1. Gongsun Zhan is his own person

Gongsun Chan has no outstanding ability, and it is impossible for him to become Yuan Shao's enemy. Let's see how he got his fortune first. He was originally a petty official in the city government, but because he was handsome and had a loud voice, Taishou married his daughter to him. became the son-in-law of Taishou, so he went to be a student of Lu Zhi and got to know Liu Bei. Gongsun Zhan is famous for two things in the world, one is one and one is martial arts. Otherwise, how can a person who eats soft rice rule Youzhou?

At that time, Liu Taishou was convicted and demoted to the south (not an old man, he was replaced), and Gongsun Zhan, as an official, drove for Taishou. When Gongsun Chan left, he paid tribute to his ancestors, "saying that he was a son of man in the past, and now he is a minister, and he is a servant in the south of the country, and he is afraid that he will not return it, and his ancestors will resign from this" and then worship and rise up generously, and the people who see it are very embarrassed.

They are from Liaoxi, and they are sent to the south, with thousands of mountains and rivers, and they are not adapted to the water and soil, and the miasma of the south basically cannot come back. At that time, people's life expectancy was short, and it was not peaceful, and the mortality rate was much higher than we thought. Of course, the distribution of the south, after all, is not the oil pot, the knife mountain, and Jing Ke west into the strong Qin, easy water and singing, can not be compared. This guy YY, he looks very generous, plus he is a handsome guy, his voice is very loud, his attitude is very resolute, and he has won the appreciation of the onlookers. In ancient times, this parting was probably really a lifetime, so chic and generous, and he was also a hero.

As a result, Liu Taishou was pardoned and came back halfway, but Gongsun Chan became famous for it. It's really hard to say the blessings and disasters of life. If this matter still smells of gimmicks, then the next thing, Gongsun Chan relies on real skills.

After coming back, Gongsun Zhan made a long history of Liaodong, and once took dozens of followers to ride out of the fortress, and met hundreds of Xianbei horsemen on the way. Troops, several times the difference, the northern plain, there is no danger to defend, the cavalry duel, to overcome the weak with the strong. Gongsun Chan said to his entourage that if he didn't rush, he would all die, so he personally took a double-headed spear with blades at both ends and took the lead in killing. Everyone worked desperately and actually killed dozens of people in one go, and Zuihou lost half of his men and escaped for him.

Although this is a company-level, at most a small-scale battle at the battalion level, but Gongsun Zhan is a Han (Xianbei individual cavalry is much stronger than the Han people), with an absolute disadvantage, hard against hard, can break through the encirclement, only lose half of the people and flee back, it can be said to be a rather mythical record. This duke is brave and fierce, so he can lead the army and get the death force of the Youzhou cavalry.

Because of this incident, Gongsun Zhan became famous, and the Xianbei people didn't dare to go any further. The Yellow Turbans were in chaos, and the north was also full of thieves and bandits, and everyone set himself up as kings. Because of his military talents, Gongsun Chan was repeatedly promoted and gained a firm foothold in Youzhou. And Gongsun Chan fought with the Hu people all the year round and accumulated rich experience in cavalry combat (in the supplementary sentence at that time, the cavalry combat, because the stirrup had not yet been invented, mainly relied on the momentum of the cavalry charge, and the armored horse was not afraid of bows and arrows, which was more powerful, so the vest was very precious. Only a small number of elite soldiers can be mounted and shot, and some ethnic minorities who have lived on horseback for a long time).

Second, the beginning of the battle for Yizhou

Yuan Shao's starting point was in the anti-Dong coalition army. As the leader of the alliance, he has a lot more prestige and talents. But the real take-off of his career lies in the capture of Jizhou. Jizhou is a large state, much larger than Qingzhou (after Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shang lived in Jizhou, Yuan Tan lived in Qingzhou, and was beaten to the desert and fled, because the strength of the two states was not on the same level, not that Yuan Shang's military ability was higher than Yuan Tan). Yuan Shaobing was bloodless, took Jizhou lightly, and laid the foundation for his career development.

Let's take a look at Yuan Shao's strategy. He didn't really crusade against Dong Zhuo from the beginning, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, who was upright, went desperately, and he became the leader of the alliance. In fact, he was the leader of the alliance, relying on prestige, not strength, and his territory was not large, so the world was in turmoil at that time, and he was bent on expansion.

The clever seizure of Jizhou is a strategy proposed by his subordinate Feng Ji. If Gongsun Zan is invited to attack Jizhou together, Han Fu, the owner of Yizhou at that time, must be very afraid, and when the time comes, he will say that it is very powerful, so that Han Fu will invite Yuan Shao to fight against Gongsun Zan and take the initiative to get out.

Sure enough, Gongsun Zhan was invited by Yuan Shao to lead a large army into Jizhou (now Hebei) in the name of crusading against Dong Zhuo. How could Han Fu's troops resist Gongsun Zhan's cavalry? So they retreated.

And Yuan Shao of Qingzhou also suddenly turned around and entered the boundary of Jizhou and settled in Yanjin (the key location of Guandu later). At this time, Han Fu was in a hurry, Yuan Shao sent Xun Kan and Gao Gan to lobby Han Fu, saying that Gongsun Zan has strong troops in the world, and most of the counties in your territory have rebelled, and Yuan Shao is from the east, I think the general is in danger. Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are both heroes for a while, and Jizhou is a rich and important place in the world, so they must fight for it. If you don't take sides, you're going to die. Yuan Shao, it's your old alliance, you might as well give up Yizhou to Yuan Shao, he receives your territory, and Gongsun Chan can resist it. The general has the name of Rang Xian, and he is safe in Mount Tai.

Han Fu actually has unspeakable hardships. When Dong Zhuo was crusaded, the nobles and generals of Jizhou were very close to Yuan Shao. Of course, people tend to be heroes, and if you can't do it yourself, you can't blame others. Han Fu once refused to send food and grass to Yuan Shao's army to ask Dong Dajun because of jealousy, but as a result, his generals looked down on him. The general Lu Yi took refuge in Yuan Shao at that time (this person is not trivial, in the battle of the boundary bridge, he is the protagonist).

Jizhou military horses also have those who are loyal to Han Fu. They analyzed Han Fu and said that Yuan Shao had no grain and grass, and it was a bluff to enter Jizhou. Sun Quan had already been beaten, but Han Fu was timid, so he weighed it again and again, and gave Jizhou to Yuan Shao.

Han Fu had an enemy named Zhu Han, and seeing that Han Fu had no power, he led soldiers to surround Han Fu and broke the legs of Han Fu's eldest son. Yuan Shao acted resolutely and immediately arrested Zhu Han and beheaded him. But Han Fu was scared, so he ran away to join Zhang Miao. Zuihou Yuan Shao's envoy came, he thought that Yuan Shao had sent someone to ask Zhang Miao to kill him, so he got up and committed suicide (in fact, Yuan Shao really didn't mean to kill him, and was still waiting to be a model of kindness).

As soon as Han Fu died, Yuan Shao took full control of Yizhou. But although he won Jizhou bloodlessly, the Gongsun Zhan he invited was a big trouble? In fact, Gongsun Zhan didn't know Yuan Shao's careful thoughts, but he had always been greedy for Yizhou, so he borrowed Yuan Shao's invitation and led the army to come. After Han Fu's death, Gongsun Zhan did not recognize Yuan Shao, the pastor of Jizhou, and appointed his subordinate general Yan Gang as the assassin of Jizhou, and also appointed a group of state and county leaders in Yizhou, among them, there was Pingyuan County, and this county order was Liu Bei's children's shoes that later became famous all over the world.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, a battle was inevitable, and the essence of the Battle of Jieqiao was the battle for Jizhou.

There's another hiccup here. As soon as Yuan Shao got Jizhou, he was afraid that Gongsun Chan would not be satisfied, so he gave up his Bohai Taishou to Gongsun Zhan's younger brother. And Gongsun Zhan is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is quiet, he did not attack Yuan Shao for the time being, but he broke the third strength of Jizhou - the Yellow Turban Army. Gongsun was a strong soldier, won two major wars, and captured a population of 70,000. In order to stand on the side of morality, he also published the famous. Gongsun Chan is a student of Lu Zhi, and his writing is really good. This article clearly pointed out that Yuan Shao disregarded the righteousness of the world, poked Sun Jian's PP, and opposed the behavior of aiding and abusive-

Outside the Megatron Stopper

From 178 A.D. to 184 A.D. (Guanghe period), Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled, and the imperial court requisitioned 3,000 elite cavalry from Youzhou (now southwest of Beijing), and gave Gongsun Zhan the command of the 3,000 cavalry. When Gongsun Zhan led his army to Jizhong, Zhang Chun, a native of Yuyang (now southwest of Miyun, Beijing), lured Qiu Liju, the leader of Wuhuan in western Liaoning, to rebel and captured the cities of Youbeiping County (now southeast of Fengrun, Hebei) and Liaoxi County. Gongsun Zhan pursued Zhang Chun and other traitors with 3,000 cavalry, made military exploits, and was promoted to cavalry captain. At this time, the leader of the subject country Wuhuan was so greedy that the king led the people to surrender to Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Zhan was promoted to Zhonglang General, named Duting Marquis, stationed in the subject country, and in the next five or six years, he fought constantly with the northern nomads. [5]

In 188 A.D. (the fifth year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty), Gongsun Zan and Zhang Chun, Qiu Liju and others fought in Shimen, a vassal state of Liaodong, Zhang Chun and others were defeated, and Zhang Chun left his wife and children and fled into Xianbei. Gongsun Zhan continued to pursue, but because it was too deep, he was besieged by Qiu Liju in Guanzi City in Liaoxi for more than 200 days, and the soldiers were defeated when the grain was exhausted, and most of the soldiers were killed and wounded. Qiu Liju's army was also exhausted and left Liucheng. The imperial court paid homage to Gongsun Zan as the captain of the captive school, the marquis of the capital pavilion, and the governor of the country. Gongsun Chan then commanded the soldiers and horses to guard the border. Every time he heard that the enemy was coming, Gongsun Chan immediately spoke violently, and when he fought, he seemed to be beating his own enemy, even until late at night. From then on, Wuhuan was afraid of Gongsun Zhan's bravery and did not dare to attack again. Gongsun Chan often rides white horses with dozens of people around him who are good at riding and shooting, and they are the left and right wings of each other, and they call themselves "White Horse Righteous Servants". [6]

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. [7]

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. [8]

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. [9]

Big Yellow Turban

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. [10]

Grudge against Liu Yuan

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 Liu He to write a letter to Liu Yu, promising to wait for Liu Yu to lead his troops to come to Yuan's aid 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. [11]

Gongsun Chan

Gongsun Chan

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 Zhan's cousin Gongsun Fan, and sent him to Nanpi, wanting to form a bond with Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Fan then betrayed Yuan Shao, assisted Gongsun Zan with Bohai troops, broke through the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and the army became stronger and stronger, and entered Jieqiao (the site is in present-day Wei County, Hebei). Gongsun Zan himself appointed Yan Gang as the pastor of Jizhou, Tian Kai as the pastor of Qingzhou, and Shan Jing as the pastor of Yanzhou (now northwest of Jinxiang County, Shandong), and assigned the county guard order. [12]

Scramble for Jizhou

In 192 A.D. (the third year of the first peace of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty), Yuan Shaotun army Guangchuan County (now northeast of Zaoqiang County, Hebei), and Gongsun Zan fought twenty miles south of the boundary bridge. Gongsun Chan has 30,000 elite soldiers. Yuan Shao ordered his general Koji Yi to lead 800 elite soldiers in front, and cloth a thousand crossbows on both wings. Gongsun Zhan despised Yuan Shao's lack of soldiers and went out to fight. Koji Yi ordered the soldiers to lie down and not move, waiting for Gongsun Zhan's army to reach ten steps ago, and at the same time, Gongsun Chan was defeated. Yuan Shaojun captured Yan Gang and beheaded him. Koji Yi chased Gongsun Chan to the boundary bridge, and Gongsun Chan led his troops to fight back and was defeated again. [13] So Gongsun Zhan fled to Jixian County (now Daxing District, Beijing), and built another small town in the southeast of the county to defend himself, close to Liu Yu, and gradually formed a hatred. Yuan Shao sent his general Cui Juye to lead his troops to attack Gongsun Zhan's hometown, but when he led the army back to the south, he was caught up by Gongsun Zhan's army in Juma Shui, and was defeated, and seven or eight thousand people were killed. [14] Gongsun Chan wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but was defeated by Yuan Shao at Longcuo, and the two sides were evenly matched. [15]

Defeat Liu Yu

In 193 A.D. (the fourth year of the first peace of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty), Liu Yu was worried about Gongsun Zhan's rebellion, so he led 100,000 troops to attack Gongsun Zhan. At that time, Gongsun Zhan's troops were scattered, and the soldiers wanted to flee from Dongcheng in a hurry, but Liu Yu's soldiers did not practice war, and issued a military order not to harass the people, and they could not attack for a long time. Gongsun Zhan then recruited hundreds of elite soldiers, set fire to the wind, and took advantage of the situation to enter Liu Yu's barracks, and Liu Yu was defeated. Liu Yu and his men fled north to Juyong County (present-day Yanqingdong, Beijing). Gongsun Zan broke through Juyong City in three days, captured Liu Yu and his wife and children alive and returned to Jixian County. At this time, Dong Zhuo was dead, and Emperor Xian sent an envoy Duan Xun to Liu Yu to increase the fiefdom, so that he would supervise the six states, promote Gongsun Zan to the former general, and seal the Marquis. Gongsun Zhan framed Liu Yu and Yuan Shao for seeking to claim the title of emperor, and coerced Duan Xun to behead Liu Yu and his wife and children in Jishi. Gongsun Zhan sent Liu Yu's head to Jingshi, where he was robbed and buried on the road by Liu Yu's old subordinate Tail Dun. After Gongsun Zhan killed Liu Yu, he got the entire Youzhou, and he became more and more arrogant, dispassionate to the people, and remembered his mistakes. [16]

Losing streaks

In 195 A.D. (the second year of Emperor Xingping of the Han Dynasty), Liu Yu's Yuyang Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Cavalry Governor Xian Yuyin led Youzhou soldiers and horses to avenge Liu Yu. Yan Rou recruited Xianbei, Karasuma and other soldiers and horses, and obtained tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers, and fought with Gongsun Zhan's Yuyang Taishou Zou Dan in the north of the Lu River (now the White River), defeated Gongsun Zhan's army, and killed Zou Dan. King Wuhuan also led his tribesmen and more than 7,000 Xianbei cavalry, and accompanied Xian Yufu to meet Liu Yu's son Liu He and Yuan Shao's general Liyi, and combined a total of 100,000 troops to attack Gongsun Zhan, defeated Gongsun Zhan in Baoqiu, and beheaded more than 20,000. As a result, Daijun, Guangyang, Shanggu, and Youbeiping each killed the prefect placed by Gongsun Zhan, and united with Xian Yufu and Liu Hebing, and Gongsun Chan was defeated repeatedly, so he fled back to Yijing (the site is in the northwest of Xiongxian County, Hebei Province) to hold on, and opened Tuntian. Sun Yuan held on for more than a year, and Koji Yi retreated from the army, and Gongsun Zhan took advantage of the situation to attack and defeat Koji Yi, and he was as heavy as his chariot. [17]

Gongsun Zhan dug more than ten trenches in the Yi River, and built mounds as high as five or six zhang in the trenches, and there were camps on the mounds. The mound in the center of the trench was the highest, reaching more than ten zhang, and Gongsun Zhan lived in it, using iron as a gate, and repelled the left and right, so that men over seven years old were not allowed to enter, and only lived in it with their wives and concubines, and hoarded three million grains. Gongsun Chan also used the woman to be loud, so that the voice could be heard hundreds of steps, which was used to convey orders. Gongsun Chan alienated the guests again, so that there was no cronies around him, and the ministers and generals gradually became estranged. Since then, he has rarely come out to fight. [18]

The army was defeated and self-immolated