.

Meng Dai replied: "There are only 100 enemies, all of them are dressed as Youzhou cavalry, and a strange carriage with four wheels is escorted in the middle. ”

"Oh, it's only a hundred, it doesn't seem to be an enemy attack. Then take them out of the city, stop them, and ask them what they are trying to do. Gao Gan commanded.

An hour later, Meng Dai came to see Gao Gan with a strange face.

"General, the enemy has left along the road from which they came."

"Oh, what's in that strange wagon?"

"It's two big living people."

"Who?"

"It was General Chun Yu and Feng Junshi who were captured during the Battle of Yecheng the year before last." Meng Dai replied in a low voice.

When Gao Gan heard this, he immediately frowned. "Where are they now?"

"The subordinates have temporarily settled them in the inn."

"You idiot! How could you bring these two men into the city? Gao Gan said with a roar. You will personally lead the team to send these two people to Skin! ”

Meng Dai did something bad with good intentions, and he felt aggrieved in his heart, so he could only rush to the post house with a hard head, drive the two frustrated people who had not yet sat on the hot ass out of the post house, and then escort them all the way to Fushi.

Feng Ji was not a generous person in the first place, and after suffering such a cold treatment from Gao Gan, his heart was full of resentment, so he thought that after he arrived at Fu Shi, he would ruthlessly say something about Gao Gan in front of Yuan Tan. Chun Yuqiong is Yuan Shao's iron buddy, he was also mixed with the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan at the beginning, but now he was slapped in the face by a junior in public, and the resentment in his heart will only be greater.

A few days later, Yuan Tan, who had just settled down in Fushi City, saw the grizzled Feng Ji and Chun Yuqiong.

Isn't it just disgraced? When these two people went to Jinyang from Yecheng, they were still sitting in a spacious and comfortable Youzhou special Silu carriage, and when they arrived outside Jinyang City, after escorting their Youzhou cavalry Meng Dai, they turned around and left with the carriage, and as a result, when they came out of Jinyang, they could only take two horses to eat dust all the way.

Yuan Tan was also a little disgusted by the two who returned suddenly, especially Feng Ji. It's just that people's hearts are already uneasy now, if he can't do a good job in face, it will inevitably cold some people's minds, so Yuan Tan can only stiffen his head and greet these two people, so as to appease them.

Feng Ji didn't treat himself as an outsider, and complained as soon as he opened his mouth: "Childe, how can you let Gao Gan lead the troops to guard Jinyang alone?" In the past, when I was guarding and merging states with Gao Gan, he had no one in his eyes, and he often acted on his own, even against the yang and the yin. Now that Yuan Gong is gone, who else can control him? ”

Although Yuan Tan hated Feng Ji, the words Feng Ji said spoke to his heart. Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, Yuan Tan is Yuan Shao's son, and the relationship between the two is that of cousins.

Chun Yuqiong, who was furious in his belly, also complained to Yuan Tan and said: "A certain and Yuan Tu have returned all the way, and they don't want to help you sons and nephews keep the foundation left at the beginning, but the senior cadres clearly think that we are in the way, can it be said that the suffering of imprisonment we have suffered in Yecheng in the past few years is in vain?" ”

In the face of Chun Yuqiong's complaints, Yuan Tan could only smile bitterly and was speechless. For this veteran who has followed his father in the southern and northern wars for many years, Yuan Tan's heart still respects him, and he now also needs a veteran general to deter Lu Yi and Gao Gan and others.

After pacifying the two, Guo Tu quietly came to see Yuan Tan and said to Yuan Tan: "Gongzi wants to find an excuse to send Feng Yuantu to Jinyang as soon as possible. ”

Yuan Tan bowed his head and said thoughtfully: "So and so appoint Feng Yuantu as the county guard of Taiyuan and Gao Gan as the governor of the East Road, so good?" ”

"Childe is wise, that's exactly how it should be." Guo Tu said flatteringly. (To be continued......)