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The state and county officials had their own thoughts, some happy, some angry, some sad. Everyone followed Zhang Miao and said goodbye one after another.

Zhu Jun and Zhang Wen tried their best to keep it. Things haven't been completely figured out yet, how can they be broken up in a hurry? Where is your loyalty to the Great Han? Could it be that in your hearts the great man has been overthrown?

Yang Biao was filled with grief and indignation, pointing in the direction of Gaozu and Shizu Temple, and shouted loudly: "You can leave if you want to." Before leaving Luoyang, please go to worship Gaozu and Shizu, and then pat your conscience, who are you worthy of? ”

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In early August, Zhou Qian, the assassin of Yangzhou, Yuan Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang, Jilian of Pengcheng, and Yuan Zhong, the minister of Rencheng, led the soldiers and horses of the county to Yuzhou one after another. Under the mediation of Zhou Qian, the assassin of Yangzhou, and Cheng Jing, the minister of Liang Guo, Xu Jing shook hands with Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, and then everyone joined forces to elect Zhou Qian as the commander of the army, and led 40,000 troops to rush to Yingchuan Yangzhai City.

After a series of fierce battles between Zhang Fei and Xun You's 15,000 troops, they suffered heavy losses, especially in the battle against Sun Jian, where the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, of which nearly 2,000 were killed. Now the two armies together are only more than 10,000 people, and they cannot compete with the state and county coalition forces in terms of strength.

Zhang Fei was very anxious and wanted to send someone to ask Li Yi for help.

Xun You smiled: "A bunch of rabble, it's not worth mentioning. If I write a few letters, I can scatter these people. ”

Xun You immediately wrote to Zhou Qian, the assassin of Yangzhou, to clarify the misunderstanding, and said: "There were two armies that attacked Zhou Ang and Xu Jing that night, first Qiao Rui and then Sun Jian, which had nothing to do with our Northern Xinjiang Army. If Zhou Envoy Jun doesn't believe it, he can ask Xu Jing. In my opinion, Zhou Yuanjun was taken advantage of. If Zhou Yuanjun gave away his life in a daze, who would the wealthy Yangzhou give away? ”

Xun You wrote another letter to Xu Jing, and said in his heart: "That night, Zhou Ang and Qiao Rui made an appointment to attack you, and later Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, beat you again. I suggest that you go back to Chen as soon as possible to recruit soldiers and horses, and drive the Yellow Turban Army to Runan, otherwise you will die without a place to be buried. ”

Xun You also wrote a letter to Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, and said: "Xu Yuanjun used to support Yuan Shu as the head of the Yuan Valve family, and now he is helping Yuan Shao to seize Yuzhou, you are swaying left and right to please both sides, you will be despised by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and in the future, no matter who his brother occupies Yuzhou, he will drive you out of Yuan Valve." Xu Yuanjun should think carefully about his situation, and don't be killed by someone who doesn't know who killed him. Now that the Yellow Turban Army is driving in, if Runan is robbed, Xu Yuanjun is afraid that he will die faster. ”

Xun You wrote to Yuan Shu again, saying: "If we withdraw from Yangzhai now and let Yuan Shao occupy Yuzhou, what kind of situation will the general face? First of all, the general, the head of the Yuan family, will definitely not be able to do it, and secondly, Nanyang will immediately become Yuan Shao's bag, and the general will either wag his tail and beg to be Yuan Shao's loyal servant, or flee in panic like a lost dog. The general's only plan now is to join forces with us immediately. In this way, the general can not only keep half of Yuzhou and continue to be the head of the Yuan Dynasty, but also concentrate on defeating Liu Biao and occupying Jingzhou, so as to ensure that he has no worries about advancing and retreating. ”

Xun You wrote a letter to Pengcheng Xiang Jilian, saying: "Last year, the Northern Xinjiang Army rushed to Xuzhou to help you defeat the Yellow Turban Army. My father-in-law is from Youzhou, and his father-in-law Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian Tao Gongzu has a lot of origins, and the friendship is extraordinary. With Tao Gongzu's person, he ordered you to lead the army to Yuzhou, which should be to attack the Yellow Turban Army, not the Northern Xinjiang Army. Now that the envoy has violated Tao Gongzu's order and led the army to besiege the Northern Xinjiang Army without authorization, how will you explain to Tao Gongzu after you return to Xuzhou in the future? ”

Xun You wrote a letter to Yuan Zhong, the Taishou of Shanyang and the minister of Rencheng, saying: "Yuzhou is where the foundation of Yuan is located, but due to the wall of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's brothers, his strength has been greatly reduced. Today, Yuan Shao fought fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao were entangled, and the main armies of the two had no time to take care of Yuzhou. If my Northern Xinjiang Army takes this opportunity to help Xu Valve occupy Yuzhou, how will you Yuan Valve gain a foothold? Don't forget, my lord and the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army are in Hongnong County, Gyeonggi, as long as I hold on for ten days and a half and wait for reinforcements, you will definitely be defeated and flee. You can escape, but Yuan Valve will definitely be uprooted by me, please think twice. ”

In mid-August, Chen Guo's prime minister Xu Jing and Liang's minister Cheng Jing took the lead in withdrawing from the coalition army and rapidly marched south on the grounds that the Yellow Turban Army He Yi led the army to attack Liang and Chen. Peng Cheng Xiang Jilian immediately followed them on the pretext of going south to help each other.

When Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, heard that the Yellow Turban Army had already hit Chen Guo and was about to arrive in Runan, he was immediately anxious, hurriedly said goodbye to Zhou Qian and Yuan, and left.

Zhou Qian discussed it with Yuan Yi and the others, and felt that it was too risky to attack Yang Zhai now. The hussar general was in Gyeonggi, and the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army was also in Gyeonggi, and once the hussar general was angered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Yuan Yi said: "Sun Jian's Changsha army went all the way north to fight against King Dong Qin, which was very powerful and beat Dong Zhuo away. But this time he was defeated by Zhang Fei and the whole army was wiped out. We do not have an absolute certainty of victory, and we cannot engage the Northern Frontier Army. ”

Just when they were losing ground, Yuan Shao sent an urgent letter, don't fight, immediately deploy troops in Yingyin, and form a confrontation situation with the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Zhou Qian, Yuan Yi and the others let out a long breath.

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In early August, the captured general Yue Fei led his army across the Yellow River and prepared to go south to Yuzhou.

In early August, the hussar general Li Yi received documents from Li Jing and the imperial court, knowing that Yuan Shao had occupied Jizhou. He discussed with Yue Fei and the strategists for a long time, and felt that the situation in Jizhou was unpredictable, and it was really difficult to predict the development of the future situation, and it was becoming more and more difficult to seize Jizhou.

Li Yi said: "If northern Xinjiang wants to survive the crisis and develop, it must occupy one of the three places of Jizhou, Guandong and Guanzhong. When I was first assigned to Northern Xinjiang, he told me about this and gave me an analysis. Later, Lu Zhi said the same thing. Both Lu Zhi and the imperial court suggested occupying the Kanto region, and our opinion was to occupy Jizhou, but now it seems that the difficulty of occupying Jizhou is too great, and it has far exceeded our previous expectations. You see, should we change our strategy and occupy the Kanto region first? ”

"Does the lord mean to give up Jizhou?" Xu Maogong frowned and said worriedly, "But to occupy the eastern part of the country, we will have to bear the siege of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and the forces of various prefectures and counties, and the situation will be even more sinister." ”

"Judging from the current situation in northern Xinjiang, although we have obtained the four counties of Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhao and Julu in the northwest of Jizhou, there will be a great increase in grain after the autumn harvest, but at most we can only ensure the normal needs of 50,000 troops. If there is to be a war, food is far from enough. This year, there are more than 100,000 victims in Hedong, and if there are more disasters in the second half of the year or in winter, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in Kanto. ”

"However, if we don't take the eastern part of the country, we won't be able to control Yuzhou, and we won't be able to buy grain in the southern part of Yuzhou and Jingzhou or the Jiujiang and Lujiang areas in Yangzhou." Li Yi said, "Without enough food, we can neither gain a foothold in the Kanto region nor attack Jizhou." ”

Since this year's rise of the heroes, the war has spread all over the Han Dynasty, and the business of the Li family chamber of commerce has been greatly hindered, and now, Li Yi has suspended the operation of doing business in the area south of the Yellow River, and only has business contacts with Xuzhou by sea.

With the silence of the Li Chamber of Commerce, if they want to bring grain from the south to northern Xinjiang, in addition to being transported by sea from Xuzhou, it is through the channel of Henan Yin, which is controlled by northern Xinjiang.

Li Yi looked at the silent crowd and suddenly asked, "Look, can we join forces with Gongsun Zhan?" After all, we've been friends for many years......"

Liu Bowen shook his hand and said, "Lord, I think this is basically impossible. First, now because Zhongshan Kingdom and Changshan Kingdom have been taken by us, we have fallen out with Gongsun Zhan, although we have not yet turned their faces on the surface, but the previous good relationship will definitely not exist. Second, we can think of this, and Yuan Shao can also think of it. Without the help of Gongsun Zan this time, how could Yuan Shao easily take Jizhou? Gongsun Chan never does anything that suffers losses. This time, he helped Yuan Shao to seize Jizhou, and Yuan Shao must give him a rich reward. And in order to keep Jizhou, Yuan Shao will definitely tie Jizhou and Gongsun Chan tightly together, so in the future, there will be a fierce conflict between us and Gongsun Chan over Jizhou's money and grain taxes. ”

Guo Jia also said: "If this incident of Taifu hadn't happened, if we could have predicted that Gongsun Chan might go south earlier, and if we had kept in close contact with him, perhaps, after he arrived in Jizhou, we could have persuaded him to help us take Jizhou." But because of our negligence, or rather......"

He looked at Li Yi and said with a wry smile: "Or because we have not been determined and acted to take Jizhou for a long time, we have lost this opportunity and lost a best friend." ”

Li Yi smiled bitterly, and still asked with some reluctance: "Is there really no chance at all?" ”

"My lord, in fact, you yourself know this answer. At the beginning, you didn't send someone to contact Gongsun Zhan, but directly sent troops to occupy the four counties including Zhongshan Kingdom, obviously you didn't have the confidence to convince him. Gongsun Zhan's temper you know, he is a person who gets along with you, and he can give you his head. But once he turns his face with you, he swears to kill you to the death, skin you and cramp. Yue Fei sighed, "This time we turned against him, not for personal grudges, but for our own survival." Northern Xinjiang needs to survive, and he needs to survive. The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang need to eat, and his soldiers also need to eat. Therefore, between us and Gongsun Zhan, sooner or later we will have to turn our faces, but it is better to turn our faces now than to turn our faces in the future. ”

Li Yi was speechless. (To be continued.) )