Chapter 44: Attacking Liu Biao

Lu Yi ordered the archers to lie in ambush and only obeyed orders to attack.

Yan Gang shouted and beat drums, wanting to directly eliminate Lu Yi, Lu Yi's troops were just hiding in the shadows, no matter how the other party provoked, they didn't come out, and when the distance was enough, a cannon rang out, and the eight hundred archers led by Lu Yi released arrows together. Yan Gang realized that it was an ambush and hurriedly retreated, but it was too late, and under the cover of the archers, he was attacked from behind by Lu Yi and killed under the horse.

Gongsun Zhan's troops were defeated, and the left and right armies wanted to come to the rescue, but they were forced to retreat by the troops led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and Yuan Shao's army went out together and fought all the way to the border of the boundary bridge. Lu Yi drove his horse to arrive first, beheaded the general with the handsome flag, and then cut down the flag again.

Gongsun Chan saw that the handsome flag was cut down, and hurriedly ran to the bridge, Lu Yi led the army to drive straight in, just ran into Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was brave and abnormal, and the battle was less than a few rounds, and he directly killed Lu Yi under the horse, Zhao Yun rode to Yuan Shao's army and rushed to it, such as entering a no-man's land, Zhao Yun's actions made Gongsun Zhan's morale on this side greatly increased, and everyone went back to kill, Yuan Shao's army was already victorious, but the result was a tendency to fail.

Yuan Shao got the news that Lu Yi had cut down the Shuai Qi and was chasing Gongsun Zhan's defeated soldiers, so he didn't make much preparation, Tian Feng also brought hundreds of sergeants, as well as archers and a few cavalrymen to watch there, and let out a sneer, "Gongsun Chan is really an incompetent person." ”

Before he finished speaking, suddenly Zhao Yun rushed to the front, the archers hurriedly prepared to shoot, Zhao Yun quickly arrived, assassinated several people one after another, and the others hurriedly fled. Gongsun Zhan's troops followed and surrounded him.

Tian Feng hurriedly said directly to Yuan Shao: "The situation has changed, please go to the empty wall to take refuge." ”

Yuan Shao threw the things in his hand to the ground and said, "I'd rather be trapped to death than secretly hide inside the wall to live!" ”

So all the soldiers used their full strength, Zhao Yun couldn't rush in for a while, and Yuan Shao's army also killed him, and the two roads went together.

Zhao Yunbao Gongsun Zan fought his way out of the siege and returned to the boundary bridge, Yuan Shao came with his troops, and because the bridge was relatively narrow, many soldiers fell into the water and drowned.

Yuan Shao still wanted to catch up, but after chasing for less than five miles, he heard a loud shout behind him, and suddenly a pair of people appeared, led by two generals, who were Liu Bei and Guan Yu. Because he heard about the battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao in Pingyuan County, he led his troops and horses to help.

The two of them looked at Yuan Shao's direction and chased over, ready to take his life, Yuan Shao was so frightened that his soul was scattered, the treasure knife in his hand also fell to the ground, and he turned the horse's head to escape, Liu Bei's martial arts He was not worried, what he was worried about was Guan Yu, who could kill Hua Xiong in a cup of tea.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was in trouble, the others hurriedly escorted him, and several soldiers died, so they saved Yuan Shao across the bridge.

Gongsun Zhan also gathered the troops into the camp, and Liu Bei and the two inquired about the situation.

Gongsun Zhan excitedly shook Liu Bei's hand and said, "If you hadn't come to save me, I would have been very embarrassed." ”

Then Zhao Yun came, Gongsun Zhan introduced him, I don't know why, Liu Bei likes this young general very much, and he has some reluctance.

In the first battle, Yuan Shao lost the battle, knowing the strength of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, he stuck to the city of Jizhou and did not come out, and the two armies held each other for two months.

Someone reported the situation to Dong Zhuo, he hurriedly called everyone together for a meeting, Li Ru suggested: "Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are both heroes in the world, and now they are fighting each other, you can borrow the edict of the Son of Heaven to help them reconcile, so that the two will definitely be grateful to Dade and will return to the court." ”

Dong Zhuo agreed, Yu Yi was naturally clear about this matter, and he also knew that Liu Bei and the others had just rounded up with Gongsun Zhan, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Hanoi to summon him.

Li Su came out to admonish and said, "Yuyi is too young, if he is sent, I am afraid that he will mess things up, or choose someone else." ”

So Dong Zhuo sent the Taifu Ma Riyan and the Taifu Zhao Qi to Hebei to summon him.

Yu Yi originally thought that Li Su and Lu Bu would ease their attitudes after that incident, but he didn't expect that the two of them would still target him like this, and he planned to retaliate if he had the opportunity later.

The two went to Hebei, Yuan Shao personally greeted and accepted the edict, and then the two wrote letters to each other, talked about peace, and the task of the two was completed, and they returned to Chang'an to resume their lives.

Gongsun Zhan also retreated from the army, and then commended Liu Bei's reputation to the imperial court, hoping to be promoted to the prime minister of the plains.

Liu Bei and Zhao Yun separated, Liu Bei felt very reluctant, and even left tears, Zhao Yun sighed: "I thought Gongsun Chan was a hero, but it turned out that he was a person similar to Yuan Shao, and I was very disappointed." ”

Liu Bei persuaded: "Don't think too much about it first, after all, you are now Gongsun Zhan's person, just work under him, and we will have a chance to meet in the future." ”

Yuan Shao's younger brother Yuan Shu heard his news in Nanyang, Yuan Shao got Jizhou, so he sent someone to find Yuan Shao to ask for a thousand horses, Yuan Shao didn't give it, Yuan Shu felt very angry, so the two brothers were a little discordant.

Yuan Shu sent someone to Liu Biao to borrow some food, but Liu Biao did not agree, Yuan Shu felt very angry, so he sent a letter to Sun Jian, and went to crusade against Liu Biao together, the content of the letter was: "Before Liu Biao intercepted your way, that was my brother's strategy, and now my brother and Liu Biao are discussing to attack your Jiangdong, you hurry up and fight back, raise troops to crusade against Liu Biao, I will go to Yuan Shao for you, so that your two hatreds will be avenged, one of us will go to Jizhou, one will go to Jingzhou, don't delay." ”

Since the last time Liu Biao intercepted Hu, Sun Jian has always held a grudge, and now with Yuan Shu's instigation, he remembered the humiliation of the past, so he wrote to Liu Biao, saying: "You cut off my retreat before, and now I don't look for you to take revenge, when will it take." ”

After the letter was delivered, he gathered the generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang to discuss, and said, "Yuan Shu is a very cunning person, and his words may not be true. ”

Sun Jian said: "The crusade against Liu Biao is to avenge the last time, and it has nothing to do with Yuan Shu, and I don't want him to help me anything." ”

So he asked Huang Gai to go to the river to build some warships first, then load some grain and grass equipment, and load some war horses, and prepare to march to Jingzhou.

This news quickly spread to Liu Biao, and he hurriedly called a meeting of everyone, Kuai Liangjin said: "There is nothing to worry about, you can send Huang Zu with Jiangxia's soldiers as the front, and the lord personally leads the people of Xiangyang, Jingzhou as the rear, so that Sun Jian came across the Yangtze River, how can he exert force?" Liu Biao agreed and asked Huang Zu to prepare.

Sun Jian had four sons, the eldest son Mingce, the character Bofu; The second son's name right, the word Zhongmou; The name of the third son is Yi, and the word is uncle; The fourth son is named Kuang, the word Ji Zuo, and some relatives, and when he left, he personally explained some things.