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Youzhou, the right Beiping county seat. A battle had just ended, the beacon fire had not yet been extinguished, and there were mountains of corpses inside and outside the city, broken arms and bodies could be seen everywhere, and blood stained the moat.

The city gate was broken, the city was in shambles, the horses neighed, the wounded soldiers mourned, the people were crying bitterly, and the people were struggling to survive.

Not far away, at the gap in the city wall, dozens of people helped the old and the young to step over the ruined walls, carrying large and small burdens and fleeing the city in a hurry. There are not a few situations like this, and the same scene is being staged under the walls of the entire Youbeiping City, and the soldiers in the city are in a hurry to turn a blind eye to this, and the soldiers and civilians do their own things without interfering with each other.

Two hundred steps away is the city gate, at this moment there are no soldiers guarding the city gate, but the people do not dare to go to the city gate, can only climb over the wall, drill holes, extremely nostalgic to leave the place where their ancestors have lived for generations, step by step and slowly disappear into the sunset, the back is getting longer and longer, and going farther and farther.

It's a battle without a winner. The city was breached, but the army of the besieging side was crippled by the defenders, and then thousands of war horses suddenly rushed out of the city, defeated the rebels besieging the city in one fell swoop, and chased them dozens of miles away. So the city was breached, but it was not lost, and it was still in the hands of the defenders; Although the rebels on the besieging side destroyed the county town of Youbeiping, they found nothing, and finally scattered and fled, rushing for their lives. However, after breaking the rebels, the defenders took the initiative to abandon the city and retreat, causing more than 20,000 people in the city to lose their support. I had to hurriedly pack my bags, help the old and the young, leave my hometown, and embark on the road of escape.

This is an extremely puzzling thing. Why did you abandon the city and withdraw your troops when you had defeated the enemy?

Such a stupid act is not done by a wise man. Even though the city was dilapidated and could not be repaired in a short time, it had no danger to defend and had to be abandoned; Then it is necessary to arrange for the transfer of the people first, and then calmly and slowly withdraw the troops. This is the best way to go. The same is true of all commanders and generals; If anyone doesn't even understand such a simple truth, he will be a general in vain, which is chilling.

However, the facts are in front of us. It really happened. And the person who did such a stupid thing was not an unknown person, nor a newborn calf who led the army for the first time, but the world-famous white horse general Gongsun Zhan.

This is really what Gongsun Chan did, and this is not the first time. He'd done that three times before. This chilled the soldiers under his command. What the people of Li despise has long been commonplace for Gongsun Zhan nowadays, and it has been tried and tested for more than a year.

This can't help but make people wonder that the white horse general Gongsun Chan is a famous border general of the Han Dynasty. As early as when Emperor Ling was alive, Gongsun Zhan was known for his courage in battle and toughness to the outside world, and he defeated the Wuhuan barbarians several times, killing many barbarians on the border of Youzhou. As a result, it became famous all over the world and widely known. Praised by the world. But at present, this kind of evil thing that has no mercy and treats the people as mustard, is it really Gongsun Zhan's doing?

People are subject to change, and this simple truth is well known. But many times we will subconsciously choose not to believe in it and deliberately ignore it, because we don't like people and things that are too fickle, and we are not willing to accept the fact that it has changed for the better, and we would rather keep the good side in our hearts and ignore the bad side of it. Human nature is good, the way of heaven dictates, we conform to the way of heaven, advocating beautiful people and things, hoping that a beautiful moment will become eternal and never fade.

However, the fact is often not transferred by people's subjective consciousness, and things that do not follow people's wishes happen from time to time, and it is not uncommon. Youzhou Gongsun Chan is exactly like this.

Gongsun Zhan was born in a family of Gongsun in Liaodong, because he was a concubine, he was not liked by his elders, which prompted him to have a perverse personality since he was a child, bold and violent, brave and strong. When he was young, he once fought for his old friend, risked his own life, and put life and death out of the way, for which he won the respect of his neighbors. After joining the army, he fought bravely, and every time he was in battle, he was the first soldier, brave and unusual, for which he won the heartfelt support of the soldiers under his tent and swore to follow him. During the period of guarding the border pass of Youzhou, he led the soldiers under his account to fight alone countless times, repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and turned the tide several times, so as to rise to the top, and became a famous general in the border before he was established, and controlled the army of the border in Youzhou, and held great power.

But this changed when he led his army into the Youzhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion and personally killed the Prefecture Pastor Liu Yu. Youzhou Mu Liu Yu advocated external pacification, educating the barbarians, and making them subordinate to the Han Dynasty, and it was not appropriate to use swords and soldiers in vain, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties. Gongsun Zhan, on the other hand, has always advocated being tough on the outside world and never compromised, but those who dare to enter the territory will be resolutely exterminated, although they will be punished far away. As a result, the foreign policies of these two Youzhou military and political chiefs were diametrically opposed, incompatible, and could not be compromised at all.

Therefore, Liu Yu tried to depose Gongsun Zhan's military power, so as to realize his political ambitions, govern with leniency and benevolence, and educate all parties. And Gongsun Chan is not a good person, and he will definitely not let others slaughter him. So after Gongsun Zhan learned that Liu Yu had made up his mind to relieve his military power, he first attacked the state pastor and captured Liu Yu in one fell swoop, and then led the Youzhou pastor himself and stood on his own.

Gongsun Zhan, who led the Youzhou pastor, had a sharp rise in his desire for power, and sent Liu Yu's head to Chang'an, and did not hesitate to befriend Li Li at any cost, hoping that the imperial court would allow him to control the military and political power in the four prefectures of Qingzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou and Youzhou; For this reason, he arbitrarily appointed Shan Jing as the pastor of Yanzhou, Yan Gang as the pastor of Jizhou, and Tian Kai as the pastor of Qingzhou. It's a pity that he never expected that Liu Yu's head was robbed halfway, and then the rebels led by Sima Yanrou in Youzhou counterattacked, and successively contacted Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin, Xian Yufu and other generals to rebel, and then led the civil strife in Youzhou.

At the same time, Gongsun Zhan's dream of moderating the four states was also shattered. Fortunately, since then, he has reached a consensus with Xiliang Li Li and formed an alliance, and since then they have been very close, and the two places have traded, exchanged information and took care of each other. However, during the Sili War, Gongsun Zhan only sent some war horses and grain and grass rights as subsidies on the grounds of frequent rebellions in the territory and instability in the rear, and did not send troops to aid Li Li. The battle lasted for nearly a year, and after Gongsun Zhan led the army to defeat Yan Rou, Xian Yufu and other rebels, he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. Becoming more and more arrogant, arrogant and lascivious, and over time becoming more and more arrogant and violent. His temperament has changed greatly, he has forgotten his mistakes, he does not care for the people, and he will repay him. This move made the soldiers under his command extremely chilled, if it were not for the difficulty of leaving their homeland, I was afraid that many soldiers would abandon him and join other princes.

After Yuan Shao's fiasco in Sili. Gongsun Zhan took advantage of the situation to attack Jizhou, snatching Bohai County, Zhongshan Kingdom and most of the counties of Qingzhou, and his strength soared. This saved him a lot of hearts. After all, after winning the battle, many soldiers will instinctively choose to forget some unpleasant things, so as to return to Gongsun Zhan's command.

However, the good times did not last long, and Yuan Shao actively raised food and salary after returning to Jizhou. Mobilize a large army again to counterattack Gongsun Zhan. At this time, Gongsun Chan was content to enjoy himself in the mansion. The front-line battle was handed over to the command of the generals under his command, so the Jizhou army was like a bamboo, and the Youzhou army took the opportunity to retreat in one go, so that the previous county and county cities fell one after another and returned them to Yuan Shao. At this point, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao once again returned to the previous confrontation situation, exactly like before the Sili War.

The only difference is that Gongsun Chan is no longer the Gongsun Chan of the past. His bloodiness was rapidly fading. Brave is no more, and it will not be easy to take risks. Charging into battle and the like is no longer with him. In addition, he was arrogant and lascivious, content with pleasure, and allowed the rebels such as Yan Rou and Qi Zhou to grow bigger day by day without exterminating them, drunk and dreaming all day long, and drove a group of cronies away from him, and sent them to garrison the city, but left flattering villains by his side, such as Shi Guanjing, the governor of Youzhou.

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Now, three years have passed since the Sili War.

Yuan Shao of Jizhou not only restored the strength of the past, but also grabbed the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials a year ago, built the capital Yecheng, and then coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, the treasury was increasingly full, the soldiers and horses were increasing day by day, and the strength was better than in the past. Last year, Yuan Shao mobilized a large army to attack Youzhou, but the result was a false shot and hastily withdrawn; Even so, Gongsun Chan was scared into a cold sweat and was frightened for a while.

Winter went to spring, and now Yuan Shao made a comeback and mobilized 200,000 troops to attack Youzhou, forcing Gongsun Zan to cheer up and go all out. Unexpectedly, after Yuan Shao's army arrived at the border, he suddenly stood still, and then Gongsun Zan knew that it was the general Li Li who called on the princes of all towns to enter Yecheng to meet the Son of Heaven, so that Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng halfway, and the Jizhou army also stopped.

Just when Gongsun Chan breathed a deep sigh of relief, Yan Rou, Qi Zhou and other rebels entrenched in the barbarian grassland suddenly attacked the rear of Youzhou, which caught Gongsun Chan off guard and lost the city and land one after another. As a last resort, Gongsun Zhan had no choice but to personally lead a large army to quell the rebellion, and fought fiercely with the rebels composed of Yan Rou and a part of the Wuhuan light cavalry, fighting very hard, and every battle was a bloody battle, which was extremely tragic.

Until this morning, Gongsun Chan finally commanded the army to defeat the rebels, but the county town of Beiping was also broken by the rebels, the city was damaged, and the casualties of soldiers and horses were extremely heavy. It can be said that killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 self-losses, the gains outweigh the losses.

After the war, Gongsun Zhan decisively ordered the abandonment of the county and led the army to withdraw from the city, so he obeyed the construction of Changshi Guan Jing and retreated to Yijing.

This is the origin of the tragic situation of Youbeiping City, the people have lost the protection of the army, naturally do not dare to stay in the city, can only carry their bags, help the old and the young to go away. But there are not many places they can go, the Wuhuan grassland in the north, and the road to Jizhou in the south is also impassable due to the battle of Jiyou, and the only place to go is to go all the way west to Bingzhou.

On the way to retreat to Yijing, Gongsun Zhan was anxious and repeatedly asked Guan Jingxi when the Liang army would be able to rush to help. Just as Guan Jing patted his chest sharply and assured that the reinforcements would be felt within a month, Gongsun Zhan's cronies Yan Gang suddenly interjected: "The Xiliang Army is a well-known tiger and wolf division in the world, and the lord asked Xiliang Li Li for help this time, and the last general was worried that this move was easy to ask God to send God, which was tantamount to giving Youzhou to Li Li!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Guan Jing's face turned pale, and he glared at Yan Gang with resentment, if his eyes could kill, Yan Gang had been dismantled by him. In fact, the question raised by Yan Gang is a cliché, and it has been discussed many times before, but there has been no result. The reason why Gongsun Chan did not ask Li Li for help was because of this concern. But at present, Gongsun Zan was overwhelmed by Yuan Shao's army and Yan Rou's rebels, and had no choice but to ask Li Li for help.

Hearing Yan Gang's old story mentioned again, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but be upset and irritable. Then he said angrily: "I'd rather give Youzhou to Li Li than let Jizhou Yuan Shao take advantage of it!" I have made up my mind, if you say more, don't blame General Ben for not being emotional! ”

"No!" Yan Gang, Guan Jing and more than a dozen generals accompanying him responded in unison.

Although he promised in his mouth, Yan Gang sighed secretly in his heart, and secretly said: "How can Xiliang Li Li be a good person?" Over the years, who has ever seen him lead his troops to return empty-handed? He is a fierce and incomparable Xiliang tiger, and my Youzhou is a lamb to be slaughtered in front of him. ”

In addition to sighing, Yan Gang also knew that Youzhou had reached a critical juncture of life and death, although there were many princes in the world, there were not many princes who could save Youzhou and were willing to save Gongsun Zhan, and the only prince with this strength was Xiliang Li Li, and there was no other choice.

―――――― (Note: Partridge, a kind of bird with a sluggish and mournful voice, is mostly played with sheng and flute, and its voice is low and mournful. This chapter specifically refers to the people's difficulties in making ends meet, and there are many complaints. ―――――――――――― to be continued (to be continued......)