In mid-November of the second year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty, Li Jing led a large army into Panhe.

In the northwest direction of the Maji River, there are still three tributaries, namely the Duma River, the Songjia River and the Laozhaoniu River. In order to delay the time for Gongsun Zhan to attack Wei County, Li Jing relied on these four rivers and set up a defensive formation in the shape of "Pin" within a range of thirty miles.

Li Jing ordered Xu Huang and Chen to garrison at Maqihe, Li Xin to garrison at Dumahe, Bian Xi and Han Qiongtun, the captain of Bohai County, to garrison at Lao Zhaoniuhe, and personally led the army to garrison at Songjiahe. More than 20,000 troops completed the entire defense deployment on the third day.

Under the command of Jia Xu, the Bingcao battalion organized 150,000 horsemen to transport grain, grass and baggage from Handan and Yecheng to the Panhe River day and night. On the avenue of more than 600 miles, the flow of people is like a shuttle, and the cars and horses are like clouds.

On the same day, the rebellious general Gongsun Zan led an army of 100,000 troops into the east bank of the Mache River. The two sides are tense, and the big war is about to begin.

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Songjiahe, the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Li Jing summoned 16 officers of the Northern Xinjiang Army at or above the rank of lieutenant to gather in the camp to discuss strategies to meet the enemy.

As the military advisor of all the armies in this war specially assigned by Li Yi, Jia Xu played a great role in this.

Jia Xu arranged the offensive and defensive strategies of each department in detail, and finally said: "The story of Gongsun Zhan's defeat of the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army in Dongguang has recently spread among the soldiers. It seems that overnight, he has become the number one warrior in the world. When you go back, tell the soldiers that Gongsun Chan did not kill the Yellow Turban Army, but the displaced people, innocent people. Gongsun Zhan is ambitious, wants to occupy Jizhou, wants to plot the world, he is a rebellious Han and his crime is unforgivable. ”

Xian Yufu hesitated for a moment and said: "Mr. Wenhe, this matter came out of the mouths of the displaced people who fled everywhere, the soldiers don't know much, and they don't believe much, this matter is not to worry, what worries is ......"

"What is it?" Jia Xu immediately asked.

"Is Gongsun Chan a Han rebel?" Xian Yufu frowned and asked, "We said that he was plotting to occupy Jizhou and bring disaster to the world." But so far, he doesn't seem to have done anything other than go south to defeat the Yellow Turbans? If you really want to say that occupying Jizhou and causing disaster to the world, it should be Yuan Shao, not Gongsun Zhan. ”

Jia Xu's face froze and he didn't speak.

Li Jing's eyes widened, and he said to Xian Yufu: "Zibi, what do you mean?" Did you say this, or did those officers from Youzhou under your command say it? ”

Xian Yufu smiled and said, "I'm also confused, I don't understand why things have turned out like this?" We are doing well, why do we suddenly have to go south to help Yuan Shao fight? Gongsun Chan and the lord are brothers, why do we suddenly want to beat him? Why did the lord order us to beat him? Is it to avenge the 300,000 Yellow Turbans? ”

At this time, Xian Yuyin also interjected: "We understand very well that Dong Zhuo is beaten, because Dong Zhuo has held the Son of Heaven and the court hostage and done many things that have caused trouble to the country, and he is indeed a traitor." But what is the reason for beating Gongsun Chan? Why did he suddenly become a big traitor? ”

Jia Xu and Li Jing glanced at each other, and they both felt that the problem was very serious.

"Who else thinks Gongsun Chan shouldn't be beaten?" Jia Xu asked.

Yan Rou, Tian Chou and the others laughed, and Yan Rou said, "What do you want to do?" Wherever the lord tells us to fight, we will fight. ”

Tian Yu also said: "Doesn't the imperial court have a holy decree? The court said that Gongsun Chan was a big traitor, so it would never be wrong. We are in a humble position, and we cannot know many things in the court. If we know everything clearly, then we are not also important ministers of the court. ”

"And me." Xu Huang slowly stood up in the laughter of everyone, "Now that the society is in danger and lives are in ruins, the imperial court should try its best to quell the civil strife, please Dong Qinwang, and revive the power of my Han Tianwei, instead of taking the initiative to provoke a war, let my Han fall into the abyss of overturning, and let my Han Zuo be in danger of extinction." ”

There was silence in the tent for a moment. Xu Huang's words sounded dissatisfied with the imperial court, but the implication was to accuse Li Yi.

Li Jing's face sank, he slapped the case suddenly, stood up and shouted: "Gongming, you are openly resisting the decree!" Are you worthy of your lord's trust in you? ”

Jia Xu grabbed the excited Li Jing and whispered, "Senior Brother Yao, don't forget the lord's instructions. ”

Li Jing gritted his teeth in anger, stared at Xu Huang with his eyes, and swallowed back the ugly words behind him.

"Komeito, sit down too." Jia Xu beckoned to him, "It's complicated here. ”

Jia Xu walked back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, hesitating. Can you say anything about the DPRK? Needless to say, it will be very dangerous to continue this battle.

"Senior Brother Yao, ...... you look" Jia Xu walked up to Li Jing and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to explain?" ”

Li Jing shook his head, many things involved the major decisions of the imperial court, and once the secret was leaked, no matter which side of Jizhou and Luoyang went wrong, the losses were very amazing, and the harm to Northern Xinjiang and Sheji was obvious.

"It's too complicated to explain. No matter how we explain it, in the end, it will involve national politics, and we cannot bear this responsibility. Li Jing glanced at everyone and said solemnly, "You follow the lord to fight the world, you should know very well in your hearts who the lord is." What is Gongsun Chan? Can he be compared to the lord? Do you believe in the lord or in the grandson? ”

Li Jing pointed at Xu Huang and asked loudly, "Let me ask you, who do you believe?" You don't believe in the court, you don't believe in the holy decree, you can, I understand, but you can't not believe in the lord. ”

Xu Huang stood up abruptly and said loudly, "Gongsun Chan is really nothing? His army of 100,000 is nothing? The general wants me to kill the Horse Cheek River now, and I will never frown, but compared with the lord and the big man, which is more important? If the lord wants to cause trouble in the community, will we also follow him to overthrow the big man? ”

"You ......" Li Jing smoked in seven senses, and he didn't know what to say.

"Komeito said it well." Xian Yufu raised his hand and said, "On the opposite side is an army of 100,000, this is a battle to the death." We can die, we can die for the lord, we can die for the Han, but we must die with the understanding that we don't want to die, and we will be accused of being a traitor. ”

"Zibi, what's wrong with you today?" Jia Xu held down Li Jing, who was about to rise, and shook his hand at him again and again with his back to the generals. At the same time, Jia Xu also secretly admired the foresight of the lord in his heart. It was precisely because he was worried that the generals would not be convinced, so he sent himself here. Now it seems that this worry of the lord is not superfluous.

Jia Xu thought about it for a long time, and resolutely said: "Let's talk about it briefly, we have to explain." Tomorrow, the frustration of the Jizhou Mansion and the minutes will come, if something happens......"

"Talk about military affairs, don't talk about political affairs." Li Jing nodded helplessly.

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The number of patrols around the tent has increased several times, layer upon layer.

A huge map was spread out inside the big tent, and Jia Xu stood on the map, explaining in detail the specific strategies of the Northern Xinjiang Army to fight on two fronts in the next few months.

Jia Xu said: "According to the results of the discussion of the lord and the military advisors, the battlefield centered on Luoyang is a bait, the purpose is to contain the forces of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and various prefectures and counties, and its ultimate goal is only one, that is, to raise enough food and grass for the army. ”

"The Northern Xinjiang army needs so much grain and grass just to fight Jizhou. This time, the lord used more than 100,000 troops in the two battlefields, and there were 100,000 troops on the Jizhou battlefield alone. Although Jizhou, Jing and Henan promised to provide us with grain and grass, the amount was not large. Because they didn't know that the lord had already requisitioned tens of thousands of cavalry troops from outside the Saiwai and went south. ”

"In addition, our relationship with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and other prefectures and counties will break down at any time, and if they suddenly cut off the supply of food and grass for the army, our attempt to capture Jizhou may fail, and all the achievements we have made will be wasted. Therefore, northern Xinjiang needs sufficient grain and grass reserves, and needs enough to supply more than 100,000 troops for half a year. ”

Although Jia Xu tried his best to talk about military affairs, through complex military planning, what the purpose of the imperial court was also about to come out. The imperial court put the foundation of the revitalization of Sheji in Hebei.

The imperial court now has northern Xinjiang, and if Jizhou is conquered again, then the north of the Yellow River will be in the palm of your hand.

However, the problem then came, if you want to conquer Jizhou, you must turn against Gongsun Zhan, because Gongsun Zhan's territory is now in Jizhou. If you don't fight with Gongsun Zhan, how can you defeat Jizhou? What's more, the previous occupation of Changshan Kingdom and Zhongshan Kingdom was actually already torn with Gongsun Zhan, after all, this Changshan Kingdom and Zhongshan Kingdom were controlled by Gongsun Zhan's people. The Northern Xinjiang Army ran over and grabbed the territory, will Gongsun Chan feel comfortable in his heart?

Moreover, he unified the area north of the Yellow River, and became a neighbor with Youzhou Mu Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was forced to leave the court because of the last imperial turmoil. But because of Liu Yu's status as the "true son of heaven" and Gongsun Zhan's army of more than 100,000 people, Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan have formed a huge threat to the safety of today's son and Sheji.

If Liu Yu doesn't die for a day, this threat will exist for a day, so ......

Jia Xu looked at the generals around him, and then stepped on the Pan River with a heavy foot, and said in a deep voice: "This person will be killed." ”

The generals looked at Jia Xu's foot and were secretly shocked.

Even if Gongsun Zhan didn't have any crimes, didn't lead the army south, and didn't occupy the heart of Jizhou, he would die.

Liu Yu respected the current son and opposed the re-establishment of the imperial system, but because Han Fu, Yuan Shao and other state and county officials used his clan status and some ridiculous words to support him as the emperor, he was pushed into the battle for imperial unity and pushed to a dead end.

In the contemporary era when the Son of Heaven is prevalent, a person who is not the Son of Heaven but has the luck of the "true Son of Heaven" means usurpation and rebellion for the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and this kind of person cannot be left behind under any circumstances.

If Liu Yu is killed for the crime of "rebellion", his protégé and former officials will be purged. So although Liu Yu didn't want to be the emperor, his protégés didn't necessarily think so.

Yuan Shao and the state and county officials of the Dong Alliance strongly advocated the deposition of Dang Jinzi and the rebuilding of the imperial system because they slandered that Dang Jinzi was not from the first emperor, so they were in opposition to Dang Jinzi and the imperial court. If they can't rebuild the imperial system, what awaits them will be the disaster of the Nine Clans, so they will definitely not give up, and they will also look for an opportunity to support Liu Yu as the emperor. (To be continued.) )