Here in Pingyuan County, Zhang He led an army to attack Pingyuan County.
Pingyuan County belongs to Jizhou and is located in the south of Jizhou.
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are about to fight. To the north is Gongsun Zan and to the south is Liu Bei's Pingyuan County.
The relationship between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan was so good. They were both from Youzhou, and they both studied under Lu Zhi.
It's for classmates.
Liu Bei usually treated Gongsun Zan as his brother.
Under such circumstances, how could Yuan Shao let him go?
Of course, at the beginning, Yuan Shao was somewhat hesitant.
Because Liu Bei, who is also known as the Queen of Zhongshan King Jing, has been very easy to use during these times.
He is also more obedient.
Moreover, he also showed quite a bit of ability.
In addition, Liu Bei is not in Pingyuan County now, but has gone with Zhu Jun to attack Guanzhong with a large number of troops and horses, supported by Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou.
Under this situation, here in Pingyuan County, even if the time comes and he does fight Gongsun Zan, it will not cause much harm.
However, this hesitation completely disappeared after a short time.
First, Yuan Shao received news that Gongsun Zan secretly sent people to Pingyuan County.
Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao's people and Gongsun Zan's people lurked in secret when they returned from Pingyuan County. They suddenly took action and captured Gongsun Zan's people, thereby getting a reply from Pingyuan County.
There were two replies in total. One was written in advance when Liu Bei and Guan Yu left Pingyuan County.
The other letter was written by Jian Yong, who stayed here in Pingyuan County after Liu Bei left and guarded Pingyuan County for Liu Bei.
Jian Yong, also a ranger from the land of Yan and Zhao, had known each other since they were young. The two of them could be called childhood friends...
The general meaning of the letters between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan is that although Yuan Benchu is also a talented person, the relationship between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan is better. Gongsun Zan is his elder brother. No matter what, he must support Gongsun Zan here, and He made it clear that after the fight between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, he would take action here.
The same is true here. Jian Yong mentioned that Liu Bei had to send troops because of the righteousness of his family and country, and followed Zhu Jun to attack Chang'an to rescue the emperor. Then he said that his master Liu Bei did not take away all the troops and horses, and when Liu Bei left, Jian Yong specially asked him to do this, so he summoned some soldiers and horses here.
At this time, there is also the strength to fight.
Even though Yuan Shao has extremely powerful forces, with Liu Bei's instructions, he will still lead troops to fight Yuan Shao and contribute to Gongsun Zan...
After seeing these two letters, Yuan Shao became furious.
Then, Zhang He led his troops and fought all the way over.
Zhang He originally belonged to Han Fu, the Mu of Jizhou.
However, after Han Fu was fooled by others and handed over Jizhou to Yuan Shao, Zhang He automatically became Yuan Shao's subordinate.
Zhang He had already gained a certain reputation at this time, but in Yuan Shao's heart, he was far less important than Yan Liangwen, Chou Juyi and others. He felt that Zhang He was neither as capable as them nor as loyal as them.
So Zhang He was sent here.
Come and lead troops to attack Pingyuan County and defeat Liu Xuande.
As for generals such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Ju Yi, he learned the lessons he learned when he gathered all the troops from the world to attack Dong Zhuo, and prepared to put all his strength to use in the battle with Gongsun Zan.
Zhang He was naturally a little angry that he was sent here by Yuan Shao to attack an unimportant Pingyuan County.
But still came.
Isn't that why, when Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, I didn't come to Yuan Shao in advance to express my loyalty like Ju Yi did?
As a result, at the critical moment of the war with Gongsun Zan, he was brought here to attack a Pingyuan County, which was Pingyuan County after Liu Xuande took away a large number of troops.
This is really looking down on people!
Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu are people who smile and are very kind. They seem to be very approachable. Talking to them makes people feel like spring breeze.
But in his heart, he is so jealous...
Zhang He felt uncomfortable in his heart when he thought about this.
However, I have already made up my mind. This time, I will fight a good battle and let everyone take a good look at Zhang He's ability!
We must conquer Pingyuan County with overwhelming force!
Even though he won't be able to demonstrate his ability by taking Pingyuan County, he can still let out the bad breath in his heart.
For this reason, after leading his troops to Pingyuan County, Zhang He did not hesitate much and directly led his troops and fought all the way.
The process was exactly as Zhang He thought. Basically, they did not encounter any particularly decent resistance. They had already captured a large amount of territory and gradually approached Pingyuan County.
There are defenders here in Pingyuan County, and it looks like there are quite a lot of them.
But when I actually tried to fight, I found that it was really easy to fight.
I just felt like the county town was already broken even before I exerted any efforts.
This made Zhang He, who was fully prepared to fight a tough battle, feel uncomfortable all over.
He just wants to have a good fight, why is it so difficult?
Are the soldiers and horses left by Liu Xuande too courageous?
Especially Jian Yong, that damn guy, Liu Xuande gave him command of Pingyuan County and gave him full responsibility.
Earlier, this guy had written to Gongsun, telling him how he would treat Yuan Shao here.
As a result, he came over with a large army, and this guy actually ran away with his people just like this!
Only a few old, weak, sick and disabled people were left to defend the city...
This made Zhang He feel like he was trying hard enough to punch hard, but in the end the punch was completely empty.
I feel so depressed.
"Liu Xuande is out with his soldiers and horses. There are not many soldiers and horses here in Pingyuan County. Jian Yong can only shout a few times in the distance. If there is any real action here, he will be frightened and run away with his tail between his legs!"
Someone on the side said to Zhang He with a smile.
Zhang He still seemed a little hesitant, feeling that things were not that simple.
After pondering for a while, he said: "Send the order, tell Zhang Fang and Li Dong to take action immediately, be vigilant, and move closer to us!"
After giving such an order, Zhang He thought for a while and started to take action again, leaving some soldiers and horses to guard Pingyuan County, and then led the army to approach Zhang Fang and Li Dong.
"You don't think Jian Yong has the courage to attack Zhang Fang, Li Dong and the others, right?"
While walking, a general beside him looked at Zhang He and said this aloud, seeming a little disbelieving.
Zhang He said: "We all thought wrong before. We thought that Pingyuan County was the only place for Liu Bei and Liu Xuande who shamelessly imitated others and pretended to be King Jing of Zhongshan. It was also the place he had been running for such a long time. Jian Yong
No matter what happens, this person will stick to Pingyuan County and fight with us here.
When we rushed all the way to Pingyuan County, we basically encountered no big obstacles on the way, which also shows this.
But when we came here, we found that Jian Yong had also abandoned Pingyuan County.
This explains the problem!
They abandoned Pingyuan County directly. I think there is a high probability that they would not run away so simply. Otherwise, it would be unjustifiable.
The two men, Zhang Fang and Li Dong, had their troops and horses wandering outside, originally to prevent Jian Yong and others from escaping towards Xuzhou after their defeat.
But now, things are different from what we expected before.
Then, Li Dong and Zhang Fang, who went to stop them, are likely to be poisoned by the thieves!"
Hearing Zhang He's analysis, the man became suspicious.
But he still felt that Zhang He might be thinking too much.
Liu Xuande was just a shameless person pretending to be the queen of Zhongshan Prince Jing. He didn't have much real talent. His only subordinate was the man named Guan Yu, who was more powerful and could fight, but the rest of them couldn't do it.
I heard that Jian Yong was a ranger before, but other than that, I haven't heard of any extraordinary deeds.
At this time, when he saw his troops coming to beat him, he was so frightened that he just ran away with his tail between his legs. It was as simple as that.
How could it be so complicated? How could it be as Colonel Zhang said?
Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly saw some soldiers and horses in front of me, coming in a hurry.
It looks like he has lost his armor.
When Zhang He saw this, his heart sank.
A bad premonition appeared in my mind.
A moment later, these people were brought to him, confirming his bad premonition.
Zhang Fang and Li Dong were indeed attacked by Jian Yong. They lost their troops and experienced a major defeat!
This made Zhang He look livid.
He rushed there with his troops and horses to capture Jian Yong.
Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing!
By the time Zhang He arrived with his troops, Jian Yong had already run away and could not catch up.
Moreover, it was still the kind of escape that went directly to Xuzhou.
Zhang He was not given a chance to catch up.
Zhang He led his soldiers and horses to chase him for a while, but he could only restrain the horses and stop the pursuit.
At this time, he really didn't dare to lead his troops and horses directly towards Xuzhou.
After all, he only has more than 10,000 troops.
Xuzhou is rich and has many soldiers and horses. He does not think that he can go to Xuzhou with such a few soldiers and horses.
Moreover, Pingyuan County does not have a border with Xuzhou. It is separated by Qingzhou to the east and Yanzhou to the west.
The Yanzhou part, separated between Pingyuan County and Xuzhou, is the Kingdom of Jibei.
Bao Xin, who was very famous and powerful in Yanzhou, was the Prime Minister of Jibei Kingdom.
I heard that I have a good relationship with Liu Xuande.
This time Jian Yong fled to Xuzhou from Jibei Kingdom.
Under this situation, Zhang He naturally did not dare to catch up.
Of course, what is more important is that Yuan Shao is sharpening his sword at Gongsun Zan.
With only one Gongsun Zan to defeat in the north, Yuan Shao was under great pressure and worried that he would not be able to defeat Gongsun Zan.
If the south side invades Yanzhou and Xuzhou and stirs up trouble, then I guess even if I can guard here, Yuan Shao will not be able to spare me!
Zhang He had already thought this through clearly, and now he also knew that Jian Yong had also thought carefully about this, so he dared to act like this.
Standing at the border of Jibei Kingdom, Zhang He couldn't help but whipped a big tree on the roadside after watching it for a while.
Then, filled with depression, he gathered his troops and returned.
However, they did not withdraw completely. Instead, they stabilized the people in Pingyuan County and deployed troops to prevent anyone from Qingzhou and Yanzhou from attacking Pingyuan County.
This threatened Jizhou from the south and affected Yuan Shao's major events.
In the past, he had made some mistakes in his estimation of some things, which caused Jian Yong to slip away.
On our side, we lost a lot of troops and lost face.
Now, Zhang He will not allow any more mistakes on his side!
This can be regarded as knowing shame and then being brave.
While making these arrangements, Zhang He also conveyed the situation to Yuan Shao.
The first thing I want to talk about is that on my side, I have completely captured Pingyuan County, and after achieving victory, I have lost some soldiers and horses, and let Jian Yong take Liu Bei's family to Xuzhou.
Then he told him about his arrangements and considerations here...
On Yuan Shao's side, after receiving the news, although he secretly scolded Zhang He, overall he was quite satisfied with the outcome of the matter.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that as soon as he and Gongsun Zan came into contact with each other, he was caught off guard by Gongsun Zan and lost a lot of soldiers and horses.
Comparing the two situations, it is too serious to go to the unaware Zhang He and lose some soldiers and horses.
Zhang He was immediately rewarded and recognized.
It is said that Zhang He did the right thing.
He also asked Zhang He to be on guard there to prevent Liu Bei from coming back from Zhu Jun and counterattacking Pingyuan County.
Then, after thinking about it, he transferred four thousand soldiers and horses from other places to Zhang He to obey Zhang He's orders...
Jian Yong led the people on foot, passing through the Kingdom of Jibei, heading all the way towards Xuzhou.
The relationship between Liu Bei and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin allowed Jian Yong to take his troops and horses from Jibei Kingdom very smoothly without worrying about being blocked.
Although this time, he simply and neatly lost a piece of territory that his lord Liu Bei had managed to gain after having been around for so many years.
But Jian Yong was not panicked at all. He was even very happy and had the urge to sing loudly.
Jian Yong felt that the skill he played this time was really good.
Pingyuan County is indeed not a small place, but it belongs to Jizhou. That guy Yuan Benchu is not a good person, and to the south is the place where the Prime Minister of Jibei is located, so it is difficult to attack.
If you want to expand in the future, there will be no place to expand.
My lord is loyal and has a good face. Governor Gongsun is fighting with Yuan Shao, and he needs help here. Xuzhou Mu wants his lord to fight with Zhu Jun.
In this case, it is better to just throw away Pingyuan County like he is doing now, and then exchange for an opportunity to beat Yuan Shao hard.
Kill some of Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses.
In this case, Pingyuan County can be abandoned naturally, and a lot of good things can be left behind...
