Chapter 2 Like the Abyss Section 20 Jizhou Mu Hanfu's personality and reputation have always been good, for more than a year he has conscientiously governed Jizhou, actively participated in the discussion of Dong, and sent a large amount of money and food to various states and counties, and his achievements are obvious to all, but Yuan Shao actually drove him away.

From the perspective of the imperial court, a county magistrate drove away a state pastor, and the lower officials drove away the officials, which is really unbelievable, is there still heavenly reason and law?

From the perspective of the Dong Alliance, Han Fu has always strongly supported and supported Yuan Shao, without merit and hard work, but Yuan Shao drove Han Fu out of Jizhou for no reason, which is really chilling and extremely disappointing.

The state and county officials in various places originally had high hopes for Yuan Shao, thinking that he could hold high the banner of Dong Da and revitalize the society, but today it seems that they were very wrong.

Yuan Shao made overtures to the imperial court on the one hand, and held the so-called

The "edict of inheritance" did whatever he wanted, which in itself made the state and county officials complain. At this time, he drove Han Fu away from Jizhou, and everyone completely understood Yuan Shao's thoughts.

Yuan Shao does have great ambitions, but his ambitions are not in Jizhou, but in the world. This incident also told the ministers who were arguing in Luoyang from another side that their quarrel was a joke at all.

Whether it is the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess, the Chang'an court, or the Jinyang court, no matter where they are, they are already an ornament.

Now that Yuan Shao has driven away Han Fu and occupied Jizhou, who can take him? Today's world has changed, and the Han Dynasty has existed in name only, starting from Dong Zhuo, to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Liu Yu, and then to the hussar general, who doesn't do whatever they want?

In that case, what are we fighting for here? What is the noise? Zhang Miao flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked away.

The state and county officials had their own thoughts, some happy, some angry, some sad. Everyone followed Zhang Miao and said goodbye one after another.

Zhu Jun, Zhang Wen and others tried their best to keep them. Things haven't been completely figured out yet, how can they be broken up in a hurry?

Where is your loyalty to the Great Han? Could it be that in your hearts the great man has been overthrown? Cai Yong was filled with grief and indignation, pointing in the direction of Gaozu and Shizu Temple, and shouted: "You can leave if you want." Before leaving Luoyang, please go to worship Gaozu and Shizu, and then pat your conscience, who are you worthy of? In August, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Zhou Qian, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Pengcheng Xiang Jilian, Pei Xiang Yuan Zhong and other county soldiers and horses rushed to Yuzhou one after another.

Under the mediation of Zhou Qian, the assassin of Yangzhou, and Cheng Jing, the minister of Liang Guo, Xu Ling, the prime minister of Chen Guo, shook hands with Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, and made peace, and then everyone joined forces and elected Zhou Qian as the commander of the army, leading an army of 40,000 to rush to Yingchuan and Yangzhai City.

After the 13,000 troops of Yan Liang and Tian Chou fought fiercely, they suffered serious losses, especially in the battle against Sun Jian, and the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered more than 4,000 casualties.

At present, the two armies together have only more than 8,000 people, and they cannot compete with the state and county coalition forces in terms of strength. Yan Liang was very anxious and wanted to send someone to ask the hussar general for help.

Tian Chou smiled: "A bunch of rabble, it's not worth mentioning. If I write a few letters, I can scatter these people. Tian Chou immediately wrote to Yangzhou to assassinate Zhou Qian to clarify the misunderstanding.

"There were two armies that attacked Lord Zhou Ang and Lord Xu Ling that night, first Qiao Rui and then Sun Jian, which had nothing to do with our Northern Xinjiang Army. If you don't believe it, you can ask Lord Xu Ling. In my opinion, adults are being taken advantage of. If the adult gives away his life in a daze, who will the wealthy Yangzhou give away? Tian Chou wrote another letter to Xu Jue,

"That night, Zhou Ang and Qiao Rui made an appointment to attack you, and later Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, beat you again, and his intention is not to be seen, Yuan Valve is to uproot you Xu Valve. I suggest that you go back to Chen as soon as possible to recruit soldiers and horses, and drive the Yellow Turban Army to Runan, otherwise you will die without a place to be buried. Tian Chou also wrote a letter to Runan Taishou Xu Xuan,

"Lord Xu used to support Yuan Shu as the head of the Yuan Valve family, and now he is helping Yuan Shao to seize Yuzhou, you are swaying left and right to please both sides, you will be despised by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and in the future, no matter who his brother occupies Yuzhou, he will drive you out of Yuan Valve. Adults should think carefully about their own situation, and don't be killed by someone who doesn't know who killed them. Now that the Yellow Turban Commander is driving in, if Runan is robbed, the adults are afraid that they will die faster. "Tian Chou anxious to write Yuan Shu,

"If we withdraw from Yangzhai now and let Yuan Shao occupy Yuzhou, what kind of situation will the adults face? First of all, the lord of the Yuan family will definitely not be able to do it, and secondly, Nanyang will immediately become Yuan Shao's bag, and the adult will either wag his tail and beg to be Yuan Shao's loyal servant, or flee in panic like a lost dog. Your only plan now is to join forces with us immediately. In this way, the adults can not only keep half of Yuzhou and continue to be the head of the Yuan Dynasty, but also concentrate on defeating Liu Biao and occupying Jingzhou, so as to ensure that they have no worries about advancing and retreating. "Tian Chou is anxious to write Peng Cheng Xiang Ji Lian,

"Last year, the Northern Xinjiang Army rushed thousands of miles to Xuzhou to help you defeat the Yellow Turban Army. The hussar general is from Youzhou, and he has a lot of connections with your assassin Lord Shi Taoqian, and they have also killed the enemy side by side on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang, and their friendship is extraordinary. With Lord Tao Qian's character, he ordered you to lead the army to Yuzhou, which should be to attack the Yellow Turban Army, not the Northern Xinjiang Army. Now that you have violated Lord Tao Qian's order and led the army to besiege the Northern Xinjiang Army without authorization, how will you explain to Lord Tao Qian after you return to Xuzhou in the future? "Tian Chou anxious to write Shanyang Taishou Yuan Zhi, Pei Guo Xiang Yuan Zhong,

"Yuzhou is where Yuan Valve's foundation is, but due to the wall of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's brothers, his strength has been greatly reduced. Today, Yuan Shao fought fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao were entangled, and the main armies of the two had no time to take care of Yuzhou. If my Northern Xinjiang Army takes this opportunity to help Xu Valve occupy Yuzhou, how will you Yuan Valve gain a foothold? Don't forget, the hussar general and the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army are in Hongnong County, Gyeonggi, as long as I hold out for ten days and a half and wait for reinforcements, you will definitely be defeated and flee. You can escape, but Yuan Valve will definitely be uprooted by me, please think twice. In mid-August, Chen Guo's minister Xu Ling and Liang's minister Cheng Jing took the lead in withdrawing from the coalition army and rushed south on the grounds that the Yellow Turban Army He Yi led the army to attack Liang and Chen.

Peng Cheng Xiang Jilian immediately followed them on the pretext of going south to help each other. Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, heard that the Yellow Turban Army had reached Chen Guo and was about to arrive in Runan.

Suddenly anxious, hurriedly bid farewell to Zhou Qian and Yuan, and left. Zhou Qian discussed it with Yuan Yi and the others, and felt that it was too risky to attack Yang Zhai now.

The hussar general was in Gyeonggi, and the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army was also in Gyeonggi, and once the hussar general was angered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Yuan Yi said that Sun Jian's Changsha army went all the way north to fight against King Dong Qin, which was very powerful and beat Dong Zhuo away.

It was also defeated only twice in more than a year, but both times it was defeated by the Northern Frontier Army. Lost to Xu Rong once, he was almost trapped in Guangcheng Pass and starved to death, and once he was defeated by Yan Liang, and the whole army was annihilated.

We do not have an absolute certainty of victory, and we cannot engage the Northern Frontier Army. Just when they were losing ground, Yuan Shao sent an urgent letter, don't fight, immediately deploy troops in Yingyin, and form a confrontation situation with the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Zhou Qian, Yuan Yi and the others let out a long breath. In early August, Xu Rong, the general of Long Xiang, led his army across the Yellow River and prepared to go south to Yuzhou.

In early August, the hussar general Li Hong received documents from the Liyi and the imperial court, knowing that Yuan Shao had occupied Jizhou.

He discussed with Xu Rong for a long time, and felt that the situation in Jizhou was unpredictable, it was really difficult to predict the development of the future situation, and it was becoming more and more difficult to seize Jizhou.

Li Hong told Xu Rong that in order to survive the crisis and develop, northern Xinjiang must occupy one of the three places of Jizhou, Guandong, and Guanzhong.

When I was first assigned to Northern Xinjiang, he told me about this and gave me an analysis. Later, Lord Lu Zhi said the same thing.

Both Lord Lu Zhi and the imperial court suggested occupying the Kanto, and our opinion was to occupy Jizhou, but now it seems that the difficulty of occupying Jizhou is too great, and it has far exceeded our previous expectations.

You see, should we change our strategy and occupy Kanto first?

"What does the general mean to give up Jizhou?" Xu Rong frowned and said worriedly,

"But to occupy the eastern part of the country, we will have to bear the siege of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and the forces of various prefectures and counties, and the situation will be even more sinister."

"Judging from the current situation in northern Xinjiang, although we have obtained the four Tuntian counties in Jizhou, there will be a great increase in grain after the autumn harvest, but at most we can only ensure the normal needs of 50,000 troops. If there is to be a war, food is far from enough. This year, there are more than 100,000 victims in Hedong, and if there are more disasters in the second half of the year or in winter, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in Kanto. ”

"However, if we don't take the eastern part of the country, we won't be able to control Yuzhou, and we won't be able to buy grain in the southern part of Yuzhou and Jingzhou or the Jiujiang and Lujiang areas in Yangzhou." Li Hong said,

"Without enough food, we will not be able to gain a foothold in the Kanto region and attack Jizhou." He looked at Xu Rong, who was silent, and suddenly asked, "Look, can we join forces with Gongsun Zhan?" After all, we have been friends for many years......" Xu Rong shook his hand,

"We can think of this, and Yuan Shao can think of it too. If it weren't for the help of Bo Jue (Gongsun Zhan) this time, how could Yuan Shao easily take Jizhou? Bo Jue never does anything that suffers losses. This time, he helped Yuan Shao to seize Jizhou, and Yuan Shao must give him a rich reward. And in order to keep Jizhou, Yuan Shao will definitely tie Jizhou and Bo Jue tightly together, so in the future, there will be a fierce conflict between us and Bo Jue over Jizhou's money and grain taxes. Xu Rong let out a long sigh,

"If this incident of Master Taifu hadn't happened, if we could have predicted that Gongsun Chan might go south earlier, and if we had kept in close contact with him, maybe we would have been able to persuade him to help us take Jizhou after he arrived in Jizhou. But because of our negligence, or ......" he looked at Li Hong and said with a wry smile,

"Or because we have not been determined and acted to win Jizhou for a long time, we have lost this opportunity and lost a best friend." Li Hong smiled bitterly,

"Really no chance?"

"You didn't let Yu Xing (Xian Yufu) go to Jizhou, and you didn't let me go to Jizhou, obviously you didn't have the confidence to convince him. You know Bo Jue's temper, he is a good person with you, and he can give you his head. But once he turns his face with you, he swears to kill you to the death, skin you and cramp. Xu Rong sighed,

"This time we turned against him, not for personal vendettas, but for our own survival. Northern Xinjiang needs to survive, and Youzhou also needs to survive. The soldiers in northern Xinjiang need to eat, and the soldiers in Youzhou also need to eat. Therefore, sooner or later, we will have to turn our faces between us and Bo Jue, but it is better to turn our faces now than in the future. Li Hong was speechless.

"Take Kanto first." Li Hong said,

"After we take the Kanto, Yuan Shao has only two ways to go. If he raised troops to attack Luoyang, Jizhou would be robbed by Gongsun Zhan; If he wants to keep Jizhou and Xu Tu make a later strategy, then he will have to fight with Gongsun Zhan. This piece of fat in Jizhou is not something you can eat if you want to. ”

"Yes, if you're not careful, you may choke to death." Xu Rong nodded and said slowly,

"If we attack Jizhou now, we will definitely face a joint attack by Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and other state and county forces, so we must find a suitable time to send troops. I agree with your plan, take the Kanto region first, and wait for the situation to change. In mid-August, the hussar general Li Hong and the Longxiang general Xu Rong led the Northern Frontier Army into Luoyang City.

On the same day, the construction of the hussar general's mansion Luoyang. On the same day, the hussar general summoned Zhang Qi, the minister of Anping, Chen Liutai, Zhang Miao and other ministers to discuss matters.

In late August, Xu Rong led his army south to Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and surrounded Yingyin City with lightning speed.

On the same day, Zhou Qian, the assassin of Yangzhou, Yuan Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang, and Yuan Zhong, the minister of Peiguo, received a letter from the hussar general, inviting them to Luoyang for discussion.

In late August, Tian Chou carried a letter from the hussar general, led 3,000 black leopards to Chen, Liang, and Runan counties, and invited Xu Ling, Cheng Jing, and Xu Xuan to Luoyang to discuss matters.

In late August, Wu Xiong led an army of 5,000 troops and stationed in Ruyang City in Runan County. (Ruyang City is the hometown of Yuan Valve, and there are thousands of clan children.)

In late August, Liu Biao received a letter from the hussar general and hurriedly retreated. Sun Jian stayed in Chaoyang City to guard against Liu Biao's attack.

At the end of August, Yan Liang rushed to Wancheng in person with a letter from the hussar general, and invited the later general Yuan Shu to Luoyang to discuss state affairs.

Liu He also went north with Yan Liang. At the end of August, he rushed back to Jizhou with a letter from the hussar general, day and night.

September of the second year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (191 AD). At the beginning of September, Yuan Shao sent a reply letter by 800 miles of fast ride.

Yuan Shao presented a plea to the eldest princess, promising that the eldest princess and the imperial court would temporarily put aside the dispute over the imperial system, give up the edict, and promise that after the autumn harvest in October, he would definitely pay taxes to the imperial court.

At the same time, Yuan Shao urgently wrote to the ministers of Luoyang and the officials of various prefectures and counties, imploring them to put the society and the common people in the world first, temporarily put aside the dispute over the imperial system, obey all the will of the eldest princess and the imperial court, take the eldest princess and the imperial court to Luoyang as soon as possible, and restore the imperial palaces, in order to revitalize the Han community as soon as possible.

Yuan Shao's influence was quite astonishing, and by mid-September, all the officials of Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, and other prefectures and counties that could be contacted were all on the table, vowing that they were willing to obey all the will of the eldest princess and the imperial court, and promised to pay taxes after the autumn harvest in October.

At the end of September, everything in Luoyang was done, and Zhang Wen hurried north to welcome the eldest princess and the imperial court back to Luoyang.

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