Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 718 The stupid Gongsun Zan

An unflagging army was marching along an unknown river in Youzhou.

Arriving at the mountain col, the army slowly stopped and then began to set up camp.

It was extremely quiet along the way, and the soldiers knew nothing. The leading general with a solemn face was none other than Qu Yi.

Luo Yan got off the carriage, and Qu Yi rode over and asked, "Sir, we are getting further and further off the road. We don't even know where we are now. How are we going to get to the designated place on time?"

The most taboo thing about marching is getting lost, so you either have a guide or follow the path recorded on the map.

Those trails are generally not used because marching is not the same as traveling alone.

Qu Yi's tone was a little anxious. The quiet territory was not a flat plain, especially to the north of Jicheng, where countless branches of the Yanshan Mountains extended out.

Getting lost is unthinkable.

Luo Yan laughed softly and said: "General Qu, don't be anxious, the road is here."

After saying that, Luo Yan took out a green whistle in front of Qu Yi.

The whistle looked very ordinary, like a whistle made by pulling out the green branches that can be seen everywhere on the roadside and drilling a few holes in the bark.

Qu Yi was born into the most ordinary poor family in Liangzhou. Naturally, he had never read history, but he still knew a little about the legend of the Luo family, and he was immediately a little surprised.

Could it be that this absurd legend, like a fairy tale, is actually true?
I saw Luo Yan blowing the whistle hard, and the sound was extremely loud, even with a little whimpering sound under the loudness.

The sound was melodious and spread far, far away, as if it reached nine heavens.

"Wow!"

Qu Yi watched helplessly as a huge Haidongqing flew from a very far away place, then hovered over them, as if to confirm its position, and then suddenly fell down, setting off gusts of wind.

The Haidongqing was indeed the divine bird of Liaodong. It was exceptionally handsome. When it landed in front of Luo Yan, it was extremely well-behaved. Luo Yan laughed loudly and went forward to touch its head. The Haidongqing made several sounds.

"So this is ah."

When Hai Dongqing stopped sobbing, Luo Yan fed the meat in his hand to the Hai Dongqing. The sacred bird looked at Luo Yan. It was obviously a bird, but it could be seen from its eyes that it was reluctant to give up. gaze.

Luo Yan waved her hands and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's see you next time. Next time you come here with your children, King Su will give your family blessings. May you soar in the sky forever." come down."

It was rare for Qu Yi to see Luo Yan smile so brightly, rarely see him speak so sincerely, and never see such beautiful wishes since entering Hebei.

"Wow!"

Hai Dongqing whimpered again, then fluttered his wings, and in the blink of an eye he rushed straight up to the sky. In an instant, he turned into a small dot and then disappeared.

Only then did Qu Yi come back to his senses, swallowed his saliva and said, "Master, what are you...

Is it true that the legend says that Luo can understand the language of birds? "

Luo Yan laughed when he heard this and said: "General Qu, what are you talking about? How can a person understand the language of birds? Luo just has a way of understanding birds and can get some simple information."

Qu Yi asked suspiciously: "Master, please don't deceive Yi. It was clear that you were communicating with that sea turtle just now."

Luo Yan couldn't help but burst into laughter and said: "General Qu, you are really awesome. Even if I can understand the language of birds, can Hai Dongqing still understand human speech?
Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore.

I already knew our location just now. Now we only need to march forward another hundred miles and then turn south, and we can ambush in the mountain col.

As long as the instigation plan is successful, the next battle will be chosen there, and we will be able to arrive tomorrow. "

Although Qu Yi stopped asking, he couldn't let it go. After all, he watched Luo Yan summon the unusually handsome Hai Dongqing with a broken whistle, and then got the marching information.

Now Luo Yan told him that she couldn't communicate with birds, how could he believe this?

Qu Yi felt that he was invincible in Hebei. No one could compare with him, and not even many people in the world looked up to him.

But now Yuan Shao has been asking Luo Yan to follow him. This young master of the Luo family is indeed quite different, and his methods are unbelievable.

These methods are unique and cannot be used by anyone except Luo Shi.

This made Qu Yi put away his arrogance a little. After all, he knew that Luo Yan was not the only one in the world.

Moreover, Luo Yan still has a relatively low reputation among the Luo family members. It is not known what kind of abilities the other Luo family members have.

Qu Yi went to lead the army to camp with some shock. He was a first-class general and had no problem in this regard.

Luo Yan's role is more like an army supervisor and counselor, but in fact, Yuan Shao gave Luo Yan a lot of power. At the most critical moment, he had the highest decision-making power of this army.

The premise is that Qu Yi can be made to listen to him.

After several trips to Hebei, the only one who could reach this point, besides Yuan Shao, was probably Luo Yan.

Others, not even Yuan Shao's sons.

Qu Yi may be loyal to Yuan Shao's sons because of his loyalty to Yuan Shao, but he may not necessarily like them in his heart.

Luo Yan felt the smell of the wind, and he breathed slowly. There was the moist smell of the river, and the smell that the war was about to start again.

The war between Jizhou and Youzhou lasted too long.

Jizhou still has some strength left, but Youzhou has reached its limit. If it can't fight Jizhou anymore, Youzhou will die without a fight.

Thistle City.

Today, both Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu have completely different attitudes toward Yuan Shao and are ready to refuse to leave Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu communicated with each other through letters across the camp and city wall.

Gongsun Zan's attitude was consistent, which was to quickly fight Yuan Shao and drive Yuan Shao out of Youzhou.

After Liu Yu received Gongsun Zan's letter, he threw the letter on the ground and cursed bitterly: "What a fool, you know how to fight. If you can beat him, don't I know how to fight?"
Gongsun Zan was afraid of Yuan Shao like a tiger, causing him to lose every battle.

If you can't beat it, you still want to fight?

Is there any other outcome besides self-destruction? "

Liu Yu felt like he was about to die of frustration. Gongsun Zan was really stupid and made him anxious. He was a typical tough-tempered person.

He kept shouting that he was going to fight, but on the actual battlefield, he was always timid and withdrew his troops after a slight casualty. They were not as strong as the troops under Liu Yu. This was obviously because he had fear in his heart towards the Hebei Army. .

But after the fight, he seemed to have forgotten how he lost before, and then started yelling again.

Liu Yu thought that if he handed over Gongsun Zan's army to him, Yuan Shao would never enter Youzhou, unless the entire Youzhou's food and grass were exhausted and he had to surrender.

Gongsun Zan in the camp.

Faced with Liu Yu's criticism, Gongsun Zan regarded it as a humiliation and cursed: "This old man Liu Yu, if he hadn't deducted our army's food and grass, causing our army to be weak, how could our majestic Youzhou cavalry not be like those short-term soldiers in Jizhou?" Leg rival?

He was actually planning to have peace talks with Yuan Shao. Then Yuan Shao came here just to annex Youzhou. How could peace talks be possible? "

The separation between Youzhou is so obvious. From top to bottom, everyone knows that Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan are at odds. Neither of them can engulf the other. They want to unite but cannot really unite.

Especially when facing Yuan Shaojun, both of them were worried that their troops would be too damaged, which led to frequent defeats by the Hebei Army on the battlefield.

The power of Youzhou is not as good as that of Jizhou, and now it is split into two. It is obvious what the result will be.

Both Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan knew this situation, but they had no way to solve it. The only way was to get rid of the other person.

But that was just too hard.

How can the leader of one party be so easy to die, especially since Gongsun Zan has been staying in the military camp. The only person in danger is Liu Yu. After all, he is in the city and is likely to be assassinated.

The plan formulated by Yuan Shao's group of advisers was to intensify the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, making the two feel that if they did not unite, Youzhou's destruction would be imminent.

……

"The Hebei Army has come to call for formation."

This battle report reached Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu at the same time.

The Hebei Army has always been able to delay them as long as they can. Their main focus is to kill them with food and grass, but now they will take the initiative to attack.

Liu Yu felt a little strange, but this was an opportunity after all.

Gongsun Zan will definitely go to war. Although he is very unhappy with Gongsun Zan, he cannot just watch Gongsun Zan fight against Yuan Shao alone.

The Youzhou cavalry under Gongsun Zan are the most elite soldiers in Youzhou. If they are lost here, Youzhou will definitely not be able to defend it.

Liu Yu led his army, which was mainly composed of powerful noble families in Youzhou, while Gongsun Zan's army was mainly composed of powerful families from border counties such as the Gongsun family.

The two rode forward. Liu Yu looked at Gongsun Zan with a cold face, but saw Gongsun Zan uncharacteristically cupping his hands in front of him and saying, "Boan Gong, are you okay?"

Liu Yu casually cupped his hand as a return gift. Gongsun Zan flashed a chill when he saw this, and then said coldly: "Gong Bo'an, I am also a Yehou named by the imperial court. Is your attitude inappropriate?"

When Liu Yu heard this, he pointed at Yuan Shaojun and said loudly: "There is a saying in Youzhou that the princes must know very well, that is, the Hu people never believe in words, but in swords.

Since the princes are the princes of the imperial court, Yuan Shao's army is there now. Use the sword in your hand to let Yuan Shao know that you are the princes of the Han Dynasty, not just someone who is here to talk. "

Before Gongsun Zan could speak, he heard a loud laugh, but saw Yuan Shao walking to the front of the formation, laughing loudly at the two of them, "Bo'an Gong, what I said before is still valid until now. I don't know that Bo'an What about the general will?
If Duke Bo'an is willing to proclaim himself emperor, the Marquis of Anyang and Er Lu can honor you as emperor, just like Liu Bei of Xuzhou. Why wouldn't Duke Bo'an be willing? "

Liu Yu said coldly: "Yuan Benchu, you don't need to say anymore, deposing the emperor is something only a traitor like Dong Zhuo would do.

Since you don't want to admit that you are a traitor, why do you do these things?
As for myself, I am not destined to inherit the throne of the Han Dynasty. Even if I ask a thousand or ten thousand times, it is impossible. "

When Yuan Shao heard this, he sighed with a little emotion: "What a pity, Mr. Bo'an, there are so many Han clan members in the world.

But how many are as talented as you?
Why do you have to cling to Liu Xie, the pseudo-emperor?
Do you really think Liu Xie, the pseudo-emperor, is qualified to sit on the throne? "

The strong wind blew up the corners of Liu Yu's clothes. His wrinkled face and beard were dancing wildly. It was obviously a funny sight, but because his voice was so solemn, it seemed particularly different.

"I don't care who sits on the emperor, but he must be the emperor of the Liu family. He must be the most undisputed one. That is the great man."

Liu Yu said loudly, "King Wu of Zhou once wanted to pass the throne to King Su, but King Su said that the emperor had an heir, but he passed the throne to his younger brother. Isn't this the source of trouble?

If Bangzhou wants to pass on the inheritance, he must strictly implement the patriarchal system.

From the late Han Dynasty to the present hundred years of the Later Han Dynasty, it was precisely because of the accidents that always occurred in the emperor's inheritance that the emperor's authority could not be established.

This is exactly what I want to say now. His Majesty Jian'an became the emperor because the patriarchal clan chose him.

This is very good, the majesty of the big man is established in this. "Yuan Shao heard the words and forcibly held back his smile. Only Liu Xie, a loser, can still establish the majesty of a big man. He has been under Cao Cao for a long time and has not made any moves. Judging from his previous performance, Liu Xie doesn't look like one. The kind of powerful emperor.

Yuan Shao didn't laugh, but Gongsun Zan burst out laughing.

He never expected that Liu Yu, who had always been against him, would have such childish thoughts in his heart. Cao Cao was a great man, so how could Liu Xie be able to fight against him.

If it were Emperor Min Liu Bian, it would be more or less the same. After all, Liu Bian had the incomparable Hou Luokong beside him. Although he was helpless in the face of Dong Zhuo, who had great power, but in the face of Cao Cao, who had not yet completely mastered all power, there might be a way to take back the power.

Of course Liu Yu knew what Gongsun Zan was laughing at. He was a little angry in his heart, but he didn't know what he could be angry about.

This is the reality today.

The Han royal family was in decline, and almost all loyal ministers and generals died, leaving only a few people such as the Yinghou. However, the Yinghou was more optimistic about Liu Bei and had no comment on the true descendants of the Han empress.

"God, where is the vitality of the Han Dynasty? Does it really lie in Liu Xuande? His bloodline is too remote."

Liu Yu looked up at the clear blue sky. He felt that the wind was like ropes, slowly adding to his body, and then restraining himself, unable to break free.

Countless voices rang in his ears, which were what his father once said to him.

"Bo'an, we must bring peace to the world."

"Bo'an, we must revitalize the Han Dynasty."

"Bo'an, we must eradicate the traitors."

"Bo'an, you must be an official with integrity and live up to the world."

Voices rang in his ears, and what flashed across his mind were the vows he made when he entered the official career when he was young, and he wanted to revitalize this tired world.

Over the past few decades, he has worked hard and made great contributions. He has occupied the position of the Three Dukes and reached the extreme of being a minister. At the last moment, he became the shepherd of Youzhou, guarding one side of the Han Dynasty and compared with the rest of the world. At the beginning, I don’t know how much better it is.

But even so, he is now in this situation.

The big man seemed to be declining more and more. He didn't know what to do and could only follow his own feelings.

"Boom boom boom!"

When the sound of war drums sounded on the battlefield, Liu Yu woke up from the heavy memories.

The Hebei Army launched an attack!

On this vast battlefield, the Hebei Army, Gongsun Zan Army and Liu Yu Army were quite clearly distinguished. Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu were both worried that their own defeat would be triggered by the defeat of the other party, so there was a distance between the two sides.

Yuan Shao and everyone else in Hebei watched the Hebei army advance with expressionless expressions, but the expressions in their eyes seemed to be expecting something.

This seemed like just a normal fight.

The final result may still be that there is no big winner, and finally Ming Jin withdraws his troops. At least for now, the morale among the three parties is relatively stable.

The Youzhou cavalry are extremely flexible and have strong impact. Without the first casualties here, the Hebei Army's cavalry is naturally not as good as the Youzhou cavalry.

The Hebei Army could only hide behind the shield to ensure that they would not be hurt by the arrows thrown.

Liu Yu quickly felt something was wrong.

Because he felt that the strength of these Hebei troops was a little too strong, his son rushed over on horseback and said loudly: "Father, these Hebei troops seem to have mobilized their elites to our side. This is wrong. How dare the Hebei troops let this go?" Where is Gongsun Zan’s army attacking?”

Although Liu Yu looked down upon Gongsun Zan, the Youzhou cavalry under his command were very strong.

If the Hebei army mobilizes all its elites, there will inevitably be problems facing Gongsun Zan's army. After all, although Hebei is powerful, its military strength is limited.

Facing the Youzhou cavalry, it usually takes [-] to twice the number of elites to fight against it. This is the natural disadvantage of the infantry facing the cavalry, provided that the dead soldiers do not come on stage first.

Liu Yu looked towards the place where Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were fighting. The battle was very fierce. Just like the previous attack, the Youzhou cavalry pressed hard against the Hebei army. The Hebei army, like before, first defended and then defended and counterattacked.

The war between the two sides is very tense and there is no change.

An unpleasant feeling arose in Liu Yu's heart. Could it be that Yuan Shao had elites rushing to the battlefield again?
But Lu Bu didn't show up!
At first glance, these people are the Hebei Army, not the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry under Lu Bu at all.

Moreover, Liu Yu knew that Bingzhou was also surrounded by powerful enemies. Lu Bu had left Bingzhou before, but now he might have been targeted, and it was impossible to move lightly.

The most important thing is that the Hu people on the grasslands are also gathering now, trying to attack Henan, that is, the Hetao Grassland, which is now Jiuyuan and other counties in Bingzhou. As the herdsman of Bingzhou, Lu Bu's most important thing now is to protect his hometown.

It was impossible to abandon his family and come all the way to Youzhou to help his in-laws. His relationship with Yuan Shao was not as good as this.

The degree of alliance between Bingzhou and Jizhou is not so deep.

what happened?

what happened?

Liu Yu thought hard, but he really couldn't figure it out. He didn't understand how the Hebei Army's strength had improved so much in such a short period of time.

Although he didn't know the reason, Liu Yu knew that he couldn't continue like this, otherwise his army would most likely be directly defeated by the Hebei Army on the battle formation, which would affect the entire front.

What surprised Liu Yu was that Gongsun Zan did not retreat directly because the Youzhou cavalry was damaged this time, but instead became more and more passionate.

Sitting in the middle of the army, he kept calling for attack. Looking at his appearance, Gongsun Zan was really ready to fight Yuan Shao to the death this time.

Liu Yu was thinking about what he should do now when he saw a knight entering the formation and said loudly: "Report to Youzhou Mu, my general said that he also has secretly trained elite soldiers who will definitely defeat Yuan Shaojun in one battle. Please also invite me." If Zhou Mu can hold on, the crisis in Youzhou can be solved."

Raiders?

Liu Yu didn't expect that a person like Gongsun Zan would be able to train any extraordinary weapons. It seems that these days of continuous failure have given Gongsun Zan a painful lesson. Is he really going to cheer up?
Thinking of this, Liu Yu gritted his teeth and said: "Reply to your general, our guild will resist the Hebei Army's offensive here and will never let the Hebei Army break through our defense line."

After the messenger soldier left, Liu Yu's son Liu Shen came over and asked anxiously: "Father, how can our army withstand such a strong Hebei army?

What should we do if Gongsun Zan's surprise attack doesn't work? "

Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Son, although my father has always wanted to negotiate with Yuan Shao to buy more time, he even went to join Zonglianheng, such as contacting Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and even Lu Bu to attack Yuan Shao together.

But there is no peace in this world. If you want Yuan Shao to agree to peace talks, you must make Yuan Shao understand that it is absolutely impossible for him to enter Youzhou with force.

Although we can't actually do this, we must convince Yuan Shao.

This requires us to work hard, so hard that it makes Yuan Shao scared, and let him know that it takes a lot of money to capture Youzhou.

As long as the price is high enough, he will consider whether he really wants to fight to the death. "

Liu Shen frowned and said: "Father, Yuan Shaonai is recognized by the world as the British master. He is determined to capture Youzhou now. So many setbacks in the past can't change his will. How can he give up just because of a little setback?" How about conquering Youzhou?"

Liu Yu was silent for a moment, and then said feebly: "Normally speaking, of course it's impossible, but as long as we give him enough benefits.

Faced with an outcome that is enough to satisfy his interests, and may end up with nothing after all.

A smart man like Yuan Shao would know what to choose. "

Liu Shen understood what his father said.

There is a word in this world called "falling into a bag is safe".

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were quite a few such things. The victorious country ceded territory from the defeated country and required a large amount of money, food and other compensation.

After the end of the Warring States Period, this kind of gameplay basically disappeared, but only because the winner usually took the loser away in one wave.

If there is a stalemate between the two parties, then the game of ceding territory can be carried out.

This was the case when Liu Biao ceded Jiangxia County in Jingzhou and brought Jiangxia into Jiangdong's sphere of influence.

If Liu Yu agrees to cede Zhuojun in Youzhou to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao may not mind retreating and making a comeback later.

"That's all!"

Liu Shen, who knew his father's thoughts, just sighed, "My son is going to lead the army to fight."

Then he turned around and left. Liu Yu looked at Liu Shen's back, feeling a little desolate and even more uncomfortable. How could a man who was so powerful back then end up in this situation?

Liu Yu read poetry and books, especially that historical record. He read it countless times and was fascinated by the deeds in it countless times.

Now that I think about it, in the historical records, there are countless words about the time of the country's subjugation. Now that I savor it carefully, Liu Yu can't help but shed tears.

Although I have never seen the tragic and solemn gestures or the ugliness of kneeling down when the country was destroyed, I can still remember them vividly.

"Bo'an Gong!"

Yuan Shao's voice came again, "If you are willing to proclaim yourself emperor, I will leave Youzhou today. This is the last chance for the Han Dynasty!"

Before Yuan Shao asked him to proclaim himself emperor before the battle, Liu Yu still didn't understand what Yuan Shao wanted to do.

But at this moment, Liu Yu was so happy that he finally understood why Yuan Shao still wanted to make him emperor at this time.

Because Yuan Shao saw the benefits that Cao Cao gained from coercing the emperor and establishing princes, he was moved. However, Liu Xie was something he could not touch, and he was the one person other than Liu Xie who would least cause a huge reaction when he became emperor.

After all, his bloodline is very close to the current royal family. Regardless of his status in the Liu family or his status in the world, he is already a relatively perfect candidate.

As long as he is willing to proclaim himself emperor and become Yuan Shao's puppet, just like Liu Xie is to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao will gain great political initiative.

This is why Yuan Shao never forgets it.

But Liu Yu couldn't agree. Even if he died, he would leave an image in the history books as someone who died for the Han Dynasty, rather than a clown who wanted to become an emperor but was trapped in the imperial city all his life.

At his current age, apart from the prosperity of the big man, there are only some considerations about his posthumous reputation.

Before Liu Yu could answer, Gongsun Zan roared loudly, "Yuan Benchu, don't waste your efforts. If you have the ability, just step over Youzhou. We Youzhou will never surrender. If you want to get Youzhou, just step over our corpses." .”

Liu Yu did not expect that Gongsun Zan would have such ambition, and immediately said loudly: "Yuan Benchu, there is no need to talk nonsense. As Gongsun Bogui said, if you want to get Youzhou, just step over our two bodies. .”

Their voices were spread by the soldiers and reached Yuan Shao's ears from afar.

Yuan Shao, who was behind the heavy army, said with some humor: "This is fate."

Looking at the huge casualties of his army, Liu Yu felt that his heart was bleeding, but Yuan Shaojun's casualties were also huge, and he also had no strength to attack again.

Following Ming Jin's voice, Yuan Shaojun slowly retreated, and soon withdrew far, far away, completely leaving the battlefield.

Liu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard the sounds of shouting and killing again, and his heart immediately tensed up again. Later, Yuan Shao came back to fight, and saw Liu Shen rushing over with blood on his body, and said sadly and angrily: "Father, Gongsun Zan is attacking us!"

(End of this chapter)