Less than half a month after the war oath was released, the world shook.
At this moment, Han Yu was in Changshan, happily chatting and laughing with the two girls Cai Wenji and Diao Chan.
"General, Cheng Yu of Dong has moved his family to Zhending County."
At this time, soldiers came to deliver the news.
"Zhongde is here? Quickly ask Zhongde to go to the official residence, and I'll be there soon!"
Han Yu was very excited.
Cheng Yu really didn't break his promise, he said that he was willing to follow him, and he really came.
"Yes!"
Soldiers receive orders.
Not long after, Han Yu brought Guo Jia and the others to greet Cheng Yu at the official residence.
Cheng Yu stepped forward and said: "General, please forgive Cheng Yu for being late. I didn't expect that in less than two months, Young Master Han had already become a Prefect of a Commandery and become a named General, this is really satisfying!"
Cheng Yu's statement came from the bottom of his heart. When he promised Ju Shou and Han Yu to help, what he valued was Han Yu's future.
Now that Han Yu had an official position and his own realm, his future was now even brighter.
"Master Zhongde, you don't need to be so polite!"
Han Yu helped Cheng Yu with a smile, and said, "This is Guo Jia (Fengxiao) of Yingchuan, and he is also here to advise me."
Cheng Yu heard those words, suppressed the surprise in his heart, and said to Guo Jia:
"It turns out that you are Guo Fengxiao, a renowned scholar in Yingchuan who is famous like a ghost, I have long admired your name."
Even though Guo Jia was not famous at this time, he had already become well-known among advisors.
So when Cheng Yu heard that Guo Jia was also with Han Yu, he was a little surprised.
"Master Zhongde doesn't need to be more courteous, compared to Master Zhongde, Jia is just a firefly!"
Guo Jia stepped forward and bowed.
Although Guo Jia is unhindered, Cheng Yu's reputation is very high, he still knows some etiquette.
"Zhongde has come here, what have you seen or heard?"
Han Yu interrupted the two to compliment each other and asked aloud.
Cheng Yu said: "When Yu arrived here, millions of Heishan Bandits invaded Changshan, and Gongsun Zan even attacked Jizhou. At that time, Jizhou could be described as having domestic and foreign problems.
However, as soon as you took office, you destroyed the Heishan army, and then issued an oath of war against the Yuan family that is Yuan Shao, this greatly shook the world. And now the situation has become clearer. "
Guo Jia was at the side and asked with a smile, "What does Zhongde think about the General's complaint against Yuan Shao?"
"The General is very talented!"
Cheng Yu remembered the oath and the murderous intent in it, he said firmly:
"Yuan Shao was born of the fourth generation and the third Warlord of the Yuan clan who is quite famous throughout the world, and the General dared to challenge Yuan Shao.
This not only makes Yu admire your bravery and courage, but I also believe that the General has convinced everyone in the world through your will to fight.
Compared to the cunning and tireless Yuan Shao, the General was more decisive in his will to fight. These momentum and means are far more powerful than the Warlords in the current world."
Han Yu nodded with a smile: "It seems that Master Zhongde also agreed with me, this is very good!"
Cheng Yu stepped forward and nodded and said, "If the general wants to secure Jizhou in the future, you will definitely go against Yuan Shao.
If this is the case, we had better deal with Yuan Shao early like this, lest Yuan Shao becomes too big and out of our control.
What's more, Gongsun Zan will definitely stop his troops to wait and see as soon as this oath is published, and Jizhou can free up more troops to face Yuan Shao."
Han Yu nodded and said, "What Zhongde said is exactly what I thought. It's just that Yu thought that even though Gongsun Zan would temporarily withdraw, he definitely would not give up on taking Jizhou.
I am very worried, when we fight against Yuan Shao and when we are both at war, Gongsun Zan will send his troops to occupy our territory. Does Zhongde have a good plan for this?"
Cheng Yu smiled and said: "This matter is easy to solve, everyone knows that Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu, the Governor of You Province (Youzhou), are always at odds.
This time Gongsun Zan crossed Youzhou and attacked Jizhou on a large scale, without Liu Yu's permission.
And Liu Yu should also be worried that after Gongsun Zan conquered Jizhou, he would come back and attack him.
In this case, the general only needs to send someone to Youzhou to fight Liu Yu, and Liu Yu will definitely force Gongsun Zan to retreat.
Even though Gongsun Zan was arrogant and overbearing at the moment, he actually did not dare turn against Liu Yu.
In addition, now that the Yellow Turban is rampant in Qingzhou, the General can secretly tell Liu Yu that Gongsun Zan can go to Qingzhou to pacify the remnants of the Yellow Turban.
The Yellow Turban in Qingzhou is so strong that it may be difficult to settle down for a while. Gongsun Zan naturally won't be able to return for the time being, and the General will be able to calmly fight with Yuan Shao."
Han Yu nodded and said, "What Zhongde said is very pleasing to me! I wonder if Zhongde can personally go to Youzhou for me to persuade Governor Liu to get Gongsun Zan to withdraw? At least not to attack Jizhou anytime soon."
"Since the general has orders, Yu dares not disobey! The general can rest easy that Yu will settle this matter."
Cheng Yu went to lead the plan.
Han Yu continued: "At this time my words have spread throughout Jizhou. Yu thought that Yuan Shao would definitely send all his troops to attack all of our areas when he read the oath, and Yecheng is currently unguarded and does not have any capable generals. I'm afraid Yuan Shao will send troops to attack Yecheng directly. At that time, Yecheng may not be able to resist."
"Don't worry, General."
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Although Yecheng is empty, this city has high walls, and as long as we fully hold on here, we can definitely hold out for a while.
On the other hand, if Yuan Shao's army wanted to attack Yecheng, they would definitely go deep alone.
They wouldn't have enough food and grain, and if they couldn't attack Yecheng for a while, it would cause chaos for themselves. "
Han Yu nodded and said, "Fengxiao is indeed talented. In that case, our top priority is to quickly quell the rebellion of the Heishan bandit army and stabilize our rear before we can completely fight Yuan Shao."
After that, Cheng Yu was ready to pick up the letter written by Han Yu and set off for Youzhou as an envoy to Youzhou Governor Liu Yu.
At the same time, Han Yu dispatched people to Yecheng to inform Han Fu and asked Han Fu to inform the entire Commandery and Counties that they must stand firm in the face of Yuan Shao's attack and wait for their reinforcements to arrive.
After one more day, Zhang He and Zhao Yun came back after finding out about Zhang Yan's position.
"General, we learned that Zhang Yan had gathered together with his other commanders, and currently the other counties are no longer being attacked by the Heishan Army. In addition, I heard that Zhang Yan chose more than 30,000 strong soldiers from among the many subordinate commanders, and took place in Lingshou County.
Currently, Zhang Yan is gathering his army of soldiers, and I am afraid that he will not stay for long!"
Han Yu nodded and said, "Zhang Yan is a daredevil, and he has many strategies. At this time, he is gathering the entire Heishan army, he has no intention of retreating into the mountains and intends to completely concentrate the army against me."
Zhao Yun was a little confused and asked: "What does the general mean? Is it possible that Zhang Yan mustered his troops to attack us?
But now that the general was at odds with Yuan Shao, why didn't Zhang Yan stand aside but instead fight with the General to the end? Wouldn't this benefit Yuan Shao?"
Guo Jia, who was at the side, stood up and said with a smile, "Zilong may not know, but Zhang Yan doing this now is probably his last resort."
"Zhang Yan and the others were originally based in the Taihang Mountains. They cannot engage in agriculture on their own. They all depend on looting in the county. Previously there were also a lot of people who starved to death in the mountains every winter."
"This time, Zhang Yan and others came out of their lair, even with women, children, the elderly, and the weak, to strengthen their army, with the aim of capturing Changshan, so that they may survive the time before the autumn harvest. "
"The Heishan army went out in full force. Even though the momentum was great, their food consumption was immeasurable. I believe Zhang Yan did not expect that the General would lead his troops to arrive here."
"There were only two paths in front of Zhang Yan. Either lead the crowd back into the mountains and wait for some of them to starve to death, or they would fight to the death. If they won against the General, they would be able to occupy Changshan. If Zilong was Zhang Yan, which path would you choose?"
Zhao Yun said without hesitation: "If I am going to die on both paths, then it would be better to die while struggling and fighting!"
"That is why Zhang Yan prides himself on being brave. He gathered all the forces of the Heishan Army, and his strength was not to be underestimated. Naturally, he must also think that he can defeat the General and occupy Changshan, and he won't have to live his life as a bandit in the future."
Guo Jia nodded lightly and said to Zhao Yun.
"Good!"
Han Yu knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "From now on, you two will lead troops to guard the west and north gate of Zhending County to guard against Zhang Yan's attack.
If Zhang Yan really dared to come here, we would have been able to defeat the Heishan army in one fell swoop and subdue his entire army.
If Zhang Yan can be subdued and the Heishan army is integrated, let alone guarding Changshan, it will not be a big problem to defeat Yuan Shao in the future and direct our troops to Yuan Shao's territory in the Bohai Sea.
The so-called one million Heishan army consisted of the old, the weak, the sick, and the crippled, as well as the women were also included, there were probably no less than 100,000 strong men among them.
This is an army of people who want to live a decent life!
At that time, most of them will be gathered as people of Changshan's citizens, and the rest will be selected and the strong ones will be used to form an army."
"Yes!"
Zhang He and Zhao Yun took the lead.
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