The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 598 Chaos in the Central Plains
In the second year of Chuping (191), at the end of January.

Liu Yu's patience with Gongsun Zan had finally reached its limit.

So Liu Yu saw the opportunity and took advantage of the time when Gongsun Zan's trilogy was in other places to resist Yuan Shao, and mobilized more than [-] troops from various counties to attack Gongsun Zan, who was in the southeast of Ji County.

Liu Yu's subordinates were engaged in Gongsun Ji, and were treated favorably by Gongsun Zan because of the same surname, so they went to Gongsun Zan to report Liu Yu's plan at night.At that time, Gongsun Zan's followers were all scattered outside. Gongsun Zan felt that he was invincible and wanted to escape.

An army of [-] could completely siege the small town. Gongsun Zan felt that there were few soldiers in the city, so he decided to dig into the east city to escape hastily, but he was discovered by Liu Yu, and then Liu Yu's Youzhou Army followed the gap to attack in one fell swoop. into the city.

The outcome was decided, and Gongsun Zan's heart was ashamed. Just when he thought he was going to die on the battlefield, Liu Yu made a foolish move.

Liu Yu said to the sergeant: "No one else was hurt, just kill one uncle."

Bogui is Gongsun Zan's character, Liu Yu means, don't hurt innocent people, just behead Gongsun Zan alone, after entering the city, Liu Yu also does not allow soldiers to set fire to the city.

Obstructed by the defenses of the inner city and the darkness, the Youzhou army was unable to attack for a while.

Gongsun Zan was in a desperate situation. At the last moment, he did not give up. Instead, he summoned hundreds of elite warriors to fight against trapped beasts.

In the bitter cold wind, Gongsun Zan ordered his soldiers to set fire to the city. The wind assisted the fire, and the weather was dry. After a while, most of the city was engulfed in flames, and the Youzhou army who invaded the city was in chaos.

Gongsun Zan seized the opportunity, took advantage of the burning fire, and led the elite under his command to attack the Youzhou army that had entered the city. Afterwards, all the troops under Gongsun Zan's command in the city were also ordered by Gongsun Zan to attack outside the city together.

The city was on fire, and Gongsun Zan drove the defeated soldiers all the way, unstoppable.

Liu Yu was caught off guard by this sudden change. He didn't know soldiers, and he didn't know what to do when facing Gongsun Zan who was rushing straight. During the previous Zhang Ju rebellion, some died, some fled, and many were imprisoned by the embroidered clothes envoys.

Zou Jing died in the battle of Jizhou, and Liu Bei is not by Liu Yu's side now. Liu Bei is now leading the troops stationed in the border of Pingyuan County south of the Yellow River, which is beyond his reach.

Gongsun Zan became more and more courageous as he fought, led the white horse righteously in front, galloped and shot at it
And Liu Yu chose the worst option, which was to continuously send additional troops to the front line.

If it's daytime, it doesn't matter, but it's night, or late at night, the number of people can't be seen clearly in the dark, and it's difficult to maintain the army formation.

As soon as the rout troops charged, they broke through the formation of subsequent reinforcements. The Youzhou Army only thought that Gongsun Zan had thousands of cavalry troops under his command.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and Liu Yu was defeated and returned. When he went there, there were [-] troops, and when he returned to Ji County, there were only a few thousand people left.

Gongsun Zan took advantage of the victory to pursue and lead an army to attack Ji County, which fell in three days.

Gongsun Zan captured Liu Yu and forced him to manage the state affairs as a puppet, but the actual power was all controlled by Gongsun Zan.

All of this was discovered by Qi Mei lurking in Youzhou, and soon the information of Qi Mei was sent to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao dispatched two generals, Gao Lan and Cui Juye, to set off from Bohai County and Hejian State respectively, and advance in parallel. Gao Lan led [-] troops to attack Zhuojun, and Cui Juye led [-] troops to attack Youbeiping. State.

Yuan Shao led an army of more than [-] soldiers in Lecheng, the capital of the Hejian Kingdom.

However, Gongsun Zan's reaction speed was also very fast, and all the trilogy under Liu Yu's command were compiled by Gongsun Zan in a very short period of time.

The elite under Liu Yu's command included three battalions of the West Garden Forbidden Army, and the combat power of these three battalions of the West Garden Forbidden Army was not bad at all. In addition, Liu Yu was good at governing, so he was a strong soldier.

With Liu Yu's original foundation, Gongsun Zan also recovered some strength.

Gongsun Zan personally led troops south to Yi County in Hejian State, and soon met Gao Lan who was heading north.

A fierce battle broke out between the two sides in Jumashui, and Yuan Shao also led the army to help.

Gongsun Zan's army was [-], and Yuan Shao's army was [-]. The battle lasted for more than ten days, and the two armies could only fall into a stalemate.

On the other side, Cui Juye's attack was also blocked, and he only captured two cities. Without Gao Lan's cooperation, the flanks were not guaranteed, and Cui Juye didn't dare to go too deep.

The two prefectures of Youji and Jizhou were in chaos, attacking each other, and became a mess.

The situation in the south is not stable, but more chaotic.

Zang Ba switched to Yuan Shao, and was officially pardoned. He was appointed as the Yueqi General by the Chang'an court, relieved his worries, and received assistance from Qingzhou. Zang Ba began to attack Xuzhou.

After the Taishan Yellow Turban Army had been repaired, it seemed that they had reached an agreement with Zang Ba who was entrenched in the north of Xuzhou. The two sides would no longer fight, and the Yellow Turban Army then began to attack Yanzhou westward.

The Taishan Yellow Turban Army gathered a crowd and dispatched troops, claiming to have an army of more than [-], and attacked Yanzhou westward with great momentum. The first place to bear the brunt was the Jibei Kingdom in Yanzhou.

Chen Qun, the governor of Yanzhou, immediately mobilized soldiers from various counties to support Jibei.

In the second year of Chuping, January [-]th.

General Fenwu, Cao Cao, the prefect of Jiyin County, and the generals and schools of other counties were ordered to help Jibei Kingdom, a total of [-] people.

Liu Bei, Prime Minister of Pingyuan, was temporarily delayed in Pingyuan County by Qingzhou soldiers and could not arrive. Chen Qun thought that [-] people rushed to aid Beiguo, and the defense should be more than enough.

However, the Taishan Yellow Turbans had been prepared for a long time, and launched an ambush against the reinforcements of other states and counties on the way, and succeeded. The Yanzhou Army was defeated and returned, and the Jibei Kingdom was surrounded by Taishan Yellow Turbans.

Xuzhou was attacked by Zang Ba, and the situation was already in jeopardy. The whole county of Langya County was captured by Zang Ba.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo sent Xu Rong to lead an army of [-] people out of Hangu Pass to help the Luoyang area, which added a few points of pressure to the court of Chendu.

Compared with before, the current Chendu court is now besieged on all sides.

The court of Chendu had to face at the same time, the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, the bandit rebellion in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, the threat of attacking the Xiliang Army in Luoyang area, and the rebellion in Youzhou.

Faced with such a predicament, Sun Jian was helpless and had no time to spare. Everything seemed to be going in a bad direction.

The Xiliang army made a comeback again this time, but Sun Jian's army was much smaller than when he attacked Dong Zhuo, and there was no way to win quickly.

Most of the areas controlled by the Chen Du court were in the Fourth World War, and there were too many soldiers who needed to stay behind.

In troubled times, the grass belly with golden horns and silver borders is not just nonsense. Although the hinterland has a large population and is more affluent, there are many places where there is no danger to defend. They are surrounded by enemies and require a lot of military power for defense.

The predicament of the Chendu court was caused by this, and this was one of the reasons why Xu An had never given much thought to occupying Jizhou.

　Early spoilers for the next chapter

　　Old Xu's wife is coming (manually funny)

　　
　
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