Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and pure!

The opportunity Cao Ang is waiting for lies with one person.

This person is Gongsun Zan!

That's right, it's Gongsun Zan, the former White Horse Governor, who once oversaw the military and political affairs of the six states during his glorious period!

Even Liu Bei was Gongsun Zan's die-hard younger brother in his early years.

By quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Gongsun Zan became one of the most dazzling stars among the princes of the late Han Dynasty.

At his peak, even Yuan Shao was afraid of Gongsun Zan's power!

However, because Gongsun Zan had a violent temper and robbed people, he was disliked by Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan was impatient with Liu Yu's restraint and killed Liu Yu directly.

Since then, Gongsun Zan has shown signs of defeat.

Some of Liu Yu's old troops all returned to Yuan Shao and opposed Gongsun Zan. In addition, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were defeated in both battles at the Battle of Jieqiao and Longcuo, and their vitality was severely damaged.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan adopted the strategy of retreat.

In the land of Yijing in Youzhou, the capital was built to defend itself. Yijing has complete fortifications, deep ditches and high gorges, and more than three million dendrobium of grain and grass.

Moreover, both inside and outside Yijing, they opened up fields to support themselves.

Gongsun Zan personally took control of the center of Yijing and built a heavily guarded high-rise Wubao, while the remaining troops of his command were stationed near the inner and outer areas of Yijing, forming an iron barrel of defense.

At first, Yuan Shao's general Qu Yi besieged Gongsun Zan for more than a year but failed to capture it. Later, after Qu Yi withdrew, Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Gongsun Zan many times but failed to capture it.

In the original history, Gongsun Zan's decadent self-defense strategy was finally defeated by Yuan Shao's full force attack.

Gongsun Zan also burned himself on a high-rise building in Yijing together with his concubine's family, and a generation of heroes came to an end sadly.

But in this era, it is different.

Because Cao Ang reached the sky in one step, the Cao family grew too fast.

Therefore, before Yuan Shao wiped out Gongsun Zan, he tried his best to fight the Cao family, and then he was defeated and died, which weakened the four states of Hebei.

Gongsun Zan also lost Yuan Shao's suppression!

This allowed Gongsun Zan, who had been decadent for a long time, to finally see some hope!

According to Cao's intelligence from Jinyiwei scattered around Youzhou, Gongsun Zan has been in Yijing recently and is ready to make a move.

He was just afraid of Yan Rou, the captain of the Wuhuan School, and did not dare to leave Yi Jing easily.

After all, Yan Rou, Xian Yufu and others were all former subordinates of Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, and Liu Yu was a kind and virtuous man who was deeply respected by the soldiers and people of Youzhou.

After Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, Yan Rou, Xian Yufu and others were already fighting to the death with Gongsun Zan.

And the opportunity Cao Ang was waiting for was Gongsun Zan!

Yan Rou had already sent an envoy to Xu Du last year and submitted to Xu Du's court.

At this time, Cao Ang gave Yan Rou a secret order, telling her to only contain Gongsun Du, the governor of Liaodong, and to turn a blind eye to Gongsun Zan.

First lure Gongsun Zan out and use him, and then try to get rid of him!

Cao Ang has already made arrangements for this.

After Yan Rou received the order, he led his troops to move north and march into the western Liaoning area to stop Gongsun Du.

When Gongsun Zan learned that Yan Rou was going north to deal with Gongsun Du, he finally couldn't sit still.

According to the latest news, Gongsun Zan has led an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people south, almost in full force!

Among them, there are six to seven thousand cavalry alone!

It can be seen that Gongsun Zan still has some strength in his hands.

After the Baima Yicong was destroyed, there were still nearly 10,000 cavalrymen

"Pass on the order, and the officers and soldiers of all departments will recharge their batteries and wait for the opportunity!"

The confident Cao Ang ended the pre-military meeting with such a sentence.

Hundreds of thousands of Cao Ang's troops were on the south bank of the Yellow River, leisurely recuperating their strength... which made Yuan Jun on the north bank unsure of Cao Ang. He could not help but become more vigilant (cgbh) because of his intentions.

Because Cao Ang often built plank roads in the open and secretly attacked Chencang, the calmer and motionless Cao Jun was, the more Yuan Jun felt that Cao Ang was holding back some big move... Be wary of Cao Jun on the south bank. , and got closer...

At the same time, six hundred miles north of Yecheng, a mighty army was heading south.

The banner it carried was Gongsun Zan's banner!

In addition to Gongsun Zan's Liuqi army, In addition to the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, there was another team marching alongside Gongsun Zan. They were the Black Mountain Army of the Yellow Turban Remaining Party and the Black Mountain Bandit Zhang Yan!

Zhang Yan brought more people, about 100,000.

But most of them were not real The soldiers are farmers and refugees with weapons.

Among a hundred people, they can't even make up a complete set of armor.

The weapons in many people's hands are still farm tools such as hoes and grass.

They are quite different from the regular army.

Therefore , Although Zhang Yan had more soldiers and horses than Gongsun Zan, this coalition was dominated by the more elite Gongsun Zan.

"From here to Yecheng, it is less than 600 miles.

Even if our army marches slowly, we can reach Yecheng within half a month!

By then, I want Jizhou and the four states in Hebei to know that I, Gongsun Zan, the master of several states in Hebei, is back!"

Gongsun Zan, who was riding a horse, looked at the nearly 200,000 troops behind him and said with high spirits.

However, his slightly fat body made Gongsun Zan look a little greasy and decadent.

Since he was besieged in Yijing, He was really a little decadent. He drank and had fun with his wife and concubines every day, and he was no longer the White Horse General he was before.

Beside him, Zhang Yan, the commander of the Black Mountain Bandits, was a dark and muscular man, and he looked quite heroic. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

After listening to Gongsun Zan's words, Zhang Yan smiled and agreed, but deep in his eyes, there was a flash of pity.

This man's original name was Zhang Chu, and he was the same as Xu Chu. The same name.

Although he was born in a rough place, he was extremely brave and as light as a swallow.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, all the commanders had nicknames. For example, the one with big eyes was called Cheng Damu, and the one with a forehead as high as a horn was called Zhang Niujiao...

Because Zhang Yan was as fast as a flying swallow, she was called Zhang Feiyan, and later became Zhang Yan. Those who could still gather together after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down were all people with some merits.

For example, Zhang Yan has He is brave, resourceful and well aware of current affairs.

This is why he can survive to this day in the troubled times of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the annexation of princes.

Even Yuan Shao had some interest in Zhang Yan at the beginning.

In history, after the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao led his army to the Northern Expedition In Hebei, Zhang Yan took the initiative to send people back and expressed his willingness to assist Cao Cao in attacking the Yuan brothers.

So Cao Cao appointed Zhang Yan as General Pingbei.

Later, after the Yuan brothers were pacified, Zhang Yan led more than 100,000 people to attack Cao Cao. Officially surrendered, he was granted the title of Tinghou of Anguo, with a settlement of 500 households, and was appointed by Cao Cao to garrison Yecheng.

Since then, Zhang Yan has become one of the generals of Cao Wei, and his descendants have also been awarded titles and marquises, and have been rich and noble for generations.

Zhang Yan was even appointed by Cao Cao. Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu are both the most knowledgeable people in the Three Kingdoms. According to historical records, these three people gave up their identities as thieves and became heroes of the imperial court. They were far away from dangers and dangers and preserved the family's ancestral sacrifice. They were wise!

And wise! A person will make a wise choice at any time.

For example, in this era, Zhang Yan submitted to the Xudu court earlier than in history! After

Yuan Shao was defeated and killed last winter, Zhang Yan saw that Cao Cao The father and son of the Yuan family had the power to dominate the world, and they felt that the Yuan brothers could not hold up the wall.

So they secretly sent an envoy Xu Du to express their intention to submit.

Cao Cao and Cao Ang naturally accepted Zhang Yan's knowledge of current affairs.

But they did not Instead of making it public, Zhang Yan was allowed to remain dormant until he could be reused. Now, it was time for Zhang Yan to be reused.

Gongsun Zan came out from Yijing and wanted to take the opportunity to seize Jizhou, but he knew that the Yuan brothers still had soldiers and horses. Quite a few, so he sent someone to invite Zhang Yan to help.

Zhang Yan had obtained Cao Ang's order in advance and asked him to pretend to cooperate with Gongsun Zan. Zhang Yan led an army of 100,000 troops and joined Gongsun Zan to go south.

Along the way, he saw Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan's momentum was so great that many city officials in Youzhou and Jizhou who were originally under the Yuan family surrendered to Gongsun Zan.

This made Gongsun Zan even more proud:"At the beginning, most of Jizhou was in my hands.

Yuan Shao relied on his status as the fourth generation and the third prince to instigate everyone to betray me, causing me to retreat to Yijing in defeat.

Now that Yuan Shao was defeated and died, his incompetent nature was exposed.

Several of his sons are also like pigs and dogs, so incompetent.

These cities in Jizhou that once betrayed me have returned to my command.[]

It can be seen that things are changing!"

After Gongsun Zan said this, Zhang Yan still smiled and agreed, and many civil and military people under Gongsun Zan also rushed to agree, and they were all satisfied.

In the past few years, they have been forced to breathe by Yuan Shao.

Now. Finally, I felt proud and proud.

During this period, some of Gongsun Zan's subordinates frowned, as if they wanted to persuade Gongsun Zan not to be too optimistic.

Even if Jizhou was captured and the Yuan brothers were destroyed, they would only replace the Yuan brothers' positions. , just confronting Cao Ang.

That Cao Ang was more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shao at the time...

However, when someone raised this issue, he was scolded by Gongsun Zan:"That Cao Ang and Cao Zixiu are certainly famous.

But the reason why Yuan Shao was defeated was because of his incompetence. He only defeated me because of his family background.

Now that Yuan Shao is dead, the Yuan family's disciples are nothing more than chickens and dogs.

When I take Jizhou and take control of the four states, I will definitely be able to compete with Cao Ang and make him know the reputation of my White Horse Gongsun!"

Gongsun Zan was originally a headstrong person, otherwise he would not have done such a stupid thing as killing Liu Yu.

He had been suppressed for too long, and now he was completely self-confident and could not listen to different opinions.

And the leader of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan, also Like a confidant, he constantly echoed Gongsun Zan’s words, making Gongsun Zan even more proud.

"I, Gongsun Zan, am not going south this time to prove how great I am. I want to prove that what I have lost must be taken back with my own hands!"

"My territory, how the Yuan family ate it, now they have to spit it out!"

Gongsun Zan's heroic words continued all the way.

As more and more cities in Jizhou surrendered in the hope of surrender, Gongsun Zan became more and more conceited.

He did not even realize that the so-called surrender of many cities was just a change of flag, not Is there any actual indication... even more unaware that he has fallen into a big net woven for him?……