Chapter 124, Kill Gongsun

However, it was said that Liu Yu could not attack Zu Zhao's rear army, and the news that he was killed by Gongsun Zan on the way to escape had long been heard by Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao learned the news, he couldn't help shooting the case and scolded Liu Yu as a waste, which was not enough to be his counselor. Tian Feng was also depressed. Originally, he had warned Liu Yu not to be greedy for trade. Only if he won Liaodong, he would choose to stick to it. Unexpectedly, that guy wanted to attack Zhuo County, and it was expected that he would be attacked back and forth.

Zu Zhao also learned the news that Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, and he was also a little sorry about this. Liu Yu is a good official. If he is not in different camps, it is really worth making friends with this person. Now it is worth sighing that he was killed by Gongsun Zan. He knew that Gongsun Zan would also plot to plot Liaodong, so he ordered Chen Youzhi and other generals to take the initiative to attack Gongsun Zan. Now that his army and Yuan Shao are fighting on the front line, Yuan Shao will certainly not withdraw. This is a good time to eliminate Gongsun Zan. If they join hands, then Cao Cao will join in again, Zu Zhao feels that Although his military strength is strong, it is not enough to compete with their three-way army. Moreover, Cao Cao now has a son of heaven, and other princes will naturally listen to Cao's words. Now when Cao Cao did not send troops, it is a good time to get rid of Gongsun Zan when Yuan Shao is besieged.

After receiving Zu Zhao's order, Chen Youzhi set up all the troops of Xichuan and united with 50,000 troops in Youzhou, and a total of 170,000 troops launched a pursuit of Gongsun Zan. At first, Gongsun Zan was very angry because his son was killed, which encouraged the army and let them fight against the army led by Chen Youzhi. However, after all, his wisdom was not as good as Chen Youzhi. First, he was lured into the ambush circle and burned elite troops, which suffered heavy losses. Later, he underestimated Chen Youzhi's elite power. The two armies happened. In the frontal conflict, Sude led the army to attack their rear army food and fodder, which led to their defeat and fled to their last base.

After defeat, with Chen Youzhi's pursuit, he had several opportunities to counterattack together, but because of his fear and conservative plot, he did not dare to touch it. The previous tiger momentum was no longer. Seeing that Gongsun Zan had no fighting spirit so much, his soldiers were also disappointed with him and gradually left, and many of them became ambitious. The army.

Watching his generals flee more and more, Gongsun Zan was even more afraid. He ordered the people and soldiers to build very tall fortresses all day and night, and he was bound to use these fortresses and Chen Youzhi's army to resist. However, with the continuous advance of Chen Youzhi's army, Gongsun Zant's fortress was pushed away little by little.

In the end, Gongsun Zan hid in a tall fortress made of iron blocks, locked himself in it and prevented his subordinates from being bribed to kill him. Every day, he only let ten-year-old children come in with food, and he must let the children try it first. After half an hour, the children will be all right. He I dare to eat it. Seeing Gongsun Zan like this, the soldiers knew that he was completely hopeless, and the abandoned ones were even more than nineteen. Originally, Gongsun Zan had more than 100,000 troops, but now, except for some of his cronies who had followed him for many years and could not bear to leave, almost all of them have left. Now there are no 20,000 troops left around him.

After Cheng Youzhi got the news from the army, he immediately launched a general attack with the elite troops and finally captured all the fortresses. The fortress where Gongsun Zan was located was really strong, and a soldier inside was enough to match the ten outside, so Cheng Youzhi began to attack. During the attack, he lost some soldiers, and then he did not choose to attack, but surrounded the fortress. At the same time, he ordered people to dig tunnels from all sides to directly make the fortress fall into the ground.

The soldiers dug a tunnel where Gongsun Zant could see, and at the same time carried the soil in front of him. After that, even if he hid in the fortress for several years to store grain, he must eventually dig down his fortress and let him die in it. It is a good choice to surrender.

When Gongsun Zan saw it, he was disheartened and knew that his death was coming, so he recruited his family into the fortress where he was located, killed them all with his sword, and finally killed himself. Knowing that Gongsun Zun's death, his trusted troops all surrendered and became ambitious.

Chen Youzhi ordered people to blow up the fortress and entered the house where Gongsun Zan was. He saw that there were corpses everywhere. They were all his family. One of them was wearing armor and had never retreated. Some soldiers told Chen Youzhi that since Gongsun Zan hid here, he has always been in armor. Eating and sleeping are the same. Moreover, he holds a sword in his hand when eating, and he dares not bow his head to eat. Every time he takes a bite, he must look around vigilantly and confirm his safety before taking a second bite.

Once when a child brought him food, because there was an iron spoon in the soup, Gongsun Zang suspected that it was a weapon to assassinate him and killed the child directly with a sword. These things were later known by Zu Zhao, and he also sighed. A once brave man, a fierce general who took 50 people to kill a team of nearly 1,000 northern barbarians, ended up with a more suspicious illness than Cao Cao, which made people sigh.

After hearing about Gongsun Zang, Chen Youzhi also lamented. He didn't expect that he would be like this at all. When he just fought with him, Chen Youzhi was very careful and did not dare to be careless at all. Later, he found that he turned out to be such an unbearable person. Once he was defeated, he had no courage. Fight again.

Think about the previous Gongsun Zun, he still had a lot of contributions to protecting the territory of the Han Dynasty, so Chen Youzhi also ordered people to bury Gongsun Zun and his family. As for his non-direct relatives, Chen Youzhi also treated them very kindly and asked them to hold some official positions there to jointly manage the place.

After the destruction of Gongsun Zan, Zu Zhao's rear had no threat at all, which laid a solid foundation for him to fight against Cao Cao and Jiangdong Group in the future. Chen Youzhi and others have made great contributions to this.

During the confrontation between Chen Youzhi and Gongsun Zan, Zu Zhao and Yuan Shao's army also clashed from time to time, but the two armies were facing each other, and no one took the initiative to launch a decisive attack. Because everyone knows that once it fails, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Seeing that Zu Zhao has not launched a general attack for a long time, and it is difficult for Yuan Shao's army to launch a counterattack for a while, Tian Feng suggested that the place where they are facing each other now is Xin's County, which can allow the Xin family to attack Zu Zhao, which can consume Zu Zhao's military strength and then cooperate with the Xin family to destroy Zu Zhao in one stroke.

Yuan Shao listened to Tian Feng's words and immediately ordered Ju Shu to go to Longxi Didao to persuade the famous Xin family to send troops. Moreover, this Xin family provided a lot of help to Gaozu's army when Gaozu was against Qin. At that time, the Xin family was a very powerful family with more than 100,000 family troops, which can be said to dominate one side and form the momentum of a country. Later, Gao Zu seized the world and felt the credit of the Xin family. He personally issued an edict to Longxi for the Xin family. If anyone dares to invade the Xin family, he would rebel against the country, and the court must send troops to help eliminate it.

Ju Shou listened to Yuan Shao's order and went to Di Dao to see Xin Changdao, the guard of Xinjia County. This man used to be an official in the court, but later he was always the mediocre of the Emperor Ling, so he resigned and returned to Longxi. Emperor Ling also edicted Xin Changdao as the county guard of Longxi and take charge of everything here.

Xin Changdao heard that Yuan Shao sent someone to come, because Yuan Shao was the third prince of the fourth generation, and he was also a little in awe. He quickly asked people to come in and treated Ju Shu with courtesy. During the banquet, Ju Shu said, "Xin is a famous family in Longxi. During the Gaozu period, there were imperial rules. Anyone who dares to invade Longxi is the enemy of the imperial court. Now I can come here to meet the county guard. I am really lucky for three lifetimes."

Xin Chang said, "It is also an honor for our Xin family to come. Xin's got Gaozu's kindness and was very impressed. Mr. Ju is a well-known counselor under the command of Yuan Benchu of the fourth generation. I don't know what's going on when he came this time.

Ju Shu said, "My lord and Zu Zhao have formed a confrontation in Longxi. I think the adults already know it."

Xin Chang nodded and said, "Of course I know. Yuan was originally an important minister in the court, but I heard that Zu Zhao was not a small role. He was under Lu Zhi and had a lot of knowledge and managed Liaodong in an orderly manner. Originally, Youzhou was a poor place, but in Liaodong County and Liaoxi County, which he ruled, merchants had endless exchanges, and their prosperity was no less than Luoyang in Kyoto. "

Ju Shu shook his head and laughed and said, "Excuse me for offending, adults only know one, but not two."

"Oh? How do you say this?" Xin Changdao was not angry, but wanted to hear what Ju Shu said. He hasn't seen Zu Zhao. He just heard about Zu Zhao, so at this moment, he really wants to hear what Ju Shuhui, as a hostile force, said.

Ju Shu said, "Zu Zhao does have a way to govern the place, but this is based on destroying the local magnates. Didn't you hear that he first destroyed Gongsundu, a famous family in Liaodong, and then threatened him with the daughter of the governor of Xuandu County, so that the king or the family was also suppressed by him. Later, he forced Liu Yu, the herdsman of Youzhou. This man is ambitious and poor soldier Dou Wu. He wants to defeat my lord. Imagine if we are defeated, he will follow What will happen?"

Xin Changdao raised his eyebrows and had already speculated the meaning of Ju Shu's words and asked, "Sir, don't take precautions."

Ju Shu laughed and said, "Actually, I don't say it, and the adult already knows it. According to Zu Zhao's children's habit, every time he occupied a place, he must suppress the local nobles and famous families, and then used the people's hatred of the rich and power to jointly denounce the local powerful. Finally, he eliminated the local famous families and powerful, but won the hearts of the people. Therefore, he would continue to occupy other places until he occupied all the territory of the Han Dynasty. . To put it bluntly, he wants to eliminate the local forces in the court step by step and then seize power. Although the ten permanent servants, Dong Zhuo and the current Cao Cao were all holding the emperor to order the princes, they did not dare to seek to become a dynasty. The world has always been a big man. However, this Zu Zhao, if he gets the emperor, he will definitely seek the dynasty. Now he has sent troops to Longxi. I boldly guess that if my lord retreats, he The target should be your Xin family.

Xin Changdao has been angry for a long time. He got up and said, "Ignorant children also dare to try to the world. It's really the opposite. My Xin family got Gaozu Longen, how could he be so reckless? Sir, go back and tell Yuan Benchu that my Xin family will not stand by, and I will immediately rectify the army and horses to attack Zu Zhao. That's really unreasonable. If I don't carry his head to see the emperor, I'm sorry for the name of the county magistrate.

Ju Shu saw that he moved the Xin family to take action. He was very happy and did not stay in the Xin family. Instead, he left quickly with the reason to go back and tell Yuan Shao the news. Xin Changdao did not keep him. He had been sending Ju Shu out of the city, and then he turned back.

After returning to the city, Xin Changdao immediately summoned the generals to the parliament to discuss the attack on Zu Zhao. Some generals were puzzled. Originally, the battle between the two warlords had nothing to do with their Xin family. Why did they send troops? They only obeyed the dispatch of the imperial court, or even the court also wanted to protect them. Why did they suddenly attack Zu Zhao's army?

Xin Changdao knew that there would be generals to raise such questions, because he also had the same idea before he met Ju Shu. Now that he heard other people's questions, he changed the way to tell the generals of Ju Shu's words. Everyone was also full of righteous indignation and shouted that Zu Zhao must be killed and let him know what was powerful. .

At this time, one person still did not recommend sending troops. At a glance, this person was Xin Ainu, the daughter of Xin Changdao, the only female general in the family, and she was one of the best female generals with intelligence and courage.

She said that Zu Zhao has always loved the people. The reason why he confronted Yuan Shao's army was that Yuan Shao wanted to invade him. Now Yuan Shao couldn't beat him, so he wanted to let the Xin family come forward. This was taken advantage of by Yuan Shaojun. Youzhou is originally a poor place, but under the governance of Zu Zhao, it is already a prosperous capital comparable to Luoyang. In particular, Zu Zhao also evaluated the northern countries, first surrendering Silla, and then conquering Wuhuan, Goguryeo and all the tribes on the Korean island, so that the north has not been burned by the flames of war in recent years. May I ask how such a person could be what her father said? She even directly asked her father if this was said by Yuan Shao's messenger. Now it's better not to interfere in their affairs.

Xin Changdao did not listen to his daughter at all. He said that Zu Zhao killed the public prosecution, hid from Xuandu County, and forced Liu Yu away. He also said that he was a war maniac. In the future, if he was over the world, there would definitely be chaos and the country would never be safe.

Xin Ainu is still unconvinced. He said that Liaodong and Liaoxi, which were governed by Zu Zhao, had recruited all the people who had taken refuge there before. All the merchants nodded and praised Zu Zhao. How could he be a poor soldier Dou Wu? The reason why he wanted to send troops to war was to keep one side safe in this troubled world. This battle with Yuan Shao was completely provoked by Yuan Shao.

Xin Chang said, "Ainu, you think the problem is too simple. In a word, if Zu Zhao is not eliminated now, it will be very troublesome in the future. If you have always insisted on not fighting with Zu Zhao, then your soldiers will be directly in charge of me in the future. When you return to your boudoir, you should embroider and weave cloth. I don't want you to dance with knives and guns, and you don't look at a girl's house at all.

Hearing this, Xin Ainu was immediately unhappy and said harshly, "Father, are you going to cut my military power? I don't agree. What a woman? The predecessors of our Xin family, who fought with Gaozu before, were just women. Well, since you insist on going to war with Zu Zhao, I have nothing to say. However, when fighting with Zu Zhao, it is necessary to guard against Yuan Shao. Our Xin family should be protected by the imperial court and must let the imperial court issue an edict. All legions cannot plot against our Xin family, otherwise they will be enemies of the imperial court.

Xin Chang smiled and said, "You worry too much about this. Yuan Benchu is very talented, and he certainly dares not touch our Xin family. And now he is begging me. He can't even control Zu Zhao, and how dares he touch my Xin family again? Isn't it self-destructing? After the order, immediately rectify the elite troops and prepare to attack Zu Zhao's army.

Xinu said, "Father, even if you don't guard against Yuan Shao and want to attack Zu Zhao, you can't be too hastily. I heard that Zu Zhao has many counselors, and his generals are more brave and extraordinary. Among them, such as Zhang Yuan, Zhao Meng and Zhao Yuan, explain the fierce generals who come and go freely among thousands of troops and horses, and there are also world-class wizards such as Chen Gong as military advisors. If we attack rashly, we must not.

Xin Changdao smiled disdainfully and said, "Love slave, you are too girly after all. Chen Gong, I heard that he is originally a small county magistrate. What can be superior? How can Zu Zhao be invincible to use such people as military divisions?

Xinu said, "Father, don't forget that such a small county magistrate surrounded Yuan Shao's army of 500,000 with 300,000 troops. Yuan Shao has Tian Feng, Ju Shu, Guo You and other world-famous geniuses, but they can't compete with Chen Gong. Isn't this powerful enough?"

Ju Shu and other talents fell all over the world, but Yuan Shao didn't listen to him, so he suffered a defeat. If I'm not Yuan Shao, I won't be arrogant but as timid as a mouse. Now that I have 300,000 soldiers, I don't believe that I can't defeat Zu Zhao. Ai Nu, you can stay behind with your 50,000 elite soldiers, and leave the front line to me. Xin Changdao said.

Xin Ainu wanted to say more, but Xin Changdao didn't listen and had ordered the army to rectify and attack immediately. Xin Ainu had no choice but to secretly pray for her father to send troops to win. She took the army to stay behind. She was always worried about Yuan Shao. He had never done the anti-guest thing. In this world, there are only eternal interests and no eternal friends.

Xin Changdao rectified 200,000 horses, left the city of Didao with dozens of generals and marched towards the place where Zu Zhao's army was stationed. After listening to Ju Shu's words, he felt very reasonable. Thinking that Gongsun Du was killed and a good official like Liu Yu was forced away, he felt that Zu Zhao was really a traitor, but he didn't know that Liu Yu was actually forced away by Gongsun Zan.