It’s not that the navies of Wei, Shu, and Wu were all equally matched. In terms of naval strength, Wu’s navy was even better. When it comes to this, the navy officers and soldiers of Wu were quite proud of themselves.
Quanxu looked at the land getting closer and closer in his field of vision and said worriedly: "Da Sima, if the Wei army deploys a large number of cavalry and infantry, or even naval forces, in Liaodong, what should we do?"
Quan Cong was still standing on the bow of the ship, and just said calmly: "It doesn't matter, according to the information from the secret agents lurking in Liaodong, there is only an empty shell in Liaodong today.
Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Yuan have been destroyed, and the strength of Liaodong has been exhausted. As for the navy of Wei State, they are the defeated generals of our army and are not worth mentioning. Besides, how can Wei State send navy to this remote place?
land."
In addition to Gongsun Zan, there were three powerful warlord forces in Hebei. One was Gongsun Zan's superior Liu Yu, the other was Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, and the other was Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai County under Han Fu.
The four forces are not harmonious and are always ready to annex each other.
At this time, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu turned against each other, Yuan Shu formed one camp with Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian, Yuan Shao formed another camp with Cao Cao and Liu Biao, and Hebei became the place where the two major military alliances faced off.
With the help of Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Zan added 20,000 troops and horses, so he was able to conquer Qingzhou and Xuzhou in one fell swoop. With great strength and morale, he marched towards Jieqiao in an attempt to outflank Yuan Shao with Yuan Shu and annex them.
When Gongsun Zan first launched an army to attack Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was afraid of Gongsun Zan's power and gave his seal and ribbon as governor of Bohai to Gongsun Fan in an attempt to reconcile.
As a result, Gongsun Fan instead raised troops in Bohai to help Gongsun Zan, so Gongsun Zan's troops became stronger. However, Yuan Benchu's cleverness was mistaken for him.
Yan Gang was appointed as the pastor of Jizhou, Tian Kai was appointed as the pastor of Qingzhou, and Shan Jing was appointed as the pastor of Yanzhou to start a war with Yuan Shao.
In the third year of Chuping (192), Yuan Shao was stationed in Guangchuan County (now Zaoqiang County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province), and Gongsun Zan started a battle with him near the boundary bridge.
Gongsun Zan led 30,000 brave generals, and Qu Yi led 800 generals who were good at fighting and 1,000 archers as the vanguard.
Gongsun Zan saw that Qu Yi had few soldiers and underestimated the enemy's carelessness, so he just sent his cavalry to charge.
Qu Yi's other soldiers lurked under the shields and waited for Gongsun Zan's army to arrive before launching an attack at the same time. Gongsun Zan's army was defeated and Jizhou Mu Yangang was captured alive.
During the melee between the two sides, Gongsun Zan's remaining cavalry attacked and surrounded Yuan Shao's location. At that time, Yuan Shao only had dozens of strong crossbowmen and more than a hundred halberd-wielding infantry.
Because Gongsun Zan's troops did not know Yuan Shao's identity, they immediately retreated when Qu Yi led troops to rescue him. Afterwards, Gongsun Zan withdrew his troops and returned to Ji County, Youzhou (southwest of Beijing city), and built additional towers for defense.
In the winter of the fourth year of Chuping (193), Liu Yu wanted to command more than 100,000 men to attack Gongsun Zan.
A man named Gongsun Ji in the army accidentally learned of Liu Yu's plan and told Gongsun Zan about it overnight.
Gongsun Zan's troops were scattered outside at this time and there were not enough troops to mobilize.
Gongsun Zan was worried that he would be killed and planned to escape.
Liu Yu was benevolent and loved the people. He did not allow soldiers to invade the people and burn down their houses. The army did not often fight, so he was unable to capture Jixian for a long time.
So Gongsun Zan took the opportunity to select hundreds of brave and skilled men, set fire to the wind and storm Jixian.
Liu Yu was defeated and retreated to Juyong County (now east of Yanqing, Beijing).
Gongsun Zan took advantage of the victory to pursue and occupy Juyong County, and captured Liu Yu, his wife and children.
At this time Dong Zhuo was killed, Gongsun Zan became a former general and was granted the title of Marquis of Yi.
Gongsun Zan took this opportunity to frame Liu Yuzeng and Yuan Shao, and Han Fu conspired to rebel and proclaim himself emperor, and forced Duan Xun to kill Liu Yu, his wife and children.
After Liu Yu's death, Gongsun Zan annexed the entire Youzhou and became the leading prince in the north at that time.
After Gongsun Zan was defeated in the Battle of Jieqiao and returned to Jixian County, Yuan Shao sent his general Cui Juye to lead more than ten thousand soldiers to attack Gongsun Zan. After being unable to attack Gongsun Zan for a long time, he withdrew his troops and returned.
When Gongsun Zan was retreating, he commanded 30,000 elite troops to pursue Yuan Shao and his troops at Juma River (today's western Hebei Province). He defeated Yuan Shao and killed 7,000 to 8,000 Yuan soldiers.
Then he led his troops southward, occupied counties and counties, and ordered Qingzhou Governor Tian Ji to occupy Qi State.
After hearing the news, Yuan Shao reinforced tens of thousands of soldiers and fought against Tian Kai for two years. Then Yuan Shao ordered his son Yuan Tan to take over the post of Qingzhou Mu. During this period, Tian Kai was defeated by him. Later, due to the exhaustion of military supplies and the
The truce ended under the persuasion of Zhao Qi, the envoy sent by the emperor to "pacify the world with integrity".
After Liu Yu's former subordinate Xian Yufu heard about Liu Yu's murder, he united with Qi and Zhou to elect Yan Rou of Yan State (today's Daxing District, Beijing) as the Sima of Wuhuan, and summoned troops from Xianbei, Wuhuan and other places to jointly command Youzhou.
The army led more than ten thousand Han and Hu people to fight with Gongsun Zan's subordinate Zou Dan in Lubei (today's north of Chaobai River), defeated and killed him.
King Wu Huanqiao led another 10,000 people to join Xian Yufu and together with Liu He's army and Yuan Shao's army, a total of more than 100,000 people, jointly attacked Gongsun Zan.
In the second year of Xingping (195), more than 20,000 Gongsun Zan's troops were killed and defeated in Baoqiu. Gongsun Zan retreated to Yijing and built defenses in Yijing. The two armies faced off for more than a year. After Quyi's army ran out of food,
Many soldiers retreated, and Gongsun Zan took the opportunity to defeat Qu Yi's troops.
In the same year, drought and locust plagues came one after another, and the people were in dire straits. However, Gongsun Zan was not considerate of the people, made friends with traders and thieves, and killed prestigious scholars. The whole city was full of complaints.
Coupled with the departure of Liu Bei and Zhao Yun, Gongsun Zan finally felt that the situation was not good.
So the defense in Yijing was strengthened, and iron gates were built around the city wall to ward off the attendants around him.
Gongsun Zan himself indulged in sensuality and neglected government affairs, and all the close followers and generals around him left one after another. However, Gongsun Zan did not take it seriously, believing that he could enjoy peace with a solid city and sufficient food.
In the third year of Jian'an (198), Yuan Shao once again raised troops to attack Gongsun Zan.
On the battlefield, one of Gongsun Zan's generals was surrounded by enemy troops, but Gongsun Zan was unwilling to save him, so the generals either ran away or surrendered.
When Yuan Shao attacked the gate of Yijing, Gongsun Zan sent his son Gongsun Xu to ask for help from the Black Mountain Army, while he prepared to lead his elite troops to flee.
Gongsun Zan gave up his escape after being persuaded by Chief Shi Guanjing. However, Yuan Shao pressed forward step by step, so Gongsun Zan could only fight and retreat, waiting for Gongsun Xu to move in to rescue his troops.
In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Gongsun Xu and Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain bandits, led more than 100,000 troops and divided them into three groups to support Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan sent a secret envoy to bring a message to his son Gongsun Xu, clarifying the current situation and interests, and agreed with him to light a fire in the northern wetlands as a signal, and he would rush out of the city and fight Yuan Shao to the death.
But before Gongsun Xu and Zhang Yan received the letter, Yuan Shao had already intercepted the secret letter and set up an ambush outside the city. Gongsun Zan fought with him but was defeated. Gongsun Zan was defeated and retreated to the city.
After Gongsun Zan's defeat, he returned to the city to defend the city. Yuan Shao destroyed Gongsun Zan's enemy watchtower, led his troops to dig a battle canal, and pressed to the foot of Yijing City.
Gongsun Zan believed that he could not escape death, so he strangled his wife, children, brothers and sisters to death, then set himself on fire and died in Jizhou City. Yuan Shao's men beheaded Gongsun Zan and sent his head to Xudu, where Cao Cao was located.
It can be seen that when you have all the advantages, you are still likely to fail. If you are not careful, you will end up in a disastrous end...