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Volume Two: Unpredictable Chapter 395: The Ambition of the Qiang and Hu

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    At this time, most of Zan's army had crossed the bridge.  Gongsun Zan quickly gathered his troops and returned to the stronghold. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the stronghold, he dismounted and thanked Liu Bei.

    "If junior brother hadn't come to save me, I would have died today. Junior brother, please accept Zan's bow."

    After Gongsun Zan finished speaking, he bowed and bowed.  Liu Bei hurriedly rolled his saddle and dismounted, helped Gongsun Zan up and said.

    "Senior brother, you and I are from the same school. We are brothers and should support each other. A few days ago, I heard that senior brother and Yuan Shao were going to fight. I thought that Yuan Benchu ??was powerful, so I was afraid that senior brother would make a mistake, so I immediately led troops to help. Fortunately, I arrived in time, senior brother.  Is it serious?"

    Gongsun Zan was very moved when he heard this and grabbed Liu Bei's hand.

    "Junior brother, don't worry, I'm not in any serious trouble. I will definitely keep your kindness in mind today. If junior brother is in any danger in the future, I will come to the rescue quickly even if he is thousands of miles away. I have repaid junior brother for your great kindness!"

    Liu Bei listened in his heart and was secretly happy.  Then they exchanged affectionate words with Gongsun Zan and returned to the stronghold together.

    But he said that when Yuan Shao saw Liu Bei coming, he was afraid that Pan Feng and Zhang Fei would be brave enough to hold on.  The two armies resisted each other for more than a month, and Tian Feng advised Yuan Shao that the newly captured Jizhou was in need of rest and reorganization, and it was not appropriate to fight at this time.

    Yuan Shao also had this intention, so he asked Tian Feng if there was any way to make Gongsun Zan willing to reconcile.  Tian Feng whispered a few words in Yuan Shao's ear. Yuan Shao was delighted and obeyed. A sergeant was sent to tell him to pass the message to Chang'an.  After Li Ji in Chang'an saw Yuan Shao's letter, he immediately came to Li Ru for discussion.

    After Li Ru thought for a while, he said to Li Ji.

    "Since Yuan Benchu ??intends to sell better than Da Sima, Da Sima might as well be a favor. After all, Da Sima also needs time to put the overall situation in order."

    "Oh, how to sell this favor?"

    "Haha, this is easy. Although Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are both tigers and wolves, after all, the emperor is still alive and the Han Dynasty is still alive, so they are still Han ministers. My lord, it is better to fake the emperor's edict and send people to  Just reconcile."

    "Wen Ruo's words are very true, so we will follow Wen Ruo's plan."

    The next day, Li Jiu summoned Tai Fu Ma Rixi and Tai Servant Zhao Qi to follow the imperial edict.  When the two came to Hebei, Yuan Shao led his people out to meet them a hundred miles away, and then worshiped and obeyed the imperial edict.  The next day, the two men went to Gongsun Zan's camp to preach. Gongsun Zan saw that Yuan Shao was so powerful that it would be difficult for Gongsun Zan to regain the half of the promised land in Jizhou.  After Yuan Shao captured Jizhou, his power increased sharply. At the height of his power, he was afraid that he would try to capture Youzhou in the next few years.  And Youzhou is the foundation place that Gongsun Zan has planned for his great cause. How could Gongsun Zan let Youzhou fall into the hands of others.  It was decided to rush back to Peking and take advantage of Yuan Shao's rest to capture Youzhou as quickly as possible.

    Therefore, Gongsun Zan sent an envoy to write to Yuan Shao to make peace with each other.  After that, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan led their troops to retreat.  After Gongsun Zan returned to Peiping, Liu Bei made a random excuse, saying that Pingyang was being spied on, and he had offended Yuan Shao, and wanted to borrow 3,000 troops and 100,000 grain and grass from Gongsun Zan.  Gongsun Zan was very happy to think of Liu Bei's life-saving grace. Not only did he lend him three thousand elite soldiers and one hundred thousand grain and grass, but he also supported him with a lot of gold and silver.

    Before Liu Bei left, he and Gongsun Zan held hands and cried, pretending that they couldn't bear to be apart.  Gongsun Zan was moved again and repeatedly told Liu Bei to take care of himself.

    Yuan Shao captured Jizhou and temporarily rested to reorganize his troops.  Gongsun Zan went back to Beiping, Youzhou, and wanted to take over the entire Youzhou.  On the other hand, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, accepted Cao Cao's kindness and allowed him to lead his troops to fight against the thieves in Yanzhou, and was responsible for all the food for his troops.  Cao Cao, together with the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other generals, led 20,000 elite troops to attack the Black Mountain bandits in Yanzhou. They conquered everything they attacked.

    ?? And Cao Cao offered his sword to stab Dong, and issued an edict to gather the eighteen princes to challenge Dong. Later, he became the chief leader of the righteous army, with great prestige.  Therefore, soldiers and horses were everywhere, and all the Black Mountain bandits after their defeat surrendered.  Within a hundred days, Cao Cao recruited nearly 30,000 Black Mountain bandits, and his power expanded rapidly.

    As for the south, Yuan Shu in Runan and the three fierce tigers Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Jian in Changsha were also locked in a fierce battle.  Yuan Shu used a trick to provoke Liu Biao and Sun Jian into fighting each other, and he took the opportunity to capture Nanyang.  Yuan Shu defeated tens of thousands of Gebei Yellow Turbans in Nanyang and recruited nearly 10,000 Gebei surrender troops.  Later, when Liu Biao learned that Yuan Shu had captured Nanyang, he realized that he had fallen into Yuan Shu's trick. He hurriedly sent someone to tell Sun Jian, explaining Yuan Shu's plan to him, hoping to have a truce with Sun Jian.  Sun Jian promised outwardly, but inwardly he was preparing. When Liu Biao and Yuan Shu started fighting, and when the fighting became fiercest, he led his troops to sneak attack on Jingzhou and Jiangxia.  Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, did not know that Sun Jian was attacking and was killed by surprise. After losing several counties, he stabilized his position and mobilized all Jiangxia soldiers and horses to fight Sun Jian fiercely.

    The flames of war are spreading rapidly in all parts of the world. The princes from all over the world are either fighting, accumulating strength, or raising troops to prepare for war.  As the war intensifies, big warlords will emerge in due course.

    Back in the blink of an eyeIn Yuzhou, after Wenhan captured Jinyang City, Guo Da committed suicide and died. Wenhan received a group of Baibo surrender troops, and his strength expanded to more than 40,000 people.  After more than ten days of rest, Baibo's troops were dispersed and reorganized.  After that, Wenhan sent four groups of soldiers and horses to attack the counties in Taiyuan County with the force of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.  At that time, the news of Guo Da's death had spread throughout Taiyuan County, and these remaining Baibo soldiers were only a few thousand in number, so how could they dare to confront Wen Han's army head-on.  Therefore, all the Baibo bandits in Taiyuan counties did not resist and surrendered.

    Not long after Wenhan recovered Taiyuan County, he was wondering why he had not heard about the battle situation in Dingxiang for so long, and the several scout teams he sent out half a month ago to inquire about Dingxiang's intelligence have not returned yet.

    One day, Wenhan suddenly felt out of sorts, as if something bad was about to happen, or had already happened.

    ¡°Urgent report~!!!Urgent report~!!!¡±

    Suddenly, outside the main hall of Jinyang County, a sergeant rushed over quickly with a worried face. In his hand was a blood-stained ultimatum document.

    Wenhan was suddenly startled and rushed towards the sergeant.

    "Why is it so urgent!!"

    The sergeant had a sad and angry look on his face, and his eyes were blood-red.

    "Lord!! This is an urgent battle report from Dingxiang. The brother who sent the battle report told me before he died that all the scout teams sent by the lord were annihilated by rogues. He was the result of a desperate fight by a group of brothers.  I was able to break out of the siege and come back to Jinyang to send back this battle report!"

    ¡°What a thief!!!¡±

    Wenhan's heart was beating wildly, and he screamed in surprise. He hurriedly picked up the blood-stained document and started to read it.  The more he looked at her, the paler his face became.  Finally, he looked up to the sky and shouted angrily.

    "Yu Wen Tian Bless!! Ke Bo Wushui!! How dare you invade my country and kill my people. If I don't kill you and two other people, I, Wen Bufan, will never be a human being!!!!"

    It turns out that what was written in this battle report was two months ago, when Wen Hanshang was fighting against the Jinyang Baibo bandits.  The two powerful Qiang and Hu clans, the Keba and Yuwen clans, actually ended their fight and joined forces with 100,000 troops. Taking advantage of the chaos in Bingzhou, they launched an invasion.  First, they secretly captured Shuofang and Wuyuan counties, and then while Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses were fighting a fierce battle with Dingxiang's Baibo bandits, he led a large army to attack from behind!  !

    Zhang Yang was unprepared. Pingyang, Xihe, Shuofang, and Wuyuan troops were caught off guard by the 100,000 Qiang and Hu troops, and almost the entire army was wiped out.  Zhang Yang and two prefects, Shuofang and Wuyuan, were all killed by Yuwen Tianyou.  After Yuwen Tianyou defeated Zhang Yang, he led troops to attack Dingxiang. The Baibo bandits in Dingxiang were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled.  After Yuwen Tianyou occupied Dingxiang, he sent a large army to besiege Yanmen County. There were less than a few thousand Baibo bandits guarding Yanmen, and they were no match for the Qiang and Hu army. Within a few days, Yanmen County fell to the Qiang and Hu troops again.  within control.

    After that, Yuwen Tianyou sent Keba Wushui to lead 20,000 troops. Taking advantage of the lack of troops in Pingyang and Xihe counties, he sent troops to attack.  And he led an army of 80,000 Qiang and Hu troops to kill Taiyuan.

    At this point, four of the eight counties in Bingzhou were occupied by the Qiang and Hu, and two counties were attacked by the Qiang and Hu. It was only a matter of time before they were occupied.  Almost all of Bingzhou fell into the hands of the Qiang and Hu people.

    After reading the battle report and roaring repeatedly, Wenhan suppressed his inner anger and sent someone to urgently order Xilong, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and others to gather for discussion.  When everyone gathered, Wen Han almost gritted his teeth and told about the Qiang and Hu soldiers' invasion of Bingzhou. Xilong, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, and Zhao Yun all felt furious after hearing this, and their murderous intent was overwhelming.

    Although the land of China is in chaos now, it is still a matter of the Han people. These foreigners dare to take advantage of the situation and occupy the territory of China. They are actually trampling on the dignity of every Han people.  How could this make Xilong, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and others not furious.

    "My lord!! I, Gao Boyi, am willing to be a vanguard and will definitely kill these aliens until their blood flows into rivers!!!"

    Gao Shun, who usually cherishes words like gold, stood up majestically and shouted fiercely.

    "Young Master Wen, I, Zhao Zilong, would like to be the deputy general of General Gao!! I must take the head of Yu Wen Tianyou!!"

    Zhao Yun¡¯s handsome face showed a terrifying murderous intent, and all the muscles in his body were trembling and moving.

    "General Gao and General Zhao should calm down first. The traitor is powerful, so we should make plans before making any moves. If we are engulfed by anger, we will only fall into the trap of the traitor."

    Although Xilong was saying this, from the violent killing intent bursting out of his eyes, we could tell that he was suppressing the anger in his heart.  However, as an army strategist, how could Xilong lose his cool? Xilong took a few deep breaths before speaking again.

    "My lord, the Qiang and Hu people are divided into two groups. In addition to Yuwen Tianyou who is killing the 80,000 barbarians who are coming to Taiyuan, there is another group led by Keba Wushui who is killing Xihe and Pingyang. Xihe and Pingyang are empty of troops.  If the lord does not send troops and horses to rescue, there will be something wrong. Moreover, once Xihe and Pingyang counties fall into the hands of thieves.?, those 20,000 thieves will soon attack the Shangdang.

    Once the Shangdang is lost, the two gangs of thieves will be able to form a back-and-forth response and surround Taiyuan.  Therefore, we must take a preemptive strike and send a troop of troops to Pingyang quickly to gather the defeated troops from Pingyang, Xihe and Dingxiang for resistance.  Most of these soldiers are from Bingzhou. How could they see foreigners invading their homeland? Moreover, the lord is extremely famous in Bingzhou, so they will definitely flock to surrender!  "

    Wenhan looked coldly, nodded silently, and then asked Xilong again.

    "So, Zhicai, who do you think can take on this important task?"

    "This person must be able to represent the authority of the lord, and must have both wisdom and courage. For such a person, except for the four generals, no one can take on this important task at the moment."

    ??Indeed, as Xilong said.  Xu Huang is Wen Han's sworn brother, and he accompanied Wen Han to defeat the Qiang and Hu in Bingzhou. He can certainly represent Wen Han's authority. Moreover, Xu Huang is not only wise and brave, but also a general. He should take on this important task, and Wen Han can do the same.  rest assured.

    "The words of Zhicai are very much in line with my wishes. I also feel that this great responsibility belongs to none other than my fourth brother."

    After Wenhan finished speaking, he looked at Xu Huang. Xu Huang had a cold expression on his face, and with a terrifying momentum all over his body, he cupped his fist and shouted.

    "I, Xu Gongming, will definitely live up to my third brother's burden!!!"

    Seeing Xu Huang¡¯s fighting spirit, Xilong nodded secretly, and then said.

    "In addition to the four generals, we also need a brave general to assist us in order to be foolproof."

    As soon as Wenhan heard this, he knew who Xilong was talking about, and cast his eyes on Gao Shun. Gao Shun's face was shocked and he shouted.

    "My lord, Gao Boyi is willing to assist the four generals to repel the thieves!! I will live up to my lord's trust!!"
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