Chapter 76 Gongsun Zun Er

Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, wanted to return to Luoyang, and sent Liu He, Liu Yu's son, to escape from Chang'an, secretly went out of Wuguan to find Liu Yu, and asked Liu Yu to lead his troops to meet him. Liu He passed through Yuan Shu's residence and informed Yuan Shu of the matter. Yuan Shu detained Liu He and asked Liu He to write a letter to Liu Yu and promised to wait for Liu Yu to lead troops to help Yuan and go to Chang'an together. Gongsun Zan knew that Yuan Shu would rebel and stop Liu Yu, but Liu Yu did not listen. Gongsun Zan was worried that Yuan Shu would hate him after knowing it, so he sent his cousin Gongsun Yue to lead more than a thousand cavalry to Yuan Shu to get married, and secretly let Yuan Shu detain Liu He and seize Liu He's soldiers and horses. Therefore, the conflict between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu is getting deeper and deeper.

Yuan Shu sent Gongsun Yue to help Sun Jian attack Zhou Ang. Gongsun Yue was shot and killed. Gongsun Zan said angrily, "The death of my brother was caused by Yuan Shao." So he sent troops to Panhe (now Hebei) to prepare to retaliate against Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was very frightened and handed over the seal of the governor of Bohai County to Gongsun Zan's cousin Gongsun Fan and sent him to Nanpi to help Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Fan then betrayed Yuan Shao, assisted Gongsun Zan with Bohai troops, and broke through the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. The army became increasingly strong and stationed at the boundary bridge (the former site is now in Wei County, Hebei Province). Gongsun Zan himself appointed Yan Gang as the governor of Jizhou, Tian Kai as the governor of Qingzhou, and Shan Jing as the governor of Yanzhou (now northwest of Jinxiang County, Shandong Province), and appointed a county magistrate.

192 AD (the third year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty), Yuan Shaotun's army in Guangchuan County (now northeast of Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province) fought with Gongsun Zan 20 miles south of the boundary bridge. Gongsun Zan has 30,000 elite soldiers. Yuan Shao ordered him to lead 800 elite soldiers in front of him, with thousands of crossbows on both wings. Gongsun Zan despised Yuan Shao's soldiers and went to war with cavalry. Lu Yi ordered the soldiers to lie still under the sceptre. When Gongsun Zan's army reached ten steps ago, Gongsun Zan was defeated at the same time. Yuan Shaojun captured Yan Gang and beheaded him. Lu Yi chased Gongsun Zan to the boundary bridge, and Gongsun Zan led his troops to fight back and was defeated again. So Gongsun Zan fled to Ji County (now Daxing District, Beijing) and built another small city in the southeast of the county to defend himself. He approached Liu Yu and gradually formed hatred. Yuan Shao sent his general Cui Juye to lead his troops to attack Gongsun Zan's Gu'an. When he led the army back to the south, he was caught up by Gongsun Zan's army in the giant horse water and was defeated, and seven or eight thousand people were killed. Gongsun Zan wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but he was defeated by Yuan Shao in Longjiao, and the two sides fought evenly.

In 193 (the fourth year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty), Liu Yu was worried about Gongsun Zan's rebellion, so he led 100,000 troops to attack Gongsun Zan. At that time, Gongsun Zan's part was scattered, and he hurriedly wanted to escape from the east city. Liu Yu's soldiers were not used to fighting, and they issued a military order not to harass the people and could not attack for a long time. Gongsun Zan then recruited hundreds of elite soldiers, followed the wind and set fire, taking advantage of the situation to enter Liu Yu's barracks, and Liu Yu was defeated. Liu Yu and his subordinates fled north to Juyong County (now Yanqing East, Beijing). Gongsun Zan broke through Juyong City in three days and captured Liu Yu and his wife and children back to Ji County. At this time, Dong Zhuo was dead. Emperor Xian sent an envoy Duan Xun to add a fief to Liu Yu, ordered him to rule the six prefectures, and promoted Gongsun Zan to be a former general and awarded the title of Marquis of Yi. Gongsun Zan framed Liu Yu and Yuan Shao for conspirating to claim the throne, and coerced Duan Xun to kill Liu Yu and his wife and children in Ji City. Gongsun Zan sent Liu Yu's head to the capital, which was robbed and buried on the road by Liu Yu's old subordinate Wei Dun. After Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, he got the whole Youzhou. He became more and more arrogant. He did not care about the people, remembered that he was good and forgot, and he would repay him.

In 195 AD (the second year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Xingping), Liu Yu's Yufu, Qi Zhou, Qidu Wei Xian Yu Yin and others led Youzhou soldiers and horses to avenge Liu Yu. Because Yan Rou of the State (now Beijing Daxing) had kindness and righteousness, they elected Yan Rou as Wuwan Sima. Yan Rou recruited Xianbei, Wuwan and other soldiers, and gained tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers. He fought with Zou Dan, the governor of Yuyang placed by Gongsun Zan, in the north of the Lu River (today's Baihe River), defeating Gongsun Zan's army and killing Zou Dan. Wuhuan Qiaowang also led more than 7,000 of his tribe and Xianbei cavalry. He followed Xian Yufu to welcome Liu Yu's son Liu He and Yuan Shao's general Qu Yi, and jointly attacked Gongsun Zan with 100,000 troops, defeated Gongsun Zan in Baoqiu, and beheaded more than 20,000. Therefore, Daijun, Guangyang, Shanggu and Youbeiping each killed the governors set up by Gongsun Zan and joined forces with Xian Yufu and Liu Hebing. Gongsun Zan was repeatedly defeated, so he fled back to Yijing (the former location is in the northwest of Xiong County, Hebei Province) to hold on and opened up farmland. The two armies held each other for more than a year, and the grain of the two armies retreated. Gongsun Zan took advantage of the situation to defeat the two armies and defeated the two armies.

In 198 AD (the third year of Emperor Xian of Han Jian'an), Yuan Shao sent a letter to Gongsun Zan and wanted to make peace with him, but Gongsun Zan did not reply, but strengthened his guard. Yuan Shao then attacked Gongsun Zan. First, Gongsun Zan will be besieged. Gongsun Zan refused to save him and said, "Save one person. After that, everyone will only wait for the rescuers and refuse to fight." When Yuan Shao came to attack, Gongsun Zan's boundary bridge camp could not save himself, and Gongsun Zan would not save him, and everyone would surrender or flee.

Yuan Shao attacked directly in front of the city gate. Gongsun Zan sent his son Gongsun Xu to ask for help from the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro (now northwest of Jun County, Henan Province). He also wanted to personally lead the troops out of the siege, occupy the southwest mountains, rely on the Montenegro army, and cut off the back road of Yuan Shao's army. Guan Jing, the chief official, advised him to say, "Now your soldiers have their own feelings of rebellion and are powerless to fight again. The reason why they can stick to them is to cherish their hometowns and young people, and regard you as the backbone of the general. If the general can stick to it for a long time, Yuan Shao will naturally retreat, and the army of the four parties will definitely join again. If the general abandons Yijing now, the army will lose the back town, and the destruction of Yijing is just around the corner. How can the general achieve his career if he loses his foundation and wanders in the wilderness? Gongsun Zan then decided not to leave Yijing, wait for his son to come to rescue troops, and attack Yuan Shao inside and outside.

In March 199 (the fourth year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty), Heishan Marshal Zhang Yan and Gongsun continued to lead 100,000 troops to save Gongsun Zan in three ways. Before the reinforcements arrived, Gongsun Zan secretly sent someone to send a letter to Gongsun Xu, asking him to lead 5,000 cavalry in the north and raise his torches to respond, and Gongsun Zan went to war from the city. Yuan Shao robbed the letter, made a plan and raised the torch. Gongsun Zan thought that the rescuers had arrived and led the troops to attack. Yuan Shao set up an ambush to attack Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan was defeated and returned to the city to hold on. Yuan Shao then dug a tunnel to the bottom of the city tower, destroyed its watchtower, and gradually reached the central mound. Gongsun Zun expected to be defeated, killing his wife and children first, and then set himself on fire.

Chen Shou once commented on Gongsun Zan: "Zan is arrogant and forgets goodness, and there are many thieves"; "Gongsun Zan Baojing, sitting and waiting to be destroyed."

And if this person uses it well, he can also be regarded as a good general. After repeated thinking, Li Zhong still decided to accept Gongsun Zan. After all, Li Zhong is not Liu Yu, and he believes that he is confident that he can subdue him.

"Zhujun Gongsun Zan paid a visit to the lord", while Li Zhong was meditating, Gongsun Zan knelt down to Li Zhong.

"Please get up," Li Zhong said to Gongsun Zan, "Lord Xie", "I don't know what's wrong with Bo Hui coming with Wen Qian this time?" Li Zhong pretended to be confused. Your excellency, Zan thought of being a pawn under your command and was willing to whip and stature for you," Gongsun Zan said loyally to Li.

Li Zhong looked at him and shook his head with a smile. "Lord", Le Jin saw Li Zhong shaking his head and quickly shouted. Li Zhong ignored him, and Gongsun Zan was also dead ashes. He got up to worship Li Zhong and then left decadently.

"Slow, what does Bo Kui mean?" Li Zhong saw that Gongsun Zan was about to leave and asked. Why should adults humiliate me? Zan is just going home." There are also many sarcasm and self-deprecating in his tone.

Li Zhong shook his head with a bitter smile and said to him, "Bokui, you misunderstood me. The reason why I shook my head is because you said that you are a whip for me. You are a great general. How can you do such a thing?"

After listening to Li Zhong's words, Gongsun Zan was a little at a loss. Of course, more of them were surprise and excitement.

Le Jin looked at Gongsun Zan and pulled his sleeves. Gongsun Zan came to his senses and quickly bowed to Li Zhong: "Gongsun Zan pays homage to the lord" and "Please get up."

Looking at Gongsun Zant, Li Zhong was very satisfied and confident that he would change him into a good general.

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