Chapter 1582: The Battle of Xuzhou (179)

Zhang Fei sent Zong Kou with 3,000 people to pursue Hou Qian, and at this time he led the rest of his more than 1,000 people into Yi'an County, the former county officials were scared away by Hou Qian, so Gao Ran would know the existence of Hou Qian in a very short time, and he would never sit idly by, it was definitely not a wise move to continue to stay in Yi'an, but in order to be able to eliminate Hou Qian, he had to take some risks and stay in Yi'an for a long time, so as to ensure that Zong Kou could have enough time to eliminate Hou Qian, of course, although stationed in Yi'an, But Zhang Fei was ready to evacuate early in the morning.

He stationed all the troops in the east of the city, as long as there is a wind and grass, the troops will directly enter the territory of Jimo, with Zhang Fei's character, how can he be a turtle with a shrunken head, but this is the order of the lord, let him disturb Qingzhou in the identity of the future money, then he can only learn from the performance of Houqian these days, that is, all the way away, if this Gao Ran is really not a good chase, then then find a way to solve him, if Gao Ran did not chase over, then he can show his skills in Donglai.

Zhang Fei waited for the opportunity here, and after half a month of rest in Youbeiping, Tian Yu led the Liaodong Army to Yuyang County, his destination on this trip was Lu County, as long as Lu County was taken, then Ji County was in front of him, and he could drive straight in.

Lu County is the southern gateway of Ji County, it can be regarded as the Acropolis, once he was a military point during the Liu Yu period, but it was abandoned in the Gongsun Zan period, the city is not high, and there is not even a moat, although under the rule of Yuan Xi, he shared some defensive burdens for Ji County, but because it was really vulnerable, so after receiving the order from his father Yuan Shao not to take the initiative to fight with Tian Yu, he took the initiative to recruit all the troops of Lu County to Ji County.

And when Tian Yu arrived in Lu County, there was no resistance, the people directly opened the city gate, invited them into the city, this situation is not unusual for the Liaodong Army, this way they went to almost everywhere is like this, from Liaodong into Liaodong subject country although did not stay in Changli County, but in Liaoxi, Yangle County, Lingzhi County has opened the city and surrendered, to the right Beiping County to govern the soil is the same, and even the county guard also took the initiative to leave the book, and successfully persuaded the endless, handsome county to surrender, so far, Liaodong vassal state, Liaoxi and Youbeiping are completely submissive to Liu Lan, but Tian Yu also knows how long they can stay, the key is whether Jixian can be taken, if Jixian County is taken and then south to Zhuo County, the entire Youzhou will be included in the control range, and then it is not too late to occupy and grasp the control of these counties.

Otherwise, even if they send troops to occupy it now, if they can't take Jixian County and drive Yuan Xi away, they can only retreat to Liaodong again.

However, after he arrived in Lu County, bad news came back one after another, Yuan Xi now concentrated the troops of all the counties in Youzhou, including the county soldiers, to Jixian County, and more than 50,000 people were stationed in Jixian County, as for whether he asked for help from the concentration is still unknown, but in the current situation, it will be difficult to take Jixian County.

First of all, Yuan Xi was already prepared, and the possibility of a sneak attack was zero, but Tian Yu still decided to lead his troops to test it, but unfortunately after the troops arrived in the city, Yuan Xi had no intention of responding to the battle at all, Yuan Xi was stationed outside the city for three days, and finally had to retreat to Lu County.

Tian Yu saw Yuan Xi's plan, and from the moment he went to Jixian County and saw that he was going to carry out the Jianbi Qingye, he knew that Yuan Xi was going to defend Jixian County.

For such a situation, Tian Yu is not unprepared, most of the Jizhou army will not take the initiative to meet the battle in this weather, he was completely lucky at first, after all, there are 50,000 troops in Jixian County, they are only more than 10,000 people, if provoked, Yuan Xi may not go out of the city to fight.

But Yuan Xi was indifferent in the face of their provocation, which made Tian Yu have no way, since he could not lead the Jizhou army to fight in the plains, then he could only withdraw to Lu County.

Although he returned to Lu County, Tian Yu would not give up, and would send people to investigate the situation in Ji County every day, as long as there was an opportunity, he would not let it go.

But Jixian County has been tightly closed the city gate, although it also belongs to Youzhou, but the temperature of Jixian County and Youbeiping is still incomparable, the temperature here is relatively higher, not as cold as Youbeiping and Liaodong, the Jizhou army with winter clothes is actually going to fight during the day, but they don't say that there is no movement, and even the city gate has not been opened.

And on this day, Tian Yu, who was in Lu County, suddenly heard that an old friend was visiting, not like others, it was Xian Yufu, this person and Tian Yu are old acquaintances, but they haven't seen each other for many years, but there is one thing he knows, that is, when Liu Lan was an official in Youzhou in the early years, he had a lot of intersections, and it can even be said that he had a deep friendship, and he came on this trip, although Tian Yu was not sure of his purpose, but he had to see him, even if he came to be a lobbyist for Yuan Xi, he had to meet, he was afraid that Xian Yufu was going to surrender, even if there was only a glimmer of hope, He's going to give it a try, to meet him.

Tian Yu ordered his own soldiers to bring Xian Yufu in, but there were two people who came in, one Xian Yufu and the other was his brother Xian Yuyin, Tian Yu and Xian Yuyin had no intersection, and even when he was the general of Gongsun Zhan, he also met with Xian Yuyin on the battlefield.

It's just that at that time, each was its own master, and at this moment it was more like reminiscing, and at the moment when the two of them were let into the council hall, Tian Yu ordered the servants to bring up the wine and meat: "In such a cold weather, the two generals have a drink to warm up." ”

The two brothers were not polite, they picked up the wine bottle and drank it directly, while Tian Yu always smiled, he knew one thing best, that is, if Xian Yufu was a lobbyist for Yuan Xi, then his brother would never appear here, so there must be another reason for this matter, and it is even possible that he really bet right, and the two brothers Xian Yu really came to surrender.

Since Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zhan, the two brothers unanimously led troops to resist Gongsun Zhan, and then cooperated with Lu Yi to avenge Liu Yu, but then because he retreated to Liaodong, he didn't know much about the deeds of the two emperors, but now it seems that the two of them are not very good at Yuan Shao, which is not surprising, Yuan Shao is not a Ming master, if he is allowed to choose after the fall of Gongsun Zhan, he would prefer to take refuge in Cao Cao and not choose Yuan Shao, so it is too easy to understand that the two appeared at the same time at the moment.

"The two generals, I haven't seen each other for a year, I don't know if you came to Luxian to see me today, is there anything wrong?" The two of them were always drinking, and they didn't talk about why they came, Tian Yu looked at the two who were drinking and eating meat, and finally went straight to the point.

Xian Yufu raised his head, put down the leg of mutton in his hand, wiped the greasy on the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and said in a slow voice: "My brothers and sisters are here to persuade you to withdraw and return to Liaodong." After speaking, Xian Yufu picked up the wine bottle again and took a big sip, he is already in his forties this year, and he is no longer as burly and strong as he was more than ten years ago, with gray sideburns and low energy, but the older he gets, the more he will think of some things when he was young from time to time.

Liu Lan, who was his soldier back then, but now he is the world-famous general of Zhengxi, although because of Gongsun Zhan's affairs, Xian Yufu once drew a clear line with Liu Lan, but with the revenge, these grievances have also disappeared, in fact, the situation at that time is not to blame Liu Lan, on one side is him and the other side is Gongsun Zhan, what can you do for him, how to stand in line, he can only stay out of the matter, the two sides do not help each other, it can be said that this is enough for their brothers to save face.

But now he persuaded Tian Yu to withdraw his troops, but it was not that he wanted to be a lobbyist for Yuan Shao, because he also knew his own judgment and knew the current situation in Youzhou, since Tian Yu was in danger, of course he couldn't sit idly by, and this was not for Tian Yu, but for Liu Lan, after all, their friendship was there, although they had little contact over the years.

Xian Yufu said that the righteousness is awe-inspiring, in fact, people are like this, they will say their original intentions are extremely sacred, and they will say that they are like saints, but after careful consideration, you will happen, things don't seem to be like this, although I am not sure whether they are Yuan Xi's lobbyists, but there is one point, Xian Yufu obviously has a situation of raising his own value.

There are some things that Tian Yu usually doesn't say, but he can see, in fact, when he saw Xian Yufu in front of him, he immediately thought of one person in his heart, that is Gongsun Zhan, the two don't seem to have any similarities in terms of personality or appearance, but they all have one thing in common, Liu Lan used to play under them, but in the end, Liu Lan was better than them.

And this is definitely a contradiction, when someone talks about Liu Lan, Liu Lan will become an incompetent person in the mouth of the two, especially when it comes to the events of the year, he directly tramples Liu Lan under his feet, Liu Lan was useless back then, but now people are mixed like dogs.

Unconvinced, lamenting bad luck, this is the situation he often saw in the last moments of Gongsun Zhan, and even for Liu Lan to send Xu Huang to rescue him, it was regarded as Liu Lan's contempt for him, but he had to accept this reality.

But sometimes, they will sigh from the bottom of their hearts and admire Liu Lan's current achievements, and the difficulties he faces are incomparable to him.

And at this moment, when he saw Xian Yufu, Tian Yu instantly thought of Gongsun Zhan's name in his heart, he knew too well what Xian Yufu's real purpose was, he wanted to change the court, but he couldn't say it, because the person he wanted to take refuge in was once his subordinate, and he begged him for a bowl of rice to eat, so he couldn't say it.

If he wants to face and face, he can't wipe his face with it, so he can only change the way, like now, to persuade himself that he must withdraw his troops.

What is the situation in Jixian County, maybe he doesn't know, but Yuan Xi's plan is almost touched, in this case, whether he can withdraw or not will be in danger before the main force of Jizhou comes in the spring of next year, in this case, why should he listen to his retreat?

"The two generals, I haven't seen each other for a year, I don't know if you came to Luxian to see me today, is there anything wrong?" The two of them were always drinking, and they didn't talk about why they came, Tian Yu looked at the two who were drinking and eating meat, and finally went straight to the point.

Xian Yufu raised his head, put down the leg of mutton in his hand, wiped the greasy on the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and said in a slow voice: "My brothers and sisters are here to persuade you to withdraw and return to Liaodong." After speaking, Xian Yufu picked up the wine bottle again and took a big sip, he is already in his forties this year, and he is no longer as burly and strong as he was more than ten years ago, with gray sideburns and low energy, but the older he gets, the more he will think of some things when he was young from time to time.

Liu Lan, who was his soldier back then, but now he is the world-famous general of Zhengxi, although because of Gongsun Zhan's affairs, Xian Yufu once drew a clear line with Liu Lan, but with the revenge, these grievances have also disappeared, in fact, the situation at that time is not to blame Liu Lan, on one side is him and the other side is Gongsun Zhan, what can you do for him, how to stand in line, he can only stay out of the matter, the two sides do not help each other, it can be said that this is enough for their brothers to save face.

But now he persuaded Tian Yu to withdraw his troops, but it was not that he wanted to be a lobbyist for Yuan Shao, because he also knew his own judgment and knew the current situation in Youzhou, since Tian Yu was in danger, of course he couldn't sit idly by, and this was not for Tian Yu, but for Liu Lan, after all, their friendship was there, although they had little contact over the years.

Xian Yufu said that the righteousness is awe-inspiring, in fact, people are like this, they will say their original intentions are extremely sacred, and they will say that they are like saints, but after careful consideration, you will happen, things don't seem to be like this, although I am not sure whether they are Yuan Xi's lobbyists, but there is one point, Xian Yufu obviously has a situation of raising his own value.

There are some things that Tian Yu usually doesn't say, but he can see, in fact, when he saw Xian Yufu in front of him, he immediately thought of one person in his heart, that is Gongsun Zhan, the two don't seem to have any similarities in terms of personality or appearance, but they all have one thing in common, Liu Lan used to play under them, but in the end, Liu Lan was better than them.

And this is definitely a contradiction, when someone talks about Liu Lan, Liu Lan will become an incompetent person in the mouth of the two, especially when it comes to the events of the year, he directly tramples Liu Lan under his feet, Liu Lan was useless back then, but now people are mixed like dogs.

Unconvinced, lamenting bad luck, this is the situation he often saw in the last moments of Gongsun Zhan, and even for Liu Lan to send Xu Huang to rescue him, it was regarded as Liu Lan's contempt for him, but he had to accept this reality.

But sometimes, they will sigh from the bottom of their hearts and admire Liu Lan's current achievements, and the difficulties he faces are incomparable to him.

And at this moment, when he saw Xian Yufu, Tian Yu instantly thought of Gongsun Zhan's name in his heart, he knew too well what Xian Yufu's real purpose was, he wanted to change the court, but he couldn't say it, because the person he wanted to take refuge in was once his subordinate, and he begged him for a bowl of rice to eat, so he couldn't say it.

If he wants to face and face, he can't wipe his face with it, so he can only change the way, like now, to persuade himself that he must withdraw his troops.

What is the situation in Jixian County, maybe he doesn't know, but Yuan Xi's plan is almost touched, in this case, whether he can withdraw or not will be in danger before the main force of Jizhou comes in the spring of next year, in this case, why should he listen to his retreat?