People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 395 The Death of Gongsun Zan 2
The grassland outside the Great Wall is not nourished by the water of the river, and there is no Langshan Mountain, Yinshan Mountain, or Daqingshan Mountain to block the cold wind from the far north. Compared with the Hetao Plain, it is really different.

It's no wonder that Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen, after being fooled for a while, wanted to seize the Hetao, because the living conditions outside the Great Wall were indeed very bad.

At this moment, Li Yao had already received the news that Gongsun Zan led [-] troops and set off to Jizhou again. According to the investigation done earlier, the [-] troops were all that Gongsun Zan could use after he lost to Yuan Shao. soldiers and horses.

Youzhou is empty, it's time for them to go south!
Although Xu Rong is from Liaodong, he actually knows a little about Dai County and Shanggu County in the west of Youzhou.

With such a general who is more familiar with the local area, and a large number of falcons, hounds, and scouts, Li Yao led his army into Youzhou, just like stepping into no man's land.

Regardless of the city of the Han family or the tribe of Wuhuan, before their mobility, it was too late to respond effectively, and they would be directly taken down.

In these Han cities, the relatively brave county soldiers and county soldiers were all transferred to the army by Gongsun Zan, and the rest were old, weak, sick and disabled, so there was no combat power to speak of.

As for the Wuhuan tribe, the most famous one in Youzhou is the Wuhuan in the three counties, but it is not the three counties mainly in western Liaoning that have Wuhuan, but all the counties in Youzhou have Wuhuan.

After the overlord of the prairie, the Xiongnu, fell to the altar, Xianbei, who was once oppressed, became the new overlord of the prairie, and Wuhuan, who was also oppressed, still had a rather low status.

In order to survive, they turned to the Han Dynasty in an all-round way, and were arranged by the court in the counties of Youzhou. Although once they grew stronger, they would also gather crowds to make trouble, but most of the time, they were also a sharp knife in the hands of the Han Dynasty.

To crusade against Qiang people, crusade against Xiongnu, crusade against Xianbei, suppress rebellion, the imperial court will recruit a large number of Wuhuan cavalry.

In these Wuhuan tribes, the strong men were taken away by Gongsun Zan in large numbers, and the remaining old and weak women and children had no ability to resist Li Yao's army at all.

From this we can see how empty Youzhou is now. As the army breaks through Jundu Mountain and captures Juyong Pass, Guangyang is like a tortoise that has been peeled off its shell.

The army drove straight in, one day later, under the city of Ji County!

Gongsun Xu and Guan Jing looked at the countless cavalry regiments outside the city, Gongsun Xu's face was pale, and Guan Jing's face was full of pain.

Immediately, a general in iron armor walked out of the army formation, walked to the bottom of the city, and shouted loudly:
"Listen, people in the city, we are the imperial court's army to crusade against Xianbei, passing by here, we have not yet opened the city, and welcome the army to rest for a while!"

In the city, Gongsun Xu could also hear that the other party must have bad intentions, but the words were justified, and he didn't know how to refute, so he could only turn his head and look at Guan Jing:
"Sir, now that the enemy is approaching the city, what should we do?"

Guan Jing looked calm, looked down at the city and shouted loudly:

"General, we have never received an order from the imperial court. We don't know where you came from, and we dare not open the city gate without permission. Why don't we just stay outside the city and wait until the state shepherd returns!"

Guan Jing had no other choice but to refuse to admit it. He could guess that this was Li Yao's army, but even if Li Yao came in person, he would pretend not to recognize it.

Otherwise, everything is clear. They cannot refuse the court's order. They can only pretend to be crazy and act stupid. When Gongsun Zan comes back, there may be a turn for the better.

At this time, the armored general roared angrily:

"Are you going to rebel? You actually shut out the army that was attacking Xianbei by the imperial court. Now General Wei is in the army behind me. Hurry up and open the city gate!"

There was an uproar above the city, but Guan Jing refused to admit it:

"Youzhou is the Youzhou of the great Han, and will never rebel, but I have never received a transfer order, so I really dare not let strange troops enter the city, please be considerate of the general!"

In the army formation outside the city!

Li Yao chuckled, he didn't cheat to open the gate of Jixian County, and he didn't get angry at all, instead he said to the people on the left and right:
"Don't try, let Wen Yuan come back. There must be Gongsun Zan's cronies in the city. If you want to take Ji County, you have to fight..."

"Prepare to set up camp and build siege equipment. At the same time, spread scouts widely to guard against Gongsun Zan's sudden return..."

"The current situation is like besieging Wei and saving Zhao. After Gongsun Zan learns about it, he will definitely return to the army to rescue him. As long as Gongsun Zan's reinforcements are defeated, the city will be destroyed by itself!"

Everyone on the left and right responded:

"Follow the order!"

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Three days later!

When Gongsun Zan received the news, he fell into a frenzy for a moment. He immediately realized that he had played a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain. He left Li Jue, Guo Si, and [-] infantrymen in front of him, and rushed back to Ji County with [-] cavalrymen like crazy.

Li Yao received the report from the scouts, looked at the crowd and said with a smile:

"If Gongsun Zan returned to Jixian with [-] troops and horses intact, I would be a little afraid of him, but I didn't expect that he would come back with only [-] cavalry without sleep..."

"Even if the situation is urgent, there should be no panic. Gongsun Zan is so unwise, this Youzhou should change hands..."

"Zisheng, take the owl to meet the enemy and give the white horse general a grand funeral. Wen Yuan, take the light cavalry and go to the battle. Gongsun Zan, you want to see people when you live, and you want to see corpses when you die. Do you understand?"

Li Yan and Zhang Liao stood up immediately, clasped their hands together and said loudly:
"Follow the order!"

After finishing speaking, the two turned around and walked out of the camp, ordered their troops to form formations, and then waited for Gongsun Zan's arrival.

At the same time, inside the camp!
Li Yao wasn't worried that Li Yan and Zhang Liao wouldn't be able to deal with Gongsun Zan's [-] exhausted troops. He was listening to another scout report.

In Youbeiping County, Yan Rou, the captain of Wuhuan who suddenly appeared, led [-] Wuhuan cavalry to defeat the [-] infantry led by Zou Dan, and beheaded Zou Dan.

Whether it was Yan Rou or the four thousand Wuhuan Tuqi, these Li Yao didn't pay attention to them all. How could they still compare to Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen's hundred thousand Xianbei.

But Li Yao is very interested in them:

"If we can control Yan Rou and use him as a vanguard to attack Liaoxi, we may be able to solve the Wuhuan problem in the three counties more easily..."

"As for Gongsun Du in Liaodong, he is from Xu Rong's hometown, and it was after Xu Rong recommended him that Dong Zhuo appointed him as the prefect of Liaodong. The place of burial..."

"Although there are thousands of miles away, as long as Yan Rou and Xu Rong use it well, they will definitely be able to play a big role!"

And on the other side, on the battlefield!

The turtles formed a formation, faced Gongsun Zan and his [-] cavalry, and once again started the unparalleled mowing mode.

Gongsun Zan took the lead, but also died the fastest. A generation of white horse generals who were so powerful outside the Great Wall ended his life on the battlefield, and it can be said that he died well.

(End of this chapter)