Chapter 203: Bohai Taishou
Since the attack broke Liu Dai, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has continuously attacked the city and pulled out the village, and the city has continued to fall, and all parts of Yanzhou have been in an emergency.
Due to Liu Dai's defeat in the battle, Yanzhou officials will now talk about the Yellow Turban Army, and their expressions will change, but Cao Cao thinks that the Yellow Turban Army has won many victories, and it is the time to be proud and underestimate the enemy, and the counterattack at this time will definitely achieve unexpected results. It was decided to lure the Yellow Turban Army to the area of Shouzhang and start a decisive battle with it.
Liu Wei did not intend to rush to Shouzhang with Cao Cao, Xu Shu had already made a plan in his bag, asking him to lead his army to make a detour to the Bohai Sea and ambush the Yellow Turban rout near the Bohai Sea.
Cao Cao led the army to Shouzhang, and Liu Wei also led the army out of Puyang and headed north, towards the Bohai Sea.
If the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army wants to go to Taihang Mountain, it must pass through the Bohai Sea and then go west. Liu Wei led the army to ambush in the Bohai Sea, and he could give the Qingzhou Yellow Turban a severe blow head-on.
The Bohai Taishou appointed by the imperial court was Yuan Shao of Jizhou. But the Bohai Sea is located in the easternmost part of Jizhou, close to the range of Gongsun Zhan's potential. Yuan Shao had a bad relationship with Gongsun Zhan and handed over the Bohai Taishou Seal Ribbon with the intention of reconciliation, but he didn't want to give up the entire Bohai to Gongsun Zhan. At this time, the actual ruler of Bohai was not Yuan Shao, but Gongsun Zhan.
led the army, out of the border of Yanzhou, through Qingzhou Jinan State, directly into Bohai County. Along the way, Liu Wei was in a hurry, and he didn't dare to let the officers and soldiers relax at any time, for fear that Cao Cao would defeat the Yellow Turban Army too quickly, so that before he could open his pockets, the Yellow Turban Army had already rushed to Bohai.
Just after Leling, just out of the Qingzhou boundary, Liu Wei ordered the army to be stationed outside the city.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are advancing towards Yanzhou in a big way, and the nearby states and counties are ready for battle. Gongsun Fan, the Taishou of Bohai appointed by Gongsun Zhan, also left Nanpi and personally guarded the overlap with the border with Qingzhou.
Knowing that Liu Wei personally led the army to come, Gongsun Fan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent people to prepare for the grain, grass, and meat labor army, and at the same time secretly ordered people to rush to Yuyang to report to Gongsun Zhan, who was sitting in Yuyang.
Liu Bian's army was stationed five miles outside the city, and Gongsun Fan in the city personally led a labor army composed of more than 100 carts to Liu Bian's army after the grain, grass, meat, and carts of wine were ready.
"Your Highness, Bohai Taishou Gongsun Fan brought a lot of grain, grass, wine and food to the labor army!" In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Liu Wei and Zhao Yun and other generals were discussing how to intercept the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and a personal soldier stood outside the tent, clasping his hands into fists and reporting to Liu Bianyu in the tent.
Knowing that Gongsun Fan came to the labor army, Liu Wei looked at the generals in the tent and said to them: "When the Qingzhou Yellow Turban rushes to Bohai, our army still needs to cooperate with the white horse general. ”
"His Royal Highness came in person, even though Gongsun Chan had the idea of cutting the land and claiming to be the king, he didn't dare to offend His Highness at this time!" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Zhao Yun clenched his fists and said to him: "Earlier, all the heroes and powers gathered together in the Tiger Prison Pass, intending to break Luoyang. Gongsun Chan has a large army, but he has not sent a single soldier, and his attitude is extremely unclear, and now he has come to the boundary of Gongsun's family, His Royal Highness should be careful to ......"
"Let's see what Gongsun Fan says!" The corners of Liu Wei's mouth rose slightly, stood up, beckoned to the generals in the tent, and took the lead out of the tent.
Leading more than 100 carts full of grain, grass, wine and food, Gongsun Fan stood outside the gate of Liu Wei's army. Seeing from a distance a young man wearing golden armor and followed by several powerful generals walking towards the gate, Gongsun Fan knew that it was Liu Wei coming, and before Liu Wei came closer, he had already bowed deeply with his hands in fists.
This Gongsun Fan is about thirty years old, with a mediocre appearance and no outstandingness. In order to greet Liu Wei, he did not wear armor, but wore a silk dress, dressed like a child of an ordinary scholar.
Pressing the hilt of the sword with his hand, leading Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others out of the gate, Liu Wei looked at Gongsun Fan from head to toe, and asked him, "Is the person who came from Bohai Taishou?" ”
"Your Highness asked, don't dare to hide it!" Gongsun Fan hugged his fists and bowed, and said to Liu Wei very respectfully: "This Bohai Taishou is Yuan Shao's ...... to give up the seal ribbon."
"The government is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and the officials appointed by the court are mostly handled by Dong Zhuo's traitors!" Without waiting for Gongsun Fan to finish speaking, Liu Wei said: "On the contrary, like General Gongsun, those who have won the seal ribbon with their own strength are even more loyal to the imperial court!" ”
Gongsun Fan was able to get the Bohai Taishou Seal Ribbon, which was originally done by Gongsun Chan in private. Originally, he thought that Liu Wei would have a lot of complaints about this matter, but he didn't expect that Liu Wei would be able to say something in favor of him getting Bohai.
Liu Wei's words also invisibly agreed with the status of Gongsun Fan Bohai's Taishou, Gongsun Fan was happy in his heart, bowed lower, and stood aside, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
Ignoring Gongsun Fan who was standing on the side, Liu Wei raised his feet and walked to the front of the more than 100 carts of materials transported from the city, stretched out his hand to pick up a piece of dried meat from the first cart, sniffed it on his nose, nodded his head, and said to Gongsun Fan: "The yellow scarf is chaotic, this king really didn't expect that there would be such a good dried meat in this Bohai Sea......"
"Back to Your Highness!" As soon as Liu Wei said that there was still good dry meat in Bohai, Gongsun Fan hurriedly responded: "In the Bohai area, the harvest has been in arrears for many years, and the people's lives are very difficult. This dried meat was left by the last generals in the past to reward the meritorious soldiers. Today, I heard that His Royal Highness led the army to clean up the yellow scarf, and he didn't dare to hide it privately, so he took it all and presented it to His Highness! ”
"It's hard to be loyal to General Gongsun!" Throwing the dried meat on the cart, Liu Wei nodded, and said to a personal soldier behind him: "The soldiers have been marching for days, and it is really hard. The order goes down, this evening, all the troops will each receive a piece of dried meat and three bottles of fine wine, and this king will use General Gongsun to work the army, so that the three armies can be rewarded! ”
"No!" After marching for several days, although they never went hungry, the officers and soldiers ate only boiled millet every day, and when they learned that there would be meat, the soldiers who received the order were immediately full of joy, and hurriedly ran back to the barracks to convey Liu Wei's order.
"The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Thieves attacked Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and this king has appointed Cao Mengde to take over Yanzhou a few days ago." When the herald ordered his soldiers to run back to the barracks, Liu Wei waved his hand at a few soldiers outside the gate, and watched those soldiers lead the Bohai Navy who sent grain, grass and meat into the barracks, before saying to Gongsun Fan: "Cao Mengde can fight well, and he will not be defeated by the Yellow Turban thieves like Liu Dai." If the Yellow Turban thieves are defeated, they will definitely return to Qingzhou, and then enter the Bohai Sea border, and the thieves are coming, where is General Baima now? ”
Gongsun Chan has always been in battle, always riding a white horse. The elite white horse righteous servants among the Yanyun Iron Cavalry under his command are all equipped with snow-white war horses, so the world calls him the white horse general.
Liu Wei asked about Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Fan hurriedly replied: "The former general is now in Jizhou, and he is preparing his troops and horses to come to fight for thieves!" ”
"It's hard to be General White Horse!" Liu Wei nodded and said to Gongsun Fan: "Earlier, General Baima had a bad relationship with Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and this king wanted to mediate from it, but Dong Zhuo's old thief pursued him very tightly and never got out. When the Yellow Turban is broken this time, this king will definitely mediate from it. As for General Baima, he has been crusading against the Hu people in the north all the year round, and he has worked hard and made a ...... history."
Having said this, Liu Wei glanced at Gongsun Fan, who was full of anticipation, but he didn't finish his words, just raised his head and smiled, and said to Gongsun Fan: "Since the general is here today, how about following this king into the barracks and drinking a few glasses?" ”
"His Royal Highness invited me, and I should have accompanied him for a drink." Liu Bian didn't finish the words of canonizing Gongsun Zhan's assassination history, Gongsun Fan showed a touch of loss on his face, and bowed down with his fists and said to Liu Bian very respectfully: "However, the unity belt, our army's combat strength is not strong, and now the Yellow Turban thieves are in the south, once the battle is raised, if the soldiers belonging to His Royal Highness are the forerunners, the last general will have a thousand heads, and it is not enough to cut off the atonement." Now the last general must return to the city to prepare for battle, and welcome His Highness into the city garrison! ”
"It's rare to be loyal to a general!" After listening to Gongsun Fan's words, Liu Wei nodded and said to him: "Since this is the case, this king will not force the general to stay, and the general will please!" ”
"The last will retire!" Seeing that the soldiers of the Bohai Navy who had sent materials into Liu Bian's barracks walked out of the barracks one after another, Gongsun Fan bowed with his fists and saluted Liu Wei again, and then he took two steps backwards and turned around and walked towards the war horse not far away.
"This Gongsun Fan is not bad, and he knows how to send some wine and meat to His Highness!" Gongsun Fan just stepped on the war horse and whipped away, and Dian Wei, who followed Liu Wei to the gate outside the gate, muttered and said to several generals beside him: "These days, I always eat some corn, and I really have a bird in my mouth!" ”
"If you have meat, I'll let you eat enough today!" After listening to Dian Wei's words, Liu Wei turned around and smiled at him, said this, raised his hand to everyone, and said to everyone: "Go!" This evening, we and the officers and soldiers drank wine and ate meat together, so that we could be rewarded to the Five Organs Temple! ”
Although everyone didn't know what the "Five Organs Temple" Liu Biao was talking about, they could hear what he meant by beating his teeth and sacrificing his teeth, and while talking and laughing, he followed Liu Bian back to the barracks.
Two days later, the former general of Yuyang Gongsun Zan in Jizhou.
Gongsun Zhan held a piece of silk with handwriting in one hand, pacing back and forth in the study, his brows already tightly twisted.
"Why is the general so worried?" In the study with Gongsun Zhan, there was also a middle-aged man wearing a azure dress, about forty-five or sixteen years old, seeing Gongsun Zhan frowning, the middle-aged man said to him: "The general is crisscrossing the battlefield to the sun, even if he is a Hu person, he is also afraid of the general, why is he so anxious today?" ”
"Changshi, look at this thing!" The middle-aged man standing on the side was Gongsun Zhan's most trusted Changshi Guan Jing, who heard Guan Jing ask, Gongsun Zhan handed him the silk silk in his hand and said to him: "King Hongnong led an army of 20,000 troops into the Bohai Sea, wanting to stop the Qingzhou Yellow Turban thieves in the Bohai Sea. I'm afraid that the general will definitely lead the army to reinforcements. But Jizhou Yuan Shao is eyeing Jizhou at the moment, if he wants to lead the army away, how can this general settle down? ”