Lu Dynasty

Chapter 304 Yuan Shao fights Gongsun

Gongsun Zan was depressed in Youzhou, and Yuan Shao was depressed in Jizhou.The two brothers were depressed, and Yuan Shao decided to attack Gongsun Zan in Youzhou in order to relieve his anger. When Gongsun Zan heard that Yuan Shao had won Jizhou, he thought that Yuan Shao had invited him to carve up Jizhou, so he sent someone to claim the territory!Even if Gongsun Zan sent troops to help Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was not prepared to give him Jizhou, let alone Gongsun Zan did not send troops at all.In anger, Yuan Shao beheaded the emissary to destroy the book, and now Gongsun Zan was not happy.So Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao raised troops and came to each other at the same time.

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao's soldiers met Panhe, and Gongsun Zan pointed at Yuan Shao and cursed: "Unrighteous thief, you said that you want to share Jizhou with me. Even if you don't want to now, you shouldn't behead my envoy and destroy my letters. You said it but If you can’t do it, it’s already a breach of trust, and now you’re beheading envoys and destroying books, you’re really a dishonest villain!”

Yuan Shao pointed to Gongsun Zan and said, "Why should I share the Jizhou with you? If you send troops, you have something to say. You want to cut off most of my land without sending a single soldier. This is like a fool's dream. What's the difference! For a brazen person like you, how can there be any good people under his command? Behead him sooner, so as not to harm the common people!" Now Yuan Shao is much more mature, and he knows how to use the common people as an example.It's easy to talk about other things, but the people's non-cooperation is the pain in Gongsun Zan's heart.

Gongsun Zan shook his head and said, "In the past, we elected you as the leader because we thought you were loyal. I don't want you to be a wolf-hearted person. What kind of face do you think you have to stand between heaven and earth?"

Seeing that Gongsun Zan was no longer reasoning with him, Yuan Shao cursed at him.Yuan Shao, who originally wanted to capture Youzhou, stopped talking nonsense and asked the left and right: "Who can capture it for me!"

"I'll do it!" Wen Chou was in a hurry, and before Yuan Shao could finish speaking, he leapt towards Gongsun Zan with his spear in hand.Of course, Gongsun Zan couldn't fight Wen Chou by himself, he sent four generals to rush to Wen Chou.Gongsun Zan himself is no match for Wen Chou, and his subordinates are not as good as him, so how can he match Wen Chou.Wen Chou killed a general in just one move.The other three generals saw that the situation was not right, so they pulled their horses and left.

Wen Chou took advantage of the situation and rushed into Gongsun Zan's army. Gongsun Zan was defeated and fled to the valley.Wen Chou pursued all the way, while Gongsun Zan fled all the way.Gongsun Zan saw that Wen Chou was chasing after him, so he picked up his bow and arrow and wanted to shoot Wen Chou.Wen Chou yelled: "Don't let the thieves shoot cold arrows, get off your horse and accept surrender!" I don't know if Wen Chou was bullied by Dianwei back then, so he went back to practice his voice.This voice scared Gongsun Zan out of his bow, arrows and helmet.

Gongsun Zan, who was furious, beat his horse forward desperately, but suddenly his horse stumbled and was thrown a long way.Wen Chou was so proud, Gongsun Zan lay in the grass and sighed secretly, thinking that he would die.At this time, five generals came to kill Wen Chou from behind. It turned out that Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Zan's younger brother, led Guan Jing, Yan Gang, Gongsun Fan, and Tian Yu to kill them.

Although Wen Chou is stronger than these people, after all, two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and although the martial arts of these five people are not as good as Wen Chou, they are not bad.Although it is impossible for these five people to defeat Wen Chou, it is still more than enough to hold Wen Chou until the soldiers under his command come.Wen Chou retreated when he saw this situation. If he was surrounded by a large force of Gongsun Zan's troops, it would be difficult to evacuate.Wen Chou is not Zhao Yun, he can't kill several times in Gongsun Zan's army.

The next day, Gongsun Zan reorganized his troops and came to confront Yuan Shao again.He divided his generals and horses into two teams, left and right, like wings, and sent general Yan Gang as the vanguard.He led the Chinese army himself, and immediately stood on the bridge, with a red circle and a golden thread handsome flag beside him.Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to be the vanguard, and each led a thousand crossbowmen. They were also divided into left and right teams.He also ordered Qu Yi to take [-] archers and [-] infantry to line up in the formation.Yuan Shao led an army of tens of thousands of horse infantry to support him.

Yuan Shao's army and Gongsun Zan's army beat the drum from Chenshi to Sishi, but Yuan Shao's troops did not attack.Ju Yi ordered the archers to lie on the ground, cover themselves with shields, and shoot arrows only when they heard the order.Seeing that Yuan Shao's army was not moving, Yan Gang led his troops to attack Qu Yi's army.Qu Yi watched Yan Gang's soldiers coming, and ordered the archers under his command to lie still; until Yan Gang's soldiers approached, he gave an order, and all eight hundred archers and crossbowmen fired at once.Just as Yan Gang wanted to retreat, Qu Yi slapped his horse with a sword and cut him off. Gongsun Zan was defeated.

Gongsun Zan's left and right armies both wanted to rescue Ying Yan Gang, but Yan Liang and Wen Chou led crossbowmen to shoot them.Yuan Shao's whole army attacked and went straight to Jieqiao.Qu Yi rode his horse and rushed to the bridge. Gongsun Zan gritted his teeth and fought Qu Yi for his life.Qu Yi was supposed to be stabbed to death by Zhao Yun in the Battle of Jieqiao, but Zhao Yun ran under my command, and the Battle of Jieqiao was two years late because Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had a bad relationship, Gongsun Zan did not help Yuan Shao fight Han Fu .Without Zhao Yun, Ju Yi should be safe.Gongsun Zan was just a general of the same level as Qu Yi, so it was still very difficult to kill Qu Yi.I don't know if Qu Yi and Jie Qiao were at odds, but he was unlucky enough to be hit by a arrow. In pain, Gongsun Zan took advantage of the gap to stab him under his horse. If his subordinates hadn't rescued him in time, he would have died!In this way, Koji was seriously injured.Gongsun Zan thought he had killed Qu Yi, so he ordered his generals to charge towards Yuan Shao's army, and Yuan Shao's army was defeated!
Yuan Shao was in the central army, and Tan Ma told him that Qu Yi had won a big victory and was chasing Gongsun Zan's defeated troops, so he didn't make any preparations.Unexpectedly, the situation was reversed, and Gongsun Zan's army suddenly arrived. Guo Tu asked Yuan Shao to hide for a while to avoid Gongsun Zan's sharp edge, but Yuan Shao was unwilling.At this time, Yan Liang and Wen Chou led the troops. Gongsun Zan was defeated again and retreated to Yijing.

Originally, in the Battle of Jieqiao, Liu Bei would lead troops to support Gongsun Zan. With Sha Moke and Wei Yan, at least Gongsun Zan would not have to be afraid of Yuan Shao's Yan Liang and Wen Chou.But now the Battle of Jieqiao has been delayed for more than two years, and Liu Bei has gone to Xuzhou.As the saying goes, distant water cannot save near fire, so Gongsun Zan did not send anyone to invite Liu Bei.However, even if he sent someone, it would be a problem whether he could get it or not.Gongsun Zan's people couldn't pass through Jizhou.

Gongsun Zan, who had retreated to Yijing, was immediately disheartened because he was repeatedly defeated by Yuan Shao, and the people of Youzhou did not support him.In order to protect himself, he dug more than ten heavy trenches beside the Yi River, and piled up mounds as high as five or six feet in the trenches, and built camps on the mounds.The highest mound in the center of the trench was more than ten feet tall. Gongsun Zan lived in it himself. He made iron gates and cut off the left and right sides, so that men over seven years old were not allowed to enter. He only lived in it with his wives and concubines. 300 million dendrobium grains.Gongsun Zan also asked the women to speak loudly, so that the voice could be heard hundreds of steps away to convey orders.Gongsun Zan was alienated from the guests, so that he didn't have a single confidant by his side, and the counselors and generals were gradually alienated.

(End of this chapter)