Peng Chong was proud last year and everything went well. He captured Jixian, an important northern town, and killed Zhu Fu, the governor of Youzhou, Jianhan, and made a frustrated grudge.

The reason why Peng Chong rebelled was a great relationship with Zhu Fu. Zhu Fu was Liu Xiu's confidant. As the governor of Youzhou, he was Peng Chong's immediate superior. Youdao is a strong dragon that cannot suppress local snakes. Peng Chong's roots are very deep in Yuyang, but Zhu Fu is an outsider who is eager to establish his authority, so he had a conflict with Peng Chong, and the two of them were in the same situation.

Zhu Fu kept saying bad things about Peng Chong in front of Liu Xiu, saying that he was dissatisfied and had the ambition to resign. Peng Chong was very afraid and refused to do anything and rebel.

Peng Chong besieged Ji County and could not conquer it until Zhu Fu finished his food and was unable to fight again. The Yuyang soldiers entered Ji County and killed Zhu Fu. Peng Chong was very happy.

When the Youzhou Governor was killed, Liu Xiu was furious and ordered General Jianwei Geng Yan to lead his army to attack. Peng Chong could deal with Zhu Fu, but he was not an opponent when he faced Geng Yan. After several defeats and lost two cities, he retreated to Yuyang himself and sent his cousin's son Peng Zihou to guard Jixian.

Geng Yan swept the surrounding area, and then heavily besieged Ji County. Peng Zihou seized the city and sent people to ask for help from Yuyang.

Peng Chong was determined to send troops to rescue him, but he was afraid of Geng Yan and was afraid of losing again, so he did not dare to act lightly. Yang Taiqing, who had been promoted to Yuyang County Magistrate, said: "Ji County is strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The city's food supply is enough for several months, so the prefect does not have to worry too much."

Han Li, the commander of Yuyang, also said: "You can wait for Geng Yan to attack for a long time and fail to defeat him. The veterans of the teacher are tired and send troops to rescue him. If you attack him with the soldiers of Ji County, you will definitely win."

Peng Chong agreed deeply, so he stopped moving his troops and sent people out of the northern border, detoured westward, and asked for help from the Bingzhou governor Bao Yong.

In fact, the news of Jixian being besieged has long been sent out through the secret channel of the Han Intelligence Bureau.

After Geng Yan besieged the city for more than half a month, Peng Chong sent an envoy to the fortress back, saying that he had encountered the Han army halfway. The Bingzhou Governor Bao Yong had sent troops to Dai County and defeated Dai County Prefect Min Kan. He advanced east soon. He asked the prefect Peng to advance westward at the right time and fight with the Bingzhou Governor Shanggu.

Peng Chong was immediately energetic and felt that his hard life was about to end. In recent years, he had been working hard with the power of a county, but he was really struggling. Now Chang'an has finally marched eastward, and Peng Chong has hope in his heart.

However, he also has his own little plan. Yuyang soldiers are only tens of thousands, and they are not strong enough. They should preserve their strength and should not rush to send troops to fight the enemy in a decisive battle.

Although Yuyang Tuqi is strong, it is absolutely impossible to bully Shanggu, because Shanggu is like Yuyang, and the cavalry is famous all over the world. In terms of strength, Yuyang is stronger, but now there is a Geng Yan in the middle. Geng Yan is the son of Geng Kuang, the prefect of Shangjun. He is the brother of the tiger fighting, father and son fighting, and the two of the Geng family join forces, and it is difficult for Yuyang County to resist.

So Peng Chong was still waiting, but his cousin Peng Zihou couldn't wait. He had been Geng Yan's military command for a month, and the situation was quite tight.

The messenger of the queen said, "Geng Yan is very anxious to attack the city. There are few soldiers in the city and the guards are in a shortage. Please ask the prefect to send out rescue troops as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for Ji County to defend."

Peng Chong said angrily: "That is a strong city that is not short of food, why can't it be kept? Let him stay for another month!"

Han Li, the commander of Yuyang, advised: "Ji County is the gateway to Yuyang. Ji County has lost money and it is difficult for Yuyang to defend. The prefect, the son of the emperor used to serve as a stadium in Handan, which has something to do with the court. If you are forced to do so..."

He stopped when he said this, and Peng Chong was furious: "Will you dare to surrender me to the Han Dynasty?"

Even though he was angry, Peng Chong calmed down and thought, and felt that Han Li was very reasonable. As a member of the Peng family, Peng Zihou was of course in the same mind as Peng Chong, but he had been besieged for so long. If he was forced to do something, he could not hold on.

After all, the son is just his cousin, not even his nephew. Peng Chong looked at his son Peng Wu, the thirteen-year-old boy, couldn't help but sigh and said to himself: "The Geng family's father and son are in battle. When will his son grow up and share his worries for his father?"

Peng Chong did not dare to rely too much on Peng Zihou's loyalty, so he had to mobilize troops and plan rescue. A few days later, Peng Chong personally led 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to advance westward to remove the siege of Ji County.

The army was fifty or sixty miles away from Ji County. Suddenly, killing sounds were heard everywhere, and soldiers and horses were killed in the woods on both sides. Peng Chong's army was caught off guard and was defeated. He hurriedly retreated. The Han army behind him chased after him and chased him for twenty miles before slowly retreating.

Peng Chong gathered the defeated soldiers and had lost more than 2,000 people. This battle made him lose all morale and the soldiers were not in a fight. Peng Chong was afraid that Geng Yan would lead his army to chase him again, so he retreated directly to Yuyang and stayed in the door.

Peng Zi Hou had been hoping that Peng Chong would not be able to rescue his troops for a long time, and was suspicious that Geng Yan sent someone to praise the city and took the flag and armor of the Yuyang soldiers to show that Peng Chong's reinforcements were defeated.

The morale of the army in Jixian suddenly became fluctuating and rumors spread everywhere. Some people even said that Peng Chong was dead in the chaos. Peng Zi could no longer hold on and surrendered the city.

Geng Yan took over Ji County and entered Yuyang. Peng Chong stayed in the door and refused to fight. He ordered the surrounding counties to defend themselves. Geng Yan launched a fierce attack, but it did not take off for several days.

Peng Chong has been in Yuyang for several years and has accumulated a lot of money and grain. He made up his mind to defend Yuyang and waited for Bao Yong's reinforcements. Geng Yan was unable to break through for a while, so he divided his troops to capture the surrounding cities.

Peng Chong was in trouble when the war was not good, and he was trapped in Yuyang. He was very worried and was depressed in the prefect's mansion all day long. He only hoped that Bao Yong would break through the Shanggu of Dai County as soon as possible to divide Geng Yan's military power.

However, Bao Yong's troops were still thousands of miles away, with the heavy troops of Shanggu County in the middle. How could it be so easy to come over for a while? Seeing the surrounding counties falling one by one, Peng Chong was under increasing pressure.

I don’t know if it was due to his depression, but the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his generals were not as good as before, and he always had some intention of snooping.

Peng Chong was very suspicious and was uneasy about the generals. Now the general he trusted the most was Yang Taiqing, so he asked him to lead troops to guard the prefect's mansion.

By chance, Peng Chong heard two family chatting, saying that there was a rumor outside. Emperor Jianwu Liu Xiu promised that whoever killed Peng Chong and offered his head to be named Marquis. Peng Chong was shocked and caught the two families and tortured them, and asked where the rumors came from. The family said that this was all known to everyone in Yuyang City. Peng Chong was furious and killed the two families.

From then on, he lived a more simplified place and must take a large number of guards when he went out, for fear that any general would be eager to make contributions and kill him to win the title of marquis.

Peng Chong and Geng Yan confronted each other for more than two months, but Bao Yongjun had not arrived. Peng Chong gradually lost confidence and only knew how to drown his sorrows with wine every day.

Suddenly one day, an envoy came from outside the city and brought a letter from Geng Yan. The main content of the letter was: Your Majesty said that if Peng Chong could "return after he was lost", His Majesty the Emperor would still regard him as his "member minister" and would give him a "reward for the title of marquis."
Chapter completed!