Chapter 3: The Storm and the Third Section of the Great Han Dynasty (192 AD) in February. In mid-February, Jizhou, Julu County, Gall Tao City.

The hussar general Li Hong led the Black Panther to cross the Flying Fox Fortress, galloped all the way, and finally arrived at the city of Gauntlet.

Seven years ago, on a snowy day, Li Hong and the Yellow Turban Army fought in the city of Gauntlet. At the last moment, Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, was suddenly killed by an arrow, and the situation immediately took a sharp turn for the worse, so Li Hong was very lucky to hold the city of Gauntlet.

Today, when he was stationed in Mashangang and looked up at the majestic and majestic gall pottery city, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

He seemed to have returned to the magnificent battlefield, heard the earth-shattering war drums, and familiar faces appeared in front of him, Li Han, Fu Qiang, and many familiar soldiers fell on this land forever.

Whether it is Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, or Feng Yi, the Taishou of Julu County, or the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who participated in the war on both sides, everyone hopes to regain their lost dreams and find peace and happiness through this bloody killing.

Seven years have passed, and countless dead have long been forgotten, but the living are still killing, killing for survival, to regain the lost peace and happiness.

When will the war end and the killing will end? When will I get my lost dreams back? The cold wind blew gently, and the long hair fluttered slightly.

Li Hong frowned, and the muscles on his face twitched a few times involuntarily. In the past two years, I have made all kinds of efforts, but the situation of Dahan has not only not improved in the slightest, but has become worse and worse.

Last month, Ms. Zhang received startling news from the mouths of displaced people who were constantly fleeing north. Tian Kai and Liu Bei led a large army across the Yellow River and launched an attack on the Yellow Turban Army stationed in the northern counties of Qingzhou.

The Yellow Turban Army had just been defeated in Dongguang, and the soldiers were terrified and did not dare to meet the enemy at all, so they abandoned the city and fled to Jibei, Taishan, Dongjun and other places in Yanzhou, and the four counties of Pingyuan, Anle, Jinan and Qi in the north of Qingzhou soon fell.

According to Zhang Yan's estimates, by February at the latest, Tian Kai and Liu Bei will be able to reach Beihai County in the south of Qingzhou.

Soon, Yuan Shao sent the same news to the Northern Xinjiang Army. Due to the strong offensive of the Youzhou Army, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army retreated to Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

In order to ensure the survival of the Yellow Turban Army, Sima Ju, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, regardless of the severe cold and heavy snow, took Taishan County as the center, and commanded the army to launch a counteroffensive against all the official troops.

Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Dongjun Taishou Cao Cao, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian and others couldn't resist and retreated again and again.

Several counties in the eastern part of Yanzhou were all lost, and several counties in the northern part of Xuzhou also changed hands again. The results of the second half of last year are gone in a blink of an eye.

At the same time, Yuan Shao also told the Northern Xinjiang Army that Yan Gang and Gongsun Fan of the Youzhou Army each led their own troops to occupy Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County.

At this point, Gongsun Chan has occupied three counties in the eastern part of Jizhou, and if Tian Kai and Liu Bei can gain a firm foothold in the northern part of Qingzhou, then, by March, Gongsun Chan can control at least seven counties in Jizhou and Qingzhou.

Gongsun Zhan, who owned seven counties, not only had room for maneuver and expanded depth, but more importantly, he had the advantages of money, food and population of seven counties.

This will promote the rapid growth of Gongsun Zhan's strength. Gongsun Zhan's move greatly surprised Yuan Shao and Lu Yi.

Although the main force of the Youzhou Army firmly contained the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Jizhou Army in the area of Ganling City, they had obviously realized that the long winter would consume their strength, and many advantages of the Youzhou Army would disappear with the arrival of spring, so they did not hesitate to go south and north in the harsh winter, expand their living space, and strive to continue to maintain and strengthen their advantages to ensure the occupation of Jizhou.

Considering the increasingly severe situation in Yan, Qing, and Xu Prefectures and the growing strength of Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao once again wrote to the eldest princess, begging the imperial court to immediately increase troops in Jizhou.

Zhang Yan was not very concerned about the development of the situation south of the Yellow River, he was concerned about Jizhou. Therefore, he urgently wrote to Li Hong, asking to launch an attack before the Yellow River thawed, taking advantage of the fact that Tian Kai and Liu Bei could not go north to support.

Li Hong faced the cold wind and let out a long sigh. If you want to live up to the trust of the first emperor, if you want to stabilize the society, and if you want to let the people live a peaceful life, there is only one last way, that is, to quell the rebellion by force, and kill to stop killing.

Today's northern Xinjiang has passed its most difficult period, and the stable northern Xinjiang and the people of northern Xinjiang who have seen the good hope will give the greatest support and help to the officers and men of the army.

With this strong backing, the Northern Xinjiang Army can begin its difficult and bloody journey, and can shoulder the heavy task of saving and revitalizing the community.

Li Hong looked up at the blue sky and prayed secretly. Your Majesty, you once wanted to conquer the desert, expand the territory, and build a lifetime of achievements, and the minister did it for you.

Today, if you want to defend the society, revitalize the society, rebuild the glory of the Han Dynasty, and let the Han Dynasty shock the world, the minister must also do it for you.

Your Majesty, please open your eyes, bless me, and bless the Han Dynasty. Li Hong suddenly looked up to the sky and roared,

"Brothers, follow me into the city ......" Zhang Yan, the general of the town guard, and the local officials went out of the city to greet them. Zhang Yan looked at Li Hong's long hair in surprise, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Feiyan, what's wrong with you?"

"This is my general." Zhang Yan said with a little excitement,

"In Jinyang back then, it was precisely because of the general that we saw hope. Now, we need the great generals of the year to lead us in bloody battles. Li Hong's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "The battle situation has changed again?" Zhang Yan smiled bitterly: "I specially rushed to Gatao City to greet the general, because the battle situation in Jizhou has changed again and again. The current situation is very unfavorable for us. At the end of December last year, Zhang Yan led an army of 50,000 to Julu City in Julu County.

Zhang Yan never gave up his appeasement of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro, and he constantly sent people up the mountain to lobby the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army.

Last year, the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy losses, first Bai Huan died in Puyang, and then Xu He and Wu Ba were defeated in Dongguang, which dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Yellow Turban Army.

Some of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro were more pessimistic about the future, so they took their men and horses to Handan to be appeased.

A high-ranking leader of the Yellow Turban Army told Zhang Yan that since a major war was about to break out in Jizhou, Yu Xuan and Zhenggu planned to go south to Yanzhou again to join Sima Ju and go north to attack Jizhou for the second time.

The situation in Jizhou this year is significantly different from last year. The Northern Xinjiang Army, the Youzhou Army and the Jizhou Army faced off against each other in the Ganling Kingdom, and Li Hong, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had to fight fiercely for the belonging of Jizhou.

After the war, the three sides were scarred, and the Yellow Turban Army could profit from the fishermen and take the opportunity to go north to occupy the land of Hebei as the foundation for development.

After Zhang Yan heard the news, he hurriedly sent scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army. At the end of the first month, Yu Poison and Zhenggu gathered nearly 100,000 Yellow Turban troops to attack the southeast of Wei County.

Because Yuan Shao's army was pinned down by Gongsun Zhan and unable to return to help block the attack, he watched the Yellow Turban Army occupy Liyang.

"From the end of February to the beginning of March, the Yellow River will thaw and open. The Yellow Turban Army will smoothly cross the river into Yanzhou East County and join Sima Ju. Zhang Yan said,

"If we concentrate all our forces to defeat Gongsun Chan around March, we will be faced with a dilemma, should we continue to pursue Gongsun Chan and let the Yellow Turban Army cross the river to the north, or will we give up pursuing Gongsun Chan and turn to fight with the Yellow Turban Army?" No matter whether the Northern Xinjiang Army continued to pursue and kill Gongsun Chan or attack the Yellow Turban Army, they were all faced with the difficult situation of being attacked by the enemy on their backs and fighting on both sides.

At this time, if Yuan Shao took advantage of the fire to rob, the Northern Xinjiang Army would be attacked on three sides, and the situation would be very critical.

Zhang Yan is not worried about fighting. Fighting a war is not a difficult thing for the Northern Xinjiang Army, and all the more difficult battles than this have been fought.

Zhang Yan is worried about the counties and people of Jizhou. As soon as this battle is fought, the beacon fires will be in the sky, Jizhou will be ruined, and the people of Jizhou will also suffer.

Northern Xinjiang urgently needs a stable, affluent, and intact Jizhou, not a ruin with millions of homeless displaced people.

Li Hong refused the invitation of the local officials and set up camp outside the city. He and Zhang Yan discussed for a long time, and the two agreed that Yuan Shao deliberately gave way to the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro to go south, and his purpose was to induce the Yellow Turban Army to go north to attack Jizhou, and then destroy Jizhou.

"Yuan Shao is not saving Sheji, but defeating Sheji." Li Hong said angrily,

"Yuan Shao is an ungrateful wolf. The Great Han Kingdom gave him countless glory and wealth to the Yuan family, he was not grateful to Uncle Tu and served the country loyally, but he did this kind of unconscionable thing. Zhang Yan sneered: "In his eyes, it is you who have lost the society, and it is you who has caused trouble in the country, you are a bloody and cruel leopard, he can't wait to skin you and cramp." What is Jizhou? What are the millions of people in Jizhou? Compared with the Dahan Sheji, compared with the 50 million living beings in the Dahan, this state, millions of lives, is a fart. ”

"This is probably what the scholars call 'sacrificing small profits and taking care of big profits', right?" Li Hong scoffed,

"As early as when Yuan Shao raised troops to fight Dong, he said so."

"In my opinion, this 'big profit' is not the benefit of my big man, but the benefit of his Yuan Shao." Zhang Yan said hatefully,

"Kill this person, and the world will be safe."

"Kill Yuan Shao?" Li Hong thought about it, and then looked at Zhang Yan,

"What do you mean......"

"First join Gongsun Zan to kill Yuan Shao, and then block the Yellow Turban Army's northward advance." Zhang Yan said loudly,

"We would rather share Jizhou equally with Gongsun Zan than destroy Jizhou with our own hands." Li Hong immediately understood Zhang Yan's thoughts.

Zhang Yan personally rushed to the gall Tao City to greet him, in the final analysis, it was for the benefit of the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Yan did not want to see the Yellow Turbans kill each other.

If the attack is carried out according to the established strategy, the Northern Xinjiang Army will inevitably fight on two fronts around April. A part of the army had to engage in a fierce confrontation with the Yellow Turban army that crossed the river to the north.

Although Li Hong promised Zhang Yan and the Yellow Turban generals that they would never let them attack the Yellow Turban Army, this promise was meaningless when the Yellow Turban Army took the initiative to attack them.

If you don't fight, you have to fight, otherwise you will be killed by the Yellow Turban Army. If Li Hong and Gongsun Zhan made peace, there would be no big war in Jizhou, and the Yellow Turban Army would have no chance to take advantage of it, so naturally they would not go north.

At this time, in order to survive, the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro and the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou had to take Mount Tai as the center and lay down a territory.

After the two Yellow Turban armies converged, their strength increased greatly, and there would definitely be no problem in surviving. This plan was in the interests of the Yellow Turban Army and Gongsun Zhan, but it harmed the interests of the imperial court and the interests of Northern Xinjiang, and did not help the great cause of saving Sheji.

The Yellow Turban Army had no hope of going north to seize Jizhou, so it had to concentrate on the development of Yan, Qing, and Xu, and its strength would become greater and greater.

Gongsun Chan has been given the time and territory to consolidate his strength, and he will never be satisfied with half of Jizhou in the future. Yuan Shao couldn't be killed, and as soon as Yuan Shao died, the split of Yuan Shao would no longer exist, and Yuan Shao's strength would immediately go to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu is alone, which is something that no one wants to see. Zhang Yan seemed a little weak-hearted and did not explain her proposal in more detail.

He sat quietly on the side, waiting for Li Hong's answer. Li Hong was silent for a long time, and he felt that it was better to explain clearly.

Zhang Yan's mood is understandable, but things are serious, and personal matters cannot be brought to such a major event related to the revitalization of the community.

Li Hong immediately analyzed the consequences of uniting Gongsun Zan to kill Yuan Shao and resist the Yellow Turban Army's northward advance.

All the forces were strong, but the imperial court and northern Xinjiang were in trouble.

"If Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan join forces to attack Northern Xinjiang in the future, what will we do? Who will help us? Will the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou help us? Li Hong patted Zhang Yan on the shoulder and said solemnly: "When the society is stable, Zhongxing is prosperous, and the Han Dynasty is strong, the people can live a peaceful and prosperous life." The strength of any of the forces now means more wars, poverty, and deaths, which will cause great resistance to the great cause of the revitalization of the imperial court. Brother Feiyan, this is also a matter of 'sacrificing small profits and taking care of big profits', don't you understand? Zhang Yan sighed softly.

When he saw Li Hong with his hair scattered, he had already expected that his proposal would be rejected.

Li Hong's murderous plan has been moved, and his mind has been decided. Whether it is Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao, or the Yellow Turban Army, he will kill him quickly, and there is no strength to stop him.

"I discussed with Yuntian and Qizhi (Yang Feng), if we want to minimize the losses caused by the war to Jizhou and avoid the unfavorable situation of the army fighting on two fronts, the only way is to solve Gongsun Chan in a war. Even if you can't kill him, you have to beat him to the ground, and you won't be able to fight back. Zhang Yan pointed to the boundary bridge on the map and said,

"We're going to choose this place for the battlefield." Li Hong looked at it and asked worriedly, "Brother Feiyan, this is a great sage and good teacher...... Will the morale of the soldiers be affected? ”

"This place is our place of death." Zhang Yan said excitedly,

In that year, Huangfu Song repeatedly attacked Guangzong, so he attacked the camp at night with the strategy of arrogant soldiers, led the army to break through the boundary bridge, and entered Guangzong City. The great sage and good teacher were broken and killed, and his head was cut off and sent to Luoyang. 50,000 soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army did not surrender until death, and threw themselves into the river to die. Zhang Yan smashed his fist on the map,

"I put the battlefield here to tell the soldiers that there is no life in this battle. After crossing the boundary bridge, don't look back. "In mid-February, Jizhou, Julu County, Guangzong City.

Li Hong led 3,000 black panther righteous congregations to Guangzong City. At the military meeting, Yang Feng explained in detail the deployment of the Battle of Jieqiao.

In order to completely defeat Gongsun Chan before the Yellow Turban Army crossed the river north, the Northern Frontier Army planned to launch an attack in late February.

At this time, the Yellow River had not yet opened, and Tian Kai and Liu Bei's army could not cross the river to the north to return for reinforcements, which was the best time to defeat Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Zhan's army is currently stationed in Ganling City, with a number of about 80,000 to 100,000. If Gongsun Chan had recruited all the Yellow Turban Army prisoners into the army during the truce, the Youzhou army would have at least 150,000 to 200,000 people.

Considering the food, grass and ordnance and other reasons, Yang Feng believed that the number of troops that Gongsun Zhan could really put into the battlefield would not exceed 100,000 at most, and the elite troops would not exceed 50,000.

At present, the Northern Xinjiang Army has 20,000 troops on both sides of the boundary bridge, 50,000 troops on Julu City, which is 120 miles away from Guangzong City, and 20,000 iron cavalry on the way, which will reach Gatao City within five days.

An army of 90,000 will be thrown into battle. The grain, grass and ordnance transported from the north have arrived in Handan City one after another, and the grain and grass baggage sent by Jizhou to the Northern Xinjiang army has been hoarded in Guangzong.

Tian Wan, the minister of Changshan, and Kong Xuan, the minister of Zhongshan, recruited 300,000 people from among the displaced people, and they have also arrived in the area of Handan and Guangzong City.

Yang Feng finally looked at the generals and said loudly: "After General Zhao Yun's iron cavalry arrived at the gall Tao City, the attack began. The generals stood up with a bang, said a few words of encouragement, and then talked about the problem of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army,

"Our goal is the stability of the Han community, not the stability of Hebei, so the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army must be solved. The solution is not to kill, but to appease. Believe me, I can do it. ”

"You may also be worried that after the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army crosses the river to the north, we will fall into a two-front battle." Li Hong said with a smile,

"I don't think we're going to have to fight on two fronts. If Tian Kai and Liu Bei lead their troops north to support Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shao gives us a look behind our backs, then we will have to deal with four battlefields at the same time. The generals were secretly shocked.

"Afraid of what?" Li Hong suddenly said in a loud voice,

"How many battles has the Northern Xinjiang Army fought in recent years? No, we haven't fought a single big battle so far, but we've won all of them. ”

"There is no battle that our Northern Frontier Army cannot win, and there is no enemy that our Northern Frontier Army cannot win." The generals were touched by Li Hong's pride, and all of them doubled their confidence and cheered in unison.

In mid-February, Jizhou, Wei County. Li Hongshu invited Yuan Shao to meet on the bank of the Qing River. Yuan Shao's identity is very special, it is impossible to go to Guangzong to meet Li Hong, and Li Hong does not want to surrender his identity to visit Yuan Shao, so Li Hong thought of such a compromise method, and everyone went to Qinghe to meet.

Yuan Shao took the trial, Guo Tu, and a hundred personal guards, and came to Qinghe early to wait. Suddenly, the sound of a rousing horn rose through the air, and an army of iron horsemen rushed out from between heaven and earth, roaring like a hurricane.

Yuan Shao's face changed greatly,

"Hurry up, hurry up, that's the Wind and Cloud Iron Rider ......" jumped to