Chapter 2 Like the Abyss, Section 25, November, Jingzhou. Later general Yuan Shu and general Sun Jian were very happy when they received the news that Xu Rong had ceded Yuzhou.

Sun Jian immediately asked Sun Ben and Zhu Zhi to rush to Yangzhai City with 1,000 soldiers and horses, and Yuan Shu also asked Liu Xun to accompany him with 3,000 soldiers and horses.

At the same time, Yuan Shu urgently wrote to the officials of the counties and states in Yuzhou, and this time the general Sun Jian was stationed in Yuzhou, and also led the history of Yuzhou's assassination, but he was ordered by the imperial court, and you should stop making trouble for no reason.

If it angers the hussar general, affects the great cause of courting King Dong Qin and saving Sheji, the consequences are unknown.

Sun Jian knew that the hussar general was willing to give up Yuzhou this time, and specially asked the imperial court to issue an order, and Yuan Shu made a lot of efforts from it.

He knew how to repay his kindness, and at the same time, he fulfilled the promise he had made in the past, and immediately led the army to attack Liu Biao.

Kuai Yue, Huang Zu, Wen Ping and other Jingzhou generals led the crowd to meet the enemy, and the two sides fought in Deng County, thirty miles away from Xiangyang City.

Sun Jian and Ji Ling led an army of 15,000 to storm for three days. Sun Jian's general Zu Mao was unfortunately killed, Sun Jian was filled with grief and indignation, so he personally led 2,000 Changsha soldiers to march forward and fight bloodily.

The Jingzhou soldiers could not resist, retreated to Hanshui, and retreated into Xiangyang City to hold on. Sun Jian's anger at the defeat of Yang Zhai City was heartily vented at this time, and he commanded the army to cross the Han River, defend Xiangyang City, and launched a stormy attack.

Liu Biao couldn't resist it, and urgently ordered Huang Zu and Wen Ping to lead their personal guards out of the encirclement and recruit reinforcements from other counties.

Yuan Shu learned that Sun Jian had won consecutive battles and that Xiangyang was in sight, so he hurriedly wrote to Sun Jian to congratulate him. After getting Jingzhou, you and my brother have no worries.

After the hussar generals, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others fought in Jizhou, we immediately entered Luoyang, courted King Dong Qin, and achieved great achievements.

Soon, Huang Zu moved from Jiangxia to rescue the troops and rushed to Xiangyang. After Sun Jian heard the news, he led an army of 5,000 to meet the attack.

Huang Zu was defeated and fled. Sun Jian led the army in fierce pursuit, intending to annihilate them all, and when he chased to Da Xian Mountain near Xiangyang City, Huang Zu, who had nowhere to escape, was red-eyed, and simply returned to fight to the death with his personal guards.

In the fierce battle, several of Huang Zu's men shot Sun Jian with crossbows. Sun Jian couldn't dodge and was killed by an arrow on the spot.

Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others were enraged and led the army to fight to the death, intending to snatch back Sun Jian's body. But he didn't expect that at this moment, Wen Ping also led the army back to Xiangyang, and the two sides immediately started a bloody battle.

Because of the death of Sun Jian, the Nanyang soldiers and the Changsha soldiers were in turmoil and retreated. After Ji Ling personally broke off, he covered the army to withdraw across the Han River and retreat to Chaoyang City.

Yuan Shu was shocked when he suddenly heard that Sun Jian had died, and it took a long time to hold his head and cry in a low voice.

Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others hurriedly wrote to Yuan Shu, and they wanted to borrow troops to fight again, and repay the blood debt. Yuan Shu replied to the book, the troops were insufficient, and the fight was in vain.

I immediately asked the hussar general for reinforcements, and when I fought Xiangyang again, I would kill Liu Biao. After Sun Jian's death, there were no bones, which is a great regret.

At this time, Shang Shuhuanjie, who fled back from Chang'an, took the initiative to ask to go to Xiangyang to retrieve Sun Jian's remains. After the failure of the Chang'an Mutiny in March, several ministers including Shangshu Zheng Tai, Hua Xin, and Huan Jie, fled Chang'an and fled to Nanyang along the mountains near Wuguan.

Along the way, they trekked through mountains and rivers, experienced ups and downs, and endured all kinds of hardships. Huan Jie's ability to raise filial piety and honesty back then, and to serve as a scholar in the capital was all because of Sun Jian's recommendation.

In order to repay Sun Jian's great kindness, Huan Jie went to Xiangyang City alone, explained the reason to Liu Biao, and begged Liu Biao to let him take Sun Jian's coffin back to Wu County for burial.

Liu Biao and Huan Jie had several encounters when they were in Luoyang, and in addition, he didn't want to tarnish his reputation because of this incident, so he immediately agreed.

November, Jinyang, Longshan. The Tuntian crisis triggered a crisis in the imperial court, and various forces in northern Xinjiang fought fiercely for power.

The attitude of the hussar general Li Hong was criticized by many ministers of the imperial court. Li Hong first tried his best to protect Yang Qi, Wang Han, Guo Yun and other officials in Northern Xinjiang, and the more than 30 local officials detained by the Imperial History Mansion also let Li Hong go for various reasons.

The magistrate of Shangdang County, the magistrate of Changzi County, and the county Yapeng's subordinates, who had detonated the crisis in northern Xinjiang, each wrote a petition for guilt, and then Li Hong asked them to go to several Tuntian counties in Jizhou to do their work.

In addition, Li Hong raised a different opinion on the unauthorized increase in taxes by the imperial court. The several counties south of the Great Wall in northern Xinjiang have been seriously short of land resources due to the fact that they have been cultivating fields every year, and it is reasonable for the prefectures to reduce their land production, so how can the imperial court ignore the facts and take it for granted that this is the prefecture's deliberate attempt to confront the imperial court?

For this reason, Li Hong complained to Zhao Qi a few words lightly,

"The boss has been in charge of Tuntian in Northern Xinjiang for many years, don't you know?" The implication is that the Tuntian crisis in northern Xinjiang was caused by the imperial court and had nothing to do with the northern Xinjiang prefectures.

Zhao Qi can't say anything, in this matter, the imperial court does have the intention of adding fuel to the fire. Because he and the ministers of the DPRK and China wanted to use this opportunity to provoke Li Hong, and then with the help of Li Hong, they put an end to the forces opposing the reform in northern Xinjiang.

Zhang Wen, Cui Lie, Ma Riyan and other ministers immediately challenged Li Hong. The general swore that he would resolutely support the reform of the imperial court, but why did he suddenly go back on his word and change his mind?

Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you can also see what time it is?" Northern Xinjiang is not guaranteed, where can we spare any strength to support the reform of the imperial court? I will never break my promise to support the reform of the imperial court, but now is indeed not the time for reform. Li Wei, Zhu Mu and a group of young ministers immediately reported the current situation to the eldest princess and the imperial court.

Dong Zhuo sent troops to Guanxi, and Luoyang was in danger. Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan broke up, and a big war was about to start in Jizhou.

For a period of time in the future, the Northern Xinjiang Army is very likely to fight on both sides and is in the danger of being attacked by the enemy on its back.

At this moment, what northern Xinjiang needs most is stability, concerted efforts, and collective wisdom and efforts, rather than internal strife and strife.

The restructuring should touch on and endanger the interests of the majority of forces in northern Xinjiang, and it is indeed inappropriate for the imperial court to carry out the restructuring now.

Li Hong and a group of people from the Hussar General's Mansion were still more restrained and respectful to the imperial court, but Yang Qi and Wang Han were unceremonious.

In their eyes, the imperial court is now the source of the trouble, and Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other ministers are the ** pigtails of the defeated Han, and they can't wait to drive the imperial court out of northern Xinjiang immediately.

With Li Hong's support, these people were bold, they were unscrupulous, fiercely attacked the imperial court, and at the same time united with the border county officials outside the Saiwai, unanimously demanding that the imperial court immediately abandon the reform and move back to Luoyang as soon as possible.

Yang Qi and other officials said in the recital that Luoyang has been conquered, the eldest princess and the imperial court can move back at any time, and the mission of the Jinyang imperial court has ended.

They begged the eldest princess to temporarily act as the hussar general Li Hong in charge of state affairs during the period when the imperial court was preparing to return to Luoyang.

In the future, after the eldest princess and the court moved back to Luoyang, Li Hong wanted to stay in the northern frontier, and this authority was naturally returned to the eldest princess and the court.

Therefore, the imperial court did not need to worry that Li Hong would become Dong Zhuo's second and endanger the society. Things have reached such a point that there is no room for maneuver in the imperial court and northern Xinjiang, and everyone has set their eyes on Li Hong, the hussar general.

At this time, Li Hong had to make a choice, whether to support the imperial court or support Northern Xinjiang? Li Hong has been staying in the Hussar General's Mansion recently, discussing the battle situation in Jizhou and Gyeonggi with Xian Yufu, Li Wei, Zhu Mu and others day and night, and has not paid attention to this matter.

On this day, he received an edict from the eldest princess, who asked him to solve the matter immediately and not delay it any longer, so as not to make the matter bigger and bigger.

Li Hong then invited Zhao Qi, Zhang Wen and other ministers of the DPRK and China to sit together with Yang Qi, Wang Han and other officials of Northern Xinjiang.

"Your Excellency's purpose is the same, to save and revitalize the community. Therefore, I implore you to put aside your prejudices and calmly discuss a solution under the premise of ZTE. You were all friends in the past, and some of you are still relatives, for example, Lord Zhao Qi is the brother-in-law of Lord Ma Riyan, and Lord Yang Qi and Lord Cui Lie are cousins. Your relationship is so good, and your personal relationship is very deep, why can't you work together to resonate with the community? Under Li Hong's persuasion, the imperial court and twenty high-ranking ministers in northern Xinjiang discussed together for eight days.

In the middle, Cui Lie, Lu Zhi, Yuan Peng, Yang Qi, Wang Han and others ran away several times because of disagreements.

Li Hong was helpless, so he had to coax and trick them back. Li Hong felt so tired, and he became more and more disgusted with these entangled state affairs.

Every day when he comes home exhausted, the first thing he does is lie down and sleep. Eight days later, Li Hong was still facing the same question, whether to support the imperial court or the northern frontier?

Faced with two very different solutions, Li Hong was at a loss. After Li Hong returned, he persuaded the imperial court to issue a decree to reduce the taxes of the counties, and the majesty of the imperial court had already been hit.

Now the Chang'an court has become a virtual entity, and the Jinyang court's return to Luoyang has also encountered great resistance. If he openly stands on the side of Northern Xinjiang at this time, the blow to the imperial court can be imagined, but if he stands on the side of the imperial court, how can the affairs of Northern Xinjiang be resolved?

Li Hong summoned Xian Yufu, Li Wei, Zhu Mu, Yu Peng and others to discuss carefully, but everyone had big differences and could not be unified.

At this time, the eight hundred miles of fast riding galloped to Longshan. After defeating the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in the south of Dongguang City, Gongsun Chan publicly broke with Yuan Shao and led a large army to attack Wei County, intending to occupy the entire territory of Jizhou.

So far, I have not received any letters from Gongsun Zhan, but Yuan Shao's letters asking for help have been one after another.

Yuan Shao was fighting fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro at this time, and he had no time to think about anything else, so I decided to lead the army to block the attack.

Although the Northern Xinjiang Army had the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight in the past, at this moment, curbing the rapid expansion of Gongsun Zhan's power has become a top priority.

If Gongsun Chan is allowed to defeat Yuan Shao and occupy most of the counties and counties of Jizhou, his strength will increase sharply, and he will inevitably be at a disadvantage when Northern Xinjiang conflicts with him in the future.

Lu Yi said in the book that Gongsun Chan threatened to recruit 100,000 troops from the Yellow Turban Army captives, and if this statement was true, the Northern Xinjiang Army was too weak to defeat Gongsun Zhan, and he specially requested the general to immediately order General Zhang Yan to lead the army south, and at the same time dispatch the Saiwai Iron Cavalry to Jizhou to help.

The sudden change in the situation in Jizhou surprised Li Hong and the officials in the palace. Zhu Mu sighed: "After Yuan Shao killed Bai Huan, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army was like going crazy, and they have been fighting from August to the present, without rest in between, and they have a posture of not giving up if they don't kill Yuan Shao." If Yu Poison and Zheng Gu and others did not quit after the heavy snow fell, then General Koyi's army of 24,000 would be very dangerous. ”

"Originally, we expected Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan to fight first, and then we would benefit. It's good now, Gongsun Zhan completely annihilated the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and his strength increased dramatically, but Yuan Shao was entangled by the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, and he couldn't take care of it at all. The situation in Jizhou turned over in a blink of an eye, and it became a showdown between us and Gongsun Zhan. Li Wei shook his head again and again,

"This is really something that I never expected, people are not as good as heaven."

"Yuntian (Kojiyi) made the right decision." Xian Yufu smiled bitterly,

"It's a battle we have to fight, and even if we lose, it's worth it. I wonder if General Zhang Yan can support in time? ”

"It's too late, our reinforcements don't have time to rush to the south of Jizhou." Zhu Mu pointed to the map and said helplessly,

"General Zhang Yan arrived in Pingcheng half a month ago, and in order to return to Daishan as soon as possible, he chose the road from Flying Fox Fortress to Zhongshan Kingdom, and then from Zhongshan Kingdom back to Changshan. If everything is in order, General Zhang Yan and his army can reach Changshan in a month. ”

"After the heavy snow fell, Taihang Mountain could not be crossed, so I could only choose to take the Flying Fox Fortress. It's a lot of detours, but it's the most time-saving shortcut. Zhu Mu explained,

"Also because of the heavy snow, it will take at least more than a month for the iron cavalry outside the Saiwai to meet with General Zhang Yan." He looked at Li Hong and Xian Yufu, and said dejectedly,

"We are too late, the situation is changing too fast, who would have thought that Gongsun Chan would be able to defeat the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army with 30,000 men? Back then, neither Huangfu Song, nor my father, nor you, the general, had achieved such a record. Is Gongsun Chan powerful, or is the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army vulnerable? ”

"The Battle of Dongguang, how Gongsun Chan fought, we don't know, but one thing is certain, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is definitely not a vulnerable army." Li Hong said worriedly,

"They've been fighting for two years, and even idiots know how to fight to the end in order to survive. It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Zhan's 100,000 new army is quite a threat to us. ”

"But we can't afford not to fight this battle. We must keep Gongsun Zhan's army out of Wei County, and prevent Gongsun Zhan from driving Yuan Shao out of Yuan Shao and occupying most of Jizhou before the end of this year. Li Hong looked at Xian Yufu and the others, and said with a wry smile,

"Now we can only hope that the heavy snow will come sooner, as long as the heavy snow comes, Gongsun Zhan's attack will have to stop, so that our reinforcements will have enough time to rush to Jizhou."

"What if the snow doesn't fall for a long time?" Li Wei gritted his teeth in pain and smashed his fist on the desk,

"Twenty-four thousand, that's too much to pay. In my opinion, it is better not to fight as much as possible. Isn't there any other way for us to stop Gongsun Chan's attack temporarily? ”

"Gongsun Chan must know better than us the benefits of occupying Wei County as soon as possible and driving out Yuan Shao." Li Hong pointed to Luoyang on the map and said,

"If this battle is not fought, after Yuan Shao is defeated in Jizhou, we will first cut off our supply of grain and grass. In the case of lack of food, it is quite difficult for us to defeat Gongsun Zhan's army alone. In addition, the large army on the Kansai battlefield will also lose food and grass support. In order to attack the northern Xinjiang, Yuan Shao must urgently write to the southern prefectures and counties, let them block the Chidao, and detain the grain we have purchased. Xu Rong's army in Guanxi was defeated and returned to Hedong without food, so Luoyang was lost, and northern Xinjiang was in danger of fighting on two or three sides. Therefore, we can only join forces with Yuan Shao now and drag Yuan Shao in Jizhou, even if he doesn't have the time and troops to come back to us, it doesn't matter. As long as Yuan Shao can help us survive the winter and let us hold out until April next year, we will have enough troops and time to defeat Gongsun Zhan. ”

"Will Yuan Shao raise tigers?" Zhu Mu asked,

"We have to guard against him for a turnaround."

"As long as Luoyang is in our hands, Yuan Shao will not be able to turn the sky." Li Hong said confidently. Li Hong, Xian Yufu and others discussed it a little, and then hurriedly played the eldest princess and asked for credit for Gongsun Zhan.

At the same time, don't be in a hurry to fight Gongsun Zhan, you can delay it. As long as it drags on until it snows, the situation in Jizhou will be reversed.

Li Hong hurriedly wrote to Xu Rong to explain the matter of Jizhou in detail, and asked him to contact Yuan Shu as soon as possible to help Yuan Shu quickly gain a foothold in Yuzhou, and let some of Yuan Shu's troops enter Luoyang at the appropriate time.

As long as Yuan Shao did not occupy Luoyang, he would not turn his face with the northern Xinjiang for the time being, and he would not have the opportunity to attack Hedong and threaten the northern Xinjiang.

Li Hong personally wrote a letter to Yuan Shao. The letter repeatedly assured that as long as the four counties of Jizhou in northern Xinjiang were tuntian, and in the future, when northern Xinjiang got rid of the crisis, these four counties would definitely be returned to Jizhou.

In the current situation, Northern Xinjiang and Jizhou must work together to defeat Gongsun Zhan. Li Hong did not reveal to Yuan Shao the news that the Northern Xinjiang Army was about to reinforce Jizhou, but slightly revealed the intention of Northern Xinjiang to give up Luoyang in order to avoid fighting on both sides.

Li Hong hurriedly wrote to Zhang Yan and ordered him to do everything possible to rush south to support Liyi. Zhao Yun, the general of Duliao in the camp in the middle of the book, Jiang Wu of Li Feng Zhonglang of Hanbei County, Liu Ming, the king of the Xiongnu Rizhu, and Mustafa, the commander of the Ural Mountains, ordered them to lead 5,000 iron cavalry to hurry south and meet him at Gaoliucheng in Dai County.

Li Hong also wrote a letter to the Huwei Zhonglang General Pang De, the Hanbei County Taishou Tian Yu, the Liwu Zhonglang General Yan Wuxing, the Xiangwu Zhonglang General Wei Jun, the Yang Lie Zhonglang General Yang Ming, and the Zhubian County Taishou each wrote a letter.

20,000 iron cavalry and 50,000 border troops have gone south, which will greatly shock the desert and the border county tribes.

Eight hundred miles of fast riding galloping Dragon Mountain. Xu Rong reported in a hurry, the captured general Sun Jian was killed, and Yuzhou was in danger. Jump to