Great Han Empire

Chapter 692
Gongsun Zan welcomed Xian Yufu and Yan Rou into the mansion.

The three of them sat quietly in the lobby without speaking.The death of Grand Tutor Liu Yu had a great impact on the generals in Youzhou.Although Gongsun Zan had no intention of killing Master Tai Tu, Master Tai Tu died because of him.Xian Yufu and Yan Rou were very worried about this, and they were very resentful towards Gongsun Zan.Gongsun Zan was also too guilty, feeling ashamed to see others.

"Brother Bogui, Master Taifu never hated you until his death. He has been defending you all the time. He has always hoped that the general will save your life and that you will stay in Youzhou to guard the frontier." Xian Yufu looked at Gongsun Zan who looked gloomy. , said in a deep voice, "What else do you want now? Do you have to force the general to kill you?"

"Brother Bogui, do you know how many people the General has offended and how much pressure he has endured for you?" Yan Rou said indignantly, "The General wants to save you, but you not only don't appreciate it, but also fight against the General on the battlefield. , are you out of your mind?"

Xian Yufu shook his hand at him, signaling him not to get excited, "Brother Bogui, you don't have to think about yourself or your family members, but you always have to think about your brothers who have followed you for more than ten years. I asked You, what's wrong with them? What crime did they commit, and they want to be buried with you? Also, who is happy that you and the general are fighting for their lives? Is it the general? Is it our brothers for many years? Or those barbarians?"

Gongsun Zan trembled in his heart, and tears suddenly moistened his eyes, "Can I still gallop across the desert? Can I still take iron cavalry to fight in the battlefield?"

"You have come to the end of the road, and you only think about your past and the difficulties of the past." Yan Rou said angrily, "When you were fighting the general at Jizhou Jieqiao, why didn't you think about the past? Why didn't you think about us brother?"

"If we win this battle, what would you say?" Guan Jing who was standing beside Gongsun Zan suddenly sneered, "Which of you can guarantee that the general will not hold the emperor hostage to usurp the state like Dong Zhuo?"

"You still want to fight?" Yan Rou stood up abruptly, pointed at Guan Jing and said, "Brother Bogui was deceived by a villain like you to get to where he is today. If you don't believe in the general, then you believe Who? Is it you or Yuan Shao? If you don't even trust the Grand Tutor, who else would you trust? The world is in such chaos today because the big men are full of self-righteous treacherous villains like you."

"Okay, okay." Xian Yufu hurriedly stopped, "Brother Bogui has Brother Bogui's thoughts and difficulties, so don't put all the blame on Shiqi, he is also for Brother Bogui."

Yan Rou and Guan Jing stared at each other, the atmosphere was tense.

"Brother Bogui, the matter has come to this, you should take a step back." Xian Yufu persuaded, "Take a step back, we are still brothers. Together, we brothers can fight the enemy side by side for the rejuvenation of the great man, and we can fight for the hero of the great man." Standing up and fighting bloody battles, we will also be famous in history for this in the future. Life is so far, what more can I ask for?"

Gongsun Zan thought for a long time, finally nodded and said, "I'm going to see the general."

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At the end of July, General Fenwu and Gongsun Zan, Marquis of Ji led his troops to surrender, and the suppression of the rebellion in Youzhou ended.

Gongsun Zan obeyed the order of the general, retained three thousand white horses, and was in charge of the military villages in Zhuojun, Yuyang, Youbeiping counties and counties.The remaining 1 Youzhou infantry were led by Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin, and Li Su, and they were temporarily stationed in Jicheng, Lulongsai, and Liaoxi and Liaodong.

Li Hong immediately wrote to the emperor to report his victory, asking for rewards for the generals in northern Xinjiang.

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In August of the fourth year of Chuping in the Han Dynasty (AD 193), General Li Hong led his iron cavalry into western Liaoning to appease counties and Karasuma tribes.

In September, General Li Hong crossed the Liaoshui River, accompanied by Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liaodong, to inspect Liaodong.

In October, General Li Hong and his two wives inspected the Xianbei tribe in the east and the Xianbei tribe in the middle, and spent several days in Tanyue Valley of Dayan Mountain with Kobe Xiong, Xiong Ba, Li Kuangfeng, Li Yu, Que Kun and other Xianbei leaders.

In November, the general and his two wives returned to Yuyang City.

Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Sima Lang and other northern military and political officials who had been waiting here rushed to meet them and hurriedly reported the many important events that had happened in the past few months.

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At the beginning of October, the emperor bestowed an imperial edict and sent it to Handan.

The Son of Heaven agreed to the general's petition, and transferred his homage to Anbei General Xian Yufu as Zhenbei General, opened a mansion in Jicheng, Youzhou, and supervised the military affairs of Youzhou.Northern Xinjiang generals such as Gongsun Zan and Xian Yuyin were under his control.

He turned to General Longxiang Xu Rong as General Zhengxi, and opened a mansion in Anyi, Hedong. Yang Feng, Hua Xiong, Zhang Baiqi and other northern Xinjiang generals were all under his control.

At the same time, the Son of Heaven decreed that Wang Ze, the former prefect of the prefecture, be the governor of Youzhou, Cui Du, the former prefect of Xihe, the governor of Bingzhou, and Cao Cao Guo Ce, the governor of the Grand Sima Mansion, be the governor of Jizhou.

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The generals in northern Xinjiang made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion. According to the request of the general, the emperor transferred Yan Rou as General Du Liao.He turned to worship Pang De as General Huwei, and supervised the military affairs in the desert.Turned to worship Yan Wuwei as General Li Wu, and supervised the guardian of Mobei.Turned to worship Yushi as General Wuwei, who was in Jinyang and supervised the military affairs of the counties south of the Great Wall.

In addition, the Son of Heaven also turned Qu Yi to General Zuo, Zhang Yan to General Right, Zhao Yun to General Longxiang, Yang Feng to General Zhenhu, Yan Liang to General Zhenjun, Xian Yuyin to General Yingyang, and Wei Jun to General Xiangwu , Jiang Wu is General Li Feng, Yang Ming is General Yang Lie, Hua Xiong, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Zhang Ying, Sun Qin, Wang Dang, Zhang Baiqi and other Northern Xinjiang Zhonglang will be generals at all levels, and He Feng, Li Su, Xu Huang, Gao Shun and more than a dozen other generals and captains in northern Xinjiang are Zhonglang generals at all levels.

The above-mentioned generals all obeyed the orders of the general, and followed the general to continue the crusade against rebellion.

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"Enough talking about the good things, let's talk about the bad things." Li Hong put down the emperor's edict to reward the Northern Army, and said to Xian Yufu with a smile, "General Zhenbei seems to be impatient."

Xian Yufu said nervously, "General, there was an earthquake in Chang'an."

Li Hong was startled, "When did it happen? How is your majesty? Is there any news from your majesty?"

"The situation in Guanzhong was very bad with the earthquake that broke out on Xinchou Day (27) last month." Sima Lang handed over a roll of papers and said eagerly, "This is the eight-hundred-mile urgent report from General Xu of Zhengxi. At present, we We haven’t received any news from Guanzhong yet. We don’t know anything about His Majesty’s safety.”

"Urgently order Xu Rong and Yushi to get in touch with Guanzhong immediately, and at the same time quickly raise relief money and food, and send them to Guanzhong as soon as possible." Li Hong glanced at Xu Rong's urgent report and said worriedly, "June At that time, there was a big hailstorm in Guanzhong, and then there was an earthquake in Huashan, and four months later, there was another earthquake in Chang'an. One can imagine the harvest in Guanzhong this year."

"By the way, how is the harvest in Northern Xinjiang, Jizhou, and Youzhou this year? No one will starve to death this winter, right?"

Sima Lang shook his head again and again, smiling wryly and speechless.

"What's the matter? Could it be that Jizhou was also affected by the disaster? The harvest is not good?" Li Hong asked loudly, feeling suffocated in his heart.

"There are no natural disasters, but man-made disasters continue." Xian Yufu sighed.

Li Hong suddenly thought of Zhang Yan.Didn't he get the situation under control?
"General, the harvests in the three places this year are pretty good, basically similar to our estimates." Sima Lang explained, "But we can't control the northward migration of refugees, and the number of refugees in Jizhou is continuing to grow."

Li Hong was dumbfounded.Isn't Yanzhou stable under Cao Cao's governance?After the battle in Youzhou ended, Tian Kai and Liu Bei in Qingzhou gave up their attack immediately.The states in Henan no longer fight wars, where are the refugees coming from?

"Another plague broke out in Henan?"

Sima Lang shook his head and sighed bitterly, "The war in Henan has resumed, natural disasters and man-made disasters have followed one after another, and the people have suffered a lot and are extremely miserable."

"The war in Henan is back?" Li Hong asked in surprise, "Tian Kai and Liu Bei don't want to be comforted?"

"Although Tian Kai and Liu Bei don't want to be appeased, the battle in Qingzhou has stopped." Sima Lang said, "The biggest battle in Henan right now is Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou."

"Cao Cao hit Xuzhou?" Li Hong couldn't believe it, "At this time, he actually hit Xuzhou?"

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In May, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun, who were ordered to appease the prefectures and counties, returned to Chang'an. Among them, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, was willing to honor the emperor and the imperial court and pay taxes to the imperial court.The Son of Heaven was overjoyed, and worshiped Tao Qian as General Anton, who was also in command of Xuzhou Mu, and named Liyang Marquis.Biejia Zhao Yu and Zhizhong Wang Lang, who accompanied Zhu Jun to Chang'an, were worshiped as the prefect of Guangling and the prefect of Yangzhou Kuaiji respectively.

It was already July when Zhao Yu and Wang Lang rushed back to Xuzhou with the emperor's edict to worship Tao Qian. At this time, Tao Qian was attacking and killing the Yellow Turban Army in the area of ​​Mount Tai and Rencheng.

The leader of the Yellow Turban, Quexuan from Xiapi, gathered thousands of people and claimed to be the Son of Heaven. He was active in Mount Tai, the State of Lu, and Rencheng, and invaded Pengcheng State and Donghai County in Xuzhou from time to time.Tao Qian led the army to attack, defeated the Yellow Turban Army, and took the opportunity to occupy Lu State in Yuzhou, Rencheng in Yanzhou, Fei State in the south of Taishan County and many other counties.

Que Xuan then fled south and joined the Yellow Turban Army such as He Yi and Liu Pi who were active in Peiguo and Runan in Yuzhou.

Tao Qian led his army in pursuit, and joined hands with Yuan Shu to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army in Xiapi County.Soon, Que Xuan was killed, He Yi, Liu Pi and others were defeated and surrendered to Yuan Shu.

Xiapi County is located at the junction of Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou. It has not been looted by the flames of war. This time, the repeated battles between the Yellow Turban Army and the official army have caused great harm to Xiapi County. Many local people and refugees fleeing here Had to flee everywhere.

Yuan Shu did not allow the refugees to enter Yangzhou. He sent a large army to block all the roads and passes going south.The refugees had no choice but to go northward.

Before these refugees arrived at the border of Yanzhou, a heavy rain for more than 20 days hit Xuzhou and Yangzhou.All the rivers in the two states swelled, and many large rivers broke their banks, and millions of people were affected.Xuzhou was the hardest hit.

Xuzhou has suffered from the disaster of the Yellow Turban in the past few years, and has been fighting every year.This year, Tao Qian led the Xuzhou Army to fight from the beginning of the year to now, and it has almost never stopped, either fighting with the Yellow Turban Army or Cao Cao. As a result, Xuzhou's money and food were consumed seriously, and the warehouse was exhausted.Faced with this sudden flood, Tao Qian cried and rushed to the ground, helpless, and the relief was very ineffective.

The refugees had no food to eat and then became mobs, and the mobs immediately came together with the Yellow Turban Army gathered near Mount Tai, and the Yellow Turban Army's power was revived again.Guan Cheng, Wu Ba, Guan Hai and others took advantage of the severe floods in Xuzhou and led the Yellow Turban Army to the East China Sea and Langya.Tao Qian had to rescue the disaster and resist the attack of the Yellow Turban Army, which was miserable.

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In September, Tao Qian asked Tian Kai of Qingzhou, General Li Hong of Hebei, and Yuan Shu of Yangzhou for help.

When Tao Qian was governor of Youzhou, Tian Kai was his subordinate, and the relationship between the two was extraordinary.After Tian Kai received the letter, he wrote back to Tao Qian that the current battle in Youzhou is unknown, Gongsun Zan's life and death are uncertain, and the northern army is eyeing them.After the Yellow River was frozen, I immediately sent reinforcements to Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu wrote back to Tao Qian and said, Brother, I am suffering more than you.My army is currently attacking Lujiang County and cannot go north to support you.Due to the floods in Jiujiang County this year, there are so many victims, and there is not enough food to eat.In order to satisfy their hunger, the soldiers could only pick up mussels, fish and shrimp in the river ditch.Brother, if you have extra food, remember to lend it to me, and I will pay you back next year.

At this time, the general Li Hong was still in Youzhou, and the distant water could not save the near thirsty. Tao Qian's letter was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any reply.

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Wars and disasters broke out again in the Central Plains. The refugees were terrified and flocked to Hebei.

Cao Cao was very worried. He was afraid that the refugees would riot in Yanzhou, and he was also afraid that the refugees would starve to death in Yanzhou and cause a plague. So he urgently ordered the counties and counties to try their best to help the refugees escape to Hebei to reduce the possibility of disasters in Yanzhou.

The more Cao Cao worried, the faster the disaster would come.

Cao Cao discussed many times with Xun Yu, Mao Jie, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai and others, and agreed that in order to dominate the Central Plains, you must first have a foundation. Yanzhou is the place where the Four Wars were fought, and it is impossible to achieve hegemony.Now General Li Hong occupies Jizhou, and Yuan Shao occupies Guandong and Jingyu states. If he wants to stand on a par with them, he can only seize Xu and Yang states as his foundation.

Cao Cao spent the whole summer racking his brains about capturing Xuzhou.After Que Xuan's incident, Cao Cao immediately saw an opportunity.He allowed Quexuan to cause disasters in the Taishan and Rencheng areas, but he did not speak out.Que Xuan was afraid of Cao Cao, so he attacked Xuzhou instead.Tao Qian sent troops to suppress the rebellion as Cao Cao expected, and occupied the southern part of Rencheng and Taishan County.

Cao Cao is ready to send troops under an excuse.Just at this time, a flood broke out in Xuzhou, and then the victims rioted, and Tao Qian had just killed the Yellow Turban Army, and his food and grass were not enough, and his strength was greatly damaged.Cao Cao applauded, this is really a god-sent opportunity, Xuzhou got it without any effort.

Cao Cao urgently wrote to Tao Qian, asking him to return to the county and attack Rencheng at the same time.

In addition, he urgently wrote to his father Cao Song who lived in seclusion in Langya County, Xuzhou, telling him to return to Yanzhou immediately to avoid being harmed by Tao Qian.He also ordered Zi Shao, the prefect of Taishan County, to send troops to protect his father and return to Chenliu safely.After Cao Song, Cao Cao's father, the former Taiwei, was dismissed and returned home, he moved to Langya County in Xuzhou to avoid disaster.

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Cao Cao took advantage of the fire to rob, Tao Qian was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

While leading the army to fight, he hurriedly ordered Captain Zhang Kai (kai) to lead two hundred cavalry to Langya County to arrest Cao Song.I arrested your father, let me see if you still dare to beat me Xuzhou.

This Zhang Kai used to be a subordinate of Sun Guan, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.After the Battle of Jinbei, the commander-in-chief Sima Ju was killed, and Sun Guan was desperate. Under the persuasion of his friend Zang Ba, the riding captain of Xuzhou, he took refuge in Tao Qian.Zhang Kai took his iron cavalry to Kaiyang City, the prefecture of Langya County, and found that Cao Song had already got the news and left.So he immediately went up the Wushui River and chased him for more than 200 miles. When he arrived at Feiguo City, he caught up with Cao Song.Cao Song thought it was Taishan Taishou Zishao sent to protect his soldiers and horses, so he was unprepared.

Zhang Kai hated Cao Cao so much that he had already forgotten Tao Qian's instructions.When he gave an order, more than 200 people swarmed up like wolves and tigers, and killed more than 40 members of Cao Song's family.Zhang Kai knew that he had caused trouble, so he didn't dare to answer Tao Qian, so he fled to Yangzhou with his men and belongings to avoid the disaster.

The soldiers Zi Shao sent to support Cao Song soon arrived at Feiguo City and found the remains of Cao Song's family.Hearing that Cao Song's family had been killed, Zi Shao's soul flew into the sky, and he took his family to Qingzhou overnight and fled to Hebei.

Cao Cao was extremely sad and indignant when he heard the news. While holding a funeral, he wrote to Li Hong in Hebei, Yuan Shao in Guandong, and Tian Kai in Qingzhou, saying that he wanted to beat Tao Qian in Xuzhou and take revenge. He hoped to get the understanding and help of the officials in the three places.

At the beginning of October, Cao Cao swore to send troops in Changyi.When leaving Changyi, Cao Cao held Zhang Miao's hand and entrusted his whole family, "If I die, please brother Meng Zhuo give my wife and children a bite to eat."

Cao Cao led an army of [-] troops, went down from Rencheng, and directly attacked Donghai and Pengcheng. Within half a month, he conquered ten cities in a row.

Wherever the Yanzhou army went, no chickens or dogs remained. The people of Xuzhou were terrified and fled in all directions.

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"How is the battle in Xuzhou now?" Li Hong asked angrily without waiting for Sima Lang to finish speaking, "Does Master Tao send a letter asking for help to Hebei?"

Tao Qian took great care of Li Hong on the Xiliang battlefield.Li Hong has always been grateful for this, but at this time he heard that Tao Qian was in danger, and he was very anxious.

"Cao Cao won consecutive battles, and Xuzhou's army was defeated. Lord Tao begged everywhere for help, begging so hard that he almost wrote a book in blood." Sima Lang picked up a letter and handed it to Li Hong, "Recently, the letter asking for help from Xuzhou Handan was sent from Qingzhou almost every day. The eldest princess, Zhang Wen and other adults repeatedly urged the northern army to send troops to help, but the right general, Mr. Zhang Yan, turned a deaf ear and refused to send troops."

"Why?" Li Hong suddenly calmed down when he heard Zhang Yan's name, "What's the reason for General You?"

"General You said that in December, the Yellow River may freeze at any time. Once the northern border army crossing the river loses the support of Hebei's grain and grass, it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out, so he refused to send troops."

"Is there any more? Just for this reason?" Li Hong asked.

"There are also refugees, there are disaster relief, and there are financial constraints. There are many reasons..." Sima Lang said very dissatisfied, "The situation in the Guanzhong is unstable, and the Kanto has stationed a large number of troops at Hangu Pass, so General You also proposed to conquer the West." General Xu Rong immediately recruited troops to garrison the fields and prepared to enter the pass." Sima Lang blushed and said excitedly, "The right general even questioned the eldest princess, whether it is the king of Qin who is important, or the suppression of the rebellion is more important. The eldest princess cried out in anger. gone."

"Really?" Li Hong, Xian Yufu, and Yan Rou looked at each other, with a smile on the corner of their mouths, "Is the eldest princess crying because of General You?"

"General, what is the purpose of you going out to patrol Youzhou and let Mr. Zhang Yan, the right general, be in charge of Hebei? Now everyone knows." Sima Lang smiled wryly, "The right general is worthy of being the commander of the Yellow Turban Army. His methods are extremely powerful. He started by catching and killing rebels, then turned to suppressing corruption, and then started to rectify Jizhou officials. Overnight, he arrested 640 officials of all sizes in the nine counties of Jizhou, including four eunuchs, prime ministers, and 21 county magistrates. Magistrate."

Li Hong changed his face in astonishment, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? He has arrested so many people, and all the prefectures in Jizhou are paralyzed."

Sima Lang pointed to a pile of letters on the case table, and said helplessly, "You are in Liaodong, in the desert, and your whereabouts are uncertain. How should I tell you?"

"However, the prefectures of Jizhou have not been paralyzed. General You recruited more than a dozen high officials from all over the border counties as early as May, and also recruited about a thousand students from Jinyang University Hall and Handan University Hall. He let these People concentrated in Handan to discuss the new system for three months, and then they were assigned to serve in many government offices in Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou." Sima Lang looked at Li Hong and shook his head again and again, "General, this Yellow Turban Army commander is more ruthless than you. Too much. When the troubles in Jizhou were the worst, he managed to appease the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, and let Yu Du, Guo Daxian and others rush to Handan with the army."

"Although the right general used the army to successfully suppress the resistance of all forces in Hebei to him, the conflicts between the northern army and the various prefectures in Hebei are becoming more and more intense." Sima Lang cupped his hands and said, "General, you should go back to Handan Otherwise, something will happen to Jizhou."

"An accident?" Li Hong asked in surprise, "Since the Jizhou prefectures can operate normally, what will happen to Hebei?"

"After Zuo General Qu Yi returned to Jizhou with his army, he was very dissatisfied with Right General's actions, and the two quarreled several times in Xingyuan." Sima Lang said worriedly, "General, you should go back quickly. If General Zuo and The right general is making a fuss, which is not good for the northern army."

"Yuntian is dissatisfied with Feiyan?" Li Hong said with a smile, "Yuntian leads the army to garrison Jizhou, and Feiyan is in charge of Hebei's military administration. The two work independently. What conflicts will there be?"

"I heard it was for sending troops to Qingzhou?" Xian Yufu said in a low voice, "Wei You and Guan Jing were ordered to go to Qingzhou to appease Tian Kai and Liu Bei. After Guan Jing arrived in Qingzhou, he suddenly backtracked and slandered the general for killing the Taifu. Brother Bogui was imprisoned. Tian Kai and Guan Jing are relatives. Of course he listened to Guan Jing, so he drove Wei You back. Tian Kai asked him to bring a letter to the general, saying that it is okay to be appeased, but he must let Bo Gui Brother Gui went to Qingzhou himself."

"Yuntian was furious when he heard the news, and immediately wanted to attack Qingzhou, but Feiyan disagreed. Feiyan thought that if brother Bogui was loyal to the general, he could of course be sent to Qingzhou to appease him. After the appeasement was successful, Hebei not only got Qingzhou, but also With Brother Bogui's loyalty, if he fails to appease him, Brother Bogui betrayed the general and stayed in Qingzhou, this is not a bad thing, at least it eliminates a hidden danger in Hebei."

"Just for this?" Li Hong laughed dumbly, "Brother Yu Xing, is there something else?"

Xian Yufu smiled in embarrassment, "I heard that Feiyan has offended a lot of rich and powerful people recently because of the tax reform."

Li Hong had already guessed in his heart, his face changed a little, and he said with a sneer: "This Yuntian, his hands are getting longer and longer."

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