Gongsun Chan was lying on the bed, coughing vigorously and panting vigorously.

Then I saw him turn his head and spit out a mouthful of blood at the side of the bed.

Seeing Gongsun Chan coughing up blood, Guan Yu, who came to see him on the side, sighed.

"Brother Boju, why do you have to do this?"

Gongsun Chan lay on the bed and shook his head when he heard the words.

"Yun Chang, I'm afraid my life will be short."

Gongsun Chan looked at Guan Yunchang next to him with a sad expression.

"This trip south to conquer Huainan originally wanted to build a great achievement, for you and for my junior brother...... Who ever thought, alas, that he didn't succeed...... That's how it ended! ”

Guan Yu listened to Gongsun Zhan's sad words, and he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in his heart.

After all, he and Gongsun Chan were in Youzhou as generals back then, and he Guan Yu has always been the number one general in Youzhou, while Gongsun Chan has always been ranked second, although the two sides have a competitive relationship, they can be regarded as admiring each other.

At that time in Youzhou, there was a person like Gongsun Chan chasing behind his buttocks, and Guan Yu, who was the captain of Wu Meng at that time, had always had a sense of urgency, so he worked hard to establish meritorious deeds, and strived not to let Gongsun Chan catch up with him.

From another point of view, Gongsun Chan can also be regarded as an early promoter of Guan Yu's success.

Although the relationship between Guan Yu and Gongsun Chan has always been relatively ordinary, and they don't usually see each other much, but after all, everyone used to be a general on the border of Youzhou, and at this moment, seeing Gongsun Chan get such a bleak end, Guan Yu felt quite uncomfortable.

"Brother Bo Jue, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, I have a lot of people in the north, a lot of land, and a prosperous talent, but a mere defeat, not enough to set the situation, why should I be so wronged myself, I still need to take care of my body, relax my mind, and go south again the next day, and fight with the southern thieves! It will be a shame. ”

Gongsun Chan looked at Guan Yu's face and seemed to be touched by his words.

But then, I saw that his face became dark again.

"Alas, when we are in such a position, we encounter this kind of failure, this kind of hurdle, I am afraid it is difficult to overcome, I don't know about others, at least I can't ......"

Gongsun Zhan's words may not be understood by others, but they are replaced by Guan Yu...... He understands it very well.

The current Gongsun Chan seems to be the epitome of his Guan Yu.

Gongsun Chan is arrogant, and he Guan Yu is also arrogant.

His grandson Zan is competitive, and he Guan Yu is still very much!

Guan Yu now thinks about it, if he is in the situation of Gongsun Zhan, how good can he do?

In their position, they can't be easily defeated!

They have too much responsibility on them, and they have too many victories on them before.

If it's just a nobody, if you are defeated, you will be defeated.

However, as a military god, as a general, and as the backbone of the soldiers of the entire Han Dynasty, they cannot be easily defeated, and once they are defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Don't blame Gongsun Chan for feeling aggrieved, if he was replaced by Guan Yu, he was afraid that he would have been suffocated to death.

Seeing the inhuman-looking Gongsun Chan who tortured himself on the bed in front of him because of guilt, self-blame, and humiliation, Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little vigilant in his heart.

Back then, my brother once criticized and educated himself a lot about his arrogance, telling himself not to be arrogant, to underestimate the heroes of the world, and to think too highly of himself.

Although he has been following his brother's instructions over the years, he has tried to avoid his weaknesses...... But he never understood the deep meaning of his brother's words.

Looking at the current state of Gongsun Zhan, Guan Yu seems to be able to understand Liu Jian's real hard work towards him.

His arrogance is higher than that of Gongsun, if he changes places, can he overcome this hurdle in Gongsun Zhan's heart?

I'm afraid it may not be!

He is now like Gongsun Zhan, who can allow himself to win a hundred times, but he does not allow himself to fail once.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and it may be easy to say this kind of thing, but if it really happens to a person of their rank, how can it be so easy to bear?

Thinking of this, Guan Yu's forehead couldn't help but drip beads of sweat.

"Cloud Chief!"

Just when Guan Yu's mind was not belonging, Gongsun Chan suddenly said something to him, drawing his attention back to reality.

"What did Brother Bo call me for?"

Gongsun Chan took a deep breath.

In the end, I saw a look of expectation on his face.

"Yun Chang, I'm going to die, I'm afraid it's not long before I die."

"A certain Gongsun Zhan, half a life of Rong Ma, a lifetime of vertical and horizontal, is not afraid of death! But I'm afraid that others will look down on me. ”

"You know where I came from...... It is the concubine of the Gongsun Group of Liaoxi, since I was a child, I have been bent on competing, I want to get ahead, and I want others to see that I, a person from a concubine, can also achieve great things. ”

"To this day, I want to ask you something, and I hope you can answer me sincerely."

"In your Guan Yunchang's heart, have you ever regarded my Gongsun Chan as an opponent?"

When he said this, he saw a rare look of expectation in Gongsun Zhan's eyes.

Guan Yu's heart suddenly tightened.

To be honest, Gongsun Chan is really not a good opponent in his heart.

Maybe when he was in Youzhou, Guan Yu could still regard Gongsun Chan as an opponent compared to himself, but now, Gongsun Chan can't get into his eyes at all.

It's just that now this person is already lying on the bed, and he is about to die.

Shouldn't you say something to comfort him?

After a slight hesitation, he decided to tell Gongsun Chan the truth.

After all, Gongsun Chan is also a rare general in the world, and Guan Yu himself is not very good at deceiving people, if Gongsun Chan can see that he deliberately comforts him, I also think this is an insult to a general.

I saw Guan Yu holding his long beard, and said to Gongsun Zhan slowly:

"Brother Boju, don't hide it...... If it were seven or eight years ago, you would indeed be a rare good opponent and the best opponent in Guan Mou's heart! ”

When Gongsun Chan heard this, he was stunned at first, and then couldn't help laughing.

"Seven or eight years ago, seven or eight years ago! Yes, yes, you're right, if it were seven or eight years ago, maybe it would be comparable to you, but now it'......"

When he said this, he saw Gongsun Chan sigh a long sigh.

"Yun Chang, it's rare to treat each other with sincerity, thank you very much!"

Guan Yu was silent.

Then I saw Gongsun Zan stretch out his hand and say to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, if you still regard me as a colleague...... This battle of Pinghuai must be successful and avenge me. ”

This time, Guan Yu didn't have any perfunctory, he nodded heavily, and said: "Don't worry, Bo Jue, Guan will definitely pacify Jianghuai and avenge you for this deep hatred." ”

Gongsun Chan smiled when he heard this...... Then he slowly closed his eyes.

That night, Gongsun Chan died of illness in the camp tent, and a generation of famous generals was lost in the land of Huainan.

Gongsun Zhan, as a famous general in Hebei, is now losing here, which does have a non-negligible impact on Guan Yu's affairs.

But in the end, he did not die in the hands of the other party, or captured the other party alive, which is also a great luck in misfortune.

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Gongsun Chan also has the name of a general in Hebei, and at the same time, he has garrisoned troops in Yanzhou in the past two years, although he has not made outstanding achievements as in Youzhou back then, but it also has a great influence in the Central Plains.

What's more, he is Liu Jian's fellow brother, and the impact of this matter is not small.

The news of Gongsun Zhan's death was quickly sent to Chang'an by Guan Yu.

After Liu Jian learned the news of Gongsun Zhan's death, he was silent for a long time on the spot.

"I don't know how Master Lu will feel when he finds out about this."

Liu Jian muttered to himself.

Beside Liu Jian, Guo Jia stood up and said to Liu Jian:

"General Gongsun is a loyal minister of my Han Dynasty, this time he fought and died on the front line, and he was treated as a national mourner, in addition, it is necessary to posthumously seal the title of General Gongsun, canonize him as a marquis, and let his heirs inherit his title, so as to show the honor of Gongsun plus a family."

Liu Jian nodded slowly.

He knew that when Gongsun Chan was appointed as the party's Taishou, he also cooperated with Guo Jia for a while.

It's just that I didn't expect that the relationship between the two sides would reach such a level, and Guo Jia actually came out in person to make arrangements for Gongsun Zhan's posthumous affairs, which was a bit unexpected by Liu Jian.

With Liu Jian's understanding of his senior brother, he didn't think that his senior brother could have such a good popularity.

Immediately afterwards, I heard Guo Jia continue: "Cheng Cheng will present this matter to His Majesty, ask Your Majesty to personally preside over the funeral of General Gongsun, and spread this matter to the prefectures and counties of the world, and then make the three armies wear filial piety, make white flags and white armor, and attack Huainan with the momentum of mourning soldiers, then great things can be done." ”

When Liu Jian heard this, he understood.

No wonder, no wonder.

This is Guo Jia's true intention.

"Feng Xiao's words are very good, Feng Xiao, I intend to let you be the assassin of Yangzhou, before you go to Guan Yun's long army, and work with him to attack Huainan, and defeat Huainan, then our army will no longer be constrained, and it will definitely be able to pacify Jiangnan and Jingchu in one fell swoop!"

When Guo Jia heard this, he didn't shirk it.

"Since Cheng can trust me, then Guo should do his best!"

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After the death of Gongsun Zhan, the imperial court, the Son of Heaven personally issued an edict to entitle him as Yi Hou, and let his sons and grandsons continue to inherit his title, and posthumously honored Gongsun Chan as a Gang Hou.

On the one hand, the imperial court arranged a funeral for Gongsun Zhan, and on the other hand, it expanded public opinion and publicized Gongsun Zhan's past exploits in the north, so as to arouse the anger of the army and the people, and at the same time ordered the Xuzhou army and Guan Yu's department to build a white flag and white armor, conquer Huainan, and avenge Gongsun Zhan.

In August of the fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu and Liu Bei attacked on two sides at the same time, and they played the banner of avenging Gongsun Zhan, and the troops were divided into six routes and began to attack Jiujiang County in a big way.

Zhou Yu was in the Yin Tomb, calmly and calmly dispatched troops, exhausted the population that the Cao military regime could control, and constantly increased the number of auxiliaries and civilian men that could be used.

Not only that, but he also urgently expanded the army, issued weapons and armor to the strong men, and incorporated them into the army and sent them to Yinling for centralized training.

Cao Cao of Shouchun also gathered troops and horses on the hour, preparing to fight to the death with the other party.

They thought that if they were not quick to sharpen their guns, they would have to toss more troops for backup, because Cao Cao and Zhou Yu knew that the north was vast and rich, and the population was far more than their own, so they had to expand their army no matter what.

Cao Cao and Zhou Yu worked hard to prepare, but in the face of the strong deterrence of the Han army, Cao Jun still showed symptoms of fear.

After all, this time, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and even Guo Jia, who had collected all the Huns in Bingzhou, gathered here and came to attack Huainan to avenge Gongsun Zhan, and the Cao army of Jianghuai was naturally terrified.

Over time, there were even cases of desertion in the major military camps.

In response to this phenomenon, in addition to killing deserters, Zhou Yu came up with a way in the major military camps.

Zhou Yu took the lead, personally wrote a suicide note, and ordered someone to spread the contents of the suicide note to the three armies, and then sent someone to send it out.

The generals of the Cao army followed suit, showed their suicide notes to the soldiers, and then ordered someone to send them out, expressing their determination to fight the northern army to the end.

Cao Cao arranged for people to spread rumors in the army, saying that Gongsun Chan was Liu Jian's fellow brother, and if he was defeated this time, Liu Jian would definitely slaughter the people of Jianghuai and avenge Gongsun Zhan.

Slaughtering the city, this is the most terrifying shock for ordinary people, but at the same time, it can also inspire their greatest resistance!

Ordinary officers and soldiers of the Cao army did not know much about politics, and the rumors spread by Cao Cao's orders in the army did have a great effect.

As a result, the number of deserters decreased, and Cao Jun's will to fight became high, and he was not so afraid of the Northern Army, so he would not flee before he could fight.

Only when the morale of the army is stabilized can there be hope for victory.

During this period, Cao Cao sent someone to Yuan Shao Chen Ming to ask him to send troops to help, otherwise once he lost Huainan, Yuan Shao's Xiangfan would not be able to save the next one

Although Yuan Shao and his subordinates in Jingzhou were afraid of the Han army, they thought about it and felt that what Cao Cao said made sense.

The two sides have a bitter relationship, and since they have formed an alliance, they should help each other.

It is undoubtedly best to maintain the current situation.

So in this situation, in mid-August, Yuan Shao ordered Huang Zu, the governor of the capital, to wait for the opportunity to lead the army to the Lujiang side, support Cao Cao, and share the pressure on his side.

However, before Huang Zu sent troops, Nanyang, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Xu Huang suddenly moved, they gathered soldiers and horses, set off from Wancheng, all the way south, and went straight to Fancheng!

Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses were no less than 30,000, and the momentum shook the sky, and Jingzhou shook for a while.

Yuan Shao panicked when he heard that Zhao Yun and others were leading an army of 30,000 to Xiangfan.

And many families in Nanjun also hurriedly asked Yuan Shao not to send troops to reinforce Cao Cao, after all, Zhao Yunnan went down, once Xiangfan was conquered, it would be equivalent to the northern army completely forcing the water into the Hanshui defense line, and then he would be completely passive.

Before Huang Zu's troops and horses had traveled 600 miles to the east, they were immediately summoned by Yuan Shao and began to lead their troops back to Xiangyang, and arranged defenses along the Han River to prepare to resist Zhao Yun's attack.

As for Liangzhou, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu and others were also summoned by Liu Jian, and led the elite soldiers to march from Liangzhou, which had just been pacified, to the direction of Guanzhong, with the intention of taking the opportunity to put pressure on Shuzhong.

As for the local military in Liangzhou, Zhang Fei was handed over to Zhang He, and Zhang He couldn't make any waves in Liangzhou.

Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Xu Rong took the newly surrendered Ma Chao and Pang De and others to Guanzhong to meet Liu Jian, and also to prepare to participate in the battle to the south.

(End of chapter)