Chapter 858 The Lord Is Here

Similarly, because it was not clear where Gongsun Zan was going to fight, Wang Yan and his men were not in a hurry to go south. Anyway, there was plenty of time. It was only more than 200 miles from Ji County to the border, so they were completely in time. So they moved slowly all the way and took a detour to check the enemy situation along the way.

In the early spring, people were busy farming, so there was nothing to see. But Wang Yan wanted to see the progress of the popularization of kangs, glass, etc., as well as the communication of various policies.

At present, supervision is bound to be unfavorable because of the shortage of officials and police officers. This will be a normal state, but those who should be arrested should still be arrested, and his attitude should also be expressed, so that the people can really know what his attitude as the top leader is, so as to give the people the power to resist.

Although armor has not been popularized yet, the previously surrendered soldiers all took their weapons home. In this situation, they can still be bullied. That is Wang Yan's problem, because his ideological work has not been done well, and the blood of the people has not been aroused.

After inspecting the local situation all the way, Wang Yan finally received news from the front line. A messenger came to report that Yuan Shao sent 30,000 troops to camp ten miles away from Quanzhou. Han Fu sent 50,000 troops to attack Baxian and Xushui, and camped twenty miles away. Gongsun Zan, who was homeless, led his 20,000 troops to Guangchang (Laiyuan), intending to go straight into the hinterland from Zijing Pass to attack Jixian.

After hearing the news, Guo Jia laughed: "General, Jia originally thought that Gongsun Zan would attack Baxian or Xushui, but he didn't expect this thief to attack Zijing Pass. He must know that Zijing Pass is controlled by me, and he is expected to leave Daixian (Weixian) if he fails, or attack Juyong, or plan to attack Bingzhou..."

Wang Yan also thought so. He knew very well what Gongsun Zan was planning. He didn't take him, Wang, seriously, and didn't take Liu Yu seriously. The reason why he dared to leave was that he believed that he and Liu Yu were both trash. But Liu Yu mobilized a hundred thousand troops in Youzhou, but within half a month, Wang Yan broke through Ji County, and all the officials and nobles in Youzhou were slaughtered.

Even if Gongsun Zan looked down on Liu Yu and Wang Yan, he had to maintain corresponding respect for the army of Youzhou and Liaodong, which might reach 200,000 in total. It was still Lu Yunfei's famous saying that Liu Yu's failure must have a reason. He asked himself that he had no ability to wipe out a hundred thousand troops so quickly.

Moreover, he only had 20,000 soldiers and horses, which was still a fictitious number. After all, he lost some in the previous crusade against Dong Zhuo, and lost some more in the long march. He could only have 15,000 or 16,000.

So he had no way to resist the army, so he had a lively mind. He would save the revenge of seizing land and killing relatives for a useful person, and it would not be too late to avenge it later.

Before sending troops, he must have hidden his thoughts. If Han Fu and Yuan Shao's attack was successful, then he would definitely have no problem breaking through the pass here. At that time, he would occupy Youzhou, and there might be a chance. If these two people are not careful and the pass is difficult to break, then he will go to Bingzhou to try to make a comeback.

Gongsun Zan is not stupid. How can he not see the contradiction between Yuan and Han? Both of them are stronger than him. Wang Yan has taken all the land of Youzhou. He has no chance here. He may not think that these two people will use his head to ask Wang Yan for peace, so leaving is naturally the best strategy.

Guangchang is surrounded by mountains and dangerous passes. It is flat to the east after passing Zijing Pass. Going north, you can go out of the grassland and enter Bingzhou. In all dynasties, this place has been heavily guarded to prevent barbarians and Hu cavalry from driving straight in. Gongsun Zan chose a good place.

But unfortunately, the first thing to fight in a war is information. Now Wang Yan knows that he is marching to Guangchang, and he doesn’t even know that Wang Yan already knows it. Moreover, the source is the key place, how can General Wang not know it.

It's just that the land there is not very good. It is an important place for military, but it is not very useful for people's livelihood, and not much food can be harvested. Although there are many mineral deposits, they are shallow and have large reserves. But the mines in the northeast are still usable now, and there are only so many people to dig them, and they can't get here for a while. So Wang Yan moved all the people in Guangchang out, arranged some in Youzhou, and sent some to the northeast.

Zijing Pass is exactly the defense range of the Weiwu Guard led by Zhou Cang, with 1,500 troops stationed.

Zhou Cang was stationed in Xushui, but it was impossible for him to just guard Xushui. It is even more impossible for a large army to be stationed, and thousands of people to live in one place. Small-scale combat units are mainly based on an army of 500 people. There are military marquises leading the troops, and military stewards are in charge of logistics and other matters. There are several miles between each army. They are distributed in front, back, left and right to facilitate joint defense, and they are dozens of miles long.

With the advantage of a strong cavalry, there is no possibility of being attacked by surprise, but if the enemy attacks, they can be discovered in advance, leaving enough time to react. Therefore, every time there is a war, there is also a corresponding time to gather in a relatively safe place to wait for the enemy.

After thinking for a while, Wang Yan ordered: "Fengxiao, you go to Huang Zhong's troops. If the plan fails, Yuan and Han will fight to the death. You should adapt to the situation and wait for reinforcements. I will go to Zijing Pass to deal with Gongsun Zan."

"General, it is better to dispatch troops to reinforce. Zijing Pass has 1,500 soldiers. If Gongsun Zan's troops do not surrender, it may be difficult to stop them."

"It doesn't matter. Even if I am alone, what can Gongsun Zan do? He is a cowardly rat, not worth mentioning. Let's go." Wang Yan waved his hand, without saying much, and rode directly to Zijing Pass.

Guo Jia smiled and rode south to Huang Zhong.

He is riding a horse very well now. There are not many other horses in Liaodong, but there are many war horses. Every grassroots official has one, and they are all retired or unqualified war horses. Although he could ride before, he did not have a horse, was not experienced, and was quite weak. After more than half a year, he went out on horseback every day and practiced the Five Animal Guides taught by Hua Tuo, and his body was in great shape...

Guo Jia wrote a letter in advance. Now Yuan Shao and Han Fu have raised their troops to attack. Although Han Fu is far away, it won't delay anything. There are fast horses who go out to provoke the enemy scouts and kill the letter with a whoosh of arrows. Shoot it and the mission is completed.

Yuan Shao attacked Quanzhou because his Bohai County was to the south of Quanzhou, and he had to conquer it. At this moment, in the military camp five miles away from Quanzhou, Yuan Shaozheng and his subordinates were discussing whether to fight or not.

At this moment, a mighty warrior wearing silver armor raised his tent and came in. He handed over his hand and reported: "My lord, the scouts from ahead came to report. The king's thief scouts provoked, shot a letter and escaped with an arrow. The letter is here, please take a look, lord."

This man is a general under Yuan Shao's command, and he is also Wen Chou.

While he was speaking, he was already approaching with the arrow in his hand. The shaft of the arrow was wrapped tightly with a circle of rice paper, and was bound with thin threads.

Yuan Shao took it in his hand, looked around, and after sighing at the thief Wang's success in making paper, he took out the dagger, cut off the thin thread, and took out the letter in circles.

The summary of his book said: Today's troops are sent to Youzhou. It is actually Liu Youzhou who has launched an army to attack. He has to respond. He did not expect that Liu Youzhou would not be popular among the people and there was no war epidemic. Youzhou was taken lightly. However, the Liao land was bitterly cold, and the land of 600 miles away from Youzhou was suddenly reached. Millions of people were unable to settle down. When it was time to help the people and build industry, they had no intention of going south to seek Jizhou.

Gongsun Zan is a rat with wolfish ambitions. How can he conspire with him to attack me? You and Liao have 200,000 armored men, but only more than 100,000 public servants. How can they attack me? If he really destroyed me, how could he separate the land of Youliao with Gongsun Zan and Han Fu? At that time, the three families will attack each other. How can it be regarded as a land based on the Bohai Sea? It's really unwise.

The family of the Fourth Duke and the Third Duke has disciples and old friends all over the world. Why attack me at this time?

Today, when the Han Dynasty is in decline and about to perish, there will be endless internal fights against Dong, and everyone must have their own agenda. The Han Dynasty lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away. The ninth and fifth positions were occupied by those who were virtuous. Han Fu has no plan, no decision, no courage. He is content with the status quo and has no desire to make progress. However, he is more defensive about the public than he is about me. How can such a rat steal the throne of Jizhou? Why doesn't the Duke drive Han Fu out and occupy Jizhou, reject our Youliao territory in the north, and take over the four states of Qing, Yan, Yu, and Xu in the south? If he captures these four states, he can achieve his hegemony, wouldn't it be great?

If the public is interested, this is the right time. If you ask me, I can force Han Fu southward and help you replace him. Since good words are clear, you should think about them.

After reading the letter, Yuan Shao frowned and thought.

He must be angry because the meaning of this letter was very contemptuous of him, Han Fu, and Gongsun Zan. But before he got angry, he had to think through it and understand the meaning of Wang Yan's letter.

He was not a fool, and Wang Yan made it clear. He only had to turn his head to understand that Wang Yan didn't want to fight, and he didn't want to fight for a long time, and even encouraged him to fight Han Fu.

"Lord, what do you say in the letter?" Seeing that Yuan Shao was confused, a counselor in the tent asked. This person is a guest of Yuan Shao's family.

"The king of thieves wants us to stop our troops and plan for Jizhou. Please circulate it to all the gentlemen and make plans." Yuan Shao handed the letter in his hand to the scribe next to him, and then waved his hand, signaling Wen Chou to go out and do some work.

Yuan Shao's team is still good, and of course it got even better after he captured Jizhou. Now I have some people under my command, but they are not strong yet. However, he also has a strategy. Although his decision-making is a bit poor, it is enough for now.

The counselors looked at it again and each spoke.

"The king thief deserves to be born in Guizhou Province and has an upright temperament. His letter is indeed true. He has newly acquired Youzhou, and he has granted the people a profit of 10% of the tax. If the land in Liaodong had not been fertile land, he would not have been able to last long. Use troops to fight, There is a lot of waste and he may not be able to cope with it, so he has no intention of fighting. He plans to seize Jizhou, Qing, Yan, Henan and Xuzhou to achieve hegemony, which is indeed a good idea. "

"Now that the princes have gathered together, it is expected that Yuan Shu and others will not be able to conquer Chang'an and kill Dong's thieves. In a few months, they will stop their troops and return, annex the surrounding areas, and fight their own battles to compete for the world. At this time, my lord should also set great ambitions and do great things. , we will retaliate to the death."

"The king's thief said in his letter that if he really goes south to force Han Fu, we say that Han Fu's advisers may not be able to take over Jizhou."

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After listening to the words of his counselors, Yuan Shao nodded and summarized it in two points: don't fight against Wang Yan, but seek Jizhou. This was serious, after all, they had no intention of confronting Wang Yan head-on.

Although they all looked down on Wang Yan, and even felt itchy because they were so angry with each other, they did not dare to look down on Wang Yan. Although he was born in the capital of Guizhou, he was able to achieve such a big undertaking today, controlling the two regions of You and Liao, two million people, two hundred thousand troops, and even recruiting the Xianbei barbarians on the grassland. Although he didn't know what the use was, he In six years, the government has been well organized and the troops have been strengthened. This is the skill.

"Hold your troops for the time being. What you have said just now is absolutely true. The king is cunning and has written to me. He will write to Han Fu to make our two families suspicious of each other and attack each other, and he will reap the benefits. Other gentlemen can discuss strategies and say that Han Fu Fu's subordinates and soldiers will come to help me seize control of Jizhou. This will help you to do your own work."

Yuan Shao set the tone, and his men naturally followed suit. They held a small meeting again to discuss how to persuade Han Fu's men. People at this time, besides being romantic at home, are also interested in studying people.

Because Han Fu had a large number of troops, they were scattered and stationed far away, so he received the letter later.

Guo Jia did not intend to encourage Han Fu to fight Yuan Shao, because Han Fu was the stronger one. However, apart from saying that they had no intention of going south, he did mention it more or less.

In fact, Han Fu was already afraid of Yuan Shao, after all, the Yuan family was powerful. Although they were wiped out by Dong Zhuo and almost all of his family was killed, the boss's family was not without people, and his disciples and old friends were all over the world. This was not empty talk, and many people believed this.

Han Fu also made a similar decision, deciding to keep his troops in place and see if Gongsun Zan had any achievements. He knew his own affairs. Although he led an army of 50,000, in fact, 20,000 to 30,000 of these 50,000 were newly recruited soldiers with little combat effectiveness. How did Liu Yu's 100,000 troops fail? This was the reason. They had no fighting spirit in the first place, and the conditions given by the thief Wang were not bad, but they could get a hundred responses.

They were also afraid that when the fight really started, the thief Wang would come out and shout slogans. One tenth of the tax, what a good thing...

While they were all keeping their troops in place and watching Gongsun Zan's movements, General Wang rode his horse at full speed, bringing more than a hundred guards to Zijing Pass. He did not stay at the pass, but led 500 soldiers directly out of the pass and headed west, heading for Guangchang.

Bragging is bragging, but you still have to be careful. So he had already sent people north to pass Juyong to send a message to Liao Hua and the 3,000 Zhenwu Guards stationed there, asking them to block the intersection of Guangchang going north out of the mountains, and prepare to go south at the same time.

He had to make the necessary preparations. If a fight really broke out, he would definitely not be able to beat 20,000 people with 600 people, which brought up Lu Yunfei's famous saying. 20,000 people, even if they stood there for him to chop, he couldn't chop them.

After preparing for the failure of surrender, he took such a small number of people and followed the leadership of the cavalry to block the front of Gongsun Zan's army first.

This is a valley, Gongsun Zan and his troops are all crowded here, it is an excellent ambush place, a volley of arrows and rolling stones, the battle is won.

Of course, Wang Yan does not have so many troops now, and it is too late to mobilize troops when he knows the news.

He brought more than a hundred guards, and he didn't even wear armor. He was still dressed in the usual loose clothes. His weapon was only the eight-sided Han sword on his waist. He blocked the intersection very arrogantly.

A hundred meters away, looking at Gongsun Zan with bloodshot eyes.

General Wang stopped his horse and laughed: "Gongsun Wu'er, since you see you, why don't you get off the horse and pay your respects?"

The valley echoed, and the arrogant laughter was far away...

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