In the fifth chapter, the tenth section of Gongsun Zhan welcomed Xian Yufu and Yan Rou into the mansion. The three of them sat quietly in the lobby, and no one spoke.

Taifu Liu Yu's death had too much impact on the generals of Youzhou. Although Gongsun Chan did not have the heart to kill Lord Taifu, Lord Taifu died because of him.

Xian Yufu and Yan Rou were very angry about this, and they were very resentful of Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Chan is also guilty and feels faceless.

"Brother Bo Jue, Lord Taifu has never resented you until he died, he has been defending you, always hoping that the general will leave your life, and hoping that you will stay in Youzhou to guard the frontier." Xian Yufu looked at Gongsun Zhan, who looked gloomy, and said in a deep voice,

"What do you want to do now? Do you have to force the general to kill you? ”

"Brother Bo Jue, do you know how many people the general has offended and how much pressure he has endured for you?" Yan Rou said angrily,

"The general wants to save you, not only do you not appreciate it, but you also have to fight against the general, are you brainbroken?" Xian Yufu shook his hand at him, signaling him not to get excited,

"Brother Boju, you can not think about yourself, or you can not think about your family relatives, but you always have to think about the brother who has followed you for more than ten years. I ask you, what is their fault? What sin have they committed to bury you in your place? Also, you and the general are fighting for their lives, who is happy? Is it a general? Is it our brothers for many years? Or those Hu people? Gongsun Zhan's heart trembled, and tears suddenly moistened his eyes,

"Can I still gallop across the desert with a prancing horse? Can I still take the Iron Rider to the battlefield? ”

"When you reach the end of the road, you think of your past, and only then do you think of the hardships of the past." Yan Rou said angrily,

"When you fought the general at the Jizhou Boundary Bridge, why didn't you want to think about the past? Why don't you think about us brothers? ”

"What would you say if we won this battle?" Guan Jing, who was standing beside Gongsun Zhan, suddenly sneered: "Who of you can guarantee that in the future, the general will not be like Dong Zhuo, holding the Son of Heaven hostage and usurping Sheji?" ”

"You still want to fight?" Yan Rou stood up abruptly, pointed at Guan Jing and said,

"Brother Bo Jue was deceived by a villain like you to get to where he is today. You don't believe in the generals, so who do you believe? Is it yourself or Yuan Shao? You don't even trust Master Taifu, who else will you trust? Today's world is in turmoil, because the big man is full of self-righteous ** pigtails like you. ”

"Alright, alright." Xian Yufu hurriedly stopped,

"Brother Bo Qi has Brother Bo Qi's thoughts and difficulties, don't blame Shi Qi for all the guilt. He is also for Brother Bojing. Yan Rou and Guan Jing glared at each other, and the atmosphere was tense.

"Brother Boju, the matter has come to this, you better take a step back." Xian Yu Fu persuaded,

"You take a step back, we're still brothers. Together, we brothers can kill the enemy side by side for the revival of the Han Dynasty, and we can fight bloodily for the rise of the Han Dynasty, and we will also be famous in history in the future. At this point in life, what more can a husband ask for? Gongsun Chan thought for a long time, and finally nodded: "I'll go to see the general." "In July, General Fenwu and Gongsun Zhan, the Marquis of Ji, led their troops to surrender, and the counterinsurgency in Youzhou ended.

Gongsun Zhan obeyed the general's order and retained 3,000 white horse servants to take charge of the military tuns of Zhuo County, Yuyang, and Youbei Equal County.

The remaining more than 10,000 Youzhou infantry cavalry were led by Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin, and Li Su, and were temporarily stationed in Jicheng, Lulongsai, Liaoxi, and Liaodong.

Li Hong immediately wrote to the Son of Heaven to report the victory, and asked for a reward for the generals of Northern Xinjiang. In August of the fourth year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (193 AD), the general Li Hong led the iron cavalry into western Liaoxi to pacify the counties and Karasuma tribes.

In September, the general Li Hong crossed the Liaoshui River and inspected Liaodong accompanied by Gongsun Du, the Taishou of Liaodong.

In October, the general Li Hong and his two wives inspected the eastern Xianbei and central Xianbei tribes, and spent several days in the Tangyue Valley in Dayan Mountain with the Xianbei leaders such as Kirby Bear, Xiongba, Split Wind, Split Heavy Rain, and Que Kun.

In November, the general and his two wives returned to Yuyang City. Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Sima Lang and other military and political officials in Northern Xinjiang, who had been waiting here for a long time, hurriedly greeted them and hurriedly reported the many major events that had happened in the past few months.

At the beginning of October, the Son of Heaven sent the canonization decree to Handan. The Son of Heaven agreed to the general's request, and turned to Anbei General Xian Yufu as the general of Zhenbei, opened a mansion in Jicheng, Youzhou, and supervised the military affairs of Youzhou.

Gongsun Zhan, Xian Yuyin and other generals in northern Xinjiang were all subject to his control. Turning to Xu Rong, the general of Longxiang, as the general of the expedition to the west, he opened a mansion in Anyi, Hedong, and Yang Feng, Hua Xiong, Zhang Baiqi and other generals in northern Xinjiang were all subject to his control.

At the same time, the Son of Heaven decreed, from the general's proposal, to worship the original Daijun Taishou Wang Ze as the history of Youzhou Thorn, the original Xihe Taishou Cui are all the history of the State Thorn, and the Great Sima Mansion Fa Cao Peng Guo Ce is the Jizhou Thorn History.

The generals of northern Xinjiang have made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and the Son of Heaven has turned to Yan Rou as the general of Duliao in accordance with the general's request, and sits in Yunzhong to supervise the military affairs of the counties north of the Great Wall, and take care of the border counties Zhuhu.

Worship Pang De as General Huwei and supervise the desert army. Worship Yan Wudaunt as the general of Liwu, and supervise the protection of Mobei.

Worship Yushi as the general of Wuwei, sit in Jinyang, and supervise the military affairs of the counties south of the Great Wall. In addition, the Son of Heaven also turned to worship Lu Yi as the left general, Zhang Yan as the right general, Zhao Yun as the general Long Xiang, Yang Feng as the general of Zhenhu, Yan Liang as the general of the Zhenjun, Xian Yuyin as the general of Yingyang, Wei Jun as the general of Xiangwu, Jiang Wu as the general of Li Feng, Yang Ming as the general of Yanglie, worship Feng Huaxiong, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Zhang He, Sun Qin, Wang Dang, Zhang Baiqi and other northern Xinjiang Zhonglang will be generals at all levels, and worship He Feng, Li Su, Xu Huang, Gao Shun and other more than a dozen northern Xinjiang Zhonglang generals and captains as Zhonglang generals at all levels.

All the above generals obeyed the orders of the great general, and continued to crusade against the rebellion with the great general.

"When the good things are said and done, let's talk about the bad things." Li Hong put down the holy decree of the Son of Heaven to reward the Northern Frontier Army, and said to Xian Yufu with a smile,

"General Zhenbei seems to be impatient." Xian Yufu said nervously: "General, there has been an earthquake in Chang'an. Li Hong was taken aback,

"When? How is Your Majesty? Is there any news of His Majesty? ”

"The earthquake that broke out on the 27th of Xin Chou last month made the situation in Guanzhong very bad." Sima Lang handed over a volume of paperwork and said eagerly,

"This is the eight-hundred-mile urgent report of Lord Xu, the general of Zhengxi. At present, we have not received any news from Guanzhong, and we have no idea how His Majesty is safe. ”

"Urgently order Xu Rong and Yushi, please contact Guanzhong immediately, and at the same time quickly raise disaster relief money and food to be sent to Guanzhong as soon as possible." Li Hong glanced at Xu Rong's urgent report and said worriedly,

"In June, there was a big hail in Guanzhong, followed by an earthquake in Huashan, and four months later, another earthquake occurred in Chang'an, and this year's harvest in Guanzhong can be imagined."

"By the way, how is the harvest in Northern Xinjiang, Jizhou, and Youzhou this year? No more starvation this winter, right? Sima Lang shook his head again and again, smiling bitterly and speechless.

"What's wrong? Could it be that Jizhou was also affected? Bad harvest? Li Hong was stunned and asked loudly.

"There are no natural disasters, but ** continues." Xian Yufu sighed. Li Hong suddenly thought of Zhang Yan.

Didn't he control the situation?

"General, this year's harvest in the three places is good, basically about the same as our estimate." Sima Lang explained,

"But we can't control the migration of displaced people to the north, and the number of displaced people in Jizhou is continuing to grow." Li Hong was dumbfounded.

Isn't Yanzhou stable under Cao Cao's governance? The battle in Youzhou ended, and Tian Kai and Liu Bei of Qingzhou immediately gave up the attack.

Henan Prefectures are no longer fighting, where are the displaced people?

"Another outbreak of plague in Henan?" Sima Lang shook his head and sighed bitterly,

"The war in Henan has resumed, and natural disasters have come one after another, and the people have suffered a lot, and they are extremely miserable."

"The resumption of war in Henan?" Li Hong asked in surprise,

"Tian Kai and Liu Bei don't want to be appeased?"

"Although Tian Kai and Liu Bei are unwilling to be appeased, the war in Qingzhou has stopped." Sima Lang said,

"The biggest war in Henan now is Cao Cao's fight against Xuzhou."

"Cao Cao fights Xuzhou?" Li Hong was incredulous,

"At this time, he actually hit Xuzhou?" In May, Emperor Fu Song and Zhu Jun returned to Chang'an after being ordered to appease the prefectures and counties, and the only one who was willing to honor the Son of Heaven and the imperial court and pay taxes to the imperial court was Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian.

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed, worshiped Tao Qian as General Anton, concurrently led Xuzhou Mu, and was named the Marquis of Liyang. Accompanied Zhu Jun to Chang'an's Xuzhou Thorn History Mansion, Zhao Yu and Wang Lang in Zhizhong were worshiped as Guangling Taishou and Yangzhou Huiji Taishou respectively.

When Zhao Yu and Wang Lang rushed back to Xuzhou with the Son of Heaven to obey Tao Qian's holy decree, it was already July, and Tao Qian was attacking and killing the Yellow Turban Army in the area of Mount Tai and Rencheng.

The leader of the Yellow Turbans, Que Xuan, gathered thousands of people, proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven, and was active in the areas of Mount Tai, Lu and Rencheng, and from time to time invaded Pengcheng and Donghai County in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian led his army to attack, defeated the Yellow Turban Army, and took the opportunity to occupy many county towns such as Lu in Yuzhou, Rencheng in Yanzhou, and Fei in the south of Taishan County.

Que Xuan then fled south and joined up with He Yi, Liu Pi and other Yellow Turban troops who were active in Peiguo and Runan in Yuzhou.

Tao Qian led the army in pursuit, and joined forces with Yuan Shu to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army in the area of Xiapi County. Soon, Que Xuan was killed, and He Yi, Liu Pi and others were defeated and surrendered to Yuan Shu.

Located at the junction of Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou, Xiapi County has not been sacked by the war. This time, the successive battles between the Yellow Turban Army and the official army did great harm to Xiapi County, and many local people and displaced people who had taken refuge here had to flee in all directions.

Yuan Shu did not allow the exiles to enter Yangzhou, and he sent a large army to block all the southbound Chi roads and passes. The homeless people had no choice but to go north.

Before the displaced people arrived at the Yanzhou border, a heavy rain hit Xuzhou and Yangzhou for more than 20 consecutive days.

All the rivers in the two states have swelled, many of the major rivers have burst their banks, and millions of people have been affected. Xuzhou was the hardest hit.

Xuzhou has suffered from the scourge of the Yellow Turban in recent years and has been fighting every year. This year, Tao Qian led the Xuzhou Army to fight from the beginning of the year to the present, and it has hardly stopped.

Either fighting with the Yellow Turban Army or Cao Cao, Xuzhou's money and grain were seriously consumed, and the treasury was empty.

In the face of this sudden flood, Tao Qian cried and grabbed the land, helpless, and the relief was very ineffective.

The homeless people had no food to eat and then became a mob, and the mob immediately came together with the Yellow Turban Army gathered near Mount Tai, and the Yellow Turban Army regained its power again.

Guan Cheng, Wu Ba, Guan Hai and others took advantage of the serious floods in Xuzhou to lead the Yellow Turban Army to the East China Sea and Langya.

Tao Qian had to provide disaster relief and resist the attack of the Yellow Turban Army, and he was miserable. In September, Tao Qian asked Tian Kai of Qingzhou, Li Hong, the general of Hebei, and Yuan Shu of Yangzhou.

When Tao Qian was the assassin of Youzhou, Tian Kai was his subordinate, and the relationship between the two was extraordinary. After Tian Kai received the letter, he wrote back to Tao Qian.

At present, the battle in Youzhou is unknown, Gongsun Zhan's life and death are uncertain, the northern Xinjiang army is eyeing the tiger, and the main force of our army is pinned down in the south bank of the Yellow River and cannot move.

After the Yellow River froze, I immediately sent reinforcements to Xuzhou. Yuan Shu replied to Tao Qian and said, brother, I am more bitter than you.

My army is currently attacking Lujiang County, and I can't go north to support you. Jiujiang County was hit by floods this year, and the victims were flooded, and there was not enough food to eat.

In order to satisfy their hunger, the soldiers could only pick up river mussels and fish and shrimp in the ditch. Brother, if you have extra food, remember to lend it to me, and I will pay you back next year.

At this time, the general Li Hong was still in Youzhou, and the distant water could not save the near thirst, and Tao Qian's letter was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any reply.

War and disasters broke out again in the Central Plains, and the displaced people were terrified and flocked to Hebei. Cao Cao was very worried, he was afraid that the displaced people would riot in Yanzhou, and that the displaced people would starve to death in Yanzhou and induce the plague.

Therefore, he urgently ordered all counties and counties to try their best to help the displaced people to flee to Hebei to reduce the possibility of a disaster in Yanzhou.

The more Cao Cao worried, the faster the disaster came. Cao Cao discussed many times with Xun Yu, Mao Jue, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai and others, and agreed that if you want to dominate in the Central Plains, you must first have a foundation.

Yanzhou is the land of four wars, and it is impossible to achieve hegemony. Now the general Li Hong has Jizhou, and Yuan Shao has the two prefectures of Guandong and Jingyu, and if he wants to stand with them, he can only seize the two prefectures of Xu and Yang.

Cao Cao spent the summer racking his brains about the capture of Xuzhou. After Que Xuan's uprising, Cao Cao immediately saw an opportunity.

He allowed Que Xuan to cause trouble in the area of Mount Tai and Rencheng, and endured it. Que Xuan was afraid of Cao Cao and turned to invade Xuzhou.

As Cao Cao expected, Tao Qian sent troops to quell the rebellion and occupied the southern part of Rencheng and Taishan County. Cao Cao was ready to send troops under the pretext.

At this time, a flood broke out in Xuzhou, and then the victims rioted, and Tao Qian had just killed the Yellow Turban Army, and the food and grass were scarce, and the strength was greatly damaged.

Cao Cao clapped his hands and celebrated, this is really a godsend, and Xuzhou can get it without much effort.

Cao Cao urgently wrote to Tao Qian, asking him to return the county and attack Rencheng at the same time. In addition, he also wrote to his father Cao Song, who lived in seclusion in Langya County, Xuzhou, and told him to return to Yanzhou as soon as possible, so as not to be harmed by Tao Qian.

He also ordered Taishan County to guard his son and send troops to protect his father's safe return to Chenliu. After Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, the former lieutenant, resigned and returned home, in order to avoid trouble, he moved to Langya County in Xuzhou to live.

Cao Cao took advantage of the fire to rob, and Tao Qian was so angry that he gritted his teeth. While leading the army to meet the battle, he urgently ordered the commander Zhang Min to lead two hundred iron cavalry to Langya County to capture Cao Song.

I arrested your father, I see if you dare to beat me Xuzhou. This Zhang Min used to be a subordinate of Sun Guan, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, after the Battle of Jibei, the marshal Sima Ju was killed, Sun Guan was cornered, and under the persuasion of his friend Zang Ba, the commander of the Xuzhou cavalry, he took refuge in Tao Qian.

Zhang Min rushed to Kaiyang City, the county governor of Langya County, with his iron horse, and found that Cao Song had already gotten the news first.

So he immediately chased along the Wushui River River to the north, about two hundred miles, rushed to Feiguo City, and caught up with Cao Song.

Cao Song thought that it was Taishan Taishou Zishao who sent the soldiers and horses to protect him, but he was defenseless. Zhang Min hated Cao Cao to the core, and he had already forgotten Tao Qian's instructions at this moment.

As soon as he gave an order, more than 200 people rushed up like wolves and tigers, killing more than 40 members of Cao Song's family.

Zhang Min knew that he was in trouble, and he didn't dare to reply to Tao Qian, so he hurriedly fled to Yangzhou with his men and belongings to avoid trouble.

The soldiers and horses sent by Zishao to meet Cao Song soon arrived in Fei Guocheng and found the remains of Cao Song's family.

Hearing that Cao Song's family was killed, Zishao's soul flew out of the sky, and fled to Hebei with his family overnight via Qingzhou.

Cao Cao was extremely sad and indignant when he heard the news, and while mourning, he wrote to Li Hong of Hebei, Yuan Shao of Guandong, and Tian Kai of Qingzhou, saying that he wanted to beat Tao Qian in Xuzhou and take revenge, hoping to get the understanding and help of the officials of the three places.

In early October, Cao Cao swore an army in Changyi. When leaving Changyi, Cao Cao held Zhang Miao's hand and entrusted his family to everything.

"If I die, please Brother Meng Zhuo give my wife and children a bite to eat." Cao Cao led an army of 50,000 from Rencheng to attack the East China Sea and Pengcheng, and within half a month, Lianke ten cities.

Wherever the Yanzhou army went, the chickens and dogs were not left, and the people of Xuzhou were terrified and fled in all directions.

"How is the battle situation in Xuzhou now?" Li Hong didn't wait for Sima Lang to finish speaking, and asked angrily,

"Does Lord Tao have a letter asking for help to send to Hebei?" Tao Qian took great care of Li Hong on the battlefield of Xiliang back then, and Li Hong has always been grateful for this.

At this time, I heard that Tao Qian was in danger, and I was anxious.

Cao Cao won consecutive battles, and the Xuzhou army was defeated. Lord Tao begged for help everywhere, begging bitterly, and he almost didn't write a book in blood. Sima Lang picked up a book and handed it to Li Hong,

"Recently, letters from Xuzhou asking for help have been sent from Qingzhou to Handan almost every day. The eldest princess, Zhang Wen and other adults repeatedly urged the Northern Xinjiang Army to send troops to help, but the right general, Lord Zhang Yan, turned a deaf ear and refused to send troops. ”

"Why?" When Li Hong heard Zhang Yan's name, he suddenly calmed down,

"What is the reason for the Right General?"

"General Right said that in December, the Yellow River may freeze at any time, and once the Northern Xinjiang Army crossing the river to the south loses the support of grain and grass from Hebei, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out, so he refuses to send troops."

"Anything else? That's it? Li Hong asked.

"There are also displaced people, there is disaster relief, and there are financial constraints, and there are many reasons...... "Sima Lang said very dissatisfied.

"The situation in Guanzhong is unstable, and the eastern part of the country has a heavy army in Hangu Pass, so General Right also suggested that Lord Xu Rong, the general of the western part of the country, immediately recruit and transfer the Tuntian soldiers and prepare to enter the pass." Sima Lang blushed and said excitedly,

General Right even questioned the eldest princess, in the end, it is important to King Qin, and it is important to quell the rebellion. The eldest princess was angry with him and cried. ”

"Really?" Li Hong, Xian Yufu, and Yan Rou looked at each other, and a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths,

"The eldest princess cried angrily to General Right?"

"General, what is the purpose of you going out to patrol Youzhou and letting the right general Zhang Yan take charge of Hebei, now everyone knows." Sima Lang smiled bitterly,

"General Right is worthy of being the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, and his means are extremely powerful. He started by hunting and killing rebellions, turned to anti-corruption, and then began to rectify the rule of officials in Jizhou, and overnight, he arrested 642 large and small officials in nine counties of Jizhou, including four Taishou, state ministers, and 21 county magistrates. Li Hong changed color in shock,

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? He arrested so many people, and the Jizhou Prefectures were paralyzed. Sima Lang pointed to a pile of books on the desk and said helplessly,

"You are in Liaodong, in the desert, your whereabouts are uncertain, how can I tell you?"

However, the Jizhou provinces were not paralyzed. As early as May, General Right recruited more than a dozen senior officials from all over the border counties, and also recruited about 1,000 students from Jinyang University Hall and Handan University Hall. He had these people gather in Handan for three months to discuss the new system, and then assigned them to serve in many prefectures in Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. Sima Lang looked at Li Hong and shook his head again and again,

"General, this Yellow Turban Army Marshal is much more ruthless than you. When Jizhou was at its worst, he successfully appeased the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, and let Yu Xuan, Guo Daxian and others rush to Handan with the army. ”

"Although General Right used the army to successfully suppress the resistance of all forces in Hebei to him, now the contradictions within the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Hebei provinces are becoming more and more intense." Sima Lang arched his hand and said,

"General, you should go back to Handan, otherwise, something will happen in Jizhou."

"Something?" Li Hong asked in surprise,

"Since the Jizhou Prefectures can operate normally, what will happen to Hebei?"

"After the left general Koji Yi led the army back to Jizhou, he was very dissatisfied with the right general's approach, and the two quarreled several times in Xingyuan." Sima Lang said worriedly,

"General, go back quickly. If General Left and General Right get into trouble, it will not be good for the Northern Frontier Army. ”

"Yuntian is dissatisfied with Feiyan?" Li Hong said with a smile,

"Yuntian commands the army to garrison Jizhou, Feiyan is in charge of the military and politics of Hebei, and the two of them do their own things, what conflict will there be?"

"I heard that it was for the purpose of sending troops to Qingzhou?" Xian Yufu whispered,

Wei You and Guan Jing were ordered to go to Qingzhou to appease Tian Kai and Liu Bei. After Guan Jing arrived in Qingzhou, he suddenly rebelled and slandered the general for killing Lord Taifu and imprisoning Brother Bo Jue. Tian Kai and Guan Jing were relatives, of course he listened to Guan Jing, so he drove Wei You back. Tian Kai asked him to bring a letter to the general, saying that it was okay to be cared for, but he had to let Brother Bo Jue go to Qingzhou in person. ”

Yuntian was furious when he heard the news, and immediately wanted to attack Qingzhou, but Feiyan disagreed. Feiyan thought that if Brother Bo was loyal to the general, of course he could be sent to Qingzhou to appease him. If the appeasement is not successful, Brother Bo Jue betrayed the general and stayed in Qingzhou, which is not a bad thing, at least it eliminates a hidden danger in Hebei. ”

"That's it?" Li Hong smiled dumbly,

"Brother Yu Xing, is there anything else?" Xian Yufu smiled embarrassedly,

"I heard that Feiyan has offended many wealthy people recently for the sake of tax restructuring." Li Hong had already guessed in his heart, his face changed slightly, and he sneered: "This Yuntian, his hand is getting longer and longer. "Jump to