Chapter 121: Intention in Jizhou

Hanyang County is the capital of Ji County.

Hanyang County, originally named Tianshui County, was changed to Hanyang County in the 17th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It led to Ji County, Xi County, Wangyuan, Shangguo, Long County, Lueyang, Xianqin, Qidao, Chengji, Ayang, Pingxiang, and Warriors.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, four counties in Hexi were established. The Qiang people moved inward to live with the Han people. Hanyang County, where Fu Xie was the prefect, also had areas where Qiang people lived. Because Emperor Ling of Han was in power, officials bullied and destroyed the people, causing the Qiang people to resist. Now, after Fu Xie's careful governance, especially the policies of good treatment to the Qiang people, the Qiang people were impressed. The Han and Qiang people lived in harmony, and the entire Hanyang County showed a stable and united situation. This also gave Fu Xie a high prestige among the Qiang people.

After more than ten days of offensive and defensive battle, the head of Ji County was covered with scars. Han Sui and Ma Teng's army still failed to attack the city after leaving behind the bodies all over the ground. However, the city's defenders were also suffering heavy casualties, and there were less than a thousand soldiers who could fight. It was only by relying on their loyalty and trust in Lord Fu Xie that they maintained their fighting spirit.

The bright moon was hanging high, and there were bonfires in the enemy camp far outside the city wall. After Fu Xie inspected the city defense, he returned to the prefect's mansion with exhaustion.

During the meal, Fu Xie's son Fu Gan poured a glass of wine for his father and said, "Father, this is a fine wine specially sent by the boss of Zhouji Winery in the city. It is said that you worked hard for the people of Hanyang to express your respect."

"Oh~~" Fu Xie felt great comfort when he heard this. After all, his actions were understood and supported by the people, which was enough. Seeing the concerned expression on his son Yingting's face, he recalled the request of his son and a group of generals to break through the gap given out by the Qiang soldiers during the day. He felt a little guilty, so he looked up and drank the wine in his glass.

After a while, Fu Xie felt sleepy and waves of sleepiness. It was because of his hard work and physical fatigue for several days, so he quickly lay on the couch and fell asleep.

That night, Yang Hui, the chief clerk of Hanyang County, organized a capable general, Fu Xie, and his entire family. Important personnel from the prefect's office secretly left the city from the north gate, passed the defense of the Qiang soldiers in Ma Teng's army, and returned to Fu Xie's hometown in Lingzhou, Beidi County.

The next day, after reaching an agreement with Ma Teng to not disturb the people, the Hanyang defenders raised the white flag to surrender.

Fu Xie woke up after three days of sleep. After asking the reason, he cried bitterly and scolded Yang Hui. Fu Gan was trapped in a state of injustice and wanted to commit suicide three times and was stopped by his family. After repeated persuasion by everyone, he gave up Ming's idea of ​​being loyal to the court and Dong Zhuo, and returned to his hometown in Lingzhou sadly, retired to the countryside, and enjoyed teaching.

Sending Fu Xie out of Hanyang was Zhou Yu's careful planning. The "Jingwu Guard" elite stationed in Hanyang persuaded Yang Hui and Fu Gan and others. Since then, the "Jingwu Guard" personnel stationed in Beidi County have been focusing on Fu Xie's situation and constantly lobbying. Finally, Fu Xie was invited to Lujiang for on-site inspection a year later. Fu Xie was amazed after the inspection and deeply admired Zhou Yu's governance. After repeated persuasion by Zhou Shang, Zhou Yi and others, Fu Xie finally joined Zhou Yu's camp after careful consideration. This is something that will not be mentioned later.

Just as Dong Zhuo was busy dealing with the attacks of Bai Bo's army and Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, Yuan Shao's army was still stationed in Xingyang.

On the issue of establishing a new emperor, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu turned against each other, but Yuan Shao was stubborn and sent people to Youzhou to persuade Liu Yu to become emperor in the name of the generals of Guandong, but Liu Yu flatly refused. Yuan Shao still did not give up and asked Liu Yu to take charge of the Shangshu, and accepted the title of the generals, but was also rejected by Liu Yu.

Yuan Shao, who was hit by this incident, then encountered another headache for him, that is, the army was short of food.

When the establishment of the Kanto Alliance, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, promised that Jizhou would be vast and crowded, with abundant grain reserves and abundant grain and grass reserves. He could supply most of the military rations needed by the coalition forces, mainly to Yuan Shao, Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, and Cao Cao. Since the Allied forces attacked Dong Zhuo, the grain and grass that Han Fu promised to supply had been continuously transported to the front line.

Now that Dong Zhuo retreated to Chang'an, the Kanto coalition forces immediately disbanded after obtaining an empty Luoyang. The Kanto Muslims gathered together with their own different purposes. Now, seeing the Han Dynasty's melancholy and secretly, they all have their own small plans. Some even started fighting for land and population in order to expand their personal territory.

At this time, Han Fu was afraid that Yuan Shao would become a big shot, so he began to deliberately reduce the supply of Yuan Shao's military rations, attempting to starve and drag Yuan Shao's army away.

The prefect of Xingyang, Yuan Shao, Xu You, Chen Lin, and Feng Ji Zheng had a secret talk.

"Yuantu, what do you think?" Yuan Shao said one by one and asked a thin scholar with two beards.

Feng Ji's name was Yuantu, and was a native of Nanyang. When Yuan Shao was a lieutenant in Luoyang, the two met, and Feng Ji became a disciple of Yuan Shao. Later, because his mother passed away, Feng Ji returned to his hometown to guard the spirits. He arrived in Xingyang a few days ago.

Feng Ji stroked the short beard on his lips with his hands and said slowly: "Lord, do you still remember what we had in the letters we had when we were raising the troops?"

Yuan Shao looked suspicious and replied, "Remember, what's wrong?"

Feng Ji smiled slightly and said, "The lord once asked me: If something goes wrong, where can I stay?"

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "I've asked."

"I asked back then: It depends on the lord's ambition." Feng Ji said.

Yuan Shao said with a sigh: "Hi~~My ambition has never changed."

Feng Ji nodded and said, "That's easy to deal with. The lord like to occupy the Yellow River in the south, guard the Yan River in the north, and the dynasty, and the Wuhuan and Xianbei people, then fight for the world in the south, and then great things can be accomplished."

Yuan Shao grabbed his head and said, "Although this plan is good, I only have a mere Bohai county. How can I talk about occupying the Yellow River in the south, guarding Yan in the north, and having the Wuhuan and Xianbei people?"

Yuan Shao glanced at Feng Ji, Xu You and others smiled, and hurriedly said, "If we attack Jizhou at this time, Jizhou will be strong and have sufficient food and grass, and there will be Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Shen Pei, Xin Ping, Ju Su, Xun Chen, etc. Wu will have Qu Yi, Zhao Fu, Cheng Huan, Pan Feng, Zhang He, etc. They are strong and we are weak. If we defeat them, we will not even have a foothold. What should we do?"

Feng Ji laughed loudly and said with great enthusiasm: "I have a plan. The lord can get all the Jizhou without any effort..."

Jizhou Prefecture is under the capital of Yecheng.

Han Fu is sitting in the mansion, tasting tea and reading. The New Year has just passed, and life is still continuing according to the idle inertia. This year, Jizhou is another bumper year, and all work in domestic, diplomatic and military aspects are smooth and smooth. This year, the New Year is relatively stable.

Chief Geng Wu ran to the hall quickly and reported in a panic: "Sir, something is wrong!"

"Hmm~What's the matter?" Han Fu was suddenly frightened and immediately stood up.

"Just just now, the chief minister of Hejian, Zhao Fu, came to report quickly. Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Youbeiping, all the soldiers of Youyan. A total of 50,000 troops were divided into two groups to fight to Jizhou! One route was led by general Yan Gang and 10,000 soldiers to attack Zhongshan Kingdom. Gongsun Zan personally led 40,000 troops, and his younger brother Gongsun Yue as the vanguard, and now he has attacked Hejian County." Geng Wu said gasping.

"Ah~" Han Fu cried out in disbelief: "I didn't mess with Gongsun Zan, why did he attack Jizhou? How is the prefect of Hejian Niu Huan now?"

Geng Wu looked unbearable and replied in a low voice: "Premier Niu was defeated and killed by Gongsun Yue."

Han Fu stomped his feet suddenly and said anxiously: "Gongsun Zan is a cruel man. What should I do if there is a 50,000 army?"

"Don't worry, sir!" A clear voice came, and Jizhou General Pan Feng walked over in high spirits, followed by Zhang He, Ju Yi, Xin Ping, Ju Su, Xun Chen and others.

Pan Feng bowed his fists and said, "Since ancient times, the generals came to block the water and soil. I am just Gongsun Zan, General Zhang He and General Ju Yi can divide his troops to resist, and he will definitely fight back the invading enemy."

Han Fu was a little calmer, and suddenly saw a messenger rushing in, holding a letter high with both hands, and shouting: "Sir, Yanjin urgently report!"

"Hurry up!" Han Fu said anxiously. He suddenly felt something abnormal, as if an evil force was pulling him into a dark and inexplicable space.

"The Bohai Prefect Yuan Shao led 20,000 troops to Yanjin, and his appearance was very suspicious." The messenger said loudly.

"Ah...this..." Han Fu took a breath of air, and bad news followed one after another, cutting his originally leisurely mood into pieces.

Geng Wu frowned and said, "It's a problem now. If Gongsun Zan was just attacking all the way, it would be a matter of time before our army defeated him with the strength of our army. But if Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan joined forces to attack, our army's chances of victory would be much smaller."

Pan Feng's face changed when he heard this and said loudly: "Sir, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have only 70,000 troops in total, while our army has more than 100,000 elite soldiers, especially General Ju Yi's Xian Dengying Camp and General Zhang He's Hebei Light Cavalry. They are the elite among the elites. Where do we fear him?"

Geng Wu also raised his tone and said, "General Pan, don't underestimate the enemy! Gongsun Zan's white horse Yicong is also a famous force in the world. Yan Liang, the general under Yuan Shao, and Wen Chou are both brave enough to be unworthy of thousands of men."

Seeing this, Xin Ping hurriedly persuaded him: "Don't squat you two. In my opinion, the most important thing at the moment is to find out Yuan Shao's background. If he did not join forces with Gongsun Zan, there would be something to do. If he was not good at the visitor, then whether to fight or to reconcile will be decided by the Lord."

Han Fu walked around the hall with his hands in his arms, hesitating for a while, and was unable to make up his mind for a moment.

Xin Ping volunteered: "Sir, why don't I go to Yanjin to find out Yuan Shao's purpose."
Chapter completed!