However, he said that Yuan Shao had sent his youngest son Yuan Shang to Bingzhou before, and after turning around, he wrote back to his father Yuan Shao: "Lu Bu and Zhang Yan are both afraid of the prestige of adults, so there is no need to worry." ”

Yuan Shao was overjoyed with the letter, and ordered Yuan Shang to stay in the town and merge the state, so that the high-ranking cadres and the state would ride into the county and attack Gongsun Zan with his own army. Gongsun Chan led the army in Yi County, fought with Yuan Shao, and when the battle was in full swing, he rode across the Juma River to attack Gongsun Zan later. Under the front and back attacks, Gongsun Chan returned defeated.

Gongsun Zhan was stationed in Yi County, and the generals outside the city set up dozens of other battalions. Yuan Shao saw that Gongsun Chan had fled into Yi County and defended himself according to the fortified city, so he led the army to attack Gongsun Zhan's generals. Gongsun Zhan saw that Yuan Shao had exhausted the troops of the two states, and he was menacing, and knew that with his own strength, he would not be able to fight Yuan Shao this time. So he sent his son and grandson to ask for help from Zhang Yan in Montenegro, Yuzhou.

When Zhao Yun was beside him, he persuaded: "The general and Liu Qingzhou have always been kind, Qingzhou is close at hand, why not give up the near and seek the far?" ”

Gongsun Zhan pondered for a while, and said: "Qingzhou also wants land, Xuande wants to defend against Ji and Yan, and its soldiers are few, so he goes to ask Zhang Yan." "Where would Gongsun Chan tell Zhao Yun that he and Liu Bei also started from the Yellow Turban, and they are all princes with tens of thousands of armor, and now Liu Bei is full of scenery, but he has been defeated by Yuan Shao in a row, not to mention, his relationship with Liu Bei has gradually weakened over the years, where can he pull his face down and go to Qingzhou for help.

When Zhao Yun heard this, he had no choice but to give up.

Yuan Shao and Gao Gan were outside the city, and attacked the camp of Gongsun Zhan's generals, and Gongsun Zhan saw it from the high-rise building in the city, and he led the army to the rescue. Since the beginning of the company, he has successively rescued generals such as Zou Dan, Tian Kai, and Shan Jing.

Then he said angrily: "Save one person, and the generals sit and wait for me without fighting, now I don't save it, he will fight to the death to resist Yuan Shao." So when Yuan Shao re-attacked the camp, Gongsun Zhan guarded the high city and did not come to the rescue. Several battalions were captured by Yuan Shao. The soldiers died, fled or surrendered. At this time, Gongsun Chan regretted it again.

On this day, when Yuan Shao attacked the camp, Gongsun Zhan led the army out of the city and assaulted Yuan Shao. Yuan Shaojun was accustomed to Gongsun Zan not coming out of the city, and this time the Youzhou army suddenly attacked, taking the Jizhou army by surprise. Yuan Shaojun was in chaos. In the chaos of the army, Zhao Yun stabbed the general of the Yuan army, Cui Juye, under the horse. The morale of the Youzhou army was in general situation, so Gongsun Zhan personally led the army to take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and Yuan Shaojun lost his armor and returned defeated.

When chasing to Yishui, the high dry rate and the state cavalry came to the rescue, the two armies fought a big battle, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers fought repeatedly, and the strength was exhausted, and the state cavalry recuperated and recharged, and the strength was sufficient. Gongsun Zhan's army was defeated and rode in the state, and was defeated and returned to Yi County.

After this battle, Gongsun Chan thought that he would have to face the Jizhou soldiers and the Bingzhou cavalry at the same time, so he decided to stick to the helplessness, but said to the generals: "I used to drive Hu Yu to the table, and sweep the yellow scarf in Mengjin. As for today, the beginning of the military revolution, it is not up to me to decide this, it is better to suspend the army and cultivate it to save the murderous year. The art of war is not attacked, and now our camps are thousands of miles away, and the valley is three million hundreds, and this is enough to wait for the changes in the world. ”

Therefore, people set up camps around Yi County, reclaimed tuntian, and erected high-rise buildings in the city to observe the situation outside the city. And the generals are outside the city, living in the city with their concubines, alienating the guests and focusing on pleasure. From then on, it was also difficult for the general to see Gongsun Zhan. Not to mention going out to fight Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao saw that Gongsun Zan had camped for thousands of miles, and he could not leave the city, so he had no fear. After thinking about it, it was not a way for the two armies to be consumed here, so he wrote to Gongsun Zhan, saying that it was better for the two of us to make peace. From now on, I don't try to plot against your Youzhou, and you don't want to come to Jizhou to plot against me, everyone is safe, so okay? If you agree, I am willing to marry a daughter to your son.

Gongsun Chan was convinced, thinking that Yuan Shao was afraid of himself, and because the Montenegrin army was approaching, Gongsun Zhan, who had been living passively, had already been resurrected on the spot, and at this time, he was full of energy and confidence, where was he willing to agree to Yuan Shao's request for peace. Gongsun Zhan tried to cooperate with the Black Mountain Army, and completed his efforts in one battle, completely eliminating Yuan Shao's forces, and then annexing Jizhou.

So Gongsun Zhan wanted to beat the drum and gather the generals, and led the generals to camp outside the city to cut off Yuan Shao, and only waited for the Montenegrin army to arrive, so he agreed to fight it together. The chief Shi Guan Jing next to him persuaded: "The general sticks to the protracted day, or Yuan Shao can retreat by himself." At that time, the general can lead his troops to attack him. If you give up the city of Yi, there is no important town after that, and the danger of Yi County can be waited for. As soon as Gongsun Chan heard this, he said from Guan Jingyan that he was still guarding the city.

Gongsun continued to Zhang Yan and said so. When Zhang Yan heard this, he said: "Youzhou is my ally, and my lips and teeth depend on each other, so I can't help it." So he raised his army and worked with Gongsun Xu to save Gongsun Zhang.

The army is coming, Gongsun continues to send a messenger to his father, Gongsun Zhan, saying that the army is coming, what plan does the adult have? Gongsun Zhan sent a message that he would personally lead 5,000 elite cavalry to prepare, and when you arrived, you would raise the fire as a signal and attack Yuan Shao inside and outside. When the time comes, fight hard and make a decision. After Gongsun Chan finished speaking, he rewarded the messenger and asked him to repay Gongsun Xu. The envoy left Gongsun Zan and came out, but was caught by Yuan Shao's scouts in the wilderness, and under torture, the envoy was tortured but could not be punished, and the plan and the plan were revealed. The scout went to report to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was shocked and said: "If there is no scout, our army will be defeated." ”

Now that he has the information, Yuan Shao will make a plan. A few days later, Yuan Shao made Chun Yuqiong and others deceive Zhang Yan's banner and raise fire outside the city, while he and Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other four generals led a large army to ambush in the field, only waiting for Gongsun Zhan's troops to come out.

This night, Gongsun Zhan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the fire outside the city, and said, "Yuan Shao is defeated!" So he dressed up neatly, led the generals out of the city, and attacked Yuan Shao's camp.

It wasn't until he broke through his camp that he found that the camp was empty, only flags and drums were left, and the shouts and killings that sounded everywhere were just Jizhou soldiers acting. At this time, Gongsun Chan didn't know that he had been tricked, so he roared angrily: "Withdraw!" ”

It's a pity that it's too late, when Gongsun Chan went out of the city, Yuan Shao had already completed the encirclement of Gongsun Chan, and at this time, an order was given, and the fire was blazing on all sides, and the trumpets and drums sounded in unison. Gongsun Chan had no choice but to lead troops to break through.

Fortunately, there are generals such as Zhao Yun and Tian Yu around to protect each other, and the 5,000 cavalry is also the elite selected from the Youzhou army. After a bloody battle back to the city, the number of people counted, there were only more than 1,000 cavalry left, and the generals were only Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, and Tian Kai, but Zou Dan, Shan Jing, and Zhao Fang were missing.

Gongsun Zhan saw that the soldiers were covered in blood and everyone was injured, and he was sad in his heart, and he wanted to speak, but he was speechless after all. Gongsun Fan sat in the city and came to welcome Gongsun Zhan, and when he saw the miserable appearance of the soldiers, he was also sad.

Gongsun continued to lead the Montenegrin army to, and saw that Yuan Shao broke through the camp of his own army outside the city and surrounded Yi County, and couldn't help but be shocked.

Gongsun continued to be furious and reported to Zhang Yan, so he led the army to fight Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was proud of the time, the morale of the army was high, so he sent Zhang He to fight Gongsun Xu, the two armies fought a fierce battle, Gongsun Xu could not win, but led the troops to retreat to Xishan.

Liu Yu was in Youzhou, and when he heard that Gongsun Zhan was defeated, he scolded: "How can it be like Gongsun Boqi's stubborn and happy killer?" Relying on one's own talent and arrogance is not invincible. Liu Yu also knew that he was able to Huairou in Youzhou, because of the deterrence of Gongsun Zhan. If you don't hurt Hu Ren, where will Hu Ren sit down with you and reason. Therefore, now that Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou barrier is in difficulty, he can't sit idly by. So he made his subordinates Xian Yufu lead the army south, wanting to save him.