Naturally, Chen Lin had some flattery factors. Gao Jin despised such a scholar in his heart, but he already had an idea in his mind. The Zeng family really made him curious and ready to move, but he understood that this woman could not be touched for the time being.
On the contrary, this beauty may have other uses.
Gao Jin pretended to be drunk and laughed it off. He couldn't refuse this matter. If he refused, he would reject Chen Lin's "good intention". Now that he has not established a stable foothold in Hebei, he should clean up people's hearts. Now there is nothing left to do. He
Every move must be made with caution.
After the banquet, Gao Jin called Tian Feng and said, "Sir, how do you think the Zeng family should arrange it?"
Tian Feng said: "Hebei will not be completely controlled until the three Yuans are eliminated. If the lord wants to capture Hebei as soon as possible, he can appease the three Yuans."
Gao Jin was deeply convinced and agreed with Tian Feng's opinion. He said: "I also have this intention. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are nothing to worry about, but Yuan Xi cannot be underestimated. This person is in charge of Youzhou, where
He is located on the border and has hundreds of thousands of troops and horses. If we are to confront him, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort. But sir, do you think Yuan Xi is willing to surrender?"
Tian Feng stroked his beard and said: "This depends on the sincerity of the lord. If the Zeng family is sent to Youzhou, let them meet as husband and wife, and then sends an eloquent person to lobby, it may be successful. Youzhou
Although they have elite troops, Yizhou needs to be supplied with food and grass because it is located on the border. Therefore, Yuan Xi himself must have understood that if he confronts his lord, he will become a prisoner sooner or later. Therefore, Feng thought he was at least 80% sure."
Gao Jin lowered his head, walked around for a moment with his hands behind his hands, and said: "As for Yuan Tan, how should Yuan Shang solve it?"
Tian Feng said: "Since my lord has occupied Yizhou, the two Yuans are still fighting fiercely in Bingzhou. If my lord sends troops at this time, the two Yuans will definitely be frightened. They will definitely join forces to fight against my lord. If we contact Yuan Xi again, this land in Hebei will...
The lord is not so easy to get. Therefore, the lord only needs to watch the fire from the other side. On the one hand, he sends people to Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan's camp to appease them and let them continue to argue. As long as the two Yuans are still arguing, then Yuan Xi will see that the situation is over.
Will surrender, my lord has gained Yizhou, Youzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou Palace, how can these two Yuans cause trouble?"
Gao Jin nodded and said with a smile: "In this way, this matter is settled. I am afraid that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang will join forces after learning that we have occupied Yizhou. Is there anything you can do, sir?".
Tian Feng was silent for a moment and said: "Feng remembered a person. His surname is Zhang and his first name is Yan. Maybe he can contact him."
Gao Jin immediately had an impression of this person. So he asked Tian Feng to introduce him. It turned out that this person was from Zhending in Changshan, and his real surname was Chu. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, Zhang Yan gathered young men to form a group of thieves, and they moved to Shanze to attack. When they arrived at Zhending, they had already
With a strength of more than 10,000 people, Boling Zhang Niujiao rose up in rebellion and proclaimed himself a general. He joined forces with Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan recommended Zhang Niujiao as commander. Later Zhang Niujiao died from his injuries and ordered his subordinates to serve Zhang Yan, saying: "
You must take Yan as your commander." After Niu Jiao died, the rest of the army followed Zhang Yan, so they changed their surname to Zhang. Zhang Yan was so quick in defense that he was so quick that his army nicknamed Fei Yan.
Later, Zhang Yan's power continued to grow and grew to one million. It was known as the Black Mountain Army and was a major force in the late Han Dynasty. Zhang Yan joined forces with Gongsun Zan and fought with Yuan Shao many times, but was defeated and his strength weakened slightly. At the beginning, Zhang Yan surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
In the imperial court, the Han Dynasty was beset by internal and external difficulties and was unable to conquer, so it was granted the title of General Zhonglang.
Although Zhang Yan originated from the grassy mountains and forests, it is undeniable that Zhang Yan was undoubtedly successful during that period.
First of all, Zhang Yan got in touch with Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and various valleys in Hanoi, and relied on his strength, which was not very strong at the time, and various means to make Sun Qing, Wang Dang, and other small leaders in this area join him.
As a result, Montenegro's strength continues to grow, with more than a million followers.
Then they sent people to Kyoto to surrender. The imperial court worshiped Zhang Yan as the general who was in trouble. Although it was said to be a surrender, with Zhang Yan's strength at this time, the imperial court was no longer able to conquer it. It just sought a legal identity for itself...
Although Yuan Shao had fought with Zhang Yan several times before, Zhang Yan, who had obtained legal status, was listed by Yuan Shao as an enemy with the same weight as Gongsun Zan. There is a saying that the enemy of the enemy is a friend. This is true.
It is true that Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan hit it off immediately and established an alliance against Yuan Shao. However, because Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan are both heroes who aspire to the world and covet the land of Jizhou, the so-called alliance is just mutual rescue and cannot be achieved.
Real cooperation. Otherwise, future generations may see another period of history. Later, Gongsun Zan was defeated and asked Zhang Yan to save him but failed, which shows that their alliance was maintained until the end.
After Gongsun Zan's death, the conflict between Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao intensified and a direct military conflict began.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Yan captured Ye City. Zhang Yan took advantage of the gap between Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan and captured Ye City in a surprise attack. This was a highlight of his military career. But it also forced Yuan Shao to start a decisive battle with him. Later, with the help of Lu Bu, Yuan Shao
They defeated Zhang Yan, but it must have been very difficult for Yuan Shao and Lu Bu to win. In the end, Yuan Shao did not completely eliminate Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan could only lurk and wait for the opportunity. For Tian Feng, this person was undoubtedly a help. He said to Gao Jin: "Zhang Yan is extremely cunning. When my lord arrives in Yizhou, he has many soldiers and generals. If he sends
If people contact him, he will definitely come and descend."
Tian Feng continued: "It's just that Feng has a plan to make Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan continue to turn against each other."
Gao Jin nodded and encouraged Tian Feng to continue. Tian Feng said: "It is better to teach Zhang Yan to go to Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang has lost Yizhou and is like a duckweed without roots. Sooner or later, he will be defeated. If Zhang Yanxiang helps, he must think that he can do it in a short time."
Kill Yuan Tan internally, occupy Bingzhou, and then return to fight the lord. In this way, the two Yuans will not unite."
Gao Jin's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what Tian Feng meant. If Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were to unite, they would naturally be at the end of their rope. He knew that if they did not cooperate, the whole of Hebei would be surrendered. To stop this, he must
Give one of them hope. With hope, they will be confident that they can become more powerful and achieve their goals. For example, if Zhang Yan goes to Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang will get Zhang Yan's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the momentum will be able to suppress Yuan Tan.
, if he is Yuan Shang, then he can save Hebei by choosing to eliminate Yuan Tan first, gain a foothold in Bingzhou, and then contact Yuan Xi to fight Gao Jin for a decisive battle.
Gao Jin hesitated and said: "Sir, do you think Zhang Yan will help me?".
Tian Feng seemed determined: "This man is also a person who assesses the situation. Seeing that the lord has 200,000 troops and has occupied the three states of Qing, Xu and Yi, he will naturally surrender."
Gao Jin said: "Okay, just who should be sent to contact him."
Tian Feng said: "Let Feng go. Feng is not talented. I am willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses."
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In the Yuyang Office, Yuan Xi was drinking wine alone with a bitter smile on his face. As the second son of Yuan Shao, he was not loved by Yuan Shao. Regarding this, Yuan Xi had already known himself, so regardless of whether he was a brother
How they fought. He would always just stand behind the scenes and watch silently. Now that his father was dead, he did not get the opportunity to attend the funeral from the Liu family. He was given the order to continue to guard Youzhou.
How could Yuan Xi not understand the meaning coming from Yecheng? Although Yuan Shang had a good relationship with him, he did not want his brother to enter Yecheng. Although he had no ambitions, Yuan Shang was not willing to cause trouble. Faced with this situation, Yuan Shang
Xi also did not show any dissatisfaction.
However, various rumors also emerged. First, he heard that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were fighting in Yizhou, and then Yuan Tan was defeated in Bingzhou, leading Gao Jin to go north. Only then did Yuan Xi realize that this battle between brothers had gone beyond
Boundaries are very likely to have dire consequences...
After Yuan Shao failed in the Battle of Guandu, he was so ashamed and angry that he fell ill and vomited blood. In May of the seventh year of Wei Jian'an, Yuan Shao died.
Yuan Shao had three sons: Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang. Yuan Shao's second wife, Mrs. Liu, favored Yuan Shang and often praised him in front of Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao wanted Yuan Shang to be his heir, but he did not express it clearly. He adopted his eldest son Yuan Tan to
His brother asked him to serve as governor of Qingzhou.
Jushu advised Yuan Shao: "People often say that if ten thousand people chase a rabbit, if one catches it, the others will stop because it has been determined who owns it. Yuan Tan is your eldest son and should be the heir.
, but if you exclude him, it will definitely cause trouble."
Yuan Shao said: "I want my sons to each manage the affairs of a state to test their abilities." So he appointed Yuan Xi as the governor of Youzhou and his nephew Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou.
Fengji and Shenpei had always been hated by Yuan Tan, while Xin Ping and Guo Tu were attached to Yuan Tan, and they both had conflicts with Fengji and Shenpei. After Yuan Shao's death, everyone believed that Yuan Tan was the eldest son and planned to make him his heir.
Shen Pei and others were afraid that they would be persecuted by Xin Ping and others after Yuan Tan came to power, so they faked Yuan Shao's will and respected Yuan Shang as his heir.
Regarding this, Yuan Xi understood clearly, but he did not expect that the consequences would be so serious. If it was allowed to develop, Hebei's foundation would be handed over to outsiders.
However, Yuan Xi still didn't make any expression at this time. It wasn't until Yizhou fell that he was shocked. Knowing that the terrible consequences he expected had become a reality, he quickly sent an envoy with the intention of mediating Yuan Shang.
Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi originally thought that when things got to this point, his two brothers would definitely wake up. Both sides stopped fighting, and the three Yuans joined forces to drive Gao Jin out of Yizhou. It was not too late to remedy the situation.
However, when the envoy came back, he brought another news. Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, surrendered to Yuan Shang and joined Yuan Shang to attack Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan was defeated repeatedly and retreated to Jinyang City to defend. Yuan Shang completely ignored Yuan Xi's words.
Instead of mediating, Yuan Xi was asked to send troops to attack Yuan Tan.
"It's over, it's over for Hebei!" Yuan Xi's face suddenly turned pale, and he almost collapsed. Onlookers could see clearly that he could not understand that something was very wrong. Zhang Yan and the Yuan family had hated each other for seven or eight years, and they had been at war with each other. It was a blood feud. In this
At that time, he suddenly took refuge in Yuan Shang. What was the metaphor behind this? Yuan Xi saw the shadow of Gao Jin behind Zhang Yan.
If what he expected was correct, this should be a highly prudent strategy, aiming to continue the fight between the two brothers. The crane and the clam will fight, and the fisherman will benefit. This is an eternal principle, and it is no wonder that this pair of brothers actually
They are blinded and completely indifferent. They would rather brothers kill each other than fight against foreign aggression together.
Naturally, Yuan Xi had no intention of sending troops to Bingzhou. He could almost foresee the demise of the Yuan family. In a little while, the heads of his two precious brothers would be sent to Gao Jin's account. Yuan Xi smiled bitterly.
, at this time, he had to plan for himself.
What should he do? Yuan Xi thought of several possibilities. First of all, Yizhou's supply of food and grass has been cut off. Youzhou alone cannot feed his army. There is no need to question this, not to mention that Youzhou is not
In a place that is well defended, there are Huns and barbarians in the north and Gongsun Kang in the east. Under such circumstances, how long can he hold on by himself?
He had thought about a possibility, which was to unite with Gongsun Kang and confront Gao Jin.
This possibility is not completely impossible. The Liaodong regime should not be underestimated. Its founder was Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du was originally from Xiangping, Liaodong. He followed his father to Xuantu and was appreciated by Gongsun Gui, the prefect of Xuantu. He helped him
He studied as a teacher and married a wife. In the third year of Jianning, Gongsun Du succeeded in becoming a minister and was appointed Shangshulang. He later served as the governor of Jizhou and had a prominent position. However, he was rumored and was dismissed. It was not until Dong Zhuo came to power that he became the governor of the same county as Gongsun Du.
Xu Rong recommended him as the governor of Liaodong, and he was able to come back. After taking office, Gongsun Du immediately eliminated dissidents in the county and established his prestige, and then sent troops to attack Goguryeo. At this time, the new king Bogu of Goguryeo was on the throne.
In the past few decades, he fought with the Han army many times and attacked the Goguryeo counties on the Han border. At this time, he was conquered by Gongsun Du and served. The new king sent Dajia Youju and Zhu Ran to assist Gongsun Du in the next year.
, and together they annihilated the Fushan bandits. At that time, Gongsun Du's ambitions grew and he established himself as Marquis of Liaodong and Mu of Pingzhou, openly acting independently from China. After that, Gongsun Du sent Liu Yi across the sea to merge with the counties of Donglai in Qingzhou and named him Yingzhou.
As the governor, he completely controlled the passage between the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. Gongsundu also defeated the three counties of Wuhuan in the west, leveled the eastern and western borders of Liao Dynasty, and conquered Xuantu and Lelang in the east. In order to contain Goguryeo and other countries, he married his eldest daughter to King Yu,
Make it loyal to him. Gongsun Du became the overlord of Northeast Asia for a while...
Gongsundu died of illness, and his son Gongsun Kang came to the throne. Gongsun Kang was very active since he took the throne. He took advantage of the discord between Yiyimo, the king of Goguryeo Mountain, and his brother, defeated the Goguryeo army, captured the capital of Goguryeo, and forced Yiyimo to move the capital to Wandu.
Later, Gongsun Kang divided the wasteland south of Tunyou County in Lelang County into Daifang County, sent Gongsun Mo, Zhang Chang and others to collect the survivors and raise troops to attack Han Hao. From then on, Lelang and Daifang also prospered. Gongsun Kang was using
While subduing the three Koreas by force, he also imitated his father's policy of marriage and subjugation, and married his eldest daughter to Baekje, the most powerful among the Han Dynasties, so Baekje became a vassal state of the Gongsun family. After the establishment of Daifang County, the Gongsun family's influence in Liaodong
After reaching the limit, the three Han countries in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese countries in the north of today's Kyushu were all attached to Daifang County, and all tributes to the Gongsun family were responsible for the Daifang prefect. Up to this time, Yiqian became the Hanai.
In the land, Fu Yu, three Koreans, and Japanese all surrendered, Goguryeo and Wuhuan were all destroyed, and no country in Northeast Asia dared to resist the power of Gongsun. Moreover, Gongsun had occupied Liaodong for several generations, and the emperor considered it an extinct territory and entrusted it to him.
In terms of overseas affairs, they cut off Dongyi, completely cut off the connections between China and other countries, and asserted themselves in Liaodong. In this way, the Gongsun family had countries as weights, and was not afraid of the threats from the Middle Kingdom dynasty.
Some people may be confused as to how the four counties of Liaodong, Xuantu, Lelang, and Daifang in the barbaric land of Liaodong can become the overlord of Northeast Asia and the suzerain of the three Han, Japanese, and Fuyu countries. In fact, the territory of the Gongsun family
At this time, the foundation has been established. The number of households in Liaodong, Xuantu and Lelang counties: 64,158 households in Liaodong County, 81,714 households; 1,500 households in Xuantu County
Ninety-four, population 43,163; Lelang County: 61,492 households, population 257,500. Total population of nearly 600,000. Gongsun family
There will be more household registrations when Haidong is expanded: on the one hand, there will be natural growth; on the other hand, the Central Plains is in chaos, scholar-bureaucrats and refugees will naturally flow into Liaodong, which is relatively stable in the Central Plains, and tens of thousands of people will increase; on the other hand, Gongsun Kang and others attack the surrounding areas
As a small country, it forced the old people to come back and rob foreigners as slaves, which also increased the population. Overall, before the destruction of Xiangping City, the Gongsun family should have had more than 600,000 people, or even 700,000 people. According to the approximate population at that time,
With an army-to-civilian ratio of 10, Gongsun could mobilize an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people.
Looking at the situation of various countries in the later period, when the Shu Han was destroyed by the Wei State, it had only "940,000 soldiers and 102,000 armored soldiers." When the Wu State was destroyed, it had "230,000 soldiers and 2.3 million men and women."
Compared with Wu and Shu in later generations, the Gongsun family's territory was indeed smaller, but it was by no means too weak. It could at least be considered to be of the same magnitude. At that time, Goguryeo had only 30,000 households; Woju had 5,000 households;
Ten thousand households; in the fifty-plus countries of Ma and Han, "there are more than ten thousand households in the big country, and thousands in the small country, with a total of more than one hundred thousand households."
The total number of Japanese households is between 40,000 and 50,000, and the number of Japanese households ranges from more than a thousand households to only 70,000 households in the Yamatai Kingdom. The total number of households is 150,000, but the national structure is loose; there are only 80,000 households left, which is more than other countries. In this kind of situation
Since Northeast Asia is full of small countries, it is easy for the Gongsun family to use them to contain each other and bring them all under their control.
What's more, Liaodong has always been bitter and cold, and the geographical advantage is also a factor. Therefore, even Yuan Shao, who unified the four states at that time, did not dare to underestimate the Gongsun family in Liaodong. If he united with the Gongsun family, at least Yuan Xi would be in an invincible position.
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However, Yuan Xi still hesitated. Yuan Tan had lured Gao Jin into Hebei. If he had lured the Gongsun family into Hebei, even though Hebei would be more chaotic, Yuan might not be able to gain much benefit.
But what should he do? It was difficult for him to make up his mind.