Chapter 3 Storm and Storm Section 21 Sima Ju crossed the river from the direction of Cangting. Sima Ju was in his forties, tall and thin, with high cheekbones, long flowing hair, long wrinkles on his forehead that were as long and deep as ravines, and a pair of eyes that were resolute and focused.

Sima Ju was a tycoon in Taishan County, who served in Yanzhou Mansion when he was young, and later spent money to buy the Marquis of Guannei.

He was famous in Taishan County for his philanthropy and penchant for righteousness. In his early years, he studied under Zheng Xuan, a Confucian in Beihai, and was a disciple of Zheng Xuan.

He raised the banner After the Taishan Uprising, Zheng Xuan felt very embarrassed, and took a group of protégés to take refuge in the barren mountain.

Sima Ju had sent people to provide relief many times, but Zheng Xuanjian refused to comply, preferring to eat weeds and bark rather than the food sent by Sima Ju.

Sima Ju didn't talk much, and after seeing Yu Poison and Zhenggu, he greeted him a little, and then explained his intention.

"Because of the arrival of the hussar general Li Hong and the Northern Xinjiang Army in Jizhou, the situation has gradually become clear. After the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao lost Yecheng and fled to Hanoi, while Gongsun Chan was almost wiped out and had fled to Nanpi in Bohai County. There was no three-way melee on the Jizhou battlefield. The strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army is too strong, Gongsun Zhan is not Li Hong's opponent, and he will soon be defeated and flee Qingzhou, so attacking Jizhou now is like pulling teeth out of the tiger's mouth and seeking his own death. Yu Poison immediately refuted.

Although Yuan Shao fled to Hanoi, his strength was not devastated, he still had soldiers, his subordinates who followed him, and the various prefectures and counties that helped him.

As long as he meets Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, and Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, he can immediately regain his strength and launch an attack on Jizhou.

Yuan Shao did not have Jizhou, how did he survive, how did he develop, and how did he fight against Li Hong? Behind Gongsun Zan is Youzhou, Taifu Liu Yu, and he has also obtained the northern counties of Qingzhou.

At this moment, whether he goes north to Youzhou or south to Qingzhou, he has a lot of room for maneuver, and it is impossible for Li Hong and the Northern Xinjiang Army to beat him to death with a stick.

As long as Gongsun Chan is alive and there is an army, he will not give up the fight for Jizhou. Whether or not we can get Jizhou's money and grain is directly related to the survival of Youzhou and the northern counties of Qingzhou.

Gongsun Chan is bound to fight Li Hong to the end, never dying. Although the Northern Xinjiang Army won the battle at the boundary bridge, its own losses were very large, and the Northern Xinjiang Army was now in the predicament of fighting on two fronts.

With the current strength of northern Xinjiang, how can it be possible to support a two-front battle for a long time? Yuan Shao wants to seize Jizhou, Gongsun Zhan wants to seize Jizhou, Li Hong is walking on thin ice on two fronts, this battle in Jizhou still has to be fought, how can the situation become clear?

If we gather heavy troops now, take advantage of the fact that the vitality of the Northern Xinjiang Army has not yet recovered, make a fierce attack, first capture Yecheng, rely on Montenegro to gain a firm foothold, and then take Ganling State, and unite the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro and the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou, then in the future, our two Yellow Turban armies can be horns of each other, assist each other, and can cross the north and south of the Yellow River, occupy the Central Plains, and plot the great cause of peace.

Yu Poison is in his thirties, vigorous and burly, with a square black face, a messy beard, and a pair of aggressive eyes, quite domineering.

He used to be a faithful disciple of Taiping Dao, and when Zhang Jiao got into trouble, he was one of the thirty-six square commanders.

After Zhang Jiao's defeat of Guangzong, he fled to Taihang Mountain to follow Zhang Niujiao. After Zhang Niujiao's army defeated Gutao, he and Yang Feng, Bai Rao and other Yellow Turban leaders left Zhang Yan and went south to take Montenegro as their base and continue the expedition in order to realize Zhang Jiao's great cause of peace.

Zheng Gu was very disappointed with Sima Ju's conquest strategy,

"Dashuai, think about the situation in the world after Li Hong occupies Jizhou." He was also in his thirties, with a yellow face and thin muscles, as if he had been hungry for a long time, with skin and bones, sunken cheeks, and sunken eyes, but his eyes were very attentive, and people could feel the great strength and indomitable will buried in his thin body.

Zheng Gu believes that after Li Hong occupies Jizhou and receives sufficient money and food support from Jizhou, as long as he works hard for a few years, his strength will grow by leaps and bounds, and then he will plot the world.

Li Hong has the land of Hebei, and the next goal is obvious, that is, to cross the river and go south to capture the Central Plains.

If the marshal takes Mount Tai as the base and gains a firm foothold, Li Hong's target of attack will naturally be the Yellow Turban Army.

Attacking the Yellow Turban Army, Li Hong had an excuse to go south, had the name of righteousness, and was able to get the support of various states and counties.

As soon as the army of Northern Xinjiang is discharged, how can we resist? Could it be that the marshal thinks that the Yellow Turban Army can defeat the Northern Frontier Army in a few years?

In the past three years, the marshal has led the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to fight in all directions, Yan, Qing, Xu, and Henan have been in war, the fields are barren, and the displaced people have become disasters.

The officers and troops of various prefectures and counties are eyeing us from the sidelines, Liu Dai, Tao Qian and others have spared no effort to attack us, and the smoke has not stopped for a moment, how can the marshal have the time and strength to consolidate Bentun?

We have been using Montenegro as our base for eight years, and we have been fighting for eight years, but we have not been able to occupy half of the land and a city in Hanoi and Jizhou.

What about the handsome? The marshal has been fighting for three years, how much land has he occupied so far, and how many cities have he obtained? If the Yellow Turban Army wants to develop, it must have land and cities, a stable situation and sufficient time, otherwise we will not be able to change the predicament that has lasted for many years.

The two sides had great differences over the survival and development strategies of the Yellow Turban Army, and neither could convince the other. Sima Ju persuaded bitterly: "Since Bai Shuai's death, you have been fighting in Jizhou for a year, but you have made little progress. Now that Li Hong and the Northern Xinjiang Army have begun to seize Jizhou, and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have been defeated, how can you be his opponents? Come with me down to Mount Tai. Yu Poison and Zheng Gu refused.

Yu Poison said, since the marshal is unwilling to go north to attack Jizhou, then we will fight. I only hope that Dashuai can immediately attack Qingzhou, recapture the lost counties, cut off Gongsun Zhan's retreat to the south, and force Gongsun Chan to fight Li Hong in Jizhou and Youzhou.

As long as Li Hong is entangled by Gongsun Zhan, we will have the opportunity to seize Wei County and Ganling State, so as to echo the Great Marshal on both sides of the Yellow River.

Sima Ju was helpless and took his leave,

"Take care, brothers. If the situation in Jizhou deteriorates and you find it difficult to support it, I will lead my army to the bank of the Yellow River and plan for the two brothers to cross the river and go south. Yu Poison and Zheng Gu were very moved, and nodded again and again.

"Take care of yourself. Now that Yuan Shao has lost Hanoi, he may have to join forces with Cao Cao and Wang Kuang to counterattack Wei County in the near future. This is a good opportunity for the commander to attack Yanzhou. Yu Poison said,

"If the commander needs us to cross the river and help, please ......" Sima Ju shook his hand,

"If you can drag Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army in Jizhou, I will have an absolute chance of winning the battle of Yanzhou." Yu Poison and Su Gu looked at each other and smiled.

He bowed down and said, "Commander, please rest assured, as long as we lead the army to approach the Ganling Kingdom, the main force of the Northern Frontier Army will be held back by us." If Yuan Shao hadn't been scared, he should have attacked Yecheng without hesitation. Sima Ju thought for a moment and said worriedly: "Although you have dragged the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Northern Xinjiang Army has also dragged you down. If Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Wang Kuang took the opportunity to attack Montenegro Bentun, then Montenegro would be very dangerous. ”

"We have been prepared for a long time, and there are still armies of Ku Chieftain, Tao Sheng, Liu Shi and Qingniujiao in Montenegro." Yu Poison said,

"We hope that Yuan Shao will go to fight Montenegro, so that we can avenge Bai Shuai and his brother who died in Puyang." Sima Ju thought of the dead Bai Rao, his heart was painful, and he got on the boat gloomily and went away by boat.

Yu Poison and Zhenggu returned to Dongwuyang and immediately summoned Guo Daxian, Li Damu, Luo Shi, Dahong, Si Li, and Yuancheng generals to discuss the matter.

Hearing that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army had given up going north, and the Montenegrin Yellow Turban Army was attacking Jizhou alone, the house suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

"We only have 150,000 people, and we can't defeat the Northern Frontier Army." Da Hong said in a low voice. Da Hong was an orphan whose family died in a major flood.

He had just been born that year and was still a baby. He was rescued by the disciples of Taiping Dao and grew up in Taiping Dao.

Because they didn't know his surname, the people of Taiping Dao named him Dahong. The three generals in the house, Luo Shi, Si Li, and Yuancheng, like Da Hong, are all orphans adopted by Taiping Dao, and it can be seen from their names where they were taken in by Taiping Dao.

These people have a special affection for Taiping Dao and the great sage and mentor Zhang Jiao, their lives are given by Taiping Dao and Zhang Jiao, and they have to fight and die for Taiping Dao and Zhang Jiao.

Da Hong's thoughts are actually the thoughts of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army. They think that Yu Poison is too confident and has lost his mind a little.

Wei Gu stood up, pointed to the map and said: "The strength of the Northern Frontier Army is too strong, we have a head-to-head confrontation with him, and there is no chance of winning, so ......" He put his hand on the map of Guantao City,

"Let's fight here and cut off the grain route of the Northern Xinjiang Army." Now one part of the Northern Xinjiang Army is attacking Anping Kingdom, one is attacking Ganling City, and one part is staying in Yecheng to guard against us and Yuan Shao's attack.

To this end, the Northern Xinjiang Army has two grain routes, one is from Handan in Zhao State to Guangzong City, and then divided into two, part of the grain and grass to Anping State, part of the grain and grass to cross the border bridge to Ganling City, and another grain road is from Handan to Yecheng, and then through Guantao to Ganling City.

After we cut off this grain route of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Northern Xinjiang Army will be very uncomfortable. Send troops to fight us, and the troops that attack Ganling City will be small.

The Northern Xinjiang Army could not take Ganling City, so it could not quickly attack Bohai County in the east. If they don't send troops to attack us, their food and grass supply will be very tight, and they will have to divide their forces to guard against our surprise attack, so it will be even more difficult to attack Ganling City.

The Northern Frontier Army hesitated, and the attack on Ganling City was blocked, and our goal was achieved. First, the Northern Xinjiang Army was dragged to Ganling City.

Second, Gongsun Zhan got a chance to breathe, and he could regroup his troops and horses and fight Li Hong again. Sanlai Gongsun Zhan would not immediately flee south to Qingzhou, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army immediately had enough time to attack Jinan, Anle and other counties.

Fourth, Yuan Shao got the opportunity to counterattack Yecheng. The Northern Xinjiang Army was trapped in Jizhou, the troops were scattered, and Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had to fight at the same time, and the losses could be imagined.

We can take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit and do our best to capture Wei County and Ganling Kingdom. Of course, capturing Wei County and occupying Yecheng is our primary goal.

With Yecheng and Wei County, we can grow and develop. Without land and cities, we will die one day.

We have been waiting for this opportunity for eight years and must not miss it.

"What if the Northern Frontier Army sends troops to attack us?" Si Li asked.

"If Li Hong wants to attack us, we will retreat in the direction of Wei County and Neihuang." Zheng Gu said,

"According to the scout's investigation, after Yuan Shao and Cao Cao rendezvous, they have already gone to Hanoi. Obviously, they want to attack our Bentun while our main army is attacking Dongwuyang and preparing to go south to meet Sima Ju. "We outflanked Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, surrounded them, and then flanked them with the Ku Chief, Tao Sheng, and other armies.

Even if we can't completely annihilate the armies of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, we can defeat them to the point where we can no longer fight back.

In this way, we were able to respond to the Yanzhou battlefield and help Sima Ju hold Yuan Shao and Cao Cao back, and we were able to quickly occupy the southern part of Wei County, and we could attack the eastern part of Hanoi County in order to seize more land and cities.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army wants to attack us, the time to capture Ganling City will be delayed, and the time to attack Bohai County will also be delayed.

In the future, when Li Hong went to fight Gongsun Zhan, we sent troops to attack Yecheng, harassing and intercepting their grain routes day and night.

If we can successfully take Yecheng, we will be able to form an equal situation with Li Hong and Gongsun Zhan in Jizhou.

After listening to the explanation, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly doubled their confidence, and they were all very happy. Yu Poison smiled: "Since everyone has no opinion, then we will go north tomorrow and attack Guantao." "In March, Jizhou, Ganlingguo.

After the Battle of Jieqiao, in order to allow the soldiers of the whole army to get a full rest, and also to prepare enough food and grass to carry their baggage, Li Hong ordered the army to rest for ten days.

In these ten days, Li Hong sent people into the city several times to urge Ji Yong, the prime minister of Ganling, to surrender the city. Ji Yong, the prime minister of Ganling, replied with a letter and scolded Li Hongda.

The reason why I dedicated the city to Gongsun Chan is because Gongsun Chan defeated the Yellow Turban Army and made a contribution to saving the Han Sheji, while Yuan Shao was despicable and shameless and harmed Han Fu's life, which is really chilling.

Gongsun Chan is a subordinate of Lord Taifu, and I dedicate the city to Gongsun Chan, that is, to dedicate the city to Lord Taifu, both public and private, it is reasonable.

Why did the general let me sacrifice the city? For your own selfishness, you not only beat Yuan Shao, but also Gongsun Zhan.

What is the difference between what you are doing today and Dong Zhuo? You said that you did this to save Sheji, but I can't see what you have to do with fighting Jizhou and saving Sheji.

If the general wants to save Sheji, he should fight Dong Zhuo, fight Guanzhong, and ask King Dong Qin, instead of occupying Jizhou.

The general sent troops to Jizhou, what is the purpose of occupying Jizhou? It's just to usurp the big man. The general is a thief.

Today, there is the Dong thief who caused chaos and discipline, and then there is the Li thief who usurped the society, and the Han is in danger. Li Hong smiled bitterly and was speechless, and in the blink of an eye, he became a thief.

The news of Han Fu's death surprised Li Hong, and he hurriedly sent someone to Yecheng and asked Lu Yi to ask Xu You, Chen Lin and others to ask.

No matter how ruthless Yuan Shao is, he will not publicly kill Han Fu, this is not self-inflicted notoriety. Koji quickly replied.

It turned out that on the New Year, Guo Tu and Feng Ji were ordered to go to Chenliujun to discuss the attack on Yuzhou with Zhang Miao, Yuan Tan, Gao Gan and others.

Zhang Miao invited Guo Tu and other Jizhou officials to a banquet in the mansion, and Han Fu, Bian Rang and other celebrities attended to accompany him. During the banquet, Bian Rang was very unceremonious, sneering at Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others.

Yuan Tan and Guo Tuquan didn't hear it and ignored him. Feng Ji couldn't stand it and quarreled with Bian Rang in the court.

It is a fact that Yuan Shao drove away Han Fu, no matter how noisy he is, every discipline is at a loss. Feng Ji was furious, picked up the small urn containing the soup and smashed it.

Bian Rang couldn't dodge, his head was smashed, and the soup was splashed all over his face. Feng Ji also released cruel words, saying that he was going to kill Bian Rang.

Bian Rang was humiliated, in fact, Han Fu was humiliated. Han Fu was sad and indignant for a while, and took the opportunity to go to the toilet to commit suicide by cutting his wrists with a paper cutter.

After this incident, Yanzhou celebrities all thought that Yuan Shao forced Han Fu to death, and everyone scolded Yuan Shao, which made Yuan Shao very annoyed.

Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao almost turned against each other for this matter. Yuan Shao couldn't argue, so he had to admit it. Yuan Shao was worried that Zhang Miao would obstruct Yuan Tan's plan to attack Yuzhou because of this incident, so he secretly informed Cao Cao and asked him to find an excuse to kill Zhang Miao.

Cao Cao thought to himself, you Yuan Benchu treated me like an idiot. I killed Zhang Miao, can I still gain a foothold in Yanzhou?

Your sons and nephews are all in Chenliu, you don't ask them to kill, but you ask me to kill, your trick of killing people with a knife is too despicable, right?

Cao Cao wrote to Zhang Miao, implying that Yuan Shao had the intention of killing him, and asked Zhang Miao to write a letter to Yuan Shao at the appropriate time to apologize, and the matter was over.

Yuan Tan and Gao Gan were in Chenliu, Zhang Miao didn't dare to offend Yuan Shao too much, so he said a few soft words to Yuan Shao.

Zhang Miao used to be like-minded good friends with Yuan Shao, He Hao and others

With the reputation of "Running Friends", such a trivial matter is naturally not worth mentioning. The two reconciled as before. Hearing that Han Fu died like this, Li Hong felt very uncomfortable.

Li Hong had a bad impression of Han Fu, and Han Fu was driven out of Jizhou, which had more or less something to do with Li Hong.

After thinking about it, Li Hongsi felt that Han Fu had still helped Northern Xinjiang, and it was indeed too unfair for him to die with anger like this today.

Regret is regret, the city still has to be fought. He defeated Jizhou and drove away Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, which can be regarded as comforting the dead Han Fu.

If Han Fu was in the spirit of the sky, if he knew that he had avenged him and vented his hatred, he should also leave with a smile. When the Northern Xinjiang Army was preparing to attack the city, an urgent report came that Guantao was besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, and the grain route was cut off.

Li Hong's worst fears finally happened, and the Yellow Turban Army began to attack Jizhou in the north. At this time, Zhao Yun sent news from Anping State that Zhang Qi, the prime minister of Anping State, was committed to the capital and refused to surrender.

The city of Xindu was tall and strong, and the Northern Xinjiang Army only had Peng Lie's 7,000 foot soldiers and Zhao Yun and Liu Ming's 10,000 iron cavalry.

If you attack, the Iron Knight's losses will be too great. Zhao Yun asked the general to requisition and transfer an army of foot soldiers to help.

After returning to Nanpi, Gongsun Zhan immediately recruited soldiers and horses, prepared grain, grass and ordnance, and strengthened the city wall, without any sign of withdrawing from Jizhou, obviously he still wanted to fight another battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Li Hong immediately summoned Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, Zhu Mu, Wang Dang, Yu Yigen and other generals to the big tent for a military discussion. The generals of the former Yellow Turban Army started with Zhang Yan and bowed their heads one by one and remained silent.

How will this battle be fought?

"The meaning of Yu Poison and Zheng Gu beating Guan Tao is obvious, he wants to hold us back." Li Hong looked at everyone and said with a smile,

"Tell me, my lords, what should we do? How to deal with it? Li Yao stood up,

"The general said that he would never order us to take the initiative to attack the Yellow Turban Army. Now Yu Poison is attacking Guan Tao and has not taken the initiative to attack us, so ......" He looked at Li Hong timidly and said cautiously,

"So I think we'd better attack Ganling City immediately."

"Yu Poison has already stuck his neck, isn't this an active attack?" Zhang Xiao stood up excitedly and said loudly,

"Did you let Yu poison 10,000 of us before you admitted that he took the initiative to attack?"

"How can Master Zhang say that?" Yang Yi immediately retorted,

"Yu Poison just cut off one of our food routes."

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Zhen angrily reprimanded,

"Could it be that Yu Poison cut off our two food channels, and the knife has already cut into the neck, so you cry out in pain?"

"Alright...... Okay...... "Zhang Yan patted the case,

"Don't fight." Then he turned his face to look at Li Hong,

"General, without further ado, attack the city immediately."

"What about the Yellow Turbans? What if Yu Poison takes the initiative to attack us? Li Hong asked,

"Did you transfer Jiang Wu and Mustafa's iron cavalry to the Linqing area to be on guard?"

"During the siege of the city, the direction of Bohai County and Pingyuan County needs to be on guard even more, and iron cavalry cannot be dispatched." Zhang Yan shook his head and said,

"I'll go to the museum in person." Yang Feng and the generals looked at Zhang Yan in surprise. Li Hong seemed to have expected it, and smiled without saying a word.

"You're going alone?" Yang Feng frowned and asked,

"What are you going to do? The year before last, last year we kept sending people up the mountain and said all the good things, but in the end how many people came down the mountain to be cared for? ”

"Bai Rao is gone." Zhang Yan said sadly,

"The minds of Yu Poison and Zheng Gu and others may have changed."

"The thoughts of Yu Poison and Zheng Gu and others may have changed, but what about Sima Ju? What about Xu He? What about Wu Ba? Are they willing to be cared for? Yang Feng shook his head again and again,

"Feiyan, you are no longer the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, in their eyes, you are the rebellion of Taiping Dao, the rebellion of the Great Sage and the Horned Commander, they will kill you."

"I'm going." Zhang Yan said very resolutely,

"I have to go."

"Okay, I'll go with you." Li Hong suddenly said loudly,

"Let's go together." The generals were astonished. April of the third year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (192 AD). At the beginning of April, Fufeng County, Guanzhong, Chencang City.

In the middle of the night, lightning and thunder roared, and heavy rain poured down. The fast horse galloped in,

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