Emperor Shuang: The counterattack started from the Gaopingling Incident Chapter 470: Gongsun Zan and his son spent too much effort and were ruined by their own desires
Chapter 470: Gongsun Zan and his son spent too much effort and were ruined by their own desires
Quan Cong stood on the bow of the building boat, looking at the undulating sea and the seabirds flying low over the sea from time to time, and sighed: "If the Gongsun family has not been wiped out by Sima Yi, then we will have to spend more time landing in Liaodong.
After all, the Gongsun family has given His Majesty a headache for many years. Now that Liaodong is gone without the Gongsun family, it will be much easier for us."
Quanxu clasped his fists in joy and said: "General, I would like to congratulate Da Sima for making another new contribution to your majesty. Maybe he will be able to realize his long-cherished wish and take the land of horse breeding in Liaodong into his pocket!"
Quan Cong stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back. He was dressed in military uniform and thought for a moment before speaking: "It's a pity that Gongsun Yuan and his son were heroes for a lifetime, but in the end they were destroyed by their own desires!"
After Gongsun Gong came to power, Cao Pi, who had just become emperor, continued to win over him and worshiped him as a general of chariots and cavalry. During the holidays, he was granted the title of Marquis of Pingguo.
Gongsun Gong sent Gongsun Kang's eldest son to Luoyang as his hostage.
On the surface, he surrendered to Cao Pi, but in fact, he took the opportunity to attack Gongsun Kang's sons and consolidate his position. He himself was still dissatisfied with Cao Pi.
Although Gongsun Huang sent him away, Gongsun Yuan was still in Liaodong.
Because Gongsun Gong was sterile, had no offspring, and was ill and unable to handle government affairs, so when Gongsun Yuan grew up, he forced Gongsun Gong to abdicate in the second year of Taihe (228) and imprisoned Gongsun Gong. Gongsun Yuan
This led to the seizure of political power in Liaodong.
After Gongsun Yuan seized power, Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui immediately recognized him and named him General Yang Lie.
Gongsun Yuan was more ambitious. He wanted to unite with Soochow and attack Wei. Sun Quan was very happy and immediately named him King of Yan. However, Gongsun Yuan did not dare to agree in the end. Instead, he killed the Wu envoy and gave it to Cao Rui.
But Gongsun Yuan finally couldn't bear it. In the first year of Jingchu (237), he finally called himself King of Yan and appointed hundreds of officials.
However, it was obvious that after many political turmoils in the country, Gongsun Yuan was no longer strong. So Cao Rui sent Sima Yi to lead an army of 40,000 to attack Liaodong.
In the end, Sima Yi defeated and killed Gongsun Yuan and his son, and massacred the city. As a result, Cao Wei completely solved the Liaodong problem. The Gongsun family had been rampant in Liaodong for three generations and was finally destroyed. The Three Kingdoms finally became the real Three Kingdoms.
In fact, during the Jian'an period, there was Gongsun Zan from Liaodong. Although he had the same surname as Gongsun Yuan, he was not considered the same clan. Moreover, he perished earlier and was not passed down to one generation.
Gongsun Zan was a descendant of a prominent family in Lingzhi, Liaoxi (now Qian'an City, Hebei Province), but his biological mother had a low status. In his early years, Gongsun Zan could only serve as a secretary in local counties.
Gongsun Zan had outstanding abilities and was promoted by the Marquis of Zhuo County, and betrothed his daughter to him.
Afterwards, with the support of his father-in-law, Gongsun Zan was able to continue his studies under the tutelage of the Confucian scholar Lu Zhi and the famous official Liu Kuan. He also met Liu Bei, Liu Deran, Fu Xie and others, and later served as a planner.
Gongsun Zan once served as Charioteer under the prefect Liu Qi (first Liu Ji).
When Liu Qi was convicted and sent to Rinan (now Donghe City, Guangzhi Province, Vietnam), Gongsun Zan disguised himself as a soldier and escorted him along the road. On the way, the prefect Liu Qi pardoned him and returned him.
Gongsun Zan was also promoted as filial and honest because of his loyalty to the emperor, and was appointed as the governor of Liaodong.
Gongsun Zan once led dozens of cavalry to patrol outside the Great Wall, and encountered hundreds of Xianbei cavalry.
Gongsun Zan retreated to the Kongting (a post used for reconnaissance and monitoring the enemy's situation in ancient times) to boost his morale and took the lead in charging forward, killing more than ten enemies. From then on, the Xianbei people did not dare to invade the border again, and Gongsun Zan was promoted to the magistrate of Zhuo County.
During the Guanghe reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty (178-184), Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled. The imperial court appointed Gongsun Zan as the governor and led the elite cavalry to attack the rebels.
At the right time, Wuhuan leader Qiu Liju rebelled, and together with the old Zhongshan Prime Minister Zhang Chun, they attacked Jizhong (southwest of today's Daxing County, Beijing), and captured Youbeiping County (southeast of today's Fengrun District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province), Liaoxi County and other places.
Gongsun Zan led the troops to conquer Zhang Chun and was promoted to cavalry captain.
Later, because the leader of the vassal state Wuhuan, King Tanzhi, led his army to surrender to Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan was promoted to General Zhonglang and given the title of Dutinghou to garrison the vassal state in western Liaoning.
In the next five or six years, Gongsun Zan often fought with the barbarians.
During the Zhongping period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty (184-189), Gongsun Zan fought with Zhang Chun, Qiu Liju and others in Shimen, a vassal state in Liaodong. Zhang Chun and others were defeated. Gongsun Zan pursued the enemy too far and had no help from the rear. He was captured by Qiu in Guanzi City in western Liaoning.
Surrounded by force.
After more than 200 days, the troops were trapped, their horses were exhausted, their ammunition and food supplies were exhausted, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
Gongsun Zan was appointed by the imperial court as a captain who surrendered to the captives, and was granted the title of Marquis of Tingting, and concurrently served as the governor of the state.
Gongsun Zan guarded the border and fought bravely against the enemy. He often fought fiercely until late at night. The enemy invaders were afraid of his reputation and bravery, and no one dared to invade the border again.
In the second year of Chuping (191), the Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou and Xuzhou invaded the Bohai Sea (now northeast of Nanpi County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province) with about 300,000 people, hoping to join the Black Mountain bandit army.
Gongsun Zan led 20,000 infantry and cavalry to defeat the Yellow Turban south of Dongguang, beheading more than 30,000 people.
Gongsun Zan took advantage of the enemy's escape across the Yellow River to launch an attack and defeated the Yellow Turbans again.
Tens of thousands of people died, and Gongsun Zan's army captured more than 70,000 enemy soldiers alive, with countless supplies.
From then on, Gongsun Zan became famous far and wide. Just as Dong Zhuo led his army to Luoyang, he ordered Gongsun Zan to take over as General Fenwu and be granted the title of Marquis of Ji.
Since Gongsun Zan had strong military strength, he indulged his troops and plundered the people many times, while Liu Yu was very kind to the people. The two had different political views and often had differences in their attitudes towards the barbarians.
The Guandong righteous men joined forces to conquer Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo threatened Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie to go west to Chang'an.
Liu Xie wanted to return east to Luoyang, so he ordered Liu Yu's son Liu He to escape from Chang'an so that Liu Yu could organize an army to meet him.
Yuan Shu wanted to use Liu He to threaten Liu Yu and help himself, so he detained Liu He halfway.
Gongsun Zan knew that Yuan Shu had ambitions to become emperor, so he repeatedly prevented Liu Yu from sending troops.
Later, Gongsun Zan was afraid that this trip would offend Yuan Shu, so he sent his cousin Gongsun Yue to lead a large number of troops to show his favor to Yuan Shu.
Privately, Yuan Shu was asked to continue to imprison Liu He in an attempt to annex Liu Yu's army.
Therefore, the estrangement between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu became deeper and deeper. Liu Yu invited Gongsun Zan to banquets many times in order to ease the relationship. However, Gongsun Zan thought that Liu Yu was hosting the Hongmen Banquet, so he refused to go. The rift between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu became deeper and deeper and could not be resolved.
When Sun Jian was resisting Dong Zhuo's army in Yangcheng, Yuan Shu ordered Gongsun Zan's cousin Gongsun Yue to go to aid Sun Jian, but Gongsun Yue was accidentally hit by an arrow and died.
Gongsun Zan was furious and believed that Yuan Shao was responsible for his cousin's death. He personally led an army to attack Yuan Shao. All the counties in Jizhou also defected from Yuan Shao and joined Gongsun Zan's group.
After Yuan Shao heard the news, he quickly sent Gongsun Zan's other cousin Gongsun Fan to serve as the governor of Bohai County as a sign of friendship.
After Gongsun Fan took office, he turned against Gongsun Zan and helped him occupy Qingzhou and Xuzhou, which made Gongsun Zan's army stronger and stronger, and Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao also became enemies.