Chapter 222 Rest and recuperate (Sun Jian crosses the river to attack Liu Biao)

Lu Bu’s official residence.

When Wang Yun and Lu Bu were having a happy conversation, a personal soldier suddenly came to report to the office. The Sili Captain Liu Bei brought his brother Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to visit him.

Lu Bu ordered people to introduce the three Liu Bei brothers into the side hall to meet Wang Yun.

Liu Bei apologized with his fists: "It's really disturbing to come late at night."

Lu Bu clasped his fists and replied, "You don't have to be polite, please come to the table."

Everyone sat down with the guest and the host. Lu Bu ordered his family to serve tea. When Liu Bei was about to speak, Guan Yu, who was sitting at the bottom of him, suddenly asked Lu Bu: "I heard that General Lu Bu had a concubine Diao Chan, who was Lord Situ Ling Yuan. He was born as beautiful as a flower and was admirable. Why not call him out for a moment?"

Liu Bei held his forehead with his hands, thinking that he was really a mistake.

Guan Yu was good at literature and martial arts, but he was a little lustful. Guan Yu was originally a Jieliang gentry in Hedong, with his name as Changsheng. Later, he was jealous with the rich people in the village and was angry and killed people. Then he changed his name to Yunchang to avoid disasters and made a living by selling dates. He had to meet Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Today he had to come to Lu Bu's official residence together, so he made up his mind to see Diao Chan's beauty.

As Guan Yu finished speaking, Lu Bu suddenly looked angry. Although the atmosphere was invasive at that time, the host would often call out his beloved concubine to serve wine and entertain guests when the guests visited, but the host would voluntarily, such as Guan Yu, who took the initiative to ask the host to call out his beloved concubine's seat.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was a little awkward, Wang Yun hurriedly smoothed out and said, "Bengxian, why not call the cicada out?"

Seeing Wang Yun speak, Lu Bu had to hold back his anger and said to the servant who stood in front of the screen: "Go and call the second wife to meet Lord Liu Bei."

The servants took the order and left. In less than a moment, Diao Chan walked into the side hall.

Guan Yu saw Diao Chan at first sight, and suddenly felt like he was eaten by thunder. An indescribable spirit appeared in his narrow phoenix eyes. When Lu Bu saw it, he couldn't help but feel even more angry and groaned from his nostrils. Guan Yu was unaware of it, staring straight at Diao Chan, looking at her with a confused look.

Liu Bei coughed dryly and said, "According to the order of the Queen Mother, you will find important matters to discuss with General Lu Bu. It just so happened that Lord Situ is here, so why not discuss together?"

Lu Bu suppressed his anger and asked, "What's the matter?"

Liu Bei said: "General Dong Zhuo and Zhang Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, seem to have signs of being idle. The Empress Dowager intends to appoint General Lu Bu as the prefect of Hedong and lead the army out of Anyi to resist Zhang Ji. I wonder what the general wants?"

"What?"

"What?"

As Liu Bei finished speaking, Lu Bu and Wang Yun were shocked at the same time.

Liu Bei said in confusion: "What, but is there anything wrong?"

Wang Yun frowned and said, "Mr. Xuande doesn't know anything. I have submitted a report to the Empress Dowager yesterday, asking Fengxian to serve as the governor of Yanzhou to replace Liu Dai who died in battle to pacify the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Qingzhou. I am afraid that this candidate for the prefect of Hedong can only choose another person."

Liu Bei said: "The Queen Mother has already asked Cao Cao, the prefect of Qiao County, to choose the candidate of the paramita of Yanzhou. This matter is unlikely to be changed."

"What!" Wang Yun said in a lost voice, "What happened?"

Lu Bu was even more disappointed and said, "My father-in-law, why is this happening?"

Wang Yun looked extremely embarrassed, and he said with a look at his left and right, "I don't know this~ I am a father."

In the first month of the second year of Jian'an (189), Emperor Xian of Han, the imperial court formally appointed Cao Cao, the prefect of Qiao County, as the governor of Yanzhou, and led his army to attack the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou. At the same time, he appointed Lu Bu, the general of Hu Ben, as the prefect of Hedong, and led 8,000 old Bingzhou troops to the station in Anyi to shock Zhang Ji, the governor of Bingzhou.

The same month.

Ma Yue submitted a letter to the court and formally requested Ma Teng as the governor of Liangzhou, Ju Sui as the detachment of Liangzhou, Fu Xie was still the prefect of Wuwei, Fazhen was the prefect of Zhangye, led the three counties of Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang, Xu Huang was the prefect of Hanyang, Fang Yue was the prefect of Longxi, surrendered general Duan Wei as the prefect of Wudu, Gao Shun as the prefect of northern territory, led the two counties of northern territory, and Anding!

While Ma Yue arranged for Ju Su, who was good at internal affairs, to build water conservancy and immigrate to farm farms in the Northern Plain. At the same time, Gao Shun, who was very good at training troops, selected 100,000 strong people from the millions of Guanzhong refugees to train, and practiced during busy farming and leisure time, and selected 20,000 strong people from the 100,000 strong people, and practiced with the strictest requirements and the highest intensity.

After arranging all the affairs of Liangzhou, Ma Yue finally returned to Laoying Hetao at the end of the first month of the second year of Jian'an. At this time, Ma Yue's eldest son Ma Zheng was four years old (Xu Sui), and his second son Ma Zhan (the Queen of Yuezhi was born to Zhenerduo) was already born, while Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Chao was sixteen years old.

Hetao, Ma Yue Laoying.

Dian Wei had two iron halberds on his back and rode on a majestic Western Region horse. His eyes were like torches and staring at Ma Chao who was riding straight ahead, shouting loudly: "Put your waist and abdomen, and your energy penetrates your whole body. There is only the enemy in front of you. Even if he is a mountain, you must smash it to pieces!"

Ma Chao rode forward vertically, and his slightly tender black eyes showed a few ferocious brutes that were not commensurate with his age. Suddenly, the silver spear held high in his hand and fell down fiercely with a harsh roar. The bright silver spear drew a dazzling trajectory in the air and swept across Xu Chu's chest.

"Ao!"

Xu Chu roared like a wild beast, and the wolf-toothed hammer in his hand swung it heavily. With a loud clang, the wolf-toothed hammer had already collided fiercely with Ma Chao's silver spear. A wild force rolled back like a huge wave in the long river. Xu Chu suddenly felt as if he was hit by a hammer and felt a suffocation in his chest.

"Okay!" Dian Wei shouted loudly when he saw this, "Beautiful job, this shot is enough for Zhongkang."

Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, with a dense population and abundant resources. It has been a must-fight for military strategists since ancient times.

Yanzhou was under the jurisdiction of Chenliu County, Shanyang County, Jiyin County, Jibei County, Dongjun, Taishan County, Dongping County, and Changyi City, which was located in Shanyang County. At its peak, Yanzhou had a population of more than 4 million, but by the second year of Jian'an of Emperor Xian of Han, when Cao Cao became the governor of Yanzhou, the total population had dropped sharply to less than one million.

At the end of the first month of the first year of Jian'an Emperor Xian of Han.

Cao Cao led Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Li Dian, Zangba, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, Guo Jia and other civil servants, as well as elite troops from the three thousand clans, to Puyang, Dongjun. Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, and Cao Cao's friend, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, went out to the city for fifty miles to greet him.

When Cao Cao took office and was full of confidence, Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai, fell into the trough of his life.

When the Eighteenth Kwantung Army attacked Dong, Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the alliance because of the reputation of the four generations and three dukes of the Yuan family. After entering Luoyang, he was named General of the End of the East by the court. However, in fact, the so-called General of the End of the East was just an empty title, and the territory belonging to Yuan Shao was still only in Bohai.

Han Fu, the general of the Northern Expedition, was a general in Jizhou, and had many soldiers and generals. He had a land of Jizhou. He had an overwhelming advantage over Yuan Shao in terms of strength. Han Fu was worried that Yuan Shao would threaten his safety when he became stronger, so he began to suppress Yuan Shao everywhere and strictly restrict the supply of food, grass and ordnance to Yuan Shao's army.

In the autumn of the first year of Jian'an (188), the new grain from the counties of Bohai County was collected and forced away by Han Fu, and no grain was left for Yuan Shao.

When he was attacking Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao had exhausted all the remaining grains in the county. Now the new grains were forcibly conquered by Han Fu, and the 20,000 troops under his command were immediately in a dilemma of shortage of grain! Yuan Shao barely borrowed some surplus grain from the gentry and gentry in Bohai County, but the surplus grains were limited after all, and they could only maintain the cost of the army for several months.

Seeing that the army under his command was about to collapse due to shortage of food, Yuan Shao was living in his life and had no choice but to do anything, an important figure appeared in front of him.

This person is nothing but Feng Ji.

Feng Ji, the name Yuantu. This person pointed out a clear path for Yuan Shao - to seize Jizhou! Yuan Shao has many soldiers and generals, and there are not shortage of counselors. He has no territory. Only by seizing Jizhou can he not be controlled by others, and he does not need to rely on others' breath, and he has the capital to compete for the world!

However, Han Fu was the strongest local warlord in the north at that time. Not only did he have 100,000 powerful soldiers, but he had powerful generals like Zhang He and his literary talent. He also had high walls of Ye City, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack. He was the most important military fortress in the area north of the river. Yuan Shao had no confidence in defeating Han Fu at all.

So after hearing Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shao hesitated very much and was reluctant to make up his mind.

Yuan Shao said worriedly, "You can tell the truth that there is no turning back. If you start a war with Han Fu and fail to attack Yecheng in the end, Han Fu will definitely lead the army to counterattack. At that time, I am afraid that even Bohai County will not be able to defend it, so that our army will not even have a place to settle down."

At this time, Yuan Shao's military advisor Tian Feng came up with a plan and said to Yuan Shao: "Han Fu is a mediocre person, with only 100,000 soldiers, Zhang He, Xin Ping and other civil and military help, but he is incapable. The lord can write a letter to secretly contact Gongsun Zan, the governor of Youzhou, to lure Youyan and attack Hebei. Han Fu will definitely be panicked. At that time, the lord will send eloquent people to Yecheng to prove his interests and interests to Han Fu, and it is expected that he will give up Jizhou."

Yuan Shao said: "Will Gongsun Zan be fooled?"

Tian Feng said: "Gongsun Zan is ambitious and has been determined to plot against Jizhou for a long time. If the lord goes to write letters and pretends to be the lord of Jizhou, he will lead his army south."

Tian Feng's words finally prompted Yuan Shao to make up his mind, and while sending someone to send a secret letter to Jixian, he stepped up military preparations to seize Jizhou.

When Yuan Shao conspired to seize Jizhou, the conflict between Nanyang Prefect Sun Jian and Jingzhou Patriarch Liu Biao also rapidly intensified, and finally reached the point of meeting each other with weapons.

In October of the first year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of Han, Yuan Shu led a large army to Luoyang and returned to Yangzhou. On the way, he asked Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, to supply military rations, but was rejected by Liu Biao. Yuan Shu then held a grudge. After returning to Shouchun, he ordered the prefect of Lujiang Liu Xun to lead 20,000 troops out of Xunyang to threaten Jiangxia by land, and ordered the general Lei Bo to lead 8,000 naval troops to Chaisang and threaten Jiangxia by water.

However, Liu Xun and Lei Bo's two armies were just suspicious soldiers, and Yuan Shu's real killer was Sun Jian, the prefect of Nanyang.

When Liu Xun and Lei Bo successfully attracted Liu Biao's army to Jiangxia for defense, Nanyang Prefect Sun Jian led 8,000 elite troops to bypass Zhuyang, which was heavily fortified by Liu Biao. Cai Yang first drove eastward through Sui County and then crossed Lulin Mountain to the south to enter Nanjun. Within five days, he ran for more than 400 miles and suddenly appeared under the city of Xiangyang!

When Liu Biao woke up one night and suddenly found that the city was covered with dense troops, he was shocked. While urgently asking his wife and uncle Cai Mao to strengthen his defense, he sent people to Jiangxia from the water route, and urgently ordered Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu to lead his army back to aid. After receiving Liu Biao's urgent order, Huang Zu did not dare to be negligent, so he ordered the commander Li Tong to lead 3,000 elite troops as the vanguard, and he ignited 20,000 troops on the water and land to fight back to Xiangyang to rescue Liu Biao.

However, before Huang Zu's army arrived in Xiangyang, they were ambushed by Sun Jian in Liqiu.

After a fierce battle, the entire army of 20,000 troops under Huang Zu were destroyed. The commander Li Tong was also shot by Sun Jian's general Huang Gai, and the prefect of Jiangxia, Huang Zu, was saved only by himself. Soon after that, Liu Biao followed his son, and the prefect of Changsha, Liu Pan, used the commander Huang Zhong as the vanguard, and set up eight thousand elite troops to break the siege of Xiangyang, but was also defeated by Sun Jian.

Xiangyang was besieged for several months, and several reinforcements were defeated by Sun Jian, and the food in the city was in a hurry.

In helplessness, Liu Biao had to accept the suggestion of his adviser Kuai Yue, and ordered Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to rectify the navy, break through the water and flee to Hanshou (the location of Jingzhou Prefecture during the Western Han Dynasty) to temporarily avoid Sun Jian's military attack. On the other hand, he sent people to Shouchun to bribe Yuan Shu's confidant adviser Jin Shang for a large amount of money.

Jin Shang then made a greedy statement to Yuan Shu, saying that Sun Jian was self-reliant and often showed disrespect for Yuan Shu in front of Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and other subordinates. He had been self-reliant for a long time. Yuan Shu believed Jin Shang's greedy statement and indeed began to doubt Sun Jian, so he cut off the supply of food and grass to Sun Jian's army.

Liu Biaojun took the opportunity to spread rumors again, and Sun Jian's army's morale was shaken and his offensive was frustrated.

Liu Biao's generals Han Xuan and Han Song finally blocked the fierce attack of Jiangdong tigers in Dangyang. At this time, Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu fought repeatedly and recruited eight thousand new troops to make a comeback, taking the opportunity to retake Xiangyang and successfully cut off Sun Jian's retreat. Sun Jian's army immediately fell into a desperate situation where there was no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside.
Chapter completed!