The first year of Xingwu, that is, late February 193 AD.
Faced with Yuan Shu Tao Qian's sudden attack, the Qingzhou Group finally began to make their response.
Zhao Yun made a surprise attack on Yangzhai, killed the Yuzhou pastor Zhao Zao sent from Jizhou, quickly occupied Yingchuan, and then directed his army towards Runan.
Runan County is located in the area of the Fourth War, and it is also the territory where Yuan Shu has the strongest power. Now Yuan Shu's main force is actually placed in Nanyang County in the southwest to guard against Liu Biao.
In Yingchuan, because Yuan Shu and Wang Fen had no conflict of interest, there were very few soldiers and horses stationed there, and there was no way to prepare for Luoyang's sudden attack.
This time Luoyang could mobilize not many soldiers and horses, only 10,000 people could be mobilized in total. In fact, even so, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty in Luoyang were already prepared for Hanoi County to be attacked and lose half of Luoyang's grain production area.
Prepare.
After all, even though Luoyang now has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, what they have to face is Jizhou's main force, Wei County's Chen soldiers, who have more than 100,000 soldiers. Therefore, Luoyang is facing great pressure.
If they are not careful, they will have no choice but to choose the final plan, to return all their troops to Luoyang and rely on Hulao, Mengjin, and Xiaoping to hold on at the passes.
If given a choice, no one wants to find themselves in a situation where they are under siege.
But there is no absolute freedom in this world. In many cases, it is just out of control. It is nothing more than human beings, driven by their own desires, starting to squeeze the living space of other people to satisfy their own greed.
Fortunately, at least for now, Luoyang still maintains the justice of the court. While issuing edicts to reprimand Yuan Shu and Tao Qian for his improper behavior, he also sent edicts to Sun Jian, Chen Wen, and Liu Biao to ask them to actively respond to this war.
Chen County was the seat of Chen State.
Sun Jian, Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun, Chen Wang Liu Chong, Chen Liang officials and several newly recruited staff were discussing matters in the new governor's mansion.
Since both Luo Jun and Liu Chong were very diligent and frugal, their residences were not luxurious. Like Liu Bei in history, he treated the people well and often invited them to come to their homes to have dinner, talk, and understand the people's sentiments. Therefore, Sun Jian was the same as them, and his residence was just a
An ordinary house is not big.
There were less than twenty people sitting in the entire hall, but it was very crowded. This was not common in the Han Dynasty, which was characterized by spaciousness and grandeur.
However, Sun Jian enjoyed it. Because he was appointed by the imperial court as the shepherd of Yuzhou, Sun Jian was supported by Luo Jun and Liu Chong. He was not shackled by Chen and Liang. In order to reciprocate, he was very close and trusted them. In addition to military affairs,
, other government affairs will be handed over to them.
Liu Chong, the king of Chen, is very old. He was born in 138 and ascended the throne in 167. He has been king of Chen for twenty-six years. He is highly respected in the country of Chen, and his moral character and qualifications are very good. If he were not too old, Liu Yu would not be as good as Liu Chong.
The princes of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely elect him to be the emperor.
However, people are old at heart. When Liu Chong was young, he was very powerful in martial arts, especially in bow and crossbow skills. He was comparable to Huang Zhong. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion 9 years ago, at the age of 46, he went into battle to lead the people of Chen State.
Fight the Yellow Turbans.
Therefore, Liu Chong won the hearts of the people in Chen State and his words were very important.
He heard that the purpose of Yuan Shu's invasion of Yanzhou was to annex the entire Yuzhou. Even though Sun Jian did not want the old man to come out again, he insisted on coming to this meeting and even shouted that he would go into battle to kill the enemy.
"Your Majesty, I ask for orders to go to war!"
The 55-year-old King Chen was in good spirits and in good health. As soon as he entered the prefecture's governor's office, he shouted to Sun Jian who was sitting on the throne: "Yuan Shu dares to invade my country, Chen. I will kill him!"
Sun Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He waved his hand to the old man and said, "Master Chen, please be patient and sit down first. We are here to discuss this matter today."
"Where is that boy Sun Ce?"
The old man sat on Sun Jian's seat first and looked around. His favorite person in Sun's house, apart from Sun Jian, a strong man who also liked to exercise muscles like him, was Sun Ce.
Sun Jian muttered: "Ce'er is still young and has not yet reached his prime. It is better not to get involved in adult affairs too early."
"That's not right."
The old man was not happy at that time and said: "Bo Fu is already eighteen years old. He has been crowned and given the title of cousin. He is an adult. Why can't he come here to discuss matters?"
Generally speaking, the ancients gave Sun Ce the crown after he was twenty years old. But Sun Jian was out fighting all the year round, and he was not very sharp on the battlefield. He was also afraid that he would have an accident one day, so he crowned Sun Ce early.
It was not uncommon in the Han Dynasty for elders to hold crowning ceremonies for their children in advance. For example, Emperor Jing Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty held a crowning ceremony for Liu Che when he was sixteen years old, making him come of age early.
Hearing King Chen's insistence, Sun Jian hesitated for a moment. After thinking about it, he said to Cheng Pu: "De Mou, go and ask Bo Fu to come out."
Sun Ce was at the back of the hall at this time, secretly hiding behind the screen.
He is eight feet tall and has a slender body. Like his father, his whole body is covered with strong and muscular muscles.
Now that Sun Jian had finally settled down, he brought them to the Kingdom of Chen. His father taught him martial arts, and King Chen, an elder who was both a teacher and a friend, taught him archery skills. Sun Ce grew up very quickly and his martial arts became surprisingly powerful.
But after all, it was still in the theoretical stage. Although he had killed death row prisoners and soaked his blood to practice courage, he had never actually gone to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and Sun Ce didn't know how strong he was.
Therefore, the reason why King Chen suddenly asked Sun Ce to attend the military meeting this time was actually because he begged the old man for help.
King Chen still had a lot of respect for him, so Sun Yat-sen agreed.
Hearing his father's voice outside asking Cheng Pu to call him out, Sun Ce was ecstatic. At the same time, he hurriedly ran to the backyard, grabbed two stone locks weighing two hundred kilograms, and danced vigorously, pretending to be practicing.
martial arts.
One is 200 kilograms, two is 400 kilograms, but in the Han Dynasty, one kilogram was 223 grams, so the actual weight of these two stone locks is 45 kilograms each, and the total is 90 kilograms.
It didn't look like much. After all, there were many people who could lift 90 kilograms of weight. But Sun Ce lifted the weight as if it were light. The two stone locks were as light as cotton in his hands, and he waved them back and forth without feeling any difficulty.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Cheng Pu came to call him, Sun Ce pretended to be out of breath, put down the stone lock, wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead, and said to Cheng Pu
: "Uncle Cheng, what's wrong?"
Cheng Pu did not doubt his presence and said, "Your father asked you to come over."
"good."
Sun Ce suppressed his inner excitement and followed Cheng Pu to the front hall.
Seeing his strong appearance, Sun Jian was very satisfied that his son was very brave. He slightly tapped his chin and said: "Bo Fu, we are discussing today. King Chen said that you are old enough to discuss important matters together, so he called you here. Let's see.
Are you willing to join the military?"
Sun Ce immediately said: "My child has long wanted to follow his father and serve the country. Please give me your instructions!"
Sun Jian said angrily: "I'm calling you here this time just to let you listen. It's not your turn to go to the battlefield to fight. You go and sit down, don't talk, and just listen to what your uncles are talking about."
"only!"
Sun Ce obediently ran to the last seat in the row and sat down, already close to the door.
But being able to participate in the military is already great, so what else do you need a bicycle?
So Sun Ce happily cast a grateful look at Liu Chong, and the old man looked back with a smile. This kid really liked King Chen who liked to practice martial arts.
After Sun Ce sat down, Sun Jian said to everyone: "I believe everyone knows that Yuan Shu and Tao Qian joined forces to invade Yanzhou. Some people say that since it is in Yanzhou, it is the matter of Cao Cao in Yanzhou, but everyone knows that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.
Everyone should also understand that if Yuan Shu and Tao Qian take Yanzhou, we, Chen Guoliang, will be caught between them and will definitely be destroyed."
"Exactly."
Luo Jun, the Prime Minister of Chen State, agreed and said: "Yuan Jiujiu paid no attention to the imperial court, despised the emperor, and wantonly attacked the areas of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, which caused instability in our Chen State County. Several aristocratic families headed by the Yuan family and the He family were already preparing to move their families, which shows that people's hearts are floating.
.If we cannot repel it, Chen Guo will be in danger."
Chen State was also known as Chen County. There were still many big families living here at that time, such as the Yuan family in Chen County and the He family in Chen County. They were all famous families. After the war, these families were the most well-informed and knew that Chen State was now in turmoil.
There was a small boat among them, so I moved out early.
Wealthy families in a place are often regarded as the objects of publicity by the local people. Once they leave, it is easy to cause panic among the local people and make the political situation unstable. Therefore, Luo Jun was worried that the stability of Chen State for several years would be broken, and he also urged Sun Jian to
send troops.
"It's just that Runan is the foundation of Yuan Gongdao. The Yuan family has four generations and three nobles. Their disciples and old officials are all over the world. They have deep kindness. It's already very difficult for us to protect ourselves. I'm afraid we won't be able to go out of the county to fight."
After Luo Jun finished speaking, another official from Chen State raised concerns. Everyone understands the principle of lips dying and teeth falling apart, but why must we choose to take the initiative?
Before Sun Jian could speak, his new long history, Xu Da from Jinan, smiled and said: "Brother Ji Li's words are wrong. Whoever doesn't hear it, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days? What's more?
Yuan Gongdao has been coveting Yuzhou for a long time. It is clear that the envoy is the Yuzhou pastor appointed by the imperial court, but he has occupied Runan Pei State and directed his troops towards Chen State. Who in the world does not know about the ambition of a wolf? Now Cao Mengde is in trouble.
After he falls, I'm afraid it will be our turn soon. Do you want to abandon the imperial court, abandon your ancestors, and serve the unfaithful and unfilial Yuan Jiujiu?"
As soon as Xu Da said this, several officials who were still trying to persuade Sun Jian not to go to war stopped talking.
Later, there were many surrender factions in Soochow, because Cao Cao used the emperor to control the princes and grasped the great righteousness. Surrendering to Cao Cao meant surrendering to the court, and there was no shame in it.
But what the hell is Yuan Shu now?
Disrespecting the imperial edicts, separatism and hegemony, and attacking other states and counties without authorization, what is the difference between this and rebellion?
Therefore, at least in name, Sun Jian is a person who obeys the current decree of the Luoyang court and has a righteous name. If they continue to talk about it, they may lose all their dignity.
After everyone hesitated for a while, the official named Ji Li hesitated and said: "I am not saying that I want to surrender to Yuan Shu, but I have few soldiers in Chen County and can barely protect myself. If we take the initiative, once the army is defeated, the consequences may be disastrous."
Xu Da smiled again and said: "No, no, let's think about it. Now Cao Mengde still has soldiers and horses, and he can fight with Yuan Shu Tao Qian as the main force. But if we wait for him to be eliminated, then we will be the only ones left."
Death will be inevitable at that time, so rushing to Cao Mengde's aid while he is still defeated is a good time to thwart Yuan Shu's ambition in a battle."
Sun Jian nodded and said, "Yes, so we must help Cao Cao in this battle. This discussion has been decided. I am going to organize my troops and attack Runan the next day to force Yuan Shu to return."
We will go to the rescue to help Cao Mengde reduce the pressure, what do you think?"
Liu Chong thought for a while and said: "Yuan Shu has deployed heavy troops in Xihua, Ruyang, and Nanton. These three cities are connected to each other and are horns of each other. If we attack by force, it will be difficult to succeed. We must outsmart them.
Take Xiang County in the south, bypass three places, and go straight to Pingyu?"
"How many troops are you planning to bring?"
an official asked.
Sun Jian said: "At least fifteen thousand people."
The official worriedly said: "If we bypass the three places, the soldiers and horses of Ruyang Nandun in Xihua will attack our Chen County. If you take away half of the soldiers and horses, I am afraid that Chen County will be unable to resist."
After hearing his words, Sun Jian also frowned.
Chen County is very close to the border of Runan County. From Chen County to Ruyang, which is about 20 kilometers southwest of Huaiyang District to Zhoukou City, the total is less than 80 miles, and all the way is plain, flat terrain, almost
There are no obstacles.
In order to guard against Yuan Shu, Sun Jian deployed heavy troops in Chen County. He had a total of 30,000 troops, of which 20,000 were in Chen County.
If he takes fifteen thousand people away, there will be only five thousand people left in the city.
However, there were 30,000 Yuan Shu's troops in Xihua, led by Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling, who were eyeing Chen Guo.
He bypassed the three cities of Ruyang and Nandun in Xihua and took Pingyu County, the administrative seat of Runan, from the south. Then they could also attack his Chen County without any hindrance, which was equivalent to changing families.
However, the problem is that there are more soldiers and horses in Pingyu County, with forty to fifty thousand troops. Yuan Shu himself is also there, mainly to guard against Liu Biao in Jingzhou. If he goes to attack Yuan Shu, he may not be able to defeat him at all, and his home will be stolen.
Yes, that would be too tragic.
For a moment, Sun Jian was hesitant, not knowing what to do.
Many warring factions also find this problem difficult, so they should attack the Xihua area. That area is impregnable and impregnable. If you go head-to-head, you will only end up with a lot of bloodshed.
Bypassing the Xihua area, we took Xiangcheng and attacked Pingyu, where Yuan Shu was located. There were more people in Pingyu, and there was a danger of his home being stolen.
This is simply a dilemma.
"well."
Sun Jian sighed.
In the final analysis, his troops were too few. Yuan Shu had more than 100,000 troops. Not only could Liu Biao and Chen Wen be looked down upon, he could not even move.
"It seems that we can only go north to help Cao Cao."
Luo Jun thought deeply: "Chen Guo can barely protect itself now, so I can lead 10,000 people to the north to help Cao Cao resist Yuan Shu Tao Qian's attack. As long as they can hold on until they run out of food, things will turn around."
"That's not necessarily the case."
At this moment, Huang Gai, who was responsible for patrolling the tower today, suddenly arrived.
When everyone looked around, they saw Huang Gai beaming with joy. As soon as he came in, he shouted: "Ming Gong, good news."
Sun Jian hurriedly asked: "What's the good news?"
"A letter was sent from Yingchuan, saying that Luoyang sent troops to capture Yingchuan and is now heading south to attack Yinqiang. They asked us to send troops to help."
Huang Gai handed the letter given to him by the messenger to Sun Jian.
Sun Jian was overjoyed when he took it out and looked at it.
Zhao Yun only sent the letter to Sun Jian after he captured Yingchuan.
Because no one knew that Yingchuan would be able to pick it up so quickly, they could only write a letter asking Sun Jian to cooperate after the matter was settled.
Otherwise, if you write a letter in advance, if something unexpected happens and Yingchuan is not captured for a long time, Sun Jian will be trapped by then.
In fact, at the beginning, Liu Bei in Qingzhou wrote to him, and Liu Yu in Luoyang issued an edict to him. They only told him that he wanted to fight Yuan Shu, but there was no specific plan.
After all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it takes several days to deliver a letter. Liu Bei and Liu Yu are not in the habit of micromanaging thousands of kilometers apart.
However, since Yingchuan was captured, the changes in the battle situation were naturally in accordance with the plan, and it was possible to send a letter to Sun Jian and ask him to cooperate.
Therefore, Sun Jian did not know until this moment that Luoyang actually sent troops.
Hearing that Luoyang's soldiers and horses were already attacking Yinqiang County to the north of Runan, Sun Jian immediately said: "Everyone, the imperial court has sent an army of 30,000 people south to attack Yinqiang. After Yinqiang is Zhaoling, we should mobilize our troops immediately
, and the imperial soldiers and horses will attack Xihua."
In fact, Zhao Yun only brought 10,000 people, but Sun Jian said it was 30,000 to increase his confidence.
After hearing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Faced with the pressure of Yuan Shu's more than 100,000 troops, no one could relax.
Now the imperial court has also sent people, and with the 30,000 men from the Chen Kingdom, they are not much different from Yuan Shu's troops and horses in Runan County now. In addition, Yuan Shu still has to guard against Liu Biao, so maybe he can really repel Yuan Shu.
"Since the imperial court has sent reinforcements, we should indeed send troops to respond."
"It would be better if Liu Jingzhou could send troops."
"Didn't I send a letter to Liu Jingzhou last time? I wonder how he would reply?"
"You can also ask Chen Yangzhou."
Many officials of Chen State were discussing it.
After hearing this, Sun Jian felt that it made sense, and said: "Liu Biao has not replied to his letter since I went there last time, so I will ignore him for now. I will organize my troops and horses in the past two days and cooperate with the imperial court to attack Xihua first. As for Chen Yangzhou's side
, I will send him a letter later to ask about the situation."
"Zhou Mu, if that's the case, how do you plan to arrange it?"
Liu Chong pretended to have exposed his tendon inadvertently, and said quite proudly: "Lian Po can still go into battle at the age of eighty. I am only fifty-five this year. Although I am not as good as Lian Po, I should be far behind."
The implication is that he wants to follow him to fight.
He was a vassal king and actually had no power. The military and political power of Chen State was in the hands of Luo Jun. When fighting the Yellow Turbans, Luo Jun only dared to let him defend the city and not allow him to go into battle, which made Liu Chong extremely depressed.
Now Sun Jian is here and has become Luo Jun's immediate boss. If Sun Jian agrees, he might really be able to leave the fiefdom and show off his martial arts.
But it was a pity that Sun Jian refused: "King Chen is an important weapon of the country and cannot be used lightly. Besides, how can an army have two commanders? With the ability of King Chen, it is more than enough to command the three armies. If you follow me to the battlefield, you are overqualified."
"
"I don't need to be the commander-in-chief, I just need to be a general."
The old man became anxious and said: "Even if you don't become a general, captain, or army commander, at worst, you can become a general."
Luo Jun laughed: "Forget it, King Chen, the court has an order, but the vassal king does not have an order from the court. Leaving the fiefdom without authorization is a capital offense. Even the state pastor has no power to help you, so you should give up on going to the battlefield."
The clan and the vassal king are two different concepts. The clan clans of Liu Bei and Liu Biao do not have fiefdoms. Even if they are granted a title, they only have a settlement. They can only be regarded as princes, not princes and kings.
Even if the princes and kings who have a fiefdom have no power, they must be responsible for the fiefdom. Leaving without permission is a capital crime. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong used this excuse to execute many princes and princes who were captured or driven away by the Yellow Turbans.
.
So after hearing Luo Jun's words, Liu Chong was extremely disappointed, and his face seemed to have aged ten years.
Sun Jian felt really uncomfortable looking at him. After all, Liu Chong had always supported him, and he was a respectable elder in the Chen Kingdom and very close to the Sun family.
After thinking about it, Sun Jian said: "Although King Chen cannot leave the fiefdom, he is also a brave general who has fought against the Yellow Turbans. It would be a pity if he stayed at home doing nothing every day. It would be better to do this. After I leave, the Chen County garrison will be led by Chen.
Commander Wang, what do you think?"
Luo Jun wanted to object. The vassal king had no military power. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, although King Chen led the troops to repel the invading Yellow Turbans, Luo Jun was still nominally the commander, and Luo Jun had the military power.
On hand.
Now directly handing over military power to Liu Chong would break the rules.
But he opened his mouth slightly, and just when he was about to voice his objection, he caught a glimpse of his old friend dancing happily from the corner of his eye. After thinking about it for a while, he finally gave it up.
After all, in this era, many rules have been broken. Even two emperors have died, so this little thing is nothing.
But Luo Jun would never have thought that in more than ten days, he would regret it so much that his intestines would turn blue.
Because as soon as Sun Jian left, Liu Chong took the military power, and with Sun Ce's instigation, the old and the young immediately began to become lawless.
But this is all for later.
On the second day, Sun Jian organized his troops and horses, and in the spring breeze of February, he led an army of 15,000 people and slowly headed west of Chen County.
At this moment, Zhao Yun also captured Yinqiang County south of Yingchuan and was heading towards the next target, Zhaoling.
Since Yuan Shu had no defense at all in the direction of Yingchuan in the northwest of Runan, there were few soldiers and horses in the cities of these two counties. Most of the forces were concentrated on the Chen State in the north and the Jingzhou border in the south. Zhao Yun was so powerful that in just three days,
, they had already conquered two cities, and their troops were directed towards Xihua County on the border between Runan and Chen.