During Kong Ling's serious illness, considering that he needed to rely on the contribution of the Northern Xinjiang Army to discuss Dong, he assigned Xun You to lead Yingchuan County on his behalf, and was responsible for handling all affairs in Yuzhou and raising grain and grass for the army.

After Zhang Fei entered the pass, he transferred all the 8,000 men and horses he led to Xun You, so that Yang Zhai had 8,000 soldiers and horses, and it was also an elite army in northern Xinjiang that had been in battle for a long time. Xun You has a heavy army in his hand and is bold. He sent someone to tell Xu Jing, don't come, Kong Envoy Jun said before his death, Yuzhou affairs will be handled by me for the time being. After the eldest princess and the court return to Luoyang, I will leave Yuzhou, and you will come to lead Yuzhou again.

Xu Jing was angry at the time, and said in his heart, you are a milky little hairy child, how old are you? You don't even have hair on your mouth, so you dare to talk to me like this? During his serious illness, Kong asked you to act as an agent for the affairs of Yuzhou, not because of how capable you are, but because of the power of the hussar general. You're that green onion, huh?

"Call me ......" Xu Jing was furious, and led the army to kill under Yangcui City.

Of course, Xun You will not fight him, Xun You's purpose is very simple, that is, to drag this matter until the eldest princess and the imperial court enter Beijing, and then the imperial court will send a trustworthy minister to be the pastor of Yuzhou. If Yuzhou is occupied now, it will be difficult for the imperial court to control Yuzhou in the future.

Yang Zhai City is now Xun You, outside the city is Xu Jing, as well as Yuan Shu's subordinate Qiao Rui and Gongsun Yue, who helped Yuan Shu to rob Yuzhou, Yuan Shao's Yuzhou assassin Zhou Ang is on the way, and will arrive soon. Now if Sun Jian goes again, it will be the five forces fighting for Yuzhou. Yuzhou not only has to fight, but it is still a battle that is getting bigger and bigger.

Mu Shun finally said: "If General Sun wants to go to Yuzhou to borrow money and grain, the timing is not good now, I am afraid that I will ......."

Sun Jian sighed: "Everyone raised troops to please King Dong Qin, and they all wanted to save Sheji, why did they kill each other?" Now that Dong Zhuo's defeat is imminent, King Qin is about to succeed, we don't work together, but we meet each other for our own selfishness, how can Sheji not die? ”

He patted Mu Shun on the shoulder and said gratefully, "Thank you." When you tell me this, do you want me to immediately lead my troops south to help Xun You? ”

Mu Shun's old face flushed, and he smirked a few times in embarrassment. He did have this intention, so he took the trouble to say a lot. In fact, if Mu Shun knew that Sun Jian was also here for Yuzhou, he was afraid that he would be killed, and he would not have said it.

Sun Jian said with a smile: "The general has your loyal subordinates, why worry about the society and the world?" Okay, I'll go south to Yangzhai. ”

"Go, brothers, go, go home......"

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Beginning in mid-April, the Northern Xinjiang Army set up 20 stone throwers under Tongguan and threw stones at the pass every day. The soldiers of the army camped under the pass and did not move, and did not start a battle to seize the pass.

At the same time, the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Pubanjin stopped the attack on crossing the river, and Yue Fei led his troops to the banks of the Yellow River.

In late April, Dong Zhuo wanted to test Li Yi's thoughts, so he assigned Guanglu doctor Gai Xun to Tongguan with the holy decree, and scolded Li Yi with the false order of the Son of Heaven, and then told him to retreat back to the north and honestly guard the border.

Li Yi received the holy decree, and then wrote a letter to the Son of Heaven, saying that the minister would not hesitate to break his bones and save the Son of Heaven. I also wrote a letter to Dong Zhuo, saying that I have no way to retreat this time, and I will fight Guanzhong no matter what. I would be grateful if you returned to Western Xinjiang as soon as possible.

Dong Zhuo replied, in the first battle of Luoyang, three of my brothers died at the hands of the Northern Xinjiang Army, this revenge will not be avenged, I will not turn a blind eye, and I look forward to a decisive battle with you under the city of Chang'an.

After Li Yi received the letter, he immediately ordered Xu Da and Zhang He to lead their troops across the river and return to Hedong.

Xu Da asked: "Is it too early to withdraw the army at this time?" ”

Li Yi shook his head and sighed, and said helplessly: "People are not as good as heaven, Jizhou has changed." ”

He handed Mu Guiying's letter to Zhang He, Xu Da and Li Jing, and said: "According to our assumption, after Han Fu and Yuan Shao have infighting, one of them will definitely go. The other one, under the pressure of the Yellow Turban Army, will definitely ask us for help, so that we can enter Jizhou justifiably, who knows......"

"Gongsun Chan went south and entered Jizhou." Xu Da said in surprise, "Han Fu has 20,000 to 30,000 troops in his hands, it stands to reason that he can completely kill Yuan Shao, why did he ask Taifu for help instead?" Could it be that his subordinates betrayed him and took refuge in Yuan Shao? ”

"Han Fu is really a wreck." Zhang He said angrily, "He is the pastor of Jizhou, and he has food and army, so with such a strong strength, he can't even fight Yuan Shao, it's really strange." Does this person seem honest? ”

"It's not that Han Fu is honest and loyal, but that Yuan Valve's power is too huge, far beyond our expectations." Li Yi shook his hand and said, "We completely misestimated the situation in Jizhou. ”

"Our first problem now is that the army's food supply is in danger of being cut off at any time. Due to Han Fu's problem, the Jizhou army could not resist the attack of the Yellow Turban Army, and the Yellow Turban Army may enter Jizhou ahead of schedule. As a result, the southern counties of Jizhou will soon be sacked by the Yellow Turban Army, and the displaced people will flock north. ”

Because of this, Han Fu urgently asked Taifu for help, and Gongsun Chan also led an army of 30,000 to the south this month. 10,000 of Gongsun Zhan's 30,000 troops are iron cavalry, plus 20,000 foot soldiers, Jizhou supplies him more food than us, that is to say, Han Fu will definitely not be able to support it for a few days. On the two sides, of course, he will cut off our food supply. Secondly, if Gongsun Chan goes south, we will have no excuse to enter Jizhou, which is the most serious problem. ”

"If Jizhou cuts off the food and salary given to us, we will not be able to solve the problem even if we partially withdraw our troops. Hongnong County must keep troops stationed here, and if you want to keep the army, you must have food. Xu Da asked, "I don't know what the situation is in Yuzhou and Jingzhou?" Can I buy food? ”

"It's even worse over there." Li Yi smiled bitterly, "We have money, but food is not necessarily, because there is a fight over there." ”

Li Yi briefly talked about what happened in Jingzhou and Yuzhou, and then said: "The top priority is to protect northern Xinjiang first. Your three armies are hurrying north. Go to Hanoi and take Hanoi for me. And be ready to enter Wei County at any time. ”

Zhang He nodded solemnly.

"Tiande, you immediately stationed in Changshan, and let Yuangu immediately enter Handan. Han Fu, the Jizhou pastor, can't keep his own territory, so let's help him keep it. ”

Xu Da looked at Li Yi and asked, "Lord, is this a little inappropriate?" We have always had a good relationship with Gongsun Zhan, and Changshan is his territory......"

"What counts as his territory? He is just the prime minister of Hejian State, when did Changshan Country be considered under his rule? Did the imperial court admit it? Did the eldest princess admit it? Did I admit it? Li Yi said very dissatisfied, "No, except for Gongsun Zan himself, no one admits that Changshan Country is his territory!" I am a general, in charge of the Han army, I want to deploy the army there, who else can approve it? ”

"Taifu is too much, such a big matter, he even made his own decisions without honoring the court. There is also Gongsun Zhan, 30,000 troops went south to Jizhou, and he didn't even say hello. What's even more infuriating is Han Fu, he is in charge of the authority of the court, he doesn't understand the rules at all, and he doesn't even go to the court to ask for help. In addition to themselves in their eyes, in addition to their own states and counties, where is the eldest princess? And the imperial court? And me, the hussar general? ”

Li Yi slapped his palm on the desk and said murderously: "I only have one purpose, and that is to take Jizhou as soon as possible." As long as you take Jizhou, you can do whatever you want, don't worry too much. Something happened, we still have the eldest princess behind us, the imperial court, and hundreds of thousands of troops in northern Xinjiang, what are you afraid of? ”

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In early May, Hongnong County.

Zhang Wen, Ding Gong, and Yang Biao crossed the Yellow River with dozens of Peng dependents under the protection of 300 tiger guards. The group stopped for a moment at the hussar general's camp.

Li Yi recounted to them in detail the recent events in Gyeonggi and Jing and Henan. Although Zhang Wen and others had already seen Li Yi's recital when they were in Quanzhou, they couldn't help but feel anxious when they heard Li Yi's story at this time, and they lost their confidence in the prospect of revitalizing the community.

According to the original strategy set by the imperial court, after occupying the land of Gyeonggi, he immediately threatened Jing and Henan with force. If the officials of the two states refused to comply with all the orders of the imperial court, that is, refused to pay taxes to the imperial court, they were immediately attacked.

But Li Yi was unwilling, Li Yi wanted to appease the officials of Jing and Henan, stabilize the situation in Gyeonggi first, and then go to Jizhou.

However, both the imperial court and Li Yi miscalculated the situation, and neither the imperial court nor Li Yi expected that the state and county officials in various prefectures and counties would do many jaw-dropping things during the army's attack on Dong Zhuo and after the capture of Gyeonggi.

Now Zhu Jun, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu are all opposed to Li Yi's army entering Luoyang, and Li Yi does not dare to enter Beijing easily without the promise of Yuan Shu and Kong Ling. After all, the imperial court needed taxes, the army needed food, the Gyeonggi refugees who had relocated one after another needed relief, and the autumn crops in the two counties of Gyeonggi also needed their strong assistance. If the two sides are at a stalemate, it will be difficult for the eldest princess and the imperial court to get the support of various states and counties, which will not be beneficial to the imperial court, nor will it be beneficial to the great cause of Li Yi's plot. So Li Yi didn't want to turn his face with Yuan Shu and them for the time being.

Since the Northern Frontier Army could not enter Luoyang, the imperial court was not only faced with the question of whether the established strategy could be implemented, but whether the imperial court could move to Luoyang. Because if the eldest princess and the imperial court lack the support of the strong military force of the northern Xinjiang army, some state and county officials such as Han Fu and Yuan Shao will partially or completely change the revitalization policy set by the imperial court because of many differences in the imperial system after taking power, which is something that a group of old ministers absolutely do not want to see. (To be continued.) )