Chapter 120: Mutual attack

The first year of Chuping of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty was destined to be a chaotic year.

Since the beginning of August, when Han Sui joined forces with the Hu tribe and invaded Liangzhou, the war of annexation of the princes of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty also began.

Ground in Yangzhou, Jiangdong.

In mid-July, the prefect of Kuaiji, Wang Lang, was attacked by the rebels in the southern Shanyue. The Gongcao of Kuaiji County, Yu Fan, whose courtesy name was Zhongxiang, saw that the thief army was powerful, so he persuaded: "Prefect, the thief army is powerful now. The newly appointed governor of Yangzhou, Liu Yao, has many soldiers and horses. Bao is willing to go and lobby and ask for support."

Wang Lang was overjoyed and immediately wrote a quick letter, asking Yu Yu to flip: "It depends on the safety of Kuaiji."

Afterwards, Wang Lang sent a hundred elite cavalry to escort Yu Qian out of the city and rushed to Shou County, the capital of Yangzhou.

Liu Yao was a relative of the Han Dynasty and had no great talent. In addition, he had just arrived in Yangzhou and had the intention to eliminate the power of each county to achieve the goal of controlling the entire Yangzhou. Therefore, when Yu Fan came to visit and ask for help, he vetoed in person: "Yangzhou has limited troops and has no time to rescue him. Lord Wang, the governor of Kuaiji County, should protect the country and not let the country fall into trouble. You can return to the county to report quickly."

Before Yu Qiang could open his mouth to explain the pros and cons, Liu Yao left. Seeing this situation, Yu Qiang had no choice but to come out. After thinking about it, Yu Qiang thought to himself: "The young and old in our clan are in Kuaiji. If they are captured by the thief army, it will be difficult to protect them. Now Liu Yao is incompetent, it seems that he can only go to Chaisang and meet General Sun to see if this person is really a hero."

Yu Fan then turned to Chaisang, and soon Yu Fan arrived at Chaisang and went to pay a visit.

At that time, Sun Jian was worried about whether to agree to Yuan Shu's request. When he joined forces to attack Liu Biao, when he heard that the famous scholar Yu Fan from Jiangdong asked for a meeting, Sun Jian was overjoyed: "Please, no, I have to go and greet him in person."

"If you have any help, General Sun will welcome you in person, but you won't dare to accept it." Seeing that Sun Jian was extraordinary and humble and polite, Yu Fan couldn't help but feel close to him.

"Mr. Zhongxiang's name is famous. Jian has been heard for a long time, and fortunately I met him." Sun Jian bowed and asked Yu Fan to sit in the same seat. It was a very courteous treat.

The two talked with each other, and they were very eager to meet too late. When Sun Jian told him about his troubles, Yu Fan asked in a deep voice: "General Sun, may you ask if you are determined to avenge your personal revenge or to protect the Han Dynasty?"

Sun Jian said with emotion: "It is the best way to protect the Han Dynasty."

"Ming Gong, since he had this ambition, he should have rejected Yuan Shu's request, compiled a book and joined Liu Biao's words, and then led his troops to Jiangdong. He attacked the rebels, settled the people, and recruited wise men. In this way, it would not be difficult to achieve the career of a overlord." Yu Fan bowed his head and said solemnly.

Sun Jian was shocked and hurriedly helped Yu Fan up, shook his head and said, "Although the Duke's words are good, Jian is a court-ordered official. If he easily attacks, wouldn't he be criticized by the world?"

"Ming Gong is not worried, and he is asking for help from the prefect of Kuaiji Wang Lang. With this letter, Ming Gong can lead troops to the Eastern Wu, and legitimately attack the rebels of Shanyue, and recruit all the heroes from all over Jiangdong. Now the governor of Yangzhou, Liu Yao, now the royal family member, holds a high position, which is not enough for the general to compete with. It is expected that it will take several years. Ming Gong should be able to cross the river." Yu Feng became the Jiangdong clan, seeking the growth of his family. He naturally would not take too much attention to the current stupid court.

After hearing this, Sun Jian felt like he was enlightened. He woke up and immediately took Yu Fan's hand and said with a smile: "It's such a blessing to meet Mr. Jian."

Afterwards, Sun Jian summoned all the generals to formulate the battle.

Sun Jian personally led the general Cheng Pu, and Han Dang led 3,000 cavalry to rescue Kuaiji, leaving behind the general Huang Gai, assisting his eldest son Sun Ce, and staying in Chaisang with his younger brother Sun Jing.

From then on, Sun Jian's fate began to deviate from the trajectory of history. He temporarily gave up his personal grudges and refused Yuan Shu's alliance to attack Liu Biao, and instead put the focus on the ground in Jiangdong. This also caused him to escape from the fate of dying from Jingzhou in the original historical trajectory, because Sun Jian died in the battle under Jingzhou when he was attacking Liu Biao because of his request.

Qingzhou.

In mid-May of the first year of Chuping, under the plan of Chen Gong, Liu Bei first occupied Le'an Kingdom, and then took advantage of the flags of the Yellow Turban rebels in Qingzhou, and turned his attention to the city of Linzi, Qi, the capital of Qingzhou.

At that time, the ground of Qingzhou was mostly granted states by princes, with very scarce troops and no one who was good at fighting. This made Liu Bei, the trapped dragon, like a dragon entering a large marsh. Wherever he went, the defenders surrendered to the counties and counties.

By mid-August, the six counties and states in Qingzhou, except for Beihai County, Donglai County, and Chengyang County, all the other three counties, Le'an, Qi State, and Jinan were occupied by Liu Bei.

Since then, Liu Bei's power has increased greatly and has tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai County, Li Shi, the prefect of Donglai County, and Wang Jian, the prefect of Chengyang County, were afraid of Liu Bei's power, so they jointly recommended him as the governor of Qingzhou.

At the same time, Kong Rong and the other two began to rectify their arms to prevent Liu Bei from coming to conquer the exhortation.

Liu Bei naturally agreed on the surface, but secretly actively prepared for the war and made a strategic plan to win the entire Qingzhou.

Jizhou Yecheng.

Yuan Shao accepted Tian Feng's plan and took the opportunity to seize the military power of the three men by taking the opportunity to invite Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang.

This made his family dominant. In a blink of an eye, he owned the richest land in Jizhou at that time, took the post of Jizhou governor, and transferred all the political institutions of Bohai to Yecheng.

In the past few months, with the assistance of the four advisers Tian Feng, Ju Su, Xu You and Feng Ji, Yuan Shao gradually recovered his voice and the grains in the fields were growing well and there was a harvest.

Nanyang County.

General Zuo led the Nanyang prefect Yuan Shu. Because he robbed Jingzhou territory with Liu Biao and fought one after another, resulting in scarce food and grass. He heard that Yuan Shao had newly obtained Jizhou, he sent an envoy to borrow grain from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao had never been in harmony with Yuan Shu. Therefore, he immediately rejected Yuan Shu's envoy.

After the envoy returned to Nanyang, Yuan Shu was angry and immediately sent a secret envoy to Youzhou to join Gongsun Zan, expressing his willingness to attack Yuan Shao and divide the land of Jizhou.

Gongsun Zan planned to Jizhou for a long time, but after receiving Yuan Shu's letter, he was very happy. He immediately replied to the envoy and made an appointment to send troops together when the food harvest was bumper in the autumn.

Unexpectedly, when the envoy returned to Nanyang, he passed by Jizhou and was captured by Yuan Shao's troops and sent to meet Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao heard about Yuan Shu, he actually asked outsiders to attack him. He was furious and immediately threatened: "I will destroy Gongsun first, and then eliminate Yuan Shu's rebellious son."

Afterwards, Yuan Shao discussed with the counselors and decided to take the lead in attacking Gongsun Zan. At the same time, he sent a secret envoy to meet Liu Biao. He asked Liu Biao to attack Yuan Shu. Since then, the Yuan brothers turned against each other and formed an alliance with each other's enemies and attacked each other.

In Baitu County, Shangjun, Bingzhou.

The night is dark. The night rains interspersed, and the world is vast.

"Da! Da!" In the night sky, a horse rushed towards him.

"Report!" The Exploser came to the camp, turned over and dismounted, and rushed into the tent quickly.

Ma Chao said in a deep voice: "Speak!"

"Major General, within a radius of fifty miles inside and outside the Great Wall, there are no traces of enemy soldiers." Tanma said respectfully.

"Continue to explore again!" Ma Chao ordered and led Ma Nuo away.

"Young Master, after passing the Great Wall, it is in Wuyuan County, which is often called Hetao area. It is the real habitat of the Southern Xiongnu tribes." After Zhao Yun left, he spread out the map and pointed to the simple map.

Ma Chao nodded and said, "From tomorrow, we will strengthen our sentry and strive for the place we go. We must understand all kinds of news."

Zhao Yun nodded in agreement. Then the two discussed for a while, and then Zhao Yun left.

"Zou Fei, you should also rest early, good tomorrow morning, and we will continue to move forward." Ma Chao glanced at Zou Fei sitting upright and said with concern.

"Oh!" Zou Fei responded, then reported the sword to her chest and lay down with her clothes. During the marching period, she had been sleeping in Ma Chao's tent like this. Ma Chao could only accept it silently. After all, she, a girl, must not be with the soldiers. In this way, she could only be with Ma Chao.

But even in such a difficult march, Zou Fei never complained. Her tenacity also deeply praised Ma Chao.

A few days later, the three thousand cavalry led by Ma Chao entered Yiliang County in Wuyuan. The army had just set up camp in the county and visited the horse to report: "Major General, the capital of Yiliang County has been completely demolished. There are now a group of herders stationed in the city walls, with a population of about a thousand."

"Explore whether there are still people next week." Ma Chao said to Zhao Yun: "Order the troops to gather and prepare for battle!"

"I will obey the order!" Zhao Yun replied in a deep voice and immediately turned around and left.

One hour later, all the horses were seeking rewards. Within a radius of fifty miles, there was no Hu people. After receiving the news, Ma Chao immediately put on his horse and came to the army formation and shouted: "Soldiers, your chance to make meritorious contributions has been here. As the saying goes, none of my race will have different hearts. Therefore, when dealing with these foreign enemies, please put away your compassion, kill all of them for me, and steal them all!"

"Kill them all!"

"Snatch them all!"

The soldiers shouted in unison, pulled out their battle swords and made shocking roars.

Ma Chao nodded with satisfaction and shouted coldly: "Kill!"
Chapter completed!