One was Zhao Zhe sent from Jizhou, and the other was Sun Jian appointed by the Luoyang court.
But before Zhao Zhe came, Runan County was already in Yuan Shu's hands.
Therefore, he could only choose Yingchuan County as the state pastoral office.
For the Yingchuan people, they were actually quite disgusted with the pseudo-emperor in Jizhou and did not want to be ruled by Zhao Zhe.
But who asked Zhao Zhe to bring 20,000 elite troops when he came?
Even though Yingchuan is an enclave, Jizhou is only separated from Yingchuan by Chenliu County, so it will be quick to get support.
In history, Yuan Shao once appointed his own Yuzhou Mu, but was later defeated by Yuan Shu.
The reason why Wang Fen is doing the same thing as Yuan Shao now is because Yingchuan and Runan can rely on each other. After all, Yuan Shu and Wang Fen now have a common enemy - the Qingzhou Group headed by Liu Bei.
In this group, Gongsun Zan is obviously the number two figure, followed by Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Therefore, in order to fight against them, it is also a way to temporarily establish distant relations and attack closely, and choose to form an alliance first.
Wang Fen thought that Zhao Zhe had Yuan Shu's back in Yuzhou, and both parties were on the inside and outside of each other, so he could sit back and relax. Yuan Shu also thought that Zhao Zhe could act as a buffer between him and Luoyang, giving him enough time once Luoyang attacked him.
I reacted quickly, so I expressed my support clearly early on.
At this point, Zhao Zhe's role is actually the same as Zhang Xiu's role in Wancheng, which is to act as a buffer zone between the two great princes. But for Yuan Shu, this is the case, but for Wang Fen,
Zhao Zhe was the thorn in Luoyang's side.
Just as Luoyang was a nail placed next to Jizhou, Wang Fen took Xun He's suggestion and sent Zhao Zhe to Yingchuan to counterattack. This is why Hanoi County is so close to Yecheng, but Luoyang has never dared to attack.
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Therefore, from a strategic point of view, Luoyang suddenly sent troops to attack Yingchuan at this time. In addition to encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and threatening Yuan Shu's foundation in Runan County, another strategic purpose was to remove this nail.
Zhao Yun only brought five thousand soldiers and horses, and took advantage of the rainy night to make a surprise attack on Yangdi. Zhao Zao himself was still sleeping, and the entire city had been lost and he was reduced to a prisoner.
Zhonggu was captured, and the Jizhou soldiers and horses scattered throughout Yingchuan were all in chaos. Within a few days, Yingchuan had fallen.
Jizhou, Yecheng.
When Wang Fen heard the news of the fall of Yingchuan, he immediately summoned Xun He, Chen Yi, Xiang Kai, Zhou Jing and other three ministers, as well as Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Geng Wu, Min Chun and Li Li.
, counselors like Liu Hui.
In the Taiwei's residence, Wang Fen kept coughing. The old man in his sixties was not as strong as before. In addition, it was very cold this winter. He caught a cold and his old illness relapsed. His condition has been unstable.
But as the founder of Jizhou's foundation, Wang Fen knew very well that he could not fail. He had worked in Jizhou for nearly ten years before he had this power. When he fell, the emperor was still young, and Xun, Chen Yixiang, Kaizhou Jing and others lacked prestige.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.
"Cough cough cough!"
People walked into the hall of Taiwei's mansion one after another. Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Shen Pei and others saw Wang Fen on the main seat with a pale face. An attendant had just served him and drank medicine. They could see each other if they looked at each other.
Show the joy in the other person’s eyes.
After drinking the medicine and waiting for the attendant to take the bowl away, Wang Fen wiped the corners of her mouth with a silk scarf, propped herself up, looked around at everyone and said, "Everyone, please sit down."
Everyone sat down in order according to their seats. Xun and Chen Yi were party members and had high status. They served as Situ and Sikong and sat at the top. Xiangkai Zhou Jing was the first to follow Wang Fen to Jizhou, along with several others.
A senior party member occupies the position of Jiuqing.
As for Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, and Liu Hui, they do not have high qualifications, nor are they party members. They do not hold high positions in Jizhou, but they are from the Yingchuan faction.
and representatives of the local factions in Jizhou, so they all had their own positions, either as a minister, or as a councilor, or as a censor, or as a minister, most of which were advisory positions ranging from 600 to 1,000 shi.
"Lieutenant, why did the Central and Northern Dynasties suddenly convene today? Could it be that something big happened?"
After everyone was seated, Xun He was the first to ask questions.
The Three Dukes had the power to convene a court, but a court of this kind was no different from the emperor's regular court. It would only appear when something very big happened, so Xun He was more worried about whether something big had happened somewhere.
What Wang Fen said next also confirmed Xun He's conjecture. He said solemnly: "The news came from Yingchuan. Luoyang suddenly attacked Yangdi and Zhao Zao has been killed."
"What? Yingchuan fell into Luoyang's hands?"
"What should we do? My clan relatives are still in Yingchuan. If Luoyang attacks them..."
"Wenzu, you have to think of a way."
Upon hearing the news, the first people to be upset were not the counselors under Wang Fen, but the high-ranking officials who served as the Sangong and Jiuqing.
They are all party members who survived the early scourge of party imprisonment. Later, during the Luoyang Rebellion, when Dong Zhuo came to power, these people left the court and went to Jizhou to join Wang Fen, who was the best among the party members, hoping that
He could send troops to welcome back the emperor.
Unfortunately, the success fell short in the end, so with the support of Xun Shuang, Xun He and other old party members, Wang Fen made Liu Ye the emperor of Jizhou. After Xun Shuang's death, the number of these old party members also increased.
The less.
However, the literary style of Yingchuan during the Eastern Han Dynasty was the most important. Scholars from Runan, Shanyang and other places were the biggest victims of the party's scourge. For example, four of the eight heroes were from Yingchuan.
Therefore, among those present, there are quite a few people from Yingchuan, even Xun Chen and Guo Tu, who have many relatives there.
When they heard that Yingchuan had been lost, they were naturally the most worried.
Everyone's words turned into a mess, but Xun He was the first to calm down and said slowly: "Everyone, please be quiet. The fall of Yingchuan was not because they wanted to make a fuss about our clan, but because they wanted to make a fuss about our clan.
Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong, so their target must be Runan County."
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We couldn't spare any troops at all, so we asked Luoyang to send troops to Yingchuan to attack Runan."
"This is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. If they succeed, I'm afraid Yuan Shu will have to return to defend, and then Tao Qian and Yuan Shu's plan will fail. However, this has nothing to do with us. I'm afraid Jizhou can't move lightly."
"Who says it doesn't matter? Cao Cao's Dongjun connects Qingzhou and Luoyang. The troops and horses and supplies between the two places must pass through Dongjun. Once Cao Cao is eliminated, the passage between Qingzhou and Luoyang will be closed. So if we want to profit from it, we must
To help Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, it is best to form an alliance with them."
"But in that case, wouldn't we have to join the war? Once we fight here, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan will definitely not give up. At that time, it will evolve into us joining forces with Yuan Shu and Tao Qian to attack Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao, and the entire Guandong region
Everything will be in chaos."
"I'm afraid it's not just that. Yuan Shu and Chen Wen and Liu Biao are mortal enemies. Now Liu Biao is trapped in Jingbei by Yuan Shu, and Chen Wen is forced to the Kuaiji area of Danyang Wu County. If we attack here, they will definitely cannibalize Yuan Shu and put Yuan Shu into trouble.
Caught between two sides."
"For this reason, Yuan Shu was too ambitious and was attacked from all sides. If we form an alliance with him and join the battle, we will also be attacked from all sides."
"But even if we don't form an alliance with him, wouldn't Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao and Sun Jian not attack us? They believe in Luoyang, and they don't agree with each other. Since they are already mortal enemies, they should take advantage of Yuan Shu and Tao Qian to attack them
When the situation arises, immediately send troops to intervene.”
Many ministers and counselors in the audience expressed their opinions. Some people thought that Yuan Shu had made too many enemies. If he formed an alliance with him, all of Guandong would be enemies. Some people thought that most of the princes in Guandong did not recognize the Emperor of Jizhou and were enemies of them in the first place. It was better to take advantage of this situation.
Opportunity to form an alliance with Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, and severely attack Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian.
You must know that Jizhou today is different from when Yuan Shao was in power in history. When Yuan Shao was in power, apart from a very distant Yuan Shu as his enemy, the only one close at hand was Gongsun Zan. Therefore, after Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, there were already many enemies in the north.
It is a unique company and has no rivals.
Now that Wang Fen is in power, because of the establishment of the puppet emperor, he is very unhappy with the surrounding princes, making the surrounding areas full of enemies. Therefore, it is best to find allies like Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, who are ambitious and have not joined Liu Bei's group.
Choices that serve their own interests.
But if we find them as allies and formally form an alliance, I'm afraid Jizhou will have to join the war. Now the two large groups are at war with each other. The slightest smell of gunpowder may ignite the flames of war. Is Jizhou really ready for a full-scale war?
Everyone had their own reasons. Wang Fen was so noisy that her head almost exploded. She patted the table and slightly raised her voice and said: "Everyone, be quiet. Please be quiet."
After shouting twice, everyone became quiet.
When they all stopped talking, Wang Fen said to Xun He, "Gongshu, what do you think?"
Xun He pondered: "Since Luoyang has sent troops to attack Yingchuan, we must do something, at least not to let Luoyang be too unscrupulous."
"How to do it?"
"Send troops to attack Luoyang."
"No, I think it's better to send troops to attack Dongjun."
"Attack Dongjun?"
Everyone was surprised and looked at the person who made the suggestion, it was Liu Hui from Zhongshan.
Liu Hui, like Shen Pei, Geng Wu, Min Chun, and Li Li, were all representatives of the Jizhou native faction. They were known for their strategic skills and were appointed as Taiwei Chief Shi by Wang Fen.
Xun He proposed to attack Luoyang, but everyone thought it was a mature idea, because since Luoyang wanted to attack Runan, Hanoi must be empty. If the soldiers and horses on the southwest defense line of Jizhou attacked at this time, there was a high probability that the enemy would be forced to return to defense.
Just like when Luoyang attacked Runan and forced Yuan Shu to defend, it is the same. Since you are going to attack Runan, then I will attack you, one by one. No one can come and hit Jizhou anyway.
Because there is another difference between Jizhou now and when Yuan Shao was in power, that is, when Yuan Shao took over, he was actually the third party.
Han Fu took over from Wang Fen, and Yuan Shao took over from Han Fu. Later, Yuan Shao tortured Qian Gu in Jizhou, which caused many wealthy families in Jizhou to flee. There were years of war, and people's livelihood was much worse than when Wang Fen was in power.
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And now Wang Fen has been in charge of Jizhou since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He has been taking root in Jizhou for eight or nine years. He is deeply rooted and has won the hearts of the people. At this point, even Yuan Shao cannot catch up with him.
Therefore, the current Wang Fen is much stronger than Yuan Shao in history, with more than 200,000 troops. Hejian Kingdom Zhongshan Kingdom in the north and Qinghe Kingdom Bohai County in the east have troops to guard against Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei.
In this way, as long as Wei Jun in the southwest does not attack Luoyang in a large scale and fight to the death outside the Eight Passes of Luoyang, there is almost no need to worry about the problem of siege on three sides.
According to Xun He's intention, the so-called attack on Luoyang did not actually mean fighting to Luoyang.
After all, the 200,000-strong Kwantung Allied Forces fought hard outside Hulao Pass for a year without getting in. It was obviously an irrational act for them to touch the turtle shell of Luoyang, so his real intention was to send troops to Hanoi County.
Hanoi County is the most important grain-producing area in Luoyang. Jizhou has long wanted to capture it, but they were afraid that Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and others would be at odds with each other in Luoyang, and they were afraid that they would sneak attack Yecheng, so they did not dare to take action.
Now that there is such a good opportunity, Cao Cao and Sun Jian have no time to take care of themselves. They can take advantage of the situation and send troops. Firstly, they can solve the worries of Runan County. Secondly, they can capture Hanoi County and weaken Luoyang's strength. Why not?
However, Liu Hui's opinion was indeed unexpected by everyone. They all looked at him for a while, wondering what he had in mind.
Seeing that Liu Hui was so calm, he said: "Sikong Zhiyan, I actually understand. Learning from Luoyang's trick of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao can be considered a clever strategy. If you are lucky, you can also take Hanoi. But we must first understand,
What is the purpose of this battle?"
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Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not quite understanding what Liu Hui wanted to express.
Guo Tu thought deeply: "Isn't this battle to help Yuan Shu break the siege of Runan?"
"Then what?"
Liu Hui suddenly asked back.
"Then......"
Guo Tu hesitated for a while.
Everyone looked thoughtful.
Liu Hui continued: "Help Tao Qian take Yanzhou and help Yuan Shu take Yuzhou. What benefit can we gain? Moreover, after Tao Qian becomes stronger, no one knows whether he will join forces with Liu Bei to suppress us. Dongjun is even
Why can't the main road connecting Luoyang and Qingzhou be controlled by us instead of being controlled by others?"
One word was like a wake-up call, waking up all those who were dreaming.
In an instant everyone woke up.
Yes.
Tao Qian took Yanzhou, why can't we take it?
I didn't dare to take action before because I was afraid of Liu Bei's group.
But now that Yuan Shu and Tao Qian have joined them, the pressure on Jizhou has been relieved to a great extent, allowing them to liberate the defenders of Wei County and do more things.
What's more, Wang Fen also adopted a new adopted son, Lu Bu, this year, and is now still killing Black Mountain bandits in the Taihang Mountains.
If Lu Bu were to attack Dongjun, wouldn't it be a sure bet?
For a moment, everyone was awakened.
This is the difference between tactics and strategy, and the difference between micro and macro perspectives.
From a micro perspective, you take a step at a time and only look at the immediate future. From a macro perspective, you have already seen far away and think about the problem more comprehensively.
The two original strategic masters in Jizhou, Tian Feng and Jushu, have now all gone to Qingzhou, so that there is no one in Jizhou who can consider the problem from all aspects.
Even Xun He didn't think that far ahead.
Liu Hui was also a resourceful person in history. He once urged Han Fu to attack Dong to prevent Han Fu from being attacked by the Kwantung princes. It is said that his status in Jizhou is still higher than that of Jushu Tianfeng. Everyone present, that is,
Only he saw some strategic clues.
This move can be said to be a blow to the bottom of the pot.
When Yuan Shu and Tao Qian were plotting against Wang Fen and wanted to use Wang Fen to contain Liu Bei, why couldn't Jizhou plot against the two of them and use them to contain others?