While Liu Bei led his army to fight in Yanzhou, a new round of fighting also broke out in Youzhou.
After the battle in Yunzhong, Kebi was able to destroy Tuoba Xianbei, basically unified the central Xianbei, and became the nominal co-owner of the three Xianbei tribes. However, when looking at the reasons for its rise, Yuan Shao's strong support is indispensable, and the reason for Yuan Shao's support is all
The previous article will not be repeated here.
Last year, Yuan Shao sent high officials to Danhan Mountain to make a blood alliance with Ke Bineng. It was agreed that by July of this year, both sides would send troops from the south and the north at the same time to capture Dai County and join forces at Sangqian. When Yuan Shao wanted to come,
Gongsun Zan originally had only two counties under his command, and with the newly acquired Changshan and Zhongshan counties, there were only four counties. In addition, without the support of Liu Yu, no matter how Gongsun Zan expanded his army, it would not exceed 50,000. If he united with Xianbei, he would have no more than 50,000 troops.
It cannot be destroyed but can be captured easily.
Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this year, the situation suddenly changed. With the support of Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan succeeded in ousting Liu Yu and gained full military and political power in Youzhou. All the troops from the counties and counties west of Liaodong came into his hands, including 100,000 armored troops and 40,000 cavalry.
, in terms of military strength alone, Bingzhou and Liangzhou are not as good as it.
Yuan Shao was deeply frightened by this. He asked his subordinates for advice and said: "The good men in the world are nothing but quiet and cool. Now Gongsun Zan is completely in Youyan. He is the most powerful in the northern border and is powerful in Hebei. Although I have the ability to compare with Ke."
We need reinforcements, but with the combined forces, what are the chances of winning?"
Many Yingchuan Yuan followers under his command, such as Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Xu You, Xin Pi and others, all advocated temporarily postponing the war and continuing to expand the army. However, people from Hebei such as Tian Feng, Ju Shu, Cui Jun and others urged Xianbei to be tough and tough.
We should fight as promised. Yuan Shao was wavering and unable to make decisions.
The person who finally persuaded Yuan Shao was his other driver who was engaged in judging and matching. Seeing that Yuan Shao was still unable to make a decision, he actually drew his sword in public, walked to Yuan Shao, presented the sword and said:
"Since Ming Gong has the ambition of Guangwu, how can he be afraid of the enemy? In the battle of Kunyang in that year, the reckless army was a hundred times larger than that of Lvlin. How is it compared to Gongsun today? The generals were afraid to move forward, but Guangwu fought bravely to the death, and then there was nothing.
His achievements in this world are extremely swift and his fame is astonishing throughout the world. Today, the Ming Dynasty has nearly 100,000 soldiers. The Taihang Mountains in New Taihang are dangerous and there are strong reinforcements from the north. Isn’t it a hundred times more powerful than the military?
But Ming Gong had second thoughts and hesitated before the war. The three armies were swaying due to official duties, and the shogunate was hesitant for the public. In this case, how can we achieve great achievements? It is better to be a respectful prince and surrender to Liu Bei as soon as possible, and still not lose Dou Rong, Liu Yangzhi
If you have any concerns about your position, you can cut off the head and use it as a Yaoyan clan! It will be just right to spread the word to the capital and win the trust of the court!"
After the judge finished speaking loudly, he placed the sword edge on the ground, immediately unbuttoned his clothes, exposed his neck, and lowered his head as if waiting for death.
This impassioned speech silenced everyone, and Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel ashamed after hearing it. He strode forward, personally helped Shen Pei up, then put on his lapel, and said loudly: "Loyal Minister Zhengnan, what you said is true.
These are all words of Geng Jie! How can I, Yuan Benchu, a great man, not have the heart to fight to the death!" Yuan Shaoyou was determined to start a war, and then sent senior officials to Tanhan Mountain to reiterate the time for dispatching troops with Ke Bineng.
On the fifth day of August, when Cao Cao was preparing to attack Puyang, Gongsun Zan suddenly received an urgent report that Xianbei Chanyu Kebineng suddenly led his army southward, crossed Gaoliu and Sanggan one after another, and stormed Dai County.
Dai County was originally under the jurisdiction of Wuhuan, but it was only separated by a mountain from Zhuo County, and Zhuo County was the heart of Youzhou, so there was absolutely no room for failure. Therefore, Gongsun Zan immediately summoned the generals and sent 60,000 troops to rescue. The result was achieved. When he was at Juyongguan, he received another military report from western Liaoning, saying that there was also a Xianbei army at Lulong fortress, and Wuhuan Chanyu Tadun had led his army to resist, but he did not dare to claim victory, and also sent a letter to Gongsun Zan for help.
Gongsun Zan read the letter immediately, thought about it, and called Tian Kai over, intending to write a temporary military order asking him to go to Guangyang and take the remaining 20,000 county soldiers to western Liaoning. But Tian Kai said: "Guang It’s not a pity to lose the land of Yangben Karasuma, so why do you need me? And as soon as I go east, the south will be empty. Could it be that the emperor has forgotten that there is a big enemy in the south!"
After hearing this, Gongsun Zan felt as if he was enlightened. He kicked the saddle and agreed, saying, "Yes, without Mr. Tian, I almost made a big mistake!" Then he turned to the envoy and said, "Tell Tadun and let him stick to it again." After a while, when I defeat the thieves in Dai County, I will definitely come to rescue you again!" After saying that, he immediately set off and continued westward.
After the Han army left Juyongguan, there were foothills and high ridges everywhere, and the autumn forests were as continuous as the sea. They cut the plateau into small basins and filled them all with yellow leaves. The largest basin in Youzhou is Guangning. Basin, Daixian Basin, the two are connected by the Pingcheng Basin. Once Kebi can capture Daixian, he can cut off the connection between Bingzhou and Youzhou. At that time, no matter whether his army leads the army to plunder Hebei to the east or to recover to the west Pingcheng and the Han army could only be controlled by it.
After Gongsun Zan thought about it, he first led the army to Guangning, leaving Shan Jing and five thousand men to garrison here, and then attacked Macheng, intending to cut off Ke Bineng's return route and force him to return to the army for a decisive battle.
By the time he lined up in front of Macheng, it was already August 26th. Before he could make any progress, his brother Gongsun Fan suddenly sent bad news, saying that Yuan Shao had led an army to attack Changshan, Gaoyi, Pingji, and Fangfang San. The county surrendered without a fight, and the Yuan clan was empty. Gongsun Fan did not dare to defend it, so he had to abandon the Yuan clan and retreat westward to Zhending. Seeing the Jizhou army attacking Jingxing and then entering the Taihang Mountains, I feared that they would sneak into Youzhou soon.
After receiving this news, everyone around Gongsun Zan changed their expressions. Ke Bi Neng sent out troops to represent the county, and Yuan Shao also took advantage of the opportunity to cross the Taihang Mountains. What did he do? He must have joined forces to fight the Han army. Although it is not known how many soldiers Ke Bi Neng had , but even if only half of Yuan Shao's men came, there would probably be 70,000 troops. However, Xianbei's troops had never been less than 30,000 during their previous plunders. If the two armies merged, Gongsun Zan would definitely be at a disadvantage.
Gongsun Zan took the letter and said angrily: "Okay, no wonder the Northern captives dared to invade. It turns out that Yuan Benchu was acting as an internal agent. It seems that this time, they are determined to fight to the death!"
Peng Kuan, who was engaged in Youzhou Biejia, advised him: "In any case, they have done it mentally or not. Sir, can we avoid their sharp edges and retreat to Juyong first? After they withdraw, we can defeat them one by one and recover them." Losing ground is not a bad idea!"
Hearing this, Gongsun Zan cursed him: "It's a stupid move! If our army withdraws, where will the Xianbei pigs go? If I show weakness, even the Wuhuan dogs will look down on me!"
Peng Kuan did not dare to raise his head after hearing this and immediately retreated. Everyone saw Gongsun Zan looking up at the sky, his expression changing, which showed that he was making a very critical decision at this time. Finally, he lowered his head and cursed at Nanfang: "
Born by a little maid, I just wanted to kill my majesty when I became the shepherd of Youzhou! If I were afraid of you, I would not have the surname Gongsun!"
Having said that, he immediately ordered the entire army to abandon all their baggage. All the infantry went to the rear, led by Yan Gang, to prevent the Xianbei people from sneaking behind. All the cavalry troops only brought horses for replacement and seven days of dry food.
, under his personal command, they ran towards Dai County without stopping.
The distance between Macheng and Dai County is less than two hundred miles, but there are many mountains and valleys in between. Even if Gongsun Zan had a guide, he would have to go around an extra hundred miles to reach Sangqian.
Sangqian originally had Kebineng's garrison, but he made a mistake in hiring people. Sangqian's garrison was none other than Wuluhui Xianbei who had just switched from Tuoba Xianbei to Kebineng. They had less than 10,000 people.
When he saw 30,000 cavalry troops rushing towards him, he was shocked. He had no intention of risking his life for Kebi. He resisted symbolically for two hours and then fled to Pingcheng. Even the messenger who reported the news was there.
Sent by Ricai.
By the time the envoy arrived at Kebineng, Gongsun Zan's army was less than thirty miles away from Dai County. It was noon at this time, and the Xianbei people were eating in the camp. They gathered around the city, drinking buttermilk and eating sesame cakes while waiting for Yuan Shao to the south.
With the arrival of the reinforcements, I feel relaxed and comfortable, but I can't imagine that in another hour, they will fight Gongsun Zan for their lives!
Kebi was able to receive the military information and did not even have time to get angry. He hurriedly left the camp and ordered his troops to change formations under the city to meet the enemy, but there was no time! Half of the Xianbei people were still assembled in the south of the city, while the troops in formation in the north were
, I have already seen the white deer on Gongsun Zan’s flag.
Gongsun Zan marched for three consecutive days in order to repel Kebineng before Yuan Shao's army arrived. At this time, it was even more unexpected to see that Kebineng could not change his formation. How could he miss such a good opportunity? He gave the order
, the commander personally charged, and with his subordinates Tian Kai, Shan Jing, Zou Dan, Zhang Sheng, Lu Ji, Xian Yufu and others, they went straight to the city.
The Xianbei light cavalry fired three arrows, but they could not stop it at all. The Xianbei armored cavalry was in the south of the city. Before they could join the battlefield, the entire battlefield was penetrated by Gongsun Zan, and countless Xianbei troops were squeezed south by him, causing these
Xianbei's armored cavalry was useless. Under this situation, Wuhuan in the city saw that the battle situation was turning towards the Han army, so he immediately went out of the city to attack. With internal and external cooperation, the battle situation completely turned towards Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan took advantage of the situation to expel Xianbei and chased him twenty miles south at one go. Most of the Xianbei people who had grown up on horseback died under the hoofs of the horses. It was not until he drove these Xianbei people into the barren mountains and forests that Gongsun Zan was willing to stop.
But this did not mean a truce. The whole army rested for a day, and Gongsun Zan led the army south again. After replenishing supplies in Pingshu, he led the army to ambush on the Flying Fox Road.
This time they only had to wait for two days before they waited for Yuan Jun's forward.
Unfortunately, the leader of the vanguard was Zhang He. As soon as he entered the ambush, Zhang He noticed something was wrong. He immediately sent out two scouts to search the left and right sides of the road, forcing Gongsun Zan to attack first. The timing was wrong, and the terrain of the mountain road was also different.
It was suitable for a decisive battle. Although Zhang He left behind hundreds of corpses, he still withdrew.
Gongsun Zan was quite sorry for this, but fortunately it was not without gain.
In successive battles, he discovered that there was a knight from Hebei who was different. Usually when fighting, he would charge forward, and few followers around him would be braver than him. However, this knight not only had excellent riding skills, but could also ride on a horse.
Holding a sword in one hand and a sword in the other, cutting on the left and stabbing on the right, no one could go three rounds under him, and there was no one under his command who could compare with him.
Therefore, he specially called this knight over and asked his name first. He learned that he was from Changshan, his surname was Zhao, his surname was Yun, and his surname was Zilong. He was recommended to the army by Gongsun Fan. Gongsun Zan saw his elegant and handsome appearance and couldn't help but be extremely happy and held his hand.
She grabbed his wrist and smiled and said: "I, Baima Yi, are famous in all nine states, but I don't have a good man like you. From today on, you can just follow me!"